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h ���������7- [j y. A liSi- li������- fh. SANDON, B. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1900. FIVE CENTS. BUSINESS m -meetii Nearly All tbe Towns of the Slocan Sent Representatives. As whs announced previously the business men of tho Slocan hold an innings at the labor trouble in Virginia hall, on Tuc-day evening last, and continued on Wednesday. In all there were somo 15 delegates from Silverton, Now Denver, Cody and Knslo. Mayor Pills was called to the chair ' and Mr. Sewell was chosen secretary. The chairman outlined (.ho steps tnken which resulted in the assembly. lie then transferred the business to the meeting. As it can possibly do no good and might result in injury, we refrain froii giving uny of'the remarks made by the speakers. Sufliee it to say then there were present "many men of many minds," though it is safe to say that , seven-eights of the number were convinced that the owners had made the unions, some time ago, n liberal oiler, which should have been accepted, at tho time. A committee was appointed to interview the owners and the miners' union and report next day at noon. We append their report with the close of the btisiiKVs, which shows conclusively that thc owners will hnvo no more conferences with miners' unions; that they are prepared to hire, any number of good men, union or non-union, at $3.25 a day. The feeling of the meeting was that the business people should support the ell'urts of the owners to rill up their mines on these lines, and us speedily ns possible end the trouble that has for the past year cost the business people and the much. Hand, Hughes, Wright, Ilemmolnioyer and Sandiford who informed your committee that thoy could not 'meet them officially, as tho executive committee could not deal with, the question, but ns individuals thev wore willing to listen to any proposition the committee were instructed to make. Your committee then put the following questions : 1. Will yoii consent' to further continue to negotiate with the Miners' Union for a settlement of the differences existing between the two associations ? 2. Will you agree to leave tho terms, made by you on the 5th of Dec, 1809,' open for acceptance by the Union? 3. .Will you consent to accept our m-ediation and see us again after wo have seen the executive of the M-ners' Union ? In reply to question 1���������The individual members spoke for themselves nnd stated that after the recent negotiations we refuse to re-ooeu them, as we feel that it would be simply a-waste of time, and we should vote against anv such proposition if it Elf-lljll,ll. The Minister of Mines Conducts the Business for the Government. The Correspondence Laid Before Legislature Reveals Much That Is of General Interest1 to the Public. the by the Association. so E. C. Chipman, country LIST OF DELEGATES. " New Denver���������T. II. Iloben, Mr. Au- grignon, T. Avison, 12. Snannon, Angus JVI cCfili vray, Wm. Tomtinson, John Williams. Silverton���������Wm. Hunter, G. Fair/burn, T. Brandon, I?. Leipuoher, Grant Thor burn, Mr. Matheson. Kaslo���������John Keen M. McAndrows. Three Forks���������Win.!Hunter. Cody���������A.'JJ. Doclcsteuder. . -.-.-���������. Nelson���������-E.KYAtherton. Sandon���������K. 'McDonald;. J.; Buckley, H. Tattrio, Wm. Walmsley,.' Geo. Kay, O. Johnson, C. D. Hunter, M.'Byers, S. Lloyd, E. A. Cameron, A. Day id, John Gusty, W. McAdams, Dr. Gomm, Tom Brown, 0. V. Cli lie,,Jas. Vallanco, M. L. Grinunett,. M. 15. Hiill, G. W. Grimmett, G- A. Stevens, C. K. Hammond, G. M. Spencer, Mr. Oarberry, Thomas 'Jalland, K. Jalland, C, Clifle, S--Thompson, Alex. McMillan, J. F. Woods, A. Osborne. ' Moved anctseconded���������That the b*is- iness and .commercial interests of the Slocan view with alarm the efforts of the Mine Managers to import alien, 'un;-,Cngli5h:speaking people to take the p/itce of Canadian Miners ; And whereas���������This meeting of the businessmen of the Hiding is called for the purpose of bringing the .Mine ���������Maiingcrd' Association and the Miners' Union to an amicable understanding ' And whereas-1���������The dill' In reply to questions 2 and 3���������The individual members agreed to lot the scale ol wages stand for all miners we employ at present, or may employ, and shall continue to do so, whether they be union or non-union men, but shall eriinlo}7 them as miners and as men,for it is not our policy to reduce wages. We were fairly received, more in sorrow than in anger. As individuals they distinctly stated that so long as the men accepted the terms, did their work, and did not interfere with their follows or create friction, they should continue their present course and pay the scale offered. At 11 o'clock this morning we wared upon thc Miners.' Union and elicited I the following facts : 1. The Union did not vote to ncccpt the "Mine Owners' scale of wage, but voted contra. 2. It was never stipulated bv us that onlv Union men should he employed at the mines. ' 3. Our statement of.,30 days'iioticfi simply referred to the time commenc-1 ing at the end ol* the twelve months stiplatcd by the Association. 4. That if the Association offer the scale of wages we ask. the men will go to work without any other conditions, and tho Union will tike care ol members. 5. Tlie importation' of forei must'!1 top. Your committee were, well received An interesting and comprehensive review of thc period immediately pre- cendent to the enforcement of tho eight-hour clauses of the Inspection of Mines Act Amendment Act, is contained in the return presented to the were proposed j Legislature on Monday week by Hon .J FredHume.of all correspondence in thi connection., The return consists of no fewer than 00 documents, comprising an ��������� qual number of foolscap pages, thc first in a scries of communications being a telegram addressed to the Minister of Minns by F. A. I-Ieap, bearing the Ainsworth date of March.16 hist rotary Tames Devinc, of the Kossland Miners'Union, wrote to tho Minister to this ofloct: "You will greatly oblige the officers and .'members of this union if you could give us some knowledge when the eight-hour law is going to i.ake effect. To ui it seems the hour for action, has arrived ; tlie men's patience is almost worn out. We think there would be goodjre.sulls if the law was enforced at once." Three days later, Hon. Mr. Hume replied that tho matter was under consideration by the Government, and expressed the hope that ho would be in a position shortly to send definite instructions to tho inspector of mines' in the matter. James Wilkes, of Rossland, on the 20th of March telegraphed Hon. Mr. Hume: Eight-hour law thoroughly enforced ; perfect harmony. Never mind Slocan kickers. Expect letter." Two days later H. C. Ncclands sent to tho 1 minister from .Nelson, this message , "Delegates leave Monday to interview you'.' Will.you be in Victoria?" William Hunter.of Silverton, put his views on the question in. a letter addressed to Hon. Mr. Hume on Marjli 31st,'in which ho said : "You have no doubt received many letters with regard to the new eight-hour shift for iiNEs aid mining. , A small force of men are working at the Neepawa. The r.iyne made a shipment of 310 on A .new, tunnel' has been started, the Lone Jack claim. : '. H 7 '.The Emily Edith made"! a shipment of a car'of pre recently. '".-; ; Y , , There are '14Ynien''WOrking' .at the Enterprise, on Ten Mile. . 77 ���������7 The L.ist Chance will, shortly start up with a full force of men. ���������''������������������;' ��������� A;Crown grant- has been applied for on the Lilly: mineral claim; 'The plans- for the Ivanhoe concentrator have just been completed/ --J. C, Drewry has purchased- the Com-' monwealth'group- for. jod.OOO,,:fo'r a Toronto .syndicate., Y;:; .. . ��������� '��������� '.' y , The Donolley group has been sold to Major Hackett, representing Eastern capital, for about 525.000. - TheDorielley group. Is" sho wing,up v'eri Wall under, the drills of the __ ...,j��������� - ��������� --w .. *������ ..*.. :\JLL\. Ill ������yK in which the question is asked : "Is the! Kossland, where the wages were only miners'eight-hour law to be enforced S3, but I am afraid that if it is enforced . ..... _..��������� u ������.... uuv> new, men underground.' It-seems, that" the proprietors, aiid,' no,doubt, it will soon bill was rushed through in a hurry, for he a mine. Two new tunnels are being no one seemed to know anything about opened ��������� up, and other work is., under it until it became law., Now, I do not ������'ay.; The force is now 16 stron know how it will work in Nelson or here V Then comes a letter from R. F. Green, M.P.P., to too minister, written at here that it -will cause no end of trouble, for the mine owners declare that they- will shutdown before they To Whom It May Concern. its igners by the Union, and the conditions, freely and. fairly discussed,, wo1 regret, how- there'is a- certain riction perceptible ever, to see that amount'of .latent , r^w on both sides but we think two or three weeks' work will efface, it from the memories of both. ���������' -... '. ���������. In conclusion we urge you to adopt this report in.its entirety, and by its reception, discharge us from our duties. per clay, while at Roislanrl and Nolion notably the Hall Mines���������thoy have only paid S3 per day. The owner.i here threaten to-cut wages to moot the situation, to -53.00, which will in my opinion result in a strike. Under section 34 Vie., chap. 131, Consolidated Statutes, the prosecution under t-'i-r-act can only bo instituted by the inspector of mines or with tlie consent of tho Minister of Mines. A delegation oi' mine owners is on if* way to tlie coast to interview.you on the subject, and I would suggest that you accede to their demands tor an assurance that no prosecutions will be instituted until you notify them to. the contrary. I 'ask this for the reason that I had no re' quest from any miner in. my riding asking for the Piglit-hour day, and I desire time to find ont their wishes in the matter." Next, under the date of March 17, is an instruction from Mines to direotini . r ._.. _..e trouble would have coma soon enough .without the government being the first to move in. the matter. Now, it' there is any way of,.letting matters rest the way they are: in the Slocan it will be much better, for if any trouble arises I am afraid that some of the. mines that are only :in the prospective stage, will be apt to shut down-sit the present price of silver. I hope you wiiP-giye the matter your earnest attention, and try and avoid trouble."' The reply of the Minister of-Mines to this letter was written on the 5th of April, and contained the following: "I anialraid that it is more than probable that there will.be some little friction ted _ ���������,. 1 u.1 cubing his. attention to the section All of whicli is' respectfully submit- I of the act, and requesting that he "see . .i 'to it that the limit of eight hours in in certain localities'where, this act is enforced/but I trust this will only be .of a, temporary nature. At; the same time I would have you bear in mind that this legislation was introdu on the expressed wish of different miu- the Minister' of ing constituencies, and.I presume, they Inspector James McGregor, hild ''"'ly considered, beforehand the .. ... ������������������ *"-��������� probable result ot their action." ercnocs be? tweeu them can be settled if both parties use co'oi and common sense judge- .- 7 ;'.. I-I.H. Pitts :"'���������', ,-." , WU. Huxruii A. B. DOCKSTEADER ���������Y Wm.-Tojimnson -' John",Keen . . Committee. Moved and seconded���������That the report of the committee be adopted in its entirety.-���������Carried unanimously..'. Moved and seconded���������That the , fol-' lowing : opinion, of the comiuiiiee be adopted by this meeting : /��������� c' .'. Having interviewed both parties, we, your committee, lifter carefully considering all points placed before.us and! keeping in mind tl 11 -.- r . Se v - pr .��������� ..hi.- Oil!.'! ��������� ia ;. t ���������.','.;(������������������ JM' ment; ���������Therefore he it resolved���������That it is deemed aclvisable that a committee of impartial men be appointed from the different towns to ask tlie .two parties to a conference at tho earliest possible moment- to adjust the trouble. *-'���������"������������������ /al other motions were. mar. ���������, con,1 but as they-were lost, wi ��������� em, 11s tliey can have no eliect i.tleiiient. Correspondence be- 1 no two parties ivm also read. ���������'.cting rs-.-isHembled at 12 o'clock (i!'.)ouJ on the 7th inst. The committee presented their report as follows : To the meeting of delegates of tho towns of Sandon, Silverton, Cody, New Denver, Kaslo, Slocan City and Three Forks in meeting assembled at Sandon; ��������� -----.���������- ~���������-o- Gentleman���������\V'e your committee de- bers of the press present ; puted to wait upon the Miners' Union Kesolved���������That copies 1 and the Silver-Lea*! Mines Association, passed with a view to inducing them to sink their differences and proceed to develop the wealth of the country, beg to report as follows : > 1. We, after the meeting last night, saw Mr. A..VV. Wright and lie promised he would do his best to get the S. L. M. Ass'n to meet the committee at 10 a.m. Wednesday; it was found, however, that there were a levy members in towu who were leaving in the morning, it was, therefore, decided to hold the meeting at 11:30 that evening, which ���������was done and we met in the Association rooms. 2. A few members of the Association met your committee, . the gentlemen present present being Messrs. Wood, every 24 is strictly adhered to.' The same day Hon. Mr. Hume replied'to the telegram from Mr. Heap, expressing a desire to learn the feeling of the miners as to the section under consideration, and stating, "I'shall esteem it a favor,' therefore, if you'will let -me know of any expressions of opinion yon may haveiieard with regard to the operation of this particular section." ��������� ' ��������� , , .1 ' On the22ud of March, the Minist-r of Mines replied to Mr.-Green's Jettv-r, | informing the member of the Slocan that ilnAielegaticin he had roferr had had an interview, and Guests, at the Rdco. - -r ... e true interests of all concerned, are nnanimouslv of the | the assurance that their opinion that tho miuwj are open iultions���������as well as those niade'bvM n2\l,fy* U0"V 'Uld ������Ul0rs ^'ill he Green-woul.l "receive every'considor- opened as soon as men, arc available, j Hon on the part'of tlie Government." March 14th saw a petition forwarded d to conveying represent-' r we urge the .Union to release the re- | strictions imposed on their members, so. that they may accept and go to v.���������'.-!:��������� and fill the vacant positions '..", :.'->'i:.ii, ns we have it on the best authority Mint uiiiou men will not be discriininah>d against for that reason. ���������Carried. . ",.-'. Kesolved���������That tho thanks of this mooting bo tendered to the committee, who have s;i /. i.ilousli labored to bring matters to a settlement;'' Kesolved���������Tlmt the BO.-jretary be instructed to fnrni-h a copy of the pro- cet'd'iigs of tho ni-'otings to the mum- fro in pies of resolutions in public meeting on tho evening of the 6th of February, at Sandon, B.C., bo forwarded to tho Hun. Sir Wilfred Laurier, Premier; Sir Charles Tupper aud Mr. Hewett Bostock, M.P., requestiug'their earnest endeavors to so amend the present Alien-d-abor Act as to fully protect the working citizens' of this country; the mine owners of the Sandon companies, headed by the Payne group, and employers of SSI- 'minors���������urging that the enforcement ofthe eight-hour clause "practically compels tlie mine owners of the Slocan to adopt one of two ahe'riintives���������either to reduce the present rate of wages, or to close down their workings."- The petitioners added : "In the Slocan district we have consistently'paid' the highest rate of wages paid in the province, and, owing to the climatic conditions prevailing here, it is necessary for us .to do so in order to obtain skilled workmen. There has been so far no'conflict between employers and.employes in this camp, but the enforcement 'of clause 13, Vic. 61, chap. 34, will work .unavoidable disaster, in this district. Wo, therefore, bog you to do yuur utmost to grant such relief as may lie in your- power." Hon. Mr. Hume acknowledged this petition on the 2nd of March, in a letter to Manager F. A: Wood of Geo. Buscombe, Vancouver. Thos. Conlan, Toronto.: Mrs. Hooker, Atlanta, Ga. J. T. Black, New Denver. Ciias. Moore, Kaslo. . E. J. Matthews, Nelson. C; L. Ciil'in, Victoria. - ������������������ F. L. rfiitchins, Ti-ironto. A. JO. Kennedy. Toronto, ��������� II. Ij. .fohn.-soh, Ivosebery. King Iloluian, Kansas City,' Mo. IS. Tj. Ciiipiii.-i-n, Kaslo. .-hi C.'Wing, Kaslo. E. B. Fr.iser,. SilvQrton. VW.XL Sandiford, New"Denvor. E. Raminolineyer, Silverton. J. F. Miller, Trail. W. Hunter, Silverton. T. II. ITobsu, New Denver. P. Brandon, Silvoilon. F. F. Liebscher, Silverton. Mark Ilyott, Revolstoke. David Green, Kaslo. 1'. II. MoEwen, Detroit, IX. S. Hayclen, Listowol. H. Giegerioh, Kaslo. Thos. E. Ar.mitstea.1, Spokane; E. \V. Turner, Toronto. C. IT. Bradwin, London. Carman, Vancouver. Dawson, Nelson. ��������������������������� -aXSX*. : Police Court. ��������� We, the undersigned'; late residents of, Hi.b.bing, Virginia, 'Eveleth, -.Mountain Iron . 11 nd Biwabik, Minnesota, miners engaged in the; irou inin^s of the Mcsabii Kinge, desire to-inake the: following statement to our friends and. the general public: ' .,;. ���������' '.: . About the first of this year certain representatives .of the Silver-Lead Y Mines Association of British Columbia visited the-above named, places., In conversation with those gentlemen we ���������> learned of the.labor conditions existing in this country, the character of the Y inihe.������, the wages ptid to liiinew and mining labor generally;' "cost Of living, etc' Desiring to better onr condition Y we came to this country at'our own : expense and fiiiid tlie conditions to be exactly as'rf'P'iesented to us, and had. Y no trouble in getting work as miners. We are receiving $3.25 per shift of S hours, less one dollar p.r day for board and lodifing. . We lin-1 the mines dry and well-ventilated, the climate mild and healthful, board' excellent and lodgings comfort'ible.' The lib'or ia'.: much easier than in tin? iron mines. . The mines are easy of access, being sit- ceil i]P" ( uated tributary to"two lines of railway and close to the town of Sandon, which has a population of 1000. Good miners and willing workers i.will;find no.dilli- culty in getting immediate aud steady work here at'the above.wages: Sand.hi, B.C., fc'ob. 6, .1900.' . [Here follow some 53 signatures of the men themselves���������the newcomers now working in the Payne. Tne statements are in strong contrast with those" of the men the' miners' union succeed- , ed in turning back.���������Ed. lieview. Here and There. earns are going C..A E.G. itusolvecl���������luat the:meeting now ad- the Last Chance, with the observation jour n. TO CUKE COLD IN ONE DAY. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. "I have received a letter on the same subject from the member from your district, aud I would request you to inform the petitioners that theirquestion is receiving the earnest consideration of the executive.". The workmen in the mines were first heard from on March 30, ���������when President John Leaden and Financial Sec- Annie Koonoy, wilh many aliases, of late.has made hereself causpicnouV by being frequently before the Police Court for disorderly conduct. Becoming a public nuisance on the streets, with no place of abode, and an object of charity,. the magistrate gave her several trials to reform, but of no avail.' Atjlast thc court's patience, was taxed to its utmost; in consequence she was j sent up for six months as a confirmed vagrant. This character, we understand, has been sent out from other places, merely to get rid of her. This should not be tolerated, everv place in the country should take care of its own nuisances without pitchforking them all on Sandon. Slocan Lake football to form a league. . W. B. Dodds, ot'.Si!verton,is going to South. Africa, with. -5',rathe.on t's contingent. . The War Eaglo and Centre Star at Rossland have shut down'owing to defects in machinery, liiis will throw a groat niany men out of employ merit, and throw a dark cloud over the city for some liiso; A legaloaso of considerable interest . is now pending. Ij, is that of Kennedy vs. MoiAnigal, tho defendant being Mrs. lillen McDjugal, a hotel keeper at Naluisp. She is the recorded owner of ii pre-emption up the hike, and the plaintiffs are seeking to set aside the record on the ground that she has not complied with the regulations in the way ol residing continuously on tlie property. 