Q. A. McBai.i & Co Real Estate Brokers NO. .25. G. A. McBilh I. Co. /t Real Estate Brokers 7, <^ Nanaimo, B. C. UNION, COMOX DISTRICT 1UESDAY, -\PKIL2, Gash! Gash! C/\Sfl JS OTIG 1 WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD. Hut cannot sell coons at cost on credit; consequently on and after April ist 1 will no business on the CASH SYSTEM, anii mv prices ark: Punt American ComI Oil IMU por curt "" -9'oa perri��i H . ���,-nrian Flour $5.00 p-r bb', BPfll Portland flour I4.-.5 " - CtLfuriila Canned Fruit IV ' llumt llct*.. I.on.ion Lnjer lUiiim. .. ties, ttveaktam, ll*eoa 13 ct*��. rurrnnU - t lba. fr tt eit Vancouver (iranilRied Sugar - i ol rhinosc $���) .Ml wr 100 lb��. flrlfjht Yellow Pugar-- not Chinese- |1 25 per ICO It* Pom mm or TaintiU-ei tOe-ms for fl.oi Hot. out quotation* un NaiJa wlion *(oa whu'. any. C57"N'o Skimping in Weights and Mwsiires^SI at the OTJO^BER'L^LlSrD STOBB. JAMES Mi KIM, Union,B.C.Mar.20,1895. 1 *��� New Enyland Restaurant O. H. Fechner, Prop'r. Meals At All Hours -A.T THE ���NEW DINING HALL- P.-ices:-10c. 15c and 25c. . 21 Meals for $500. JOE OREAM ZFj^iR-LOR/S ���Union, U^~ Soda Water, Candies, Stationery and Books. FRUIT Ja. SPECIALTY. "WE HATE ITO FAlSTCHr BU*P 8 EVKRVTHING IS COT RIGHT IIOWN TO THE SPOT CASH SYSTEM OUR STOCK of CENERAI. MERCHANDISE is COMPLETE wmm Bargains Bargains! Bargains! We are -his week offering SPECIAL BARGAINS in Flannelettes, Prints, Ginghams, Mats, Cars, Gent's Fur NisiiiNiis, Boots and Shoes. 1 1] \ji i J Vi tr* \ ii ARETNEBESt TRYTHEMI Call and get our prices of Gtuc. <���*, .,;etils, s in lhe- IJisirict fur atcil Skki.tON Shirt M.inufacl'y. Fill tills! �� l>lr ,l*^*Sr.|c Ageti'ls'ln lliorfJisfrict for ty tilt/18, LU. -j-yrhc Cdclirati JVIcphee & Wooye u^Tioirsr & cottr-tetsta-sv b. o. TBOACCOS imported and Domestic Cigars. Briar and Meerschaum Good?. Tho Above Stores Adjoin, Wiiere Everything of tbe Beet in their B-eSpective lines will be found. A. IP. Mclntyre. Prop. Union Mines Furniture Store. A Full Line of Everything Including Curtains, Carpets and Kugs, and our Celebrated woven wire WE will aond you br nail for ��, oanta o poroaa plaalor. ar aix f��rfl.2a rorrclidf of pain, ia back or cjie.t. Addre.il C.II.Bow.a, druvKl.t. '"7 Johnaou et,, Victoria. B.C. FOR SALE. 270 acres of land at Oyster River. To be sold cheaply. Apply to Win. Duncan 12j-6-1 Sanduick 1'. 0., II. C, IiraSIDE BAKERY ! t��**STEKA*f, B. C. We supply the best of Bread, Pies and Cakes and deliver at the Bay Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays andatUnion every week day. Wedding Cakes a Specialty. KRXWAJID & PHOTKra, Theobald Orakis 1*. O. I 01 ,51. House, Sign' and Ornamental Painters Wall paper kept in stock Sole Agents lor White Enamel and Gold Signs. Ia prate ipa.lmeiit wc keep ���eooid Hard Fireare UNDERTAKING DEPARTMENT. Drs Lawrence & Westwood. Physicians and Surgeons. Tj-rsrio-tr, b. c. foiirteiiay mill tlio tiny will be vlalto,! oven Wi.iiio.da)' atti-moon for tlio purpoao of con- inlutlon, I'at'ortt. at ft di.tanro will rocoivo oarly attention on r.reipt of telopbone raunatli). W'e conduct every branch of th e Undertaking Business including Embalming, and keep all necessa ry supplies mmsmm CO-tTTH,Ji.CTOES AHD *BTJ-IL"-3*BH.S Grant & Mc Grey or Thos, C. Morgan None but the best qu ..ity ai d m st fashionable goods kept in stock Fashionable Tailor William's Block, TJNTO***, B. C. "Spaps"at Leisef's. A word ti the wise is sufficient EVENING SCHOOL. REGULAR PHICB Prises 3NAPpedln 2. SNAP No. 1. looo yds. Floor Oil Cloth 50 cts. pr yd. 2. 200 Gents Heavy Grey Flannel Shirts $1.50 3. Six doz. Ladies Fine Blouses(6 colors) 85 cts 4. 200 pr Men's F'cy Tweed Cassimere Pants $4.00 6. 1000 yds Flanellettes 7 yds for $1 6. 200 yds Shelf Oil Cloth 15 cts pr yd. 7. 100 Boy's Suits $5. 8. balance of Grey Flannel ������ 8 Yards for the Dollar 9. All Furniture now jn to be cleared AT COST 10. 50 gross Spool Cotton SALR PRICE 35cts.(3 yd 85 cts 60 CIS $3.15 12 yds for$i. 6 cts pr yd $.V5<- $.) ! Open (0 young men anil women, Al| j th.it care and experience can do for the young people. Special terms for five monili course. For further particulars apply to Hox 145, 1). Md). Hunter, Union. Teacher. 50 cts pr doz 35 cisdoz~*3tioz$! "SNAPS' FOE o*r*-r*Ej Sipiop Leiser. BARB OPPORTUNITY. The fine hotel property known as the Courienay Mouse, with *d| convenient nut-buildings, is now for sale on eaay terms. The hotel is perhaps the best constructed building for the purpose tn the district, comparatively new. fa now doing a good paying business, and is admirably situated at the junction of the Union road with thc H ty und Se- tlemcnt roads, in the thriving village of Courtenay--the heait of Coniox settlement and the gateway to Ut.ion mines Satisfactory reasons given for sellim*. For further particulars enquire of Rob ert Graham, the proprietor, on the premises. IN POLIOE COVET. March 25.~C.eo. Mitchell charged with drunkenness and being disorderly. Fined $10 and costs, or Iwo months in jail. March 28.���M. Fitxgertld, charged wuh drunkenness and disdnrderty conduct Plead guilty and let off with payment of coats���$o cents. MASQUERADE BALL. The pnze masquerade ball passed off successfully, Cen.iin'v tin.incull) it did well. The number of masqueradtrs was a-, great as comfort would allow, while ilic * isimrs were largely in excess nf the s ating capacity. The music, by Professor l-.epernnd Mt* D. June-*, wa* ol course excellent. Mr. Wilks as man- a.erw.t.*,, without hcii-K obtrusive, at every point where and when needed, suffered nothing *n Injti *<*u* rendered things smooth and enjoyable. There were a number of quite notice* able rnsflimc , some, as until on such occasion- gintc-qne from their medly charailerai.d the waul ofhnrmm**. The hom*- m .dt* ".iff-irs" were the best. The hum u. form divine, in its breadth, height and shortness alway*; looks nnm-tng in inas-.jiier.iclmg outfit. Here was tlie verv short, tlie very tall, btit striiuge to sa>, theie was wanting the very stout- the most laughter provoking of all forms. In .-rdinarv attire wc try to remedy our cuppo,ed defects but masquers usually exagerate their physical pcculiaritcs. It was so here. There was nut exhibited much of ihe dramatic Instinct of manner which adds so much to an appropriately gull-in up costume. There was variety ���from the red devil 10��� an angel. Whether either was nuc to the original charm ter we confess to a want of acquaint nnce sufficient to enablu us to determine. Belore unmiiskin-: the committee cor- si ting of VV. J. Jenkins l-ton McDonald, J iim llrvden, Ml-*. M. Kim, and Mrs. uichard Short awarded the prizes as follows: Miss H. McLellnn, isi prize of a dreis pan m, vilued a $to, offered y Si mo ; Leisor fnr best Mislained femi. e t.ha .cter. She was drcrued in pink, and represenftd a banes, girl, wear rg ni.we up and emblems in keeping wr.h the i:hitracter���pretty and effective. Miss Eliza Hughes, 2nd prize���a basl et ol uerfume bv K. Plmbury & Co Sin represented to perfection .1 Chinese lady Miss Rosa Mellado, 1st prize, pair of dancing slippers by J. McKm. Char- actt-r���an Iri-Ii washerwoman, vers good. Mrs. \V. Sharp, 2ml prize, a silver hair pin, by A. Autakcr. Character: A Klootchman���prizt: desorved. James Davidson, isi pi ize, a pair of pants value of $10 by K Dunn fur best sustained male character, lie appeared as a marine officer. Walter Whvte, 2nd prize, a dressing tabic by Grant & McGregor, value $7 Ile made a cupjinl **a..<���.������ Fred Hilbert, ist priz**, foi in *st original male character, s.Ik *��� est, value $7 bv T. C. Morgan. Hi- make up as a clown was verv perfect. Dave EnniS, 2nd prize, a fancy lamp bj Mel'hee & Moure. I lis m-ikc up was that ofa painter and attracted much attention. Among those who did not receive prizes but favorable mention were tbe two flower girls, the girls in blue, a school girl with ber boiiks, who only required a skip pipe to have merited a prize. As il was many would have voted her one, and some of ihe gentlemen in military dress, onc of whom it is said would have been .1 prize taker but for the faci lha: he unmasked ton quickly, that is, before tbe prizes weie awarded. The supper was provided bv Mrs Pi Let at the Cumberland hotel, and although bui 50 (.cuts was charged, it was fully up lo thejiigh standard alwajs of tered there. Uy request, the masquerade ball will be i-*-*-ti-ii at l'iket'** ball Wednesda*, April 3rd. CEMETERY FUND. Cash subscribtions received so far arc as follows: Sam Davis, $10; Simon Leiser, $5: W. Gleason, $5; \V. \< iv, Jii Dr. Lav - rence, $5; L Mounce '5: J. McKim Si Sons; $2,50; A. C. Fuil.-n, $2. E. I'iinbu rv & Cn. 2.50; O. 11. Fechner, $2; T. D. McLean, $2; W. F. Lawson, $!; K. Sau ser,$it ti. II Sloii,$i; ihos. Horn, $1 Cash. $2 This list will be kept standing until the canvass is closed, and will be added to as subscriptions are received. Help along tbe good work. ANNOUNCEMENT. To thc Electors of the Vancouver Island District Gentlemen:- At the request o( a large number of thc Liberal Conservative e'ec* lor-i from the different parts of this Dis tuci, I again hereby announce nnsrlf as a candidate in thc interests of the Liberal Conservative party at the coming election. Y.iurs very respectfully Nan.iimo.lU'., March l8lll, (895. A. Haslam. A NOTABLE PAIR. Every one has bis h >bhy we suppose. The hobby of K. P. Edwards is a tine breed ol fowls. J s. now he affects Partridge Cochins. His hennery is at the foot of Femwond Hi ights. Being in that neigh bun rhood we took a look at them. A notable looking pair soon came oui of their snuggery into the liltle open y.ird. No wonder lhey looked vain. I bey were stately beauties. They wrre of the bluest of blue blood; no plebian taint about them. The male member linked every inch a king, and needed no trinkets to show hit station; his mate walked a queen. Even chickens are born hitn higher or lowlier conditions. Eggs Of this royal strain ran be obtained of Mr. Edwards. BIRTH. I-RITCHARD.��� At Comox. March toth to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Pntchard", twin sons. Tbtjitile oues are doing well. DEATH. PritchaiUi��� \t Com-M, March 31st, Mrs. ). A, I'ntrhaid. Funeral April I from residence 10 Presbyterian cemetery) DRAMATIC COMPANY FROM NANAIMO. There were two entertainments given last week at Piket's hall by a Nanaimo amateur troupe. ' luy uere fair amateurs, but poorly patronizd, The weather was bad, and the young ladies and t-cnilc met. who compose the troupe- very estimable people were sadly handle ipped by a Mr. McNtcoll, who acted as|asortflf advance agert. He brought up uithhim a few handbills printed id Nanaimo for the occasion, put up a few here and there, rented a hail, and rested on liis valorous oars. Having borrowed a copy of the ni.ws he discovered an item to the effect tbat nut-tide amateurs wen not a drawing card In Union. This was an inno- >f necessary business, Including the elec- lion of directors. J. II. McLean, Secretary. UNION SHIPPING. March 26th ihc lug Vancouver with scow took 154 tons ol wash coal for the electric tramway. March 29th the tug Tepic left wiih 203 tans wash nut coal and :i; t*>ns of Co- mox coal for the C. P. K al Vancouver. The whaleback is over due. The San Mateo will he due next Saturday. The Mineola wilt soon be off' the drv ���lock. pRESHVTEItlAN CHUBC'M ��� Services ntxt Sabbath, Kev. I). Mclntyre. Morn ing subject ''Gethseinanr" Evening, '.Striking thoughts about a man's life." Preparatory service on Friday eve' 7.30. Sacrament ofthe Lord's Supper will be dispensed at tbe morning service; The lumber is in part on the lot nf Ed. Woods, Third St, for his new housd, M Goxs, on Friday fit his foot crushed under the carriage at lhe saw milt. No bones broken. $2.00 PER YEAR LOCALS. Next Sunday will be Palm Snndav. Remember Leiser's sale lasl�� one week only. Finest fishing tackle ever sees in Union at McKim's. New novels, plain and fancy stationery at Plmbury's. Did you see McPhee and Meore's new stock of Wall Papei ? Get our prices on nails before pure Ins* ing,���-Simon Leiser. Partridge Cochin eggs -or sale at $2.50 per setting of 13-K. P. Edwards. L Wi Fauquier is prepared lo do all kinds of conv y .n< ing. Choice fresh Koll Butter 60 cents per roll at McPhee & Moore's. Our blouses and children's head wear have arrived. Simon Leiser. During the month of March S���.72 inches of rain fell, and 3 iuches of snow. D. R. Young is clearing off his lot on Penrith Av. near Second St., preparatory to building. About 23,000 ions of coat were shipped from Union in March, not including wash coal. Spring medicines for cleansing the system and blood at Plmbury's drug store. Judge Harrison has given judgement canceling the license issued to Dickson and Co. If you want some cheap residence lots <*r business lot, be-t location in the town, call on L. W. Fauquier. Wilson's Addition to Hoydvitlc has been laid out und already two new cottag ce are being erected. Joe Wilson got his foot badly bruised by the falling of an iron bar at No. 5 shaft. It is now doing well. The lumber is going on ta two lot- oil Penrith Ave., east of Third, which means two additional houses there. Fishing rods, reels, files, and bas* kets all new at Plmbury's drug and book store. FOR sai.k���Cheap for cash, a good Karn organ. Enquire of T. D. McLean, jeweler, Union. A large stock of Hardware to arrive next week at MVPhcc & Moore's. For one week only I will sell 5 pr arcl*-: socks for $1; reguhr price 3 for $1. For Sale���Some valuable lots in Ctmx berlind townsite. Enquire of Jas. Abrams. Supper and entertainment at Presbyterian bazaar in Reading R mm hall tonight, [Tuesday] only 25 cents. For choice pies, cakes, wedding cake., party or social refreshments, call on Ken ward & Prockter the Couitenay bakers. Homes on Easy Terms, $150.00 to J200.00 down, balance on monthly payments. See Mr. Young, at Cumberland Fo el. Tod much monev goes outside. We should deal with each other as far as pos sible and as a ���community be self sustaining. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Anderson of thc Bay have moved up to Union and taken possession of their new home on Third Street. Preparations are being quietly made for an entertainment in aid of the Read- , ing Room. It will be a little out of the usual order consisting of glees, living pictures, and a light comedy or farce. Ii is said that a company of Lips marched into the Monte Carlo of China town one evening recently for thc purpose of doing them up in the usi-al game play cd there, but ihe wily heathen proved an overmatch for them.' When it comes 10, the "sleeve business" John is hard to beat. We understand the idea of playing Ten Nights in a Mar Room as a church benefit has been abandoned. One night would be a little too much for many. In stead, Ro��e Garland, or thc Fanner's Daughter will be presented���a drama in fouract*=, with a moral���light and full nf humor. The policeman has secured of Gram and McGregor their undertaking room as a temporary lockup. It beats nothing all to pieces. True, it's rather of a gruesome place; but it's not often a dead Chinaman and a dead drunk white man will occupy it in company, and then the Chinaman will have the worst of it. Mr. James Bruce, who rented the rtnch of J. \V. McKenzie, where he has lived for thc last year or more, has sold off hi'. effects and left fur foreign parts. It is said creditors are in mourning. That lie might not suffer the fate of others and be soon forgotten, he left as a sort of le-iac**, a notable specimen of his handwriting which is attracting a good deal of alter. lion. At a mccling ofthe Union Presbyten an Church held on Wednesday evening, the tender of 1). C. McDnnald, contract or of Union for the erection of a church was accepted. Building operations wiil begin when suitable weather sets in. The lot is now being cleared. The build ing is expected to be completed and ready for service in the month of July, and will be a handsome structure. In advertising it is nol enough to lei people know that you keep a store, or that a cenam entertainment is to take place, but continuous attention must br attracted to the matter, and interest etched. That of course costs money but it is the least of the expenses. What foil*, for instance to hire a halt for $10, a piano for $5, musicians for $15 to $20. incur other expenses of as much more, and then spend a dollar or two to get a crowd there! We had the pleasure of mec.ng Mr Simon Leiser last week. He had just re- turned from his trip east and was, 11 usu-l, full nf business. An enquiry elicited the fact that he had purchased over $100,000 worth of general merchandi**r for his Union and Wellington branches, and that every dollar of it was bouglu either from first hands or factories at low est cash prices, and of course his custom ers will get the hthefii. Mr. Leiser ha*. about half a million dollars invested in British Columbia, and has by his enterprise, energy and business fngaclty won a place in the Ytry first wifcof cotnmet- tb*.. circles, . '*���- ,** v .. UNDER A CLOUD, A THRILLING TALE OF HUMAN LIFE. CHAPTER XXXVII, | BUS TO KAItTH. "What the dickens doea tt all mean!" thought Guest wondering'yt ua he followed into Stratton'a chambers, with a strange feeling of expectancy exciting him. Some- hiii-; waa going to happen, he felt aure, and that something would be connected with liia friend. And now he began to regret bitterly having urged on the quest, It hid hail the effect of rousing Stratton for the moment, but he looked horrible now, and Gueat aaked himaelf again, what did it mean? The Bergeant looked sharply round Stratton's room, and noted where the chamber lay; but hia attention waa at once riveted upon the fireplace with its two doora, and be walked to the one on the right, seized the handle, and tnund it faat. "Yes," he suid, "been open once, (doicd, I ahould aay, for many years." "Want it "iii-miil, pardner ?" said hia companion. "Not that one,"aaid the sergeant meaning- lytand he went to the door on the luft,Stratton watching hitn fixedly the while, and (iueat, in turn, watching hia friend, with a sense of aome great trouble looming over nim, as he wondered what waa about to happen. "Hah 1 yea," aaid tho sergeant, who began to ahow no little excitement now; "fellow door sealed up, too." Guest atarted nnd glanced quickly at his friend, who remained drawn up, silent and stern, as a man would look who waa sub* mitting to a scrutiny to which he haa ob jected. The sergeant shook the door, but it was perfectly faat, and tho handle immovable " Some time aince there waa a way through here," he Baid confidently ; and, as ho spoke, Gueat again gazed at Strat* ' ton, and thought of how ahort a time it waa aince he had been in the habit of going * to that closet to fetch out Boda water, spirits, and cigars. What did it mean? What could it mean, ftnd why did not Strattton epeak out and ���ay : " The cloaet belongs to thia Bide of the suite." But no ; he waa ailent and rigid, while the aenae of a coming calamity loomed broader to mingle with a cloud of regrets. Ue waa tryin; to think out somo means of retiring from the scrutiny, aa tho sergeant turned to hia companion and Baid a few worda in a low tone���worda which Gueat felt certain meant ordera to forco open the cloaet door, which, for some reason, Stratton had fastened up when the Bergeant spoke out: "Now, gentlemen, please, wo'll go back ��� he other chambers. Guest drew a deep breath, full of relief, for the tension waB, for the moment, at an end. He followed with Stratton, whose eyea now met hia ; and there waa auch a look of helpleasneaa and despair in the gaze that Guest caught his friend'a arm, " What iB it, old fellow?" he whiapered but thero was no reply, and, after closing the door, they followed into Brettison's room, where the aergeant stood ready for them with his companion. Aa they enterod, the man closed the doer ���ndSlid sharply : " You're right, gentlemen ; there haa been foul play." A cold Bweat burat out over Quest's brow, and hia hair began to cling to his temple?. He once more glanced at Strat* ton, but he did not move a muscle ; merely j stood listening, aa if surprised at the man'a Assertion. 11 There have alwaya been two cupboards here, made out of theae two old pasaagea, ���nd thia ouo haa been lately fastened up." '��� No, no," said Stratton, in a low, deep tone. ������ What, Bir ! Look here," cried the man, ftnd he shook one of the great panels low down in the door, und tho other higher. " What do you say to that ? Both those have been out quite lately." Stratton bent forward, looking startled, rmd then stepped close up to the door, to s-ie for himaelf if the man was correct. The lower panel waa certainly loose, and oould be shaken about a quarter ot en inch eaoh way, but that aeemed to be ull ; and looking relieved he drew back. " Nonaenau !" he saitl. " Absurd !" Guest looked at him sharply, for the Voice seemed to be that ofa ntraugor. ������ Not very absurd, sir," replied the sergeant. " This door was made two or three hundred years ago, I should aay, and the old oak ia shrunken und worm-eaten. I eould eaaily shove that panel out, but there's no need. Here, .Tern, try and open the lock the regular way," Stratton'a lipa parted, but he said no word; and, as ihc second man strode up to ths door with his tools, the sergeant went on: " X thought it was ,\ mare's nest, ��ir, and even now 1 don't like tospeak too fast ; but it looks to me as it the poor gentleman had been rohl>cd und murdered, and whoever did it has hidden the body in here." A curioua cry escaped from Stratton's lipa, and ho gazed fiercely at the officer. " That's it, air," said lho man. " It's a startler for you, I know, living so close, bub I'm afrahl it's true. Well, Jem, what do you make of .t t" Gueat looked us if he had rocelved a mental blow, an Idea after Idea flatbed through his mind. Stratton'a manner suggested it���hia acta of lata, thu disappearance of Brettison on tho wedding day, the largo sum of money on the table, the mad horror and despair of the man ever since���-itimiBt he so ; and ho felt that here waa the real key to all hia friend's atrango behavior. He wiped tho cold moiature Irom hia brow, and stared at Stratton, but hia friond waa atanding rigid and dc-tcrmined, watching the actions of tho two men, and Guoal had hard work to supproaa a (-roan, aa he felt that his companion would owo to him the discovery aud the punishment that would follow. Just then Stratton turned and saw that he was being watched - but, as if all attempts at concealment weru hopeless, he smiled faintly ut his friond and than turned ftway. The workman had not mado any reply, and tne aergeant spoke again us a largo picklock waa i brunt into tho keyhole again and again, ������ Rusted up?" "Ay, and eaten away ; thore hasn't been a key used in that lock in our time,pardner. But stop a minute; mure ways oi killing a cab than hanging of her. Lot's have a look." He began to examine the edge of tho door, and thon turned sharply round. *' Look here," ha naid ; anil thon taking bold of the antique door knob, he lifted it and the whole of iho front bar of rail came away���a piece of narrow wood aix feet long. " Split away from the tenons," he Baid j and the aergnant uttered an ejaculotion.Tull of eager satist action, "There, gentleman," he aaid, pointing. *��� One���two���three���four bright new screws. What do you s*y now V There they were plain enough, ctoae to the door frame, aud (iueat uttered a low sigh as he supported himaelf by the back of ft chair. Out with 'em, .lorn."cried the sergeant' exeitedly, and, a Urge screw-driver being produced from the tool bag, the screws were attacked, and turned eaaily, the man rapidly withdrawing them uud laying them one by one ou tlie mantel shelf. " They haven't been in very long," ho muttered, raising one to his nose, " Been rubbed iu paratliu candle, I should say." He began turning another, while the sergeant gave Quest the lantern to hold while he went and picked up ihe piece of candle they hud found at first. " Not all teeth inark-i, gentlemen," he said ; " the candle wa? used to ease those screws." ��� There was a pause then, for the man waB at work an thc Utit screw, uud aa he turned, Uucat arrived at the course hu should pur sue. Stratton was Ignoring tbe fact that the closet belonged to his room ; ha muat for hia own sake, do the same. He could not give evidence ftgalnst his friend ; f there it wan plain enough now, and if Stratton had been guilty ol BrettUon'i death, he was being bitterly punished for but I his crime. The last screw fell nn (be lbm, and wus picked up and placed with the others. Then the man stood with hla scrcw*driver in hia hand. Prize it open '." he aaid. Tho aergeant nodjed, and un forcing tho edge of the screw-driver iu t he crack between tbo inner half of the bar and the jamb, it acted as a lever, and thu dour *��� iv* with a faint creak but aa soon aa it was a couple of inches open the man drew buck. " Your job now," he said. The aergeant stepped forward; Stratton stood firm, as if carved in stone,and (iueat closed his eyes, feeling sick, and aa if the room was turning round, till a sharp ejaculation mado him open bis eyes again to see that the sergeant had entered with bia lantern, and wub making it play over the panels of tho inner side of the farther door. "'J hat's the obi door leading into the place. I suppose, sir ?" ho mud. " i'es," Guest started again, the voice sounded so strange, but he wus gaining courage, for there was tbe familiar dark bathroom, viewed from the other end, with the cigar box on the shelf olose to the door in company with the spirit aland. Beneath tha shelf there were three large tour-gallon tins, which were unfamiliar, and suggested petroleum or crystal oil; there was a mackintosh hung on a peg, looking very suggestive ; an alpenatook in a corner, with a salmon and trout rod. Guest saw all this at a glance, and his spirits rose, for there was no ghastly scene upon which to gaze. Then his spirits sank to zero again, for there was the oblong of the inclosed bath occupying the left of the long,narrow place, and only just leaving room for anyone to pass. He shuddered, and at that moment the Bergeant took bold of the edge of the mahogany lid to raise it, but without snocesa. " Fast," muttered the latter; and he held thu light to tho glistening French-polished mahogany cover, lookinj- from place to plane. " Here you are, Jem," he said, in a low tone; " four more screws, and only just pub The other man uttered a low growl, and entered with hiB screw-driver; moistened hia handa and the tool creaked on thn top of a screw, and then entered the cross slit with a loud simp. The noxt miuute the first screw was being withdrawn. " Pretty badly put in," aaid the man. " Didn't have a carpenter here." He worked away, making tho old place vibrate a little with his elForts, and to Guesb the whole busiucss was horribly suggestive of taking olf the lid from a coffin ; but he was firmer now, as he stood behind Strat* ton, who drew a deep breath, now and then like a heavy sigh, but neither stirred from his position by tbe iloor they had entered, nor spoke. All at once there wus a sharp rap on the lid of tho bulb, which acted like a sounding* board, and the mun ut work started back in alarm. " All right, Jem," said tho sergeant * " you jarred il down from tho shelf/ As ho * [tol-.