28000 BEHIND FIIEIEN. ,

Ion-runes, ﬂ-‘liwently-eillii» 95"" . ealdeitinsns have entitle-ﬂed!" ee i"

si nyrevlienieiitgeiinjlne * _‘ j . , Inlluloek nnajenlvei- vlevviisnil ha, cseded in giving eﬂect to them.“ The 4 .1 i > 'iiiig"lllei'l°l'°'i’c'?éi?°°€l'i.i°iev POST OFFICE FINANCES- 7 ' , 91!“? Qimelli?“ » ,

‘a ’ ' and on letters going to th United States = __ The Conservative newspapers piiillil|and a two rat's’ toiiridt _ A » oat, properly enough, that the Post once we nnoenve centrate serene; vie’ n i ‘ ssrviceln Casadals not yet sell-sustaiu- havefalsoat large‘ ecst and considerable’? ing,and that thsnswasadeleit oi. some pram‘, 10's, ,,,I,1,;0,,,,.n,, ,5.“ "U" "I the eel-ire buelneee el lest vice totlie distant Yukon district. And“ year. This is made apparent i! the Yukon n; with m m,“ “mung” ‘m; im. llil “"100 ll h!!! i!" 8050011‘, 88 l‘ provemsnts the postal deﬁcit oi the coun- isthe Postmaster GeneraPs report. The t”. h“ been 05mm“, “n, 1mm. mail service o! the Yukon and Atlin dis-

svsnoos to _ss2,ooo, n eiving , n: lriete rieided a revenue 0f only $80M’. elneemoohloe year in one’ department‘, while the expenditure there was $117,-

oi the public service. It is true that comet A 77L The deﬁcit on this pcrtionot the p03“; ha; been mimmfud on “Q8. eel-me Wee therefore $87,451! We ‘ie- papers, but this is not ‘felt n; newspaper duct from this the surplus of something

readers, being in every case, solar as ‘ﬂ A over $5,000 earned by the hostel eervlee know, new by the publishers. In any in the older portions o! the Dominion, use were "a other “,3 immenm} ma“; we havestilla deﬁcit o! some $82030. improvement,’ increased number“ pa“ But Sir William llllloek did not “and money order oiiloes and post oﬂlce this feet in hi! Newt 896w‘! bet"? We saving banks, increased mileage ct mail H0100! 9111b ill TWWWv l" h" b“! routes and increased frequency of service ehlriled- 0!. the will‘?! be P050904 9°‘ which of themselves sufficiently compen- thet in the winner-tire, statement be sate the country fm‘ this slight additional was presenting he had olnitled the Yukon

charge unprinted mutter." y _ e and Allin service, because it was not ’ in The improvement in our postal ﬁnances existence la 180.

isln tact most remarkable in view otietter ‘

But admitting that the deﬁcit is $82,000 “u. “nanny lowered b, one mm!’ "d. 1

we be" It"! I "W" "Xmilﬁilmil! a British letter rate decreased by three

hvereble ehewles- In 18" the w“! lliths. It is most creditable to Sir wil- rate tor letters in Canada was three

llam Unlock and to the Government cl cents; on letters to the United States the

which he ls a prominent member. It like “ i-ste was also three cents and en letters te savings, coupled with like improvements’ i Great Britain ﬂve cents. At that time

could be elfected in all other departments _ there wee =0 Gene-dim we" eerviee" ortlie public service it would amounttca _ the T0301!’ 50d N" 95° 0°" "-1 593°"? m!‘ revolution, establishing a new and much the veer was $781,000. Hon. Gaol-re E4 brighterere in Canadian administrative Foster in his budge t speech cf thatﬁyear- ‘ﬂan-m -- his latest budget—then pointed out how

._.._..g_.______.__._. , . The New York Sun, always anti- impcssible it would be to reduce the letter rate. He sain :