'Tho assistant commissioner , of Hinds and works for this district has been added as a defendant and a mandamus applied for to compel him to. issue a pre-emption to the plaintiff. Elliot & Lennie are for plaintiff and Galliher it Wilson for defendant. McGuigan Ore Shipments. The following is a statement of ore shipped from this station for the month of January : Mine. Tons. Kambler-Cariboo.. 232 Surprise 20 I Total..... , 252 31 ;;-���������-.. sj.". l������>*!.W.-rV SH m ii. Rumour had it lhat tho lattest addition to the staff of the Boathouse Inn owed an old score, and was working it off in the capacity ,,' of waiter; ind the general opinion among the customers was that ho was a bad bargain even at that price. Ho ��������� bad-'a'vory loiig body and .very short-, legs; this; physical-peculiarity being further much emphasised-,by a coat which had ouoe been blue, tho long tails reaching half-way down his podgy-looking calves. He wore a frowsy mouse-coloured wig and a bleary owl- like expression of .wisdom that oyii dently covered the most dense stupidity. He carried an ample supply of snuff ia his capacious waistcoat pockets; arid, extracting it, sometimes ' from the right pocket, sometimes from the left, with his thumb and finger sonorously inhaled a portion and Clu ;g away the remainder with acoiu tomptuous flirt of his fingers- that Bent a-tiny cloud floating over the pewters aud glasses in a manner that was peculiarly distressful to poor top- Brs with a squeamish stomaoh. Ho Invariably met the incoming coaches and post-chaises, holding forth to the travellers with* a.very strong Welsh accent upon the superior accommodation of the "Boathouse," and seldom loft the stranger until he had elicted, a rerbal reply, after which he at once turned his attention to some one else. He was tho constant butt oil the company in"'the "Boathouse'' taproom; but be appeared quite' ignorant of the fact notwithstanding the very personal nature'of the sallies levelled at him. :; "Now then you old Welsh tup,, ram, pou; .sharpen your stumps," quicken your pace, bawled a drover at the-fiir- smd of the room, the speaker himself being so thoroughly Welsh that he could with difficulty make himself understood. -The solemnity with Which the wait- Br received the remark caused much hilarity; and as he reached 'tho door a iitilj bandy-leggel ostler touched his shoulder, remarking iu a serious ��������������������������� _ ���������,,..,, uadertone, but loud enough to be .disgrace the King s healthy ��������� ��������� "Tell you what. ! At. this juncture there was a sudden the company for a moment, and drew out a pair of handcuffs: ' "Ay, poor John Bradley, as true a comrade as ever drew the breath of life. May God have mercy upon his soul,!���������-murdered while- doing his duty. Many a ride he and I had together, and many a time have our barkers spoke out together as the honest lads, highwaymen,, stood at bay in the moonlight; but this Is the first time we have been upon the track of a dirty foreigner. I hope it "will be the last!" .. -. ' "You pigs of Englishmen 1" Froggy broke out as the darbies closed around his wrists with a snap. "Napoleon will eat you up soon." :'��������� "Not him, indeed 1" growled Whitehead. ,i "You talk like a ha'penny book with no leaves in it. We've got a little oner-armed man a3'll warm his onions for him if he tries any pig-killing over hero." . "As for your Nelson," said the Count in broken English and, with withering ''���������' contempt���������-"pooh I bah I" He spat out bitterly as he spoke. ; "Now, gentlemen," said the waiter cheerfully, "there's no profit in,holding arguments ' with dead, men, and these are no better," with a slight gesture of his thumb across the table. "I shall need three good stout Park- gate lads to help, mo with them, to Chester, where I shall bo granted mrj __,i transformed their'people of Europe, taking their Eftond.'tato tlTolr-^^ts used , about every ihig. liulo wurrufi. enjoy bv orimitive man. Five "insldes '- | In^life^as they go. 1* tbe^ travel by primitive man three" ladies and, two gentlemen���������-step^. ped quickly upon tho road and rapidly followed their example. Hearty cheers were ' continuously rolling from and to, end of the Parkgate Parade; and in the brief intervals which intervened what seemed like a faint echo floated in from the westward. The dawn, begun,,..to. break beyond the distant marshes, and in the faint light appeared a large schoqjer in tow of fully, a score of small bouts* rowed by dark figures,with a sprinklingi of red uniforms with while facings. Some half-dozen red-coats were drawn up on the deck of the schooner, with, their lieutenant, who later on came out of Waterloo with a.: musket-ball in his foot, and a, captaincy; and several manacled figures lay on the* deck near them. One or two more figures there were, who lay evou more aiill, yet were not iiinioned; -[ n As. thi . schooner drew near the" quays the shouts of, the conquerors and of! those who awaitod them, seemed to* blend in one mighty cheer. The driver's whip-lash described an hieroglyphic over his head, and; darted out with, a sharpi snap at the leaders. "Well,", ho 'exclaimed .aloud] "they have managed that ail right; and the Parkgato lads will have more prize-money than they can spend for a bit!" '. ;' '..''.'������������������'". ".- Y-;" ��������� \-��������� There has always .-���������< been ari Uncle. Mealor at Parkgate, and, to all., aipu jpeara rices, there always^'will be- 'The who related the above couple guineas threw table., ���������" -���������:��������� j1-'- , ' , One of the fishermen opened the .lattice'window, and, taking up bis glass, without' a word swilled its contents on to the beaoh. . .. ���������'-.' The remainder followed suit; ancl the officer, picking up the bowl, stepped briskly across the room and flung the liquor after the rest. ' .. "Now, Mr. Johnson,'' he added brisk- the waiters and guests from the other apartments, thronged the entrance to the taproom, "wash'this well out, and brew us a mixture that wont heard by the company, ould master, if I'd a iwiir of legs like your'u I'd cut 'em off!" ���������'''.'" A loud burst of laughter followed the waiter through the door; and ere it ended the French man and woman entered the room, the former smiling commotion among the group and exclamations of horror, in the midst of which the gigantic figure of Undo staggered into the room. His beard was matted with: blood and sea-sand, and',a dark blot surrounded a large away like 'clockwork upon the com- slash in the breast, of his blue shirt. pa;.y, many of whom were well known His face was ghastly pale, and iis he .They.were closely followed reeled into the, room and rested heav- -���������-������������������������������������ ��������� . :i��������� "~"ijist a settle he igasped out, :."A mates; for the love of God, a to him. by ^Whitehead", iwho, having been ,.re- ; lly. against a settle he igasped out lieveJ at thewalcbYhouso,had como (to : drink thaw his inner man with' a jorum of j drink I I'm dying I" -.,._��������� A glass of brandy was held to his Dawpool, grandfather , "coached it up to London" Mr. William Shone informed him that he had brought him up to: town not so much, to give evidence in the treason case as to witness an execu- tiou at Tyburn in which the central figures were one Jean Colat and a - cer- taiu French aristocrat known as Comte de Bordenavo. .,.',-������������������ ' ���������- Y POVERTY-STRICKEN PORTUGAL. rum. The Frenchman was greeted good- humoured ly by several of the com-- pa ,y, most of whom, however; exh.b.t- .ed some reserve owing to the presence of the lady. ' This vanished immediately, however, and a fisherman, far gone in aie, rose unsteadily to his feet, and in a jocular strain attempted the lilies, "Says Boney to Johnny,'r&o. smiling imper- lips, while a dozen voices asked who '��������� had been his asailants. I "Ask them varmints," ho replied as I the neat spirit darted new life through his veins., .He pointed to the shrinking captives. "Boys," he continued, i addressing the crowd, "there's a big iFrenoh schooner, loaded down with j arms for the Irish put in under Tinker's Dale, and I suspect they wore The foreigner, still smiling lmper- ���������; - ��������� -���������.��������� ���������y _-r,-."* , -��������� , :��������� turabiy, ordered a bowl of pu -ob "for : ���������ll���������,\#nX_};?*^������3 Tl^S?^��������� bis good friends to drink ;he health of his only daughter;" whom lie had brought over to see the country, and who at the remark bestowed a languid smile upon the company. The arrival of the foreign lady and gentleman had an effect upon the new waiter. For a moment his slipshod manner seemed to drop from him, and he received the -generous order almost with aiacrity. Ha took snuff from both pockets in quick succession, and gave a quick nod of acquiescence; but dropped almost at once into his customary listless manner, and shuffled from tho room even more limply than before. ���������After placing the bowl on the table before the Frenchman, the waiter sat down qa a vacant seat at the .opposite side of-the table; but the toproom fraternity of the "Boathouse" were not "wont to stand upon etiquette and the action attracted no attention. The glasses were filled, and an elderly packetman, rose to his feet and began to expatiate on the fact that, although he ; was a Frenchman by birth. Froggy after all ivyas mch a good fellow that some of his ancestors must certainly have gone over from England; when he suddenly .stopped, and a thrill ran through the room, for a strange and powerful voice, and a voice, /moreover, that thrilled with authority, was suddenly uplifted above the words of the toast. ��������� Looking down, they saw that the new waiter's elbows rested on the tablo, and a pair of long-barrelled pistols were levelled from them directly at tho heads of the foreigners. His face was completely transformed, as his keen glance rested on the ���������'���������cowering pair before him, and was so lighted up with' animation that he was almost unrecognisable. His figure, too. beforo they went on their dirty er rand to Ireland agen our lawful King ���������God bless him !���������for I seed madam theer a-bogin' at um with the lantern, though I did not think what it meant till she were beating it into my poor ould head I "Three flashes and a flash it wero, sure enough, Billy Whitehead," he concluded, turning to that individual. '"Three flashes and a flash' were , the last words; of poor Jack Bradley, j ejaculated Shone. "That the words meant mischief of some kind we knew, but.what kind of mischief it was we could not make out."'' "Gentlemen-," said Whitehead, rising and sternly buttoning up his coat as he spoke, "we are all friends here now ���������leastways all but two���������and I can do no harm by stating that the secret order sent down here by Captain Monk was to keep a sharp lookout for. 'three flashes and a flash.' No one secmod to know what it meant, and no doubt the same order has been sent to other ports. Uncle, here, and Jim Bushell were the only ones entrusted with the secret outside our own set, and they've been doing a sort of sentry-go up and down the river every night since. Now, .just beforo I came In here Lieuenant C'ottingham marched up to the "Red Lion' with over twenty redcoats bound, for Dublin Castle with to-morrow morning's packet. What I have to propose is this, that we take these soldiers down the river in our boats at once, get around tho schoonei in tho dark, and sarvo it like we sarved the two passengers.'' ' A hearty cheer broke from the company. The Frenchmen cursed; but in a few moments the orowd moved out, the prisoners closely guarded, and the officors walked in the rear. Tho bandy-legged ostler and host A. Little Country Villi Kxlcuxlvc Coloiiliil ��������� 1'okxcKnlonH and un Enormous llurileu or SJebt. ���������'- ;., At the end of the nineteenth century Portugal finds itself a bankrupt nationYTerribly in debt and becoming more so every, year. , This littlo strip of , a country lying: oh ,the western coast pfi.' the Spanish, peninsula, has exercised a great influence in thobis- tory of the world; v Her explorers were among the first to make their way along American shores, both1 on the northern and southern continents. Her people were hardy and rugged, lovers of-rthe sea,' who in their ventures/explored far and wide both in the east and in the wide west. Her ships were everywhere and had much of the carrying trade of- the world. But this time has long gone by and the Portuguese, though still fond of the sea, have lost their hold as the sailors of the world. As a matter of-course, a country so active in the era of discovery must have become possessed of much! territory, but it is a strarngel fact that Portugal has acquired most (of her present colonial possession in the present century. Twenty years ago she had an area of 697,313 square miles in Africa, and 7,160 square mileis in Asia, with populations in these continents, respectively, 2,484,031 and 819,553. This year she has in Africa the following colonies: The Cape Verde Islands, with an area of 1,489 square miles and a population of 114,130; Gu'.nea, population, 820,000, and area 4,440 square, miles; Prinoes'and St. Thomas islands, area 300 square miles, and population 24,660; Angola/area 484,800 and population 4,119.000, Portuguese East Africa, area 801,000 square miles and population 3,120,000; total African possessions, area .792,080 square miles, and population 8,167,790. In Asia her colonies are: Goa, in India, area 1,3150 square miles, population 4U-4.83C; Danao Diu, area 168 square miles, population 77,45-1; Timor, in the Indian archipelago, 7,458 square miles, population 3D0,- 000; Macao, in China,1 four square miles, population 78,027; total Asiatio is that 'the men have so largely railways is looked upon, as a frightful rato of speod, and ono little to be desired. They would rather go more slowly, taking in all tho beauties of the landscaxie. Portugal i������ said to be tho most illiterate naiion of Europe, notwithstanding the fact that she has good schools and good 7 school laws. More than 801 per. cent; of the population are said to bo illiterates.'Yet the Portuguese are hard workers at times. They can be seen on the si reels carrying tremendous burJen.i ou thjir h, iid i. Especially id mis the uiiso among iho women, who also do most of the work oh tho farms. It has, been suggested that thisY., is due to the : fact that the men hiiyo .,.' so largely emigrated. The ariny of bO.OOJ me;a is raised by conscription. This force can be raised in war times to an efiee- tiv'e fighting si.rougth of lCO.OJO men. Tho navy consists of 1 ironclad cor-( vette, 6 corvettes, 14' gunboats; 5 monitors, 10 s|oop guaboais, 2 armored transports and 4 torpedo boats, Y ';/���������;/ ALWAYS' .HARD UP^: - The financial condition of the country, is deplorable. So of ten and so largely has Portugal' been compelled to borrow moiiey.that her, debt is.over her hoad like the swortt of Damocles. For not only baa shei no way of; -raising money to pay off what debt she has, but she is constantly getting further and further into debt. Time after time Has; the cabinet been dis-i solved beoauseYit has been , unable i o cope with lhe��������� financial difficulties of tho nation. In.l8U8, the .revenue 'amounted to. 55,103,878 ruilrois, one milrei is equal to $1.10.' The expenditures for the same yean were 5S',C81,- 84f, a good record for her, and yet that is. a pretty close mr.rgln,. when it is understood that her publio debt is what it is. In 18S-I, the publio debt imouited, to 61)8,203,409 milreis, es- ciusive of the floating debt of 21,71.6.- 000 milreis. ' Of the debt.-254,039,*.30 is represented in securities held in foreign countries, chiefly Germany arid England. This, then is in reali y a great big mortgage ou Portugal, which tha country : is bravely struggling to '-keep from being the millstone that will put her out of business. ���������A, WAY. OUT OF TROUBLE. One .way in which she could pay off some of her debt, perhaps most, of it, *b to let her colonies go. By granting Tights to Germany and Great Britain, ���������^hc could raise a sufficie.it amount of money to at least tide her over the biggest .part of her trouble; Delagoa buy is of immense strategic importaiu e to all of eastern and southern' Africa, and there is no doubt that Great Britain would be wUling.(toi pay. a big sum for its possessio i. Germiny would likewise be glad to have some of the other African possessions or some of those in AsiaY although it is doubtful if the latter wouldsatisfy German desire., For several years rumors, nay reports, have been spread abroad every so often of the cession of Portuguese colonies to other countries. Semi-of- ficiiil denials have, of course, been made, but it is also1 true that there would be good reason, to prevent an enraged populace and revolutions, for Portugal's endeavoring to keep the deal as dark as possible until it suifed her pleasure to let it become known. It seems ,to be the Only way out of her present difficulties, other than, to shut up shop. '...'.'' ������������������ Canada and England. THE SERVICES CANADA HAS RENDERED FULLY APPRECIATED. A. Pronilnrnt ItrocI.YlIIe KiiHlnrKn Mnn Phys-n Tribute' to the <5������'ml Work' or a Ciiiiailtiiii IiiHlltulloii In KiikIiiimI. From, the Brockville Recorder. One ocf the most successful businoa men in Brockville, is Mr. Thomas Nappy, the well known Perth stroot gtrocor. Mr. Nappy is an Englishman by birth and tho success ho has achieved in business hero, has .enabled him for some years past to make an annual hol'day trip to the Motherland. In a casual conversation with noma friends in the Bank of Montread, recently, Dr. W,mams' Pink Pills ha.p- pened to bo mentioned and Mr. Nappy said that if the pills effected many cu'res as marvellous as ono that had come under his notice, he wis not surprised that they wore so frequently the theme of conversation. Asked later by a reporter of the Recorder to give the story, Mr. Nappy readily consented' to do so. and we give it prno- tically in his own words. J>on1t.J'e disappointed when I tell you'that the cure did not ocour in this country snid, Mir. Nappy. '"As a matterof ifaot it/ occurred in England, and came un- dcir my observation on the occasion of two visits niids to that country. During the summer of 1898 I paid a visit to my old home in England una while thcro visited William Ledger a relation" of mine, living at 45 Fitzwll- liam street, Doncaster In^oy ! fnmily was a little girl, Lilly, about six years of age w.ho was absolute y helpless with what the doc ors said was St. Vitus' dance, but really seemed to mo more like paralysis. This child W!xs one of tho most pitiful *&***! ever saw; more helpless than a now, born babe. She could not movnasmgls limb and if the head were turned to ono side or the other it remained in that position until someone changed It. The poor child had to be fed and looked . after like an infant, and as tho doctors had not been able to do anything to re'.ievo hor, recovery was not thought possible. Indeed, \ said '"��������� the child's grandmother that I ught its early death would be a ef not only to the child, but to parents. This was the eoni'll.ion to the child's grandmothe thought its early death would be a reli its parenio. .j....... . ��������� of the child when I. left for Canada. Agair in - the summer of 1������99 Imade a ho"i-'ay trip to linoiland and to my amazemont when I visited my friend Livlger I found Li ly as bright and aclivf a child as.one would find anywhere, with absolutely no traco of the trouble Y that 'had made her a helpless burden the year beforo. I told her paronts I had .never expected to sea her alive again and asked what 'had effected ho.r cure. "Dr Williams' Pink Pills," said the father. He further said that returning from work one night, ho found in the ihouse a little book des-s cribing the I i*ls, left during tho day, and after reading It decided to uso then- in Lily's case. After supper ho bought some of the pills and gave the first to the child that night. In a few days they saw they wero holp- ing her, and in loss than two months time there was not a ohild in the neighbo-hood, brighter, healthi-r or more active, t lvive heard deal concerning what Dr. a tvreat AVilitms' seemed to dilate, as, without a trace j Johnson alono remained of the Welsh accent, there rang out the words: "X, William Shone, an officer of Bow. Street, call upon all loyal subjects of King George hero present to assist me to take into lawful custody the bodies of Jean Colat, who, it appears, is known here as Froggy, and his accom-i plice, Comte de Bordenave, who are wanted for high treason and for tho cold-blooded murder of John Bradley; an officer of Bow Street,, from1 whose custody they escaped two months agone." This address appeared to be partly given from memory and partly extemporised; and long before it was finished several of the company had rushed before the pair, and pinned them firmly by the arms, upsetting several glasses in the process. 