* he snatched up what he evidently looketl upon us evidence ; for it was a large gimlet, evidently quito new, and its loug spiral glistened in the light of the lantern. " Thought Homebody throwed it," growl ed the man, as he resumed his tusk of withdrawing tha screws till the lust was out, and placed closo to lho bath, on the floor. " Sure that's all ?" saitl tho sergeant. The man run his fingers along tho edge of the bath lid, uttered a grunt, and drew back towards the door by which he had entered. " Lift up tho 1H, man���lift up the lid," Baid thcscTgcaut, directing the lantern ao that the grain of tho newdooking wood glistened and seemed full of golden and ruddy brown depths nf shallow, among which tho light seemed to play, " Do you hear ?" he said. " Lift up bhe lid." The man made no answer, but ran his hand nver hismoist forehead,and still back ed towards thc door, where Stratton and Guest were standing. Then, us they drow aside to lot hint pass: " Precious hot in there," ho growled. " Look here, Join," said tha sargeant " don't leave a fellow in tho lurch. Come on." Thus adjured the man turned back and held out his hand. "lb ain't my work," he said in a bourse whisper; "I've dono my bit. Hub I'll hold the light for you, If you liko." The sergeant passed the lantern to his companion, who took it, uud so reversed Its poaition, the lays from lhe buH'a-eye being directed toward the sergeant, and, consequently, Stratton and Guest were ill tho shadow, out ol which tho latter peered forward with bis heart beating violently, and as ho leaned forward he touched Stratton'a arm. Ho shuddered and shrunk buck, being conscious that Strutton grusped therouson, for a low sigb escaped mm] but ho did not stir, and, in Spite of his feeling of ropulsion, Guest felt compelled lo press forward again to witness the horror about to bu unveiled. *' Turn the light mom down," whispered the sergeant; uud, in spile of the low tone In which they were uttered, tha words Bounded loudly in Guest's ears. "Nowfor it," muttered tho ollicer ; and as if forcing himself to act, ho flung up tho bath lid so thut it, struck against thc panelled sjdo of lhe place with a sharp rap, and set free a quantity of loose plaster and brickwork to fall behind the wainsoot with a peculiar, rustling sound that sent a shudder through the lookers on. CHAPTER XXXVIII. THK BLIND I.HAD. Aa that horrible, rmitling sound behind tho wainsoot was heard, the two hardened men in the old passage shrunk awuy tn tlooi end end, while a coldnw*mt bedewed Quest's face, and his breath felt labored. Then there wus a reaction. Old memories (Unit- el through his brain, ami lie seized Strut- ton's arm. "Old friends," he mntterrd "I enn't forsake him now," The arm ho gripped felt rigid anil cold, but Strutton made no movement, no sign, and that moment the- saw ihe Bergeunt Hash the light down into too surcophugus- like receptacle; for thanks to tho manufacturers, our baths are made us BUggeative of a man's last resting-place as they can be designed, Thore was utter silence then for a mo* ment. Then iho sergeant uttered a low Whistle and exclaimed: f "Well, lam blessed!" "Aint he there?" said the workman, from the door. "Come and look, Jem." Jem went in slowly, looked down in the bath, which was lit up by the rays from the lantern, and then uttered a low, chuckling sound, while Guest tried to make out the meaning of the atrange expression, dimly seen, on hia friend'a face. For Stratton'a eyea showed white circles about the irises, as he uow leaned forward to gaze iuto the bath. Guest waa tho last to look into the white ouameled vessel, one third full of what seemed to be water, but from the peculiar odor which rose from the aurface, evidently was not. Stratton was silent ; and in the Btrange exultation he fait un seeing that all the horrora he hud imagined were vain and empty, GueBt shouted *. "Bah! What coc't-and-bull stories you policemen hatch I" The sergeant, who had been regularly takeu aback, recovered himeelf at this, "Come, Bir," he cried; "I like that. You como to us aud aay your friend'a missing, and you think that he ia lying dead in his chambers." " Well," aaid Gueat, with a forced laugh, us ne glanced uneuaily at Stratton; "it did look suspicious, and you worked it all up so theatrically that 1 waa a little impressed." "Theatrical ! Improaaetl, air 1 Why, it was all as real to me ; and 1 say again your friend ought to bo lying there. What do you aay, Jem?" " I'ert'uly." " Hut he ia not," Baid Guesb sharply ; and ib has all heen a false alarm, you see, and I'm vary, very glad." "That's spernts, aure enough, sir," aaid the man, dipping hia finger in bhe bath a^uiii. " Open that there lantern, pard- ner." The aergeant obeyed, and Ida companion thrust io hia finger, for it to be enveloped directly with a bluish flame. " Mind what you're doing," aaid the aergeant hastily, "or we shall have the whole place a-tire." " All right, pardnor. Sperrita it is, and, I should aay, come in them cans." He gave one ol thc great tins a tap with hia toe, and it Bent forth a dull, metallic sound. "Very likely," said Guest. "Our friend is a naturalist, and uses spirits to preserve things in." "Look ye here," said the workman oracularly, and he worked one hand about as he apoke. "I don't purfeas to know no more than what's my trade, which ia locks aod odd jobs o' thab sort. My pardner here'll tell you, genu, that I'll face anything from a tup'ny padlock up to a strong room or a patent safe; but I've got a thought here as may be a bright, un, or only a nit of a man'a nat'ral tog, Vou want to find this gent don't you?" "Yes," aaid Guest; and the tone of that 'yes" suggested plainly enough, "no," "What have you got in that wooden head ol yours now, Jem?" growled the sergeant. Wait a minute, my lad, and you'll hear." There's no occasion for us to stop here," Baid Guest hurriedly. 'On'y a minute, air, and then I'll screw down tho lid. What I wanted to aay, gents, is; haven't we found the party after all ?" What!" cried Guest. ** Where?" Here, air, 1 don't understand sperrits ���beer's my line; but what I say is: mayn't the pent be in there, after all, in slooshun���melted away in the sperrits, like a lump o'sugar in a man'a tea? Household. A Swinging Writing Table. The illustration shows a convenient attachment for thoae who use a chair aome* timea for writing and sometimes for reading oi* other purposes. The construction iB very plainly shown in the drawing. It ouly remains to be aaid that tho whole affair may be of home manufacture, except the iron work, which ought tobe within the powers of even an ordinary blacksmith. Tha little rail on top ia of brass, pus-dug through brass supports which can be had at hardware stores. Planning Work. Women, to whom the management ol the household and their own timea and seasons of work are committed, are nob forced into systematic, punctual habits aa early or as certainly. Tho housekeeper whose breakfast is late falls back on the charity those who are ready to exouae her. The boy who ia late to the bank or workshop cannot plead in excuse bhab breakfaBt waa late. He knowa no excuse will be received and plana to take a hastily '-picked up' meal rather than riak the displeasure of hia employer and poaaible fine. The man who ia in business for himself knowa that every moment's delay after hia office houra means a loss of custom and business prestige. The fault has been sometimes fouud that "woman's work was never done," leaving the inference that it could not be done. This is not true of the work of the average woman. A vast number of household workcra, bath mistresses and maids, " work best when the sun ia in the weat," A few wo- men and a tew men are bo overworked that they cannot lie down to reat ab night without feeling the preaaure of the cares yet undone because there waa no time to accom- pliah all. The vast majority of women who drudge late into the night do so because they have ignored the lawB of punctuality, or, in short, in colloquial phrase, their work is " ahead of them." a lump o' sugar I "No, he mayn't," said the sergeant, closing the lid with a bang. " Don't you take no notice of him, gentlemen; he's handled screws till he's a reg'lar screw himaelf." Butwhab I say is���" Hold your row, and don't make a fool of yourself, mate. Geb your work done, and then go home and try experiments with a pinto' paraffin and a rat." The man utterd a growl, and attacked the bath lid angrily, screwing it down aa thc light waa held for him, and bhen going with the others into thesittingroom, where he aoon restore! the old door to its former state, there being no sign, when he had finished, of ita having been touched. Then, after a glance round, with Bret- bison's portrait atill seeming to watch them intently, thu outer door was cloaed, and the little party returned to Stratton's chambers, whero certain coins were paaBed from hand to hand, evidently to the great satisfaction of tha two men, for Jem began to chuckle and shake his head. "Well" said the sergeant; "what now?" "I waa thinking, pardner, about baths." "Yes, eir, I'm going; bub there's your gents as goea and breaks the he in the Serpentine, and them as goes bo be cooked in a hoven, and ahambooed ; and you pull your strings and haa ib in showers, and your hob waters and cold waters; bub this genb aeeins bo have liked hia stronger than anyone I ever knowed afore. I say pardner that's having your lotion, and no shum," " Pooh 1" said the sergeant. " Look here," Baid Guest quickly, and ho slipped anobher sovereign into the Ber* gcunt's hand, " thia has all been a foolish mistake. I was too hasty." "Only did your duty, sir," replied the man. " It was quite right, and I'm glad, for all concerned, that it waa a mistake." " You understand, then ; we don't want ib bo bo talked about in the inn, or���or��� anywhere, in fact," "Don't you be afraid about that, Bir," aaid the man quietly. " I don't wonder at you. It did look suspicious, but that's all right, Bir. Good night, gentlemen both. Aud he closed both doors ; and then, wibh a peculiar sensation of shrinking, turned to faoe Stratton whero he stood by the fireplace. (to uk CONTINUED,) Paper Hosiery. Paper gloves and hosiery are named aa among tlie very latest novelties. Stockings which Bell at threo cents ft pair are proposed. In fact the rxporimont of making paper stockings has been going on tor several months, and the party engaged therein believes that pa [ier mittuns or gloves would possess advantages in their season. The goods arc light and airy and vury comfortable in summer. When finished aud dyed their appearance is similar tu ordinary fabric goods. The knitting ia from paper varus. Tho paper yams are made pretty muoh after the plan of making common paper twines, except that the former are put through certain Bpecial processes. The principle is that of making a aort of a nap on the yarns. Thia is done automatically. Ordinary paper twine or yarn is too smooth, bub a gaod giggmg up gives bhe yarn a nap, and tli s imparts softness. After the knit- ting I .-' heen done the goods are placed in i iizh .' bath mud'* from potato starch and ���.alio,,, ffhii Ii i ipar's solidity and durability to tho texture. With paper passenger car wheels, paper water paila, why not paper socks and stockings ? Pro se That Came Too Late. A sermon In itself waB preached lately in a story told by a well-t-uown Bishop. It seems that a number i f clergymen were present to bear test! mod J .���*** the life and influence of a departed colleague. One after another rose iu their places to tell what lhey owed to his genius, his high spirit, unswerving loyalty to duly, splendid courage, rare scholarship, >nd philosophic inflight, Tho testimony waa -ione. At the door, all the time,there stood a slender woman, who had been during hiB life nearest to him of whom they spoke. " I never ahall forget her face���bhe passion of ib and the pathos of it���nor the power, tender but reproachful, with which she Bpoke when at length we were still. ' Oh, If you\loyed Kdward so, why .didn't you tell him*f It | while he lived!" / Embroidered Handkerchiefs. It is now the correob thing to put the fine needle work which used bo be expended upon dollies, centre pieces, and other table a:cesBories, upon dainty pocket bandk* ichiefs. Tlie finest square of hem Btitche.l lawn ia strewn with tiny rosebuds or violets or forgot-me-note, done in the natural colors, and so exquisitely finished that there is no right or wrong side to the handkerchief. Of course, if a girl'a name is Rose, she will carry none but rose em* hroidered handkerchiefs, if her name is Violet, the shy little purple blossom will peep out of her pocket or from under her belt, if ahe doean't happen to have a flower name, she chooses a bbssom whose name begins with tbe initial letter of her own, aa pansy or pink for Pauline, forget- me-not for Frances, and migonetto for Mary. Washing Silk Waists- Wash ailk waists do not always wash well because of ignorance of tho proper way of laundering them. Adda teaspoonful of borax to some lukewarm water an-j enough nice white soap to make a weak auda. Rub through ihe handa carefully ; instead of wringing draw tho ailk through the tightly clasped hand. If all the dirt has not been taken out, wash again; then rinae in several waters to which havu been added a pinch of borax or ah,. If dozen drops of ammonia, Uo not let ttie silk become quite day before ironing ; then use a moderately hob iron, as a very hob one will scorch the silk. About Buying Needles. It la a habib of almoab all seamstresses bo buy needles by the assorted package* "from 5 to 10" being the accepted ordor, The consequence is that most work baskets are half full of opened and partially used cases wherein bhe "10," which are finer than needed for ordinary sowing, are left alone. A more sensible plan would seem to be to buy generally 7s, 8s and perhaps !(.