Is the time to have your name put on the list. Keep Posted On the issues of the campaign by reading the Nanaimo Mai 1 .l"y«SH£ Is our business, and the superiority of our work commends itself, while as to prices It Is Profitable 'Yo deal with us. All classes of work for all classes of customers is our specially. L VOL. I. NANAIMO, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY NIGHT, JUNE (i, 1896. NO. 55. IS THE TARIFF A T They say it is not; maybe so; but look over this order we filled a tew days ago. It may help you to judge. 2.rillis Good Kaisrns %\ 121bs Good Currants, cleaned 1 121bs Prunes, choice 81bs Evaporated Peaches lOlbs Evaporated Apples 1 lOlbs Choice (Jodlish 1 10 tins Good Sardines I l'Jllis Farina 1 121b box Gloss Starch 1 10 packets Corn Starch 1 H tins Good Jinn 1 8 boxes Rest Pigs 1 171bs Rest Sago 1 1 box Yellow Soap 2 2 burs White Castile 1 7 packets Pearline 1 KICK. no.. no. 1 .no. 1.00 1 .no. 1.00 1.00. l .00. 1.00 1.00. 00. 00.. (10. . Duty. 8 bars Sapolio 1 tin Coal Oil 7 tins Milk 41bs Green Coffee, extra .. Gibs Chicory. Rest English. 1711.s Pearl Barley olbs Eagle Chocolate 31bs Cocoa 41bs Dessicated Cocoanut.. . zo. .00. .00. 00 50. oo. 00. no nn. no no. oo. 12 12 is in 2(1 is IS 15 21 2(1 12 5(1 25 Mil 21 OS 2! 12 20 roTinuTHE eusi JJllUf!. |;;,pi(i Ailvaiif USX IA OF TO-DAY, Provinces Cannot Enact Pro- hibitory Laws. I'lieir rowers Limited to Granting Local Option lo Mlinicipalltcs. Judgment of Hu- Imperial Privy Council. $21 i. %!. 70 f4 70 is the amount nf the duty on this small order. In adlitlon there is the wholesaler's prod ton Unit amount nnd my smnil prolll mi nil. Tbe man who gave the order paid the whole lot. Maybe il isn'l a lax, Still If you note the figures you will see plainly tbut you can gel more for your money than elsewhere, ul The People's Store VICTORIA CRESCENT. On a careful examination of the judgment of the Privy Council, the conclusion must lie reached thnt their lordships have not expressed, nnd did not intend to express, nn opinion upon question No. 1 : "Has n provincial legislature jurisdiction to prohibit the sale within lhe province of spirituous, fermented or oilier intoxicating liquors?" They have definitely answered ihe inquiry regarding local option, and have belli iiml both llie.-'roll net nnd the provision regarding local option arc within lhe powers of the Dominion Parliament ami local legislatures respectively, They hold thai the authority i" pass llie ;• cot! act has been assigned to lhe Dominion Ly section 91 nf iin- 1',. X.A. act, under which parliament may make laws for the peace, order ami good government of Canada, 'i'he power lo pass llie local option law is given io the provinces Ly section 02, Nos, 13 uml Hi, which assign to their exclusive jurisdiction (I) "property and civil rights in the province," ami (-1) "generally all mailers of a Being .Made iu Social ml Commercial Progress. If Michael Romanoff, the founder i.f lho present dynasty, is cognizant of events in lhe material world, he must have been well satisfied wilh the splendor ami magnitude of the display al .Moscow when his youthful descendant, Nicholas Romanoff, was crowned Emperor of ,',]| tlm Russias, investing him with power ami authority lo rule over one-sixth of the land surface of the globe ami whose subjects number more than 100,000,000. The Emperor of Russia is, by what Russians are pleased tu call, "divine right," the autocrat nf V\nn-y inch of lhe vast nation; besides, he is lhe supreme bend of lhe church, thus being lhe vicar of the Almighty in all matters appertaining io the material ami spiritual welfare of the people. That this power has been often abused, no one will pretend to deny; but since 1861 reforms have been instituted Fully as rapidly as lhe people were ready lo appreciate them. In ihat year Alexander 11. issued a proclamation which emancipated lhe slave-, bul not without indemnifying those who hail claims upon them. Thai event was lho beginning of a new era in Russia's social and commercial life, ami no slop backward has sim-c been taken. Although .Nihilism Las been rampant, even conspiring to overthrow the system of government, the empire has moved forward. The educational system has steadily improved until now ii' VISIT TO D00RNK0P. Tliin! Allium! Session of tin National Council. Man y Iiiipoi'lnnl Questions Dismissed. Organization Now Extending' From Halifax lo Vancouver, Ii. t.'. The Scene of Jameson's Memorable Encounter and Surrender. Mr. I-'. II. Lockwood of Johannesburg bus paid a visit to Doornkop, near Krn- gersdorp, the scene of Dr. Jameson's memorable encounter with the Iioers, and sends the following account of his visit io the Uetford and Gainsborough Thins (Nottingham): " Leaving Johannesburg, we go along by the main reef, which is dulled for miles with gold mines. The mad is very rough in places, , being over bills. A drive of two and a hub hours brought us to the scene of the lulu battle, where Jameson's 400 men fought against over 4000 Boers. All the bouses we could see at Doornkop were only about half-a-dozen in number and were principally occupied by Dutch The niiver acting as guide, we and intelli- were shown the respective positions held by both parties during the encounter. We then visited the grave wherein lie the poor fellows who lost their lives. of lhe council is to secure the exten- The grave is part of an old disused pros- sion of the political franchise to pet-tor's track. There are seven buried The third annual meeting of the National Council of Women of Canada, recently concluded in Montreal, has given an object lesson in the power of organization, nol only in stimulating reformatory efforts, farmers. but in concent rati n| gently directing them, ll is a common misconcention that the mission together in this one grave, just as they were found after the surrender. There is some talk of the bodies being taken up und reburied at Krugersdorp, and the present burial ground is to have a wall nuilt around to mark the place. Next we come to the dead horses of Jameson's men. They still lie scattered all around the place. Needless to say, however, they are now nothing but bones. There vjg , , , u (lf is not a tooth nor a hoof to be seen, all of these having heel, taken by visitors as mementoes of the war, All the bullets una cartridge cases have been picked women, and much criticism Las been bestowed on its supposed efforts in thai direction. Composed as ii is of delegates from local organizations made up entirely or partly of women, and from societies of similar membership having a national organization, as many d vergent women's political enfranchisement merely local and private nature in compares favorably with neighbor- ,„- ing countries, and no more liberal r11?*-reprfetu''- ° phere of their l»y«tv'(wv«iv*v%*& ^%.*^-*^&^--ivi^»AWVi,-^ <> VS ctl'Li L'liO^ FOR MEN In Black and Tan. BALS AND CONGrRESS. I the province. As to question No, 1, their lordships say it differs from the question to which the answer has been given in this respect; that it relates lo matters which may possibly become litigious in the future, accomplish but has not yet given rise to any real and present controversy. They further observe that, the question being in in its nature academic rather than judicial, il is better fitted for the consideration of the officers of the Crown than of a court rope. American farm machinery of law. This is a distinct statement may he seen in all the agricultural that question No. I has not been districts, and in many localities answered, except in so far as an farming is carried on as scienlifi- answer lu the question regarding cal ly oa anywhere. Railway con- local option has a bearing upon struction has been steadily pushed local option for the whole1 province, between the more important trade further, their lordships say that centers. The Siberian railway is ''any reply given to the question| one of the greatest enterprises of | will necessarily depend upon the can be found in the council as in anv similarly-constituted organiza- up—ul least, all that could be found. lion of men.' The council exists for An old Dutchman living close by sella ,i • , ,,• , • , , ,. • them at Ibe rale of three for Is. bd. the intelligent interchange oi opin- Near the horses is the house from which ion on matters of interest to women, Jameson secured ihe Kaffir woman's ami no argument is needed to prove white apron to make the Hag of truce. its beneficial influence, not only to 'I'he Boers had a splendid position. It ,i ii , ,. i , ,i ■',- wnuld have taken a large army to have ihe delegates ami to the societies ,- , ,, • . ., B ,,. : ., . forced them into the open. Picture if Within the y0U ean Jameson's men, about 400 in influence. "How number, on the top of a bill, with hardly any cover; so small, in fact, as to consist of only half-a-dozen pieces of rock, which wus very poor shelter, and the Boers ;d no more nalroii of art, science and music, • .., will be found in the old world than : "'"""f can besl '*ach ,il"".',! "' the Russian autocrat. Still, his dren the necessary elements of phy- ii, ■ ,i , I, i Siology, in-li e ii a lianer sc cct- Itfe is threatened because be cannol , r- ' , , ,, * * i , , , ed at random troni the programme, do in a day what requires years to is suggestive of the wide field of I usefulni ss open to this organization. Russia is essentially an ngnoul- i]l(. frea discussion of such prob- tural country, and so helping has |emfs tjie Intelligent comparison of been the policy oi the guvernmenl ,;iv..,„,,„, views and instructive ex- in recent years that Russian cereals now exerl a powerful influence in all llu breadstuffs markets of Eu- to spread a among the Ladies' Canvas Oxfords, Ladies' Kid Oxfords, j Children's Tan Button Hoots and Low Shoes, 1 >3n Black and Tan. Cash Boot and Shoe Store, No. 17 & 19 Commercial Street. E, I'. C. JOHNSON, Mion LADIES ! Do Not ,$ circumstances in which they may arise for decision, and thesecircum- stances are iu this case left lo speculation." The conclusion, therefore, to be drawn from the judgment is thai the Privy Council has decided that, under tne authority of the B. N. 'A. act, section U2, No. 16, "matters of a merely local or private nature," the provinces have the righl tu pass laws regarding local option, and that the words, "merely local or private nature,' when used in connection with provincial matters, have reference to localities or municipalities within the provinces, and not to a whole province as representing a collection or unii of municipalities. 