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'I , it .<< /i ,���������" VOL 2. NO. 41. SANDOH, B. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1899. FIVE CENTS. Il'iSSlIlI,, Un Avalanche of Dry Snow Started ������������������ by the Wind. .; Later details of thc catastropho at -vtoss' peak, Rogers'.Pass, are as follows : ) Thc slide, was composed of dry snow ���������jitarted bv the wind. The station, Ji-oundhotise and buildings, which were [('carried away, were situated between two sheds. The avalanche came down lhe track of an old s'ido from the '^northwest with appalling force and ,)rapidity and buried the building's and 'unfortunate inmates without allowing lany chanoc of escape. All the bodies were recovered without great dilli- \culty, except that of W. Gator, who 'was not found up to flute of writing. The appearance of the bodies of the two little children indicated that they 5,had been sull'ocalod by the snow. At /the time ofthe accident JErs. Cati"tr ".was milking a cake. She wns thrown '���������lagainst a hot stove and badly burned, j-besides being wound-d by a knife "���������which she had in her hand, Thc ap- ���������i'poiii'.uico of Ridley, tin; wiper, imli- LNcatcd that he had been struck on ihe *���������back of the head. He was in a small shack alone at tho timed the acci- fj dent. Frank Carson, the night oper- 1} ator, wns asleep in bed and whs smoth- 1? ereil. Thc bodies of the Gator family S\ are to be removed to Bowmanville, Ifi'.Onl, and nidlcy is to be buried at New Westminster. I* _. ��������� igff^ IjNew Process tor Treating Gold Ores. \y Considerable attention is at present, * being attracted to n new process I bromo-ehlorino mill whicli is being \built for the Golconda mine, near '*-' Baker City, Oregon, it the process i proves a juucuas it will imi'-o a great difference iu the mining operations of 'the north went. A I'..roe ot stonc- maions and mechanics is constructing this mill for tlm owners of the Gol- L condu, J.-G. and .1. T. Knglish of Dans- ville, Illinois. The mill is on the slope of a mountain Of; ore, aii'il covers 170x .. 300.feet, already having required 600,- ; 000 feet of lumber and heavy timbers l'i in its construction. The story goes that the Illinois capitalists secured for S5,000- the secret of the now bromo- chlorine process -from a- poor inventor of Colorado, who had not the moans to test his'plan by erecting n-large plant. ii The easterners arc so sure that they ^ will reap a- golden harvest that they 1 \are developing the mine, delving out a vast lot of quartz and erecting this bromo-chlorine plant at a cost very close to .$100,000. The mill is expected to treat 100 tons of ore per day, and to save a greater percentage of the gold than can be saved by any other known process. It is expected the mill will be completed by Aoril 1st. If the process is a success there will bo a revolution in milling such ores as require chemical treatment. Slocan City News-Items. Steve Tripp, an old-time contractor hero, has returned awd is now figuring on some buildings about to be con strueted. ��������� W. K. Cameron arrived to-day-from tlie Conductor mine, near Sandon, and reports that property a success. We are at all times pleased to hear of that superb mining camp as the inhabitants arc an unusally progressive people. Your correspondent, after an interview, with nearly all thc British subjects here, finds about SO per 'cent. : against tho Alien Act, the balance for it credited already with destroying two mining deals, although he could not trace them to authentic sources. H. L. Fife has written your correspondent from Lang, Pcterboro county, Ont., saying the samples sent from here made a fine impression, and that he expects to interest many people there in the Slocan country. Facts are at hand to satisfy your correspondent that he (Fife) is in touch with influential and financial people there. Some of the finest samples of galena ore your correspondent has.ever seen were'shown him a few days ago by Messrs. York and Peters from the Bank of England claim. They already havo. an extensive correspondence, in reference to its purchase!, from Montreal and other cities, but they nave decided to take it out of the market for the present until the public realizes more fully the importance of the new .*-'���������'. 7 strike in this mine. Joe Payn'"- and his partner, Mr. Breuer, have received a good proposition for a working bond on tho Sir Wilfred mineral claim, but declined, excespt in case $3,000 in cash be furnished. It is situated on Mullock creek. ��������� 'ihe owners lire in good circumstances, financially, and decline a cheap proposition It has probably thc largest showing of mineralized quartz in the country, while the ore on the surface is not high grade. 'The many friends of W. G. Christie assembled at the Slocan wharf to tender their host wishes on his departure for Vancouver to assume the duties pf engineer on the Empress of Japan, plying between Vancouver and Oriental ports. Mr. Christie has been engineer on the Slocan atomicr for the past twenty months, nnd, injustice to this gentleman,1 it must be said that he is considered one of the most popular officials thc C. P.R. ever had here. Tbe ladies of Slocan were there to bid farewell to Mrs. Christie. Mr. Chesk-y, conductor on the passenger train from Nelson here, is gaining many friends by his uniform courtesy in regard to' explaining to passengers the advantages of Slocan City .mil the Slocan country. What is tho matter with Jimmy Whaporton. engineer, or his liremnn; th'\y always stretch dispatches or delay a few seconds (while not diiobcying orders) to allow dilatory passengers sufficient time to catch tlie steps of passenger trains. These officials, with more than ordinary courtesy, enabled our representative at, Spokane fruit fair to transport his ores with facility. LATER. Slocan City, B.C.,Feb. S���������Mr. Ernest Mansfield was the recipient of many congratulations last evening at tho Royal hotel, on tbe successful development or the Joker group, at tin; bead of Kaslo creolc. Mr. Mansfield secured control of this property hist August, and predicted that owing to climatic conditions of that section and its great elevation he would ho unable to do any deve opmont this winter. But his Anglo S'^xou blood prevailed ami he immediately commenced packing in supplies at very high rated, paying no attention to glacier or storms. A true fissure: vein appeared on the surface, with favorable iiisa.vs. Work is progressing and at the time of writing the shaft was down 75 feet and drifting as being done at present. The vein is steadily widening and may reach 10 feet soon. 'The average assays run about$80 in gold. Mr, Mansfield left for England to-day, and will return in 60 days. While there he will make extensive arrangement to work this claim on a largo scale, and to more fully explain to.British capital the opportunities awaiting them in WestKoo- enay district. Wo think a naif dozen such men and companies here would make us an Eldorado, and we trust a few men of his energetic character will 'accompany him on his return. . C. W. Harrington, of Lowes & Harrington, Sandon, is here looking after his mining interests in company with the original owners of the Evening Star, Messrs. Sanders and Petty. He stated to your correspondent that there was no doubt of its being a mine. He was to-day inspecting the Get There Eli group, of which he is the principal owner. . Mr. Harrington has just returned from the afore-mentioned group and feels jubilant over the amount of ore already sacked���������50 sacks "of'high grade ore to each two men. The vein is 15 inches wide and highly mineralized. Mr. Harrington thinks that the Slocan country is bound to come to the front by the use of capital and muscle. ' !,��������� ��������� Affairs at Manila. London, Feb. G ���������A Manila despatch to the Morning Post says: The splendid police Bystem prevented a general outbreak in the city, though several soldiers were :.Hacked by the natives in the streets. Lieut. Chas. Hogan and Sergeant Wall were shot by three natives, the former being seriously wounded and the latter slightly. ��������� Lieut. Colonel Cotton was attacked by a native with a sword while riding in a carriage to the front. He killed bis assailant with his revolver. A sharp shooter within the American lines shot and killed-a sergeant while he was sitting at a window of.'the second reserve hospital. Col. William Smith died of apoplexy. .Many cf tho insurgents were driven into the Passage river and drowned. Several hundred were taken prisionerB. AN AWFUL SLATGHTElt. ' In a .subsequent telegram the following statements are made: Last night (Saturday) and today the engagements have proved a veritable slaughter for tho Philipinos, their killed being re- porte-.! as amounting to 3,000. The have American forces could ��������� scarcely been better disponed. It is now known that, tho attack was lully expected and tli.it every preparation hail been math; to ni'-ot them. Firing slack, nod at noon on Sunday, the enemy being apparently demoralized. The American troopt, however, are fully equipped to meet a possible attack to-night. Combine of American Canneries. Trans-Pacific Freight Rates, Since thc demand for freight space upon Oriental liners has become so pressingjtrans-Pacific steamship companies have been affording flour shippers- very limited facilities 'for the transportation of their product, causing considerable complaint and inconvenience. It is maintained by the companies that thc rate of -"rS^per ton, Mexican silver, is too low to "afford a. profit, and more remunerative cargo has been given preference iiij consequence. The companies have announced an advance of $1 per ton in tho flour trade, which will apply to northern Oriental liners, and probably also to San Francisco shipments, lt would be a great deal better if the steamship companies would put more steamers on the line, as they have been working a great hardship upon the millers, who are unable to (ill orders to China and Japan. At tbe present time there is a good demand for flour to China, and a great many of our millers cannot obtain 'freight room to ship.��������� Portland "Commercial Eeview." Reoont.information is that Thomas B. McGovrrn's salmon combine is sure of securing about half of the large salmon canneries of the Coast States, but that there is likely to be trouble with thc others. ; be incorporation is Mr. McGovern's company. The options on the camvn-'.os expire on Feb. 1, uncording to ftdvi'-es r"oeivel I'rum <1"h\'gon this week. Mr. McGovern is now in tiie west, presumably to close up tho pending deals The statement that he will not be able to get more than half of the big canneries -interested is .variously interpreted. . Some say that it- means that the packers have determined, to organise a combination among themselves. -'-Others-intimate that another large firm is interested in organising an opposition combination. It is certain that the matter will be closed up shortly. ,''���������'��������� Y, .' , The ore shipments from Sandon this week were 450 tons. The Reco Mining Co. are increasing their force steadily. For some cause or other thc Sovereign is reducing its working staff. The Ajax has a quantity of ore on thc C. Pi R. platform awaiting shipment. Silver is now 59:|c. aud lead $4.67} in New York, which are good mining prices. It is generally understood the Madison will soon be on the list of steady shippers from this point. Tho Ernest, ofthe Charleston group at Whitewater, is shortly to be taken over by Toronto parties. A bond for $5,000 has been given by Messrs. Cross, Byron'find Lloyd of Silverton, on the Frisco claim, near the Fidelity and Bosun. Considerable work has already been done on the property, find a force of miners will be put to work at once. Thc Atlantic, in Kimberly camp,was bonded by Bruce White, of the Slocan Star mine, and Messrs. Wilson ami Burns, of P. Burns it Co. Tho price is ������20,000. Of this amount, $500 was paid in cash and the balance will be paid during the year. The deal was arranged by E. A. Bielenbcrg. Tho new owners will begin working the property at once.���������Boundary Creek Times. A winze is being sunk in the No. 3 tunnel it the Vancouver Group, about 450 feet in from the mouth. This winze was started Wednesday ol last week and three eight-hour shifts will Ciij Council met Monday evening, the 0th inst. The absentees were, Aldermen Hunter and McDonald. The following accounts were recommended by thc finance committee to be paid :��������� Salaries for Jan $329.99 Fire Dent, miiintennnoe S8 CO E. McKinnon 27.95 Office rent 30.00 Steam heat in fire hall 10.00 Water and Light, service, Jan... 25S.25 H. Byers & Co 45 Katr <fc Wilson 11.25 Transport of prisoners to Nelson -10.55 Kent of Court room, two months 30.00 John Cadden ; S.00 Dan Cameron 4 50 Paystreiik 44 90 Chas. Stuart 2 50 15. 11. Atherton & Co 4.35 Total $891.09 motions: Cra wfor.l Thorn pson That the charges of K. P. Christie and S. R. Forlies for transport of prisoners be I aid over for further consideration.��������� Carried. Atherton Buckley���������That the. acct. of Dr. Powers, amounting to $204 for professional services anil thc bill of $50 for nursing a jumper patient, be not paid as tho corporation does not assume any liability in the matter.��������� Carried. On motion of Aid. Atherton and Buckley the11* city solicitor was instructed to prepare a by-law covering the matter ot exempting the proposed Ruth Mines concentrator from taxation, and to have draft of same in reiid- bc employed. If will bcsu.ik us deepl iness to submit to the council at next meeting.���������Carried. Atherton���������Crawford���������That petition re the retainincnt of thc services of night-watchman be laid over till the next meeting of the council.���������Carried. The monthly reports of officers were presented, road and adopted. 'McGnigan Notes. The ore shipments from here during January were as follows : .Rambler, 75 toils ; Dardanelles, 33 tons. Mr. Richard Shea has sold his share in the Rambler mine, and intends to take a trip to old Ireland and it may be: some time before the Kootenay sees his smiling countenance again. As soon as the weather becomes fovorable, work will be commended on the Tom More mine, owni d by .Mr. J_.C.: llyaii, and situated near thc Antoine mine. The Tom More looks at present as if great things may be expected of it. It is believed that a prominent young couple, for some time resident here, arc to be married, in tho, very near future. Due Appreciation. Washington, D.C., Feb. G.���������Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, in addressing the senate on Saturday lust in favor of the ratification of peace treaty, had this to say regarding the aid extended to the. United States by Great Britain during the war with Spain: "We owe a. debt to our brethren across tlie sea. We had their unqualified moral support and the influence of their trained diplomats throughout the war. Had it not been for England we should not have emerged from the late war with colors flying so high. To-day wc have among the nations of Europe only one friend, Great Britain, the other nations st'aud with rapacious hate, hoping that we may encounter some repulse." Shiloh's Consumption Cure cures where others fail. It is the lending Cough Cure, and no home should be without it. Pleasant to take and goes right to the spot. Sold by McQueen the uruggist. The Sandon curlers will hold a 'spiel next week. us the water will allow, and if it jnsti lies another cross-cut tunnel will be driven still lower down the mountain and tapping the ledge at a greater depth. A circular has been issued- in Lon- dwii, England, to the shareholders of 1'ne Wcot Australian Gold Fields Co in whici. the directors state that they i liare just c������mplet.od the purchase, on very nivorable terms, (if a one-fourth interest in Lho Ymir gold mines, while the rignt ol taking a further one- quarter share on the same terms, within a period of three months from the starting 'of the mill has also been secured. ' Dick Shea has retired from the management of the Rambler-Cariboo Consolidated Gold and Silver' Mining Company and the position is, now.filled by W. II; Adorns, formerly the acting secretary of the company :in Kaslo Mr, Adams returned on Saturday evening from Rossland, where he had been in consultation with the president, J. B. Mo Arthur.- Development will be actively prosecuted- and shipments continued under the direction of W. E. Jones. The George Alexander syndicate has purchased ��������� the Alice mine on Goat riyer, the first location made in that section. About 400 feet of work has been done' on the Alice,- the lowest workings being 90 feet from the surface. There is considerable ore oh.the dump and in sight. The ore is galena and is of fairly good grade. Two of the owners, Jap King and Ben Anderson, sell their entire interests', the other owner, Captain Hay ward, retains his (one-fo urth) interest. Iho ] liccpaid is not given. The Queen Bess Mining company's contract, for the shipment of its output to the -Everett smelter will expire in the course of a few days, when tlie arrangement for the shipment of the entire output to the Hall Mines smeller will go inid effect. The mine is now shipping about 300 tons per month, but with improved conditions for the mining of the same, which are expected, the output, will be considerably increase'!. The present arrangement with the Hall Mines calls for the delivery of the entire output for the next three months. They have uncovered the newly discovered lead; in the Noble Five to a length of about So feet, with ah average width of 5 feet. Of course this goes above and below the height of the tunnel, however, work alone can tell the distance.Assuming it is onlyl5tVet, and no longer than at present, thoy would have a body of 6,375 cubic feet. As this would average about 600 lbs to the cubic foot and placing the body at a value of $100 to tho ton, the mass is wortn about $191,250. This ought to bring up the value of the Noble Five stock at a bound, and, more especially, as it is reasonable to assume that the body of ore they have discovered is much longer and deeper than they now know of, and that there may be many more bodies, greater or less than this, on the property. Sandon Ore Shipments. following is a list of ore ship- over the K. & S. from Sandon Feb. 10: ! The mentis for the week endin MINE. - Payne.......... Last Chance. Reco Ivanhoe Total...... TONS. ....... 50 40 .20 ..... 40 ..'.:'. 150". ; The following are the ore shipments.' via the C. P. K. for the week ending Feb. 10: MIXE. Payne.. TONS. ......300 Three Forks Ore. Shipments. The ore shipments from Three Forks for the weekending Jan. 21 were : Minis., Queen Bess. Idaho......... '. Total.... .2121 Whitewater Ore Shipments. The following is a statement of ore shipped, from'this station for the week ending Feb.9 : Mine. . Whitewater. Jackson Bell.. ..... Total..... Tons. .... 32 .... 17 ... 15 ,....64 McGnigan Ore Shipments. The shipments from this point for week ending Feb. S were : Mine. Tons. Rambler 15 Dardenelles 19 Groat Western S3 Total 67 TO CURE COLD IN ONE DAY. Take LaxativeBromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25 cents. -H> .!-���������������<-? !���������- -��������� ���������^���������������������������h--^., I A ��������� ��������� i a* '������������������*���������>���������' , ������'\ f*^#&?s: . .-jfe:**-..i ji->4},s ���������.������.<* I*-.'- "f ���������'��������� 5&SS I IT WILL t OR, I A GREAT HY5TERY. i I f -*������������������-��������� CHAPTER III 1 confess that I was considerably ���������Hurtled by (his fresh projf of (ho practical nature of my companion's theories. My respect Cor his powi-rs of analysis increased wondrously. There still remained 1 some lurking suspicion in my, mind, however, that the whole thing'-was .'.'a- prearranged episode, intended to dazzle me, though what earthly object he could havo in taking me in was past my comprehension. When I looked at him'he had finished reading tho note, and his eyes had assumed the vacant, lack-luster expression, which showed mental abstraction.. . :<;���������' "How in lie world did you deduce that?" I asked. . /.