- as they are wanted. The coarsest and the finest needles are very rarely required. A Holder for Spent Matches. A spent match holder may be made by lining eighb inches square of Gray Java canvass with white writing paper. Fold and sew the edges together. This makea a Httlo boat. Edgo the top with blue quilled ribbon,and hang by narrow ribbons. A tinsmith will make for a fow ceuts a tin lining if desired. Some Hints. Prick potatoes before baking. Dry spongecake is good toasted. Try the heat of the oven with a piece ol paper. Ralso the flour barrel a few inches from tho floor. Into a rat hole stuff a rag saturated with cayenne pepper solution. To clean nickel on stoves use soda web with ammonia. Apply with an old tooth brush and rub wilh a woolen oloth. The rose oollar la the newest thing in fancy neck adornments. It is made of artificial pink rosea sewed closely on a pink silk cape about eight inches deep, A ruche of pink crepe stands up around the neck and falls in stole ends to the waist in front. LiBterine is something that ought to find a place on the toilet table of every thoroughly clean woman. A teaspoonful of it in the water with which you brush your teeth will cleanse the mouth, teeth and throat, correct aoidity and render the breath sweet and agreeable. Horrid mud spatters will appear, no matter how high one holds one's skirts. To let the mud dry and then brush it off is the best way to do with woolen dresses, but something more is necessary for ailk. Mud atatna Bilk, and the only way to remove tho spots ia to brush tho goods j thoroughly and sponge with alcohol. Suet, Indian or any fruit pudding may be kept for a long time and whon wanted lor use placed in a steamer over a kettle of boiling water for a short time, aud will be even better than when freshly made, Do not let it stand in the steamer to become water soaked. If a clean dish towel be folded and placed over the top of the steamer before putting on the cover, It will prevont the moisture dropping down on the food. And, by the way, there is no better way of reheating food of any kind, thao steaming, if properly done. If a jar of beans is baited once a week, it will be found a good thing to hive on hand. Warming over only improves them, and if one wishes a saUd, chop some of the beans with a raw onion or two, dresa with vinegar, melted butter, pepper and salt if necessary. Slices of 'he pork which was baked with tbe heauB may he served with the salad. NICOTINE BLINDNESS. A Diaeaae Tliat Prevail-. Amuuji Tobacco Smoker--, *��� Did you ever hear of tobacco blindness ?" eaid a doctor. " It is something we meet with quite freely, yet not so much aB one would suppose, when the great consumption of tobacco is considered. Yet there are many who are on the threshold of tobacco blindness who have, or may not have, an experience with tbe diaeaae. " For, in tobacco poisoning, like that produced by other drugs, the system can resist the influence of tho invader up to a certain point, when thu smallest further dose of tho poison will produce the aame ay in jit nun- aa the taking of a larger dose wonld. Thus, in the case of many people, the mere smoking of ��� pipe or two more a day would produce in them all bhe advauced symptoms of tobacco poisoning. So it ia that doctors make it imperative in auch cases that the smoking habit muat be dropped entirety. To amoke moderately will not do. You canuot afford to take tho chances of giving the ayatem thab libble bib moro of nicotine which would cause bhe case to be serious. " Tobacco blindness can, fortunately, be cured, With the smoking habit abolished, plenty of outdoor exercise, a good nerve tonic, which would assist in the purification of the blood as well aa toning up the general system, and abatentation from alcoholic beverages, there iano reason why tobacco blindness cannot be cured. Alcohol, drunk in any of ita forms, is liable to produce tobacco blindness in a fairly heavy smoker. " Hub the strangest part of it all is that a person does not have to smoke tobacco to become atllicted with tobacco blindness. In fact, one of the most obstinate cases I ever had waa that of a waiter in a city cafe. He waa a nonamoker and a total abstainer, yet he came to me with tobacco blindness fully developed, caused by being compelled to work all day in the atmosphere of tobacco smoke, breathing the ?oiaoned air polluted by 30 or 40 smokers, t ia a wonder why more of the disease does oot develop when this is considered. But, fortunately, nature is more kind to us than we are to ourselves, so ahe gives ua strength to throw off many evils io which we are carelessly exposed." Cold In the Head and How to Cure It. One of tho most unpleasant and dangerous maladies that alllicts Canadians at thia season is cold in the head. Unpleasant, because of the dull, heavy headache, inflamed nostrils and other disagreeable symptoms accompanying it; and dangerous, because if neglected, it develops into catarrh, with ita disagreeable hawking and spitting, foul breath, frequent loss of tasto and smell, and in many cases ultimately developing into consumption. Nasal Halm is the only remedy yet discovered that will instantly relieve cold in the hoad and cure in a few applications, while its faithful uae will effectually eradicate the worst case of catarrh, (-'apt. D. H. Lyon, president et the C. P. R. Car Ferry, Pieacott, Ont., aays:���-"I used Nasal Halm for a prolonged case of cold in the head. Two applications affected a cure in twenty-four hours. 1 would not take $100 for my bottle of Nasal Balm if 1 could not replace it," Sold by all dealer? or sent by mail postpaid at 40 centa per bottle, by addressing G. T. Fulford & Co., Brockville, Onb. THE BARBER'S STORY. Long Hours and Constant Standing Brought on Kidney Trouble. Forced to ami Work and Feared Thnt Me Weald Have te Drop Hla Tride Uow He art Last Found a Core. From the Stratford Beacon. Among the residents of Stratford there is probably none better known or moro highly respected than Mr, James E..Smith, the Ontario street tooaorial artist. Mr. Smith is also well known in Torouto.in which city he worked for aeveral yeara in a Yonge street barbershop. To a reporter of tl-e Beacon,who jb acustomer of hia,the affable barber recently told of hia recovery trom a late very severe illness. He had, he aaid, for aome yeara been attlioted with a weak back, so much so that ut timea if he atoop. ed he could not regain an upright position unassisted, and as for liftiug anything that was out of the question. "For yeara," to use Mr, Smith's own words, "1 could uot carry a scuttle-full of coal." Ha hud, bo the physicians whom he consulted told him, disease of the kidneys, but they failed to cure him. Ho grew weak at length and rapidly lost flesh. Quito frequently he would be obliged to give up work for a week and take bo hia bed. He loat his appetite, waa pale at,d ao unnerved that he could not possibly hope to continue longer at hia trade. -'Customers of tbe barber shop," he remarked, "do not care to ba shaved by a man whose hand trembles." He hail boen in bed some time undergoing treatment when one morning his wife said to him, " Jim, I've got a new medicine I want you to try." It waa Dr. Williams' Pink Pills ahe had. Ho objected to more medicine as invalids will do, but at length as sensible men usually are, he waa guided by hia wife. " But mind you" he said, " I had no faith in the pills; I only took them to please my wife. It was fortunate hs did so, for ho was soon back at work and after taking several boxea of the medicine was stronger than he had been for several years. Within two months after beginning to take Pink Pills he felt line a new man and had gained over twenty pounds in weight. There ia certainly no healthier looking man in the city to-day thnn Mr. Smith. Since his restoration to health by I Dr. Williams- Pink Pills he has recom- mended the remedy to many of hia friends and has yet to hear of a case where the remedy faithfully tried was found wanting. In cases like that of Mr. Smith, Pink Pills furnish a speedy and effective cure, as indeed they do in all oases dependent upon a poor or watery oondition ot the blood or impaired nervous forces, Dr. Williama' Pink Pills cure when other medicines fail. Sold by all dealera or sent by mail postpaid at 50 cents a box or six boxes for 92.50, by addressing the Dr. Williams Medioine Co., Brockville, Ont., or Schenectady, N.Y. 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Manufactured by OAN. CKAR CO. living L needs 9 PV you Want See our Catalogue or write us . . All enquiries answered. The Steele, Briggs, Marcon Seed Co. (Mention Ihis paper) TOKOMO, Noto���All enterprising nun-liaris in every Iowa in Canada sell our sefdl. Get thom sure or hciuI illi-cct to us. B ��� HI J1 It's no because" I'm Scotch but you canna smoke a better Cigar than "ROB ROY," Thej cost 5c. bui I get sax of them for a quarter.,. ��* -. .. ������.in ToMgeo to., M��n*ai��u FOB TWENTY-FIVE YEARS DUNN'S BAKINC POWDER THECOOK'S BEST FRIEND LARGEST SALE IN CANADA. Great North Western Telegraph Company OF (MX.tlM. Dtreot and oxoluslvo connection with tho pfHoosof the Western Union 'i'oloffrnph Com. buny in ItiL'UniU'il .���"nate-* a.ni Oi-iailn, (ovor 11,000 in nuiulierl; also llmnu-h Cuinlliin Ter- ���I ory. with tho An��to-Amoric*in, Ulroot rind American ciViI-h to Eliropa nod co'iulrlo-* beyond; ami direct roniic*lion with -Mill*'*- to IVoHt. Imlio-i. Central America, South America Hid Hui-mui!i, HamU. KNITTIIiG^eH��yNE 3NLY )10 ASKV3UI i SEWHQ MACHIHE A6EMT FORIT, ORSENDA3CEHTSTAMP ran PARTICULARS. PRICE LIST, SAMPLES. CQTTOHYARK.iie. GEORGETOWN; ONT.* ���WHAT IS��� Dr. Laviolette's Syrup of Turpentine? TURPENTINE Is a volatile ensonco oxtrnot* ed from the health Kivin** pine tree. Its etlcctH when uaod us n lotion or liniment ara woll known, hul. tliou-rh Inn; recognised as fiO-n-eKied of wmnli'iful lit'.ilii..: -nonet'Iion, its oo stimulating notion on tho digestive organs end kidneys hnsprovonlod iu mo as an internal remedy. Uow to propnrolt. ronderlng it Hafoitml easy (o lake AS a mudtpino, whilo xt111 preserving lis curative principles, has beon a puzzle lo i*li minis for general lorn, ThU chot.ilcal enigma Iiim at lata lieen tmlved by Ur. I.aviiilfiin itfuir nu'iierou-i experiments nnd an oxporloneo ot *.'.-> yoar*' aa upracllcal chomK. Ho luiri t-uc-.-oi.-dud In eompoiinding a syrup Whoseaotlvo prinelpto ii turnentinc, with all il-* curative and health giving proportion iniaei, but wilh iU irritating oll'ccts neutralized and removed. Ily the uso of Du. 1-avioi.kttk's Stiiup or Tuui-k.ntin]*: [hocauH'Mif the malady U from tho first attacked. No nareoiicd or poison*} entorlnto IIS composition, iti:-; an safe for the -youngoitchild ni for tlio robust nnd healthy man. Ir,doea not drug lho patient nnd trust to nature for a cure.hni tho wonderful healing balm of tho tiirpontlno Ih earriod In tho blood Hood's Pills oure constipation by restoe I'^tbe peristaltic action ol the alimentary catui G.DUTHIE&SONS Blate, Shoot Metal, Tlio ft Gravol Roofers Sheet Metal Cetlimts. Terra Cotta Tilo. Hod, Black and Green Roiling Satu, Metal Cor- Blce��, Pelt, T.ir, Hoofing Pitch, Kio. Quttera, ownplpcs, &<\, supplied the trado, Tolophoua 1930, Adelaide ft Wtdmor fits, Toronto. right to tho sore spot which it at onco soothes and a permanent euro is tho result. BHWARH.���Sinno the groat succossof Ph. LAViOtBrraa Bvnup or Tuiu-kntink many unscrupulous persons olfor for sale, or preparo forihairown use, a concoction of syrup and raw f-nlrltf* of turpentine, whioh dangerous imitation thoy palm otT ns " l'io same" or "Just as Rood." Itomenilaii* it lias taken Dr. Laviolottn many yours of labor lo discover the secret of reiiderinu' tin-pent ine harmless lo tho human Byslnin. Ho i- tlm onlv -por.-on In ses'lnn of Ihis groat fi"��� " dangerous Imitations, genuine Hit, LiVIOLBT PENTINK. Office and Laboratory, 332 ft 234 8T. PAUL ST., MONTRML, irpenllno harmless lo tho * U thn only rer-oa In pos. I i ficerot. thoroforo avoid s. Oct iinthin; but tbo J .BTrE'a Bvrnjp ob* Tun- 1 TO PUBLISHERS! The Wilson Publishing Co'y, TORONTO, CANADA) Printers of New**pnpor Outaldes and Ti.rdden. Tho Dent Printed ami Newsiest in Canad.i, BavcB50nerci'ut. to Publisher, Facilities Un. surpassed for all kinds of Newspaper Printing, Write for Prices and Tornis. GRANBY RUBBER^ Better thii wwon th-a ever. Ever*>b Ever** dealer *ellt them. They we��r like! / ^J^UJLTIJRAI,_ Convenient Feed Rack for Sheep. The usual method of leading sheep has a number of ditad vantages. When fed from the floor adjacent to their pen, the lambs are quite sure to be found Walking all over the hay and grain, and making themselves generally at home in tho uttermost parts of the barn. The sheep, moreover, wear oil' tlm wool from their necks and disfigure themselves wheu feeding through openings in the side of their pen. Where the fodder is thrown down from the lloor above the pen an arrangement such as ii shown in the II.VNiilM! I'KKI) HACK. illustration may bo lound serviceable. It is a hanging rack with slats all around it, and made narrow at the bottom so that the flock can reach evon the last spear of hay. There will be no crowding with auch an arrangement. Tho food will not ba soiled, and the pen oan lie kept closed so that the lambs cannot escape from jt. Kven when tho fodder is not thrown down from the floor above such a rack may be hung near tho side of the pen, and the hay thrown over iuto it from lhe feeding floor, giving much mora feeding space to the flock than would a rack nailed against the side of the pen. One Value of Rotation. A student of lirat causes would doubtless find that many things whicli are now engrafted as ptrts of our most common agricultural practice, owe their origin to an observance of the ways of nature. In the rotation of crops we but follow nature in her habitual methods as Thoreau long ago pointed out,when nn oak forest is cut away the earth ia speedily reclcthed with pines; clover, if left to itself, will Boon die out and grasses take its place. Experimentation has shown thata soil may be ao barren of certain elements of plant food that some one orop wilt mako but the slightest growth This would lead one who knew nothing of the constituents of tiie soil, how varied they are.and how different are the require- * ments of different plants, to exclaim that the soil itself was barren. But the intelligent farmer knows thii is not true, and he varies the uses to which he puts the land, bringing into play, iu successive seasons, its most varied capabilities. This necessity of rotation, in order to make the cultivation of the land continuously profitable, is ao well understood that wo noed hardly dwell upon it here. But there is one result from rotati n, perhaps as valuable as that of bringing out tho different food elemeuts, that is not so well known. Tho destruction of crops with the consequent loss to farmers from fungous diseases appears to be increasing each year. It would bo dillicult to mention a crop that had not its especial enemy of this kind, which either lays it waste wholly iu certain secsona or keepa up a Blighter, but continuous attack upon it, depreciating thn value of every harvest. Potato acab, and rot, tho smut of oats, tho rust of wheat, mildews and blights are among tho thinga we speak of. These diseases aro propagated by minute seeds or grains, called spores; many of which havo tho curious property of not being ablo to exist upou other than the plants which it particularly affects. Thus while the spores will remain in a certain field, awaiting and ready to attack the crop as soon as it shall be planted again, if another crop is substituted the spores perish because they have not that upon which they can subsist. If deprived of their proper fond for a whole year, most of those spores will peris).; although it has been ascertained that the germs of certain plant diseases have the power to retain their vitality for i wo or more seasons. This characteristic, of fastening ouly upon tho certain crop, indicates very clearly the value of a rotation where fields have become thus infested, if the rotation jb thorough, antl if seed of the diseased crops are not jod. and if tho crops themselves are not fed, and the manure resulting therefrom returned