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.1,. j >.t RECOMMENDATIONS Officers Elected. A Well Earned Vacation. THE DREDGING ERA , At the annual stockholder Mi. J. A. Fraser, Government r Agent, left on Tuesday afternoon Suggested by the Executive meeting of the Kngiueer Mining Eight Gold' Mining Dredges Co., held'.ieceutly in Skagway, the for the Coast. He will combine Committee following officers were elected : W. business with pleasure and while in ' ' For the Fraser. B. King, President; H. IS. Nicolai; Victoria he will, inteiview the various departmental officials of ,J - * Or the B. C. Mining: Assoeiation to Vice-Piesident; Oscar Gard, Sec- Llllooet, B.C., Is the Chosen Spot retary. ' These, togethei with H. the Government in connection with the ( Government Regarding seveial matters of vital interest to For Extensive Operations— ft- ~.-^ B, Le Fevreund Fiauk Nelson con­ a Placer Act Amendments. this district. Mr. Fiaser's close' Canadian and American Cap- T stitute the Board of Trustees. } The outlook of the company was application lo the multifarious duties 1 ital. /.,'<» All"?u h of his office during the last year ' 1 1 The Executive Committee of the shown to be better-than at any \' has justly entitled him to a vaca­ Provincial Mining Association has time since its organization. " \ ~ > Following on the highly satisfac­ finally approved „of the proposed The work now going on will be tion. He will be absent.until after the opening of' navigation. Mr. tory results which have foi years , amendments lo the Placer Mining continued. The 3-compartment attended dredgingroperatious in the Act, and has handed the same to shaft is down between 50 and 60 Thain will be Acting Gold Com­ missioner during ' Mr. Fraser's ab­ New Zealand gold fields and , later' the Piovincial Government. - • feet, and, according to calculations, in California, this system in auri­ The-full diaft of these contem­ it is expected another. So feet will sence ou leave. •• . . ferous gravel mining" is soon to v j - t 1, plated changes'has not yet come to will' have to be sunk before the I * L ' occupy a prominent^place 111 this hand, but a synopsis off some ofthe ledge is struck. Capt. Hathorn/one of the Atlin Province., more important amendments is as delegates at the recent Mining Con- Mainly through" faults in the ' "V-" 1, I , follows : Atlin Lodge, A.O.U.W. will give vention, returned on Tuesday even­ construction the dredgers hitherto Recommendation for official sur­ an entertainment and dance at the ing from a prolonged sojourn to used iu B. C. have proved failures, veys immediately 'on the discovery Grand Hotel/ou Monday 25th inst. Victoria and othertCoast cities. of new diggings. but even in failure these demon-' Re-recording to be done away strated that the gravels in which with and compulsory development In Full Force* they worked would amply pay once to the value of at least $100 per an­ the proper machine was used. The num, subject to absolute forfeiture Fraser river< has, -so far, been the of ground for non-compliance. base of these operations, but to The New Customs'Regulations Regarding Machinery For Atlin comes the credit of the largest „To provide for the issuance of as well as the most perfect dredge Crown grants for riudividual placer • Alluvial. Gold Mining. 1., yet constructed, ^which will be iu claims ou issuance of certificate oi operation this ^season. From pri­ improvemtut to the value of $300 ; It will, doubtless, be of interest to map of our readers to .learn vate advice we are informed that upon a consolidation ot holdings, — * 11. .0. four carloads of- the iu"aehinery tor/* the sum of $500 in work per claim that the new regulations of the Customs'"Department affecting'placer % this dredge arrived in Vancouver will|be required. mining machinery came into effect "on the 17th ulto, upon which " 'Vi'l last week'for shipment "to Atlin as Upon individual leaseholds, the date notice of the changes were sent to all offices and sub-offices soon as navigation opens. sum of $500 in work will entitle of the Department." The section reads': At Lillooet, on the Fraser, a com­ the holder thereof to a Crown •"That machinery and appliances of a kind not made in Canada pany, named the Iowa Mining Co., grant, and to a consolidation, upon is about to instal the first of "eight the completion of $1000 in work for exclusive use in alluvial gold mining be added to the freeMist large dredges on a stretch of three upon each lease ; creek leases will until June thirtieth, 1904." miles, of the river. The machinery require $2000 in development work. for the first dredge is being made The placer mining tax shall be by the Hamilton Manufacturing' 25 cents per acre per annum prior \> HYDRAULIC OPERATIONS COMMENCE. Co., of Peterboro, Out., under the to issuance of Crown grants, and supervision of Mr. J. Ames, an old" 50 cents per acre' thereafter; cost of timer of Lillooet, who is superin­ Crown grants shall be $5 per acre, In spite of the lateness of the on the Pine creek discovery claim tending engineer of the new, com­ besides the fee of $10 for the Crown season, active hydraulic operations has -been completed, aud it was the pany, and is also patentee and in­ grant. by the various operating companies intention to turn on the water this ventor of many of the new features i There will be a reservation in will be commenced in the course of morning, but the strike of the com­ which will be embodied in the new. every Crowu^ grant for right-of-way a very few days. pany's''men yesterday^ has post­ dredge. ,for tunnels, tail-flumes or drains as The preliminary work on the poned hydraulic operations until a . The dredge will have a daily 'may be required to afford outlet, Atlin Lake Company, Limited's, settlement is effected. , capacity of 4000 cubic yards. Its easement and drainage for such ground is so far advanced that it It is expected that piping will be cost, with equipment, is stated to mines, as provided in Part III of was the intention of the manage­ commenced on the McKee creek be $95,000. The company will this Act. No Crown grant shall ment to begin piping today. R. A. property of the Atlin Mining Co. make a special feature oi saving the be issued upon the beds of rivers, Lambert is foreman of the work, within the course ofthe next few platinum, of which a'large propor­ creeks and gulches or mineral under the management of Mr. days. Four giants will be operated tion exists in the black sand of the mining districts, after the passing of Williams, the new incumbent. on this ground and great executipn district, by putting in special ap­ this Act, which are worked out or The relaying of pipes and flumes should be done. pliances for the purpose. abandoned. Mclntyre's Body Found. '"• Under instructions from the un­ fortunate man's friends the body is The Electric Light Plant. Refuse Arbitration. The body of John Mclntyre, being embalmed by Undertaker Pillman, and pending decision as The old plant of the Skagway the mail carrier, who with his com­ It is already well known that, to Mclntyre's final resting place, Light & Power Co. was purchased y anticipating a shortage in labor panion, Joe Abey, lost his life in he will be buried here. A public last week by P. F. Scharschmidt, this season, Messrs. Griffith & Lov- the public service on Nov. 30th funeral will be held tomorrow, from on behalf of the British Columbia eridge, the contractors for the Pitie last, was found on Wednesday last St. Andrews church, at 2 o'clock, Power & Manufacturing Co. The 1 Creek 'Power Co., brought a num­ and brought in to Atlin. It was at which the Rev.s Turkiugton plant'will be brought into Atlin as, ber of men from the outside, ad­ recovered within a very few feet of and Stephenson will officiate. soon as navigation opens and in-< vancing their expenses into Atlin, the spot where Abey was fouud, stalled here. « and agreeing to pay for their ser­ but unlike the latter, the body A General Meeting of the Atlin P. F. Scharschmidt and G. H. vices $2.50 per day and board. was not frozen into the ice and in branch ofthe B. C. Mining Associ­ Sproat, both prominent otficials of Without rhyme or reason these all probability rested on the bottom ation will be held in the Nugget ofthe B.Y.N. Co., are the moving spirits in the new company. men, not miners, by the way, but of Taku Arm until the agitation of Hall tonight to hear the Executive f 'l laborers, struck yesterday, asking the water caused it to rise. It is in, Committee's report. There should New Stock of Garden and Flow* er Seeds at C/R. 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>Mi lcm>it*rii«».ir,ktug»iM^rnf« < »««,», . '1 ifiJiiJ r-f-f -f-r T T T -T -f T-r^-r- -ir-»'v-ir*^r*- each one, and I tried them all without is suspected from tho' arrival in Eng1-' 'ouglrTto have done for Christ—holy success. I fed dried egg shells by the A View uf Ireland's Ills land of Mr. Lewis Handley,, a Natal living, heroism in duty, firmness m peck, filled eggs \vith red pepper, ,A correspondent sends some'views on farmer,' who experienced some of the Leaving J. R. MIIJLER, ourpose, self-effacement, that He may bought nest <"^a! by the do/en and the ills of Ireland, prefaced by an ex­ war methods of Col.'Lynch's liish, bri­ PnRtorSfc.Pc-nil's ' be honored—have we been omitting? scattered them on the floor, but still gade. ,* -.'"Colonel" Lynch told - llandley; • Piesbytorian planation that in ' the optimism Things Church, Phila­ The only way to make sure ol leav­ they ate the eggs. •• Only one piece of of his youth he^ hopefully accepted tho that he was a British subject, and when delphia. ing nothing undone at the last is to advice'did I 'refuse to follow—that was view,,. that home rule would be a sure asked by, Handley why he, a British Undone. do each day's work in its day. Let us to chop the heads off all the egg-eaters, cure. "A little more knowledge," ho subject, was fighting with tho enemy. never postpone or defer any duty that wliich would have meant, too great a writos, "lias amended my views. I Lynch replie'a 'that he was ;hting with comes to our hand, for wc shall not loss to me. , have -been particularly struck by ' the the Boers "foi fun'."' The ish brigade (according to Mr.'Handley), while on "Heleft nothing undone."-—Joshua, pass this way again.".Let us know be­ 1 decided at last that if I expected be ok 'Anglo-Saxon Superiority,' which fore wc sleep any night that nothing to have eggs for hatching, something to me is a remarkable production for a the farm, smashed. the mill property, KJ., IS- •as been omitted that day.no little task, had to be done, and that right quick­ Ficnchman. Shortly, the theory of the and destroyed a winnowing machine. It That is more than 'can be said of no service of love. Life is too ly. 1,'sharpcned my knife and went out author, who is a most eminent socinl was on March 7 that the "Colonel" took most people. The best ot us are apt jacred to be marred by blanks and to the coop. I first selected my egg- scientist, is that the success of the possession of the iron' and timber, and breaks. One of the darkest shadows Anglo-Saxon race is due to its 'particu­ it< is said that this is to form a chargt to leave many things undone. In our eaters. This I did by placing an egg of stealing against him. ' . tbat can fall upon any soul in its last upon the floor, and.as fast as they made laristic formation,' which he explains io formula of confession we are accus- iays is the shadow of the things left for the egg I caught and placed them mean that the individual relies for his , tomed to say, ,"Wc have done those nadone. ' in an 'exhibition coop. When the eggs livelihood,' not on the community or things which we ought not to have .remained upon the floor unmolested I gioup, or public social organization, knew I had got all of them. but on himself., M. Demolins seeks to . done; we have left undone those things show that it is due to this individual­ ' which wc ought to have done." Per­ How the Licensing; Act Works. .1 then took them one by one and ism or scute of responsibility for one's DANGER IN THE > trimmed off the end of their upper beak haps we do not often think of'it, how­ self that the Anglo-Saxon race has becn^ The following from The London until it showed signs of bleeding, and able to spread over and control so ever, as really a sin not to do things. Daily Express shows in what manner then put them back in their accustomed much of the newly-opened portions of AIR. ' We admit that it is wrong to,treat the new English licensing act is work­ place. Next day'I got fourteen eggs, the earth. Tlie author has not taken When Your Heart Gives ' another unkindly; do wc understand ing':—The first appeal under the new whereas I had not been able to get one the next step, however, and has not ex­ licensing act is that of Lady Lawson for several weeks before. They would plained that this individualistic forma­ Warning of Distress, ,'lhat it is wrong also not to show the against a separation granted her hus­ try to break the eggs at first, but as tion not only involves the idea of re­ kindness we had the call to show?'We band, Sir Charles Lawson, on the their beaks were very sore, they de­ sponsibility for self, but also, duty to , Don't,Neglect It. know it is sinful to speak a harsh ground that she was a ''habitual drunk­ cided they did not like eggs. one's neighbor, to allow1- ' ini to work or biUer word to another; do we al- ard." It was argued in her behalf that - Inj a week or two their beaks had out his own salvation, with which lat­ Dr. Agnew's Sir Charles deserted hi* wife last July, grown out, but they had forgotten ter idea seems to be involved Mr. Ben­ •vays remember that it is a sin not to 'and thus debarred himself from relief their bad habit, and never again ac­ jamin Kidd's idea of /'toleration," and say the word of cheer or comfort wc under the 'act. Counsel raised the quired it. • j ' " , that broader, liberty which ho,finds the Cure fcad the opportunity to say, and which point whether habitual drunkenness I have told several friends about it, dominant idea at the present time. for the Heart fa guaranteed to ghrt r relief. in thirty minutes, and in ,a snort «mr neighbor so much needed and would justify desertion. "When this li­ and they found it a sure cure every > M., Demolins contrasts^ with this in­ censing act was passed," said Sir Fran­ time.