���������'���������'���������'' "Deduce what?" said he, petulantly. "Why, that he was a retired1 sergeant of marines." ���������,;.' "I have no time for trifles," he replied brusquely; then, with, a smile, "Excuse'. my rudness. You broke the thread ol my thoughts; but perhaps it- is as well. So you actually were not able to' see that that man was a sergeant of marines?" "No, indeed."7 V . Y 1 "It was easier to know it, than to explain why I know it. If you were asked to prove that two and two made four, you might find some difficulty, and yet you are< quite sure of the fact. Even across the; street I could see a great blue anchor tattooed on the back of the fellow's hand. That smacked of the sea. He had a military carriage, however, and regulation side-whiskers. There we have the marinia. He was a man with some amount of self-importance and a certain air of command. You must? have observed tho way in which he held his head and swung his cane. A steady respectable, middle- aged man, too, on the facet, of him��������� all facts which led me to believe that he had been a sergeant^" ,-. '' . "Wonderful!" T ejaculated. "Commonplace," saidHolmes, though I thought from his expression that he was pleased at my evident surprise and admiration. I said just now' that there were no criminals. It appears that''I am wrong���������look at this!" He threw me over the note which the commissionaire had brought. ���������''���������'. "Why," I cried, as I cast my eye it, "this is terrible!" ... hand," I Holmes's thought to the matter in s.iid, at last, interrupting musical disquisition. "No data yet," lie answered. "It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment. "You will have your, data soon," I remarked, pointing with my finger; "this is the Brixton Road, and that is the house, if lam not .very much "mistaken:" ���������< 7 ,,. . ' "So it is. Stop, driver, stop!" Wo were still a hundred yards or so from it, but" he insisted upon our alighting, and we finished our journey ������������������ upon foot.. - :���������'������������������' y .'������������������������������������ No. 3 Laurfston Gardens wore an.ill- omened and minatory look. It was one of four' which stood back soma .little way from the street, two being occupied and two empty. The latter looked' out with three tiers' of vacant, melancholy windows, which were blink and dreary, save that here and there a "To Let" card had developed liko a cataract upon the bleared panes. ',. A small garden sprinkled over with a1' scattered separated the street, and was traversed by a narrow pathway, yellowish in color, and consisting apparently of a mixture of clay and gravel. The whole place wasy very sloppy from the rain which had fallen throughthe night. The gar- broad-shouldered, with crisp, curling black hair, and a short, stubbly beard. He was dressed in a heavy broadcloth frock-coat and waistcoat, with light- colored trousers and immaculate collar and cuffs. A top-hat, well brushed and trim, was placed on the floor beside him. nis hands were, clinched, and his arms thrown abroad, while his lower limbs were interlocked as (hough his de.-iLh struggle had beon a grievous ono. On his rigid face there stood an oppression of horror, and, as if seemed to mo, of hatred, such as I havo novor seen upon human features. This malignant and terrible contortion combined with lho low forehead, blunt nose; and, prognathous jaw;' gave the dead man a.singularly simious'and apelike appearance which was increased by his writhing unnatural posture. I havo'., seen death in many forms, but never has it appeared to me in'a moro fearsome aspect than in that dark, grimy apartment, which looked due upon one of7the imain arteries, of suburban London. Lestrado, lean and ferret-like as ever, was standing by the doorway, and greeted my companion and- myself.7; c' ; -. .������;>' ������������������' "This case will make a stir, sir," he remarked., " It beats anything I have seen, and I am no,Chicken." "There', is no clew," said Grcgson. "None at1-all," chimed in Lostrade. Sherlock Holmes, approached the body and kneeling down, examined it intently, ;.-'������������������ You are sure lhat there is no wound ?" he asked, pointing to num- eruption of ^sickly plants j erous gouts and splashes of blood each of thesS houses , from which lay. alf around. "Positive I" cried both deteclives. "Then, or course, this blood belongs to a second individual���������presumably thc murderer, if murder has been committed. It reminds me of the circumstances attendant on tho death of Van- den was bounded by a three-foot brick: Jansen, in Utrecht, in the year '34. wall with a fringe of wood rails upon i Do you remember the case, Gregson?'' the top, and against this wall was lc-an-l " No, sir." '���������"',; ing a stalwart police constable, sur-| 'Read'it up���������you really should. There rounded by a small knot of loafers, who is nothing hew under the sun. II has craned their necks and strained their all, been done before.' eyes in the vain hope of catching some- glimpse of the proceedings within. GUN TO FIGHT BALLOONS. A'fctv "Ulc.-i In Oi-.'iiiuico Which lias Jtcc I'viilvi-il l,y tlie Hulled SlnU* Wai- i>c- jiiii-luiriif. A balloon gun, or rather a gun to demolish balloons, is tho last evolution in artillery, and as in the case of so many of the world's death dealing contrivances, iL comes from that supposedly mudt uuwarlike of countries tho United Stales. The gun has just been completed, having been eousirueled by u firm of ordnance-makers, from plans drawn at the Rock Island Arsenal. It is purely an experiment, and if it proves efficient others like it will be built. Tho U.S. ,War Department has been for some time investigating the problem of. fighting-balloons, inasmuch as the latter are destined unquestionably to be an important factor, in the warfare of, the not-distant future.. Tho balloon. ,*gun,,isi mounted on a wagon and so plaCed upon " universal " bearings as to be aimed instantly at any point from zenith to horizon. After the manner of the machine weapon, it throws a continuous stream of projectiles liko water turned on from a hose, and no gas exi)osed to its discharge for many months could possibly stay aloft. The projectiles are conical and of solid steel, having nt/ bursting charge, and weigh a pound apiece. A hollow conical stand fastened to the floor, of the waggon supports the gun, the arrangement being such that when it has to bo aimed' directly upward the marksman must lie beneath it. Its effective range is . A MILti AND A QUARTER. Mililary experls whoso opinions de- servo respect express tho belief that the next war between any two great powers, will evolve the perfected fighting-balloon���������perfected, lhat is to say, up la Lho poinl of being an efficient engine of destruction. Already there has been devised a so-called aerial tor- To dissenters from this philanthropic view tho statistician offers another suggestion to the effect (hat a man likes to be "boss" in his own home, and having'learned from experience that after a woman has been married a few years she is pretty apt to take th������ roins of (he household in her own hands, he prefers somo one who is still'- uninitiated, so that ho may enjoy at least a few months of lording it beforo .she gets broken Ln. "Whether either of these hypolhesics is correct it would bo impossible- to state positively, but certain it is that a widwor fights as strenuously against an al- lianoo with a bereaved representative of tho opposite sox as did Mr; Pickwick when . threatened with matrimonial entanglement with Mrs. Bfirdell, and quite frequently with less gratifying success. .During the year the statistician studied matrimonial reports of the most populaous disl riots of the eastern and middle states and discovered that in that, seel ion and during that time' 46,343 widowers took 46,343 siiinstcrs unto themselves lo love, cherish and protect, .whilo only 6,325 widows were so honored. As that arrangement disposed of but a small pro-i portion of lonely ��������� females, 10,625 of 'them were forced to find solace by taking as many single gentlemen from tho realms of bachelorhood and transforming them into obedient benedicts. Wlu'ther these facts will be of any special benefit to anybody, neither the scribe nor tho statistician pretends to say. Thoy are merely given for what they aro worth as conditions of life. As ho spoke, his nimble Ciners wero flying here, thero and overj'whore, 1 had imagined that Sherlock Holmes''feeling, pressing, unbuttoning, oxamin- would have . at onco hurried into the ing, while his eyes wore tho samo far- house and plunged into a study of the'away expression which I have already mystery. .Nothing appeared to be remarked upon. So swiftly was tho ex- further from his intenfion. -With an animation ;made that one would hard- air of nonchalance which, under the cir- ly have guessed the minuteness with cumstances seemed to ma to borderwhich it was conducted. Finally, ho upon affection, ho lounged up and down sniffed the dead man's lips, and then podo, which boars about Lhe same re- the pavement and gazed vacantly at glanced at the soles of his palcnt-loath- jalion to tho future war-balloon that the ground, the sky, the opposite er boots. 0 is borne by the "Whitehead torpedo to houses, and the line of railings. Having " Hejhas not been moved at all ?" ho the modern torpedo-boat, finished his scrutiny, he; proceeded asked. j This aerial torpedo is a small balloon slowly down the path, or, rather, down '//���������" No more than was necessary for tho , which carries, suspended beneath if, the fringe of grass which flanked the purpose of our examination." , j about thirty pounds of dynainito or path, keeping his eyes riveted upon the . " You can take himi Lo tho morluary . olher high explosive dono up in a suit- ground. Twice he stopped, and once how,' lie said. " There is nothing moro able package, l.u its neck it has a to be learned.'- j small meiai cylinder containing a sim- Gregson had a stretcher and four pie electrical contrivance which will men ai hand. At his call they ciilorod produce a spark at any time for which the room,, and the stranger was lifted i tho instrument is set in advance, and carried out. As they raised him, | The direction and force of the wind a ring linkled'down and rolled across ' being ascertained thc little' ���������', balloon mj o ��������� the floor. Lestrade grabbed iL up j may be floated over a fortress or arm- the morning, and as the house was an Still, I had had such extraordinary evi-j ai$.,ftaretI at it with mystified eyes. I ed camp, and, if iLs mechanical apparently one, suspected that something dence of the quickness of his perceptive' . 1 here's been a woman here," he , atus has been set correctly, the spark " ' ,L'-- '���������'" " " ' " o doubt that he crictl- ffc s ;l woman's wedding-ring." I will at the proper moment set fire to A Victim of Neuralgia MRS. ROBERTS, OF MONTREAL TELLS A WONDERFUL STORY. over ... ._ _. This is the letter which I read to -1 saw him smile and hoard him utter him: ..,.,. ; j an exclamation ,of satisfaction. There- ".My Dear .Mr. Sherlock Holmes:��������� ' u'ere many marts of footsteps upon There has been a bad business' during : lhe wet, clayey soil, but since ths poles the night at 3 Lauriston. Gardens, off . nad ,:)een coining and going over it, I the Brixton Road. Our man on tho j wasj unable to see how my companion beaL-sawY a light there about two in,' ������ould hoPB to learn anything from it. was amiss. He found tho door open, and in tho front room, which is bare of furniture, discovered the body of a gentleman, well dressed, and having cards in his pocket bearing the name of '-"noch J. Drebber, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. There had been no robbery, nor is there any evidence as to how the man met his death. There arqf marks of blood in the room, but there .. is no wound upon his person. We are , UIJ, ������uc*?e(* at a loss as to how he came into the 1 -bxcept thatl empty house; indeed, the whole affair P������Int faculties that I had no could see a great deal which was hidden from me. AI the door of tho house we were mat by a tall, white-faced, flaxen- haired man, with a note-book in his hand, who rushed forward and wrung my companion's hand with effusion. ��������� t^*^..Uii .j UUIIU V������JLU CtlUOlUll. I f-m ��������� ,nV "It is indeed kind of you to come." ��������� ��������� rpB*!9nv , Heaven *- said; "I have had everything left i complicated enough itouched.". ' ��������� I XoUre sure it my friend answered, is a puzzler. If you can come round of buff a ing to (he pathway. "If a herd"��������� \������l?s- "-0 lie'-learned by staring at it. X iffaloes had passed along there i .f^ d,ld Jr������" llnd lu his-pockets'?" g not be a greater mess. No doubt, I r,���������; V).e ^a,vo.it al here,'1 said Uregson, b - - - "-nling to a JiLLer of objects upon' i of the bottom steps of tho stairs. If you are unable to come I ihls" " ' T ���������"*-; ^ gold watch. No. 97,! G3, by JJarraud, ^.UU...^A. J-t JUL. W...J UUA^.^. . UU..LA . to the house: any time before twelve, ' r"?; ivili find me there. I have, hit , ������10'v?'-.-. j������������ u������u ui,i>.u jUm uwll ���������u-, ���������_��������� .f-.i,. i,���������ii���������.., ���������;��������� ��������� -.-~".\'������������������,--��������� ~ I hear ' elusions, Gregson, before you permitted ������f ������ ��������� .-hs b������Uo-m stops ol tho stairs. you wi ��������� everything m statu quo until from you. I shall give you fuller details, arid would esteem it a great kindnsss if you would favor me with your opinion. -Yours faithfully, . .".' ; "TOBIAS GREGSON." "Gregson is the smartest of the Scotland Yarders," my friend remarked; "he and Lestrade are ths pick of a bad lot. They are both quick and energetic, but conventional���������shockingly, so, They have thur knives inlo one ano'h^r too. They are as jealous as a pair of professional beauties. There will be some fun over this case if they are both put uponthe scent." I was amazed .at the calm way in which he rippled on." "Surely there is not; a moment' to be lost," I cried; "shall I go and order you a cab?" "1 am not sure about whether I shall go. I am Lho, most incurably lazy devil Lhat evenstood in shoa leather- that is, when thi; fit ia on me, for I can be spry enough at times." "Why it is just such a chance as you havo been longing for." i "My dear fellow, whit does \it matter to me? Suppose I unravel (h whole matter, you may be. sure that wever, you had drawn your own con- icinnc lt-���������..N..A'_. i.^r! .- ... . "1 have the house vely. had so much todo Inside the detective said, evasi vely. "My colleague, Mr. Lestrade, is -h "ri '���������;, here. I had relied upon him to look f^thor Vi after this." - I t T. , , d eyebrows sardonically. "With two such men as yourself and Lestrado .upon the ground, there will not be much for a third party to find out," he said. ��������� Gregson rubbed his hand3 inca self- saLisfied-way. ' '..,-. ' ' . '. "I Lhink that we havo done all that can be done," he answerr-d; "it's a queer case, though, and I knew your tasLo for such things." "You did not come here in a cab?" asked Sherlock Eiolmes. "No, sir." " Nor Lestrade?" "- '. ' "No,, sir." 'Then let us go and look at lhe roam." . . . Vv'iih which i nconsistent-remark he strode on into Lho house, followed by | Gregson, whose fealures expressed I his fisionishme.nt. I A short 'passage, Im re-planked and I dusty, led Io Iho kitchen and offices Ho, held it out, as ho spoke, upon tho gas in the balloon, causing the the palm of his hand. We all gather- j latter to- explode and to drop its dead- ed round h'im and gazed; at it. There; I ly load., ' , could bo no doubt that that circle of | It has been ascertained by recent ox- plain gold had once adorned the finger i periinonts in Germany that shrapnel of a;bride. . | can be used against balloons with this complicates matters," said | great effect at moderate ranges, and 'Heaven knows, they were ; the ' War Department contemplates before I" j making similar trials with its now bal- !,,������������������������������������ , - ���������- - doesn't simplify loon gun, in which actual balloons will , them?" observed Holme. "There's no- bo floatefl and employed, as targets. " i. j "will involve tho destruction of a good many gas bags which cost money, but in recent years "Uncle Sam has objects upon * not paused at liberal expenditure of cash where military knowledge was to be secured. Millions'ot dollars'; worth . . . . .of guns and armour plate have been Gpl.d ring, with i destroyed at the proving grounds to Gold ptu���������bull-dog's, find out how many times the former could be fired without losing their usefulness and what shocks could be.with- stood by the latter. ; chain, very of London. Gold Albert heavy and solid. Masonic device. th rubies as eyes. liussian- :ird-case, with cards of Knoch Holmes glanced at me, and raised his ! fcJffl'S.^f S^S^ purse, bui loose money lo Lhe extent of seven pounds thirteen. Pocket edition ol Loccaccio's 'Decameron,' with name of Joseph Stangersou upon, the fly-leaf.-- Two letters���������oue addressed Lo E. J". Drebber and one to Joseph Strangerson." "At what address 1" ' "American .Exchange, Strand���������to be left till called for. . Thoy are both from the Guion Steamship Company, aud refer io the sailing of their boats from 'Liverpool. II is clear Lhat this unforiunate man was about to re- return to New York." "Have you made any inquiries as to this man Slangorson <" Y "1 did it at oncc, sir," said Gregson. 1 have had advertisements sent to a" 11m WIDOWS AND BACHELORS. Men and women havo such different .': views on some subjects. Take matrimony, for instance. When a widower chooses a second helpmate he looks about him for a spinster, but .a widow doesn't care two straws for a bachelor. She prefers a widower with a fund of domestic experience to draw on. These are facts. Statistics She W������s n SnITrrcr lor Some Scroti Ticnrs, and HodU-.iI TrciUnu-nt Failed to Give Her .lime limn Tenipoinry Keller��������� A Ilcralil ICcpoi-loi- InrcllKiileii the Case. From (he Herald, Montreal. "I thought it was something wonderful when 1 went three days without being sick," said Mrs. Annie Roberts to a representative -of the Montreal Herald, referring to hor -remarkable recovery from an illness of over seven long years. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts reside at 31 Vvpife .street, Montreal, and the reporter was cordially welcomed when ho went to enquire as to tho I ruth ofthe report that Mrs. Roberts had boon restored to health through the uso of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts came to Canada from Kngland a little more than five years ago, and Mrs. Roberts' illness began while still in the Old Counlry. "I was really the victim of a combination of troubles," says Mrs. Roberts, "h'or several years, neuralgia with all its excruciating pains, has been my almost constant attendant. .Added to this Iwas attacked with rheumatism and palpitation of the heart, and for the last five'years, wasnot able' to get out of doors during the winter months. Sometimes I felt rj though those terrible pains in my head would drive mo mad; my nerves were all unstrung and a knock at the door would send mo nearly crazy. Iwas treated at. different times by four doctors since coming to Montreal,1 but without any lasting good, and I had given uphope of ever being better on this side of the grave. A friend of mine whose ' father had been helpless for two years, but was restored by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, urged me Lo try them. My husband asked (ho doctor who was attending me what he thought of thsrn, and the doctor replied that ho believed them to be a goad- medicine. This' persuaded me to begin their use. No one Who sees me -now can! form any idea/ of iny condition when I began taking'Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and* I had only taken three .boxes when I began to recover. But seven years" of pain ha'd nearly shattered my constitution? and I didcnot look for a speedy recovery, and I was more than gratified to find ' that after I had used I think about a dozen and a.half boxes, I was fully restored to health. It seemed all the more wonderful because the , doctors both in England.and here never dono moro than give.me temporary relief, and their treatment was much moro expensive. The past summer was tho first in years that I really enjoyed life, and T was able to go on a visit ;o Radnor Forges. ��������� Dr. Williams'" Gregson, Lestrade' ���������& Co., will pocket | ,J-,U'������ doors opened out of it lo (he left all the credit. That comes of being an j a,m'.io Lhe right. Ono. of these h-id unofficial personage." i obviously brfen closed for m-.iny works. "But ho begs .you" to help him." j Tha other, belonged to tha dining- "Yes. Ho kno.vs that I fiin his supar-l l0'.'"��������� which wns'the apartment in ior, iind acknowledges it to ma; hut which the mystoriors affair had occur- ho would cut his" tongue out before lis! "'��������� Holmes'walked in. and I fillowed would own it. to any third person, i n',n wiih that subdued feeling at my However,' wc -in-iy as well go and have ; heart which the presence of death in- has fZi^m",1'^, 3f,n ������-ne 0i'nm^ m0D -UKn-.