'I he power, therefore, of ibe provinces is a limited one. On lhe oilier band, their bad- ships hold thai, as ibe Dominion modem times, and when completed will have a total mill age of nearly 500(1 miles. Several hundred miles ure already in successful operation, and by il new and mining and agricultural have been made profitabl liable districts and ac- ible. Over 6,000,000 bushels nf high-grade wheat were exported from these new regions lasl year regions as yet sparsely settled am nearly all around them. All round this hill are koples (rough rock), behind which the Boers took up their position, and of course were able to tire at Jameson's men without themselves being seen. Jameson's men hardly had the chance of a shut to any advantage. What made it worse for thc sa-ealled raiders was the want of water. A spruit (small stream) ran a few hundreds of yards from their position, but it was guarded bv tha Boers, who prevented them from obtaining the water they so much needed. \\Y met the old Hutch farmer who buried the troopers who were slain and to whose h.mse also the wounded were taken, He said that Jameson washed and eared for the wounded, and in fact did all for them he could. He said he Bhould always think a lot of Dr. Jameson, for he was a brave and good man. i'he place being only about 15 miles from Johannesburg, has been visited by thousands si nee the buttle was fought, immigration oi women, the impor- ...-*• periences, cannol f leneficial influenc homes id the Dominion. The experience and observation of an intelligent woman during a life of ordinary activity is of inestimable value, and it is indeed fortunate that a perfect organization has established a means of communicating ami perpetuating such acquired knowledge. The council discussed such public questions a I we li-fl it with sorrowful hearts, talion of waifs and strays, the excess thinking of the brave and gallant men of home lessons for school children, w'ho had fought with dauntless courage the working of associated charities and thc introduction of manual training in schools. The discussions naturally called forth widely divergent views, but many of the suggestions and experiences record- , ml «ill be found of material aid in lei islatton through such great inducements are being offered I*-! , . ?- ;.. ,i.„- r ...i ?...:._, debatable ground. Many of the to the farmer.- of other countries to settle on the line of the Siberian railway, which many arc la ting advantage of. The government is cm the i-i iblishineni of manufactories of every kind thai can (ind the raw material within the empire, and boasts are already made thai the time will come « hen Russian-made g Is will be found in active competition with ihe manufacture of subjects were beyond the ordinary sphere of legislation, but the discussions were none the less valuable. Among these may be classed "The ■■•- recent development of athleticism among women aud girls," "Therelation of food and recreation to in- ■ i inI■■ ranee," " How to form home leaning circles," nml "How to encourage Canadian literature." The council makes provision for com municating lis views on public government may make laws fur the other countries m all the markets questions to the proper legislative As the New Sprint; Season, is now upon us to come and inspect our stock of WW Ml ;ai III Our stock this season we assure you is complete in every respect and bound to please. It comprises all the latest novelties, etc. A very fine and well assorted stock of Ladies' Sailors and Children's Galatea, Silk and Lace Hats. J. S. STANNARD & CO., Crescent Store, , Nanaimo, 1?. G. peace, order ami good government of Canada, the Scot) acl is i stilu- lional. 'I iieic is no restriction or limitation in the words, "peace, order and good government of Canada," ami it is presumably lei'i to the Dominion I arhument to say what shall be embraced therein. Parliament has so far decided Iiml lhe peace, order and good government of Canada will be maintained by a restriction of the liquor traffic in the manner provided by the Scott act, and the Privy Council has supported Ibis view. If a limited restriction conns within the powers of the Dominion, a still further restriction, even to total prohibition, must also be within their powers, and therefore with the Do- \ minion Parliament alone rests the j power to puss a total prohibitory J measure. '*•• I neck. While in this pOBltlon McKenzic At the concluding meeting of the! senior engaged In a little pleasantry by ltritisli Women's Temperance As- \vay of applying bis boot to the China- sociiilion, yesterday, various reso- man's after part, The light was stopped | lotions of a temperance oharacter, by a bystander, E, v. Chambers, who and urging lhe government to in- wbb the principal witness on behalf of Bist upon Armenian roforms, were the i iplainant, His Worship, after adopted. Votes of thanks were ac- slimming up the case, lined the defend- corded to Lady Henry Somerset and ant *16 and costs, T. B. !'.. Mclnnes Miss Francis Willard amid great appeared for the defense and G. F. Cane | enthusiasm.' J fur the prosecution. of the world, tl is n mistake to think of Russia as a country whose people and rulers arc still groping in the shadow of ba rbai isiu. at 9 m Assaulting a Chinaman, Tho charge of nssauh nguinsl .1. W, McKenzic cnnie up before Ihu police magistrate this morning. The evidence produced brought mi Ihe following facts: A Chinaman named Ylck (Ion..!, while riding on his I ieycie on Victoria bond on Monday last, between 12 und 1 o'clock, was stunk on the back by a slonc thrown by the son of ,1. W, McKenzic, of Victoria Load. The Chinaman was knocked off his wheel. He followed the boy into Mr. McKenzle's yard and was unceremoniously pushed out by thc boy's father. Afterwards a scuffle was engaged in on the sidewalk by thc boy and the Chinaman, the buy having his arm around ihe Chinaman's bodies. Among the matters vt men will be broughl to the attention of ihe Iloiniiiioii (mv,-i-iimi-iii by petition is the need oi nu dical aid in the Northwest Ten itories, In three years thc organization of local councils has extended from Halifax to \ ancouver. who had fought with against fearful odds. »««■ That Five-Acre Wiseacre. Editor .Mail: In last night's issue of ibe Free Press Mr. Mclnnes is referred to in a very scurrilous manner by a no less prominent person than Five Acres, simply because he dared mention Mr. 1). \V. Gordon's naine. Surely the difference between Mr. Mclnnes and the late Mr. Gordon is not greater than the difference between our Lord and His followers; and if they were deprived of the right of mentioning His name, what would become of Christianity? Still, if one judged from the source from which it emanated, or at least take the signature for granted, be would not be surprised, for altho' there are good and wise men on live acre lots, there are others who display anything but common sense. When a man pays an ex irbitant price for five acres of gravel land, I ean hardly see how he could be held responsible for any opinion. As to Mr. llaslam doing so much publicly and privately, I can only say that publicly he filled eat in the House of Commons, This rapid development and un- bul privately be has done much, equaled success are due in a great butforwhom for Andrew Haslam. measure lo the work of her Excel- While enconiums are not in order, 1 - .... o: i is us*l | must say for Mr. Mclnnes, at least, ' e straightened up our police the influence of her position and devoted her recognized ability to promoting the organization and furthering its objects. In thus recognizing her ladyship's distinguished services there is no lack of appreciation of the able manner in which they have been supplemented by the other olliccrs and members. Some of the opinions and resolutions of the council have been warmly combatted by the labor organizations. In view of (he cleavage which makes almost it caste distinction between employers and employes in industrial callings, it need not be expected that the council ami lhe labor organizations j shall sec eye 10 eye on questions I having n d reel hearing on industrial problems and disputes. that affairs in this lity, Cedar District. The Methodist Conference is session at Winnipeg to-day, by a unanimous vote adopted a resolution in favor of civil nnd religious liberty and the maintenance of a uniform system of non-denominational public schools. The election in Oregon has resulted in a victory for the Populists. Two Populists, Quinn and Yander- berg, have been elected to Congress, and ex-Governor Peniioyer mayor oi Portland by u sweeping majority. The committee of the French Chamber of Deputies has unanimously approved lhe bill making j Madagascar a French colony. aOFYRIGHT I1Y AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION, IB»4 At. Hie close of the meal the two men Went out together, pausing 1'nr a minute at the half open front, door to watch the dashing raindrops vex the limpid pool spread overall the yard. One of the long summer storms bad broken since morning. The sky was a dun cup, without fold or i-i ft. Thc slightest hollows held such rainy runnels as assured all who knew the lay of the land that the creeks must bo at flood. It wius full of sharp hills, fruit which the waters ran fast as they fell. Already above the plash of the rain came lhe roar and boom of torrents in the lowlands. Hut young Fauntleroy stepped without the hall door and said: ".Major Overton, 1 feel ibis intrusion of mine to bo so impertinent that if your woman will return me my own garments I will make my way somewhere else lill the storm is over. " The grim ghost of a smile played on Major Overton's face. "That would be suicide, which is the worst form of cowardice," he said. "Either side of ns is a stream that now a man with two good arms conld not. safely pass on horseback. Ou foot, and crippled you would surely drown. Kidgeley's door can let no man go out to his death. Stay and bo sure of your welcome until you can go in safety. " "If only you would let me speak," the oilier began. A gesture slopped him. Major Overton had raised bis hand, a look of pain unutterable upon his face. After a minute he suid slowly,as though weighing each word: "It is not, my wish to embarrass yon or add to your discomfort, but surely you must understand that of all men you are the bust with whom 1 can discuss—anything." "Why. because of that old trouble? Believe me, Major Overton, whatever imputation there may have been in tho past, I do not believe"— Young Fauntleroy burst out before he could be silenced. His pause, when it came, waa due to amazement The old face fronting him was rage incarnate, Ihe old hands clinched hard. By a supreme effort Major Overton controlled himself and said, half turning away: "Belief amounts to nothing, certainly as against deeds. It is just possible that you came in ignorance of some things that havo gone before. Pray pardon mu if I ask to be spared further reference to all painful subjects. Be simply the stranger within my gate for thu rest of your stay.'' "In one minute, sir. All 1 ask is that yon will believe I came simply with the honest purpose of trying to better a bad matter, a very sad one. I am not u sneak. They told mo to approach you under a feigned name, but I refused. I did not give my full name at lirst because I feared to startle the young lady" "Will yon come to my office for a smoke?' Major Overton said, us though he had not heard, leading tho way to a sinali bare room just off tbe back piazza As Ihe I wo came into it they found themselves face to face with Dare. She did not Mush, look conscious or seek to evade, her grandfather's disapproving eye. Instead sho gathered up a handful of torn papers, and stepping to the door stopped beside it to say: "1 know yon would want to smoke, grandfather, so I lit the fire, if it is July, and put pijies ready tilled thereover the mantel." I!Very good. I am obliged," Major Overton said grimly, stepping so as to hide his granddaughter from his guest. Dare moved lightly aside, drew a chair to the corner of tbe hearth and said to Fauntleroy! "Sir. down, and I will give you a light for your pipe, as you have but one hand now." "Yon spoil mo, " he protested, sinking into the scat and looking straight into the girl's eyes. Major Overton frowned heavily, took the girl by the arm and Jed her through tin' door, saying, "Stay in yonr room, Dare, until I send for you." CHAPTKR VIII. By midnight the storm had sol-lied nnt its wrath. Morning broke fair over the radiant, new washed world. The rays of dawn were struggling through the window panes ere Allen Fauntleroy dropped Hfileep When at last his (.