to tho land; it fa comparatively easy to hold them in check. It is mainly because of negligence, and iguor- aueoof their characteristics, that they are allowed to Bpread, and to bocome so formidable. It is important to know lhat the spores are not destroyed hy passing through the digestive organs ol cattle, and therofore manure which could possibly contain them had better bn burned rather than used to further contaminate the soil. Certain ot the states have recognized that the discuses of fruit .rues aud plants could be held in check to some degree by proper methods of preventing spread and contagion, and have legislated to that ell'ect. While too much agricultural legislation is to be avoided, we think likoattention might properly bo given the matter as alleating general farm crops. Tainted Butter. In the fall and winter slightly tainted butter is vory common hi tho market, and makers oan not be ton particular in keep lug thelf stock perfct:tly frco 'mm all faulty flavor. The butler that is ouly slighi ly taint* ed often causes tho greatest loss to the m iker. This butter may be otherwise first-class, and if sold on tho market at onco might he marked as prime or fancy, says E.P, Smith. But a slight taint develops rapidly, and by the timo tho butter reaches tht market there ia a faulty II ivor sullicient to mark tho butter as second or third c'u-n*. This causes too great a loss to be endured with equanimity, and yet buttor must be sold upon its merits. There is other butter at thia time of thc year that is so distinctly out of flavor thm one must conclude lhat the manufacture! knew wha he was doing. He intended io save in feeding and make inferior butler, and l.e gota ouly the price that all fault-*, butter brings There is no sympathy with such manufacturers, for they are steadily injuring the reputation of American butter both at home and abroad. Most or the trouble comes direct frum fcoding. Every one fa trying to economize iti feeding at ihis time of the year. Frost) feed is the most prolific cause of slighii) defective butler. Tho taint allows Itsoll early and develops rapidly, deteriorating tho butter so that it cannot endure storage very long. Creameries for aelf protection must insiat upon farmers feeding only good feed to their cows. A little independent investigation would soon weed out the farmers who feed any and every thing to then cows from those who are particular to teed md "fodder. In this way tho right Vuller the loss,and not the helples* ^or lhe innocent creameries. ��� many other things besidesdefec- tat cause trouble in the butter, lie way in which the cream is handled in cold weather. Some dairymen think that the cold weather will keep the cream all right without any special care on their part. In the summer time they know deterioration is rapid,and tbey have to use cold storage and the best methods for aerating the milk. But frequently in the fall and winter no attention is paid to aerating or cooling the milk, and it ia simply poured into the deep delivery cans over night and left there until morning. The milk is affected in this way and the butter is inferior. The milk and cream must be kept sweat, pure, and clean in winter ob well as in summer. If more attention waa paid to winter keeping of cream and milk, aod better feed given to the cows,we would have less defective and faulty-flavored butter in the market. AGRICULTURE IN BRITAIN. ���Ureal (biiii-*.*-�� Have Token Place hi Ike Laat Firiren Year**. In referring to the resumption of its sittings by the Royal commission appointed to enquire into the agricultural depression prevailing in Great Britain, the London Timea remarks that profound changes have taken place in the oondition of agriculture in the United Kingdom since the last Royal commission waa appointed fif* teen years ago. In 1 s,~*(i there were 4,21ft,* 651 acres under cultivation with wheat in (ireat Britain, and the average price por quarter was .-ill shillings, but sinco that period the area devoted to this crop has steadily been reduced. In 1*7-1 it wns 3 050,400 acres, and last year only 1,012,* 7 I'd acres were devoted to the growing of wheat, while the price has fallen to 21 shillings per quarter. These figures reflect the desperate condition of agriculture in Britain. Taking the whole agricultural land of Great Britain thofollowiug changes are found to have occurred during the last fifteen years:��� 1803-4. 1379*80. Acres. Acrea. Corn crops 7,755,858 8,930,468 Green crops 3,293,837 3,515-485 Grass land 16,478,818 14,206,841 In the fit teen years the are!*, devoted to grain has decreased 1,175,112 acres, that devoted to roots aud green crops haB decreased 221,818 acros, while the area of permanent grass land has increased 2,181 077 acres, As the Times remarks, the most striking figures are those which records an increase of upwarda of two million acres in the area of permanent grans land (permanent pasture, or grans not broken up in rotation). More than half of the entire cultivated area of Great Britain ia now occupied by -permanent pasture, though there are the strongest ground for the suggestion that much of the lands��� fiarticularly in parts of England���which las been described as "out of cultivation" really lies hidden amongst the 16J million acres denoted as permanent pasture. A SOLDIER'S RECKLESS DISCIPLINE A Rut*-Inn Cflptnln Prilled a Soldier While the Mulh-U Hal iml Itomi.l Tbem. At Sebastopol, during tbe siege, a Captain Samoiloir, wishing some wine, ordered an ollicer to send a man after it. The man, a young soldier, took the money und started to do the errand. Just then, however, a French battery had concentrated its lire upon the very spot whero the young man must go outside the works. He stopped, aad then turned back. "I wouldn't go out there for the world I'' he said. The oflicer, of course, reported tho act of disobedience to the captain. The captain, in a rage, ordered tho man into his presence, aud demanded why ho had uot obeyed his captain's order. "I beg you to pardon me, captain, but I waB terribly afraid." Afraid I" cried the captain. " Afraid! A Russian soldier afraid ! Wait a minute. I will drive the fear out of you. Como with me." Tho oaptain led tho way to the rampart, mounted it, and there, with tho bullets raining round him, begin putting the man through Bome military exercises. The lookers-on in the fort held their breath. If a hat was put on a bayonet ami lifledabovo tho walls, the bullets came that way ou tho instant, Nnt many seconds elapsed befote a bullet struck the captain in the arm. Uu did not wince, but kept on with the drill, while tho blood dripped down his hand to the wall. Next a bullet went through tho tail of the soldiers' coat, and another through his knapsack. Then suddenly thc tiring ceased. The soldier besged for grace, end promised to go wherever he waa sent. Still tho captain continued his drill. When he thought the ksson had been learned, or, perhaps, when hia arm grew too painful,ha dismissed the soldier and went himself to the sun-eon and had his wound dressed. The French explained afterward that they ceased firing out of sheer ustonishmant at the sight of the two men exposing themselves bo recklessly. "If they had been English instead of French," concludes tho Russian officer who tells the story, ami who evidently has a prejudice against John Bull, "they would have killed our brave captain past a doubt," Pitifully Humorous. Some Lien's wives are too much like ���oaves, beings whoso duty it is to ho contented with pleuty of hard work antl something lass than a plenty of hoard and clothes. Suoh a case seems to have been brought to light in southern Indiana, under circumstances half-pathetic, halMiuiiiorua An aged couple who had lived snugly for many years, Bold their farm for sixteen thousand dollars, In due courae the put* chaser called with a notary to close up the business, The notary had prepared adeeil, which the farmer signed, and passed to his wife, w hose signature also was necessary. To the surprise of all concerned, the woman refused to put her namo lo the document. "1 have lived on this farm for fifty years," ���the said, " and I'm not going to sign nway my rights unless I get something out of it that I can call iny own." The husband reasoned with her ; the notary did likewise. She was immovable. 1'he purchaser grew nervous. Thero was no telling how unreasonable lu r demands might he, and he was eager to get the farm. " How much will you take to sign the deed 7" he inquired. The woman hesitated. Finally sho bi id : "Well, I think I ought to have two dollars." , The man handed her the amount, and she signed the papers. Then she turned the ailver dollars over ami over, jingling one against the other, and chuckling over her good fortune. "Well, well," she saitl, "thia is the first money I ever had lo iny life to spend to suit myself.' A Hard-Hearted Public Tom Tramper���Timea an't wot tliey used to be. Pete Plodder���You're right there. Things has got ao now thet yeh can't git a night's lodgin' in a convertible jail cnless yeh rob a house, an' that's too much like work, lEOYAL VISITING CARDS, GREAT QUANTITIES OF TBEM USED FOR SOCIAL ATTENTIONS. 6oeuo,ooo,ooo Matte Every Year-How the Whim of \ a pulton III. Established a lutioiu for the Entire Uvilltcd World. Visiting cards to the number of 60,000,' 000,000 are annually put into circulation by the people of the world according to the atatement of a statistician. He also Bays that the pro rata consumption by individuals is greatest among crowned beads and royalty generally. The popular notion of Princes is that they travel about with so much pomp and circumstantiality as to prelude the necessi. ty of carrying printed pasteboards. But thu statistician bases his figures on the very best sources���royalty's copper-plate printers. Paris has had the monopoly of supplying the monurchs uf thu world with visiting cards over since they became a social necessity under ths Second Kmpiro, Of j tbe specimens of visiting cards if royal and j aristocratic personages accompanying thia ��� articlo, all except thc Kaiser's are tho work of A (IIU'AT I'AKIH HOtJSB. Willi .din's unwieldy pasteboard is a Berlin production, done by litography, and about fifty years behind the times in all but the paper used. "Lithography," said a leading stationer, "was first employed in the making of visiting cards whon, after the coup d'etat, Na* poleau ordered pasteboards that contained his Christian name only. Things were all in a rush than,and his newly baked Majesty refused to wait for the slow engraving process. When it leaked out that the head of the state, the most talked of man in Kurope, used lithographed cards, the thinga becamo in vogue. Thua an enormous industry wis due to a clever man'a intent- ness to see himself in print, royal stylo without any appellation as to rank���plain ���Napoleon', neither more ncr less." Tho use of the Christian name only is a prerogative which kings and emperors share with servants. The other day a royalist in Paris showed a correspondent a visiting card inscribed "Philippe" under a crowu. Ten thousand of that aort were ordered by the Duke of Orleans bofore his father's body waa cold. The candidate for the throne intended to appeal to his supporters, or those wham he would like to win over to tho oamo of the lily bauner,by mailing them his visiting card. * inuable children have, with us, visiting cards bb indispensable aocal requisites. The visiting card without words, so much ia use in all circles of Parisian society, is really A CARD O? IS'VITATIOX. It contains the name of the host and the date for which the invitation is issued, and if it ia for a dinner a gorgeously appointed table io one corner will proclaim tbat fact. Nymphs aud amoretiessignify thatinform- (.1 dancing, in the country house, is to take place. A group of trees with Chineae lanterns fastened to the branches foreshadows a garden festival, while a four-horse mail- coach announces an excursion. Invitation cards to picnics are decorated witii an empty dinner basket. Attempts to timl a suitable substitute for cardboard have been unsucessful. Some time ago in Paris it waa pronounced the fashionable thing to carry sheet.too cards so thin that forty of them, placed one upon another, mado a package one millimetre io height. The letters wero stamped in and enamelled. Aluminum card* have also been thought of, Tbe visiting card of the Kmperor of Austria reads: " Francois Joseph I., Empereur d'Autriche, Koi de Huugrie." This is in the very worst of taste, according to Knglish notions, which strictly prohibit the us.