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Sole Agents for "Mason & Risch " Pianos. -__��������� rr-szrzr tjs p.or" 1������������������l-_a~_MiiS������~p' JOB PRINTING Work of Every Description at Moderate Rates. Colonel Prior ELECTED. GOVERNMENT POLICY TRIUMPHANTLY VINDICATED. f ' _ * " ~ I " J * ���������, [special to news.] '���������' Victoria, B.C., March 10.���������Col. Prior defeated Bodwel'l ,by 54 hi a majority. ' ' ' T ' "' "'" Present' Mining Oonilltions, IN THE TRANSVAAL. j For the benefit of our readers who-at some time have visited the Transvaal or contemplate doing so, we publish some extracts from a\ most interesting letter published in the E. and M. Journal of Fobruary 8th, 1902 :��������������������������� ' \ .'''Were it not for,the restrictions and "grievances connected with mar- tiarlaw, one would scarcely believe there was any war on at all. Every now and then some wild plot onthe part' of the "foreign . element'."of Johannesburg-is- brought to light, but after oneror two; of'the leaders are court-martia.ed^ and shot^ .we lapseihack into a quiet and regular, rlife again. ;The "refugees^ fas the,' 'returning Johannesburg population are called, ,-are arriving steadily from tKe coast, all appearance of a rush, however,.being prevented by" .the military authorities by;means ' of the<per,_nit.Bystehir.;> The best in-< formed,, men . hereVare ^of- opinion that-by the middle of February all" the necessary labouring population ' fo/,the mines .wilLhejherej.and their * prediction-is that* after that- time reaL want, will, commence';in-'ouV midst on account:of;.the thousands ' of unnecessary .people Vhorarevde-; ^termined-to ge^'here'^ -I;;havV'beeji ^oVerSqdth Affica'a good" deal; and' it 8truck me that every mau^ woman and 'child were plftnuing to" come to'Johannesburg^ .to make a fortune, as -soon-as - the' way V\ as opened up'.'-' A great manyjxiore- will come than are needed, for the mining industry cannot get back to ics high water-mark, save by slow degrees; nor can big properties be sufficiently opened up to employ a great number of men in a. short .space of time.'. A prominent member of one of the big relief committees told 'me that he expected a big strain on \ their money bags by, April or- May, so you can see how the wind blows. Just now. however, their is no scarcity of work, and it is easy to find employment. Were the authorities to throw open the gates to-morrow, however, the white labor would soon exceed the demand,. Of the thousands of immigrants that rill come to South Africa the greater proportion will select Johannesburg as their goal. It is in this way, however, that South Africa will become populated, for the excess population that comes to Johannesburg, and finds standing room' only, "will be forced to Other parts of the land. Already the Government i_ showing praiseworthy efforts to make it possible for numbers of the ; coming mnl ti tude to find employment inagricul- tural pursuits. ' No, doubt new industries will spring up, but I am sure the gold industry of the Rand, great as it-is, cannot, support every one coming to the Transvaal. As long as martial law holds sway we do not expect to see any great congestion here. An arrangement that the returning refugees find' rather disagreeable, as well as. the mine managers who employ them, is that all males who are British subjects are forced to become members of a military organization, the Rand Rifles. This is a reserved force for the protection of Johannesburg, al most the only protection in fac , that this place has just now, ' most of the regular troops being posted elsewhere. Every member must at-' tend a certain number of drills each month,Nand it is rather annoying, sometimes, when you most want a man for an important job underground, to be reminded that he. has to attend drill that afternoon. ,You are compelled'to let him off two hours or so before the usual hour. Americans score here, for they cannot"force them to become Rand Riflemen. There is no question 'about the superiority of Delago'a Bay as a natural- harbour oyerj other,,_South African ports. ,'Hpw long^Portugal will be able to hold ttiis'ipportan't place it is hard to'say. If Britain decides shef6ught /t6havei_;"Pprtugai'-will lose their possession, but as1 the other British ports,- 'like -Durban, Port Elizabeth -arid Cape Town, are-very much op- ^^jy&i^kgoarBay ever becom- ��������� ia/^f^^ possession, it is probable-Deiagoa will be in the hrands ���������^fthe'Tortuguse for a long time to '.come. Portuguese EasT Africa is -zone of the -most densely populated ,,parts of - South ' Africa, ~and'< the 'J-^Kaffirs from that territory are pre-^ ferred for'the-mines for two;reasons '���������on account" of the distance to .their homes' they' Jo not care to .take .so many trips home as ��������� the Zulus and-Basutos c do, so when they -are once' comfortably settled? j������n a mine. they 'will' remain for ;mpnths, pertiaps-for years. These 'Kaffirs-are also popular'because ,of their- stupidity. . - ' As there are' 'thousand's ;ofl Eaffiis .required to :work "the gold-.mines, as manias "3,500--being employed oh a mine /running 500 stamps. These Knffirs -aie under'the charge, of a compound manager, .generally an Africander, ' wh6ihas been brought' up with the .nativesand'thoroughly understands, " now to'manage them?r "How are = you to punish a,Kaffir if he does wrong ? From person, 1 experience " I know that the only way to really punish him is to make him 'suffer physical pain. Imprisonment to -him is a. mere holiday, and no punishment at all. Discharging them from"your employ is ridiculous, as he can find work in half an hour at any of the neighbouring mines. The Dutch, who know the Kaffirs so well, generally punished them at the whipping post, the number of strips administered varying with the heinousness of the crime. To the Kaffir mind these lashes were abhorent) and the "fear of them kept many from crime. I had a Kaffir boy whom I caught stealing gold. ^Afc the trial he was in fear and trembling that la.lies would be his punishment, but when he was told that he would only be imprisoned for 4 months, he could hardly contain himself. 6 months later I saw him free once more. He said that he had enjoyed his1 holiday, and would hot mind stealing some more gold if his punishment would be as light again. Before this war, the Kaffirs on the mine, if they did wrong, and deserved it. were .flogged by the compound man ager. Legally he was not supposed to do s'pi-but I do not suppose there was ever a conviction under the Beer Government for such an offence, unless it was a case of cruelty, which seldom happened.' Most of the mines are starting up on short notice. Very few of them are working on the contract system as yet, the miners receiving/the sa'me wages as formerly,' 25 shillings, per shift for running two rock drills, but as soon as we settle down somewhat the con tract system will be reinstated." ������������������4V ""> V A s ,. Notice u of Psrtneitirip. It 'HA.VE taken in my Brother, ' ' liERBJSKT Mooke, ah s .Partner ' in my Goneral Store BuHinesa,,aud^ .,' in future the Buuiutaa will be ear: ��������� ried on under the Firm'a name: of " C J. MOORE A CO." ���������'*"*' <<' '^ Thanking my Cuatomw^t^ k (their patronage iu the put' "amA:-'.-t hoping for a oontinuanoe or_4me / ��������� for the new Firm. '.. .\ ,. ..'; ;\ v , 1 *_o. . . Youra Reapectfully, , V,- ' o. j: moors. .-v. '* **'���������'��������� * The Report of the Council: Meeting is held over till next''issue'-'* L.J_,_ ������ ^T~__| The Council; are calling for Wn-J'^y^l ders.for the ' removal of theV-Old School-house. ��������� See hand-bills. .Police Court.���������Colin McDonald owas ^brought before .Judge Abraros.-, ; on Saturday and fined j$50.oof and 1 costs for4supplying>Stinkin^���������lhar-.r- lie," a noble red man, with liquor at Union Wharf. ' "Charlie" got todays for .being drunk, and r-t'l SIX months on a charge of stealing a-: *J sum of money from Hamilton, an- t other Indian, On the same day ' Paul Brandfuir, a fireman of the * ' % steamer Wellington, was fine^ $50:\ '��������� and costs for having liquor, in an; Indian camp near the wharf. Death.���������The many friendssof Mr and Mrs Wain were shocked to hear of the death of their little son, - Alex. Clinton, which occurred on - Wednesday morning last. The little fellow had suffered from a throat affection foi a few days before the. end came, and nothing ^serious was anticipated, but in spite of medical aid, and the loving care of his father and mother, he succumbed to the falaKlmess. Had he lived un- j til June he would have been two years old. -A remarkably bright and lovely little lad, his sudden death has cast a gloom over the home of which he was the idol. The funeral took place on Thursday afternoon, the service being ;conducted by Mr White' at both the house and ' grave. Mr and Mrs Wain have the sincere sympathy of the community in their sorrow. Many beautiful floral offerings were sent by sympathising friends. The pall-bearers were Masters H. Mac- Lean, R. Somerviile, C. Magnone, and E. Hunden. Department of Agriculture. Victoria, March 4, 1902. The Deputy Minister of Agriculture desires to announce that iu consequence of the inability of Mr F. Walden, of Washington, to come ' to the Province at the present time the Supplementary Meetings of Farmers' Institutes recently announced as being in process of arrangement by the Department of Agriculture to be addressed by that gentlemen, have had to be cancelled ���������"%��������� X"\ \ fi ��������� ���������_n_M_____M-lfi_i___l������___l_������>-M___i @������1_������3������������3-S������������������������S������S������������������S>������3 la I* * OF'AFRICA. O ������ ������ A Story of the Golden Fleece. <s ��������� ��������� By ST. GEOEGE KATHEONE I hi ,1 I* ��������� ���������*_i������ it" |_J- ft If I/.: Mi ������V '$ Ik p, to IVI I' Mr ���������_? _$ 1 .���������I '.it V- * *' I.**- ' "She never tired of asking questions d -about the woild, which shV ki.ew only from reading, and the dc-scrip- "tions givf*n' by the man she had call- ' <-od her father. -Hex ������o.:nd liimsolf more'-than , ever 'charmed by Jicr naive simplicity, ttnd '���������the noble chamccr of her, mind��������� indeed, lie could not remember ever 'Slaving known so grand a n-.il,wre in , '-.voniuin. I'art of this was do'ubtless "���������due to her own disposition, hut the 'mam who had kidnapped her in order ���������Mo be revenged, mn.st have e:-:perienc- -ed qualms of conscience that compelled him to do everything- in his pow- ��������� er to educate the mind of this' wil- ������dorncss flower. Again and again Rex'would find it ��������� necessary to suddenly 'leave her" side in. order to lend his assistance to- , "-ward repelling' some sudden attack. V HTc went from love ,to war with l.*the readiness such- a soldier of for- nune always , shows. Fesicles, ,he 1/ ;/could not forget .that his blows were A'struck to defend Alaria'n as well 'as iii any other cause, and this thought ��������� afonc was''enough "to knerve 'his arm to wonderful deeds of valor ., _ ' -Thank God!-the night was wearing ,^������n- - ' ' ��������� , ��������� /A few more hours and in the east <wvoiild appear the first gray lines of '��������� -coming aclawn'. ' " Would they all be there to welcome '\it?(b ,, ��������� " ' , TVho could say? ��������� t -lEach man was grimly M-csoked to do Ins duty. No doubt, facing such ���������a,, dread outcome, their thoughts- '' 'roamed -over vast distances to scenes ithat'were dear to ahem. - .To Lord :i_runo appeared his beloved England. "How many ur riads of her sons yearn -���������after-that green isle of tho sea when ^���������separated by desert and oceans from V__c.no?>* There is no country.on ea'rtli, ��������� .however'remote, 'whore an-Englishman may not be found, driven there perhaps by tho .feverish pulse of'bu- . sincss, or it, may be, the love of ad- ��������� ' venture, .that has ever been and al ways .will be a predominant trait in .the /Anglo-Saxon constitution. " Tims far the'allies had not gained ���������any appreciable' advantage, whije 7i\ar.3' of their men -were placed hors <de combat by encounters with the missiles so energetically driven down upon their 'heads by those entrenched '.above. " ��������� vJludsoc was inclined to believe the ������"_mp"s were gathering for a grand assault all along the line, when the "'heights ���������would be slormcd-'in every ���������ravailable quarter by eager fanatics "to .whom death had little terror --since "the incantations of the v. itch- - cloct or'hsrd promised a quick pyssi'ge to Paradise on the part of those who '\_clL In'this particular the Matabole and their couuiiis'arc not unlike tho Mohammedans, a part of whose belief ���������i-t St. that'to fall in battle is the most glorious fa'tc allotted to man "below, since 'those who die thus "are 'favoriies of the Trophet, beingV im- ' mediately transported to rest in his bosom in the "beautiful gardens -where jierpetual fountains piay and all is Vpeacc . JSJunierous little things gave .Tim this idea", and his training told him to beware of the hour before dawn. ������������������Strpnge that the instinct of savages the world over teaches them to select this time 3for an alt. ck��������� doubtless because as a usual thing Rjien si eon the soundest at the. hitler -end of the night, and arc most like- "_y to he surprised. __v<*ry prf'-v-mtion -hrul been t ���������>'-������'���������> ���������lb. T "1-iv wit! in their ������������������ov/er. "\ he -rest m"St' he I.-ifl to heaven.- JVTany times 1/Ord Uri'iio and Hex ������������������would crouch ���������biChind 1 lit* ramparts and Is.oking yearningly toward the 'region from whei-ce help musl coino if it ever did i-o r.e, listen with all their might, hoping to detect some ' fur away sound that would give them now courage���������the distant ���������trampling of hoofs, the faint melody -of a bu^le. or perhaps such cheers as ���������only hearty Anglo-Saxon ' lungs are ��������� cap:- bio , of sending forth. Al.'s! they w.ziled in vain. No signs? 1 of hope came out of the -���������north, it looked as though they wit. ���������stranded 'there, and must win their Nor did they err. A broodi*1*!' s;'p t-c hung over all, -which, in itself was enough to engender suspicion, after the fl*>mo~ -hit Had made night hideous ever since tho sun went down. Then came a single cry, which Rex was almost positive must have, proceeded from the old tyrant of a witch-doctor himself. It came as a signal. If the co\t-r were thrown ,from the infcrn-1 remons, and all the fiends of Tophet united in one grand outburst' of diabolical sounds, the result could hardly nave exceeded that frenzied combination of shouts following closely Hassaje's signal. ' I DANGEBOUS USEES. THEY'ARE NOT ALL CONFINED TO THE SEAS THAT, ARE SALTY. -own fight rr die in the last ditch. The. cowboys showed never a sign -of -alarm..- Before now they had ! known what it was to lead a forlorn -faope, and while perhaps none of ������������������them had ever experienced just such a predicament as' this, it was. all "the -same in the end���������plenty of work, with a possibility of a glorious end. ���������' Time crept on. T_ord Bruno-!��������� struck ���������match after ���������match, in ..the endeavor to see the dial of his watch. In. half an hour the first thread of gra;-/ would appear. They might have taken heart of grace at this but for the positive belief that the "storm was about to burst ��������� the feeling was in tho air ��������� it affected them in divers ways'-���������.they knew'it, and often words are unequal to the' ta.sk of e.'cph'Mning -what- dppoa-Is"-to ��������� our ��������� ���������co'.Tvicikn.s. , cn.vrTi-iK xxxi. ��������� TUK passim; OV JIM Ur.UDSOE. ���������' '��������� Now for j i. . '��������� , E.ich one of these -seven 'men nerv-' ed himself for the terrib'e ordeal, and when the fact >is "positive tiiat life and death are invohed in the issue, many a weakling astonishes himself by, the desperate, energy he throws, into his actions. * The allies had carefulb. planned the assault, find those variors little attacks which were repelled without and tremendous display of force had been mere ������������������feeler.c." as it were, to show, what disposition, the defenders would lie apt to make of their strength. ' , When thevattack was on in earnest (U scenied as though the black whelps 'sprang up in almost every (piartcr��������� ' I hoy must 1ia\u hy degrees sought 'hiding-places along the walls in each prewous assault, acting'upon orders, and remaining lor hours awaiting the grai d signal thai meant business. Through the defile they came- in a dens, mass, those behind'pushing the wretches,.in the van, to be presently Ire. tod to rf cose' of their own medi- cine. 1 , Down erne the avalanche of rocks, aiid the little canyon L,became a slaughter jjen.'lor men went -under like ripe gram. r' Still /those ��������� behind pushed on trampling upon the bodies of their comraces. Men. 'v. capons and "great1, oxrhide shieh.s all mingled.