British and strongly pro-Boer during the “There is now a deﬁcit’ of somewhere

recent war, now feels compelled to take a near $33,111) between! the W“! “ca?” Z311“:QYI°IZNZIQZ'C.YZ.?}f 1212-. “d to“! ‘xpmdimn. a! o" Paton“ mends the Colonial Secretarfs state- “rﬂu; “d tn" I fen’ makes “n an" ment that he hopes to learn more in three '°'“°"h“ ‘"“““ 'bf'".'h't owuwi” days ct consultation with the Boer leaders “m” “ab” "h"! f” c?“ b‘ 5am“ than he could learn in a month's ot ‘mm’ “ “m” °°°° ‘h’ “m °' tile blue books at home. It thinlss hi! P°"‘3°i“"'i' °°‘""“'"< C""'d°""' “h” visit well timed, just nim- the Boer mpexnntotcomtn‘ the ‘puanus of generals have returned from a tour 01 w‘ powknhn and m. are“ “ma” continental Europe where they tound lots “count”, ‘mpoud hi’ caning bu". of sympathy but no contributions. and ‘ma “pa” in o" Northwest’ and In learned that “their best friend is the other parts ot the country, there isno enémy}, It “as: ‘ doubt that the carriage ot letters, news- "ﬁwhm the 0016"“, m“ at papers and parcels in this country is cheaper. for the population, tt an you

Cape Town he wlll iindthat the dream o! would prob ably ﬁnd in any other country

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The food, that is all food prepared from wheat combined with ' barley malt giving it a delicious ﬂavoréd ‘ No coo requu- , can be god cold. Try a sample package.

Price only

l7 cents.

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It has solid white rubber rolls and guaranteed in

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Biiillid ROGERS.

, We have made our stock moiei Qtzractive than ever before lmportations of the most of vcloth in _ y‘ ‘ ' coating, etc. And preparedto giveotfr customers, nob hatcannot be surpassed m style‘. manufacture. i We illvitelnspection of our lsrgeiand stock. ' Cereal Foods. i i '0 ~ i

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NOW ‘REAYPlill

502s thrcugirus ﬁrst proposed, and the editor-ﬁnds the task of defending the guarantee as hopeless as the attempt to make “a silk purse out of a_ lsow’s ear." We extend our commiseration. ‘

hall Breakfast loll.

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The Most Delicious and ' wNillflllmlS 0f all

a Dutch federation has been dissipated. TheBond abandoned its propaganda when the republics passed nnuer British rule, although there are ‘IIIGBMBTVUOVBUHI hope against hope. ‘ The {Irmsvaal and the Orange Pres TState were rallyiig ground tor the Atrikanders-snlleeca," somebody has said. _As long as a Dutehﬂag waved over Bloemfontein and Pretoria, and as long as a revenue could. be drawn from a‘ the Rand to provide the sinews o! war,the star oi the Bond was in the. ascendsnt.

evolved an ideal ioodvcombiniilig the” health-giving properties of pure Malt with the viitues Mo; the choicest Canadian, __ When‘. It is the food that is r lisliod and used to-day by all classes o! our Capadian people. MaltlBreakfast Fool has become an almost universal favori we. The price ‘- puts it within reach o! every family. in

wears REMOVED ‘WITHOUT.- from.

Putnam's Painless Corn and Wart Ex~ tractor never ils to remove lgWarts, Cqrng or Bunions without pain in 24 hours. Befuseasubstitute for "Putnam's";

it's the best.

That we are doing the biggest business in furs

we have ever done.

While everybody around town is howling that they have the biggest stock of furs, that they, and they only know where and how to buy furs,,and that ple who have money enouglr t0 buy furs for cash. While all these lies are being

they are the only peo

told we are quietly doing ever.

v... Who‘ uenlly Buys Furs Ghoﬂllﬂst

Will our case andleave you to judge.

ﬁat the revenue has been out oﬂ’, and the _ ﬂags are but memories. Nothing: but _ ' mlsrule can fall the spark ot racial pride _ A, _ l into a blaze, and only oppression can v e- make it a ccnﬂagratlon. It Mr. Chamber- __ lain has any inﬂuence with _his country

men there-will be neither." - v l a _'l‘he Patriot's story-ct the Jew and the pork seem’s to 0t tlistvoruan’ own case pretty ucurately. All was sunshine when

‘bout to" be innae rich l», one Government guaranteeing certain bonds. But n, mono» . er storm and blizzard were nothing to the storm that broke shortly alter. ‘An lhdlgiiﬂllb people, and the deseltion o! its cause by Premier Peters at the Marsh- lisld meeting almost struck the pork organ dumb with astonishmen-hBl-istling with banger it yet does not dare to squeal against the Premier. and can only grunt to express its disgruuted condition. Tears o; the hogsilead ‘are dohbtless ellea ln secret bv the editor, who "could ‘a tale’ untold," but dares He must, stye- ileills emotions. ' Other promoters may l have their lingers greased. but the, Patriot will get nothing unless the deal‘

more fur business than

have the largest store vttllili

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have money enoug

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