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VOL 2. NO. 39. SANDON, B .C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1899. five cents. 'Mr. R. F. Green, Slocan's Representative Addresses the House. ft Wo la* t week inadvertantly overlooked the following 'speech of Mr. Green in the House, on the Placer Mining Bill. His remarks were well put and show that hi. fully understood his subject, which is more than can he said of some other speakers. R.'F. Green (Kaslo) on rising to his maiden effort said : "Mr. Speaker, I had not intended to speak on this bill, but I feel that I cannot cast a silent vote,on such an important matter, and 1 also feel that it is incumbent on me to reply to some of the statements of the honorable gentlemen opposite. In the first place; sir, the} have objected to tlie power granted, to the Lieuten- ant-Governor-in-Council hi'sub-section 2 of the second section of the bill. It seems to me,sir, that it is only by such a provisir' i as this that the operation of this bill could be1, jarried into offset. If this power were to bo withheld from the rjiciitcnrint7-Goveri]or--in-Council companies might, find in all probabi'- ity would, be formed for the express purpose of evading this net. The argn-' j'jment of the Opposition in this regard Jk was,'therefore, very weak. Ii ''Seme members 'on tint side of the House had also advocated tlio introduction of a clause to make the bill */apply to quartz mining. Now, sir, il they understood quartz mining ns we do in Kootenay. they would not for ���������jOne moment advocate legislation of ) ibis kind in any direction. Thrre was no doubt but tbat placer mining was tho mining for the poor man in contra- ,t distinction to quartz mining, an indus- ' .try wnich required large capital, and, '���������therefore, was -more fitted to the capitalist. I make this statement notwithstanding the honorable member- {,������or West Lillooet (A. W. Smith) to the | contrary in regard to the large amount | of capital which had been, employed Tin the development of placer mines in lithe upper country. ' Therefore, it is l/that in this particular, bill that wo fjwould. suggest, the retaining of these I'-'rights to our own citizens. As to bquarlz miners, foreigners���������Americans fi'���������had invested large sums' ot money j'in Kootenay long before we, who were f/pioncers in that country, could induce 'i Canadians to invest any money in this i direction. In tho early days we found ';t''extremely difficult to interest any )ne in,tho quartz mining business. I'iTinallv wo had to go across the line to ^Colorado i.ncl Mont ma and we suc- Ijj'iecded in interesting the miners of J'f-iat portion of the United States. They I'brotight their money to Kootenay and IVnvested it, spending lavishly. Doubtless they did so in the hope of receiving substantial benefit. Very true, "iu.it in doing so I hey conferred a very jijreat benefit on the, country and there I ould be no two opinions but that they Trad contributed to bring this Province jo the front very rapidly. Not only /.bat it was well known that before Ipritis'i c ipital could be interested in a Jminingventurc, development on the IJJaim must be brought to an advanced Stage. Who taught us that? The Americans did, and they are still ready fcjid willing to act as middle men and |,5sist .us to bring our properties to the Requisite stage of development. Therefore, sir. I cannot entertain the prop- "ition t* place quartz mining in the lime category as placer. In fact/sir, I ��������� Insider the suggestion to include Miartz mining altogether uncalled for, smaJl^bu������inefis in a little town in northern Michigan. He was no manager, failed, but honestly turned everything over to his creditors, most of whom lived in Detroit.'-When they met to effect iinai settlement one said, "Chapin is an honest man ; I hate to turman old man like him and his w:fe out on the world with nothing." Among the assets was a quarter section of rocky "no account" timber land near tho town where Chapin had had his little store. This the creditori turned over to the old man to clear and try to get a li'-ing from. In clearing up the land iron ore was discovered; a Milwaukee, Wis., company agreed to develop the property without cost to Chapin, and pay him 50 cents per ton royalty on the iron ore ��������� produced'therefrom. For several years that old barren 160 acres "timber land" yielded 8U.000 tons annually, on which Chapin got annually 840,000; then he reduced the royalty to 25 cents per tori, and the output grew to 400,000 tons annually. In the last years of his life his income from the mine that never cost him a stroke of work, was ������100,000 annually. If this was not "luck," it was a happenstance that is usually f^iven that name.���������Mining and Scientific Press. ,. The Sons of Auld Scotia Have Right Merry Time at the Balmoral Hotel. sumed until'the "we sma' 'ours." 'Aid.'McDonald covered himself with laurels in his management .of the entire programme, even to the Import* tion of heather from his native land the chairman would have was grown on; the jside hills of the'Alderman's farm. The Masquerade, The first carnival of the season was given at the rink on Monday evening List, and, considering the short notice given the people, w.is fairly well attended. There were not as many costumed 'skaters"as is usually scon' at those events, but that was due to the uncertainty of the date after tho postpone cut owing to tho soft spell lust week, and tiie preparations of many for Rossland's big carnival. As it was, however, several protty and novel suits were noticed. The city brass band were on deck to give zest to the merry masqtioniders. Of course 'the usual collection of characters were on hand together with soimc pretty "Misses," and oven Wilkie Collins' "Woman in .White'' put in an appearance. The following were among those in costume : LADIES. Little Red Riding-Hood...Mrs. Phyfers Shiimrock .' Mrs Bade Flower Girl Mrs. Shifllcr Night -:...Miss Cliffe Stars and Stripes...Miss Goldie Warner GENTS. Spanish Prince :...Bert Creech Minstrel C. J. Smith Clown.....'..;.: ...J. A. Mc'Vichie Dutchman C. Phyfers Chimney Sweep O. Bade Cadet.......;.......... .....R. Hammond Fair Maid isf Perth Sherry Burchill English Yoeman.. Rich Deane Tramp...............J. C. K. Hammond Irish Dude... ............. Walter Cliffe Sandon Girl.................Clarence Smith Buiralo Bill W. Barber Page Newton Stirrctt Newscy ." Ruby Warner raystreak Willie Carr The name of Bobbie Burns will ever remain a household word, not only where Scotchmen arc found, but where- ever the English language is spoken. He was a poet iii the true meaning of the term. His versification does not, oi course, possess the literary-finish of that of Shakespeare, Scott, Tennyson and many others of, tlie celebrated songsters, because of the circumstances in which the poet was born and the difficulties, financinl and otherwise, during the 37J years of his earlhly existence. His verses, however, possess a naturalness and llow of soul that are found in no other pooms extant. In every conn- try his anniversary is observed by his admirers, but by none more spontaneously than Aid. Robt. McDonald, of the Balmoral hotel, this ���������������������������Aby. Ln short bis anniversary suppers and ass :mblies are among, the settled institutions of the plaoe, and that' of Wednesday eclipsed all its predecessors." On account of the general Slocan stampede for the carnival at, Rossland, the entertainment was not as largely attended as it otherwise would have been, but mine host certainly did his part. Mr. Christie, barrister, was billed to preside at the banquet but unfortunately ho w.is absent", and' it devolved upon Mr. Cliffe to fill the vacancy as well ns possible. The following was the bill of fare: GRACE. ' "Some line meat and carina oat, And some wad eat whawant It, ������' But wo.hao.muiit, and we can cat��������� Sue let tho Lord bo thaiikit." WHAT WE'LL HAE. Taking a Holiday. John O. Regan, who helped make the Last Chnnce one of the big mines of the Slocan, is in kelson. Since leaving the Lust Chance mine, he hag been in charge ol' work on claims belonging to E. H. Tomlinson and on the Antoine mine. The Antoine recently changed owners, and tlie conditions not being favorable to resume work on Mr. Tomlinson's properties, Mr. Regan decided to take things easy for a time, and after taking in the en mi rn I at Rosslapd he will visit Spokane and tho Coast cities. One of Mr. Tomlinson's claims is the Lone Jack, which lies near the Washington���������nt one time one of the famed mines of the Slocan���������a tunnel was being driven last fall 1G0 feet, and the ledge should be reached in 65 feet rnoro. There are no cabins on the claim, and, therefore, work could not well be carried on during the whiter. Cabins, however, will bo built as.soon as the depth of snow will permit. Mr..Regan says times are good in the Slogan, ancl that few men arc idle.���������Nelson Tribune. MINES AND MlNirJG. Sir .Hibbert .Visits 'Sandon. Sir Charles Hibbert Ttipper and his partner, the Hon. Mr. Peters, spent n d;iy and a half in town this week on their w������y to Rossland and Nelson to KAIL. Sheep's Hend. , Cockle-leckic.^ Hen Bree. _ . Syne a Wee Drappie o't. FISH. Saumon Troots. Finnan Haddies Kippered Herrin'. Anither Wee Drappie o't. HAGGIS, Wi' a' the Honours. "Fair fa' your honest sonsie face, attendo court in the interest of some mining clients. They are both interested in, the,/' pardewelles and. ���������Mdllie Gibson miiies,,.and are. pleased f'with the/reports they-hear1 from them.'. Sir Hibbert thinks' that'-the'Slocan is.a; wonderful district:'liiid-'pnly' requires a; little: advertising to develop our mul- t'ituds of promising mines.. ,:7;v. (l Tne Payne laid off a few men, temporarily last Friday. The Whitewater Deep is to resume operations shortly. We hear of a large strike in the Ivanhoe, but cannot get particulars as yet for publication. Silverton shipped 140 tons of ore last week���������100 from the Wakefield and 40 from the Vancouver. The Payne that has always possessed most valuable ore bodies reports a big strike in the lower tunnel that is quite equal to any body before fouud in that most extensive property." The Noble Five is well to ,thc front again. A strike of some live feet of solid ore has been encountered in one of the tunnel j that promises much length and depth. A full report in a latter'issue. The London & British Columbia Gold Fields company hns declared a dividend, of 20 per cent, in cash and 20,000 shares in.the Ymir mine. It owns the Whitewater ancl other properties in the Slocan, Mr. S. A. Mighton, this city, reports a probable deal in the Great Britain property in which he has a two-thirds interest, to Spokane parties. The deal ib a bond in the neighborhood of S25,- 000. The property is on Lemon'creek adjoining tho Burnett group. Assays have shown Irom 125 to 200 ozs in silver nnd ?20 to -Sb'O in gold. As machinery for other prdpeities in that neighborhood is going up at once, this will donbtlps be very valuable in a short time. DREADFUL SLIDES. Young Siddons Claimed .This Time by the Ajax Slide. oud applause,;vduring which the Iiqii- ible gentlenaan took his seat.) Was It Luck ? ���������V, i"I am called a 'lucky' man, just be- ause I leave nothing to luck," recently said a wealthy man to the writer. Hie argued that there was no such Lining as "luck"; that every man was tie architect of his own fortune; that \������e Shrewd, calculating man saw clearer? how things would go; what could 13d could not be sold; what would ap- &:%flciate and what would depreciate in i,.fu'e; that he judged men, their ability, weakness, and capacity, arid that ,i was folly to suppose that any chance ' V'luck" entere i into the great game , ,r commercial success, and that every- ijiing went by hard and fast undevi- jing rules, as inexorable as the laws >/.'nature. Probably he was right.yet, ,} we read, a short time ago of the feath ef G. A. Chapin, of Niles,-Mich., -\ occurred to lis that the man's later i>;!ar afforded an adverse answer to the filthy San Francisco miner and a illustration of. what "luck" is. ;any years ago C A. Chapin had a Early Thursday forenoon word reached the city that a rawhider was killed in a slide at the Ajnx Fraction. On making enquiry we found the facts to be these: About 4 o'clock a small collection of snow���������a miniature slide, was found on the trailby the four or five men who came out to the stable at that.mine id look after the horses, and two of them set 'to work with shovels to clear it away. In an instant down came the slide of the Ajax Fraction covering young Siddons out of sightand taking him off in the aya- lanche no one knowing whither or at what depth. The other man ; was caught breast deep in the outskirt of the mass, but managed to extriei* a himself from the. descending pile. Where the body is or where to look for it no ono' of course knows, and it may not be found till the snow melts in the spring. Siddons commenced to work here on the 7th and all that is known of him is he had lived in California and a letter was found in some clothing from a brother in Texas. Great Chieftain o' tlie Pudding Raced A Wee Donal. KOAST. Gigot o' Mutton. Bubbly Jock. BOILED. Saut Beef. Hews. Soo's Leg - ORRAS. Champit, Roastit and Boiled Tatties. Stewed Ingins. Bashed Neeps,-Beans and Peas. DESSERT. Grazet, Rhubarb and Aipple Tairt. Dunlap Kebbuck. TrimlinTammie. Oranges. Aipples. Raisins. Nits. Scones. Oat Cake. Bakes, etc. Anitber Mou' fu\ Tea. Milk. Coffee. Dancing was commenced about 10 o'clock, in Spencer's hall, fo the music of a Sandon orchestra aided by Prof. Beaton on the pipes, and continued till 12, when, and adjournment for two hours for the'dinner was made. After the dinner the toast list,,as follows, was gone through with, Messrs. Gordon ^Sutherland and Mat Gray filling up "the intervals with the most noted national songs:7 ['/:'���������'��������� TOAST LIST. the queen;. "God Save our Gracious Queen." the governor general. "Rule Britannia." ARMY, NAVY AND VOLUNTEERS, "Three Cheers for the Red, White and ������������������.���������-. Blue." ���������",'���������. Present the mayor and full eounclt. A telegram wis received and read from the Kaslo Board of Trade asking them to ce-operate with them in portioning! the provincial government to secure an appropriation for the purpose of sending minerals to the London mineral exhibit. On motion of; Aids, Buckley and Athorton the city clerk'was authorized to reply to the foregoing telegram stating that the council wosld co-operate with them in regard to the appropriation re mineral exhibit. Aid. Hunter���������McDonald���������That the Board of works cominittee.be instructed to enquire into the matter of renting an oflice and amount to be paid for same.��������� Carried. On motion of Aids. McDonald and Buckley the Com. of Public Works was instructed to enqiiiie iiito the matter reloting to water rates ' for . fire hydrants. Aids Atherton���������Hunter���������That the city solicitor be instructed to take the matter in hand to secure the necessary legislation re creek improvemenfs.��������� Carried. Aids. Hunter���������Thompson���������That the mayor be asked to call a public meeting at an earty date for the purpose of discussing the advisability of granting exemption from taxes to the proposed (Concentrator to be built by the Ruth Mines Co.���������Carried. The services of the officials of lust year were retained and the salaries to remain the same with the exception of the police magistrate which was increased to $500. Our scribe met Mr. Donnelly and enquired regarding the chance of a transfer of the Donnelly claims. His reply was we have some eastern hangerson for the last ninety days, and from the way they shape lately, they may do something before long. This ground is close to tho town aud is said to look very well for the amount of work whicl. is done, and if some company got hold of it and continue the work there is no reason why it should not be as good as those on the other side,of the gulch. The Queen Bess lead has now been expose all across the Palmita ground, and into the adjoining ground owned by Bory and 'Foster, who have just tapped the lead in a crosscut tunnel'130 feet long. The lead is very strong and well defined a!, this point with a fine showing of ore, and no-doubt, when sufficient depth is obtained, these properties will prove quite as valuable as the Queen Bess, whose workings now approach close to the Palmita mines. Ten inches of ore have been exposed by Jenkin Bros, while carrying owt their contract with'the Palmita. Sandon Ore Shipments, The following is a list of ore shipments over the K. <feS. from Sandon, for the week ending January 26: MINE. TONS. Payne... .......100 Last Chance.. .-. ......120 Reco......... 20 Trade Dollar 18 , Total... 180 The following are the ore shipments via the C. P.'E. for the week ending Jan.26: A Telegram. DREADFULLY NERVOUS. Gents:���������I was dreadfully nervous and for'relief took your Karl's Clover Rodt.Tea. It quieted my nerves anp strengthened my whole nervous .system. I was troubled with constipation, kidney and bowel trouble. Your Tea soon cleansed ray system so thoroughly that I'rapidly regained health and strength. Mrs. S. A. Sweet, Hartford, Conn. Sold at ;McQueen's Drugstore. THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF RURNS. "We'll a' be proud o' Robin." THE LAND O' CAKES. "Here's a health Bonnie Scotland to Thee." THE CHAIRMAN. , , "For he's a jolly good fellow."/ THE ^LASSIES. ... "What signified the life o' man, An't werna for the Lassies O ?" "Auld Lang Syne" brought lithe banquet to a close, and dancing was re- V Spencer vs. Harris.���������A telegram was received yesterday saying judgement was given for defendant, Harris, acknowledging full claim of the latter. The action was to recover from Harris the amount plaintiff had paid on a written lease from defendant, alleging that Harris had an insufficient title to the propertj in question to warrant his signing a lease. It is understood the case will be appealed. Meantime the defendant is on top. . MINE. Payne... TONS. , ....ISO Whitewater Ore Shipments. IThe following is a statement of ore shipped from this station for the week ending Jan. 27 : Mine. Whitewater. Jackson ; Total Tons. ... 64 ... 10' ....80 FERMANESTTCURE3 Of such diseases as Salt Rheum, Scrofula, Sores, Ulcers, Dyspepsia and Constipation are made by B.B.B. The daily papers are full of statements of those who have been permanently cured by B.B.B. TO CURE COLD IN" ONE DAY. Take LaxativeBromo Quinine Tablets., All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25 cents. DR. LOW'S WORM SYRUP ��������� Is the nicest and most effective remedy for expelling all kinds of worms. No need of giving anyCat hartic when itisused. Price25c. f... I f**> ** W "J *���������"** ^ * ' jt Ji * f' * fc.rllT*T "S-' M * >.***- ���������������.'������������������ **>".* ���������* '** ,*i| ril'h.*.-. ������**t .lit .-III, r . k,",. "\^ ���������.- r., 1*1 * '.���������*������J *-*. . V*C*. ���������.,*. *���������*��������������������������� ^ rt- G.J -V - . t 4...I t ���������."^ *- i* ��������� 1 . ." - rp fl-T������ "TR^TI-; <vanrT3vw11��������� in ' b - iihid WHAT IS QO!NO ON IN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE GLOBS. Old and New World Events ot Interest Chronicled Briefly���������Interesting Happenings ol Recent Date- There are 5,000 temperance societies in London. No less than five systems of law. are in use in Germany. The public buildings of .England alone nre valued at ������2-10.000,000. There are twenty-seven royal families in Europe, and (wo-lhirds of ihese ara of German origin. There are 1,759/00 volumes in the library of tlie British Museum, and more than thirty-nine miles of shelving, i The largest sewing machine in the world is in operation in Leeds. It weighs 0,5(10 pounds, and hews eotton belting. Rarcelon-i is now ihe most populous city of Spain, the result of a census iust taken showing 520,00!) inhabitants to Madrid's 507,000, Th? surce.'