*, in "the greatest conlusion, but those who had not yet tasted death a chanced like so many machines. > It was a cruel'business, but those who were above had nerved themselves for anything,"'and so long as the sharp-pointed missiles held out they showed no^sigiis'of halting. By mere numbers alone, pushed\. on by their fanatical belief m, the favor of the gods whom Hassaje represented,.the horde-of .black, sinewy forms might crush its way to the top. Having run the gauntlet of rocks they must face the blasting, wither-, ing fire of the 'Winchesters and rcvol- - vers, and if in spite of all this they, forged to the top of the 'pass, making a gory mat out of their luckless fellows, it would be to meet three men who could fight like gladiators hand-to-dand. swinging their guns like cricket bats and hurling the im- pis back as fast as they crossed tho line, so long as human nature could stand it. And while this scene was taking place on one side of J he fort.others ha idly less desperate -wore occurring near uy. , / E\ ory man had his hands full. Rex who had not suspected the enemy could steal such a march upon them was ama/ed to see the number of black forms that started to crawl out the harrier. He hardly knew which one to fno at first, bat realizing the folly of delay made a start. Such was the infernal elm that he would hardly ha\ e known his piece had been discharged only from the .nisli of fire that shot from the muzzle, aud the fact that his target fell off'the wall. Monsieur Jules had also found an object at ,which to blaze away, and the tremendous bellow of the great yager gun make its impression upon the general *din. As for the savant, the recoil tumbled him over in a heap, though he was speedily on his feet again, as spry as a feline. There was an abundance of work on hand for vvory member of that iii tie baud. Tfad they I:*."mi individual l-y favored with four bauds instead of two, i hey might, have 'kept iuisv. The sable hued barbarians seemed I') ho in inexhaustible supply ��������� for every one whom Ilex and his fellow laborers in the good cause knocked l-rck, two seemed to spring into ex- i:-t'.'iice. Wiih each passing minute of time ii became more and mi-n> certain that ih" it 11 it."* had dccb'pd to make: a supreme effort to finish tho business one vey or another ��������� either they would c.l-iusl, tiie sireni',th of the fort's defenders or ei.ee complete their own extermination. Xo longer were the -whites. Avithout wounds, for in several places hand- to-hand conflicts with the fierce impis were taking place, and these 'fa'nat'i- cal followers of ���������"he voodoo doctor proved to be fighters when under the battle influence. The stock of rocks which had been used to" bombard the crushing throng in the defile had become exhausted, ��������� and there was no chance to secure a frcrlv supply. Although the narrow passage way was a horrible mixture of dead and wounded braves, the jostling throng continued to push on as irresistibly as fate itself. (To be Continued.) Tlie Allift-itor Gar Is One Fresh Water Specie** Tiiat Is Feared In tlie SoutJi���������A' Mysterionji Monster That Inhttl-its a Miclii_,nn Lake. So far as any danger from the game is concerned, fresh water fishing has always been looked upon as about as .safe as any sport "in, the world, aud the fresh water fish has gone on record as harmless and nonresistant. <But there are instances now and then /svlien the fish turns the tables. The. inhabitants of Osceola county, Mich., who live in the neighborhood of'Lake George, an inland water about, three miles long, aro almost superstitiously afraid of a certain llsh that inhabits that lake. No one knows what sort of fish it is. and opinion locally is divided as to whether it is a giant muskellunge or a sturgeon. . ��������� i ,' Spearing parties had jqow and then reported seeing a very large'fish without being able to strike it. but no one gave credence to the'tales until one night several years tigo. when a party of sportsmen from Chicago-went on the lake'spearing in charge of an old resident named Armstrong. \ . ', Armstrong was the only one that returned to tell the story. He said the party was spearing in shallow water when they saw an, enormous fish that resembled an overgrown pickerel. Two of the Chicago men were standing in the bow, and at first supposed the^lish to, be a-log'. Then one saw his mistake and,struck with all his might. The fish' gave a dart that made "the boat jump as though a steam engine were pulling it. .If the man had let go of the spear, all would have been well, but he hung on, and the fish gave a-mighty flop to right angles with the boat. 'The man Btill held to the spear, with the result that the boat capsized,', and the men found themselves standing in mud and water'up to their waists. ��������� .. . , , The light went but when the boat up- <set, , and, the night being dark and cloudy, not one of the party had nny idea of.,the direction to be-pursued In ,reaching shore. The shallow water occupies a large part of the lake, and they could wander In ��������� any direction without being able to tell whether or not they were nearing-' shore. Armstrong-said afterward that <��������� nothing could equal'the awfulness of the expe- riericVtuat followed. They made their way In one direction after another and wandered round and. round, going half way to their.kiieos in mud at every, step. To ; make matters worse a cold, ���������teady, drizzling rain began to fall." They were soon numb to the marrow. Then one of the sportsmen dropped without a word, and no one went to his help. Little by little the three that remained were separated. Armstrong says he himself became unconscious after a time and remembers nothing that happened until he was roused by-feeling solid ground beneath his feet and finding that the water was more shallow; than it had been. He kept on and fell upon tbe shore. Then on hands and knees he crawled to camp and gave the alarm. Search was ,at once made for his companions, and their bodies were recovered. Since that time the big fish with a scar on his back has twice or thrice been seen by spearing parties, but they'have passed it by. . ��������� ' , . There is one species of fish In the south that is feared only little less than Its salt water contemporary the shark. This is the alligator gar. It grows to enormous size and has a bill hard and bony and much broader than the bill of the common gar of northern waters. One who goes out upon the lakes of Louisiana and Arkansas will see them jumping and splashing like enormous trout. Their usual food consist., of fish, and they not only make endless trouble for" .those who ;go fishing with minnows, but have been ting his feet hang over the stern, when a gar grabbed him by one leg. The man hung to lthe boat until rescued, but his leg was horribly gashed. The fish have been known to attackin like manner negroes who went swimming in the Mississippi-below, New Orleans.' One spring'the writer -was visiting'a rice plantation oa'the "lower coast" of the Mississippi when an old negress came wailing to the house and said her five-year-old boy was dead! He had been'playing at the'edge of a bayou and was lying on the bank extending - his arms into the water when a gar cametwith'a rush and, grabbing the youngster by the arm, pulled him intb the water. 'A young negro with a shotgun was standing near watching for ricebirds. He ran to'the bank. The lish found ���������it had undertaken a' bigger task than It could well "manage, and a wild struggle was in progress between the gar and the dying child. rThe negro shot,the fish, but the child died before it could be taken from the water. removed".' Dry afterward with a clean cloth so as to get-rid of all grease. For stained tinware borax produces the best results. If the teapot or coffeepot is discolored on the inside, boil it in a strong solution of borax for, a short time, and all its brightness will return. Pans and kettles partly filled with water should not be placed on the range to soak, as it only makes them harder to clean., They should be filled 'with, cold water and be' kept away from the heat. '' ��������� The' (llg-ht of Defense. In the course of V trial an English judge is reported to, have said: "The laws of Cod and man- both give the party an opportunity' to make his defense, if he has any. 1> remember to have beard It observed by a very learned man upon such" an "occasion that ,-von God himself did not, pass sen- tence upon'Adam before he was called upon to make his defense. _'Adamf,' says'God, "wh'ere art thou? Hast thou- caten- of the tree whereof I commanded' thee that thou shouldest not eat?' And the same question was put to Eve also."' ��������� ' - " * ��������� , v CHILDREN OF LONG AGO. known to round up and tear to pieces bass which the sportsman has hooked. Bathing in the lakes* is considered dangerous. A negro was sitting. In the stern of a boat on a lake near Helena, Ark., let- Tlie Etiquette They "Were Taught In the Eighteenth Century. ' The "polite academy" does not confine itself to purelj* ethical considerations: The ' minutest' directions are given, as to-polite, behavior under all sorts of-circumstances: , -���������., ~< . "Take salt with a saltspoon or else | with a clean.knife, not-with that,you are eating with, for," that will foul the -rest. , . "''"..- "Do not laugh at table, much less sneeze, cough or yawn; but if,you cannot avoid it hold-up the napkin or. tablecloth -before' your\ face- and, turn aside from the table." - _ . "When you drink, bow to some one of th'e company and.say sir or madam. ."Never regard*-whatranother has on his plate. It looks as If you wanted it. "If you have occasion to laugh, turn from the company. "AlwaysJook pleased, but not merry unless there is occasion." " .-������ ' - Now as to the deportment" of a young master: N "Let your feet be placed at a small distance from one another, not too close nor.too wide in spreading. "Put one hand easy "and free into the bosom of your waistcoat and the( other under the flap of it.'. -l - "Do not button-more than the three lowest buttons of your waistcoat that your hand may not be. raised too high. "Do not thrust your hand into your breeches as vulgar boys do, but let it fall with ease under the -flap of your waistcoat." To face this page there is a beautiful "copper cut" of a young master in the easy and elegant attitude recommended, and truly "there is a great deal of sweetness In his looks." This delightful volume was published by 11. Baldwin at the Rose in Paternoster row and B. Collins in Salisbury 1765.- '"������������������'. -fames For Farms. >"We wish that every farm In Maine would be named," says the' Lewiston r Journal. "This is not a mere matter of sentiment, by any means,' but it, is ' strictly business. ' - "Tho man whose farm,, Is'known by some 'name is certain to take a greater interest'in its pro'ducts and to conduct all of his operations on a better plan. On > every place there is' certain to be some peculiarity that will suggest a name. A spring of pure water, a grove of oak or maple trees or something else of a similar nature will give it'a local flavor.. Then "paint its name on the end ,0^ the barn "facing the road. Let'it be wh������re every passerby caii' see it. Your-farm will then, sooii become known far and ��������� wide and* will aid "you.in a thousand ways.- * c ���������.. ' . ��������� , "Besides, how much more dignified It is to be spoken of as the proprietor of Oak Grove farm than to,bo alluded to as'Jim Jones. By ali means nam'eyour farms', and it will^make you all better fanners." ' c, What a Itnreau.Really In. \ , When parchment' was-used for"writing and when' bookbinding was, In its infancy and,a bound book was a costly luxury, it was the custom to place the. book on a" piece of, cloth or a strip of wool in order to prevent the binding from' possible ' damage on the rough, wood of. the table. Those "who had to deal, with meney*. also'had a strip of cloth on the table or counter so that the .coins should notrrolh- ,This strip was called "bureau." ' ',.��������������������������� Iu course of time the custom chang- -��������� ed, and the samo word was applied to, the writing table covered with green or other colored .cloth'and at length descended to the modern table with the0 center protected by leather.,. As. an office contains one,pr"more of these,ta-, bles It is not difficult to understand that-the name-shouldi' in one country, ? .have been given to'the room that contained the bureau.���������London Standard. Described. A "schoolmaster was endeavoring to make' clear to. his young pupils' 'minds' the moaning of the word "slowly.", He walked across the room In the manner the word indicates. "Now, children, tell me.how T Walked." ' ' . ' One little'fellow who sat, near the front of the room almost paralyzed him by blurting out, "Bowlegged!" KITCHEN HELPS. To clean a greasy sinka-little paraffin oil. rubbed on with a piece of "flannel, will-save a great deal'of trouble. .Ordinary tea marks on china maybe ��������� readily, dissolved by scrubbing with a soft brush dipped in salt water and vinegar. If new tinware is rubbed over with fresh lard and thoroughly heated iu the'oven liei'ore it is used, it will never rust afterward, uo matter how much it is put in water. A good way to clean zinc utensils is to dip a piece of cotton in kerosene and rub the articles with it until the dirt is _- A Safer Sport. "There's one respect at least in,which fishing Is a good cdeal safer sport than hunting." "How is that?" * ��������� "We don't make any fatal mistakes hooking up men who happen to look like* fish."-���������Cleveland,Plain Dealer. A Domestic Observation. Lou���������I declare "since I came back I'm quite another woman. Biddy���������Oh, w.on't your husband be pleased!���������Chicago Journal. \ A Gliinpae of Tennyson. Apprehension of being mobbed by the ' "profane vulgar" amounted, as is well known, almost-to monomania with the poet Tennyson. Many good stories are . told in illustration of this weakness of "his. One of the best of them will perhaps bear repetition. Lord Tennyson was taking a country walk with a friend, when a fellow creature xwas espied in the'distance. "We must turn back." said the poet. "That fellow means to' waylay us." ELis companion persuaded him. how-, ever, to continue on their path. They caught up to the enemy and passed him. lie took no notice of'them whatever. "What an extraordinary thing!" cried the irate poet. "The fellow seems to have no idea who 1 am'" The wealth of a man is the number of things which he loves and blesses, which he is loved and blessed by.���������-Carlyle. And it Cures Them of Coughs, Colds, Croup, Bronchitis, Sore Throat and Whopping' Cough. Because 1��������� contains turpentine seme people imagine that Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Terpentine is disagreeable to the taste. On the contrary,"��������� it is sweet and palatable, and children love to take it. They soon learn that, besides being pleasant to take, it brings immediate relief Ito soreness, irritation and inflammation of the throat and lungs)., At this season of the year all mothers desire to have m: the house some reliable medicine to give when the children catch colds, or awake in the night with the hollow, croupy cough which strikes a chill to every mother.'s heart, ,You can rely; absolutely, on Dr. Chases Syrup, of Linseed and Turpentine. It has stood the test. ���������* .,.-.,. J ��������� ��������� ' ��������� ������������������.���������MM$&fi0:z*&: There f're other preparations of lirsosd and turpentine put up in imitation of Dr Chase s. Be sure the. portrait, and sir-nature of IV. A. W. Chase are on the bottle you buy. 25 cexivB a bottle;, family sjzcj, three limes as inuch/60 eon's. All dealers or Edir.ar.son,."Bates & Cp., Toronto. V. V CHRISTIAN .COURTESY In _ . if1. ��������� 111 ���������" ii ��������� The Most ' Royal Beautiful of All- the Family of Graces. ABSTAINING FROM DEFAMATION If Others Lack Courtesy That Is Xo lie: ��������� ' j . son' Why the Christian Should Lack ��������� ���������Kespond to Rudeness by the Utmost >, Affability���������What the World Neads 1 International Courtesy. " Entered according- to Act of Parliament of Canada, in tho year 1901. by William Baily, of Toronto, at tho Dcp'U of Agriculture, Ottawa. n Washington,* Jan.'12.��������� In this discourse Dr. Talmag# urg������s thought- ^fulness for others and shows' how csuc'i a benignant may -be fostered; -text, I Peter ii, <8, "Be courteous.'" Xn an age when bluntncss has been canonized as a virtue it may be one of the ,. most the royal "family of ' It is gracious- to" the wishes ��������� of manners, affability, deny ourselves advantage of useful to extol, beautiful of all graces���������courtesy, ness,' deference others, good willingness to somewhat for the often gruff and snappy and 'say things and do things that ' fh-y would not have the outside world know about. ,__ouqh things are sometimes said in households which ought never to be said at all ��������� teasing and recrimination and ..