—May Huffman, 'in AvKricaa dividualistic formation the 'communistic period so strengthen and restore the longed to hear ? If ,wc must give cis Jcunc—the appeal came before the Potiltry Journal. "• 1 formation.' The latter he defines as heart to perfect action that the entire, ' account for idle words, we must also Divorce President and Mr. Justice characterized by a tendency to rely not body feels rejuvenated. An ideal rem* edy for Nervousness^ Sleeplessness, give account for idle silences. > Barnes, sitting as a Divisional Court— The PrlnceHH' View of Rhodes. , on self, but,on the'community or the r Neuralgia, Hot Flashes, Sick Head^ "I,tried ,very hard to get the commit­ An appreciation of Cecil llhodcs, writ-, group, family,'tribe, clan, public powers, *' Very much of our Lord's teaching tee to bring the principles of this court etc. no particularizes the populations ache, Mental Despondency and all other refers to sins of-not doing. The man to apply in the act, but they would not ten by the Princess Iiadiswill, was pub­ of the East as the most'striking repre­ ailments resulting from impoverished lished by Mi". Stead" in his Review of' ; with the one talent was condemned, do it. This act applies to a'mairicd sentatives of this type, but the object herves through lack of blood.. The Rev. , woman,'.,but not to a married man, and Reviews in 1899. The following pass­ of. his work is to teach his own country­ Father Lord Sr., of Montreal,' Canada.T not becanse he used his talent in any that, with .all respect to the Legisla­ ages were quoted from It in -shorthand men that they, too, are of this class, and Bays:_"I had been a sufferer for 20 years • wrong way, but because he did not use ture, seems to me perfectly ridiculous." in The Reporters' Magazine for January, are falling behind:for this reason. He with organic heart disease, and used a It at all. The priest and the Le- 1900 :—"Not only is lie unsparing to­ states that the whole aim of education number of remedies, both in France and ,' In dismissing the appeal with costs, ' til yite did the wounded man no injury. wards others, as ho is to himself, but in Fiance is to fit youths to hold pub­ America, but could not even-' obtain Sir F. Jeune said it was quite clear that lie allows,' even more than he feels it, lic offices, to rely on>thc community for temporary relief. J tried Dr. Agnew's- {They probably even felt kindly towards desertion in the eyes of the law meant his mistrust and contempt of humanity their maintenance, so that once' they Cure for the Heart, and was indeed him, and expressed sympathy with him. desertion without reasonable excuse.' to appear in everything he does or says. have 'cnteicd the public service they Surprised at the immediate relief I "ob­ 4 r' No. ,31 on the Elack List, otherwise t¥et the story reads as if they, had- sin­ Not naturally rude, but naturally shy, ho are able to forecast every important, tained. I am firmly convinced that there Caroline Schwcitzoff, was fined 20s at step in their livs except the date of is no case of heart disease that it will ned, grievously against -him. They West London 'yesterday for being assumes a rudeness wliich, being foreign \ to his nature, becomes from this ,' - '' ' , they had done, but'for their,neglect of "Marse Jim, did I over fail-you V tion, if only that of courtesy. t, And in zation. "Owing to their "traditional ' love's duties. "I was an hungered, and Dreyfus Case Again. i elan organization-they show more taste "No, but one can't always tell how this assumption of a rudeness which ia things are going, you know. Is, there 'ye gave me no meat; I was tliirsty,and Looming large on the French hori­ not in him he wastes time and trouble, for public than for private life,, for e zon is the thieatcned recrudescence ol political "'than for agricultural, industrial anytning 1 can'do lor you ?" ' ,, <• • y gave me no drink; 1 was a stranger, for it is surely unnecessary to give to' '"No, svili—not ez I knows on—onlcss the Dreyfus affair, which is to come up all the knaves and fools" one meets a or commercial struggles. In the Anglo- ' and ye took me not in; naked, and ye Saxon world the Celtic populations most­ you got 'bout six dollais wiith er house clothed me not; sick and in prison, and not in a couit of justice, but in tlie false opinion of oneself, and it is still House of Representatives. The cam­ ly fill the liberal and political profes­ rent in yo' pocket." < , , ye visited me not." They had not op- more useless to assume feelings which' "Here it is." 1 paign for, the 1 copening of the matter sions. " ' ' J pressed the poor, they had not robbed do not exist bsfore those who are clever ' "We have evidence of this character­ "Jin thiee dollars wuth er,groceries V" "' others. Nothing whatever is said of is being led by MM. Jaures and Fran­ enough to make the distinction between "Here's the money.", * cis de Pressense, but in Conservative istic of the Irish race in- our' own Prov­ ' theirt sins, saving that they-had not a comedy he does not even pin;, well, and ince/ When a public', office becomes -"En two dollars wuth er street tax.'' Hone the deeds of love to those who quarters there is grave doubt of the op­ the real worth' of the man who, with a ' "I'll fix it." . - • • - portunism- of the whole . affair, and vacant there ' is frequently a demand % needed such ministries. They had left perversity, I,feel almost tenured to, calL that it. should be filled-by an Irishman, "En a couple er loose dollars, so's cf I undoaeTthc things they oughtto have there can ipe no question but that the feminine, tries to accredit around him a and the reason, given is that it-is the- dr'ap dead'dey'll fin' enough in my pocket-.' done. Republican's think it much better to al­ legend utterly unworthy . of • him,' and 'turn' of an Irishman to get an office. tor sen me home in a cab ?" > - ' - It is in this way that many people low the matter to subside rather than the great deeds he lias peiformea. No Here surely is the communistic idea that "Is that all ?" ' ' T fail most seriously. No grave fault can reopen a quarrel wliich so profoundly kinder man lives than Cecil Rhodes, and the individual lias a certain claim on "Dat's all, suh ; 'cept dat I so glad divided France. The question seems to ter see you I feels lak takin' ,a dram ter be found with their conduct. They are yet he has vbeen called hard even by the State for his maintenance, and be whether or not new facts exist which those who, sometimes unknown to them- that the Irishmen are not getting their diink yo' good helt !"—Atlanta Consti^ upright, true,.diligent in business, but tution. , Iheir lives are full of omissions and will prove Dreyfus innocent, even to Belves, have been the recipients cf his share." those who are most unwilling to be­ M. Demolins writes:—"The constant neglects. How was it yesterday with bounties. The man who has never had A Nerw York professor had a wife and1; v you? Did you see one who needed help lieve him so. Even those _ who a selfish thought, who has opened his tendency of the Anglo-Saxon is to con­ believe in the existence of fine the powrs that be to the mainten­ family, but, prutessorliko, his thoughts- or comfort or relief or encouragement, doors and helped with his influence all were mostly with ,his books and his and did .you fail to do anything for such facts point out that in bringing those who have applied to him, is yet ance of public peace, without which no the subject before Parliament there is business is possible. The tendency in dynamos. One evening his wife retum- him? Do not many of us need to pray 6poken of as a cruel, merciless tyrant, ed-from late afternoon visits to find tk»- great danger that the Conservative Op­ and, much as I admire him, I do not coramunistie societies is, on the con­ with the good Archbishop, "Lord, for­ trary, to disturb as much as possible house strangely quiet. Nowhere were give my sins, especially my sins of om­ position, the Nationalists, and' chiefly wonder at that. - He does not possess, the anti-Semites, will find an excellent the public peace, in order to insure for ^he children to be seen. She demaad- ission?" amidst all his other gifts, that of sym­ one's self or'children, by the triumph of "ed of the man of books what he had "He left nothing undone." Many of pretext to begin again their campaign pathy, nor the art, so useful sometimes, against the republic, for the only wish one's party, some -cosy administrative done with the youngsters. The ' pro- , the (best of us leave many things un* to make people forget his greatness. To" sinecure, since the idea of all shrewd fessor explained that they had becoma - touched which we ought to have fin­ of these groups is to so discredit the know him well is to love him, but it is republic that the people will decide a people 13 understood to be to live on rather noisy, and so, even without call­ ished. Most men die with many tasks only a very few who know him well." the budget. There was no other reason ing the maid, he had stuffed them into - uncompleted. Life is too large for us; change of regime is necessary. The for our several (French) revolutions; latest evidence of the hostility of Fran­ bed. ' wc cannot do all that "it was our dutj A Week of I>Ue. there is no" other reason for the revolu­ "I hope they haven't given you miwh lo do. After we have done our best cois (Joppee toward this government ol tions which are of daily occurrence in "anarchy, shame and persecution," as The year had gloomily begun trouble," Mrs. Professor said. • *re have not attained even our own for Willie Weeks, a poor man's Southern America." ' "Oh, no," said the professor. "With I-^standard of what we ought to have he calls it, has bCen his refusal to pay his taxes. Tlie consequence of this was SUN. "See what has become of Southern tlie exception of the one in the cot over ' "one. Indeed, there is a duty of omit­ He was beset .with bill and dun, America under Spanish and Portuguese there, perhaps. He' objected a good ting. We cannot do any day the one- that M. Coppee's furniture was seized rule, and behold the transformation of and offered at public sale. Before the And he had very little deal to my undressing him and putting.- * hundredth part of the things we might Northern America in the hands of the. him to bed." • 1. do. Wc must show our wisdom in the actual sale of the property took place : ' MON. Anglo-Saxon. It is like night and day." M. Coppee let it be known that he "This cash," said he, "won't pay my dues, Mrs. Professor went to inspect the cot. selection we make of the things which When wc look at South America, "Why/ 'she cried, "that's little Freddy;- we shall do. Some people, however. would sell at this auction one of his I've nothing here but ones and as suggested bv the author, we must manuscripts, the Luthier de Cremonc, TUES." feel convinced that home rule is at least Smith, from next door."—New York- Dmit the most important duties and Times. do the trivial things. and the incident proved M. Coppee's A bright thought struck him, and he said not a sure cure for unrest among Celtie A thoughtful writer says: Do your admirers to be sufficiently loyal to pay "The rich Miss Goldrocks I will races. We may admire the courage, whole duty—do it well. Let the results no less than 4,000 francsJor tlie manu­ WED." lighting ability and energy si iwn in the alone The best that any of us can do script, a sum which was more than But when he paid his court to her, perpetual motion of their revolutions, but it does seem that these upheavals sufficient to satisfy the amount of tlie She lisped, but firmly said, "No, ^^S^thnig^^ tax assessment, this being not over 20a e are chiefly due to a desire for otliee, in WHEN YOU'RE francs.—Public Opinion. ' THUItl" conformity -with the communistic idea. "Alas I" Baid he, "then I must die !" The constitutions of Venezuela, Colom­ RUN DOWN His soul went where they bay soul? bia and llayli. for instance, each pro­ Just build up your system with Princess Henry at Home. I'hcy found his gloves, and coati and hat; vides for orie President only, but un- •the great South American Princess Henry of Battenberg, who Nervine, tho hoalth builder, blood The Coroner upon them _ fortur.atclv more than one man wishes maker and nerve food, that Is quick­ ST S&T"* -US ^possible is very much better for her trip abroad, SAT. to f.ll these posts, even after the popular est and most thorough in its actios. fc we have done this we need.no says a writer in The Daily Express, voice has chosen. The minority refuses Will put every organ In the body will be soon returning to town from \i "tolerate" even the will of the ma­ In good working: order speedily and Gr.bo»t what wc ennot «to. Jhat A story is told of a negro evangelical permanently, through giving them the Isle of Wight, and will take up her minister who held night services in a jority. Would it not be so in Ireland? a now nervous energy, and fllla tho residence at her home ia Kensington ehapel formerly used by the Anglican The verv Fnct that many of the in­ uystem with health, vigor and rich, red blood. 1 b* part when it i> time to do it Palace. Her rooms there have all Church. In a hymnal which had becu dividual'leaders of the Irish Parliament­ been refurnished and redecorated un­ left ho found an old familiar hymn suit­ ary party are mainly suppor d by con­ l^^bo-Stmaketheworldgo der the Princess' own supervision, with able for hi3 sermon, but the Roman tributions is evidence of thi devotion J. W. Dlnwoodie, modern comforts, and yet retaining to the communistic idea to gain a live­ of Campbelllord, number CXIX somewhat confused hbn, Ont., Htatci): "For tlie old-world air of the surroundings. and he was embarrassed as t» how to lihood from the group, rather than by yourel was tron1 ed fe^tSJTJh.'^&Cod All the apartments are strewn with announce the hymn. Aa was the cus­ their individual industry. Tlie contri­ with ncrvoufli.LBB thick rugs over the parquet flooring tom, he read the stanzas through, seem­ butions to this fund seem to come al­ nnd impaired Uvor I and kklnoyo. I was appoints. (which is a special hobby of her Royal ing still confused. He then re-read the most entirely from outside of Ireland, troatod by Bovoral Highness); while the different rooms the returns for one week being reported doctor*; tried < /cry B* we should always^eekte ^ first stanza, which did not aeera to aid medicine Lantlalll are filled with quaint furniture, pretty him in helping the congregation, now at $5,000 from the United States, and r^wi^hermor^a^hfulnes, $500 from Canada, an equal aiaomit prouurod a buttle of Wl chintzes and innumerable nick-nacks, very much bewildered. Proving redoubt­ pr large, " . c undonc the as well as many photographs, which from Cape Colony, and less than $200 SOUrH able, he straightened himself up, and from Ireland. This fact would indicate AMERICAN are always collected in great quanta seemed to grasp the situation at a NERVINE. &?J?oS't « ,»"ldom, will b. ties by all the Royal Family. that tho Irish leaders are ultra-com­ glance, and in a stentorian voico ex­ munistic, not even confining their ideas I took but a very claimed, "Brethren, let us sing the Skee- of a supporting community by geo­ few dose* and tlio To Cure the Egg-eating Habit six hymn." norvr>"H dcpi'CK'wn J This certainly is an important sub­ graphical lines. left 1.1/ ••utiio as­ w?4 Tlie Bisfliop Coadjutor of Pennsylvania, tern. 1 "ill novor ject, and one for wliich advice is often be without it." asked. Most generally the inquirer is Alexander Mackay-Smitli, waa on the Why ILyncU Fonali*. 'way one Sunday morning from the Bryn advised to kill the worst of them, but Mawr Railroad station to tlie chapel of The case of Col. Lynch, M.P. for Gal- DR. this is a mistake. Never kill the bird ,et us to think in-:aoo about Bryn Mawr College, where 'he was to way, is attracting new attention, be­ VON STAN'F rf for this habit The cure I give here is preach.; As he drove in the hired station cause it has been suggested that time, PINEAPPLE sure every time. ' wagon'along the country road, ho saw 1 llilf! w A few years ago my birds got, to may free him from prosecution for ••his TABLETS S S, {hathc* 'caving ^dotS approaching on foot a little boy with a treason. It is pointed/ out that the allow tho sufferer from Indignation m-iv be very negligent, but that, isjim eating eggs. They.enjoyed them so ball and bat and a catcher's mask. Tlio 'to cat heartily ar.d heavily of any- •'•^•matter. What blanks are wc leav­ much that four or five would stand Bishop caused hi3 carriage to pull up. act of William III. provides that prose­ . thing ho likes: while .curing him, ing Ton and I? What things that wc patiently by a nest containing a laying "Little boy," 'he said, leaning out, "little cutions for treason must take .place for tho Pineapple actually digests hen, and as soon as she would leave •tho food, lotting tho1 stomach rest ••St to have done for others things boy." "Sir," returned the lad. "Do you within •'•three' years after the commis­ nnd got sound whilst you. ,enjo y9 of love, kindness, encouragement, up- the nest the egg was quickly devoured. know where little boys go who play ball sion of the olTuiice.'bui. it is not clear life.—Prioo, 35 oonU. •'••'• I asked advice from many fanciers and Kftintr cheer, comfort-have we been on Sunday?" "Yes, sir," the other an­ what statutory enactment applies to &g undone? What things that we received a different prescription from swered. "They go to lieslon's lot, over there behind the dam." tins case. That some action is shortly to be taken by the British Government