-his cmiinias, he has no friend a.is gone io tha .American Exchange, but ho has not relumed yoi." "Have yuu sent to Cleveland ?" || We telegraphed' this morning." "How did you word your inquiries?" ' Wo simply detailed the circumstances, and said LhaL wo should bo glad of any information which could help us." " "Vou did not ask for particulars on any poinl which appeared Lo you La bs ni-nr-.in 1 ?" , prove them.- As a general thing tho'Pink Pills have also1 boon of much j benefit to my daughter Violet. She is just nine years old, but she suffered a great deal from pains in tho back and sick hsadache, but the pills havo a loik. I shall work it out on my own ho:ik. I may have a laugh at them, if I have nothing else. Come on!'*- He hustled on his overcoat, and bustled about in a way that showed lhal; an energelic fit had sup?.rs?d?d th? apathetic ono. "Gel; your hat," he said. "You wish mo lo como?" "Yes, if you have nothing better lo do." A minute later we were both, in a h insom, driving furiously for the Brixton Road. ��������� It wn,i a foggy, cloudy morning, and a dun-'.-olored veil hung over the house-tops,': looking like Lhe reflection of the mud-colored streets beneath. My companion was in the best of spirits, and prattled away about Cremona fiddles, and the difference between a Stradivarius and an Amati. As for myself, I was silent; for the dull'weather arid the melancholy business upon which we vyere engaged depressed my spirits. "You don't seem to give much spi res. j It was a largo, square room, looking ! all the larger for (lie absence of all furniture. . A vulgar, flaring paper adorned tho wal In, but it was blotched in places with mildew, and here I and Lhere great strips had become dc- i laohed and hung down, exposing lho j yellow plaster beneath.. Opposite tho: door was a showy fireplace, surmount crucial ? "1 asked about Slangorson.' "Nothing olso? Is th.'.rc no circumstances on which this whole case appears to ' liing...? Will you not telegraph again ?" "1. have said all I have lo say," said Gregson, in an offended voice. Sherlock Holmes chuckled to himself, and appeared to bo about to make some remark, whon Lostrade, who had been in tho front room while we wore man who spends one-half of his time in memorizing statistics and the other half firing them at his friends���������or ra- is an unmitigated nuisance, but ho is, withal, a useful and oven necessary evil, nnd'wo tolcrato him with resignation. There- are oases in the desert of his tiresomeness, Onco in a whilo made her feel all-right again." "I never fail to recommend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills when any of my friends are ill," said Mrs. Roberts. "While visiting at Radnor Forges, I urged n young lady friend who has long been n sufferer from; curvature of , . . ,. the spine, and obstinate constipation when floundering in the depths of his j t0 try them, and thoy havo dono her a varied information ho tells us somo- vast amount of good." ed by a mantle-piece of imitatin white holding this conversation in the hall, marble. On one corner of this was reappeared upon the scene, rubbing stuck the stump of a red wax-candle, his hands in a pompous and self-satis- The solitary window was so dirty that *fed manner, the light was hazy, and uncertain, giv-l "Mr. Gregson," he said, "I have just ing a dull-gray tinge to everything, which was intensified by the thick layer of dust which coated -the whole apartment. Alf these details I observed afterward. At present my attention was centered upon the single grim, motionless figure, which lay stretched upon the boards, with vacant, sightless eyes staring up at tho discolored ceiling. It was that of a man about forty-three or forty-four years "f age, middle-sized, made a discovery of the highost importance, and ono which would have been overlooked had I not made a careful examination of tho walls." To Be Continued. CLEAR AS MUD. Mrs Bibbs, suspiciously���������I don't see how it is that type-writer girl of yours manages to dress better than I can. Mr. tor i Bibbs���������Why, you see, she works liv'tig, aod you iJon't. thing wo would have never known, or perhaps would not even havo thought of had wo not been blessed by his untiring diligence. Ono of thc choice morsels of information recently gleaned is the above- mentioned peculiarity of tho sexes when huntiug substitutes for lost partners. Statistics .do not explain why this condition exists, but thc statistician does. In fact ho offers several explanations. Like thc man at the show,, you can pay your money and take your choice. In the, first place, he says, a man who has lost his other half is much more anxious to marry than a woman. , Indeed, so enamored is he of thc matrimonial state that he is willing to give It not only a second,, but even a third or ro.urth-trial if necessary, and each time he chooses .'i spinster. This the statistician partly accounts for by stating lhat as tho female population greatly exceeds tho male, -.tiaoh man feels that it is his bounden duty to assist as many women as possible into their true sphere of the )������"������mo circle. riic reporter confesses that Mrs. Roberts' story is a wonderful one, That she is now thoroughly well is clear from her face, her'manner and hor happy spirit. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts are intelligent and reliable.people. Mr. .Roberts is head engineer in the biscuit works of "Vlau '& Frcre, the wealthiest firm in (his line in the Dominion, and ho fully endorses (he , good words his wifo has to say in; favor of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Iv fact ho says the speedy euro they wrought in his wife's case has saved him many dollars. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have no purgative, action, and so do not weaken Lho body. They build up the blood by supplying it with th?. elements which enrich it, and strengthen the nerves. In this way they cure all.diseases having their origin in poor an-1 watery blood. Always refuse tho Pink colored imitations which some dealp.-v. offor.1 Seo. that the full name Dr- Williams' Pink Pills for Palo'Pcopi." . is on every package you buy. If ; ���������-:-. doubt, send direct to tho Dr.'Williairj .'���������' Medicine Co., Brockville, Out., nn-i' th'-y will be mailed post paid at 50c a box, or six boxes for $2.50, tAlsb *r^.vi r-Himmn'-mnai 11 ill I ill A song called "The Sprig of Shillelagh," which has lx-e-n very populai with the Irish peasantry since if was written, clo-.so on a century ugo, says: Lovo.is tho soul of a ueal Irishman, Ho loves all that's lovely and loves all hd can. And yet, though th������re seems to exist widespread impression that strong, passionate, masterful love is a charuo- t-ji Lstic of tho fiish temperament, love- making 'in Ireland is really a vory calm and placid business, and, tho old eong L have quoted notwithstanding, lho average Irish peasant takes unto himself a mute with as clear a head, as placid a heait, and as steady a nerve as if' he were buying a cow at Ballinasloo Fair, says a writer in Mao- millan's Magazine. Love by-no moans decides all the marriages that aro mado in Ireland. 'I he match is often arranged in a ludicrously cool, businesslike and mercenary fashion between the parents of tho "boy" and tho "girl," the young people themselves not being allowed, and, indeed, not expecting any voice in the matter. But if there Is little romance in the origin of most of the matrimonial contracts made in rural Ireland, they are, as a rule, entirely successful. The marriages thus prosaically arranged aro as happy as happy can bo. Pat and Mary fall fondly Ln love with each other after thoy aro-made husband and wife; children quickly spring up around their hearth, and the older they grow tho moro passionately do they cling to each other. Their- domestic felicity is rarely, if ever, disturbed by jealousy, for Pat makes tho faithful lest of husbands and Mary the CondesL and truest of wives, and as there ia little or no illicit passion, the criiaes which spring from thiit source and make desolate so many homes in other coiuuries are almost unknown in lr������Unid. The great marryirni season in Ireland is Shrovetide. During lho forty days of Lent the Irish peasantry,, in obedience to tho oidinanco of the Church, abstain from matrimony as weil as tfrom eggs, butLer and milk. Some timo beforo the. approach of that holy season a farmer with a marriageable son or daughter whom he desires to seo seLtled tells his friends and neighbors of tho fact. He usually conveys tho intelligence in an iudirect, offhand manner. Ho meets a friend at the fair or market, und says, with a laugh. "Whisper here, Jim. I'm training up my little Maggie for your Johnny." "Ah, now, Jim," the other says, "you do me a gnite favor entirely. But mind you, my littlo Johhny is veiy particular. Tlie boy do bo saying what a grate ������orlin he'll want with his wife." Thc subject having thus been broached, the parents discuss it whenever they meet, and it often happens that a long time elapses and many a discussion and wrangle take place beforo the lerms aro finally sett led. Tho farm generally goes with Lhe rualo, and lhe gjeal dilficully in the arranging of luaichos is ihe fixing of the girl's dowry, consisLing partly of money and partly oi furniture aud culinary, utensiLs as a set-off against the land. A favorite proverb of the peasantry in regard to matrimony is: "Either marry vory young oi become a monk very young.' Earlj marriages aro the rulo in Ireland, and tho poorest marry the earliest. And yet miuiy of tie Irish poor enter into matrimony a_s- a sort of provident investment for old ago. A very intelligent Irish peas-unl once said lo mc: "A poor man ought Lo marry young, thai his childiuu may bo ablo to assist' him whoa ho grows old." When Pat and Biddy begin housekeeping their little cabin is soon filled with children, aud Lho more their ffock Increases the moro Lbuy say: :"Shure, tho chifder will be a grate support to us in our ould ago." And happily this investment for old ugo. never fails them. Jn no country in tho world is the affection between children and parents so strong; Lrti no country in tho world is tho dutj of children to provide for their aged parents held so sacred; as in Ireland. Four generations may be-seen in many of the poorest cabins in the AV'usL���������the children, thu. young father and mother, tho old grandparents, and aa ancient great- grandmother or great-grandfather. The largo sums of money which have been annually sent by children in thc colonics and in America, to parents in Ireland during the past half; century arc uiic-ther'Striking demonstration of .this intense filial affection. 1 But huppily many of tha marriages in rural. Ireland have their spice of romance. Tho match is made by the boy and girl themselves. ' An Irish peasant maid in the- heyday of her youth, with her pretty figure', her abundant black hair;, her large blue eyes, with (.hair indescribable half-, arch, half-shy expression, is quite ir- rosistiblo; aud lb.3 boy has too often an impressionabl������ haait and a "delud- hering tongue" to render it - always necessary that tho parents should "make tho bargain." The youthful couples meet at danced or on Sundays after mass���������oven a woke is turuod to account for a little courting���������and they are in hearty accord with the boy w-h:> said, "it is a grate,pleasure entirely to be alone, especially whin yer sweet heart is wid yei" "Do you drame of me, Mike?" said the, girl to her lover as thfjy walked arm in arm down the lonely glen. . "Drame of you, is. it, Kate? Shure, 'tis, the way wid me that'I can't sleep dramin' of'you, me darlin' ?" Yes, they havo the- flattering tongue, those"Irish boys. "Och, t wish I was in jail for stealin' ye," was the compliment one of thorn paid to a pretty colloen. Even when lhey get a refusal they have a "soft word" to say. Eileen was engaged to another lx>y, and so .sho had to say no to Tim wlum ho asked her, "Wishn, thin," said Tim with ! a sigh, "1 wish you'd been born twins, so that I cud have . n.^-_r~������������������. jLiuiL'-LM.���������jx?s..r:*- :..'���������"., The girls in Ireland can afford just as well, if, indeed, not better, than tho girls of any other country to���������lake up an independent position in regard to matrimony, for the proportion they bear to the males is not so large in Ireland as In other lands. . Thu boys, therefore, have often a great deal of difficulty in inducing the girls to agreo to "getting the words said," as the marriago;ceremony is colr loquially described. <? In one case I havo heard''of, a farm: servant was told by the girl to whom he proposed that she was too much attached to her mother and heir mother to her to: think of getting married. "Arrah, sure, no husband could equal my mother in kindness," said sho. "Oh, thin 1" exclaimed, tho boy, 'Tie mo wifo and shure wo can all live together, and seo that I donJt bate your mother." ��������� Ho could not have meant that ho would ill uso th������ mother���������that was only his Irish way of putting things���������for his declaration induced the girl to yield to his wishes. A bashful youth, a rather rare person in Ireland, bo it said, who was in love with a girl, intrusted his proposal for her.hand to his sister. One day tho maid visited his father's cabin, while he, with anxious heart hid behind tho door, awaiting the result. Tho girl, who did not caro to be wooed at second hand, replied with a saucy toss, of her head, "Indeed now, if I'm good enough to bo marriod, I'm good enough to be axed." The boy ihen stuck his head into tho room aud ox- claimed, with a sob in his voice, "Mary, allanah, will ye do what Maggio axed ye'?' | When tho day has be.en named, whe- | ther by arrangement between lhe boy ! and girl themselves or Lhrough Lhe intermediary of their parents, preparations are made, on tho most extensive scale, for a grand wedding. It is considered essential in the humblest circles that, for tho honor of the family, tho guests at the; wedding, which include sometimes the whole countryside, should have lots of eating and drinking���������"loshin's and lavin's of ' ivery- thing-."'." Closeness on .such an occasion is the unforgivable social sin. "Ar-, i-ah, if 1 war gettin' married," I havo heard a woman exclaim when she saw poor' display at a w^edding, "I'd sell every stitch to my back and go naked in order to get married dacently I" A pretty Irish servant maid,'who had got married, called to see her mistress. -1f hear you aro going, to Australia with your' husband, Kitty," said the lady. "Are you not afraid of such a long' .voyage?" "Well, ma'am, that's his outlook," said Kitty. "I belong to ] him now, an' if anything happens to 1 me, shure it'll be his loss,; noL mine," j But there is not always Lhat complete [ loss of the wife's ideniity in the husband, which the above anecdote sug- ' gests. It is tho wife that rules the i household in rural Ireland: The. hus- , baud surrenders to her all his earnr ings, to the utlermosl farthing; an ex- ! eel lent. arrangement for Pat, who, j feeling the money burning in hispoc- I ket, as ho, says himself, is disposed to get rid of it rapidly; and a still more excellent arrangement for the sake of 1 tho childrenY Bridget is, indeed, Pat's guardian angel. On many, a. Saturday, when a boy in Limerick, have I ��������� seen the long line of country cars re- I turning homeward from market in the dusk oi the summer evenings, the wives driving and the, husbands1, with a "drop taken," perhaps, quielly. in the straw behind. There is a story told of a young lady from Cork, who was presented at the Viceregal Court, Dublin, shortly after her marriago. The Viceroy has the pleasant duty- of kissing tho cheek the ladies presented him at' a drawing room; but when his Excellency was about to give this young lady tho regulation salute she cried, "Oh, no, that privilege' is exclusively reserved for Mr. O'Mahohy." Of course there are exceptions to the general serenity of the domestic' hearth, and the fond attachment between husband tind wife. I knew at least of ono Irishman in Limerick whoso life was made miserable by a drunken wife. She had sold everything in lhe homo for drink, find as a last resource she threatened to commit suicide if money to procure liquor were not forthcoming. Next' morning beforo proceeding to work, the husband, driven to desperation by his wife's conduct, left his two now razors lying on the table.; telling her to "select the best ono ov lhem." At night when Pat came home, trembling with apprehension, he found his wife bud- died up in a corner, not dead���������but dead drunk, liy her side was a pawnticket, '��������� and on it was written, "Two razors, Is. 6d. ' Thero is another story of the exception which proves tho rule.: Some years ago, as the mailboat from Ireland was entering Holyhead Harbor, a lady fell into the water.. One of tho sailors, an Irishman, jumped overboard and rescued her from death by drowning. When sh������ was safe on deck again the husband, who was a calm spectator of tho accident, handed tho sailor a shilling.. The spectators did not hesitate to express their indignation at the man's meanness, when the sailor, with native shrewdness, threw a new light on tho matter by saying: "Arrah, don't blame tho giutleman ; he knows best; maybe if I hadn't saved her he'd have given mo half a crown." I am disposed to think that th������ husband in this case was not an Irishman. History, certainly, docs not indicate his nationality.! Marital relations in Iroland aro as a rulo of tho most harmonious character, and if a husband and wifo do fall out occasionally and even resort to blows they think nothing the,/worse of each other in th������ end.. Pill Lane is a classic locality in; Dublin, which might with some ��������� truth be described as the Billingsgate of tho Irish metropolis. "That's" a fine black eye you've got, Missis," said a man to a.woman, sitting over -her, basket of fish in Pill Lane, "Figbtin', I suppose, ugiu." "No? 1 wasn't liyhtiu'," replied the fishwo- man. "Himself, her husband, it -was. that gave mo that," and fncifig fiercely round on her questioner, she added, "and I'd like to know who had; a better right.". ., i A laborer out of employment, applied for outdoor relief for himself and his wife at tho North Dublin Union. "Well, my good follow, wo must have evidence, ."...that you are legally married," said tho Chairman of the Relief Committco. "Begor, sir, I've thu best proof in the wuruid,'" said- the applicant, and bending his head he displayed a scar on his skull. "Does yer Honor think," he added, "I'd bo after takui' that abuse from any wan but a wife?" ��������� Y - .���������'.������������������/: Having such happy homes and faithful wives', is it any wonder that Irishmen are loath to leave them behind? An Irish car driver; was.wrapping himT self up carefully before starting on a journey on a cold winter's day. "You seem to bol talcing very good care of yourself," said the impatient fare. "To be shur������ I am, sur," replied the driver. "What's all tho .wuxuld to a man when his wife's a widow?" THE GULF STREAM. Ali'liuloimieiif or lint Old Idea Tlml It Itciulics Svurope ill :l IHntliifi <'uriwnl. The 'best school geographies nowadays do not say that the climate of northwesl Europe is rendered mild by the Gulf Stream as such. They admit the Gulf Stream as one of the most powerful influences contributing to the mild winter climate of that region, but tho great current has ceased to figure alone as the element which makes England aud Scotland fertite, while Labrador, in tho same latitude, is bleak and vory cold. The best maps also no longer show the Gulf Stream as extending clear across the ocean. They show lho current as flowing north as far as the neiggh- borhood of Newfoundland,; and beyond this region they depict a movement toward Europo of oceanic watersto which they have applied the same Gulf Stream Drift. -7 ,-; Y. ,; A/''. 