-uIt- finding and harsh criticisms, which will have their echo thirty and forty ,and fifty years afterwards. In the'Sleet, driven by that east wind no sweet flowers of .kindness and geniality will grow. J_et children hear their parents picking at each other,and those children ��������� will , be found picking at each other, and far down th*������. road of life will " be Been the same disposition to jiiols at ' others.'1 'Better than, ibis habit of picking at children, which , ������s-.o' many parents indulge in, would be one good healthy application of'the rod. rI3etter' a snowcr that lasts drizzle, over hbmea Li I; '��������� ��������� others, urbanity. , But what is the use of my, defining the grace ��������� of courtesy when we all know,so well what.it is? The botanist might 6ay some , very interesting things 4 about a��������� rose, and the chemist might discourse about water or light, '' but without eversecmg a botanist or> a chemist we know what a rose is and c. what water andriight are. Do not take, our time in " telling us what, courtesy "is. Only show , us how we may get more of it, ( and avoid what are . its counterfeits. Mark you, it cannot be put on or dramatized successfully for a long ' while. ' We may be full of * bows and genuflections, and smiles *and complimentary praise, and - have nothing, of genuine courtesy either in our makeup or -in^our'demeanor. ,A. backwoodsman who never saw a, drawing room or a dancing master or a', caterer1 or a- fold of drapery may with his big soul and hard' hand, and awkward salutation - exercise,the grace, while one born un- ��������� der, richest .upholstery and educated in "foreign schools, and bothered - to know which of ten garments he will ' take from a.royal wardrobe, may be ' as barren of , the spirit of courtesy as the great Sahara desert is' of- green -meadows- and tossing fountains;- ' ?, ' . - Christian-courtesy is born in the heart by the power of the Holy . Ghost, who has transformed and il- ,, lumined and gloz-ified one's "nature. Mark you, I "am speaking of ' the highest kind of courtesy, which is Christian courtesy. Something like it��������� ordinary politeness���������may grow up with us under the direction of intelligent and watchful parentage, ' but I am not speaking of that which is merely agrceableness of conversation and behavior. All that *_nay be a matter of tutelage and fine surrounding and show itself in lifting .the hat to passersby and, in a graceful way of asking about your health-and sending the right kind of regrets when you cannot go and understanding all the laws of preference at table and parlor door, all of which is well. I am speaking of a principle of courtesy so implanted in one's nature that his suavity of conversation and manner shall be the outburst of what he feels for the happiness and welfare of others, a principle that will work in the' next world as well as in this and will be as appropriate in the mansions of heaven as in earthly dwelling places. ^ ��������� Absalom, a Bible character, was a specimen of a, man of polish outside and of rottenness inside. Beautiful, brilliant and with such wealth of hair that when it was cut in each December as a matter of pride he had it weighed, and it weighed 200 shekels. He captured all who came near him. But, oh. what a heart he had���������full of treachery and unfilial spirit and baseness! lie was as bad as he was alluring and charming. I like what John "Wesley said to a man when their carriages met on the road. The'ruffian, knowing Mr. Wesley and ", disliking him. did not turn out, but kept tlie middle of the road. Mr. Wesley cheerfully the man all the road, himself ditch. As they the ruffian said, for fools," and a a'few minutes than the cold of many days. We never get our first home, however, nujny we may have afterwards,. , <��������� , Let us all cultivate this ��������� grace of Christian courtesy by indulging in the habit of praise instead cf the habit of blame. There are ' evils iiv the world that, we must denounce and there arc men and women. who ought to be chastised, but never let us allow the- opportunity, of ap- Ijplauding good deeds pass ' unimproved. The old theory was" that you must never praise people lest' we i make 'themt vain. . No. ' danger of that. Before any of- us get through ,with life we will have' enough mean, and ignoble and depreciating ,' and lying things said about ,"us to l:eep , us humble. God approvingly' recognizes a system of rewards as "well as of punishments. ��������� "In, the .cultivation of this habit of Christian courtesy let us abstain from-joining in the work of defamation, livery little while society takes after a man, and it must have a victim. . If you had a roll-of all the public men of this generation who, have been denounced and despoiled of theii\ good ' '"name, it -would take you a Jong while to call the roll. It is a bad Ftreak "in "human nature that there are so many who prefer to believe evil instead of good concerning any one under'' discussion. If . a good motive and a bad'motive have been possible > 'in, the case in hand," one man will believe the conduct " was inspired by a good motive/ and ten men will believe it was inspired by a bad motive^ The more "faults a~~ma_i~~has ofTl.is own the more willing'is he to ascribe faults to others. What a, curse of cvnics and pessimists 'afflicts our time, afflicts "all time! There are those who praise no one until he is dead. , Now that he - is clear under ground and a heavy stone is on top of him there -is - no- possibility of his ever coming 'up again as a rival. Some of the epitaphs on tombstones are so fulsome that on resurrection day a man _ rising may; if he reads the epitaph, for the moment think he got into \ the wrong grave. Speak well'of one another, and if you find yourself in circles disposed to slander and abuse be for the time as dumb as the sphinx which.though only a few yards away from the overshadowing pyramid of Egypt.has not with ' its lips of stone spoken one word in thousands of years. There are two sides to every man's character���������a good side and an evil side. The good see only the good and the evil only the evil, and the probability is that a medium opinion is the right opinion. Most cf the people whom I know are doing about as well as they can under the circumstances. When I sec people That conqueror in .what was in some respects the 'greatest battle ever fought, in his last hours, asked, by his servant if he would take some tea, replied, "If you please," his last words an expression of /our- tesy. Beautiful characteristic in any, class. The day laborers in Sweden, passing each othcrj take off their hats in reverence. There, is no excuse for boorishness'in any circle. As complete a gentleman as ever lived was ,the man who was unhorsed on the road to Damascus-and beheaded on the road to Ostia���������Paul, the apostle. I know he might he so characterized by the way be apologized to -Ananias, thai high priest. I know it from the way he complimented Felix as a judge and from the way he greets rthc,, king, "I thank myself', King -Agrippa,. because ���������1 shall answer for myself this day before thee touching 'all the things whereof J am accused of the Jews, especially because T know thee to he expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews." 'What a mighty, means of usefulness is c-i'uriesyi The'lack of it'brings to -many a. dead failure, -while before those who possess it in large quaii- titv all the doors of opportunity ara open. You can tell that urbanity does not come from study of books of etiquette, although' 'such books have their' use', but from a mind full of thoughtfulness for others and a heart in sympathy with J.the 'conditions of others. If,those conditions be prosperous, a gladness-for the success, or if the conditions be depressing, a sorrow for the unfavorable circumstances. Ah, this world , needs' lighting up! To those of us,who are prospeious it is no credit that we aro in a'state of good cheer, but in the "lives of riinety-iiino out of a hundred there is a pathetic^side, a taking cfi, a ���������deficit,, an anxiety, a trouble. By a genial look, by a kind word, by a helpful action, we may lift a little of the burden and partly clear the way for- the stumbling foot. ' Oh, what a glorious' art it is to say the right word'in-the right way at the right tune! '"How reprehensible the behavior" of those who pride themselves on the opposite ,Quality and have a genius for saying disagreeable things, using sarcasm 'and retort not;for lawful purposes, but to sting and humiliate ,and hurt! - "TMdn't I take him down?" "Didn't I make him wince?" "Didn't I give it to him?" .That, is the spirit of the devil, "while the opposite is tlie spirit'of'Christ. ���������* Tho time -must come when the world will-acknowledge international courtesy. Now courtesy- between nations is chiefly made 'of, rhetorical greeting, but as <soon as-there'is *a difference of interest their ministers plenipotentiary arc .called home, and the "guns of the forts are put in position, and the army'and navy * get ready. Why.hot a'coiirteby bctwecn- nations that will defer to each other and surrender a little rather than in a man is one form of apoplexy. Every time you get mad you damage your body and mind and soul, and you have not such a"surplus of vigor and energy that you'can afford to sacrifice them. ������������������ So I applaud Christian courtesy. I would put it upon the throne of every heart in the world. The beauty of it is'that.you may extend it to others ������and have just as much of it- yea, more of it���������left in your own heart and life. Tt is like the miracle of'the loaves and fishes, which, by being divided, were multiplied until twelve baskets, were filled with the remnants. It is like a torch, with which fifty lamps, may be lighted and yet the torch1 remain as bright as before it lighted the fust lamp. But this grace will not come to its coronal until it reaches the heavenly sphere. ' What a world that must be where selfishness and jealousy and pride and acerbities of temper have never entered and never will enter! No struggle for precedence. No rivalry between cherubim and seraphim. No ambition as to who shall - have the front seats in tho temple of God and the Lamb. Courtesy there easy, because ���������there will be no faults to overlook, no rapologies to make, no 'mistakes to correct, no disagrecablc- ness to overcome, no wrongs to 'right. In all' tlie ages to come not a ., detraction or a subterfuge. A perfect soul in a perfect heaven. In that, realm, world without end, it will .never be necessary to repeat* the words of my text, words- that now need-oft repetition, "Be1 courteous." LAYING TILE DRAINS. Careful Atte:-tion .Must JJe Paid to th������. Proper Construction of J-iletsaiid < Outlet, lo Ho 'of C������e. No one will question the value oF tile for drainage pipes. In paying- bead end of ti������e, it is a mistake tq dump in a few pieces of broken - tile and mud dug from the slough bed. with the idea of packing to .makes nearly waterproof. Many have done. that in this, section . and the water- failing to run off,' a complaint is.' gave riding- into - the passed each other "I never :turn out Mr. Wesley said,"I always do." I like, the reproof which a Chinaman in San Francisco gave an American. The American pushed him off the sidewalk'until he fell into the mud. The Chinamaii on rising began to brush off the.mud and said to the American: ��������������������������� "You Christian; me heathen. Goodby." A stranger entered a church in one of the cities and was allowed to stand a -long while, although there was plenty of room. No one offered a seat. The stranger after awhile said to one of the brethren. "What church is this?" The answer was, "Christ's church, sir." "Is he in?" said the stranger. The officer of the church understood what was meant and gave him a scat. We want more courtesy in.the1 churches, more courtesy in places of business, more courtesy in our homes. But heart courtesy must precede hand and head and foot courtesy. Cultivation of it should begin in the father's house. You often notice that brothers and sisters are who are worse than ,J am, I conclude that if 1 had the same bad influences around me all mv life that they have had I would probably have been worse than the.y now are. The work of reform is the most important work, but many of the reformers, dwelling on one evil, see nothing but evil, and tlvy get so used to anathema they forgot the usefulness once in awhile of a bencdiclios>. They get so accustomed to excoriating public men that they do not realize that never since John Hancock in boldest chi- rography signed the Declaration of Independence, never since Columbus picked up the floating land flov.'eis that showed him he was coining near somo new country, have there been so many noble and 'splendid and Christian men in high places in as now. You could this country go into the President's Cabinet or the United States Senate or the house of representatives in this city and find plenty of men capable of holding an old fashioned, Methodist prayer meeting, plenty of senators and representatives and cabinet officers to start the tune and kneel with the penitents at the altar. .'In all these places there are. men who could, without looking at the book, recite the sublime, words, as die! Gladstone during'.vacation at Ha- "warden, "I believe in God, tlie Father Almighty, .Maker' of heaven' , >-and ���������earth, and in Jesus Christ,";'' and from the senate and house of representatives and the Presidential Cabinet and from the surrounding offices and committee rooms,. if they could hear, would come many voices responding "Amen and amen!" Christian courtesy I especially commend to those who have subordinates. Almost every person has some one under him. How do you treat that clerk, that servant, that assistant, that employe? "Do you accost him in brusque terms and roughly command him to do that which you might kindly ask him to do? The last words that the puke of Wellington uttered were, "If you please." have prolonged acrimony, 'ending in great slaughter? Room for all nations of the earth and all" styles of government. What the world wants is less armament and more courtesy, less of tho spirit of destruction and more of the spirit of amity. This century has opened with too many armies in the field and too many men-of-war on the ocean. Before the century closes may the last cavalry horse be hitched to the plow and the' last warship become a merchantman. But we are mot in official position and therefore must leave to others the, cause of international amity. What we "want to cultivate is good will to those with whom we come in contact day by day. May we all be charged and surcharged with that courtesy. We may strengthen this grace by coming to a higher appreciation of what a man is, of what a woman is. -W'e cannot expect perfection, but in almost every one there is something good and worthy of courtesy. If they are clear down, they are trying to rise. If they have gone astray, they want to get back. Jle is an immortal being whom you are confronting, he is a being mad- in the image of God- he will outlive the planetary system; he will live as long as the Almighty lives. Started, ! he. will never stop. Your Christian courtesy may be his eternal rescue. To the young let me say: Sow courtesy, and you will reap courtesy; sow hostilities, and you will reap hostilities. Get your heart so: right that it will make the tones of your voice persuasive and your salutations on the street and your greetings at the door of home and church and hall a blessing to all, and the kindly influences you. throw w upon them "will rebound upon your own heart and life. While, you arc making them happier you will make yourself happier. If others lack courtesy that is no reason why you should lack it. Respond to rudeness by utmost affability. Because some ono else is a boor is no ���������reason why you should be a boor. But how few show urbanity when badly treated! Human nature says, "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, retort for retort, slander for slander, maltreatment. for maltreatment." But there have been those you and I have known who amid assault and caricature and injustice have maintained the loveliness of blossom week in springtime. Nothing but divine grace in the heart can keep such equilibrium. That is not human nature until it is transformed by supernal influences. To put it on the lowest, ground you cannot afford to be revengeful and malignant. Hatred and high indignation are stages of unhealth. They enlarge the spleen; they weaken the nerves; they attack the brain. Rage A Call Diiv. n for it r. J. Mr. Marmaduke "Jenkvns���������Well, old boys will be old boys, Mrs. Jenkyns. cifrs. Marmaduke Jenkyns���������Oh, no. You mean that old' boys- will keep on trying "to, be young "boys. < , ' ������������������'��������� ��������� Varietie* of Klasei. Some one with plenty of tiine on-bis ' hands has conceived the idea of hunting 'through the work's of all the well known English novelists for the purpose of gathering all the adjectives with 'which to qualify the word, "kiss." The, result of his labor is that kisses can be as follows: ' Cold, warm, icy, burning, chilly, cool,Jloving, indifferent, balsamic, fragrant, blissful, passionate, aromatic, with tears bedewed, long, soft,- hasty, intoxicating, dissembling, delicious, pious, tender," beguiling, hearty, distracted.1 frantic, fresh as the' morning, breathing fire, divine, glad, superficial, quiet, loud; fond,, heavenly, devouring, ominous, fervent, .parching, nervous, soulless,'stupefying, slight, careless, anxious, painful, sweet, refreshing,' embarrassed, shy, mute, ravishing, holy, sacred, firm, hurried, faithless, narcotic, feverish, .immoderate, sisterly, brotherly and paradisaical. The task seemed interminable, and he gave up at this stage. WELL-MA DJ5 TILK IM.ET. made that the tiling does not pay. I have known men to dig up whole ditches of tile ami replace them witlfe > larger ones, when .a little,work in. the right way would have ��������� brought, things out all right. A correctly built tile inlet and outlet/are , absolutely essential.,for success 'in1 drain-'-' age. Where soil is of a muckyv nature, the illustration- shows a .good- plan of filling in around the inlet.