zMSSSHstHmtiiikV,.. nothing but nightmaie, the fmnituie •'Much worse," laughco he. "And now ness, and then pioeeedcd to 'write ou his prescription. , if, was heavy, cumbioits and shabby, and I'll let you have a little peace. I the window euil.uns and bed hangings, thought," he added huniedly, looking at "I undeistand thnt it was in" Oxford j though more modem than the lapesliy the fne, "that I'd better come and see that Sir Astley had the good fortune to y meet you, Lady Darwen," said he, as ha \ {CQpnuuu'jrui^ , ou the walls, was somebic-looking and how you wci e getting on, so—so that no­ r l heavy, too. Thcie was a hie in tlie body would think t we weren't good put down the pen.' ,' « > grate, but'it appealed to Noima as if fi tends, you know." 'i Norma, 'who pciaeived under his man-, most of the heal went up the old-fash­ "Oh, yes, yes," agieed Norma breath­ ner that he had something to stay, to To Set Her Free ioned chimney. lessly, also looking at the fne. her, assented. ' I When she walked to the windows, of "Haven't they brought you a cup of "I have been there myself," said, he. "Lovely place. L like the Midlands. My By FLORENCE WARDEN which there wcic tlncc, she found tho tea?" said he, as he limped across the outlook as dispiiiting as the uilook. hearthrug to tlie bell. "Tell tlfem to own wife comes-from there, from Leam­ Bare fields, divided fiom the lawn of the bung you one, and try to- get wann" ington. You know, of,course, that Sir i house by a patch of sciubby 01 chard, "It's you who ought to do that," said Astley and I married sistei '" ( Bight on either hand, and there,was the "Won't—won't you stay and have a "iSir Astley hears nothing, from Learn- , heavy black smoke cloud over all cup of tea with me?" said Noima diffi­ 'ington now, I suppose?" he went on. Decidedly this was the most depi easing dently. "Doesn't care what^becomes of the(fam^ ily, in fact?" - ', •"Do they know—up there J" she asked Noima was sony foi the associations locality she had ever been m: and the "Thanks, no, I mustn't. I've got to get ,]i^ had liiadvcitcntly called up m his supei sensitive Norma iwondeicd how round to Loid Wyersdale's to—to ex­ "I don't know, really," said Norma » suddenly. f mind. For she * rcmcmbci cd -,?th.it Mrs. Astley hesitated. , t she could ever have been so mad and plain things. It's "just occurred to me stiffly. ,. ,. "Well, no, they don't," said he. "But t ,i.uleo was the oiatoi of the woman wicked as to contemplate self-destruc­ that, when I last saw Lady Myfanwy" "He wouldnft receive any of the family I could explain." uhom Astlcy had maincd, and who had tion in the comfoitable midlands, when —instinctively Norma drew heiself up— now, of course?" said the doctor. "Even j Norma drew her hand away with a t) cited him so ill. such awful places as the cotton towns "I said nothing to—to explain matters. if there were any discoveiios or confes­ ohaiply drawn breath. and their environs existed upon tho There was so much to say about poor sions to be made, I daie say he,would be - - "I'm in your way, in your way. You CHAP PER VIII. ' c earth I,, Hugh, you sec," he went on apologeticai-, in no huiry to 'hear them?" i Sho eat down in an unwieldy armchair ly, "that I—well, I foi got it.'/ Norma rose to her feet, trembling and don't know what to do with me, what During the whole of the duve to Dar­ ( to do about me!" she cued, in,, a low almost in the middle of the,room, and It was Norina's turn to hang on to(a very pale. < wen ll.ugh, Noinia was sulleiing so ter­ stared aiound her m a sort of mental chair. "Explain yourself, Dr. V. tarles," said J TOICO indeed, but witn great bitterness of ribly fiom nei vous disties3 that -she could t •oul. , , torpor for neaily twenty minutes, at the In a' stifled voice'she began: "Doesn t she in a steady voice, meeting him eya scjicely ,give lcusonablc attention to the end of which'time thcie came a sharp she know you—I—wc—" Now this was indeed the truth, but rcm.uks Astley made. , to eye., "Do you mean/ that-t-his^ first Astley was much too kind-hearted to al­ knock at her door, and Astley's cheerful «_Er—er—no," said Astley awkward- wife—is not dead?" * s' '" t ' ^ Ho wn.s ncivous, too, and both were voice sing out from the coinder outside: low the statement to pass. < - _ too fully conscious of tlm dilKultics of Norma was shaking "like a leaf. This She put the question" in a low voics,* "Not a bit of it," said he. "I don't "Aro you still up'hcic? May I como and quite calmly. The doctor paused be* C their cxtraoidmaiy iclation'to e.ich oth­ ia?" < ' Lady Myfanwy Seorton, the lily-fair lady, know why vou say that. I shall he only er not to feel a dillidenco about ilisouss- whose voice) was so sweet and who rode fore -answering her. Then -he, looked* j too glad of your society. It's awfully She jumped up and rushed eagerly to down. - •' ,r f , ' ", , rJ 'i, unr them.' th«5 door, and then suddenly checked her­ so well, to hounds, was already the ob­ lonely up thcio; nobody there'to talk to fhe road seemed unspeakably dreary ject of her ardent jealousy. That Ast­ '."She is supposed to be dead, Lady Dar« . except a man I detest—" and his face self with her fingcis upon the handle. wen," said he in a voice,as low as he»T "" lo Noima, who had ne\ci been in tho' ley should be so anxious to visit her im­ r elouded as he spoke. "Tho doctor who There she stood for a moment hesitating, own. ' * A ' bleak north country befoie.«. As the car­ with a hot blush on her face, until tho mediately after his arrival at onco 'be­ attended poor Hugh.". came a,vivid sorrow. Astley saw'that "Do you suppose so?" said, she search- nage clatteicd tlnough the btrcets of handle was softly tuined, and Astley's w v ' "Dr. Wharlcs, whom you mentioned in Blaekdalc, a typical Lancashire town, she was perturbed, but he supposed.it ingly. T - ' , - ^-, J jrour letter?" . <• .',.-, face appeared peeping at her, with an i After a moment's hesitation he ta&ed/ , J with rows of baie stone houses, and amused smile on' it. was at his remissness in not having ex­ "Yes, I loathe the man; prejudice I with a distant view of tall factoiy chim­ plained-his position to ,the neighbors Up. '- , *• I ''- ^;-^T^T{ "I may come in, mayn't fIr" he whis­ 1 daro say; ho married the sistei— of my neys in the backgiound, she thought to ,% more clearly. „ <• • ^ "Yam ladyship," said he, ., "this is-a"^ } wife," he added alter a jshort pause, jn herself that it was not surprising that pered. ' ' As Norma turned away to the window, very delicate matter. vWill you>excu«« ^^it a lower voice. , ' ' the late Sir Hugh had picferred his iSho slunk away from the door to the he walked to the door. But she heard a me if I don't answer at once?"" - r, ' fc --'" Unreasonably,enough, Norma felt- a yacht and his London hotel to the dreary middle of the room without a word, and shuffling, uncertain v sound, - and looked "I will- take „no, excuses,'* said ^she, \ ?• •udden pang because he did not siy "my spot where his home lay. < ^ - Asllcy came in and threw himself into round just in time to fly across the room "You have said too much or too little.-"'^ tho unwieldy arm chair. , She noticed fire* wife." This feeling was intensified when they and support him as he stumbled into a I must have an answer." r n , „ 'j. ;~,* "Iliit—" began Norma. had passed through the town, and were that foe limped moie than ever, and again chair. -' ' He paused a few momenta longer, and >*•„ Difficulties, beset their path in every diivmg along a straight, hcdgelcss load she was stiuck by the extreme pallor of With a face alight wi% tender kmd then said frankly: - - - \ *-> his face. The sight cured her self-con­ ; direction: difficulties which were all towards Darwen Haigh. At last she was ness, and with gentle hands; Norma arew "Your ladyship, it is true that I'havt^Ml ^summed up in that one hesitating word. fain to express what she thought. sciousness, and she came quickly up to his head on to her shoulder, and whis­ had doubts; but they are doubts" o«y, -„ Astley threw back his head, with a re­ "How dreniy it all •'looks'" she said him. ' * , pered: /'You mustn't go out again to­ But if you wish it, I will go to Learning-^ • assuring gesture. > with a shudder, after a glance out of the ' "You're overtired," she said anxiously. day ."' J i it ton myself, and make the doubts- eer- "We shall only be there a day or two," "You'll be ill again if you don't take "I suppose not," answered he in a weak tainties 'one way or the other. Speak *1 • said lie. "We shall have an oppoitnnity carriage window at the smoke clouds saic." 4, / voice. "I'm too giddy and stupid." the word: am I to go?" < , - v, c-, - foT-talking things over, sh in't «c' And , "That's just what I'm afiaid of," pant­ Tho room'seemed to swim iround,Nor* < > Vmoh hung over a ridge ot hills in the ed he. "I do feel this rushing about af­ "We must send "for the doctor," said settling what we'll do. You'll meet mo distance. she anxiously. ••' , •« ma. She daied not answer. Holding_fast - at ihe station on Saturday—I'll let you ter the quiet time I had of it at Oxford. to the chair by which she was standing, _• Astley, who was little less gloomy than I've been thinking—if I were taken veiy Astley lifted his head and fi owned. know the time—jump into the trn.n, and she, shrugged'Ins shoulders with a de "Wharlcs!" said he.. "I" hate the she held out her hand as if'to'beg,fo* \ -, bo off to Dai won llaigh. Luckily, j ou're ill, what on eaith would you do?" a minute's grace. %. ' ' ' piesseu little nod. She sat down piomptly in a little beast!" in black, I sec " * "And yet," he said, "the country must "It can't be helped. He must come," Norma blushed. chair, which was neai the one in which have been pretty enough at one time he sat, and said, looking earnestly m his said Noima firmly. (To be Continued.) "I thought perhaps I'd better," falt­ It's bioken up; you get plenty of lulls l face "What should.l do > Why, stay heie And then theie was a knock at'the I ered she. and dales and sti earns. But since cotton door, and Martin, the head housemaid, nnd take caie of you, of course!" Mr. Chamberlain's Eye-glass. ' _ "Quite, quite light. You ha\e done took possession of the place theie's a His pale face giew a little less pale, as answeied the summons. Astley had given. ' If exactly the light thing, m evejy way." blackness over it all, a sort of veil that She looked staitlcd whenjshe saw her Prom July 35, 187G, when he first en­ he met her eyes tered the House, to hit, tiiumphant re-„ She felt a shy delight in his appicval, dims the colois and slams the veiy sky" "Would you' That's nice of you. I've masters white face and blue lips. turn this afternoon as the Moathiodi (the but she said nothing Almost in silence i "And the 'cottages—tney'ie so hard been thinking about ybu, and feeling so' He spiang up and staggcied to the man who puts things straight) of South she walked beside lnm,until they reichcd looking, and baie, and all exactly alike sorry for you, as of'en as I've had a door trying to laugh. Noima l.in with Afilca, the most ballon* foatuio of Mr. " the sta-tion, listening while he told hei of And the people—they look rougher than Chamberlain's personal appeal ance has, chance of flunking of anything since poor him, insisting that he should lean on been his eyeglass, sayt> The London , the difficulties he had had to contend the people down in the south, don't Hugh died." - - ' vf^"--* her.- But, he shook his head, and disen­ Chronicle. Fiom the very fhst It fas­ with'among the scivants and dependents they?" gaged himself fiom her aim, telling her cinated the populai imagination Tho - in bis Lancashire home. "They're a good sort, thou'Jn, for all he was too heavy a load for suoh a slen­ idea of Birmingham, Radical, Republican v Chamberlain with a monocle staggeiedJ When he got into the railway cai- that," said Astley. "I think fou'll like ITorma leaned forward a~ little, and der little creature as she was.-. the House, though Disraeli, John IJright, riagc, and held out his hand foi .1 last them when you know them. At least I said in a loyy voice: "Here, Martin, lend mc your shoulder," Mi Biggar, Mr Hcaly, Mi Chaplin and,, shake, she felt a keen sense of chsap hope you will." "But you'i e not to think about me, at said he. "And you, Norma, gdjand have other MP's favoied the same aid to \is-s pointinonl that he did not kiss hei again, Ion. Disraeli, who heaid Mr Chamber­1 ' Norma 'shot a frightened glance at least not to worry yourself. You don't a cup of tea, and don't look so fright­ lain's maiden speech, gave, it Is said, as and went back to her aunt's house half him. Lid he mean that she was to stay undoi stand how 1 feel. There, I won't ened, child. I'm all light, all right." „ his only opinion that "He wears his eye-» miserable at this omission, half happy be at his Lancaslme home? She daied not say much now, because I don't want to With a reassuring nod to her, he went glass like a gentleman. ' For a few eause he had been so kind. make you talk; but I must just bay months after hib piomotion to the Treas­ ask a question about it, but she felt that away,.