T) NO. 222. UNION COMOX DISTRICT, ��������� B. C, TUESDAY APRIL; 27th, 1897. $2.00 PER ANNUM. loy-'y'Sc^ry _. ������i ���������a *������ I1M1HM For the choicest meats wc arc head quarters. If you have not tried our noted sausages, bologna and . head cheese, you should do .so" at once. Fresh vegetables, ei>'Q-s and butter, salmon bellies, Mackerel, etc. SHIPPING SUPPLIES. oh SX_3_vdI02sr LZSXSZEIR, g������������3gg__-S-_-������e_-E^^ $^-3-_������:-2_^^;^'^^ (_������> ^pprfrlg 'It^&rxjxiqep BLOUSES IN GREAT VARIETIES AND _A_ZjX; PBIGSS' LADIES'' AND CHILDREN'S TRIMMED AND UN- TRIMMED STRAW HATS. |ff MIIXIi'VERY. ���������Newest styles. Ladies'light su &ML nier underwear, from 2 ("...cents,, and upward. ��������� \ ni- ������f LADIES' SUMMER, DRESS GOODS,���������Gin-r- &'llj_) hams and -Piinrs in ail shades cind prices. MEN'S SUMMER GQ.ODS.-Tweed suits, ; Balbriggan jg| ^ jfjjf -Tan boots' and shoes to suit Men; Ladies...������>������. -.fe������ and, Children. ��������� A-ful. assortment iri-Gro- &>' Jto eenes as usual. . , ^g>. ���������$ iff -*^ Ltatest by Wire L.\no Slide Disaster.���������There were killed by the land-slide at Rossland, on the 23d, Chas. Olsen, Thos. King, Dan McCnfferty, Pal Desmond, R. McWin- ncry, and John Conlon. On Densmond's body was found $700.00 in cash. Reversed.���������The Chineses fined for looking" on ac a gambling game, have had their fines paid back to them���������at Vancouver. Nova Scotia. Election.���������Halifax, NS.���������The latest from the Province give the Liberals' 35 and the Conservatives only 3. The Conservatives are McMul- len, of Colchester, Wilcox, of Hants, and Cameron, of Picion. Latest from Colchester give McClure, Liberal 11 majority (i * ��������� Killed by Electricity.���������St Louis, April 23d.���������In tlie central business, section, Edward Clayland, lineman for .Missouri Electric Light ..Co.��������� was burned to death bv a live,wire. His smoking body hnng in the air for 10 minutes in' the view of thousands. , Temporarily Insane.���������E. T. Magee who shot himself through the head in Vancouver was found by a Cororner'.-* jury to be insane.' Na.namo News.���������A meeting was held evening of 22c_, to consider smelter pro-" position. Great enthusiasm manifested. The 24th and 25th v. ill be>celebrated. ���������M 0, Phillipi-ine Rebellion.���������The latent |l^'s], is to 1 he effect that--important engagements have lately been fought in which insurgents were .'ictoriou.. Spanish loss over 200. ��������� Is "Samaria"'Lost?���������Astoria, Ore 2jd, April.���������A life buoy marked "Sam-iria" has been washed ashore at Long Beach, ���������' Washing ion. The ���������'Samaria" is the American ship long due from Depailure l.av for San Francisco. General Merchants and' Butchers, UNION and COURTENAY, - - - B. C ____r rirrmi ��������� in- n ������������������___������������������ 1 rrrrr WW 0>S_������__ -t-_^5_*������i*__'. Ladle rop. _j_iU --������������������_.i__riiii-'i Jonrnal. This-j.s. 1 jo:_.nuil which <_* very Canadian lady should have-.. It is edited by Faith Fenton, and has a department in charge bf the Countess oi' Aberdeen. It is worthy to be in every .home in the Dominion. The price is $ 1.00 per annurn. We have made such arrangements that we are enable, to furnish it for 50 cents per annum to everv subscriber to The News not in arrears for his subscrip tion.- The :o cents must. oe ia advance and ''will be sfeh't. with the name to the home office of the journal and the magazine will- be mailed direct from Toronto to the **ub- scriber. Remember it will'be no-use to ask us to take your nkmes without handing in at the time, the cash. Yv'nere the husband subscribes for the News, the wife may have the Canadian Home Journal (which is a large magnificent monthly gotten up in the best of style) sent her on the above terms. Drs. Lawrence & Westwood. Physicians and Surgeons. -cr__<rioa_T _b.o.. We have appointed. Mr. James Ab- ratns out collector until lurtiier notice, to whom all overdue accounts may be paid. Clive Phil.ipps Wooley's IXeport. _._)..*o_4 Nkwh��������� S*"K: The fe.u-I.s.. way in which Mr. Phill- ipus Wuoley hits atteudod to hia duties aa Pr-'viuoial S.uitary lu.peotor, has earned for him fcfj<- f.i������. o a'>l_ comment, of the pte.s iir__<.'e_-iv- of political creed. It is however, somewhat siirpruing, how at times, Che. !������. so men, governed by the b.sb inten- tiou.. will err. First impressions, or im- I pre. sions too ha.tily received, will oft times I������ad a. person into Jong rer-r.---il.l_ mi.take.., carrying with them au i_ju_.ic_ to au individual or a coui-minii-y, as the ca.e may he. Union i. not the cleanest place ia the Province; far from it. Its school bunding is not of the most .nod.n4, or miprovad ityle, but rather ancient ia de.if-n. The well wate*1���������for auoh i. pcMcd .jl'y the only kind���������id _>. all ti.n_s. *n'L tn___ ���������_.- peoi.ii'y io rhe .uk_..r, men...tog ������0 t.t_.e- 'h_s_l.h of the ooa_u_uui_y, -Is 2. no. fairly good a. c-ay.'.ia__.. Tna'c-v. in 00 -ayMiiom of .ow-.n_i.fs, .'A 4v.Sli*.���������,_���������-���������.������������������������������������:j.-,b a ������������������yuolii4" ��������� .; seiiveuger in ia .he tow:i. Aid S9 ������ve are behind older a-ad incorporated places in very many ways, The' Uuioa Colliery company laid out a townsite called Cumberltnd bu ; to the iion-re_ideut, termed Uaion. Jb.s'ory facility aud inducement has, so far as I can learn, been given to the employee- of that Company, to move to tho town.its, If I mistake not, it is tha desire of the Company that its employees shall better their condition of residence, and that gradually there shall be built up a town commendable to itself and its inhabitants. The primitive buildings have served ..their time and purpose. It is a matter of praise that the occupants of tho old houses are left to choose when they wi.l move. Little wonder is it to the observiug individual that small expense is gone to by the U. C Co. for sewers and other things for an old camp from which there is a rapid exodus to tlie new town. It shou'td not have escaped Mr. Wooley's attention that a mere trifle is allotted to the school trustees for the small waat3 they are called upon to fill. When the trustees ehail be able to make 50 cents liquidate a dollar of indebtedness, then perhaps th . closets referred to .by Mr. VYooloy will be found aa shining and bright as the mon-.y. Much credit is due Dr. Millard for his vigiiance as health officer. X. Y. Z. Union. Shipping1. Tfie Temc left for .'.���������ncouver on the roth wiili 450 ioii.-j of ci-'il for tbe C.P.R. The Quadra left on the 22d, wiih 2i_: tons of co.il for Light House service. The Topic left again for Vancouver on 23d, will. 410 tons of coal and 30 tons of coke for the Sygar Refinery and C P. R. The Wellington left on the-24th for San Francisco with 2,650 tons of coal. The Danube left on the 25th taking- away 71 tons of coal. On 1 he 261 h the Rainbow was in for coal. The San Mateo will be in tomorrow and the jviinneola about the first of May. Struck by a Tree. On April 17th Frank Young, age about 12, and his cousin, were up the lake camping and fishing. Frank cut down a small tree which fell against a dead tree breaking it into pieces, one of v\hich struck him. above the left ear, rendering him insensible. He was brought home on Sunday. On Friday convulsions set in, hut under tlie care of f. rs. Lawrence and Westwood these symptoms disappeared and he is now improving. Sp8.iaJJ_o.ice. Mr. Wm. Stewart, representing the Roberts' Jewelry E-tablishmonfc of 'Nanaimo, will be in town Wednesday, April 28cb, to rsmain a few days with a fu:I line of Watches, Chains, aud Rings as well as other articles. N. B.���������Special attention given to Re- pairina;. Clive Fhil-ipps-Wooiejr Questioned. To the Editor: I would like to ask Mr. Pb-llijsp4---4-Wooley whether or no the wells of Union were cleaned on-4, on or before t,he loth" October of las. year and again before the 15th of M-trch of this year a* required by clause 22 of the S.-iitary R341.l_.-0-3 ? If not why not? How long a stay did h. make in U<_ion ? Wiiera and from v. nom did he get his informition as t> what had been done? Is Cauiberland to..nsi_e ma valley ? Query ^hatter. ' ^__^-*-^2>' Gresk Tea. THE WEEK.just passed has been marked by social happenings especially worthy of mention and satisfactory topics to write on. , 1 refer to the ';Greek Tea," given by the ladies in aid of Trinity Church, and the opening of the Union Club rooms. ��������� The Greek Tea, was really ;. supper, served by a'bevy of Union's 'fairest girls, wearing the graceful costume of the ladies of ancient Greece. A gentleman remarked, "How much pretcier than the modern costume; why don't ladies adopt ii?" And surely the pretty waitresses appeared unusually graceful, some, statuesque, in their clinging gowns, and psyche'knots, with'fillet of gold. After the really excellent supper, provided by the ladies of Trinity congregation, the Operetta "Fairyland,'' was presented. The stage had been appropriately arranged, and the bower of the fairy queen was very pretty . Mrs. Little, Mrs.4 Collis, Mrs. Beckman, and Mrs. Clinton, had worked arduously to prepare the children for 1 his��������� bright little oDem, and I think its rendition fully repaid the ladies for -heir labor. * '< The music was catchy and the songs ' succtly sung,4 and thc butterflies, daisies andliliies with the busy-buzzing Bumble Bee, made an attractive picture. There wero gorgeous butterrlie4-4, soft white winged butterflies, brilliant black buticrflie., a stately little butterfly with green wings; lillies tall graceful and slender; llliies drooping and fair, modest dear little daises who sang sweetly; fairies, woodland fairies, a great big Bumble Bee, ancl a lovely fairy queen; in fact a charming collection of beautiful objects personated so cle\erly by sweet faced, fresh voiced children. The Operetta was over, all too soon. The musical piogram under the capable direction of Mrs. Ed "SicKim, Hicks, Mr. An the Secretiry, Mr. H. Nunns; Dr. Dalby, Mr. M. Whitney, Mr. M_egret*or and Mr. Hamburger. Mrs. Lowe, Miss Nicoil, Mr. Barret*,' Mr. Anderson, and the'Rev. Mr. Logan favored the company with songs. Miss Bertram proved a cap.-ble accompanist during the evening. Mr. Dunne recited exceedingly well. The members were most hospitable entertainers, cakes, pies, tea, and coffee being passed. The rooms are freshly papered and painted, new oil cloth on the floors, and for so new a town (soon it is rumored to 'be a city) I believe the plain substantial furnishings more sensible . than- any attempt at luxury, or making cheip display. 1 1 have not met more courteous hosts than the gentlemen of the Union Club, and shall look forward lo future pleasant evenings, while looking backward to the pleasant opening evening "at the Club." , Reine. a pleasing one. Rev. Mr. was Mr. and Mrs. Parker, and Rev Logan, each sang with i>ood effect, instrumental selection pla>ed by Dr. Westwood (violin,) Rev.Mr. Hicks (flute,) and Mrs. Ed McKim ipiano,) was' a beautiful thing artistically performed. **A Dream of Fair Women," in tableaux followed. The tableaux were under Miss Powell's direction and were very pretty though their effect was marred somewhat, as the lime lights failed to burn well. . The receipts were satisfactorily large and I have not attended an entertainment in Union wit!* a higher class program. ' . ���������+- v -+- Club Opening. OF COURSE women are naturally curious about men's clubs; curious, and often strongly prejudiced against them. I wonder did not the clever masculine, brains of Union foresee this, and strate- geticaliy plan to satisfy tlie curiosity, and conquer the predjudice of their wives and iady friends by selling apir'.a Ladies' Day! I think it was a tactiul maneuver and one meeting the approval and appreciation of the ladies..- I was couteously received, and conducted through the clubhouse, and really found no trace of any wicked secrets n_>r saw cause why the strictest of wives may not consent to her husband joining the Club. Mr. F. D. Little, President, in a few well chosen remarks declared the Club formally opened. Rev. Mr. Logan, vice- President, next made some explanatoty remarks, as to the character and rules of the Club; also some pretty speeches of welcome to the guests present. Dr. Westwood, who bas been most active in the organization of the Club, made a short address. Others called upon, were PEI21 G0ET1ST. * *' ���������yO'THE PUPILS, who successfully passed the examination at Courtenay this year,. for" entrance toJa high school THE NEWS' proposes.a contest for a prize of TWO VOLUMES (19 si^el portraits) entitled . QUEENS OF ENGLND AND THEIRXIVESJ for thc beat- Historical and- -Dkscrip- J tive article on COMOX DISTRICT,/' including Union, or any division or part of the distnct; and for the second best articie, the Rev. Mr. John A. Logan offers a prize of FOUR VOLUMES, viz: '���������Andubon the Naturalist." "Young Folks' 'Scottish Tales." "Mary, Queen of Sco-its," and ' "Queen Victoria." The ai tides mu-.t be legibly written, without any fiouii.h.s of penmanship, upon ONE SJL>E only cf "_.ie paper, and consecutively numbered, and must be endorsed in a wrapper addressed to THE NEWS marked PRIZE CONTEST on upper left hand corner, and bv* deliverfd by June 151 h. Inside of Oi ihe wrapper the ���������*. 111 __ 1 uili pi.ice an enclosed or sealed letter, which should contain a declaration that the article was composed WITHOUT aid from any one, and signed with the reai name of the author. The article and letter will be numbered to correspond, but the letter not be opened until after a decis- sion is had upon the merits of the articles! The decision will be based upon intrinsic merit, but when ro great difference is found in that, proper .consideration will be given errors in spelling, grammar, etc. The following ladies have consented to act as a com ni it tee to pass upon the relative merits of the various articles: Mrs. K. P.-Collis, Mrs. F. D. Little, Mrs. j. A. Logan, Mrs. Lewis Mounce, and Mrs. M. Whitney. THE NEWS will publish the articles for which prizes .shall be awarded WITH PORTRAITS OF THE PRIZE ' INNEUS. Mx.l'_=_0_JlST i_ Oi. Oi-itT. The closing entertainment of the series will take place in the Methodist Church, on the evening of Wednesday,. May 5th. Mr. Evans of Dyke & Evans, the '.veil known music dealers of Vancouver, will be present and have one of the high grade Karn pianos, which will be subject to inspection. Mr. Gideon Hicks���������a great favorite here���������will assist, as will also Miss Morris of Vancouver. Mr. Evans will of course be the pianist. It is understood there will be readings, recitations, solos, two part songs by the choir, duets, tr:o_, and quartets. ������__arvt>,_x������'J-E-___-J- Visiting cards printed at the News Office in neat script, 0' li' SUNSET. By down and shore tbe southwest bor* The scent of hay, an airy load. Ad if at fault it seemed to halt, Then, softly ���������whispering, took tho road, To haunt the evening like a ghost Or some belated pilgrim lost. High overhead the swift clouds sped. Beside the moon they furled their sails. Soon in the skic-_ their merchandise Of vapor, built in toppling bales, Fulfilled a visionary pier That spanned the eastern atmosphere. I_ow in the west the sun addressed His courtship to the dark browed night While images of molten seas, ' Of snowy slope and crimson height, Of valleys dim and gulfs profound, , Aloft a dazzling pageant wound. Whero shadow fell in glade and doll Uncovered shoulders nestled deep, And here and there tbe braided hair Of rosy goddesses asleep, For in a moment clouds may be Dead and instinct,-with deity. ���������Saturday Review. A FAIE CANDIDATE. suggestion met The machine of one of the political .parties of Butte county was at work. The wheel horses of the organization were in executive session, and the manufacture of a slate for the ratification of tlie county convention was in prog- ' xess. Everything had been settled without friction up to a certain point, but here the making of candidates came to a full stop. Some one must be,selected to run for superintendent of schools, and some ono else must be found who was disinterested enough to stand for the place of county surveyor, with the nominal emoluments pertaining thereto. This latter-problem was settled, after a brief discussion, by the powers insisting ' that Al Wood, the incumbent, who was present, must stand for re-election, ������������������whether he liked it or not, but a duly qualified candidate for. superintendent .'of schools was hot so easily found. The ; man who had held that position for two j years past had the bad taste to give up his office and his grasp on life at the same time only two weeks before, thus leaving his party in a quandary for a candidate to succeed ' him. Of course there were plenty of aspirants for the nomination, but most of them were unavailable for reasons political, and the ' candidate must be a person who was popular with the voters of the county. | Jirumie Van "Wert, the handsome' young assayer of the Spread Eagle mill, had been sitting in a dark corner of the ' office in which the conference was being held, smoking quietly and saying very little until now, but he finally put in his oar long enough to suggest that ' 'Professor'' Striker, the young principal of the local school, would make a good man for the office: "Yaas," assented Judge Bullock, the venerable justice of the peace, "but they don't know him out iu th' kentry, an we got t' have some feller th't c'n ketch th' aoutside vote. Now, Jirninic, look yere. What's th' matter with you run- nin f'r super'ntend'nt y'rself?" , "Don't get me mixed in on a deal like that," ejaculated Van Wert fervently. "I don't want any old office. I've got troubles enough now But Judge Bullock's with unanimous approval on the part of all the others present, and very much against his will Mr. Van Wert was slated for the position and duly placed in nomination by the convention a few days later. It was two weeks before he found out what sort of an opponent he