THE BRITISH COLUMBIAN 13 l-UI'LlfUlBl' | Every Wednesday & Salunlny, — itr— D. aOB80IM:&-CO. -OFFICE, COLOMBIA STREET. Ektraiioe to Em- TOUIAl AND BUSIHCSS DEPARTMENT THROUGH T. il. Pcamoii St Cos. Book a Statio;i5j'' Store. TKItHS-By Mnll, SlUj-enr; $HO for fl nio».i $1 far 3 mo., t payable In Advance. Delivered by Oiwilor or Aeout, ft per quarter, |nvyiili!.i quarterly to Currier or Agent. AQENT3 T. N. Hicben & Co. ■■•• Viotoria. Wm. Harrison Yaie. I. P. FISHER A"rall«l»B Agent. 21 Mrrelmllt'l r.xelinne;c, S,n VninclHco, l.eutlierls'jil to receive Atlvertejeiueiiti for tills paper. TUIC DAOCD may bo foimil on file at I tlio rArfcn ii»o. t. iioweii tc...'. Newspaper Advertising- Iinrenii (10 Spruce St.), where tvlvertlaisg contract, niiiv l>. minlo for It in NEW VOW'. Ilu fvitish Columbian, + l r. — ire-lnunilny Mom Inc. Feb. 14, 18W. Climatic Inequalities. In tho eastern i>rovh,oes unci, in fiiot, throughout a Inrgo put tion ol thin continent, the pant month of January hns been clmrnctsrized by iutotise cold Aiul midden ohniigfts. Tin; cold dips have boon unusually severe, snow storms Imve swept over large areas of the country, and both thevmomoter nnd bnromctin- hnve been subject to great and sudden fluctuations. In the province of Ontario, whero sanitary mutters have lately received very great, attention, the health bulletin for the week end ing January 20th shows it marked increase in the number of casos of disease reported. Tho sanitary authorities attribute this increase to the rapid changes and tlio severity of the cold. There is little doubt but the climate of eastern Canada has changed Considerably within tl; past 20 years, and changed for the worse. Of lato years many residents of the older provinces have become so discouraged iu consequence of the sudden changes and vigorous character of the climate that they have emigrated to other places, where these disadvantages wore loss prominent. Wo believe no one who is competent ta judge wilt deny that British Columbia has the most equal and salubrious chmate to be found anywhere iu British Nortii America. Our northern latitudes are cold enough, bub anywhere within three hundred miles of the boundary, of the Pacific Ocean, the climate is never intensely cold. Nor do we experience the oppressive summer heat which produces so much sick ncss, and destroys so much vital energy, in the East. Our climate is also celebrated for its freedom from sudden change. Our seasons are regular, und although in some parts the periods of rain are long and monotonous, most people come to prefer even rain to the intense frost which thoso in tlio East must endure. This country is likewise noted for tho absence of storms. There are places wliere storms are frequent and sometimes heavy, but these are the exceptions. Iu the vicinity of this city storms are almost unknown, and thunder and lightning are phenomena wliich have come to be greatly appreciated on -account of thoir rare occurrence. Within tho last two years we havo experienced only ono thunder storm, and the storm of wind whicli Wiggins sent us last Sunday and Monday was one of the heaviest that has been folt at this city foi* yeurs. It is no wonder the people of Manitoba and the North-west begin to look with longing eyes to this country. There they have cold winters (sometimes as cold «s 60 deg. below zero) hot su'mmets, and fearful hurricanes. Here nono of theso things aro known. When this country becomes better understood, and when the new avenues of access to it now under construction have been opened up, we expect thousands of people who arc now millbringfrmii climatic rigors in the East to Hock tor shelter and contentment to this tlie fairest province in the Canadian confederacy, Skattle-Wkstminmtkk Route. - -Kq- pairs on the Evangel havo finally beeu completed, and that trim little steamship will now enter upon her career of usefulness between Seattle and New Westminstor. The repairs to thu Evangel have bum thorough and the changes in hor appearance so'radical that she will hardly bo ricognized aa the ernft whose career heretofore has beon so noted on account of its conspicuous failures. Hor boiler is'new and her machinery has been thoroughly overhauled. A now cont of whito paint, with blue and cream-colored trimmings, gives her linos a most gracoful appearance. For tlie present sho will mako one trip a weak between Seattle and New Westminster.—Victoria Post, The Empress Eugene will visit Queen Victoria at Osborne this month. VOLUME 23 NEW WESTMINSTER, B. 0., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1883. NUMBER 13 Scientific JjHteccIInnj). It is repoi'ted that in parts of Switzerland there had been 200 rainy days last year up te the end of November, with only 50;days nf sunshine. Mr. 0. If. Steam has adapted small incandescent electric lamps to the illumination of objects under the micro, scope, and hns exhibited the brilliant results to the British Royal Microscopical Society. Dr. Thomas Tiujlor finds it quite possible that flies may convey the germs of infectious or contagious diseases from place to placo. Whether diseases are really ever so distributed is a ques- tioiwif great importance. One of the glaciers mentioned in tho "Himalayan■JouriiAls" of Dr. Joseph Hooker has a vortical height of 14,000 foot. Its sourco is tho groat Kinchin- jtinga mountain, whoso summit reaches an altitude of 28,000 foot abovo the sea. A duo with horns seven inches long, which gavo it tho appoarance of tho male animal, was recently killed near Aix-Iii-Chapello. Horned docs aro rare, although some of the old ones are known to have small rudiments of. Horns. A spot which appeared iu tho sun's southern hemisphere on April 13th of lust your was measured by Rev. F. Howlett and found to have a superficial area of not less thnn 2,050,000,- 000 square miles. Even this was surpassed by ono seon iii November, whioh a correspondent of the London Echo reported ns extending ovor a space of 2,356,840,000 square miles. The loss of human life caused by snakes in India is alarming, 19,000 persons having perished from snakebites in 1880 and 18,010 in 1881. Rewards for tho killing of venomous reptiles hnvo beon offered, but this measure hns beeu found to give iiisuflieiwnt protection, nnd the adoption throughout India of nn organized system for tho extermination of all dangerous kinds of snakes is urged. At tho recent congress of German surgeons, Dr. Neuber commended the antiseptic virtue of peat or black earth, which is put into loose gauze bags and tied over wounds by moans of gauzo bandages. As used in Kiel, this dress* ing is seldom changed or net at all. In Dr, Noubor'a opinion tho turf absorbs all secretions rapidly, and by its porosity favors their evaporation, while healing takes place as undor a scab. From observations of tho planet Jupiter from September, 1870, to De- comber, 1881, HorrKortazzi has con* eluded that the great red spot must bo either of a liquid or a solid nature. In tho formor caso it may bo considered as a large lako iu an ocean of other liquid. If it is a solid body it must bo a floating mass on the surface of an ocean, as it is only on this hypothesis that we can account for the changes in its position which aro observed. The removal of the electric lamps which light tho foreign settlement at Shanghai has beeu ordered by the Chinese Governor of the district, who says he has heard of the terrible accidents which havo boon caused by electricity, and he cannot allow his people to be exposed to the frightful risk of having hundreds of thousands of houses destroyed, millions of persons killed, or tlio walls of the city blown down, by any irregularity in tho working of tho electric uiachinos! The discovery of a so-called lignifled snako in Biazil caused a sensation among scientific men a fow months ago. The specimen was found between the bark and wood of a treo, and if it was ever a snake the animal structure had beon entirely replaced by a woody growth. Dr. Gray, to whom the find has lately been shown, thinks it more probable that it was produced by tho filling up with A woody growth of the reptilian shape of somo wood-eating insect's track. Or it may bo an aerial root which was growing under the bark. It was at one time believed, according to Dr. Keller, that tho opening of tho Suoz Canal would be followed by a rapid aud oxtousive interchange of fish between the Mediterranean and tho Red Seas, but such has not been the case. Some of tho smaller Mediterranean fish havo boen found in the Red Sea, and for somo unknown reason the tide of migration appeals to tako that direction in preference to tho othor. The pearl oystor is said td be now moving toward tho Mediterranean, with very slow progress but in considerable numbers. Iu Germany, tho increasing consumption of rice has led Prof. Voit, as well as Dr. Konig, to investigate the quo-it ion of the relative nutritive valuo of this article and other kinds of food —especially potatoes. Tne conclusion reached is that rico is a vory ellicient food, whilo potatoes largely consumed fail to satisfactorily nourish the body, malting the muscles weak and the blood watery. Dr. Kiiuig estimates that, when equal quantities of the two articles aro considered, rice has four times tho value of potatoes in really nutritive properties. A further advantage of rico is that its quality is always tho samo, whilo great variation in potatoes is caused by tho state of tho weathor during their growth. Mrs. Iftiugtry, thus far in her Amorican engagements, has netted upward of gt80 000. A Pkaubwurthy OiuiioT. — "None namo it but toiiraiso." This is true of that unsurpassed remedy, '-Hagyard's Yellow OU." It cures pain and Inllam- inatioii, whether from sprain, burn, bruiso, or frost hito, lame back, rheuma* twin, nottralgia, sere throat, croup, deaf- nesfl, and is for internal nud external use. S. H. WEBB, GUNSMITH Ciliwii* St., New Westminster, B. C. HAW FIMSiV, KEY FITTISU, LOCK- SMITH, lUTTLKUV BIHH'SII, SlllSSnie) MII.I RI'KSKI), SEWING MACHINES Cleaned and Repaired. Machine Needles for Sale. Umbrellas Mended, nnd General Repair- 'lift Mi-all) dour. Ammunition of all kinds. A full assortment of Re-loading TqdIb, and everything required by a Sportsman. Rivles, Shot Guns, Revolvers, and Fishing Tacki-h for sale, d'24y BOOTS and SHOES I ' FROM ! HEATHORN'S 1 Boot & Shoe Manufactory, VICTORIA, AT VICTORIA PRICES. R. THOMAS, Shop under the new Oddfellow Hall, Col ttmbiast., New Westminster. CLOCKS C. M. McNAUGTHEN HAS JUST RECEIVED THE LARfl. est assortment of Clocks over hold Ol) tho Mainland of British Columbia, UlckCl ClOCkS, at $2.25 (warranted). Both Thomas' Nickel Alarm, at *3.25. All lands of Mantel and OMco Clocks. Waltham Watches, coin silver cases, from $15 upwards. A line assortment of Stirling Silver Jewelry, of tho latest designs. Silver Plato Ware and Optical Goods. COLUMMA STRKKT, au2 New Westminster, B.C. W. D. FERRIS, LAND, HOUSE, GENERAL AGENT Rent and Debt Collector. SEVERAL GOOD FARMS FOR SALE Agent Tor the TKAVELLKKS' LIFE and ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO., Hartford, Conn. OFFICE: - Columbia Street., Now Westminster. dcD FOR SALE OR LEASE: A GOOD, IMPROVED FARM OF 160 acres, situate on the Delta of tho Frasor, together with tho Stock, if required. Tho Stock consists of 20 Mitch Cows, 17 or 18 head of Young Stock, 2 yoke of Oxen, and about 20 tons of Hay. For particulars apply to Mr. \V. D. FERRIS, Land Agent, kc, Columbia Street, New Westminster. Dee. 12, 1882. . doI3 ial Hotel COLUMBIA STKEET, NEW WESTMINSTER,B.C. HAVING PURCHASED AND COM pletoly ro-fnniishcd aud othorwiso