7Y.7" - :' '"- 7:7 ���������The fact iis now 1 well understood lhat as a distinct current the Gulf Stream disappears south of Newfoundland; The enormous river in the ocean far greater; than all other ocean currents rushes northward from the Straits ot Florida,' with a depth of 2,000 feet, a width of forty miles, and a velocity of from three to,over five miles an hour. But it gradually, spreads but and thins until, in the,, region of. the Grand Banks, it becomes dissipated like a stream in a swaimlp, aud is no longer recognizable1 as a distinct current. There is, however, a : constant set of warm surface waters, toward tho European coast. The prevailing west winds carry them toward Europe, and their totai influence is to modify the winter climate of that region,-and this warmer water comes hot only from the Gulf Stream, but also from the great current that flows north outside the Bahamas. .. - Many sailors do not realize the strength of the Gulf Stream current. Mr. John E. Piilsbury, who spent much- time several years - ago investigating the Gult Stream for our Government wrote that one day his vessel was anchored in"' the stream, observing the current, when a sailing vessel was sighted ahead, drifting to the northward. The wind was very light, but as she came nearer and nearer, it became evident that there would be a collision unless steps were taken to prevent it. The crew of the sailing vessel trimmed their sails to the gentle air, but it was- useless, for onward she went, carried by the irresistible force ot" the current directly toward lhe bow of the steamer. As the vessels approached one another, by a skilful use of the rudder on board the steamer she was moved to one side and the sailing vessel drifted'.past a few feet distant. The .Captain of the latter was as astonished as he was thankful that his vessel was not lost. All that he could cry out in broken English, as he flashed by, was: . - '. " I could not help it, the water bring mc here."' 9 9099999O99V9999999W9**** %'"'������������������'��������������������������� :'������������������������������������' I Jw* s About the House,xM\ she SHK CAN'T. COOK. Y My wife-' .cannot cook, ������������������' though studies a book ������������������ ' . Of recipes day after day; But "what do I cure? Shfi is charming and fair, , -(|''-'i And as sweet as tho blossoms of May. Sho tries all hor might, but her bread /'������������������ " isn't light, For she never can get it to rise; But then you should see,'as sho breakfasts with mo, Tho light that illumines her eyesl No skill can she boosto in preparing a '.' ;roost, ���������'.' ' .; And; in pies her sucesses are few, " And ill she faros when soup she prepares,. ',,".' - - For she, is sure; to got into a stew. But no':fault do I find, for she's. loving - . and kind; J ��������� ' ' ��������� . '"��������� .,. And when bachelorship. I forsook "Twas to wed a sweet wife, a companion ,'...'.','. for -life��������� ���������'���������. ��������� ..'���������:.-", It ���������wasn't to marry -a cook. nice for th������ childror, to carry to school ia mado . as , foliowa: Two cups sour cream, two cups v'igax, one egg, a teaspoonful. of salt, a scant teaspoonful soda, flour to mfcjre a stiff batter. Put all the ingredients together, sifting the ;<soda in with th������ flour, stir and get into the pans as quickly as possible. If preferred, bake in drop cakes, gcm-tlns or ju.tly pans. If you dislike to iiso soda, take sweet cream with baking powder. BITTER WITH THE SWEliT. Anxious Mother aL a ball���������My dear, you look tired. . -. Swecl Girl���������I'm 'most dead. Every bone, in my body aches. I've danced every dance so far, and I'm engaged for ten more. ;Anxious Mother���������NO doubt the geti- ilcm.in will let you off. Swecl Girl���������I don't, want to be let off. ���������' Anxious Mother���������You say you arc tired dancinfl. , . Sweet Girl���������I am not tired being hugged. ��������� AN ANTE-NUPTIAL UNDERSTANDING. , There is. one question* I want to ask you, dearest, said the beautiful girl as sho toyed with tho diamoind ring on her third finger. (When we are married will you expect mo to bake my own-bread? You can do as you like, about it, darling, he replied, but I certainly shall insist upon your nob, baking,mine. CONTINGENT CIRCUMSTANGES. Has Mr. Bilden a good memory? Well, replied the discreet friend: I must s.iy it depends somewhat on whether he's owing or collecting. , FLORAL DECOBATIONS. There is no more artistic decoration than flowers; they give th������ note of refinement oven' to a room that seems otherwise impossible, and they cheer and brighten as no other dumb things can. Somebody has called them "heaven's messengers." And yet there is one melancholy thing about them says an exchange���������their transientness. Preachers have, a way of noticing it and pointing a moral," and the average woman, sighs���������becaus������ brief staying charms make fiowers an expensive luxury. ... ... ... . . . Flowers treated jiroperly can last au.d look well oven after six weeks, thus taking from them their only reproach, and rendering them possible pleasure for the poorest. Every night take them out of the vases arid thoroughly rinse' the stalks under the tup, removing with the fingers any decomposed matter. Then place them to bed for thc night in a basin'of, strong soapsuds. . "Y ;' Be careful not. to allow any water to touch the ..blossoms, ^ as this only fades: them;'--'������ The soapsuds supply a certain amount of nourishment. In the. morning i-inso the stalks under water again, and as each blossom is arranged for tho day in the vase of fresh water snip off ihe tiniest pos- "sibte portion of tho stalk with' a pair of scissors. Always carefully trim away -any. faded portion. Food for the day is supplied[by sulphate^of ammonia, a small quantity of - which can be bought from Lho chemist for a few psnoc. ��������� . If h? knows his business he will be able to tell you that sulphate of ammonia contains ail Lho properties of good manure for keeping thc blossoms alive. A few drops iu each vase is quite sufficient; indeed, if you use the soapsuds at night, as well as the sulphate of ammonia in the day, some.intervals must be spent by the flowers iunothing but Clear, cold wator. It is possible to kill with kindness, remember. . ��������� , Put the flowers at night into some dark, coot place, say a scullery or pantry, as it is not good either for the fLowers or the household that they' sh6iri"trTremaiu altogether .in the living rooms. To revive flowers put Lhem into warm salt water, to which .has been added a few drops of sulphate of ammonia. ' To keep a spray of arranged flowers, place on damp cotton wool under a basin. This keeps the air away and preserves the blossoms. The fragile, deUcat������ maidenhair fern is best treated in this wii-y. .-' HELPFUL HINTS. . We have discovered a rather odd addition to breakfast dishes, that may be liked by others who have corn in plenty, but live where "breakfast foods" arc expensive, says a writer. It is the. old-fashioned cornmeal gruel, such as my grandmother used to make for me when I was a little girl and had a bad, coLd. It is a very accommodating dish as it may bo mado to suit tha taste, but wo.fiko it best to tako about threo pints of boiling water, sift slowly into it, stirring steadily,, a pint of meal ; when it has boiled a few minutes add, a pint of milk, moro or less, a-s it may be plenty or scarce, boil up again aud set back on lho range while you get . the rest of your breakfast. Salt to taste, and if you like thicker, use more meal, or loss water. Sometimes wo have it thin enough lo drink from cups and sometimes thick enough to eat with cream and -sugar. I might add, too, lhat while a mem- bar of our family wa-s recovering from a severs attack of inflammation of tho lx>wels it agreed with him better than anything else, and he. did not tire of it so quickly as of rice, oatmeal or anything else we could give. him. I have recently learned that average fresh, pork steak is much improved by covering with water after it is seasoned in tho frying pan and letting the water boil away before frying it brown. I have, found, too,' that I need much Less soda if 1 sift it with th������ flour the samo as baking powder and add it thc last thing, getting tho article into the oven as quickly as possible than I do if I mix: with the milk or water. Of course, the lass w������ use th������ better for our health. A good plain calce, oaaily made and , DOMESTIC USE OF BEEF. , The retail butcher in cuLling up meat as ordered generally weighs it beforo trimming, making tho customer pay, full price for portions which go into tho scrap and aro sold at a small price for soap-making. The market- man thus gets paid for, this not inconsiderable part of his wares twice over, the first, time usually gelling a high valuation thorefor. The economical housewife will insist upon getting all that she p'.iys for, and mikes the trimmings valuable, for soup stock. Meat w-hen delivered by lh2 butcher should be at once ��������� removed from tha paper and put in a cool place until needed. Car������ should be taken thaL it does not come into direct contact; with the ice. If the refrigerator is large ' enough, it is better to hang the piece up so that the cool air surrounds it. Nd good,housewife will order meat unless selecting it herself.; Thi dealer is almost sure .to take advantage of her in some way or. other if only in sending a cut hot; quite so choice as is desired. Misunderstandings as to weight might be obviated if the purchaser saw her order on the scales, and then noted the quantity of bone and fat, trirnmsd off and thrown into tho scrap pile. ...'���������', Roast Beef with Yorkshire Pudding. ���������Put the meat upon a rack (or trivet) and roast as before directed. Make a batter of one pint milk, 1-2 pint sifted flour, four eggs well, beaten and one- half teasx>oonftil of salt. Mix thoroughly and pour into (he pan under Ihe meat about one hour before, it is done. Cut in squares and servo with tho roast. This dish is of English origin as its name indicates, and is a favorite with the people of that nation. Beef a La Mode.���������Take a large piece of round steak and lard with strips of salt fat pork,; i'. e.,;-with a sharp Instrument punch holes in the stoak, the way, of the. grain, and then run, the strips of pork through them With both ends projecting. Then put Ihocmeat into a- bowl .with a teaspoonful of whole cloves, one of peppercorns, a bay leaf, 'half cup each of sliced carrots, turnips and onions, and cover wiLh vinegar and water, half-and-half. Do not use any salt. Let it stand at least three hours, better a day or two. .-.-When tender, remove from lhe pickle and fry-it brown in a pot of hot dripping. Then put in two tablespomfuls of flour, turning tho meat ovor and over. When "brown cover with hot water, cook slowly, allowing half an hour to each pound of meat. Salt to taste when done. Beef Brow-n Stew.���������Three pounds beef, one onion, two cloves, one teaspoon chopped parsley, one teaspoon celery salt, one tablespoonful olive oil, one tablespoon butter, one tablespoon lemon juice, one tablespoon browned flour. Slice and, brown the onion in tho butter; add the beef, brown a liLlle in Lhe hoL butter, then add the renriin- dor of the ingredients except the flour. Cook iii the oven three hours. Remove lhe meat .and-make a gravy of iho bi-owned flour and dripping, adding a little 'hot'-.water... Strain gravy and servo in a bowl. Plain Slowt.���������Have two pounds of meat cut into small pieces, simmer two or three hours until quite tender, using enough-water to cover the meat. Add potatoes, and, if desired, onions, allowing 'half an hour for them to cook. Season with, salt and pepper about ten minutes before serving. The liquor may.be thickened for gravy or served as* soup. "���������'��������� ; Beet Loaf for Slicing Cold.���������Chop three pounds of raw beef, half pound o* suet, half pound of bread crumbs, and two eggs, four tablespoonfuls of cream, one - teaspoon .of butter, two teaspoon- fuls of summer savory, one teaspoon of salt, half teaspoon of pepper. Mix and work into a loaf, using flour to bind the ingredients together. Bake in a pan for two hours, basting frequently with melted butter and hot water. Steaks Broiled���������This is by far lhe best way of cooking steak, and many will ' not touch it otherwise.. Charcoal makes the best fire, for ibis purpose, and several patented gridirons arc on lho market to hold tho coals so (hat any stove mi'y.be. used, flivc a bright fire of live coals. Il.cit and grease.1 lis bars ofthe gridiron. L ly lho stoak on the gridiron, cover, and turn as soon as the- first side is soared. Turn again find again until sufficiently cooked, then put on a hot platior, season-with butter, pepper and salt, and garnish with'parsley and slices of lemon. Serve at once. A .porterhouse or sirloin is best for l.i'uiling. Trim off superfluous fat and the tough end of the. porterhouse, which may be used for soup. Another way to prep.iro meat; for broiling'is to out out lhe bono, and .about two hours before, cooking rub with a mixture ma.de1'of one tablespoonful of salt, and half a teaspoonful of pepper. Broil and garnish as above. The simplest public, railroad now operated is thought to bo one between Atami and Ogawa.ru, in Japan. It is a narrow gauge road, and is run by man power. Each car has seals for four passengers, who sit back to buck. A train consists of two or lliree. ears, and is drawn up !**iU by half a dozen coolies. 5521 v^-tete ft*-":* fifi-v V :t-i l*rt^^^l������������������ ^������������������'���������i J ''X. .' ..w,,\.w. JtiA^-Sfi,"*.'.'..'!.' -if ..-f-1, j,*.- ���������* -r . -. '.jc- XLbe fllMning IRevie vv SATURDAY FEBRUARY 11, 3S99. TOADYING. This paper did what it could, in June last, to defeat the Turner government, on the sole ground that an iniprove- ment���������ih the management of allair? wns quite possible, and would be a seryice to; the country. In some respects the present government is ah improvement on its predecessors, but we must confess that it is not what the needs of the country loudly call for. There is,a vindictiveness throughout its whole course, 'inspiro'd by Joseph Martin, that we know the temper &f this, province will not tolerate. Sib- bald was dismissed from office at Reveistoke, simply because Mr:Kellie had his knife in ' him ; ��������� and many other officials were dismissed simply because they were appointed by the '��������� Turner government. ��������� But this is net all. Tlie opposition allowed Hume, in the first instance, to become Minister of Mines by acclamation, not because they knew there was anything in him to entitle him to that preferment, but, as a, matter of courtesy. They allowed Tisdale and other friends,, of the government, who resigned on .technicalities, to be returned unopposed; but when Turner and his two colleagues appeared for re-election in Victoria (resigned on account of technicalities also) the most virulent opposition in Martin's make up was given them, but fortunately it was resented by the people of that city, as it should have been. If the present government remains in power for the next throe years, Turnerism will be the butt of attack, and deservedly so, in so far as its shortcomings are concerned, and it is only an act of manliness to have Turner in the House, when the criticism is offered. Martin's sense of fair play is, however, lo hound Turner out of ptibliCj life and then1 abuse him What other publio man in' tho-couhtry would call this oilbci- manly or fair ? ��������� Mr. Hume, allowed re election to Lis present seat unopposed, is back the second time for a continued lease-of office, and after the poisonous opposition to Turner, Hall and McPhillips, witli Martin's sense of consistency, is pleading for asecond acclamation. In fact his friends are'declaring that Nelson need look for no favors if Humeis defeated. If this is. the make-up of the Semlin-Martii-i government the sooner it is driven from office sfock, *��������� lock and barrel the better for British Columbia. If it is a fact that special favors are in the hands of Cabinet Ministers in the Semlin-Martin regime, it is one ground for its condemnation, and if these favors are in hand for election purchases only, the sooner the people know it the better. Special or any favors outside of absolute justice to any portion of tho country means injustice to- other*���������a deprivation of their rights���������aud the government that plays such tricks is wholly,unworthy of public trust. If Hume holds favors for his constituency in his hands, the delivery of which is contingent on his re-election, it means that other portions of the country will be deprived of their rights. Is not this enough to arouse the rest of the country against him and recurehis defeat. There is a Ptringent law against the corrupting or purchasing of the individual vote in an election, but Hume and. his friends thin kit proper and right to buy up whole constituencies. But let. us see what the government in thc main has done, outside of dismissing sundry officials to pleasu a few supporters, it lias passed an Alien Mining Act, some features of which arc open to question,- and which is likely to be disallowed at Ottawa. Il has passed an act declaring that a man who is not eligible as a candidate may hold a seat in parliament; it is passing the Torrens system of land registration on a basis that will leave it a bill of expense to the country ; and has settled down to do nothing in activity in the direction of school requirements and grants to local public works. We had almost forgotten, ��������� however, one thing Martin actually did���������he called an opponent "a cur" and "a liar." Purchasing appears to be one of the fortes of the government, however, for in addition to Hume's weakly oiler, there was another made to Mr. Pitts at Donald, a probable opposing candidate. He wa������ assured that if he allowed the goyernment candidate to go in by acclamation, ^ere would be no more dismissals of officials inferential- ly,no matter how incapable or corrupt they proved themselves to be. Is. not this a nice pass in public affairs���������an offer of the government to permit useless and corrupt officials to remain in office if the electors will only extend the government's lease of office? ln substance this is what it all menus. It appears to us that the ais- mis&al of supcrllous, corrupt or ineflic- ient officials should bo a strength to any government';��������� but Martin and Co. by inference consider it' to be weakness. So far ns Thei Revikw is con-, corned we have neither sect, party nor clique to serve in public���������nothing but the bald publio interest, and that alone wo intend, as Tarns we can, to scrupulously guard. } The full correspondence bet ween.ex- Premier, Turner and Lieutenant-Governor Mclnnes, leading up to the dis- misHalof the Turner government, has been brought down,' and the more it is examined the less reason there appears to be for the rash act of his Honor. He was perfectly justified in refusing to sanction appointments and expenditures of, money where the public service did not imperatively demand them ; but he^cSn'oirer no justification for stepping into the shoe of the partizan, and dismissing his advisers. In the correspondence he built considerable upon the coming returns of Cassiar, showing that he actually took newspaper gossip for mis cue in his rashness. As it turned out, however, Cassiar elected two Turnerites, so that even , the feature of the situation at the time on which he asserted he was going to 'form his conclusions, went against his wish, and in the face of it"'hc carried out his resolution���������dismissal. The only circumstances that led to a majority for'Semlin-Martin wore the death of Neilsoh and the betrayal of Henderson, 'of New Westminster, and at the time Mclnnes carried out his naked will, he had no means pf devining either���������he had nothing to show him that Henderson was going to become a Judas ami that .Ntilson was going to die. Were Neil- son now in the House, on his.-, election pledges, and Henderson true to his preelection pledges, with Forster in the chair, the life of the government would at any" moment turn on tho toss of a copper. The circumstances fully show that Mclnnes is a partizan of the deepest dye, and, it must be remembered for him in his later Dublic life. 50Q. 50C. GOLD WITCH FREE. These watches arc solid 14-carat gold, and our usual list price for themjhere in England is ������5 (5*25) each, but to introduce our1 enormous Catalogue, we will send you ' this watch free if you take advantage of our marvellous offer. If vou U'ant one, write.us without: . delny. With your letter send us 50 cents International Money Order, for wnlch wo will send yoii a solid silver brqooh,worth SI,1 uul our offer. After you receive tli<v-p -beautifulwatch, we shall expect you to, show H to your, friends, and call their attention to this ���������advertisement,Y This watch\ is ��������� sent free on registered post on - your complying with our advertisement and our oiler, and iswar-, ranted for five years. Address��������� watchmakers' alliance & :ernest goo de's stores, ivrp., 1S4 Oxford St.London;Eng.' Money returned if not more than <;��������� 1 ..���������-.-��������� sotlslled. ���������<���������:. UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL.... . 