-yes opened, the sun was high in heaven. His host stood at his bi-dshlc, grayer, harder, sterner looking in tbe light of the golden day than in that of rainy skies. Yd ■till his voice was a well bred monotone, bare of all feeling. "Pardon nm for disturbing yon. I fear you slept poorly," bu said. "But a friend bus come in search of you, and I had no choice but to wake yon. Ib-re comes Jubilee with your boots. He will help you to dress und wait on you at breakfast. Take your time. There is no need of hurry. I will lake cure that your friend does not grow impatient." "Who is it—Hawkins? I thought he'd look me up if the horse got back without me. I beg you not to let him get at that precious old brandy. He will stay till ho drains the bowl," Young Fauntleroy said in an effort to speak lightly. He was far from feeling so. Al 1 his sleep had been a phantasmagoria of trouble of thick clouds, of swellingwators, with Daro in tho midst of them, swept forever away in their flood The night through ho had not hidden from himself tho fact that in thoir all too brief encounter sho had taken captive his heart and Ids fancy. Ho muBt not, ho conld not, would not go away without, further sight and speech of hor. Ho would not Startle, maybe distress her with any talk of love. Instead ho would speak a littlo of tho gratitude he felt for her timely aid and beg her, if ever tho timo came that sho ueodod help, to remember that, she had in him a faithful friend. But how aohiovo so muoh, guarded as she was? After breakfast he must go away, and throughout the meal mammy would certainly attend him. If be could get her away—a voice broke through his musings. Jubilee, black and slim, with woolly head and big upturned eyes, stood iu the door, saying: "What corrections docs you have ter gimme, sir, 'bout putiiu on your clothes?" Jubilee, turned 11, bad been to free school since he was tl, imd now could spell in three letters, knew all the figures except seven and had a great desire to use the longest words he board and to overcome liis tendency to the dialect of his race. Withal be was a sharp lad, as full of resource asof mischief. So nmeliyoung Fauntleroy discovered before bis clothes were iu place. Dropping his voice, ho spoke rapidly to tbe boy, who answered with winks and nods and hushed "Y'es, sirs." As the stranger made an end by pushing $1 in bis palm, Jubilee said: "Who—e.e—I do my best, sir, but maybe I can't. The olelady is very ex- picious." Notwithstanding, when young Fauntleroy sat dawdling over rolls, coffee and boiled chicken under mammy's wrathful eye, Jubilee's head came through the door, Jubilee's voice said in accents of weary disgust: "Aunt Diney, you better come help nie. Somebody's knocked over your turkey lien, aud Ihat old fool ishuffiu it to the woods as fast as her young ones can go. I ran so hard tryiu to bead her, my breath is still (dean obflustieutod" "Do laws a massy, 'pon my soul, dat ole lien tukkey gwine make ine lose all my 'ligiou, quor'lin ai 'or," mammy cried, making a dash for the door. It hardly closed behind lur when Dare '.•nine through the one opposite and said, with a rosy flush: "Jubilee said you sent for me. Do you want your arm bandaged afresh?" "No, no. Something much more important. Miss Overton — Dare—come closer, please. Lay your hand again in mine. Ah, thank you for coining! I scut for you because I—what I want to say is—don't take your hand away—1 shall never forget yon. Your kindness, your help, and—and—if ever—1 oan straighten all this tangle 1 shall come back tc you. Meantime if I can serve you—one never knows what may happen—you— you are to give me the privilege. Dou't forget that, "the young man said dis- jointcdly, holding fast to Dare's hand It was harder than he thonght to rhoke back the words of love, yet tc speak them would be madness. She would leave him in affright. Yet he could not forbear raising to his lipB tho slim rosy lingers that lay fluttering iu his own. "Why should I remember you?" Dare asked, half turning away. "Next week you will forget my existence, except maybe as the heir to a claim that troubles yon. Ah, you sec, I know something of family affairs. Believe me, 1 am not so disloyal to our side of the quarrel as to have coine here thus clandestinely if I had not thought that maybe you needed -1n■—wero in pain that 1 could ease." "1 am," Fauntleroy said, getting quickly to his feet and flinging his sound arm around her. "Dare! Dare! I love you better than my life. I did not mean to tell you just yet. lt is so sudden. But from the first look of your eyes into mine as you knelt, an angel of rescue, beside that living grave, I have fell that i belonged to you—solelv. entirely; liiat I Would giro my lifo for you aud tiio happy in the sacrifice. " "Yon may have the opportunity elsewhere," Major Overtoil said from the door behind him. Hawkins darted through it and caught young Fauiitlo- roy's arm, crying out: 'Allen, Allen, are you mad? Come away at once. You should never have come here, though," turning to tho old man, who stood a statue of white fury. "I swear, Major Overton, ho did not know everything." With one stride the old man canght Dare's arm and essayed lo drag her from the room. Tic girl shook herself free of his hold and said, with eyes outblaziug his own: "I am no child, grandfather. Even from yon 1 demand tho courtesy due a woman," "I see. You demonstrate your woin- tnliood by slinking thus to a rend.,* give my donbt. of you," the old man almost sobbed, drawing the girl's hand through his arm as though to lead her away. She half turned from him, but not iu anger, and said to her young lover: '' (Joodby. Go away, please, and forget that you ever came.'' "1 go, since I must, but I will never give you up so long as we both do live," Allen Fauntleroy said Even as bespoke sho vanished. Hawkins caught his arm und drew him away to the vehicle waiting outside the door. As they took their seats in it Major Overton stepped over the threshold, gave them a courteous adieu, then laid his hand lightly in detention upon the reins and said slowly: "Mr. Fauntleroy, 1 give you safe conduct from my home. If over you set foot ou it again, your life will pay for it." THE OPIUM SMOKEK. "I cannol 90, Mr, Fnuntteroy. / am an Overton. tous, " the old man said through his teeth. Faimtloroy sprang to the girl's side, caught her hand iu his and cried out: " Major Overton, you—no man shall breathe one hurtful word of her. Here to your teeth I beg her to como away witli mu as my wifo—chosen, honored above all the world " Daro shivered through and through, A rod tide swept up over brow and check, then faded, leaving hor white, with oyc.3 of fire. Sho was so young, barely tnniod 17, all this seemed so wonderful, sotorrible, it put her happy, careless girl lifo years and years behind her. She drew her hand gently from Fanntleroy's clasp and said, staring straight beforo her at hor grandfather, who stood a shaking embodiment of speechless fury: "I caimot go, Mr. Fauntleroy. lam an Overton. I cannot turn against roy own, no mut tor how I may be wronged'' "Forgive me, Dare, forgivo met You aro your father's chlld^ thank Qodl For* CHAPTER IX. Until they were past the ford that marked Kidgeley's boundary line, Alle.11 Fauntleroy sat silent, leaning in his corner of the carriage. Hawkins spoke once or twice, but getting no answer relapsed likewise into silence. When they had splashed through tho swift stream, still flush and palely turbid. Fauntleroy said, druwiug a long breath: "I conld not hear it upon his ground, but now in heaven's name tell mo what all this means." "Seems to me a matter of names, Fauntleroy versus Overtoil — Overton versus Fauntleroy," Hawkins said, folding his arms and sticking his chiu iu tho air. The other looked at him impatiently and said very low: "Don'* fence, Hawkins. Tho time for that is past Tell me now, 011 your honor, the whole cause of grievance that old man cherishes. " "Why didn't you ask him? Y'ou had time enough. Bnt 1 reckon you were so struck with the girl you forgot everything else. 'Pon my life, Fauntleroy, you must havi- rushed things. It is not quite common to find a fellow proposing formal ly to a young woman ho has known not quite 24 hours. But if you could make the riffle there—run away with the girl—what a card it would bo for ourside! She's thc major's sole heir, and with her thus well in hand tho syndicate would grab at the property ut our own figure." For answer Fauntleroy called to tho driver: "Stop! Open the door!" "What's wrong?" asked Hawkins impatiently as the man clambered down ►0111 his seat. "Nothing," said Fauntleroy, "only 1 refuse to ride wilh a man who gives mu insult in place of information." "Y'ou aro a touchy one," tho lawyer retorted, banging to the door. "Goon, Dick. I'll give this young man what ho wants." "Very well, but lie a little careful how you do it," his client retorted, sinking back upon his cushions so as to look the other full in the face. Hawkins shifted a trifle under the scrutiny, but said: "You are an uud fish, Allen—nearly as odd as the old one back thore," nod- iling behind them "You know I warned you against going there—as yourself, ihat is. If tho old man hadn't known who you were, I'm persuaded you would lastly have got into his good graces, ■nough so maybe to induce him to listen 10 reason. You see, you are to him not merely tho heir and ii'.