was to have, and then, much to his disgust, he learned that the other party had nominated a girl. This was almost enough to make him throw up the canvass. The idea of the other fellows thinking that he could be beaten by a woman! . Then he consoled himself with the reflection that perhaps they knew they couldn't beat him and had merely put up this Miss Smith to act as a forlorn hope. Thenceforth he did not put much activity into his canvass, but attcneded to business pretty much as usual, serene in the belief that the voters of Butte county were not yet arrived at the stage of progression when they would permit a woman to hold office. And all this,time, be it known, this heretofore unknown and mysterious Miss Smith was becoming known to the voters of the county, and, what was more, she was winning a good deal of support from sources' upon which Van Wert confidently counted. It lacked only about ten days of election day when Van Wert, with a sudden shock, came to his senses. Two or three things had occurred to detract from his bverconfidence. Among these was the avowal on the part of several personal and political friends of their intention to support Miss Smith, giving as their reasons that she had a good record as an educator and was, without doubt, well qualified for the office; that she wanted the office and was making a hard fight for it, and that Van Wert didn't want it and didn't need it. On top of this he was informed that his opponent had been out in. the "cow districts" and had tho cowboy vote pretty well "cinched." This cheering announcement came from two or three of the "bosses" who called on him to see if he didn't think it worth while to get out and save his political scalp by "hustling" like the rest of the candidates. " We'll have the committee fix some dates for you to speak, and you've got to fill 'em,. Jimmie. If you , don't, you're a gone goose, " said they, j So, with the inward fear that he might, after all, be defeated, Van Wert > began in earnest tne effort to save him- ������elf. He did not care for the office, but he dreaded defeat at the hands of a woman, being one of the kind of men who do not believe the gentler sex has any business in politics. He pictured Miss Smith as a big, gaunt, red haired, self assertive person, with large, red hands and a snappy way of speaking, and was quite surprised to learn that she was really a very ladylike young w'oman, tipping the beam at about 110 pounds. It lacked but four days of election day, and the various candidates were putting in every hour possible in making speeches and seeing their constituents and other people. Van Wert had put in some very telling work in several places where it would do the mo3t good, but in two or three precincts it was found that a strong sentiment iu favor of his opponent had developed ancl must be overcome by some means if he hoped to win. Unfortunately he was worried, and his actions showed it. On one or two occasions while speaking he had given way to puerile bursts of temper that by no means enhanced his chances for success. Some of the older heads had warned him that by making slurring remarks about his opponent ho would," only hurt himself, to which he-responded by the childlike query, "Well, if a woman doesn't want to get herself talked about she'd better keep out of politics." This he practically repeated to a mixed crowd at Conover's schoolhouse, in one of the strong "cow districts, " on Friday tiight before election, adding,' 'I cannot believe that parents' interested in the future welfare of their children are willing to intrust their early training to the hands and the methods of one who so far forgets her womanhood as to . stand as a candidate for a public office. '' Of course he regretted the remark almost as soon as it was uttered ��������� and I recognized that the silence with which it was received was the silence of a disapproval too strong to find expression in , words. But it was too late for regrets, j and he expressed none. , ��������� I The next afternoon came a brief but pointed note from Miss Smith, in which she gently reminded hirn that his youth had evidently led him astray, so far as to forget the fact that she was piratically defenseless, and that in speaking'of her as he had he had been both unmanly and ungentlem,...__.. This, coming, as it did, at a time when he was mentally cursing himself for an ass and a' brute, did not tend to soothe him, for he knew that every, word the note contained was true. So, instead of answering it as a man should, he wrote at the bottom of the sheet, ' 'You have no business in politics if you don't want to stand the consequences, '' then signed it and remailed it to the original sender. An hour later he was sorry--lie had done so and tried to get the letter out of the postoffice, but failed. Thus it was that the next evening, as he rode along the lonely trail leading to the "enemy's country," where he was to address a big meeting of cattlemen and make an effort to redeem himself by practically recanting all that he had said derogatory to the opposing candidate, without losing too much of his already shattered self respect, ho was so absorbed mentally in thinking over what he should say that he did not hear a sudden command to halt and realized that he was in trouble only when a sinuous, swishing'thing hurtled through the air, pinioned his arms to his sides and jerked him from his saddle to the rough ground. "Good shot, old man!" said some one in cowboy costume, who came up and sat on the victim's chest. "Ye got him right round th' elbows, fust throw o' th' rope." "Let me up, you d������������������-d scoundrel 1" fumed Van Wert. "You can take my but the trail was some distance from the clump of brush and they did not hear him. At last, however, when he had about given up all hope of escaping fintil his captors should come and release him, he heard the sound of horses coming along the trail, their riders laughing and chatting,, and he lifted up his voice in a mighty effort to make himself heard. The riders evidently heard him and stopped. He shouted again and presently heard them coming toward him. , "Where are you?" called a feminine voice in response to another bleat from Van Wert, and in a moment there was a crashing, of underbrush and the face and form of a young woman were outlined in the moonlight, followed a second later by the wondering countenance of a lad of about 12 years. '.'How did it happen?" queried the young woman after she and .the boy had released the candidate from his uncomfortable predicament and he was untying his horse from a neighboring tree. ��������� Van Wert explained, in an injured tone, adding, with as much dignity as he could command: "I am the candidate for superintendent of schools, and I suppose this is a sample of the methods Miss Smith, and her cowbor friends have adopted to defeat'me. They knew I was .o speak at Meeker tonight and thought that by preventing me from doing so they could gain a few votes. I'll show 'em when I get there. " The young woman laughed merrily. "Politics is a funny business, isn't it?" she said: "The idea of resorting to such measures! But,'' she added soberly, "you should not blame Miss Smith for what her ovcrzealous friends have.-done. I���������Miss Smith is, a friend of mine, and I know, she would not sanction such a thing. It���������it would be most unfair to accuse her of it, don't you think, without being-certain of your ground?',' Van Wert admitted that it would. "Then, as a favor to me, "said his fair rescuer, "do not, please, say anything about it���������at least by way of con- ~ ~'m sure no not retrograde, ln fact, in the course of a few weeks she succeeded in making herself almost ill, for the death of the former superintendent had left the affairs of the office in rather chaotic condition, and although Van Wert and his deputy qualified at once after thc meeting of the canvassing board it was almost Christmas before they got matters straightened out. And it was just at this time,' when the little deputy, more than half ill from overwork, was spending a couple of days ��������� at home, that she got a brief note from her superior, which read: - Miss Smith���������For some time past I have been dissatisfied with you as deputy superintendent of schools, and your resignation as such will be accepted. I-will do. myself ' the honor of calling upon you and explaining matters more fully tomorrow night. -Very trulj' yours, James Van Wert. Miss Smith burst into tears. "Just to think, mamma! After I have worked so hard! What shall we do?" , ' "I suppose they want the job for some politician that doesn't need it," commented Mrs. Smith grimly. "But to think he has the - audacity to come here after that! I won't let him in, thc treacherous thing ��������� discharging you, after being so friendly and all thatl" "Yes, you will, mamma," interjected the'girl, recovering herself. "We must not forget ourselves in our own home.'' Just then the doorbell rang, and the girl hastened away to hide the traces of her tears. When she returned to the little parlor, Van Wert was standing there, tig and "handsome, in front of the fireplace. He advanced to meet her as her mother vanished from the room. "You got my note?" he said. "I'll tell you how it is," lie went on awkwardly. "I'm not satisfied with you as deputy because���������because I want' you to take the office itself aud mo with it." And that was the way they arranged it.���������New York Tribune. A PSALM OF LIFE. Through the wild babel of pur fever'd time The song of Homer cometh, grave and stern. With tidings from the world's fresh, healthy- prime��������� " Tidings which onr worn, wearied age concern. Unchang'd, through all the long, unnumber'd *��������������������������� "years, , The voice of Homer sings tbe song divine, Which tells of godlike toils, of heroes' tears And of the punishment of Priam's line. The battle in the plain is raging yet; ��������� Tbe watch iiros blaze; tho beak'd ships line tho shore.' For us the loo in grim array is sot. Ah, but do we fight as they fought of yore? For -we, too, liko tho heroes long ago, Must wago slow wars aud sail tho bitter sea. Pierce is the conflict, loud the tempests blow. And the waves roar and rage unceasingly. Still must wo wander o'er tho stormy main, 'Twixt rocks and whirlpools a droad passage make, Btill must tho sirens sing to us in vain, ' Still from tho toils of Circe must wo break. Turn, then, to Homer's psalm of lifo and see How thoy endured whoso pilgrim ago is done And hear thomessago thoy have loft for thee���������' Only'by patience is tho victory won' ���������Macmillan's Magazinel INCANDESCENT LAMPS. How ORIGIN OF ''RESTAURANT." money without taking my ytind. at the sames time, can't you?" "Easy, m' son," chuckled the giant who was sitting, astride of him as he held the candidate's wrists so that the other men, who now came up, could the more easily tie them. "We don't want . yer stuff, do we, pardner?" "Isfopey, Van, "said the second man in a voice that Van Wert tried in vain to recognize. "We jest want t' put ye where ye won't make no mo'fool remarks 'bout th' lady th't's ag'in ye��������� not this evenin, anyways." "See here, boys," said Van Wert, more calmly, "this isn't a square deal. You know I've got to be at that meeting at Meeker at 8 o'clock? Well, it's almost that now, so let me go." "Oh, no, Jimmie!" laughed one of his captors heartlessly. "Not t'night. 'Squar deal,' I b'lieve ye said? Was it a squar deal f'r you t' git up an make th' talk ye did 'bout th' little schoolma'am las' night? Not any. So stan up, Jimmie, an let th' gent tackle ye to th' tree. We'll let ye go 'fore ye git cold. Easy, lad. Ef ye git gay, we won't do a thing but hawg tie ye an leave ye lay till mawnin." The next hour was as long a one as Jimmie Van Wert ever spent. The night was a chilly one, and the ropes with which he was bound prevented the free circulation of blood, so that in a very short time his extremities were aching with cold. To add to his discomfort, an owl took its station in the brush near by and hooted derisively whenever the prisoner shouted, and the cries of the owl were responded to by several wolves, whose voices sounded as though they were very close at hand. Several times Van Wert heard people go by on horseback and in wagons and shouted to them at the top of his lungs, I necting her with tho affair one would regret it more than she, if she knew about it. " "���������' After some hesitation Van Wert promised, and presently his rescuer and hei escort left him, branching off on a trail that led toward a farmhouse that he could see iu the distance. The candidate noted with a grim smile, on his return, the consternation his appearance created in a certain part of the room aud concluded that two or three men whom he knew to be friends of his looked rather sheepish, but he kept his own counsel and made no reference to his adventure. In the course of the excellent speech he presently made he-"took back',', what he had said about his opponent in a manner so graceful as to win for him rounds of applause, and when he sat down it was with the conT sciousness that he had in part redeemed himself. As he started, along with some of the other candidates, to leave the hall he noticed for thc first time that the young woman who had rescued him from the ' 'fix'' in which the cowboys had left him had not gone home to stay when she left him, for there she was, just leaving thc hall in company with an older woman in widow's weeds. "Who is that?" he asked of the candidate for sheriff, who was at his side. "That girl?" queried -the other. "Why, boy, that's your hated adversary, Miss Smith! Hadn't you seen her before?" But Van Wert did not hear the question. He hurried to catch up with thc opposing candidate, who started when he addressed her, but quickly recovered herself and smiled sweetly upon him. "Miss Smith, "he burst out impetuously,"! don't know what you must think of me after all the low down things I've said about you and the holy show I made of myself .this evening. But I hope you'll believe me when I say I'm sorry for the things I've said���������and I honestly hope you'll be elected after all. I shall vote for you anyway, and you can count on lots of my friends." But his boyish enthusiasm in behalf of his opponent came too late to be of service to her, for the returns showed that Van Wert was elected by a small majority, for which he was indebted to the miners. On Thursday after election he went to Miss Smith. "I regret this as much as you do," he said earnestly. * 'I wish I had met you earlier in the campaign. But I have a proposition to make. What are you going to do now?" "I don't know," she said, trying to conceal the sadness in her tones. "You see, I had to give up my school and there are no vacancies now.'' " Well, what I was going to propose is this: Will you take an appointment as my deputy? Remember, all the work will devolve upon you." Miss Smith gasped, and her pretty face grew a rosy red, then turned pale. She did not wish to be under obligations to this man, and yet there .was the mother to be considered and the invalid sister in Chicago, whose .hospital bills were such a severe tax on the family resources. "Yes," she said finally,^''and thank you very much for offering me the place. You have lifted a great load from my mind.'' There was some comment on this arrangement by the voters of the county, but it was hardly adverse, and the deputy soon showed that she was the right one in the right place. She worked clay and night and denied herself necessary sleep that her beloved schools should An Interesting- Philological Fact From France. The French author, Maurice Cabs, recently published in La Rcpubliquo Francaise an essay about tho restaurants and eating houses- of Paris, .relating ���������many interesting details. His story of how the term "restaurant" was first used is well worth repeating. For a long time inns and eating houses in France were . only intended for the benefit of traveling people, for the people, took their meals at home, and restaurants were unknown. The first enterprise of the kind was founded iu Paris in 1765. A citizen by the name of Boulanger opened in the Rue des Poulies an eating houso where soup, meat, fowl' and eggs were served. A chronicler relates that meals were served there on small, round, marble tables, and everything was scrupulously clean.- Over the entry to this first eating house the proprietor had hung a sign, upon which were the Latin words, "Ve- nite ad mc omues qavs stomacho labora- tis, ct ego restaurabo vos" (Come unto me all ye whose stomachs need attention, and I will restore Ihcm). This is a>parody on the well known Biblical quotation,-"Come unto me all ye who labor and arc heavy laden, and I will give you rest,'' only in place of labor and heavy laden he said, "whose stomachs need attention. '' The word'' restaurabo,'' from thc Latin "restaurarc" (restore or refresh), was the main characteristic of the new establishment and gave it its name. Boulanger amassed a large fortune, for his enterprise proved eminently successful, but lie was soon imitated, some of his imitators becoming more famous than he, liko Borel, at whose place 120 years ago meals could be had for 150 francs ($30) per cover. Grant and Hancoclc at a Njght Alarm. When Hancock's headquarters were reached, the party remained with him for' some time, awaiting the arrival of the head of Warren's troops. Hancock's wound received at Gettysburg had not thoroughly healed, and he suffered such inconvenience from it when in the saddle that he had applied for permission to ride in a spring ambulance while oh the -march and when his troops were not in action. He was reclining upon one of the seats of, the ambulance, conversing with General Grant, who had dismounted and w*as sitting on the ground with his back against a tree, whittling a stick, when the sound of firing broke forth directly in front. Hancock sprang ap, seized his sword, which was lying near him, buckled it around his waist and cried, "My horse, my horse!" The scene was intensely dramatic and recalled vividly to the bystanders the cry of Richard III on the field of Bosworth. Grant listened a moment without changing his position or ceasing his whittling and then remarked: "They are not fighting. The firing is all on one side. It takes two sides to start a fight." In a few minutes the firing died away, and it was found that the enemy was not advancing. The incident fairly illustrates the contrast in the temperaments of these two distinguished soldiers.