* of the Christian name in connection with one's title. British society has used somo sort of visiting card for nearly two hundred years. The early Knglish cards were used exclusively by great statesmen and peers as a uieana of notifying the people of less quality lhat their visit would be acceptable. The party issuing the invitation wrote his name on the top of a card and that of the party he desired to see at the bottom, Tho c tiler "sent in his name'1 to the great lord by handing the footman the card of invitation he had received. Card writing continued in Kngland until the coup d'etat in Paris brought about a revolution in tho matter of visiting cards generally. The earliest means of notifying a person of an unsuccessful visit paid to him waB to WHITS OSK'S NAME WITII CHALK on the door. In the houses of the great lords a visitors' book was kept, where callers registered their names if the host was "oot iu," but as in those good old timea chirography was not a gentleman's necessary accomplishment the thing had its disadvantages. Finally aome swart old squiro conceived the idea of having his name inscribed on email sheets of paper by hia clerk and leaving them at the door of patrons nho were unable or unwilling to receive him, Tho custom was at once followed and spread all over Kurope. The Chinese claim they used visiting cards as far back as the time of Confucius. In Corea visiting cards are a foot square The Bavagea of Dahomey announce their visits tu each other by a wooden board or the branch of a tree artistically carved. This is sent ahead,and the visitoron taking PAYING POSTAL REFORMS. HOW TO SWELL THE REVENUE OF THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. The Emperors of Germany and Austria on their visiting cards follow a German imstom and print, part of their title. According to fashion a dictum their visiting cards should either read "Wilhelm" and "Franz Joseph,"reBpectively,or "Deutscher Kaiser" aud "Kaiser von Oeterreich." THE PRINCE OK WALKS, almost moat correct in matters of etiquette, has two BortB of cards, one reading "Albert Kdward," the other " Le Prince deGallos," tlio French term being more often used in royal circles than the other. French being tho universal language of royalty, all mon- archs have their visiting cards for general use inscribed in the Gallic tongue. Some Princes uso cards which give their name and title in the native language, but iu must cases that ia done fora purpose. "Tho" in front of a royal or princely title denotes that tho person is a sovereign, oi- at least the head of his family. In Kngland it is employed in addressing a peer, for instance, " The Kight Honorable." O.ily ono Kiiglishman of non-royal rank makes bold use to the prefix. "The "on Iub visiting card, and this reads " The Duke of Argyll." His sou's and his daughter-in- law's cards, nn the oiher hand, read: " Marquis of Lome" aud " Tho Princess Louise, The extraordinary consumption of visiting cards ly royally is occasioned by ita kinship to huudiotls uud thousands of persons, many of whom llieir big brothers antl sisters would not know even by name, save for thu Almauach do < Jot Im. Aa it Is, their majesties' and highnesses' secretaries are busy year in and year out mailing cards all over the civilized world,denoting "regrets," " congratulations " or "leave-taking." The adjutants and ladies-in-waiting respectively a'so ine a largo atock of cards weekly, "repaying visits" by distinguished foreigners to their masters and mistresses. Thoy drive up to tho hotel of the party to be honored, jump out, deposit the pasteboard with au attendant ami c-utinuo on their tour. NAFOT-KON'fl VISITING CARD was two and a third inches long and a half aB broad. Tlieex-prjntcr to tho Tuileries still has a sample, which he intends to present to tho National Museum. It retains up to this day ita white ami glossy coat, which waa due to a reckless tincture of arsenic. Theso arsenic-impregnated cards, it was thought at the time, caused a good deal ot sickness. Mthogrophy gavo way to copperplate engraving with the arrival of the Kmpreas Eugenie. Whilo many peopls of quality used cards printed from copper plate long before the blonde beauty was ever thought of aa fashion's dictator, the custom was not generally adopted. Somo f. ergons preferred to writo their own cards nr have them inscribed by a noted caligraphist. Kngravod cards on other than glessy boards wero first used in Paris at tho beginning of the seventies, and anon afterwards the job printers began to turn our visiting cards of a cheap und nasty kind fnr clerks, students and factory girls. Bristol cardboard, which admits of the uso of pen or pencil, waB nn anhiovoment of lho ucasi'ii of I H7.s. A year or two later it became the fashion to decorate one's visiting card with ouo's portrait, Since 1930 fash- leave pockets his card, which probably serves him many years. Tho natives of Sumatra also have a visitine* card consisting of a piece of wood ubout a foot long and decorated with a hunch of straw and a knife. Uncomfortable Resemblance. An activo member of the London detective force narrates an amusing adventure, which shows that the cleverest of men are liable to err when nature sets herself to outwit them. I was instructed to arrest a certain man, with whose appearance I felt myself to be perfectly familiar, and I kept a keen lookout for my customer. The very next day I "spotted" him on an omnibus in the Strand, pursued the vehicle, aud having satisfied myself by a closer look, took him away to the station, he all tho while protesting that I hail made a mistake, I had. Ho turned out to be a respectable gentleman, with a most peculiar and uufortunato likeness to tbe " wanted" man. I was much disappointed ; nut only had I missed the party I wanted, but J had bungled the job, I waa yet in my detective novitiate, and I got pretty severely snubbed by my ohief. Tha very next day, while walking down a street,���iu Islington thia time,���I slopped and rubbed my eyes. Here wss my man coming, dressed tutally unlike the stranger of yesterday. 1 tapped him on the arm. He turned round ami exclaimed, " Vou, Is it'; " and I informed him ot my businesa. Kntering a cab, wo went lo the atation, not another work passing between us. To my amazement and disgust, he again turned out to be the wrong man, tho ono I had arrested the day before 1 "Why did you uot explain?" I asked, somewhat excitedly. 'Sir I" be thundered, "from my ex perience of you yesterday, 1 came to the conclusion you were no gentleman ;" and larting a withering glunco ut me, he dis appeared. An Affectionate Mother. Tho most alloc lion ate mother I e vor knew said Col. Goslington, and I believe a'l mo* (hers are affectionate, Is the wife of my young nephew, Claude Goslington. When their young child was sick its mother took its medicine for it. It was some sort of bitter medicine, and when it came time to take it the child said : "I can't lake that's nasty I" "Well, 'oo needn't take it, Regie- mamma will take it for 'oo," Aud she did, and thereafter at the appointed times alio took Regie's medicine lor him regularly. Regie got well, notwithstanding that he didn't get hia mediclno ; hut what child could stay long sick wilh such a mother as that ? Evidently Mistaken. Father���Nowadays it coats more to men 1 shoes than to Imv new ones. Daughter���-Vou must be mistaken. Why do you think so ? If it dispatched shoes would be fashion able. Iucrease lu ibe Rf am ber of Sew 4M1I,--. Since Con red r ration ��� Itriitt-1 ration Fee I* Too Hticb-Thr trarrln-*t> of I'urrt-li lu Hit- ltrlil-.li l'oil OIHi'f Tiu* Rrllisll 1'osial tinier Ina tin* ti t'onvf nlrnrt--��� So In llu- Trlrxraph Money Order gj'ftein. The operations of the Dominion post- oflice for 1893 resulted in a dead loss of $047,606. In 1808, the first year of Con- federation, it only amounted to $28,850. Though the revenue has steadily increased, rom $1,024,710 In 1568, to $3,098,062 in 1893, the expenditure has also steadily increased in a still greater ratio, writes a .Montreal correspondent. Applying the increase of both to population, we fin 1 that while tho revenue has only increased from thirty to seventy-four cents per head, the expenditure bos increased from thirty- one to eighty-eight cents per hoad. To tho loss must be added a portion, at least, o the subsidies paid to mail steamship.*!, $418,830 Thia ia a heavy drain upon the resources of a young country, and suggests the enquiry whether anything can be done to augment the revenue,fur there is Ilttlo hope that the expenditure can be seriously tli minished, owing to the incessant demand for new offices, and nmre frequent mails The increase iu the number of new ���.-like since confederation has been very large, viz., from -3,038 to 8,477, while the number of letters has increased iu a much greater ratio, say from eighteen to 1U(�� inilljoni and post-cards from four millions, iu 1870 to twenty-two millions in 1S'J3, This ia very satisfactory, for nothing affords a moro convincing proof of THE PB00R18S OK A NATION than the number of letters and post-cards passing through its poBt*olIice. While the number passing through tho Canadian post-oflice is larger per head than in France,lJelgium,Holland,Denmark, Russia, Austria, Hungary, Norway, Italy Spain and Portugal, it is yet Ices than one-half the number, per head, carried iu Great Britain, the United States and most of the Australian colonies, and less than in Sweden and Switzerland, Ontario however, ranking far above Quebec. No cun plaint can be made on the score of letter postage, considering the enormous distances travelled,and tbe sparse population ; but the registration fee of five cents is too high ; a lower charge would probably produce more revenue, especially if a small compensation in case of loss were allowed, as in Great Britain. In aome otherreapects.howover, the Dominion post-oflice is behind the age, and far behind the Imperial post-oflice. In the matter of parcels thiB is especially the case. To great diti'.nl.uting centres like Montreal and Toronto this is a matter of the greatest importance. Large houses that might be mentioned must send many thousands of parcels to country districts in the courso of a year, and though the express companies will deliver parcels at moderate rates in towns aud villages where there is a railway station, there ia a vast number of villages where there is a post-oflice but no railway station, or only one whicli is several milea from the village. It ih in tliese latter especially that the post-otlice regulations ua to parcels are found to be so oppressive, IN THR IIRITISH I'OST-OFKICK the carriage of parcels has assumed enormous dimensions. In 1887 the number carried was a little over thirty-two mill* ions; io 1S!H) it had increased to over forty- twomillious,atidin 18114 tofifty-fourtnillions 1 You can send a closed parcel weighing one {round from any post-office in the United kingdom to any other, a maximum distance of about six hundred miles for six cents ; a two pound parcel for nine cents : or a three pound parcel for twelve cents; but in Canada tho charge is twenty-four cents, forty-eight cents, and seventy-two cents respectively. You can send a one pound parcel from Kngland to China for twenty cents ; but for a similar parcel for a distance of only tiliy-seveu milea, our post-ofi'ico charges twenty-four cents 1 It is true that such a parcel, if "open to inspection" is only charged sixteen cents, but people will not send valuables by post "open to inspection," nor Bhould the post-office encourage such a system, for it needlessly tempts their employees. This iB not all. In cities and largo towns the British post-office will send a van, free of charge, to collect parcels from any store supplying not lees than ten at a time, or fifty in a week, and will deliver them at your own door; should the consignee reside at a distance from a post-oflice they will deliver them by a special messenger at only 0 cents per mile, or bya cab it specially paid for. Then in case of Iobb or damage the poBl-oliice witl pay up to $10 ; for a fee of four cents the compensation is in- creased io S25, and bo on to the maximum of $27,0 for a fee of twenty-two centa. No wonder that with all those attractions THE I'AHCKL l'OST has become bo popular. In Canada it is very different ; tor a parcel for whioh the post-office charges forty-eight or seventy- two cents, the express companies charge only twenty-five cents and thus thoy get the cream of tho buaineaa, and, as ia well known, make large profits nut of it. The result is that whereas iu l-i**.7 the Canadian poBt'oflicv carried S-J(),000 parcels, in I si I'll carried only 843,000, a diminution of fifty, eight percent, and, of course, a proportionate loss of revenue. Ita parcel postage indeed seems lo be a relic of the past, wheu the mails were earned by stage,or on horseback, or by hand, ard weight was a matter of importance. Now the post-otfico pays over two million dollars a year for the carriage of mails, chiefly to the great rail* way companies, and they should carry any number of parcels without inconvenienco or extra charge. Ifthe obnoxious condition ret'uirinif parcels to be Ojien to inspection wero abolished, and the present rate of one cent per pound levied on small parcels with a maximum charge of ten up to ono pound and five cents for every extra pound,and thc rato " well advertised," thore ib little doubt that the post-ollica parcel business would soon run up to thi millions, especially if the sin compensation, and the special delivery wero added; ami lhat the revenue in a short timo would ho increased by at least $5fl,f*00 a year. Hut parcels must be delivered as promptly as letters and not detained twenty-four hours as lhey often arc now. The department must run llie risk of a fow letters'boing placod in parcels by dishonorable persous.as tho.British office does. Then the British post-oflice has in recent years inaugurated another greatconvcnience, THE POSTAL ORDKlE. Such orders aro Issued at any post-office in the Kingdom, payable at auy other postotlice at a very email charge, but limited lo twenty shillings ($5) each. They are issued for ono shilling (1*5 cents), at achargo of one cent; up to ten shillings andsixpeuce at a charge ot two cents, and up to Iwunty shillings at a charge ol three cents. Practically, any odd sum cau be remitted. Thc name of thc payee may be inserted by the sender, but it appears that this is often left blank, and thus thoy pass from hand to haud aa remittances, like small bank noteB. Thev are found tobe exceeding!) useful,nut only in nuking small remittances but to travellers. Tliey must, huwever, be | presented fur payment within three months oftbelr iisue. Why should not tbe system i be adopted in Canada? Then, in the money order department another great oonvenfenoe has been established. "Telegraph money orders," are issued between nil head and branch offices, authorised to transact money order but loess. , They are limited lo ttu pounds [501, and I the Commission Is double the ordinary rates; I and in addition, a charge of uiuepence (is cents) ii made for telegraphic advice and [ its repetition. The lender may also send a | telegram for twelve cents. A consessfon, too, is made in the charge for letter rates, when they exceed One ounce in weight. Coder ono ounce, the charge is two cents; under two ounces, however, it is only threo cents ; under four ounce*', four cents; and bo ou, one cent increase for- very two ounce?. Ol course the population is very dense, and the distances comparatively abort, but the great aim is to meet in every possible wu\, THK CoSVK.VIKM'K OK TIIK I 1*111.1'. In the city of Loudon, that is, (.he eastern central district, oi heart, of London, there aro twelve free deliveries daily [ iu oiher diBt.icts within tlneo miles ol the pelt- OtSoO, eleven deliveries, ind iu lhe tut* urlis six deliveries ; and iu all other oltlei .md towns, from two to four. For nu extra fee of four oenta, paid to a railway company, a letter may bu sent by any train, and by au arrangement between the poit-offlce ami the company, the latter will deliver it to the petsoi) to whom it is addresto 1, at their station, or post it at the i;< iresi Liter-box. The result is thai the British pjst-offioe in IS03 4 made a olear profit of over eighteen million dollars, (��:.,740,000sterling). From this, however, must be deducted part or the whole, of a DO tit three and a half million dollars {��72,-1,1.00) paid to the mail steamships aa subsidies. Iu 1st], the first year of Rowland Hili'-ipenny poitage, the profit was only two and a hail million dollars (��300,780), It will ihui be Been thit there is ample room for Improvement in the Canadian poslnl Hy-trill, and it may he hoped that tho government will do its utmost to afford the public every convenience, in doing which it will aurely a id to the revenue. The franking system, too, may well lo abolished. It is said to be much abused ; it was in England. If members of Parliament must be indulged, let them be {iml n fixed sum for postage in addition to their mileage, and then insist on KVKBVTlllNU IIEINd STAMl'KD. Post-office officials, however, arc not always the best judges in bucIi matters. When Rowland Hill first proposed "penny postage," the then Postmaster* Genera I, I Lord Lichfield, said of it in the House of Lords:���"Of ail tho wild,visionary schemes which 1 have ever heard of this in the most extravagant." By olher officials it was denounced "ruinous." and even in 1843, when it had been in operation threo year.