* This plan, however,.is not necessary"''' where soil is mossj^. About four or-*' five feet of tile'.should be covered'" with coarse gravel to within six' or-' eight inches, of the surface, ' soothe-h plow will not 'strike the s'tohe. ".Tliis.'', will let'the water off freely,'yet keej> tlie '.soil in good shape. .A.' large- '"*"���������' ..������ "I * ���������' ���������* * ���������- i. 1 , * , ���������-{ >vi ' '"-.; *\'>>| *. v *,-.' :���������> -,- A Mushroom'* Growth. A mushroom's'method of growth and propagation'is popularly considered to be a first class mystery. It is not such, however, from the scientific point of view! On the contrary, itds very well understood how the seeds or spores are developed on the underside of the fungus, microscopic and of vast numbers, a single agaric often having as ,many as 10,000.000. These myriad germs, when they laud upon suitable ground., send forth numerous fine cottonlike threads, which bring nourishment to the spore. Fattening upon the food it gets from the earth in this way tbe embryo swells into a fleshy kernel, like a knot amid the network of filaments about it. From'this kernel the mushroom in all its parts is developed before it ohows above the.ground. DURABLE TILE OUTLET. . stone should.be placed at the end-of -the tile., ' ,' ^ tp - "-;v ������������������)[���������' Tho , , outlet - should also'-be.'kept' clean" of roots and bars -of"' nettingr so placed that the vermin",may'' ''be-/ kept out. If this,is'%dono!and> "��������� ^tho,.' ttile properly laid, water will -/have- easy going and the farmer will "'?go-\ his way rejoicing" instead of "cuss-*' irig" the tile which he'thought wasj' too' small.���������Fred"Ristrim, 'in Farm and Home. \l ., ;. , .,' '.'. ' -... -���������' ���������_���������" _-'* '*"��������� I ���������-.._...���������. sv" . *���������* - _t ������������������ * ~ ,'_ A'Tiil f . i '��������� T f ' ' > ' lr*'\ ' . .. </j<-&l "������������������v V' -7 '-v"- SI '.���������V.I - - -Ml , ��������� ,( ... ���������_ . , ?'������.<- "���������" , *> ' ������ -,, '- < J--'1' ���������?' ���������' ���������>���������*-.������������������-������������������c;���������;, '- ->"'V������_ s- * *,-!"._. ' <\ ���������- . -'_t- ' _.},,.��������� ' 1 ') i.lh * _%. -i - ���������* *** ka\ i. Egrers ns Currency. In some parts of Peru���������for example, in the province of Jauja���������hens' eggs are circulated as small coins, forty to fifty being counted for a dollar. In the market places and in the shops the Indians make most of their purchases with this brittle sort of money. One will give two or throe eggs for brandy, another for indigo and a third for cigars. These eggs are packed in boxes by the shopkeepers and sent to Lima. From Jauja alone several thousand loads of eggs are annually forwarded to the capital. A Humoroua Thief. A Belgian paper relates a story of a banker and municipal treasurer in an Italian town who disappeared, leaving a deficit of $100,000. The authorities proceeded to break open his strong box, which was found to contain a piece of paper inclosing 50 cents and stating that tb. money was for the locksmith who should be deputed to break opeu the safe. Values of Clover aud Timothy. *- ���������' i , It is said that timothy ,6f "good quality contains a little more than a half pound, or fourteen-twen'ty-fifths of a������ pound of nitrogenous matter in twenty-five pounds. Good clover has' two pounds iir twenty, or two,ancfc one-half in twenty-five, and lucerne- has two and one-fifth in twenty pounds, , says American Cultivator. This explains why clover is so much better for milk production or for fattening stock than timothy hay. Mr*-.; J. S. Woodward claims that" barley, straw is better than .timothy ,for feeding to sheep, but he probably- means barley cut, as all. grains- should be while yet in ,the "dough,"' or soft enough to be crushed up between the thumb and finger. We do> not nut a very high value on straw, corn stover or "bay of ,any kind that has been allowed to stand until the- seed is fully ripe before it is ' cut. Chemists may tell us that only the* water has dried out of it, but the- natural juice of a plant is not the same thing as the water from the well or brook. We never saw tlie chemist who could make a slice of good apple or peach by adding water to the evaporated fruit, although we- own that the fruit dried quickly in. the evaporator does not undergo the same change as it used to under tho old process of drying in the sun. And dried beef will not make a good beefsteak by soaking it in water. Furniture I'oIImIi. Polish for furniture is greatly improved if a little vinegar be ridded'to it, as it removes the dead, oily look so often noticeable on clean furniture. In polishing always use very clean cloths and polish tbe way of the grain. For.carved.furniture a polishing brush is necessary. Good Substitute. "My wife never says '1 told you so' when'any of my plan's go awry." "licnuirk.'ible woman.". "No; she isn't so annoyingly positive as all that. ' She just says, 'Didn't 1 say soV and lets it go at tlmt."���������Chicago Post. In Dansrej*. "Hello! Where are you going with the gun?" inquired Gasaway. "Gunning. Where'd j'.u suppose?" replied Brightly. ��������� "Huh! You couldn't hit a barn door." "Perhaps not, but I could hit a darn bore, and I might be'temoied to do it any moment."- VV_nt He Smellcd. smell something burning.' said tbe husband after he had lighted bis pipe and settled back in the easy chair for a comfortable smoke. "Isn't it delicious?" exclaimed his wife joyously. "I emptied a whole lot of rose leaves into your tobacco jar."' Wjiterin*; Iloiscs. i Horses should be watered before- receiving their oats. If they are watered after feeding, the water washes the undigested food out ��������� of Che stomach, and thereby may cause trouble. Water drunk by k horse does not stay in the stomach like food, but passes rapidly through it, going directly to the large intestines; 'Horses should always have plenty, of good, pure water to drink, and at frequent intervals. A horse coming in hot from work will very seldom suffer from getting a drink of water at. once. lie-is apt to'chill if cold water be given after he has partially cooled. If the water be given at once in moderate quantity, the- heat in the system warms it at once, and no harm results. If the horse be deft till he be partially cooled, the water withdrawing more heat when the system has begun to Hag, may cause a chill. A horse should never be given a large quantity of cold water just before- doing fast work. It may hurt both his going and staying powers and , induce scouring. A horse going out for fast work should be watered at least two hours before leaving tho. stable, and then, even if offered, at starting, will seldom take more than a mouthful. During a long journey a horse should be watered i whenever there is an opportunity. If? I p. a i ��������� h If*-' US IS fe. |r; h U_; I*. ' ISr' I1.' _ t a' , 1*. i������*������- I5!;' 1*1. $" I / W w # If ��������� I.II A*' ������������������ n.. > $ ���������' ivr * MP ��������� i$ * "*i- - MS-1-" \ir4 I iv'T H$< \Xu.i - Iff. in n\ ���������v; i j* is K ' ���������������"'���������. _i_ ;moon-eloiyer EILLI*. I A FI CT "Perfectly happy!, Well. I am perfectly happy. I go where I \v51-. I <"���������> j-s I will, and I have nut a wish ungra:>toa." ���������'Then, my dear, you have never been in love." "jSJo; that pleasure is yet to come." '���������You think it will bo a pleasure?" "If the right man comes." "It could no. be a pleasure'otherwise; "but I see my uncle coming to oiaiu mo for a walk, so 3-ou will' excuse me it" I Px n' K * t i i $ _ d "J f^S if p. 'TSTT _& ^U������'iL.lJj_I Asthm,dene Brings Instant Relief and Permanent Cur'* in All Cas������s. SKNT' ABSOLUTELY FRElToN RECEIPT CfF POSTAL. Write Your Name and Address Plainly. PESh P.T p./? ���������A {_i |_J ������.��������� J r'Beer, '"Clii'fTs** ji ... ,,������* t.i~ * ������*-? ���������% ^ Q ____ per Ate, THE BEST IN 1UE PROVlNi a" id Porter. go to meet him." "Certainly, my dear. 'Perfec.lv lovo- ���������% i_ ^ ly, as well as perfectly happy," said t?ie cj general's widow, as sho turned aga.n to j wards the group of ladies who had been ��������� listening to a discussion between herself j and the ��������� most beautiful debutante 'of j the season on the conditions of happiness, j "Yes," sighed a plain-looking little j woman in an unbecoming brown gown, j "it is easy to be happy, and even beauti- ' ,j ful, in such costumes." ' I "But," interrupted the Genontl'_ widow, "Miss Townsand'is one of those women who "would look well oven in shabby gray'alpaca at' high noon on a bright day. There would bo a sweep to the skirt and a set to the waist that , would be impossible to define or imitate. She is a born dresser,' but I am wondering how long sho will bo ablo to declare herself perfectly happy." r "She does not know what happiness ���������is, if, as she says, she has uev.r been in - love," chimed in a bride of three months, at which the little circio laughed, and the General's widow suggested that' they ,move their seats fco where they could have' a better view of the main entrance, as it wan time for the through train from the north to(ar- - .live, and it had been whisp.red -that a - Scotch Laird of high degree, an English Duke, and a weil known journalist were expected���������the Englishman to join the exploring party, tho journalist to'do the , season for a syndicate,'and the Scotch Li'ird���������'well, ail sorts of ���������rumors were afloat cencerning him. One w'ts that he dressed in 'kilts, and was follow- '" ������dtby a Highlander in custume also. ������������������"Did you ever 'see so many pretty ��������� girls? ' said the General's widow, as she surveyed the merry, crowd 'that iiJi.il /the hallways, stairs, and main entrance of one of Florida's splendid hotels. "And'Constance Townsand is quite .lie handsomest' there." , And the General's widow , was right. Tall and most'divinely fair, in a gown of softest white silk, she reminded one of the royal moon flowers; a great bunch of which she held rin her hand. Thoy - wtre her chosen flower, and by them she had become known,;as the moon- flower belle. "That girl understands effects perfectly, " thought- the' General's* widow, as she watched her quietly and appar-' ently without intention seat herself in on old-fashioned high-back chair shat . stood just at the .foot of the -stairway, - and-over which a graceful palm spread its dark green leaves. -, <l- There had been quite a discussion between ;tbie General's widow, the littlo " lady in*brown. and tho bride as to '.low Ithe^aird, the Duke, "and the writer. would act when they fir_t saw Miss 1 Towsand, for the three women . md ! watched with a growing interest the I sensations she never tailed to produce, i until they had begun to have a sense of j proprietorship in the girl's radiant beau j ty, aud would have bitterly reseated fury ; criticism tho leas, bit unfnvoraole. jThat Miss Town*and des..yed their ad- '���������i miration was certain, and that she never j failed to be in the entrance hall when ! the evening coaches arrived, faultlessly gowned in white, and carrying her favorite flower, was also certain, so that the three women were sure on this particular .evening of enjoying the little tableau they had mentally arranged. The Englishman did juat what the General's widow expected he would; lie stopped in the very act of greeting a friend, readjusted his glasses, and after .taking a good look, exclaimed; "Stunning, do you know���������stunning!" ��������� The writer, the bride had declared, would run his hands through his raven locks���������no auburn, no sunlight locks��������� call her a goddess, and end in writing verses to her. As it happened, ho caught sight of her as he looked up from reading a telegram recalling him to other and less arduous duties than writing verses to the belle of the season would have been. And his locks were brown ' and cut short, he did not go through the running act. althoug it did take him a long time to read the telegram/ as over it he watched the beautiful girl smiling* and chatting to those about her. Then turning to the clerk at the desk, he asked: "Who is tho lady in white with the moon-flowers?" "Miss Townsand of Texas, nieco of Majoi Townpand. the richest cattle-man in the country. Been here two weeks; goinp to stay two more," answered the authority behind tho desk, in a 1-knew- you-wonld-ask-it tone of voice, never once raising his eyes from tho book over, which he was bending. "Thank you. Mr. Cash; you would : make a tip-top paragrapher." I "That's all right, old man; when you I want an introduction to the Major, I will ! gladly arrange it "for you." ��������� As for the Scotch Laird, he did not ��������� appear, thereby disappointing the little j lady in "brown, who had been his. chain- ipion from the first, declaring that he I would be the ono to woo and win. ��������� "My dear, he and his kilts have beon ��������� bribed into staying elsewhere as attrac- ; tions." said the General's widow, who j disliked Scotchmen. ������<?���������**������������������������*.' j " No such thing; he is probably so shy i or late that he has come , in by a side ��������� entrance. I am going to look at the ��������������������������� register as soon as that telegraph-reader i moves away." j But before she could carry out her in- ��������� tendons a young man in a plain brown travelling suit with a canvas bag in his hand stepped into the brilliantly lighted hallway, and was at once greeted by half a dozen people, among them Constance, who stood up on seeing him, the flowers she had been holding falling in sweet confusion at her feet. Archey���������why, Cousin A rchey!" "Con���������why, Cousin Con I" he *���������" ed, as they clasped hands. ���������*-.������a������������i answer- **pwran������*r������cirT������_r_r*7V''w-*Kr m ������r -;4_>' _rii Mk _������������������, YHAL There is nothing I'kc 'Aithm.iiene. It brings insuut.relief, -"ven m the. worst ra.e*;. It cures v. h-i'n till e!b. f;u s. . Th*, R*v. C F- W.-l,d. i-f Villi i*i..j_, III., says: 'Your trial IhjuIc of A-.hhnvi,- ,h rie'10-.-ei-J-rifl ns good'-���������onaii-ioi-. I ������_^*rjot tell vc.u ho-v.thiinkiul i^'oel ������or the good iJonvtd from it. i w-������ * si .ve, ���������cluniftd vvich pusi'.djK.u"} ilirofU _n.l A������trim-. for ton years. ' I dexppirfcd'i.l ������vor l^iuj/ ci-r.d. I t-av vour ad7ortis������m*ut for the cure of i-hit dr-inrtfui aD'd ..ormenting ���������,.i6'-a������l",_ A������i;hr���������,v, and thought you had ovei.spoken yoursulvos bnt ie*jolved to Rive it' a trial. To n.y astoui������1������_-������nt, the tri������������l ao������ed like,a charm. Send me a full-aiced bottle.'' A rewarrl of $5.00 wi;].']i������ paid for^informatjon leading id' conviction of persons vvitliolding'or'Jesircyin, j.uiy Icess be'lcngaiig to this ' company H-Xtf.fiY RPTFKF;, Mcmaqer. ? EVEHY"**$glf ������^RJ KG������ HKF.BEF. , -���������c- Rev. Dr. Morris Wechsler, Rabbi of the Cong. 7"iuai l.rael. New York, .T.o 5, 1901 ; v * " 1 Dr.s' TArr Uros*. Mbmcisb Co , &:jutlomen: Your A-.dixn:������.leiic 13 an o.llcn^r*^ieily tot A������thma a'ld Hay Fever, aod its composition alleviates nil troubles whichr-ccmibino with Aathnia. itta succe^.ia astonishing and '.vouderinl. Af nt having ir- carefully analyzed, *ve can state that Aefchmalene contnns no outu.r,, mor.hi������, chloroform or etlier. Vary trul> y���������"^^ DR> 'M0RR^ WBCH8LERl '~~r~' AroiTsPKi^os, N. Y.^Feb/l/lSOl. Da TAyr"RR������s ManiciNE Co. ' *, > \ : ��������� . . Gt-arleiuiuj: I wi ������i������ 'thu ie*timonial from a seoso of duty, having Jested the wondi r- f-il off-ct of your Aathmaiwic, for the cure of A-ithuia.- My wife has been afflicted with Bp_iuioa������o-fh.������fori.hep������1.12ve������B. Havi���������. exhausted my o������������ - J{" f V*?\ ���������_aav others, 1 chancon ta'aee your sign upon your windows ou 130th street Isexv ^ ������ik, l at o-.oe obtained a bottle ot Asthmale^. My wife commenced talcing a about the ljr.fr of No-raUM I verv soon noticed a radio>1 ' iinprov.ea.ent. Aster u.ing one , bottle her Asthma hue di-nupeawd and the 1. entirely free from all symptoms. J eei tr.at 1 can cc Gently r.oomu������eud the n.������*iou.e to all wh��������� are afflicted with *������ J������^^������ J"' D ��������� ' , Yours respecU'-.lly, * 0n O. D. fHiLhtb. .