��������� G-eneral Horace Porter in Century. apparatus, to givo in American the Burned ,Out Filament May Be Replaced, and Renewed. It has been generally supposed to be a fruitless task to attempt the renewal of a burnt out incandescent electric lamp, although there appears to be some economic 'fallacy involved in' the destruction of what is except in,one small if important particular a perfect piece of It is not intended, as a rule, this column descriptions of devices or achievements drawn from foreign publications. This subject has, however, been taken up by. the English journal, Industries and Iron, and, although it states that an American process for renewing these , lamps after the filament has been broken has been developed, it does not give the name,of inventors nor state that the process has como into anything like general application. Its description of the operation is therefore given for,what it is worthy It states that a commercial success has been made of a process for renewing burned out lamps which renders possible the use of the old hnlir at a very slight expense. By the new method the collar, or bare end, of the lamp is not disturbed,' the old filament being removed and the new one placed through a small hole in the lamp bulb made by removing the tip. Tho small holeis subsequently closed exactly in the same manner as in the case of th������ now lamp, leaving nothing to indicate in the finished,' repaired lamp that it had ever been opened. ��������� It is stated that some 400,000 lamps have been repaired by this method, the filament being inserted through tho small hole referred to by a skillful twist of the hand and secured in-position by a special carbon paste. The black deposit on the inside of tho bulb is removed by fittiug the lamp to the holder and removing it in a gas furnace, while immediately following this operation a small glass tube is fused to the opening made in the bulb, through which the lamp" is exhausted. When this has been done and the last trace of air and gas absorbed, a blowpipe flame is directed upon the throat of . the tube, which is melted into the point- exactly in every respect a counterpart of the lamp. ���������Providence Journal. original A Good Fig Pudding. It is learned from Table Talk that 8 good fig pudding may be made as follows: Chop a half of a pound of figs very fine. Mix with 2 tablespoonfuL. butter, add a third of a oup of powdered sugar, 2 eggs beaten light without separating, a cup of milk and a fourth of a cup of cake crumbs. Mix well, turn into a well greased pudding mold and boil for three hours. THe Well Dressed Ttlan. There is a certain professor iu a certain university of the United States who once, at the beginning of oue of his lectures on fine arts, got on the subject of the kind of pins worn in the neckties of young college men. He was a good lecturer and was always interesting, but this lecture was the most interesting of his course to the 300 boys who heard him, and the whole hour was spent on necktie pins, their use and misuse and what they suggested. The gist of what he said was that there was no more reason why a boy should wear a horseshoe with a whip across it all in gold than that houses should have sieves for, roofs, and that as it was extremely foolish to put a big sieve on your house for a roof so it was quite as foolish to wear horseshoes on your neckties. The principle of this is that you should have a reason in what you wear as well as in other things and that senseless decorations, like horseshoes on neckties or neckties on horseshoes, are silly and unbecoming to a self respecting person. This particular example was only one to illustrate a principle, which is that nothing unusual, queer, out of the ordinary, is in itself a good thing���������that, in fact,, most things that are queer and cut of the ordinary are likely, in the question of dress, to be in bad taste. A man's dress ought to be quiet, but it must be clean and well taken care of in every instance. The best dressed man is the man who, in whatever company he finds himself, is inconspicuous; who, you realize in an indefinite way, is well appointed, though you cannot well tell why.���������Harper's Round Table. Household Economics. "I don't see, Ella, how you manage with your house money. If I give you a lot, you spend a lot, but if I don't give you so much you seem to get along with it." "Why, that's perfectly simple, Rudolph. When you give me a lot, I use it to pay the debts I get into when you don't give me so much."���������-Fliegende Blatter. ; 0 i j. *.. ���������ii ������������������j *���������. si j ��������� ��������� ���������������������������*Tl v*_ ��������� }? .1 I I if 1 ym ���������'A ��������� Iii. 'm '���������if-,. J *' m. ill m . ��������� v if- \y <L) &: NOW THE ELECT ION BET The Crop of Foolish Wagers Larger Than Ever This Year. AMUSING AND IDIOTIO PENALTIES %_ie Whole Gamut of Whimsical Conceits Has Been Run, and Men Have Bet Everything, From a Cold In the Head to , Their Teeth. It is at just about this period that the .too ardent partisan who a few days ago had unlimited confidence in his, own political foresight is secretly admitting to himself that he is every kind of a fool on the calendar. He is paying his CARRYING HOME HIS ELECTION IIATS. election bets. He finds that there is it ���������Whole lot of difference between backing up a hasty statement and paying the penalty for the same. In the'cold, gray '.ight of the day, after the votes have . 'been cast, he discovers that it was enthusiasm and not judgment' which prompted him to lay the wagers which he now regrets. Of course there are two sides to the situation, but you need not fear that the men who won will tell you all about it. Most , presidential' campaigns^ have been distinguished ' by some picturesque feature aside from the serious issues. The recent .struggle1, was no exception. j It was marked by>an epidemic of what may be called froak bets. In rio campaign within the history of thecountry has betting ey er taken such a ridiculous turn. , It almost seems as if the whole gamut of whimsical conceits had been run in this campaign, aud that nothing had been left for the next one. Men have bet everythiug, from a cold in the head to their teeth. And now comes the day of reckon ing. A member of the fire department of Qermantown, Pa., must take his full share of ignominy, for, according to an ante-election agreement, he must sit on ,n fire plug while a brother fireman throws four dozen eggs at him from a distance of 30 feet. As there is nothing in the contract which calls for the "strictly fresh" article to be used, and as common economy prompts the winner of the bet to get the other kind, the proceedings will be most enjoyable to spectators when viewed from a distance. A Philadelphia man who bet on Bryan is preparing to walk from his home to Wilmington, a distance of SO miles, on his hands, while the winner of the ���������wager supports bis feet in the air, walking behind him and- using the loser as he would a wheelbarrow. About the worstplight that any Democrat has succeeded in getting himself into pp.to date is that of the one who one hand aud holding in the other a nursing bottle, whose contents he was industriously consuming through a rubber tube. He was being wheeled along by a smiling individual, who explained ' to the crowd that came to see that the man in the carriage had bet on the losing side. The citizens of the village of Sharps- town, Md., are to be. amused in quite another manner. They are invited to gather at the town hall to see a Bryan man publicly hug and kiss the youug aud pretty wife of one of his MoKinley neighbors. There may be soone in the audience who will envy the loser. In u line with this bet was that made by William Cor bus of Laporte, Ind. He Wagered his wife against a house, and lot worth $5,000 with a neighbor that McKinley would, be elected. Mrs. Oor-, bus had such ' implicit faith in her husband's judgment that she is said to have 'agreed to the terms of the contract, and before election announced that if by any chance her husband should lose his bet she would allow him to obtain a decree of separation and marry the Bryan man. Perhaps.it is fortunate for the sense of public decency of the neighborhood that Corbus won his bet. Few of the freak bets lead to any such tragic or at least dramatic results as this. Most of them are of the farce eom- .edy order. Of this stripe is the penalty which a man in'Dallas, Tex., must pay for trusting, to his own views. He is now wearing a suit of clothes which were made for a neighbor. As the winner of the bet is a tall, thin man and as the loser is short and stout ho presents a most ridiculous spectacle, but iu spite of ripped seams and bursting buttons he must wear thethin man's clothes for a whole month before he can clothe himself in proper raiment. Even a minister of the ' gospel must taste all the bitterness of political de- foat and learn that it is rash to make a ���������wager. This preacher is the pastor of a Baptist church in Coalton, O. One day while talking politics with one of his flock the latter banteringly proposed the terms of a novel wager. If McKinley was elected, the minister should appear in his pulpit and preach a sermon while wearing his clothes turned inside out." If Bryan was elected, the coal dealer was to wear his clothes reversed in a like manner while he listened to a ser- glad to go where she couldn't see her. Another plucky woman in Colorado made a queer' bet and won it too. It was with her husband. He said he was going to bet money on Bryan. "Don't you do it," she said, "for he won't be elected." "But he will, my dear. " "I'll bet he won't," replied the wife. '.'No; not money, but la'-or. Now, if Bryan is elected, I'll chop all the kindling wood for a month, but if McKinley, is elected you must do the family washing and plain ironing for the same length of time." "It's a go/'said the Colorado man, with more alacrity than he now wishes he had used, forhe has had his first experience at the washtub before this. But he has at least the satisfaction of knowing that he is doing something useful as well as being able to retire to the secrecy of his own laundry to do it, while a Cincinnati .man must get down on his knees and roll a peanut for a block along the street, with all his neighbors looking on. , Next election when any friend tries to lure you into making a freak bet just remember how foolish the people look ���������Who are paying them and refrain. C-TKUS SYI-VESTEB. PIOUS ENTERPRISE. DR. CANFIELD APPLIES BUSINESS METHODS TO THE PULPIT. CURTAIN RAISERS. R. C. Carton's "Liberty Hall" has met with great success at Johannesburg. Henri Licutat's comic opera, "Mimi Pinson," is to be produced at tho Paris Opera Comiqu'c. Camille Cleveland is to play an important role in "New York," thc latest Al- friend-WheeJcr play. W. Iv. Buchanan will, impersonate General Gomez in thc forthcoming production of "Cuba's Vow" in New York city. Edward Compton contemplates an early production in England of Edgar Pember- o ton's adaptation of Thackcx-ay's "Henry Esmond." William Favcrsham scarcely fills the bill as the successor of Henry Miller as leading man of thc Empire theater stock company of New York. " ���������" Paul Vidal's play, 'Guernica," has THE MAN D. THE EABT CARRIAGE BET OK i BRYAN. did his betting in London. He must have every one of his teeth pulled out or else lose the $500 forfeit which he put up, while his four friends who risked their mustaches and whiskers on the result are congratulating themselves. A strange sight was seen the other day on the streets of a Kansas town. Sitting in a stout baby carriage was a ' full grown man waving a tin rattle in MUST HAVE IIIS HEAD PAINTED. mon preached by his pastor. The joke is on the minister, and he expects a big congregation on the eventful day. Perhaps tho most fantastic appearance of auy of the men who are paying freak bets was that presented by a citizen of the town of Ripley, O. He had his head closely shaved and then allowed his gold standard opponent to paint his bald crown with gold paint. After that the victim had to go out and walk the length of the principal street bareheaded. He will probably suffer from a cold in tho head as well, and if he does not surely the Newark (N. J.) man will who must go bareheaded for seven days and nights because he failed to predict a plurality \ with anything like accuracy. A truly pious wager was that made by two New Jersey deacons. Each agreed that if his party lost the fight he would draw the other to church in a buggy, rain or shine, for a year. As they Jive about two miles distant from the church which they attend, and as the road they will have to travel is a rough country highway, the loser has a big contract on hie hands, but they will at least be regular in their churchgoing. A waiter in a Chicago restaurant is preparing for an oyster eating feat which he must soon perform as the result of an election bet. Strange to say, he is the winner, for, while the loser must buy 100 oysters, the man who won must eat them as fast as the loser opens them. But one of the oddest bets on record was the result of a hot political argument between two widowed Eisters who live in Owensvilie, O. This is what led up to it: "Now, Maria, there's no use in your saying that McKinley will be elected, because he won't, so there!" "But he will, Sarah, and if he doesn't I'll get under the bed and stay there for a whole week." "And if Bryan isn't elected I'll get tinder the bed and stay there just as long." Sarah was in earnest, too, for just as soon as she was certain that her candidate had been defeated she crawled out of sight and told Maria that she was I been presented at the Theatre du Capitalc, Toulouse, with the scenes which were sup- "prcss'ed in Paris. M. Van Dyck, the tenor of the Imperial Opera, Vienna, has received from thc Austrian emperor the-knight's cross of the Order of Francis Joseph. A vaudeville show recently drew $8,000 in one week in St. Louis, due dotib tless to thc fact that one of the newspapers "roasted" it as a vulgar entertainment. '' . The recent annual meeting of the French Societc des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Edi- teurs de Musiquc showed the receipts of 1896 to have been 1,700,000 francs. - According to recent newspaper announcements New York will have at least a score of new theaters next season. In reality it will pi*obably have none. Edmund Gurncy, the English" plr-"'- wright, is collaborating with J. L. Shine on a play for Horace Neville, and with Malcolm Carter on a drama for Annie Rose. CONGRESSIONAL CUTS. He Advertises St. Paul's Church, Chicago, on Billboards and In tlie Street Cars and Has Adopted All Sorts of Popular - Auxiliaries. Rev. A. J. Canfield, who has attracted a good deal of attention and caused much comment among his clerical brothers by the novel methods which he employs to advertise his church, is pastor of St. Paul's, one of the handsomest churches on Prairie avenue, Chicago, and his congregation comprises some of the wealtl-uest families in the city. Dr. Canfield has surprised all Chicago by the boldness of his innovations in church work. Although . there was seldom any difficulty in filling the big auditorium of the beautiful brownstone edifice that stands in the most fashionable quarter of the city, he was not satisfied with the work he was doing. When he first took the pulpit, his audiences were composed of richly dressed men and women, who came in carriages and wore rustling ,silks' and patent leathers. Dr. Canfield wanted to reach the people of the1 South Side. He announced that the church was free for all, but the South Siders could not be: lieve it. The magnificence of the church and the neighborhood awed them. Dr. Canfield conferred with the elders of the church. He told them of his aims and asked them for advice. He urged the practical business men ,who had made fortunes for themselves and had built up great business houses to tell him what' ought' to be done to keep a great church from becoming an ecclesiastical fossil. They hardly kneWjWhat advice to give him, they said. "Well," said Dr. Canfield, turning to one of his elders who had made a million out of axle grease, "how did you manage to make your business a success?" "By advertising, doctor; by advertising. I, advertised 365 days in the year." "Then why can't we advertise our church and make a success of that too?" "We can. That's the very thing to do," responded the elders. This was what Dr. Canfield had in mind, and he proceeded to put his theory into practice. He did not do it in any half way manner either. He advertised his church and'his sermons just as if he had been advertising a department store or a new patent medicine. He had post- in emergency instruction for cab driv- trs, inotormen, drug clerks, policemen; *nd others who are likely to be called- fcpon to help injured people. In short, Dr. Canfield hopes to make- bis church nothing less .than a university for applied Christianity. Dr. Can- field was born in Cortland county, N. Y., about 56 years ago, and at the age*- of 21 was ordained a pastor in the. Universalist church. He has occupied.1 pulpits io various New England towns* and cities, including Boston, and his"* last church was in Brooklyn. He has4. been pastor of St. Paul's for about si's: years. S. P. Schenck. A SILENT PREACHER. f Iter. Austin W. Mann, General Missionarjr- to Deaf Mutes. . <' ��������� The first deaf mute to be ordained im >��������� the Protestant Episcopal church west of-5 the Alleghanies and the second to take4? holy orders since the beginning of the** Christian church is the Rev. Austin W. Mann, who is the general missionary4" for the Midwestern Deaf Mute niission.. Before taking up mission work Mr- Mann was employed as a teacher in th&r ���������Michigan School For Deaf Mutes, at.