*, Colonel Moborley, the Chief Secretary, told a Parliamentary nommitteG :��� "This plan, wo know, will fail Itmustfail/'ana Mr. j Goulhurn, the Chancellor ol th Exchequer, thought so too. The experience of Creat Britain shows that high rates and slow deliveries result in a low revenue ; hul that cheap uniform rales, and rapid delivery will produce large revenue. Since IS.'ID tho inland letter rate has been reduced from a maximum of forty cents io a uniform rate of two cents, am) lhe colonial and foreign letter rate, from a maximum rato of eighty-four cents to a uniform rate of fivo cents ; with the very great advantage of enclosures up to o:ie ounce in the former, and half au ounce in thu latter, without exlra charge, aud with the result that the net, revenue has increased from two and a half to fourteen und a half mil lion dollars a year I Britisn aod Foreign. A New Battleship. A new idea iu battle ships is brilliant in spite of its carrying us a few score yours backward. Mr. Laird Clowes has proposed to tbo British Admiralty that three deckers shall be nude again; and, when wc come to think of it, there is a good deal to be suid for his plan. Mr, Clowes has conceived a 12.000 ton ship, with medium armor ami high speed, in tho three-decker form, to carry 100 guns in the manner of lhe old- time ships, only these guns will he quick firing. Tho quick firing guns nowadays, it must be remembered, go up to six or Bight inches calibre. They ara the heaviest art il* lery of old endowed wilh revolver*like rapidity in shooting. There need he no swing around fur a broadside Irom 'lit* other hand of this ship, but a rain of projectiles so steady and copious that lli enormous discharge of 12,000 of them will be coir.pletci! in live minules. This a.-rt of a ship would he a great target ; but think of her terrible pswor of destruction! IVo shall doubtless hear tuoie of tins modem Hellenic lor a three decker. Character in Pencils. A writer says you may tell a man'a character from tho way in whioh ho sharpens a pencil. The following is a fragment which r wiil show cleat ly his meaning: -Typo 1 shows Meanness | 2 shows Comma' *; 3 shows Prodigality ; I shows Artistic Tails Seamanship Past and Pi-esont Iu tho past, seamanship wan tin- chief ihitig. In thu present, suamansii p. m the old and strict sense of the word, holds a very subsidiary place. When the wlmli and the wuvessiul thu titles could not bo forced ami had to bo humored, tha mystery of dealing with these elements was a wor thy Mtmly for a whole lifo. But to-day we forco the winds, the waves, and tho tides, und humor them very little, The seaman is in process of becoming the engineer | overy year ho becomes more and more the engineer, and I am certain tbat a much briefer experience ol thn sea than wan formerly needed is now required toward the formation of the good ollicer. Located nt Last. Mr. Dumbtoloii, who is too economical lo keep tny extra collar buttons Oil hand, und who devotes a gootl share of Ins matin in***- ments to bunting for theso wayward essentials of malo attire, startM his wife the other morning hy a more than usual overflow of emphatic language. What's the mailer now"; she exclaimed. Matter enough ! ho returned, with u series of paralytic gaapsi I've swallowed my collar button ! Thauk goodnoss 1 snapnod out .Mrs. P., or once in ytur life you know ffheru '*- Is. Marshal Cdurt-bt-rt's death revival Ue fact that it was be who vomoeottid on the charge uf the Litfht Brigade at Balaklave by saying : "C't-at magnifiquo; mala oa nesl p^n la guerre." France has compulsory elementary education, yet out of 34S.OOO young men called out fur military service 20,000 could neither read nor write aad j'i.OOO more oould only sign their namea. Alluvial and reef gold has been discover- ed ui Madagascar at Antinahaka, north of Antananarivo. A thousand oiincee were laken by native workers from a atrip of ground twenty feet by three. Statin Hey,who was Governor of Darfuur when Gordon was killed, aud ever since has hfi'ii a captive among the Mahdista, ie reported to have escaped and almost to nave reached the Italians at Kaasale. A Vienna specialist was recently summoned to T-emesvar to decide whether tbe ihshop's leg should be amputate-! or not. The train was stalled in the snow, bnt he ���'iii-ulti* I with the Temeavar doctora by telephone, and tbe leg came olf. A miniature Goapel ol St. John has beea issued to the Japauuae troops measuring 2| hy \l inches. It was specially prepared on very thin paper by the three Bible societies at work in Japan���iho Britiah aud Foreign, the American, and the .Scottish. Herr Treitl, a Vienna hardware me 0 chant,who die 1 recently at 111, left 800,00- florins of his fortune to the Vienna Acad emy of Sciences for ihe promotion of scientific research. He left a quarter of a million tl .nui beside tu charitable institutions. At the yachtiug exhibition in London is shown u -'combined ship's buoy." It ie carried on deck, nmi when the ship ainksit lloals and records at once the hour and minute of the disaster. It then automata c Iiy fires roekela, bnrnB blue lights, shows u amp, und rings a bell, iu Asolo, northwest) of Trevieo, opposite the house where Robert Browning wrote " Asolaudo," Mr, Barrett Browning hae established, in memory of his father, a lace tohool, where young girls are taught to weave lhe old patterns of Venetian lace. He has also revived the older industry of the nlacc of weaving linen by hand looms. it ts said tiiat the weaving of threads of aluminium iu textile fabrics results in a praot cslly uon-oxidizable, inexpensive material that is free from chemical action* nnd can be washed without fear of injury. It can bo applied to the finest and heaviest fabrics, ns tho thread can be drawn to auy degree of thinness, and may be made round or flat, or in any shape convenient for wearing, London University, after limiting itself fur nearly sixty yeara to conferring degreea upon examination, now proposes to take np instruction. The University Convocation iias adopted the report of the G rei ham Commission to tbat e.'teat, and Lord Kose* hei y has expressed himself in favor of the Bchemc. One of the leaders in the movement ia Prof. Huxley, Gen Barattieri, the Italian oommanier in Abyssinia, who recently took Kassala and raited Has MatigaBcia, comes from the Trentiuo, which is part of the Italia irredenta, slill in Aurstrian hands. He is 54 years ohl, and when a boy of 10 was one of Garibaldi's Thouaand in the march through Sicily, after which he joined the regular army as a Captain, He haa been a Deputy iu I'arliument, and was for aeveral years editor of the Kivista Militare. Jacobites still exist tn Kngland. On the 30th of January, the anniversary ofthe execution ��i King Charles I., thoy held a memorial service and decorated his statue at Charing Ciobb witb flowers. On a card was the inscription: "Kemember, O King uml Martyr, wo have not forgotten, God save Queen Mary." "i^ueon Mary" Is the niece of tbe last Duke of Modena, who ia i lie oldest lineal descendant of King Charles At the recent Bale of the library of Edmund Vates the writing desk used by OHatlea Dickens when he die.I,and preaent- ud to Vates by tho family, was aold for 8523. The original letters of Dickens to Vates brought "Jl.'IO, and Yates1 collection of autourapliB 9325, The books which included first editions of Dickens and of Thackeray, brought only fair prices, though a presentation copy of the first edition of "A Tale of Two Cities" was iuld for "557. A lot of shire horses bred by the Prince of Wales was sold recently at Wolferton, and thii is how it was done. A big tent wus bol up, in which free lunch waa served, ovor 1,000 people coming lo it by special trains from London. The Prince himsell presided, and proposed the health of the 1}neen; with him were his two daughters, the Duke and DucIicbb of Vork, Prince Christian, ami a sprinkling of tho nobility, After luncheon thu bidding begun, and filly horses weru sold for ?27,S00. AtSt. Bartholomew's Hospital. London, an ingenious hot-air bath is now in use for ihe treatment of sprains, inflamed joints due to gum or rheumatism, and similar affections, It consists of a copper cylinder about three feet long ami eighteen inches m diameter, which will hold an arm up to the shoulder or a leg up to tho middle of the thigh ; it stands on an iron frame, and is heated by gas burners placed underneath, so that lhe temperature can be rained to 'ti'O or 4'JU degrees Fahrenheit. The patient is placed 'ii a arm chair at one end of the cylinder, the limb is introduc- nl, and the joint made air tight by a rub- her bind. No discomfort is felt up to 27)) degress, until perspiration sets in, when ihe nofsture has a scalding effect, wbioh is relieved by opening thn further end of the cylinder uud letting the moisture ova* p-.rate. A sitting usually lasts forty in I itu I ef. The Immediate etfnut i - a greatly Increased circulation in the part treated, profuse locul periplratloo, and relief frum pain. Winding; it Up. Stockholder���Vou ara the reci ��������� pointed to wind un tho allairs ol mm hul I Company, 1 believe. Lawyer���Yes, Bir. What are tho prospects ? Well, things looketl very gloom, while, but lhey ��re brightening up n Ah '. 1 am glad to hear that. Yes, make yourself easy. There is doubt now tbat we ean realize cnoug of it io pay my salary. Illlle h out THEY GET OFF EASY. I'oiirlrrn 1 - ur* It Whal Two 1 lilrasa Policemen (let Per kiiiimk nn Kscapirag Prisoner, Thomas 3, Morgan and M(cheat J, Healy, two Chicago policemen, were found guilty the other day of muii'-laughter and each sentenced to 11 years in the penitentiary, Thu crime for which lhe two men, who, when members of the police force, were convicted, was the killing of Swan Nelson utlyon the niorningof Christmas Day,lS93. Kelson hud just been celebrating thecomiog holiday, or the greater portion uf tho preceding Christmas, ami when he started for liis home he met Ollieers Moran and Healy, rind wilh thum entered a saloon for the purpose of gelling a drink. The throe men nad several drinks, and one of the officers insisted that Nelson buy more. Ho refused uml was ptaoed under arrest by one of the officers, both of whom weie under tho influence of hi-nor. Nolsun bioKo 11 way and tun toward Ins homo followed by both officers, firing at him. One of thfl bullets wounded him lulally and hu crawled under a house, from wtieie ho was dragged out hy Officer Healy. Nelson died in ibe patrol wagOII while being conveyed to lhe i entity Hospital. The muttei was brought before the grand jury of January, 1891, but "no bill" was returned, This an--ered the Scandinavian element, and a determined effort was made lo bring lhe case to trial. The second time an Indictment wus returned, and the Scandinavian societies spent much time and money in working u-j evidence against the two ollieers, who bad, lhey declared, murdered Kelson, The case has been on trial In the Criminal Court for several weeks, aud has beeu bitterly fought on both sides. \0V THE WEEKLY NEWS, APRIL 2, 1895. m wm sits Published every Tuesday At Union, B. C. By Whitney & Co. TEills Ol' SUltSORIPTlON, IN ^JVANCB. SS OK ADVERTISING! Una . $i-'ni ... ISO . '.'.. i.t " Li 111 D.'d ol' llirtiis, Marriages And ;:cms cacl. in icriloB, Nn v Ivjnis.ncni inserted fur less than O Cr'' -. T P. i-ISUER. NEWSPAPER AD U' vertislng &trant, 21 MnrclmntB' Exchnr-p, San Francisco, is our nu- thorizid agint. This papai- iB kept on Hie m h's office. arrived a: tlie hospital lhey were treated lo abundance of soap and waler anil other cheap luxuries uf the toilet. Every conceivable tinny was done to render litem comfortable. Expert surgeons were there lo look after their wounds, careful muses lo wait on them, anil clean airy rooms with capital beds were prnvul ed, so that they should he made to leel at home. A donation in the way of cloth inc., eatables etc. had been sent in lor them by some charitable ladies of the ciiv. No wonder they shed gmtcfu' tear, at the most unexpected treatment .hev received, ll is said lhat on tile -nl of November, the Emperor's liinhda., one ol ibe prisoners at Osaka asked permission Ol the authorities to express for himself and nis comrades their sense of gmti tude in celebration of this most att^p i ii.us titty. Permission beint! (ttven tohini, he stood nt, .iml shouted iu hi. I.de'v aciuir ed broken Japanese "Lnnn live ihe Km perorol Japan." The 11*9 prism.er-, 11 ith him thfieupun rose as one man .md :n Ihe siuoal Riven in Chinese ueiil lhiai.li llm most respectful icteret.r. in their nun fashion, thrice kneeling and time limes bowing, I.it'-U a Lencrous pirllcuc has been acrorded lo all the Chinese captives oi allowing them to rfirre-pnnil wiih their fiends nt home. One of the prisoners now staying in the Red Cross smteiyS pila' wrote in a letlel liotue a (h-i rip rtTTTm** DTHITIHSIQ l>u��iucss Proposition. No Lottery. N" Speculating yUlUn. PjCiIUIIi.IO, Scheme. Vou ship us your FUKS HIDES. 