1 ,The Frenchman showed his teeth like a wolf' caught in a trap, and the Count turned ghastly pale, and looked as if fascinated at the officer as he spoke. The latter rose to his feet, and laid- his pistols on (ha table, adding solemnly iis he-rtis;jJ.iyed a sealed warrant to T '" I DOUJ dim uuiu. _��������� ��������� dress ana uio numosr of years i or( sent po.,( pa*(i; nt 50j.. a bo 7 or six you are owing for the 'paper. He -will i-boxem for S2.50, bv' addressing th'e Dr. -"���������- hi ..YiTrnAna' i n i h a I W '��������� 11 in ma' Me d i -i no Co.. Brockville R-TJLES OF ETIQUETTE. Parties'wishing to enter the printing office at this season should be governed by the,following rules: Advance to. the inner door and give three distinct raps or kick the door down. Tho "devil" will attend to the alarm. You will give him your; name, post office address and tho number the 'paper, admit you. You will advance to the centre of the room and address the editor with following countersign: Extend the right hand about two foet from the body, with the thumb and fingers extended, the thumb and index finger clasping a ������iO bill, which drops into the,extended hand of tho editor, at the same time saying: "Wore you looking for <ine?" Tho editor will grasp your hand: and the bill and pressing it. will say: "You bet!'' After giving him the news concerning your locality you will be permitted to retire with a receipt for an obligation properly discbargedY . ���������',���������' ��������� ������������������������ AN ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR. The story is told of a professor of Pink Pills havl done in this country, but this case coming nnder my o^vn observation is as near a miracle as we can look for in .these days and shows why Dr. Williams MNli are so much talked aoout every- WDr-Williams' Pink Pi"- "F* ���������'U3,J " valu "bio in thc case of ohil- ���������n as wilh adults, and puny littlo ones woxild soon thrive and prow fat un- der this frealment, which has no eoual for building up he. blood rtid gi'vint: renewed strength lo brain, body and nerves. Sold by HI dealers Mathematics who was greatly inter- possessions, area U,0i0, population, 050,- 'csted ia the work, and devoted himsef 917. This gives hor for a grand total |*������ wholly, to it ihata' natural ten- B . dency which he hud to absem.minitou- of colonial possessions 8W,000 square nesa" becamo mu^h accentuated. One miles and a colonial population ofJJ,- day wlleil ha ^.^ guests at dinner, and 1 ��������� -���������->--- ii i������ fiiih from-'a e. Ont. Do not. bei persuaded i o try Something else said to be. ".lust as good." _ BRITAIN MOURNED. Tn January, 1PI2, a Rritish army of. 4.M0, wilh about 12,r0^ camp followers, was complotely destroyed by the Afghans upon thc retreat from Ca- bul. Bui ono Englishman, Dr. Bry- don, reached the British garrison at Je.lalabatl to toll the .tale of tho aw- ]ful disaster. Nevertheless, before tha | end of September in (he same year, I an avenginu British- army had cap- ! turo<r Canul and inflicted severe pun- ! ishment iii>on the Af ghiuis. i 'During the Indian Mutiny ; tho British garrison 'numbering 401), ��������� over iOJ women 'Well," ejaculated the. former, "I always thought as them Bow Street runners wero runners; but blow me if that old gentleman could run for toffee I" "Tnomas," sagely rejoined mine host, "Master Weasel isn't much of a runner like to speak on ; but he dines off Master Hare oftener than thee or me." The whole population of Parkgate, including tho strangers within their gales, remained on the quays during the night. In the early hours of morning the sounds of distant musketry, sometimes in the form of an irregular rattle, and occasionally in a solid volley, could be heard by the listeners groupod about the blazing fires. By-and-by it ceased, and a young sailor declared that be hoard;1" three faint cheers. .'. , A few hours later, as tho "Royal Prince," coach climbed the steep summit of the Boathouse Hill, en route. for Liverpool, the driver suddenly reintd in his steeds and listened intentl/; then the "outsidos" turner1, an attentive- ear west- 148,707. In twenty years sho has gained dominion over DG.005 square miles of territory and 5,015,124, souils. When it is considered that For-; tugal's homo area is but 80,038 square miles and her population but five millions, it can be seen that by far ! tho largest part of her territory is in her colonies. In fact her colonial possessions are'twenty-two times the area of her little home country. The colonies are ruled much as the Spanish colonies; by governors-general appointed by the crown,- who are really almost absolute rulers. Despite the immense amount of territory in her colonies, the cost of maintaining them more than eats up*, tha revenue which she derives from them. The same is the.case at homo and ihe consequence that tha state is burdened with an J was helping them platter, lie look a to fish plate bottom side fish on the bottom of the 1857 t Cawnporo, waa massacred, with ���������, .uid children. In the first day's"'assault of tho British on DeLhi in that year they lost sixty-six officers and 1,103 men. . .'Ibis was- of iho attacking force, up, put a fish on the bottom or mo , ,,. , ��������� ,, plato, and handed it thus to one of the j a^y, ,a tlur(1 ?f h" attacking,f���������������< guests. There was a laugh at'once, ^ilo. the assault had only resulted in and his wife said, My dear, if your, as- \ tho, C!lV"u-;e ������f one-swth of the. city. -.. ^_- ,*!.���������,. I Yet. anolther attempt to take sor.t-mindednoss has gone solar that i , .. - you are serving people food on th������ hot- ! nn ,cl.ly .a tew ��������� - -<- n !-���������_:..������. ������������������ ���������,..,- ��������� cessful days later the Crimean .War a blunder of toras of plates, I. shall insist on your ; "~-~- resig,:jing your professorship. Sho did i "" - ,7.' r. -,, , insist'ouii, and he resigned and went s?,^0n,������- ?^a l '" ������������������ charge ��������� -b , j-..,tA ,.t ! of the Light Bngade upon the Russian into another and more genoral field of leaching. He is still a little inclined to be forget ful ��������� like some of the. rest of .us���������but he has never since served food on the bottom of a plate. NEW USE FOR SMOKE SHELLS. The great loss of life incurred by lhe nu.^.^ .,��������� .��������� English troops is mainly attributable j overwhelming debt. Taxes ran high, 110 the charges lhey have had to make so much so that the (men, have notice- i across open spices in order to dis- ably emigrated from the country to j lodge tho enemy from the sheltering escape the heavy drain. j kopje. In order to minimize Ihe death A HAPPY-GO-LUCKY LOT. '. i ���������"' it has ������een ���������eeested that ;just : before a charge takes place smoke The Portuguese aro a happy people, I shells should be fired, which would however, perhaps the jo liest, merriest temporarily bide the English soldiers. ���������iguns, from, which'only. 1!I8 out of 607 ��������� cavalrymen returned. The 'British jalso twice failed in attempts to take Hhe Redan in front of feebastoiiol. 'Nevertheless, Sebastoppl was lak-.-n. ! On July 27, .188!), 7!:0 British-sol-lii'-rs Ian;! three native Indian reginicnl.H, a (oial of *3,r>0-:>, were routed a!, kusnk- li-Nak-hub, Afghanistan, with a loss of ! 1,100 and two guns, but am-dc revenge Iwas shortly secured by Lord Roberls. j .' NEARLY AlAVAYS TR.U.K. I If I say, said the .teacher, .the pupil loves his teucher, what sort of a sentence is that ? : Sarcastic, said the boy. I it Hi IU I"; 1 jr. :1 fVAR FACTS A^D CUSTOMS. UNDER THE WHITE FLAG. When one of the enemy is sent with i flag of truce, he is blindfolded and taken to the officer commanding the ttutposts. If ho brings a letter, he is given a receipt, and immediately conducted outside the lines. He has therefore not much opportunity of carrying away' valuable information. AN ARMY'S GREAT NEED. Water is more important to an army than rifles and ammunition. Tommy Atkins requires ten gallons of it per day. His horse���������if he has one���������needs another fen gallons. Elephants, when used as pack-animals, drink twenty- five gallons a day, camels drink ten, oxen six, horses six, four more are needed for cleaning | them, mules and ponies five. A horse drinks one and a hnlf gallons at a time, and takes qjily two minutes to do it. MOUNTS AND REMOUNTS. The number of horses required by an Army Corps is immense. They are needed to mount the officers and the cavalry, to drag stores, ammunition, and guns, to draw the ambulance waggons and all the hospital necessaries, to carry tho bridges, pontoons, tele- gTaph apparatus,, balloons, and hundreds of other things. An Army Corps requires at least 12,000 horses; and as theso are constantly getting sick, getting shot, and breaking down they have to be renewed again and again. No fewer than 1,401 waggons are needed for tho various purposes of an Army Corps. SHELLS FOUR MILES IN THE AIR. The power of the modern gun is' a thing that cannot bo grasped. The 100- ton projectile strikes with a forco equal to 405,000 eleven-stone men jumping from a height of one foot. When tho 81-ton gun fires a shot twelve miles it is fired at such an angle lhat the shell goes up to a height 5,482ft. higher than Mont Blanc. Big guns have been longer in uso than most people think. In the year 1478 thoy had guns, called " bombards," which threw projectiles weighing a quarter of a ton. They were wider at |,he muzzle than in the bore,0 and wero used for battering buildings. The English used DRAPER'S GASE. 0���������ot,1������? RISE IN STOCK. The "SALADA" Tea Company are now introducing :o thp Cauadian and American publics a Ceylon Green Tea which is meeting. wiLh great f ivor big guns at the Battle of Orecy;and from Japan Tea drinkers. It is slmi- nmazed the French, who had never seen lar in flavor to Japan Tea, but is more Sensation In the Ottawa Valley District Caused by Dodd's Ilidney Pills.. Cnrert ItcnniMi Urajipr, of C'larondnn, of Gravel-ITInclpl" llpin Vt'iilcli It. dil'it Kliln-y ITU Arl - Wlif ���������'ravel Is ,. ������ arable b}' Koilil'it Klilnry I'IIIh. ' Clarendon, P.Q., Jan. 29.���������Quite a scn-ation was cause.l in this pmce and throughout the Ottawa Valley, by the publication of Ri'ubwn Draper's ca:e in ihe newspapers last ueek. Mr. Draper is well known about here and in Bristol and has had many enquiries as to his euro. There seems to be a univer.-al .surprise that Dodd's Kidney Pills should be ablet to cure n (rouble like Gravel, which is situated in the Bladder. Therefore the following explanation is in order. Gravel i,s directly the result of kidney disorder. It is caused by the failure on tho part of the kidneys to do their duty. They fail to dissolve the gritty particles lhat oomt to them tides pn'-s to the bladder and cling lo (he walls of that cavity, accumulating, finally, in little balls or "stonea.1" from (he bloou The-������e grilty pnr- Dodd's Kidney Pills, by restoring ine kidneys lo propnr health, cut off ine supply of this sediment and the bladder and urinary organs, recovering strength on the removal of the cause of irrllalion, throw off- tha gravel already dxpoxilcd. . Mr. Draper had only been using the pills a week when ho was rid of n slrane which, ho says, is as large ns n bean. Tn n few dnv������ he parsed an- o'h"r smaller one. Ho ha������ retained bo'h, and many peonle of the ne'gn- borhood have seen (hem. There is, Iherefore, no room to doubt that Dodd's Kidney Pills do nclua'-ly euro Gravel as well as Iho other kidmoy dis- eaiwfl for which < hey are famcus... The ca������o hac aroused wide interest and friends for Dndd's Kidney Pil's are discovered on all sides. Lines to the. aftih'ted and unprotect: ed Ah, simple man I when n boy two precious jewels were given thee, time and good adv'ce; one thou hast lost, and the other thrown away. about stock deals one hot day wnen he Informed his friend that he had picked up a cheap thing during the winter. It stood at S3 then, and yesterday it touched 841 he said. Wish I had your luck, old man I was tlv reply. What was it 1 Oh, just a ^thermometer. Then they "drank another fizz. ("Static ok Ohio, Citv i.f Toledo,\ .. ��������� Lucas County. ..-,.. I , Khakic J. Cheney nrnkon oath (hat he Is K n!or partner of iIn- Arm of F1. J. Ciii-nky St. io��������� < I o I n k bu-iIno-H.in" Iho. City'of.;. Tuie'de. Ci.-iitr.-ncl 8l.-tc aforesaid, rind thai -mid firm ������il jmy Jio urn of OXK I'UNDP.Ki1 DOL- LAIU- fur oicli anil overy ense ot Catarrh lli'-t iiinnot. >o ourod by. the use of Hali.'h Cataruh Cuick. FliANFC J. CHENKY. Swcrn to before me unit Kuhscribed in m> prcHe.ico, this Gth day of JJeconiber. ..V.D. IS8B. :���������-, : -a. w..rJLKASijN, : bkal. : ' Notaru Public Hall's Catarrh Cure in taken internally, and net.- diru.ily on the blood and mucous surface-; nf thcHyntuin. Pend for IcalimnninlB. tree. F. J. CH KNtCY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by DriiUKiKtH, 75c. IlallV FtiuiUr Plllr.Hro the best Doing nn injury, puts you ^below your enemy'; revenging one makes jou but even with him : forgiving it sets you above him, end this is true fraternity. WPC 1009 UNLIKE ANY OTHER hai t distinct Art or of IU uwn which makes ���������very on* that hu ooou triedU want It again. CEYLON TEA Lead packapM. a5i 3������. *o, 50&60& That every citizen of Canada could read this advertisement* Fortune knocks at every man's Now it is knocking- at yours. how you may live in easy circumstances, earning big money honestly and honorably the rest of your Hveq ��������� - ��������� "��������� " ' --��������� without leaving home. The first applicant from each town or country district will get this unparalleled chance. Capital not necea. sary, for start. - ��������� - - door at some time. ES CALVERT'S Carbolic Oleln-fectainto. Soapo, Ointment, Tooth Powders, otc, bare been awarded 100 medals and diploma* for. superior excellence. Their regular use prevent infectious dlunasea. Ask ronr dealer to obtain a supply��������� Lists mailed free on application. F. C. CALVERT & 150., COANOHEftTKR, - . ENGLAND. For full particulars address enclosing two cent stamp. EASTERN DISTRIBUTING CO., Belleville, Ontario. neuralgia, sciatica, muscular, Inflammatory, gout, Uumqaqo, Rhcumatio Paralysis, asthma Our Method Is.sure and has cured thousands���������some pronounced incurable. Write at once. Booklet and Proof on rcquost Address The'SWlSS-MlEEUCAN GO., Windsor, Ont., Canada sa Dominion UftQ IT complete 8HEET MUSIC CATALOGUE and SPECIAL RATE OF DISCOUNT. We ars ��������� quipped to eupalf ivsry MUSIC TEACnERinCanadi Whaley, Boyce S Co., IB8Yongt'8t, TORONTO, . ONT. Mlllo. Mllla A HalOB BftrrldlerH.oto.. removed to WeolerBldgs., Rloti- moad Htw.. Toronto. ' BaiiaageCa8ln^Hf3i.b'SS^!������,ilS irloan Hos Caning.���������reliable ������������od> at riiiht pries, PARK, BLACK VV7ELL * CO., Toreato. COMMON StNot KILLS Koueuc-B, Bed I Hues, Rats and Mica. Sold by all g*^ DruRgifts, or 381 Queen W. Toronto. such weapons boforu. WEEN BULLETS FALL. Falling bullets kill many men, even when thoy are lying sheltered behind trenches. If a bullet is fired in the air it falls with as muiah force as it goes up. But, curiously, there is a certain limit of height, beyond which 1 a bullet gains no more falling force; the reason being that when the motion is very rapid the resistance ofthe air balances the attraction' of gravity, tn the siege of Sebastopol���������and, in fact, during every campaign���������a great many men were killed by falling bullets. And thc terrific force with which they como icewn is shown by a oaso in which the bullet entered the shoulder of a cavalryman, passed down through his body, and penetrated several inches into his horse's back. A curious instance occurred not long igo in India. While a native was leaning boots in the open air, he was ��������� leen to drop dead without a cry. On 'xamining him, they found that a bullet had entered the top of his head. No shot had been heard, and the person who fire it must have been a very long way off. The French reverse our names, and while they call rifle- bullets " balles," thoy call cannon-balls " boulets." EOOM TO RUN AWAY. No troops fight with a river in their rear if they can possibly help it, bo- cause, if defeated, thoy .would have to cross the bridgo, and oould then be out down to il man. Tho military way of putting it is, " Never fight with a defile in your rear." And a defile means, any passage which harrows the front of a fighting force. ngentirTly POULTRY, BUTTER,-'EGGS, APPLES, ,������������������_������, ��������� i;, and other I'itODUOK. to eniure bait result, oonal.n to lougn a lit- ju OAwmm Rnmmiseinh fin I ln,U.J delicious and healthful, bei free from coloring, and .llthougn a lit- Th a ������������������ " fin'mr���������roTinh~ Pn :'Tfmi+������J Ua dearer in price is more economio.il . ,lle "J"������2J* Tnf.l^? ��������� ������ 'r L,n)ite������> to use, as one fcoimd of Ceylon Green | e������������*. W..t-M������rl,.t & Oolborne 8t.. Toronto, twa will go as far as one and three- oa������+Bra COLO CURB lOo. Oureain a Jiffy. P. Ho quarter pounds of Japan Tea. "SAL- * ___^TM" * ������0*l^������-*i^n-.r!- ABA" Green Ceylon tea is sold only in j *-hbde8 MOIHIS INOUBATOR-Be.tandolieapoBt half-pound lead packets at 20c per | * O. Rull������udl������la a������ni._forthtf Dominion. Stiid3oU packet. ���������tami< (or catalogu*. ������3 St. Paul Street, Monlital Lie's gone and forgot nothing but to say farewell to his creditors���������and to hie loving family. O'KEEFE'S '&P,D T. OP MALT InTi^orHle. tnd Btrt-ngthena LLOTD WOOD, Toronto, OENKRAL AOENT. Speak with contompt of none, from slave .to king; the meanest bee hath, and will use, a sting. Blemishes ���������������,?*���������������, Complexion a?-R-H3^9k.T3iA.E13Sra?. Send one o?nt i-t.iii|. for circular. W. J. URQUHART Aii.l/tlculChemUt, ISO yLeen St. W., Torouto. Beware of meat twice boiled and old foe reconciled, tor Lhey are of Leo not what they seem to be. TO CURE A COL������ IN ONE DAT Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund tho money if It falls to cure, S5c K. W. Grovo's Higuature Is on oach box. Tart words make no friends; a spoonful of honoy will catch more members than a gallon of vinegar. Catholic Prayer .%Si"W������.S: Rallgiou. PloturM, Statuar/, and Churoh Ornameuta kdiuntloDsl Work.. Mail orden retalTo prompt attan- Uaa. B * J. SADLI ERA CO., Montreal. HAKKIb LEAD. COPPHR. BRASS. Whelwale onlj. Lens DuiMww* TelephoaalTM. WILLIAB3 ST- TORONTO. p^rmanentli our-M OftLarrh of nose������ throat, etom������ab ������ad bl*dil������. 604-k-llBbox. Writ* for pwtiflUlftM, Tlw Udl������n 0*Urrh Our* Oo., 1������ Si. Jflja-������������v-*^. Maotraa*. IMA^TTED���������Forem n l*attern Makt>r,* also good Mo- " ohaiiioal Dr^ughttm ������n��������� permanent po-utio.. with a rood oompany. Apply, Manager, 66 Bruce Arenue, wosLm"uat, Montreal. nO yon want t������) liny or soil a farm or other property la w Wet-tern Ontario, "the .Garden'of Ounada, or ex- changi-City. Town or nthor property for aume? If no, you will ������ave time and money by writiug to us for lint of nropertioft wo have on hand and full particulars. James Burrows, Manager of The Western Real Estate Ex* chaiiyo, 78 Dun das Street, London. MAtL 8TEAM8K1PS Portland. Me., to Liverpool, via Halifax. Urge und fast Steamers Vancouver, Dominion, Cambroinan. J Ratos of pauaco :~FIrt*t Cabfn������ $50 upwards; Beoond Cabin, *Si; Steerage, S32.50 and 9'i3.90. - Vox further iu/or[nation apply to local uganU. or DAVID TOBRANOK & CO., Oonsrai Aoenta. ��������� U.Bt. SaoraiaentSt. Montreal. WE ARE OFFERING TO INVESTORS ipeoial afcook, ffuaranteolnar large dlrldenda; alio an In* rtalment Btook payable In monthly instalment*, drawing cash dlrldend-*, half yearly. Parties wantinff eafe and profltable InTestment uhould correipond with The Sun 8avlng-6 and Loan Co., Toronto. ; Moneyloanod on faTorable terms; agent* wantud in unrepreionted disiriots ; write us. WE ARE OFFERING TO INVE8T0B3 ipeoial ttootc, -fuaraate������ing large divi-denda; alio *0 hv Htalment stook payftblo in monthly KA-kaimenti, dfutflor ca������h d[rldeo4', twl< yearly, Partifti traAUnf n^fa am profitable lutMfcmoot ehould oorrespand with the Bi B*Tlnjr* and Loan Ooi - ----- - (arorabl������ iern\i triois; wriia ua. atl������u������ wantei 1,1 "r������,i''iJ^; w9-n.(1.?l0ll,lt(*.<?? uore>rtocm*d dt������ Farmers Intending to Seed Gcrn Note This. !i the choftsent aqi beat injrfdffnt ' coloring dora THE MOST NUTRITIOUS. GRATEFUL���������COMFORTING. Mineral Extract Erevent crows from pinking np corn vrTaoix plantad. ad H acres of oorn fait year on my 135 aora farra \m ad tho soed all oolore : und had not one ttvlk doatroydl . b> crow*. I alao claim it ui good as a hcary coat o ' rnanure for making corn srow rich, tedll'j* ���������-" ^** ploaaed with it that I have taken the a'gVt.fut Farmer* who wj������h t<j bay only a stnaU box ahottld aefti tn their ordure not later lhaa ?