- Flint. Recognizing that the thousandR'- of persons who are afflicted as he is are-- isolated from- the ordinary means of worship and religious instruction, he- began, in the winter of 1873, to spread'.: the gospel by means of the sign language. Since then' he has led a busy and a happy .life and has held servicea. in nearly every big city in the Union- He adopted the prayer book system off the Episcopal church as the one best adapted to the use of the deaf mutes. He was regularly ordained as a ininistez. The house has Johns, Johnson and St. John. Quite a jackpot that.���������St. Paxil Dispatch. It may have nothing1 to' do with the case, but a more conservative disposition on the part of congress has been noted since the removal of the bar.���������Indianapolis News. One of thc members of the next congress proposes to be active in discouraging the habit of cig-irette smoking. This blow ot an infant industry is one that is likely to find a great deal of popular approval.��������� Washington Star. ������������������ If each state in the Union realized.hr* importance of sending its best men 1 Washington, the yearly sessions of congress would not only be considerably shortened, but more effective measures would be enacted.���������Lancaster Examiner. A proposition has been made to congrcs.c to extend th franking privilege. As it is now used to .ransport the laundry of certain mem.- _s back and forth they must want their 1 .iggage and furniture carried under similar exemptions.���������-Boston Transcript. POLITICAL QUIPS. It is the same in politics as it is with the "wishbone." One's success depends mainly on having a good pull.���������Savannah News. Some of the new governors walked to their inaugurations and some rode, but itis worthy of note that all took mighty good care to get there.���������Chicago Post. It was surely a common political move to circulate the report that the Colora... legislative hall was infested by mice, just when the new female members were beginning -to enjoy the proceedings too.��������� Richmond Times. ". It has been suggested that all the office seekers take part in the inaugural parade. The suggestion sounds very fine, but it must be remembered that the parade must be completed in one day. It is not to be a continuous performance. ��������� Pittsburg Times. ��������� LAW POINTS. A consignment does not vest title in the consignee unless it is accepted by him. A verbal contract will not merge in a subsequent written contract obtained by fraud. To render a series of telegrams a contract of sale, an absolute acceptance of an offer in its exact terms is indispensable. A railroad cannot stipulate to relieve itself of damages or injuries to goods when the loss is caused by its own negligence. Where shipments are made in due time as stipulated by the contract of sale, the shipper is not responsible for delay in the arrival. i kev. a. j. canfield. ers printed announcing the various attractions which were to be offered at St. Paul's, and he used the columns of the newspapers, not to print merely regular announcements in small type, but to announce in big display lines his sermons and lectures. He had signs painted on the billboards. One of these is an especially attractive one. It is a picture of the church,, well drawn and artistically painted. On the side of the church, in letters of yellow, red and blue, is the notice that everybody is welcome at St. Paul's. The results of this liberal advertising have been prompt. There were large congregations at St. Paul's before, but now tbe church is crowded to the doors at every service, and it is a common occurrence for the ushers to hang out the sign "Standing room only" half au hour before services begin. The wealthy parishoners are there, but they are lost in the crowd. Girls who wear last year's jackets and nature's,gloves, men who wear ready made suits and women who have left their babies with a neighbor swell the throng. Still, Dr. Canfield keeps on advertising. He spreads his posters far and near, buys space on the suburban trains and acquires billboards in all sections of the city. He employed Dr. J. J. Lewis, a well known lecturer, to deliver popular lectures illustrated by the stereopticon. He started a free kindergarten in the basement of the church, which is attended by 100 children. He has organized a girls' sewing class of 200, which meets Saturday afternoon in the chapel, and he has now on hand a project for building a big parish house in connection with the church, where there will be accommodations for the various classes, clubs and amusement circles, as well as room for the dispensary, gymnasium and other departments Which he is organizing. To the kindergarten is to be added a motherhood class, in which women will be taught the science of maternity, physical laws, sanitation, household economy and home amusement and instruction of children. There is to be a class HEV. AUSTIN W. MA_._*.- and assigned to a general field, broadly spoken' of as the middle west. Ca- nonically Mr. Mann belongs to the dio-. ceise of Ohio, buthis work reminds one1 of the apostolic times, when one missionary was obliged to cover several- wide] y scattered posts. Mr. Mann has founded the following: missions: All Angels, at Chicago; St. Thomas, at St. Louis; St. Albans, Indianapolis; St. Bede's Grand Rapids, Mich. ; Ephphcta, Detroit; St. Agnes, Cleveland; St. Mark's, Cincinnati; St. Clement's, Dayton, O. ; All Saints, Columbus, O. ; St. Margaret's, Pittsburg,. and Holy Spirit, Kansas City. He visits- these missions and holds services in; them as frequently as possible. That he- is an earnest and successful worker in a. fruitful field which has been sadly neglected is shown by the great results- which have attended his labors. He has* a wide acquaintance among the deaf mutes of the country and is probably the most popular man known to persons thus afflicted. His field is unique, and. his silent services are impressive gatherings. ^, r All Put On. "I don't like the stage manager,"*" ��������� said the soubrette petulantly. "He's always making us learn some new popular song." "What of that?" asked the first comedian. "Oh," answered the. soubrette, "I hate a man who puts on so many airsL". ���������New York Press. 1 "Expansive Ohio. Teacher���������Jimmie Green, you may- rise. Can you give us the geographical boundaries of Ohio. Jimmie���������No ma'am. You can't catch me on any such game as that. Since last November Ohio hasn't had any boundaries. ���������Chicago Times-Herald. ���������1 - J Dramatic. Manager���������Everything set for that farmyard sceye? ��������� Property Man���������Every thing but the hen. Once more the eternal feminine and the exigencies of realism were in dire conflict.���������-Cincinnati Enquirer. Of His Idea of It. ������ The Giddy Young Thing���������What is--' that proverb about there being no marrying in heaven? The Chronic Bachelor���������Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.���������Indianapo-j lis Journal. ^, Appropriately Named. "What made you advertise your vaudeville show as 'Elizabethan?' They ' didn't have such things in that age." j "You see, I've got five girls named ' Lizzie in the ballet. "���������Chicago Record- sleep The Deacon's Alarm. The New Minister���������Six hours! is enough for any man. The Absentminded Deacon ��������� Good gracious! You don't preach as long as that, do you?���������Yonkers Statesman. I . EH 'W THE WEE K L Y TT_������������������-'���������-*������������������' ������--"T '*-���������*���������>��������� rfl"t<!���������������������������__> I H- NEWS APRIL, 27th. 2897. Tfll ffMLY HEWS Issued Every Tuesday At Union, B. C. M Whitney, Editor. TEAMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. IN ADVANCE. One Year ������200 Six Months 125 Single Copy 0 05 RATES OF ADVERTISING: One inch per year ..! $ 12 00 .... month 1.0 eighth col per jrear ". 25 00 _,__������..h .. .. ��������� 5000 week, ., line 10 Local notices,per line 20 Nonces of-Births, Marriages and Deaths, 50 cents each insertion. No Advcrtisment inserted for less than 50 cents. Persons failing to get THE News regularly should notify the Of'FlCK. TUESDAY, APRIL, 27th, 1897_ SANITARY BEPORT. J^ HE sanitary report of Mr. Give ' Phillipps-Wooley, Provincial Sanitary Inspector, dated March ���������i6th, 1897, addressed to the Provincial Board of Health just published . in the Second . Report of that body is before us. It is incorrect in part, ridiculous in its recommendations, and bears on Us face the evidence of unfairness, superficiality and prejudice,,ancl stamps its author as unfit for the position he occupies. The statement that, "The' high-water marks ot garbage piles along the walls of houses and other indisputable signs show in what a lamentable condition the town must recently have been,"' is sufficient'to condemn the report. One o. two chops 1 of rain don't .make a shower; neither would garbage piled .up along the walls of one or two cabins show the "lamentable condition of the town." What do the people here, think of such a general charge as that? We have never seen a single instance of the character mention- ��������� ed. The statement has no foundation in fact As to the schools of Union, he asserts they "are "the worst feature of the place," "I found," he continues, "that according to the teacher there were 1S0 children in attendance in his four rooms,. . . .that the closets were in a disgraceful state; I found the floor of the girls' closet in the most filthy condition, and on remonstrating with the teacher, was told that it had been in that state since last summer, and that there was no money to pay. for scrubbing these floors; that a janitor was paid 35 cents per diem for sweeping four rooms and lighting fire, and that it was not his business to clean out this place, the cost of ��������� which would probably be ���������ix-bits. The janitor had just struck. There is another school room in town, of a temporary nature, holding 57 children at present. This is ventilated by a broken window only," etc. These are very ' serious charges, and disgraceful if true; but they ARE NOT TRUE. The loose way he writes is at once apparent. Notice he says, "180 children in his four rooms," and "then there is another school room in town." The main building has only "three rooms, which with "theother" constitute-only four rooms. But the poor innocent inspector didn't know! And then 180 children in the four rooms and 57 children in thp other! As a maUer of fact the 57 are included in the 180. Great inspection I ��������� Now as to the closets. They are in the same condition as when Mr. Inspector put his nose inside them, and they were visited on Thursday last by Messrs. Abrams, and Grant of the trustees, and by Dr. Millard, Health Officer, Dr. Westwood, and by the editor of The News. It was agreed that they were not filthy or in a disgraceful condition. The most that could truthfully be said was thai the floors were dirty. If thoroughly scrubbed, they would doubtless be dirty within 24 hours. The school rooms are swept every day, but when school closes, the floors are dirty. We are no apologist for dirt, and believe the government ought to allow more for incidental expenses; at the same time we think the school rooms and school closets of Union will compare favorably with those cf any other place,. We suppose ; Mr. Give Phillir-ps-Wooley thought he must howl about something, and doubtless he has an affinity for the kind of work he is doing. But what does he mean to say could be accomplished by the expenditure of "six-bits"? Does he mean that closet accommodations for 180 children can be maintained in' sanitary condition a school year ior_thai sum? If not, would he only have them cleaned but once? There is a verv foul odor about the entire report; it was written with a.dirty pen. The allegation that there is usually trouble with the trustees is a.strange one and unsupported by any proof. The recommendation that the handling of the school funds be given . to the government agent���������the money for incidental- expenses���������is in keeping with the general nature of the report; it is too silly to call fer a reply. Mr. Give Phillipps-Wboley's hasty flutter through the town enabled him to acquire no real information, and his nasty report has' associated with his name a very unsavory .odoi. In spite of all this we hope 'some good will grow out of the report. , Cleanliness is next to godliness; it is the best safeguard to health. And children can acquire nothing more u_eful than the habit of cleanliness. Their rooms and surroundings should be free as practicable from dirt. This i's essential to proper feelings of dehcac\ and self respect. 'The trustees, we know are ready to do their full duty;' the government has enlarged the sum for incidental expenses for next year,' and when applied to for money for ventilation and repairs a few months ago promptly responded. The amount appropriated for education in this Province is very liberal, and if a few dollars are needed to help out, they can, be raised through the means of an entertainment. But save us'' from any more official libels. It is such scandalous and untruthful reports as that .we are writing about which renders the government unpopular and does an infinite amount of harm. BAH. WAT COKF:E_0_Y_I32_. - Our latest despatches indicate that lh_ Provincial government ��������� has widely acceded to the demand for the proposed railway to Chilliwack to be extended over the Cascade mountains to Pen tic.ton and that such railway must al_o run a daily train to some point on this island in order to be entitled to the grant oi $4,000 per mile. Of course Victoria is to be made the terminus. This involves a railway ferry. We suppose the ferry i. a practicable scheme, and that through tickets, and freight will be the same to Victoria as 10 Vancouver; nevertheless the latter city, from her more advantageous situation will reap the greater benefit. The amendment of the bill is evidently the result of a compromise, and we may expect the opposition to the road into Cariboo to cease. With railway matters disposed of the session should soon be brought to a close. GREECE. The attitude of Greece in the present struggle with Turkey is one of heroism, ancl in harmony with her glorious traditions. The Great Powers scowling at her in their impotent fashion reminds one of Mrs. Partington sweeping back the ocean's tide with a broom. The action of the Powers deserves the contempt of mankind, that of Greece recalls- the best days of her "storied Prime." Her example stirs the noblest blood of the age. 'Tis still a watchword to the earth. When man would do a deed of worth, He points to Greeee. and turns to tread So sanction'd, on the tyrant's head: He looks to her and rushes on Where life is lost or freedom won." COMOX. COMOX is a village beaut if ul_y.l_.catcd.on the bay of tlie same name, in Comox District.. A Practice Range, Mess House and Wharf, have lately been established on the Sand Spit, which forms the harbor, by the naval authorities, and here some one of Her Majesty's Ships is to be found two-thirds of the time. Here is a po.t office, two hotels. t~vo stores, bakery, etc. The scenery is grand, and good hunting near. The City of Nanaimo from Victoria calls h.ro on Wo-Liiesdi-ys, , and "departs , from Friday mornings. ,TJ N I O TST.' THIS TOWN, thc eastern p_irt of which. is called Cumberland, is finely situated on the fool hi Is, of the Buford Alountian4*,, abouf' 500 feet above the waters of the Georgian Straits, and 60 miles north of Nanaimo. It is connected with Bayr.e Sound, by a line of railway 13 miles in length. Its principal industry is coal mining. It turns out from 700 tons to 1,000 tons of coal per dav of the best steam coal. This is irans.'-rcd oyer the railway to Union wharf (Bayne Sound) to the ships and steamers and u-.lis wiih scows awaiting to receive it. The fine coal is manufactured here into a good article of coke which bids fair to 'grow into an immense industry of itself. Extensive bunkers are being const!ucted at' the Wharf in connection wilh the 00a! industry. Union is the market place for the Comox farming settlement, and conlan.s 3,000 population. 'It has one large Departmental Store bench's .two general stores, four large hotels, two saw mil!4", iwo merchant ^tailoring estai.Ii-l.m.nis, various .'-hows, such as dry good41, tin .m_i ��������� hardware, meiai,' harness and _addlciy. livery, je-vlery, stationery, bakeiies a.-u barber bin'i.s, photograph gallon, brass- band, a graded school, four churches, and a newspaper. It is readied by steamer from Victoria and Nanaimo. n��������� n f.Trni-"i"itr*T ___.' Am brxnuN __ METAL WORKS The following Lines are Represented Watches, clocks and jewellery NEATLY REPAIRED = Tin, sheetiron, and copper work Bicycles Repaired Guns and rifles, repaired Plumbing in all its branches, Pumps, sinks and piping, Electric bells placed, Speaking tubes placed Hot air furnaces, Folding bath and improved .. Air-tight stoves, specialties Offirp-*_r������H \A/c\r\c< Third Street, near urnce a*.a vvor-Ks t-NEWS offlce..} T. ���������S-SS4"-44! | FISHING ������������������ m I ���������. TACKLE������ 0 Sullivan, the pugilist, is a back number. His challange of Fitzsimmons will fail flat. He should try and keep quiet and if he can't keep quiet, keep just as quiet as he can. The refusal to licence music halls in Vancouver is very creditable to that up-to-date City. Music is all right most anywhere, and pretty girls are al! right tff A full line of- Rods, Lines, Flies, Minnows, Spoons, Baskets, Fly- <f/ books, Gut, Casts, j������L Hooks, etc , in stock. Im Write for . anything* fe you need and get it by ((v, return boat, ft J. SAMPSON, ' m Box 3S7. Nanaimo B.C. |������ p-retty girls and beer, as a mixture, is an abomination. | Statistics show the substitution of highland water in the City of New Jersey reduced the number of, typhoid cases from 28 per month to 4. Si mi liar experiences have followed " the introduction of pure water into many towns in Europe and American. Scarcely less important is good sewerage. The construction of sewers in the City of Memphis banished yellow fever, which had previously been a fearful scourge. C O JJ P. T 33i 1ST A Y. COURTEMAY is a pleasant village situated, on both sides of the Coimcnay River, and on theroad-up tlio Settlement, threo miles frvm Coniox Bay. Tho road to Union also passes through it. It has a central position. Here arc two hotels, one _li43t class store, a saw mill, soda-water works, post otlice, shops, etc. liis a favorite place for fishermen and hunters. SB������PS������lg?