ree Lance at Westlle, Pton o,d at h is hoame Piedmont He strted in interviewng pele who had been Conservativ,
recently, aged 5 years. A w and to ciren suvive him. bt who were going to vote Liberal, and the interviews gave th
The Gold Hunter, pulised at Caon Queens Co., imprion that there was a general stampede from the Conser
N.S., celebrated i 8th annivery o pt. 26. tie ranks
MANITOBA AND THES WF~T
MANITOBA ANo4 T WEST. NOW IT IS ROOFING SLATES.
The Virden Banner as ceaed pulicaion.
Mr. J. C. McLagan, pr pni if ouver Wrldis Something noel in the line of building m rial i p
en route home after a two weeks' y in t at the mll n Christiania, Norway. This mill bgn o i
It is said that J. DD.McAra, of Thi o Spectator, two yeurs ago, making roofing tiles, and is no hippig t di-
formely of Calgary, is going to buy a pper in t est. ferent parts of the globe an article which is of ac ledge
D. B. Bgle and A. R. MDoM, the ppietos of the su ority in the way of "slates." N ay fles, as they are
new Mining Revew at Roland ga a md ht supper to a termed, e made from wood pulp, which, under very high o-
number f nriends and rep nives n tie ter-ei int o thein ae stive like the o rdina i
national Hotel rooing t s After a chemial ttmen, whih is te inven-
A new weekly paper bas ben din Dug Alasa, toes secret, the tiles become hard like brick, and aluire a
called The Douglas Miner. It may b hre stated th Douglas deep black ap ance, which ges a soft tone to houes with
is lu? hipae hmousl m inwhere tie iamod p rous r emsad gain est ros ad gable. It is claimed for these tiles that
is h~e place where the f?nious Tmadisa ini?? are lucul dl, the
la_gest goldrodu iug mines int Aluka. they posseus every advantage of the best slates now in use;
tihe ir composition mes them light, durable and not so liabe
NOVA SCOTIA JOU RALISTS IN PUBLIC LIFE. t b as are th ordinary slates; they are not subt to
?INMCK:E th?~ iurals any expansion or contraetiona, and when a roof is once covered
INCe ; ien sdao i J en to H o 5ov ci s rn? t thwith its tmater il, it w?ll serve for w god many years without
uhatry. hs g pive s I soe o at ? p ervnBt fm te any repairs hatever. The pnce alo of thse tiles is very low
couMinistry. Thi lu particul uns it te prese t atmitting of a saving of some 35 per cent. a compared wsith the
Miniiter Fseldg eau fnrmerly edir n Tise Ru Mning n
Chronide? He grew up in that o ff, fillig almt y p er i-n
tion, from i reporteo i e ditorial writer, a nd when rA
he on r tis locailegre ei esiti e an tt CANADIAN PRESS ASSOCIATION.
papetreteol stewt.i fo Tbe programme for the 1897 meeting of the association is
Ben. Russel, M.P., Q.C., a ne ma. When he well under way. Already Mr. Cooper, the ecretar, has
was eleted o Parliamt i hl io reporter of ceived from sme members promises to contribute. Mr.
the Legslatuive Cosil and (ormsp,eurs h bn Andrew Pattullo MP.P., will contribute a paper. Mr. A. J.
with te Halifax Jry, Arnpior Chronicle, wil l a with advertising; Mr. A.
w. . Dimci,HP., sue tss dtn. A ih Tise Tro Nees. R. Fawcett, Junction eader, with country orrespondence
W. D. D im oek, M.P., ls the edit-r of The Traro News.
Mr. M. Y. McLean, M.P.P., with sumall local ads. in eeklies;
Firman McClure, l cndi olester Mr. John Cmeron, with te ay history f thhe assciation;
in the Federal contest and a s candidte ifr the pro- Mr. P. D. Rom, Ottawa, with machine work. An ecellent pro-
vincial House a few eel te, was ditor of The Truro gramme is aured.
Guardian.
Gouard in. The removal of Mesrs. Brierley, president, and J. E. Atkin
Hon. George H. Muray, who ran agaist Sir Caes Tup- son, assistant serelary, to Montreal, does not sever their con
per in Cape Breton cnty, bute ards ecae trier nection ith the association, which has several members in
of Nova Scota s been more or ls identtfe wi journal- otr Mel. Mr. Brierley's residence in the sister proince might
ism n Cape Bretn . lead to a union between te two provincial assocations.
Thomas B. Flin, M.P., is the edit witer of The Yar- Ottawa would make a good meeting place, in that event.
mouth Herald. A number of new members are applying for entrance, und
J. J. Stewart, editr of Te Halifax e s n an the recent rule reducing the entance fe beteen now and
unsucessful candidate for Prlinmet. Januar, 1897, to $3.
C. H. Cohan, hle editos of The H Mail a
member of the io re and l f O t A TRIUMPH FOR THE SCOTT.
but hen he renounced journalism and tok t liw he lost his Another sue j ust been scored for te t p
grip on Shlbi e cnWty and was . Mr. Arthur R. Byles, of Te Bradord, Eng., Obve , has just
Mr. F , iedt of The Lirpool Adve, recently made a tour of the worl, and spent a fll month in th United
eleted by ac ation to th cal L tlat States inspeting pinting machir , et. O hbis return to
E. M. MDonad, w gave Sir C . Tupper su a e England lately Th Observer o d a $2,coo pres from
call in Pictou County, is a m a, e editor of The Waler Scott & Co,, Plinfield, N.J., to e delivered in January
Pietou Advoate, printed y his biothr nextT. This is certainly a triumph for the Scott rotry wb er-
W. B. Wa one of tl most biant on the cting press, bease it was evidentlysel r other ma
Halifax pres, was recen t t Local for had been inspeted carefully. The Montr Star, Te roto
Halifax city and couuty b acla IDurin tie l Mail and Empire, and other leadig papers in Caada e
Fderal contet Mr. ina teda eme news- printed frm Scott presses, and they give unbounded
palper powitical woerk w hhdidet?seie teo. t'he Ubrl part. tn.