-sful launching nf tho cruiser Nndiejd.i at Bordeaux, which will soon be ready for sea, makes the beginning of Bulgaria as a naval power. Juslice Channen, an English judge, in a case before him decided ihat n bicycle could not be considered as the ordinnrv luggage for o railway traveller. Mrs TTelen Form by died at Formby, near Liverpool recently. She attained her 1011 h birthday in November. ITer 'brother died a year ago in his 93rd year. New South Wales has spent ������12,000,- 000 for harbours, in forty years, exclusive of (he cost of the port of Syney, nnd will spend $1,5(10,000 for the 'same purpose rhis year. One hundred officers and men of the New South Wales Lancers may be brought fo England in the spring and nt (ached to (he eavalrj' brigade at Al- dershot for training. iA railwpy is to bo constructed from the Red Sea to the top of Mount Sinai. A railwny station is to lie on the spot where it is supposed Moses received tlie Tallies of the Law. The annua/ earnings in Australia per head are estimated at ������-i3 and odd, against ������32 in ihe United Kingdom, ������27 in iho United Slates, .������26 in Canada and Holland, and ������25 in France. Tlie tirade of ihe British Empire is estimated lo amount (o about ������6.000,- 000,000 a year, almost equal (o the combined trade of France, Germany, Austria, Russia and the United States. In Okenburg, Germany, is one of the largest gold fish farms. More than n hundred small ponds contain the fish in all stages of growth, ihu lidle ones carefujly kept from (he rapacious big ones.. " ' - Sir John Brujiner lias presented to (he National Portrait Gallery- in Dublin a portrait of the late Mr. Parnell, by Sidney P: Hall. Sir John originally bought, the picture with (he object of giving it' to Ireland, o The King of Annam has an original idea in the way of a strong box. He has the trunks of trees hollowed out, filled with gold and silver, and flung into his private lake, where a large number of crocodiles ward off intruders. ' '.-,'.' The British have-constructed in India ��������� 25,000 miles of railway, which is doable the number of miles open ten years ago! Over 400,0r,0,000 articles are sent through the mails of India annually, and lhe private telegrams exceed 2,- 000,000. Sir Martin Conway has succeeded in climbingllliiaani in Bolivia and Aconcagua in Chili, and at" last accounts was on his way to Tierra del Fuego for the purposa of .ascending Sarmiento, the loftiest summit, 0,(100 feet, south of the Straits of Magellan. The British Government laboratory last year'analyzed 1,580 samples of so- called "temperance" drinks. Of .this number over one-third were found to contain more than (he 2 per cent, ot nlcohol allowed by law! Some of the samples contained as much as G to 8 per- cent. , , : ' Mrs. Spence died at lhe farm house of Wosterton of Roosie, near Moht.- ros'\ where she had resided for seventy- five years at lhe advanced age of 100. years. She met wilh an accident a few weeks ago. Up till six months ngo she could read ordinary print without, spectacles. '. I Italy litis had 29<i .square miles of land added to ils territory in the last ���������evenly years by the advance, of the delta of the Fo into the Adriatic Sea. The'measurement has been made by Professor Marinelli, who carefully compared (he Austrian surveys of 1823 with the Italian surveys of 1803. A bill lias been 'introduced into the Manx Legislature to give incumbents and churchwardens power to sell, if necessary, the whole of ' the , burial ground belonging Lo a parish church, By the law at-present, one half of the land has to be reserved for free graves, although it is very seldom��������� sometimes once in a num'bei] of years��������� that a free grave is claimed. ���������phe Bmperor oi Germany stands godfather to a:i (he seventh sons in Prus sia. The former Empress Eugenie, fn one year, acted as godmother for 3,834 children who were born in France on March 10, 3850, the same day as the Prince Imperial. ^Sr. Cecil Rhodes is godfather to about forty young scions of the British aristocracy. A hundred years have now elapsed since Lord Byron was removed from the grammar school at Aberdeen and entered as a student at Harrow, As no public memorial of him worthy of his great name in literature exists in England or in Scotland, the citizens of Aberdeen and most of the leading men of Aberdeenshire have, decided to make an effort, to raise a memorial to the great port. Aspall Hall, whose name Lord Kitchener has incorporated in his title, is one of tlie finest old granges remaining in the eastern counties of England. It is a iwo-siorey building, moated in tho old styie, and has a Jong family record attaching lo il on the Sirdar's mother's side. Her family came into possession of it just 200 years ago. Before that it. was (he residence of (he Cobham family from (he lime ot Lady Cobham, whose husband, Sir John Oldcasfle, was burnt as a Lollard in Heney V.'s days. (JEEIAITA TOY CENTRE, THE WORLD OVER RECEIVES A SUPPLY FROM THERE. CERTAIN TEST OF DEATH. In the .4|p]io.-iraii<-r or (lie Veins nii<l .ii-tc- i-l<-s of die i:yc. Dr. Chalmers Prentice, who has been practising for many years in Chicago as an oculist, asserts that ho can infallibly tell whither death is present or not by simply noting the appearance of (he veins and arteries of the eyr?. nis experiments in.this line began many years ago, and ha has never known his simple test to fail. In cases of suspended animation where others have pronounced death his test has proved that life still existed. Dr. Prentice has observed that during life, when Ihe back portion of tiie ejv is being lojked at with an ophthalmoscope, (ho veins can be clearly distinguished from the arteries. 'Dip. former, containing venuous blood, richly charged with carbonic acid gas, appeal- of a dark, blackish color, while Ihe arteries, containing blood fresh Irom Ihe haart, appear a bright crimson. The difference between the two shades of color is so clearly marked (hat mistake is impossible, and the retina appears as if made up of two separate colors. The arteries and veins, however, are not situated in the retina, but directly behind it, in (hut coat of (he eyeball known as the choroid. Even in (lie case of tho blind this color distinct ion is pressn( unless a cataract exisl.s, when (hu use of an ophthalmoscope would be impossible. Dr. Prentice has found (hat in death the shade distinction entirely disappears and [hi blood in both arteries and veins is transform >d into a pinkish color of uniform shade. THE OCEAN IS. OURS. This poem was writ (eh by Hon. Bellamy, Storer, United Stales Minister to Belgium, under the inspiration of a paragraph in an article published in the Paris Temps, on .the destruction of the Spanish fleet of Santiago, and was sent to Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, who has kindly consented to its publication in Harper's Weekly. The following is a translation of the paragraph in question: .. : ".If-it is (rue that all the Spanish fleet has been destroyed except a single ship, it is a disaster almost equai to tha.t' ofi the Grand Armada! Once more the sea has betrayed Spain to the profit of that Anglo-Saxon race which appears decidedly,' under whatever flag it fights���������under the stars and stripes, or under the,union jack,���������to have alt the favors of that element,"���������The Editor' Harper's Weekly; '"-, . O'er the Atlantic Conies the roar of the ship guns��������� The-'.English-speaking ship guns- Telling the "Latin race," frantic and " old, .'..--.��������������������������� Telling all Russia, gigantic and young, Telling' the feudal boy-Kaiser romantic, - . What the Spanish Armada by Howard was told ;' What the winds (o the salt ages have sung. Telling the Powers: "The ocean is ours. Together we pull, Nelson and Farrago.!. . Rodm;y and Hull." O'er Ihe Pacific. Comes the roar of the ship guns The English-speaking ship guns- Singeing the beard of the Do) Manila. ( As Drakb did at; Cadiz three centuries gone. , Tlie Orient shakes at (he thunder rific, , Drake's message from Dewey: sink (heir flotilla, spile of their forts! As you we've done I The ocean is ours, Tbe ocean is ours, Together we pull, , Nelson and Farragut, Rodney and Hull." seas for In Ion at ter- We did, LIGHT ON HISTORY. Jimmie���������I wonder why they always put the. preacher away back in the back end of the church? Tommy���������That was done in the days when (hey was Injuns around and the preacher picked out the safest place. Immense Factories IVoilnoe Tlicm by the Million ��������� Allure Toyiii'tl.iiix I'il-^ Orlxlii.-ilt'il. Although ihe little Thuringian (own of Soruneberg, the centre of the modern toy-industry, says Uhland's Wo- chenschrift, is commonly considered as the birth-place of toy-making, it cannot be denied (hat the. first attempts in tho art were made by the village of Judenbaoli, situated further to tho northeast. By reason of its favorable .situation near (ho Nurnberg- Sticlisische Geleitsstrasse, a road much frequented over since (he thirteenth century, and the only means of communicating with Leipsic and Nuremberg, the village could always readily dispose of ils crude wooden house and kitchen ufonsils, and later, of its little chairs, tables, animals, cross-bows, swords, guns, and musical instruments. ��������� Even long after the art of making wooden ware had been introduced in Sonnebvi'g, Nuremberg was still the market for these peasant-products and continued to make tho most by tho transaction. Not without reason did (he city call Sonneberg its Gold- tochlerli-in , lit tie gold-daughter. Not until the Thirty Years' War had destroyed all the regular trade communications, did (ho Sonneberg tradesmen themselves begin to travel about with their wares. The inhabitants of Judenbaoli, on tho other hand, could never conclude to leave their native village in order to sell their products. While in Judenbach, the toy-industry did not attain great proportions, in Sonneb?rg, the trade, as early as the seventeenth century, had grown lo such an extent that, .when public markets w..'re established in Frankforl-on- ihe-Main, thsi merchants of Sonneberg wero granted equal exemptions from and duties with the merchants of Nuremberg. Till tho eighteenth century, toys were colored wilh poisonous bismuth paints.. An important step in the development of the industry was the endeavour to make Lho.se parls which were with difficulty carved of some doughy substance, rye flour mixed with lime water. But this substance softened and mildewed when moistened. A decided advance can therefore be recorded only when Frederich Mulle'r, a crizeu of Sonneberg, began to use. papier muche, a substance of which he hail heard from a French soldier. The figures were no longer modelled as before,' but tha plastic mass was now pressed into shape by moulds. 13y means of this new substance Sonue- bsirg-, produced its wares with almost mechanical rapidity. Toys were no longer made in the houses of peasants, but in factories. Tha cost of these new wares was, moreover, considerably reduced���������a most significant factor in the manufacture of toys.. Strange to : say, in the making of dolls but little progress was made. Not until a new method was introduced into Sonneberg, which came from China, by way of England, can any great improvement be recorded. From the first Chines?., dolls of 1852, with their movable limbs' strung together by cords drown through the joints, developed the so-called "jointed dolls." In coloring the faces of these dolls, white lead, a poisonous paint, was Jong employed, until, by legislative action, its use .was prohibited. Nowadaysthe in- iiociuus zinc oxid and similar harmless colors are used. .-The hair of'doll's, after many failures with other material, sen, Schleusingen, and Cobourg are engaged in the industry. Toy factories are now scattered more or less over half of Germany; they are distrbuted from tho Black Forest and the Palatinate to the Sudegic Mountains and the Province of Bradenburg. Of parlicu- I lar importance are (he Erzebirge of | Saxony, which, on account of their for- 9-&S&W&��������� ���������W%s$/Q/l&>^/&^,9 # On the Farm. 9^*&&&9j/W9/&��������� SHEEP PROSPECTS BRIGHT. I see- no reason why there is not a ^n->i1l^iUln!bU^dan(r w!''lU!r-P0";e������ b^e'gooj prospcot before lIl0 sheep raiser, enabled (ho manufacturers of Saxony " , ,. , , , . , , f , to produce many of the more common I heha^ <-hal business should be en- toys formerly made in Sonneberg. (couragcd and extended, by those far- The most recent statistics show-that mors who will take hold of it and mS^^n^s^^^r^ *usiness- ^^^^ but 30,000,000 marks, ������7,500,000, worth h������1-e will not pay any better than id were sent abroad. Including the-toys any other business. 1 would not ad- sold in Germany, the product of (he 'Viso farmers fo put all the resources ol entire German industry is probably ., . . . , ,,,��������� * .,,,,,.i:������������������ ���������t worth 50,000,000 marks, ������12,500,000, from Lh<iir ������anns inL������lLe production of which 750,000 marks, ������187,500, repre- sheep. I should ivory much doubt seating (he value of toys imported keeping up the fertility of our farms from foreign countries, must be' de- 'mo^ed wholly with sheep says Wm. L. uuctod. Sonneberg undeniably pro- ,��������� ,,,, . -���������,. ������������������_������������������, _���������i, .wlrU duces half the toys made in Germany. t'rov<3r' iho erlln" fed our ������^k dddf Tho (wo largest buyers of German toys much to ihe valuo of tho dressing, and are iha United Slates and Knglaud. sheep will not jbeur as heavy ratious of Last year, (h? United States imported |JlaL (m. yeur around' as cows. I hava German toys to tho value of 11,000,000 ' * . V., ������������������,.��������� ,._���������.,��������������������������� marks, $2,750,000. Of .he products ex- *"* ������"������ . ������-M>er.ence y lK pu e breeds ported to the United Slates, (5,500,000 tyr, ������1,������,:lc������ u v ������V ^. h* ,��������� whh marks, ������1,025,000, word, were supplied ������* * ^'V^?/.0 Linear i ������ood by Sonneberg. A similar proportion l'u������ blelids' ;l������-,l *Ti , " fnr*^ holds good for England. To the de- IuuLlo������ market 1 would try for the velopm.-nt of toy manufacture and to mutton, lo-' wc are pretty su.e ol a the rise of doll-making is due the .in- K00<1 cyo" ou 6ood lu"uon. sn^'- . creas; in (ho number of export houses I. As lo,,ho P*'������speel of success in raisin Sonneberg. In the sixties there lnfe' i'othousc lambs, there/ are a great, were about thirty export firms. ��������� By ulil������y imngs lo consider* in answering 1880 the number had increased to fortv-!lhaL uuestion properly. You cannot eight, and by 1890 to seveniy. , Accord- 'ralsu hut bouse lambs m a cold storage ing (o the laleat statistics, there are barn,. neither from scrub sheep, and 40,829 persons engaged in German toy-!OIWi must be willing to put in some manufactories, of which number M mglit work if the occasion demands per cent, are employed in Sacbsen- ������<������������������ Judging from my own experience Meinigcn. In the region about Son- in tho 1;ist ������uw y������ars, 1 Ihmk it the ncb.'rg about 31 per cent of ihe popu- best paying business I can do. I havo lation are engaged in my-making, not sold twins in market, that have netted including those who, in addition, are mc over ������20 per pair. I shear my otherwise employed. , sheep from the middle to the last of iVpril. Fat sheep are never much tioubled wilh licks. I never had any scab'and but very little sickness in my flock. I feed' my sheep good quality of hay (clover if possible^ up lo lambing, ih������n grain ihem, giving small rations of shorts and( corn meal, or oats and corn meal, and, after a lit lie while linseed ineal. I mix the above kinds in HOW IT IS DONE IN CHINA. I'lu- <tiil<Iic,( TIiIiik 1" That i'ouiilrj' Is an KXCC'llllOII. To say to a Chinaman who is about to journey to anotlvr district, "I will .see you off by the West gate," is no- '*������u,lII Proportion* by weighc -m.l feed 1 e> > ;my lambs all they cm eai, keeping it tiling less than a gross insult, for the before' Ihem day and night. [ havo reason (hat all executions in China, ! h.!"' no experience with roots or en- ,. . , silage. ' Clover and some mixed hay no matter in what province, take place .should ba fed for a change after lamb- directly outside the walls of the West ing. I feed my sheepl their grain dry, gale. This has been (he custom inl;l������d g'v'^ Ihem all the hot water they China for centuries. Why it is so is wil1 drink ������10���������ine nnd night, that tlie Chinese believe that life en ters by (he Fast gale and'departs by lh.i- West. ' WHAT TO FEED CHICKENS. ��������� Fresh Green Cuu Bone contains (he While in the cily of Mukden, Man-'elements to make strong hens, vigor- churia, says a writer in Pearson's, [ ous chicks and lots of eggs. Bones are expressed a wish to witness an execu- a cheap feed and ^cul up fine and run lion. Such an occurrence taking place (hrough any clean and well oiled bono almost daily, on account of that part cutler, they make a tempting ' ration of China being infested-with robbers which is relished by all fowls. Fine and brigands, I did not havo long to cut bone resembles hash; meat in fine- wail before curiosity was satisfied. J ness, is thoroughly digesliblei and will At four o'clock one July afternoon, make more eggs im winter and spring a native and ihe writer hired carls.-ind than anything on the market. Bones proceeded to the execution ground, are strongly nitrogenous, so build up hiving heard thaL three robbers were the frame, strengthen the bones, de- to be b.headed (hat day. Ivelop tlie muscles and the lime they Arrived Hi-.to and waiting about ten 'contain makes a strong ' shell. Uono . cutlers may be obtained in any sizes minutes, the solemn procession wasv and-styles and if kept in clean condi- sesn emerging from the West gate of lion, the bones can- be cut easily by a the outer city ,��������� first four soldiers, with ''child. Among the cheapest in. first immense, banners, then ' "i- .^,:���������, ������??c and in repair is Mann's '.bone- cut- twenty more iter. Those who are not experienced soldiers with modern rifles and fixed in iha feeding of) bono, or who do not bayonets, followed -by an open cart, appreciate��������������������������� wliat' a profitable use is wherein sat lhe three culprits stripped thus made, of green, bone, should send to The waist, with hands sacurely pinioned behind them, and legs inserted in heavy wooden portable stocks which wera kept in position by heavy iron chains girdling the loins. .Thsir faces begrimed, with Klii't, and hair unkempt, i but tied up>'in a knot to leave the neck I clear, for th-y a re. not permitted to do . any toilet during ths time of. incarce'iv makes grapes: rot. and vines decay. A ation. ".' "' 'poor, gravelly soil .suits vines better lor Mann's circulars, which are free, to 'all. 7:: .. 