A Boon £0 the: Bilious | uss or fiaos witw moans Are yo compelied to deny your- tell many. wholesome foods because Fo think they make you bilious? Do you know that your condition is more tH blame thar 'the foods? «Your liver and stomach need at- tention more than the diet. When i find yourself suffering with a ilious attack, take BEECHAM'S PILLS and all jannoying symptoms will soon disappear. They settle the stomach, regulate the liver and ex- ercise the bowels. Their good ef- fects are felt immediately Beecham's Pills mingle with the contents of the stomach and make easy work of digestion. The nour mshing properties of the food are then readily assimilated and the residue carried off without irrita- ting the intestines or clogging the bowels Beecham's Pills should be taken whenever there is sick headache, furred tongue, constipation, sallow skin or any symptoms that indi cate an inactive liver. Sold Everywhere, In boxes 25 cepts, " | | north, {ton parasol in the | gone down the Mackenzie River the | most remarkable i America. | nedring the T | being the eS | ers who earry | of the north a million do Ol | bring back {from ¢ { MARY-CURIOUS WANTS OF GREAT FAR NORTH» Peculiar Class of Customers--Dusky Buyers Demand Full Assortment-- Some Funny Purchases--F ur Skins a3 Current Coin--Indian Shopper Hae Queer Tastes--Believes In Vir tue of Patent Medicines. They 'are 'the Indians of the far Wik n and wilder ness-iraitied though they are, they want the things to eat, wear, and play with that the white man brings them, and therein ists mach of the hu- mor of Indian life and character. A. jar of orange marmalade al a wigwam reakiast, for instance, or a red cot of a sun- dried squaw, is a bit funny; but of such, in. part, is the trade with the northern Indians. It is to satisfy the curious wants of these people thmt there has recently trade procession in It left Athabasca Landing in the latter part-of May, and is now of the Continen}, voyage of the trad- into the wilderness rs' worth miscellaneous merchandise and the wilderness ite barter valné in rare furs. Three large trading pompanies, the anciént and honerable Hudson Bay Co., Re- villon Freres, snd Hislop & Nagle, THE DAILY BRITISH f Indian character: extra vigarice . There is extremely little of thrifty ; ceonomy about the nerthern red man. The breeds who track the freight scows through the river-rapids are, for instance, particularly partial to shepherd's plaid wousers, of which large quantities of a very good qual- ity are taken north, and m which | ! { they proudly array themselves, to go presently waist-deep into the water. A young brave, grandly golem up ia | a new store swt, missed his fooling | and fell over an embankment, badly | vebeeting himsel! with clay He | straightway went back to the village, | borrowed $10, and gave it away in as proof of his chagrin The Indians are periodically visited | by epidemics that carry off great num- | bers of them without relief except | such as the patent medicines give | them. At Fart Resolution, a few years | ago, one of the traders himself made | coffins for and buried scores of In- | dians who were dying about the post | every day. They love the country, however, despite ite hardness on them, The fascination of the north takes hold upon every white. man who visits it, and men who have made an annual Mackengie trip for fifteen years are drawn to it as sure as spring time comes. The Indian, who knows | no other or manner of life, may therefore' be permitied to love h north, Curious stories they tell about it, too, with strangely ie ex- planation of its rien. Little muskegs, a run of water, bit of woods are landmarks ne greatly yenerate, and the . ratives of their adv with loving little i natural features, w ERE: E ses | gs { of the quarters and halves among the folk | else supported in luxury by a wealthy {| Creole WHIG, DISAPPEARED IN CANADA. Romance and Mystery of English Banker Who Fled From Home the extzeine is the y and romance sur: n R Lidderdale, bank- whigh is just Fascinating in tale 1 rounding Wi ei and bridegroom elect pow stirring the British pabiic and interest with the famous Re vying Druce case \ Somewhere nn Canada, it 1s be lieved, is William Lidderdale, either working for his own living and thet humble wile of his choice or nr who was infatuited wit and induced him to marry her British