*-^SS!i-"' Esquimalt and Nanaimo Ry Steamer .City of Nanaimo OWENS MASTER The Steamer CITY of NANAIMO ���������will tail as follows o CALLING AT WAY PORTS as passengers and freight may offer Lea .0 Victoria, Tuesday,'7 a. m. " Nanaimo for Comox, Wednesday, 7 a. m Leave Comox for Nanaimo, Fridays, 7 a.m. Nanaimo for Victoria Snttirdey, 7 a.m For freight or slate rooms apply on board, or at the Company's ticket office, Victoria Station, Store street. 1 i 8 &7HtWB-Wp Florist, Seedsman and Landscape Gardener Seeds. 'Ornamental .Trees.'and Shrubs always. Also bulbs,- in variety, including- Hyacinths,- .Narcissus, Fuchias, ' .,' Tulips and. Lillies. Union, - B. C .32g������gg?_������--^������-2g^^^ Ijw.S. DALBY, D.D.S. & L D.s| & Dentistry in all its Branches jv Plate work, tilling aud extracting p. - -p.- ft) Office opposite Waverly Hotel, -Union S4- Mi*] Hourb���������9 a.m. to 5 p.m. aud from (������ & Gp.m. to 8 p.m., , & J". -A. McLEOD General Teeming. Powder Oil, E*c., Hauled. Wood irrBiocks Furnished. ��������������� SCAVENGER WORK DONE RBELL ^Dealer in Stoves and Tinware Plumbing; and general C_������ . , ������_5 Sheetiron work PROMPTLY DONE -"W'Ag-ent for the Celebrated Gurney Souvenir Stoves and , Ranges Manufacturer of the New��������� Air-tis.h't heaters Society Cards i. u. O F. Union Lodge, No. ii, meets e cry Friday night at _ o'clock. Visiting breth ren curdialiy invited to at tend. F. A. AI .LEY, R. S. ***mn*.'WtnMmrm.-'%mrmnMw ���������_������ ir-wgg_B*i .n-strrini'Mann- OUMFEHLAKD SKOE SHOP. Cumberland Lodge, A. F. & A.M; B.G-..R. Union, B. C. Lodge meets first Priday in" each month. Visiting brethren are cordially invited to attend. L. Mounce. Sec. Hiram Loc.������c No 14 A.F .& A.M.,B.C.R Co-irtenay B. C. Lodge meets on every Saturday on or before tl.e���������f_ill of the moon Visiting 1-51 others cordially requested to attend.-1 I.. S. McConnell, Secretary. Cumberland Encampment: No. 6, I. O. O. F., Union. Meets every aitern-ite Wednesdays o. each month at S o'clock p. m. Visaing Brethren cordially invited to attend. John Co.mbk, Scribe. <������������������ ' niii ��������� iiii 11 ��������� i n__>T������inrTiT 1 niii n nr i inwi m__���������_-._mi i mi 1 11 mm _������������������__-____��������� ������__i S. OF T. Union Division No. 7. Sens of Tt m-, perance meets in Free Mason's Hall, Union c������.v'c.ry J_lor:ciay CM-rur.^ at 7:30. Visiting f'icr.tls .oidi'iliy ii;\ii.u to attend. TUGS. DICKINSON, R. S. n.*_ -_*_>_���������-__.������__TWM_....U.lAn(-MtK_Itu.f. I have movod into my nc^; shop on Dun. muir Avenue, whore I am prepared to >_.anu.acilire and repair all kinds ot men's, v.omen's, and children's shoes. Civc mc a call. NELSON i'AKKS. itvvv^umsmmm^MxrnxmiatfuuetmmmMMtiMi, m '.������Vl--lf4.������ifl,-V. Subscribe for THE NEWS m their proper place, but music and I $2.00 per annum. TOU Till YOUS, LOCAL PAKE. It publishes all that is worthy ol notice of THE LOCAL NEWS. It Gives the cream of TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. It Supports GOOD ORDER, PUBLIC ENTERPRISES, THE CHURCHES, I'T.A TERNAL SOCIETIES, everything worthy of encouragement. It Publishes Occasionally, ��������� Bright Original Stories, Bright Original Poems, Bright Original "Chatter." And is the ONLY WEEKLY COUNTRY PAPER in the PROVINCE which has a TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE. It is the exponent of the district, ar.d by'it the district will be judged by the outside public. It is as CHEAP as a good paper can be produced in a country district. Give it your generous support and there will be increased improvements. SUNDAY SERVICES St. GKOKca.'_ Phesbyteriau Chukch��������� Rev. J. A Logan, pastor. Services at 1] a. m. aud 7 p. m. Sunday School at 2:30. Y.P.SCE at close of evening service. Methodist Ohorch��������� S-srvioe. at thu usual hours morning aud evening. P.ev. W. Hjcka. i-astor. TarNiTY Chu.cm���������Services in tlie gvc- mrrg. Rev. J. X. YYiilemur, rector. NOSIOE Any person nr persons clcsircying' or withhulding tht4 k.g_. ai..d bane:, of the Union Brewery Company Ltu uf Nana.--- mo, will l-��������� f.ro.t cuted. A liberal rev. .nd wi-i! be paid lur iulonriaiiun leading io corn icii./n. W. E. Norris, Sec'y hi U__C--/_jv.iiu_- _. _ru___r __ / I VERY- ��������� ___) -^-"-^v-^^^e; I tym prepared f.o furnish Styiisii Figs and do Tfesuftine At re-tsor.at.le ra-te-J.. D. Kilpai.riftk, Union, B.C. EAM1NG- '7yir^/-&rz/?j 60 YEARS9 EXPERIENCE. TftJ-DE M4I.K3, DESIGNS, COPYRICHTS Ac. * Anyone sendlnpr a sketch and description may quic_"y ascertain, free, whother an invention is probably patentable. Communications Btrictly confidential. Oldest agency for securing patents in America. We have a Washington office. Patents taken tlirouRh Munn & Co. receive special notice in the SGIENTIFSG IMERICAN, beautifully- illustrated, latest circulation of any scientific .lourna!, weekly, terms$3.00 a year; 51.50 six months. Specimen copies and _____!_> Book on Patents sent free. Address MUNN & CO., 361 __io_i-lwu>, New York. 4 t f\, %M - ������������������������"__ J 11 i������������v.i.(r-i"������i������������w*'i"4Tnr CHOICE LOTS For sale on Dunsmuir ave; consistii-g of lots 4 and 5 in block 15, lots 7 and 8 in block 16, lot������ 3, 4 and 5 in block 10, and other lots in Cumberland Townsite. Rarsrains. O r James Aikamr. Si. \fl ���������'1 I a I .!_ M i 11 THE, XVEEK.LY 'NE.VS .\!������ .! 1 o y j NEWS REVIEWED. The news from Cuba indicitcs that no large army is needed to watch the insurgents or that Spain is'preparing to / abandon the island; for, from trust worth sources it is learned that a considerable part fof the Spanish forces are to be withdrawn. The news from Greece shows an actual state of war between that' country and'the out-law nation known as Turkey. What action" the Powers will take now is uncertain. That they, will not allow Greece to be blotted out is,, we may be sure, equally certain. There is to be no celebration in Victoria on the 24th of May, but the 21st of June will be right royal!4;' observed. It is reported the Dominion government has arrived at an understanding with the C.P.R.. whereby that company will build the Crow's Nest Pass railway. The City of Nanaimo want. thc ' railway ferry and is also struggling with the smelter question.' There is a rumor that Mowat, Cart- wright, and Sifton h.ve resigned owint44 to differeu<4*es over the. tariff. Though hardly credible, tlie rumor is . wide spread. g^There is Nothing _J__LEATHER ; i If it ii HI flit ftf__. # ��������� So here it is : Single Harness at $lo, $12, $15 per set and up.���������Sweat Pads at '50 cants. Whips at 10, 25, 50 and a good Rawhide for 75 c*nts, and a Whale Bone at $1 and up to $2. I have the largest Stock of WHIPS in town and also the Best Axle Grease'at o .BOsES ���������Fop Twenty-Five Cents- BARKER &. POTTS, BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, NOTARIES, &e. Office Room 2, McPhee & Moore B'id'g mid at NANAIMO. Ji. C. I*. O. DRAWER 18. L. P. ECKSTEIN. Barrister, ei o Notary Public Office:���������First Street, Union, B. C. YARWOOD & YOUNG BARRISTERS and SOLICITORS Carrier of Bastion aud Commercial Streets, Nanaimo, B. C. Branch Office, Third Street and Dunsmuir Avenue, B. C. f Will be in Union the 3rd Wednesday o each mouth and remain ten days. untie "P* in forks. DAVID JONES, Proprietor, MANUFACTURER, OF SODA WATER, LEMONADE, GINGER ALE, Sersaparalla, Champagne Cider, Iron Phosphates and Syru*os. Bottler of Different Biands of Lager Beer, ateara __._er and."Porter. Agent for tho Union Brewery Company. '_E__:_E:C_f _B_EJ_____R.. SOU-ID _EPO__^' 0__B_S:_=������__ Cl^Tj^lT COURTENAY. B. C. ��������� H. A Simpson Bapristep, U Solicitor, No's 2 & 4 Commercial Street. 4i4<r_44L-_Nr^fi.x_4v_:o. *-. c. J. A. Carthew ARCW.TECT and BUILDER,, ���������i":"IO?7, _3. C. Trunks at Prices to Suit the Times.' -jf ������ ir s axie FOR 'SALE ���������A lady'- Cleveland wheel 1 almost newv in first class order. , ��������� Apply at Anderson's Metal Work... FOR SALE.���������My house and two lots in the village of Courtenay. K. Grant, Union. FOR SALE, I.ANCH���������One mile and a 'half from Union, contains 190 acres and will be disposed of at a low figure. En- ' quire of James Abrams. . , \ For Sale.���������The dwelling house and lot on Marypor. avenue .belonging to Mr J. S. Kendall. The house is.i������ storey, well built, good well of water and garden Lot is full sire. Will be sold at a bargain., Apply to M. Whitney, News Office. \ I j ANTED-��������� A good canvasser. Enquire .VV at "News Office. ,. ' FOR RENT-The boarding house late ly occupied by, Mr. A. Lindsay'. Apply to H. P. Collis at, the Union1 Departm^nt,, Store. i. (Vnrthmnrir j Pl.0.__-_-A- AND ', atjPctirill^ \ IS BALLY DONE . Wesley Willard Ladies Some Journal. Cumberland Hotel, Union, B. C. The finest hotel buildino: Fixtures and Bar North of Victoria, \n& the best kept house. NOTICE. The firm of Graiii; and Munighan doing business at Courtenay, B. C. aa hotel keep- ������r������, has been diaolved, by mutual consent. All accounts due the firm should he paid to Mr. J. J". Grant, who will pay all accounts against the late firm. . Dated at Courtenay, April 16th, 1S97; H. J. Munighan, J'. J. Grant. NOTICE.���������All subscriptions in aid of the Fire Brigade and its appliance-44, should be paid to Mr. Frank Dalby. Do yoa know that we can print you just as neat a business card as you can get in any other printing ofl_.ee in the Province, and just as cheap too ? Bear in mind, we print meal tickets also ? In fact we can do anything in the line of job printing. Give ns a trial. 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Spacious Billiard Room and new Billiard and Pool Tables Best of Wines and Liquors. A FINE STOCK01.- Clocks, watches, books - and stationery. o ��������� " <��������� T. D. -V-cLsan j":_������rv\/ _h___Lj:fj"r/ - TJ__<ri02N!'- _B. C. S, J. "Theobald, DISTRICT DIRECTORY GOV'T AGENT Assessor and Collector.���������W, B. Anderson, Office, Union, residence, Comox. STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE and Coroner./���������James Abrams, Union.- JUSTICES of the Peace.���������Union, A. McKnight, W. B. Walker, and H. P. Collis.���������Comox, Geo. F. Drabble, and Thomas Cairns.���������Courtenay, J. W. McKenzio.���������Sandwick, John Muadell. CONSTABLES.���������J. W. Hotchlvson, and P. S. Scharschmidt, Union. Nanaimo Cigar Factory Phillip Gable and Co., Prop's Bastion Street v ��������� Nanaimo B. C, Manufactures the finest cigars and employes none but white labor. Why purchase inferior foreign cigars when you can obtain a superior article for the same money Drs. Lawrence &. Westwood. Physicians and Surgeons. TJ_iTIO_-<r _B.C We have appointed Mr. James Abrams out collector until turtner notice, to whom all overdue accounts snay be paid. Notice to Taxpayers. . _$:___$_.���������/��������������������������� ��������� ' ��������� _ Assessment Act and Provincial , Revenue Tax.) NOTIGEIS HEREBY GIVEN, in accordance with the Statutes, that Provincial Revenue Tax and Taxes levied under the Assessment Act are now due for the year 1897. All of the above named Taxes collectible within the Comox, Nelson, Newcastle, Denman and Hornby Islands Division of the District of Comox, are payable at my office. Assessed Ta_.es are collectible at the following rates, viz: IF PAID OK OR BEFORE JUXE 30th, 1897���������Provincial Revenue, $3.00 per capita. . Three-fifth's of one per cent on teal Prorwty. Two and one-half per cent on Wild Land One-half of one percent on Personal Property. One-half of one per cent on Income.' IF PAID AFTER JU_.E 30th, ��������� IS97��������� Four-fifths of one per cent on Real Property. Three per cent on Wild Land. Three-fourths of one per cent on Personal Property. Three-fourths of one per .���������nt on Income. VV. B. Anderson, Assessor and Collector. January 1897. House and Sign Painter, Paper-Hanging, Kalsomining and Decorating. GRAINING A SPEC.A1_.TV. AU Orders Promptly Attended to TJnion, E. 0. Barber Shop - AND y .'������������������:.' : Bathing ��������� Establishment O. H. Fechner TP2*iO_E=_E4lI__L'X'0^, Why send away for your printing when you can get it done equally as well at the News ? Our prices, are reasonable, and we are no������v prepared to turn out everything in theh'ne of Job Printing. NOTICE "An Act to Prevent Certain ' Animals from Bunaing- at Xrarge���������1896" Stock owner- are hereby notified to keep all Swine, Stallions nt one .ear old and upward., and Bulls ore. nine months old, under proper anclonure, as all animals of these descriptions, found running at large will be dealt with under the provisions of the Act referred to. Comox, B. C. W. B. Anderson, June 7th, 1896. Gov't Agent. M_.w_-������_������mmrim_^ We do all kinds of Job Printing, anything from a Dodger to the neatest Business Card or Circular. gs:_kj.a._e3!oh:_idjl-F'!! o'_e_e_k}:a._p THESE' ������E3T STEEL WIRE raoiiss,, ���������������������������, AS WELL AS *_. o . Mc Mullen's ' choice ��������� _^-^_^T-J.iV'.'vj4,44Z--8 <4 ���������> Manufactured and Sold by 4 1 , ; iTHBONTABio^E<FEjraNQca.Lm Steel Wire Netting for.. Trellis, Poultry Yards, Lawn Fencing, ' etc.,"; are sold before. mucn L OVVER this year, ��������� than ever y\ .* They are the best. Ask your Hardware ' Merchant for them. , ' ,'" ��������� " _ , ��������� ��������� ������������������ 1 GO TO ������T I?. FOR AT Posters Pan. phi e Circulars ��������� Letterheads GOOD PAPEaR GOOD INK . K^S^ Our Work Speaks Dance Programmes Menues O Visiting- Card Mourning Card Billheads Statements' Envelopes Noteheads O UR J3-_4_r4^r,_iW.V-aY^vB__r?3!__-_____-_^ Worth I presume we have used over g, one1 hundred bottles of Piso's. Cure for Consumption in my family, aiid I am continually advising others to get" it. Undoubtedly it is the I ever used.���������W. C. Miltenberger, Clarion, Pa., Bee. 29, 1894. ���������I sell Piso's Cure for Consumption, and never have any com- _jj|| .plaints.--E. Shore*, Postmaster, "-jf The Besc CoughSy: Shorey, Kansas, Dec. 21st, 1894. @i^eg^SM*������a,n'ton"a mmim% JAMES ABRAMS j THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR. ���������**> 4- 4 \+ 4- WORLD-WIDE CIRCULATION. S 5 Twenty Pag:es; Weekly; Illustrated. \ ? ��������� > ��������� Jll-_i_LS___i__^^k_l_I2___^^ c . TiTra-c-D T>..-r _t>o _>:.���������_��������� ---T.6TJ ���������pOfiVPATTI., ( ��������� THREE HOLLARS PER YEAR. POSTPAID. SAMPLE COflCS F..__. S MINIHG AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, I 220 Market St., Sam FR^ncisco^CalJ Notary Public. Agent fop the Alliance Fire Insurance Company of Lon don and the Phoenix o Hartford. ��������������������������� Agent for the Provincial Building and Loan Association of Toronto. Union. B. C. T_r THE CHILDLESS WIFE. O ,B*_.e sits alone. The day is done, The house is orderly and still. .Across her floors no quick feet run. Within her heart no longings thrill. Sh_ fancies she is satisfied . . ���������������' That motherhood has heen denied. All flay her busy hands have wrought The tasks belonging to her lot, ... Unhindered Ly an anxious thought Of those sweet cares she misses not. And now tonight she sits alone And views the work so deftly done. From weariness she falls asleep, Within the quiet of the room, And dreams a dream so real and deep Th.it she awakes amid the gloom And cries aloud to find it gone And she still sitting there alone. What new, strange longings fill her heart! "What discontent, unknown before 1 Within her eyes the quick tears start��������� ?ho Ioiiks to dream it o'er and o'er��������� That touch of baby arms that seem To clasp hor neck as in the dream. ���������Lillian i_. Knapp- Hi EEUBEN'S PLUNGE. ?. There was a certain sadness in Unci'. Reuben's manner as he served mc thai night���������a certain silence "which yon always recognize as'a foreboding in those whom you know well. He brought thc dishes and went away without ever a word of comment and went about his attentions to the other guests of the evening with that maimer which . betokened an'intense absorption in sonic matter outside the dinner courses. When he put down the coffee, he leaned over and asked in a deferential way if 1 would mind staying awhile���������he wanted to talk to'"me on a "mattah which is ,. much worriment tuh me, suh." 