greatly Improved this well-known establishment, I have tho pleasure to announce that it is now ope: iw For the reception of Guests, Conveniently located and woll appointed iu ovory department, with BATH ROOMS And all the most modem appliances, it will be found in ovory respect the best, as It is the largest and most commodious, Hotel on the Mainland. Tho RESTAURANT Department Is under tho very best management both as regards cuifliitB and attendance, and parties desiring them can have PRIVATE DINING ROOMS, with special attendance. THE BAR ROOM Is stocked with the choicest Winks and LiQUons, aud the best brands of Cumin -vill always bo bopt on hand. THE BILLIARD ROOM Is spacious and well appointed, and provided with Straii uft Patkkt CU81I ION TABLES, tho best in use. Rtr Good attendance and moderate charges, J. E. INSLEY, l'lioHumm k Manaiikr. Decoinbor I, 1882. iM ESTABLISHED 1859. ROBT. DICKINSON, BUTCHER, Nearly Opposite tbo Colonial Hotel, NEW WESTMINSTER. rnHK LARGEST ANI) CHOICEST J. assortment of all descriptions of MEATS AND VEGETABLES Constantly on hand, ami supplied to Families, Restaurants, ami .Steamboats at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. PIANOS, ORGANS, musical Instruments OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, Books & Sheet Music IN ENDLESS VARIETY, MUSICAL BOXES A hue Assortment; from (25 to $(J0, —AT— BAGNALL & CO.'S MUSIC STORE, GOVERNMENT STKEET, VICTORIA. j! bagn.all, Pianofohte tOnciAs Trrei:rt k Rkpaibhk FARMERS'& MINERS' IMPLEMENTS AND A GENERAL ASSORTMENT oj- HARDWARE. THE BEST BRAND OF Flour, Bacon, Beans, Groceries. Ready-Made Clothing! AND A GENERAL LINE OF DRY GOODS SPECIALLY SELECTED FOR THIS MARKET. (ST Storage nml Forwarding done nt reasonnblo rates. REID *• HUDSON. ijriaOm NOTICE. AN IMPRESSION HAVING GONE abroad tbat I bavo disposed of my proporty at Port Hanoy, ,1 hereby state that suoh is not tbo case. THOMAS HANEY, aiiSOte Port Haney, D.C. ROYAL CITY II i I.XKXTBD HAVE ON HAND AND ARE PREPARED TO MANUFACTURE -all uudumoi'i o»— Rough k Dressed Lumber, mouldings, Doors, Sashes, and Blinds. Planl-i!*, Scroll-Sawing, Turning. Shaping, Anil all kind, of WOOD-FINISHING, executed to order witb tbo MOST IMPROVED MACHINERY. FISH CASES A SPECIALTY. RICHARD STREET, NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. JOHN HENDRY, Masahkb. J. H. PLEACE -SCO. raPOKTEIU AXD DBAI.EKS IK HARDWAl STOVES, RANGES, &C, &C. louse Furnishing Go ids. PAINTS, OILS, and TURPENTINE, SPORTING GOOD8. . A full assortment constantly on hand, at the LOWEST MARKET RATES. TINWARE MANUFACTURED ON TKE PREMISES. All kind* of Witler-iiliM Wark, nt rea* Hotinble rate*, by n compclrat Work- tnimi MitlHflictlnn Kiinrnnt*-f*t, Sir Jobbing promptly attended to. IIOLBUOUK'N 8TOXE RIILUIXJ, New WrMmlnitlrr. L got -Salt or -Jo fitiit. SLEIGHS for SALE NEW WESTMINSTER, B, C. GO TO THK SAN FRANCISCO BOOT & SHOE STORE AND GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH. BOOTS AND SHOKS OF EVKRY description made to order, and repaired, from an INFANT'S SHOE Tlio hlgluit CASH price paid for HIDES JAMES ROUSSEAU, COLUMBIA STREET, Ol'POMTK Till BASK. IMPERIAL FIRE INSURANCE COMP'Y. 1 Old BicoAti St. and 16 Pall Mali., LONDON. INSTITUTED 1803. FOR INSURING HOUSES k OTHER Buildings, Goods, Wares, Merchandise, Manufacturing and Farming Stock, Ships in Port, Harbor or Dock, and the Cargoes of such Vessels ; also, Ships building and repairing, Barges and other Vessels on navigable rivers and canals, and Goods on board such Vessels, throughout Great Britain aud Inland and in Foreign Countries, FROM LOSS OR DAMA6I RT FIRE. Subscribed and Invested Capital, -81,600.000 STG. Rates of Premium and ovory information can bo obtained on application to W. i. ABMSTRONfi, Agent for New Westminster. Tie Only fire-Proof Hotel is the City, Tim ciiuxw iwaithst IS UNDER THK CHARGE OF AN EXPERIENCED ARTIST. THK UNDERSIGNED BEGS LEAVE to announce to the Public tliat he has purchased the above Hotel, where everything will be found first-class, ami at reasonable rates. The Parlors and Sleeping Apart- ments are under the superintendence of MK8. Austix. Private Dining Rooms for Ladies, Families and Private Parties. A Private Heading lloom, commodious, comfortably furnished, and woll supplied with books aud papera, is provided for the uso of guests. T3E3CE ■&USS.2&, ft supplied with tho choicest brands of Winks, Liquoiis, Ckuiu., ke, JNO. AUSTIN, PROI'KIETOK. WITHROW'S xiul JEL HASTINGS, B. I. THIS SPACIOUS NEW HOTEL is admirably situated aa a resort for those in search of health, sport or pleasure, being in a central position for sea-bathing, shooting, fishing, boating and sight-seeing. It eoinbines all the conveniences of hotel with the quiet comforts of home life. The apartments aro lofty, well ventilated aud afford a cheerful outlook. The cuisine fo presided over by a trim artfotr. In the ■w a mm Will always ho found Liquors and Cigars of the choicest brands. Abundant stabling aud shed-room for horses and carriages. APPLY TO W. R. LEWIS, New Wimtmiiistdr, B. C. rpHE SUBSCRIBER HAS A KILN X of excellent bricks for sale cheap, Delivery anywhere. New Westminster, June 24, 1881. jn25 FORySALE. LOT 2, BLOCK IX. " 1. " XXII. " 10, " XXVIII., City of New Wntniuitir. —ALSO— LOT 4, BLOCK I. " 8&9, '.' HI. " *, ■ " V. " 3, " X. " 18, 19, Ji 20, BLOCK XIII., Suburban Lauds. Apply to H. V. EDMONDS, New Wertiuiustor, or to ALLSOP k UASON, "■■lOtc Victoria. R. T. WILLIAMS, BOOK BINDER, PAPEK RULER, aiid Blink Book Manufacturer. . Maps nail Drawing Paper Mounted. Files of Magazines, Illustrated Papera, etc., neatly aHd ckeaply Bound. G»ifrumee*. street, Victorin, II. <;. NOTICE. oe38 D. WITHROW, Proprietor, Granville Hotel, GRANVILLE, BURRARD INLET. Newly Built ami Newly Famished, Large nnd rommoiHons. ONE OF THE BEST HOTELS ON THE MAINLAND. Commands an unbroken viow of that magnificent sheet of water known as Goal Harbor, the future terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway. MW MT KOHI F«B ViMIUU. sr Visitors and Tourists will find It a quiet aud pleasant resting place. The scale of charges will be found to he strictly moderate. Good stabling on the premises, JOSEPH MANNION, PHOPRIEIOR. NEW WESTMINSTEE FOUNDRY —ASD— Machine Shop! FRONT 8TREET, New Westminster, B, C. ROIIKKT LAW, ■ PROPRIETOR. UANrFACTlTRRR OT STEAM ENGINES. Saw-miU, Gristmill, Fish-canning, and all kinds and styles of Machinery made to order. Pattern-making done In all ita various forms. All kinds of Brass and Iron Castings. Repairing done with neatness and dispatch, nol He NOTICE IS JIERKBY GIVEN that application will Iks made to the Legislative Assembly ef the Province of British Columbia, tt iu next Session, for an Act to incorporate a Company to construct and work a line of Railway from some point on Knglish Bay to aome point at the town of Port Moody, in the District of New Westminster. ■ GORDON E. CORBOULD, Solicitor for Applicants. New Westminster, November 1st, 1882. noil SUBSCRIBE FOR THI' British Columbian, the Newspaper on tlio Mainland of Brit IhK Oolnabin. Only (13 a ymr, NOTIICE. NOTICK IS HRRRBy aiVKt*. tliat application will bo made to tlio Legislative Assembly of tlie Provinoe ot British Columbia, at its next session, for an Act to incorporate a Company to construct ami work a Railway from a point in the City of New Westminster to soma poiut near the <9th parallel, north latitude, between Semiahmoo liay aud Township Sixteen in the District of Now Westminster, British Columbia. GORDON E. CORBOULD, Solicitar for the Applicant*. New West., Sept. 1, 16SJ. «3 FURNITURE I THE UNDERSIGNED HAS PLRA- sure in announcing that lie is now prepared to supply all kinds of Furniture, ie., at the West possible prices. Cabinet work aid Upholstering dona promptly aud iu first-class style. UNDERTAKING In all ite branches. The undersigned has the raly HEARS*! in tho City. A continuance of public patronage solicited. Old stand, next Occident Hotel. 3. G. BDNTK, Late Maiagcr Sehl's Branch Fnrnituro Store. - auStc lew Grocery Store B D. McPHADEN EGS TO ANNOUNCE THAT HB has just opeaod a FAMILY GROCERY And General PROVISION AND FEED STORE, iu Deane's Brick Building, next to the Colonial Hotel, where he has in stock a complete and carefully selected assortment of Plain and Fancy Groceries. Parties requiring anything iu the abovo liue will Unci it to their advantago to call and examine my Goods and prices beforo purchasing. tS" The highest market price paid for Farm and Dairy Produce. N. B.—Goods delivered free in nny part of the City. P. McPHADEN. Now West., Oct. 10, 18S2. oc! I Popular Met! RE-OPENED BY HELSON BROTHFRS Wl.ole.ele * Il.l.ll BUTCHERS CONSTANTLY ON HAND A LARGE and Choice assortment of Fresh & Salt Meats, flame, Poiltry, ana Vegetable* •fall kinds, Re rfCntllefllreet ft-m our own H«nrh> «rnN-i Ranges. £9" Families, Restaurants, Hotels, Camps, Steamers, and Ships supplied nt Pod-Rock prices. d23 K3L Highest cash prico paid for Hides. All bills will be made out on the 1st of each month, and must be pnid by the 15th NEW ADVERTISEMENTS THIS DAY. For ScaUlu Cant. Benjamin Board of Tndc H. V. Edmonds Municipnl Notico .T. Orr B. 0. A. A T. Russell County Court E. A. Jonna Public Highway E. Beaten To Tnxpuycrs J. C. Hughes l'ublio Notico (2) W. Smitho To Claimants of Land lt. Beaven Index T. Milburu & Co Special Seeds lhe fritish Columbian. Werineeility Morning;. Feb. 11, How to do It. In Saturday's issue, we referred briefly to tho question of emigration and pointed out tlio gross blunder- m which luul characterized the con- duet of the late provincial Government with regard to this and the Chinese question. We mentioned that Mr. Onderdonk had made an ofl'cr or $75,000 to assist in bringing 1,000 workmen to this country, and 8250,000 to tho Dominion Government for promoting a similar object —and that both these offers had been refused. So much for "How not to do it;" let us consider how it could bu done. Rail way work on Mr. Onderdonk'. contract is now so far advanced that it ib quite unlikely the contractor would be prepared to repent his very liberal oiler. But it is very probable that ho may still be willing to ussist generously any well- considered scheme for bringing men into this country during the present year. Ho has discovered, what all largo employers of labor learn sooner or later, that Chinese labor is neither profitable nor satisfactory, and ho hae more than once expressed an anxiety to secure the services of a bettor class of men. If our Government were to communicate with Mr. Onderdonk with a view to enlisting his cooperation, it may bo that the response would be a repetition of last year's offer, in a somewhat modified form. Then let the question of immigration to this province be brought before the Dominion Govornment and urged with nil the influence the province can bring. Thousands of dollars are spent every year by the Canadian Government in emigration schemes; but, while wc have been contributing largely to the funds expended in that department, there has never been, so far as we know, any effort put forward by the Canadian Emigration agencies to represent tho claims of British Coiumbin. It may possibly com. to be known, when the true inwardness of our late provincial Government has been fully investigated, thnt the fault of this neglect lies at our own door. If our own Government ha3 not considered it worth while to supply emigration agencies with facts regarding this country calculated to attract emigrants, it cannot be supposod that the federal authorities would send special commissioners here for the express purpose of