courts are deliberating whe- ther 10 declare William Lidderdale desc. Ai any fime within the mext { six months such action may be tak- en. But it 'will not solve the mys- tery. The law may be satisfied but not the publie As readers may already know from the brief cable despatches, application has been made fo the High Court of Justice in London wo determine the desth of Liddendale, who disappeared nearly sixteen years age. So many remarkable and remnautic facts came out in court that the case has been adjourned that the world may be | searched for pore miormation Sends $2,500 te Fiancee. Briefly the facts are these: Lidder- dale, who was\manager of a West of England bank, was 'engaged to be married Jan. 11, 1862, to a Miss Chap- man. On Jan on business with $5,000 of his own money. He wrote to Miss Chapman on arrival 'mentioning meeting a Miss Vining, whom he described to his fi- 8 he came to London | SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, --a little better flour --a little richer butter little finer bakery little more care in baking little more attention to i] nia] --l details--make Mooney's Perfection Cream Sodas a whole lot better. Are you getting the best ? Your grocer has Mooney's. PAGE ELEVEN. lI 2281 3 it A Ca LA ell . STRATFORD CANADA LLL AR RE LL RL RL } chiefly supply the Athabasca, Peace, {and Mackenzie River countries with | food and raiment, some three or four | independent traders operating, how- i ever, in a smaller way and so creat] trained from infaney This love for and fuscinstion country holds trpe evem red men who have seen ance as a wealthy 'American woman, infatuated with him. That was the last heard dirdetly from the young banker. Farly in February an an- nouncement of his death appeared in * € ie 31 f & a hefjs its delicate fragance to the very Just fragment, and itis so well made thet it will wear to the thinnest wafer, Albert Soaps Ltd. Mfrs, Montreal. Beware p/ smitations and substiintes. yo IRISH WHISKEY Famous for over a century for its delicacy of flavor, Of highest standard of Purity. It is ospecially recommended by the Medical Profession or account of its peculiar "DRYNESS" / a better than EPPS'S A delicious drink and a sustain food. _ Fragrant, nutritious economical. This excellent Cocoa . maintalns the system in robust health, and enables it to resist winter's extreme cold. COCOA nd Storek ih, and Jo Tas. Tecra s ~ WEATHER | | Keeps out the Cold, Costs Litt: and Saves Much, Good Variety at _ STRACHAN'S ! | buyers. ing a healthful competition, _ - Cargos of Freight. Cargoes of freight for the Indians of the far north---that's the remark- able feature of it--bales and boxes of goods ordered, as any retail merchant orders; by the factors at the trading posts particularly to satisfy the tastes and 'desires of the inost peculiar class of castomers in Canada. They are liberal though uncertain An Indian usually knows what be wants, but he nui uncom- monly gives the white man a hard time to get at it, or blankly refuses to socept the trader's reconmnends- tions Thete are" staples, however, which can be alwdys depended upon as saleable, the demand for which will be governed 'only by the quantity of fut whieh the Indian or half-breed trapper has to offer in exchangesand thesé include such foodstuffs as flour, sugaf, tea, syrup, lard, and such cloth goods #s blahkets, rugs, tartans, men's stits, and hsts. But besides these there will in every scow-load be sun- dries, .ranging from stoves, trunks, guns, knives, and tobacco to hosiery, jewelry, red velvet, and knick-knacks. he Indian's 'waots have expanded since the white man's store has gone north $6 ffm; and he demands now a full assortment from which to choose. Value For For Skins. oo Bu that the typical northern Indisn § somé winter morning that he a new tehp or a pair of blankets, or oy squaw reminds him that the Sd of flour is out. If he has no stock of fur-akins, the mon- ey of the north, in reserve, his pur- lasing must wait until a fox or a lynx, 'or & martin comes his way; but il he id a good hunter he is more likely to have a quantity of pelts laid by fa } a time, and with one or seyeral of he goes a-shopping. The men who make a season's trip 10 a distant huntingground, however, market 'theif eatch in one lot ahd us- ually take ot trade for it'in advance. There is 's standard of value for the turking, and T.N.