7 '- ,-r ������������������ ', '" FERTILIZER FOR GRAPES7 OPerhaps grape vines aro the only plants, which do not need stable manure, owing to the' fact that . manure contains albuminoids in excess, which, The countenance of one evinced fear n,,,,,.; rich one. Therefore vine-yards" at his approaching end, -while the two ' , , , '��������� ., , -,, ���������-, ,r others had a "don't care" sort of ex-,are 1'hinted on tho hill sides. -More pressioh. At their sides walked . sol-, than nitrogen and acid phosphate, diers with long |.vines need a fertilizer containing 15 7 SPEARS ,AND TRUMPETS. -: per cent of potash. Often we hear far- is now made of mohair and. the fur of j ''he latter were blown every how and mors Jlioasting of having'put tons of Angora goats. I then. ' ' ".. ��������� ^commercial fertilizer in. the soil of In ill's manner ths toy-industry slow- i. Immediately behind,: mounted oh a their farms,which may' be very.gdod, ly developed to its present state. How ; Pf>:ly' wli-n a huge knife in a scabbard but we never, hear any, boast about a numerous-are .tho-varieties of toys now sloped oyer'his shoulder, came the exe- well-preserved stable manure, which in madv. may bo inferred when it is con- ' cutioner.' Several horsemen, among this sandy' soil particularly is an im- sidered thai the design room of a Son-j "'horn was lhe district magistrate, pellant necessity,' for it furnishes vege- neberg Chamber of Commerce and In- I'brought lip (he��������� rear. Assoon jis halted table, matter (humus), of which (he soil dustr'y proposed the collection of toys''1*1? soldiers formed into a square, the js' deficient, improving its condition made by foreign manufacturers, in or- criminals were taken out of the curt so as to enable it to hold its humidity, der that Sonneberg toy-makers might' a,ul placed in a row in a kneeling posi- and that addition of commercial ferti- thus bo able to acquaint themselves ' tion '<.then the executioner came along, liters, if the soil is too loose���������as is with the wants and psculiarities of for-! a"(l placing his hand on the first vie- the case, with ours��������� makes it compact, tim, bent his neck into the required \mi ;f u is'stiff it loosens it. It is a position, and gripping (he handle of the faCL that the effects' of stable-manure broad bladed knifs with both hands in the soil Jiave: been traced twenty brought ic up to Ins chest and with ..years after. : ' ." ' i ������������������ '��������� '. one swift downward stroke severed the head. , .')���������'.''���������'!��������� ~ The crowd uttered' a piercing "Ha !" eign markets,. Such a collection of models has now baeniiiade and does good service for the manufacturers, as wt'Il as for the students at the various industrial schools of Thuringiu- | The .toys at present made may be divided into the following groups: 1,H XVurea made entirely of wood, such as cross-bows, guns, violins, flutes, chess and draught boards, rattles, jumping,manikins, autrackers, soldiers, ninepins, rocking horses. 2. Articles made mostly of wood, such as doll- houses, kitchens, shops, furniture, Funch-and-Judy shows. 3. Mechani showing their approval of the skilldis- played by the. executioner. Before tlio ��������� headless body"had time (:o fall the exe- COMPOSTING- FOR. SMALL " , ., FARMERS. The farmer who is so fortunate as lo cutioner grasped it by (he shoulder, have many acres and much live stock and thrusting forward a long, wooden. aml is ,loL in dcbt may salely regard skewer whereon were strung some ten , ' ,,','* .... or more spongy rolls made of flour, he 'lhl'- ���������������'posf method of making ferti- 'passed it throu'gii the body until the lli!ersi wi(l1 comparative, indifference. cal toys, 1. Papier mache articles, such rol,s M'ere thoroughly saturated and ixis stock green crops and commercial ��������� :*' then returned it to the onlooker who ,., .��������� ������������������i���������' n,,, ,;.-r.i,i.������������������ . ���������. it originally handed it to him, ��������� repi.e. nianu.e make (he pioblem. Ho.w sus- sonlalivo of some lai-ge medicine shop, Tain ���������(1 increase fertility," an easy. for tho Chinese believe that the only one. /But (ho small farmer���������small in euro:for consumption is to eat the acres; in stock and in floating capital, blood of those who have been de- or possibly in debt, must view (he capitated. matter with more, concern. To him It is needless to say' that to obtain composting is the only feasible solu- this the executioner has to be well lion. \Having made the best possible bribed. The, same .process as above use of- his little home'supply ho' must described was gone through with the strike out for raw materials from oth- blown glass. 8. ChHsUnTsT/eeTecora-' second arid third men, and directly all er sources-beg) them if he can, buy lions of glass, metal, and wax. In La-! thre^ heads were off they were held up them if he must, i gueha wax is the material most used,! for the magistrate to see, as he is the ���������--. - 9. Dolls with appurtenant wagons,' P^ responsible for the. proper car- chairs, and swings. , ...i''--;.. I rying out of the performance, where- Besides Sonneberg, the towns- and "P��������� h& and *he -soldiers returned, the .-n������������������������������������ ���������r w���������n���������^.���������DOn i7 ������������������ ^ ��������� ��������� v, =_' whole occupying not more than seven1 as harlequins, riders, caricatures of national types, animals covered -with felt or leather, shepherds' houses, \ menageries, figures of Santa'Cluus.'- 5. Animals covered wilh fur. G. Metal toys, such as fin figures, toy trumpels, weapons, and th������aters. 7./rFigures, and toys made of china, burnt clay, stone, and glass. Among these, toys may bo mentioned toy dishes, marbles, and articles of various kinds made of villages of Watterhausen, Friedrichs-| whoIot occupying roda, Ohrdrui, Ilinendau, Hildburghau- =a������ntt������������- EXPERIENCED. Lawyer���������Are j'ou a married man ? seven ' Witness���������No, but I was run over by a trolley oar once. ������������������'."-' I m ���������>������ 9/&^^S&9)*&S$/Q)~ CLOTHES THAT IRON EASILY. Did you ever slop to think, when buying gowns for the wee ones, that '.ho soft dimities and lawns iron just ���������ubout as oasy again as do the heavier percales and ginghams? says a writer. This is something which should come Into the consideration of every mother of small girls. I can iron about two thin muslin gowna to one percale, and really the muslin or thin goods gowns lust about as well as do the heavier ones. The light weight ones wash much easier, too; so, taking it all into.consideration, it is an economy of time, strength, and probably, of money to put the little ones into the pretty light-weight cottons for summer. A good 'many advocate not ironing a certain kind of ciodiing and houso- ' hold,linen. I have tried both methods, ironing und not ironing, and I have concluded' that ironed clothes keep clean enough longer to have it pay to iron them. The sheets aro generally folded from tho line,'and other things, too, as much as possible ; ' this saves lots of wrinkles that would otherwise need pressing oul. Sometimes the sheets are not ironed, and sometimes they are, but pillow slips and towels certainly are nicer ironed in spite of tho many to tho contrary. 1 think, it any candid person will try unironed pillow slips for three days, and Iben a pair -.of neatly ironed ones for the samedime, sho will'readily see that there is a difference about the joiling 'qualities of ironed and unironed clothes. Towels are no exception, and there are not many who prefer a rough dried towol to one smoothly ironed. T am sure, for one, I liko a towel just as smootli as it can be, and I hey iron .so easily if the irons are hot. 1 almost always get mine ironed while testing the heated irons. Those are frequently too hot for starched clothes, where ono cannot just run the iron over as last as it can be moved, and this may be done on a pillow slip or a towel, so ( that by the time one or two towels j__J__ _ 'dough; beat with a heavy weight) until ~^������^9rvra.is lhe dough blisters thoroughly. It usually takes half an hour. Cut with ��������� a biscuit cutter, stick each biscuit ! several times with a fork, and bake in a hot oven until they are a soft, deep brown. Lap lands��������� Beat separately one dozen eggs, mix into the yokes one qimrl of flour, one quart of cream, one teaspoonful of salt, the whites beaten to a stiff froth. Put into small moulds, well floured before being greased, and bake in a very hot oven. Batter Bread���������Dissolve, one-half teaspoonful of soda, in one quart of elab- vA-.r or fresh buttermilk. Stir into this four well-beaten eggs, one lable- sponnful of melted butter, one fable- spoonful of salt nnd one and one- half pints of white unbolted corn m-rd Pour 'into a baking idish and bake quickly. Batter Cakes���������Two eggs well beaten together, three .cupfuls of sweet milk half pints of white unbolted corn meal, to make the batter Ihe consistency of fresh cream. H'avo the hoe hot, grease slightly, drop Ihe batter on the hoe and, lei it fry until brown, then turn Serve hot wilh fresh butter. This makes a nice dish for nn invalid and can lie prepared in twenty minutes. READING AT HOME. Mr. Slayboll Finds It IHIIIciilf, bill ltesolvc .Vol lo be IMslurhcd by Trlllrs. "One can so concentrate his thoughts as to be uble to follow his own pursuits in the midst of any surroundings," said Mr. Slaybolt, "or almost any. I imagine, for" instance, that a man might work, without being disturbed, in a. sawmill or a planing mill, and even tliat he might be soothed by the whirr of the saws and the hum of the knives, and there is a certain fascination about the sound of the pounding in a boiler factory, provided it is not too intermittent, and. (he roar of lho city is music to many ears. Indeed, 1 should say that one could work to advantage almost anywhere. If there is an exception to this rule, a place where concentration would not avail, that place, I should say, is a happy home with children. I have, for example, tried reading are'iroiiod"Lho"iron'"is cool "enough to in my own home when the whole fain- use on the moro particular starched , ily was there, and feeling well. I piece. Then, too, when tho iron is loo cool for tlio starched things, it may be used Lo rub off a couple of towels, perhaps, and so these will get ironed almost imperceptibly. ' Of course this is rank heresy to one who has adopted the non-ironing sys- 1 tem, but I have used both, and if the one who has the ironing to do is uble to do it at all, the commoner clothes aro ironed too. t must confess, however, that I see no advantage in ironing knit garments, Turkish bath towels, and wash cloths, flour sack dish towels, olc, seem just as well without I want to reiterate ! ; have sat down and said to myselt; 'Now, Stayby, my boy, if you haven't concentration enough to enable you to read La a little tumult like this, you don't amount to much,' and then I've settled down and begun. "One child in the parlour pounding on the piano and singing wilh great cheerfulness. Grown-up son who still has a heap of boy left in him racing up and down the house, skylarking with youngest son, who enjoys the fun ironing as with, i.wam lo_ renuruio; mmlenscjy and ialIghs uproarously " and now and then falls over something again about using light-weiht ma ials for children's cotton gowns, and for bur own white aprons, because they do iron so much easier, and really look quite as well, if not better. PLANTS IN WINTER. The ordinary furnace healed house and shakes tho whole house. Oldest daughter talking with mother about patterns and materials, andso on. This is the result: " 'Zip���������boom, heavy pedal on in the parlor. Ho I Ho I Ho I, the youngest son. Shim ! bang I, bureau upset. Hal Ha! Ha I tumultuous laughter of (he, is a had placo in which to grow plants, j grown-up son. But you see, the old- ���������,, , , ., .. , ,��������� I est daughter speaking, if I cut it this lhe air seems to have all the dampness; wy_ ^ wo������t be fcen0ugh of it left removed and that moist condition so ( for a bayadere stripe of the same conducive to,a good growth in plan's'around the edge. Why, the mother Is not found. This may in a measure: replying, yes, there ..will be, plen��������� . , ,'. ���������' ' j ��������� Ja-son! Jason bo overcome by means of evaporation, which, while not supplying a great amount of moisture, should do something towards relieving the bad condition: of the atmosphere. Place jars or pans of wnterin, around or about ���������the furnace, harig buckets of water down inside the furnace pipes below ison! this to youngest son, who appears to-be dragging something in adjoining room ; smothered laughter, from same quarter, plenty, I should think,7 but if there isn't, why, you could���������Hor ray I. Bang I Crash I Zip! Boom I" ,.'. '-,'"'��������� '���������' ' ������������������ , '"Well, do you know that after I had read two pages I sort of woke up and looked- at, the bottom., of the page the registers, or place them anywhere .ail(1 ^ to myself; 'Why, Stayby; me thai rapid evaporation may be ^induc- ^ how did you ever get there?" Be- ed. *.eep-all the plants in light, airy CAUSe j realize(r that r had no recollec- ��������� locations, but. away from :, draughts. fcion whatever of what I had read; it Never consign a .well grown specimen : wasn-t a confused medley in nry mind, palm to axorner of the room though; it ^uj ho kind of a medley at'all. ': It it'may look better there, lis beautiful I was simply a 'plain, straightforward appearance will lapta short time only | blank. j" simply: hadn't the-vaguest in the dark, close place. It may seem : ide^i whatever of what I had been strange, to some, but the very best place in the houpe, if the temperature can there b'e maintained at an even point, is the kitchen,, because of the constant evaporation of water as it puffs forth from the spout of the tea kettle. KITCHEN APRONS. In buying ginghams for kitchen aprons, avoid the browns, us the wearing quality of brown will be found far below that of other colors, owing probably, to some rotting element in ' the dye. Blue stands first in durability, and perhaps will wash better than any other color, but it is better to select those shades that border on'tho indigo, rather, than the greenish blues, which do not always keep their color when , washed. ' ' i SALTED PEANUTS. Salted peanuts are a. good substitute for salted almonds. Remove the shells and pour boiling water over the hu(s until tho red covering leaves them; spread on a fiat (in, pour some salad oil over them, and place in a slow oven for about half an hour; then sprinkle with very fine salt, shake thoroughly and set aside to cool. reading "And so I knew I must lack,concentration. ��������� For it can't be possible that home is a noisier place and,one more difficult to read in than a planing mill or a boiler factory; the fault must be with me; and that never will do at all. I really must school inyself not to be disturbed by trifles." . ^. ��������� SOME VIRGINIA BREADS. Beaten Biscuits���������One quart flour, one half teacupful: of butte;, one-half toacupful of lard, one teaspoonful of Bait. Mix. with sweet milk intc a stiff WHAT IT WILL COME TO. Floorwalker���������Madam, may I inquire why all (his paraphernalia is spread oul: right in the way of customers? Madam (calmly)���������This is my portable, table, folding chair, alcohol amp, lunch basket, and sewing' bag. 1 hivo bought a spool of thread hero; and, I (bought I might as well make myself comfortable and improve my time while ''waiting for my change. NATURE AND NIGHT. A scientific writer says that night is the tune which Nature utilizes for The growth of plants and animals; children, too, grow more rapidly during the night. In the day time the system is kept busy disposing of the waste consequent on activity, but while asleep the system is free to extend its operations beyond the mere replacing of wornout particles. THE CORNFED PHILOSOPHER. Many a young man tells a young woman he loves her better than his life, said the Cornfed Philosopher, but refuses to change the life he is leading. THE VERY LARGEST FARM IT IS IN ASSINIBOIA AND CONTAINS 100 SQUARE MILES. Own -rt hy nn English Syndicate Which Sends Its Youthful Scions Out There��������� Magnitude of tiie Amount or I.nnd I'n- der Cultivation���������Problems of the Northwest. It is a fact not generally known to the public, though well understood to the grain trade that in the far Canadian North-West, in a province whose very name is a synonym for desolation, in Assiniboia, 1,000 miles north and west from the head of Lake Superior are situated some of the largest and most successful wheat, farms of the world. Ono of these farms, 'the Bell farm, says a Regina correspondent, of tho New York Times, is without much doubt tho largest connected block of land devoted to the raising of wheat to bo found on the globe. This firm is owned by a syndicate of Englishmen, who have made it a sort of stake- ing-oul ground for their younger sons, in so far, as least", as they have been a'ble. It is named after Major Bell, (he military manager' of the estate, and has an area of 10 miles square, or 100 tquaro miles of which 45,000 acres, or about three-quarters is under cultivation. There is also the Brassey Farm, owned by Lord Brassey, Governor of Austria, and' the Sunbeam, owned by the Scottish American syndicate, besides many others of less importance, and a stock farm of the,Bell corporation nearly as large as its wheat acreage. These farms are in a country which a few years ago was the lust stalking ground of the buffalo, and where the relics of buffalo and of Indian battles are stiU thick on the ground. A few miles southerly from Regina, is an alkali plain, sixty miles across, that is covered with bones of buffaloes and Indians, the latter from the results of the last fierce battle of the Crows and Blackfeet, not many years ago.- All through this country, piles of buffalo bones, some of them 500 to 1,000 feel long, and perhaps 100 feet wide, and as high as a man could reach, have been gathered together and shipped cast to fertilizing works. METHODS OF FARMING. The problems ot farming in these groat plains that stretch northwesterly 2,500 miles from the head of Lake Superior, into a latitude that further east is a region of cold, so intense that scarcely any vegetation will grow, have been long in solution, and have ruined many a ninu who has struggled against them. Tho soil is, generally speaking, a heavy, black loam, and the rainfall is very Utile, sometimos amounting to but a tow light showers during nn entire summer. It has been found necessary to so handle this soil as to preserve the moisture and to keep all the water that comes from the melt ing snows, of the long, cold winters, and lo do this a new method of soil culture has been inaugurated. Autumn ploughing is said to be worse Lhan no ploughing at all, and nothing is done lo lands in crops after lhe harvesting. A third ol the land under cultivation is allowed to lie fallow all the time, so that but two-thirds is in crop in any one season. .'-";.