1ALLOW Wot il., PELTS, elr. We ��� en'. you check the daynfter receiving them. \\ e give fail selection, pay circular prices. You know just what you wil get. Ship your Kurs by express; other goods by freight. JAS. ^CMILLAIN" & CO. incorporated. 200 212 Kirst Avenue North, MINNEAPOLIS, M NN. CXWrite for Circular giving Late t Mi. ket P: icos.*^:.3 A. D. VVKLIAMS Nbmry Public and conveyancer GRAND MILLINERY OPENING! THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY, MARCH 28,29 & 30. Elegant display of English, French and American pattern Hats All cordially invited to attend. SLOAN & SCOTT Tht Famo'is AQRNT Kim TIIK tnuMunvusiM ofrmtoNio. I DOMINION P.' NTS CO ch ��a ..Ian h Aor. '*���, 1835, The t)(!!;iy iii providing ti jail for Union docs not spcik well fur the government. A coroner is needed here if any where. Persons nny suicide ur he killed, nn m;iilcr what- and there is no judicial enquiry, because there is no officer cliitr^ed with th.it duty. The Manitoba school question docs not affect us. The fact is that when Manitoba came into the Federation it did so under certain conditions which applied i-i it alone, and that now the province is simply being held lo keep ils covenants. The birthday of the ('.rand Old Man of Germany occurred week ago last Monday, jnd the demonstrations show- tint the Iron Chancellor is slill a power, ftnd that in his ole. age lie fa followed hy the love ami reverence of his coun trynien. Germany is not ungrateful. The attcii.pl on the life of I.i Hung Chang happily failed. Doubtless the Japanese rejoice at this even more than the Chinese, neverthek'-.s it was their dmy to see that, while in the country on a pc ireful mission, he was properly protected, Il is to he hoped that the unfortunate affair will not delay the negotiations lor peace. I.ord Rose berry's health has become so shattered that he must before long retlie from the premiership. Who will succeed him if his piny is not over thrown it is difficult to sny. There is some talk of (lladstonq again taking thc reins of power. Me has regained lhe use of his cycsij-lit and his natural force appears still unabated. The Snvtll iJebls Act is in operation in the cities but not here for the reason that we have no siipei.dia'y nngistrate, and yel there is no especial need for the new law in the cities where they have thc county courts, The cities wished to be exempt from its provisions bui the country demanded il and yet is thc last to get it. Perhaps the govern ment is awaiting the end of the fiscal year. If the money voted in the esti mates is nol now available, we are quite sure the magistrate will ait for thc fees. This indifference to our wants ii not the way to make frieKds. Thc question ol what "to do with criminals is one which is demanding in creased attention. That the law should look rather to reformation than to pun ish ment is conceded The system of separation is heing tried with good results; but that of abolishing imprisonment fur life, and allowing a per tent of earnings to go to the prisoner on his release, and giving merit marks fur good conduct so as to cna* ble him by means of these to short en his term, so as to appear in the world again with some means and an established character, is one that should everywhere be adopted. TUB CHINESE PRISONERS Mme than the trophies, more than the news of victory, lhe Chinese prisoners at tract the interest as well as tlie curiosity of the J apanese. Some Inul begun to feel alarm lest these unwelcome guests should come so thick as to render it difficult to make room for them in this already too thickly populated land. A certain Chinese general is said to have once su^ucsied that the best way to. "do up" Japan was to surrender en masseand eat up that small island. Some months ago when i io captives arrived in Japan, quarters were assigned to them* in three different cities- Tokio, Osaka and H'no- shima, where they were received' with a friendliness hardly to be expected in a hostile country. Their advent of course excited the curiosity of the people of the country as to hew they would look; so much so that when the Tokio loi of 55 reached Sliimbasi station they were awaited by great crowds of people in the street along which they passed. Their unhappy lot and pitiable condition elicited the sympathy rather than the .scorn of the spectators. It was indeed a strange sight, to see some of these captives carry-' ing broken cups as if they were the rich est treasures in the world. Others nib- hied remnants of victuals as if they' were the greatest dainties���all this, too, while they were marching along the street on their way to the Red Cross society's hospital in the Shibfcya district. When they ib-kyac tquer .��� I left ���r living surprise I tion of their condition wh I itdi.lv as follows: "On-thc 16th of Oct. we were I ed in bait'e and I rcrci-cd a wi 1 left.the cas'Jc in retreat. I I helpless to wait for death tm th I plain of I'hynng-Yan^. my hori emirelv gone. Hm what was in to sec thc treatment of the Jap...., The dead were properly buried, while thc wounded were tenderly taken care of. 1 was one ofthe happy recipients nf un paralleled generosity. Now all we wound ed prisoners have been sent to an ho*-pi tal in Japan. We live in a building im nosing and attractive, are clnifcr-ri in habiliments while and clean, and occa stonally have baths and shaves. I fe-1 quite Invigorated both in body and mind. The attending physicians and nurses, numbering about twenty, treat ns with the utmost kindness and tenderness; so that all our hearts are gladdened. Nuiri lious fond, needed medicines, and above all a skill'ul surgical operation pcrfutmed on me have effected a speedy cure of my wound, More than this,' benevolent ladies and gentlemen call on us from time to time, speaking lo us many kind words and making us generous donations of useful things', for which 1 cannot but shed lhe most grateful tears." T. I. X igao. A FiNK STOCK ot Clocks. Watches, Books ond Stationery. T. D. McLean -iJEWELBBi ��� ki tLTl'XZZ.7. E. C. ftVERLY "^ ���r>v i*\ am* usuAHlii i-: Mia;ir*. .iiM-l.1'1 lUllON LIKK AGS) CIATION, MO,*!!*Y TO LOAN On Approved Secii'ity Win :i .1I1-, 1,1 from tho citv loil.N un.l.iv's nill transact li s business Mias B 11 Williams, iY;t<:l) taint of transgression wants news sup pressed." It would he a blessed thing if those who are accustomed to carpal mod ern journalist, in season and out of season, would put themselves m possession ofthese remarks on the province of the newspaper, and read, mark, learn, and inwardlv digest them. Vancouver World. Robert J. Wenborn. Machine Works, Nanaimo Dealer in the following Bicycles: H. 1'. Davis ofToronto English Wheels, Heaston, Mumber, Rudge, New Howe and Whitworth. Will sell on installment plan or big discount for cash. Harts supplied Repairing a Specialty. (.Ireat Reduction it. Prices. B. B. LEMON. At tha Bay, Oomox, B. 0. Blacksmithing and Repairing of all kinds Carriage Work and Horseshoeing a specialty |2-V|���� FACTO R Y ������ - "\ A HASLAM, Prop ] Now RKADY I'i'K THE . j ' / TtS^So. i (OFFICK-M.LU STREET., EU.iXr, ruiu.lc. RATES NANAI Mn, li. C. REDUCED TO RktiUUR. I Ed***' A complete slnck iif Knusri rind IIOARDKR.* Dressed Lumber always nn hand. Al.n | Sinner,, l.nhs, I'itUts, l)o,.r-, Win- By the moith, $25- | dows nnil H'ind'. MiniMum, Sanll By tha w--ek, S6 Siwiim, Tnmiiij*, and all kinds Slnf*l ��� mealc 25 Cts, ff wood liniihin^ fumislied. Tickets for 21 meals, 0C ��� Cedar. White Pine. Redwood. EVERY CONVENIENCE FOR MINERS BARKER i POTTS, A S, SOLICITORS, NOTAIilES. &C. NAN.MMn. II. r\ V. O. IIHIWKK IS. H. A. Simpson Barrister St Soliellor. No's 2 Si ��� Commercial street. H. J. tabid, 'tea and Sign Painter, Paper-Hanging, Kalsomining and Decorating. GRAINING A SPECIALTY. Ml '.irclers Promptly Attended to Union, B. 0. feol 111 KiiiiMiiH'.rl. Gei. B. POWELL, u���,,, ���,,,., Wii.. uuvcr. is fur p-'Culiil n^-cnt. FISH FISH 1 will deliver fre-li fi.-li ever*, BOAT-DAY to ilic people uf Union and Cumberland. H. II. Ho\d II TEL DiCKSOM ���U---TI01T B.C. j _J���rB~>^:-"r-'.),'''*ly-e\ Dickson & Co.. Prop* ' '^^^^m^'^ ? ? �� �� Esquimalt and Nanaimo Ry. Steamer Joint J. A. Ca*-thew ARCHITECT and BUILDER, "���jr**l'-:*7, E. c. \, . BNIKO. AM persons ririvin'1 over llie wharf or bridges ill C.iinix district lasttr ihan a walk, will be prosecuted according to Ihw, S. Creech. Guv. ARcnt. ���CMikland Hotel. Union, B. C. The finest hotel building Fixtures and Bar North of Victoria, And the best kept house. Spacious Billiard Room and new Billiard and I'ool Tables Best of Wines and Liquors. J.l'ikel, Prop. Thi- Hotel is filled np with a degree of lClcgance unci regard in Cnmfcrt and Convenience hitherto unknn"-n outside of the large fiiies. !* *-i i i ��� CHOIO SST- LTQ/CTOK^ W, 11. OWBN, MARTEU. ; Dn and after Mar, 22nd, 1R03 : flic Stenmer .10 \ N will siil as I" itlutvs Table Unsurpassed i- + + - JaSNT) (3I.<3rA.3ji J anil truluhl ni.y offer ; Lonvo Vii-iiiiii. 'IiicmI:���>-, 7 11, in. ** Nan-lirii-i for l'i-mux. \. uilliu ilHy, 7 i* m i OilVI* I'l tllllX fill' \UIIU III". KllllrtJH, 7-i.tu. S'nnitlnto fur Vimoi'.�� SiUUnUy, 7 am i Por freight or siuie rooms apply on ; board, or at the Company's ticket oflice, j Victoria Station, Storo street, Nana'mo Cirar Factory Phillip Gable and Co., Prop': Bastun Btreut ��� Nanaimo B. C 1 Manufactures the finest cigars am ��� Esquimalt & Nanaimo H'y employes none but while labor. Why purchase inferior foreign cigars ; "~ when ymi can obtain a SUI'KKIOR ARTI ' Time Table No. 23, ci.k for the same money? Society Cards To tnko effect at 8.00 a. in, on Thursday, Jan. 10th, 1805. Trains run on Pacific Standard T'.mo. I. t). O. p.. No .11 1 NORTH HOUND (Rkad Down.) Union Lodge, I. 0. 0. !'., meets even \ *= ~��� ! ��� Ba Pnd'iy ni��lu nt 8 c:clncl.- Visiting breth "^ ��83S-^^��?8*Sa**^^88S8 leu cordially invited tanttcnd, Wm. Wrlglit, R. S. ���|joima I "**'**��c��sfiRRftWSI3!;��SaRR I a��J��,l,.���'.:���. K-s' m,:Ciit"' , i <35b��t 1111 ��� 11 i" 111 ��� i M-. 11 i ���"'''���'**'*��� : iiy��nv:s^r.r.fj-iij-s.iisti-iisas-flas'* o o I o 1 o I o I 0 I o P MPS ManufaciiirBi - ^ nn j��� Wood Turning by Bennett 8f Grant Union, B.O. I o I 0 I o I o o I o 0 Union Stne MM. LUMBER All Kinds of Rough and Dressed lumber always on hand aud delivered at short no (��l i Mil :a53s*aj*. ;**>*-Sb-e tice, r 2 \\% H a* fi S ����� �� ��� z *? �� a o* b 8 s 1 < .S!l&ii99-iB'0��.*3fi3j'57tt��:3 ��� '���asr-eacte'cicieis Loyal Sunbeam,Lodge No. too, C. 0. O. K.. meet in the! I lodge room over Mcl'hoe's sVore'*-Cou'rtenuy, every second Saturday at 8 p. in. 'Visiting brethren cordially invited to attend. W.Duncan,' Sec. ' LO'.IS V, FAUQUIRK sour.ii hound ( Rkah Up On Saturdays and Sundays Hulurn Ticketo will bi l-wmni hotwiwn nil \iu\um for a fnr*- and a lyinrter, itood tor re- turn not later thnn Monday. Return Ticketfl for ono an>l a halt ordinary tare nuy bo pufolliMlill dully to all t*oint��. j itood tor Bdven dtya, htclutllltg day of iMUd 3^"OTJLI*lX PUBIjIC, ' V No njturn.TWtets Iwued for a faro nnil a I tpinrliT whero tho alnulu faro ia tw-miy-fivt* CONVEYANCER. I Fire, Life and Accident Insurance. Throughraieibetw-wnviotoriaai^comox -BEAL ESTATE��� -PUBLIO AXJCTIONIKB.- HENTS COLLECTED ���A-tTE��� ESTATES MANAGED. Mlloa(*o and Commutation Ticket* can boob* tnlnodonappUoatlonla Ticket AKf-nt. Victoria ���Duncan/a and Wellington Stations. * A. DUNSMUIR, JOSBPH HUNTKR. PrMldont. Oen'l Supt. U.K. PRIOR, Hen. Fraiffht ftnd I'aftMiHter Ant. MOULDINGS. Also all kinds of sawn and split shingles and dressed pine and cedar. STUMPING. Stage and Livery, OTJE.TElsrA.-y, B.C. Fine Rigs at Reasonable Rctes Always on Hand, .'. Teaming Promptly Done, ,-'. IVtcQTJ'ILLA3ST &c QILMOBH, Puntiedge Bottling Works, DAVID JONES, Proprietor, MANUFAOTUIIKU ok SDOA WATER, LEMONADE, GlNGfcR ALE, Sfireiipin-ntlii, Cham-pi'-gaG Cidor, Iron Phofiphatcs nnd Syiupo. Bott.er of Different Brands of Lnger I.eer, buam Beer and. Porter. AgKiit for tha Union Brewery Company. KEG EBEH 33LID FOB CJLGI-X ClNTL^r" COURTENAY, B. C. sm\% P= r���t- C3 *=* 2 0 c '* ca w m CD *-3 B 3 tu 0* to ��� -5 30 72 > v. 1 1=3 o1 c GO rj S=A> CO 1 % CD C3 (tl ���1 =-, 3 *��� n CD 0-1 ���^ �� CO - CD i-i " IVERY-Izz���-* I am prepared to furnish Siyll6h Riss and do Teaming At reasonable rates. D. Kilpatrick. Union, B C. EAM1NG ^ J KcKeazie k McDonald, Courtenay, 1!. C. OARRIAGE MAKERS ���JL1TID��� General Blacksmiths. --CTJT PBIOES- Bring on Your Work. COMMA! HOUSE, OOVETEITAY, -B.C. The leading hotol in Ooinux district. New and hnndeoinely furnished , oxecllont hunting and flshing close to town. Tourists cen depend ou flrBt-claBB accommodation. ReaBonH- ble rates. Bar &uppliod with tho choicest liqtiorB nnd cigars R. Graham, Propr. UN 10 V Bakery UNION, li. C. Hest of Bread, Cakes and Pies always on hand. The Bread Cart will be at Courtenay and Coniox Tues days and Fridays. .j. , a |, , ,. i, And will eiulenvor to yive oatisf.iclion ami Adderton & Kowlxitham, Prop | hope to receive a fair shine ��f P U T 1 11 _ .... public patronu8e,V-. rt. 1 ai"bl*ll Tinsr shop. I HAVE OPENED A SHOP On Dunsmuir Ave,, Union Opposite the NEWS office Where 1 nm prepared to clo all kinds ���OK��� Tin work Sheet-iron work Rooting Job work VN" Repairing CUMBERLAND Ml*;AT MARKET CHOICEST FBESH MHIATS & ���Flairs H if* a :r, tvc frodtjce Lowest CASH Price A. 0. FULTON. Riverside Hotel. I am again at tlie Old Stand at Courtenay, and solicit the patronage of that class ofthe public who are willing to pay Spot Cash Tagart & Waterhouse Estate and General Agents NANAIMO Farm I'hopkrtibs foh Sale in am. parts of Vancouver IsLanb���Lists Mailed on Application 164 acres fronting Comox Itttrbour, belny Lot 10, Nel son Dlst, Onion Railway crosses ihis property. Price $1,500., or ��ill be divided into 10 nnd 20 acre blocks at $10 per acre. Apply to GEO. H. ROE, UNION; ���or��� Taggart & Waterhouse,Nanaimo Stumping done at reasonable rates by our Giant Stumper. Am, can Buarantce more solid comfort I WOOD. Coal; -brick and lirrre on hand and delivered at short notice. R. Grunt L. Mo.nie, Propr*,. for lhe money thaa any vv h e r e else in the district Fine Bar. Clean, Comfortable Rooms and lieds, Courteous Attention, and Satisfactory able. BAZAAB. The Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian Church will have A Grand Sale Of useful and ornamental work, during the day and* evening*of Tuesday Apr. 2nd, At Reading Room Hall. No Charge for Adr