[. knows pretty well, if he can figure up at all, what he cen bay with them and what he must go without. But there-is a } great difference in the quality and sige of skins 'and with room for dick- ering And "bartering thus left open the xin of A price may be a matter of some i Seis word-play. The aver- age valve of a martin is $7, beaver $8, bear $10, $20, mink $5, lynx $5. red fox $5; silver fox $100. If the factor 'does mot offer near enough to these tegulir prices to satisfy: him, T.N. I. bundles his furs up again and goes off to the opposition trader. The Astute Indian. In buying, T.N. 1. is equally astute. He is a somewhat finicky customer, and wil} aceept nothing but just what takes his fancy. Be it said that his judgment along staple lines is bet ter than might be expected. He is a good judge, particularly eof cloth, though & freak on colors, and ex- perietice - has taught him enough of prudence 40 know what manner of goods is best suited to the rigors of a hard climate and a hard business. But he hes a weakness also for gee N.I: does most of the shopping himself but y he takes with him hi¥ 'wife, who, true to her kind, finds _ jure in it. At such times, however, he is still the board of eon trol and ghief purchasing agent, buy- ing for her of his own choice what he thinks it well for her to 'place but the north, . bears. Alec Kennedy is near Albabasca upon 60 years old: & interprefer who did, service as a freigh Red of. do ik 3 i and did as effective waters ss on those of dian woods. But be di cold and ice a discursive old man, but he fred: nt- ly has told rvelods tales of ngs be has seen and heard in other la to his wondering kinsmen, to whom he is a hero. : There is an occasional exception to the short-life rule among the north- ern Indians. Some of them escape the ills of their race and reach great Last winter there died one, Lis- ette Quinn, who had seen one han- dred and fifteen years of northern life, and who was § mother of many --of ten children and nearly a bun- dred grand-children. NEW MOUNTAIN PASS, May Seve Grand Trunk Pacific Miles of Construction. Word has reached Grand Trunk officials at the head office that a party of surveyors who haye been at work along the tr River, have dis covered a very much shorter and easier route between Fort George and Prinee Rupert. The present plans of the eompany, drawn up as a result of exhaustive preliminary surveys, provide that the line of tite Grand Trunk Pacific shall strike the head waters of the Fraser River at Yellowhead Pass, and follow the course of that river in a line veer- ing sharply to the north, until Fort George is reached. At Fort George the Fraser River turns in a quick bend, and this erratic turn in its channel left the engineers puzzled as to how they shopld continue the line through the mountains to the coast, fof no other river appeared to point the way. They saw no other way but for it to continue in the same north- ern direction to Hazleton, far to the north of Prince Rupert. At Hazleton they struck the Skeens River, and naturally mapped out their route to follow the valley of that river down to Prince Rupert. This is a round about way of getfing through the mountains, but right up to the present time fi has appeared to be the only practic: one, the s scheme of constru a drawn up on that basis. : The new route has met with favorable comment, and Mr. Van Ars- del, assistant chiel engineer, has been despatched to.examine the new grade and report. Caradin's Fish Catch. Acvording to the report of the Fish- eries Branch of the Marine and Fish- eries De just distributed, The London Times. Jt was said to have ogeurred on Miss Vining's yaehiy the Foresight, ag a result of an agci- dent on Jan. 8. Some days later Miss Chapman received an envelope containing $2,500 in bank notes, u few little mementos and one of Miss Vin- ing's visiting cards, the address cut off and. on the back in Lidderdale's writing the words: ' "Wae true .to you." Attempts made to discover more de, tails of youn Lidderdale's fate proved almost futi J No yacht nmmed Foresight was re gistered' at Lloyd's in any part of the world. Paint traces of a Miss Vining and a little yacht of the 'name, how- evet, have come to hand, and re 'cently it was also discovéred that a Julia Vining had lived in Lidderdalé's neighborhood and thst he kuew her She