^.xJ. Da. Tim Bkos. Mbdicixe Co. ' ' " . feb- 5.S1901. G-sitiLinm- I was troubled with A.sthma for 22 year... I, have tried numerous leine- rb'������������ hat the\ have all failed. I r_u Aer<i������_ jour adv.rtw.ment a������d bi-ur������������-u wiin a una bo"le I onidMlief.eonw. I 'have einee purch.sed your ful.-,i_B ^bottle, and I a.. ever _ ratefu I have family of four children, and f r six years was unable to work. I an- now in the best of health *ud doing bu.meu. every day. /I'hw .e.nmofl. you uau make us- of a'a you aoe fie. _ - ^TJ . vr Rome addre,,, 235 Rivtuglon Street. " . JKAPH..;Tj ^ ^^ ^ ^ .- ������?> - TP1AL BOTTLE SENT ABSOLUTELY FREE ON RECEIPT ' ' ' OF FOS i'AL. . ' ��������� Do not delay. Write at oace, aoidr^smgDR/TA^T BROS. MKDIOIKE^CO , E>.f������t'l30th'St.',-Now York City. .",*'/ ,' ' , T " , '..- SOLD BY'ALL DRUGGISTS. . _ no oriae -sruncu. h.iiu wiiisi-ereu'some- thina: to the ������?oneral's widow, who an swered: k . , '��������� "Yes the right man has arrived. " And it is,'*' triumphauth- announced the litr;le lady in brown, "Laird Archibald Robin, of Bobin Castle, Scouaad." ���������Harper's Bazar. Not Sew, Ai'tt-r All. The college phrase, "not in it," is not new. as many would suppose, but was used bv Euripides, more than two thousand years ago, in his "Melc-tger." when he says : "Cowards do not count in battle ; they are there, but not in it." Strong Protif. "Subbnbs soi>ms to be popular among his neighbor**." "I should say ho wars popular. Why, whon they p/yt up private theatricals once ho was fdven tho principal part, find no one disputed his right to it."���������Philadelphia Press. Tlit? RI.tfc Stssys. Kwotor���������Yos, sir. ���������"money makes thfc mare go." Rotei���������That's ripht. She'll .sta> imfiV more p.opla maUe "nough money to Imi. automobiles. ��������� f.ntiiolic Standard and Times. b Mk Diamond Nursery QUARTER WAY, Wellington Road M'CBEKSON ft PSRPoY 20,000 Fruit Trees to choose from. Earg-a Assortment of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Evergaeens . Small Fruits in Great Variety. ASSESSMENT ACT AND PROVINCIAL-. REVENUE TAX. Orders by mail promptly attended to. . slSfco . P.' O. BOX, 190. TO IJIE'3}EAF. A rich lady cured of her Deafness and Noises in the Head by Dr. Nicholson's 'Artificial' Ear Drums, gave $10,000 to his Institute, so that deaf people unable to procure the Ear Drums may have them free Address No, 14517 The Nicholson Institute, 7cS0 Eighth Avenue, New York, U.S.A. Oomox District. NOTICE ia hereby given, in accordance with the Statutes, that Provincial Rovinue Tax, and all taxes !>���������-ieri >mdtr th f Afsos'-uient Act, are now >iu. !fer the year j 901. AH the above nanitd bix'3 col lectible within ihe Comox Di&triof. aro payable at my office, at the OonrtJIonse Cumberland. Assemed taxes are collectible at the following ratea, viz:��������� If paid on or before June 30lh. 1901:��������� Tbree-hi'-hs ot one per cent, .a rcai property. Tvro and one-half per cent, on assessed value of wild land. One-haif of one per cent, on porsoii:-d pro- perry. A_ Upon tiich excess of ineo'me��������� Class A.���������On oue thousand dollars and nor execedir-g leu thousand dollars, one pssr cent, up to five L_.o_sand doll_ra, and two per cent, on the remainder: Class B.���������On ten thousand rioiHr*\ and not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, one and one-half per cont. up to ten thousand dollars, and two and one-half per cent, on the remainder : Class O ���������On twenty thousand dollars, and not exceeding torty thout-aud dollars, two and one-half per cent, up to twency thousand dollars, and threo per cent, on the remainder : Class D.���������On sll others in excess of forty thousand dollars, three per cent, up to forty thousand dollars, and three and one-half percent., on the.remainder. If paid.on or'after 1st July, 1901:��������� Four fifths of one per cone, on real property. Three per cent, on the assessed value of wild land. Three-quarters of ono per cent, on poreonal property. On uo much of the income of any person as exoeede oue thousand dollars, id accordance with tiie followiug classifications; upon such excess the rates shall be, nairx-ly :��������� Class A.���������Oa one thousand dollars, aud not exceeding ten'thousand dollars, one aod one-half per cent, up to fiye thousand dollars, ar.-d two and one-half per cent, on the remainder : Class U���������Qn ten thousand dollars, aud not 'exceeding''twenty'-thousand dollars, two per cent, up to ten thousand dollars, ana three per cent, on tbe remainder: Class C���������On twenty thousand dollars, and not exceeding! forty thousand dollars, three per cent, up to twenty thousand dollars, and three and one-half per cent. on the remainder : ��������� Class D.���������On all others in excess of forty tlic-<.i3and dollars, thr- e and one-half per cent, up to forty thousand dollars, four per cent on. the remainder. Provincial Revenue Tax ������3 per capita, JOfcLN BAIRD, Assessor and Collector. Cumberland, B.C., 11thJanuary, 1901. My 22 and Ksoniinalt ^r 0T r'~n.-\n'���������-���������&?. V'\ amairriv-xr __r.*=r_s3_s; _ ^-���������7" rt^-^ . .' ^ CT^������rX"_J3-������������CAJ=/J_WA'3_a3A^X_^������=*C'jMJ������ V_K..i' .��������� J _-t -w-j- ci-,_"i*_T"Zrf-r������^T_*_ wi*������i Steamship Pohedule Effective Taos- s dav, Jan������a������ y 21, J90^ S. S. "Oity of Nanaimo.' Leaves Victoria Tuesday. 6 a.m., for Nanaimo, calling at North Sa.nich, Cowichan, Musy raves, Burgoyne, Maple Bay, Vesuvius, Chemainus, Kupcr, Theus and (.abriota. Leaves N������na,mo Tursdaj', 3 p.m , for Union VVharf and Comox direct. Leaves Comox and Union Wharf Wednesday, vz noon, for Nanaimo and way ports. Leaves Nanaimo Thursday, 7 a.m , for Comox. and ..way ports. : Leaves Comox Friday, 7 n.m., for Nanaimo direct: ' Leaves Nanaimo Friday, 2. p.m., for Victoria, 'cal'hf.K at Gabi'iola, Fernwood, Gangfcs, Kulford and North Saauich. Leaves'j.Victoria Saturday, 7 a.m., for Island Ports, calling at North Saan- ich, Cowichan, Ivlusgraves, BiTgoyne, Maple Bay, Vesuvius, Cbevnainus, Kuper, Thetis, Fernwood, Ganges, 'Fulford and Victoria, when freight or passengers offer. . Special arrangements can be made for steamer to call at other ports than those above mentioned whenfsufficient business is offered. . The Company reserves the right to change sailing dates and hours of sailing without previous notice. ' GEO. Ii. COURTNEY,.; Trafiic Hcinager ,_���������-_> i_v_Ll^ ' _S_. ' i KU RTZ'S.OWM KURTZ'S PIONEER, or KURTZ'S SPANISH BLOSSO^ ; _L C.-T _/r__. -EX.* C3 ^.������������������^The Bust in F-. 0. and made by Union Labor in "ET/" _^r . 1 /& . ������K _i t_ ���������g^'tr p~'7 ^S.*o a 4 ij\K p p js rt >/ >; ���������_, P\ .������a A\kMf������ tt^V ^������A VI ploKeev (Btoar factoid "Vancouver.B. O. r"r.'-nat vajijseei.. *- *������Aa_ jt������^^i3_Jt.j*__v*irjrjD_a,_fi(.*jt-___.i*RaiuT/^ 1 1 ? Two very desirable 4-.Roomed-Cott'iges in; the best residential,part of Gumberland.������������������ Bargains. Owner leaving the country. Bona fide intending purchasers ���������apDly av ].V4> rr>u HIS OFFICE .WANTED All'kinds plain sevying.. "Work promptly attended to.. Aj)ply to MISS OLSEN, at Mri R Grant's M ���������CAssfgX&ffigr 1 feS tif If _r' x ft ' ��������� ft,v, .*? THE CUMBERLAND NEWS " ,Issued- Every Wednesday. ' ' ���������*" W.'B. 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Keducod tales :o-������iud from'all 'points' day? rS End Sunda**'8 f?ood to return Mon JCo^ny-8 0fricelB.al. infor���������^ion ' app,y at A.-nUNSMUIR Prj_si_*bm_. ' i ' No. 3 Snu-rday. A.M. ....Wellirgton De. '_:S5Y Gko. L. OOURTNKY. >i - ^ Traffic Manasror liAS, A. CARTHEW'S :' very Stable: : .Teamster, and Draymen- ��������� '��������� Single and Double kigs : ; fok Hike: All., Orders ��������� : Promptly Attended l to; ,: i'R.SHAW, Manager. '' ��������� ; Third St.. Cumberland, B.C; ������**������>*-.-4**r_������-M������# XaWlM.-VVr/l BUL_ajj-JjBJTtrri_mji7r Notice. * Riding on locomotives and raii - way cars oi\ the 'Union. Hoiliery ��������� Company by any person or per ��������� sons���������except train crew���������is strictly prohibited. Employees are ��������� sub- ject to dismissal for allowing same - Byorder ���������",.'". . ; Francis D Little " ��������� ���������''"-��������� ��������� Manager.- J Have Taken ffice' in the Nasn ^Building, Dunsmuir;'Avenue,^1Cumberla d.' .V ,. and am agent'.for the following' reliable'' insurance companies: 'The Royal London and Lan cashire and Norwich Union. am prepared I to accept frisks a current rate's.' Tarn also'-"agent for the Standerd Life Insurance , Company .of Edinburgh^and the Ocean'.Accident Company of Eng-' ���������^land. - 'Please rjcaJl ��������� and investi- " gate before insuring in-any other s Company. ��������� ��������� _, -,'-'', ��������� --/ , " , /JAMES -ABRAMS.;' Do you intend buying; e rifle or , pfstoJ? E. 'so, .get the best which is a Rifles range in price from $4.00 to $75.00. For larqre arid small game, also for targe, practice. Pistols from $2.50 to $20.00. - . ' ��������� (}i 8 Send 3tamp for larpe-catalogue illus-;;|. j3 tTfifir-R- complete line, brimful ot valuable f a info) mation to BporSsrueii. . TrMBJIiif ffl J. STEfEHS MM ilHD TOOL eOzClflii 2670 Sox Ho. C^^.V3#c^ CH!C0."EE FALLS', W&*$hfti& ^ HASS.U. S.A. cH:"" ���������^SSygSgg S@s^feg_������gg ^^/^s^ogg 'Cumberland Hotel--������������������������������������ ;; ������. cor. dunsmuir avenue and' second ''stkeet.. . Cumberland, b.���������c/- ���������^< ',,^1 MRS.rJ. Ii. PiivET, Proprietrees. ' . ������* ��������� ;- ' '. ' ' </,- When in Cumberland be sure' and stay at* the Cumberland',- Hotel, First-Class -;Accomoda-': . .-% tion for transient and perman-, ./Jv'fT ent boarders. < ' " *v.,/ '���������'��������� ���������>, Sample Rooms and Public Hall Run in Connection with! Hotel Rates from $1.00 to $2.00 'per-.day-' ^^^^^^S������ei������fegge?i^gSggg>jgg% ___������_ ^���������^S^rf_fe:s.i^������j-_B_tii?o.v'. . ., - ���������*<- SI TRADE MARK.fr. r - DESIGNS, ,v COPYRICHTS AoLv' : n,^?iX2n.J?_!,l(1!n(iri1 ske*^1" and description miiy > . SlKkvria800Fl:a-,vTfeevyrIietber an invention ia- ' JKSflSSS.iS.*1?.-*?"I*- Communications strictly ' S? _2?nt-'a1, -������,yes_ -yreuoy for securing pntonta ,npAS?. ,cf- ^ Wo have a Washington offlcS - - ������^StSS_ ta"** MUDa * ^ ^oel������.-.: . SCIENTlFfb AMERICAN, ;; ���������..' ��������� !tnn������ n^t������.������__��������� sPcclu_9������ copies and a__u5 T * . iiooj- on.Patents sent, free.' , Address^^ ��������� --���������- MUNN'A CO.V> - / -- ". '':'i| -,-/-. . -.'-'^^ . i- ,,'Jcl OOOOOOO0OO OOOOOQOOO V " 1-1, I am prepared to furnish Stylish Rigs and do Teaming at reasonable rates. ������ D. KILPATRICK. o umberlahd q ooooooooooobooooooo o o o o o c o o o o o o o" o flies of any Pattern Tied to Order. Fancy Inlaying in wood and metal. French Polishing. Apply NEWS OFFICE. i,a.,!W_������'iJW'l-,WiT .wvw Mrt. _-������������.������-.������*,' gmwaur./ ,,������������.���������,,_w-_we������.B_iM_������i1aagiat_,^.^,ira_*������ii7.*-ia!i������Sgau������nK^^ / ' THE LINEN WOMAN. i" ������; i r SWAPPING THAT !S ^PROFITABLE TO , BOTH SIDES. what one has to ofTer her. She fixes a total value and then invites you to take it out in linen, which the housekeeper1 is very glad to do.���������Neiv York Sun. i Women Who Buy Fine Linen. In _������"ew Yorlc nnd Trade It In tlie Country To'wik ' For Old. doilies, Wliicli Tliey Fix Up and. Sell. , A stout, coarse looking woman with a . shawl about her shoulders and headgear of the vintage of 1SS9 or thereabout received so much attention in tho big BroadAvay linen store (from members of the firm as well as fr6m salesmen that she aroused the curiosity of other customers, some of whom had come in carriages and were not used to 'being asked' to wait a few moment?. The stout wom- , an didn't look as though she would want for her personal use any of the line linen that she was examining, yet as she examined each piece produced she made some comment'oriit that proved that she knew her subject well. Whon she was through her shopping, she arose from her chair, and,-with a businesslike wave of her hand toward a great heap of fine , linen tablecloths, napkins, doilies, towels, sheets, etc.," which she had tossed to one side, she said that she would take the lot. "Now, bow much is that?" she inquired. "Four hundred and sixty doLlars," replied tho clerk. ? ' ., , "Well, send it to the same place," said ��������� the woman, and then vshe wrote out ,a check for'the amount, which was, accept-' ed 'without a, moment's hesitation.- A member of the firm accompanied her to the door and bowed''her out' with' the same ceremony that-he',would have shown to the" wealthiest customer on his books. The member of the firm was not averse to enlightening a curious customer about the woman and "her purchases. "No," he said; "she is not a competitor. She's the linen woman, that's all. Don't know her? Well, I suppose,' not. She , doesn't operate in New York. ;She does business in small towns. She .swaps that linen for old clothes, old shoes, -old hats, old3 anything "that she can get, and because she^buys the best linen that can be bought and does a business that is strictly honest her customers are the best people, in each place that she goes. .- "She won't -sell linen' for money, but she will swap it for most anything, and the peculiar thing about it is. that it is a bargain in which each side gets the best of it. ., The customer gets the best of it because he gives up something for.which ho has no, use, making the linen, clear profit; "the linen woman gets the Uest of it because when she appraises an article /, at ������1 and givepath'e owner that much value in linen forWt she knows that when _ho .has made that- article ready for the ��������� market it will bring, a price that will give her a profit of anywhere from'50 to 100 per cent and'sometimes even more." ; "I have some Very good private'eus'tom- ers.'but' the linen woman is my best. She 1 buysQmore from me in a year than any other ten customers I have, and, what is more,1 she pays cash for it. I have men in my employ who. have been handling I linens for a great many years, but I don't believe one of them knows more about the subject than the linen woman. Don't think she is the only linen woman. There are .about six of them operating cini this state ,and in Pennsylvania and all doing the same kind of business. They're getting rich at it too."'- In the last three or four years the linen woman has become quite an institution in the small cities in ��������� the southern and western part of this state 'and just over the line in Pennsylvania. There is one city of 40.000 people in this state which is almost kept in linen by a woman from Scranton who buys her stock at the highest prices in New York stores and then swaps it off for cast off clothing. She has a husband who sews from morning to night putting ,the clothes into salable shape and jx' son who goes around the country with her to carry her 'great packages of linen. Then there are daughters and other sons who wait on people in the store and a brother-in-law who keeps the books. It must be a pretty good business that supports so many persons. The linen woman comes to'a town with two trunks full of fine linen and goes to a. cheap boarding house. The next day she hires a wagon, and, with her big son to drive and do the heavy work, she starts on her route. A week before she has but a line in the local paper saying that she would be around on that date, and so she goes straight to the postoflice to get requests for calls. She goes over ber mail careiully. She knows who among those who have sent for her are worth calling on and who are uot. She is a welcome visitor. The linen is brought into the house and spread out, a tempting sight for the housekeeper. Then the old clothes are brought out, and .the linen woman goes over them with a sharp G3*e.. She, is merciless in her'criticism. Ay article highly colored she will take only when high colors are' in favor among those who 'mal.c_.the- styles. You are amazed at this, .and the linen woman explains: ��������� . * ���������"..'���������/ "All,'them miners' wives, they are very particular. They 'read the newspapers, and they see the fashion magazines, and thoy know..what is .the style. They will take only those things that are the style, .������������������and you cannot make them take anything, "jelse. They,.know what's what, just like stU-, of"you, and they will only buy Avhat the >ieh are wearing. Why do I come here from Scranton, which has so many more people and where I can get just as good and better things for my linen? Why do I go to all this expense? I'll tell you., With everything I sell I have to' give ia guarantee that it was not bought or traded iu Scranton. They won't buy anything I get at home, and so I don't do any trading in Scranton at all. You see, they are afraid the original owner will come along and see it oh them, and they are very proud���������oh, my, very proud, indeed." And all of this is very true. The miner's wife and his daughter are as particular about being in the fashion as their richer sisters, and they won't take old fashioned things. The linen woman has a good eye for values from' her standpoint, and it doesn't take her long to go through Accomplished 'Princess. The liveliest and. the English people think, the* prettiest princess in Europe is Princess Maud, youngest daughter of the king and now Princes. Charles of Denmark. She can not only bind books and nurse a sick pationt sci. ntifically. but a'sn sail a half rarer, ride a bicycle and lot go the handle bar without falling off, "������������������ir. a*- well as sew. play chess and speak five iunguai"*--. i-iHi-din" I*n**������>an. VWot'Il yer charge tor tattoo er beautiful girl's face over'me heart an'^the word Mary under it?"