-ont of the Faunt- lcroys. lucre's a heap more that you, that almost nobody knows." "Why wius I not told?" tho young man asked sternly. The other laughed disagreeably, saying: "Well, now, it's a bit awkward to say to a fellow in plain English, "Your father was a thorough paced scoundrel.' But that's the frozen fact of tho case." "How did lie prove it?" The tone was even, but Hawkins saw that the other's eyes had begun to blaze. He drew a little more away before he said: "It's a long story. Did you never hear how he died?" "He w:is drowned beforo ho was 30, five years after 1 was born—at least that is what I have been told and believe." "Correct, not u doubt of it In fact, I BOW it myself, and somebody elso was drowned with him. Can you guess who it wius?' "No. Not my mother?" "Not by a long shot Sho went mad ut your birth and spent tho rest of her life—10 yean—iu a lunatic asylunu I don't think Peyton, your father, ever cared much for her or she for him if the truth were told The old folks made tho match. So it isn't astonishing that after her misfortune the light of him set her fuirly wild So ho put her wholly out of his mind and went thu pace, I tell you I wius a lad in those days, but remember well how ho opened people's eyes, lie drank his company blind, yot went away with hcud in air, bet high and nearly always won. Whilo as for women, tiny ran after him until I wonder he didn't despise lho whole sex. "One winter he went to Alabama aud thero met Margaret Overton" "Tho major's daughter?'' Allen cried iu spite of himself. The otlier wont on: [continued.] Glftd She X.lr«a In America. "I'm glad I livo iu America," said a protty yonng woman, tulking to a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter, "because I nm never afraid to travel by myself. Last year I was iu Loudon and wont around with a friend who is married, and wo woro spoken to in an insulting manner overy time wo wont out. Paris was still worse. People speak of tho French politeness, but it is only n veneer. The men would got in front of us ou every street eoruor and smirk and oglo and chatter like monkeys. I'm glad I didn't understand anything thoy said. Thero aro no men liko tho American mon, and I never was so fully ublo to appreciate it as I am, now I havo seen thoso of othor nations in thoir own lauds. Besides, tho girls aro treated better hero than auywhere olse ou earth, and I don't want to cross tho ocean any more." tarn engulfed nnd drown deliotauBly. Soft Kiusio, like n perfomo, nml sweet light. Golden with audible odors exquisite, Swathe 1110 with cerements for eternity. Time is no more, I pause, nnd yot I Hoe. A million nn-es wrap mo round with night. I drain a million ages of delight. I hold the future in my memory. Also I have this garret which 1 rent. This bed of straw and this that was a chair, This wornout body like u tattered tent, This artist of whioh the rats hnve eaten parti This pine nf opium, rage, remorse, despair, This soul ut pawn und this delirious heart. —Arthur Symons, TIIK HERMIT. When ladies go alligator hunting, Ihey should clearly understand that people whom they find and associate with freely iu an Alabama bayou should not always be bowed to in Piccadilly. This sounds simple—an axiom, in fact— but. because Miss Wilcoxii did such un uncalled for bowing, things happened which put two most respectable families in a condition of open fury, aud I earned dislike as lhe origin of evil. As a matter of accuracy, my yachtmate was far moro guilty than I. Ho had gone it-fishing one day in his shirt, and had spent eight hours sandwiched between wind and water, and had naturally returned with his legs bitten red raw by the sun. Ho developed a temper in cousoquenco that would have made him shunned iu the pit, and I was driven into 11 deed of temporary separation. Our yacht was then in the bayou of Bon Secours, which opens off Mobile bny.audihoman with the sunburned legs said with many adjectives that movement for him was out of the question. Ho remarked that lie wonld stay on the sloop and fish for gaff tops'ls (as they call the catfish), and cavallns and sheep- heads and sharks and whatever else he could got, and said that polito conversation was 11 strain to him. Ho slated that (aircrew (of 0110 negro) would makea suitable butt for his future remarks, and put forward tho suggestions that I should take myself off. "Go and hunt alligators up tho lagoons, and livo a savage in the swamps, nud eat crackers and Irout, and catch fever if thoro's any throwing about," said tho man wilh the sunburned legs. "That'll be about yonr furm." So I pitied tbo nigger and went off—in pulo pink pyjamas and the ten foot yawlboat. The subsequent sail down the lagoon, under a brazen torrent of sunshine, came as ono of the seven pleasures of life. There was 11 great wall of trees on tho landward side, rearing itself from tho water's lip in a hedge of undergrowth. To southward, from over the rambling line of dunes, with thoir fringes of scrub grass and palmetto, came tho dim bellow of the surf ns it creamed and crumbled en tho white gulf suud. And down tho silver ripples of the lagoon thero blew uu air, faintly salt,which chilled the wet cotton against one's spine. The lagoon bayed to an end, and there opened out another channel to be punted through, 11 narrow winding canal of twirls uud branches through quaking marsh laud, a waterway rustling with fish and ablaze with yellow lilies. Cardinal birds peered at ouo from tho bushes, and purple herons thrust out curious beaks from tho grass clumps. It was all very peaceable and extremely hot. Then there came a lako with islands, u lake of water called by conrtosy fresh, whicli was lemon yellow to look through and black to look upon. It swarmed with fish, which took tho hook and were supped upon for their sins, and because thero was no whisky in tho yawlboat for dilution it served us a bevcrago iu all its sulphurous uastiness. Then the suu dippod behind tho forests at tho back, nud night followed liko the shutting down of a box. One mounted a bullsoyo lantern on tbo hatband, which would shine dowu a rifle's sights, and put out again in tho boat, puddling stealthily. It is not always easy to distinguish between a firefly aud the gleam of un alligator's eye, and shots ure apt to be wastod and the neighborhood scared. But ou that night fortune held, and the lead went home six several times. Then the dead wero made more safely dead with tho ax, and their slayer laid him down to sleep ou tho boat's floor with his head besido tho ccntorboard trunk. So passed my first night away from the sloop. The morning wus occupied in the process of skinning, aud then once more ou toward tho east. Thero were more hikes und more canals all full of thoir own new woudors, uud ever away iu the distance ou tho starboard hand was the noise cf the surf as it broke whoro tho logs from the gulf rivers bristle iu the milky sand. Iu into afternoon I came to u higoon with 11 wooded island in it, and among the treos of tho island, whon thoy grow distinct from one another, I saw a man. I bore down ou him under sail, fnr thero was a spanking hreeza coming in from tho soa, and when wo wero withiu hailing distaueo tho boat grounded. "Do you want to land here?" he shonted. "I don't mind if I do." "Then shove off again nnd drop down to the tail of the island and luff up sharp whore you see u harked tree ou tho beach. There's no deep water until you come to thore." I did as ho told me, put the boat's nose on a small beach of pebbles and waited, smoking. I waitod half an hour maybe, and then he strolled up very leisurely with his thumbs iu the wuist belt of his trousers, I can't say ho seemed overpleased to see me. He asked with point what I had oomo for. I told him, nud then said, "By the way, you're u varsity man, aren't you?" "Yes, Oxford—tho Houbo. You uro, too, I've a notion. " "From over tho way—Pembroko." "Well, if you'vo nothing better on, leave your bout nud come up to my place. Sorry I didn't tumble to you at first, but then you don't look over respectable just now. Am you much down on your luck?" "Oh, I'm not hunting alligators professionally. I'm here for amusemout." I concluded ho was there because he had got into trouble with the law of the land elsewhere, but I did not suggest this because it is considered rude to touch upon family man01 s uninvited. But after a minute he broached the topic himself. "I'm hero for amusement myself," he said. "I'm hero permanently." By this timo we hnd got into a bit of a clearing inside the wall of trees—u patch of sorghum, another of sweet potatoes, another of corn with stalks that stood ten feet high, and a goodly planting of green tobacco plants, with shambling palmetto growth at the back. "Faith," I said, "you've queer notions of a pleasure resort. " "I'm a man," ho said, "with r.11 imagination. Consequently I make a most comfortable hermit. Come in and take a hammock. Where's our eight on the river?" I told him, and we went on hard at boating shop till the sun went ont. I began to have a strong idea Ihat the man was mad, but I stopped my hunger on his victuals for all Ihat, and then relit my pipo aud went un with the talk. From tho other side of the clearing cnnie the noises of lhe night—the chatter of katydids and rustle of jarllios, the love song of tree crickets and toads, the deep reed notes of frogs iu their patches of marsh, and through all mingled the heavy diapason of the surf, from across the dunes, aud the forest, und the black waters of tbo lake, mellowed by its passage through tho purple night. 