��������� ���������;'!, .;��������� By such farming methods Northwestern" farmers are able to raise crops of from thirty to forty bushels of hard Scotch fife wheat 'to the acre. .The average yield in the Red River Valley of the Dakotas und Minnesota is about fourteen or fifteen bushels, and the average throughout the United States ���������is not far from eleven bushels. Conditions as to soil, and sometimes as to moisture, are the same in the Red^ River Valley as they are in the Saskatchewan Valley of Assiniboia, but the:-'farmers of Dakota and Western Minnesota would consider it suicidal to follow any, such methods as these, in fact, they are nut adopted- anywhere else. ; ... .THE COST OF' SHIPMENT,^: Such a farm as the Bell, with 45,000 to 50,000 acres under cultivation, and two-thirds of the immense land in crop every year, .yielding at the rate of thirty bushels to the acre, gives acx'op every year of from 75,000 to 900,000 bushels of grain. But this crop is nearly 1,000 miles from navigation on Lake Superior, where the wheat of the Canadian lands comes in direct competition for the. export and Eastern markets with thai of tbe Northwestern prairies of the United States, the one at Fort William, the lake terminus of Pthe Canadian Pacific, the other at Du- luth, the lake terminus of the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern. It co'sls 15 to Hi cents a bushel to get this Canadian wheat on ship at Fort William for the 1,000-mile haul. It costs 8 to 10 cents to get the wheat of the Dakota farmer from his fields lo Du'luth, 250 to 350 miles.' The Canadian Pacific is engaged in developing the country through which it runs, and it is willing to bear a larger share of the burden than its American competitors. During the past autumn a strange condition has prevailed, and is yet continuing. Wheat is worth within 0 to 7 cents as much on these farms, 1,000 miles beyond the jumping off place, ap it is in Duluth, where buyers for the world's food are congregated. These far-off farmers are now getting actually more money for their grain than are thoije of the famed Rod River Valley, 250 miles from' one of the chief markets of the world. The demand from mills in Western Canada, those of the Ogilvies and others, and then- success in selling flour in both Europe and the antipodes, has had much to do with this condition. CONDITIONS IN WINTER. In these hyperborean regions, along the fifty-first parallel, the cold is not far different from that of the prairies to the south of the American line. The thermometer sometimes gets to 40 and 50 degrees below zero, but it does not stay there, and this cold is not fell more than the 20 to 30 sometimes enjoyed in Minnesota. Cattle do not run oul free all winter, but horses do, and come out in the spring fat und hardy, having fed through lhe cold months on the dried grasses of .the prairies that they have been' able to reach hy pawing off the snow. Theso grasses seem to have no nourishment as (hey stand dried and wiry over the surface, but they have been the native food for the buffaloes, for counlless years. Two hundred and fifty miles further north, away up on the Upper Saskatchewan, (he prairies are sell Jed exclusively by cattlemen, who havo their ranches covering thousands of square miles. They are the only inhabitants, as it is (heir wish to be, for these cattlemen aro unsociable fellows in their business life and do not care for (ho close companionship of farmers and townsmen. These cattle that graze in the province of Saskatchewan are driven to the Canadian Pacific us its terminus ut Prince Albert, or to ils main line, near Regina, or they are trailed east 300 or 400 miles over prairies, whose only paths are those made by the wild cattle of years ago, und kept clear now by those cattlemen and their drivers to the terminus of the Manitoba and Northwestern Road, at York, at the foot of tho great Beaver Hills. PROSPECTS OF THE FUTURE. For years to come the future of the ranch cattle business in the northern portion of (he American conlinent will be in this region, where buffalo grass, plenty of water, and wooded rivers, room for millions of head, und no intruding small farmers lo fence off the water holes and cut the feed offer attractions that the Montana and Dakota plains are rapidly losing. The big ranchmen are leaving these latter districts, and most of them are going to Texas, but the rational course is to the north, and that'way will be Lhe next great movement, say those in the business. The quantity of land oren for settlement in this region cannot be understood foy any one who has not travelled over these prairies day after day, week after week, and seen their sun set in level prairies and rise in prairies morning utter morning without change and still without sameness. From where the Soo Road crosses the international boundary at Portal, N.D., to its junction with (he Canadian Pacific, and on the north by the Tatter's branch to Prince Albert, a distance of more than 500 miles almost directly north, there are scarcely any inhabitants except along the main lino, chiefly at and near Indian Head and Regina and at points between. Further west on the branch of Edmonton the same condition prevails. A few miles back from the railroad almost absolute stillness prevail, and the land is practically tenantless. It is the same soil as that which at Indian Head produces thirty bushels of wheat to the acre and it can be bought for a song'. DID NOT KILL THE WOUNDED. WHEN THE BUGLE CALL. .-soldiers Who right Against Attacks of Cowardice. Afier rending of the brilliant exploits ot.our gallant troops at1 Omdur- nian, one may be pardoned for doubting the existence of cowards in the British army, says the London Mail. Unfortunately, however, every now and then amid the din und crash of battle u recruit, is seized with a fit of cowardice, which be boldly fights against. Tho attack is often quile inexplicable, and nearly always momentary. Thu majority* of men aro brave by instinct, especially when in the thick of a fight. Theie, are, of course, exceptions to the rule, but generally the feeling that the soldier is not a separate unit, but a cog in a vust fighting machine tends to mike even the most limoious stand shoulder to nhoulder wilh his comrades, 'lh;nih> f.'ur of being thought afraid steels the ns-rves of many a failing soldier, and there is no doubt, ihat the dread of the contempt and indignation of his fellows is a\ most powerful scimulant. Veiy rur ly, indeed, does a British soldier allow fear to overcome hia Mmse of duty; but some old veteran will occasionally admit that ho has known perhaps one such instance, and in reply to the question, "Howl is it we never read of such cases?" he will answer: "One dead man is a small loss to a regiment. Besides, one man running off miTy cause another'to follow him, and a panic nny thus set in. , Before any one has time lo think about it or issue an order, depend upon . it, one of his comrades, for the, honour of the regiment, puts u bullet through him." ' Sir Charles Napier bad an effective method of dealing with cowards. On one occasion a flying soldier was; stopped by his fellows, who were about to shoot him, when the general intervened. "Give the man another chance," he ordered. "Place him in the front rank, and if he turns again let him be shot." The. man eagerly embraced this chance for his life, overcame hist fears 'ind fought bravely for the rest of (he day. Bravery is sometimes largely due lo mere lack of sensibility. "There goes the braves! man in the army," said the old Kaiser Wilhelm on the buttltfield of Sadowa, ns a pale young officer cheered his men on fo the charge. "Ho is terribly afraid of being shot, and he knows il; but he loves hisi duty and country more than his personal safety, and that is what makes him lend his men on so gallantly." ���������JOURNALISM IN AUSTRIA. The tiini'so Kllc-hcncr Against ������cii. Aitiplj ICcl'nIcd. The deliberate charge made by Bennett, an Omdurman-correspondent in the pagesot the Contemporary Review, that the English and Their allies in the Soudan campaign wantonly massacred wounded dervishes after the fall of, the city, is causing a great newspaper sensation in London, Denials come freely from every quarter, and the bulk.of the evidence seems to be strongly against Bennett. It probably is not to be denied that wounded men were shot, but it is equally undeniable that it they had not been killed they would have treacherously shot (hose passing 'Or coming to their assistance. One of the oldest and best known English war correspondents, Burleigh by name, writes vehemently denying Bennett's charges on the strength of his own knowledge and observation. "More humanity," he says, "never was displayed in the capture of an enemy's city than was shown by the Sirdar and his victorious Troops at. the entry into Omdurman. When I entered lhe city I saw soverai'deud women and children. The natives whom I asked told me thot these were (he wives und'children of dervishes, who had killed'them because the husbands and fathers did not wish to be hampered, by them in their flight.' .Bennett dec-lares that these wero shot by British, soldiers. "The effort,' says Burleigh, " is pure fiction." To sum ui>, (here is abundant evidence that the dervishes sham disability from wounds in order treacherously to assassinate their enemies, so'.that they have to be (realed on occasion as nctiv.o combatants, while Bennett's charges stand absolutely unsupported in the face of (he fact that 9,000���������and later 11,000 dervish prisoners were ca'rod for by the medical staffs of the two armies, British and Egyptian, in Omdurman itself. CONSUMERS OF COAL. The consumption of coal per head of population is lowest in Austria, where it is only one-sixth of a ton per annum and highest in Great Britain, where each person averages three and three- tenths tons each year. In the United States the average i.������ >wo and one- fourth tons a year. Lndtcrons Ilcvclallons of.-in Kdltor Ill-ought to Trial Tor I.llicl. Some curious facts have been brought to light in the course of an action for libel brought against the editor of the Neunkirchener Zeitung, a provincial weekly paper with a large circulation in Neunkirchen ,and district. Neunkirchen is a flourishing town about sixty miles from Vienna. The editor, Carl Kulf, urged in extenuation of his misdemeanour, that he was so occupied with his duties as a shoemaker, that'he had no time to properly discharge his editorial work, which he only undertook as a supple-; mentary occupation. His salary as editor was ������5 per annum. Judge���������You do not seem to possess the training and education necessary to an editor. Herr Kulf���������That is not necessary at all. Judge���������But an ediLor must at least be able to write an article. ...--' Herr cKulf��������� Oh, no. I cut'! all my articles, out of other papers. Judge���������Who acted as editor in your, absence?. ''���������'.''��������� Herr Kulf���������A hatter lived next door to the. office, and lie used to receive the correspondence and hand it over to the, printers. The. printers published what interested them. Judge���������These are extraordinary conditions for a. town so near the capi- .? tal, of Austria. Herr Kulf���������It is not only in Vienna that proper ideals of the mission of the press are in vogue. I always y>raise the townspeople who deal with me and pay their bills regularly, and "pitch ��������� into" those who buy -their shoes elsewhere and do not ' settle their debts. The NeunkirolhMier Zeitung is a pa-" per with principles. It receives u subvention from the local authorities.. Judge���������How do yi;u obtain the .subvention? Herr Kulf���������I undertook lo fully report all the. mayor's .speeches, chronicle his small doings and show or praise on his administration. Herr Kulf was finally sentenced to a fin-s for not exerrUing-supervision over, his paper which an editor is in Austria legally compelled to do. TALKING CLOCKS. In Switzerland they art', making clocks which do not. need, hands and faces. The clock merely stands in (lie hall and you. press- a button in its tomach, when, by means of the phonographic internal arrangements, it calls out "half past six," or "twenty- three minutes to eleven." u3 the case may be. tows* li'J |r������ TEfoeifllMntnglRepfew SATURDAY JANUAKY 2S, 1890. can get [lor work, while his neighbor, with a costly eduealion, should liavf something for his time. The matter is well worth taking up. PROTECTION. It appaars to us Hint much of the wisdom of our M.I'.P.'s, when legislating for the country's welfare) displays stronger marks of unwisdom, \Vl1il3 the Alien Bill as effecting placer mining, is justifiable 011 retalliatory ��������� grounds, it is wholly unjustifiable on other grounds. It is notorious that English capitalists cannot be got to take the necessary risks for the development of the country. In 90 per cent, of the instances in which they have put money into this country it is in established, paying properties, while what we want more is money to develop prospects, which it lias remained for Americans to furnish. If tho English capitalists had only taken the same interest in young Kootenay properties that the Americans have displayed, there would be much more sympathy for anti-alien measures. But this is not all. McPherson, one of the members of Vancouver, ������3 promoting a Bill to operate against Canadian labor coming from other provinces. This should not for a moment be tolerated. We aro either Canadians or we are not Canadians. If we are Canadians we should not tolerate raising one section against another. It can only work mischief in the end. OUT OF ITS OWN MOUTH. We have now got the IJoesland Miner where we want it. In i(s issue of the 22nd, it says that over $7,000,000 have been sunk in .Rossland-properties the past year. In its issue of the 1st inst. it placed the grofB value of the output of ils mines last year at 82 80-1,758. Now, all authorities agree, that (o get at the net value of mine returns, you must deduct one-third for wages, a second third for freight and treatment, etc., etc. leaving one-third as tlie net value of the output, or 5934,919, to the owners of Rossland properties, or about 12J per cent. on the money sunk last year. It is a high value to say that SI,000,000 is invested in Slocan properties altogether. The gross value of its output last year ��������� was ������3,437j995, one-third of which, or .51,145,998, was net value to (he investors, or 114} per cent, against 12A ��������� to Rossland owners. Wo readily admit that a Rossland mine, is of more value to the commercial community of that place than a silver mine is to the commercial people of the SlociCn, as it expends more on labor and other local requisites, but to'an-investor''a .Slocnn property is ten" times more valuable, This is the point, we. want to bring before capitalists, and we challenge the Minor doubly to dispute or contradict one word we have said. By tlie minutes of the city council, in another column, it will be scan thai (he board has taken steps to secure thelegulizing of tlie flume muddle at tho expense of the city. Up to the meeting Monday evening/the mayor and some of the aldermen (and they I may be of the same opinion yet) were given to the belief that the aldermen of last year who promoted the scheme should procure the desired legislation at their own expense and then sell the Hume to tho city at a proper price. No one could desire to see any official stuck for money in.any undertaking for the welfare of tho place, when a mistake was made unwittingly. We believe that the city solicitor assured last year's council, at the commencement of the iluming, that their act was illegal���������that they could not spend money for such a purpose until it wns voted by tho people. Iu the face of this knowledge they went on in defiance of the lav/, and now the people are asked to pay for the consequences. Most of the most experienced men of the place contend that if a year ago the creek had been cleared of logs and other obstructions with a break up the streams to prevent the coming down of new obstructions, which could have been done at a moderate cost, it would have safely carried off the spring freshet. Then in July; when there was a voters' list, the iluming could have been submitted to the people, and the work have been done at a much less cost. However, as we have said the law was ignored and now follow the consequences. As for ourselves, we have decided convictions, but are not disposed to Sly in the face of the popular will. The by-law will have to come again before the people, nnd it will be their prerogative to express their opinions upon the work and its history. 50C. 50C. GOLD WATCH FREE. These watches are solid 14-carat gold, and our usual list price for them here in England is ������5 ($25) each, but to introduce our enormous Catalogue, we will send you this watch free if you take advantage of our marvellous offer. If vou want one, write us without delay. With your letter send us 50 cents International Money Order, for wnlch we will send you a solid silver brooch,worth ������1, md our offer. After you receive the beautiful watch, we shall expect you to show it to your friends, and call their attention to this advertisement. This watch is sent free on registered post on your complying with our advertisement and our offer, and is warranted for five years. Address��������� WATCHMAKERS' ALLIANCE & ERNEST GOODE'S STORES, uid., 1S4 Oxford St.London, Eng. Money returned i r not more than satisfied. UNSOLICITED TKSTMONIAL. 15 Princes St., liiriningham, Eng-. "I thunk you very much lor tlio beautiful watch you sent me free v{ charge. 1 have tested It for nine months and it never varies one huir-u- niliuite from one week's end to another."��������� ]3, Wilics. "To give away a Gold Watch worth $25 is certainly a. splendid advertisement,but as the Watchmaker.s'.V II innco i������ the largest firm 01 watchmakers in England,!hey can afford it."���������KditorX. . Be sure and address your letter, 1S1, Oxi'OEn Stiihet, f.oNnoN, Ekolaxd. Make money oider payable to 31. II. Idle, ea^hler. While people of other professions are seeking legislative enactments to ��������� protect tlitii business, journalists, (wc ��������� use the word in the professional sense) appear to be doing nothing. Lawyers doctors, dentists, surveyors, etc., etc. : have tkeir incorporated associations, but journalists have nothing. There* are now about 70newspapers published in tnis province, and, perhaps, there are not more than 25 per cent, of them whoso editors' could tako a thirdrcl.iBs certificate for school teaching.- This should not be so. If it is necessary that legal documents should be drawn up properly, it is just ns necessary that the education which newspaper readers receive from the press should be in something rocembliiig' fair lOnglish. How can a nuwopaperman who writes "I seen" for I saw, "1 done for" I did and who knows , little or nothing of the ' geography und goolgoy of his own province, for innliinco, be expected to educate (.he masses. The time 'la not distant, when newspapers will be used in the schools as educators, ns well us in the homes of tlio people, and it is desirable that they should be'written in fair English and in correct- data. The journals of the country should move in the matter, in thoir own interests. As the matter, now stands, an educated journalist ��������� may establish a paper in a town today, and a blacksmith, who has some experience handling tpyc but no more experience with the pen than a horse's foethas/may commoi.ee another paper . to-morrow,iind by cutting and slushing prices ruin the business for both. The man whose education cost him nothing can afford to take any prices ho A great deal of argument and logic are being wasted in town of late days over tlie Hume by-law and kindred subjects, and nothing is being done to advertise the mining capabilities of our surroundings. There are at least some 35 or 40 properties within four miles of the city on which sufficient work has been done to assure capitalists, that they are safe for investment, which are lying idle for the want of meane to work them. If these were being made ready for shipping, the population'that would necessarily be brought to the place would soon pay, in taxes, the cost of the flume and all such other requisites as the place calls for. It appears to us.there ought to be held, and that without delay, some joint meetings of our city council, leading business men and property owners, that some scheme might be put.in shape to, properly advertise this portion of;the Slocan. If other surrounding towns would cooperate in a plan for the general advertising of the Slocan it would be advantageous to all concerned. The sum of $10,000 properly spent in this way would bring millions to the country in speedy return. As there are many things in such a scheme to properly consider, u is unwise for any man to force his conclusions on the people; but out of a few meetings of those most interested a satisfactory scheme, to accomplish the,work, could verjr readily be decided on. ; usefulness of an agent general in England. Like everything else, the importance of the oflice would altogether depend on the class of man that filled it, The ollicc all (old would probably cost the ci 1111 try about S 10,000, and this would bo quite an item of burden if tho official jimply sat in his chair three or four houis a day reading the papers and smoking cigars. On the other hand the item would be a mere bagatelle, if the right kind of man filled the. oflice. We havo-mimy millions of debentures in England, bearing high rates of interest, that it is very desirable should be replaced by lower interest-bearing obligations, at longer dates; we have large tracts of land awaiting -agriculturist settlers; we have immense areas of,mineral bearing rock that require capital to deaf with them���������capital that could be got in England if the facts were fully laid bofore probable investors. If we had an agent general in England that would handle these matters properly, it would. repay the province many times over. ��������� ��������� I have opened on Reco Avenue, opposite Clifton house, in Tinware, &c. I am prepared to do nil kinds of jobbing for mines or families. Rates reasonable, and the best of work guaranteed. H". J. Robertson. SHE WAS Yet it was but a simple little cough apparently and had been neglected; it was SO simple. All yes ! But it could have been arrested had she known of . Lambert's Syrup of Douglas Pine Of all druggists��������� .., 25 cents a bottle. Croft's Blend���������the best Scotch Whiskey in Canada at the Clifton. John Buckley, Proprietor. Silver City Lodge, No. 30, meets every Friday evening.at 7.80 o'clock.in Crawlord's hall. M. L. GRIMMETT, X. G. -\\ J. GAJIKUTT, X. G. A. 1TAHLOW, Rec. Sec.' All sojourning brothers cordially Invited to attend. -,"TXfl���������������������i������ f'Snfgf I'lk&STf^'f ' Cflji^ TCE 5������STyW7l-RiSJf.yu1G I I R0l������ PRICES 100 <3 M. L. Grimmett, ll. b. Notary Barrister, Solicitor, Puflic, Etc. Sandon, B. C NEUR'\t^ PLASTER MADE ^ ftifiiflvnSM EtfH PUJSTCfl IN E^ELED. i'���������a.TfTi/��������� D0<X PRICe 35*/}LS0 INlY/jPsD "r [)A(<t\ IS, If. ope? The press of the. province is very much divided in its opinion as to the " Probably no single drug is employed in nervous diseases with effects so markedly beneficial as those of cod-liver oil." These are the words of an eminent medical teacher. Another says : " The hy-' pophosphites are generally acknowledged as valuable nerve tonics." Both these remedies are combined in Scott's Emulsion. Therefore, take it for nervousness, neuralgia, sciatica, insomnia and brain exhaustion. 