-with Martin, leaving poor Norma ury -bench as President of the Eoard of_ She lived in a slate of intense excite- Astley was quite as much pcituibed as this: I feel your kindness to me so deep­ half crary with gnef and'misery. ' Trade, Mr Chamberlain wore pince-nez ' ment the two days that passed befoio sho was heiself. One other thing she no­ ly, I,feel so grateful to you, as-the one "He won't let me help him! .He won't 'as if to-dignify his official position. But Saturday came lound; and when the ticed too: he looked pale and fatigued. creature whos been good to me, really lean,on my arm! He hasn't really for­ he boon ieturned to the single glittering traia steamed into the station, and she After a little hesitation, she said shyly: good and kind, since my poor mother glass, tho fame of which extends to the. l given me—and he never w ill!" sobbed the uttermost ends of the earth -<». _ - '• recognized Astley's face looking for hei "Aren't you tvery tued?" -, - died, that whatever were to happwi^ to poor creature to heiself as she shut her­ from one of the carnages, she felt a sud­ Astley leaned back ini his corner. - me now, I should just take tilings quiet­ self in her great, lonely loomr -., w , ( - den impulse of joy such as she never re­ "Very," said he. "To tell you the ly, thankfurfor having had the one, ex­ She seat herself for Dr. Wharles, and An "Eminent" Surgeon. * ' i j membered to have experienced befoie. truth, I've felt tired out, tnoioughly perience of tiue goodness in the world." when she had seen hmi drive up in his, The New Tork Tiibune tells the follow-' The result, howevci, of this sensation knocked up and fit for nothing, e\ er since She spoke in a very low voice, putting gig and had heard him go upstairs to his ing —Once when Attorney-General Knox was that she was moie shy with him was a young man, he had a case to con­ poor old Hugh died. You see it all came such strong constraint upon herself that duct against a quack doctor. It was his than she had ever been befoie, and that upon me so suddenly, the wony and the tho nails of her clasped hands dug into purpose to prove the doctor quite Ignor­ •ho was as constrained as a schoolgirl as woik, before I was quite mjself after her flesh. But there was" a passionate patient, she wilked up and down tin ant of medicine, and the means he adopt­ she sat in the opposite coiner of the car my illnes3 " > thrill in her voice which made her simple ed to do this weie ingenious and effective. wide corridor to meet him on hi3 waj Getting the man ontthe stand, he began: riage, and felt quite glad that thoy were "Yes, I see," murmured Norma in the words eloquent, and touched a sympa­ 4 not alone. thetic choid in Astley's heart. out. - ' "You ysed, sir, on my client heie, when softest of soft voices When the door of the bedroom opened he called you in, all tho mobt modem Confronted thus with a sudden diffi­ Sho spoke so gently that Astley looked He put out his hand and laid it firmly and approved methods'" culty in the way of making conveisation at last, Norma looked at the doctor with "Ceitainly, ceitainly1"" the witness re-' at her and smiled. on both hers. ' a good deal of ini iest, to find out whal plied , i with her, Astley piesently remaikcd that "You must be tned, too," said he. "There's a good, good girl," said he. ho had been followed home one night it was in him winch had BO piejudiced "You made all needful amputations?" She shook hei head. "I'm nevei tiled "I'm glad we've had these few words to­ Astley against him. "No less than nine, sir." recently. Aunt says I'm as stiong as a hoise" gether. So it's'settled then, that you "Did you decapitate the man?" Befoie he could finish, his sentence, Dr. Wharles was a tall, dark, broad "I did." Astley looked at the delicate featmes stay up here, eh?" shouldered, fiesh-coloicd man about thir "And you performed the Cesarean sec­ Noima, said quickly: and smiled. Norma looked at him with the blood ty jeais of age, with black hair, blue tion operation'" ' "I know by a lad}." "It's the last thing one would think of rushing into her face. Then she looked eyes, a silky long i LOUstaehe, and a smil­ "To be sure." Astley staied in astonishment. you," he said. down again. ing look of self-complacency on his fea­ "Now about tho post-mortem—did you "I was going to say 'by a dog,'" said And then theiewas silence again until "If you wish," said she, in a low voice. hold the usual post-in oi tern?" ' he "What made you say that?" t tures. He passed for the handsomest "Of course -I did In fact, I held two they icached the lodse gates ot Darwen "I do wish it most emphatically. It's man in that pait of the oounty, and ap post-mortems" , Noima giew \ciy uncomfoitable, as Hnigh„and dro\e tlnough the long ave­ the only thing to be done. People would peared to be not unaware of the fact. "Very good That will do,"'said Mr. she luiswcied in a low voice, telling him nue of now leafless tices up to a big, think it very odd of you if you were to Knox. And the young attorney had no , tho fancy alio had had that he. was fol­ He gieetcd Norma with a bow of tha difficulty in winning his case against tho bare stone house, with the same gloomy run away now, when they know I'm not deopest lespect, lather more demonstrat­ quack. lowed beloie he left Oxfoid. black film over il*~that Nonna had al­ veTy well, wouldn't they?" , '>l Greatly to her lehef, ho appealed al­ ively tihan a London man would have ready remaikcd over the rows of cot­ "Yes," whispered Norma, still with her done. together suipnscd, and at once assiucd tages. eyes down. There was a pause, and then her tliat she must have been led away "Lady Darwen?" said he. "I'm very In the poitico stood a disacficeable- she said: "You meant me to stay then, happy to have the pleasure and honor by her fancy. looking eldeily seivant, who had been when you asked me to come ?" Ho, however, asked for a dcsciiption of making your acquaintance." butler there so long that he relented a "Yes. But I wouldn't frighten you by Norma shook hands with him, under­ of the lady, which Norma gave as well change of masters, if ho did not look telling you so till I'd got you up here," as she could. But the lcsult was that standing as she did so how lus rather upon himself as master and upon Astley said he with a laugh. "I'm afiaid you swaggcimg piovincial manner must grata he was more sure than e\ er that her im­ as a toleiatcd visitor. lie had small don't care for the place much now you've agination liad got the better of her, and upon Astley, but not otherwise picdis- black side whiskers, and a long-suffcnng coone." poscd against the good-looking man. The Awful Twinges ot that the woman whom she had seen had expiession of face. Norma felt, the mo­ "It isn't a very lively place," she sug­ not been, following him at all. "Tell me what you think. Is Sir Ast­ ment bhe saw him, that he lcscntcd her gested modestly. lcy leally ill?" sue asked anxiously. Rheumatism Mean "If she had wanted to' see me at the own coming, and was filled with suspi­ - "It isn't at all lively. It's precious hotel, as you supposed," said he, "why "I wish I could say no, your ladyship. cion regarding her. dull. And your room: do you like that?" But unfortunately it is true that ho is Old Age in Youth. should your entrance have prevented her She had the same impression when, on Norma hesitated. coming back and asking"for mc? And if veiy fc\erieh, and that he must take the entciing the great, b.uc, eornfoilless hall, "I don't much like the dragons and gieattt care of himself. I've ordered *he bud followed us to your aunt's to which oven a 1 oaring liic in the hood­ giants on the walls," she said humbly. Relief in house, aud then followed me back, as you him to bed at once; and I think he had ed fireplace impaited little waimlh, shffi Astley affected honor. beliter not be left to-night without some- dcsciibe, why shouldn't she have spoken was met by a curtseying housekeeper, a "Not like our foui-centuiics-old tapes­ -to me as soon as I was alone?" ono on the watch. But he is lather Six Hours. 3tout, red-fneed woman of middle age, in try! The pride of the Haigh!" cued he. touchy on this point, and d( (.linos to be Norma could not tell. She could only the inevitable black silk dicss and mas­ "My dear child, for heaven's sake don't Ointments, Salves and Lotions are treated as an invalid. You, however, positively worthless for Rheumatism. say that she supposed she must have sive gold brooch, who was piesented to let Mrs. Gnhiths or Martin hear you say with your sex's tact, will, I doubt not, been mistaken, and nothing moie was hei as ".Mis Giiffiths." so. 1 suppose you'll be grumbling about Get at the cause—the blood—and by eadd about the ciicumstance until they overcome, this difhculty." purifying that, restore the system to a Mis. Giiffiths was condescending, cere our best bedstead next!" "I'll try," said Noima, as she accom­ reached tho station neaicst to Darwen monious and stalely: Lady Dai wen (Nor­ Norma glanced at the cumbious piece clean, healthful condition. The Great Hatgh, where they found a cauiage wait­ panied the doctoi down the wide, barc- South American Rheumatic Cure re* ma stalled when Astley called her by of furnituic in question. lookmg marble staircase, win oh seemed ing for bhcin. this name) was neivous, fiightencd and "It's rather high," she said meekly lieves in six hours and cures in one to Aa she got in, Norma uttered an ex- to strike cold to the feot through the three days Muscular and Articular almosit humble. She tried not to move "I've nevei seen one that you had to go thick pile carpet. • daunt lion. loo fast for her dignity w hen the ordeal up steps to before!" Rheumatism, Inflammatory Rheuma­ "What's the matter?" asked Astley. "I think I'll wiite him out; a prescrip­ tism, Lumbago, Neuralgia, Sciatica, and of presentation was over, and she was "That's the beauty of it," exclaimed tion," said Dr. Whailcs as they reached Norma was lookirg at a ladylike wo­ ceiemoniously inducted, after ascending Astlcy. "People come miles to see the any affections of the joints and muscles man, neatly dressed in black, who had tho bottom stair. arising from impure blood. Mr. F. E. a wide and draughty stancase, and tra­ furniture in this room. It's *.the oldest Norma reddened a little, not knowing just walked away from the bookstall versing a wider and moie diaughty corri-> in the county. They say it ought to be Wright of Toronto, Canada, writes: "I With a paper in her hand. tho^house, or m which diicetion to go suffered almost constantly with Neural­ dor, into an enormous bcdioom, where a put in a museum." for a pen and ink. Tne doctor under­ "That lady," aaid Norma in a low frowning four-poster, with mediaeval gia and Rheumatism. I used several "I shouldn't much mind if it was!" stood. remedies, but nothing seemed to relieve voico "reminds me of the one who cimo hangings, seemed to scout the idea of piped out Norma in a small voice winch Into your hotel at Oxford, and whom I sleep or repose. "May we go into the study here?" the pain until I tried South American set Astley laughing. asked he, as he pointed to a door in the Rheumatic Cure. After using a few fancied I saw following you." Refusing all offers of assistance from "You've no gratitude," said he. "I "What?" asked Astley, with sudden hall. bottles of 'Rheumatic Cure' and also tho head housemaid, who was as thin said this room was to be prepared foi 'Nervine Tonic,' I was wholly cured.'r pallor. and gaunt as the housekccpci was" stout, you, because I thought you'd hud it in­ Norma accompanied him into a cosy "Oh, it's not the same woman," ex­ and quite as foi bidding-looking, Noima teresting, and because the view's bcttci room, not too 1 rge, and dillcnng in Pain in the Region of the Kidneys. plained Norma hastily. "But there's shut herself into the huge apartment, than in the front of the house. There character from wl at she had seen of the rest of the house. The furniture wa= Pain anywhere is a danger signal. ' something ir definable about her that re­ and looked round her with a shiver. you can see nothing but ticcs" Pain in the region of the kidneys, means minds uic of her." It seemed to 'her the biggest room sho "Is it worse than this'" said Norma, newer; there was moie of it, and tho Astley did not recover his color. room was filled with a man's mementoes that they are not working properly. had ever been in, and the most uninvit­ with intentional lugubnousness, because the Great South American Kidney- i.iuv onlj," li" said, with a slight ing. The walls wcic coveied with dingy she saw that she was amusing him. "The late Sn Hugh's sanctum this frown. "That's Mrs. Wharlcs, the doc- wafc," said Dr. Whailes, as he placed a Cure restores these organs to a healthy old tapestry, which suggested to Norma He got up slowly and held on for a mo­ chair for Norma with elaboiate polite working state. No>. 83 Lfll'n wife." ment by the back of the chair. >

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A. .LANDSLIDE And All Kinds of Jewellery Manufactured on the Premises. The Atlin Claim. 0&~ -Why 1sen d OIK when you can get goods 'a s cheap > here? , >