obtaining these facts. Thero have been several pamphlets and directories published in tho province in wliich a great deal of information valuable to intending immigrants is contained; but most of them are too costly or too incomplete to be used successfully for emigration purposes. What wo should have is a concise pamphlet giving the most prominent features of onr climate, soil, minerals, timber limits, fisheries, and other resources, and directions as to the best way of reaching the province. This could bo dono in a pamphlet of less than 100 pages, and if scattered liberally in the proper places tho result would unquestionably be a large influx of permanent settlers. The distribution of thoso pamphlets might bo undertaken bjf th. emigration agents of the fod.ral Govornment. There aro many reasons why the federal authorities might be reasonably expected to contribute towards assisting emigrants to this province, and wo do not despair of obtaining such a contribution if proper steps were taken. Let the Government of British Columbia, then, secure the best terms they can from the Ottawa Government and from Mr. Ondordonk, and let them supplement the grants thus obtained by a provincial appropriation as liberal as the condition of our finances will permit, and let the joint action of the two Governments be put forward vigorously for this purposo, and the effort can scarcely fail of result. Wo hope no timo may bo lost in placing our emigration interests upon a sound and rational footing. Then, and not till then, shall wo bo iu a position to deal intelligently successfully with the Chinese tion. There seems to bo a considerable fforenee uf opinion between the people of Fbrt Langley and Langley Prairie respecting roads in that municipality. About a week ago a meeting was held by the prairie people at which resolutions wore passed in favor of a certain road scheme, and a deputation was appointed to wait on the Government for the purpose of securing an appropriation. We publish todays report of the proceedings of a meeting held at Port Langley at which tho former project was emphatically condemned, and the repairing of tlie trunk road advocated. It is a pity the whole community could not unite in sup port of one plan. Division and discord may defeat both schemes. Bo- fore adopting uny plan of road-making the Government Will certainly have the matter properly enquired into by a competent engineer, uud we presume his report will determine the location. EX0LU3IVE DESPATCHES TD TllE COLUMBIAN. MORE MARINE DISASTERS. Opening of Canadian Parliament. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. TENIJEKS WILL BE RECEIVED at the Council Chambers up till 12 o'clock noon on THURSDAY tho 16th inst., for the continuation of Columbia Street, in accordance with plans and specifications to be seen at the Council Chambers, By Order, .JAMES OER, C. M. C. New Went., Fob. 13, 1S83. fel Ml FOR SEATTLE. THE FINE SCREW STEAMER " E3*^7--A.3*rTC3-*E3IL<" (A t'i. nr-\.MMIiV, WILL MAKE REGULAR WRVM- ly trips between Now Weotniiii- titev and Seattle during tho acation. She will arrive nt New Westminster cm Tuesday, and leave for Seattle on Wedneaday morning. For passage and freight apply on hoard. foHtc NEW WESTMINSTER BOARD OF TRADE. • THE AliOVE BOARD OF TRADE being now duly incorporated, the corporators are hereby notifiod that a meeting for the election of a President, Vice-President, and, members of the Council, and to make nnd enaet Bylaws, Rules and Regulations, will be lipid in the Council Chamber at New Westminster, on Wednesday the 21st inst., at 3 o'clock p. in. HENRY V. EDMONDS, Secretary Now West., Feb. 13, 1883. fe!4t3 C.G. MAJOR GENERAL DEALER, New Westminster, B. C. TORONTO OPERA HOUSE BURNT. Burning oftIie Str. Gem. London*, Fel). 8.—The survivors uf the wreck of tho Kenumufr Ciisllo ex- istud threo days by chewing flannel vests. Tin* third ollicer became raving mud and jumped ovorboard but was rescued. There are several othor wrecks reported with loss of life. ■ Pakis, Fob. -it.—Prince Napoleon was liberated thia afternoon. Bbuxus", Fob. i).-—Prince liisinarck'a pains havo returned after a little temporary relief. Toronto, Feb. 8. —- The Grand Opera House was burned this morning. Tho loss is stated to be $75,000. and the insurance 820,000. Thia is tho second timo tho opera houso has boon burned, and each time tha lous has been heavy. Ottawa, Fob. 0.*—Tlio Dominion Parliament was opened to-day. The attendance was large and brilliant. Mr. Kirkpatrick was elected Spoakor. Tlio Governor-General's speech referred to the great and increasing prosperity of all Canadian industries. Kind references wore made (o British Columbia juk! her groat natural resources, and a very brilliant future was predicted for the country. A bill is promised to assimilate the electoral franchise, to regulate tho liquor truffle, and to authorize the issue of debentures, not exceeding four por cent., to reduce livo net* cout. loan duo in January, 1885. Seattle, Fob. 9.—The steamer Gem was burned a few miles from this placo yestorday. lt is said some hay on board caught lire and the ilaincs could not be extinguished. Tho steamer burned to the water's oilgo and then sank. Five of those on board wero lost, throe by jumping overboard and two by the awamping of a small boat. There was a great panic on board whon tho tire broko out, and thore is said to have beon gross mismanagement. A young Canadian, named Vickery, and Ins wifo wore among the lost, Granville, Feb. 12.—Tho steamer Heaver struck a rock at tho mouth of Burrard Inlet Narrows on Saturday morning. Hor bow and forward houso are under wator, The steamer is mado fast with lines extending to tho shoro awaiting tho arrival of camels from Victoria to raiso her. The Beaver is lying just inside the first Narrows near Supple Jack's. Her stern is right up on the rock. • Her bow is under water. She is lashed with ropes to the rock and trees and is full of wator. London, Fob. 10.—It is probable that serious riots will take place at the opening of parliament next week arising out of the Bradlaugh difficulty. A Bill for abolishing the present corporation of London is regarded as an uncalled for measure. It deprives the corporation of all its privileges and control of tho police force. Dublin, Feb. 10. — Kavanaugh's evidence is conclusive against Brady, Kelly, Carey, Dulany, and others, numbering 111 in all, implicated in tho murder of Cavendish aud Burke and tho attack on Field. Burke was first killed. Mostueal, Feb. 11. — Whitney, teller in tho Montroal Branch of the bank of Toronto, used several thousand dollars speculating in stocks and has fled to California. Kingston, Fob. 11—.Sinco Monday thoro hjia been no train on Kingston and Pembroke road on account of Bnow. Poople iu some places aro experiencing a famine. PUBLIC HIGHWAYS. NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT. -\TOTICK IS HEREBY GIVEN tbat 1\ the following Highways, 00 feet in ■width, are hereby established in Group One, Now Westminster District, viz.:— Along tlie boundary lines of Lots 3, 5, 355, USO, 357, 358, 350, 3(i2, 303, 361, 305, 306, 367, 308, 300, 370, and 371. Also along the line between Iota 45 and -10, 10S and 109. Also along the Northern and Southern boundary lines of lots 64, 100 and 104. And also along the lines between lots 370 ami 377, and 375 and 376. Said highways to have a width of 33 feet on each side of the lines designated, ROBERT BEAVEN; Chief Commissioner of Lands k Works. Lands & Works Department, Victoria, B.C., 18th Jan., 18S3. fUiul NOTICE T0JAXPAYER3. Assessment Act and Provincial Revenue Tax. NEW WESTMINSTER DISTRICT. ■VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, in IN accordance with the Statutes, tliat Provincial Revenue Tax and all Taxes levied under the Assessment Acts arc now due for tlio year 1883, and payoble at my ofiiee. Assessed Taxes, if paid on or before the 30th June, 1883, arc collectible at tho following rates, viz,:— it of 1 per cent, on Real Property. 5 cents per acre on Wild Land. Ono-fourth of 1 per cent, on Personal Property. -*, of 1 per cent, on Income, If paid after June 30th, 1883:— ^ of 1 per cent, on Real Property. 0 cents per acre on Wild Land. 1 ot 1 per cent, on Personal Property, $ of 1 per cent, on Income. J. C. HUGHES, Assessor and Collector. Jan. Sth, 1883. , fcHtd COUNTY COURT. ami qucs- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the next sittinc of the County Court will be hclil on WmiNKSDAY, February 21st, 188.1. Dated January 21st, 188». E. A. JENNS, Heglatl'ar County Court, fcHtd New Westminster. British OolumDia Agricultural Association, nil IK ANNUM. MEETING OP THE X Association for the election of Ofii- cer.s, kc, will he held at the City Hall, Victoria, on THURSDAY, , the 15th MARCH, 1883, nt 7 o'clock p. in. THOS. RUSSELL, Seoty. Victorin, I!. C, 10th Feb., 188S. fo!4 llflffltll HAVE PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING THAT THEY ARE NOW OPENING OUT, IN THEIR New Store! COLUMBIA STREET A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF TRAPP BROS., General Dealers, New Westminster, B. C. FURS REMAINING ON HAND OFFERED AT Half-Price I Better call and secure a Set. PUBLIC NOTICE. OSOYOOK DIVISION OF YALE DISTRICT. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that that portion of a Gazette Notice, dated 22nd June, 187S, which excepts ccrtfiin lauds from pre-emption or purchase is hereby rescinded so tar as concerns tho following described pareek of land, viz.;— North half of Section 14, Township No. 9. North-east quarter of Section 15, Township No. i). And tliose portions of the South half of Section 23, Township No. 9, which are known on the official map as Lots 20 and 5!), Group 1. WM. SMITHE, Chief CommiHsiflncr of Lands & Works, Lands k Works Department, Victoria, B.C., February 7th, 1883. (foi 4m I) PUBLIC NOTICE. OSOVOOS DIVISION OF VALE IMS- TRICT. "VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, iu i^ accordance with the provisions of Section is, of tho "Land Amendment Act, 1870," that the following lands in Oso yoos Division of Yale District will he offered for sale nt public auction, at the upset prico of one dollar per acre, on Thursday, tho 12th day of April noxt, at tho Office of T. Molt. Lambly, Esc,., Assistant Commissioner of Lands k Works, Oknnagnn, viz.:— N. W. ' of Section 14, Township No. II. N. E. } „ 15, „ "■ Lot 20, Group 1. „ 58, „ 1. „ 50, „ L WM. SMITHE, Chief Commissioner of Lands k Works, Lauds k Works Department, Viotoria, 1!.C, February 7th, 18S3. (foUmll TEAGHEfTWANTED. WANTED, AN ASSISTANT TEA chor tor tho Now Wcstmuistor Boys' l'ublio School. Applications to ho sont to tho undersigned ou or hoforo Fri day, the 23rd inst. % J. TRAPP, Soorotary. New West., Feb. 0, 1883. fc7td Patent Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Perfumery, Toilet Requisites, Fancy Goods, C G MAJOR And •varytliing usually found in it first-class Drug Store. In leading Household Goods tliey mention Potash.Lye, Essences, Cream Tartar, Baking and Washing Soda, Whiting, Bird Seed, White nnd Mottled Castile Soap, Toilet Soaps (a large assortment), &c., &C., Which will bo told as low as possible. In Oils they have Castor, China - Nut, Neats-foot, Lard, Linseed, Sweet, Cod Liver, Turpentine, etc. All offered in large ov small quantities. PURE ALCOHOL Wholesale and Retail. Thoir Euejlisli and other European Drugs and Medicines are imported direct from the London House of Messrs. Curling & Co., and this guarantee of purity and excellence is rein. forced by careful examination of floods ou arrival. DR. CLARKE will have charge of the Dispensing Department, and having nn experience of about 25 years, ho hopes to givo general satisfaction. The filling df Physicians' Prescriptions nnd Fnihily Recipes will receivo special attention. floods uot in stock wiil bo promptly obtained when desired, nnd overy effort made to meet tho wishes of customers. Everybody is invited to call. REMEMBER THE PLACE: NEXT DOOR TO COLONIAL HOTEL Neos Went., Feb. 3, lftXH. fo3 w 0) o 'M ft o rS M W O Pi -P m © .o i-H 0 A •p * H s H W W Hi *tt o bo i 0 03 0 -P 03 0 I GO o Pi PQ a Eh HOY & FRY, Contractors and Builders i I PLANS AND SPECIFICATION!