������b. IA Smnll bot colors 20 btishelH, price SV.60; largo box oplori 60 binh������a uric* 95.00: will be so'd for $< 60 It o.dcfed by Fth-UtS Terms, cash wltli order*. No order* taken after MoroA lat. in order to get th������m all paolud *nd shipped b*fo������# April at directly at O.T.ft, and O.P.B. far shjpptaS Krery bot of Kxtraot tuarantesd to glwc satiafaotlon or money refunded. ANDREW KAUFMAN, FarffUV P.O., 0n% \ V��������� BREAKFAST���������SUPPER. Odorless Closet. Ideal Treatment for Catarrh Mr. Robert, F. Gray, of 25G Clar&iice street, Liondon, Ont., says : "I believe Datar^'liozono will produce a positive cure for Catarrh. A������ter using it u tew times'renal was an assured fact. The disagreeable, dropping iu the throat soon lessened and. the nasal passages became tolerably tree and tho Dreath became lesa disagreeable. Cat- arrhozone is an ideal1 treatment and I hopfe it will find its way into the hands of many affected ones." C'at- arrh-o-zone is a guaranteed cure tor Catarrh and Asthma. Sold everywhere. Trial outfit sent for 10j in stamps by N. C. POLSON & CO., Kingston, Ont., Proprietors. s Jn visiting an unfortunate brother reimember, "Visits should be short, like a wintex day, tiest you're too troublesome, hasten away. FOR OVER F1PTY YEARS MRS. WINSLOWS SOOTH INCI SYRUP baa beon unod by motherr for their childrau teething. Itsoothei the child, softens the gums, allays ji&ln, cures trim! oolio, and is the best remedy for dmrriioia 2.r>o. r bot* tie. Sold by all druggists Lhroiigtiout the world. 6< sure and aik for " Mrs. Wiualow's boothlog Syrup. An empty bag canno-l stand upright, therefore look within the order with which you desire to affiliate aixl see if there is onything within it. Y MONTREAL HOTEL OIRE0TORY. The~������MJainio^^ Hotel Carslako, aVa^X"' O.T.K.Station. Monrreal. Geo. CarnUkeA Co., Prop'a������ MoDIlI���������Collece Areuuo. Family Hotel rates *1.50 per day. AVENUE H0USE- 8T. JAMES' H0TEU-?������^S^-rL,SpoA 1 Modem Im* Rallvay, ]*1rst^ilau Oummerci&I House. ^rmreasents���������IUU> moderate. AN OLD STORY, you heard about the threo Have eggs? - No.' Too bad I A- gentleman' in telling it said : Wat you tink of the little story about dose tree eggs. Two of dem was rotten. Michigan Land for Sale. 8 000 ACRES 0000 FARMING LANDS��������� ARKMAO I loscn. Ogemair and Crawford Counties. Titlepor. feot. On Mich'gati Centr.il, Detroit & Maokinao and Loon Lake Ruilroailg, at prloea tanging from $2 to $5 per acre. The.HU Lauds are Close to Enterprising New Towns, Churches, Schools, etc., and will be sold oa reasonable terms. Apilly to - R. Jl. PIKRCK. Agent, West Bay City, Mloh. Or J. W. OUIt i'I3, Whittemore. Mloh. HAVE YOU TASTED ost The Above Cut Represents Ono of ths Moat Useful Inventions of tho Ago In the Way of an Indoor Closet All who have used this Closet pronounce it absolutely odorless and medical men claim it to be perfectly sanitary. Hundreds have been sold during: the pasl year and have given entire satisfaction. For Catalogue and price list; write to The Odorless Crematory Closet Co., Hamilton, Ont. JAS. R. ANNETT, Managw. JOHN J. MAIK, Supt. and Treat 0. A TORONTO MERCHANT Bears Important News to His Feb low Citizens. '���������/���������*��������� Esplanade, .Toronto 0pp. Shorbourno St.f ��������� ��������� CEYLON GREEN TEA ? It's fur more doliclnus than Japan. - Luud I*li^.*kBU���������,. Sold only In WANTED. Mfu or vromon in all pnrtn of Canada to bundle our trade. Liberal ooru- iuU-ion ors-������l;vry unci excluslrtt territory to n*:ht parties. Qootlsetriot* Ij- up-to-date and great aellorH. 1^ ticulars free. Automatic Steam Cookor Co. 205 Collogo Stroot, TORONTO. Ing. For the ������ery best send jour work In th* " BRITISH AMERICAN DYEIN8 CO." Look for agent in your town, or tend direct. Montreal,Toronto, Ottawa, Quebec La Tosoana, "10c. EKLTANCE CIGAB i'jiCTOR*i( .Moncroa Don't mSisinform your doctor, your lawyer or your application 'blank. (I n PayiM, of Qranby, Que. ��������� Clear Uaaaf aetortr. Ho that haa not got a wife, or certi- fioate, is not yet a complete xij������n. ���������m!������6 ^twil- fvmz^ f <M p{&&r*/ead High Class Water Tubs Steam Boilers, for All Pressures, Duties and Fuel. SBND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOOUB. - /-Toronto Eleotrlo Light Oo., Limited. | The T. Eaton Co.. Limited. \ The Masser-Harrl. Co., Limited. I The Outta rercha Rubber ������ VUt. Oe. VThe Wll.on Fubltsbtng Co., LimlUxL (AU eJToreaW vhere boilers ma> be ie������n vorkiac. Toronto, Jan. 5.���������Hero in a letter we hope overy one ot our readers will peruse:���������"I am 38 years old. Hava beon troubled for four years with wiiat I thought wan RheumatLam-i BtLfineas in the muaoloa ol my legs, later Ln the arms. Soon the stiffnesl changed to soreness. Went to Hot Springs, and came back a little betteh Was a moderate drimker, but quit us* ing liquor altogether,, and carefully regulated my diet. One day I god wet ��������� and then the trouble was worao thani ever. Had to lay off for threa weeks. Have had similar attacks at Intervals ever since, each one worse than Us predecessor. Had headaohe, pain in tha small of the back, urine) dark, scanty and scalding. Began using Dr. Arnold's English Toxin Pills a short time ago, and am already, wonderfully Improved. Feel confident they will bure''me,' and I shall give them the chance and .report. I have not felt so well for years_ as 1 have since I began using your pills. ��������� H. LEWIS, 477 Yon������e St:, Toront* Dr. Arnold's ���������Rniilsh Toiln PIUs, the oulf medldat on earth that cures'disease by killing tho ������tnns thai cause It. are sold by all drufgists, at T������o. a bor ; ���������amjjM site S3c. or stnt post-paid M receipt of price, brTh( Arnold Chemical Co., Limited, Canada 1Mb DuUdl������a ii Hint Street West, Toront* BTROLB \m atesnja. bi:j3Si his ������Siifp������r������S A lilosf diidmt mbsiitiiU iof ;.. co4=llver oil? pleasant to the milfj &n������ agi'etf^ with &^ most setii'i^ tlye stomkeh. Vstd by gliysiGi&iis Ia ��������� the" tre&tfiAeat ������! all tkroat and iliflg ��������� twUUes, aftd^if resulis eeufit fo^ aflytliiiig^-itlmost ua limit to thi good it <San dd. ^iurfdje 'botlk fiioiled tia all|" sddfeJis 6d recalpl cf to eantfi U CoVSr piSiia^i Angier -Chemical Co* TlMss*" Toronto '-aaBanrt'UriB&to ii - v f- "'sl-V.*'-1"' iff HOTJ-i ji*rm ****** -+- , _. .. 1 UA AJ.V '.* HfAi'n a. *������������������������������'; I JK*> V. f -���������*' t J. f ��������� * f 1-IV V ������u i/O-V ���������VT ������! ".*.������������������.������ i > i *n ������* r - -J, Jm, k li' ������������������*=.. *.\- ���������*���������? -'- * \. fcf .Irf.*11- ���������"���������-. lit* '.-* r- ._>' ."?--* * ?, ������...*���������������'. V -'���������. >..,-'li * *" .V \ t ��������� "j ���������' .*^* ������ *.S^''-*SA: *-.- ~ -,-.~7*s- ' - .A "��������� '. "*���������' ^/���������' ' , '--aj - ,,���������< ���������'fl THE MINING'REVIEW���������SATURDAY,'FEBRUARY,zo, :i9oo. "S :new SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10,3900. Flouting THAT GREAT PETITION. . ��������� Tlie members of. District''��������� Union Nbi Y G,WestenrFederation of Miners.said to embrace' 11 unions and 3000'meii, have sent a petition to the government in favor of the eighidibur law; and "though : commented., on approvingly by Mr '��������� 'Cotton's paper.it has many what.might ��������� be called peculiarities, to say the least ', .."������������������of it's prayers. As the whole force of '���������.' .the entire 'document is. ir.������ demand for the retention of that law.'-in .its Y, entirety, criticism lias of necessity 'but one drift. ,.T1ir petitioners want to ��������� know if they are to bo considered in the same category as so many animals that'live on black,bread and, hog fat,; ��������� that can live in a rude lint and need no o7 books or timeYfor material improvement. ���������"������������������, AVe take it .the public well know that .a considerable .number of. the, miners do. not use what time, they ��������� might .have in any event' to the best advantage;, but it isYnot our intention to take up the consideration of "-;.��������� even the document on that ground. It may as well here be understood, once for all, that it is not simply because -'..'..the law constitutes,eight hours a day's work that the opponents of the law object to it, but for a nioro far-reaching ... reason���������that it deprives owners, and ���������:: men of their liberty and reduces" them to the rank'of "animals," the creations ::���������'.'-to-which' the petitioners so much ob- ��������� . , ject, ��������� by depriving them of their right / to liberty or the exercise of human ���������; judgement. We,havo at all times ad- ... mitted that good men can do the work Y-required .of. them in eight hours -we ..have gone further and admitted 'that .-,'. there are many underground workings in all camps in which".-it is injurious to 7 woik even eight hours; but as it is: well known that owners have not the means pf compelling men to work ' longer than eight hours or even that long, where they do not want to do it, the end:,'desired, by the petitioners could have,been attained by mutual arrangement; between the only two . parties interested, und that too without , the law that has cost the country lasting friendship between employers and aud employ es and several years' growth ,7 besides. "We will illustrate what we say. Some three weeks since the painters of Vancouver met and adopted' nine hours us a day's work. A short tinie previous the carpenters of Nelson met and agreed on" the duration of a ��������� dayjand both without' either law or act. , of parliament. The, miners of the Slocan could have done the same thing, and that too .without disturbing legislation. It used to be said that "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty," but the Western Federation wills the destruction of liberty a matter of choice. Next they object to the ''disruption of the governmeno by political trickery " ; it must be saved by organized trickery, and Uiat organization an alien.,institution besides, whose president declares that he prefers to gain his end by'the nword. They next ask for, the decnpitn.'ion 0f the inspector of mines because he has lost their "confidence and respect." No doubt Boyce, . who, Mahomet like, believes in the sword, would be the man of their choice in his place. Further on it is asserted the wiiges demanded are not above those paid to first-class miners in Cripple Creek. This may all be ; but the petitioners do not show that the miners of. the Slocan are all fust-class men, nor yet that the conditions here are the same as those of Cripple Creek���������that all the properties here are as far developed aiid, therefore, as well able to pay as tlie properties in Cripple Creek. It appears to us these 11 unions should send in another petition verifying these conditions befo're tlie firi-t condition should be considered. Wo venture the opinion, in this connection, that if the the unions could assure the owners that they had nothing .but lirst-ciass men, or better still had only asked thc higher pay fer the first-class men they have, allowing their second and third rate men to take second and third rate wages, the trouble in the Slocan would have been settled long. ago. The fourth grave assertion is that the evidence before Commissioner Clute has proved that miners will per- as much work in eight-hours as they formerly did in ten. No doubt it was proved to the satisfaction of the Western Federation ; but merely to assert it lias not proved it to the province nor to Mr. Clute either. The petitions of the owners at Rossland and of the Slocan, '���������'���������t-hp^'^ftv^1 Hard life, the ���������'plucky, firft'inoc lead; out. Vu all sorts or '.veatiior, ���������losing' 'sleep, ento.libu' r.-'oltl ;iiul stnuniug'theii'b.'.ick.-i. Third to.��������� hnvo. straiifr, well kvkioys ujuIoi' f*iir:h..co!i(ii;;!.o*i-5'.' ii .,1'ii.it's why iiivjiicu, 'poi'J.c-'.'.'ii-'ui, c, ���������anA others; who fUi;.f'x;ii-7fci tc tl:.7,weather,, aro so often' trouble;!', with VY-:iK-, -.Ijiiiiie ljncks and with'��������� Ij'i-iiiary Troubles.' : ��������� '��������������������������� ��������� ., .��������� '���������, are h'oipiiif* ir.inrb'oi1.: of finch to 'lon'th'. S/i.i-. John' IJiiiii.-i'-on, chief of tlio lira ���������r!o:;a!,lment,i)Di������.,sd(:iij-Ont., says: . "'' Prior, to t:;,V.ing these'��������� pills I had kid-. f.-vy(.rouble; which eaiisod .se'voro pain in' tii������ V'lriall of my back and in both siile:;.1 I 'I!.���������'(���������.'! a.Iirod.foiling and -never, seemed to 'bc'fi'l'lo. to ������������������'.get rosinil: ..J'Jowever, I coni- ivi-::!;eed the uso oliYDoini's Kidney '..Pills, aiid after tiiiking throe boxes ain completely cured. I liayo now no 'backache oriivinary tvor.ble, r.nd tho tired feeling is Completely gone. Ia fact, I am 'well ���������;aud atioDg;" people encouraged the miners in driving the men out, Any impartial man must see that ."'.the owners are'entirely free from blame, all things considered, and are only in importing, doing just what the f.iult finders would do if they' were in the owners' places. To criticise any man fairly, one should put liimsaif in that man's place. As we see matters,' and as we think the local miners must see them by this time, it is' now'cither' a case pf accept tho oiler, of'tile owners, ���������'93.25: a day, or leave the field .quietly,': to those, who wiil. The bulldozing of the machine of, the unions can iio longer be of any .service to tho men.' who better -know the facts from trial say the mines will either have; to shut down or reduce wages under the law. The closing paragraph of the,petition, must be a nice posy, with . a lovely aroma for any cabinet minister in a British colony. Here it is : ��������� "Any tampering with the eight-hour law at this lute day will ���������result in a struggle which will last until every dollar in the Western Federation of Miners has been expended.". 7' Is not this refreshing? It is in most shame-faced print declared that the Western Federation of Miners;'.whose president is Boyce that arch-rebel to his'own ���������country, is boss of the present B. C. government, and will spend the last dollar they have in forcing legislation in .this .'British.colony that best suits their own ends and objects only. Is not this refreshing? It appears to us that any government of British Columbia, possessing the ordinary.feeling of dignity and independence, would resent intimidations ' like that as they 'ought to be resented ; but it remains to be seen how it will be accepted by the present administration. . . PLACE THE BLAME RIGHTLY. <Occn.ssiona.lly you will hear ah odd one blame the owners for bringing in "aliens." If these people would place the blame where it belongs,it would be less matter. There is no questioning the,fact that in a short time, with past experience, many of the new men will become most efficient workmen; and it is to their own interest first���������in line with human nature���������the owners''must look. Aside from this, we may say that when the possibility of trouble by comingdown is over, the business people w.ill see as much of,the new men as they should loek for from industrious, thrifty-settlers. Under any circumstances, however, we are convineed t.hat if some of the business people',' who find fault with the new order of things, had taken a different stand when the Star offered S3.25, thc whole matter might have been settled without,a day's delay. It is well known that at the time some pf the miners' union urged acceptance of the offer. If the business men had, one and all, aided, that wing by advising acceptance instead of rebellion against the offer, the oll'-time would- have been of short duration. As it is, the owners have made several efforts,lo conform to the wishes of the objecting business men, by bringing in the labor they desire; and instead of seconding tnese efforts an exceptional one or two of the business ���������ME, GREEN AND THE LAW. " We publish, in other columns, the correspondence between several in the Slocan1 and elsewhere iii tlie Kootenay, and the government on'the eight-hour law, and, to be frank, it does not leave Mr. Greeii in the independent position in which any member ought to'staiul before his constituents. ..' Our readers will .first remember that, in his election contest lie stated: thdt the mining laws had already' been subjected to too much tinkering. Y He does not deny that in committee of the whole House he voted against.the eight-hour clause, and on the third reading of the Bill, when the clause appeared he allowed it to pass: unchallenged'. But,read his own letters. On the i6th of March1 last he wrote the government saying, "I have had no request from any miner in my Riding asking for the eight-hour day." v In the same letter he.says, "the owners threaten to cut wages, which will, in my opinion, result in a strike." He admits that the law had never been asked Tor j that its enforcement Would result in a strike, onemohth before he allowed it to become law without a protest, and now he is endorsing it and says it is not wholly responsible for the trouble. What we blame Mr. Green lor is not insisting on submitting it to the country before passing. He could well have done it* on his conviction ���������-���������'-���������.���������. ��������� . ' v .-....'��������� that its enforcement would have r'e: suited in a strike, and that its adoption in any case was never asked for by any one in his constituency. As we have before said, we. have no desire to weaken Mr. Green iii the constituency, but, as iifpublic journalist, we must deal franKly with matters whicli are of vital interest to the c'ountrv. ..,"'' They are going to be together just; ae much as before; going to ride tlie wheel, take little pleasure jauiits, etc., enjoying everything together. Isn't that what many a young couple' promise "'��������� each other ?���������,.������������������ And yet, how very soon the wife . begins to say ,������No, I don't think I care to go. 7 You go alone, dear." Young women don't reckon "on the great physical changes which follow ".mar- riage. How' can they when, they are allowed to grow up in entire ignorance of vital physiological facts? They feel languid, weak and nervous. Sometimes there is' headache and backache. The. pulse no more leaps in answer .to the thought of a spin on the wheel. Women who have used Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, know how promptly; the languor, headache, backache, nervousness and weakness are cured by this medicine. , Many husbands write in gratitude to Dr.; Pierce for the medicine which gives them back the wife's compan- , ionship, as it gives her back her health; .. "All'praise is due lo yoii for your-wonderful 'Favorite Prescription,1" writes Mr. John W. . Cofl-mah,,of Ellisburg, Cnsey Co., Ky. "My wife suffered witli ..female irregulnrity; was confined to bed every three" weeks. After usiiiff two .bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription she wascured, and has', not -sulTercd any derange^ snent since. Your '.Favorite"'-Prescription' !��������� a boon to delicate v.-omen." There is no alcohol in "Favorite Prescription, *': and it is entirely free from opium, cocaine and all other narcotics. ���������K AND OTHER INVESTf/iENTS. Every Representation Guaranteed. ; SANDON, B. C. There .is no other remedy equal to B. B. B. for making thq blood pure, rich arid red,' and the skin, clear and' smooth. . Here's proof 'from'1 Bertha J.; Tozeir, 'North Esk;: N. B. ' :f- ,'���������-."-I.Jiaye had pimples on my face Y ��������� for three years, and about' two years ag*o I took an attack of nervousness. I got so bail I could not sleep and lost my' appetite and was very weak and miserable. I was taking-' different kinds of medicines but seemed to bo .; getting worse. A friend advised ma to try Burdock Blood Bitters, I did so, taking in all four bottles. . As a, '���������;��������� result I. sleep well, have a good appetite, my face is free from pimples, my skin clear and my health is iq every way perfect'." tie ���������.���������^:anao'n*;&ieam-: At the time it was made, some of thc machine men of the miners' union were good enough to say that the offer of $3.25, made by the mine owners' association, was only a bluff. Time shows, however, it was bona fide. Notwithstanding the fact some men went to work at the Payne at $3, the management has decided that all good men, no matter at what they were hired, shall get S3.25. We may here further say that all good men who want to work at the Payne, the Ivanhoe or any other propert}' that is working.or ready to, work, can get their S3.25, and they will not be asked whether they aro union Gr non-union, provided they are not agitators, and apply in good faith. The machinery is the best to be had in the conn try��������� the workmen are all" experienced,���������so that nothing but the best work is turned out.