Publibhed o\evy Rutnrdaj mornliijr bv At The Coal Mining "Town > Watches From $3 up. Fane Line of Souvenir Sjuoons. T'lis ATtiiN C&AiM Punmsnixa Co. 1 ' 1 A. C IliKsciurisi-ii), PHoi'Hinion. of Frank, Alta." JULES EGOERT & SON, The Swiss Watchmakers. 1) Town LXM,, .MANAGINO Kniioii OHice'or niihlicntioii Pi'.ii 1 S" , Atlin, 15. C. AIKOI tislntf It.itc : 51.00 per inch, oach Results in a Fatality, Over Eighty inset tioti. Ileutl111K1 notices, T> cents a lino Special Contract ttutes, on iipplicution. Persons Lose Their Lives — Tlio suhsct iptiou price is §ri a jeur Prtj- T HE KOOTENAI' -HOTEL.' ahle in advance. No piper will bo delivered Population''Fled. - unlossHliis condition is complied with. George E\. Hayes, Proprietor '0 COR." FIRST AND TRAINOR STREETS. SATURDAY, MAY I6TII, 1903. The following telegram, relative * I to the dreadful catastrophe at the This First Clnsb Hotol 1ms been rpniodoluri nnd • ofuriiishocl throughout little coal mining town of Frank, nnd oller.s tlio beat uccornniodiitioii to Transient Of Permanent CONCERNING the ' staking of " ' Guest!,.—American mid iMiiopcun plan. , ' ( placer'claims ovei,hydraulic leases Alberta, on nthe Crows Nest Pass Finest Wines, Liquors and Gigars. owned bv (he Allin Lake Ry., was read by,Sir Wilfred Lau- Billiards and Pool. ',, '-Company 011 Birch cieek, of which rie'r before the House, and contains "mention was made edilorially last the official announcement of the -. • 1 * ). week, we have received intelligence recent disastei "The huge rock and land slide THE GOLD HOUSE, T/roin the Coast that the , Bepait- 1 ' ' D'SCOVERY, B.C. \ 1- ment of Mines, at Victoria, is very here has killed 83 pcisons, of which i , 15 are women, and 15 children. greatly disturbed over the matter, 1 ' Comfortably Furnished Rooms—-By the Day, Week or Month. so much so, that it will undoubt­ The rockslide is about 4000 feet long, extending from the top of The Best of Liquors and Cigars a'ways in Stock. — Fine stable in con ' II edly do,, everything necessary to 1 "ncHion'with the House. protect the company in its title as Tin tie mountain, westerly.* The slide extends across the valley and AMERICAN1 AND EUROPEAN PLAN. against the jumpeis. Our inform­ 1 J. P. ItOSU, Manager.J ant further states that the company up the opposite bank for 1% miles , is so strongly assured of its right from the base of the'mou/itain, and ^r.^.^.^. ____._._,_._. _. __^ ,_. _„__,.-._._ _ T , to the ground involved that it will is spread but fan-shaped, so that at THE WHITE PASS ' & YUKON the extreme end, of the slide it is - ^ • T>OTTTT^ " prosecute the jumpers for peijury, nearly two miles wide. Tliere is vvv.., VJ J. J_,.' in which case we are satisfied, in no'trace ofthe river for a mile, but a ' the event ot such a step being nec­ the water is going through the r.ck Passenger and Expiess Service, Daily (except Sunday), between essary, an example will be made of as fast as it is coming down." Skagway, Log Cabin. Bennett, Caribou, White Horse and Intermediate men at fault, which will "do all points, making close connections with our own steamers at White Horse 1 that is requiied lo purge the camp With Great Eclat. for Dawson and Yukon points, and at Caribou for Atlin every Tuesday of one of the worst evils which and Friday; Returning, leave Atlin ever.y Monday and Thursday. •t M ( Telegraph Sei vice to Skagway. Express matter will be received beset a mining district. With the foremost statesmen, for shipment to and from all points in Canada and the United States. soldiers and men of affairs in the For information relative to Passenger, Freight, Telegraph or Express United States and. five ..hundred Rates apply to any Agent ofthe Company or to % THE last reports from Victoria f concerning the enquiry into the thousand citizens of the"'great Mis­ " ' J. FT LEE, Traffic Manager, 'Skagway. " granting of certain land concessions sissippi valley as spectators, the G.1E.,HAYES." J. G. COKNELI,. to the Columbia & Western Rail- first day's programme of ceremonies 1 'I way^by the Provincial Government, attending the ' dedication ,of, the Pine tm-'Rottl.-- together with the more recent ac­ Lousiana Purchase Exposition was DISCOVERY, B. C. tion in passing legislation to cancel caniad out on Thursday, April Finest of liquors. Good stabling. ''"•' - Discovery. 30th, at St. Louis, under the most these concessions, by no means re­ ED. SANDS, Propiietor. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.' Cs flect credit upon certain members favorable circumstances. The President; ex-President Cleveland, BATHS \ of the Administration. The Gamey BARBER SHOP trouble in the,Ontario Legislature the 'foreign diplomats, and other O.K. FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT G. H. FORD Prop. is but a flea-bite compared to thedistinguishe d visitors were much Now occupy their new'quarters next IN ^ . impressed with the magnitude of to the Bank of B. N. A., First Street. colossal deal contingent upon the T ' CONNECTION. the demonstration. Tho bath rooms are equally as good as found issuance of Crown grants to the in cities. Private Entrance for ladies. Headquarters for Brook's staffs. valuable blocks of land proposed to > The Exposition from every point of view' is pronounced a great suc­ be given away, '-The "Ozouo- cess. gram" says the smell of, a glue The Canadian Bank of Commerce. factory is sweet incense compared \ ' CAPITAL PAID UP $8,000,000. with the air of putrifaction which Foreign Interference in Labor. RESERVE, $2,500,000. pervades the British Columbia Branches of the Bank at .Seattle, Legislative halls ! The following extract is interest­ San Francisco, Portland, ing in view of the labor agitations Skagway, etc. which are so seViously affecting the Exchange sold on all Points. THAT menace to all progress— trade of the country: " Archbishop a strike—has found its way even Bruchesi has issued a letter con­ GOLD DUST PURCHASED—ASSAY OFFICE IN CONNECTION. to Atlin, and, as iuvariabty seems demning labor leaders and organiz­ , D. ROSS, Manager. to be the case, we think can cbe ers. .The message to the faithful traced to " foreign interference." has been read in all the Catholic We may be misinformed, but wechurche s in Montreal, and in it the 'OYAL HOTEL, understand that many of the men Archbishop advises the laboring who have "gone out" were told E. ROSSELH, Proprietor. 1 classes to pay no heed to the strike Corner Pearl and First Streets, Atlin, B. C. in Seattle and elsewhere that if agitators, but to look for arbitration they came to Atlin they eould get *e« on just and reasonable demand. Iu FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT IN CONNECTION. a season's work here at $2.50 and part he says : board, while in some instances the -•*•- fare from the Coast to Atlin was " Responsibility is not incurred CHOICEST WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS CASE GOODS A- SPLCIALTY. advanced; this being so, we see by those leaders and writers who little justification for the strike. profit by the slightest conflict be­ Hydraulic Mining; < , @ We also understand that the men tween labour and capital, to foment refuse lo arbitrate. If this be so, discord and rebellion and to inspire @ Machinery, it shows the shortsightedness ofthe with hatred towards their em­ men as a little reasoning will show: ployers. They arc the most dan­ HYDRAULIC GIANTS, WATER GATES, All they can gain if their demand gerous foes of the people whose in­ ANGLE STEEL RIFFLES & HYDRAULIC RIVETED ' PIPE. is acceded lo, will be about $65; terests they pretend to serve. Let two weeks' idleness will more than not our laboring classes heed their Pumping & Moisting Machinery. eat this UD. Think men ! think ! suggestions. They have absolutely nothing to gain. Deceived by Estimates furnished on application those false friends and urged on by N.B.—Remember that your Free them to commit the most lament­ The Vancouver Engineering Works, Miner's licence expires on Sunday, able acts they will, ou the contrary, VANCOUVER,' B. C. 31st instant. forfeit public sympathy." j - A. G Hirschfeld, Agent, Atlin, B. C. 3£TT;T:iv!V'W¥wTS'^^

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not made in Canada, for the manufnc public life the confederation of the Do­ Curious Bits of News. THE BUDGET SPEECH. ture 'of beet root sugar, would be ex SIB OLIVEH " MOWAT. minion, in laying, the foundations of tended. Machinery required for ex which he had taken an active parkin Ev<>ry year the upper class men of elusive use in alluvial gold mining ir ;i864, had become an accomplished fa'et! Syracuse Universityjadopt some sclieme It remained, for hiniilo assume an office thait will distinguish them from the low­ POINTS MADE BY MR. FIELD- the Yukon would he added to the Jrn DEATH OF THE LIEUT.-GOVER- list until June 30. On certain article •as head of that union's greatest Pro­ er class men. .Last year it was corduroy ' , ING IN THE HOUSE. . , manufactured in the country the chit­ NOR OF ONTARIO. vince and to hold it continuously for a trousers. 1 This year over one 'hundred on the raw material was higher than longer period,than had ever been done ;etudents of 'Syracuse University have in any self-governing countiy in the. signed the following agreement: "Wo,' on the manufactured .article. The the undeisigned, do hereby agree bo loc - Government would take power tc The End Came on Sunday Morning world. His descent.from the Bench Retaliation" Against Germany Went and rc-entrance in'o practical politics our mustaches grow from date unlesi make such articles free or reduce tin this promise is dissolved by mutual con­ Into s Effect,-^ To-day—Canals duty itself. at Government House—A Long ^occasioned a good deal of discussion at the time among those who seemed sent/' ' . V ' I Made Free Steel Rail Duties—- As to the canals of the country, thej and Distinguished Career. ' f I •would be made free as :iir for two to think that the purity of the judicial - In order to relieve Marconi from tli* I Bounties on Lead—Beet Sugar cimine must to some degree be con­ necessity of performing service in the years. , This action was taken at the taminated'by the change. The an­ request of a large and representative Italian a-rmy, King Viotor Emmanuel has i and Gold-mining Machinery Free. Toronto, 'April 20.=-Sir Olivel swer to'these'criticisms, if any be' transferred him to - the navy, which deputation of marine men. Mowat, Lieutenant-Governor of On­ needed, is to be found in the record of bp'hero of activity he will doubtless ilnd tario, died on Sunday at 9-15 a.m. 24 years as Premier of the Province, more congenial, if, indeed, it 1 does, not Ottawa, April 17.—The following arc which Oliver Mowat afterwards earned. afford a larger opportunity for the exer­ SURTAX ON GERMAN IMPORTS. Peacefully, almost imperceptibly, th< •ome of the fcaUues'. of tlio budget cise, of his talent. The connection may semi-conscious sleep in which Sir OH he, merely nominal. Nevertlielcs'}, tho speech delivered by Mr. Fielding last Good3 Now Bought May be Allowed vcr,Mowat has lain since Wednesday incidcn,t"illustratos the strictness of tho night :— '•''.' Entry to June 30. requirement of Italy that all ahlo- night became at six minutes to 10 yes­ FOOD IN TIME OF WAR. Revenue for 1902-3, closing 301I1 June, Ottawa, April 20.—There has been bodied citizens shall perfoim some mili­ , $65,000,000, an increase of $7,000,000. considerable inquiry from business men terday morning the'dreamless slumbci Royal Commission Appointed to In­ tary duty. as to how the Customs Department (Mr. Fielding.anticipates an expendi­ of 'death. The aged statesman wai vestigate. , Tho Bismarck "Tribune" gives some in­ would interpret the new tariff lcsolu- surrounded by his family, all of whon teresting statistics of the personnel of' ture chargeable to income for 100.2-3 of tion, which piovidcs that the surtax London, April 20.—A Royal Commis­ tho North Dakota Legislature. Out of had' remained within call since thej $St,65b,ooo, an increase of $890,000. imposed on imports from Germany sion has,been appointed to consider the ninety-eight members of the house of re­ Thitjcstimatcd surplus for 1902-3 is shall-not apply to goods purchased on were summoned to his bedside at mid­ desirability , of adopting ', measures in presentatives whose birthplace has'been or before 10th Apiil for immediate night on Wednesday, a long' vigil ol looked up, the Canadian provinces lead $I3>350|000, .far ahead of any previous addition to the maintenance of' a wilfli twenty-one members-; Noiway foi- * surplus in our history. transportation to Canada. The mat­ eighty hours. They were Sheriff anc strong fleet, by which Great Biitain's ter was before the Cabinet at their IOWB'O. close second with fourteen who lTTc"TrniTcTp"af:ed reduction in the pub­ Mrs. Mowat, Mr. Arthur and Mrs supplies of'food can be better secured. first saw tlie light of day in the land meeting yesterday, when it was decid­ The movement which has led to tne of tho midnight sun. The Badger State lic debt is $5,050,000, alter providing for ed that the exemption clause will apjjly Mowat, Mr. C. R. W. Biggar, K.C. appointment-of this commi'ssion"bcgan linos up in third place with nine names r all expenditures. ' where the order 'was in the hands of and 'Mrs Biggar, Mr. ,Thomas Lang ' ' The average increase, of debt per in 1896. but it'was not until the begin­ MinncBota"«ind Germany lie with scvon the foreign exporter on or before 16th ton, K.C., and Mrs. Langton, and Mis; each. The rest are scattered. * ' .year during the seven years of Liberal ning ,of the present year that it became April, and the goods arrive and make Mowat. Dr. Primrose and Dr. Tem­ , administration is $1,097,379. The aver- at all vigorous and influential. , Two In a. remarkable speech delivered the - age increase per year in eighteen years customs entry in Canada on or before ple were also present. ; Sir Oliver die other day at -Khartoum, Lord Ui'omci of Conservative rule was $6,560,000. June 30th next.< it is considered that representative meetings were held in made soma striking observations as'to ( not regain consciousness. His vital­ London , recently, with the' object of ; On the operations of the last four this interpretation deals fairly with the tho future of tho 4Uppor Soudun. One 7 years all expenditures have been paid business community. It gives ample ity, the physicians said, waif wonder­ drawing public attention to the fact great obstruction to the development of ' 'and not one cent added to the public time to importers who are .entitled to ful, and his life' simply ebbed away. that war with a great power would en­ Egyptian industry, he said, was tlie high debt The public debt per head,in 1891 exemption from the surtax to get their The first public announcement of th< danger the nation's food supnly. A de­ price of coal. At Khartoum it was re> ,was $49.20. In 1896, $50.96. It is esti­ goods into' Canada., Those who are death was the half-masting of the flag putation which was appointed to'waitf-' oently, thirty dollars a''ton. He added mated for the current year'at $48.31 per not so entitled can cither cancel their on Government House, and it was not on the Premier insistcd'that if war were however, that he 'had recently heard thai N there was groat prospect of finding good '. heed,, orders or, make their purchases from long before bn all public buildings ana to break out the people of tins coun­ It is proposed to issue, if there is a coal south of Khartoum. "Such a dia-' some other, country than Germany. The many private ones flags were at half- try would, to say the least of it, be 'demand for them, Dominion notes or following telegram has been sent out mast and spread the news throughout covery would bo of greater' value'than / l the finding of gold, for it would mater- * currency notes to the amount of $30,- by the Commissioner of Customs :— the city. < , - driven to direst straits, and'Mr. Bal­ DGO,ooo, the present maximum being 4 four, although he did not take a'pessi­ ially alter the whole problem of the de­ "Referring to the clause in the resolu­ Premier Ross called at. Government velopment of the Soudan." ~ << ' " $20,000,000/still retaining the present tion of Parliament under which a sur­ House in the afternoon, and it was aftci mistic view.of the matter, thought that reserve of 25 per cent, additional fund tax is to be imposed on German goods, a conference with him that the above good reason had been shown for hold­ - raised by increase in issue to be used which provides that such surtax shall announcement regarding .the state fu- ing an official inquiiy into the subject. The Amateur Actor. Tto provide reserve of. 10 per cent, for not apply to any goods 'actually pur­ neral was made. This morning' the The Prince of Wales takes as much ' eecurity of $60,000,000 in Government Premier will arrange. 