���������-New .York Jour-, Dal. , L_^___ , Money in Diversified Crops. , Agricultural, experiments for a series of years prove that diversified ! farming- pays best. When the farm- \ er plants but one thing and -it fails, < his work for the yea.r is practically ! lost. Fortunately this is not often ^ the case, for farmers as a rule raise such a variety of productions that i the loss of' one is not a calamity. I A farmer should study'his conditions carefully and plant those things best adapted to his "soil. Whatever pays best should be given the most space and the best care. ' "Do you mean to say that I have no right to open my wife's letters?" "Of course you have the right. What vou want is the nerve." "Jnmt Like a. Woman." "Just like a woman." What's just like a woman? Oh, everything that is small and narrow minded and childish and irrational, evidently. Pooh! How about men. You never heard of a man who told little white fibs or looked under a bed for a burglar, did you? Oh, no! Perish the thought! 'The truth is there are women aud women just as there are manly, splendid men and men of little contemptible'souls. If you ever hear any one say, "That's just like a woman," light into him and tell him a thing or two or three or four or eight or ten.���������Elmira Tele-' gram. Drink "Water Reprnlarly. If you do not accustom yourself to drink water regularly, you are liable to have the waste products of the tissues of the body form faster than they are removed. Great weakness aud languor on rising in the morning is generally due to a large secretion of these waste products, j and the remedy is to drink a tumblerful of water, either hot or cold, just before 'retiring. This materially assists in the process during 'the .night and leaves'the tissues fresh and strong, ready for the'active work of the next day.���������Oregouian. . HAS NO DIVORCE LAWS! t ������������������ Some Fucts and,statistics on the _Iarri- aje Question 'lliut -ire of Almost Universal interest. , Newfoundland is the only British possession where a divorce is unprocurable. , The colony has no divorce laws and recognizes , no interference with the marriage relation. In1 the Australian, colonies divorce is recognized as a necessity "to the constitutional machinery, and while the laws are rigid, still evidence of infidelity will accomplish its attainment. / ' In South' Africa also tho courts are clothed with power to .dissolve , "'the marriage vows for adequate reasons, and the aid of this .convenience is frequently' called upon. , * , In Canada, the .procuring of ,a divorce is a very dilncult and expensive operation and necessitates the presenting of evidence of the? most conclusive character. The influence' of the Catholic Chur.ch, .opposed to di- voi'cc the world over, made ' itself 'felt through' the delegates from Quebec when the Canadian Constitution was being framed. They ,stubbornly resented the proposal to vest the power of divorce in the'courts. Only 22 divorces have been granted in tile 34 years that Canada has been a federation. , - Newfoundland is "stricter-still, ,and refuses to recognize divorces. This attitude 'is due to the predominance ' of' the Irish' Catholic element in the population. ���������* . ' Truth to', tell, there is very little need for a divorce law. .Did it exist/there would doubtless' be ' many persons availing themselves of it, but ,as'it does not "they'.do* without, and are none the worse off., ', t ' The colony's whole population consists s of but-, 200,000 persons, arid while it would" be absurd to contend that ' there,is no-conjugal infelicity it is quite correct to * maintain 'that tlie percentage of martial dereliction is smaller than in probably any other 'country iii the ,world; barring Ireland. - ������ ' 0 , Cut off from the American continent, the old-time virtues flourish more vigorously than in t.he communities . brought into closer touch with the advanced modern; thought which fin'ds expression in making marriage a civil contract, to be broken at-,the will of either , or for very ' trifling causes. With the exception of St. John's, which .��������� has 30,000 people, there ,is not. another town on the island with more'than 2,000 or '3,000, and the great majority of. the places are merely, fishing villages, inhabited by the hardy coast-folk who for generations have followed the one pursuit.- .,<..' Not among a peopled like that', who are face to face, with death as an almost daily incident in their ^existence, ' "would a divorce mill find material, nor would a demand come from them for such-an accessory 'to the existing legal institutions. The nearest approach to ^divorce which" is recognized-there-is a, judicial separation of man and wife,, for drunkenness, desertion, ill treatment or the like. The husband is almost invariably, in fault, and is condemned to pay the wife a weekly share of his earnings, on penally of imprison- ���������ment, the judge fixing the 'alimony. Of course this arrangement implies no permission for cither to marry again. Strange to say, though infidelity is a ground for such separation it is rarely pleaded, there being only two instances in ten years, and then toy wronged husbands against erring wives. Proof of it releases the husband from any obligation to support the wife and gives him custody of his children. * Women there never advanco this plea, 'preferring to endure private grief to creating public scandal. so prominent a( feature in the centre of the Town of Stratford-on- Avon. The first/ chapel 'of 'the guild of the same site was erected by Robert ' de Stratford( in 1269, , but with the exception of the chancel, which is of an earlier period, the present structure was built in the reign' of Henry VII. by Sir H. Clop- ton, once Lord Mayor' of London, who erected the', fine-bridge ' over the Avon at Stratford. The build-' ing ..remains,., practically -as .Shake-' speare saw it. The interior contains some most r interesting frescoes, covered over at, the beginning of tho last century.���������Londou Globe. ' NEGRO SOCIETIES. No Chance For Him. "Just one," he pleaded. "Only one?" she asked coyly. "Only oue," he said. , < "You will be satisfied with just one little one?" ,, "Yes," he answered, drawing her closer. But at this she broke, a way. <- "In that case." rshe said coldly, "you are utterly lacking iu the modern accumulative spirit' that brings prosperity,' and I do not feel that my future would bV safe in your hands." ������, THE SOUTHERN COLORED MAN'S LOVE ,OF POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE. ' Saddeat Words of Tonjcne or Pen. "It's too bad about your son being hurt so seriously in' that football game, Mrs. Willikins. I'm as sorry as I can be lor you." ' r- , i, "Yes, ir> a dreadful thing. , If his injuries should prove fatal, it.wouldn't be right for Myrtle to go to the game on Thanksgiving, and-she's'got such an elegant costume especially for it."���������Chicago Record-Herald. , ���������' . ��������� a Tlie Reconciliation. < ' '. "I un'stan's,9',said Miss Miami Brown,' "dat you done made r,effunce tome as a coon." ' ^. '! , ' ' ' r "You does -me .wrong," 'answered- Mi\ Erastus Pinkley. *'My regards fob ybh is sech dat if I was to make any compari" eons dar wouldn' be.nuffin', iaentioned but chiekiu' or,possum."* , ��������� ;_ ' ' ��������� An Impertinence, "I think,"'.she said earnestly, "that k woman who truly loves a man always lias his best interests nt heart.'.' v ' "Perhaps," ho' quietly answered, -but"��������� ,: r "i. , ��������� ' , "What were you, going to say?" "If that's the case, what makes her marry him?" A 'Brutal ,'1'tareat. < Mrs. Jlgsb^ ' (tbe discussion l haying become somewhat personal'���������-You may talk till doomsday. George..ligsby, but you'll never get me to admit, that a ���������wife' is bound to do as her husband rells her.-,, - - , ,' \ " ��������� Mr.'rJigsby���������By gravy, .madam. If 1 outlive you I'll have it tengraved on your tombstone that you were a "good and obedient wife!- ���������-, ' ' ��������� . She Read It. Wonders of Time. Hook���������Time works' wonders. Nye���������You bet. I know women who ten years ago were thirty, but now they're only tweuty-five.���������Philadelphia Be'-ord. Money In Sij_lit. Haitie���������I wish I knew some way to make'lots of money. Uncle George���������Easiest thing in the world, Hattie. Go upon the stage, and when you, retire, after twenty-five or thirty years, you. can, wdtgvom-^reminis- cenccs for the next half*t^nruryand get good money for them. I don't know why. I only know you would.���������Boston Transcript. A Peculiar Custom. At Venice when any one dies it is the custom to fix a placard before the dead person's house, as well as in adjacent streets, as a sort of public notice, stating his name, age, place of birth and tbe illness from which be died, affirming also that he received the holy sacraments, died a good Christian aud requesting the prayers of the faithful. Estimate of I-_.ni_r Alfred. "The historian of the English people asserts that what made Alfred great, small as was his sphere of action, was thp moral grandeur of his life. He lived solely for the good of his people. He laid the foundations for a uniform system of law, and he started schools, 'wishing that every free-born youth who had the means should 'abide at his book till he can understand English writing.' He invited scholars from other lands to settle in England, but what most told on English culture was done not by them, but by the King himself. He 'resolved to throw open to his people in their-own tongue the knowledge which till then had been limited to the clergy,' and he 'took his books as ho found them,' the popular manuals of the day, .Bcclc and Bocthius and Orosius. These he translated with his own hand, editing freely, and expanding and contracting as he saw fit; 'Do not blame me if any know Latin better than I,' he explained with modest dignity; ���������for every man must say what he says and .must do what he does according to his ability.' And Green, from whom this quotation is borrowed, insists vthat'. 'simple as was his aim, Alfred created English literature'���������the English literature which is still alive and sturdy after a thousand years, and which is to-day flourishing not only in Great Britain, whore Alfred founded it, but here in the United States, in a larger land, the existence of which the good King had no reason ever to surmise." Brander Matthews in Harper's. Janitor���������There's a letter up stairs for vou. Kinks���������What's in it? Do you know? Janitor���������My wife can tell you.���������New York Journal. The Guild Cliapel at Stratford. Considerable public interest is being shown in the proposed work of restoring the oid ch.iv'.l of the Guild of the Holy Cross, which is Doctors' Vacations. "What a contrast the legal profession presents to the medical in respect to holidays,", said a well known New York physician the other day. " A medical man rarely) until he has attained the highest I position, thinks of taking a clear two J mouths and the greater number regard themselves as exceptionally fortunate if they get a clear three weeks, whereas lnwyers and judges take their three mouths at a stretch, and as much as another month more at odd times. "A doctor of thirty-five whom I know has been trying in vain for five years to Kvc.' a theater. Another told me/ lately that he had not been out'of New York city save for a day for five years. As for myself, since I took my degree thirty yoars ago I don't think I've had a year's vacation, taking.it all in all, up to the present time, and I'm now sixty-five years old. Very few outside the medical profession realize what a terribly exacting service it imposes." ' Apiary and Apes. ���������Host���������Now that you've seen the house and the stable, I want to show you our apiary. Old Gentleman���������Well, I s'pose I've got to, but if there's anything.! hate It's monkeys, ide. i. .Warned. Of a certain Scottish professor the following story is told: Among his students was a young man from the highlands who, before he left his country home, had taken to himself a helpmeet for life. One morning he entered the college classroom rather late, and the professor asked him the cause of his unwonted unpunctu- ality. Bashfully the young man explained that that morning his wife had given birth to a son and heir. "Oh, in that case it's all right!" said the teacher, making the usual stereotyped reply. "Only see it does not happen again." Wonderfully Named Organizations to Provide For Members' Sieli^IJene- fits and Funeral Expenses ��������� How t Tliej- Flonriuli In Charleston. The southern negro's love of pomp and circumstance is nowhere exempli-, fied more forcibly than in the'manner in ' which he'1 multiplies his charitable organizations. Inordinately fond of company, he has few societies founded , with the sole view of promoting social - enjoyment. For the most part, what-, ever foundations he makes have a scmireligious trend, the dues entitling members to sick benefits,and funeial expenses. There is - usually an clabo- - rate regalia and an intricate ritual. Not a few negroes of a'southern city,' 1 such as Charleston,r belong (to"no less ��������� than a score of these orders, the names of which are oftentimes curiously and ���������wonderfully maeJe.' What, for instance, would the ordinary patron of secret or-' sanitations ,think of possessing membership in the 'Sons and Daughters.' ��������� of, rthe Seven Golden Candlesticks In Charity or in the Sons and Daughters of I Will Arise? * The sons and daughters Idea is worked'to the limiLTof'endurance. There is', scarcely.a. well known name in Biblical *', history that is not tacked on to it. There'are in-'Charleston alone ho less \ than 'seventy-five of, these societies-', with charters from the state'of. South Carolina, and how many there are that * ���������have no legal status no",man may .say. , ���������with confidence. r ��������� -..","' ./���������',' ': , Dues are paid weekly, and, strange- ���������, as'it may seem when the;great poverty ���������' of, the negro of the south is considered, the arrears list is a brief one indeed. ��������� . Of course the charges arc small, usual-'. \ ly about 25 cents a month, but when lfc_* ; is remembered that many Individuals " belong to six or, eight', or v even .more, ' orders it ,1s lilitle short of'marvelous how the funds necessary' to' meet the demands of the collectors^are/found, and yet it is so deep a(disgrace to be' .expelled that Instances of the kind "are ' very rare. To hold. membership in'a number, of societies is .regarded'as a' / . badge A>f honor. /'-.-. '. ' ,, Meetings are held monthly in private residences,1-in public halls or,-more frequently still, in-churches.'-These gatherings'begin at the fashionable hour ; of 10 p. m.'and continue * not - inf re- ��������� \ quently throughout' the night. , Refreshments are to1,be had for. a small .- consideration,'and as these are 'for "the \ ' most'part of a liquid nature the sons -���������-" ��������� and daughters are prone to be con-'' epicuous by their absence from their several places > of employment. next morning. Often tbe police have to interfere to restore that harmony in ���������which brothers and sisters should ever . _ dwell together. Among the cocieties in Charleston are the Sons and Daughters of the Pil- ' r grims, the Sons and Daughters of the Twelve Disciples, the Sous and Daughters of the Bearer of the Cross, the Sons and Daughters of the Evening Star, the Sons and Daughters of the Seventh Star, the Sons and Daughters of the Celestial Travelers, the Sons, and Daughters of the Good Samaritan, the' Sons and Daughters of the tEast, the Sons and Daughters pf Lazarus, the Sons and Daughters of Christian Love, and there might be added to these fully twoscore of others. . The devotion of the negroes to these organizations and their loyalty to their fellow members are absolute. The funeral of a colored man or woman who holds membership in a half dozen of these orders is a spectacle worth witnessing. Occasionally bitter feuds arise between rival societies for the possession of a corpse, for the negro's love of a funeral is not second even to his love of melons. The ceremonies usually begin the nigbt before the actual interment is to take place. There are sermons, prayers and personal experiences intorspiced with wild bursts of incoherent m������lody, which arouses religious fervor to fever height. Men and women faint in the ; course of u the exercises, many others fall into trances and talk of visions of. their dead friends enthroned in glory. The ceremonies culminate in a formal procession. It is forming for an hour before the residence; of the late lamented' son or daughter. Negroes from the uttermost parts of the city gather in the.streets.. The occasion is a festive one. They run and sbout and , caper. The members of the organizations to which the dead person belonged stand in solemn order, clad in elaborate uniforms and bearing the banners and other insignia of their respective orders,^"and when the. cortege finally moves, wrending its .way at times through miles of- the city's streets, it is followed byja mad, rush of men, women and children, who ' block the thoroughfares, and traffic for, the time being has-to be suspended. The hope of such a funeral is the inspiration of many a negro'siwbole life. , He slaves and deprives himself of actual necessities for years to meet the demands of the collectors of the societies in order that he may go to bis last resting place in the midst of such strangely weird nageantry.