-���������'������������������ ��������� *������������������-...., Orders from a distance solicited. Y ��������� Goods sent in by express or otherwise have immediate attention and are promptly returned. M. VMM.JTT children are sick children. Their inactivity and sober faces, are not in keeping with robust childhood. They lack vitality and resistive power,, and' are very susceptible to colds and contagious diseases. brings new life to such children. It enriches the blood; it restores health and activity ; it gives vigor and vitality to mind and body. 50c. and $1.00. all druggists, } 6COT1Si 110 WNK, whemistii, Toronto, i The Silvertonian in its last issue out- Herods even itself. Listen to it: "Our taxes go to support a force to be used by foreign mine owners as a means of goading the local miners into some breach of peace, for no other purpose apparently are all these demonstrations made.'-' Now supposing the miners would do as a printer in the Silvertonian office, under similar circumstances���������leave the job if the salary did not suit him, and let the man who wanted the job at the wage take it without interference, the force complained of by thc Silvertonian would never have been employed.f Contractors and Builders. Factory opposite the C. P. K. freight shed. Plans and Estimates Furnished on all Classes of Building. P. O. Box 155. Sash aud Doors, Frames and Mouldings on hand or to order 011 short notice. Dealers in Rough and Dressed Lumber,. Shingles, Latli, Lime and Brick. CALL AND GET PEIGES. SANDON, B. C. Even yet vow will hear aome people say, "Why don't the owners and the men compromise?" A.t $3.50 for ten hours, $2.80 would be the pay for eight hours. Now the owners have offered $3 25, or two-thirds of the difference between the relative wage and what the men are asking. What fair man is there who really believes there is now anything to compromise, or anything further the owners should offer ? IN THE MORNING You feel better of your sick headache or bilious sped if you' have taken a Laxa-Liver Pill the night before. These little fellows work while you sleep without gripe or pain. Dry Goods! ^y coofe Dry Goods We have just received a large shipment from, the cast. ��������� NEW DRESS PATTERNS. NEW FANCY SILKS. -NEW FLANNELETTES. NEW EIDERDOWN. Ladies', Misses' and Children's (Health Brand) Underwear. We also carry a full line of Carpets, Linoleums, Floor Oilcloths, ' Curtains and Window Shades. The Mining Review, $2.00 A YEAR. IlIllllMllltlllllllllltllUIIlIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlillllllllllMIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIUlIlllIMIIIIIIIIIIiEIIIIIIIlllllllUIIMCIillllllllllJIIlIfllllllllllirilllll I M M .f 1 *SI M m m ������s. *���������������.: t * 1. * v������- THE MINING REVIEW���������SATURDAY,' FEBRUARY 10, 1900. THE ffill' OF Canadians Do Good Work Upon Arrival at the Front. WEAK, FAINT FEELING: London, Feb. 5.���������The Standard's correspondent at Modeler River gives the following picturopqne glimpse of the , Canadian contingent: ''Ot---z!a Depiche V0113," "Say, there, bring her over,"and similar commands and exhortations in English and Canadian-French greeted the ears ntfl Orange liiver while the train was being boarded by the Gordons going up to the. front. The Canadians had arrived the day before from PeAar, and in one day they had laid down and comnlel.r-d a mile and a quarter ol railroad, and built a new platform. _ Railway making under the South African sun in December is no play, ancl the sight of these men of the north handling sleepers and rails with the greatest despatch and enthusiasm, and working in a way that white men seldom work in South Africa, was an object lesson of the thoroughness of tlie spirit of patriotism which animates all r.inlcs and sections of the British force now fighting tho Boers." " London, Feb. 5���������Spencer Wilkinson, in the Morning Post says : "The tide is beginning to turn. In thc western border ol the war it looks as though General French had been reinforced, perhaps by Genernl Ohermaides brigade. This would bo the beginning of a systematic direction of the campaign. When General French I1113 disposed of the enemy forming his present objective, his force will be available for other operations." Dealing with the possible operations of General French, Kelly-Kenny and Gat .cro, Mr. Wilkinson says : "There is now a prospect thai in two or three weeks tho British forces will be holding the passages of the Orange river, repairing the bridges and collecting all tho requisites for the advance northward, to begin as soon as Lord Huberts can sec his way to order the movement." Berlin, Feb. 5.���������Lieutenant-Colonel Waclis, of the war department, said to the Associated Press today : 'The prestige ol the British army clinnot bo said to have suffered so iar as its lighting qualities are concerned. Both privates and ofilcors have behaved with the utmost-bravery in action, as tho lists of deatl and wounded show." .!&.; X /ii-i"1 Ii. & Jtviv^illibCiSrt Serious Conditions that Mjlbur-n's Heart, ?.nd Nerve Pills can Keadily Cure. One of the indications of serious hoar! trouble is tho sensation of weakness oi raininess thatcoinos on at times. Sometimes it is simply a dizzy fcelinp that passes off, or it maybe a state of tiii- cousciousness with Lauds and foot cole ,-n ���������? _-������-��������� and coiintonuuci; ?'?,.. S'X-y-A ���������dif'.-'ilyiialu. 'J'Iiumo symp Kaslo and Slocan Railway. Tirm z&Rb. Trains run on Pacific Stai.dard Time. Going Kast. ~}&i?i?i?i?ii? i?i?i?i?i? i?i?i?i<?*fc^ A ii'iQi f .."i.^r. " J .,* j i IIU.JU ft V1U]I T.-S^'a' '���������/"������������������-.1 loins indicate 1, y.j ?J>cr:.'j.!.'*y wuukem-d hoart. fl /*7 !.."-/!;:'-">������ T'lipy aro unin is - f j.'XT I &'/ I f{~Sr''i '*-������ f'dr.al'loovi.'leiKT'- -1 '-JI ;' ji^ '.,.-,-fl" !���������',������������������'���������>".i ot tho engine oi ,'! rl ! -.'���������i'-T""'i !���������',' V^'V' V ]'''������ b r o ������ k i n g ' ���������'-Vji-A-^^^-'i , '���������'"''f'- '���������-)] down. v* ������������������' only one reliable remedy for restoring strength and vitality la v.-oakoned hearts mid roliovim? all tho iVdressing symtiloiiin. It is Milburn's Ueiiit and Norvo Pills. The case of Mis. A. Strati011, Fredei-ie- ron, N.B., amply proves this. Hero ia hor statement: <i "Isnflorod vory much'from an impoverished condition oi tho blood, coupled with extreme nervousness. A dizzy sensation on arising quickly or coming down ut.iirs, oil en troubled 1110, and my breath ras so sliort that I could not walk up stairs. The least exortion caused my heart to flutter and' palpitato violently, and I sometimes felt a smothering sensation on i.;oing to sloop. ] doc'orod back nnd forth for my woak- ni'fs, but Cgotnoiohef from any medicine until I Ivied 31'Ilium's ITcarr, and Norvo Pills, a>;d I can f,ay that thoy helped mo vrondorfiilly. Sometimes my face aud iiiua would swoll and puff, but all theso r.-oublos t'peodily yielded to the restoring laiiumifcr of Milburn's Ileai't and Norvo '.'..Is, a .'id ������ ,110 now strong and woll. I lid nor. ns; ihi-m long until I regained the 1 ie-v -'tig o1 healthful, refreshing sleep and it v. Hi ahviiys bo a pleasuro to me to iJm."i'"'l il'.Pia to others'." Going West. Leave ?.00 a.m " S.:i> " (I.:1!) " " ������..!o " " !).,-.,r) " " , 10.12 " " i(i.2.*i " -" m.s.i ArrlvelO.il) Daily. c I>1nsJ,������. Arrive 3.55 p.m. South Folk " 8.20 ���������' ���������Spoulos " 2.2-j " Whitewater ' 2.1o " Hear Lake " o.ij,) '��������� .McCJulgiin " 1.15 ' " l'aile\'s " ].:;i " Cody .luncllon " 1.2.1 " Sandon Leavo l.ir, " CODV HltANCII. , Leave 11.00 a.m. Sandon Arrive 11.10 a.m. ���������ll-lo ' (Jody n.a.1 " OHO. F. COPI'LANO, Superintendent. (./,., ? *������"'"," I'onus.iipply 10 S. u'y.iiimucu. Agent, '-andoii. ' ���������Northern Pacific Ey. THE FAST LINE TO ALL POINTS. The Dining Car Route via Yellowstone Park is safest and best. Solid Vestibule Trains equipped with Pullman Palnoe Cars, Elegant Dining Cars, Modern Day Coaches, Tourist Sleeping Cars ai'!.'!'���������'".!]'tli* }!cku''i '<> a" Plonts In tho United stiitesnnd Ciiniulii. SteiiinslilpHclcetbtoall pnrtsoi the world. Jiekets, to China and Japan via Tacomn anclNortliorn Pacific Steamship Co. J,lL"'ni* 1 rams depart, Irom Spokane: No. 1, West nl 3.-10 p. in.,ilallv. Nn. 9. l.'.iui. nl t >in .* ..-. .1.*:,.'. * f <������ ind No, 2, Kastal 7.:I0 p. in., daily. I'Or Informalion, lime cards, mails tickets apply to agents of IheS. F*. &NT. F. V. (J rrilJS, Gen. Agoii t, Spokane, Wnsli 0-l\P- CHARLTON, AsM.Gen. Pa=s. Asont. 2.j5irornsonSt.,Co .Ird.Portlar Invitation Cards. Announcement Cards, At-Home Cards, and Visiting Cards, in up-to-date styles. *������ l'**tm.***..iM\.*\,t',4������*. (,'.l'li.M,l,^l,l'W>l,l'|(M,Cl,'l,( land, Ore. MINING RECORDS. Recorded at New Denver. <r!������.^.-is;-m������T-ii>M nmi ail trstl J^iSXANHS, HPt't'i'iXii of BSHIMS.W, ������a=e*-^ <*Ot'������SJ������. H.OIlS ^^ &������ .1 Pi'ET-irE. . .;..pi-i <if;'i..t urllulo iiiiw ;���������- lzilCvl. :i" 1"������ ,r. J llniMlaion, I have !.i..^ . >./. ".i1..-1.. Imd troubled .r, a'.iU 1. \ c i^.i.i.ed consider- 1. H. WING HAM. C.E., Montreal. ,f.()c. und oi per bottle DAVIS i LAV.T'- 'v'-T. CO, Limited, A- ��������� . . ,-. By tJ ������.- rlof gOittllliJ w .1': 1 me 101 crw p. y aljly .7. ,\' 1 An. M. L. Grimmett, ll. b. ASSESS J1KNTS. Jan 21���������Speculator. 25���������Helena. TKANSFKRS. Jan 23���������Tonka Fraction }t, Herbert T Twigg to Geo W Hughes. Tonka Fraction g, same to Scottish Colonial Goldiields, Ltd, Nov 22. Chicago No,2 and Cube Lode, notice of sale by sheiiffon Feb 9, of all interest of Alonzo D Coplen, to recover $1707.30 for Chiis Callagha'n. Cominonwealtli, Ernest il Brindlc to "Mount MableYM &S Co, Ltd, Jan 30. JJAIHIIS'JT'-R, SOLICITOlt, PuPIjIO, E'IC. Sandon, B. C. Notary ^ FEW IFiTEKESTIMQ FfiSLTS. When people aro Ronloinplntlnir a trip w-liothPron lHi-,inessor pleasure, thoy nnlui-- nlly w-nnt the heM servii-e oblninnlileso lar as spei'd, eomlortand MileM- is coi.corncd Fm- piovee^ofllie WKeon.sin Central Lines are paid loseive the public, and our trains are oporatt'd <.o astomakorlosoconni>clionsv.'il,h divorplni,' lines al, all junction points. Pullman Palace Sleeping a:id Chair Cars on tlirouuh trains. Dinins Car service excelled. "Titeals served a la Carte. Tn ordei to obtain this lirst-clms service ask the ticket agent, to tell you a ticket over THE WISCONSIN CENTRAL LINES nnd you will make direct, connections at St. Paul for ChtcaKO,Milwaukee and all points east. For any lurther information call on anv ticket agent, or correspond with Jas. Pond, or Jas. A. Clock, Gen. Pas . Ascut, Genoral Agent. ."Milwaukee, Wis. 210 Stark St., Portland. 4* * Martin Was Counted Out. Winnipeg, Feb. 5.���������Judge .Walker todny gave'his decision in the Winnipeg election ciise. ' He ruled that tho 8-18 ballots, marked outside, the disc, shouJd.be counted for the -candid;-teg. of this number.5.30 were for Puttee, and 818 for, Martin. About 50 other disputed ballots .were cunsderc'd. Puttee, the labor candidate, was declared elected by eight of a majority. All told there were about 4850 ballots cast in the contest. '-���������;.. fl GOOD OOJU GUM A first-class salesman, wanted to represent us in f-j.'indon, B. C, and vicinity for for the sale of hardy fruit trees, ornamental trees and shrubs. Over 600 acres under cultivation. We grow varieties of stock especially adapted to B.C.;-all stock accompanied bj' government certificate of inspection, and guaranteed free from blemish of any kind Write for terms to the PELHAk NURSERY' CO., Toronto, Ont. N. B���������AVe have .other territories not covered.. Applications solicited. . dLTA'LObQ'E,' NO. 29 '*"yy- A. R AND A.,St. itcfjulnr Communication of tho lodge. "Meets 1st Thursday in each iuonl.li at 8 p. m. TVlHltliiK brethren cordially Invited. THOS. BROWN, See'y. ^Cook's Cotton Root Compound ^ Is successfully used monthly by over '10,000Ladles. Safe, effectual. Ladies ask _ your druggist for Cook's Cottoa Root Compound. Take no other, as all Mixtures, pills and Imitations are dangerous. Price, No. 1, SI per box; No. a, 10 degrees stronger,$3 per box. No. 1 or 2, mailed on receipt of price aud two 8-cent; stamps. " The Cook Company Windsor, Ont. ffij-f-Nos. land2soldand recommended by all responsible Druggists ia Canada., Sold in Sandon by the McQueen Co. and V. J. Donaldson, Druggists. ��������� null! COMPANY, Ltd. Operating Knslo & Slocan Rnilwav International Navigation it Trad. Co. Schedule of Time Pacific Standard Time KASLO & SLOCAN RAILWAY Pa-sender train for Sandon nad wav stations leaves ICaslo atS a m, Pailv; return- Inn, loaves Sainton nt 1.15 pin. arrivin" al iUiipm. " Internalional Navigation ATradliifj Co. Operating on Kootenay Lake and River. : SS. INTERNATIONAL Leaves Kaslo for Nelson atO am. daily -except;Sunday; retttrnlnir. leaves Nelson at 4.30 p iri, calling at Ballour", Pilot Bay, Ainswortli and ull way points. Connects with S F <fc N train to and lrom Spokaneat Five Mile Point SS. ALBERTA TjARrjo-DuNCAN Bivisrox���������Steamer Alherla leaves kaslo for Lardo and Argenta at, S.30 p m, AVednesdays. Steamers call at, principal landings in both diroot-ions.and at. other points,when signalled. ; Tickets sold to all points in Ciumdaand the United Stn.les.- To ascertain.rates and full information, address. . ROU'CRTiUVlNG, "Manager, Kaslo. 4* All the different grades of Note Papers. Some of the best was manufactured in England. A large assortment of Pens of the best makes. Stephen's Writing and Copying- Inks. 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Showing That the Average Workingrnan Execution of His Daily Work is in Danger Than Many Soldiers. in the Greater lit will como as a surprise to most people to learn tbat thsro aro peaceful trades and occupations which demand, not only quite as much heroism as that now being called forth from our gallant soldiers in the field, buc that in soma of these the risk of casualties as severe, and oven of death itself, is as great, and greater, than those our Tommies face in actual warfare. Of course, it is the same qualities that shine out in our troops, a supreme disregard^ for danger where thero is something to be accomplished, so characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race,1 that enables our workers to run these industrial risks. But there is this difference, that while the risks our troops are called upon lo face are inevitable, those which their brothors at home, with equal fortitude, confront, are not, and it behoves tho Les- islature to properly appreciate this faot.r Latterly thero have been, movements in tho political world in this direction. But thero is still an enormous lot to be done before industrialism is rid of noooless death, and almost the first thing is to obtain complete statistics on tho matter. Even with (hose wo have, however, we are able to see how fearful is the loss of life and limb in modern industrialism, how bravely our workers faoe it, and how 'great is the need of reform. Take first the position of tho miner. No man has a more heroic contempt for death than he���������and ho needs it. In sixty years thero have been as many thousand killed, and, appalling as tho figures is it is authentic, over five million maimed and weio forty-nino killed an.i 334 wounded. In the South Wa.es coal fii lu"s dm ing 1897 thero wor.i :0j ki.led, 10;M < wounded, and many more perinaiunl- ly disabled. , Again, during October, during the car.y stages ol* the uuforlunate war with tho Transvaal Boers there were some i.tJoOJ soldiers k.Jled, wound.d, and captured, the latter of whom, howevor, aro sound in wind and limb, Hut during the same period��������� th,; month of October���������tru're w^re, acc-r ���������- ing to tho figures i.ublished in the Labor Gazette, no fewer than 3<'8 workpeople killed, and 8,8ul injured, figuies, which appalling as they are, are not exceptional. ���������After the .colliers,' we come to the railway workers. Here, again, tho mortality is fearfully high. At (he last census, 105,012 persons were employed in carrying gco id .-.nd patsen- gers. Now, every luilw.iy accident has, by liw, to be reponod (o the Board of Trade, and from these reports we find that of the <lu3,01*2 persons mentioned above, 443 were killed, 8-3 disabled, C7 000 temporarily ui_abled, owing to accidents sustained during ciniployment. , Of these, the drivers, firemen, brakesmen, and plate-layer^ are tho greatest sufierers. I/or instance��������� and these figures are. Ihe worst of any ���������of 7,(b2 shunters and br, kesmen, 35 per cent, during1 18j7 were killed. During the first sessiom of i8jl), Mr. Ritchie, the President of" the Board of Trade, introduced a measure to blox> this Flaughter on I ha r.iilways by compelling the companies to -clopt automatic cou lings. Th>. r ilway interest in tho Hou.e proved loo strong for him, however. But it is certain In.it the scand tf will no', continue long. Ono thing that these railway fig- h-esler' Ship Canal, in tho building ot which no fewer than 2,000 men were dain and injured. If we take the battle of Inkerman, >ne of the most hotly-contested engagements iu our last European war, the list of our killed is small in comparison. For six hou s 8,000 British Iroops withstood tho attacks of 40,000 Russians, Hi the end of which time I he enemy were repulsed with tho as- .s stance of 0,'JOO French soldiers, who nnd just arrived on Ihe scene; yet the 'o;;s.;s ;imong our own troops, and those of our ally only araounu'd to 1,800. In tho two fiercest encounters at Bala- "l'iva���������the famous battle made memor- -<blo by tho charge of the Light Bri- gul\ and tlie desperato sorl ie by tho fius ians from Selnstopol���������our losses in killed and wounded Unruly reached ���������i.COO. And evon thon peace remains moro deadly than war. Those industrial ruh- Durtnsrtho ten months of the present tm , .���������* Worktm hnvo been fcillod ������rrf 6a ... Ti . ��������� 3,Ja6 unities are always going on, and big I battles, fortunately, are of rare occur- . renue. During'ihe ten months of tho j present year 3,420 workers have been j k.ik'd, and Ci,4n injured���������a larger to- I tal tnan tho whole strength of our ��������� inf-intry in South Africa. I And oven considering the proportion of those injured1 to tho total engaged, the risk of industrialism remains pnoiilor. In the construction of the i'HE SOLDIEB'S HBBTES. TRIFLING INCIDENTS WHICH TERRIFY HARDENED TROOPS. iho, Solitler Vtlio 1* 11 rave In llie 1'renfmc ur !t,'ul -iuiiK'r Is OH in I'anlr .Sirli'Eicn al .4inriu>, ;ni������* Ktnnioi', of IIMusui'. It is a peculiar circumstance - that hardened and trained troops will go through a long fight surrounded by all the horrors (hat are inseparable from war without flinching, and wilh the utmost apparent callousness; and the samo men will bo struck terrified by a single trifling incident. Every war of any importance, parlic- ularly wars between civilized nations, ia prolifio in incidents of trivial character in themselves, ' but so unusual and unnatural that they appeal to the natural instinctive horror of( men more suddenly and intensely than perhaps tho main terrorsi of days ol^ carnage nnd surrounding seas of suffering. Suchi an incidoat, is tho one, fox example, which occurred at Ihe Battle of Worth, in the early days of the Franco-Prussian War. In the heat of tho great battle a wing of the Prussian army was charged by the regiments of French, cuirassiers, in the hope of turning, the, :wing and facilitating the falling back of the French infantry. But the cuirassiers wero driven back by tho unflinching Prussians. ; Again the cuirassiers charged, and again thoy wero driven back by tho withering tiro of shot jind shell. . r For a third time thoy camo down again, and as the enemy waited for thorn to draw nearor a horrible, BLOOD-FREEZING TERROR, seized the Prussians, and for tho moment it looked as it they, wou'ld turn sionate blind terror, and they flod without thinking whether they were running into the arms of that thing lliey dreaded or not. It wa,u a terror of- madness, and only its usadness redeems it from dishonor, i If anything were necessary to demonstrate the unnaturalness of the panic it would bo done bj the grand fact ahat the moment it boeaino kno.vn that thd enemy was really at hand, the men in. stanLly fell in and showed the utmost eagerness to attack. Tho rumor when false set the men flying, like a hordo oi nervous women; the rumor when true, unquestionably, made tho women men of steel again. I ��������� Such "war panics" are mysteries; even the most experienced officer cannot satisfactorily explain them. Tnere is something so unnaturally���������almost uncannily���������unreasonable ubout them which eliminates any dishonor; and it is particularly remarkable that "war panics" have mostly occurred among regiments whose foarlessness and prowess have made the heaits cf their countrymen hoave with pride. ( ( During the Zulu War two or three such 'panics occurred among our troops, though, of course, on .t Mirjjald- er scale and of a more moderate .character. Now and then during ihat war small camps were suddenly thrown into disorderly terror, and ii.l. most put to bolting, by. a* sentry1 mis- tnking somo bu.sh or shrub for a Zulu spy, or tha foremost of an attacking horde, and firing upon it, i On one occasion a sentinel, guarding a o'imp, espied somii dark object creep- ins: about among some bushes a liltile way off, and firod at it. The n<5rt, instant tho camp was in disorder ; men were seizing their arms, and' rushing forward to pour a hot firo in, tho direction pointed out by, the sentry, despite that the fire was unreturned; and after a few minutes' firing into tho darkness, al nothing in particular, a few men ventured out, and discovered that tho whole causo of the(alarin was a poor, velvet-eyed cow, which had strayed, and strayed into the jaw������, cd* death, too I ' LORD STi'ATHCONA. and fly, or be cut down without de- Panama Canal sixty par cent, of (he fending themselves. But in a mo- c-ommnn labourers wero killed���������a j>ro-;ment they hud pulled th'emselves to- come������near t SSowii* "^ ^ ****]*������*������ ^ ^en back for Uh, third Compare this figure, for instance, iancl laf,t tlmu <-he ffal'u.nt cuirassiers, with one of the worst bal (let. of tho!