15 Princes St., Birmingham, Bng. "I' thank yoii very much lor tho beautiful 'watch ymu sent mo'free of. charge. I. have tested it for nine months and it never varies one half-a- minute from one week's end to another."���������IS. Wilks. "To give away a Gold AVatch worth : $25'is certainly a splendid ndvertise- ment.but as tueWatcliniakei-s* Alliance Is the largest firm ol watchmakers in England,they can afford it."���������EdltorX, Bo sure and address your letter, 1S4, OxFOitn Street, Loraox, EnoI/Aniv Make money order payable'to II. II. Idle, eashlor. - 8AvA^WA^/WA������A^'W/WA^WJWO Mcl'herson, of Vancouver, has introduced an amendment to the "Master and Servant Act," which is important to the miners employed in this and other camps. In substance the amendment'provides that no employer will have the right to deduct any part of his employes' wages for hospital or medical fees without permission of a majority of his men, who shall say to whoni the, money shall be paid. The, employer will also be obliged to keep a separate account of such fees collected, and have this account' subject at any time to an audit by a committee appointed by the employes. It is evident that some members of parliament talk for talk^s sake only. The foregoing may seem wise in principle, but if made law how it can be made satisfactory in operation is the next question. Supposing the Payne had 1G0 men working to-day the; majority whom favrcd Dr. Jones, in three months their staff might be so changed that thc majority would prefer Dr. Wilson, and so on. How could mine owners be expected to meet these varying conditions. It is all right for em- ployers to be compelled to give, at intervals, statements of fees collected and paid out; but a better idea would be to allow each employe to select his own phjsioian. What is Scott's Emulsion ? It is the best cod-liver oil, partly digested, and combined with the hypophos- phites and glycerine. What will it do ? . It will make the poor blood ofthe anaemic rich and red. It will give nervous energy to the overworked brain and nerves. It will add flesh to the thin form of a child, wasted from fat-starvation. It is everywhere acknowledged as The Standard of the World. . t 50c. and $1.00, all druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, Toronto, The Vancouver News-Advertiser says : "Theoretically the governor-general has, the power to disallow provincial enactments within the statutory time allowed; but generally he is governed by the advice of his responsible ministers." The governor-general has no power, theoretically or otherwise, to do anything of tlie kind; independent of the advice of his .'ministry.-' He has to be governed by the advice of his cabinet in ail such cases. Will the News-Advertiser, in the range of Canadian polities since the,settlement o.f responsible government, name one single instance in which a governor- general exercised or presumed to exercise such power, without the advice of his ministry for the time being? "1. Wherever, by any statute, the lioutennnt^governqr hns power to appoint a member of any board of' directors, or 'any.'other board or public body, aiid any such appointment has been made, the term of office of such person so appointed.shall terminate oh the thirtieth day of June next, and the Licutenant-Governor-in-Council may appoint a successor for a term of one year from'said 30th day of June, anything in any such statute to the contrary notwithstanding. This section shall not apply to any appointment which the statute authorizing the same provides shall be made for a term oi'.one year only." The foregoing act of the present session of the B. C. Legislature is to enable Joe Martin totdismiss public servants at will." It is announced that a Mining Congress session will be held at Salt Lake, Utah, on the 6th of July. Those who read the proceedings of the congress at Denver, Colo,, last year, will conclude thai there is a necessity, for. a representation there from Kootenay. If reciprocal free trade in ores is granted by the Washington convention British Columbia will be more independent of the United States than it is at present, but all the same the frpo discussion of the mining question there will suggest many ideas of vast importance to Kootenay mining interests. ��������� ��������� ��������� the calamity which threatens this fail- Province, because of the possibility of the political supremacy of an imitator of Tammayism in its worst phases, is a task that will be taken up and pursued with vigor." Joe Martin dismisses public officials appointed by Turner, and now for economy's sake he is going to appoint a lith minister with a portfolio. In eluding the belongings this will add from from ������5,000 upwafdsYto the running .expenses of the government. Mr. Green should vote; against this measure..- ���������'-,, -,:- ���������'��������� -'..���������-.. ���������,��������������������������������������������� ' r AND OTHER INVESTMENTS. Every Representation Guaranteed. A first-class cook, experienced lor many years���������hotel, restaurant or boarding house. , Apply .Balmoral hotel, Sandon. M. Harris SANDON^ b. c. SHE WAS .,'��������� "In the Spring: of 1897, Iwas attacked with Dyspepsia and Heartburn, So severe,was the pain that I could not sleep or eat, and I was troubled with headache most all the lime. I remained in that state for three months, and tried everything I could think of. At last one day I read in the ,paper about Burdock Blood Bitters, and thought��������� I. would try it. Great was my surprise on finishing the first bottle to find I could cat better, the headache left me, and before I had used the second.bottle, I was completely cured. I'.'cannot advise too strongly all sufferers from stomach troubles to try b!b.b." Mrs. wm. grattan, ,in- diantown, N.B. . '., ,...'������������������' The universal testimony from all.parts of Canada gives.the palm of victory over all diseases of the Stomach, Liver, Bowels and Blood to' ������������������ ���������"'���������. ' --' ..-������������������ ���������' '"���������:'-���������.' 7 S PfB fSifl PS/ BLOOD y^-s.eEJ^^il.Ejil In15. PROVOKED. Yet it, was but a simple,little < cough apparently and' had, been -'(neglected"; it was SO -.<- simple. Ah yes! But it could' ' .have, been arrested had she ,,-'; known of ' ' ..''--'- , '���������-.---���������- '-.'.', 7 -^ . Lambert's Syrup of Douglas Pine Y' Of all druggists��������� ���������,".���������.' 25 cents a bottle. K&*'-"*S*S*������*Si*'r'*j;H^ \& ..'������������������ ...-.��������� fe: SS3. ��������� I Ki CUBE'/U!. VSUS FA.'KS VJITH j,^"*" u q n : t'tkaOWB-i A Modicine Cliost In Etsolf...... Simple, Ssfj end Quick Curo for % CRftiYIPS, DSARRHCEA, COUG!-35, f COLDS, RHEUMATISM, '. j NEURALGIA. Sj S 25 and BO cent Bottles. BEWARE OF IMITATIONSY BUY ONLY THE GENUINE. PERRY DAVIS' sA. Ghange : at" McG-uigan. I have leased, from the owners, the K. & S.YHotei atMcGuigan, and have taken possession. Well as the house has;beeri run in the past, from my experience as a caterer, I will endeavor to make improvements. The travelling public, one and all, will find, the K. &S. first class in all respects as a, country liotel...-" "- ' . . "' "/ ���������;. ��������� '- MES. S. E. PETEES. Bliss fioiceii Y Ilaviiig opened "business in the prendses opposite the, Clifton house, I am prepared to do fill kinds of Bood and Shoe Making and Kepairing in the latest and neatest style. A trial order solicited. Satisfaction guaranteed. ��������� NO ORDER TOO SMALL . ' AN1D NONE TOO LARGE. LOUIS, THE SHOEMAKER. Louis Hupp erten. HUNTERMO I -F-OR- ei The Kossland Miner appears to have got enough of it in asserting that the Eossland (Tiail Creek) district was the banner one of the country last year as a money maker for the owners. Eossland has many valuable properties,and the results of time will uncover many more; but as money makers for the owners they are simply not in a comparison with the mines of the Slocan. This is what we want to impress on possible investors, and we challenge the Miner to refute it. This is what the Victoria Globe, a Libera) paper, has to say of Martin : "In Provincial politics The Globe will be an out-and-out opponent of Martihism in every form. To avert There.will he Fancy Dress Carnivals iu tlie Sandon Skating .Rink on evenings of the following dates: Friday, Februaiy 17th Friday, March 3rd PRIZES FOR BEST COSTUMES. Benofiit���������Sandon Band, will be iu attendance. Admission���������adults 50c., children 25c. the fmmm^wmm^mmMWM^mm^mm When your supply of PRIN'TINGr has run out don't forget to give The Mining: Review a trial. '?v. ���������Sit* rf**rs**^. :>.������������������;��������� .'-/���������'���������T^*'1:- ���������- -.i . t^7"?Sr������ Vffl*MTi 'f^rrri���������^������-���������*��������� 'Jk ,,-���������������������������' .������* *?- ������^s' ������ ;"*t\- -��������� ,"������������������!.��������� ";���������.-���������������*",:-'.*;���������:���������������.*- READABLE PARAGRAPHS f,t St it, li' 'I'Y if*' if," >������ >l" ���������I ������.,��������� From the Mining and Scientific Press. i' The Hastings mineral district of Ontario,, Canada, has established a public assay oflice. An "aluminum deposit" 4 feet thick, and, as' usual, "inexhaustible," has been found on Orcas island, Ptiget Sound. The longest telephone line in the world is now in operation between Livingston, Montana, and San Diego, Cal. ���������2191 miles; live minutes, SIS. The average amount of moisture in good dynamite is figured at one-half of 1 per cent. If on entering a dynamite supply store, a strong odor of nitric ftcid is noticed, the explosive should be destroyed without delay. A cubic foot of lead ore weighs 07-1 pounds. Thus a vein of galena 1 foot wide, 6 feet high and 6 feet long_ will produce 16.5S1 pounds ; or a vein,!* inches wide will net one ton to the fathom, 3 inches ��������� wide two tons, C inches wide four tons, etc. Under certain conditions stcanibo.tv ing on thc upper Yukon is a prelto good gold mine of- itself During the four months ending Oct. 2Gth, '08, tht- Willie Irving, a, little sternwhech-r,. made ten trips between the upper lakes and Dawson, thc receipts being $127,068, one trip realizing $23,300. An Eastern estimate places thc aggregate U. S. mineral production of "JS at 5752,927,047. In this gold is credited with a total yield for that year of ������64,200,000 ; silver, 64,060,000 ounces ; copper, 5-16 367,793 pounds ; pig iron, 11,712,000 tons ; lead, 217,007 tons. The estimate figures thc world's gold production of '98 at $286,218,954. ��������� In "JS Denver.Colo., imported from British Columbia1 and 'Mexico 18.SC5,- 125 pounds of silver-lead ore, worth 5214,502. During '97 Denver's similar importations were 20,000,000 pounds valued at $300,000. During the last half of '9S suoh importations there fell off because of the great increase of silver-lead ores received by the Denver smelters from Colorado, Idado and Utah. The great interest in Asiatic commerce which other nations as well as thc United States arc now feeling is illustrated in a recent subsidy agreement made bv the German government, by which it proposes to pay more than a million dollars a year for a liftcen-year term for the establishment of steamship lines to ply between its ports and those of Japan, China and Australasia, and certain ports of Occanica. That the German government and those of its citizens participating in its commerce should feel a special interest in the trade of the. Orient is not surprising in. view of the fact that its exports to that part of the wolrd havo quadrupled during the past decade.'1 . , Y The Tax on Output of Mines. It appears from a retiiriiprod-iccd in ihe House by the Minister of Pi nance, in response to a question * asked by MacPherson of Vancouver, that the amount of taxes collected on minerals since the act came into force iii 1897 amounts , to a total-of $77,000. The mineral thus taxed comes from mines in Ainsworth, Trail, Nelsoiiv Slocauand Goat River mining divisions of West Kootenav. < CHURCH NOTES. \ Methodist, Rev. A. M. Sauford, A.B., ���������pastor';���������Regular services '.'will be held to-morrow at If il-.iii. and 7.30 p. m. Pkesbvtkiuan.-���������Rev. J. Clelland will preach as usual in the -Virginia hall, lo-isiorrow at and 7:30 d. in. Union Sabbath School in tlie M-th- odist church at 32:15 p.m , after -cf'se of morning services. Everybody welcome. TO CONSUMPTIVES. The undersigned having been re.-'.oi-ed tohealth bysimple means, aftersultcring for several years with a severe lung nli'ec- tion, and that dread disease ��������� Coxsuaii'- Tio.v, is anxious to make known to his fellow sufferers, the means of cure. To those who desire it, he will cheerfully send (free of charge).a copy of thc.ths prescription used, which they will fiiiil a /sure cure for Cox������'j.mitio.v, Asthma, Ca- TAitrtu,13uoxciHTis and all throat and lung Mai.adiks. .He hopes all sufferers will try his remedy, as it is invaluabln. Thomj desiring the prescription, which will cost thein nothing, and may prove a blessing, will please address, Rev. ED vVARD A. WILSON, 1 yr. Brooklyn, New York. lfMIMIi,uSCwnHC THDJ-T-Z-HIIfTH TEAR. 24 Pages : Weekly : Illustrated. INDISPENSABLE TO MINING MEN. $3 PER YEAR, POSTPAID. skxo nut sample copv. MINING-* sSaatiflcPRESS 330 MARKET ST.. SA1? "FRAHCISCO. CaL 111 health is a luxury that only the rich can afford, and that no one can enjoy. Kvc-ry woman is not so situated that she can be an interesting invalid, or rather, an uninteresting invalid, for lheie never was an interesting one. ' The woman who sufTers from weakness and disease of the distinctly feminine organs is certain to become an invalid. No woman can suffer in this way and be a healthy, happy, amiable wife and a competent mother. Troubles of this nature sap the strength, rack the nerves, paint lines of sufleriiuj upon the face, destroy the temper, make the once bright eyes dull and the once active brain sluggish, and transform a vivacious woman into a weak, sickly invalid. The one sure, speedy, permanent cure for all disorders of the distinctly feminine nature is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It acts directly ou the delicate and important organs concerned, and makes them strong, healthy, vigorous and elastic. It cures the internal ulceration aud inflammation that give rise to a debilitating drain on the system. It is the best medicine for overworked, "run-down" women. " About six yenrs ago my wife became afflicted with female weakness," writes the Rev. I. J. Coppcdge, of IJlmo, Kaufman Co., Texas. " She could not stand ou her feet or get in any position in which she did not suffer great pain. She despaired of ever again being'well. She took six bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and has been well and happy for twelve mouths." It is a druggist's business to give you, not to tell you, what you want. Thirty-one one-cent stamps cover the customs and mailing of a paper-covered copy of Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser. Cloth-bound, 50 stamps. Scud to Dr. R.V. Pierce,, Buffalo, N. Y. Cures Coug-hs, Colds, Lung* and Uroncliial Affections that other remedies won't touch. Mr. Thos. J. Smith, Caledonia, Ont. .writes : "A year ago I had a very severe cold which settled ' in 1113' lunjrs and in my throat, so that I could scarcely speak louder than a whisper. I tried several medicines, but g~t no relicf.until I used one and a half bottles of Norway Pine Syrup, which com- . pletely cured me.!' ��������� 25c. a bottle or five for $1.00. The p. & Li EMULSION. *������ ll*8 best and most palatable preparation of Cod Liver Oil, asreeing.v.-ith the most delicate stomachs. The l\ &. ���������-.. "EMULSION . fading pbysiciiinssof Is prescribed by u. Canad;]. The D. ..'- a* lr-nrvel'inis i* ��������� I you li-i apij.-iltu. .,. I By -'ireyou ������c: j L- thj ,'jenu'nt; ���������; ��������� VI! -, ���������:!. "PULSION '���������'���������'���������ir-r and will give i ' per Bottle. ." r AWKKKCE i -.- ���������������������������J, .Montreal Backache and Kidney trouble make a Halifax lady's life miserable. ��������� DOAN'S KIDNEY TILLS CURED HER, It would be -well if every lady in Canada ; understood that pain in the back and backache wero nothing-more nor less than ���������a cry of the disordered kidneys for help. Hundreds of ladies have found Doan's Kidney Pills a blessing', giving- them relief from all their sufloi-injr and sickness. Among: those who prize them highly Is Mrs. Stephen Stanley, 8 Cornwallis St., Halifax, N.S. She nays that she was troubled with a weakness and pain across the small ofher back, whicli was so intense. at times that sho could hardly stoop. j Hearing1 of Doan's Kidney Pills she got a box, and is thankful to say that thoy completely removed the pains from her back ancl gave tone and vigor to her antire system. Mrs. Stanley also added that her husband had suffered from kidney' derangement, but one box of Doan's' Kidney Pills completely cured him. No one nfflictcd with Backache, Lame "Back, Rheumatism, Kright's Disease, Diabetes, Dropsy, Gravel, or any kidney or urinary trouble need despair. Doan's Kidney Pills cure every time ��������� euro, when every other remedy .fails. Price 50c. a box. or 3 for $1 35, nt all druggists. Tho Doan Kidney Pill Co., Toronto. Ont. M. L. Grimmett, ll. b. Bariustek, Solicitor, Notary Toi-lic, Etc. Sandon, B. C. THE.... SANDON, B. C. STRICTLY FlItST-CLASS. Furnished Rooms. >i.is,*t,M,r,,M.,.,,M,,.i,.i,,'i,.i.,.|,M,,<i^t,,.|,Mlj.,,.i.rv..,.r Northern Pacific Ry. THE FAST LINE TO ALL POINTS. The Dining Car Route via Yellowstone , Park-is safest and best. Solid Vestibule Trains equipped with Pullman Palace Oars, Elegant Dining Oars, Modern Day Coaches, Tourist Sleeping Cars, Through tickets to all pionts lu tho United tatCHand Canada. Steamship tickets to nil parts of the world. - Tickets to China and Japan via Tacoma nd Northern Pacific Steamship Co. TraiuHdepiirtfrom Spokane: r No. 1, West, at 0.10 p. in., daily. No. 2, East nt 7.IJ0 p. m., daily. For Information, time curds, maps and tickets apply to agents ol IhcS. F. it N. F. n. GTI31JS, Gen. Ageut, Spokane, AVash. A. D. CriAllLTON*. Asst.Gen. Pass. Agent. 253 "Morrison St., Cor, 3rd, Portland, Ore. E FULLS 8 NELSON 8 FORT SHEPPflRD RY. RED MOUNTAIN RAILWAY: The only All-raill route without change o 1 < air- 1 11 wenNelson and Boss- land and Snokanc and Rossland. DAI LY ARltlVB LEAVE 0.20 o.m Nelson.'. -...5.33 p.m. 12.05 a.m. Uossl.-ind 11.20 p.m. 8.30 a.m Spokane 3.10 p.m. The train that leaves Nelson at (i.20.a. in. makes close connections at Spokane with r alns for all PACIFIC C0A5T POINTS. Pnssonrers for Kettle River and Boundary Creek connect at Marcus with Stage daily. C. G.Dixon, G. P. T. A. G.T.Tnckabury, Gen. Agent, Nelson. THE FAST AND SHORT ROUTE EAST AND WEST. THROUGH SEP,VlCl"*,: FEWEST CHANGES -! --. "LOWEST HATES T2 PACIFIC CQ&/T. First-class Sleeporsou all trains. TOURIST CAKS Pass Kevclstoko dally to St. Paul. :��������������������������� Monday, for Toronto, Thursday'for Boston. Unggngochficked to destination and through tickets Issucil. No customs dim cuttles. ��������� ; Connections dally to points reached via Nil- kusp. Daily (except Sunday) to points roaehod via Koscbery nnd Slocan City. Train leaves Sandon daily al. 7.15 a. m. 7 Train arrives Sandon dally at 10.55 p.m. Ascertain rates and hill information by addressing nearest local agent or A. C. McARTHUK, Agent, Sandon 7 \V. F. Anderson.Trnv. Pass. Agt.,Nelson E.J. Coyle, Dist. Pass. Agt., Vancouver. BE SURE YOUR TICKET READS ...VIA O. P. R. Kaslo and Slocan Railway. ���������'���������'"'TME CARD, Trains run on Pacific Standard Tims. Going West. Daily. Going East. Leave 8.00 a.m. Knslo Arrive 3.55 p.m. 8.32 " South Folk " 3.20 ���������' ". 0.30 ." Spoules " 2.25 " ' '-��������� ' ��������� 9.-1S " Whltewator ' 2.10 ���������'������������������ ���������" 8.55 " Bear Lake " 2,00 " "��������� 10.12 " McGnigan, " ' 1.15 " . " lO.'iT " Hailoj 's ��������� " 1.3-1 " , " 10.!i! " Cody Junction " 1.23 " ArrlvclO.rlO " .Sniulon Leave 1.15 " . CODY mtANCH. Leave 11.00 a.'in. Sandon Arrive 11.10 a.m. " 11.15 " Cody . 11.25 " GKO. F. COPELAND, ..Superintendent. ; For cheap Railroad and Steamship Tickets to and from all points, apply to S. Campbell, Ajjent, Sandon. B. O. A new arid splendid assortment of seasonable materials for all kinds of garments now on hand. ��������� Do Not Forget ������or Motto-- ��������� A FIT WE GUARANTEE. In addition to perfect fits we guarantee perfect workmanship, - a matter of much moment in this daj^ of close competition. Our prices the lowest. KOOTENflY'S T/IILOR5. US^W&fmPB353i&'?R!mt^!B������Xli3!