*] furnished. Jobbing of all kind, j attended to. tr SHOP — Columbia Street, Novi] Westminster, B. C. jnylHI He. bluott HAS COMMENCED BUSINESS I*J Mr. Deane's Store, next to TrapiSI Brothers, and has on hand a largo con! signniont of ENGLISH COTLERY, ELECTRO,! PLATED TEA SETS, BREAKFAST CRUETS, TEA TRAYS, SAUCEPANS, KETTLES, kc, kc A good stoek of CROCKERY ami EARTHENWARE 81101% expected. Call and inspect. dc6uO —j xt rail*— -AN INVOICE OF- WAGGONS!! Cutting Boxes, Root Slicers'j French Burr Stone Chopping Mills, Fanning Mills, Clipper ant'j Mohawk Flows, &c, &c. BURNS & COT VICTORIA, B. C. AGISTS FOR Go BRANTFORD, ONTARIO. Portable Saw Mills, Grist Mills! Shingle Mills, Champion Engines, Saw Mill Machinery, tx,, k%. A, Harris, Son k Company,'] BRANTFORD, ONTARIO. Brantford lowers and Reapers'] Osborne Mowers, Brantford and Osborne Cord Binders. i J.O.Wisner, Son&Compaiiy-f BRANTFORD, ONTARIO. Centennial Sulky Hake, Spring Tooth Harrows, Spring Tooth Cultivator, Brantford Grain Drill, ie., iit:. if Machines always on hand. Repairs] kept. . dcKI GrU.'EZJSk'r SALE TRAPP BROS., AUCTIONEERS WILL SELL FOR TIIE NEXT 30 DAYS! THE REMAINDER OF THEIR LARGE AND WELL ASSORTED STOCK OF FALL & WINTER GOODS CLOTHING, &C. AT COST PRICE FOR CASH So as toiliuake room for the large Stock now on tbe way for the Spring. CALL AND EXAMINE. (jny20) fc-.-rxnc at*CB**li**g***a *x:z^?3BCaVLm\\mimZi ■*nia-*.-*--.u-.srMs,ai:^-K-.r.-s-rm* Ilu gvitisii dtolumbinn. Widiir-Hluy Hoiiililg, Tub. 14, lSSit. Iii thin city on Iho lath Fi-brutiiy, tin- wifo or W. Nonnnii Holo, of a Hon. At Yiilu, en Fab. Stli. the wife of C.W.Wul- lace of k son. At Lytton, on 2(ltli iiml., tlio wifo of J. II. Ho.iil- (-mon, into of N. W., of a sun. tn tlil-t city, on tlio 131b hint,, by tlio Hev. li. llolwon, Mr. Jiiiih-b Mitiir-i. of Cliilllwlinck, to Wm, E. Dodgo, a Now York uier* chant, litis diod worth $10,000,000. W. H, Sandford, of Ottclie Crook, died nt St. Joseph's Hospital, Victoria, on Sunday evoning. The attention of con tractors is called to a notice in another column asking tenders for Columbia street. The Department of Justice has decided to deliver up Hall, the forger, to the American authorities unconditionally. The nomination for the district of Cowichan has beon fixed for to-morrow. No opposition is expected in that constituency. The annual meeting of tho British Columbia Agricultural Association will bo held on the 15th prox. Seo advertisement elsewhere. It is now claimed J. V, Creighton, who threw himself out of a hotel window at Los Angolos, Cal., did it while in a Ut of somnambulism. The storm predicted by Prof. Wiggins last woek was a failure in the East, and the professor is said to have withdrawn his March storm also. A car-load of farmers and farmers' sons left Windsor, N. S., lately for tlie Pacific Slope. The sum paid for tickets amounted to over $1,000. Tho Austrian, Gorman, Italian, and Russian Governments have accepted England's proposals for the reorganization of the Egyptian government. - The ships Rover of the Seas aud Antwerp arrived at Moodyville last week for lumber, and the ship Miu- dora was to leave yesterday with a cargo. The contract for supplying certain side-walk material for the Govornment was awarded to tho Royal Oity Plaining Mill Company, their tender being the lowest. We have been informed that a brother of Mr. B. Wilson, of Granville, lately lost his life in Nova Scotia through the accidental discharge of a revolver in the hands of a companion. The cold dip has expended itself, and rain fell on Monday. Yesterday was warm and bright. Thero is a small quantity of ice in the rivor, but it is broken up nnd does not interfere with navigation. The steamer Princess Louise, Capt. Lewis, arrived at this port yesterday afternoon with passengers, freight, and mails, and 25 head of cattle from Ladner's Landing. .She experienced no difficulty from ice. It is reported that Mr. Kemp, lato book-keeper for Mr. MeMullen. who left this city a month or two ago, has been shot in Mexico. Ho went out with the sheriff to arrest some lawless persona and was shot dead by ono of the desperadoes. It is said—we have never tried the experiment—that when one is hurled into the air by the bursting of n boiler he thinks of all the evil he has committed in a long life. If this be true there aro some men in this country who would have to stay up about three months in order to do this subject justice. Professor Young, of Princeton College says:—"Take a railroad from the earth to the sun, with a train running 40 miles an hour without stops, and it would take about 205 years and n little over to make tho journey." He estimates the fare, at a cent n mile, to bo $030,000. These figures kill the project. The figures representing tlie railway earnings in tho United States are almost incredible, The gross earnings of tifty-oight roads in 1882 were 8305,- 707,943; in 1881 they were $272,481,- 511; an increase of $33,266,432 in 1882. Of course much of this increase is due to increased mileage resulting from construction or acquisition otherwise, but much is due to increased earnings per milo, > The Russian Foroigu Minister in his interview with the Austrian Emperor laid special stress upon the necessity of collective action by the Powers to secure tho much-needed reforms in Armenia. This special solicitation for tho welfare of tho Armenians, coupled with tho present insurrectionary movement in tho provinces and the secret concentration uf Russian troops in Southern Russia, would appear to indicate that another Russian attact upon tho "sick man" is not among the improbabilities. Thb Nkw Press.—Our new Campbell power press is now iu operation, and this issue of tho-Columbian is printed ou it. ■**-., Just recoived, a largo stock, 12 assorted Papers for $K—A.M.Hku- kino, Druggist, N.W. Real Estate.—Messrs. Robson & Smith, of the North Arm, have sold their upper farm on Lulu Island, 400 acres, for $11,000. The purchasers are Messrs. McMyn Bros., who havo lately como out from Scotland. From Seattm*.—The scrow steamer Evangel, Capt. Benjamin, arrived here yesterday afternoon with u few passengers nnd a quantity of fruit and produce. It will bo Beon from tut advertisement elsewhere that this steamer will make regular trips, between Seattle and this city, arriving here •very Tuesday afternoon. This arrangement will greatly facilitate traffic between hero nnd the Sound. - BoAHD. or Thadk.--From an advertisement elsewhere it will bu seen that the New Westminster Board of Trade lias now been properly incorpontcd, and a mooting for th« election of officers, etc., will behold noxt Wednesday night. m+- From Aii6vb.—Cupt. Bristol reached this city yesterday forenoon with tho British Columbia ekpress and mails from tho interior, and 3 passengers. Thore has been no particular chango on tho road since last week. Weather continues moderate. Thore is no sleighing this side of Hope, .*» Fknitentiary Enlargement.—We are intonned that the Dominion Government intend greatly to enlarge tho penitentiary near this city by tho addition of another wing. The addition will cost about $100,000. and we understand that tho contract is expected to be let during the present season. Bible Society.—The annual meeting of the British Columbia Bible Society will be hold iu tho Presbyterian Church at 7.30 to-morrow ovening. Addresses will be delivered und are- port of thu society's operations for the past year will bo presented. All "friends of the Bible should endeavor to be present. ... * Another Land Sliiw. -- Another laud slide occurred nt Maple Ridge last week. One report says that 7 Chinamen, who were working on the track, were precipitated into tho rivet- by thu slide, aim 3 of them drowned. Some other reports placo tho number as high as 60. It ib very difficult to iind out just how many wore killed. Lanoley Prairie ani> Mud Bay.— Rev. Mr. Robson will preach next Sabbath at Langley Prairie at half- past ten ii. m., and at Mud Bay at half-past one, p. in. After the sermon at each placo tho Sacrament of tho Lord's Supper will bo administered. All members in good standing of other evangelical denominations are invited to participate. Rapid Transit.—Tho mail steamor which left San Fraucisco last Saturday would probably reach Victoria yestor- day—3 days. But mails for tho mainland must lie at Victoria until the next trip of the Princes*- Louise, aud we shall probably receive bur Eastern mail matter noxt Saturday—4 days.. This is really encouraging. Six days from Toronto to San Francisco, and 7 days from Sun Francisco to Now Westminstor! : e^. pROi'KitTY Looking Ur.— Within the past few days Mr. H. V. Ed- moods, of this oity, has sold about 40 lots nt Port Moody, tho sales aggro- gating upwards of $5,000. lt is presumed that other agents have nut been idle, and that ^a good deal of money has changed hands in connect ion with Port Moody lots.. Property in this city is also reported in considerable domand. Wo may look for a real estate boom when tlie season hns fairly opened. . . -: Narrow EtJCArB. — On Monday night, Mr. Jas. Kennedy's residence, on Columbia street, narrowly escaped destruction by firo. Two of Mr. Kennedy's sons wero returning home about 11 o'clock, when they noticed n bright light in a room upstairs. Upon pro- cooding to the room thoy found a portion of tho wood-work ablaze, but succeeded in extinguishing tlio flames bo- fore much damage had been done. The Ore is supposed to have originated from tho explosion of n lamp left in tho room. «»—, Lanoley Municipality.—A pamphlet discriptive of' the Municipality of Langley, nud drawing attention to its magnificent agricultural resources, bus just beeu issued. It is compiled by a gentleman who has for many years resided iu the municipality and whose thorough acquaintance with it and its resources no person who knows him would doubt. The pamphlet contains much interesting and valuable information and is an important addition to the literature of this country. It is worthy of remark that the cost of printing it has been borne entirely by the author. If others would take ns grunt an interest in disseminating information respecting the province, our fertile lauds would not long remain unoccupied. B. C. Hospital. — Yesterday tho Bonrd of Management held an enquiry respecting certain matters connected with this institution, but inasmuch as the result will doubtless be officially made known through the proper channel it might not be advisable to anticipate thnt course. One circumstance evolved may, however, be mentioned here. An Italian (so at least wo aro credibly informed) whose solo ailment was a corn on tho littlo toe of tho right foot, was admitted to tho institution, and his clothing was in such n stato witlt vermin that it hnd to bo burned nnd a new suit supplied to him! And nil this while the institution is in debt and roally deserving patients have been refused admission. We shall have moro to sny on the subject at another timo. By Acclamation On Saturday the returniiig-offieor went over to Brownville to receive nominations for the sent made vacant by Hon. Jno. Robson's acceptance of office. As it was generally understood that there would be no opposition, there wero very few persons present. After waiting till 1 o'clock, and there being no other nominations, the returning-officer declared Mr. Robson elected by acclamation. Mr. Robson is to bo congratulated upon the event, and .so are tho doctors for tho good sonso they manifested in not bringing on a useless contest. , Piano Tuning.