1 with Colone1 "A few of us are going to have privat* chased on'-or before the 16th day'of interest in the question of the nation'* ,r • savings banks. Otter the details of the ceremony. The tflieatrical9, the aspirant said to itn old As to the tariff, there is nothing in April,'1903, by any corporation, firm food supply as the King does_ in Lon­ actor the other day, "and I am cast to or-person in Canada for 'immediate members of the Legislature, City don's-housing problem, and his inclus­ ' the condition of the country, in die Council and'other public bodies anc pose as tfli-e dying gladiator. Would you , Government's opinion, which requires a transportation to Canada, the question ion in the list of commissioners' gives mind giving me a few wrinkles?" also many" societies will attend. There K1 1 " general revision of the tariff. Manu of interpretation to be placed upon this will be a military escort,' composed of every satisfaction, especially to those "Oh, no. You are the dying" gladiator. facturers -have held the home market exemption clause will be a matter for a detachment of Royal Canadian Dra- who have not forgotten his famous eh? Well, to- begin with, what aie you- and their shipments to Jorcign ,coun , regulation. I am authorized to state goons, mounted.- It was not thought- Guildhall speech on his return from ins dying for?" tries have increased. It may be-at at that such regulation will provide for advisable to parade all '"the city regi­ lolonial tour, and his warning that Bnt- , "I—I don't understand." early date desirable to make furthei the application - of this exemption to ments. At the request-of the family ain must wake np. , .- - "But you must ,undei stand. I want to changes than are now proposed, but goods* which have arrived in Canada six members of the, Toronto Caithness know whether you -are! dyingtfor a glass the character of these changes will de- of beer or. being carried off by galloping • and are entcicd for duty on or before Association will'act as^.bearers. The} • MAJOR-GENERAL -HUTTON. v ' pend on the attitude of certain other. the'30th day of June. 1903, provided are Messrs. D. Rose/, sen.,' Past Presi­ 4 consumption. It will make a heap of ' countries towards Canada. • satisfactory proof be furnished in each dent; WOT. Banks, -'sen., President, difference in the pose."' •"' "„ ' In view of the duty on breadstuff's 1 May Resign His Command in Austra­ According to later information,' the case that' the order therefor from the Daniel Ross, yicc-Presidcnt: Donald lia—Cause of Trouble. imposed by the Imperial authorities," importer was in the hands of the for­ Inrig, Treasurer; D. A. Rose, jun., and young man was "wildly searching a vol' the Canadian Government have press- Gilbert L. Sutherland... > Victoria, B. C, April 20.—News was ume of Shakespeare to see what tho 1 eign exporter on kor before the 16th brought by the' steamer, Mieia from gladiator died of. * ' , _-' '- cd for a reciprocity in pieference, in­ day of April, 1903." timating that -if Gicat Britain recog­ The City Council meets this after­ Australia that' Major-General"Hutton, nizes the principle, Canada would'con­ noon in regular session, but the Mayoi in command • of the 'Australian forces, cede a " further pieference, without, said last night he thought they would will probably resign in the near future, A Continued Story. , , , , BLAZE AT BRANTFORD. adjourn - till Thursday. H'e < intends . however, jeopardising the position of as a. result of-the manner in" which the f His actiohVas*lie came down the streef '" the Canadian manufacturers. Such a to reques't the citizens to suspend busi­ forces of the Commonwealth have been The Mohawk Institute Totally Des­ ness during two or three tiours on the struck me as being somewhat' errati< concession, if granted, must be as be­ dealt with politically in cutting down for a usually staid, sober, and deooroui tween the British and the foreign man- troyed. afternoon oP the funeral. l" The Leg­ appropriations and 111 other ways. Brantford, April 20.—Tlvs Mohawk islature will assemble to-morrow after­ eitizen. In the shout while , I waJtche the ancient , "Dear mo, dear me," I murmured, syro mienl and Parliament should not show many years ago for the purpose off -castle of the Vikings- in Scotland. H:s • paper criticized the appointment of an pathetically. "Is it your wife or tflw -any appreciation of the value of the educating Pagan Indians. The osx-5 father, John Mowat, was a soldier, who officer to the Victoria militia, "and children?" ..preference., jhey could not complain it ginal buildings were erected about j had seen stern service under Wellhi,;-' Lieut.-Colonel Reay was questioned by 1 "You'd abandon tOiem in their help 1 Canada saw fit to modify or change the seventy years ago, but there have- j ton during the Peninsular wars with the General regarding the criticisnis. lessness, would you? Oast 'em off? Lei been additions made from tiraa- to-ij 'preference.' There was no great an­ h France. His mother , was Mary Refusing information, he was dismiss­ 'em get along as they best could? You xiety on the pait of Canada lor reci­ time. Thert 'were about eighty In- 3 Levack, also of Caithness. The ed from the service. would, would you?" 'he demanded. procity with the United-States,-but a dian scholars in the building when) the J •elder Mowats lived at Carisbay, which "Why, I—I—" I gasped. ' •strong feeling had been manifested in fire broke out, and they were in their |] place they left in 1816. coming to Can­ "That's the kind of a shirker you sue. the lutter country for closer trade re­ beds., The spread of the. fire was ada and settling , in Kingston. The BURNED TO DEATH; eh?" he bowled. "You're willing to dodg< lations. slow,' fortunately, and everyone- es­ •fruit of the marriage was five children, your responsibilities, wrap yourself up ID -' Mr. Fielding read Senator Fairbanks caped safely. A large part of the three sons and two daughters. Oliver J "Rev: Father Dupcrt of St. Paul De your sclfls'hii'ess, forgot Vourthonor." letter to the Prime Minister, suggest- contents of the buildings were also re­ •was'the- first child. He was educat- Joliette. "Sea here, Smith," I said sharply, "wfoat moved to a place of safety fiom the ''ing the reassembling of the Joint High •ed at private schools in his native city, St-Paul de Joliette, Que, April'20.— do you mean?" Commission, and bir Wilfrid's reply flames. The origin of the fire is not •one of his teachers being Rev. John Rev. Father Dupont, the Cure of this For a moment he continued to glare at that a meeting could not be arranged exactly known. A few days ago thcie Cruikshahk, at that time held in high me. Then a look of recognition crepi before the end of the summer. was a blaze in the roof, due to a. de­ esteem as a teacher of youth. Among place, lost his life in a fire that de­ into &1V9 «yes, and he said, ooTdially: ' 'In both these questions affecting Bri- fective chimney, and, as the blaze to­ his fellow-pupils wr-e two men 'who, stroyed the presbytery early on- Satur­ "Why, hello, old man, 'how are youl . tain and the United States there was night broke "ont in t about the same •with him, were afterwards; destined to day, and deep regret prevails thiough- I've just booa- thinkinjj what I maghf ' .enough to cause the Government to place, the cause was probably the hold high places in Canadian politics, out the parish. The origin of tlie fire Qi'avo replied to that' infatuated fool postpone any revision until the out­ same, although it is supposed that an Sir John A. Macdonald and Hon. John is unknown, but it seems that the priest JOINW'S arguments, and I didn't notice electric wire had something to do with come was known. The Minister was Hillyard Cameron. /• t the-age of seven­ being unwell had kept a fire in his you."—"HOTPOT'S Bazai." hopeful of extending trade with France. the fire. The blaze broks out i« the teen he left school rnd entered the law 'As to German discrimination against roof' at the west side of the building, office of his former • chool friend, John bedroom. When found the remains Canada, the Government had done and there was nothing to stop it. An , A. Macdonald, who, oeing five years his lay near the door, as if an attempt had Men, Women and Clothes. their best during the past five years alarm was sent to the city fire depart­ senior, had been admitted to the Bar been made to get out. The servant, to bring about a better understanding ment, which responded, but there was and had begun to practise his profes­ who slept in another part of the house, The "Matinee Girl," writing-in the yith Germany, but in vain. The Gov­ no water supply available and nothing sion. managed to escape, but he can give no "Dramatic Mirror," makes some pertin­ ent remarks on clothes: ernment proposed to copy the exam­ could be done to save the parts of the reason for the fire. The church was ple of Germany, and, as respects dut­ building which were then remote from Mr. Mowat's • pui lie career may bo I "All the'great gifts of which a man the fire. The entire structure was said to have begun in ''1857, when hi saved. Father Dupont was 60 years may be possessed in the way of a good' iable goods, would enact a clause to the of age and had had charge of this par­ effect that when any foreign country burned to the ground, only the walls was elected an Ald<". man for St. Law­ voice, faultless pronunciation, a charm­ standing. Efforts were made to-save rence Ward, in th" City of Toronto. ish since 1893. _, ing manner or intense intellectuality, treats the imports from Canada on less sink into nothingness if he is not able to favorable terms than the imports from the creamery, a small building in the He again sat in Council in 1S58, as a rear of the institution, but were un­ representative from St. James' Ward. wear well made clothes and wear them other countries, there shall be imposed IN A BURNING STABLE. properly. The wearing of clothes should upon the goods 01 such foreign coun­ availing. There -was very fortunately PI is name as a civi-r legislator will li« no wind blowing at the time, and the come as naturally to men as to women, try a surtax over and above the duties associated with a lnfasuic'which he in­ but it doesn't. Girl babies are able to, expressed in schedule A of the genet al large barns were not in danger. troduced and carrici through, "to pro­ Joseph Bouchet of Laurier, Man., Loses His Life. , tilt their caps coquettishly under the tariff, such surtax to be onc-tlurd of vide for the better administration ot parasol of a perambulator and wave theia the duty so expressed in scheduln A of the affairs of the rorporation," which Winnipeg, April 20—The stables of blue shoes temptingly in the air when a the general tariff. This duty would NO WIRELESS MESSAGES. was known as "Alc.crman> Mowat's by­ Joseph Bouchet at T.aurier were burn­ boy baby disdains to pose and punches go into effect to-day (Friday), but law." His entrance into the wider ed down on Friday night. In attempt­ his pillow or else chews moodily on his would not apply to goods purchased iu sphere of politics came at the same Temporary Interruption Owing to ing to rescue his horses from, the worsted toe. We notice the well-tailored Germany before April 16th for imme­ time. In 1857 he resigned his com- man on the street and in drawing-rooms, Breakdown of a Subsidiary Device. missionership and ran for the House flames Bouchet lost his life. He en­ diate transportation to Canada. tered the stable once successfully, but and say to ourselves that, after all, it London; April 20.—-The Times an­ of Assembly for Smith Ontario. His is the tailor who does it. The truth ol upon re-entering, the building col­ It was ateo proposed that the Gov­ nounces that owing to a breakdown opponent was Joseph Curran Morri­ tho matter is that a good modiste can lapsed, and he was cremated. He ernment should be Riven power by or­ of a subsidiary device of the Mar­ son, whom he defeated by the large make a woman smart much easier than a majority of nearly 800 votes. Al­ was one of the most prosperous farm­ der in Council to impose a duty of coni system of wireless telegraphy, tailor can convert a stick into a possible- $7 a ton on steel rails, whenever ir though he had in early ^ife been sur­ ers in the district. looking man. Men's clothes are of men's cat* be shown that the mills in Canada which will, the company states, short­ rounded by Conservative influences, he lives a thing apart, and a man probably are in a position to manufacture steel ly be remedied. The Times' service of himself, as one biographer puts it, doesn't feel any different if Jus collai rails -in sufficient quantity to supply American marconigrams is temporarily "chose that broad-minded Liberalism Ill-treatment of Prisoners. buttons aie gold or celluloid. But evcry^ the ordinary requii cments of the mar­ interiupted. of which he has ever since been so St. Petersburg, April 20—The official inch of leal lace that u girl attaches to ket, and of the highest quality. The able an exponent pnd so steadfast a newspaper at Tiflis reports that a riot her joyous duds affects her temperament, Government were not able to do any­ promoter." The Macdonald-Cartier has taken place in the Village of Sou- the exact thinness of her batiste petti­ thing for the silvci -lead industry c TELEGRAPH BREVITIES. Conservative Administration was then chi, in the Black Sea district. The coats, the gold buckles on her garters, in power, and Mr. Mowat soon found all mysteriously influence her manner as Canada at present, but would furtlu Port Hope citizens are taking action to peasants stormed the prison to demand consider the question. Before the set himself at issue with many of its a post-mortem examination of fa pris­ sho enters a room or step3 from a cab, sion closed, the Government woul establish a hospital. measures^ oner who died. They asserted he had and give her confidence in herself I It is Friday, May 8, has been proclaimed The third and greatest period ol one of the most myrteiious of sex attri­ propose something for the relief o been beaten to death by the police, but, butes and there certainly must be a few the' binder twine manufacturers to Arbor Day In Manitoba. Oliver Mowat's public career began in according to the police certificate, he 1872, when he left the Bench to re­ of the brain cells with baby ribbon run compensate methem iufor thmce rebat.(™=e whic> h Montreal carpenters will continue ne- died from brandy drinking. The peas­ through the bars in the head of a nor­ thc manufacturers of the United States gelations for a while before striking. enter politics as Premier of his native ants overpowered the police and liber­ Pi evince. During his retirement from mal woman. Otherwise what alienist enjoyed. The duty on fnrHjrn-built The c p B wI11 b^m about 200 miles ated the prisoners. The,post-mortem can explain the remarkable part that proved that the prisoner's death re­ ships registering in Canada would be of nQW raIiway jn the west this summer. clothes play in'the life of a woman— abolished, now that a license fee was ^ ^^ ^ ., _ Lover's Y-Z( Wise Head) Disinfectants sulted from blows, and the guilty po­ from her first doll's frock to the chris­ proto] a owned by ex lice officials have been punished. 0 Powder is a boon to any homo. It d._ tening robe of her first baby I" ^nffreT a'dSSJS i£ machinery, P»-d«* Krugor was sola at auction fects and cleans at the same time. tor 5-U|UUU.