&38Mm fit Sandon, Rossland, Nelson, Kaslo, Pilot Bay and Three Forks. Sandon. Slocan. City. if ������i g WHEN IN SflNbON 5T0F AT TH������ S gj ;'-S'AJSDON, B. C. Rates 52.50 to S4.00 per day. Headquarters for,Mining *** and Commercial Men. R. CUjStOTNG, Proprietor. ���������:-: ������������������: -if ���������*;if A FEW INTERE5TINQ F^CTS. When peoplo lire contumpliitlnj,' n trip, whether on bunlneissor pleasure, they naturally want thu best service obtainable so far as speed, comfort and nudity Is eoi.i-.o.riioil. *-'m- ployees of lhe Wisconsin Central Lines are paid to serve the public, and our trains are operated so us to miike closii connecfIons with divcrglni; lines at, nil Junction points. Pullman 1-iilnce Sleeping and Chair Cars on, through trains. Dining Car service excelled. Jlenla served a in Carte.' ' In order to obtain this ilrst-cluss service, ask tho ticket agent to sell you a ticket over THE WISCONSIN CENTRAL LINES and you will malcn direct connections nt St. Paul for Chicago, Milwnuk.ee and all points east. For any lurther Information call on any ticketagout, or correspond with Jas. Pond, or .7 as. A. Clock, Gou. Pass. Agont, Genoral Agent, Milwaukoe, Wis. 210 Stark St., Portland, Or. ** 4*' Were used in the Junior Championship by the Sandon Club at Rossland Carnival. -yr- (t?4 ^������ ^t������ ������Jv������ ���������&��������� ^fe> *Jtr <sfe. ^fc������ ���������&��������� <vt^ "A* '&��������� "it* ���������&��������� ���������A* %<3 yyiyzy'.fyyzF-iz^r&yy^ .-ATLANTIC -STEAIVISHIP TICKETS To and from Furopean points via Canadian and.Ameriean lines.. A]>ply for sailins" dates, rates and full inl'or mation to any 0. P. R. agent or A. C. McARTHUK, Sandon. WM. STITT, G������n. S. S. AgtHWinnipog. I- I-': 11 A1) ^���������i^fjl, Do you see this package? keep it in your mind and when you ask for "Athlete ' See that this is what you get. i ��������� ?M I I On the Farm. ^J PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF FARM WORK. Common sense tenches us farmers thul we must devote, our time exclusively to our work) on the farini on wo will suffer loss writes Elias F. Drown. For instance, one f.-irnieri told mo the oilier tiny that he h;id some extra work to look tiller lasl suuiuitir und thai ho was foolish enough to hire an extra mini to do his farm work while, he galloped down the ro.id lioking utter some one else's woi k. Now il. might appear Lhal.a person could make a fairly good thing if lie earns 510 to ������50 per mouth at something besides farming, when a common farm hand cam be hired for IJJ5 to $18 i>er month. The difference between ������18 and ������50 is quite a nice little sum, yet when we come to count in the extras which the ������18 man has to have and which| must be supplied from the $50 salary it equalizes things considerably. Still I do not think hero is where the great difference lies. Every true farmer has some particular method which no hired man cares to follow excerjt while iu sight of the "boss," and vit someiimes happens that all the interests of the farm pJo not get the attention they w,ould if the owner was doing the*" wort himself, as was the case of ihe. farmer alluded to at tho beginning of this article. This farmer said he tried his best to leach the man that'was doing, his work how to cultivate corn, but, it was practically out of the question. lie simply went over thu field as a machine would, regard 1<>ss of the requirements of tlie soil. As a result a shrinkage of 15 bushels per acre was experienced. A machine man on the farm is worse than an unruly animal, for they, the animals, can be tied down, with the assurance that they will come to time, but wilh lhe olher fellow noihingcan be done. Corn, like, all other crops in one. respect, has to be well cared for from the very beginning to get best results. Soniei places in tho field may need deep cultivation, while others may require shallow, and if a man is so absorbed in something else, that he does on the kitchen fire after the cooking is done. In this way there will be no extra expense. This hot water poured onto other compounds in thc barrel will warm slops ration' enough for a goodly number of hogs. Warm pig house and plenty of dry bedding are also necessary for winter economy. Think of lhe vast amount ot feedi if will take, if (Ik- hog must sleep in the open air, with poorly arranged shelter, and drink its sloops at 3-\ degrees. Warm I hie slops and save the feed. I A CIIF.AP UOU SHELTER. Comparatively few) farms havj good, warm and dry shelter for hogs in winter. Nearly every farm had shelter o������ some kind, but many hog houses aro so open and exposed to tho weather and cold drafts particularly, that, the hogs are uncomfortable and consequently unprofitable. A shelter for -5 or 30 head can be made very cheaply of straw und rails. It answers I he purpose very well und tn the saving of feed and, the. comfort of hogs will many times repay its cost, which is only the labor necessary to erect it. A double pen, ono inside (he olher, is built of fence rails, two raii-lengths Jong and one wide, and 3 or 1 ft. high. The space between the two pans, 12 or 15, in. is filled with straw and- well trumped. Other rails are laid across on lop. On these the straw roof is placed. The straw is dampened, so that it will pack well. It is built well out over the sides of the pen, which should stand on dry ground. The door on the leeward side usually needs no protection. iNolhing more is, necessary except un occasional fresh bod of straw. *<&&&&&*&&&- _4������/qy^^e WOMEN OF GRIT. A company of California women is building a railway from Summerville* to-Stockton, a distance of sixty odd miles. The majority of the stockholders are woman, thc directors are women, and th-.- control of (ho building contracts is in the hands of women. Mrs. Annie Kline Bicker I is the president of the Stockton and Tuolumne County Railroad, which is better known as "the wuman's railroad." *Mrs. Rickert, in addition to being a railway president is an owner of mines. During the five years in which she not notice this difference in these ] places he is not on the road lq success- ' , , ... , , . . ful farming. Thus it may bo easily I has b?(m ruimg llIul diving between Been thjt, usually speaking, if u man j Stockton and the mines, she has studi- undersLunds ihe requirements of his farm it would surely pay him as well, if not better, to1 stay ac home and do his own work, or take Lhe place of Lhe ������18 man instead of accepting ������50 a month elsewhere. >-. " ��������� - ; ,,. . .- ' :<5* SUCCESS WITH CEMENT, v ��������� Before putting down a cement floor be'sure that the. building is wherq' it is always to stand,, for the floor! oan- .- not be1 removed., says M, C. Thomas! Use the very best .material. Do not use any of the cheap grades of cement. I prefer (he Portland above iillothers, us cold or heal does not affect it. To - begin, put down a layer of clean gravel six inches deep',-.slightly moistened and tamped down as firmly us. possible. After this is done, commence on the floor. This should be laid ir/ sections about three feet wide,, so that a person can trowel across them. Procure a scantling six inches wide and two inches thick. Begin on one side of the'barn and for a.horse stalj give it one-half inch tall from manger to hind feet. Stake and, level the scantling, then apply the." concrete, which is made by using six parts of clean,sharp gravel and one part, cement, thorough- ���������ly mixed find just dampened enough.to F:ick well. Wheel this ini and have it Ivo inches thick when it is thoroughly tamped. The tamping must' be thoroughly done. ��������� Now put on the' top coat, which should be one inch: thick, and id made o������ two parts.ol sharp, clean sand and one p.irt cement, thoroughly mixed and tempered and ofthe right consistency to spread nicely. In smoothing iloff, use a straight edge at first,'and after it, has commenced to dry, use a trowel to give it a'.smooth, glossy'-appearance. In putting on lhe lop, smooth it off with as little, work as possible, us too much work will cause the water and . sand lo come to the surfacj, making a bud job. If you wish to corrugate it, use a beveled hoard1 and strike "it gently with a hatchet. After , Una remove Lhe .scantling and proofed as before. For, a cow .stable or hug house; the concrete need not be over three inches (hick and the top coal.1 one-halt inch thick, und for1 a chicken house, still l.-ss. After the floor is laid, keep everything off until it thoroughly set, and in ten* days or two weeks' il will be ready foil .any'kind of stock. WARM THF SLOPS IN WINTER. [For convenience purchase an oil barrel, 50 gals size, saw one end. off eighl inches from top, fasten' cap on with strong hinge, so iu. can be opened and shut at will. To prevent freezing, fix ���������a box around the barrel, pack well with sawdust or chaffy manure. In bitter cold -weather, hang a lantern in the barrel by inserting, a small hook in the middle of cap, also maki'l a few gimlet holes for ventilation. If the hog could fake, its choice of warm or cold slop in low mercury weather, it would very readily, through its instinct, pick out the warm. To winter swinej as cheaply! as. possible, it is necessary to warm) the ration in cold weather. This can very, easily be done by .placing three or four pails of. ivfftsr in the wash,1 boiler and heating ed lho needs and possibilities of the country with comprehensive eye. Along th'.' mother lode there are thousands of tons of ore, and on1 the oth-jr side of it in 7 the timber belt there are thousands of feet of lumber to be carried to tidewater at Stockton. Apropos of the railway undertaking, Mr: Rickert tells this- story ������������������ "If we are women we know a little' more about materials than the directors of the Valley Road did when they started. On a requisition sent in one of the items for the Valley Road was fish plates. A,director gravely crossed it out with the remark, 'We haven't a directors' car yet, so I guess the men can get along without fish plates.' On the woman's road it is an understood thing that the fish plates will be of stael���������not of china." Seventeen years ago Mrs. Rickert was left a widow without means, and with a little girl-to care for. Mrs. Rickert bought. a tent, and pitched it in the Mo jane desert.1 One. day she was out prospecting in company with her little daughter, when sho heard the latter cry, "Mamma, mamma, I have found some rock exactly like the specimen Mr. Pearson had at San Bernardino. ���������That was how Mrs. Rickert came to own a gold,mine that produced as much as ������2,000 to the ton. A LAND(,0F BEGGARS. You Are Held I!|> al livery rum In Sunny Utily. The destitution of the Italian poor is not to be matched outside of Ireland, and the sufferers bear it with the same, sweet'resignation, pathetically grateful for the smallest contribution, writes 1. Zangwill. Beggars, blind, crippled, or with hideous growths, placed at every point of vantage along the grand tourist highway, undo much of the good (he sight of the heauliful works upon tjm spirit. In (he more paying situations (here is keen competition. Nowhere are 'deformed ���������U'-j/gnrs more numerous and insistent than at Assisi, with its touching reminiscences of St. Francis, preacher to the birds, whose humble shrine -naturally tends Ur soften (he. purse strings. The Italian begga r holds out or [lushes forward his deformity as if ii were for sale. At any rate, if is on view���������at a fee. If the Italian Government, which,owes so much of its scanty revenue to its American, English, and German visitors, had any consideration for (heir feelings, it would pension off its beggars, even if it had to charge the stranger a pauper-tax on entry which would cover nil claims. The h'taman misfits are not lhe only beggars: , It might be roughly said that all Italy lives on tips. Even the comparatively respectable, classes uavj become corrupted by the tourists ; quite a well-dressed young lady, conning her prayer book in St. Peter's, ��������� suddenly startled me by demanding an alms. There is no possible'thing'that can he dono for you which you are allowed lo do for yourself, and nothing which can be divided into two duties is allowed to Tbe done in one. Woe to thc rtalian who hy doing too much interferes with lij> the second or tip-,the third '. ���������Afe^a^&'ft.'^'iy&'SMJ FOR A WINTER'S TEA. Escallopod Oysters, old style���������three pints of oysters carefully looked over for fear of shells. Put one layer of rolled crackers in baking dish, then oin> of oysters; with dots of butter, popper, and salt oil each layer ot lho first, wilh considerable of the oyster liquor and a few spoonfuls of rich cream over tho top. Bake in a no! too hot oven. Fried Oysters���������Drain oysters first in a sieve; no salt added. Roll in bread crumbs first, then dip in egg, then roll m craoKor crumbs, well seasoned, r'ry in a deep- bath of fat. Fried Chicken���������Take chicken cut in pieces, boiled first, if not perfectly tender, diji in batter of egg find water, then suU and dip in uuher bread or cracker crumbs, and fry in a bath of fat. Have coffee, tea, or chocolate, served with whipped cream; Imperial rolls uoL biscuit, or buttered toast; olives or some kind of relish. If there is some oue lo serve the meal, Lhe second course should be on a side-board, or side table, as it crowds the large table, For this, if preserves or ice cieam are not used, lemon jelly is very nice, made as follows:��������� Lemon Jolly���������Dissolve 1-2 box gelatine in a little waler, or by putting it dry into a small vessel set in one of boiling water. Juice of 3 lemons, adding t-uough water to m;ike a pint. Strain through sieve, adding sugar to taste, taking care not to get if too swwl. Put in moid Lo harden. If one wants this jelly richer, add, when half hardened m mold, any kind of iiul meals and figs chopped, or merely ihe nuts. These must be inserted all through the mold. For orange jelly substitule for lemons 3 oranges and half a lemon. Or. iry lhe juice of 3 oi tinges and 1 lemon, using l-(j box gelatine and pour mixture over sliced bananas. Servo with, any of these dishes one or two kinds of cake, one pieierable. Ilickory Nut Cake���������Ono eup butler, 2 cups sugar, 1 cup sweet milk, whites of 5 eggs, well beaten, 31-:* heaping cups flour. Add, after mixing well, 1 full cup hickory nut meats. Or, take, the same recipe as for plain layer cake, except instead of the 3 L-2 cups flour, take 3 cups. Put icing between the layers and on top. On each "layer ;press the half kernels of common or English walnuts, figs chopped coarse, or sprinkle with fine candies; or, :use the cake plain or the icing colored pink by using pink sugar, with almond or vanilla flavoring. Boiled Icing���������Boil."2 cups granulated sugar with, i tablespoons water, one kettle within another, containing boiling water, until it drops from the spoon in threads. 'Have ready the beaten whites of 2 eggs and pour the syrup slowly into them, beating all the tune. Flavor,- and spread on cake while .warm. This far excels the old methodY.'.' '...-'' ��������� , Have a small dish at each end of the table, of confections or salted almonds. If a large number of guests sire present,they should bo served at small tables, each carefully set, and with flowers if possible. Salted almonds are easily prepared at home. First blanch the almonds by pouring boiling water over them. 'J'hen place in dripping pan, with a lump of butter -'"and well salted, and set in oven. Watch and stir carefully till done. Egg Snow���������Beat the whites of two oi three fresh eggs to a firm froth, with a light seasoning of suU and a pleasant flavoring of some favorite essence; then have ready about a pint of new milk, also Mjasoned and flavored, and when it boils drop in lhe frothed egg about a tablespoonful at a time; when s>et, remove the pieces of suow wilh a slice to drain; I hen when quite cold use. as required. Fancy Rings or Croutons���������Tako some slices of stale bread or spongecake about half an inch thick, and stamp (hem out wilh ������ proper cuLter, iuLo either fancifully-shaped croutons or rings; soak theso in a good uncooked custard, which has been seasoned and flavored according lo taste, then drain them well, and fry them in hot clarified fat until colored a dainty golden brown; afier which drain carefully, brush the surface of 'each over with while of egg, and sprinkle alternately with finely-chopi>Pd pistachios and almonds, or ornament in some preily device wiLh tiny strips or rings of angelica and candied cherries. These form a very effective decoration for a fruit solid or a compote of fruit. -o���������������������������*���������*���������������- ������������������������������������������������������������0-*-< STORE AND KITCHEN CLOSETS. Shelves covered smoothly with white marbled oil cloth'are easily kept clean���������something to bo appreciated when ajar of preserves ferments and explodes or u hot lie of oil is broken.' Tins common as they are for holding all sorts of things, from pep- per lo bread, are not the, best boxes. Highly glazed crockery jars 'with closely fitted covers are better' in every instance, -There is uo possible action ol china upon food, nsi-Mhcre is of the metal compound, and the crockery is, besides, much more easily kept clean. China spice boxes, crockery, lea caddies, coffee, boxes, bread and cake boxes, are by all odds the best. Of course, iii ihe. store room, us everywhere else, (he most easily 'reached shelves should be devoled Lo the most, often needed goods. A small pair of scales un a shelf, u"grocery wauled" slate inside the door, and an easily c.l-i'.aned oil cloth floor covering will all add to the comfort of the store room. 'On- the floor of the kitchen closel and on its shelves also oilcloth will be found a labor saving.institution, although, of course, no pots or tins should ever be put. in it iii1 auch a condition as to soil the most immaculately kept wood. Still, accidents do happen, and oil cloth makes them easier to bear. . FOR DESSERT. Whipped Cream.���������Put a good half- pint of-thick double cream into a basin with two tablespoonfuls of fine white sugar, one tablespoonful of fresh lemon juice, a Iljrlit seasoning of salt, and (he white of a large fresh egg beaten to a froth; (heir set the Basin in a bowl of very cold water, and whisk briskly until a firm froth rises tn the surface; remove this with a slice, and lay it: on a sieve, to drain, then continue whisking so long as any froth can In; obtained. Wheu thoroughly drained il is ready for use. USES FOR BE IDF. Knowledge is power in marketing as in other things, and quite as satisfactory a cut m.iy be obtained at loss cost, then personally selected, as the butcher would deliver if left to himself. This rule applies to the l'arme-r's wife who buys from a travelling dealer at her di-or, as well as to tho housekeeper whj has a wide'range of choice in the city markets. To Fry Sieak.���������In these days of oil, gas and gasoline cooking ranges it is sometimes necessary to fry steak. If properly done the meat may be in a da digestible; if poorly fried, the saints preserve us! We sha!|l need their aid to live through lhe effort to assimilate the mass. A safe rulo is lo have lho spider very hot and well greased, using suet or drippings; butler burns (oo quickly. Put in the meat and turn fcequenl ly, Do not cover, or the juices will simmer out, stowing and toughening the meat. Servo on hot plallor with butter, pepper and salt added after taking up. Add li'ilf a pint of hot wafer to the brown contents of the frying pan find thicken with a little flour. Serve in a gravy boat. Steak wilh Smolhered Onions.���������HYive ready u sufficient quantity of sliced unions, and when the ste.tk is removed from the spider turn lhe onions into il. at once, covering it closely to let the vegetable cook in the grease and their own .juices. Set the platter of meal, into the oven to keep warm. The. onions will cook in five minutes and may then be turned over tho meat on the platter. Send to the table at once. Another way is to cook the onions whilo the steak is broiling, then put the meat into the spider,; simmer five minutes and serve, using plenty ot* butter or dripping with the onions and adding salt and, pepper to suit the taste. Braized Beef.���������Uso a piece of solid meat from the rump or shoulder. Allow twenty-five minutes to lhe pound for cooking. Put into a covered dripping pan, one onion one turnip, and one carrot, slicing them. Lay the meat on top of vegetables, add one quart of hot water, cover the pan and put into a very hot oven. When half done salt tq suit, and then baste every quarter of an hour. After the moat is taken out put a pin't of water into the pan, let if boil, up'and strain it. In another pan melt and brown two tablespoonfuls of butter, add two tablespoonfuls of flour, stirring until smooth. Pour over it tho hot water from tho other pan, add a tablespoonful of Worcester or Tabasco sauce, with salt and pepper to suit, and pour over the moat. Rib of beef aro sometimes braized. Shaved Beef. ���������Freeze the desired quantity of the best round of beef solid enough to shave thin with a sharp knife. Put into an iron kettle oyer a brisk fire and let the -meat stew in iLs own juice. When, the redness disappears,it is dono; then add butter, pepper and silt and dredge in a little flour, using a'.small quantity of boiling water. Served with' baked potatoes Chipped Beef.