—Prof. Franoin will visit this eity in a few days. Persons wishing pianos tuned or repaired should leave their orders at one of tin- Book Stores. * From Vale. ,Sieighing continues good, and tho weather is clear and fine. An entertainment was given by the Anutteiir Minstrels on the 0th inst., in aid of Firo Co. Tlie affair passed oil' most successfully, and tho net proceeds amounted to nearly 8100. Among tho connundrums proposed by the minstrels wns the following: •'Whyis it that tho employees of Mr. Onderdonk need never feel hungry J" "Because ho has a nice littlo Cunning-ham, Bacon aud Greens," Rev. D. Hor- lock lias recoived a letter from the Post-office Department at Ottawa respecting the petition sent from Yalo asking for n change in the mail arrangements so as to avoid Sabbath desecration, The latter states that at present no change can bo made, ns the mail contract requires mails to reach Yalo on Thursday und Sunday mornings. Mr. Bacon is very ill witli congestion of the lungs. There is no ico between Yale and Hopo. Another Improvement Scheme. Not long age wo published n scheme proposed by Mr, Brown to borrow $35,000 for certain permanent improvements. At the mooting of the City Council held last Monday night another improvement scheme was submitted by Mr. Ferris. This scheme proposes to borrow $20,000, by the issue of debentures for o period of 20 yoars, the debentures to boar (i per cent, interest. The loan, according to the plan of Mr. Ferris, is to be expended-as follows: Columbia st. (as pur specifications already submitted), $3,000; making Front st.. from Douglas to Ellice, full width of 40 feet, and widening tlio street from Douglas st, to bulkhead, near the Holbrook House, $0,000; macadamizing Columbia street from Lytton Square to Lewis' stable, 92,000; main sowor on. Columbia st, from Douglas to Elliott, 81,000; sewer on Agnes st., same distance, 8750; sewers on Douglas, Mary, and Blackwood sts., from Columbia st. lo Royal Avenue, $2,000; building a city hall, $2,000; opening up streets, $250; total, $20,000. This scheme, like the one proposed by Mr. Brown, is now before the council and open for discussion by nil citizens. It possesses somo features which Mr. Brown's had not, but it seems to us to have omitted many mutters which nre of very great importance to the city. If wo are going' to borrow money, let us borrow sufficient for our requirements. .».—. From Nanaimo. From tlio Frw Pi-ch*. At the last Christmas examinations in the Public school Miss Maria Bryant carried off the Governor-General's bronze modal. We aro informed en reliable authority that Messrs, Smith & Clarke, tho contractors for tho Nanaimo Postoffice, will arrive in this city next week to make the preliminary arrangements to commence active work ns soon ns the spring opens. Tho shaft and drift nt the East Wellington Colliory has opened up n seam of superior coal. Tho seam is five feot thick of solid hard coal, and is pronounced by experts to bo the main Wellington seum of coal. Tho coal has a good roof nnd is free from partings ot defects. This is indeed good news for Mr. R. D. Chandler and his associates, and for the district and province ns well. Tho seam is improving in thickness as the drift is extended. Only the upper bench of the coal is boing taken out—the lower bench not being'touched. Tho coal burns clear and bright and gives a strong heat. In appearance and weight it resembles the Wellington coal, and no doubt is felt about the seam being the continuation of the main Wellington seam. Mr. G. Wingate, the Superintendent, is to bo congratulated on the success thnt hns attended his efforts. The work ou the railway add nt tho shipping point will be prosecuted with vigor, bo that cunl enn bo exported at nn oarly dnto. Chinese Blot at Maple Ridge. For some time there has boen bad blood between the Chinese railway laborers and tho white foremen about Maple Rjdge. Not long ago two Chinamen assaulted one of tho foremen while nt work. Tho foreman laid nn information before W, J. Harris, Esq., J, P., who issued summonses against the two Chinamen which he handed to a special constable for execution. Thq constnble arrested his men without difficulty and proceoded to take them before the magistrate. The prisoners offered no resistance until they came to another gang of their countrymen working'oh tho road. Tho members of this gang soon began talking loudly nnd demonstratively, and the prisoners, finding themselves the objects of sympathy, began making efforts to escape. ' The constable soon saw that he was in danger of losing his prisoners, and took them into tho first house ho could reach for safo keeping. Tho house (a store) wns soon surrounded, however, by a howling mob of China-' men holding in their hands the implements with which they had been working — axes, shovels, &c They declared that unless the prisoners were released they would tear the house to pieces and rescue them. The owner of the house, and another whito man who happened to be thore, became alarmed and advised the constable to let the prisoners go «r the house would be wrecked. After considerable per* sunsion the constable consonted and the two prisoners wero released and at once marched off with the victorious mob. Tho magistrate then applied to the Chinese boss to-havo the two prisoners delivered up within a certain time. Whon the time hnd expired tho Chinese boss informed the magistrate that tho mon could not be found. The mngiBtrato proceeded to an Indian camp a short distance below Mnplo Ridgo and requested the Indians to bo on the lookout for two Chianiunen who would probably pass that camp on thoir way down tho rivor. Shortly afterwards two Chinamen did come lo tho Indian camp and offered to puy a good sum to any one who would tako them down to New Westminster. Tho Indians at once made them prisoners, tied them up, and sent word to tin- magistrato. Mr. Harris, camo down to the camp, organized u court aud lined tho prisoners §15 each. The fines wero paid nnd the men went back to Maple Ridge. The Langley Road Question. A meeting of tho ratc-puyers was held in the School-house, Fort Langley, on tho 8th inst., for tho purpose of disapproving of tho resolutions passed at tho moating hold iu the Lunglvy Prairie School-house on the 13th of January, such resolutions being in fnvor of opening the Township Line between 8 and 11, and petitioning tho Government to construct the mine. On motion, Mr. James Mackie was called to tho Chair and Mr. James W. Sinclair acted as Secretary. On motion nf Mr. Kouneth Morrison, seconded by Mr. Goddnrd, it was resolved, That this meeting disapprove of opening the Township Line between 8 and 11 and constructing n road thereon, for tho following reasons,—vIk;— 1st, That it would make it one-and-a- half miles longer than the present surveyed line of mad; 2nd, That it would take throe times the amount to mnke it, as it would run the whole distance through heavy timber, aud it mile or more would have to be corduroyed or bridged; 3rd, Thnt it "'does not now, nor never would suit the wants of the Municipality, as it is entirely out of the centre of population; 4th, This meeting would earnestly urge upon the Govornment, then, (if thoy have any doubts of the facts set forth) to send a. competent party to report on thu different routes. On motion of Mr. Wilson Towle, seconded by Mr. Murdook Mel.ver, it was resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting, tho present lino of mad, known as the Trunk Road, lending from tho Yale and New Westminster Road to the Steamboat Landing, Langley, is the most suitable line of road that ean bo found to meet the wants of the settlement and travelling public, for the following rensous, viz.:—1st, That thore lias already been expended ou said road several thousands of dollars iu bridging and grading, which leaves it now a very passable road, excepting iu the wet season. The con neeting link, however, is wanting, viz.:—33 chains of bridging across the prairie, which will require to be of nn average height of eight feet, to raise it above high-water and mako it passable at all seasons of tho year. Estimated cost of said bridge, $3,500.; 2nd, That it is the shortest line of rond that cun bo found by 1^ miles, to any poiut uf navigation below Langley, nud we believe no othor Hue of road could be made that would meet 'the wants of the settlers nnd travelling public so well ns the present line, nor nt twice the cost. Moved by Mr. Kenneth Mclvor, seconded by Mr. John Maxwell, That whereas it is au urgent necessity thnt thore should be.u lending rond between the two points, viz,- the Yale road and Frasor river, passable nt nil stages of the water; and ns tho people of tho settlement have uot the financial means to meet, the expenditure—Be it resolved that the Gorernmont be petitioned to grant to the Municipality the amount necessary, and that the money bo handed ovor to the Municipal Council and the work undertaken by them. Carried. Ou motion of Mr. John Maxwell, seconded by Mr. Wilson Towle, it was resolved thnt Messrs. James Mackie, Wilson Towle, nud Kenneth Morrison be appointed a committee to drnft u petition to tho Government nnd circulate the snine among the ratepayers of Langley municipality for signatures, and thnt Mr. James Mackie be deputed as a delegate to wait upon the city and district Members, to urgo upon them the necessity of granting tho demands entertained in tho resolutions passed at this meeting. On motion of Mr. James Houston, seconded by Mr. James Taylor, it was resolved that a copy of theso resolutions be forwarded to each of the city und district Members, nnd also n copy to the editor of the Columbian. A vote of thanks being given to tho Chairman and Soorotary, the meeting adjourned till Saturday tho 17th of February, nt 7 p. m. Death or a Remarkable Nan. From tlio Port An-tli. (MIcU.) Ncwi. Capt. John Longworth, late of God- erich, Ontario, died ou the 17th day of January, 1883, nt the house of Mrs. Winsor, Sr., in Point Austin, Mich, Tho deceased was born on the 7th day of April, 1700, in tho county of West Menth, Ireland, Ho entered tho British service when quite n young nun, nnd served under the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular war, aud holds from the government of Groat Britain medals, with numerous clasps, each clasp having thereon tho name of one of tho great battles of tliat war in which ho fought. Aftor the final surrender of Bona- parte the great, he returned to Ireland, where he remained in tho military service ns a civil engineer, until tho spring of tho yenr 1830, when he left the service nud emigrated to Canada, reaching Quebec in May, 1830, en- torod the servico of the Canada Company of a civil engineer, and soon after moved to Goderioh, Ontario. He built the first harbor nt thnt pluce,—in fnct the first ever built on Lake Huron,— and had charge of ninny other public works for that company. He continued to reside at Goderioh for nearly fifty-three years, nnd until Octobor 20th last, when Ids grandson, Richard Winsor, brought him to Fort Austin on account of his failing health, that in his last days ho might have that loving caro and attention which he needed from his many children, grand-children nnd givnt-gmnd-ehild- ren here. Two of his great-grandchildren. •—Richard, Jr., nud Amos Winson, -are almost men, and woro able to lift their great-grand-father from mio bod to another during his Inst illness, Mr. Longworth is tho father of Mrs. Winsor, Sr,, Miss Jnne Longworth, nud Mi's. Noill, of Port Austin, ami Mrs. Lizurs, wife of Judge Liz!irs of Stratford, Ontario, aud Mrs, Jno. Robson of British Columbia. Miss Longworth, with a self-sacrificing devotion seldom equalled, hns beon evor present with her father in bis declining* years, administering to his every want to his dying hour. His grand and gront-grand-phiidi'ftn hero are numerous, nud Mrs. Jas. Jenks aud Mrs. U. W. Irwin of Saii'l Beach, and Mrs. Win, .McKeuzie of Port Huron -jvo grand-children, Tu his grand-son, Richard Winsor of Port Austin, who lived with him for several years when a boy, ho always clung with a father's love. He loaves a widow 73 yours old, tlie mother of Mrs. Noill, and Mrs. Robson, who mourns with sorrow tlmt none bur. she can know. A PllAISBWOETUY OllJKOT. — "None name it but to praise." Tliis is true of that unsurpassed remedy, "Hugyard'ii Yellow Oil." It cures pain und inflammation., whether from sprain, burn, bruise, or frost bite, lame back, rheumatism, neuralgia, sore throat, ui-oup, deafness, and is for internal and external use. A Rkmaiikaiu.k Pact.