Bh HF irk al {i the tion to oe tear easily. makes it for i re : ir toréyr: Theattes and most striking of v husioess. h-cre:| Tass case, with the information that ildren_| besides shaving and hair cutting there . was a Snaictning 'and a Shitopadist a. 5 + {lat of my 'money to the trimming and nolishine up of my fingers. hot water and was facing the row of harber's i part of the periormance he went through. The first thing I saw dene to him by a Japanese boy was: the wrapping of his-head-in a large towel, bout the sive of a bath towel which seemed to have been wrang out of very hot water as a cloud of steam arose from it. This towel {which the * barber took him in hand Jand started to lather his face. * The Battery part, though, no doubt, there many gentlemen in Kingston fa- i asked me Clady , and she'said in a very nice French accent, "Perhaps dis gentle iman has not been at his home all night." I understood at once what meant. Al this ime a veung Woman was fixing up his hands, as tine were being treated. The Japan- ose boy was not idle, for he had re moved the all-nighter's hoots and [Socks and was no doubt exercising his daltnte as a Shiragodist. I couldu't eg of bridge whi a » whist, 'other Body-wrecking amnse- Fie ¢ as Tight as day. A team | os Bo within short a | many hills Seattle is built on, but as tices in "a street car going length- fons' of wlentricity over | Wite of the city one is continually F down owe hill to climb ho- To a"stranger whose ferves its namie written in the | Are a little out of gear the sensation vens, the skyscrapers haviig their | a picked out with #lectric Kghts {cases the cars yards higher oven "an their | ing &n incline which is nearly perpen wiber { dicular. You observe, ho struck with the 'xtra. | O08 Subic { other. ol amusement wemed to vi vou deck of the steamer. Your land. This was a simple matter with | us, as we carried only our hand begs. { We decided to go to one of the '~t | : v ling cat down and it would be inter on {nephew found ourselves at the Hotel had | Lincoln, a seven storey structure, where the servants are nearly oll {dape. After entering our pames sud {getting our rooms, we went out to what the city looked like. I. of , thought there would be some of the day (Sunday), but no--all places of amusemient were in full blast, theatres, saloons, billiard reoms dnl many shops were brilliantly lit . and for all a stranger coald tell the city was doing its usual week - th a prominent bank, and on looking into the place, saw a Tow of seven or wight chairs down one side of the room, and ' a row o pro- v or vather the necéssity for ~o- 1 ing ih-aane of us wanted a shave or made by damts ja cut--so after considering the pp exp tier for Some same T toes (0. with mv young companions and [place our hands at the mercy of the ts of cod YOUNE women who occupied the tables first time in my life to give un a ball hour of my time and a half dol- heen sitting a few minutes at the table with eavh hand in a basin of DOAN: we ~nal one this impression for the rough and tough element vou must let them go, keep them from Seattle. : aad @hurch on the Western prairies, where they were mot provi with the Ne thodist hymn ie the aowgster of the * and solos™ variety. When the got: up to announce the hymn , die suid ! we. will sing the S9¢ , 8 At slowly and t t Apne son asi hewelt Lord's with fast music accom FPL oF foil Hh i docks 4 L i Hi fs f EE 8 1 §& og ;: Gill : F said, the material for i i : db to Seattle. city, one ike is anything but pleasant, as in many } tended to patronize, | the purpose. They have complete con- { trol, however, and it is interesting to jsee how they stop at the different crossings, whether going up or down, the level. Many of the hills are he Jjesting to know how the city pro- poses settling with those property own {ers whose houses are left, asit were, | jon the top of a small precipice. T wos | {told that there are no less than 500] places of amusement, many of them night, and several of them four. Seattle's principal coal, timber, fish and iron, and it is full of manufacturing establishments of all kinds. A large business is done in the building "of all kinds of en- gives and general machinery. During the Yukon excitement the city was the principal centre of the expeditions that were fitted out for that inhos- pitable region and 1 was informed, by one who knew, that the whole country for miles and miles around was de- prices were paid for them for' Jog sure of u ready purchase at 'a good the country is suffering famine. I was much strack with several 4o- tem poles 1 saw, both in this place and at Victoria. It is verv difficult to get any intelligent description of these curious articles. They vary from one foot Nigh up to sixty 'or Seventy feet. So far as 1 could learn they are £6 represent some parti- from a dog curious one in front of our me what it meant. 