50c. r.nil Sr.oo, all druggists. SCOTT & BOV/NE, Chemists, Toronto. ' The public of this province will soon learn they have in Joe Martin one of the most unscrupulous men in public life. For instance he had to legislate Prentice, into a seat in the House on the ground, not allow the constituency to go unrepresented. Tisdalo, a'supporter, resigned, in Vancouver one day aad he was re-elected by acclamation on Wednesday last. Two or three days after Tisdalc's resignation, Turner, McPhillips and Hall,1 opponents, re signed in Victoria and their elections are put off till! the loth of February, one day before'the .'House adjourns. He had to violate the. law of the land to retain Prentice in the ,House, that the constituency might be represented; he hastened Tisdale's election that another1 constitutency might be represented by a supporter,' but he does three seats in Victoria out of representation the rest of the session, to destroy his opposition. It was this sense of fair play that made the name of "Joe Martin" odious in Manitoba, and it will soon also "smell to heaven" here. We say let us havo fair play, sink or swim,but Martin's idea is, swim if he has to trample every vestige of right under foot to do it. Mr. \V. A. Russel, the Popular District Agent for the Singer Sewing Machine Company, Proves that Doan's Kidney Pills Cure Kidney Ills. This is his statement :'��������� " Isuffered for five or six years ,witli pains across my back, headacbes, dizziness, and kindred kidney troubles. I got very bad, and when driving would often liavo to stop the horse, as the pains wore so severe that I could not stand them. I tried a great many medicines, but they did mo no good. I then got Doan's Kidney Pills, at Watson's drug store, took them for one month, and am completely cured. I regard the cure as a remarkable, testimony'to the virtues of Doan's Pills, and am only too glad to recommend them to all sulferers from kidney trouble in any form." Doan's ,Kldnoy Pills nre a nev-er-falllnfr remedy for Uritrlit's Disease, Diabetes, Dropsy, Backache and Weak Hack, Gravel, Sedi- xiicnt in the Urine, and all Urinary troubles of children or adults. Price 50c. a box, 3 for $1.35, all druggists. Tho Doan Kidney Pill Co., Toronto, Ont. Remember tho name���������Doan's���������and refuso . Oil others. Having opened business in the premises opposite the Clifton house, I am prepared to do all kinds of Boot and Shoe Making and Repairing in the latest and neatest style. ���������"'��������� A trial order, solicited. Satisfaction guaranteed. .'7 ���������'���������';' NO ORDER TOO SMALL ' .7 -.'"..' AND NONE TOO LARGE. LOUIS, THE SHOEMAKER. Louis Hupperten. My stock for the fall and winter is now complete. It embraces everything in Ladies' and, Children's wear- Dresses^ Corsets, Underwear of every description. Hats and. Trimmings, in fact everything for the season found in a 'first-class establishment. Terms reasonable. Miss '.-.Wilson'; - Beco A.venlie, Sandon. The business is for eale ; good rea-' sons for selling. Living apartments in connection with the business. We have received from Mr. Green, M.P.P., a copy of the Public Accounts for last year, and they show that West Kootenay contributed in the year 1S9S $292,595 to the provincial revenue, or well on to the one-quarter of ihe whole revenues ������1.430,623. In fact as $242,689 of this amount comes from tli c Federal government, but'51,187,934 is contributed by the province, and then West Kootenay advanced considerably more than the one-quarter.of tlie total. Here is ample ground on which to press for reasonable government grants for public-improvements. There will he Fancy Dress Carnivals in the Sandon Skating Kink on the evenin gnof the following dates : Friday, February 3rd Friday, February 17th Friday, March 3rd '.: PHIZES FOE BEST COSTUMES. Benofiit���������Sandon Band will be in attendance.; ���������' " " ; '. Admission���������adults 50c, children 25c. ri - Buying: on Credit and For Cash. "Every large dopartmont store," snid a woman who lins studied tlio question, "has a desk, counter- or office for 'exchanges.1 The woman who has a charge account and who has purchased mntorial for n dross which, on reaching home, sho ,. finds doos not suit her, slniply writes to tho houso where- blio bought it to bond for tho Material and 'credit amount to my no- count.' Tho next day a polite nicssonppr calls for tho dross pattern, lakes it hack, tlio amount Is cro(lltcd,,and sho has lo.-ti nothing nioro than the prlcu of u postal enrd because of hor changoof mind. Now If sho had paid cash for tho goods'sho would hnvo found it n difficult matter to - muko tho exchange. Instead of sending a card she must tnko tho goods bnck liersoK &nd oLphiin mutters to soveral pooplo in tho dopartmont whore tho purchaso was inado, nnd when it is all over she rcccivos a 'credit chock,' which entitles her to tho amount of hor returned purahaso in other merchandise ' <'Pq ,you know vbat a bargain day crnsh Is? Well, you Lin understand that although ono wants to get thero and take 'Advantage of tho opportunities offered lo Sho papers by tbe large ooncorns one wants to get away af tor making purchases as Quickly aa possible. The woman who pays As she goes must wait, soxnetlmos a long time, until her parool and ohange com* book, but the woman who says 'charge and send' walks away immediately after he* purohaso has boon made and she knows that hor goods will bo delivered at hex home within a few hours. Cut tho storekeeper knows why ho offera so many advantages to tho 'charge' customers. Ho knows that tho average woman, no matter hosv good a housekoepor sho may bo, will buy more if sho has an account than if filia paid cash for' nar i lrchascs. Accounts wilh Iho grocer, tlio butcher and (hu baker havocHUULd many n careful housekeeper lo Burn eonsnrn for extravagance and paying rji.iii in i.nif.o departments of housekeeping ci'iuiinly moans saving money, bin, if a vioiiir.n tc.n va-,Ut ihu ' tciiij.iaiioii to buy iniu'Ci ir.nn .-liu needs and mi ills to si.op with coiisfci'i, she hiu'iild lie a 'cliiirgo ������-.ui- ItlL.tJ-' in i io dry {400 Js start's "��������� V%v Yoik 'J ".���������bill avc'i'i 0. '-a ti- J ' "TI'i i T'u-.-i. r>���������i :;';l, j er.-.ul) r. :iy i: r'V^,i, fast r. :��������� ,i';:l-: ���������! l; i.n, f-ui ' ;:s : 1.-. |V . /,. ,:ul. t-l -.!! t. cr !��������� !;���������.���������.���������.���������(! ;.pi'. -, !l 1 'I- ��������� i :.c:,\ a bi:::cli if n ���������aji.'.i or a very Kl! p.-M," wrili s aI."h. :j. 'j'. Ilorer on 'Ul, :t Iiiiii- .*' ' ���������* .!v :..i':i:is,' in Ti;0 l.adics' 1-ir.i.j..- I'-l-Vl ,-���������1. "I'llIs vr.y l-o followed bv a Ho -. 1 i'f v.vil cooked rciv :l w til a lit- t - li 1.' t ������ , .*". .-l:te of v.h ile i Ii. ;��������� hivm'l, "' -'.. :. i .������������������ il.' , :>. en .-ict'i.s 'o:n.' 1 10 t-, .1 cup c;= i *v; r ' !1. f, or.i.-l ail' iwift d mi Ik. - No i- * * '. i -..-���������:rail;.- r I'.s;.: '.:���������' ��������� -In fr.ot, .".ip in ii '���������!; !n heller n!f v. iiii even .- ii'ihlor ;i....l. _: ,ju ,ca\y ureal fast, quit kly and c<-.,-, !.v- y e". ten by lho UVl'l "IKO f.wuily, Lri i .-s; : oul such discas OS US con e to(ho c\ > r, ..;. ���������'.'���������i hcu.'iiaiism, iron t, urio acid kv ::.,:..- mid liriglit's uisc;.^a 'i..'.-;oondiiy meal should bo ilgi.t un- v. o hours' ri-sl can bo taken. It may i i i* a cream .icum, two or tluvc slices <i h.iii' v,lii'-at bread nnd butter, any lil- )<::'���������.v miiK-cd moat, and r.pnln fruit, 't'-ii., n.t-iil u:ay i.o closed witn a lico pml- ci;i^, a cup custard or soiuo simple desseri! ���������inudo principally.from.eggs and milk,-rice ; and. miik, or whipped cream.- The night lu'eal, titter.umi clay's: work is over, should for its' iii'st course have a perfectly clear soup,-either plain consoiunio or a bouillon made entire.1;,' from vogolaulo matter, or a. ��������� clear, light .tomato, soup. Tho Idea is to warm and stimulate tho stomach without giving nourishment. Follow this with a red moat, either bcof' or mutton, broiled, roasted or boiled; one starchy vegetable, us rice, macaroni, potato, or in tho winter boiled chestnuts; ono groon vegetable, as carefully cooked cabbage, cauli(lowor,7 spinach, asparagus, green peas or beans, stowed cucumbors or squash, according to the sonson of theyoar; then a light dinner salad;'.'composed- of either celery, lettuce, cross, ondivo or chicory, or oven shroclded raw cabbage dressed with a littlo oil and a fow drops of lemon juice, with a bit of cheese and a bread stick or a wafer or a piece of brown broad, followed . by soiuo very light dessert similar to those mentioned for the noonday liieal." How Algrets Are Obtained. ��������� '-> -If every woman could roalize that a hat trimmed with aigrets: was ornamented at tho cxpensoof a little mother Cifo, would , she still wish their adornment? Aigrcta are obtained in tho breeding season when ��������� the mother bird,- anxious to protect her ��������� young, will not hover: far from tho nest and thus is an easy mark for tho sports- .��������� man. Then when the proud, happy mother is gone, killed in the moment of her terror, tho cries of the hungry baby birds am left for the echoes of tho woods to soothe until death at lest hushes them into stiii- neis.-' ,; ��������� ��������� <Wamen'. laugh in their thoughtlessness at sentiments akin to theso, oall.'iig them foolish - exaggerations of one. of naturo'ii , enthusiasts. They cannot sno tho .necessity of going without the wings and aigrcta which mako thoir hc.'sdgear more stylish nnd becoming. "What aro a fow among- many?" they sny. ''1'hese ornaments are in the shops. Wo did not kill tho birds." Pardon me; you are as much a'murder. or at least as the hunter sent at your demands to bring those bird lives for sacri- flcb to the altar of your lovo for fashions. You will wear the evidenco of a cruelty and smile and be merry undor tho burden of your guilt. What would nature do if the sunshine ot tbe world wero hot put, to music in tho trees? Think of n spring without the lovo calls of the birds! Can wo get along without our songsters in. the land? Then how can we stop their destruction? Only by womon, in ono groat body and in tho lovo of .humanity, standing up for tho right, lifting thoir voices in one mighty chorus of determination against this awful devastation of life and song, this suorifloo of Joyous existence to vain desire for ornament.���������Edith Boberts in North American Bovio'W; $������& Now-a-days nearly every woman ridos a bicycle. The majority of these who do not, have fa i 1 e d to, compass its difficulties because of nervousness. Many women after taking innum- erable lessons, and trying vainly conquer the wheel I'for weeks, have finally Riven it up as a hopeless task for this one reason.' Iu nearly every in- >} Jj������* stance severe nervous- Sa^a^5^ ness in women may be traced to weakness and disease of the delicate and important organs distinctly feminine. No other class of disorders so torture a woman's nerves or break them down so quickly and effectually. Dr. I'ieree's .Favorite Prescription is a sure, speedy and permanent cure for all troubles of this description. It acts directly on the sensitive organs concerned, making them strong, healthy, vigorous and elastic. It allays inflammation, heals ulceration, soothes pain aud tones and builds up the nerves, it stops exhausting drains. It banishes the indispositions tliat precede maternity and makes baby's advent easy and almost painless. It insures the little new-comer's health aud an ample supply of nourishment. It transforms weak, nervous invalids into strong, healthy, nerve-steady women. Thousands have testified to its marvelous merits. An honest dealer will not offer a substitute. " My wife wns troubled with -female weakness' for seveial years," writes James Caswell, Esq., of Ocheltree, Johnson Co., Knns., (p. O. Box 6i). "She had benriiifj-down pnins and pain in hack. Her periods were irregulnr, she would have faiiitinjr spells, the best doctors did her uo good. By the Lime my wife had taken four bottles of the ' Favorite Prescription' she was completely cured. No more pain.r��������� Her monthly periods are regular, she is stout and strong. When she commenced takimr your medicines she weighed about 125 pounds���������now she weighs 160 pounds." Send 31 one-cent stamps, to cover cost of customs and mailing only, to the World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y., for a paper-covered copy of Doctor Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser; ���������Cloth binding 50 cents. A whole medical library in one 1000-page volume. iJ\js,.������.f*wM.rt.M.,-,^������.,.,.,M.|,���������,,>u.,l,.,(���������ai.UM>,.^Ma,.k, THE.... SANDON, B. C. Strictly Fikst-class. Furnished Rooms. sr?s FO m 7������B Northern Pacific TLy. THE FAST LINE TO ALL POINTS. The Dining Car Route via Yellowstone Park is safest and best. Solid Vestibule Trains equipped with Pullman Palace Cars, Elegant Dining Cars, Modern Day Coaches, Tourist Sleeping Cars. Through tickets to all plonts Iu tho United States and Canada. Steamship ticketsto all partsof the world, a Tickets to China and Japan via Tacoma nd Northern Pad lie Steamship Co. Trains depart irom Spokane: No. 1, West at 3.18 p. m., daily. No. 2, Kast at. 7.30 p. m., daily. For Information, time cards, maps and tickets apply to agents ol the S. F. it N. F. D. GTI3I3S. Gen. Agent, Spokane, Wash. A. D. CIIAKLTON, Asst.Gen. Pass. Agent. 255 Morrison St., Cor.3rd,Portland, Ore. SPOKANE FULLS S NORTHERN KELSON S FORT SHEPP1D RV. ' < . RED flOUNlN REMIT A new and splendid assortment of seasonable materials for all kinds of garments now on hand. , Oo'Not Forget ������ur Motto" A FIT WE GUARANTEE. In addition to perfect fits we guarantee perfect workmanship, a matter of much moment in this day of close competition. Our prices the lowest. KOOTENdY'S T7JIL0K5. What distress and anguish come to tho mother when her littlu one wakes up at night with a nasty croupy cough. Wise mothers always keep on hand a bottle of Dr. Wood's Norway Pins Syrup. It's so pleasant to the taste tlio youngsters take it without any fuss, and at the same time its promptness and effectiveness are such that the cough is checked before anything serious- develops. From one end of the Dominion to the other people are praising Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup.-is the best remedy for Coughs, Colds, Croup, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and all Lung Affections. The only All-raill route without change of curs bdwen Nelson and Rossland and Spokane and Itossland. LT5AVE DAILY AimiVE 0.20 ft.m Nelson 5.35 p.m. 12.05 a.m Rossland 11.20 p.m.'- 8.30 a.m Spokane 3.10 p.m. Tlio train that leaves Xelson at (i.20 a. m. makes close connections at Spokane with r ains for all P/JQIFIQ COAST FOUNTS. Passengers for Kettle Ki ver and Boundary Creek connect at Marcus with Stage daily. C. G. Dixon, G. P. T. A. G.T. Tackabury, Gen. Agent, Nelson, Canadian Pacific Railway M Sandon, Rossland, Nelson, Kaslo, Pilot Bay and Three Forfcs. Sandon. Slocan City. AND SOO LINE. ESr. Wood IS aa0 way Pfisje "���������:������������������'. Sypup. .������������������.', THE FAST AND SHORT ROUTE EAST AND 1ST, TIIliOUGII SERVICE, FKY\'KST CTIANGKS LOWKST KATES T2 'P/TCIFIC CO/UT. First-class Sleepers nn all Irains. TOUKIBT OAKS Pass Revelstoke dally to . ��������� St. Paul. Monday, for Toronto. Thursday for Boston. linggagpchocked lo destination and through tickets issued. No customs difficulties. Connections daily lo points reached via Na- 0 kusp. Daily (exeept Sunday) to points reached via Rosebery anil Slocan City. ' Train leaves Sandon dally at 7.15 a. in. Train arrives Sandon dally at IG.'SSp... m. Ascertain rmes and/ull.inlorinatlon by addressing nearest local agent, or A. C. McARTHUR, Agent, Sandon AV. F. Andorson.Trav. Pass. Agt.,Nelson E. J. C'oyle, Dist. Pass. Agt., Vancouver. iWMpi WHEN IN S/INbON STOP AT THE SANDON, B. C. Headquarters for Mining , and Commercial Men. Bates S2.50 to S4.00 per day ���������������** - ' R. CUNNING. .You can't be healthy if your blood is impure or watery,���������if poison is circulating througdi your arteries instead of rich, pure, life- giving- blood. , ,. If you feel drowsy, languid,���������? are constipated, have cpimples or" . blotches breaking out on your body.:. -the remedy for you is Burdock" Blood Bitters.' 7 "I have been using B.B.B., also my brother and sister-in-law, and we find'it a most reliable 'and''efficacious blood purifier, and most cordially recommend it. We purchased it from J. R. Ault & Sons of this town." MISS C. M. WATSON, Aiiltsville, Ont. B.B.B. is a highly concentrated blood purifying vegetable remedy, '���������only i teaspoonful at a dose, ��������� you add the water yourself. BE SUEE YOUH. TICKET BEADS VIA C.'P. E. : Kaslo and Slocan Railway, tihe cdRb. Trains run on Pacific Standard. Time. Going West. Daily. Going East. Leave 8.00 n.m. Kaslo Arrive 3.55 p.m. " 8.32 " South Folk " 3.20 ���������' ". ��������� 0.30 " ., Spoules " 2.25 " " 9.15 " Whitewater '���������' 2.10 " ��������� " D.55 " Bear Lake "��������� 2.00 " " 10.12 " MeGulgan " l.lo " .". 10.2;T " liailev's ,r 1.34 " "' 10.S) " Cody Junction " '1.23 " ArrlvelO.lO " Sandon Leave 1.15 " CODY BRANCH. .' Lonvo 11.00 a.m. Sniidou ' Arrive 11.10 a.m. " 11.15 " Cody 11.25 " GEO. f; COPBLANO, Superintendent. _Eor eheiip Eailroad and Steamship Tickets to and from all points, apply to S. OAMPiiEr.r,, Agent, Sandon. B. C. Directly opposite the C.P.R. Etation. '* <& * PICTUREFRAmiKG Note A SPECIALTY. THERE IS NO KIND OF PAIN OR I ACHE, INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL, THAT PAIN-KILLER WILL MOT RELIEVE. LOOK OUT FOR IMITATIONS AND SUB- \ STITUTES. THE GENUINE BOTTLE' BEARS THE NAME, ��������� . . PERRY DAVIS & SON. '.. JJ W������Ba*������i������ 'ffwmmiK, DIARRIICEA From whatever cause is promptly checked by Dr. Fowler's Extract of I Wild Strawberry. Application for Liquor License. Xotiee is hereby given that at the next mealing of the Board of License Commission- crs;lor the elty of Sandou, wo shall apply for a renewal ot our liquor lieenROlorthe Atlas hotel, situate on Reco avenue, In the elty ol Sandon. ' TATTRIE <t FRASBR. Sandon, December Slth,|lSi)S. A FEW JMTEKE5T1HQ FACTS. When people are coiitomplntln^ a trip, whether on business or ploasuro, .they naturally want tho bestservleo obtainable so tin- ax speed, comfort and safely is coi.corned. Km- ployees of the .Wisconsin Central Lines aro paid to servo tlio public, and our trains are operated so asto niakeclosocouncctioiitf with diverglns lines at all Junction points. Pullman Palaee Sleeping and Clialr Cars on through trains. Dining Cnr service, excelled. Heals served a la Carte: In order to obtain this llrst-class servioo, ask tlio ticket agent to sell you a ticket oyer THE WISCONSIN CENTRAL LINES and you will make direct connections at St. Paul for Chicago, Milwaukee and all points east. . ' For any further Information call, on any tickot agent, or correspond with . i . Jas. Pond, , or Jas. a. Clock, . ' Gen. P.isc Agent. General Agent, Milwaukee, Wis^ 'Mii Stark St,, Portland, Or. XVc also carry high-claes O Undertaking Goods. ���������' . j&^ *" :" :, t. .' ���������������������������.