'Of course I'said I'd stay, and I waited with not a little curiosity to hear what Uncle Reuben had to say. That it was a portentous affair which weighed upon him was too evident. Finally thc place was empty, save for my presence, and Uncle Reuben came over to me and sat him wearily down. His eyes wove shining with thc resolve of some great jivurpose, but he approached it cautiously. ."I reckon yuh 'member, suh, 'bout Majah Baxtah. coinin. to New Yawk tuh live?" I nodded assent/ I remembered well the night when ho and Uncle Reuben met for the first time since Reuben had gone into the war as a body servant, andT remembered how Uncle Reuben had fed his impoverished old master through the courses of tlie best dinner his placo could lay without ever giving the master an idea that he was receiving charity. I had never forgotten the tenderness of Reuben's attentions to the man who had once owned him, body and soul. "Yuh 'member him, an I wan' tuh ax yuh advice 'bout uh mattah consarnin 'im. It's this way, suh. Yuh see, Majah Baxtah, he's uh gemruan. He ain' nevah use tuh wuk uv no kin, an he fin it mighty hahd tuh git 'long hyah in New Yawk whah evabody wuk faw what he git. Co'se down home he don' bothah 'bout uothin. He des set on he front po'ch wiv he frien's an drink julips. He look out ovah thu big fiel,. an he say: ''Thah's ma niggah, an thah's ma hosses, an thah's ma lan's. Gemman, thu craps is gwinc tuh be ��������� pow'ful fine. Take uh drink.'' An they take uh drink, and this majah is happy. That's all he know 'bout makin uh livin. He des go tuh town an .sign thu. papers an git thu money fum thu crap. Co'se he don't know nothin 'bout how thu crap come tuh be made. He ain' raised that way. "Yuh 'member I tole yuh 'bout how he get broke up at home au come tuh New Yawk tuh staht all ovah ag'in. I reckin he thought he'd fin uh cotton crap on evah street in New Yawk, kase he ain' wor'yin much 'bout nothin tell he ain' got no money 'tall. Then's w'en I see 'im fust, yuh 'member. "He knows some gemmen hyah, an uv co'se they do whut they kin tuh give 'im uh staht, but thu majah he don' know 'bout how tuh take chances in bus'ness, an so I reckon he ain' doin des ���������would know nothin 'bout it 'cept you air me, would they?" "No." ������' Then I mus' tell yuh. Yuh know I kain' nevah go back home tuh thu Bax- tah's tellTve fixed it 'bout tha' time I tuk Mistah Tom Baxtah's hoss in thu wallan got him killed. I tole you'bout that. Well, I wuz thinkih tha' ef I had twic't tha' much money I might go back home wiv my head up.'' I tried persuasion with Uncle Reuben, telling him of all the certain dangers of stock gambling, but nothing would move him from his purpose. He was steadfast in his determination to Dut that $5,000 in some sort of speculation in "Wall street in an effort to dot ble it. As I was his only friend whe had in the past kept his confidences sacred he appealed to me. It hurt him when I refused to handle his money in the street. I knew of a particularly good thing in Cordage just then, and, having much confidence in it, I finally consented to act as Reuben's agent in the matter, and did. His bank roll went into Cordage. Fortune does sometimes . favor a good cause, and Cordage was the only thing in the street which showed activity. It went -up and tip. "Within a week [ sold Reuben's stock tit a rough profit of .$3,000 and dined that night on a succulent bird out of season. Uncle Reuben was radiant and flew about his place like a boy. I waited for him, and he hung over the table with an attention that was almost devotion. When wo had a chance to talk, he inquired all, about how it had been done, aud I had to go into all the details of a Wall street deal. There was none of tho passion of gain or of the gambler in his eager attention, just the passion of an accomplished purpose. It was good to see him. '��������� all substances, as is well known, and they are, not all absorbed, except when falling on certain substances, which' are called from their appearance dead black. It being practically impossible to reflect X rays to any great extent, we might still resort to diffusing thein��������� that is, to allowing them to be thrown back from any surface in n more or less regular way. Such a feat would enable ns to inspect special sectious of the, body, which we are not now able to inspect, with considerable accuracy.���������New York Sun. QUAD'S QUEEE ..ALES. MISJUDGED HIS COMPANION. A Consolation Gone. "How's yer wife?" inquired one of the farmers who were coming in to market. "She's perfectly -well, seems like." "You don't seem pertickler pleased .bout it?" "Well, I like 'er to inj'y hers'f. An 'he do seem ter git a lob o) comfort out *' takin medicine."���������Washington Star. BILL BARNACLE'S DISGUST. and Weeks after, when thc winter snows had come and Uncle Reuben's was a refuge from the storm at the dinner hour, I sat silently over a "madeery." | He sank quietly into a chair opposite and pointed across to a gentleman en: grossed in his dinner. *'Thah's ma lawyah ovah thah.'' "Do you have a lawyer in the restaurant business, Uncle Reuben?" "Sometimes need 'em, suh. He's uh pow'ful smaht man. He do uh lot uv things faw me.'' Then he was silent for awhile. "What do you use a lawyer for, Uncle Reuben." . '' Oh, jes' doin things I kain' do ma- se'f. Goin tuh places I kain' go wivout leavin ma bus'ness. Mighty handy folks is lawyahs!" The talk lagged, and I went on with thc cigar and the wine. It suddenly occurred to me, "Reuben, how is Major Baxter getting on these days?" "Like uh gemman, suh. He's down | on his plantation." "I thought he'd lost his plantation?" Ycssuh, he did onct, but he got it Some uv his kin folks whut he didn'know up in middle Ten'see died an lef',.__ini eight thousand dol- lahs. "���������Charles E. Trevathan in New York Journal. back again ez well ez he ought, least I hearn tell he ain', an I des want ax yuh 'bout it. I want yuh tuh look at this faw me. " Uncle Reuben went down into some mysterious recess behind his apron and drew out a small book carefully wrapped about with a long string. Taking a precautionary look about the room, he laid it down in front of "mc. It was a bankbook, and it showed a balance iu favor of Reuben Baxter of Tennessee of a fraction over ������5,000. "That's whut I savo outen thu business hyah, yuh know. Thu gemmen whut does mc thu honah uv comin hyah faw uh canvasback pays me putty well, an I'se been lay in way some uv it a1! thu time, thinkin some day I might be needin sutnpin ef I wan' tuh go home. Putty nigh 'nough thah tuh buy uh plantation, ain' they?" * * You might get a fairly good place with that, Uncle Reuben.'' "An ef I had twic't cz much I could git twic't ez good uh place, couldn'tl?" "Yes, perhaps more than twice as good.'' "Yuh knows any thin 'bout these stocks they sell down Wall street way? Gemmen talk lot 'bout 'em one day, an Hex' day sell 'em faw twic't ez much?" "They are dangerous things to meddle with, Uncle Reuben. Sometimes you pay a price for them one day and the next they are worth nothing at all.'' "Yessuh, I reckon so, but ef I bought tha' much wo'th one day and they Wa'n't wuth nothin thu next, nobody His "tittle Feller." "I happened to be down in my cellar the other morning when the ash man came around to collect the ashes," said a gentleman who resides on Second avenue. "[ was opening a barrel of great red apples at the time, and when the big, dust covered and necessarily untidy man came back with the empty ash barrel I picked up an apple and held it out toward him, saying as I did so: " 'Won't you have an apple?'. "He took it eagerly, saying as he did so: "'Thank ye, sir. I've a little feller at home who'll be tickled to death to git it. I most always find something or other in the ash barrels to carry home to 'im at night, but it ain't often I git anything equal to this big apple. I toll ye the little feller's eyes will shine when, he sees it.' "I don't know how many times that day my thoughts were of that big, rough handed fellow, with that apple put away so carefully in his pocket for that 'little feller.' "When evening came, I thought of the 'little feller' who was on the lockout fpr the big, dust covered father with the calloused and soiled hands, but w'th the true heart and the kindly word that made him a king in the eyes of that 'little feller.' "These 'little fellers' glorify and beautify many a homo in which poverty abides. But human affections can sweetly and patiently endure toil and rags and poverty when there is a 'little feller' to meet aud greet the father wiien the long day is done."���������Detroit Free Press. Future of tlie X Kay In Surgical Work. The future development of the X ray phenomena will undoubtedly be in the direction of surgical diagnosis. It is as great a boon to mankind as the invention of the ophthalmoscope, and just as the latter instrument has proved its worth from the first day to this and has saved thousands of people from total blindness, so will the X ray be beneficial to the human race and save life and limb of thousands of sufferers. It will, of course, need to be greatly improved. The one essential quality which so far prevents applying it to the densest part of the body with perfect success is its propensity for traveling in straight lines, piercing or rather being entirely absorbed by intervening bodies. Light rays do not necessarily go through What He Thinks of Onr Wart-til-fS " Their Numerous Wrecks. "Frequent in perusing the papers, I see how no able, seamen won't ship in these new cruisers, though the navy wants 'em bad,'' Bill Barnacle remarked, looking over a tabulated list of disasters to Uncle Sam's white squadron. "I've noticed the same complaint regarding 'the scarcity of men," said tlie lubber. "Seems tome a sailor would take pleasure in wearing a beautiful uniform ������nd cruising in one of those big white 6hips. Why don't they enlist?" "It is singular how curious w'y they don't, as mariners is supposed to be proper fools," Bill replied thoughtfully. "They must be. pre-judiccd, I take it,- against these liere battlcsihps wot sinks sometimes afore thc mooring chain's is cast off at the dock. Blow me, if I'd sign In no floatlng.machine shopwot's liable to iv. amp or turn turtle if they ever gets her into deep' water. Look wot's happened already to thc fleet, and some of the blooming hookers ain't never been away from' the clock either. And likewise look at wot | befell them as did." , ' Mr. Barnacle paused in absolute disgust to ruminate on the disgraceful conduct of our warships. '' This here navy ain't wot it used to be,'' he went on somewhat sadly. "No proper out and out A. B. can sling his dreaming sack in one of these here Andy sickle cruisers and be happy. Boiler makers, machinists and Swede painters is wot they wan ts these days. Wot's the use of sailors when there ain't no ropes, no rigging and no hauling and climbing���������nothing but electric buttons and hydraulics and similar gear, wot gets out of order and busts regular? Boat davits is the only ropes. No decks to holystone and not a smudge of tar from stem to stern. W'y, blow me down, if thc camphor in thc dress suits of squab midshipmen isn't the only thing an able seaman can smell aboard them ships.'' "Have you ever sailed in one of the modern battleships?" asked thc lubber. "No," said Bill, "and likewise I won't, but I've knowed mariners wot has. They tells me that with continual painting and wiping it off accidental with their clothes and losing thumbs in patent gun gear and acting proper polite they, might as well be janitors in Barlem. Wot's the use of signing as A. B. in a ship where you walks to the mast, presses a button and rides up to the main top or masthead in a blooming elevator? Next we'll hear of barber shops and restaurants and life insurance offices in the fighting tops, and likewise art studios and weather bureaus. When hollow masts with elevators takes the place of rope ladders and legs, it's time for the mariner to tie up ashore. . "Besides, wot's the sense of going to the bottom in an iron coffin, or sinking alongside of docks and being laughed at by all the lubbers in creation? Sailors don't throw much swell on land, but they rates some pride at sea if the ship behaves herself and gives 'em archance. But wot a holy show the navy does make of mariners, to be sure! Ship's always in a muggy mess somewhere and being logged in the newspapers. Look at 'em on the other side! There's the coast defender Monterey, built in San Francisco to blow warships I out of the water 20 miles away. The day j she was ready for sea they headed up the bay to Mare island for more repairs and runs into a blooming herring net. For three days this here terror of the seas hangs in the net, with her propellers fouled in the 6nar_ of meshes, while the dago fishermen cussed frightful. Farmers and duck shooters comes off in boats and gives the able seamen the horse laugh, while divers is below clearing away dead herring and busted net." "That was terrible," the lubber murmured sympathetically. "Likewise the survey boat Ranger makes a ass of herself," Bill contiuued, with disgust oozing from every pore. "Sixty machinists works six months repairing the Ranger for a trip to Alaska. She gets under w*ay and is 17 days making Port Townshcnd, Wash. All this timo her vitals is thumping fearful day and night. Nobody can sleep, and the engineers roasts their blooming ears listening at hot steam chests and iron bulkheads to locate this here poundiug. Just as she crawls into port thc Ranger breaks down. They overhauls the engines and finds a eight pound monkey wrench in tho main cylinder, left there by the brainy bosses at Mare island. So the government charters a tug at $600 per day to tow the Ranger back to them turtles for more repairs. "These here samples," concluded Bill, with a rippling string of oaths, "is w'y I claim the navy is a proper de-lusion and likewise fake."���������Charles Dryden in New York Journal. Too Horsy For Bill. He was a traveling fakir, with a liver cure at 50 cents a bottle, and,, to make things more interesting, he had a bicycle ���������\yith him and gave exhibitions of riding oh the public square. When he struck a certain Arkansas village, he found the bike a novelty in the eyes of the population, and it was after he had "shown off" that a tall, long haired native approached and said: "Stranger, I've got a son, and his name nr'Bill." "Well?" "That's Bill over thar with the ole white hat on.'' "I see him." "Bill's straddled hosses and mewls since' he was 2 y'ars old, and he never found a critter which could gin him the flop. That's made him mighty peart, and he's a-braggin that ho kin stick to this ma- shcen o' yours. D'you reckon he kin?" "No.". '' Would he git the flop ?" "Sure to." "Jest git bounced right off rind flung in a heap, eh?" "He would.. He'd think one sido of the state of Arkansas had tipped up with him." . - "That's what I'm achin fur���������to see my peart son Bill git the grand flop. I'll gin you $1 to let him try it." Tho fakir was agreed, and the old man called his soil over and queried: "Bill, d'you reckon you kin handle this yere critter?" "You kin bank on it, dad," was the re ply- "It ain't like a mewl or a hoss." _.. "Of course not, but don't you worry about me. I never tackled anything but a buzzsaw which got the best of mc." ."Hain't you a lcotletoo peart, Bill���������jess alcetlc?" "Not fur me, dad���������not fur Bill Jackson. Jess stand right back and look out fur fly- in mud when I start. Thar's my hat to hold, and yere I go!" Bill had seen the fakir mount, and, with a whoop and a leap, he was in the saddle. HO got his feet on the pedals and moved off about ten feet. ' Then something reared up on its hind feet and came down with 1- wabbles and a dozen "bucks," and when the dirt ceased to fly they found Bill in a bunch on the ground, his legs doubled up under him, his back bone telescoped and a shoulder dislocated. "W-what happened, dad?" he faintly asked as they got him untied and untangled and straightened out. "Oh, nuthin much!" replied the old Queer Experience of a Traveler on m __���������]_���������> Steamer. (i "Speaking of misjudging people,'* remarked the young man who has-4- money and. can take pleasure trips'- whenever he feels like iti, "I had a peculiar experience when I took the steamer trip up the lakes. I was little late in* applying for a berth, and the clerk informed me that every stateroom was occupied, and he would have to give me- a berth in the same stateroom with another person. I didn't particularly like' .he idea, but it was the best I could do, ������nd, being very tired, I turned in. JL eaw nothing of my roommate, and, he having first choice of berths, and pre- ' suming that he would choose the lower- one, I climbed up above. * 'I wondered what sort of a man he- would prove to bo, and to be on the safe side I. took my gold watch, and pocket- book and placed them carefully, under my pillow. . I tried to stay awake until- he came in, but the motion of the boat lulled me to sleep in spite of myself, and I didn't wake up until morning. The other person had turned in without disturbing me. I heard him stirring- ^around in the lower berth. Cautiously I slipped my hand under the pillow. Both- my pocketbook and watch were gone. There was no denying it. I searched the berth carefully and quietly. There- could be no mistake. My handsome timepiece and several hundred dollars in bills were gone. I lay still for a long; time, wondering what I would do. Per7 man. "Did you ever know a young feller named Bill Jackson?" "I���������I reckon I did." "Son of olo Jim Jackson?" "Yes." "Powerful peart young man?_ 'Thought he could,straddle anything on lioofs?'' '' Y-yes. What you gittin at, dad?'' "I'm a-gittin at it to tell you that Iip tackled a hoss on wheels and got everlastingly whopped and flogged and made a fule of befo' 200 folks, and I consider to reckon that he'd best limp home and go to hoe'n co'n and keep shot of his brag fur the next ten y'ars to cum." Where the Trouble I_. "It isn't a bit of trouble to get married," said the airy young person. "No," spake the sedate one. "It is in being married that the trouble is."