������������������ .Charleston Letter *& " - !i ni <������������������ H l ���������v. *��������� i ��������� 11 <i ,. .-, -������-��������� r- ,.,_-������. :*--��������� ���������v ff .-.r * ������s*_ *-v*.v-m THE,C[JMBERT_A]\rD NEWS CUMBERLAND/ B.C. P R .k Good Cotigli Sirup'. " , ' The followingJ' is said to-- make a -splendid cough-sirup: Take one ounce of bonese.t, one of flaxseed, one of"slippery elm'and a^stick of. licorice. Boil in soft ..water until the'strength is-extracted. Strain carefully and add oner pint of best sirup' and- one pound '^of loaf,sugar. -Simmer together.' Bottle up tight when cold-aiicl'take a table- spoonful three or four times a dav. , ,' Hopeieai*. . , , < First Golfer���������He doesn't play very well, but he1 says he's too busy to give an.v(more time to practice. > - ,,, . Second Golfer���������Oh.' well, if a man neglects golf'to attend to his business, what can lip'exDocf , > ��������� ll t-i - I ��������� '. !0' Ho^'sThis? ���������. '.'W������ offer One Hundred Dollars Howard 'ot anv caso cf Catarra iiial cannot Lo cured by Hall's Catarrh. Cure. , - , ' ' ' F. J. CHENEY & CO.-, Props.', Toledo, O. We, ^r���������^ undersigned havoi-lcnowa F J. Chonoy for tho last 15,yoars? and boliovo him perfectly, honorabio in all business transactions, and financially able to carry ouo any obligation made by their firm.. , i '' \VEsa?&Ti-u,vj_. Wholesale Drugq*i<-._, Toledo, O. Wauii-TO, I_i_"_r__rf & Maiivi-T, \vJ)-7-1a3ale' Drn:f-",isls,-ToIsdo; O .' Halt's Catarrh. Cure is taken'internally, acting- directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces of Ihe'.ysfccin. Price 75c per bottle." Sold by all dru_f-'_u .' Testimonials i,-ee. <" * <��������� ' i HaH'a Family Pills aro the best. ' ' '''. ��������� A soetseat:- .* , "Was he on his'knees .when posed?;', ��������� -��������� ' \' . ��������� *tfJo;.-I ,was !"���������Puck. - {- - Yo\ir Fecithi will be as strong as our" if you try Shilqh's Consumption, Cure .' '���������'"-.. , and ours is so strong we guar- 1 antee a cure or refund money, and we send you free trial bottle , if you write for it. SHILOH'S \ " costs 25 cents, and will cure Con- , ��������� sumption, Pneumonia,Bronchitis - and' all X-ung Troubles. Will - , cure a Cough or Cold in a day/ and thus prevent serious results. It has been doing th?se things ' for 50 years.. ��������� _ - - ' r S. C. Weias.o- Co., Toronto,' Can. ��������� The ?.la.cleod Gazette'says : ''The river is still open at this 'point. Jf the present mild weather continues' very much longer , it -will be necessary to send aw-ay for next season's supply of ice.' - A .prairie fire was burning- southeast of town last Sunday. _). MEM'S MMENT Cn'res BaMmf. ��������� When an you arc a Irishman broth' of' tells you a boy he 'that does not meanjthati yo'u are in the'soup. S0Z0K9NTT00TH POWDER 25. 'It is .easier, says the girl who, ha. tried, vto make a fool of a man 'than to make a man of a fool. When the Days are Dark and Dreary A "VVIXI-IAIVIS PIANO an _the House will jg-ladden your heart and brighten your soul with its delightful melodj*. , t * These instruments are tho perfection of piano making, of exquisite tone and touch, and tho1 ' * most durable inad*->. If you buy one now it will make yoiir, homo more attractive these long winter evenings. , v Wo have several makes of organ*; at different, prices, alscslishcly used instruments for sale choap. ' , CCTP-fRlcVi- I'OSRESTBR & HATCHER,, Y. Iff. O. A. BLOCK. - - WINK IPSO. Karl's CIover.Rooi Tea cures Bndlscstfon TrrE'Brsr Prr.-i.s-���������Mr. T.ri. VandoTvoo.-.. Sydnoy Crossing Ont. writes.* ' Wo'hr.vo b.t'ii using Parmolcs's Pills, and find them bvofart-.r* best pills we ever used.' For dolicai>o and da- bilitod ronstitutioua those pill " oct like n charm ' Taken in sm.dl doses the?"ofTo'.t 13 botl* a toni< and a >s*iiuu]r<i.t. uiiklly e?:'"i������ ,' the secretions of the body, giving tone a_r- igor MEN AND WOMEN $12 00 A WEEK BONA FIDE SALARY ho , V . pro- -MINARD'S LINIMENT Relieves Neuralgia. 'Tho habit, of look'ing side" on iJie b,est eyery revent- is -/worth more than "'a .thousand pounds' a year.��������� Johnson. '��������� '.V.'.. "'--' '- , , ��������� of 3 BABY IN..THE HOME. A'Joy and Treasure When Good Na- turcd and]Healthy. All- 1 V _ * "* " children in - -1 e every home,,- in the to represent' us" np- ' pointing agents.* Some to travel, oth- efa for local'work. Rapid promotion ,<T - , , and increase of sal- aiy. Ideal'employment, new brilliant lines: best plan_; old-established House.' j_ '/' Bradley-Ganxtbon Co., Ltd.iUranfjoid, Onl. "You do hot, have" to he a rhinoceros to realize t^hat beauty is only , skiu deep., ���������- / ' PtilC Atiofh������>r, Triumph���������Mr. Thomas S. Sullen, bundorl*nd, writqs': f* l'"or fourteen veais I" was afflicted ���������with Piles; and fieqticnt- ly X was unable to walk or sit, but foiiryoais atro I was cured by usiug Dr. Thomas Eclecunc Oil. j. havo also beou subject to Quinsy <������pr 'over forty year-,, but Ecloctric, Oil cured it, and it was a pOL-inancnc cr.ro in both c:i'.es, us ueither tho Piles n>-r Quin-y havo Uoubled mo .-nice." - ' .,'..,. ,/i.; r > d <r~ 7,"'- ir i&P **i if .' 'f " Gratitude man to use is a go������;d tihiiTg, for in his .business. any agyiOB. '.-."I conclude ���������.tliat's a fly ! the young -Lrout. ' , , ' " , ' ,, ��������� "'You are right/ my dear," said'its, ���������f ��������� said mother, sions." 'but never jump at conclu-' Life is a succession of lessons which must be'lived 'to'be understood.-��������� Emerson. Thou shalt rest' sweetly heart condemn ������������������ thee riot.- a'lCem'pis. "'������" if, thy -Thomas ELDERLY MEN THERE IS X0 BETTER ''YOUTH HESTORER THAN DODJD'S-.. - '"'_ ',' 'KIDNEY ^PILLS. ' '<"��������� * EEEEEE^EEES 1 ���������'; 11,'! 1 Fffff : 1 rm '-r- ��������� \ \ 1 ) I J ' r Page Woven "Wire Fence5 OwinR to the variations of the Canadian climate, I , . considet-able allowance must be made in all fences I .l-^Lpt for corttraction.and expansion, -v/liiclx makes an or- -������������������=-.____ c_nary -wire fence unserviceable, as when it expands K-1 >%>. it becomes so loose as to prove of httle value. Note "hecontinuous coil;_-CS=^!=^S5:-fi=SStliis makes it elastic arid self-regulating. The Page Wire ITence'is madeof, ".Paffe" wiro, which is twico.as strong as ordinary wire. -Prices are wire __ence is maueoi; -tuj,*- Br**n ji.1m nf p._.fi j^, DQ_^ in u-o: ��������� We a_30make Gates.. particularly low thisjseeson. , 50,000 miles of Pago fences now in u-e: "We also make Gates. brnamentnl Fences and Poultry Netting. The Page Wire Fence Co.. Lotted. Wnlkervilt-?. 0-t. 2 ','������ - - j ROSS &-ROSS. General-A crents. Box, 633,. Winnipeg, "Man. ,'t .v fy ;, *->r| M-f., Even l-^vh.en its well in^1 decqrator' has over. ' 'to, done, tihd ceil- do his work, * t r- * ' " i I Hr. H.. S. Barnes, Seventy-Eive Years ' of Ag-e iJeels\ Young, and/Smarfa as~ , a Boy���������Used Dadd's^ Kidney Pills' ^and 2>eaiijghted'''Witl_ the":Res.ults. fv-> 'countrj' need, at-Jsoane ^tinie' or'.other .a'medicine such as'rBaby'slOwn Tab- *- " "J .,'lets, -and ^h is-famous* remedy has' cured many ?a r seriousf - illness. and ,"i saved- many ar little ^life.,' Mothers ins-ist-upon having- -'t* because itJ co'n- . , tains.no opifc_tefor/harmful drug*s% It I is purely vegetable^:sweet and pleas- Jiant to take and pi-omp't-in its e^ffect. For simple fevers, 'colic", c'onstipa- , xtion, disoi^lered-'stomach,, diarrho'ea,, *' irritation.' accompanying the cutting ' < .of teeth and'ind'gesiLion, Ba'by's Own, y\T&blets ' are a certain cure. In fact , in'almost any disorder common to children 'these tablets should be given at once arid relief may' be promptly looked for. '' " <; _, ��������� Never," give the babies so.called soothing- medicines -which' simply put them into an unnatural sleep. ,These tablets aire smoJil, s\veet, plaastantJ to talce and prompt in acting. Dissolved in water, t'hey will ibo taken readily by the smallest infant. ' Mrs. John McEwan, Bathurst Village. N. B., .writes : "My baby was almost constantly troubled with colic before I guve h'm Baby's Own Tab- 'lets, b'ut since giving them to him he has not sjlnce suffered. Dveryvmother should keop t'hese, tablets alwinys at hand." They cost 25 cents abox. You can find them at your drug-gist's, or, , if you do not," forward the _money ditect to us and we will send the- tab-lets. prepaid. The Br. Williams Medicine Co., Dept. T., Brockville, Ont. / - A good heart is like tlie sun for it shines brigiht and mover changes, but* . itg gQupoe , truly:���������Shakespeare: keeps "l , ' -~rr. T^r^ ��������� Wh'atever weal or woo betide, be that sens, of duty still ���������[ thy guide, and all'powers will aid. Sou thoy. Rat Portage,- Dec. 30.���������Mr.'' H. Bai-nes^ is an elderly ^gentleman1, Commonplace^minds^ usually. ��������� conr Idemn "what ,is 'beyond the reach'- of t'he'ir, ur_dOTst'ainding.:i--'Roc,hefoucauld.. lt.TruorhappinessVconsists not iri"-thes' multitude of friemds/ but in the wofth^ and choice.���������Ben Jonsonl' " * rather scrveth his'own will---' Inari'x llninient Cores Bnriis, Etc. Only tlie truly less chimneys. v great have smoke- 'A door oad. mat is preferable to a foot CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY TIME TABLE F..1- . ault Sto. Marie, Owon Sound, Toronto and East via Lakes, Monday, Thursday and "aturday Tucs,, Fri., and Sun ifontroal, Toronto, New York and J3ast, via all rail, daily fiat Portage and intcrmediafco points daily MoLson, Lac du JJonnet and intormo- diato points, Thurs. only For tarn* la Prairie,Biandou,Calgary, , Nelson and all Kootenay and all coast points, daily............ Portage la Prairio, Brandon and intermediate poults daily except Sunday Gladstone, Neepawa, Minnedosa and intex-mediato points, daily except : Sunday . Shoal Lake, 'Yorkton and iatermed- lato points, Mon.. Wed., and Pri. , Tues., Thurs., and Sat.... Eapid Ci.:y, Ifarniota, Miniota, Tuesday, ���������Thur. and Sat ������������������ . Mon., V/ecl.,audPri. Morden, _. elorame aud intermediate ,, . Points daily except Sunday .';.'... Napraka; Alamoda and intermediate points, daily ezcepfc Sitaday via Brandon....... ��������� Tues., Thur., and Sat...,....:.... Glenboro, Souns and intcrmediato ._,��������� points, daily except Sunday .....' lipcstone, Keston, Arcola'and inter- ���������mediafce points, Mon., Wed., and JPri. via Brandon... Tues.,Thur..and Sat. via Brandon Frobysinre, Hirsch, Bienfait, Bst'e- ... van)Tues.1Titurs.^Sat., via Brand- Tues";TAuV'"Sat.; Via Brandon!! Gretna, Sfc. Paul, Cid^.a^'o, daily West-Selkirk,-Mon,, Wed. andivi*" -,- v- Tues., Thurs., and Sat. Stonewall, Toulon, Tues., Thur., Sat. Emerson, .Mon., V/cri., and Fri J. W. LEONARD, Qon.o Supfc. and Fri. U. E. LV 16.00 1G.00 8.C0 7.C0 16.30" 7.S0 7.30 7.80 7.S0 S.20 7.S0. 9.05 7.30 ���������7.30 14.10 18.30 12.20 7.50. Alt lO.lf 10.1L- 18.00 18.30 J.-..30 22.3C 22.30 22.S0 22.30 15,45 22.30 15.15 22.30 He doeth well that the commonweal'than Thomas A1. Kempis. Rnmiian Peasant Wcd<Iln_rti. . A peasant wedding in Kussia means a festival for the whole village andof- .en for the young people from neighbor- lug villages as well. Weeks before the eventful day tlu* young girls assemble at, the home of the bride to help ber sew. The bride- rgroom comes with his men friends to tre:it them to nuts and sweets. Appropriate songs are sung, and,the bridegroom's generosity is put to the test. One of the girls holds out to hfm a plate, and if be puts down a silver coin ' they sing him a song, full of compliments, but if he gives copper and is jvuown to be able to afford more mockery follows. The whole village is invited to the marriage ceremony, which is performed with\ all the ancient superstitious rites and solemnities. ��������� i'outh's Companion. / Plaint of the Landlady. "Poets are queer birds." said the landlady. "I had one here who could hear grass growing and understand what crickets were talking about, but I never could get him to hear me when I, asked him to pay his bill or under stand a hint that he'd better move, even though it was ppoken in plain English.". ,/���������'"' MOJABD'S LINIMENT for S_le,E7er_Ylier.. Did you ever have a person tell you a lie, and you knew he was not telling the truth ? Think of ft the next time you .start to tell a falsehood. S. being/five yeia-r's^past 'the three score years, and ten. ,He is the father v ���������> of ex-Mayor' Barnes, and' no old gentleman in Bat Portage ris' more esteemed and respected.^ Mr.''Barnes -is one' of the many conscientious\ and vlihferal- minded citizens [ of^ this. Dominion" who have no -hesitation' itf allowing their names to, be used* for \the "benefit- of^'othcrs in connection 'wrbh cures madn by Dodd!s Kidney Pills.in their behalf. -- - ,4-' -*,:-< , ���������' - |lier. is.a letter showing Mr.Barnes'a experience \wi th", the" greatest remedy' of the present ������������������ day���������Bodd's Kidney Pills. '. , .- ��������� ,- , - ,. Eat Portage, June-18uti, 1899:. ��������� Gentleanen,���������I would like to make the following statement for .the'benefit'of whoever-would like to^heair the truth- told. I am 75 years old, and have lived in Bat * Portafcjo for the past 18 yc-iars1. Some months ago my wife asked me to get her some Dodd's Kidney Pills. She was suffering from some kidney trouble, and desired to try Dodd's Kidney P'lls. I finally got her a box, but she never lived to tako them. .Haying little, faith in patent "medicines, I however, was soon forced to change my opinion. I had long been neglecting similar symptojms to thoso of'my wifetthese now became very severe. Having- the box of Dodd's Kidney Pills in the ���������house, I thought 1 might as- well try them. I suffered terribly with pain across my back with a scalding sensation when urinating. Well, the first box stopped these symptoms, and continuing their__use I became ���������cdanpleitely cured. All the ci'tizerns of Rat Portage were grca.tly surprised at the change in my appearance, ��������� I can' tell you. They( often used to_ greet me with, "Hello, Mr. Barnes ! Why how smart you are looking !" They were not far astray: I felt smart, too, and younger and in. bet-' ter health than for yoars. Yoai may publish this statement with my full indorsation of your remedy which possesses real genuine merit. II. S. BARNES. * There never was, and never will be, a- universal panacea,' in one remedy, for all ills to which,flesh is heir���������the very nature of many curatives being such that were the "germs'of other and differently seated diseases ,rooted in the system of the patient--^ what would relieve'"one ill in turn would aggravate the'"other. We have* however, in Quinine* Wine, when, obtainable in'a sound, unadulterated state, a remedy for many and grievous-ills. By its gradual and judicious use the'frailest ���������* systems, are led intooonva-y lescence and strength^by the influence which Quinine exerts on nature's own restoratives. It relieves the drooping spirits of those with ,. whom1 a chronic, state of morbid despondency and lack o_ interest in life ia a disease; and, by tranquilizing the nerves, disposes to Bound and refreshing, sleep���������imparts vigor to. the,action of' the blood, which,.being stimulated,' courses; throughout. the - veins, Strengthening the healthy animal functions of .the, system:- thereby making activity, a necessary .result,- strengthening, the_ frame; and'giving life to the digestive organs, which ,naturally demand 'increased'substance^-re- pult, improved appetite." Northrop & Lyman, ^of. Toronto have given to the public their, superior Quinine Wine at the usual rate, and, gauged by the opinion of scientists, thi. wine approaches nearest perfection of any in the market. All dmo* _ip+������ sell it." "Y OUNG-, WOMA]Sr-i-AGEB/21���������justf * come into' possession of $14^000' ���������wishes'to correspond -with honest', intelligent- man, who^would 'appreciate a ig-ood-wjfe.* Box 2,538 Toronto,,- Ont.' r11 /'',-< % . .!' * _ 1 , VMS I -.-. 1 -,'iT :&��������� BANKERS AND BROKERS ' WINNIPEG; % ' ,,' '" Write to U3 for prices of SCRIP. Get our List of; Lands. Sweet are the content ; The ���������qjuie'b ci own, thought that savor of mijtud ** is richer -Robert tih'an a Greene. TAKE NOTICE. Sold. '������������������ Stocks Jand Bonds Bought and / Tvoce.11 xurniah the exact amoiin. of Scrip' for-any payment oi_ Dominion: Do not pay caish;., ., vl ,' Mr*' j - * ,-.-*v ; "' 15JI1-1 -'i,l .