������������������������ ���������.' ;'v : ^ -FOR- ATLANTIC STEAiVISHIP TICKETS To and from European points via Canadian and American line*. Apply for sailing dates, rates and full infor mation to any C. P. E. agent or A. O. McARTHUR, Sandon. WM. STITT, Geii.S. S. Agt., Winnipeg. Siibi \t .tx ���������^v7 - ,^l6> '���������fn������ ~>y t ��������� J.���������O- * -^���������9���������9���������9-^���������9���������9���������9���������9-9-^���������*-P-*���������9-9~*���������<* - 9 I IT WILL OUT. ��������� i ������ i 9 I ������- OR, A GREAT flYSTERY. -���������-��������������������� ���������0���������< -���������-*-���������-���������������������������-������������������������-������ ��������� ��������������������������������� I ��������� I * I -���������-��������� *-���������-���������-*-���������-������-������-��������� CHAPTER I- THE LEADING CHARACTER. In tho year 1878 1 took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, ancl proceeded to Net- ley to go through tho course prescribed for burgeons in tho army. Having completed my studies there, 1 was duly attached to lhe Fifth Northumberland Fusiliers as assistant surgeon. The regiment was stationed in India'nt the time, and before I could join it tho second Afghan war * broke out. On landing at Bombay, I learned that my corps had advanced through tho passes, and was already deep in the enemy's country. 1 followed, however, with many other officers who wero in the same situation aa myself, and succeeded in reaching'Can- dahar in safety, where I found my regiment, and at onoe entered upon my new dulit's. The campaign brought honors and promotions to many, but for me it had nothing but misfortune and disaster. I was removed from my brigade and attached to tho Berkshiros, with whom I served at the fatal battle of Maiwaud. There 1 was struck on the shoulder by a. Jezail bullet, which shattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery. I should have fallen info the hands of ihe, gentleman whom I proposed to take the murderous Ghazis had it not been as fellow-lodger. for tho devotion ajid courage shown by I " You mustn't blame me if you don't Murray, my orderly, who threw mo; get on with him," ho said ; " I know across a pack-horso and succeeded in nothing more of him lhan 1 havo Jearn- bringing nie safely lo the British lines, j ed from meeting him occasio- in Worn with pain, and weak from lho : the laboratory. You proposed ar- prolonged hardships which 1 had un-j rangement, so you must not . me dcrgoue, 1 waa removed, with a great responsible."' train of wounde|d Etufferers, to tho | " If we don't get on it will bo easy base hospital at Peshawur. Here 1 rt-o pare company," I answered. " It rallied, and had already improved so saoms to mo, Stamford," 1 added, look- far as to bo able to walk about (he I ing hard at my companion, "that you wards, and even to bask a little upun have some reason for washing your the veranda, when 1 was siruck down j hands of the matter. Is this fellow's chemist; but as lar as I know, he has never taken out any systematic medical classes. His studies are very desultory and eccentric, but he has amassed a lot of out-of-the-way knowledge which would astonish his professors." " Did you over ask him what he was going in for i" 1 asked. " No; he is not a man that it is easy to draw out, though'he can bo communicative enough when the fancy seizes him.'* "I should like to meet him," I said. " If 1 am to lodge with any one, I should prefer a man of studious and quiet habits. I am not strong enough yet (o si and much noise or excitement. I had enough of both in Afghanistan to lasi me for the remainder of my natural existence. ITow could I meet this friend oi yours?" " He is sure to be at the laboratory lie either avoids the place for two weeks, or else ho works thero from morning to night. If you like, we shall drive round together after luncheon.' "Certainly,'' I answered; and lho| conversition drifted away into other cluannels. As we made our way to tho hospital after leaving the Holborn, Stamford gave' me a few more particulars about by enteric fover, that curse of our Indian possessions. For months my life was despaired of, and when at last I came to inyself and became convalescent, I was so weak and emaciated that a medical board determined ihat not a day should be lost in sending me back to England. I was dispatched, accordingly, in the troopship "Orontes," and landed a month later on Portsmouth jetty, with my health irretrievably ruined, but with permission from a, paternal government to spend the next nine months in attempting to improvo it. I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air ���������or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be. Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers i.C lho empire are irresistably drained. There 1 stayed for some time at a private hotel in the Strand, leading a comfortless, meaningless existence, and spending such money as I had considerably more freely than I ought. So nlaiming did Ihe state of my finances become, that I temper so formidable, or what is it ? Don't be mealy-mouthed about it.'' "It is not easy to express the inexpressible," he answered with a laugh. " Holmes is a little too scientific for my tastes���������it approaches to cold-bloodedness. 1 could imagine his giving a friend a little pinch of the latest vegetable alk.iloid, not oul of malevolence, you understand, but simply out of a spirit of inquiry in order to have an accurate idea of (he effect. To do him justice, I think that ho would take il himself with the same readiness. He appears to have a passion for definite and exact knowledge." " Very right, loo.'" "Yes; bul it may be pushed to excess. When it comes to beating lho subjecls in the dissecting-rooms with a stick, it is certainly taking rather a bizarre shape.'" " Boating the subjects I" " Yes, to verify how fur bruises may be produced after death. 1 saw him at it with my own eyes." " And yet you say he is not a medical student ?" " No. Heaven knows what the objects of his studies arol But here we soon realized lint I must either leave 'are, and you must form your own im- tho metropolis and rusticalo somewhere ! pression.s about him." in the country, or that I must make a| a���������s ]le spoke, we turned down a iur- complete alteration in my style of liv- | ro���������. |.lnR ;ul(l 1);lsi!e(i through a small Ing. Choosing the latter alternative, s'uie c>oor| wi,i(.n opened into a wing I began by making up my mind to 0f Ul0 K,.e,lL hospital, it was familiar leave the hotel, and to take up my ; ground to me, and I needed no quarters in some less pretentious aud less expensive domicile. On the very day that I had come to this conclusion, I was standing at (he Criterion bar, whon some one tapped guiding as we ascended the bleak slone staircase and made our way down the long corridor wilh its vista of whitewashed walls and dun-colored doors. Near the further end a low me on the shoulder, and turning round ( arched passage branched away from it I recognized young Stamford, who hud:and led lo the chemical laboratory, been a dresser under me at Flan's, j This was a lofty chamber, lined and Tho sight of a friendly face in tho littered with countless bottles. Broad, great wilderness of Loudon is a pleas- j low tables were scattered about, which wit thing hide id to a lonely man. In . bristled with retorts, test-tubes, and old days Stamford had never been iryUule Bunscn lamps, with their blue particular crony of mine, but now 1 flickering flames. There was only one hailed him with enthusiasm, and he, j student in the room, who was bonding in his turn, appeared to bo delighted over a distant table absorbed iu his to see me. In the exuberance of my J work. At Ihe sound of our steps ho joy, I asked him to lunch with me at glanced round and sprung 10 his feet the Holborn, and wo started off togeth- j with a cry of pleasure. Br in a hansom. | "I've found it I I've found it I" ho "What ever have you been doing ; shouted to iny companion, running to- with yourself, Watson I" he asked, in | ward us with a test-tube in his hand, undisguised wonder, as we rattled,' "i nave found a reagent which is pre- through the crowded London streets. '.'You are as thin as n lath and U3 brown as a nut." 1 gave him a short sketch of my adventures, and had hardly concluded It by. the time that we reached our dps-1 cipifated by haemoglobin, and by nothing else." Had he discovered a gold mine, giealer delight could not have shone upon his features. 'Dr. Watson���������Mr. Sherlock Holmes," tlnation. . | said Stamford, introducing us. "Poor devil'!". Fie said, commiserat- j "How are you?" he said, cordially, Ingly, after he had listened to my mis- gripping my hand with a strength for fortunes. "What are you up to lWhi6h I should hardly have given him aow?" . , ��������� ���������'credit. "You have been in Afghuriis- "Looking for lodgings,". 1 answered. I tanj j perceive.- "Trying to solve the problem as to j "How on earth did you know that?" whether it is possible,to get comfortable rooms at a reasonable price." "That's a strange thing," remarked my companion; "you are the second man to-day'that has used that expression to me." "And who was the first ?" I asked. "A fellow who is working at the chemical laboratory up at the hospital. Ho was be-moaning himself this morning because he. could not get some one to go halves with him in soine nice rooms which he had found, and which \rer;i too much for his purse." < "By Jove!" I cried, "if he. really wants some one to slnro the rooms and the expenses, I am the very man lor him. I should prefer having a partner to being alone." Young Stamford ��������� looked 'rather strangely at me over his wine-glass. "You don't know Sherlock Holmes yet." hv said; "perhaps you would not care for him as a constant companion." "Why, what is there against him?" "Oh, I didn't say there was anything against him. He is a little queer in his ideas���������an enthusiast in ��������� some branches of science. As far as I know he fs a decent fellow enough." "A medical student, I suppose?" said " No; I have no idea what ho intends to go in for. I believe he is well up) the guss jar. In anntomy, and he i3 a first-class| "Hal ha!" he I asked, in astonishment "Never mind," said he, chuckling to himself, "The question now is about haemoglobin. No doubt you see tho significance of this discovery of mine?" "It is interesting, chemically, no doubt," 1 -answered ; "but practically-" "Why, man, it is tho most practical medico-legal discovery for years. Don't you see that it gives us an infallible test . for blood-stains? Come over here, nowl" Ho seized mo by lho coat- sleeve in his eagerness, and drew me over to tho (able at which he had been working. "Let us have some fresh blood," he said, digging a long bodkin into his finger, and drawing off the resulting drop of blood in .a chemical pipette. "Now, I add this,small quantity of blood to a litre of water. You perceive that the resulting mixture has tho appearance of true water. Tho proportion of blood cannot be more than one in a million. I have no doubt, however, that we sliall be able to obtain the characteristic reaction." As he spoke, he threw into the vessel a few white crystals and then added some drops of a transparent fluid. In an instant the contents assumed a dul! mahogany color, and a brownish dust was precipitated to tho bottom of cried, clapping his hands and looking as delighted as a child with a new toy. "What do you think of that?" "It seems to be a very delicate test," I remarked. ,i "Beautiful! beautiful I Tho old" guaiacum test was very clumsy and uncertain. So is the microscopic examination for blood-corpuscles.' The latter is valueless if tho stains are a few hours old. Now, this appears to act as well whether the blood is old or new. Had this test been invented, there are hundreds of men now walking the earth who would long ago have paid the penalty of their crimes," "Indeed 1" I murmured. "Criminal cases are continually hinging upon that one point. A man is suspected of a crime months perhaps after it has been committed. His linen or clothes are examined, and brownish stains discovered upon them. Are they blood-stains, or mud-stains, or rust- stains, or fruit-stains, or whit are they? That is a question which has puzzled many an expert; and why? Because there was no reliable test. Now we havo the Sherlock Holmes test, and .(here will no longer lie any difficulty." His eyes fairly glittered as ho spoke, and he put his hands over his' heart and bowed as if to some applauding crowd conjured up by his imagination. "You are lo bo congratulated," I remarked, considerably surprised by his enthusiasm. "There was tho case of Von Bischoff at Frankfort last year, ne would certainly have beem hulightld this leist been in existence. Than there was Mason of Bradford, and tho notorious Muller, and Lefevre, of Montpellier, and Sampson of New Orleans. I could name a score of cases in which it would have been decisive." ' , "You seem to be a walking calendar of crime," said Stamford, with a laugh. "You might start a paper on Ihoso lines. Call it tho 'Police News of tho Past.' " "Very interesting reading it might be made, too," remarked Sherlock Holmes, sticking a small pieco of plaster over the prick of his finger. "I h.ive to be careful," he continued, turning to mo with a. smile, "for I dabblo wilh poisons a good deal. lie held out his hand as he spoke, and; I noticed th;vt it was all mottled over wilh similar pieces of plaster and discolored, with strong acids. "We hive come here on business," said Stamford, silting down on a three- legged stool, and pusliing another ono in my direction with his foot. "My friend hero wants to take diggings, and as you were complaining that you could get no one to go h lives wilh you, I thought tint 1 hud better bring you together.". Sherlock Holmes seemed delighted at th-.1. idea of sharing his rooms with me. "1 h.ive my eye on a suiie in Baker street," he said, "which would suit us down to the ground. You don't mind (ho smell of strong lobaoeo, I hope?" "I always smoke 'ship's' myself," I answered. "Thif's good enough. I generally have cheinicals about, and occasionally do experiments. Would tha annoy you?" . "By no means.'; "Let ino see���������whit are my other shortcomings? I get in tho dumps at. times, und don't open my mouth for d lys on end. You must not thiiik I am suiky whsn I do that. Just let me alone, and I'll soon bo all right. What hive you to confess, now? It'u just as well for two fellows to know lhe worst of each other before they begin to live together." I laughed at this cross-examination. "1 keep a bull-pup," I said, "and object, to rows, because my nerves are Shi ken, and I get up at all sorts of ungodly hours, ;ind 1 am extremely lazy, i have another set of vices when I'm well, but those are the principal ones at present." "Do you include violin-playing in your category of rows? he asked, anxiously. " It depends on the player," I answered. "A well-played violin is-a treat for tho gods; a badly played one���������" "Oh, that's all right," he cried, with a merry laugh. "1 ihiuk wo may consider the thing as settled���������that is, if the rooms are. agreeable to you." "Whon shall we see (hern}" "Call for iiio here at noon to-morrow, and we'll go together and settle everything," ho- answered. "All right���������noon exactly," said I, shaking his hand. We left him working among his chemicals,' and we walked: together toward my hotel. "By the way," I asked, suddenly, stopping and turning upon Stamford, how the deuce did he know that. I had com6 from Afghanistan?" My companion smiled an enigmatical smile. "That's just, his little, peculiarity," ho said. "A. good many paople. hiiive wanted to know how ; he finds things OUt." .,',''. " Oh, a mystery, is if?" I cried,-rub- .'biug my hands. " This is very piquant. I am much obliged' to you,for bringing us together. 'The proper study of mankind is man,' you know." "You must study him, then," Stamford suid, as he bid mo good-by. "You'll find a knotty problem, though. I'll wager he learns more about you than you about him. Good- hy." ..' " 7 .'������������������.. " Good-by," I answered ; and sfrol- lp.d ; on to my hotel, considerably in-. terested in my new acquaintance. (To bo Continued.) L I Again Sweeping- Over Canada With Unusual Viruienice. The mo^t Violent Attack Since 1890, Leaving Behind a Host of After Effects that Make Life Miserable.���������Prompt and Effective should be Taken to Strengthen the System. means La grippe, "now sweeping over this country in ono of its periodic epidemics, is one of tho most treacherous and difficult diseases with which medical science has to cope. It is in its after effects that it is particularly disastrous, and these assume many forms, liams' Pink Pills in removing tha after effects of la grippo. Tho diaeass loft him a victim to cold chills, violent headaches, dizziness and severe palpitation of th.> heart. Mr. Dagg says:��������� "I finally went, lo Boissevain and consulted a doctor, whj,stated that tho prominent among which may be men- ' trouble was likely to develops into tioned heart weakness, bronchial and , consumption. I was under his care for lung troubles, nervous prostration, about three months but was gradually alternate chills and fover, a feeling of growing weaiker and unable to do any constant lassitude and an indisposition work. At this stage ono of myneigh- to cither mental or physical exertion, work. At this singe one ot my neigh- Often the sufferer does not recover ! bora advised me to give Dr. Williams' from the after effects of la grippe for i Pink Pills a trial, and as my case was months, and in cases of previously en- ' critical. I determined' to give them a fecblod constitutions and among those i fair trial and purchased a dozen I.oxcb. of advanced age,' tho number of cases j Before the third was used (hero terminating fatally is appalling. | was good evidence that (hey were .Even afleir a mild attack of la grippo helping me, and before the dozen it is imperative that the S3rsiem should boxes wore used I was as strong and bo thoroughly toned up, the nerves vigorous ns I had ever been, and I strengthened and tho blood enriched. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills is the only medicine that can be depended upon for promptness and thoroughness in this emergency. Theae pills are a (rue blood feeder, bringing to the vital fluid the constituents that give it richnes.7, redness and strength, thus driving out disease and acting as a tonic and bracer to the whole system. can heartly recommend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for tho munifold troubles that follow an attack of la grippe. If you have suffered from an attack of la grippe procure a supply of Dr. I Williams' Pink Pills at onco, and they '. will put you right. .Insist upon getting : tho genuine, as imitations never ourt'd ��������� anyone. If your dealer does not keop ]' (hi'm, send direct to tho Dr. Williams' Mr. Harry Dagg, a well known Medicine Co., Jiro 'kvillo, Ont., and t hey farmer living near Ninga, bears testi- ; (will hi mailed posf< paid, at EOj. a box mony to the great valuo of Dr. Wil- ; or six boxes for .