—It is n remarkable fact tlmt VV. 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This great throat and lung healer cures weak lungs, coughs, honrsencss, bronchitis, nud all Pectoral complaints. A Woniiereui, ChaXge,—Rev.* W. E. Gifford, while pastor of M. E. Church, Bothweli, suffered from chronic dyspepsia so badly ns to render life almost a burden. Three bottles of Burdock Blood Bitters cured him. consumption Cured. An old physician, retired froin active practice, having had placed in his hands by nn East India. Missionary the formula of n simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma, and all 'fin-oat and •'Lung affections, also a positive and radical cure for General Debility nnd all nervous complaints, after having thoroughly tested its wondorful curative powers in thousands of cases, feels it fo his duty to mnke it known to his fellows. Tho recipe, with full particulars, directions for preparation nnd use, and all necessary advice and instructions for successful treatment at yonr own homo, will bo received by you by return mail, free of charge, by addressing with stamp, DR, J. C. RAYMOND, Ki-tWnshington Streot, Brooklyn, N. V. Mention this paper; dc!)yl British Columbia Agency or Toronto Siifo and lock Worts, J, & J. Taylor, Proprietors. These celebrnted safes are made from heavier iron, weighing 20 per cent, more, and have all the modern improvements of the best American Firo nnd Burglar Safes, including the Sargent Greenlcaf Dial Lock. Being of Canadian manufacture, thoy nre duty free, und consequently can bo sold cheaper than either English or American Safes. Firo and ^Burglar proof vault doors manufactured of nil sizes and qunlity, nt prices ranging from ono hundred to three thousaiul dollars. Detailed specifications for vault work furnished on application to the agents for British Coiumbin. no2 M. W. WaittA, Co., Victoria. a&^ Valentines.—A full line of valentines now open at T, It, Pearson k Co's. NOTICE TO CLAIIYIANTSOF LAND KOOTENAY DISTRICT, ' ■VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, in i_\ accordance with the provisions of the "Land Act, 1875," that tho lands situate at Kootenay Lake, Kootenay District, for which the undermentioned par- tics have made application to purchase, under clause one of the "Lmd Amendment Act, 1882," have boon surveyed, ami are described as follows:— Niuiic- of Applicant. D-itu. Surveyed nn a..I.AIiiiwortli.,l"i*ii.:sl8SiS.KJ^.^iT.No.l (!.,!. Aiii-iwnrtli.. V. 1). Miirvin 0..I. Al ni wort li.. O: J. Atmwortli.. fN.W.f is.w. S.W. S. K. /N.W. \ N. E. 8.W. "■V-s: A map of the above lauds can be seen at the Lands nnd Works Otlice, Victoria, and at tho ollice of W. Pernio, Esq,. Commissioner, Kootenay, where forms of Proof nnd Declaration can be obtained, Tho above or any othor claimants should prove up their right to these lands within threo months from date of this notice. KOBEHT BEAVEN, Chief Commissioner of Lands k Works. Lauds k Works Department, Victoria, B.C., January 24,1883. (foUtd) XOTD3BK To DlHAStS, CoHrlAlHTl nnd ACOTINTl which Hacvaid'. Y«i.u>»f Oil i« luann- teed to cur. or relievo .ilher in Han or BUST. tmu mniwur roi choup, I covam, CBAXPI, . SORB STBBOAT, ASTHMA, I COLDS, Ac. man mtuiuiiv roi BBEVMATISM, cmr.BT.Aiss, swKLirxa.i, OALLK, LAMKlYiaS, COKTBAC110HS LVMRAGO, DEAFXEIM, trxAixs, SEVBALOLt, CALLOVS LUMPS STIFVJOVriS, riiosT mits, COBX8, BItVISES, ITCII, PAIXLyBAClT, r.uxinm>n,aus\ Every bottle guaranteed to give satisfaction or moucy refunded. MMTiMiwn- uoH lomi mot as* X.1KLBURN St 00., ■froptiotori TORONTO, OUT. [L. S,| VICTOR!. To nil to ALKX. K. A Iturm tioucd, l."1 Council: CLKMKNT R COJiNWALL. ' CANADA. | I'liUVlNCH OJ? BRITISH COLUMBIA. \, by the Grace of Cod, of thu Uniteil Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, QlTKKK, Defender of the Faitli, kc, kc villain tliese presents shall eoine,—Gbkkti.s'u: A 1'KOCLAMATIOW. B. DAVIE, 1 JZ SOW YE, that the Acts of the Legislature of tho y-Qencmt. j j\_ Province of British Columbia, hereinafter men- 'o been disallftwed by Kit, Excellency thu Governor-General of Canada in Yuiir & Oil) -.tori 187;)- -No. •: 167*- 1870 ,, o 1877- -Cha**, 1876 " 36.. 1SK0 ■ ■• 28.. UK. An Act lo ntitlioi'I/.ti ouo Jiitlicu of tlie I'onco to, do uny net, inutter nt* iliin-r horetoforo t-> be dotn. Uy two Jiisticwi of tllO l'-'tlr-', wiil In givo 'III AjI'lDHl to Courti nf Oo'-ontl mitt Quarter Husslona... Au Act to -Hix-n-' nml rc.iiKOli,,,.lo tlie Liiwi filftcUngOromi I-nntliiu ['nti-.li 0-ilnm- An Act to iniikti -•I'-ivi-tli)*] for llm Mtur Ailniiiiii-triitioii of -Iiu-Llco An Act to makf provision for llio L-uttor A-lminUtrtilioii of Jii-ilicii rovldu I ,t uct ice An Act ti>liir<-r-ior-tlc Hm AloxttttdrttCutit- ■Hiliy (Irillllll'll) An A'-l lo liiciuiionitc tlie lli-iil-ilt Culnm- 1j!u Insurance Uoinjianv {Mmfti-tl) An Act n-I'itiii*! lo llio Crown Und* In Iliiti-.li C-i]uml>.n An Act t»- prorl-In lor tlie Letter culled ion ofl-rovim-inl Tini foni Clilniou- Au Act to mnoiul tin' "Cirilit-fi V.'niipKi Itond Toll! Act, 1W An Act to mnciid llio "Cnrilioo Wn-*(*ou Kiwid Toll* Act, lS7o" An Act iMpoctllig Tolls on tlio Cariboo \Vi*ggon Ilond iatlilfiHc.il, 1874... ICtliU-irc.i, 1876... .'.(Ii Moy, 187*1... Ifith Mny, 1878.. '."2nd Aiif-iiNt, lKT'.i. •Jnd October. 1870... ami Jul/, mi I'.it*- of COUDIlUllicll- tion It,) Ktcivtiiry of St at of!' dimillowunru 17t'li Unroll, 1874. 0th April, 167G. llth Mny, WU. MU Uuy. 1878. M Serittuib-ir, 1879, Slh October, 1*79, Wilt .inly, 1811. IN Testimony WiikbBOF, Wc havo canaei these Our Letters toheuiariu Patent, and the Great Seal of the Raid Province to he hereunto affixed: "Witness*, the Honourable C^kmknt P. Counwau., Lieutoiiaiit-Govtiriior of Our said Provinco of Uritish Columbia, in Our City of Victoria, in Our said Province, this thirty-lirBt day of January, ill tiie year of Onr Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and in thb forty-sixth year of Our reign. Ily .jOinniand, T. KLYVYN, Deputy Provincial Secretary. fcTinl ?, S. HAMILTON, Attorney, Solicitor, Conveyancer, &o. Cornel Mary ftlul Clarkson streets, New Weitiirliutrv, 11, C. dS0m3 GIRL WANTED" mO DO HOUSRWOHK IN A SMALL X family. i Applv nt THIS OFFICE. (folO) WANTED IMMEDIATELY: 6 GOOD DRESSMAKERS AND 2 Journeyman Tailors, at TRAPP BROS., jnyl" New West., 11. C. WANTED IMMEDiATELyr FOUIl OK FIVK GOOD SEWERS for the Dreas-malting Department of the London House. Apply to JA8. KLLAttI) k CO., jny20 New Westminster. Agents Wanted mO SELL THE NEW BRITISH CO- X lttmbia Direc'.o.y in every settlement on tho Mainland (Vale and Okaua gau excepted). Active agents can make lots of money. For terms and all other information, address the undersigned, at New Westminster. Tho hook will be sent to any address by mail, post-paid, on receipt of 82. foTtc C. D. RAND. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. In the matter of the Estate of WING WOO, of Lillooet, Defeased, Intestate ALL PERSONS HAVING ANY claims against tiie said Estate are requested "to forward them at once; and all persons indebted are requested to pay tho amounts to .TAMES C. PREVOST, Administrator Victoria, Sth Fob., 1883. folO Administratrix' Notice. In the Goods of MAXIMILLIAN MICH AUD, deceased. mHE UNDERSIGNED, HAVING X been duly appointed Administratrix of the personal Estate and Effects of tho late Max'iniilljan Michaud, formerly of New Westminster, deceased, hereby notifies nil persons indebted to him that they arc required to pay the amount of thou- indebtedness to Gonnox E. Con* DCnJleD, Esq., Solicitor, New Westminster, within one month from this date, and any person having a claim against tlio Estate is requested to furnish particulars thereof to liim within that period. Dated 30th January. 1883. CKLA1NE MICHAUD, jtiy'llml Administratrix. TENDERS ARE INVITED FOR THE PURCHASE OP THE wost half of Lot 307, Group 2, District of Now Westminster, comprising 120 aeres, moro or leas. The property is most eligibly situated in Langley Prairie, in the centre of a thriving settlement, convenient to school and market. Thoro are farm buildings and about ton acres improved, and it abuts on tlio trunk wagon road. The soil is of unsurpassed fertility, ami the property constitutes iu evor*/ respect a most desirable homestead. Tenders to contain an offer of so mueli per acre and to state terms of payment, and the tender offering the highest price nntl tlie best terms of payment will receive the most favorable consideration. Tenders addressed to the Editor of the British Coixmhun and endorsed "Tenders for Lot 307" will be received at this office tifl the 10th day of Mareh next. Title indefeasible. Any further information may be obtained by applying at tliis ofiiee, either personally or ny lotter. felOml E. E. CHtEYELL, IiKALIR IS Dry - Goods, Groceries, "ETC., "EJ'JP'O., Front it,, next door to Gem Snlanu. HAVING PURCHASED PRINCI- . pally for Cash, I am offering gooda at the very lowest remunerative prices. A trial is confidmitly solicited. No .second price. A lot of iSoo is und Shoes Offered at a Bargain. Oefmonico's Restaurant COLUMBIA STREET, Three Doors Above tlio Colonial Jlotcl, WILL OPEN ON FEBRUARY 5, 1883, nml will be tho hurt anil the favorite restaurant in the city, as it will he the finest ami the one most thoroughly kept. OYSTKIM, !•<)! ITItV, anil FB.1I.1.- All the*, tlie market aifonla will be constantly on haml. Cleanliness and good order will he the shining virtnes of the establishment. No Chinese cook cm- ployed, MRS. WM, SINCERBAU, jny3I Proprietress. W. R. CLARKE, AUCTIONEER. APPRAISER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT. Sales Room, Fire-proof Building, Yates Street, VICTORIA, • BRITISH COLUMBIA. £'/ Liberal advances made on Consignments. To facilitate the salo of Real Estate, 1 have complcto maps of Victoria, Esquimalt, Now Westminster and the "Districts. N. B. Parties desirous of soiling their Stock, Stock in trade, or Funituro, and not wishing tlio trouble of au Auction Sale, can find a Cash Buyer hy calling on the above. Ofiiee of tho British Columbia Wire Works. All aorts of wire work done. Ordem filled with neatness and dispatch. Oillre of Ilnrlii-r Muster nud Tort Warden. ft'"1 35TOTICE. To Contractors Ouilte, SEALED TENDERS, PROPERLY endorsed, will be received by tho Honorable the Chief Commissioner of Lauds and Work*" up to noon of Thurri- day the 22nd inst., for furnishing all material and labor for the erection and completion of a school-house at Clover Valley, Survey School District. 