1 am tho most practical and unpoetioal creature in the world, as 11 general thing, but the influence of it was too heavy for me. I started on to chat again about tho boats, aud about women and yachts and books and tho other interests nf tho outer world, but the things fell flat, and presently the talk died out of us altogether. We lay there, hung in silence and sensuously drinking in what the night gave up. We must havo spent hours without throwing down a word. Then Atcheson spoke. "That is my usual concert, "he suid. "One gets to like it." I did uot answer at once. I conld not, although his words camo clearly enough to my ears. A sort of mesmeric doze pinned me down. When I managed to rouse, I felt angry with myself for weakness and spoke with a sneer. "Y'ou must find it mighty monotonous," I said. "A mistake; an utter mistake. It is full of infinite variety; it never ropoats itself, and I know, becuuso I havo listened to it now for three years, iu calm, iu cyclone, iu ovory kind of night which Qod will give. It is his orchestra, hut until tho taste has growu ouo does not know this." Another pause. Then, "Are you going to write about this Walden pond uf yours?" I asked. "I nm no Thoreau with a pen. Bo- sides, I am selfish and if I could set this down I would not. One mun in ten thousand might understand, some wild fellow who had lived iu tho air with tho things that grow in tho air away from the pestilence of cities, and ho wonld nover lift a book, but tho others would either yawn or deride and I tako it this is no matter to ho profaned, And yet thero is nothing new in it at all; only tho old things changed, I have rambled ovor tho world and seen and tried most pleasures; the sounds hero give it all back to mo again, only hero it is idealized. '' The spoil of tho placo was closing dowu again and pinning me. I ronsed myself with an effort aud sworo for relief. "Atcheson," I suid, "Ibelieve you aro eithor tho devil or Circe witli 11 changed sex. Be merciful and speak no more and let me sleep. If I listen ou, I •hall forget the place from whence I am oomo uud stay here and become us one of the swine.'' "I am sorry," Atcheson said, "and because I do not want converts or companions I will suy no more. Therefore sleep you." ft ft. ft ft. ft ft Tho miasma of the lotus was in my veins and I knew it uud feared. I woke sullen and suspicious with tho first lift of duy aud got down to my boat. Atche- sou came after aud cried a pleasant uuf wiedersebeu, and I answered with a scowl and throw out the sculls. I was very nugry with myself aud still moro frightened. I had beeu iu that kind of temptation bofore aud know what it was afterward to wish thut I had fallen. Consequently I made up my miud to get back to the yacht without a halt and so put in u duy of savage toil, aud because the sun above burned like a kettle of molten brass and the air baked, tho material pains of the body gave nie other matters to think about And wheu I mude out the sloop's riding light dancing on her forestuy I knew thero was another antidote close at huud. The man with the sunburned legs was 11 very cur- uul nud practical sort of person. He received mo uffably. Ho fed me first with sumptuonsuoss, reforred to the decrease of his own affliction, und then told me thut we and tho oystermau no louger had the bnyou to ourselves. "The Van Sciuks have come in with their schooner," ho said, "aud they'vo a girl on board who says she knows you —a Miss Wilooxn." "Ah," I said, "I know hor well enough. Wo used to seo u goodish deal of one anothor once." "If you meau thut you were spoonB ou tho lady," said the man with the Buubnrned legs, "I guess you'd bettor forget that She's engaged to a Yankee man from Massachusetts now, a person with culture nud dollars—heaps of dollars—about 10,000,000 of 'om, sol believe. And being unno iclalis sum 28, she knows what is a soft thing and is not likoly to chuck it up. Take off those rags aud put on something respectablo and we'll make the nigger scull us noross. Sho said I was to bring you whon you tnniod up." "Not now. At present I am going to turn in to sloop. Probably I shall dio in tho course of the night. It will save mo the trouble aud paiu of kicking myself if I do." "Did you, "said the man with the sunburned logs, "iu the course of yonii wanderings find 11 placo where thoy eoldj com whisky? Oh, you're snoring already, are you? Surely it's drunk you J aro, my sou, because otherwise you'voI oomo hack very dotty. What rot to goj aud livo like a hermit all by your lone- somo.'' ft • ft « ft « Miss Wilcoxii was 11 young woman! with a great notion of having hor own' way. Had I known her less I should | have tried to avoid speaking ou a matter which I preferred to keep silence npon. Being acquainted, as wo were, I did not bring out auy fntilo Btubborn-" ness. Sho wanted to know what thero was? to be seen iu the lagoons and lakes, and] I told her, with one reservation, hut^ my tale did not quite hold water, and i she twigged that there was something I left out and demanded to hear what it | was, whereupon 1 shrugged my shoulders helplessly and told her about Atcheson, chapter, commas and verse, merely lying in the solitary instance of t a personal name. "You say that ho is a Christchurcli 1 man?" she demanded, when I had fiu-j ished. "Did I sny so?" "You did, and you mentioned alsol that he rowed against you at Henley's for the Stewards' and Ladies' pluto. That fixes him. If you'd doue mo tho compliment to remember, I was down , there on a houseboat that year. And so, of course, his name isn't Fuote at all?" "Perhaps it's got changed," I admitted weakly. "Men's names do, you1 know, when they climb down the scale ' as he's done." "Hum," sho said, and pulled down a chart of the northern gulf coast from its cleat in the cabin roof. "Now show oxactly where this hermit lives." "Tho chart's all wrong. The place thore isn't surveyed. " "Precisely. Bnt you've been there, and you know tho lay of it. Don't bo filiy. Your powers, my dear Mac, in thut direction aro notorious. Here's a pencil. Fill it in accurately and tell me , tho landmarks from the gulf side." "If you go up thero and seo this fellow: and sleep oven one night in thoso Bwamps, you'll catch fever aud dio; also tho mosquitoes and tho sand flies will eat most j)f you before death conies. Don't bo 11 fool. What inure do yon want to know about, the mail? Stay here, and I will tell you." "My excellent Mao, I have pumped you dry. For the rest I must seo him myself. And I shull not die of fever, because I shall get this yacht to tako me around to the outside and go from thore, and so not have to spend a night ashore nt all. Nor will the insects of tho swamp devour me, because I own a wide brimmed hut and a large and most ex- A colleut veil." In nn hour's time the two yachts were standing out board and board over the bar which guards the entrance to Bayou Bou Secours. Thero wus a romping breezo from the nor'ard, and we sped at ^J eight knots past the low shore, where only the tree stems show ubove tho water. Then we slipped out through tho channel between Dauphin island uud Fort Morgan, and liftud to the swing of Hie outer sea, running east along the gulf coast. Of course Miss Wilcoxn did go to seo Atcheson. I took her to the island myself, through au intolerable maze of lakes and waterways, and told the Van Sciaks that wo hoped to slay alligators by daylight, which is probably the baldest excuse a grown man with a pretty invention ever uiudo. But I will givo 1 tho girl credit for one thing—she didn't Btuy talking to the follow for more than ten minutes. What she said to him I don't know, because my instructions ' woro to stay by the boat and see that it didn't drift awuy. But when she camo buck and wo rowed off sho found causo to comment that Atcheson was a curious handful. "I told yon. that before," I said. "Now you've learned it for yourself, I trust you're satisfied?" "I am entirely, Mac. I hope you are too." But whon I got back to town, and to my vast astonishment saw Atcheson there, then a light began to dawn upon me. He was marching down Pull Mall as largo us life and very resplendent. Ho had ou u frock coat down to his heels, tho last gift of tho gods in the way of lint and tie. and a new reaped chin, whicli stood out refreshingly while against tho rest of his countenance. Ho shook me by the hand and said I was 11 groat man. Then we went iuto 11 club uud talked fur several hours without u stop, aud ho explained to mu how a hermit cannot herniitize unless he bus a disease vulgarly known as the "hump." "It's enjoyable enough whilo you have that," said Atcheson, "hut when tho hump goos tho bottom's knocked out of tho hermit business ultugethur. What n filthy, squalid brute I must have been all that time." "But you liked it woll enough?" "I beliovo I did, iu my morbid way. But it's over nnd done with now, thank heaven, and 'I'm going to marry Yinu- Yum, Yum-Yum, yonr unger pray tarry'— Oh, bother, I've forgotten tho words. Jove I I shall have a lot to pick up again." "Thut's a fact," I said. "Ordinary sanity, among other things. And so you're going to marry Mary Wilcoxn, after all?" "It's a sure thing. Of course her people wero mad, because I'm not very well off, don't you kuow, and the other Johnnie's peoplo are mud, too, at his being cut out. But you're tho porsou they can't got over. It's you thoy wore wild nt principally. Thoy will persist in it that you were at the bottom of tho whole thing. Isn't it delightfully fanny?" I didn't think it funny at all. I roako quite Buflioieut enemies off my own hat for personal consumption. Aud besides, as I have snid, if the other fool hadn't got his logs sunburned, I shouldn't have gone off solus in the ynwlbout and meddled with Atcheson nt nil.—C. J. Cut- cliil'e Hyne in Chambers' Journal. t.»**-;»-*^^(sS---^^*-re i I State Chemist, California: The Royal fulfils all the require- | ments. Our tests show it has greater leavening power than any other. (&a«3 I ©^•5^3^^*-*-^'aa^;*^ About Stationery. j Evory girl should practico writing ou fciper that is not ruled, for tho finest Rite paper is without linos. There is lothing about which a woman of refinement is more particular thau hor stu- lniiery. Iu spite of tho beautiful shades aryiug from pale cream to deep purple, jfae usage of the best society remains hie samo yoar after year—uumely, [jlain, thick, whit* paper for formal brrespondenoe, A dolioately scented .chel should bo kept iu tho portfolio jfith tho paper. 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He invites those desirous of obtaining this remedy to send their express and pustothce address, aud to receive in return the two bottles free, which will arrest the approach of death. Already this remedy, by its timely use, has permanently cured thousands of coses which were given up, and death waa looked upon as an early visitor. Knowing his remedy as he does, and being so proof-positive of its beneficent results, Dr. Slocuni considers it his religious duty, a duty whioh he owes to humanity, to donate his infallible reinedv where it will assault the enemy in its cidatel, and, by its inherent potency, stay the current of dissolution, bringing joy to homes over which the shadow ot the grave has been gradually growing more strongly defined, causing fond hearts to grieve. The cheapness of the remedy—offered freely—apart from its inherent strength, is enough to commend it, and more so is the perfect confidence of the great chemist making the offer, who holds out life to those already becoming emaciated, and says: "Be cured." The invitation is certainly worthy of the consideration of the afflicted, who for years, have been taking nauseous nostrums without effect; who have ostracised themselves from home and friends to live in more salubrious climes, where the atmosphere is more congenial to weakened lungs, and who have fought against death with all the weapons and strength in their hands. There will be no mistake in sending for thase free bottles—tbe mistake will be In passing the invitation hv Mr. Wallace—Is your Mister Alice an nbllnhiK i: 1 rIV Willie— Obliging ain't no name tor It She's nil thu time obliging me to do what I dou't like. FOR-LITTLE FOLKS. I I llllllll H»»!»