^.50. PRINCE Of WALES' IIOOME HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS HAS ECONOMISE AT TIMES. TO Tin- I'rlncp as ������ ICu->liiess Hun���������Prodi-, of Ills ItaciiiK Sliililfn Not Large ���������Tin- B'lliicc al the Tlteufrr. Probably more nonsense has been talked ��������� aye, and even, written���������about Ihe Prince'of Wales' financial posiiion than of any other matter affecting the private lives of tho Royal Family; and yet iho state of this case is comparatively' simple. His Royal Highness' ouly personal source of incomo i3 the revenue derived from his Duchy of Cornwall. This was carefully invested during his long minority, and' fur nished the money out of which Sand- ringham was sense of humour, ouco remarked, only too easy to toll how his income is spent. The private expenditure at Sandringham, which includes housekeeping, repairs to the actual building, entertainments, and so on, comes to about ������15,100 a year, uri'd if their Royal Highness hud reduced their London establishment, as if was once suggested they should do, they might have lived-in greau splendour in their country home, and they would have been saved much financial trouble aud annoyance, for as can be easily imagined, Marlborough House is a very heavy item of expenditure. STAFF OF? A ROYAL HOUSIOIIOLD. The Prince of Wales' salary list ia enormous, and comprises the wages of a very largo stalf of servants, whilo specially connected with Marlborough House is a. special comptroller and treasurer, a house steward, and some thirty to forty lesser officials. Some people labour under the delusion that bought. The balance j royally is never troubled with tho , ���������"', ��������� ���������' pa'vnnnn ���������a ���������=-���������! ' payment of railway fares, As an ac- which remained some ������3,10,000 was used lu.a fa . thc Vriacei ,md Prin00S3 and lo cover the many, expenses incidental on his ma triage, and on the furnishing of Marlborough House, which proved a veiy heavy item. When the Prince of Wales married Princess Alexandra of Denmark, Parliament voted him an incomo of ������-10,000 a year, and his beautiful, but dower- less Princess, an income of ������10,000 a. year. This, with tho addition of his Duchy of Cornwall revenue, means that our future King and Queen, keep up their state on ������110,000 a year, far less lhan the income of many a JBrit- ish millionaire and smill Continental potentate. A further special grant of ������3G,C0U a year was made to tho Prince their children spend a considerable amount of their respective incomes on journeys, and in their case thero is u very heavy added item���������that of, tips, which, although now regulated according lo precedent, dog tho footsteps of tho Royal Family here, there and everywhere. With but very few axccpiions, the Prince and Princess have made it a rule never to deal with' any, but British firms, and all bills and accounts are settled immediately. Should a bill be sent in after having been onco' paid, the firm is never again patronised. In the Malborough stables forty to fifty horses are always lo be found. Tho stable accounts are kept with extremo care, and tho Prince o������ Walea rarely indulges himself wilh a now carriage; indeed His Royal Highness si ill uses at ihe time when the Duko of Clur-! daily the quiet brougham, lined wilh ence was about to be married, but of his income H.R.H. touches nolhing, for ihe Duke of York takes three-fourths, and the remainder has become a provision for ihe royal recipient's daughters. AS A BUSINESS MAN. dark blue, made to his design many years ago by a noted London coach- builder. It would horrify most people were they to know the amount spent by the Prince or rather by his private) secre- taiy, on stationery and penny stamps, jfor on no occasion, save fhosti very I strictly within thc letter of the law I are the magic letters '"O.H.M.S" It is no secret that the members of.iput''.on a letter posted from Malbor-, the Parliamentary Committee,^- who ; ough House! Telegrams, a gain, form years ago investigated the Prince's fin- ' a heavy item, and it'is computed that - i re ��������� ., i v,;i(vwi ii,oi ho. i,nH Ih?se, together with the letters and., uncial affairs, _ admitted thai he had parce'ls g������nt by posl# inci.eftse the PoaL. managed wonderfully well, when.the mas|_cr's official revenue., by over two calls on his purse were taken i&locon-'thousand.a year.' PRINCE AS A PLAYGOER. WHY HE DIDN'T REPLY. Why dooi't you answer ? said ma- dame, impatiently, to the Scandinavian on the step-ladder engaged in putting up new window fixtures. I have my mouf full of screws; I can not speak till I svaller some. PARTIALLY SUCCESSFUL. Tell me, doctor, were you successful with thnt patient on the next block? Partially ao;'I cured him, but I haven't succeeded in. getting any money out of him yet. sideralion; for although people are-j very ready to criticise, royal expend!-1 Ag tQ ^ -^ of the Prin0e,3 lure, there is nothing they dislike | amusements, he generally makes both more than apparent meanness or the ends uieol. over his racing stables, but this'is only done by the, greatest,and most constant care. Few piVople know that eveii royalty' must pay, and pay pretty heavi'y for its ordinary amusements. Every time tho Prince of Wales goes to lhe play he pays the ordinary tariff rates for, the Royal box. Indeed, he and Ihe Princess have always been most scrupulous not to ac- belruyal of the spiritKof. "carefulness" in those who find ihiuiselves obliged to act as social figure-heads. Saiidring- hnm is, in every sense, a model estate, yet tho Prince's country homo may be said fo pay its way. All the business connected with it is well and carefully managed, and His Royal Highness is oept aiiy so-called favours of this .kind. an excellent judge of boih horseflesh and cattle. 'Ih7; eslate has been developed in eveiy possible way; most of tho farm buildings have 'been rebuilt, and 200 Were (h<.:y to do so, they would find it impossible to prevent, their presenoo being used as an actual, instead; of as an indirect advertisement. As is thc case with humbler mortals wedding presents have, : of late years, acres have been "planted.' His Royal b������come a very heavy tax. to lh^mas- ..,..>.',, , ter of Marlborough House. The Princo Highness anticipated the Allotments conshin|iy sends .a souvenir of the Act, and there is no morn popular kind, even to those) with whom he. is landlord in the United. Kingdom. Again, though everything is managed in a strictly business-like way, both the Prince and Princess aro known to' have very tender hearts and no: old or disabled person ever leaves Sandring- bum to go lo the workhouse. not intimately acquainted, and he is, of course, expected' to bo handsomely represented lit the numerous royal weddings, which are always taking place among his German relations. Again, ho is kind and' generous ta all those about him, and always remembors Christmas and even birthc'uys in a It is, as the Prince, who has a strong very substantial manner, IA "i: <���������, if '. e -7 '���������: ,51 y J") / i t j ���������-7 -i .' f I - * .. A WILD MAN. &n Embezzler Found After Several Year* Roaming ttoe Woods. In a forest of- Galicia, Austria, near the town of Biaiak, the peasants have |ust captured a wild man who for years has been the terror of tho district. Travellers in numerous instances had been attacked by him, and he was accustomed to plunder the .ottages of the peasantry for food. By chose who to their sorrow had seen the man he was described as a monster, unkempt, innocent of clothing and covered with hair from head to foot. Finally a hunting party was organized, and the wild man was captured after desperate resistance.' His appearance quite bore out the worst of the descriptions. Arter no had l>een washed, shaved and clothed ho was identified, to (he surprise of his captors, as John Herman, formerly Secretary of the District Council in Wodnian, Austria. Several years ago Herman be- longed to the fashionable circle in Wodnian, and went at an exceedingly rapid gait. He embezzled 5,000 guldens, fled to escape pursuit and could not be traced, ne. ser-ns to have taken refuge in the forest, which he dared not leave, and it was tho life he was forced "to lead (hore that transformed him from a. sybarite into a savage. OUT OF HIS LINE. Do you know, cautiously inquired a young man who was making his" first trip odj an ocean steamer, approaching a group of passengers on the deck, whether there's a doctor on board ? Yes, replied a fun-loving passenger. That is ono standing . -er- there near the rail. The yt/ivng man hastened over to the grave, elderly personage whd had been pointed out to him. Beg pardon, he said hurriedly, but you're a doctor, ain't you i Yes, replied the other, with a slight smile, doctor of laws. Well, Doctor Uvlaws, rejoined the young man, 1 'wish you would come dpwn to (he cabin wilh me. My wife if awfully sick to her stummick.'' A MISUNDERSTANDING. flow soon will falheivbe home? asked th3 .boy who had a large, book on his knees. Very soon, answered Mrs. Cumrox. Do you wish to ask him something? Yes I want to ask him if ho ever saw what this man calls an; ornithor- hynchus. It has a body, like an otter, web feet and a face liko \i duck's. ' Freddie -I am sorry it should be necessary to assure, you that your father never drinksl ADVICE. Old Doctor���������"Now,' my Doy, let me give you a word of advice before you cut loose and hang out youn shinglo. Young Doctor���������1 shall bo glad to receive, it, I assure you. * ' ; Old Uocior���������Whenever you are cull- pd on to prescribe for a woman make her put out her (ongue, so that you may study it thoroughly. This will seldom helri you to determine what ber trouble is, but a woman can't talk while sho has her tongue out. araings Wo never know when an apparently boaltby system miy succumb to a c; ild or an attack of pneumonia, typhoid f-jvor or the grip. The only safety at his season is in keeping the blood ,iure, the appetite and digestion good ad tho bowels regular. Hood's Sar- ,aparill:i and Hood's Pills are the most ��������� ffeetive and valuable winter inedi- rines. Hood's SaisaparilU purifies, mriihes. and vitalizes the blood, (ones ���������.nd strengthens the stomach, creates ,n appetiie and gives good digestion, ..nd Hood's Pills keep the liver and bowels in a healthy condition, cure biliousness, constipation., indigestion and headaches. Remember la Is Canada's Greatest, Mc itcino. Sold by all dealers in medicine. Price Jl. Hnrkri'c Pillc acf' harmoniously with nOOU S JrlllS ilood'8S\r-a.iiarilla. 25;;. NO RIGHT TO BE MURDERED. Lord Monck, at ono time Governor of Canada, sat in the House of Commons for an English constituency. An Irishman himself, he was very patronizing to the Irish members. Meeting Vincent Scully, the member for Tipperary, in the lobby one night, he slapped him on the shoulder and said familiarly : Well, Scull, how are you ? The other, annoyed by this form of address, rejoined: I will thank my lord not to deprivo my name of tho last letter. Or, if you do :pray-add it to your own, and call yourself Monkey. Vincent Scully once gave utterance'in the House to a ludicrous confusion of thought. A landlord had been murdered in Tipperary, and, during a discussion in regard to tho crime, an attempt was made to prove that it was agrarian. Mr. Scully spoko of the murdered man in terms of the highest praise. He was much beloved, said he ; he distributed food to the starving people, and no man had less right to be murdered. CONTRACT SURGEONS IN ENGLAND. , The surgeons of thc collieries and the lodge/ doctors in Durham have inaugurated "a movement to obtain better pay for their services. ��������� The present-fee of the colliery surgeon is a shilling a month' from each collier, and for this sum he is expected to treat the entire family and to furnish all needed medicine. "loVa farm tor *nlc������2 par acre cash.bsiKTH! i crojyfiutll paid.. .J. Mulholl, SkmKglty^ig BIG JAPANESE TOWNS. Japan' with a population of 45,000,- 000 has 220 towns that have 'more than 100.000 inhabitants. In 1880 the number of such towns was 117. Osakoi'has increased from 300,000 to 510,000 inhabitants in ten years, Yokonama from 89,(00 lo 180,000. Kope from EO.000 to 185.000. Tokio has now a population of 1,3')0,000. CONJUGAL AGREEMENT. Mr. Winkle���������There, I've forgotten to post your letters again. I am very absent-minded. Mrs. Winkle���������Yes, your ' mind has been absent a good many years. A-writer in "The Stockbreeder " as- , ligns to Thomas-Phosphate Powder jometbiag approaching the important place.1 it is evidently destined to occupy in agriculture in the future. "Possessing as I do keen sympathy with . our ' cattle breeders, graziers, and farmers generally, I would esteem it a privilege to add, through you columns, my quota of testimony to the Bplendid manurial qualities of this Bomewhat recently introduced form of phosphate. I have used it on my land, where it has transformed pure grass into a beautiful clover-4)ed, of the greater feeding and meat-producing of which, compared with the former condition of the herbage, it is needless to expatiate upon, here and now. But to refer for a. moment to Mr. Wallis' able Griticism of the Glasgow Technical College , report, I am one with your correspondent "J.W.H." when he says: . "In the closing paragraphs the differr ence.in albuminoid feeding value, of cthe turnips, I take as the pith ot the' whole experiment. If there is a bene- . fit in Thomas-Phosphate Powder, as .; here shown, why do not professors at- ' tempt to lay it'before us?" I beg to hazard, with some deference, a conjectural reply to this question: that certain professors of agricultural science may possibly fear that if the recuperative "and wealth-producing properties-of this Thomas-Phosphate re- leived the full appreciation which its merits deserve, it would simplify so many problems which it seems their delight to harp upon���������as constituting their raison d'etre���������as to render many of their formerly accepted dicta at an inconvenicut discount. To Our Readers. The editor desires to* inform his readers thai he is authorized, through the courtesy of N. C. Poison & Co., Kingston, Ont., to offer each one suffering from Catarrh, fetid breath, bronchitis, &c. a sample outfit of Calarrhozone. Catarrhozono is a liquid which, when inhaled reaches every diseased spot, cleansing and invariably ouring catarrh and,all nasal and throat diseases. For a short timo these samples will bs given free. It never fails to cure. , So write at once to the above address. ,.' ,/ DONT'S. Some Good Old Kulc������ Tliat 'Will Bear Krnctltlon. Don't read' facing the light. Don't read in the twilight or in badly-lighted rooms. Don't hold the book nearer _ than is necessary for clear, sharp vision. Don't think because you have good eyes that they will bear all kinds of abuse. Don't make a practice of reading type too small to be seen readily at 18 inches. Don't attempt to read in a train or other jolting vehicles. It is a strain on the directing muscles of the eye. Don't read when very sleepy, as the accommodation and convergence are naturally relaxed, and the extra effort necessary to force tbe unruly members to work may be shown by a congestion of the blood-voissels of the eyeball. NABROW ESCAPE. Mrs. W. Rowe, of Woodstock, Tells a Thrilling; Story. Prostrated by Female Wcakmn, - Kidney nnd Liver Troubled���������Hor Doctors flare Oei- up to Die���������Saved by Dodd'H Kidney Fill*. Woodstock, Ont., Jan. 23.���������Mrs. W. Rowe, who keeps a grocery .store at No. 311 Dunda6 street, here, and who is known to, ' and respected by, a very largo number of people in tho town, had a very narrow escape from an untimely death, recently. To our reporter, who called on the lady, and asked for particulars of the incident, Mrs. Rowe said : "I havo had an experience such as fall to the> lot- of very few women. Twelve years of my life were made almost unendurables by 'Female Weakness,' together with Kidney and Liver Complaints. "My physicians did all they could for me, but thoy could not give me either reli?f or cure. They finally announced to m? that I could never get better. "Then I began to try what the various proprietory medicines ��������� that were advertised in th epapers, would do for me. I look a good many bottles of ono rem?dy and another, but my case continually grew worse. "One clay I was advised by a friend to try Dodd's Kidney Pills. 'They will cure you, I know, for they saved my daughter's life, and she was worse than you are.' "Well, I took hor advice. In two days a wonderful change for i the better had occurred. I felt myself growing stronger daily. My appetite returned, tho dull, heavy, weary ache went out of my back; the terrible leudpn weight from my legs, my headaches, vanished, my sleep became sound and refreshing. To-day I am healthier, stronger and bettor every way than I have been for twenty years. "Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best medicine on earth for weak, sickly, suffering women." COHPETENT JUDGES of good tea invariably select One tr'al will eonvinco you of its excolleut merits. Lssd packages. 15, 30, <0, M and 60o. and probably more than that number will bo given this week. Remember we are giving free only 500 Graphophones in all for the purpose of introducing out: medicines throughout this country. These are tho latest improved Edison Talking- Machines fit for concert hall as well as parlor, giving- you all the latest songs (comic, sacred and secular) greatest bands and orchestras, most noted singers, pianists, violinists, reciters and onatorc If you want one of theso machines you wiH write a letter enclosing this advertisement British Chemist* Co, Toronto, Can, Baker's Adjustable Bedside Table .. ; A BRAVE HUSBAND. Watts���������I noticed a photograph of a wildcat not long ago, taken just when the. beast was about to spring at the photographer. Potts���������That is nothing. Peck has a snapshot he took of his wife as she was coming at him with a kettle of hot water. , ���������������������������������������������'���������'���������, :���������. THE IRISH OF IT. McLubberty, hearing a suspicious noise in the kitchen���������Moikey, phwat are you doin' out dhere? Little Mike���������Nawthin' sor. > . McLubberty, sternly���������Well, stop it at wanco 1 THE DEBTOR'S STRATAGEM. 1 Yes, said the business man, I have given, up trying to collect that little bill from Bilkins. "You see, he is a pretty big, husky fellow, and he used to throw my collectors out. ' They why didn't you employ a woman collector ? ;He couldn't' do that to a woman. That's what I thought,' so I got ono and sent her around; but she' never came back. ���������������������������''' Why not ? H,'. married her. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications aa they cannot roach the diseased portion of tbe ear. There is only ono way to cure deafness, and that is by cont-tilu- tional remedies." DoafnoFS is caused by an inflamed condition of tlio niuoous lining of the JCustuchian Tube. When this tube in infl.imod 3 ou have a rumbling sound or imporfecf, hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless tho 'inflammation can bo taken out and this tube restored tn it* normal condition, hearing will bo destroyed forovor ; nine casos out of ton are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but. an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. Wo will givo One Hundred Dollars for any case of Drafnoss (caused by catarrh) that cannot bo cured by Hull's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars; free. i'-. J. CHKNKY & Ca, Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c, Hall's Family Pills aro the best. THE POINT OF VIEW. , Matters are getting so confesed (hat you can't tell what a man's political bias is by his opinions. Yes, you can. Select some political moating at random and soe whether he says it was a. brilliant success or a dismal failure. , .7 ' '���������' ;"''; '. '.'