<������������������>��������� ,.7 ���������������,. -Lands. *bca-*-*BMEaHC _^* We publisih simple, straight testimonials, not( press agent's interviews, from well known people. From all over America they^testify to the merits of ' SmSTARD'S LINIMENT, the best of Household Remedies. \ " ��������� V C. C. RICHARDS & Co. SuizcrVllape gi vex Rloli, ���������,'i-een food at '������xs u. ton SPELTZ- Wbatlaitf Catalog tells. FARM SEEDS 1,000,000 Customers _*roudest record of iiny-seedsman on earth, * and -\ot we are reach 1 up out for more. We ries.ii e, by July 1st. 300,000 more patrons and hence this unprecedented offer. Si. WORTH FOR 15c .\V������ will mail.upon receipt of 15c in stamps -our_ieat cn.trtlOKUo. worth SIOO.OO, to any wide awake farmer or g-ardeaer, ' together with many Farm Seed samples 1 positively worth JlO.OOtoget a start ' with, upon receipt of but lfi Ct������. ' in Canndlan stamps. -.- I 86 pk.a> earllrit rc^ota* bl������������eed-i..l OU. send thfi adv. with I5c for above. 'KEI& Catalog alone, 7c. Send at once. He who can conceal his joys greater than he who can hide' griefs.���������Lava.or. 19 his Many people are called firm anorely because they haven[t the,moral courage to own their second thoughts.��������� Mrs. Craigie. The most delicate and (he most sensible of all pleasures consists in promoting the pleasures of others.��������� L������, Bruyerc. Somo persons have periodical attacks of Canadian cholera, dysentery, or diarrhoea, and have to use groat precautions to avoid tho dis- ease. Change of wator, cooking, and green fruit, is sure to bring on the attacks. To such persons wo would recommend Dr. J. D. Kell- ogg's Dysentery Cordial as being tho best medicine in tho market for all summer complaints. If a few drops are taken in water when the symptoms are noticed, no further trouble will bo experienced. Fever and ague and bilious dera_ gemonta c are positively cured by the use of Parraelee'a Pills. They not only cleanse the stomach and bowels from all bilious' matter, but they open the excretory vessels, causing them to pour copious effusions from the blood into the howcls, after which tho corrupted mass is threwn out by the natural passage of the body. They aro used as a general family medicine with the best results. '-.< The coal dealer may not cut any ice, bul he gets tliero just tne sauna. SOZQBONT f or theTEETH 25c Our greatest glory is not falling, but in rising every fall.���������Confucius. in never time we The best wrought well more to reward for ha/ving already, is to have* d o.���������Kings ley. If you want to make your enemies feel 'particularly sore, be;happy. Even the man bo high-toned. who sings bass may Al 1 eged peacemakers are sometimes little better than !>usybodies. . 14.S0 13.35 10.00 1S.30 17.10 The floating population are not necessarily those who are in- the swim. Bayifrig,".cojmplijinents is not liquidating a debt. The reason that some people carry their hearts on their, sleeves is not that their money crowds it out of their pocket. McPHEKSGN, Ge-a. Pass. Agt, The man who imagines he has a bank account cannot draw upon his imagination. He has a right to grumble who is perfect in all things .-*--__. J. Chandon. Soza<3o=t4.__ic*:uid 25c. Large _____i_������ca and Powd.i. JJs, At ail stores .or by mail. Sample of the Liquid lor the postage,3c, And let us supply you with a clean cut,moaern lot that will brighton'up your pages and please your reade.-s and advertisers, ��������� Write us for estimates on anything in printer's material. : : : T0E0NT0 TYPE FOimD&Y CO'Y 175 ilcDermot Ave., Winnipeg. W. N. U. No. 359. \^~nijjivj~yriiii^ MW**1_ ���������������[*** ^*.i"^.fi>gw_^fWh*i**i*Mi**iA**^^ iS7'a*" ,, ... ��������� v ���������.'.*'-���������*. -; .....-'*������������������'������-..*" '*"--' 7--"-- *-"������������������-*-;-'-- * i * \. -"i. h^*-*������*'"*,*,'**i*-*l������������������*,*4^,'*' _^^^_:^!i!5Cws=i',������snsi������ss������DQrT-a^ \ ' ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAY. ��������� Subscription, $2 a year, in advance. m B. Hn&erson. E&itor., / = 1 _2T Advertisers who want th ir' ad hangja, sb.ou.ld get copy m by 12 a.m. day before issue ��������� U 1 \ ��������� J > ' hub _eri here failing to rece ve I H''- Nkws regularly will confer a favor by notifying the otbue. Job Work Strictly C. O. D. Transient Ads Cash in Advance. - ���������-_���������-____���������_���������- IV I-1' IU ^ ^ *_ - <���������r i The Canadian Northern Railway. ,��������� ' "The Government have arranged a contract with Mackenzie & Mann, the owners of the Canadian Northern Railway, by which contract those gentlemen guarantee to build a road from Yellow Head Pass through British Columbia, down to '- Bute Inlet,'and'run a ferry from - Bute Inlet to Vancouver Island, to - connect with the Island road. They also agree to' m*ke, Victoria tbe \ Pacific terminus of their Company." : This statement was made ,by Col. ,Priof in the Victoria Colonist of February 28th. ,The Colonist, of ' Sunday'. 'March 2nd, contains *a \* **- * * 0 ' -- 'still more important and con firm a- r tory'statement, made at a meeting ������ of Mr Prior's supporters held in the committee rooms on "the evening of .. March 1st:. The Hon. Mr Prentice, A financei. minister, informed them '_'*'that he had the pleasure "to an- nouncethat negotiations which had been pending .between- the Government, and MacKenzie & Mann had ' "culminated in the signing of a con- <' tract for 'the construction of the Canadian. Northern, trains continental railway,to appoint at Bute. Inlet'; thence"by ferry to Vancouver ' Island, and down-the Island -r to Victoria. - The contract, had-been signed' in Toronto that afternoon (MarcrTlst), and a gentleman who' had been acting as solicitor for, the ^Government' was then on his way to Victoria;";:. '��������� 'The news of the singing 'of. the contract' will be received with great satisfaction throughout the Province. -The western terminus' being- fixed, at,Victoria will, be a, great ' advaritage"to that important city, and, alsd to Nanaimo, Ladysmith , and Union, which being'in such * proximity to the coal'mines are destined to -become flourishing in- dustritil' centres,v strange, ,to say, alihough the construction of the Canadian Northern^Transcontinen- tar Railway means so much for Victoria and the Island generally, some of her prominent citizens are very hostile to the Government's railway policy. Messrs Helmcken and Mc'Phillips, M.P.P.'s, are to be found-in the ranks of the malcontents, and the Evening Times newspaper is doing all that it can do to throw cold water on- the undertaking. J But the'opposition will prove ' a failure. We are informed by our Victoria correspondent that no sooner was the fact made known that the contract for the construction of the road had been signed, than a "great reaction had set in and it is now conceded that the Government' candidate, Col. Prior, will go* in with an overwhelming majority. Premier Dunsmuir and his colleagues may well fell proud at the suecesri of their great measure for the {development of the Island and the" benefit of the Province generally. . .' In the' Legislature on Monday afternoon, March 3rd, the, Premier, in'reply to a question asked, by Mr Gilmour, one of the members for City, said a .copy of the contract with MacKenzie & Mann would.be placed before the House as soon, as possible. ; A Soldier who pleaded guilty to stealing a watch and chain said that he ccmmitted the theft in the hope of getting turned out of the army. After his three months hard labour be will probably discover that he has not stuleh in.vain. Dear Mrs B , 'in reply to vour inquiry as to which is the be<u tea to us-e, I wo3d say that in inv opinion it'rests between the Blue Ribbon and Monsoon Packet Te's If you like nch, strong tea, then Blue R.bbon .a undoub.eclh the best bui should your taste be for a delicate and very flavory tea 1 would advice you to call'on C. J. MOORE for a packet of Monsoon. Personally, I drink Blue ffiori in the morning and Monsoon at 5 o'clock, but then, you know, 1 am a perfect crank about tea. - ��������� Yours truly, ^^ GRUNDy. 3^ WHARF, NOTES.��������� S.S. Kildonan'and scow loaded coal Monday for Vancouver. - ' \ The Transfer was in on Saturday morning for a load of coke. J S.S/Tepic and scows loaded coal for Vancouver on Saturday. ������. . S.S. Bermuda and " scow loaded-' coal-Tuesday for,Vancouver. ' S.S. Nell called in Tuesday on her' way1 down from Port Simpson. S.S. Victoria "completed her cargo of coal on Monday night'and sailed for San. Francisco, ' ' " SS. Wellington arrived from Juneau on Saturday morning. She will load coal,for San Francisco. . Barge Robert Kerr completed her cargo of coal and sailed for Vancouver in'tow of s.s. Pilot Thursday ' S.S. Isis arrived Monday and' "took 700 tons bunker coal' and'- 25p tons sacked coal for South America. S.S. Independent called .'in Wed-' nesday for bunker coal. ���������' She was bound for -Lynn Canal with two scows- in tow, -having on -board' material for .the construction of a neVc&nnery. which'is to be erected, about fifteen' miles from Skagway i ���������by the Alaska Fisheries Union. This Union is-said to bea wealthy ' coi poration which intends building a-large number of canneries at dif- - ferent points In Alaska. ' S.S. Boscowitz called in on Wed- - nesday for buuker coal on her way down from Northern B.C., ports, they reported a rough trip, when-1 they were at Port Simpson.- It*was reported to them by the Indians that the body of a man had been washed ashore at Tongas, on the American side of the line not far from Kitchikan. ' It was said that there was a life-preserver- strapped round the body. They were unable to verify the report but if true.it is probably one of the victims of the . /s.s. Bristol which was_wrecked near Port Simpson in January, :ery. s: Bread, Cakes .and Pastry. Delivered Daily by Van: Dunsmuir iTenue, Cumberland.' iKi __ *** itii J n COAL MINES REGULATION , ACT.*- ., Board of Examiners. . * . ��������� -���������, ������ ��������� - NOTICE is hereby,given,tbat'the following constitute the Board of Examiners for the Comox Mine durins; the year 1902 : Appointed by the Owners:���������Richard Short,, and David" Walker. ' , Alternates���������James Strang and Alexander - * Somerville. - r,t Appointed'by the^ Lieutenant-Governor in- -s ' Council���������William Johnston. ' * _ . ��������� Elected by the Miners���������James Beid, and^ . . John Comb. \ Alternates���������Thomas Doherty and Rich- *��������� ard Coe. - ' Note���������Alternates act as Members of the i, Board In the absence of those regularly ap-* T|T|T>nYniliTi " A TTaimP pointed or elected to act thereon. f\ JJUlipillUll iiVUilUU ��������� All persons interested may obtain lull information, by applying to the Secretary to the .Board, Mr Wm. Johnston, Cumberland B.C.' Dated this 24th day of February,'. 1902. MALLCOTT RICHARDSON,' ��������� " " - '' Secretary, Department of Mines. Mr J. Moore was a passenger last week, from Victoria. Judge Harrison yisited Cumberland and, Comox on official duty last week. Mr Barrett is spending a short vacation with' Mrs Barrett at Vancouver. - Mr J. McPhee returned last week* from Nanaimo and Victoria where, he-attended the Farmers' meetings. NOTICE. DR. GRICE, Dentist, is in town to-day and will remain till next Wednesday. . , -V>. NOTICE." ., IPiNGlNEERS, Firemen, -Machinists and' !1 ."Electricians send f-r 40-pa������e Pamphlet containing' Questions asked by;Examining Board- of Engineers to' obtain" EnB',neer8* License.���������Address, Geo.'' "A. Zellir," Publisher, 18*8; 4thSt._-St. Lpuis, Mo , U^S.A. _ MORTGAGE SALE( BY TENDER ."lO^'PRdPERTY in THE'TOWN- - SITE -T-^OF ' CUMBERLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA.' s' - UNDER and by Virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage, dated the i8th day.of Julyi 1895, ,between Charles Francis Whitney and The Canadiah'Mutual Loan"and Investment Company, there will be offered for Sale by tender to be opened'on ��������� MARCH 24th, 1902,'the following property, name-, ly:���������Lot Six in Block Six in the Town- site of Cumberland, as shown on Map 522. All tenders to be mailed in sealed envelopes addressed to Macdonell, Mac- Master & Geary,' 51 Yonge Street; Toronto Tenders,must be received at-the above address on or before the 23rd d3y of March, 1902, when same will be opened. The properly is situate on the North side of Dunsmuir Avenue, and on the same are said to be two Frame Dwel- . lings used- as. a Printing office and Dwelling-house. - .TERMS:��������� .Ten per������cent. of purchase, price to be paid when the offer is accepted and the balance within Thirty days thereafter. The property will be sold subject to a reserved bid. For further particulars and conditions of sale apply to Macdonell, McM aster 1 & Geary, 51 Yonge Street, Toronto. To on it a bucket of water Take a JDry Sponge and pour It will swell every time sure. .... .... ������������������;... BUT we are aot selling spoages, our line is������������������- SWELL BUOGIES of all kinds. We have just received a Car Load of Open and Top Buggies with Steel and Rubber Tires. Expresses of all kinds with Platform, Half- Plafcform, Duplex and Elliptic or Hog-nose Springs. Brickboards, Carts, Sulkies etc., all, of the most Upto-Date Patterns and Finish. Guaranteed for one year by the Makers and ourselves. . .. ... .." .. .. .. .... lAIAIIO STEAM GiMIiBl WORKS, STANLEY CRAIG, Prop. ���������* 1 Garden TooJs,' , Field. Tools, / ' '\ - " : ,������- /Brass, Syringes, ) : , , ;S'pray Pumps,- "��������� --> ~;. , r r -, Flower rPots, ^ " Hansrins: Baskets: ��������� ' ' ' ' ' Vr ���������& c. Cumkrland, B.C. AV.H.' FEAGEY, Druggist! Stationer! - FOR THAT .COUGH! TRY i ir ���������'(J -wi.nter's ' -.'' ���������- ':���������' ������������������������������������ -��������� v-;" ;. * =���������;���������-���������'"''instant. '���������' ;���������������������������'������������������:./"'.\':.; ?': ��������� -- '���������.,���������������������������'" ������������������ ���������-;������������������ C'O'U-GH- tU'R'E-,"' J <A\ IT'S A GOOD ONI5, FOR CIIILI)RJ__T .AND RKLIABLK AND ADULTS. We are selling our TOILET SOAPS at Cost to make room. Finest GLYCERINE and CASTILE SOAPS ^ Away Down. - STORE OPEN" Sundays from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., and from 5 p.m. to*6 p m. @_sa3g5'*-������?������3gg2^^ ssgg���������2ggggggag?_aeffis������ Dunsmuir Ave., Cumberland, B.O. MUNiCIPAIiITY OF THE <JITY OF CUMBERLAND. "RTOTICE IS HEREBY 'GIVEN" that the J)j Court of Revision for tbe Municipality of Cumberland; B.C., for bearing all complaints against the Assessment as made by the Assessor of the said Municipality, will^ be held in the City Hall the 14th day of * March next, at 7.30 p.m., and so on from day to day until all the complaints shall have been heard. Dated thia 18th day of February, 1902. LAWRENCE W. NUNNS, C.M.C 19-2 02 4t In the matter of the Trusties axd Executors. ���������aud��������� 1st the.matter or the Estate of ' Stafford McKelvet, deceased, All Persons having claims or demands <_-agaiust the Estate, 'of Stafford Mo- Kelvey, deoeaaed, are required to file with the undersigned particulars of their claims duly verified before March 15th, 1902. TTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that after Jj the said date the Exeoutrix will proceed to distribute tho Estate having regard ouly to the claims of which .she shall then have had notioe and she will not be .liable for the prooeeds of the estate or any part thereof, so distributed, to any porson of whose claim such, Exeoutrix shall Hot\haye had notice at the time of the distribution thereof. Dated at Victoria, B.C., Feb. 3rd, 1902. - ROBERTSON & ROBERTSON, Solicitors for Exucutrix. 12-2-02 4t> Hand Made Single ...HARNESS... $15, $20 and $25 for Rubber Trimmed. Factory Harness'$10, $12 * $18 ^(.^Repairing Neatly Done while you wait. W. WILL ARD. sll- TRANSFER NOTICE. I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that I will apply at the next sitting of:, the License Commissioners of Cumberland for a Transfer of License for the Waverly Hotel from John Richardson, late of ' said hotel, to myself. \, SAML. SHORE. (Sgd) JOHN RICHARDSON., 12-2 02 4t V .."������������������-.'.. ���������V WANTED All kinds plain sewing. Work promptly attended to. Apply . to MISS OLSEN, at Mr_ R Grant'I
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Title | The Cumberland News |
Alternate Title | [The News]; [The Weekly News] |
Publisher | Cumberland, B.C. : Walter Birnie Anderson |
Date Issued | 1902-03-12 |
Description | The Cumberland News was published in Cumberland, in the Comox Valley region of Vancouver Island, and ran from April 1899 to July 1916. Published by Walter Birnie Anderson, the News served the communities of Cumberland, Courtenay, and Comox Valley, and was eventually absorbed by another Cumberland-based paper, the Islander. |
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Notes | Print Run: 1897-1915 Frequency: Weekly. Titled "The Weekly News" from 1897-01-05 to 1898-08-09 and on 1899-04-01 "The News" from 1899-08-13 to 1899-03-21 "The Cumberland News" from 1899-04-08 until end of publication. |
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