♦♦♦♦»♦«4♦♦♦» lllllllllllll • E orncc op F BLACKWELL'S DURHAM TOBACCO COMPANY. DURHAM, N. C. Dear Sir: You are entitled to receive FREE 'rom your wholesale dealer, JWHITE STAR SOAP with all BlackwelTs Genuine Durham Smoking XOOaCCO you buy. One bar of soap Free with each pound, whether 16 on-., 8 oz., 4 oz., or a oz., packages. We have notified every wholesale dealer in the United States that we will supply them with soap to give you FREE. Order a good supply of OENOlNK DURHAM at once, and Insist on getting your soap. One bar of Soap free with each pound you buy. Soap is offered for a limited time, so order to-day. Yours very truly, BLACKWELL'S DURHAM TOBACCO COMPANY. iMMMHti II yaa bin* any difficulty In procuring your aoap, cut out this notice and sand It with jnmr ordtr to your wholesale dealer. II *■ THE A. T. C. CLUB. It Ih an Organization of ISruoklyn Hoys Who Are Animal Trainers. How many readers will bo ablo to guess what tho A. T. 0. moans? Guess agniu! Oh, well, it is a hopeless cose. Yon will never ba uhlo to guess the right answer, so yon might us well he told first as last. The A. T. C. is the Animal Training club, and its members uro littlo Brooklyn buys who have au assortment of animals us pots. Theso boys agreed to touch their pets n mini-, ber of tricks and to moot and confer with ono another und exchange experiences. As all of the boys aro near neighbors, it was not much tronnlo for them to congregate in tho buck yard of 0110 of tho members uud thero hold touchers' conventions. There is ono peculiarity about the Animal Training club, und that is that overy member is an officer. Thero ure the president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and a number of subordinate officers not usually thought of by the formers of clubs. Tho torin of office is not very long—only two mouths. The membership dues are 5 cents a week, which is used iu giving entertainments for the club und such guests as it invites. In the picture printed here you may view uli tho members of the club. Tho picture wus taken by a young nma- teur photographer, Charlie Anderson, the brother of Willie Anderson, who educated two turtles. Hurry Roso nud his brother, Wulde- mar Roso, who live at 1-lli Lefferts place, Brooklyn, have three rabbits, one canary bird, livo turtles, two cats and a silver fish. Of these pets tho silver UbIi aud the cats proved to be the most difficult to educate. About tho extent of education thut u silver fish is capable of is to come up to the top of the water and got u fly. Birds can be taught all sorts of tricks if they are bundled when they ure quite young.—New York Recorder. Wynken, Blynken and Nod. Wynken. Blynken and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe— Sailed on a river of inisly light Into a Hen of (low, "Where are you going, nnd what do you wish?" The old niiin asked the thi "We have eome to IIkIi for the herring Huh That live in thu beautiful sea. Nets of silver and gold have wo," Said Wynken, Blynken And Nod. Tho old moon laughed nnd Hang n song As they reeked in the wooden huoo, Aud the wind that sped them all night long Ruffled the waves of dew. The little Htars were the herring fish That lived in that uoautiful sea. "Now cast your nets wherever you wish, But never uf eared ure we"—, So cried tho stars to the fishermen three, Wynken, Blynken And Nod. All night long their nets they threw For tho llsh in the twinkling foam. Then down from the sky came the wooden shoe, Bringing the fishermen homo. 'Twils all ho pretty a sail it seemed Ah if it could not he, And Homo folks thought 'twas u dream they'd dreamed Ot sailing thnt beautiful son. But I shall name you the fishermen throe— Wynken, Blynken And Nod. Wynken nnd Blynken are two little eyes, And Nod is a little head, And the wooden Hlme that Balled the skies Is a wee one's trundle bed. Bo Hhut your eyert while mother sings Of the wonderful nights that be, And you shall see the beautiful things Ah you rook in the misty Hon Where the old shoe rooked tho fishermen three— Wynken, Blynken And Nod. —Eugene Field. Bothered lhe Littlo rrliiress. Ono of tho little Knglish princesses, the young daughter of thn Princess of Button lung, and a grunildnnghter thero- foro of the queen of Kngland, was perplexed recoutly, ns any little girl might havo been. Liko all small princesses, sho has begun the study of Knriipeau languages early, and already speaks French and German with considerable fluency. But tho otlier day when hor patiout governess began to teach hor somo Italian phrases her royal highness very uoarly struck. "Grandmamma mukes me say,'Thank yon,'when she gives me anything,'she exclaimed, "und father, 'Ich danke Ihneu.' Then you nsed to tell me to say 'Merci,' and now It's something else I What a lot of different ways there must be of talking I' Table Football. A good table game that is easy to contrive does not need much preparation. Got a large cloth on which you can mark with chalk, or if you prefer yon oan stitch the lines with red cotton. The boys will tell you if yon do not know how to lay ont the football field. The ball is an egg that has beeu blown. A hen's egg is generally nsed, bnt a robin's egg is better. It is not kickod, but blown from point to point. There is not much danger to the combatant, bnt a new ball bus to bo provided for almost every match. Tonch downs and five yard limits are not possible, bnt tbe general rales for football may be obserr ed. How Women Hide Their Jewel**, The average woman curries her treas- I ores iu a small leather bag slipped inside her corset, but this is our/of the question with women who own from $50,000 to $500,000 worth of jewels. Not only wonld tbe loud be cumbersome, but it would be injurious, Any continued pressure of clothes or bono ngninst u woman's bosom is hurtful, but the burden of gold and stones would undoubtedly create cancer. A physician whom I queried on the subject suid he hud instituted a crusade against the habit, A woman's breust, bo remurked, wus oue of the most sensitive spots to cuueerous growth; therefore tho slightest pressure there should be avoided, A well known nctress who owns u few dozens of diamonds has had several littlo hags made that are fastened with safely pins aluiig the Hues of her stock, ing supporters Theso suppurters oonsist of four strong silk elustio straps, depending from a small satin belt, which she fastens securely about her waist, giving it additional safety by doubly pinning it to her corsets. Ho down the straps, which aro kept taut by the stockings, nre fnstoued thoso little jewel cases. She says they do not iutorfero at all with her walking; but, as she is a poor pedostrieune, it would scarcely do to take her word for it.—Chicago Tribune. An Agricultural Peer. The Earl of Winchelsea is best known to the English public by the great interest he takes in matters agricultural. His interest in birds has led him to make many expeditions, some of which have extended as far as Egypt, and to risk his life at the end of a rope many soores of times on the west coast of Scotland. Ho bus the finest collection of eagles' eggs in England. The earl is also keenly interested iu pet animals of different kinds, and ho nsed to walk about the park at his uncestral Haver- holme accompanied by a lioness. l-OT IIOII.ING. BANK PRES The Great Financier Pound Health in Paine's Celery Compound. From the running ofthe maple trough in the Spring to the boiling of the apple butter pot in the fall, and all the household boiling between times, there are a thousand chances of very severe scalds and burns. In all household work, winter and summer, in great factories and in nurseries, where careless children play w ith matches, there is need of something to be always on band in such emergencies, and St. Jacobs Oil fills that want to the letter. With careful attention to directions for ut-e, there is nothing more soothing, healing and curative than this great remedy for pain. It cures promptly, and, making a new surface, leaves no scars. The pain of scalds or burns is acute and torturing, and the relief by the use of the Oil is immediate and sure. ____ Hark, tbe springtime poets airgj "I have seen the bluebird's wins;" Yen—the wretch—but what of that? Uu his sweetheart's winter hat. —LonisvilleCourier Journal. FAllt ANI> FRUITFUL An the West Is, It Is often malarious. But it is pleasant to know th«ta competent safeguard In the shnpe of Hob tetter's Stomach Bittern exists, which absolutely unllihYs thc poison of mli-Mim. Western bound emigrants should hour this in mind. NorshOUll it be forgotten, the Bitters is a Mterlfng remeily 'or dyspepsia, biliousness constipation 1 kidney and nervous couiplaluts and rheutnatUm. An event: Hhe—You should havo been nt church Sunday, 'ihe minister pros eh ed such mi interesting sermon, tie—indeed? Bhe—Yes you know it was his debut as n heritie.-Puck BfiWAKK OF OINTMENTS FOR CATARRH THAT CONTAIN M Kltt'I'ICY, As mercury will surely destroy thc sense of smelt and completely derange the whole sys em when entering it through the mucous surfaces, Such aiHcles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputHble physician-., ss tbe damage they will do ih (en fold to the good you can possibly derive from tnem. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by K. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and Is taken in. terimlly, acting directly upon the blood and mucous Mirfaccs of the system. Tn buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the geiiiilnc. It is takeu iutenmUy, and mude in Ton-do, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by druggists, prlne 75c per bottle. Ball's Family Pills are the hei*. FITS.—All nm huippnu .ret- uy Dr. Kline'a Great Nerve Restorer. No fits after tbe first day's use, Marveloun cures. Treatise and |2.00 trial buttle free to Fit cases. Send to Dr. Kline. 931 Arch Ht. Philadelphia. Pa. We will forfeit $1,000 if any of our published testimonials are proven to be not genuine. Tiik Piso Co., Warren, Pa. Tst Gkrmka tor breakfast. Nervous People find just the help they so much need, in Hood's Sarsaparilla. It furnishes the desired strength by purl« fyiiiff, vitalizing and enrlobing the blood, and thus builds up the iii-rves, tones the stomach and regulates the whole system. Read tills: "I want to praiso Hood's Snranpnrilla. Mv health run down, and I had I a,> crip. Alter that, my heart and nervous eyntera were badly affected, eo that I could not do my own work. Our physician Rave me some help, but did not cure, I decided to try Hood's Sarsaparilla. Boon I could do all my own houBeworlt. I have taken Cured Hood's Pills with Hood's Sarsaparilla, and they have done me much good. I will not be without them. I have taken 13 bottlcsof Hood's Sarsaparilla,and through the blessing of God, it has cured me. I worked as bard as ever tbe past summer, and I am thankful to Bay I am well. Hood's Pills when taken with Hood's Sarsaparilla help very much." Mus. M. M. Messenger, Freehold, Penn. This and many other cures prove that Hood's .Sarsaparilla (s the One True Wood Purifier. All dniRjtists. tt. Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Muss. Prominent among the Mew England mon whose brains and energy have helped to make the western states rich and powerful is Geuoral David T. Beals, president of the Union national bank of KausaB City. Successful in his many enterprises, he lives today iu a fine mansion at the corner of Independence and Wabash aves. The work and the responsibility in- oumbent upon the president of so important a banking institution as the Union national wonld endanger the sturdiest health, den. Heals' clearheadedness and good sense were as manifest in the ohoioe of a remedy as in his business enterprises. He strengthened his tired nervous system by the use of Paine's celery oompound. Its invigorating, health-giving effects justified his expectations, and showed in his own oase the remarkable power of this muoh-disoussed remedy for thoroughly restoring and strengthening the "run-down" system. "I found Paine's oelery oompound an agreeable tonic and soothing to tbe nerves," says General Heals. These are the oonoise words of commendation characteristic of the conservative business man and the influential banker, who has learned to weigh well his words. The scanty sunlight and the stagnant, used-up air of living rooms during the winter reduoes the strength and nervous energy, especially of per sons employed constantly indoors. Th» need—the absolute neoessity—of a genuine iugivorntor at this spring season has impressed itself on the attention of all thinking people. In the famouB laboratory of Dartmouth Medioal School, Prof. Edward E. Phelps, M. D., LL. D , discovered the formula of Paine's celery compound, a remedy that has become the standard nerve restorer, blood purifier, and strengthener from one end of the country to the other, a preparation that stands unrivalled as the medicine that makes people well. It is a fact much commented npon that men and women of national reputation and prominence, like Gen. Beals, State Treas. Colvln of New York, Mr. Carlisle's private secretary, Mayor MoShane of Montreal, Rev. Fr. Ouellet, Coin Hnwell, ex-MiniBter to- Austria John M. Francis, and a host of others who are careful whHt they employ when sick and have the amplest opportunities for finding out what is best, have of their own accord sent letters describing fully their permanent recovery from rheumatism, heart weakness, sleeplessness, debility, kidney trouble, and diseases of the stomach and liver. In all these cases Paine's celery compound was the remedy that was able to completely and permanently bring back health, make poor blood again rich and pure, and regulate and build up the nervous system when weakened and deranged. |P^ CHICHES1ERS ENGLISH, RED CROSS e**»ft DIAMOND BRAND *rENWM\Mi*r\\i\iS4 THC ORIGINAL AND GENUINE. Thf only 8aff, Ron-, nnd rtliahU I'll, for mle. \ LadlrA. -i>. Prufceiit fnr C%ir.hr,ter', Kngtmh tnamond I' ...... in ICt'il ami '>uM nx-ullic boii-i Hcolnl with I.;ii.- nl-lxiii. Take uu other Lied. Rt-fwt ■-• ■ .tttuiion, and Imitation, N All [illlii in imiU'tKiiint boiert, pink imtfrpMl-ftl-l d unci-mix (•(•flntrrfi-lta. tt l-rui-gii--. n- M>nd si •ft*. In ■■»■!!■* for pirtleaUr*. iMttaWBlAll. «ii •-■{rllcY t'nr l,MiHe«," inlttttr, tn return HkIL 10,000 T.-.llmt>nl«li. Mt«M /■.ii-r-r. Ntiltl h; Mil Lac-ill llruscUta. < IIKHKM. It (II0MH Al. <«>.. »K§ I gUdjgOT --I ■ I'll I I.AIrKI.I'IIIA. I**. "VVOLMLaAJST it the name of Woman's Friend. It is ful in relieving the backaches.headaches whirh burden and shorten a woman's women testify for it. It will give heaitn and streugtli and make life a pleasure, for sale by ali drugglats. BLUMAUEK-FRANK. DRUG CO.. Portland, Agents. The very remarkable and certain relief given woman by»MOOBE'H REVEALED REMEDY has given uniformly success- and woak ness life. Thousands ol v] Il&r WW MACHINERY ST Ml I IMI IMO • • ■ • • BY CORRESPONDING WITH marine .... THE WILLAMETTE IRON WORKS WARE-HOUSE* * Portland, orecon l-I„«J»_ r»:n aet easily, promptly I ilOOU S PIUS effectively. 2t>cents. SURE CURE for PILES Kabldi .nd Blind, Sl«din. ar 1-rnrru.iinK rile. -1*1.1 ■( nn" (" PR. a-O-aAN-KO'S PILE REMEDV. .-( ;,'•;"■ luK.AbiorbMuiiiori. a pttiKtv. cure. Cir.-ul.f, «<>nl (re«. J»flo- Now Plain William MrKlulry. A business letter from ex-Uovertior MeKiuley to a gentleman iu Coliiiubus, O., hears the simple imprint, "William McKinley, Canton, O." It is understood thai he will not engage in the practice of law or any other occupation for the present, and will havo no other office than his study In his residence. Ex- Uovemor McKinley recently said he intended to employ no secretary, and would have no need of one at Canton.— Chicago Times-Herald. That rblqtlftona I'enpla. The president of lhe Boers once said, "Yon may protect yourself against the cold air wilh weather strips, but there is no protection against English infiltration. " Tho remark probably holds good if Amerioa is excepted.—St. Louis Olohe Democrat The Unscrupulous Merchant who tries to make you believe some other skirt binding is as good as FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK or "Just Don't Feel Well," l&lvlLIVER PILLS krothaOna Thing to hia Only Ono for a Dose. Fold r^y Dm-j-Bistn nt 23c. o box BunplM nailed freo. AddroM Ot, BounkO Med. Co. I'hilu. J'... 1$ this what ail$ you?, y i% Then ymi have Have vou ii It-clint! ' ol n.lit In thc * Btomnen Bloattoi < nftersattOB- Belch' ini'-.t Wiii.l Vomil- InaorPood Water- t'l.l-ll Hi L f t I II I 11 * ititii Taite in the Month In the M-.mi lag Palpitation of * the Heart, due toDls- tension Of Sti-nwirti —Cankered Mouth I —Qoi In tho Bowel — Loil of I'll'*... Pickle Appetite Depressed, irritable ' Condition of l" Mind niuincA Hcddnchc—Consttp- j otlon ur Dlarrbit-a? ( Bias Velveteen Skirt Binding should be taught a lesson— buy it elsewhere. Look for " S. H.& M„" on the Label, and take no other. If your dealer will not supply you -we will. » Send lor samples showing labels and materials, lo Ihe S. H. 4i M. Co.. P. O. Box 699, New York Citv. DYSPEPSIA In one nf Its ninny form*. The nnc positive rurc I for this dull -,siiii! complaint Is Acker's Dyspepsia Cablets, liv iiK.il, prepaid, on receipt of 35 cent,* Cn.uti.Es It.isif-KY. Hotel Imperial- New York. ■RT61 "I inliered horribly fr--ni dytpepeliL bnlr Aeki'r'aTiil'li-ts.tJiki'n nl icrint'iils.hiivc i'ii n-!litn'."^ \ ACKER MBDIC1NBC0., 10 & 18 Chnmbers St.. N.Y. MRS. WINSLOWS sWB«V"a| - FOR CHILDREN TEETHING -, Wmr Rale byallll-racvhu. 8& OtmU a battle. ( - "CURESiWHfcRE ALL ELSE FAILS." _ I Beat Cough Syrup, Tft*tTa'nunio,.lJ. ti.. ■nraBOwniON. hates.. Iy mini-One year; laoo Delivered by carrier iir.t,. per mouth A CLEAR RECORD. 3ATCR.IIAY su.ar,. JUNE 5, HIS What Mr. Haslam Has Done for This District at Ottawa.. ^m In TJiiion> Tliere Is Strength-. Mr. Mcfnnes returned from Comox and Union last Friday accon> parried by the senator,.who has been canvassing the upper districts for the past tan days. Saeeessfal meetings were halil on: Donmaii Ielim-d, Conrt8ii,iy nnd Unioni. At Court- 9na,y the assatnbi'y wt-* the largest jven-helti in the valley aniii throughout was sympathetic -und enthusiastic;. Mr. J. B. Holmes took the ehair and1 in comp'vmertiiry terms introduced the oatididnte.. who was received with marked approval: His remarks wire well received and- made a, deep, impression, an- those present.. Sanator Melnnss «1- dressetl his rsmarks especially to the farmers present., aad evidently' succeeded in removing the slanders circulated by tho government supporters against the Liberal' trade policy. The meeting broke up with: uheeiy for Laurier and Mof.nnes- At Unior. the- tnestitrg was in Piket's ball..which, was crowded to overflowing. Ur Lawrence took I the ahaii*.. The candidate here was,; also well received. andwlien hepro- seeded to deal with th© Chinese! question espeeiAvHy th# expressions of approval from the audieuss.were-' enthusiastic in the extreme. Sena-: tin .Mclnnes also addressed the meeting, after which several questions were put to th»candidate and' satisfactorily aitswered. The-meeting broke' np at KMO1 3..m.., with cheaTS for-t'l-.e-sandidate . Throughout these.' districts our muiiidate- met with a splendid ,-eception. both' in private and public and the pledges of support were n'.*.in->roasr and in many cases were whispered from, the most unlikely sources. *>. » iffr. taurfoB'a Pruteiyle. The following ie Mr. Lauriers declaration against sectarianism in politics whicli culled down tliewrat'n nf Bisbop Latleehe. who ordered' his 8 parishioners, under pain or grievous sin., to suppo*it thn ijavsnanent j jandidate: So long as- I- occupy i. sent in Ihis Howie, BO long 'ah I lill the post I now iluron every. sccMioD when it shall lie Biy dill,;- to take a :ila*\(l taped an;* opes- tion whatever,, that ataml I shall not take-from Uiu point of view ol Catholicism, not hu ni the-point tf view of Pto- U-Htmitism,. but I. wiil be guided by motives which appeal to An-consciences uf all .iif-r. independent cf Sheir fattlir mo-' lives which animate all mec loving justice, liberty and tolerance-. Of this declaration the Hamilton Herald says: This is ii noble, k st'iteamai.-Iike utter - *iu.'i.'. it is a declaration ot freedom of thought-and action. It is a broad, tol- srunt, nj-htfcousili'livermice. if all Mr. Laurier"! Dttevancos wire as bold and clear a-i this tnanpet-toiittl ilrtjunce to bigotry and Bectionulfsm, he- would bo Ihe idol of tbe Ganadiat* people and the' iilettl "i Curmiliaiin-ftivhouL One would think that such an,utterance woe-Id move h responsive1 cstord in nvery gtfueroo* soul In thie-ceomtry. It was a hot-headed clerical champion of James ti. Btaine who,. fulminating from the pulpit agallMt -*Rum, Romanism and BebeHion." dii mote than any other one man to lirinj,' alx.'ut Blaine s defeat in a presidential elation; and it may turn out that Sir Charles Tupper will have cause- to-regret the incautious attack on Mt. t.ic.iiier which has been mude by the Bishop of Three (livers. «*»«■ In the course of an address he- fere the Methodist miniatersin Chicago, thc Rev. \V. W. Painter said: "Grasping capitalists who flourish by crushing out competition and depriving thousands of an opportunity to make an honorable and comfortable living take a portion of their surplus and devote it to great institutions, already rich in resources, and thc- praises ol these givers art-sung throughout the land. .Some of these noted men are millionaires because they have withheld from the great company of their employes a portion of what their services were worth, as well as what they need to provide the aliso- lutc necessaries of life. Some of these donors of hundreds of thousands and millions arc giving away that whioh does not liclongto them, and deserve no credit for their apparent generosity. Honest wages for honest work is a thousand times better than dispensing charity to those who have failed to receive their just dues. To rob Peter to pay Paul is far from the divine idea of honesty." As a railroad corporation could obtain no original rights without permission of the state, hy what logic can it be denied that the state hus lost its power to regulate and abolish the wrongs and abuses enforced by such corporation? The tendency of public opinion is to control absolutely the conduct of chartered franchises, and although the movement is of slow progress, the day will come when relief will be assured.