���������One-half pound dried beef chipped fine, four" level tablespoonfuls entire wheat flour, four level tablespoonfuls butter, one pint hot milkv adu.sh of cayenne pepper and eight shredded wheat biscuits. Moll ihe butter in a saucepan, add beef, cayenne iind flour; stir briskly, adding the hot milk a little at a time, cooking until thick and smi.olh. Prepare the biscuits by dipping quickly in c.ild milk, draining thoroughly then warming- in a buttered pan in a hot oven, covering the pin. Put Ihe heated biscuit on a hot dish and send to (ho table wilh tho beef in a separate dish to lie added in serving. ' Young Folks. ! games' wrrn words. In the game of " Tho Stranger on Iho Island' tha leader asks a number of questions which must bo answered by the players in turn with words each beginning with the same letter of Lhe alphabet. Hero are the questions, and one set of answers aro given as an illuslration. ' Let A represent thc leader, and B, C, D, IS. and F, tho other players : A. There is a sfrangor on the island ; what brings him here1* Jl. Anxiety lo see Jlis friends, A. Wlint has he brought with him i C. Am Lor. A. What will ho tako with him? D. Alligators. A. Whore, does he come from I IS. Asia. lA. Where is he going ? F. Albania. When the list: of questions fs exhausted, then it is gone ovor again, and tho answers must all begin with B. A forfeit should be tho penalty of a blun der. Rhyming word's iu panlomimo is a charming pastime. All taking part must be" seated in a circle, in order thai each player havo a clear view of all tho other players. One of the company must be selected Lo begin tho gluno. He must think off some word which can be easily rhymed by oilier words, and toll what word it rhymes with, saying, for instance, " 1 have thought of u word that rhymes with cat; can any of you guess it ?" The players must not speak in answer to the leader's question, but whoever thinks of a word to rhyme must strive to act it out. in pantomime, as plainly as possible. The leader w-atches the player who is acting the- word, and as soon us ho guesses what tho person acting is trying lo present, if over thinks of a word to rhyme must say, " It is not " culling out tho word 'represented, " that I thought of," and so on. As each player acts out a word tho leader must call out the word represented until the right word is acted. The leader must then resign his placo, and the person who acled out Lho right word must bo the. leader, and think of a wprd, giving out the word to be rhymed with. Suppose the person who first selects a word chooses "sling," and gives out "fling" to ho rhymed wilh. One of the persons makes a motion with his hands of ringing a bell." Another player will by signs indicate a ring on tho finger." Tho leader exclaims, "It is not a finger ring." One-of the. players will imitate wringing of clothes. Tho loader says, "It is not wring." Another represents singing, and is told, " lt is not sing." A player will, perhaps, indicate a bee stinging. " Sting is (he word; I-resign my place- to you." COST OF,EUROPES FLEETS AND ARMIES. It is estimated that Europe - pays, yearly for (he maintenance of., its fleets and armies ������^5,CO0,pU0 and nearly as much again in the guise of interest on debts contracted for the prosecution of foreign wars. ��������� The daily cx- psnditure needed for a conflict in which lho five Continental Great Powers were engaged would amount to ������4tl!*5,G!'0: Ovor and above this .sum it would be necessary to expend on I ha families of lh������ s-oldiers about ������198,000. In other wo d-', ths annual cost of this ' Euro poan war, exclusive of indirect losses, would, according to tho calculations of M. Bliokh, a Polish publicist, reach ihe fant.astis lolal of ������1,747,1^0,000.'. , "���������, DICKIE'S SURPRISE:1 V 'Dick was; a.''great, "bird dog." Ho was naturally, of a good disposition, but "Evil communications c'oirupt good manners," and following tho lead of a neighbor's cross dog, Master Dick fell into one.bad'hubit; At sight of a wandering pussy, he would fly after it with such aa uproar that tho frightened creature would shoot up into the nearest tree, with hor tail like a feather boa. It was with'much misgiving, therefore, that 1 ono <day accepted the gift of a pretty, hulf- grown blue-and-white cat. Cutter had been raised in a shed behind a grocery, and seen no dog'save an old toothless cur, with whom she had been on the most familiar terms. In fact, Cutter's great characterisLic was trustfulness. It seemed as if she knew, nothing of bad. treatment, and so knew nothing; of fear. , Accordingly, when Dick found her on a chair m tho1 house, and started for her wilh a terrifying bark, she simply kept on washing her face. Ho stopped, evi dently puzzled, and, obeyed at once when I ordered him out. But after dinner came the surpriso. Dick went lo sleep on a largo rug in the sitting-room, afler curling himself round bo' that there was a lii Lie? vacant circLo between his body and his legs. The cat, who had been playing at my feet, grew tired, and looked about for a sleeping-place. Suddenly she spied.Dick, and her in- deoision vanished. With the greatest deliberation she curled hersolf up in the circle of his legs, and went to ' sleep. I sat looking at the pretty pic-' lure, more interested in tho oulcomo of the Kcono than in my book. Presently Dick awoke. Ho raised Ins head lazily, and was about to drop it. again, when ho caught sight ot the cat. I shall never forget the comical look that, camie into his eyes. No human -countenance-'-ever expressed utter astonishment moro -plainly , than Dick's; For several moments he gazed at the cat, as if doubting the evidence of his senses, too much bewildered to Ixu-k. Th?n he slowly reached over and gently nipped the cat's ear. Cutter gave her head a shake, as if to dislodge a fly, and slept on. Then. Dick, who seemed to bo experimenling gave the ear a harder nip. This time Cutter started out of her sheep, raised ,her-hsad, comprehended the cause of her trouble, promptly clawed tho dog's noso with ono Utile paw, and straightway resumed her sleep. For the next five minutes Dick's face" was a study, as he lay looking at her. .1 hen, evidently giving up tho puzzle,, he lay. down again.and'slept, too. After that there'was not (ho least fear that Dick would hurt Cutter. Not that he seumed lo develop any decided affection for her, but her perfect assurance in climbing over him, sleeping on him, or playing with his tail, ssj-med. to "stump" him, as. cur boys ���������'Kii.d, and ho submitted to her friendly fanHliarlties with a very funny air of wonder ��������� and perplexity, but always without demur. ' ' . ' . I -J*������ -1^..% , -:. EC ii JC ��������������� .(' i IX yl (8 '.) ���������P it Fl THEY PLAY ENGLISH AIRS. Mew Muilc ut Fort Slici'lrtnii, III.���������"The Ui-Ulhli I'roiiadler.-," Supplanting "America aud Itl.vlc." The much talked about Anglo-American friendliness is not all newspaper and after dinner " guff," as somo pessimistic people are fond of saying. It has a good substantial and popular basis as many evidences go to show. One of tho most recent of these is given by the Chicago Record as follows : Thero is music in tho air at Fort Sheridan the Record says. It comes ' from the quarter on the second floor to the left of tho archway, facing tho parade ground > and floats in broken strains with'frequent halts to tho ears of all who come that way. Tommy in his company room hears it; laughs and says that it boats various kinds of things. Ho also asks his grinning bun- kie if " that wouldn't kill him.'* The officers striding along the cc- 'mont walk on their way to the adjutant's office, smilo as the sounds of horn, cornet and snare-drum reach their ��������� ears, and thero is gratification as well as amusement in their smiles. The fact that the band is practising does not usually excite much remark at the fort, but tho airs they are playing now have seti the men talking and wondering from one end o������ the barracks to the olher. Operatic music is as a, thing forgotten. Even the. " Star-Spangled Banner," is never hoard except at retreat. Such comparatively recent favorites as " A Hot "Time in the Old Town " and " Dixie " havo passed from tne minds of the earnestly striving musicians, who are now blowing their whole souls into " Rulo Britannia " and " British Grenadiers," 1 In tho words of the second clarinet: "ANYTHING ENGLISH GOES." .The reason why the band is seeking to acquire the melodies of Albion to such' an extent that it has even added ' La Tiddledy Iddlcy Umpty Umpty o.y " to its repertoire is LhaL lhe sol- iiers of Lho United States army and ' the widow's men," are likely to bo sommingly within a few weeks in friendly fashion and on British territory. ' ' - i , Tho order has gone forth1, it is said, that the brigade in which the 4th is part, will disembark on its way to Itfho Philippines in tho most jealously guarded strongholds of Great Britain, there receiving such a welcome as has never been accorded lo au armed foreign force since tlie redcoats first planted Uieir flags and mouuted their guns. The order convoying the route to tho commanding officers of the brigade names, it is said, Gibraltar, Malta, Cairo Bombay and Singapore as the places where the troops are to land. At Malta the slay of the American troops will extend, it is said, to a period of four days. It is regarded by many as significant of more Hum ordinary feeling of friendship toward tho United StaLes on the part of Great Britain that that Power should allow the landing of armed forces on her territories, and that by uccepting the concession the United Statos shows her willingness Lo return tho hospitality extended at any time that it becomes necessary. At all events, this is the. \iew the soldiers ut Fort Sheridan fake of it. They are beginning to be eager for the start and the few books of Eastern travel in the meagre little library aro being diligently thumbed. Half a dozen eager heads are crowded at a time over a picture of the sterile rock off the Sicilian coasc, where they guess that the British buudruustcrs are now Instructing thair men how to play "Il.iil Columbia " and " Yankee Doodle," and those who saw tho streets of Cairo at the World's Fair are tailing their admiring comrades what thoy may expect to see. ' +y������S^'^/m������^^/*������/Q*'X*/Vi&s9L.'S&*\*&'^'Tl True Greatness In Medicine Is proved by the health of the people who1 have taken it. MOVING STAIRCASES ARE COMING. Every visitor to the Grands Maga- sins du Louvre at Paris has been up the wonderful moving staircase, says London Sektch. You put your hand on a rail, you stand still, and you find, by a delightful movement, which is both exhilarating and fascinating that you are carried from floor to floor without the least effort, and without any of those unpleasant thrills which lifts ���������or, as our American cousins call them "elevators"���������always succeed in giving to nervous persons. It is worth while shopping at the Mngasins du Louvro for tho sake of going up that moving staircase, aud now���������u long way behind Pure Tea, Good Value, Low Price, arorepre.ente.iby 03Ei -se-x. our��������� Lead packagos- 25, 30, 40, 50 and 60o. WE HAYE GIYEN More people have been made ? our French friends���������we havo got one ,, c .. ,0 in London. The enterprising firm that well, more cases of disease and ... sickness have been cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla than by any other medicL.e in the worid. The peculiar combination, proportion and process in its-preparation make Hood's (j) ������ Sarsaparilla peculiar to itself ��������� % and unequalled by any other. 5 I 4 has started a moving staircase on this side of tho water is Harrod's Stores, in tho Brampton Road, and I think (hey will find it so popular lhat there will scarcely bo a store o������ great trading business in London that will not be glad to institute the 'same invention. Its carrying capacity is upward of 3,000 persons. , ��������� ENOUGH TO KLIU HIM. (Do you think Flammer will get over his illness? I hardly think so. He has threo doctors. up to thc present time to as many highly pleased agents. Yon have to sell but fi2.oo worth of our medicines, to have one shipped to you free. NOTE���������In addition to this we give an extra Grspliophone-or its value in rccords-to each one of our smartest agents. You can also have a beautiful premium for selling |4-oo worth, and for even selling {i.oo worth. We satisfy you in. everything you do for us, down to thc smallest fraction. We don't aak you to run any risk.' Send US 25c. and we will ship you our medicines and premium list. If you don t think it the best offer ever made you-return the,medicine and wo wttH refund VOUP money. We also refund the money to efcry purchaser of our medicine who says k fails to do what we claim for it. We are here to stay and very much to. We are advertising our medicines by distributing them m this ���������way for the next three months, after whicli they, will Of handled by the Druggists only These are tie latest improved Edison Talking Machines fit for concert hdu as well as parlor, giving you the latest songa (comic, sacred and secular) greatest bands and orchestras, most noted singers, pianists, violinists, reciter* and orators. If you know a good thing whe������ you see it, " " ing 25c. send for our medicines oaclo*- Britlah ChemlstA Co. Toronto, Ca������������ SCIENCE AND LIFE. might bo united, and in that case tho French fleet would interfere somewhat with the sending of troops from England to India. Again, the Alghans might be induced We are Indebted to the Former for by hopes of plunder to join the Russians in an invasion of India. Still, again, there might be a revolt in India stirred up by Russia's friends in that empire. But, in any event, the natural conclusion is that the conquest of India would be a colossal task, requiring an immense expenditure of men and money, and it is almost sure that it could not succeed, certainly not by Russia or any other European power single-handed. the Latter. AN ART COLLECTOR. Didn't you know it is against the law to beg for moneys 6aid the lady to the tramp at the back door. I wasn't goin' to beg for money, ma'am, was the reply"of the humble wan- derorY, ���������'-"'��������� It's just as bad- to'beg.:foff bread., I wasn't going to beg for bread, m.i'am.''..'��������� 7'',' -.--'., ',"��������� What were you going to beg for then, pray? c,Y Only for.one of."your pictures, ma'am. A SCIENTIFIC VIEW. Young Winks���������I- wonder why it is the girls seem so much sweeter in the Spring than they do in 'the'Fall ? Young Jinks���������I gutss it's because their Spring clothes haven't .been packed away in carbolic acid. A Happy New Year Ineeeti To those that belioviodd there was no euro for,catarrh and to whom the constant use of ointments, snuffs and washes wore a weariness to the flesh. A delightful and sure cure has been found. No need for fetid breath��������� and brok.n, wkh terrib] pains in hia back. Hq voice. Send for a Crea sample outfit and, bouU g t .^,. fi .- f y f.th be convinced. Tho name ot-this sure ��������� a ���������* cure is Catarrlio/one. , Catarrhozoue Science Gave ns model's Kidney Pills��������� ������<mI<1'h Kidney I'll In Give us Security From Ki-iilli-IIr. Charles Dean's Case 1'rovcs This Claim. London, Jan. 30.���������At this season, when everybody one moots is complaining of "tho Grip," "Backache," or some other similar complaint, it comes as a relief to know that there are somo diseases from which people can free themselves at very slight oxpeuse, and scarcely any trouble. When we find that these diseases havo for centuries been looked upon as incurable and have carried hundreds | of thousands to untimely graves, we ' have reason to be thankful to science and its.-votaries,"-who . have���������'given- us ! the means to free ourselves from this horrible nightmare of Death.0, J'.'-' As everyone knows, Kidney Diseases have, until less than ten years ago, been looked on as utterly incurable. . Hundreds of thousands have died of them. Until lately there was no j medicine known to ,man,that would either relieve or cure lhem. 7 ������������������-,,' To-day, thanks to tho wonderful medicine iknown throughout tho civilized world as Dodd's Kidney Pills, Kidney Diseases are no more dangerous than a: common cold. Proof of this fact has been given by thousands of startling cures, by Dodd's Kidney Pills, of cases that the best physicians had "given up." 'lhe In test evidence in this city comes from Mr. Charles Dean, an employee at the City Hotel. ' 7 ��������� ������ Mr. Dean suffered for three years TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take r.il������n(itu Kroaio yulliuie T.ib'ecn. All Dnig������ nuts i-t-fiuul tha money if it. i.uls to cum 25c. AGENTS-FASTEST SELLING ARTICJ.K over invented. Norton & Co.. Sarnia. V '7 RETURNS IN ONE WEEK. We want good Butter, Esffs, Poultry, etc. Ship to ur, und you=v.-iU have your cash in_ a week or less. THK AliCENHEAD PRODUCE CO., SS Front St., E.J, Toronto. "ONK 11 Mia, Lyou CD- -'AA ' PK������ DAY CUARANTKKD ON tPO.UU '������if">l '������ every'township'.Iu''Canai.t ,..-���������ii*i*ian or !������ri,. to ii-ll'������ 4\S.C0 typewriter. Lye .MnuiiiaitiuiiuK Company ol Toronto, Lunitea,r GUTTING SCHOOL-^���������. ^^^ nlogue. C. & P. SCHOOL CO., - Dress. .... for ci Montreal. Especially those who hare failed to be cured elsi^ where, write to Dr. Arnott, Btrlin. who will nominee y ou ho cancureyo Only Institution In Canada for tha tare of ������������������> every phase of spaeob d.toot. ' Entabllshs*. Im Toronto, UttO. -Our������������uar������pteod. '��������� 0 Pembroke St., Toronto, Oanatfs THE MOST NUTRITIOUS. IP PS '8 GRATEF UL���������COM PORTING. Stammerers TORONTO CUTTING- SCHOOL. Write for special terms during January and Fobruary. S3. COIIRIGAN, 113 Yongo So. m:iny medicines he used. , ... ,, . ,, ,- , ,���������. ��������� it,. One day a friend advised him to try penetrats to, the diseased parts in thj Do(id'S Kidney Pills. lie did so. As a lorm .of a, pine-scented gas. Write at: r6Sult ho is now as slrong and well a3 once to N. CY. FOLSdN' & Co., Kingston, Ont. THJG FIRST STEP. Groom���������Ah I None of that f Minister���������I was merely going to kiss tho bride., Groom���������Oh, I know that's customary; but 1, won't have it, and that's all tluire is about it. , Bride���������Why, my dear, what harm is it? Groom���������None at all. But you are a married woman now, and I don't want you to contract the habit 6������ kissing ministers. . he over was. Dodd's Kidney1 Pills, he sYys, are; worth their weight in gold; So they are to Victims of Kidney, Disease.. , ' " ' .,-��������� -������������������' - Al CLERICAL ERROR. Dr. That was a good sermon that Binks preached this morning. Excellent. It would._h.ive been- almost perfect if ths- doctor hadn't interpolated a few sentences of his own. ' ��������� Kyery stammerer r������������J>can ������nd will talk U a *' they will come ana try. 1 have spent 10 years' Ftmly on this diMreimiiilf habtt- Come and (atlsfy yourselves. Nori������k. W. K. HATH, Speblalliit, 3B2 Oollcie St., Toronto. Mills. Mills & Halos, Bni-ri8t������r������,oto.,i-emoTod to WgsIcjt Bldff"., Rich mond Su W., Toronto. Bookbinding,-) Send your macaiineii, have tbcm nloolf Prtntlntr. I bound. Bill Head*, Statement*. *-���������"? rriniing, VHowl Caraii!a,touk.ndtoo,d?r. Send Aoot. Hooka. I jo,, ani rsoei������, poit-ml ooanter dayliook mxMi.lMFage������rul������<La.H.I*ai������aa,8HKingrt.H������.milton 3 C you k.tc any APPLES, BUTTER, ECCSOv P0ULTR1 Is ������h!p, ship them to The Dawson Commission Co., Limited, BREAKFAST���������SUPPER. FREE BOOKLET. QUIDE TO HEAjyTH. Pamphletn and Samj)lii!i of Matorl������l of our Steel B'rame Niagara Vapor Bath sent to any addromi on receipt of stamp. Thormomotor Attajlimont Jinn Vaporizer Oomplet*. AsentB Wnntsd for Bast rlelllng Balh ln Amerlim. TtieNiogarQ Vapor BaitiCoJ 37 Yonge St., Toronto. COULD RUSSIA TAKE INDIA ? The Problem Auitljzed-U Would Ho u Formidable Ta.sk. Lie.ul.