-MMMKcarom I intarnal nvinue.' Southern Sinitors has ^r^<- Mr. Dooley and the Sinitor.'' been known to use a small case knife T in a conthrovarsy. It is etiket to take "I see," said Mr. Hennessy, "that off ye'ei boots in th' heat iv th' debate. WALKED L KE. Congress has knocked off wurruk." It is courteous f'r a Sinitor to go to Mm--) iW' "It has," said Mr. Dooley; "or, to sleep an' swallow his teeth while an­ Bpeak more accurately, th' House iv other Sinitor is makin' a speech. But "AN 'M ^ Riprisintatives has gone back to wur- wanst a Sinitor is on his feet it is th' rok. Th' Sinit is still thNere, with its hith iv misbehavyor to stop him ex­ feet up on th' desk an' its vmrable cept f'r th' purpose iv givin' him a poke Joseph Hamel Suffered Lorig / f in th' nose. Afther; a rough-and- nose burnd in its chest. It's been a tumble fight, th' Sinitor who prevyous- Before he Used Do'df s Kid­ gT-feat session iv Congress. It will lyjiad th' fiure can get up fr'm it if ney Pills. t ' live long in th' mun'ry iv th' Ameri­ able an' raysume his spectacles, his wig can people iv th' don't f'rget. Ivry an' his speech. But while he has wan time I think iv'it, it makes me proud syllable left in his face he is th' mon­ Had Lost All His Energy and was " I'm*" almost native iv this counthry, arch iv all he survevs." Discouraged—The Great Kidney where th'""meanest citizen can go to Rtmedy Cured-Him Completely WVash'nton an* get his rights, but no­ 'K- Nicolct, Que., April 13.—(Special.) body else can. ' _, In his recent book on "China and the "What has it done, says ye? " Well, Chinese," Dr. Giles tells of a very stingy ~-0f the many' people in this neigh­ to begin with, it has smashed th' Chinaman who took, a paltiy sum of borhood who'have been brought back money to an artist—payment i3 always thrusts—well, almost smashed thim— to health and strength through the T well, give thim a good hearty pat, exacted in advance—and asked him to annyhqw. In th' beginnin' it looked paint his poi trait. The artist at once use of Dodd's Kidney *Pills "few are "* complied with the request, but wihen the "1 - portrait was finished nothing was •visible in a. better position to give the pub- „" save the back of i the sitter*' head. lie the benefits of (their experience- c,, _ "What does tins menu?" cried th* sitter, than Joseph Hamel He1 knows both Indignantly. "Well," replied the artist, "I thought a man who paid so little as sides of the question—the suffering* you paid wouldn't caio to show his face." and the relief. t Henry Ward Bcecher was amused v* hen "I suffered from'Kidney Disease tot •> ho went into a Bowery restailnint on one occasion and heaid the waiter give three or four year," says Mr. Hamel. ' such oi dors to the cook as "Hum and "For\wo years I would take, two or s* ," linkers and cow," etc. "Watch three days off work a week' I was* ^ ' me fazo that waitei with an oiderfwhieh r believe he won't abbreviate," reuiiukcd continually sick and. forced to < walk • , / Bcecher at length ns tlie''- winter ap­ like an old, man. I lost all 'my energy^ proached. Then lie siid- "Give us .poached eggs on toast foi two, with" the and became discouraged. > ° -' yokes broken.'^ 'But the waiter, who was , "After trying a -lot of '-medicines- ^ u, equal--to the emergency, wnP d'to the ,' Eve on a raft. Wreck 'em." It is re-' \yas fortunate enough to vfcry" Dodd's- > 1. 1 1 latcd that Dr. Bcecher ncaily fainted. ' Kidney Pills.'. After using .th'ree bexes-\ i \ Soon-, after Dr. Temple was "appointed Bishop of Exeter he visited one of the I* was completely cured j' J.' ,'~. J»'I ' churches in. his diocese for a confirma­ Mr. Hamel j is enthusiastic in his; \ tion. 'Ho stopped at the rectory over praises of Dodd's>,JKidney Pills ''and^'. *, night. The eldest gill, Wlw> was just old there is not, the slightest, doubt' , of enough to come down to dinner, was an active, capable gul, and of great assist­ the correctness of his statement ' as-, ^" ance to hei mother Dun g the meal dozens of people can testify .../to ~ his- ^ ^ tho latter spoke pioudly ol her daugh illness and cure. " , t tcr's usefulness in the pansh. '"Whcr '• "R-rcadin' tlv* life of Napolyon to ever I go," observed Di. Temple, "1 find anothci sinitor who wasnasleep."— a rectoT, a di-rcetor," , indicating i the ti Dooley on Increase or >/{>•', ' Seattle-Post Intelligencer. mother, "and a mis director," indicating i , Population. * "-'• ,„•• the daugbtei "And when your Loidship L as though on'y halfway measures wud J < ir i r comes," rotoited the mother, with pio be adopted. They was unitiiportant Mr. Dooley has been airing his opinions-' • >•' found obeisance, "we have a co-iector!" >n the "small family versus laige" quea- **" bills to take th' money away fr'm th' "Well thrust'" returned Dr.Temple, with thrusts, to burn thim in lie, to murdher tion, raised by recent statements of Pre-^, * a heaity laugh udent Eliot of Harvaid as to the- infe- '-,- „- tliun, to lock thim up f'r life. But th' i 'leaders iv Congress demanded more A young and enthusiastic repoitei sundity of college graduates. ,. • - ">, 'T. dhrastic. measures Me frind Sinitor went to see Senatoi Quay a few; nights "I've been lookin' at th' aigymints pro-' \/ > Aldrich, who nprismts a constitioncy ago about some phase ot Pennsylvania in' con, an' I come to th' conclusion tlhatu J '- politics, lie found the senatoi reading th' race is dyin' out on'y m spots. It'a1^'1'' that's almost as big as my back yard, 1 •was detarmined that no pains shud be in Qns library. There was some general 3yin' out among Haivaid giadjates, hut / spared to bring th' thrusts to their conveisation ' Just as tlie lepoiter wa= It's holdin' its own among th' aluumuses- *" - knees in fear or gratichood "Gintle- i<\xdy to spiing his fii*t 'question Sena­ Iv Saint Pathnck's Commercyal Academy; men,'_ says he, with a chokin' voice, tor Quay asked ''Do you like to play in Desplaines sthroet.' Th' av'rage size •> 'tli' bills now up do not meet th' case. poker?" "Sometimes I -play," the le Iv th' fam'ly m Mitehigan. avnoo la' ^ ' porter confessed "Well," said the sena ,000001, but th' av'iage size"iv th' fam'ly,., " -» They are well enough in their way, but In Ai~rchey Road i:> somewhat larger.V ;-," ^ bit what is th' use iv attackm' th' thrusts v tor, "then you'll like this little poker • at their sthrong point, which is their story by Eugene Ware. I think it is_one "Afther I r-read what Dock Eliot had' rrioney? They have gr-reat knots iv of the "best 1 have seen." lie handed the to say, I ast me frind Dock Grogan what) ', ^-\ book to the lepoiter, who, out of polite he thought about it. lie's a rale doek.l ' -' this, as I'have bbsarved, havin' lived 1 in th' house with thim, rm' th' best ness] read a page "All " siaid the sena Eejias a 'hoise on' buggy., He's out so' „ annywan can do is to pick off a little tor, "I see you are mtei estcd Take the much at niglit that th' polls ar-re always «I book along and read it at your leisure Btoppin' him thinkm" he is a burglar.,, at a time,' he says 'My idee is to at­ Good evening" When the dazed report Th' dock has prepared some statistics f'r" tack thim at their weakest point. An' er got outside he looked moie closely at me, an', here they ar-re: Number iv3 m what is their weak point, gmtlenien? the "ihttle" poker story by Ware. It was twins bor-rn in Ai rchey Road fr'm Hal--' It surely is their binivolcnce I pro­ fifty-nine pages long. - , ' - sted sthreet to Westhern avnoo, fr'm!"/ pose to assail thim there. I do it with ' Vl Oharles H. E Brookfield says ho was in Jajiooaiyv wan to Janooary wan, 305 pain, f'r, as ye know, howiver brutal j pairs; number iv thnps lv.thriplets in • me feelin' ta'rd thrusts may he as a [ Stevenson's company at the moment v whan the germ of the idea of "Dr. Jekyll the same fiscal year, nine; number iy in- pathrite, as a citizen I have a rale af- dividjool voters, eighty-thiee thousan', >J I '• fiction f r wan iv thim Th' bill I am and Mr. Hyde" was conceived. Steven­ son was inveighing against a man with nine ihundherd an' foity-two; av'rage size go in' to offer in th' name iv me -frind whom he had done business, and with iv family, fourteen*] av'rage weight iv - ' Sinitor Elkins, who is poundin' his ear whose methods ihe was dissatisfied. The parents,' wan hundheid an' eighty-fiveT ' in th' cloak-room at this minyit, wrings man's name was Samuel Creggaa, or av'rage size iv rooms, nine be,eight; av'r- me heart It is^an assault on all that something like" it. "H-e ia a man who > nge height iv,ceilin', nine feet; av'rage- E hold dear in life—an' don't expict to trades on the Samuel," Stevenson de- f, wages, wan dollar, sivinty-five; av'iage sell till it's a good deal dearer,' he v clared in his rather finmcky, musical ! duration iv doethor's bills, two hwulhenL' "* says. 'But,' he says, 'no^wan iver knew Scot's voice. "He receives you with «HIEF JUSTICE EALGONBRIDGE, years. ^ . Erasmus Haitch Aldrich to fail to re­ Samuel's snnle on his face; with the \ spond to th' call iv jooty, howiver ad "I took th' statistics to Father Kelly. gesture of Samuel he invites you into a He a an onprejudiced man, an, if th1' valorem,' he says. 'My counthry calls ciliair; with Samuel's eyes oast down in j -me an' I lay aside ivery considheration race was dyin' out he wud have had. a- self-deprecation "he tells you how,.well soundin* boord in his pulpit long agou an' rush to th' bank,' he says. Th' satisfied his clients have always been - still small voice iv jooty, as it ticks The sale of books, minuscnpts and so that whin he mmtioned sth' wun ucT with his dealings; but every now and autographs, from the hbraiy of John Q. 'Sell, lvrywan in th' congregation wadt off th' figures on th' tape is iver in then you catch a glimpse of-the Creggan 1 me ear,' he says. T am here to belt Whittier, on February C, in New York, have thought he meant him or her T * peeping out like a white feuet. Oeg- yielded about ten thousand dollars. Tlio think,' says Father Kelly, 'that Dock th' thrusts,' he says, 'an' here I am I gan's tiie real man; Samue-Pe only super­ purpose of the sale was to provide neces­ Cxrogan is a little wrong in his figures. move ye, sir, that we substitchoot fr ficial." sary funds for the care and permanent Hes boastin' In this parish I allow . th' bill entitled "A bill to murdher An Englishman was traveling from maintenance of the old Whittier home­ twelve births to wan man edge It varies thrusts," this here small but fragrant stead, and the sum realized should "go iv coorse, bein' sometimes as low as nine "- law, entitled" "A bill to give thim a London to Edinburgh in a first-class cosa- paitment, which he was fortunate in far towards inakmg up the amount ne­ an sometimes as hi?h as fifteen. But - hearty hug." Undher th' terms iv this having all to himself, la the bliss of cessary. An autogiaph message.of Pre­ twelve is about th' av'rage,' he says If bill, it will be illegal fr a thrust to perfect privacy he hud spiead his belong­ sident Lincoln'to Cortgiess brought the ye see Dock Eliot,' he says, 'ye can' tell , charge annywan f r. its produck more ings out oil over the carriage. Just as 'highest price ($845). The sale was a him th' race ain't dyin' out very bad in ' than it can get, to pay back money to the train was leaving the station at small matter compared with the great this here part iv th' wunuld. On th*" , t\ annywan, to divide its profits with th' Newcastle, a big, broad shouldered drov­ • art auctions which New York has seen conthry. It ain't liable to ayether,' he- poor, to burn down its buildin's, on- er, panting Jiard after a race to the this winter, but because of its purpose says, 'onless wages is raised,' lie says, c 0 Or a re becomin 1. r less insured, to advance wages to build station, opened the carriage door and it is gratifying that it should have gone i 2v , . r ' richer in childher ' thurches an' orphan asylums, or to jumped in. He flopped down on the seat so well. Some; exceedingly interesting on th rich poorei,' he savs. • 'Tis' al- * If create a fund for the missionaries in opposite to the Englishman, and imme­ letters, books and .manuscripts were of­ ways th' way/ he says 'Th' biggeV th' Chiny. If caught in anny iv these ne- diately, feeling that there was some­ fered, and the watchful collectors of this house th' smallei th' fam'ly. Mitehigan . faryous entherprises anny officer iv a thing between him and the cushion, opulent town let none of them pass un­ avnoo is always thmnm' out fr'm itsilf l - thrust will be lible to a fine iv four pulled out from under him a silk hat appreciated. New York's eminence as a an growm' fr'm th' eflorts iv Ar-rchey.' 1 millyon dollars or imprisonmint in a crushed flat. "I'm sure," said the Eng­ market for all Tare and curious wares Road. T-is a way Nature has iv gettin',-^ loonytic asylum or both. As I said, I lishman, "you might have been a httlo that collectors covet hag been wonder­ aven with th' rich an' pow'iful.