'Plana and Specifications can be soon, and blank forms of Tender and agree- ment to execute Bond can he obtained, at tiie Ollice of the Government Agent, New Wculminster, or at tho residence of H. T. Thrift, Esq., Mud Bay. The lowest or any tender not licecs- sarily accepted. W. 8. GORE, Surveyor-General. Lands and Works Dept.. Victoria, B. C, Fob. fi, 1883. t"o7 DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP nsroTioE. n-HE PARTNERSHIP 11ETWEEN I the undersigned as Lmuhor Merchants at New Westminster has heen dissolved hy mutual consent. All dohts owing the said Partnership arc to ho paid to .TtSiii A. Wohster who will settle all dchts duo by tho said Partnership. Tinted at New Westminster this 24th day of Jnuuary, 1883. JNO. A. WEBSTER. G. C. WEBSTER. Witness: lliisuv V. BbMONOSi jnjrSl ©ur rS'tonj. THE MINISTER'S SON. CHAPTER XXII. FRIBNDS AND FOES. Muriel recognized him at a glance, and with somo annoyance; but sho concluded that lie must bo staying nt Broomieknowe, and that Miss Hardwicke had brought liim, as sho was in tlie habit of bringing her guests, to see the picture-gallery and the park. "Lot Sir Duncan know," sho said to the servant, as he announced the visitors." Tlie man paused a moment—"Mv. Bennett is with Sir Duncan, ma'am." ((0h, toll liim Miss Hardwicke and Captain Badger arc here." Captain Badger had vory quick ears, and was puzzled at tho sentence ho waa pretty sure that he had heard correctly. Surely Bennett would not bo iu the house without seoing Mrs. Los- lie, yot sho did not seem to know ho was there. Presently Sir Duncan and Ronald entered; and to hfo surprise tho latter said good-morning to the ladies, so that evidently they had not met beforo. In a vory short time Miss Hardwicko rose to go, Sho had buen itl at ease, tlio conversation had (lagged unaccountably, and sho now proposed that she should walk down the avenue and wood, and that her pony- cirriage should meet thom at tho farthest gate. It was tho usual programme on theso occasions, for the wood-walk was laid out with great taste, and the views from it wore among the sights of the neighborhood. "Will you not seo tho picture-gallery first ?" said Muriel. "Oh, I don't know that Captain Badger cares for pictures," said Laura, glancing at him. "Pictures! Oh, delighted! I enjoy seeing pictures,'1 said Badger, who did not know a Hobbema from a Rubens. "Indeed! Then with Mrs. Leslie's leave, we will look in there on our way to the park, so wo can say good-bye now," answered Laura. The gallery at Inverallan was another of tho recognized sights, and for this reason a special access had beon provided, in order that visitors might Bee it without disturbing the family. It had long since come to be understood that Miss Hardwicko ahould take her friends thoro unaccompanied, for, as she onco naively remarked to Muriel, "It's far jolier to go without the owners, because then one needn't look at moro than one wants to sec " Still, Miss Forbes, or Mrs. Leslie, hnd on various occasions shown the way to the gallery, but Laura know woll that they would not do so to-day. "Very woll," was all Muriel said in reply to her last remark; and then sho rang the bell, and desired the servant tu unlock tho outer door of tlio gallery, and wished her visitors good- morning. "What style of painting do you prefer?'" said Laura to her companion, as they passed through the folding-door. "Thero is a fine collection of portraits, pictures of the Dutch landscape-school, etchings, and modern art." "You seem te know all about it, at any rate," replied Captain Badger. "Considering that almost all our visitors want to come here, that is not to be wondorod at." "And does Mrs. Leslie uovcr condescend to accompany you V Laura glanced quickly at him. Was it in order to see more of Mrs., Leslie that ho wished to walk through tho gallery ? Sho answered him shrewdly— "Not usually. I like to take my guests myself. She sometimes comes when I havo very charming people with me." •'I understand. So thoso arc tho portraits, aro they?" "Yes, this ia a Gainsborough, and this a Raoburn. Do you admire them?" "This is a tremendous follow in tho Highland dress—1743,1 bbo—a rank Jacobite, I dare say." "Oh, ycB; after giving up all his plate to the Prince, and seeing his oldoot son killed, he was beheaded himself." "AU for an idea. I would have sworn allegiance to tho new King, and kept my money and my life." "I dare say you would havo boen wiser than ho. Shall wo go on, or do you want to see the etchings ?" "I think not—thanks; they're not much in my line. Does Bennett como over horo much ? Ho had been with Sir Duncan this morning." "I believe he sits witli him a good deal. I havo twice known that ho was there, though I did not see him." "Curious way to mako up to the heiress, isn't it?" "You seem quito certain that he means to make up to that heiress ? asked Laura, with a hardly perceptible omphasis on that, "I don't soe any reason to doubt it, judging-from the way he spoko of her on board ship. Ho soemod to know her uncommonly wall, and meant to mako tho most of it. Ho has forgotten tho sergeant's daughter, poor thing, by this time! I can't say 1. admire his choico. Mrs. Leslie's protty enough, but she's awfully stiff, one can't talk with a woman liko that. I prefer more life and greater caso." Miss Hardwicko apparently did not care for tho implied compliment, for she began to point out tho sharp crags of tho Cobbler and tho cloft crown of Ben Lomond, visible from tho glass doors by which they wero now passing out from the gallery into tho garden. Captain Badger cared as little for scenery as lio did for pictures, but he was not averse to a walk in fine grounds with a protty woman beside him, and he did his best to improvo the occasion. Miss Hardwicke, however, was less gay than usual, and he found it uphill work, and wondered if there were any chance at all for him with this wayward aud seemingly capricious girl. Tlie truth was that a varioty of contending feelings wero troubling hor composure, and rendering her inattentive and unready when tho usual challenges fell upon her ear. Sho had admired Mrs. Leslie with girlish enthusiasm, but Muriel's sedate and quiot manner, and inability to appreciate the tasteless chair which Laura miscalled "fun," had somowhat damped the fooling, or at least had kept it in abeyance. Still, she always longed to win her approval, and was glad when Muriel greeted her kindly and spoke to her with her own winning smilo. To-day tho smile had boon wanting, and Laura had not been surprised, for, for the first time in her lifo, she had felt herself pert and her companion vulgar. Evory word ho uttered in that harsh yet insinuating voico had annoyed her. His compliments were impertinent, iiis phrases slangy, his appearance underbred; and in the stately drawing-room of Inverallan, with Muriel's well-trained voico in sharp contrast to him, Laura had beon vory angry with herself for having brought him. It was not only Muriel's criticism that -die deprecated; Ronald Bennott had buen there, had seon, had heard, must think her unconscious of Captain Badger's peculiarities; and moreover, sho folt keenly that he, the son of a country minister, looked every inch a gentleman, and was perfectly insensible to tho attraction of her good looks, hor money, and hor kind fooling toward himself. Vou'ro driving as ladies drivo, Miss Hardwicke-*d6 you know at what a pace yon'.o going?'' asked Badger, uneasily, as tho little carriage swung round a corner. "I suppose I am going rather fast," said Laura, rousing herself and taking a pull at the ponies' heads. "Does Bennett live on this road noiutnvhoro? I ought to calMhero some day." "I can put you down here if you Uko. Tho manso is close at hand," she replied, slackening their speed. "Oh, won't you cornel you know them,don't you?" "Of courso I do; but I n'ould rather not call to-day," answered Laura. "Oil, then, I'll defer the pleasure;' I should not like to shorten this drive,' said Captain Badger; and Laura,whip- pod up her pomes again mid drove rapidly homo. CHAPTER XXIII. TWO HBI1U*8SE8, After hor unsuccessful visit to_ Inverallan, Laura Hardwicko complained to hor brother, as they sat at dinner, that Badger had bored her, and no one at Inverallan had liked him. "Why on earth do you let him hang about you?" said Ernest'Hardwicko. "I don't liko him myself." "Yet you are civil to him when he comes, and so am I, and so he goe3 on coming. I wonder why we all do that sort of thing. By-tho-byo, Ernest, ho says Mr. Bennett wants to marry Mrs. Leslie." "The deuce ho does! So much the worse for him, I should say." "I think Captain Badger would do it himsolf if he could." "He! Good heavens, Laura! If I thought lio had tho cheek to dream of such a thing I'd—I'd—" "Oh, Ernest, Ernest, how you tiro up about her! What is it I wonder, that makes her rule peoplo so—can you tell me?" "No; yos—it's diflicult to express. She makes a man fool and boliovo somehow that sho is a perfectly pure- hearted, womanly woman; no ono ever saw a glanco from hor eyes or heard a word from hor lips that he would be sorry for—that's the meaning of it, I think." Laura looked grave. As sho thought over various flirtations, of an innocent enough sort, with which she had amused herself, sho doubted if her brother could havo said as much of her. He had rebuked her without intonding it. "I've asked Bennett to come and stay here for a couple of days when the Grays come," continued ho. "I'd liko thom to meet him, and it's a horo for him always going home at night. Miss Gray would be a good match for him, too—don't you think so ?" "Vory," said Laura, shortly. She began to fool piqued. Evon Ernest talked to her as if sho could have no interest in Ronald Bennott, though evory ono about hor praised and admired him. She wished ho had not beon coming to stay; but as he was to come sho resolved that in her own house neither Miss Gray nor any one elso could eclipse her. Tho parties at Broomieknowe wero vory pleasant of their kind. There waa a perpetual stir, a searching for amusement, a desire for fun, unknown in tho quietor entertainments at Inverallan; but tho fun, such as it was, pleased tho guests, for, as they were mostly young, they enjoyed the alternations of dancing, billiards, round games, and charades, which followed each other iu rapid succession. In all these Laura shone. She was invariably well-dressed, and tlio little oxcitomcut of the games and of her position as hostess, heightened her color and added sparkle to her eyes, so that sbo looked undeniably handsome. Ronald began to think that she was prettier than he had imagined, and was uot sorry to find an opportunity of obliging hor. A eharado liad been arranged, but at the last moment one of the actors who was not staying in the house sent an excuse, and Laura found it diflicult to replace hiin. "If your sister would liko it, I think I could take the part," said Ronald to Hardwicko. "She'll bo dolighted," said Earnest, and was dismayed to find that Laura was less pleased than he had anticipated. "Supposo he has never-acted—ho might break down," said she; "but I'll ask him. I hoar you havo volunteered to holp us, Mr. -Bennott; it is vory good of you. Is this to be your debut, may I ask?" "Not quite; I belonged to two theatrical clubs in India,' said Ronald, smiling. "I am used to acting, Miss Hardwicko." "And you never told me! Oh, Mr. Bennett, how unkind of you! but it's just like you—you always keop yourself in tho background," said Laura, .coloring. "That is hest for me," he aaid, gently, "and hotter than putting one's solf in the foreground, isn t it ?" "Yes, among strangers; but here— you might have told Ernest—you don't do yourself justice among your friends." (Tn he Continued.) A WOKDEWITL ChANOK.