.'W.p C 955 '��������� ''"-CALVERT'S'7 Carbolic Disinfectants. Soaps. Ointment, Tooth Powdora; otc. have been awarded 100 medals and diplomas for superior excellonoo. Their regular uso preve a c infectious diseases. Ask your dealer to obtain a supply. ListB mailed free od application. F. C. CALVERT & CO., MANCHESTER, - - ENGLAND. Besignad Especially fcr Horn a Cjmfort. to Hospital or Sanitarium la oomplstt without thorn. Thousands In uso. Universally indorsed and highly rcconimcudcd by Lho Mertic.il f'rofeH^ion. Frrttne or ln,hlr is cinKNtruct- ert of titepl Tubmu, ttnUhed either in 111 nek or While Kntimet, Nickel or Antique Copper Plate L������:if i'h of Selected Ouk nicety pohahed. Cjh\ be used o\ cr bed, lounge, chair, etc A household article of f;rcit mtrit und utiuty. DoHonpthe circular and juice list Fent free upon application. Correspondence Invited, The W. B. CAMPBELL CO., General Agonta tor Canada, Toronto Ont. Only Institution In 0������uidr. for tho cure ol every ph*������e of speech defect. EiUljlkhed in Toronto, 1890 Cure eurr������nteeii CHURCH'S AUTO VOCE lS'flTlTL'TK, 0 Pernbrohs St., Toronto. Canada Metallic Telephone T������������ hint Always Ready. "Jot 1 d.Ult/t It down now." Price, $1.50. The OFFICE SPECIALTY MFCC0. LIMITED, Toronto and Newmarket, Ont. L. COFFEE & CO., E3U"-h"t "^ GRAIN AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Rooms 408-12 Board of Trade Bulldlnff, TORONTO. ONT. Thomab Flvww. John I*. Ooma Pays the Best FREE BOOKLET. GUIDE TO HEALTH. Pamphlets and Samples ol Material of our Steal Frtiins Niagara Vapor Bath sent to any addrojs on receipt of stump. Thormomoter utta jhmsnt and Vaporiser Oomplota. Acontfl WanteA (or B������������t Sellinf B4th la AmnrJ-ju. The Niagara vauor Baih co. 37 Yonge St., Torcnto. Price for SCRAP, LEAD. CANADA PMlMAiVENT Loan and Savings Company. In-oorpohated 1855. Paid-up Capital 82,600(000 Rcsorvo Fund l,l5o,ooo Head Offlce���������Toronto St., Toronto. Branch OFficoa Winnipeg;, Man., Vanoouver, B.0. ttKPO^IT-S ira rocclred at Interest, paid or" Mo- pounded unlfyo-irly. |>i;i!i:Sl'UUKH initiod in Citrrcnc- or Sterling with . lutoruatcoupons attAClutl, iiavuble In Cauadu ol; in England. Executorn uud Truitrei are author lzcd by'law to hirest In the Debentures of thU . Oouip&ny. ��������� i. jiMOMKY AnVAXCKO on Real Estate security at J; ourrent rates and on farorable conditions as to re* 11 ' payment. Mortgages and Munioipni Debentures purohased. . .1. HERBERT MASON Managing Director. SAUSAGE CASINOS���������������������������Now Importations finest English Sheep and American Hog Casings���������reliable goods al rfgbt vrloM. PAHK, BLAOKWKLL t CO., ToronU. TORONTO CUTTING SCHOOL. Write for special terms durine January and Fpbruary. S. CORRIGAN.-ill3 Yonge St.. ��������� ��������� Every stammerer noan and will talk if . they will come and try. Ihavefipent^Oycars'study oh this distressing habit. Come uud satisfy yourselves. No risk. W. I\. BAT", . Specialist,' 392 College St.; Toronto. Rn it EI M fl and Sheet Metal Works U U r I 11 W ROOMING SLATE, in alack, Red or Grwe n. SLATE BLACKBOARDS (We supply Public ana High Sobools,Toronto). Uooui]������ Felt, Vitch, Coal Tar, etc HOOFINQ TILB (Seo ^fow Oi-.y build- Idkb, Toronto, done by our firm), alctal Oftlliiitfi*, Cor- nioes.eto.. Kstlmates rnrnidlied foi work oomplhto orl'or materials shipped to any part of the country. Phone 1936 . DUTHIE& SONS, Adelaide AWIdmer 3tf]���������Toronto Bookbinding:, 1 Send your magazines, hare them niceljr Printing:, Lbounn- Bill Heads, Statements, Letter ������������������������������ i n..i.. (HeadB.Cards.instockondtoorder. Seud kcoi. books. 120o an^ re00|Te post-pd couutor oayhook 6ixIIi,180 pages ruled. Q.lLLaa igan,92King-st. Hamilton Mills. Mills A Halo*. Barrislerfi.etc. removed to Wesley H!dp;s., Rich mond at, W., Toronto. Especially those who harefatled to be cured el si.'- where, write to lir. Arnott, litrlin. who will convince you ku can cureyo ��������� C you h,.re any APPLES, BUTTER, ECCSo. P0ULTR1 to ship, ship thi-m to ��������� Tha Dawsoq Commission Co., Limited, Swiss Darner. STRATFORD, 0HTt . Best Oommerolat School In the Province: enter sow) catalogne free. W. J. ELLIOTT. FrineipaL ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS St .'John. JJ.B., aud Halifax, tb Uverp'ool. ealling at Londonderry. Ltir?" -.nd fast 'wiu.jurew steftrn^liips "liABiiAMOR." "Vancouver," "Scotsman." Superior'bcijoiuuiorfation lor First Cabin, Second Cnhln and Sleerako pa^i^engors. Rntoa of pa."nai(o- First Cahln, S55.00 ;��������� -Second Cabin, 535 j Sieerak-e?22.50 and upward* aeoordlixc to Btoamer and b������rth. For all informal.lon npply to Local Agents, or David Toh������aKck & Co., Gan'l Atronts. 17 St). Saerarnent. St.; Montreal. THE MOST NUTRITIOUS. ������$ARN A HOLE in Three Minutes, IT CAN EASILY HE DONK WITH .TUB 3G*ac"JL������3������ ��������� . 2So. : After a little prao- tioe we pay ladies $19 a week ^naliiy who have learned to bo. coma sudicieutly l*6- ficient with Tu* Swiss DabNei* to act as our agents and to instruct others In their locality. We require thousands of sample darnings for our busij ness, and girls anc women who haveTli* Swiss Dahsek can easily eurn from $3 to $9 weekly iu darning samples for us: TKi Swiss Oaiuciii will ut a fresh heel or toe fin tw mi-ndl ���������fc? a stocking in twe table cloths, curtains, underwear and . .all fabrics with- equal ;^fffl5������^ ^ nicety and 6peed, and SSSiJ&a achild osn operate il as easily ns a urcwo person. Ilir. SWISS Darner, neatly box. ed,'complete with full instructions,testimon������ ialp, etc., sent to ani a Ulress on receipt ol Price, 25 cents. Ssinple durnlnis. live cents additional. The Swiss Oarner Co , 73 Adelnido St. W., Toronto. GRATEFUL���������COMFORTING. BREAKFAST���������SUPPER. HEALTH RESTORED & ^LV~P-V-i%, <k> $U+ wirhtmt nifitliciiie or axpenne to tho most tHiurtvrvil Sttiintch, Luims, NVi i*#. Liver, Blo^il, B/ntlticr, KMucy*. llruiri ath\ Hrt'Hth liy flu Earry's JfigS**. wlucnTsTt^rS luralifiR nnd Chl'dien, sod also Heikrc mic* cr.<t*ftil|y liifanr.n whuae A Utuents nuil Debility h������T������ re- >j*tKl Jill "tht'.t fvatnifuU. H t.Inest������ wIjcii all other I'ooA ii rejected, saves &fl times it* .lout U uicjialns. 5 lumrikbte Succeia, lOO.OOit ; Annual 0ur������9 ot Constip*- , ;tion, Flatulency, Dynpepiia. IndigCdtiou, Cousuuiption, Dlubct������K. Brouchitio, InUu enz:i, 0"ti^h* Anthma; CVU'ih, Ph.e������tn, Diarrhea.., Nervou������ Deliility, Sleeplciiutas, E������r.Hpoudencj, (limited), 77 I .. Kcfc-eu& . _ . "5 street, London, W , also in Faris, U Ru������ de Cuptirlinne, and at all Grocer*, Oheruint������, nnd 8toi������������ p������t'rjwhere, in tii.-i 2^., 3s., 6d., 63., 51h. 14s. Sent oarriu^e free. Also B.i Barry'8 Retalenta Biscuits, iu tins, 3a. 61. and 6s. CO ���������9 8 o Hundreds ot those olosota aro in u?o, gl ving cnliro satiscaclion. Partiesu-inK thorn would t:o tbo without them for twice thoir ocrft. Thoy can bo placed in Cellar. Attic or B ath Room, or in any place whore tkore is a flue or chimney. Firo required only once in tw o woekg. For circular and prica write TBE ODORLESS CREfllirORrCLOSET CO., Hamilton, Ont. A MOUNTAIN" ECHOES. Carnival oa Friday, Fob. 3rd. The Hon. J. F. Hume has resumed his seat in parliament. Pocket diaries in great variety at Clifi'e's book store, Sandon. New Denver K. of P's will hold a masquerade ball on the 14th prox. Goodeve's store at Rosrland was robbed of $500 on Sunday morning. The earnings of the Nakusp and Slocan R'y fell off ������2,000 the past year. The Ledge says that the Klondyke hotel this city shut down temporarily. This iH not so. Mr. Avison is retiring from thc Newmarket hotel at New Denver, and Mr. Stege is continuing. Mrs. S. IS. Peters has leased the K. AS. hotel, McGuigan, and is conducting it on first-class principles. The trial trip of (he tug "Sandon" last week was very satisfactory, having made a run of 4 miles in 14} minutes. Hewitt Bostook, M P., arrived in the city, Friday evening and will address a public meeting, Monday evening at 8 o'clock. Rev. It. N. Powell, New Denver, will occupy tlie pulpit of the Methodist church, to-morrow (Sunday) at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The council of Kaslo is trying to bounce Carney from the Police Magistracy. They can't do it but they can cut off his salary. Hagyakd's Yellow Oil cures all pain ancl takes out swelling and inflammation quicker than any other remedy. Price 2oc. Word reached the city yesterday that thc Sandon Junior Hockey team defeated the Rossland youths. We are unable to give details. Mr. Green is a member of the Mining and Railway committees at the hub. XVm. Meadows is removing from Whitewater to the .Boundary country. .Up to going to press we have word of the Sandon curlers having won 5 games out of 7. Rossland is now troubled with a circulation of bogus money. That is not all that ia bogus around Rossland. The Illustrated Toronto Mail and Empire, the best holiday publication ever got up in Canada, at Clifl'e's bookstore. Nothing so effective for checking severe coughs and colds as Dr. Wood's CH/?NQE^5LE WEATHER throws the hnman 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 which the most perfect form is Syrup. Price 25c, all Norway Pine dealers. Stop that Cough ! Take warning. It may lend to consumption. A. 25c. bottle of Shiloh's Cure may save your life. 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 ?3 and guarantee an absolute cure. Sold at McQueen's Drug Store. For Constipation take Karl's Clover Root Tea, the great Blood Purifier. Cures Headache, Nervousness, Eruptions on the skin, and makes the head clear as a bell. Sold at McQueen's Drug Store. XV. C. Nichol says in the Province, "There is no man in British Columbia to-day who is the equal of Joseph Martin as a political general." We should say not after legislating Prentice into the House, and Victoria out of representation the rest of thc session. There is certainly no other man in British Columbia equal to such gross injustice and utter disregard for thc rights of the country. BOI/RIL. 30 Fai'i-ingdon 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 Wiio.vhart's Great War Puzzle. We are offering $100.00 for the solution of this puzzle. All. PERSONAL Mr. Green is pressing the Slocan City petition asking for an appropriation to send an exhibit of ores of the country to thc London (Eng.) exposition. F. NichoU, an Italian, was drowned off Rosebery on Saturday. A gale upset his boat, and, being unable to swim, lie soon sank in tho icy water. _ Karl's Clover Root Tea, for constipation it's thc best, and if after using it you don't say so, return tho 'package and get'vour money. Sold at McQueen's Drug Store. Search parties have been out hunting for the body of thc man killed in thc Ajax slide, but so far without success. Mr. Arthur Hill found his hat and that is the only trace discovered. SliiloYs Consumption Cure cures where others fail. It is the leading Cough Cure, ancl no home should be without it. Pleasant to take and goes right to the spot. Sold by McQueen the jJruggist. Mrs. Billideau came to this office to say that her name was placed on the bills announcing a benefit to Tom Martin at the Central Music hall, without, her knowledge or consent. She will not be present. We may expect with this soft snow to hear of slides and their consequences every day. The Maddison avalanche came down Wednesday, but did no harm save blocking up the K. & S. Cody line. The New York brewery people were in terror for a time, but all danger is now over. : The K. <& S. rotary commenced bucking the proverbial stone wall on Friday, when it tackled the Maddison slide this side of the Last Chance ore house. In the conflict the rotary got badly broken up by" striking rocks in the mass of snow. It will have to go into rest for heavy repairs. The operation, delayed the Kaslo train some hours. ' The Sandon brass band will give a concert and dance in the "Virginia hall on the evening of St. Valentine's day, Feb. 14. The band was only organized about three months ago, but are i'orgr ing ahead very favorably, and will, no doubt, give some choice selections at this their first concert. They will be assisted by local and other talent. Full particulars later. MENTION. gone on a trip to P. J. Hiokey has Camp MeKinncy. G. B, .McDonald, Cody, has returned from his visit'tu Spokane. R. E. L. Brown, is back from England, and, it is announced, he will at once push work on iho the Whitewater Deep. Mr. D, C. Johnson, of Kaslo, has been in the city for some days. While here he called in and subscribed for The Revh;w. Mrs. Bade left Thursday morning for the home of her parents in Sulein, Oregon, having received word of serious illness in the family. Mrs. Lyons and daughter May, returned to the city, this week, after a few weeks' sojourn in A������toria, Oregon, where MissBeamis is attending school. We have only room and time to say that the Free Press announces the marriage of Dr. Young, of Sandon, to Nurse Richards of the general hospital, Winnipeg. Aid. Buckley, who has been under the weather for some days with pneumonia, has so far recovered as to be able to attend to alder'manic and private business. Col. Ray, of Port Arthur, in making a t������ur of the Slocan, in which he has many properties, spent some days here this week. He has unlimited faith in this part of the country. Mr. M. E. Hall, who is now nearly recovered from his long sickness, will leave in a few days for Spokane to recuperate his health. He; will be accompanied by Mrs. Wilson. Mr; and Mrs. Riblet left the city on Tuesday for a month's sojourn in New York and other eastern points. .-'��������� On their return Mrs. Riblet, with thc twins, will visit in Spokane. SsMO T<T "R Trimado ancl La Flor JeVallucs Cigars���������they uia\/j.i.u excell all others in flavor. All the leading brands in stock. City Cigar Store. S. A. Mighton. If. Bvcrs & Co. carry a large stock of Ranges and Cook Stoves, ��������� Box and Heating Stoves, 'Queen' Heaters, Etc.- Call and inspect our lines. [ Nelson, B.C. Kaslo, B.C. Sandon, B.C. We have time now,, the holiday trs 21', to TEST' your eyes, and you sJ MRS. JOHNSTONE has movad here Dressmaking rooms up tiie gulch, where she is prepared to complete all orders or. short notice. The work Mio has done so far in the place has given the best of satisfaction in every instance, which warrants 11 large patronage. A Change at McGuigan. I have leased from the owners, the Iv. & S. Hotel at McGuigan, and have taken possession. Well as the house has been run in the past, from my experience as a caterer, I will endeavor to make improvements. Thc travelling public, one and all, will find thc K. &S. first class in all respects as a country hotel. MRS. S. E. PETERS. ovc take it ade is should Nothing puts crow's feet around the eyes quicker than eye strain : it makes you look old before your time/ Have a pair of properly fitted eyeglasses. Q. W. QRinnETT. GRADUATE OPTICIAN. Pain and Weakness Ssroished through the use of iffSSburn's Heart and Nerve PiiSs. It's sad to think that so many women suffer from pain, Weak Spells, Heart Palpitation, Sinking Sensations, BIRTHS. Bragg���������On Tuesday, the 10th inat., the wife of Mr Harvey Bragg, Sunny- side, of a daughter. ' KOKOVHR FIJ5T1' YEAHS. ��������� On going to press last week we heard of the drowning of a man at Rosebery but couIjI not get particulars. His name was John.Evans, a deck hand on the steamer Slocan. At 2 a.hi. he was called on duty as the boat was about topull out. By some means unknown he fell overboard, and no aid could be given as he was not seen to fall. He had been but a short time in the service and nothing is known of his former residence or his relatives. R. McLaughlin, who had been canvassing and collecting for the steam laundry for some time got himself into trouble the other day. He was not making returns as directed, and finally he sloped south. A AVarrant was issued for his arrest and the fellow was traced to Slocan City where he was arrested and brought back. There was much difficulty in showing the extent of his fhort comings so he was finally let oft' on suspended sentence to come up again should the circumstances warrant his re-appearance. Mrs. "Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used by millions of mothers for their children while teething. If disturbed at night and broken of your rest by a sick child, suffering and crying with pain of cutting teeth. Send at once aud get a bottle of "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup", for children teething. It will relieve the poor little sufferer iminediat- ly. Depend upon It, mothers, there is no mistakeaboutlt. Itcuresdiarrhoea,regulates the stomach and bowels, cures Wind Colic, soltcns the gums and reduces Inflammation, and gives tone and energy to tho system. "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" for children teething Is pleasant to ihe taste and Is thc prescription ol on������ of the oldest and best female physicians and nurses in'the United States. Price twenty-live centu a bottle. Sold by all druggists throughout the world. Hosuroandask lor "Mrs. Winslow'sSoothinpr Syrup." ��������� . CRAMPS AND COLIC Are always promptly relieved by Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry���������the best Diarrhoea remedy iu existence, r QUICK CURE OF SCIATICA. Mr. A. Taylor, 74 Afton ave., Toronto, writes : "I was greatly afflicted with Sciatica, but after using one box of Milburn's Rheumatic Pills L was able to go to work in three days and have not been troubled since." NOTICE. All parties are cautioned against buying Reco Mining & Milling Company, Limited, Stock Certificates Nos. 242, 243, 244, 245 and 246, in favor of L. E. Hauk; No. 247 in favor of L. Peterson,, and No. 248 in favor of S. T. Arthur. Said Certificates were obtained by fraud ?and will not be redeemed. Y. T. Kelly, Secretary. Nervousness, Sleeplessness���������who could be restored to the full enjoyment of perfect health by a few boxes of Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills. There can be no question about the efficacy of this remedy. Thousands of women, havefound it doallthatisclaimed for it. Here is the testimony of-Mrs.1 Gillen, Wesley Street, Moncton, N.B. "Before taking Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills I used to suffer untold agony from violent headaches, irregular action of the heart, together with pains or spasms.in various parts of my body., "Sometimes I felt so weak that I was unable tb look after my domestic duties. However, I had to endure this worry and trouble; because all the remedies I tried failed to give me relief, until happily I heard of Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills. Iliad only been taking them a short time when I felt greatly benefited. This encouraged me to continue their use until a complete cu.-e wns effected. ���������'1 have not been troubled with a headache since-taking-these pills. They increased my appetite, invigorated my entire system, and gave me back my old time strength and vigor." ,Jr������.,ce ������ Laxa-Liver Pill belore retiring. twill work while j-ou sleep without a gr\p or cripe, and mal.-e you feel better in the morning. Price 25c. Sold by all druggists. M [ft if KEIS if m -10 Ml '"uiiiniHuififliiiiimiiiii^ 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. Come arid see us, or send us in your orders by mail, as we are noted for prompt attention and careful consideration in forwarding goods. 9 SANDON. KASLO. AINSWORTH. 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 and UNDEVELOPMENT 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, DR, Pi. SANDEN, 166 St, James Street, Montreal, One. AND OTHER INVESTMENTS. Every Representation Guaranteed. (SANDON. B. C. Haying Becured the agency for the Lethbridge Coal, for Sandon, New Denver and Silverton, I am prepared to fill orders promptly. '���������& :'i it! ft 01 tit I II- V ��������� rt 'l-l .> -J. Ml*. % ,'j ! ���������V. I Sandon Transfer Co. E. A. 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