- 'l'he sight that ternfiod tho Prus- century, n-imely, (he battle of Grave-'slant, appears nothing veiy much in lotte in 1"70, nnd wo find, according , u, ,,.,, ������������������,, ���������r r, t?,.Lo-:d,W������ls:=1^. thai the total easu-' ^.j"������. "f ^ .Il ���������������* ^^ tne unauceUor of our second univc- alli-es in killed, wounded, and miss ng,, oi cuirassiers led at a dashing rate/to- I .. ,���������. ��������� , ,, f n ,. amounted' lo on^y 7.39 of those eng'ag: wards tham by a headless officerj ait- "ll7, * & ������ne ^ Llle/ew Canadians who ed. Yet this bal tlo lasted for twelve'ting upright in his saddle und -ippar Description of His E*,ii-;IM> Ilniue���������111. Offer to B'qulp K������n:rli Itidcr.s fur -oiiili . Alilrii will Cost 1������ the Ne'shliorliooii of a .llllllon liollni-.. Wo have reason to know Lord Strathcona as our wealthiest citizen the President of our largest bank, our Uigh Commissioner in Great Brltai.., the Chancellor of our second univoi hours. But a feat nearly as difficult as any \ entiy encouraging on his men. It was .-������������������'��������� the above���������tho building of (he' no less a ixirson, than Futzun, dtvil.as. ',l"ilnckwall Tunnol���������'vost fow'er than ten I carre, of tho third regim^ a of ctiir- ' "nves, for tho reason that tho L.C.C. | absiers. wnoso ne .d hjd been oarried completely off his shouUj h ���������a the In butldlnc tbe Mandiuter Ship c������nnT. a ooo men were killed and bounded t mt lokerman, 1,800 British aud French were killed an.il mounded; while all BsUclnva our total loue* wero baroly a,coo* injured, and permanently or tempor- ures prove is that the "inherent risk" aril/ disabled���������more than all who theory demanded more safely���������and have been wounded in the wars ofthe account for these casualties is a mere "J?111?" ..������������������'��������� , ��������� , nostrum. In 1875 railway directors The Registrar Generals report helps urged inherent risk as an excuse for one to understand this startling fig- ure.1 Thore were in all 7,28,000 miners employed during 1897, and of these 1,102 were killed and 118,458 injured��������� .uiebry, demanded more safety���������and in other words sixteen per .cent of all got it.- The men have not yet been tha minors had to' suffer death or in- (powerful enough to do so. But the jury. . .__.-��������� moral is that th������ risk i������ only "inher- Anc. in some districts^the propor- Cnt" when dividends lire .kept high at tion is even higher; In South Wales, the cost o������ li������e and limb F b for- instance 20-25 per cent, of men To g0 back to the shunters and working in the mines, or one man in brakesmen, Mr. John Kurns, M. P have attained to tho honor .oil a tea; in tlie Britis-h House of; Lords. Wu have known him aa munificent with hisj millions in times past,, yotimone of his benefactions has appealed so widely to public spirit as this last���������his proposal lo equip, at his/private espeiioL, 4.00 mounted rough riders for servu'c rook s-pecial procvuil ions, and the ono obstacle' to these precautions being al- | w.iys tnlwn is merely tho sordid one I tl"00I11 ljJ*oke i^to the third .It^pa.-aie , of profit. * chargi- by a canu.n-li.ili. which also!. ,, ,, ,. . , . , , Some trades are even more inhuman-, Look of������ ut., lJlcr 0lfictJ1..s haud dud , jin i>������"l-h Africa, which has been recei.- ly dangerous than that of tho railway , . ,,������������������. ,������������������,,.* , ed so enthusiastically all over, the em- workers, or the minors. Tho slaughter! Ltp ���������b " l������ ^.0: , . .��������� . . ( ipire. and which has justly made hi., among tho do-*-o,rs is terrible; and the ^ i������ lemarkal le and singular -.hit *f J J wrds of West Htm. Poplar, and Lon- at the Battle of ForL-ach. which look ������or tbo UiU0 ea3lly LhQ fu'sb Canadl" d->n Hosp-tnls are always full of these' piaoe Lhe aame dur a6>, WarL V ;, VBiy ">������������������ l^l^Lal poflitica, It is a Ion.. miim"d heross of industry. Kithor n stride this from the stripling of eigi. rope gives w>y, or a plank slips, and ,smulal* incident occurred, and did more ' eea exiled for thirteen long years, v the docker fills in tbe hold, or a crane,, to shake tha nerves ol! tho Germans 'the bleak coasts of Labrador, an 1. - owing to defective gear, knocks him ; than hours of roaring, cannon and , Pa'd dork in a company, ta the, pen/ below. .-'<>������������������ -'���������'fiKhtini* had done ' ; of the realm with his mUlions. able to ,_,���������., . . .Of late, there has been some slight: ������ ,, . ������������������"..'.'" ! bear; the weight of so (princely an. oi- demanded more safely���������and improvement, for the last Factory Act! ��������� While a regiment of Prussian infan- i foring as that which now, gives him a. passed, that of 1895, included these ne-; try wero standing in reserve, watch- ��������� once a reputation as wide as the em- glected toilers, and after some trou-;-ug tUe fight ^ vvell as the������(could Y^8- ' i.'l'- ble, the Dockers TJn ion have succeed-, e^ (v 7 ������������������:,.���������.������������������ ���������r���������i,Qu���������'.. v,:. __ I In England, it may be interesting to Snrt JfLTwnl7 n^f ?*ssen8er8 ! ed in getting som-e- of its provisions. trom their position of shelter, a ������hlar,g- I Qot L������rd strathcona1 Uvea, while cu^ -ndra lway wo,k-^rs The^passengers ��������� ^tooKed. . !er belonging to a French-dragoon regi- of London, at linebworth, one -of the ThPn';J^ r^i^H 0^oln0L%t.l^^ I ��������� ��������� c��������� iment (one which was practically de- I most famous Y old mansions of Here-' ���������DTM-T-n-w i?m> t3tjttt<5W q-ftop nT'RT.=i stroyed in .the battle) galloped right 'fordshire, with a history dating back KELIIiL' SUK BLiiaitoH b^u^-^11^^^'| into the midst of the men, who rushed as far as the Norman conquest, though , With the first day of the new. year to arrest it, and immediately fell back ia# the amce^trAl hcone ofKLordLyltUon, the Seats for Shop Assistants act in ������������������ilarm; for, swinging to, the bridle tho author, it is not without an inter- ...' , ��������� . '��������� , .,.1. :������- ..,��������� u���������-������ wasi the whole lefL -arm ot} the chare- came into force and with it we hope .. " five went down, beneath the earth to whose, work in connection With this meet, if not death,, at. least terrible subje0't has beettnolv a little valuahle, iur.^i T^riii--. "VLi-Y,. . ... calculirtes that in ��������� twelve, years, with a mean1 of 6,311 men employed, there have been- 421 killed and 4,405 injured. Sothat the odds are that in South Wales, indeed, has a fearful record. Yet one that speaks well for her none the less. .Sho employs 18 per cent. tVf the total miners, raises jr, , c 1.1 1 . , ���������,, on fourteen years every shunter and pIr^nr^f1hell^1de^rk,I1S 29 j^���������- will be either killed or in- atr^trVe^o^ x^nr^\ nvmi those in connection with mining are f rX���������?n ��������������� '^'J^ ^ " ' ���������- no greater than anything else. But I toriT lilT^ wl'^V^.'^ this is a great mistake. Compare for ! j1,1^'I1',ln 18y7' 2(i? were kllled' twelve a moment the above grim figures with1 injured. those; applying to farmers or clergy- I To la-,-ve individu vi trades for a mo men during the same-period. Of 2,283 lmen,;' anti t0 come I o industrial vie Of the latter, only twenty-three met i Tories. It is a tei-riblo refketion that, est. more modern. ,. . .. . ���������, , - . ers'rider, the fingers of thehandliirm- I ivnebworth survived a stormyi tran- the amelioration of much suffering yy gras;ping the reins. The arm' ap-; sitibn from a Norman fortress held by among a certain class of women. We : paared to have been severed a few j Endo JDapiier at the Conq.uoat, to be-' say "amelioration," because the evil I inches below, the shoulder, and was'; come one ojfi the most pioiuresl.ijui3 of that has been wrought by compelling l-ffrt;aVJ^ lhjxt ������i an'.������������icef- but who Elizabethan mansions, where Queen u" ' y������*" ������'fufa" j _ 1 ^ b ��������� the 'officer was has never been satis- Women to stand all day long in shoijs :factorily established. , - through ignorance and prejudice must j So moved were the hardened mon of still take time before it. can be eradi- : battle at. cated altogether. . It is with parti-I -THE HORRIBLE SIGHT cular pleasure that we announce thelthat no onowould touch the horse, 'S^,^.11?; Tj" 1?1.JS".n f*t flings ; - ��������������������������� ��������������������������� , .��������� ,i,. t and the anim-il w-m -ill)iwnrl 1 n. n-n i i������,l Earl ol Pembroke Sir John de "Hor-- coming into operation of this act, aml lJ,e anim>u was auouea to, gallop ,._��������������� ���������,..._, ..^. ���������,.-... .... because we' have for years pointed '; out. the en-ils of iong standing, in f Bess delighted to visit Sir Rowland ;de Lytton .about the time of ,,the ; Armada. It was owned in turn 'by, ; Thomas de Brotherton, fifth son of Ed-' iward I.;'.the,noted Sir Walter de Man. Iny; Anne, wife of Yfohn de Hastings j to," II Earl I off, to-be killed a f e,w.'mihute/fater ' ������?'"��������� '^easurer "of the household of 1- ��������� - ^ 1 Henry VI.;- fair Thomas Uourchier, with accidents, as acahist -50!) from tho same number of Welsh colliers. The man in1 the street, of course, does not know these figures ; but tho ^=m Onrlnft October trade killed 348 vnen and Injured .8,861. Durln; the sums perlo- war fa .Soutb Africa killed, .-wounded, and ���������^ captu.-cd 1,600. miners'do, and that lhey go unflinchingly " forward with their work, speaks highly for their courage. But, if these figures form a striking contrast when compared with those, affecting clergymen, thoy are ,> even more remarkable when we put them pido by side with those affecting- our troops.' tAt the taldncr of IChartoum thero just ail it cost; soma,hundreds of lives tu win a groal; battle, it costs hundreds also to execute a groat engineering feat, though here again, the difference wef spoke of catnos in, as we shall know. . ��������� In the making of Barry Docks, 180 Mien were killed, or as many as perished on the Greek side at Marathon, . and over a hundred more th"tn ihe fj"-^*, Britishers who died at Klandslaagto. Again, to execute the Forth Bridge cost as many lives as Tel-el-Kebir. < Tho number of men engaged in the construction of thirf bridge was nearly 5,000, and the1 number killed reached the high figure of lifty-six, equal to rather mora than ono per cent.; on the other hand, we h.id more than 11,000 men at the battle of Tel-L-1-KeLir, of whom fiity were killed, equal to luss than one-half per cent. Again, at Ulundi, the crowning battle of the Zulu campaign, where our little force, under Lord Chelmsford, had to encounter an army of! 23,000 Zu!lus, who behaved with great! gallantry and boldly charged at the British square, our loss was one officer and nine men killed. ' -. ; To force the Modder, ono of the most difficult feats in the annals of British arms, nearly 400 men were either killed or wounded. But in the demolition of the Chicago Exhibition, SCO men wore killed, and the injured amounted to 700. But even more startling than the above instances is that of the Man-, shops, more especially in regard to drapery establishments. The new, act,- which is nractically part of the Shop Hours act, is wide in its application, as will be seen from the following clause: In all-rooms of a shop or other premises where goods are actually retailed to the public, and where femalo assistants are employed for the retailing of goods to tho public, the employer carrying on business in such permisos shall provide, scats behind the counter or in such other position as mii/y be suitable for the purpose, and such scats shall bo in tho proportion of not less than one seat to every three female assistants employed in each room. Tho first offense of .non-compliance with the provisions of the act carries with it on conviction a penalty not exceeding ������3, and subsequent offenses a penalty not exceeding ������5, with a minimum o������ ������1; 1 The "new act will bo welcomed by the hard-workingi girls of our shops, and inasmuch as the evils from which the girls suffered frequently extended into family life the community at large is to bo congratulated. MODDERLESS AND FODF-ERLESS. Askit���������Too bad that General! Buller can't get food for his mules, in addition to his other misfortunes. .Tellit���������Yes, that makes an orphan of Ibim. (Askit���������How so ? fTeillit���������Why, he'- both Modderless in crossing before some Prussian guns ! fJ6^1'?, v^'.-;' ^ J-'homilf -JJourcW. Trifling aa the incident was, many, ot ^^ ������������ the garter, ^and Sir Wilhami the brave follows who witnessed it de- 1 da L/t1L?u' governor of Boulogne. Like blared that their first, almost irresist- :^?������t_ historic houses of its kind, its able, impulse was to throw, down their fri������clPa,1 apartments are the banquet arms and bolt. Yeli it -was) withKho T ' ������, "���������wing-room, library, and help of just such men that Generair von ^ oalf armory room, where,, in1 the Gobsn routed the French that memor- ?,uys ��������� Charles l.,Pym, Ehat and abU day in August, 1870. ��������� ^,am^? wero often entertained by. It is a ,w(,ll-known fact that the fin- ������������������ William Lytton ;The whole man- est and bravest troops the world, can ' ������10"^��������� crowned with' trophies, armora produce have no immunity from that iU strangs and mysterious madness 1' priceless memorials days and deeds. of historic But; of more interest to ua than its ! specimens of Italian and Dutch art, its famous music gallery connected with1 iits round tower, where John Hampden slept, is the human interest attached to tho old place as the home of the poet, novelist, essayist, Lord Lytloii, author and poet. The old _ 1 place has its ghost, an uncanny house- Those "who "haverread dT^pTy"'about ! k^0''^10- ������" 9f������������������������������ 1.4 siiM to'bring the Peninsular War will-perhaps recol- \el sfinnlnB "'heel to Enebworth, an3 lect that one or two British regiments ]}- drone of its weint musio strikes the very pick of our army engaged in ��������� ��������� rr0r , hearers when' an .impend- tho war, were so terrified that they ;>nB agister^ hangs over the houseYof were absolutely routed during ono 1 ,y ?" -,7 damain of Knebworth, uight's march! by nothing more tang- ! , u,rC,' .^1 g.e;������������������������������������ B'^ensward, fern-be- ible than a false rumor. ��������� decl������.ed hills, the odorous grasses and known to military. history as "'war panic." -A heavy war, froquent sanguinary engagements, night marches, and surprises sometimes play havoc with soldiers' nervous systoms, and render them more like high-spirited colts than men who havo taken .the field prepared to suiter immeasurable horrors and take death cheerfully. The troorpis were marching along in good order, cheerily chatting us if ihey were on the way to manoeuvre on "Al- dershot Plains, when a rumour ran down the lines that the* enemy was at hand. Thc next moment the line of orderly soldiers was changed into an ELONGATED MOB OF ARMED MEN throwing away arms, baggage, and all (hey carried, and running away in ev- ".ry direction, their faces blanched, and their ears rlcfif'io the thundered commands of their officers. For the moment lhey knew bui, one sentiment, one emotion : a sudde.n. >bis_ waving reeds boside the, lake.i the, majestic avenues of the park, with' oaks that whisper of dead centuries, and ivy clinging like romance itself to every crook and cranny, make an ensemble fit to thrill., the sou^l, of the most prosaic visitor. BRITISH LOSSES TO DATE 8,216. London,^ Thursday, * Jan. 25.���������The British loses up to date in killed, wounded nnd captured, according- to General Bui tor's' iast list, "total 8,215 mail. Of course, ai large numtsor' of the wounded are again in the 'field. 4 I ; SI m < i '^"a $ ( ',1 \ It', * . >. 4 1 V ���������/ > ���������11: 1 7- \]l il \\\ J ! i i; fi M i ! 11-. ���������a iii m ��������� H '���������/ ������������������r>',fc ;/ Tk m > f ! i! I S Tjt 'rri'r"^'Tlr"rT*l'nHTr*l*TTMBT1 ���������.j.^wunjtt^aBcc ���������F^yj|ggncgpc'������,/''i'aTjarfjrajTiuii'' im������* Extravagant Mrs, Erskinc "Leila, darling will you have me? I've run away." , Luila Vaughan started up from her cosy corner, and held out her hands in astonishment to the gay 111 L1q woman who had burst so unexpectedly into her room. ' "Dora, this is an unexpected pleasure! Where's Kenneth?" , Leila hissed her friond warmly, and gently pushed her into a chair. Dora pul'ed the white gloves from her jewelled hands, and then looked up mis: hi-.woubly. "I .tell you I've run nway, Leila, Kenneth doesn't know where lam." "Vou odd child, what do you mean!1", Leila rang for tea, and1 then sat opposite hor friend, leaning forward with claspe-1 hands and puzzled eyes. "How's Tcny?1' asked Dora abruptly. "Oh, he's always well," answeied Leila, with an affeclionato glanco at her husband's photo. "Ah, you are a lucky girl, Leila! Tony tells you everything, and is always light-hearted and glad to see you enjoy yourself." Dora gave a little sigh and stared abstractedly into the fire. - "That isn't like you, dear!" exclaimed Lejla, "There's something wrong. Po you mean that you are not happy, you two���������tho most ideal couple under the sun? Come, now, you've quarreled, I 'suppose?" * "No, we haven't ��������� at least, not really," replied Dora, rousing herself and taking off hor big feathery hat and fashionahlo cape. The maid camo in and set down a dainty tray, and Dora sipped hor tea silently, Leila forbearing to question her further for the time being. "I'm,1 ao glad to see you, childie, for now you can help me with my dance to-morrow, night. Tony isn't a bit of good, you know, for receiving always bores him; and I might adorn the place with cabbage and dress "myself with an oil, sack and ho would still say we both looked charming." "Would ho, dear? What a lovely gown you're wearing now, Leila. Surely ho admires that, i Where did you ! got it?" , Leila looked down at hor delicate amber ton gown carelessly. "Do you like it? You were always a dreadful girl for pretty frocks. Xt came from Liberty's." "Ah, me! but Kenneth' looks black every evening, eh, Mrs. Erskine? Delighted to see you. And where's Kenneth?" "j've left him at home," was the answer, a little defiantly. "And please don't ask me why." Tony looked surprised, but only made some irrelevant remark lo his wife. ' "1 really can't understand it," said Leila afterwards, when she had duly confided hor news about the Erskines to her husband in the privacy of his dressing-room. Kenneth absolutely worships Dora,, and for him.1 to be abstracted in her company and to deny her anything���������well, it sounds really absurd and improbable." "Il'm! He talks about not being able to afford things, does he" mused Tony. "Then tho rumor has some foundation," "Rumor!. What rumor, ,doar?" exclaimed Leiia excitedly. "The firm is all right, isn't it?" "Well, dear, f wouldn't say anything1 about it if I* wore you, but (ho iilen has got about that "Grskine, Wigton & Co., are ralher shaky. 