* Wan* offer this bill with a sad an' achin' more careful! You might have looked fully attested by the lemaxkable sales part iv town has nawthin' but money an' heart,' he says. 'But I have done me before you sat down." "Ay, I'm rale of this winter. another nawthin' but childher. A man iooty, an', with that I mus' be contint sorry," said the burly cattleman, "but it With tin dollars a week will have tin Forgive th' tears iv a Spartan father- micht ha' been waurl" "How could it childher, a man with wan hundherd. dol­ in-law, an', boy, call up New York an' possibly have been worse?" retorted the " A Sudden Departure. lars will have five, an' a man with a fee* twnty-two twinty Broad,' he says." Englishman. "It micht Oia' been ma am _____ / adlyen, will buy an autymobill. Ye can 'An' there ye ar-re. What's th' hat I" was the reply. Clapham—Didn't your new cook leave tell Schwartzmeister with his thtrtcea Uirouble, says he ? They ain't anny you rather suddenly? Brixton—Ye* httle Hanses>an' Helenas that he don't Booker Washington tells this charac­ have.to throw no bomba to make rooan throuble. It's a ci»estion iv Sinitoryal She got mived in her dates. She hod a chi,dher courtesy. What's that? Well, Hin- teristic story of one of liis countrymen: (£.T? - 1*' people over in "I called an old negro farmer into my policeman and burglar call on her tho Mitehigan avnoo will do that thimsilveB. »»is9y, ye see, they ain't anny rules in th' same evening.—"Pick-Me-Up." Sinit. Ivrybody gets up whin he wants office and explained to him in detail how Nature,' he says, 'is a wdd dimmycrat/ he could make thirty dollars an acre on he Baya." t to an' hollers about annything that A oecret, they say, torments a woman comes into his head. Whin Dorgan his land if he would plant a portion of It in sweet potatoes; whereas, if'-ho •like a pain inside, but she is not ill veiy was ia Wash'nton he went to hear th' long. debate on th' naval bill, an' a Sinitor planted cotton, as he had» been doing for The Professor's Advice. was r-readm' th' Life iv Napolyon to years, at best he could only make fifteen '?A another Sinitor who was asleep. Smi- collars an acre. As I explained the dif­ A venerable professor of a noted medi­ ference, step by step, he agreed with me cal college was addressing the graduating toiyal courtesy rules th' body. If ye at every point, and when I came near to let me talk I'll let ye sleep. Th' presid- the end of my argument I ocgan to con­ class. m officer can't come down with ham­ gratulate myself that I had converted Sunlight Soap will not "Gentlemen," he saad, "you ore going mer an' bid wan iv thim vinrable men at least one man from the one-crop sys­ burn the nap off woolens out into the world of action. You will grim with thraditions, to chase himself tem to better methods. Finally, with likely follow in som« degree the example ir m th flure. In such a case it wud be what I fear was the air of one who felt nor the suiface off linens. of those who have preceded you. Among parlymmthry f'r th' grim Sinitor to other things you may marry. Let me av e a Uiat he had won his case, I asked tho T? i » >nk well at th' prcsidin' officer. farmor what he was going to cultivate entreat you to be land to your -wives. Undher Sinitoiyal couitcsy it is pro­ »n his land the coming year. The old Be patient with them. Do not fret un­ per an even affable to call a fellow-1 [oilow scratched Ins head a id said that, der petty domestic trials When on© oi Smitor a 'liar.' It is th' hith iv cour­ is Oie was getting old and had been glow­ you aska your wife to 'go driving, dti tesy to rush over an' push his cigar ing ootton all his hfr, lie leckoned he not worry if sho is not ready at the ap- down his throat, to take him be th' hair would grow it to the end of his few re pointed tame. Have a treatise on your an dhrag him around th' room, Or to naming years, although he agieed with REDUCES specialty always with you. Read it ne tHiafc he could double the product of W. R HIDDELL, K.C. while you wait, and I assure you, gentle­ slap him in th' eye on account iv a dil tis land by planting sweet potatoes on Counsel for the Defence. men," and the professor's kindly smile EXPENSE seemed to show a trace of irony, "you irence iv opmyon aboutabout 9colhctorrniiirf-.-.s, i; v It," will be astonished at the vast amount of -UK tot the Octagon Bar. information you will acquire in this way."

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ATLIN ' B.' C; SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1903. M i 1 RICKED UP HEME AND THERE.. ' Delicacies that', will ' tickle the palate :— Anchovies, Es. of An­ '.OUT; chovies,''Russian Caviare, Indian Church of Eiiglund: St. Martin's Church, cor. Third nnd Train­ Chutney,' Mackerel—Cross &. Co. er .treats. Sunday services, Matins nt 11 a., , f ; <•/ We out of Business.'- 'Our m., Iivensong 7:30 p.m. Celebration of Holy , For a good square meal go to are going -Communion, lt,t Suiuluj in each month and en Special'occasions. Sunday School, Sun- the Pioneer .Bakery and Restaurant. ,- Stock- must be sold by - the . open­ , day at 3 p. in. Connnittco Meetings, 1st r 'An extra special Giand Opening J ThnrkcUiy in each month. =• ing of navigation.' , We 'have a „ Ke\. V. L. Stephenson, Kpotor. ofthe- Balmoral Hotel, Discovery, St. Andrew's Piesljytorian Church hold takes place,this evening.! ' large line of, Men's Furnishing service" in tho Clitii-cii on Second Street. The Placer Act will be the topic Morning service nt 11 evening-service 7:3!) •Goods', ' including- ., '?',,' Sunday School ut tlie close of tho morning for discussion at the meeting ofthe service. Rev. 13. Tnrlfliigton, Minister. Preo Provincial Mining' Association at MEN'S UNDERWEAR, OVERSHIRTS, , Rending Room, to which all nre welcome. Discovery tonight: —— *• • —— FEDORA HATS „ STETSON HATS, o LOST—An ivory 2-foot rule. For the finest home-made bread, DRY, try that at McDonald's Grocery. •FINE SHOES, in different weights, ' The fiiider will be liberally reward­ Etc;, ed upon returning it to Subscribe for the CLAIM, and get GOODS, BLANKETS/ ,' Etc., F. T. HAMSHAW. your friends to subscribe. >• All of which' can be bought below cost. , MCR. Jamieson returned to Atlin , Attention is directed' to the an­ DON'T OVERLOOK THIS: , h '! oti Tuesday evening from a several nouncement, in another'coluxnii/of months''yisit to his old home^in El L. Pillman&Co. • •'''- Come and lock around. - You will surely see something, Sydney,' N.S.W. Mr. Jamieson "WANTED —Correspondents iii you need and,on which you will save\money, > says that he and the others with every section of the district. "En­ him had anything but a pleasant quire a tithe CLAIM for particulars. -trip over the trail from Caribou. BLACKETT & CO. He experienced quite "a'-difference The Rise and Fall. u' > \ , - in climatic conditions, between At-' The lowest tempcrature'recorded >lin and Sydney. The thermometer Russell Hotel. for the week ending 15th inst, is • , / , r ranging, ' about Christmas time,l > ( as follows : ' - DIXCN BROTHERS, Proprietors from 100 to in in the shade. The T • ','"'• - * T —- ••« May 9 . ' 32 above , drought in Australia during this - , 10 last season is responsible for the ' • v 26 , Pool &' Billiards, Free. loss of millions of ,cattle and sheep. » " • . ..i28- .' v Freighting and Teaming. Jt Horses and Sleighs for Hire. , 12 • T.^43-'' . ' 1} "1 "Bob" received a hearty welcome from his many friends on his return. , '13' \-, ' : 3i . J Slaughter* prices on Ladies', . 4 36 , \ THE GRAND HOTEL Men's and ' Children's, Shoes at , 15 24 ,- ( Closing'Out Sale.—Blackett & Co. FINEST EQUIPPED HOTEL IN f ^CONDUCTED IN FIRST-CLASS MANNER. 'have' associated • themselves in to, a The YELLOW JACKET /.-Mineral Claim, business partnership, under the situated 'on - Pine Creek, about one ' . V- * French, Restaurant in Connection. '•I firm"name of Wilkinson,& Brown, 1 mile east of Discovery, in -the ,Atlin -* '".,>' /' - Provincial' Land Surveyors & Civil . , Lake Mining.Division of Cassiar, B. C. , - ,,,' DAVID'.HASTIE, PROPRIETOR. - Engineers. Both gentlemen " are fjOTICE is hereby given that I, Julius 1N" M. Ruffner, F.M.C., No.1 BSS359. Attorney < Corner , of .First, and Discovery Streets. , well known and their abilities iu for the North Columbia Gold. Mining Co.. in­ their respective professions are of tend 60, days from date hereof, to apply to the .Mining Recorder for a.Certificate DRINK^THE BEST the highest order. of Improvements, for the purpose of obtain­ - Gents' Furnishings, Boots and ing a Crown Grant of the above claim/ Shoes at cost. , A chance to outfit AND FUBTHER Take notice that action un­ 9 der Section S7 must be commenced before "NABOB T E A. ' for very little money. C. D. New­ the issuance of such Certificate of Improve­ ton's, Discovery. ments. Atlin, B. C this 16th day of May, 1903. Freighting-'over the Caribou-At- THE NOBTH COLUMBIA. GOLD MINING CO., In Lead Packets ol y2-\u and i-lb each.' lin winter trail has ceased and the By .Julius M. Ruffner.-Attorney. : . , . ' For Sale'by all First Class Grocers. ill myl6-60d ." , ', . ' v last of the -teams got in on Thursj day morning:" The season has been •RJOTICE is hereby given that 30 days ufter , date I intend to apply to the Chief Com­ KELLY. DOUGLAS & Co.. Wholesale Grocers, VANCOUVER, B.C a fairly good one and has fortnn- missioner of Lands and Works for permis­ " ately passed off without mishap of sion to lease 10 acres, of land for brick-mak­ ing purposes, in the Atlin Lake Mining Dis­ I'M ' any kind. ' „ trict, situated as follows: 4 BOOB to the Thirsty! Sixty -five cents per pair Ladies' Commencing at a post planted about one half mile east of Atlin townsite and marked Misses' and 'Boys' Rubbers 'at Thomas, Kirkland's" SW corner post," Blackett & Co.'s thence east 12 chains, thence north 10 chains, thence west 12 chains, thence south lOJchains Drinks, 2 for a Quarter. Louis Schulz' brought a drove of to point of commencement, containing 10 acres more or less. - Thomas Kirkland. fine looking . cattle over ,the trail Atlin, B.C., April 28th, 1903."" ". Commencing Monday, April 20th', I will cut prices on all rny, goods at this week. They have all been the ICELAND HOTEL. * I have a large stock of First C1ass ' slaughtered and the meat market is TyjOTICP is hereby given that 30 days after Gouds and intend to dispose of them at Cost. This is, strictly a date I intend to apply to ,the Chief fully supplied until after navigation , CLOSING OUT SALE., Goods' must be disposed of by July 1st. Commissioner of Lands and Works for per­ Hotel Building for Sale—No Reasonable Offer Refused. opens. • •-, ' mission to lease that certain parcel of land R situate in the Atlin Lake Mining Division for - E. P. QUEEN. Fresh stock of Imported and Do­ the purpose of cutting grass and for pas­ mestic Cigars at C, R. Bourne's. ture, described as follows ' Commencing at an initial post planted E. S. Wilkinson, P.L.S. Wm. Brown, C.E. The ice went out at* Dawson on about % of a mile N. E. of the Town of Atlin, • 1' Wednesday, 13th inst. and running South 40 chains to post No, 2; thence East 40 chains to Post No. B; thence ; WILKINSON /& BROWN Spring,Cleaning—Get your Wall North 40 chains to post No. 4 nnd thence 40 Provincial Land Surveyors & OlvSl Engineers. chains to point of commencement, contain­ Paper and House Lining from J. A. ing 160 acres more or less. Hydraulic Mine Engineering a Specialty — Office, Pearl St., near Third St,. ATLIN, B.C. Fraser & Co. Robert Grierson. Atlin, B.C., April 26th, 1903. my!6-4t The Government Road gang has To Our Customers and the Public: got to work under the superinten­ TTTE take pleasure in announcing that we have removed to our new dence of Hugh Molyneaux, and Store building, corner of Pearl and First streets. Tnis'Store is some needed improvements have pronounced to be one of the best equipped in the district. Our Stock -ALASKA ROUTE SAILINGS- beea done in'Atlin. of Groceries and Provisions, Candies, Notions, etc, etc., is complete in Just arrived at A. S. Cross & every respect and our customers are assured the best grades of goods in • The'following Sailings are an­ Co.'s —- Fresh Potatoes, Eggs, or- the market at the lowest possible price. We will carry a stock of Fresh nounced for the month of May, anges'and lemons. Fruits and Vegetables as soon aa navigation opens. leaving Skagway at 6 p.m., or on Dixon Bros, brought in some arrival of the train : We beg to extend our grateful thanks to our patrons for past favors excellent new ' buggies on the last and respectfully solicit a share of-, your trade, and with' honorable load from Caribou for their livery PRINCESS MAY, May, 7, 16 & 27. dealing trust to merit a continuance of it.- For further information, apply or business. These will be fully ap­ We are prepared to deliver orders onthe various creeks at. reason­ write to H. B. DUNN, Agent, preciated by their many patrons able rates. ' ' j •• » during the season. ' Skagway, Alaska. Ea L. Pillntan & Oo.

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