-Col. von .Bieberstein discusses tho quest ion " Could Russia Tako India ?" Russia, he tells us, has about 40,000 troops in Turkestan and rail communications with the Caspian extending to within 240 miles of the Afghan fortress of Herat. She could, therefore, he thinks, seize this fortress, long before the British could rcach.it, and could mass 160,000 troops in and about' it within two months. But then would begin the 700 miles march through Afghanistan, over high mountains, which would occupy approximately, three months. An immense amount of stores-and ammunition, must be carried with the army, and large cannon could not be taken at all. Moreover, cne line of march, must be protected, and the' army in consequence diminished,' nnd, in short, Russia could not reach the borders of India with more than two-thirds of her original army. . ".' - ' To'oppv.se this army the British could bring up a nearly equal number of,Indian troops, und still leave 130,000 for the maintenance of British supremacy in India. In addition, their fleet, carrying 35,000 troops, could twice make the journey to India and back before ' the Russians could reach the border. Besides all this, they could bo drilling the warlike tribes of India, and thus increasing their forces. ' Then, too, they would have several (lines of defence even after the Indian border had been crossed, and the Russians would be fighting far from their base of supplies. Unquestionably, how- 0ver, there are various eventualities that must be taken into consideration, us, for insttinco, France and Russia 'roVa'tCarms-lor nalo. *2 per acre eMh.fcareOTj croryfintil politv. .J. Mulkall, Slco A NOISY. CONGREGATION. Bystander at great firei ���������That hotel that's burning down'is:'the place where you generally stop, isn't it Mr. Grip? Mr. Grip, commercial traveler���������Same place. ..������������������������������������.- Bystander ��������� What a tremendous crackling the fire makesi Mr. Grip���������Yea, that's the bugs. Static ok Ohio, C'itv ok Toledo, l������������������ Lucas County, ' /* ' Kimnk J. Chunky makes oath thai lio i* tho lonlor pi'itnei-of tho lli-m of V. J. C'iiknky St io-, iIoiiik bnsliK'Hs in lie City of Tin-dp, lounty and Ktite, afoio-aid. iin^l that snid firm will pay tho Bum <> ONu. IUJN'DitlCIl l.'Olj- I.AU-S for oacli and oVi-ry <'!i;-o of CATMIKII lhat i-anisot bo cured by thu u.so of H.u.l.s UATAItltH CUUK. ,r FRANK .1. CHKNIOy. Sworn to before mo and suliscriiiod in my iiroscnce, this 61b davnf i-eueiiibor. A. D. 1830. [r���������~s\ A. \V. GL.KASON. ���������ISKAi^J- Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is talciin inUanally. and ni:t������ dii-ooily on lho blood nnd iiiuoouh snrfaco-) lif tho HVHtoin. Solid f"r t -utiinonials. fioo. P. J. C111- N K V & CO., Toledo. O. Sold by Drtigifista, 7flo. , Hall's Family Pills aro tho host.. CHANGE OI? BASE. Nurso Girl���������"Why don't ye put that brat to sleep, an' have a good time while, yer in th' park? Ex-Nurse Girl���������It's mc own. havo A BRUTAL BACHELOR. Aunt Jane���������It's so pleaBant to a linby in (he, house. ' Walker���������How can it be iileasant when thero is a continual squall? . - " . ���������' ' W I' C-957 ' Metallic Telephone Ta hla-S" Alwav Ready.. "Jot I aWIOI it down now.'* Price, tll.50. The OFFICE SPECIALTr MFC'.CO. LIMITED, Toronto and Newniarkot, Ont. BUILDER'S^ CI������anto ������, Forrify Tlu crtiW SYSTEM. , The Hon. Joi. Chamberlain's recent appe������-' to the British public to Investigate the inoreaw ed dov.ilopm nt of infectious disease in tho Colouios. hits 1-d to tho marketing: of BOLD1;** CELEBRATED PRESCRIPTION, the now only n-coff- nixed germ dentroyor and preventative against' Fevern and Ague. 3'amphlotj, and medloinc niniled from the Canadian Agenoy. The BOLD- PHARMACAL CO,, Toronto. , CALVERT'S. Carbolic DisinfoctaMLti, Soap>, Ointment. Tooth Powders, etc., havo boon HWiiHo''. 1(10 inodiils mill diplomas for huport or exL-allonon. Th'-ir n-nnlar ur.: preronc'lutacll- ou^ diHi:;int;H. A''.' j our dealer to obtain a bui ply. I.iHiK mail''I fruo on application. F. C. CALVERT & CO., MANCHESTER, - . ENGLAND. t. COFFEE & CO., ������������������f-"^.at CfSAatJ AND G0MMI8S'39g Y" ������������80M9I7$> Booms 40B-12 Board of Trada Building, TORONTa ONT. Thomjlb Fltwb. Jo������r L. OOFFioa The " BaImoratN,"RWea Bus-^?"; HEALTH RESTORED ���������.HSio.T'S'a: most dtiurcteit-ii Stomach, Lun-j-i, Kerr������s,'Lifer, Blood, Uiftddur, Kidneys, Bmir. *od Brehth by larry's .-jfiaSTS* which 8��������� Iiirnlldii mid (.'rrrlilien, and ������1������> rto������n 10������- cestrully Infanlj whose Ailments oii.l Debility h������T. i: nttprl all ntl-mr trrn-tnitnU. It divest, wlieu all ������lh������������ l-ood it rvijeated, ������:ives ?D limes Its cont la uiedlclna. luvsrlslilc Success, lOO.POC Annual Cures of Cviustipa* _ ,. , "������. Flatulency, Dyspepsia, Iti'IlRCatlon, Uoiisuui|itlon. Ulsbete., Ilrouchitis, Inllu- eni������, O-uichv Asthma, Oatafrli,* Plilejin, Uiairnco.., I-irrvous Dulillity, Sleepleuuess, UeBpondeacj, ~~ (Limited 77 Re,������u������ ,��������� ��������� . - " street, Lonil-.in, w , also in l'urls, 11 Rue do Oastlclione. anil at nil v.rocers, Chemists, and Muiiet everinherc, ly tiki Is., Js.,��������� W., 6s , Sib.. Ks. Hent oarrlaiie frim. Also Du Batty s KeTalenta Biscuits, Id tlus. 3s. 6rl. and U. SAUSAGE 0A9IHO5���������New Imprti't.-itloua flnast Enj-.lsh Sheep anil A mvrir ' ���������"--"--��������������������������� -"-���������-��������� ���������>--' right priest. PABK. O -Sheep anil American ITok Ojslugs���������reliable iciudsus riant priiea. PABK. BLAOKWJCtX k CO., Toronto. 1/ 44 iH/flU&p, fl. iL<L^tstL^l&' 8TnATF0SO, ONT. Xhf>������1Qnl1rlc f' youiiitmenand ���������women 1 HUUSUIIUb havo found our courso o������ ft-udy a stopping-stono to ���������'uurcaas." Enter now; board cheap; b-st business acaool in I'omimon. Circulars froo. W. J. ELLIOTT, Principal. tominionline- ifas$X/ /U,������-H/ tfrnsO, -fa tUsCViiC'. ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS St John. N.B., aiii" Halifax, to Liferponl. oalling at Londonderry. Lai������.- anil fast twin screw sf.eamvhips LArlllAUOFl." ," VANCOUVEB," ** 300T8MAN." Superior tvceoiniiiodation lor First Cabin, Second C&hin and Steo.-ofre Ditfteogers. Hjvt.fls o' PftH-iaKe-rrirst Cabin,'S.15.00; Korond Arabia, $!lo; Sloerai-������$22..'i0 and upwards aimordiuK to steamer and berth. Fur nil information apply to Local Afjonts, or Oavui Torbakob & Co., Qan'l A������ent������, 17 SH. Saocamont, St.. Montreal. of these oloaets are In use, gt ring entire satisfaction. Fart.leBusln.trthem would no tbe without them for twice their coat. Thoy ean be placed In Cellar, Attic or B ath Room, or In any place whero tkore is a flue or ohlmnoy. Firo required only onco in tw o -weeks. For circular and price write IHE ODORLESS CREMORi CLOSET CO., Hamilton, Ont. MM to KV^sst-i-j'1 i (",.cl'l-l, V:������r*V.-. E-r-uu."-^-^" .*���������.'��������� j vs; ,--1--i;���������:?V-*f ;.n ��������� ������*������ ��������� V.'-r. ��������� -'.rriV.' m MOUNTAIN ECHOKS. Minister Hii/iic is most certain to get Hutted on the 14th. The Merchants' Bank of Halifax is going to open ah agency in Ymir on the 1st prox. Remember the' band concert and dance in the Virginia hall, Tuesday evening next. Mr. >I. L. Grimmett wont to Nelson Monthly, where he -was connected .with a Slocan City mining case. John Batchi is in town. He says ho .,. will shut up thc'Vancouver hotel for a time to see how things will drift. Our junior hockcyists, are now crying, like Alez mder, the Great, because they have no more worlds to conquor. Geo. Kay, tho tailcr, has moved into -Arnold'*) building across from1.the'Sandon hotel, where he has a well-fitted up 8hop. In case Mr. Hume gets left in kelson, Mr.'.Green should,get the Dcpt. of Mines, but we do not sae how he could work with Martin. A Winnipeg party has been talking of starting a new laundry in town. It would be a better stroke to buy out ���������one of those now here. The Globe has it that a large block of P.tyno mine stock has been bought by Montreal parties. The local people here, however, profess to know nothing about tlie transfer. Karl's Clover Root Tea, for constipation it's the best, and if after using it you don't say so, return the package and get vour money. Sold at McQueen's Drug Store. Tlie Vancouver Province gives a dozen or more reasons for tlie defeat of the government's candidates in Victoria, but it forgets the real one���������Joe Martin's unpopularity. Nelson sports don't like their treatment at .l.tossland. Compare it, for stance, with Nelson's treatment of outsiders last ��������� summer. Curses, like chiokena, always return to roost. The .school trustees have sent in a strong appeal to tlie Department of Education for a second teacher ancl an appropriation to purchase a site and erect a two roomed school building. The Ottawa government bought a quantity of soap for tlie Russian Doukhobors coming to Manitoba late-. ly. This.is in line with Laurier's declaration that lie wanted clean men. The Manitoba hotel, Winnipeg, one of the most extensive institutions in Canada, was'burned down the other nighr,, at a loss of half a'million dollars. Tlie N. P. Railway Company owned it. For Constipation take Karl's'Clover Root/'fva, the great Blood Purifier. Cures-.Headache, Nervousness, Eruptions on tlie skin, and makes the Head clear as a boll. Sold at McQueen's Drug Store. Y ��������� V.'ells, tlie government candidate, was' elected by, acclainotion at Donald on Moodiiy, tliruuge a fluke, and a protest follows- The returning ollice did not arrive until the hour for receiving nominations had passed. According to the Kaslo papers Mr. Bbstock's reception in that town was no livelier than the reception here. .Jrlr. Bostock may be a straight forward business man, but he is in. ability and force unequal to the, task of properly representing this constituency���������and , withal he is too much wedded to party. Arthur Nichol met with a painful accident on Wednesday last. While felling a tree at Three Forks that morning the butt swung around and struck him on the arm above the elbow. The result was a bad break. He '] came iu on a freight that day and had, tho fractured arm set by Dr. Power. He will be laid up for some time. Had the blow been on the head instead of tho arm it would have killed him on , the spot. We hear of some parties going to Greenwood. It is all right for mechanics, who go there singly for a senson's work or so, but it is all wrong to move a family there under a heavy expense, for by thu time tlie family is settled and the transport expenses made, the rush will be to some other younger place. Smdon will harJly ever be without from 500 to 1000 men, and more as the,young mines become developed, working in the hills, and they will support tho''present number of business places. There may not bo work for a time for many mechanics, but present business people will hardly ��������� improve their lot by moving. 7 It is a pity that something is not done with this Hume muddle at once. There are some innocent parties who , leNt money for it at the outset believing everytriing wpuld be legally done, and that they would soon be re-im- bursed ; there arc others_ who are creditors for time and matt-rial who cannot afford to lie out of their money. There is a surmise .that there are some parties who are personally beneficiaries in its construction through personal connection with the work, and it would satisfy the public a great deal iithe matter was properly investigated. The work is a great service to the place and had to be done, but the taxpayers have no right to pay more for it, than it should have cost if constructed on proper: business lines. They should not be asked for an unnecessary tax that a few may make money out of it, orthrough bungles perpetuated,and the law at the time clear en the matter. '��������� Sandon people are vnn strong fraternally, these times���������half of them have the grip. It is a wonder where the people get all the 11101103' to patronize, as they do, every catch-penny , show that conies along. Stop that Cough! Take warning. It may lead to, consumption., A- 25c. bottle of Shiloh's Cure may save your lifo. Sold at McQueen's Drug Store. Catarrh cured: A clear ��������� head and sweet breath secured with 'Shiloh's Catarrh,Remedy. We sell six. bottles for S3 and guarantee an absolute cure. Sold at McQueen's Drug Store. Sandon was without a lawyer most of the week,' Messrs. Christie and Grimmett being at Nelson courting, We do not know but that the city swam through allright alle samee. Col. Sam Wharton who has just returned from tlie Slocan reports that there is not a drop of water lor domestic purposes in either Salidon or Kaslo, and both cities are without any electric light service whatever. We don't think the Col. ever told the foregoing to the Nelson Tribune. However, it is untrue, so far as i.t concerns Sandon, whoever told it.' We have, and always have, electric lights and an excellent water supply. ��������� ������ ������ PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. Hill is taking a rest for a few days, because, of a slight accident. Dan Monroe , and Harry Pleasant joined in the rush to Greenwood City this week. Aid. Hunter left ou Monday for an extended pleasure trip to Montreal, Toronto and , many other eastern points. Mr. John Gable left on Wednesday -for his home near Berlin, Out., Railed there by the serious illness , of ��������� his father, wiio is.aged. Master Clyde White is now nearly recovered from his severe attack of appendicitis, while Mrs. White and Max .are around transpose a light with la grippe. Other victims of the ���������'grip" (Rossland), Mrs. Grimmett and Mr. 1. Crawford, are improving. Band Concert. As announced in previous issues thc Sandon Brass Band will give their Iirst conceit on Tuesday evening, Feb. 1-1, (-61. Valentine's day), in Virginia hall. The following programme 'will-be rendered : PKOOltA.MME. 1. Opening March The Band "Silver Crescent." 2.,Chairman's remarks 3. Solo Mr. Lowes 4. "Laurel"���������Alto Solo ..The Band 5. Solo...;.......... ..Mrs. McMartin 6. "Dream of Glory"��������� ��������� Baritone Solo The Band 7. Recitation '.Rev. J. A. Cleland S. "Nero"-Clarinet Solo. The Band -0. Solo .....Miss Wilson 10..Solo Mr. i.owes 11. "Magenta"���������Tuba Obligate...Band "God Save the Queen," after which the orchestra will take the platform and the second part of thc entertainment will commence. '��������� . "��������� FOR OVER FlIiTA" YKA.KS. Mrs. Wirislovr's Soothing Syrup has been' used by million's of mothers for their children while toothing. If disturbed at, night nnd broken of your rest by a slclc child, suflerliif' and crying wilh pain of uuttms; teeth. Send at once and get a bottle ol ".Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup"' for children teething, ft will relieve the poor little sutleror iiuniedlat- ly. Depend upon It, mother.-), thero Is no misfnkeabout it. It euros dliirrboja, regulates the stomach nnd bowels, ernes AVind Colic, softens thc gum ������ and reduces Inflammation, and gives tone and energy to tho system. "MrsiWinfilow'iiSoothing Syrup" for children teething Is pleasant to the taste and Is tho prescription ol one of the oldest and best femalephysielans nnd nurses In the United States. Price twenty-five cents u tottlo. Sold by all druggists throughout, the world. Bemironnd aalc lor "Mrs. Wlnslow'sSoothlng Syrup."' DREADFULLY NERVOUS. Gunts:���������I was dreadfully nervous and for relief took your Karl's Clover Root Tea. It quieted my nerves imp strengthened my whole nervous system. I was troubled''with constipation, kidney find bowel trouble. Your Tea soon cleansed my system so thoroughly that I rapidly- regained .health and strength. Mrs. S. A. Sweet, Hartford, Conn." Sold at McQueen's Drug Store. I have opened on Rtco Avenue, opposite Clifton house, in Tinware, &c. I am prepared to do all kinds of jobbing for mines or families. Rates reasonable, and the beet of work guaranteed. Hi J. Robertson. To Keep ������nt the ������old. CHANGEABLE WEATHER lhrows tlie "man machinery out of gear and renders it more susceptible to prevent ailments. After a "muggy" period the first cold day "strikes home" unless the system is well fortified by strengthening stimulative nourishment, of whicli the most perfect form is BOVRIL. Limited. 30 Farringdon Street, London, England. 25 and 27 St. Peter Street, Montreal, Canada. Return this advertisement to us with 2-cent stamp and we will s nd you Wiiojjhart's Great War Puzzle. We are offering $100.00 for the solution of this puzzle. All. q AT f\ 17" I? Primiulo anil l/i Flor dcValluos Cigars���������they OlUwlVU cxcoll all others in flavor. .AH the leading brands in stock. City Cigar Store. NOTICK. All parties are cautioned against buying Ri-co Mining & Mil line Oonip- aiiv, Limited, Stock Certificates Nos. 2-1*2, 2-13, 2-1-1, 2-15 .mil 2-16, in favor of L. E. Hank ; NTo;2-l7 in favor of L. Pet- erpon, .and No. -MS iu favor of S. T. Arthur. Said Certificates wore obtained by fraud and will not be. redeemed. F. T. Kelly, Secretary. ]. O. 0. F. .Silver City Lodge, Xo. .'!fl, moets every Friday evening,nt 7.3(1 o'clock.in Cniwiord'H hull. X. ,1. GAltlJUTT, N.G. (1KO. \VAITK, V. (1. KICV. A. Jl. SANFOUD, Itee. Sec. All so|ournlng brothers cordially Invited to attend. Croft's Blend���������llie best Scutch Whiskey in Canada at the Clifton. John Buckley. Proprietor. MRS. JOHNSTONE has movad here Dressmaking rooms up the gulch, where she is prepared to complete all orders or. short notice. Tlie work she has done so far in the place has given the best of satisfaction iii every instance, which warrants a large patronage. ' ' ��������� , -PULSE. If It Is Weak or Irregular don't Hesitate to Start the uso of Milburn's Hoart and Nerve Pills at once. With a strong-, steady,7 regular pulse We may expect vigorous health. /j0-mt/Z&z^Wk -"���������liky-y, 1.1 fhfy>.l?y\ JJ/xw. With a weak, irregular, intermittent pulse we can (ell at once the vitality is low���������that Dizzyanil Faint Spells,-Smothering' and Sinking Hensalions aiid similar conditions arc bound to ensue. By their, action in strengthening''the heart, toning the nerves and enriching lhe blood, Milburn's Heart ami Nerve Pills relieve anil cure all thosedistrcssing- conditions just enumerated. Mrs. B. Croft, residing on Waterloo Strcnt.-St. John, N.B., says: " For some time past I have suffered from pallor, weakness find nervous prostration, I bad palpitation and irregular beatiifg of the heart so severe as to cause me great alarm. I was treated by physicians, but got no permanent relief. " I am glad 1o say that from Milburn's TToart and Nerve Pills I derived the first real benefit that I ever got from anj' medicine. My appetite is improved, mj' entire system toned up, and I can do no loss than cheerfully recommend these pills to all requiring a reliable heart and nerve tonic." j Miss Mary E. Hicks, South Bay, Ont., says Laxa-Livcr Pills cured her of Sick Headache; from which she had suffered for a year. S. A. Mighton. II. Byers & Oo. carry a large stock of Ranges and Cook Stoves, Box and Heating Stoves, 'Queen' Heaters, Etc. Call and inspect our lines. H. BYERS & CO. Nelson, B.C. Kaslo, B.C. Sandon, B.C. Watches- Watchcsr Watch cs- Watehcs- Watchcs- -Hamilton -Hampden T\Valfcham -Qme^a -Loria'mes If you do not know that my stock is the largest and best call and see and be convinced. Repairing a specialty���������all work warranted. Ftoesl1 Liiie.-qf; ..GROCERIES -.Ira-.- .Broualit.' lfli.;Siil. {iH!i'miiiiiiiiimiftimnfiiiiiii!i[iiiimi-i'iiutif!i!imm Table Novelties too numerous to mention. Salted and Preserved Fish of all kinds. Jellies, Jams and Fruits, all very dainty and appetizing. Fine tender Hams and Breakfast Bacon. Canned and Potted Meats for quick meals. Fancy Crackers, Biscuits in bulk and in fancy cartoons. 7 . Conic and see us, or send us in your orders by mail, as we are noted for prompt attention and careful consideration in.forwarding goods. . ". SANDON. KASLO. ATNSWORTH. My little book "THREE CLASSES OF .MEN,"- sent sealed, free upon request. It tells of my thirty years' practice and success in treating DRAINS, LOSSES, IM- POTENCY, VARICOCELE andUNDEVELOPMENT by nature's own.gift to. man���������ELECTRICITY. My Electric Belt with Supporting Suspensory is known and used the world over. Drop in and consult me free of charge or write for book to-day. Address, ' , Y DR. R. SANDEN, 106 St. James Street, Montreal, fine. Haying secured the agency for the Lethbridge Coal for Sandon, New Denver and Silverton, I am prepared to fill orders promptly. Sandon Transfer Co. E. A. Cameron. w '.. ,���������" "v. . f. . km -r~������vj^-l'* .--rv-y -������*W*K^**������������i ������.".���������-��������� ...^yy ;'���������,.: .'...,., ���������/:./,--��������� ^^W:^^m^ fWr.?*^^^^
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