1 didn't credit it for a minute, but if Erskine talks like that " "Oh, my poor lit tie Dora! Sho hasn't thc faintest suspicion," exclaimed Leila. "Erskine doesn't like to trouble her, I suppose," said Tony; "she's such a *ight-hearted little (hing, and perhaps he hopes to lido it over." "Sur. ly, Tony���������turely th. re's no doubt of that?" gasped Leila in hor- or. "Well, I really don't know, darling, If things are as lhey say " "Whose fault is ii?" demanded Leila. "Well, Erskine left everything in old Wigton's hands, you know, as his father always did, and he's been flinging money away on wild speculations, 1 understand." Leila sat silent for a while; then she said softly: "Dora ought to know; a wife's privilege is to comfort her husband in trouble, and Dora has a warm little heart unler all her frivolity." "My dear gill"���������Tony wheeled round suddenly���������"you mustn't say such a serious thing to hor when1 it may not' be true. For Heaven's sake don't breathe a word. It isn't our bu. i- ness, and it was told to me in strictest confidence." "I don't care; Dora oughfi to know," insisted Leila. But sh? was impressed by her hu&band's seriou-ness never he- less: "Well, if yam wish it Tony, I'll see what happens to-morrow. It is n. mad Creak of hers to leave him in ignorance, of her whereabouts, oven for a night." Dora, too, in the pretty littlo room assigned to her, began to wonder if sho hid not treated Kenneth loo harshly; but sho oomforted herself with the reflection that he deserved it. Sho hadn't told Leila of (hat deceiving littlo note which some spirit of devilry had prompted her to1 lay on his table. Jt tormented her now. "Dear Kenneth.���������Good-bye; T can endure this misery no longer. All love iature fountain, the subdu-d s'rains of tho ban 1 and the soflt splash of water mingling in their ears. ii was just such a scene as Spencer had often experienced l.ofore, and a thrill of admiral ion ran through him ���������iis he looked upon lhe neat figure of the wom:iu beside him. In a moment he had forgotten. Kenneth Er-kine, forgoitcn prui.enee, and was pouring out passionate words into her ear. "Dora, I cannot, my darling, keepii a secret any longer. Whon you look is you look to-night 1 realize that I can never love any one, but you." Dora stepped back a pace in horror, as if a veil had been suddenly snatched from her eyes, which now flushed with indignation. In a moment the man remembered, and ho bit his lips in deep remorse. "Forgive me! Forgive me!" ho murmured. - Dora drew herself up haughtily. "How dare you, Captain Spencer?" she exclaimed indignantly, "now dare you speak .such words to Kenneth Ers- kino's wifo? Leave mo al once! I nover dreamt of such an insult as thisl" She pointed frigidly wilh her fan, but Spencer paused irresolute. "Forgive me!" ho said. "I forgot myself." But tho stiff littlo figure did not move nor the icy eyes soften. "Go at once!" And Spencer humbly obeyed Dora laughed a bitter little laugh, and resting hor elbows on the edge of I ha fountain's marble basdu, buried her hot face in her hands. She seemed to see Kenneth's sad eyes fixed upon her to hear hjs troubled voice speaking to her in his usual caressing tones, and a sudden longing for his love came over her. Sho began to see how cruel she was to torment his faithful heart, and she sobbed a little in her revulsion of feeling. (Suddenly sound of voices made her draw herself into a less (ell-tale position, and she slowly ���������fanned herself wilh the mass of white ffathers in her hand. "They say tho firm can't stand the strain any lorger. Wigton must have been mad, and Erskine is so blindly devoted to his wifo that ho can't seo inch beyond his nose, except where it concerns her." "But does it mean absolute ruin for them?" his relief. "You have come back, Uorry?" "Come back���������oh, my dearest, yes! 1 was 'only tca.-d.ig you. I've been to Leila's. I heard someone say you were ruined, and I came straight hack���������and o.ily just in time. Oh, Kenneth, Kenneth, it would have killed inei" She tottered like a broken flower, and he sprang to his feet and carried her to a couch. "You know I am ruined���������and yet you cam.-/'' he said biukunly. "Yes, yes. I've t.een a horrid, l bought less, extravagant wife, dear, hut I'm going to be good tow," i he faltered, hur misty eyes shining wi h love. "And you wore goiug lo " "Yes; 1 was going to ei,d everything," ho said. "All day lorg lhave been persuading myself that your nole was a cruel je=,t; all day log I havo expected you; hut when i ighl foil, and ;,till ymi kept silently uway, a horrible darkness settled on me, and. with rui-i and dishonor starihg me in tho face, I was a coward, dearpst '.' Dora's arms twined more closely about him. "I've been u-ikind lo you lately. Dorry," ho co.itir-u.'.d, softly stroking her yellow hair; "but it was because I was worried, and wished-to keep il from you." "i know���������I know!" cried Dora; "and I pouted and scolded you, never dreaming of this. Oh, Kenneth, for- gi ve, mul" He kissed her ardently for answer. f'What shall T do, dear?" How can I (ell you the poverty lhat faces us? Tn time, with the help of friends, I may retrieve poor Wigton's errors; but it will mean years of ecoromy, and [ dread it for you darlirg." "You have no need lo do so," whispered Dora fondly. "Tf we are beggars I shall bo happy with you. It will be good for me lo learn somethi 'g of lhe serious side of life; and I can endure anything ��������� anything but losing you: Kenneth only replied: "God bless you, little wife!" i FAYOEITE BOEPt EBTHOD. VENGEANCE FOR SLAIN LEADERS. If I hint at a new, dress now/ I don't seems at an end between us. I am fcnow what's the matter wilh him. ������������ne to one who has'said ho worships yesterday we went out to Baroness Tessair's, and I wore a lovely gown ������������������white lace over pink. It is a ported ireanv and suits me so beautifully; but when Kenneth saw it, in- Yitead of going into raptures as he used to do, he actually frowned." :' .There wns a suspicion of tears on Dora's long lashes. '"Don't you like it, dear?'. I said. It Is very nice.' he said, slowly, 'but, Porry, you had lhat blue one only last week. 1 really can't afford it.' "Men- are always talking, aboutl not being able to, afford things, aren't they? And l suppose ho saw, ' that I looked hurt, for he caught) me to him and kissed me with such a funny little sound���������it might almost have been a groan ���������and crushed all my, lovelv lilies." J Dora pouted her sweet lips with the air of a spoilt child. She was so fair and pretty that she had been idolized ��������� by her parents and brothers and now by hor husband, so her little imperious airs might be forgiven her. Leila thought'of this, and wondered if it were-possible that Kenneth Erskine had some trouble which he dare not reveal to his gaj. child-like cwife, and determined to question her own husband, confident that he, would know all about the financial affairs of Erskine. Wigton & Company, if anyone ��������� did. ��������� 7 "And he's so dull and absent-minded," went on Dora, pouring out her troubles freely now. "I don't believe he lovos me as he used to do, either and I won't bo frowned atf.and scold- .-��������� ed. , Everybody said Kenneth was-to be envied when he married mo, you know"���������another saucy smile���������"and if ho doesn't realize his good1 fortune, ho must be made to do so. So I ran away to-night and came to seo you." Leila crossed over and kissed hor old friend. "Very imprudent of you, I'm adraid, dear. Surely you won't leave1 Kenneth In the dark as to your whereabouts?" Dora nodded mysteriously. "That is all right, Loila. If you'll have me for a day.or two " "Have you, childiel Why, you know I shall be delighted if you really meaja " > "And about this dance of yours," . interrupted Dora. "Isn't it lucky I Brought that hapless pink frock?" "Very lucky," assented Leila. "I'm afraid if your old admirer,- Captain Bpencer, comes he'll envy Kenneth his (rood fortune more than ever. Why, here comes my big- boy, I do believe." "Don't tell " But Dora's speech was left) unfinished, for a tall, commanding figure had received Leila into his outstretched arms, and was kissing her cheeks with lover-like fondness'. . "Oh, Tonyl And' Dora hero, tool" "J. apologize if my manners offend," oaid Tony, holding out his hand as he advanced to Dora's chair; "but I sus- twid. ahe i������< used to' a similar- greeting mo. Don't try to track' me,���������Dorry." It was all true in fact, for Tony had once been her lover:in his boyish days, and his ardent vows, presented with bulls' eyes and chocolate,- were still an object of mirth, lb herself and the "Va.ugh3.ns. < The next day was a busy one' for the two young- wives, and Dora thoroughly enjoyed lhe excitement and importance, of preparing for Leila's dance. "She had no, time to think, until after tea, when the twain sat resting in the twilight before dressing for the evening. Somehow Leila felt, very uneasy about her friend. "Do you think Kenneth is in trouble about anything, dear? she asked,' with a suddenness that startled Dora.. ��������� "Trouble? What trouble could, he have? she'queried in astonishment, ."Well, say money, troubles" suggested Leila. 7 "Oh, the finances are all right," said Dora, with a little relieved smile. "Kenneth is just careless and spoiled; and I won't have it," "But have you tried to coax himi out of it?" asked Leila doubtfully. ."No, indeed. It is his (place to sue, not "mine.'- And. Dora raised her dainty, head a wee bit proudly. "And if he doesn't choose to tell me things andask my advico, I'm sure I'm not going to worry about musty, fusty business." Leila smiled. "Well of course,, you know best how to deal with your own husband, childie. But, at any rate, writo and relieve his mind of any doubt, as to your whereabouts. Tell him you aro with me, dear. I suppose he'll think you are at your mother's." Dora laughed wistfully. "Don't be curious, you dearest of darlings! I shall writo (.0 him' when I please. Isn't it time we were dressing?'; : ... Leila took out her watch und answered, in tho affirmative, and they went leisurely up to their separate rooms. An hour later, and Dora looked extremely lovely in her softly glowing frock, with its priceless lace. Her shapely white throat, her golden1 hair and rose-leaf tinted face made a picture to gladden any man's eyes, and there was an unusually daring sparkle in her owh blue orbs as sho listened to Captain Spencer's words of greeting. Her heart even beat a little faster when ho assured her that he had never seen her looking so radiant before, even though she. knew him' for an incorrigible flatterer. When Leila's hospitable labors left hor a little timo to herself, she watched Spencer and Dora first with some amusement and then with a little anxiety. She was sorry that Dora danced so often with! him; for people began to notice it; but Dora was so young and simple that it seemed absurd to chide; her. But mischief and coquetry allowed Dora to acquiesce whon Spencer proposed that they should retire lo the deserted conservatory in the midst of a waltz. They pausod by a min-i "I'm afraid so, and Mrs. Erskine's extravagance will bo the last straw. She's simply no idea of the value of money. She'd ruin a millionaire, and Erskine can't refusoiher a thing." "Poor old Erskine!' He looks glum enough." "Inleed ha does. 1 saw him this morning, and ho seemed half crazy. If there was despair in a fellow's eyes, there is in his! Of course he trios to look careless whon hu is observed; but the last few weeks have aged him by years." Dora stood like a statue, unable to move, while the full meaning of the men's words came to her; and then, wilh a sob, she rushod past them, leaving them staring blanky after (he golden haired apparition, "It's Mrs. Erskinel" ejaculated one. "Who'd have'guessed she was alone here?" muttered the other. Leila was surprised and alarmed at Dora's white face as she dragged her aside with ^nervous fingers. "Leila. Leila, Fm going home now��������� at once! Kenneth's: in trouble. Let David get me a cab to the station, I must go���������oh, don't try to stop me! I heardMr. McLeod and Mr. Waldron talking about it. Never mind my cloak." -���������.... Leila beckoned to her husband. ��������� "If you will go to-night, dear, you must let Tony go with you," she said "but wouldn't to-morrow morning be soon enough ' to go?" Dora looked up reproachfully. "Would you wait if it were Tony?" sho said unsteadily.' - "No, dear;" whispered Leila, kissing her. "You are right to go." Dora hardly waited' to be covered with a cloak and shawl. Y She ran down into the hall and looked out inlo !. the darkness with dilated, anxious eyes.' ';,.'' ..'���������.- ��������� "Take care of her, Tony," said Lei la pityingly, "and help .. Kohneth ���������: if you can, won't you?" - Tony nodded, kissed his wife; and was just in time to hand Dora into a Shucking Herds ol1 .Hen :*rrnzli><l by tlie .Hiii-rtcivot tlte.ii*! rniln-K, Tho favorite Boer method of pick- '-heavy sabres of the fiery Irishmen, ,_ ���������*,. .,. . , , who, with cries of '"Remember Pic- Jolonol Inglis, who tt'l In the Penin- =uiar War. The gallant old warrior was mortally wounded by a grape- Jiot, but, refusing all offers to carry aim to the rear, he remained where he had fallen���������in front of tho colors of his battalion���������urging his men to keep up a steady fire, and to "die nard." His words and tho sight ot his blood inflamed the regiment to L'ury, , and so terrible was tho vengeance they exacted, and so fearfully iid Ihey themselves suffer in the operation, that tho field was carpeted with dead���������"French and English intermixed." It was to commemorate this exploit that thero was granted ,! o thc regiment its "laurel wreath," a facsimile of which is still borne on the colours and on the collars of tho .MEN'S TUNICS. Ono of the most dramatic episodes in thc Battle of Waterloo was the death of Major the Hon. F. noward��������� ihe "young, gallant Howard" of Byron's "C'hilde Harold." This dashing officei was kiiled towardsdho close of .he fight by a .sudden and unexpected volley from a French infantry regiment in square formation, whereupon his men, as if inspired by a singli* Impulse charged so desperately at .he offending corps that they literally leaped their horses over the heads ofl Napoleon's soldiers and into tho square, causing them lo break and fly in the wildest disorder. They had bei tor have stood thi.ir ground, how- over for very few of them escaped the avenging sabres of the pursuing troopers. On the same blood-soaked field, but oarliei in the day, thare took place the famous charge of the Inniskil- lings, supported by tho Royals and the Scots Greys. This���������perhaps Lhe most memorable cavalry charge recorded in tho annals of tho British Army���������was undertaken primarily ta exact vengeance .for the death of one man���������the bravo and chivalrous Ticton. His own men, mad wiih fury, had previously stormed the French position at tho joint of the bayonet, find at lhat crucial moment the order waa given for the cavalry brigade to charge. - With a " * RINGING CHEER the regiment surged forward, and, gathering impetus as they advanced, " burst wiLh avalanche force upon the disordered legions of France. Tha French officers saw their danger, and fried to form their broken companies inio square. ��������� Vain effort I Whole bai.tadona were mowed down by tha ing off our officers may redound to thr.ir advantage in certain instances; but, on tho other hand, they would do well lo remember Lhat lho untimely death of a trusted and beloved toi.' ro le, h'lhir and thither, slaugh- teiing right and left. Nor is this strange blood-lust the peculiar prerogative of the British reucoal. On the contrary, the sol- i dim's of prac.icaily all other nations leader is apt occasionally to inflamo I are infected with it from tiina to tmio soldiers wilh a semi-insano frenzy, under tho influence of which they will accomplish deeds Lhat, in THEIR COOLER MOMENTS, would havo appeared absolutely impossible of attainment. equally with our own. At Bazeilles, for example, during the Franco- Prussian War, there was exacted by tho Bavarians, Whose colonel had ib;en tmajr-htrc-uslj s.ain by a ������tfaot fiord by one of the villagers, what was Iperhaps, tho tmost terrible revenge in oil history. Not only was There are tho=o who think that Ta- tho entire place. ra.:ed to the ground, lana Hill would never , have been *?* 'th/n s?1 <>-?. l\rci< but every hang stormed had not General Symons fal- , ^npy found within was slaughtered len, ':.'...'... 1 under circumstances of well-nigh m- cab and tuck a great rug about her. She seemed hardly conscious of his presence and spoke not a -word during the long drive. She only seemed Lo wake up to consciousness when iho journey was end. Nor is the above an isolated instance. Others of our regiment���������and especially Highlanders���������have -been swift to avenge tlieir siain chiefs. At the Battle of Fueiites dOnoro the1 79th was ordered to attack the small vi.lage from which the conflict takes its name; and in Lhe thick of the light a French private soiciier was observed to siip aside into a doorway and take deliberate aim at Colonel Cameron. The long, wailing shriek of mingled grief and rage raised by the ciansinen at the fall of their Chief was"dcscrib- ed by a French ofEicar as the most blood-curdling , sound it had ever been his lot to .hear. . The men waited for no orders, but charged their enemies with such terrible ferocity that within a few minutes not a French soldier Was loft alive within the confines of the hamlet. Tho officer in command of the French��������� a man of fine stature and remarkable presence���������was kiiled ou Lhe spot; while the slayer of Colonel Cameron was pierced' by a thousand Wouuds, and torn limb from limb by the ���������eo.-iceL-vat.ile tenacity., A iZulu um.pd could, not have donp the work more thoroughly. "Out of more than two thousand inhabitants���������men, women, and children"���������says - ths French official report, "barely fifty were left) alive." - ' ...'.' INFURIATED HIGHLANDERS. The death of Colonel Napier was similarly avengod by the Gordon Highlanders at Coruuna. This gen- tle-man^ was adored by his men, io whom ho acted muro in the capacity ., .of a father than a commanding ��������� oi fled, .and she hesitatingly invited Tony 1 cer. The welfare and health of his t������ enter the dark; silent mansion. j men was to .him the first considera- With thpughlful consideration bo Lion ; and at a time when the dreadful declined, however, saw the servant ; lash was used with unsparing. fre- ��������� quency and severity not a man was j flogged in.the 9-iid Highlanders from Christmas to Christmas. Little wonder Lhat, wheu be fell, tho ominous cry Was raised, "No quarter I" Although the event Look place more than four-score years ago, lhe. men ol* lhe- 1st Royals still tell of the signal vengeance exacted by them in repura- lion for an act of well-nigh unparalleled treachery perpetrated by the "Kiiledar"���������or governor���������of Jahore- Thu garrison of the fortress had offered to capitulate, aud Colonel Murray, Lieutenant-Colonel Conway, and several other officers entered the gate to arrange tho terms of surrender, As soon as the party of Englishmen had' passed the portal the soldiers of Lhe Kiiledar opened fire upon them, and in a moment laid them all dead. The enemy then RAN FORWARD with lho intention of closing the gate, but wero prevented by a private soldier, who thrust his musket into the aperture. Seeing whatr was happening, the regiment then dashed forward, and, without waiting for orders, carried the place by assault, the. entire, garrison being put to the sword and iho Kiiledar hanged the. same evening.' Thc old 57th, now, the Middlesex Regiment, won its popular nickname ot the. "Oiekards" owing: to its valour in avenging the deal h ol" its chief, open tho hail door, and then, raising his hat, ha re-entored the cab and drovo home. Dora trembled as sho entered tho dim hall, and James furtively watched hor wiLh pitying curiosiiy. "Where is your master?" said Dora's quivering lips. "In his study, ma'am." Dora tore off her shawl and crept softly to the door, There was no sound within, so she opened it and stole in without knocking, a tearful smilo on her sweet, face. Yes, Kenneth was' there, kneeling by the big table, with her photo! lying upon a heap of confused papers. His eyes wore closed, but his lips moved as if in prayer; and Dora's heart al-i most ceased to beat as her eyes fell upon tho gloamiug barrel of a revolver which he held in his hand, pointed at his temple. Like a panther, Dora rushed noiselessly to his side and snatched the weapon from him. "Kenneth, Kenneth, niy husband1 she almost screamed in the intensity of her terror���������"oh, forgive me!" Her soft arms were round his neck her blue eyes, dark with anguish, looked into his, and a gleam of hope, of passionate, thai.kfu! love di.