—RoV, W. K. Clifford, while pastor of M. E. Church, Bothwcll, suffered from chronic dyspepsia so badly as to render life almost a burden. Three bottles of Burdock Blood Bitters cured him. •SWINE & SPIRIT MERCHANT.^ UI1U11 BEGS TO INFORM THE RESIB- ents of New Westminstor and vicinity tliat he is constantly receiving from Europe shipments of choice Wines, Spirits, Liqueurs, English Ales, London and Dublin Stout, Whioh he will supply IN BOIB or DUTY PAID, Iti Quantities to Suit Customer!*. Also, in constant receipt, direct from \V. A. GUliy's, London., Fine Champagnes, Saumur's Claret, Burgundy, Genuine Sherry, Fine oid Ports and Sherries. E. BROWN, OQXi'crivr'HXJ^ B-J?sa*E3iii*r, N*e*ffr Westminster, B, 0. [L.S.] Ot.EMENT *?. CORNWALL. VIOTORIA, liv tlio Grace or God-, of tho United Kingdom .,r lirtMt I'i-iU-iiiaud Ireland, Quecn, Dofunderuf tlio I'V.itli. kc, Ac, Ac. To the Kctnrt-itic Officer of tlio Electoral District of Lillooot. WHEREAS n vacancy lias happened In tlio Logltslutlve A-fflcmljly by tlio ticwptnuco of offlcc of tho Honour.ibU* Alexanmih Ki-mund II.it- hos Davie, a moinhor for the Elect oral District of DilloiH't, Wo command yon that, notice nf the timo and placo of Flection licing duly given, you do cause olcctlon to he innde according to law, oi a Meinhcr to servo In tlio LeplBlatlvo AHscinhly of the Provlnc-* of Rrlti-di Colninhhi, fur the Elector- nl DiNtrH or Lillooet, and that you do cause Hie iioniiniitiui. of fJaiiilhlatrn al htu-li Kkctlon lnl.e held on , and du canuo tlio numeof Kitt-H Member when bo elected, whether ho he pie. >;o.it or absent, to he certified to our Supremo Court, nt tin* CItv of Victoria, on or hefore tho thirty-first day or March next, tho Election ho niftdu, distinctly anil openly under Onr Soul duly eudor-ioil upon this Our Writ. rn TBStlMoHT WllEnfcOF Wo have caused theso Our Letters to be mado Patent under tlio Great Seal of Our said DroTincoof Drltlsh Columbia- Wttttias, tlio Honourable OusBKKI F. Coiwwau, Our Lieutenant-Governor, at Our Government House, at Victoria, tlio Twenty-ninth day ofilnnnary, in tlio year nf Onr Lord One thousand eight hundred nnd olghty-three. Ily Command, .TAMES GUARD'S PKBVOST, jiiy.ll Kegistrrir Supremo Court. NOTICE, VrOTICF. IS HBEEBY GIVEN, that IM application will be made to tho Legislative Assembly of tlio Province of British Columbia, at its next session, for an Act to incorporate a Company to construct and Vork a Railway from tho •Ulth parallel, North latitude, at a, point be tween Scmiahnioo Hay and the Eastern line of Township 22, New "Westminster District, to connect witli the Canadian Pacific Hallway at sonic point between the Eastern lino of Township 2", New Westminster District, nnd the Western Terminus of said Canadian Pacific Railway, aud from that point to the City of Now Westminster, ALBERT T. D. MoELlOT- Solicitor for the Applicants. New Wostmlnstei', January 17, 1883. jnySlto Provincial Secretary's Office, tB9th January, 1883. HIS HONOR THE LIEUTENANT- Governor haa been pleased to mako tho following appointments;-- William Smithe, Esquire, to be Chief Commissioner of Lands and WorkB for the Province of British 0 ilumbia, Alexander Kdmcnd Batson Davie, Esquire, to be Attorney-Gen oral for the Province of British Columbia. John Roiihox, Esquire, to be Provincial Secretary and Minister of Minos, and Minister of Finance and Agriculture, for the Provinco of British Columbia. M o n t a o ir e William Tyrwiiht Dkake, Fsqiiire, to bo President of tho Executive Council of the Province of British Columbia. juySl NOTICE. ALL PERSONS ARE HEREBY cautioned against cutting or removing timber of nny kind from oil' lands held by tlio Hastings Sawmill Company, as parties doing so without permission will be prosecuted. R1CHD. H. ALBXANDER. Durnri Inlet, B.C., 12th Doc, 1882. dcld J. A. R. HOMER. General Commission Apt, FRONT STREET. J. A. SIVEWRIGHT, M. D. OFFICE-MACKENZIE STREET (hear drill shed). Residence — Acmes Street. &0RD1 I CORBOULD, Barrister, Solicitor, &c. NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. JAMES HOBSISOXr, CONVEYANCER, ' Land and General Agent, —MV— AUOTIONEEB1 COLUMBIA STREET, (Opp, Col-mitt' Hotel) NKW W BSTM IN8T KK. -W Several good Farina for Hale and to Lease. no10 TURNER, BEETON & CO. MERCHANTS, WHARF STRKKT, • VIOTORIA. Novlli Brilisli and Mercantile Insurance Oo. for Mainland. H.C. BEETON & CO., 30 Flnsbury Circus, London, I". C. Every Man to ills own Business PRACTICAL CHEMI8T& DRUGGIST, COLUMBIA STREET (OH1, COLONIAL HOTEL), NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. Physicians' Prescriptions and Fam- Hy Recipes a Specialty. N. B. — Only Genuine Drugs used. Over twenty Years' experience. mr23 WOODS ! TURNER, LAND SURVEYORS, BEAL ESTATE AGENTS, Conveyancers & Accountants. RKSTS, DHBIS, &0., COuLElTO, Loans Negotiated, nnd a General Agency Business trnnsucted. AOBKTS FOU THE l'liciilx lire Insurance Company of Brooklyn, and tlie i-qnltablc tiro Assurance Society or tlie United States. C'OMI-iltlA liTliRKT. NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. P. 0. Box JO. ESTABLISHED IN 1852. LP. 'S 3*3* 'XI "W KS 3E» -*3i~ W 38 *Bt IDVEETISING nm-Sr TB23 mx «za 'w (looms 20 and lit, Hercbuntt' Exchange, Cal Itornla Bt., S. K., Cal. Nu.-ADvicn'risino solemn , fir ull newqupon imMit-lic-l on tlm l'nciflc Cnnsl, llm Bandwlcfl IhImhIh, Poly hi* h! it, Mexleuti lN-rtf*. Pm-uiim. VnlpumiBo, J!i*m.ii, China, New Zwiliuiil, thu Ati-itniliuii Colmileti, tin.1 Kiwleni Status mul i-'urope. Fiiii- of uuariy ov?rynowa- paper pulil^licil on tlio Puclfif. Com I aro lie-it constantly fin hand anil all 1'ilvortlaurn uru allowed iroo UCCbm totln-m rlurln^ lrtislticaH hours Tlio BttiiUH Columbia:* Ih kept on filont tlio Oflico of L. t'i tflSIIKK. NOTICE. NOTICE IS HEREBY C'lVEN, that application will lie mado to tho LuL'islutivo Assembly of ttritiah ('olnmbiu ut ita next Mission, for a ]'.'!! to uiugihI "Ati Act untitling to John Adair, junr, and .JoKcpli Hunter tlio right to crcot a dam at the outlet of ttic Qucsnellt* Lako, and to iniao the bed of tho South Fork River and other Lands"; and for an Aot to incorporate a Company to curry out the provisions of the aaid Act. nclS ISTOTIO-iE! TB HEREBY GIVEN THAT Al'l'LI- X cation will bo mado at tho next see sum of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia for an Act to amend tbe 'Sumus Dyking Act, 1878, and amending Acta, and to postpone, nnd appoint a definite time for, tho payment of the assciiBinonts made payable under the original Act. C. B. SWORD. Victoria, 28th Dec, 1882. d30 AYRSHIRE BULLS! THE UNDERSIGNED HAS FOR snlo on rcnaonablo terms a fow half- bred Ayrshire yearling Bulls, sired by tho Thoroughbred Ayrshire Bull X> IT 3? X* H 3a IKT , Tho dams being choico dairy cows. joll A. fl. VKDDER, Annua. UUJJJII0 -DEALERS IN- GROCERIES — A.-Bsrm — PROVISIONS, WHAKF STRKET. VICTORIA, B.O. Having established Business in the ahovo Lines and by REOEIT IffiPORTATIOMS European & Eastern Markets red to fill orders t tho following Goods: Wc aro prepared to fill orders to tho Trade m th TEAS, COFFEES, SHGA1S, TOBACCOS, HAM, BACON, LARD, CODFISH, MACKEREL, 'undies, Rice, Syrup, Cheese, Drli-'l fruits, Canned Goods, Vinegar, BaUius Powder, Soap, . Coal Oil, Cocoa, Pearl Barley, BiEANS- BROOMS, WRAPPING PAPER, PAPER IA6S, And kll other Goods iu the Grocery and Provision Lint. SPECIAL ATTENTION Iu called to tbe undernotcd GooiIk, on which tho moat LIBERAL INDUCEMENTS will bo oflered to tho Trade, as wo are SOLE r.00I) AS GOLD BAKING POWDER Tho Boat and Cheapost. BOLE AGENTS l"OK Eastern Light Coal Oil ARCTIC SUGAR CURED HAM Turkish Patrol Cigarettes, Boing tho Largest Size and Bent Tobacco, ^-^.t-fH-I^K'i'i^'.'V.l /*■ wJf-^c-S V-'Vi'-J NEW SCHEDULE —ot— —mn— WHITE LABOR —OX THK— Canadian Facile Railway —IS— BRITISH COLUMBIA. Our Goods are Guaranteed of the highest standard in Quality, and are offered --AT THK— LOWEST MARKET RATES, Overseers . .$125 00 por month. Rock Foremen... .$3 00 to $1 00 V? dny Earth Foremen... 2 25 to 3 00 " Bridgo Foremen.. 3 00 " Bridge Carpenters, 1st class 2 50 " Bridgo Carpenters, 2nd class 2 00 " Masons 2 50 to 3 50 " Blacksmiths, Ist class 3 00 " Blacksmiths, 2nd class 2 50 " Blacksmith Help- era 1 50 to 2 00 " Drillers I 75 to 2 00 " Laborers 1 50 to 1 75 " Hewers, 1st class 3 50 " Choppers, Ist'class 2 50 " Scorers, 1st class 2 50 " All outside labor 10 hours per day. All Carpenters to furnish their own Chest TooIb. All Employees to find themselves Bed, Board and Lodging. Boarding Houses will be convenient along tho Line; Board—$4 per week. It will not bo coinpulsory for Employees to hoard in tho Company's Houses. "Wages will bo paid monthly, on the 10th of each month. A. ONDERDONK, flnSEWAL Manaokb. OVPICB Or THE CoXTItACTOltS, Canadian Pacific Railway, Yale, March 1,1831. Iriituevfr-fi'iliti'-1 (hm* for Ncrv-I oh** DebiliiV ,Kx- huustnl Vi'i.-iii) I of * ny It i ti t',f Weakness, I*Ar-l alysis, Pi'ustn-I liirrliu'en,and till the terrible ef-I frets of-fouthfull fatlicB, itnd exc^psn in malu'rer years. .DR. MINTIE will n-frrv to forlYItl FlTe Hundred Hollars for & cm* off ibis kind th* vital Restorative (umiwl liis ppecini ndrk-e and lrontinent)will noil cure, or for anythlrg impure orinjuriousf found in it. DR. MINTIE trials all Di J eases successfully without mercury! Consultation free. Thorough tiatniJ nation and nd.vice, $5*00. Pi ke of Vita M RestorntiYe, S3-oo a bottit, or foul times ihe qtmtinly, $10-00; sent to rtii-J address upon receipt of pries, or C O. D,f secure from obstrration, and In privntJ name if desired, by A, "E, MINTIK J M.D. Those who funnel TlfiL DR, MINTI*d In Ban Frr.ncireo ?h-*mlil send a fnll mid minute statement ot their troubles will $2fj-00, nod in rtturu a fnll rottrit el Medicine will he fdrm-rded, s<*cnrolj packed, nn as not to excite rnrleslty. All orders for medicine (*. O. D, mml be accompanied willi $1.00 (nn a gutrl antei of [rood fidth), whieh will be tlj| confidential. jny31-ly II Kearney Street, Una rrnnelseo, tal.l HD I ICDIP 400 deary Street, Ultt. LSLDIU, SiinFniHcls-ro.tal CONTINURS TO TREAT bitc- cce-r-full** by Humeo-nUliy _J overy form uf Spti-ial or Chronic U Disi-n-Hi without Mercury or Nuii- UJ i-cou-j Drill**). DK. MHMli-S nr INYIOOIIATOK isniii-sltlYonm. Ope nn unen t cure fur Seminal , Weakness, Kerr on* ami l-l-yaicnl Pr Detilitj, Lout Slaiihuotl, Vital (f) tixlmuntlon, and nll tlio tumble i |jj rwultiofnlniHsd nature, oxccm- h[f *"* ■-■-'■ y*»utliful follies. Tlio m!Jm Doctor will nRree in writlu** to forfeit $1,000 for acusutliat lie undertaken nnd fails to euro. Tlie reason thousands can not i*»' cured of Seminal Weakness nnd tho iiUoto diseases Is owing to a complication called Proatn- torrhen, which ri'ipiirrs a special remedy. DU. UKBIO'S IN. 'O ViaoUATOR, No. 2. is nSpo* q ciflo Cure for I'rostatoriliea. 3J Prico of cithor Iuvlgorator, $2 Q pcrl)Ottl(*,or Aljottkti$10. Sent T* to any ndiiruHN Bocnrely covered mm) fromob-x-nrutioti. Si*inini*lW«*k- tfii nens nml I-rostatorrkaittfruln vU