��������� Indianapolis Journal. There are 22 allusions in the Bible to the east wind, 19 of them being of a disparaging character. A Neglected Opportunity. I was sitting with my chair tilted back against the wall of the shanty hotel, having an hour to pass away before the stage was due, .when a man whose appearance denoted the prospector came along and halted to say: "Stranger, mebbe you've a dear old mother somewhar?" <. "Yes, I have, "I replied. "Mebbe she's about ready to go and wants to see you.before she passes away?" ,.' No; she's in good health." "Waal; iny dear old mother can't last over a month, and I want to see her before she dies. It'll take money to go to Indiana and back. I want to raise $50. Do you want a silver mine?" "No, thanks!" ��������� "I've got one with about $50,000 worth of ore in sight. I calkerlate that mine will pan out at least $1,000;000 of the stuff. Gimme $50 in cash, and the claim is yourn." "I don't care to invest." '' Stranger,'' continued the man as he grew more earnest, "this is a case whar a dyin mother wants to see her boy ag'in fur the last time." "Yes, I know." "And fur the sake of seein his dyin mother the boy will take $40 for that silver mine. If I could hold on to it fur four Weeks, I could git $25,000 fur it, but I'm anxious to go east. Shall we make it an even $40?" "I don't care to buy at any price," I replied, having been approached that day by at least a score of speculators, every one of whom was on the beat. "Wouldn't you say $25?" "No." "She's a dear old mother, and she wants to see me again." "I'm soriy, but I don't want to buy." "She'll pan out at least $1,000,000," ho persisted. "I hope so, for your sake." He talked awhile longer, and then left me to tackle a man from Boston. He told exactly the same story, but finally agreed to take $15 for the mine. As soon as he cot the money he went off to a saloon and took a hand in a game of poker, and the Boston man got the laugh all around. He felt that he had been gulled and had little to say, but he hung to the certificate of the claim and went his way. A year later, when they were taking $10,000 worth of silver a day out of the Boston Belle and the stock was selling at 5 for 1, I met the man who sold it for $15 and asked of him: "Is that the mine you wanted to sell me for $25?" "That's the one," he replied. "You wanted money to get home and lee your dear old mother-die, I believe?" "That was it, sir." "If your dear old mother still wants to see you, and you have another $1,000,000 mine to sell for $25, I think I'll take it." "Too late, sir���������too late," he replied. "My dear old mother has passed away from earth, and the cheapest silver mine I have on hand is worth $75,000 in cash, and. I don't care to sell at that 1" M. QUAD. haps ho had hurled the' plunder into the- hands of a confederate. I felt pretty blue. Anyway, I would report the matter to the captain. I sat up in my berth' with sudden resolve. A pleasant faced young man,was sitting, fully dressed, on tho lower berth. " 'I've been waiting for you to wake- up, ' he said. ' Do these things belong tc you?' He was holding up^my purse and. watch. " ��������� ��������� "'Yes, sir,, they do,' I answered severely. . "'Well, the blame things plumped down on me this morning about an hour before I4 wanted to wTake up. The wallet struck me blim on the end of the nose and the watch nearly knocked my front teeth out. I was never so startled in my. life.' "I looked sheepish, I suppose; I certainly felt so, for, turning the pillow down, I found that the springs were of woven wire and lacked several inches: of filling in the space at the head of the berth. My property had simply slid. through .and dropped upon the face of my startled stateroom companion. He- took matters very good naturedly, and we got to be good friends before we got to Duluth. Ho was a wealthy young. Englishman taking his first trip through* our western country, looking for investments, and I found him a very companionable fellow.' '���������New York Tribune. A BEAR IN A CAVE. Two Indians Went In by the __igUt of __ Torch and Killed the Game. ; Robert H. Davis tells in Gameland. how two buck Indians of the northwestern coast tribes went into ; a bear's dent and, by the light of a torch, killed a big- grizzly bear. A young law student got sight of the- bear one day while he was still hunting. While trying to approach it the- hunter alarmed the bear,, and it ran to- a lv 000 foot cliff and took refuge in a, hole there. The student climbed up IOC. yards on the face of the cliff and started rocks down about the hole, thinking to> drive* the bear out, but the bear would not start. Then he went to a nearby In- , diah camp and got Trinity Dick and a' Pitt river Indian, who said they would go with the man after the bear if he would let'them take the rifle. , The student let Trinity Dick take the -rifle and borrowed another for the Pitt river Indian. "I waited outside, "the student told Davis, "while the Indians went into the cave with a torch. I listened for a long time, then I heard the dull boom of two guns away back in the cave somewhere. Then all was still again for some time. After a bit Trinity Dick came out and waved his hand to me, then went back in. I followed and quickly came to the bear, which was already loosing its hide at the knife point of the Pitt river Indian. "The cave was deep/ with many arms. The Indians had followed the main cave, disputing with each other as to who should go fii_?t. Trinity Dick, being the eldest, got tlJ? place of honor, while the other followed, holding the torch high aloft. The bear was not in the main cave, ancl they went to the end without coming upon it. On their way out, however, the men were confronted by the bear at a distance of 20 feet. Trinity Dick told his companion to hold the torch steady so that the sights could be seen plainly. When the shot was fired, the bear pitched forward, and then a second bullet was fired into it. The Indians then turned and ran, loading their guns as they did so. But the bear never moved again." Pleasant Exercise. Stern Father���������What were those peculiar noises I heard down here last night? Did you and young Comeback uncork any of my beer bottles? Demure Daughter���������No, papa. We -were just going through some labial exercises. Stern Father���������Oh, I suppose these new educational fads must have their run.���������Detroit Free Press. I ���������v? 'f~. m \i i $ m I _ II m. m (A DRESS AND FASHION. "WAT AND GOWNS FOR MANY AND VARIED OCCASIONS. '-Distinguishing Features off the "Visiting Gowns���������Elaborate High Kecked Dresses. Decollete Gowns For , Evening Wear. Tendencies In Tailor. Made Costumes. .Visiting toilets this season exhibit a lavish amount of velvet. Indeed whole ���������costumes are composed of this material. Pleasing jackets, are made of plain and ���������fancy velvets, to wear with silk or cloth 'fkirts. The fancy continues for blouses ���������of silk and lace, with'elaborate neck ar- are made of woven strips of chenille, ���������atin or felt and resemble straw. Walking hats are decidedly popular and are made in all the leading materials. Flowers and feathers combine In furnishing their garniture. The very .latest fancy is for toques. Fortunately the term toquecovers a variety of shapes and sizes; hence there are large and ���������mall toques, toques to be worn tilted well forward and toques to be worn set well back on* the head. Women of 'fashion no longer wear large hats at evening entertainments. The rule is none at all, or the bo called "theater hat.". , AUCE VaRN*_J___ w __________���������-��������� POPULAR TEA GOWNS. A VISITING GOWN. ���������rangemcnts, to wear with a, separate skirt. There is an infinite variety, by the way, in small finery, such as neck ruffs and wrist frills.- All "sorts of chiffon and lace and ribbon enter' into the -composition of the neck decorations. High nocked gowns for house wear are receiving lavish trimming and are worn in placo of the half decollete gowns .at dinners and elsewhere when a decollete gown is not absolutely required. When the occasion is sufficiently formal to call for evening dress, a decollete .gown is the correct thing. Dress skirts show less and less fullness, and'modistes are inaking an effort to force the old time' mode of; a plain ������kirt to the knees; where the- fullness is introdiiced by a Spanish flounce.. Street gowns are still, made with" skirts" that are short enough to .escape.the ground, but the fashion- is long skirts for the .- ��������� house dress. - ' 4 ���������;'. :The rumor is .abroad that in tailor '"��������� ���������-fit-its will be revived the "short bodices, ���������as well as the __cat/ plain, tight fitting ones, pointed ��������� back and front, in ���������whioh the sleeves will be put in ever so plainly. ') Braiding will continue to be popular with tailors, though it will; be somewhat mitigated by the desire fox- small checks and stripes, which will prove very favorite materials. , A."bailor made gown of recent con- '-"-ructiOn' and-distinguished by the, simple severity of its''style is of cloth and has two bodices with one skirt, furnishing thereby two dresses. ���������ji, Both bodices are of jacket fashion. yy.Thp 'more elaborate one shows the popular braiding on lapels.and cuffs and is ���������worn with a white silk and lace vest. The other bodice opens over a cloth vest \ .of-contrasting color, usually white or ' lig_.t-hue.-.4'T'he same-doth also is used "'as ' a finish to the lapels and cuffs of the jacket Very stylish, and likely to find favor,: are the gowns made in checked woolen fabrics, with a bolero jacket in plain -cloth. Of course the usual white lisse, lace or silk front, with draped belt, is worn with these new gowns. The princess dress is occasionally seen and is approved by Dame Fashion, but no woman ought to venture on a gown ont as princess who is not absolutely ���������ore of her figure and her dressmaker. Hats are gorgeous affairs for the most part, and are beginning to suggest the flowers of spring. Violets axe in evi Lnxnrions, Captivating and Economical Garments Made off Many Fabrics. It is the English and French women who look upon a tea gown as a means of economy, while ' the average American woman usually considers it a luxury which she'can dispense with hotter than almost any others. The idea that; it saves her street gowns from unnecessary wear rarely enters into her contemplation of this article of dress, and the fact that rest and comfort aro to be found in one of theso loose, fascinating gowns bas escaped her observation, since she has so little time to be aesthetic in the most luxurious manner. A writer in the New York Sun, in connection with these remarks, has the following to say on styles and materials: Silk tea gowns are the prettiest of all, and silks which are a little out of style for. other purposes aro quite up to date ,in a tea gown, so the bargain sales furnish an excellent opportunity for a pretty'dress at a small price. Moire brocades and li berty satins make lovely gowns, but less expensive fancy striped silks ' answer every purpose. Poplar green liberty satin' makes a charming tea gown, with a front of white chiffon trimmed with yellow lace, and a belt of white satin confining the wattea'u plait in the back and passing under the sides in front. A bolero jacket of satin, edged around with a frill of green crane, adds USEFUL MEDICINE CASE. It Is Designed Especially For Traveler, and Is Homemade. In '-���������'"ha Ladies' Home Journal not very long Ago was given an illustrated description of a medicine case that affords no end of convenience to travelers. This case may be made by taking two pieces of linen shaped somewhat like a four leaved clover, having an oblong center 8% by 6 inches in size. This should have on all four sides flaps with tounded corners, those at the sides and top having a width of 4 inches at tbe greatest breadth and that at the foot measuring 5J|, as it is purposed to contain a double pocket. Then take "a strip of thin board 8^ by 6 inches, cover on both sides with oiled silk and place between the similarly'shaped centers. An interlining of oiled silk should be securely basted between the two pieces of linen. A row of machine stitching should then encircle and inclose the center tc this is poured a dressing of orange juice sweetened and flavored with a little vanilla, and the whole is set on the ioe for two hoars before serving. RICHARD III. SHIP LIGHTING. SEKVICEABLE TEA GOWNS. a protty effect, and the sleoves are of ���������plaited white chiffon with puffs of the ' satin above the elbow. Crepon and soft cashmere in light colors make more serviceable dresses, and thc ��������� fronts are , of thin white silk oi cream lace'net over white. Boleros .of velvet in a deeper shade of the same color 'arc a novel addition, which is new this season. The' princess style of gown is very popular for house dresses, but soft,,, inexpensive'materials cannot be employed with such- success in this variety of costume.''.The most satisfactory princess dress is the one which is made of some rich, heavy fabric, but whatever the material may be, it is the most troublesome'of all-gowns to fit and hang well. Two useful -morning gowns foi neglige wear are made of soft, red cashmere and trimmed with black velvet, and one, has a yoke embroidered with conventional designs in black silk. TEAVELER'S MEDICINE CASE. hold the board firmly. Tako a strip oi the linon' 14>������ inches in length and 2 wide. Bind securely with braid and ornament with a row of herringbone at top and bottom. Sew each end to the centerpiece an inch from the foot. Fasten every three inches, making five compartments. Then cut two pieces of linen to fit the flap at the foot, making one a half inch and the other l^ inches shorter than this flap. Bind each along its straight edge. Then top sew these about the rounded edges, the shorter one over the larger, thus making two pockets almost the length of the flap, one of which should contain a tiny case of court plaster, a flat roll of surgical twine and the other lint, flannel and small bandages. . Bind and herringbone the whole case and fasten with a ribbon-to the corner of the upper pocket a tiny pair of scissors. Bullet shaped pearl buttons, with a cord between, 'should hold the side pieces in place after the lower flap has been laid over the, bottles. A piece of tape 48 inches long should bo fastened to the edge of the upper flap to tie the whole'securely. ' . I Be Xey*������r Injured the Masses and Was Not Unpopular With Them. If Richard be tried by the only proper standard, that of his own time, he will be found to be not more but less cruel and bloody than either his predecessors or those who came after him: The act which has especially blackened his memory is the mysterious removal*or murder of the princes. Yet Clifford, backed by Margaret of Anjou, had killed in cold blood Richard's brother, the Earl of Ruthland, a boy of 16, while Henry VII imprisoned and executed the feeble minded Earl of Warwick, the son of Clarence. In mere numbers of exe. cutipns, excluding; of course, on both ��������� sides those who were taken in open rebellion, Richard has much less to an- *wer for than Queen Margaret or Henry VII and far less than Henry VIII, who put to death anybody who happened to be distasteful to him on political, personal or' religious grounds. There was no public opinion in that day against putting to death any one who had played and lost in the great struggle of politics. Executions were a recognized part oi the business. When the game went against a statesman in those days, as Mr. Speaker Reed once said, he did not cross,the'aisle and take'his place as the leader of his majesty's opposition; he was sent to the tower and had his head cut off. Autres temps, autrcs lnoeurs. At every turn of the wheel iii the long struggle between the Lancastrians and the Yorkists the victorious party always executed every leader of the other side upon' whom they could lay hands. Such were the rules, of the society and such the politics in which Richard was brought up, and he played according to those rules and without excess, paying the final forfeit himself with undaunted courage. , Nothing is farther from the truth than the notion that Richard was un popular with the masses of the people. He had "never injured them, and they did not care huw many nobles or princes lie put to death.���������Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge in Scribner's. SANDBOX TREES. Fashionable Hair dressing. ��������� There are two prevailing styles in -New York, according to The Herald, which depicts some of the leading coiffures. Women wear their hair either distinctly ondule all around the head, with the back hair knotted high on the head and a curl or two on the forehead, or a la pompadour, without any curl on the forehead at all and only waved sufficiently to give aloose, full look on the sides. At the back it is gathered into a simple French knot, rather low on the head. In both styles of coiffure the tip of the ear only is concealed; In Paris the last fashion in hair ia to wear it closer to the head on the sides, TAILOR DRESS WITH TWO BODICES. dence, but most often in conjunction with flowers of contrasting hue, as violets and pink roses. All sorts of feathers are employed in the trimming of hats, though ostrich plumes are but little used fchia season. Many of the smartest hats A New Decorative Material. Bedticking for drapery and upholstery purposes has recently been launched upon the market. It is a decided success. No one would dream of the lowly origin of the fabric thus presented. , Of course the salesmen do not speak of it as bedticking, but describe it as an *' art drapery" or an " art ticking." One shopman has named a striped pattern the "Bedouin"���������not a bad pun on its origin. The material is colored and designed veiy much after the order of chintzes and cretonnes, which it closely resembles. It wears like iron, and as it retails for about 10 cents a yard, it is one of the most economical and satisfactory fabrics for all sorts of upholstery purposes. In , calling attention to the foregoing, The Puritan also tells that these tickings will soon appear in the various college colors, so that a Yale, Harvard or Princeton man may have things adorned in the hues dear to his heart. Shredded Cabbage With Cream Sauce. Take a cabbage, wash it and cut off the outside leaves, leaving only the tender part. With a sharp knife slice the cabbage into thin shreds, put in a dish and cover with a sauce made in this way: Put in a saucepan an egg, one-half cupful of vinegar, 2 even tablespoonfuls of granulated sugar, a small teaspoonful of mixed mustard, 2 ouncies of butter. and a pinch of salt. Stir constantly this mixture-until it thickens. Do not let it boil. This cabbage salad is very attractive served in this, way: Cut off the outside leaves of another cabbage, scoop out the middle until only a thin shell of cabbage remains, fill the hole witb the shredded cabbage and sauce and put sprays of parsley on top.