is the daughter of a laborer, but though in humble circumstances was a noted beauty. Many Theories But No Propf. There are many theories. Ome is that the rich Miss Vining (whom Lid: derdale described as a creole of New York and Louisiana) is a myth and that the young banker and Julia Vining eloped to the United Btawes and sought a new life there. Apother i; that the rich Miss Vining, is a fast and that she used 'her fascina- tions ou Lidderdale, married him and lured Lith to thé Ui B , and, to help him 'out' of the difficulty of his nest marriage to Mids' Chapman i the notice of hig "death" in The Times. There are other friends of the fain ily who now say that for certain. rea- sons~physical affliction is mentioned --Lidderdale declared it would not be honorable for him to marry and that rather than face hig bride to be and the world with. the uth be invented Miss Vining and the yacht and his death and inserted the notice himself, and either betook himself under an other name to begin a new life in the United. States or saught death. William Robertson Liddedddle wa the son of a Berkshire physician: Foy a profession" he took up banking and through family influence secured a position as a junior clerk in Stuckey's bank, a well known financial institu. tion of the West of England. H proved a good wisn at the business and rose rapidly, having every few years a betler position in various branches of Abe bank in the County of Somerset. In 1889 he was appoint ed manager of the branch at lmin ster. a market town not far from the historic Glagtonbury Abbey." His sa! ary was $3,000 a year, with a resid: ence in the up r flours of the bank building Li Jerdale was a 1oodel man-in every way. Slight of build, he was good-looking, with blond hair and moustaclw. He was popular and a leading man at all banquets and city affairs. Ho was also an officer of the local volunteer regiment Becomes Engaged. When he was 23, nearly eighteen years ago, he became engaged to Miss Elizabeth Ch an, & pretty brunette of 25, niece of a wealthy jute mapu- facturér named Shepherd. who erm: ployed thousands of hands in his fac tories at Ilminster. It was in every way a most desirable matcli for a Fons banker. Lidderdale insgred his ife in two or three companies and also took out a big accident policy. fle had a few thoumands in cash of his own deposited at kis bank, and some shares in loc! 'gas 'companies and soch things. He made a will leaving everything lo his future wile. hie The $2,500 received by Miss Chap man is still intact. The money is in notes drawn by Lidderdale frem. thie bank sixteen years ago. His accounts st the bapk were perfectly straight and he left mueh property behind, i increased in value. of the estate who asks the coutt to Lidderdale dead in sto collect| the insurance poli- -» as Chapman will not touch ony ney. She has Bleaty of her Hot bel here sweet- "but that he has ben ¥ ¢ the rich and mysterions Miss Vining. : : She, has - waited patiently sixteen wears for 'his return: She will wait il the i The solutiort fo the mystery, believed by many, lies in Canade or United States. Bus will it be Who can answer? 4 Alter all, there are but {wo ways of making a living--wotking for it aml i at. "Hwasn't that br ° The Popularity of Dewars - Whisky proves its quality. -- | TOV CAN DO IT BY USING Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup. The Mast Perfect Threat and Lung Henler in the World. : 3 2 ¢ : De. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup gives prompt relief from that choked mp, stuffed wp fealing which is so distressing, it looséns the phisgm, shocks the rusping and useless sough, and Beal: and soothes 'the irritated breathing orgass. It is & pleasant prepar- ation to take and is therefore specially adapied to the coughs and éolds of childrea | sod those who dislike nauseous mixtures. This is no vain boast, but a fact that osu be backed by unimpeachable testimony. One 25 cent bottle, indeed, a trial doses, will prove ite merita. Mr. Frank K. Purdie, Brandon, Masn., writes: 'I have need your"Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup for some yeers and have always found it & sure remedy for all colds, eolighs, sore throat, hoarseness, ete. I cannot too highly recommend it to any- ane muifaring from say effect of cold." 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