1 supposed he no- me that the pole representéd an old Indiah' who was so great a far that a serpent choked him and the pole was Set up as a warhing to those I thought it was in the wrong place, | and that it should be set up at the Gourt 'house. a few hlotks ' away. 1 was thinking of some of our own courts at the time, particularly our election and division courts. I kept my thonghts from the stranger, how. pver. a the theatres which we visited the ¥y or performance, would last about one hour. THe Bouse would then be emptied and a resh andience gathered in, and the same performance ropeated for the new comers. Bw this ded tg leat three performances, "after "which awe made for the steamer, which lef$- at mudmight for Victoria and Vaprouver. I eampared Seattlé in its physical featutes to Rome. In other respects | should compare it to Babylon, for 1 think it is about the most Godless city T have over visited: The stivets and vertain + parts of the town Fave soemetl to be every. where in evidence. Wothers, if . vour boys are anxiout to leave home and ---------- (Po be continued.) Loved Wesley's Hymns. Dr. Potts was regarded as somewhat is the most Blithy condi- | are built on piles however, last but a few years * destructive work of the worm. These, 1 din a pd sized piled . Fl piles are imported from Austral a and con- | There'll Be A Hot Time in This Store Species of gum tree in| to that country and which) worm proof. My re wharf to Victoria and Van- in ohie respect at least, Fe: r " Raine Baile: on suits in every respect, regular $16.50 values. I can't say exactly how " On sale Saturday and Monday at $11.75. to be descend- ver, that » there are three brakes, one at ah ber in their attempt to | end and one in thé centre. The iat- hy i tae [ter one in a powerful lever and - [signs were on top of the hotels and {operated by the conductor, who steps F iy easily pick out and lowate | forward from his ena of the ear jor as easily as a ear can be stopped on! 127 Princess St. NE ---------- a ---- : theatres, opening at seven and closiig! at midnight. These places give onan! average about three performances aj i industries are! pleted of its dogs and that fabulous! trains. Any farmer's sheep killer was | price and to this dav it is said that i cular event in the Iifé of some tribal | hero. They are ustally placed at the entrance to the Indian villages and] properly belong to that tribe. 1 saw | nd {a very tolmysell, or rather my hands, taken in ol on 0 to return their|" if it fails to give satisfaction, Draggist, Kings: for the hotel. It was forty feet high and was | surmounted by a horribie-Jooking heal | with * tongue out and a Serpent or snake wound tightly round" the neck. | I asked a entleman who was stand. | dng at 'the hotel door if he could tell | tied I was a stranger, for he told | ®he' indulged in that habit. 1 said | .. prongs, when wet, interlock with the long strands and pull together, to * - * # A 4 2 . When you come in to see our Suits or Overcoats, you would bring your wife. She knows. If we were not sure of the perfectness of our clothes, we wouldn't dare invite her. Name your Suit or Overcoat price, and let her decide 'whether or not we show you the Best money's worth obtainable. Suits and Overcoats at $9.50, 11.50, 13.50, 15.00, 16.50. That for style, fit, quality, and workmanship, can't be found elsewhere for for the same money. We have other lines at" $4.95, 5.95, 6.95 and 8.00. (Good serviceable goods.- * SATURDAY AND MONDAY. WE SHALL SELL: 22 Men's Fine Worsted Suits, 8.B. of D.B. style, new goods, perfect Three lines to select from. | A valuable prepa 90 Pairs Men's Working Pants, all sizes, regalan'$1.50. On sale Satur- : 2 offec all kinds o day and Monday, $1.20 per pair. SHEE pon stains, 50 Dozen Men's Heavy Woollen Socks, regular 25c, On sale Saturday pra either cold, wa and Monday, 19¢ per pair. y ter with good yest 20 Overcoats, All-Wool Tweeds, siz>s 33 to 12, regular $10.00 Coat. On va a aii. sale Saturday and Monday, $6.75. } , As it consists ; 40 Boys' 2-Piece Suits, Norfolk styles, sizes 24 to 33, regular $4.60 and skin, and contains ho 4.50. On sale $3.00 and 8.25. well Bape for han You'll have money left for other purposes if you come here for your soil the hands, anc > Clothes, where you get the best for the least nioney. SOAP FOR THIS Pt RO N EY & O » > a __The Store That Sets the Pace THE FIRST 1 « There will be : Bread, Cake and Pastr any other Baking Pow Our new Cook I daingy dishes. \ rit Chemical Co. of Canad Stanfield' Underwear A Talk by the Maker to the Wearer (Chapter 2) In its natural state, wool consists of long, curly, silky fibres, dotted with tiny prongs or branches. These Shrinking The Wool 111 Princess St., g would happen, were it not for There has been the Stanfield process, which makes the prongs on cach strand of wool oon lie down until the knitting is finished. Stanfield's Unshrinkable Underwear is made absolutely unshrinkable by this Cc special process, invented and perfected by the Stanfields. * It is the only method of This is a conf protect the sheep from rain and dampness. When wool is woven, the same thin treating woal, w hich renders it unshrinkable and uninjured. : One way of getting rid of the prongs, is to burn them off by plunging the wool into a tank containing lime. As the prongs' are & part ®t the tvool, naturally the * lime will 'cat' the wool aswell as the prongs.™ *Fhis is Why some imported, and some Canadian-made "Unshrinkable," Underwear won't wear. It has been tread with lime in the effort to make it unshrinkable. The illustrations above, show wool under the microscope both before and after going through the Stanfield process.. They show that all the prongs that make it shrink are made harmless, BEFORE the Underwear iS woven. And as there is no "shrink" in the wool, there can be no "shrink" in the Underwear. Every garment, bearing the Stanfield label of "Money Back If It Shrinks." All sizes from 22 to 70 chest measure. The label tells the wei ht--RED label for light--BLUE label for medium--BLACK rw heavy wien STANFIELDS LIMITED - he THE COWA 5 18 sold with our standard guarantee TRURO, N.S. 150 For sale b King and Br