���������Good Housekeeping. The Gigantic Toucli Me Nots of the Tropics Have Explosive Fruits. Everybody is familiar with the "touch me not," the pretty jewel weed that- grows along the side of water courses. When its seed pods are ripe, at the slightest touch they will explode, blowing the seeds in your face. The giant among them is the sandbox tree (Hura crepitans), a native of tropical America. Its furrowed fruits are as large as an orange. Cosmos of Paris] thus describes this Krupp gun of the .vegetable world: "It is often cultivated as an ornamental tree, both in its native country and in other parts of the globe,. notably in certain gardens in the Indies. Its fruit looks on the outside something like a melon; it is formed exactly like that of our native euphorbias, of sections, which at maturity separate violently with so intense a report that it has been compared to the sound of a pistol, throwing its seed to a considerable distance. "With the fruit a very pretty sandbox can be made by cutting a circular opening in the upper part, extracting the seeds and then covering the opening. The opposite side is perforated with little holes., A sandbox thus made is very difficult to keep, for the time always comes when, aided by the drying process, the sections suddenly split;' with a characteristic sound. "The violent splitting of the fruit of the sablier is explained very simply by a process analogous to that which causes the two halves of a split stick to curl apart and depends upon the unequal extensibility of the elements of the valves, which produces the mechanical effect due to it at the precise moment ���������when the sutures, the lines of. least resistance, are opened by the progress of desiccation." How Electrical Appliances __ re Now Utilized J?or This Purpose. When electrical plants were first installed aboard ship, lead incased cables, run in ordinary molding, were.used al-. most entirely, - and in case of iron ships, the hull was frequently employed for the return circuit. The latter method soon passed out of use, for it not only increased the fire hazard, but was inefficient mechanically, and also liable to give rise to disturbing influences on the ship's compasses. Lead incased conductors in ordinary molding were used on the first two United States men-of-war having elec-, trie plants���������the Trenton and Omaha��������� but with unsatisfactory results in each case. In the latter ship, the electrical plant of which was installed by the writer in 1884, tho lead incased port and starboard mains passed through holes bored iu live oakrknees, one hole to about each six feet of run, and the writer has a vivid recollection of the difficulties encountered in bdi'ihg several hundred three-quarter and half inch holes through about eight inches of gnarled oak, very , nearly as hard to . pierce as somo of the tougher metals. It is perhaps needless fo sa3r that the cost of labor and tools was no small item in the cost of installation. Lead incased conductors were finally discarded, except in some special work, as the protection from injury to the in-" , sulution and from moisture, which the lead'sheath was supposed to give, was ��������� found to be illusory. Dents caused short circuiting on the sheath of the conductors, while punctures, permitting.. the entrance of __>oisture, led to bad grounds as well ae short circuits. At the present day .what may be call- *'��������� ed a composite system for tlio instaila- . tion of the distributing conductors' is employed. Equal' security in all parts of tbe installation is the object kept in view, and to obtain, this several systems' " are .blended together as one. While'" molding and flexible conduits, are used in the saloons and cabins, the conductors in the machinery spaces and holds are run in.iron'coduits, which.are thoroughly innsulated on the inside, and special,fittings are employed in passing through thc decks and bulkheads. Spe- ', cial water tight switches, cutouts and.' fixtures are also used wherever there is exposure to the weather.���������E./ G. Bernard in Cassier's Magazine. - ������������������ BRIDAL FAVORS. Wed- An Ancient jintl Curious German ding Custom. < In The Ladies- Home Journal Max von Binzer writes of his experience as "A Page at the Berlin Court" .upon the occasion of a double royal wedding and of the preceding and succeeding festivities. Describing an ancient and curious custom, he writes: "And now���������after the wedding, dinner and- ball���������came the 'Fackeltanz.' Several of the highest officials entered the hall with flaming torches. A procession was formed, with the bride in the midst. A number of, complicated polonaise figures were then , executed, after which 'the line closed about the bride and groom and marched out as escort to the bridal chambers. "As the doors of the bridal apartments closed upon the happy pair we found ourselves immediately next the entrance. Wo waited expectantly for the next feature, holding our advantageous position with' some difficulty. In a few moments, the doors- flew open, and half a thousand silken garters, with the monograms embossed on the gold buckles, . were thrown out by the ladies of honor. Court etiquette was for the nonce forgotten. Generals, courtiers, chamberlains and state ministers scrambled and fought with one another for these mementos. But we pages, rest assured, got * the lion's share. CI have several of these souvenirs now, although many were .- given away by me that night to beseeching dignitaries." STYLISH COIEF URES. with the ear entirely in evidence, and much higher in the back. A short comb, scooped out across the top, is worn just under the knot and fits closely. This comb keeps all refractory short hair successfully in place and gives the head a very charming contour. The front hair is worn as we wear it, but, through contrast to the less fluffy sides, appears to be higher. Every woman wears something in her hair at the opera. It may be diamonds, a feather, a ring of roses, with an ai- gret rising stiffly and smartly from the center, an osprey plume or some ohio arrangement of bows of velvet ribbons. Fashion's last edict declares that an osprey plume or aigret worn far back on the head i3 indispensable to the woman who would be chic. Banana Salad, Spanish Fashion. Banana salad when served Spanish fashion is made as follows: First the fruit is slioed with a silver knife, then it is placed in a deep glass dish, each layer alternating with one of finely cracked ice and powdered sugar. Over A Dog as a Witness. The dog refused to be sworn. It had a sort of Quakerlike simplicity and prlly affirm ed, buf its testimony was sufficient to decide a case in Justice Martin's courtroom. The animal was a large, stately and intelligent Irish setter. After the human litigants had each told his tale, the dog took the witness stand. "Now, who is your master?" said E. D. Loy, who had replevined the dog from Fred Enderlin, a South Side saloon keeper, on June 26. The brute barked, sprang out of the witness chair and pawed at the feet of Loy. The animal then went through various performances at the bidding of Loy, including running across the street and back at his command. The dog would not act for the other litigant, and the court decided that he belonged to Loy. The animal was then released from the custody of Constable Roebuck. He wagged his tail at the judge and left the courtroom with his master.���������Chicago News. The largest American over half an inch in length. fly is a little The oat plant is in Italy regarded as I emblematic of music. Wildcat and Porcupine. A large wildcat that had gone.hungry three days sneaked down the big beech ridge above Balygump,. Me., with it- face screwed into as ugly a sneer as ever a wildcat wore. Beyond the ridge, where the ground sank into a gullylike swamp, the wildcat found a fat porcupine on the ground. The cat evidently found the porcupine tempting to look on, for it promptly went on the hunt with all the craft it could exercise. Behind a hummock, along a snow ridge, over a fallen log and through a sprinkling of bush tops the cat made its w^y and approached the porcupine. Then, it sprang and gripped its claws on its pvey. It sought to roll the porcupine over so as to bite it on the belly. It succeeded only partially, and filled its jaws full of short quills from the porcupine's side. The porcupine died quickly, but the wildcat, with its jaws distended with the quills, could not eat the meat, ' being able only to lap up a little of the blood. The agony to the wildcat was so great after awhile that the brute rolled over and over in the snow, finally forcing a quill through an eye and into its brain. ���������New York Sun. Seeking a Life of Ease. ���������-'< "��������� Why are you trying to get on the police force, Corker?" "I've grown too heavy for any work requiring activity, sir."���������Detroit Free Press. 0- is*. Is? LOCALS Seed Potatoes and Oats at the Union Store, ' ��������� Mr. Dick, Inspector of mines, was in to-wa lMt week. Mr. A. Grant has completed the new school building on Denman Island. Miss Morris of Vancouver is a _;us_'.. of the Misses Or. hard. The vestry meeting of T.inuy Church WM adjaurnel to Friday evening of th.n week. Bargains in white and colore i Shirts a. Leiser's Mra F. B. Little wtii a passenger 0.1 the Wellington, which s_.il.cl fur '...a F-._n.i_ao on the 24th. The Committee on Town Incorporation will meet Wednesday evening of tnis week at the News' office. There will be a special menting of the Di ��������� reotbr. of the Hospital, Friday evening, a'; President Abrams' ollice. ���������For Vegetable and Flower Seeds, go to the UNION STORE. Rev. W Hicks will occupy Rev. J. A. L:>������%a*u pulpit next Sunday morning, and Mr Charles Evan, will preach in tho evening Rev. Mr. Logan wiil leave this week to attend the British Columbia Pte-ibyteriau .synod which will meet in Ne*v VVe.tiniu.cbr on May 5th. , Received at Willards, a .inn line of bug- ' 8y''whips, ranging from 15 to 25 cents. Mr. Berkely is iu charge of a number of workmen .at the east end of the Roy rojxl, working this way. ���������Rev, Mr. Kane, chaplain of H. M. S.. Conius, occupied the pulpit at Trinity Church, Sundiy. Me preached a very interesting sermon. Rev. Mr. Logan delivered au able and interesting discourse, last Sunday evening, to a large audience, on Friendship, Love aud Truth: ' The Odd Fellows attended iu a body. Messrs Grant & Merriman have the con-' tract from Mrs. Davis for fixing up the 2nd story of the building nor.heas. corner, First street and Duas.nuir avenue, as a masonic hall. ���������Slater Bros' noted shoes for gents at Leiser's. The Joan came up Friday for the Daus- aM.tr party, consisting of Messrs J>wne. Duosmuir, Alex. Dunsmuir, H. K. Prior, 'tfeotMral Passenger and Freight Ageuc-of the ;������������������ '/^Jk.N. Railway, and Mr. B <yd, Secretary -of ;K. Dunsmuir and Sans, Siu Francisco. :. ;4^11 pertbns having photos' at Stevenson'., 4*4>.H,;i4-lea_e call for same before the 20th -Jam. 'o ''''������������������^Wedding presents. See the stock new) of silverware at Leiser's. Mr. and Mrs. . Hutchison have settled down to housekeeping in their pretty new home on Maryport avenue. Mrs. Hutchison will be .a welcome addition to Union society. ��������� Sievensoj. & Co., dry goods store in Union, offers special inducements in the way of bargains. Mr Danaher, late with Simon Leiser's, has been especially engaged to attend to this C.LF<AiiI-x"G out sale. The stock must be disposed of between now and the 20th June. Now is your opportunity, . -The-Burdette case will come up at the Na- ���������naimo. assizes next week. Among those who will .attend as witnesses will be Dr. .tylillard and Mrs. J. McPhee. Witnesses will leave for Nanaimo on Friday. Mrs. Barrett, wife of Mr. B. Barrett, with Leiser and Co. arrived on Wednesday's boat! Mrs. Barrett is a musician of versatility, and will be much appreciated by our inusio lovers. 'Men's new styles in Hard and Soft ' Hats at Leiser's. Robert Losey, of Comox, was arrested at McLeod's barn, charged with vagrancy. Let off with reprimand on 23rd, by Magistrate Abrams. Osark, a Jap, for being drunk Sunday night, was lined $5.00 and OOflti. If oar readers have any local news of interest, we will be pleased to insert same in the local column, if brought to tho office. Ladies, have you seen those fine shoeu in N. Parks' window ? Queen's Birthday. - We hope the people wiil turn out en -OMwe.to tne public meeting called by poster i-av this (Tuesday) evening at the School Souse (8 o'clocl.) to oon..i'.'er the advisability of having a oelebrstiou herein Union on the 24th of May. -We see no re_...3_i .v.iy vy-. ct,;_������������������.'; h:.v_ an good a time here aud unvn tr._ e__peu_o of r_ ':-tri{> 'tosojuie other placo. if the meetiug shall dee._a.it beat to celebrate at ho;..e the Qaeeu'- Birthday ic is noue to f*-t_rly to appoint committees aud oor.nn.uc. preparation. G. A. McBain & R eal Estate Brokers, Nanaimo, B.C. NOTICE. The Odd Fellows of Union will celebrate at their hall on the evening of Friday the 30th inst, the yS anniversary of their order. Meeting- at 8:30 o'clock. Visiting4 brethren cordially invited to attend. CA_STADIAI\r HOICE JOURNAI-. Tht April number contains some interesting '_ha;.-ers, d.vo*ed to tin. latest style.-: in Easter I.oi.n ots and gown.., all profusel}' il- lus.rr4.....; a pretty page of Easter poetry, and another of suggestions for E is.er gifts.; Mrs. Sheard contributes a bright story entitled, ������������������Dorothea;" a descriptive article - by Miss S, Frnser, on the Bavarian coid wa'.er cure; Faith Feuton chats about the theoso- p'lisb, Countess Wachmeister; notes on books and music, needlework aud the household; doings ot Canadian women, and report* of the 1 atior.al council, by ihe Coun- fes. of Abt-rd.e--., are ;iirji>.ig th . eo.it"4. ������������������_.. Subscription Si.00 a .yea-, 10 -. en-s ������ c-;py An effort is be-in u undo li- -t :mrn '���������rnj ;���������*.'.- - enct. h:-ie, snmp.ti-: e fc'1 i-. ���������.vie ..of ��������� h- H. '������.' S. C-'iinus Miusfr.; Party, wh <!>i I'.-tve _o p->pul-.i. an entertainment, at th. Buy S'ltui- dtiy evening. If the troup.; be secured. .���������./���������.- nouncemer.t will be made by posters. bids an extended account. The choir was strengthened for the occasioned and was in good form The accompanist was Mrs. Kilpatrick4, and to her masterly touch the organ responded as a living entity. There was something in the nature of a pleasant surprise in the appearance of Miss Morris of Vancouver. Her voice is strongyclear and sweet, especially in the lower register; but to the writer who is not a musician, but nevertheless a lover of music, there was a jfreat charm in her nearly perfect enunciation Every word, yes every syllable,' \v_s brought out with distinctness. Tlie society, under whose auspices the Course has been given is to be congratulated upon the success which has attended it. Dilly Blum. Esojiiinalt & lanaimo Ey. ; M. J. henry, NURSERYMAN Time Tabie No. 28, To take effect at S a.m. on Monday Mar. 29 h 1897. Trains run on Pacilic Standard time. , ' GOING NORTH���������Read down. ' ______ ; I nail}-. | Sund'y Lv. "Victoria for Nanaimo arid | a. _���������_. | p. m. "Wellington | S.OO | 4.00 Ar. _SH.na.imo .��������� 11.48 | 7.2ii r I_ast of the Series. Thc closing entertainment of the Presbyterian Lecture-Concert Course was given last evening to a well-filled houre. Mr. William Mitchell presided. ' The program was of more than usual excellence, varied to suit al! tastes, and containing some numbers deserving of special mention; but want of space for- 'A}iimmmi io sr[i | -*_Bp-_Cl3A9 UOUIUIpD0 I _____________��������� -pu-E^s u-ispoui oif j_ I L_ S-N-V*cI*I*"-I ��������������� ra a rn CA SB r cn Ar. Wellington | 12.15 | 7.45 GOING SOUTH���������Read up. I ''A M | 1> M " I Daily. | Sat. & Sund'y. Ar. Victoria | 12.'.0 | S.OO Lv. Nanaimo for "Victoria. .. | _.���������(() j 4.3:. Lv, Wol-ingtou for Victoria j 8.15 ��������� i.15 For r.'itos and information apply nt Com- p.iny'. ofllces. . ��������� A. DUNSM UH., JOSEPH II UNTKU. Presides-'t. ' Gen. Supt 17.1 ..PRIOR, - ,.'an. Prej;-:!ii.'iui(l Passfsneror Awt. S.U2TDAY S1EXIVIOSS ' i'f.KS'.-VCr.KiAN" CllUlit'IJ'��������� Rev. J. A I.i<������".'-i<, pa.tor. -..Trices ot 1J a. ro. and 7 p. in. Sunday School nt*_:'.0. Y.P.S.C E. at close of evening t-.ervioe. Methodist Chuhcu��������� Services at the usual hours morning and evening. Rev. W. Hic-ka. pastor. Tuinity Churcu���������Services in ihe evening. Rev. J. X. VVillemar, rector. AND ��������� fLOfilS- ��������� POST OFFICE ADDRESS 604 Westminster Road, VANCOUVER, B. C. SUBSCRIBE TO The News PER ANNUM. .t'2.00 Do you know that wo can print you just as neat a business card a*, you can cec in any other printing offi .e' in the Province, aud just as cheap too ? Bear in mind, w e print mewl tickets also ? In fact we can cd'������ auything kx the line of job printing.. Give us a .rial. Send for new 60 page Catalogue before placing- your orders for Spring Planting, if you are interested in saving money for yourself and getting.-good stock of first hand44. ��������� ; , -,,;.. , .- ' Most complete' stock 0/ Fruit arid Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, Etc., in the.-Province. Thousands of small Fruit" Plants and Vines of leading- varieties, amiable for this Climate. Fertilizers, Agricultural Impicmtnts, Spray Pump1., Etc.. br-iit to be had. N*o .Agents. List tells '-o.i :-;!! -jboui it. Eastern Prices or Less. Greenhouse, Nuksekv and Apiary 604 Westminster Road. We do all kinds of Job Printing, anything from a Dodger to the neatest Business Card or Circular. _JM1_.11 j.: _���������__-��������� L_i������_--_-_Ban ____* mn\\& 9 g������^4 ^ymm KB.I-.__P1 SB Are a few of the new lines we have just opened, and are all of the very newest and latest styles to he had. Have been bought direct from the manufacturer,, and we mean to give our customers the advantage, by markinsf them lower than ever before. .���������j_a-__c_j<-_;-._M__U!P---a___E^^ 3**y*__pa-i_%w_tfW-^_^^_v.j^^i^i.������r-i-^%Ns^pr^ Anything and everything you want,.and you can get the very latest goods of all kinds and save money by calling at our store, when there is anything you want. ( ��������� r ���������ti M vt im ' '.Vll ..v,-4.-'l i yi
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