->pt?lled tho despair on the man's face as he gazed into the. lovsly features of his runaway wife. ' "It was a joko, then?" he sobbed in -THE UNLUCKY INVADED.1 -What people7 h.we to suffer wheca the enemy invades their country is terrible. Civilians are not hurt, of course, and, in fact, it is to tho inter- ost> of the invader to treat them*-well, so that he can more easily get what he wants from! them. But they have to give up anything 'required. A leather-merchant's shop, for instance, miay.'be cleared of every inch of leather it contains ; and probably tho payment he will receive is a cheque on his own Govern-aiieint, to be cashed when, the war is over.. All the bread, butter, meat, cheese and vegetablesof ai district are oaten up by the vorac- , ious soldiers;. Every kind of clothing is seized, and paid for by cheque. A farmer is required not only to supply horses and waggons, but may be com- pall-ed to drive them, perhaps, to distances of two or three hundred miles. Perhaps he never gets home odivo. In any case, his farm, is likely'to'go to iwrack while ho is away. And the most ho can hofvs to bo paid is a few shilling's a day for the time he is away. TOMMY ATKINS'.PAY. Poor Tommy earns his j>:i,y. For all his bravery, his risk of terrible wounds and hoa-ribie death, ha gets only Is. a day. Thc infantry bears the brunt of tho battie, and loses ton times as. many men, inoportionatoly to numbers, as the cavalry and artillery. Yet the cavalry private receives Is. :*d., the gunner Is. Id., and the artillery-driver Is. 4d. The officers' piy^ though not sufficient for their wants, is ridiculously out of proportion, to that oi the privates. An infantry captain gets lis 7d., a cavalry captain '3s., and aRoy- ai H*>rse Artillery captain 15s. Majors get1 in the infantry ,13s. 7d. a day. the cavalry 15s., and in the Royal H>>rsa Artillery 18s Cd.; while the lieutenant-colonel gats 18s. in the. infantry, 21s. Cd. in the cavalry, and 24s. !)d, in the' Royal H'orse Artillery. And, of course, tha officers receive many pe/rqu-isites.' ..-���������.' mm THE ONLY ALTESNATI VE. iShe_Then it's ��������� all over beiwe-ert 11:1? ���������He���������Yes. All that remains now is to go back to the ones we were engagod io before. I Kfc '\* ������,.������������������������������������ &"ur- _. *"- - i������7 ,'. ; ��������� -v. .���������;;..- *'Ar*.������'?*."s������V.r'l'rJ ��������� ���������������������������;.'':���������-"- ?!'' 'J-1: % !$. THE MINING REVIEW���������SATURDAY, FEBRUARY io, 1900. ml 1 *3 m MO DETAIN ECHOES. The Kaslo Board of Trade lias . petitioned for the removal of, the obnoxious clauses of the 8-hour law. ;'., Some of the yoting people of the city took a sleighride.jaunt-to Three Forks in the'oustomiiry hilarious spirits., J. A. Smith, well'known ss aresideht of this city three years ago, died'in ���������/. Butte, Montana/ of-. pneumonia after a 1 ; very brief illness.'- I ���������What has becoino of that enabling , Act that was to have been, passed in the interest, of Sandon? Isn't Speaker Forst.t-r ready to. vote on it'!. / Rosahind wants the Sandon junior , hookey team to 'match Nelson and > .Rossland. As Sandon now holds the -championship,1 tho'rulc is our boys should only' play the best team. I The ���������Silvertonian says '. that, if the iniiie owners will till tneir mines with '���������scab''labor the old miners will only . have Lo go .where"they will get. commensurate piyihent. That's right. It is all any,one can look for.-' , .... The attractions, lust week did not , quite'.pari' out as advertised. The comedy company��������������������������� failed to put in .mi appearance, and McEwen, the hypnotist, cut his engagement to one night, as he could not get subjects enough the iirst night. ������������������ Y ..: J. M;kellie, ''Let 'er Flicker," has cintrpduced a bill restricting the growth ��������� of a, person's hair in -metalliferous" : minesao.6'inches.- What would be of more importance is an act excluding from the. House representatives with heads less than 21 inches iu circumference. Il would catch soine that are 'there.now. . , 7 It is n*w a well founded rumor that in a short time after the mines get running, steps will be taken to sstab- ���������listi a really iirst-ciass. hospital in Sandon. Several pi' the mine! owners, business men and miners have already promised to subscribe liberally to the project. '"' " St. Valentine's Day will be observed in the city by,a dance in the evening, in Virginia hall, given by the "Social Athletic-Club.".. .' - ��������� _ Cliffe & Go. have purchased the stationery ;md news agency.of the Slocan News Co. and will be in a better position to, till orders than before. Y PEBSONAL MENTION. ������������������'. Mr. F.A. Wood returned by C. P. 11. on Sunday evening. Miss O'Donnell,Silverton, was bn-c-.k to Sandon, for some days. Mr. E. Rammelmeyer, oi* the,Emily Edith, was in town the other day. ,; Miss A. Lees went to Silverton last week and made a few day's visit with Mrs. J. Mcintosh. '���������'������������������-. Andy Grierson,' who spent part of the week, returned to Kaslo on Friday to remiiiir���������until he gets homesick. Miss Halt, of Vancouver, arrived-'in the city Thursday oii -a.visit'-to ������������������'her sisters,, Mesdames Christie and Sewell.. Charlie Cullen, of Victoria, who' hits been appointed a special constable'-for the Slocan, lias been around the city for a lew days." . Mrs. White and son, of London, Ont., arrived iii the city Tuesday to join her husband, who has been a resident fer several months. W. S.Clark,.oi* the 0. P. K., weiit to Nelson 011 a short visit' and, Mr..G. B.-Chandler, cf that place, feas taken his place here. ������������������-, ���������.'.'��������� Established in 1892. How often mothers are perplexed and driven nearly to despair by their little ones losing appetite and refusing all manner of food when' children' will take ,, ������������������ fessfif ������������p at nearlyany time. A cup of Bovril between 0/'at meals is the most perfect of nourishment to give the children for ��������� fa^&aMa 1 CHURCH NQTICES. Methodist, Rev; A. M. San ford, B.A., pastor.���������Regular services will be' held to-morrow at 11 a.m. arid 7;30 p. m. Ptu-SBYTERIAN, St. Andrews.���������Rev.' J. Ferguson pastor ; service at 7:30 n.m. TOR Rmr: L-. steam, lioalet! furiii:;',ie;I hotel -=S" . .. ul^ctncl:t;lils, wiJIruiiiiiUL-l to with cellar .same sizu, -3-1 x On Wednesday evening, February 14, a social Imp will be given in Vh- 7ginia hull, under , the auspices of the ."Sandon Social Athletic Gitib," which Y has just been organized. , A cordial iii- "������������������-, vitution is extended to all who wish to enjoy a- souiai evening to be present. Y - Tickets, $1.00. Secretary' Wilkes,, of the Miners' Union, has made several attempts to have interviews with the mine owners over the labor tioubie.but ail oi" 110 avail. The nuiies are now paying ������3.25,'and if it is a job Mr.Wtlkes is looking for no doubt he can get it at the regular scale of wages. ��������� McEwen, the hypnotist, did some clever things 111 his line in his exhibitions this week; but, it is a question if the law is right in allowing" such eeeanoes. All of the acts are done by will power under the laws of nature; but when'they .-'are. turned to no good account but mere idle amusement, the service to mankind is very doubtful. ��������� Notwithstanding all reports' to the contrary, we think it will be shown at any time the information is demanded, that none ol'the men now employed at the Payne mine were hired by tne company until they entered the province��������� 1101, in fact, until they reached the premises. Under the circumstances then; in no breach Ol the Alien Labor Act, none even to please John Houoion or the miners' union. It appears that Mr. Green has appointed a relative, 'Charles CuiJen, a special constable" lor the Sandon district, and the Nelson Tribune's Victoria correspond en t is alter Mr. Green lor it wiLh a stick, lie wants to know 11 lUaittrs are quiet in the Slocan, as Mr. Greeii has said they are, and without a possibility of any trouble over lhe mining law, where was the necessity, lor putting the country totheex- pct'se ot an extra, policeman ? So far the government refuses to pay the expenses of the McTaggart smallpox case. This is simply contemptible. The disease was contracted- outside of the oily limits, and if the patient had been quarantined there, .ns he should have been, tlie expenses would have been much' greater, and the govern- nient would have had to pay Lhem. They are mean enough to wiggle out ol them simply because the patient came here, mid the council were liberal enough to have taken him iu charge, and treated him. H'Olt OVER FIB TV. YEAKS. Mrs. AVinslow's'Soothing Syrup lias beon used by ijiiilions of mothers for -.their children while toothing.' II' disturbed nt night, and broken of* your rest by a side -child, sintering and crying Willi pain ot uniting Leetli. Send at once and get a bottle of "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" for children teething. It will relieve tlie poor little1 sufferer iniinediat- ly. Depend upon it, mother.s, , there is no 'mistake ab.onl IU IL cures diarrhoea; regulates the stomach nnd bowels, cures Wind Colic, softens thegums and reduces Inflaminutibn, and gives lone and energy to tho system. "Mrs.Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup" lor children teething is pleasant to the taste unc* is the prescription 01 one of the oldest nnd best feninlophysicians and nurses in the United Slates. frleo twenty-live cents a tott-le. Sold by all druggists throughout the world. Ua sure nnd ask lor "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup." - HOTlil. UHCO.��������� (ij rooms, well furni eleerric litfM.s, iiut and colli water, , . ���������; IIUTEUGOOOEXOUC;!!.���������=5 rooms, t in tlie ICuuteiiays. steain:healed. suit teii.iiit. ,.--. GOQIJIiNOUr.il STl'lRE.- steaill he.ltefl, electric li^lits. 'SA-NDOX 'ST1-AM L.UiNI>R\-.-ln first-class running onler. ; Has Pellon wlieelfor pc.wer, and ean he ruii'al nimler. ate exiieiee.- Relit clieap. 7 ,' .- STURES.AXn 01"!-|CliS.���������In tlie flsilSs building,'. wilor. stenin Ileal and elecllic lights. ONli STUR!i.-Iil lhe Vli-uhii-i liiock, lar^'e utile 1,-lass front, including water ami steam lieat. . Ol'l'ICIiS.���������In VirK'niia block;'$15 per -month, incliKlinfr water, steam heat and electric ll(rlits. -.. (.IXE STAUHi.--ror is liorses, 2 story. Cheap. ! , .'; THE QUEEN'. LOUGINC IIO*USU.-3 small stores', and hvine; rooms on second storyl Cheap. ,, SEVliN ..FIRST - CI-ASS LIVING KOOMS.-Sccond story, opposite Clifton house, electric lights. TWO STORV HtliublJCG.���������Next door to above, 2 small stores and livini.'ruunis 0,1 second lloor. ' . PIRST.CLA.SS PLU.MUING .SIIOI-.-IncliidinS fc.^oo stock of tools nnd-fittintfs, and irood-will ofthe Waterworks Co. and business. "-. KIRE-1'ROOF CELLAR.-Opposile Rooicnay holel. FIRST-CLASS ,TWO STORV HARN.���������30 X 80. '��������� ���������. ONE C(-1'I"I'AGE.��������� 4 rooms, ilext door west of coiniquc, $10 per month.���������' Several oilier cottaK^s and btiililinps fiirnishcd and un- urnished, to rem, or sell, or will build to si������t tenants. Apply lo J. M. HARRIS, Virginia block Sandon'.'11. C. 7 THE HOTEL Y ' :''���������' YNakusp. ���������.''���������' v. ".,: Eenoyated in all appointments. ,��������� A good table always. .". 7" Choicest liquors and cigars in thebar' ���������-���������' Mrs. Snowman, Proprietress. "T! Riiils and Track Iron, Crow's Nest Coal, '.--, '-���������';���������, ���������������������������;.'���������'.������������������' Bar and, Sheet Iron, ' Jessop & Canton Steel for Hand and Machine Drills, '" 7 Y..Y- ' Powder, Caps,������������������'Fuse, ���������:���������.,-'' '���������:]' Iron Pipe arid rittinga, 7 Oils, Waste, Etc.,'; - 7" Y.f " Mine,or.Mill Supplies of all kinds.' ��������� Agents Truax Automatic Ore Cars. Head Office- Stores at -NeJsdn B. C. Nelson, B.C.; Kaslo, B.C.:Sandori,3.C; A QUICK.CURE FOR "feeiopi! sit Hi .'ii Si" <3 a ��������� I COUGHS AND GOLDS | ij'-, ��������� v - i ��������� i'y. Si Very valuable Reni������tiy in ail $* '���������| affections of the *S I THROAT or LUNGS | ������ Large Bottles, 25c. ���������"���������'.. ,, | f| DAVIS &LAWRENCE CO., Limited . W % ! Prop's, of Perry Davis' Pain-Kiiler ������5f ^������eSJS4SS(S������-S-'SS1!Sia*S���������S6-S-S���������fi'������r' . CERTIFiCfiTE OF !F^1PR0I/EI!!ENTS. ' ' NOTICE, ���������..���������'"���������'. Lily Hinenil Claim, situate'in thoSlocaii Miiiiiifr ill vision of West JCootenay ilis- ti-ict-. Where located: Noi'tli Fork Carpenter crook. Tako notice that I. William A. Bauer, acting asiisjent for John MacQuillnn,-Free Miner's Certificittu Ko. B 17051, intend, sixtv days from the date hereof, to apply to tho Alining Recorder lor a Certificate ol -.Improvements, for the purpose of obtain ing a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further takenotlce that, action, under .Section 37, niust.be commenced before tlie issuance ol such Cerl.incateof Improvements. Hated this Sth day oi Febi-unry, 11)00. AViLLIAM A.-BAUER, P. L. S. " iS.kt. plump--n-iade by tlie best workmen and m-ichinery in Canada.- They are rolled and burnished, making them specially hard;and durable; Y ." / -7 /". m My shelves, were emptied at 'Xmaf, btit are. now filled again with the newest and best patterns in SILA^ERWARE���������BEST QUALITY. f-yis S^9 I narrow '-of'.Crdud..'." Some eight more men came into the Payne on biiiitiay evening whicli mukes the working force now well on' to Juu. This iiuiiiber will run tlie mine nicely, even il it is not increased. However, meii are going up at intervals, so the mine will soon be full. This should satisfy the machine pf the union that it is ail up with them���������that dietatjou from that source is now of no avail. The owners in hiring will not ask whether, the men are union or nonunion, so long as they desire to do what is right ail around. Nearly nil the miners, who were brougi.t in and have felt tne camp, state that the situation was misrepresented to them. Any man who ruads , the papers ii\. w adaya need not take any man's w,.c-i 'or niiormatiox-i���������tbe papers giv- ah t.-e particulars. But what hao it ali to do with the question? No doubt the men are all told before leaving their old places what they are going to get; and ii they get lhat they have no right to complain. If the promised wage is not an inducement, the men should not 'iccejJt it. I It strikes terror to n mother's heart, to have her,-c'IiiM wake up at night with a oroupy congli. '���������-.���������". Child can c-oavcoly speak, can''hardly brenthe���������stems to by choking. . . There is no tinio for delay���������apply hob poultices to tho throat and upper part oi the chest, ainl.givo Dr. "Wood's Norway Pino Syn'ip���������nothing' like it for giving prompt r';!U'f��������� will savo a child when nothing elso will. Mrs. "Wm. Young, Frome, Ont., eays: "One year ago our little bo,,- had a severe fUliielc of'iiiilamination o������ the hmgs and cro'u p, which left a bad wlit-eze in !iis chest. ^"Wo'wero advised to use Ur. "Wood'o' Nor.vn.y I'iiie Kynip, whicli we did, and it cured him cornpU.iely. "Now we always keej) t'n.is reri'iedy "in the 1ioi:'>!c,'ds it eicnlH m!I olhi.rs for the .-..���������'.-.M-i-vtkindEofconglis si- colds. ' NOTICE. . Ferry No. 2 .Mineral Claim, situate in the Slocan Alining division of .West. Kootenay ulstrict. Where "located: Wilson creek: ��������� ��������� ��������� Take notice thai. I. William A. Bauer, acting as ngciit for Slociin LakeMiiiing Com- pan.'. Limited. Free -Miner's,Cerlifiente 'No. 1! 17035, intend, sixty days from the date hereoi. to apply to the "Mining Recorder fura Certificate ol.Improvements, for the purpose1 of obtaining a Crown Grant, on lho above claim. And further take notice thai, action, .under Section 37, must, be commenced before the Ismance of such Cert i licnte of I in pro vein en ts. Dated this lSlh day of January, 11)00. WILLIAM A. BATJEU. V.L. S.'1'., . Y ;NOTJCE. . Murnbcr.'Oueand-N-nmberTwo.Mineral Claims situate in the Slocan Mininu ,dlvision of Weit. Kootenay district. Where located: On Noble li'lve nioiintiVin. ��������� Take hoi ice that I, -A. S. Fnrwoli, acting as nueiil. lor .TOhir A. Wliit.tior, irree "Miner's Cei-tillcateNo; 1I77.SA, intend.sixt-ydin-s front' date hereof, to apply to the "Mining liecorder for Cert.iliciites ol Improvements, fur the purpose ol obtaining Crown Grants on lhe above claims. , And furthertake notice that, action, under Section 37, must be "commenced bclore the issuance ol such Certllicntesof Improvements 2-12-!)!) . A. S. FARWELL. Q...W..1 QRinflf-TT, JEWELER ���������* OPTICIAN. C3> A fine, pure, dainty, tasting Ceylon production put up in a neat one-half an one pound full weight packages. Having secured the agency of this favorif* brand of Tea, we are prepared to recommend it to all,' feeling; assured tha- one trial will establish its superiority over all other package Tea for its delightful flavor and reasonable price. ; My blend of Mocha and Java is acknowledged to be the best. All other! ines of pure, clean and fresh Groceries on hand. jL-axa-Liver Pilis aro the most perfect remedy l-:ii,,v,-n for the cure of Con- stinr-.t-ori, Dynpepsia, Biliousness and Bick Ilc-iuluohe. "Do not gripe or sicken. $1r>i"tS!mi> 1 The Great Enili. ������������������ Hrmedy. Sold and reco'):;. ucled by all druggists in Co-.-:-u- . Only reliable meaicin=. -J,i-: ..iver^d. Six ,- - - -,-- 'Packages iiuarcnhtd io c--..re all forms o������ Sexual Weakness, all effc-l.i ol abuse or excess, Mental Worry, E.rcessiv,- u.-r-of Tobacco, Opium or Stimulants. MaiH-" o-- reeeipi' of price, one paokage$l, six. Si Orh ���������.������������������..-! nlcctse, SixwUlcure. Pamphlets free to an- :rj.'n-;s. Tlio Wooa Company, -.V- :, Ont. Sold in Sandon by F. J. Donali'-von, , anil r.he MeO.neen Co., Druggi.is. SITUATIONS WANTED By mother aud daughter. Well acquainted with hotel and genoral household work. Would undertake any such work together or separately. Wages moderate. Good references. Address for particulars M. 0., MeGuigfin P. O. NOTICK. Omega nnd Twilight, -\tineral Claims situate in tho Slociin -Mining division of Wiist. dlstrlcl. Where located: On Noble Five mountain: Tnke'nolice that I, A. S. Farwe'*. ..Kiting us ���������agent lor .liihn M. Ilurris, Fier .Al ��������� er's Certificate Xu. .'UI-.'SS A,. and Kreil T !���������" ily. I.'riv; "Miner's Cerllllcnti.- Xo. "i'iiS1.' A, .n-.eni'l, sixty sixty diiys from flu-.l.iii-. ii ���������;��������� i*. to apply to llieMlning l'L-ci>i-d':' ���������������������������: >'-i .ficate' of Jin- provenients. for itj.-i imrpnso ol obtaining (.'row n Grunts ofthe jilmve cliiiiiui. And 1'iii'thei- tine notiee that action, under Seiuion :".-111181, he ciimnienced- beforo tlie I-sun n ci-o eh ('eitlllciilesof Iniproveineiils IM'.V.'H .A. S. I-'AHWELL. SANDON. KASLO. AIixSYVORTH. XO'l'ICH. - Reliance, ( entle Annie, Jiessle. Anchor, Con- ,tury V ,-.l.ioii und ICIngliiii- Krnclioii Jim. enii Ci ;nssituate in tlie Slocan "Mining - ������������������: divlsio of We������L -.ICooteniiy dUtrict. Wln'iv ,ncaled: About three-quarters of amili.nort.il oi 'Hoar Lake. Take noiiee that I,U'.S.Di'owry.Fi'f-e"Miner's Cerlilh-iiteNo. B 13SCS, in tend, sixty days irom the onto hereof, io apply to the Mining Reorder.lor Certificates of Improvements', If"' llie purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of each of the above claims. And further take notice that action, under Section 37, must be commenced belore the issuuneo of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 11th day of January, 1!)(I0. W, S, DREWIiY. NOTICE. Notice Is hereby given that tho Kaslo & Lardo-Duncan Railway Company will apply to the Parliament, of Canaan at its next session lor an net to extend the times limited for Ihe construction and completion of its works, and to authorize the Company to convey or dispose oi its railway and works. WHEALLttR & MARTIN, Solicitors for Applicants. Knslo, B. C, 1st of December, 189D. suffering from DRAINS, LOSSES, WEAK BACK, IM- POTENCY, VARICOCELE, etc., I say to you, as* man to man, as physician to patient, DRUGS NEVER CURE. Why not use nature's own remedy��������� ELECTRICITY? ���������With my ELECTRIC BELT and SUPPORTING SUSPENSORY, I cur-jd 5,000 last year. Book���������"THREE CLASSES OF MEN," eyp'uining all, sent sealed free upon request. Or, if you live near by, drop u~ .ii*.-.' consult me free oi charge. (Th- is but one genuine Electric Belt, and that is the Sandon. Don't be deceive ��������� y cheap, worthless imitations. I have had '30 years' experience and control i',:itents coveiing every part of my belt.) - DR.. R. SANDEN, "166 St; James Street, Montreal, p. fit Sandon, Rossland, Kelson, Kaslo. Pilot Bay and Three Forks. Sandon. Slocan City. l.\ ���������'t-YMfl ��������� i; y- III It ���������%% ','���������--'���������. T *" II a :4m 'If m A ' ii: I Hi ���������"('��������������� *{!? m- 1 ' fl. ���������th- fi ' Jtl. .${������������������ flit" #- Ill if ml IS> :i t II' l^i *'* S-!l I
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