—Typographical Journal. KASLO WILL OUTSTRIP ROSSLAND. More Money in Silver and Lead at the back of K ASLO Than Gold at the Back of MossI-EH-d, MONEY MAKES TOWNS. ^^^^^a^^-W^*-W»-^ AN OPINION CHANGED- *\>*\S\m1*^\S^ln'\**t*+>r i Wo have come to the conclusion that business must be done for CASH, nnil consequently are offering you the most startling bargains ever announced in Nanaimo, as the following prices will clearly show: Suits that were $45.00 are now $36.00 it it tl 42.00 AA ii 33.00 tl ti tt 40.00 it tt 31.00 fi ii ft 35.00 it ti 28.00 it tt It .30.00 it ii 23.00 tt ll tt 27.00 ii tt 17.50 tt tl tl 25.00 it It 16.50 The Largest Bange of Goods in tho Citv to Select From. JAS. A. CALDWELL, Cash Tailor, Commercial Street. The Most Complete Stock OF Gents' Furnishings IN THE CITY, AT Jas. McGregor's Victoria Crescent. OUE STOCK OF GROCERIES Oannot be surpassed in the City. We keep a special line of Choice Teas and Coffee, Canned Fruits, Etc. ROSSLAND'S POPULATION Twelve months ago 150 •>■'■> prices are low and -ms To-day - - - 3,500 j QUALITY oyom GooDS excellent And estimated to reach 10,000 Within 12 months from date PIONEER Carbonating and Bottling WORKS. MITCHELL i BUMMING, Proprietors. Manufacturers of Lemonade. Ginger Ale, Sur- sn'mi'illa, Ciders, Ktc. TRY OUR GINGER BEER. All Orders Promptly Attended To. Telephone 20. P, 0. Box 90. IIP YOU WANT A TREAT —TRY— Okell & Morris' Pure Preserves Prepared from Choice B. C. Fruits and II. 0. Sugar. They aro the Purest and Best. SOLD BY ALL GROCERS. Don't i?" elsewhere until you have tried -:-TSE AECADE ■:- Where they Defy all Competition, j. h. McMillan, BUT Rossland lots are worth $1000 to $6000 RE-OPENING Ami out of your reach us a speculation; WHEREAS I will sell you good INSIDE CITY LOTS At $150 to $200. Easy Terms. Other good lots from $50 to $150 These prices are an advance on last quotations, but KASLO Is beginning to #<> ahead in good Bhape. If you buy now you WILL make big money. I should like to see more in Nanaimo interested, as IT IS A GENUINE, GOOD INVESTMENT that I can recommend to my clients and others. The reader of this must acknowledge I am right, and I will give you an easy, square deal to suit the times. Business is improving all along the line THOMAS KITCHIN. Mining Exchange Department. Shares in various mines for sale from 10c. up. Also, one- half and one-fourth interests in some of the best claims on the Island for sale at reasonable prices. 15 Victoria Oresceut, The Globe Hotel FRONT STKKKT, Has been renovated and re-furnished, and is now conducted as u lirst-class hotel. Ma. Albert Hadcii can he found as mixologist. Superior accommodation is provided for the public. r. (i. Hox 225. Telephone 7-11. Nanaimo Meat Market, VICTORIA UBMSOBNT, Wholesale (did Itcinil Dealer! ill (ill klmln ■» Black Diamond * Are (jailed for .very where, atit) .re superior to say importoil Olgaf. Miclc by Union talior. M. .1. BOOTH, Wharf Street. c. c. Mckenzie, Land Agent and Conveyancer, ANP ACCOUNTANT. OFFICKl FRONT 8THKKT, NANAIMO. Town I.iiisioiil KtirnisforHfllc. Money to l/ian nn Mortgage nt low rates. Agent for the United Klrc Insurance Company (if Miiik licKlcr, Kngland. Government Use the Mails for Campaign Literature. Ottawa, .Tune 5—The government are circulating Bishop Lu Heche's sermon as campaign literature. Over 100,000 were published in Quebec Province. At the last session of parliament a bill extending the time of the charter of thc Ohlghecto marine railway was nol passed, hut since then an order-in-coun- ell has been passed, anil approved l»J His Excellency, extending the time ol the charier until l.S'.W. This statement is made on the authority of lion. Mi'. Dickey, minister of justice. The financial statement, whicli is prepared by thc finance department, will show that the deficit of the year ending 80th Juno, will be nearly $1,250,000, instead of a surplus as predicted by lion. Mr. Foster. Prince Albert, June 4.—Captain Oralg, of Wiugford, has announced bis Inton lion of contesting the pending election in Saskatchewan as an Independent Conservative candidate. Captain Craig declined to allow his name to go before Hie Conservative convention which accordingly those James .McKay, who is the regular nominee of the "straight" Conservative party iii Saskatchewan. Winnipeg, June 4.—Last evening tbe Frea Press received the following telegram from Mr. Morrow, l'n Iron candidate in Lisgar: "Owing to the disorganized state or the Patrons of Industry and ihe lack of promised financial assistance, and no! being able to personally bear the necessary expense of u contest in so large a constituency ns Lisgar, I have decided, after consulting my numerous friends throughout the division, lo withdraw Irom the contest in LiBgar. (Signed.) James Morrow." An Important batch of militia orders were issued yesterday. The relative rank of medical and veterinary surgeons has been abolished and Ihe brevet and honorary rank of the different officers revised. Paymasters have been restored in the list of ihe regimental establishments. The Imperial cavalry drill work without having guinod a, set I lenient of their grievances. A Full Assortment at the Lowest Market Uatet DODDS DOESN'T His V, oration Fell Vat ou Kamloops Electors IWKR i the Hones quantity of ammunition. This war material was found yesterday evening in a house on Lower Tyrone street. Jim all the articles are out of date, and appear to have been hidden there for a considerable time. Paris, June .'i.—A dispatch from Brussels to L'Eclair says that a confidential note has just beon addressed by the i Belgian government announcing thai I the ex-Empress Eugenic has summoned a great meeting of French monarchists to take place at Brussels during the coming month of August Madrid, .Tune 3. —Reports of a cabinet crisis here ai'e believed to bo devoid of foundation. Berne. June 3.—The National council has expressed regret that lhe United States government has not replied to the Swiss proposal for the conclusion ot an arbitration treaty, and has requested the Bundesratb to demand a categoric answer. The president of tho confederation, Wt, Adrten Dnchcnal, has declined to make such demand, although joining in the expression of regret at the non-receipt of a reply on the subject from America. London, June I,.—A from Shanghai ssiys tlmt the (.ertuan officers lent to drill the Chinese army have been subject for some timo to indignities and outrnge in the hope ot forcing them to resign. Recently two of the Germans were beaten by soldiers, nnd now an officer named Kruss has been murdered by the body guard ol Lin Kun Vah, viceroy of Nankin. Con sequenti.v, it is added, the entire German Bquadron in Chinese waters, has been ordered to Nankin, lt is expected that Germany will withdraw the fifty olliccrs now in the Chinese army, and insist upon payment for the whole time of their contract. Another dispatch says that the Kassus rebels defeated the Chinese general. Tang, with terrible slaughter, and thnt the viceroy of Nankin has ordered the dispatch of German drilled troops to asshtf in suppressing the rebellion. lu the race for the Woodcote stakes, value luuo sovereigns! by subscription i of 25 sovereigns each, owner of tho sec-' ond horse to receive 50 sovereigns out of the stakes, distance six furlongs. Lord Rosejjerry's Cluilnndry was lirst, Sir K. Wahlie Griffith's Princess Annie second, and .Mr. M. It. Lebaudy's Javelin third. Loudon. June 8.—"Persimmon lias won the Derby," is on everybody's lips, aud for the moment the great quadtu- ped is the most famous living creature, iu the human or animal creation, in the United Kingdom. Epsom, June .'!.—This is the second day of tin? Epsom summer meeting, and is the Derby day. The weather is hot] aud oppressive, although then' were i several showers during lhe morning. I But. llie rain has not affected the course, which is pronounced to bo the hardest ou record. The usual Derby crowd assembled. Then* was the customary procession by road !Mid the familiar gathering ot nondescripts in the shape of vehicles, horses and people, sights so frequently, described that they need but brief n"ii- tion to be recalled by any one who has ' witnessed tins great race. Like | Mrs. Maybrick Again. JOB ™rmv Promptly Attended to. All kinds ol Tin and Sheet-Iron Wort London, .Tunc 4.—Sir Matthew White Riddle, home secretary, replying in tho | house of commons, to-dny, to Dr. lj. 15. Olnrlte, Liberal member for Oaltli- nesshiro, who asked whether Mrs. Florence Maybrick wns detained for murder, or for administration of arsenic with intent lo murder, snid thnt the j prisoner was serving Imprisonment for: Victoria CreSCeilt, NlinaimO ine after having been convicted of: murder, nml. he added, the government iliil not see any reason for further clemency, the sentence of death having been imposed upon her nud subsequently commuted to imprisonment for life. Offloe Tel. 10, l-.O. Box 10. Residence Tel. 101. The Cable Conference. The imperial eonimisiouers having been appointed, the conference to discuss the Pacific cable scheme will meet at the colonial department nml continue dally until a decision is reached. It hns been decided,however, thnt the sit- tJngs nre to lie private, nud thnt nothing of the discussion is to lie mnde public until the close. Lord Shelbourne will preside over thc deliberations, M. J. HILBERT & CO. SUCCESSORS TO JOHN HILBERT Funeral Director and Embalmer special dispatch ,.lst yi„lr^ ,,„, m.,j(„.i(v „f the p /te j Madrid, June r..-A "jury of honor," present came by train, specials leaving composed of generals, will he npopinted Vietorin und Waterloo stations every lo arrange the dispute between Marshall few minutes. On the downs from day- Martinez de Campos and General Bor- break the often-pictured crowds assem- oror. bled, and the always joyous scenes wore I ■ -♦»» enacted. Hut llie holiday element pro-1 Brian O'Lynn had no boots to wear, Graduate ol the Oriental, the Eureka, the New Vork and Clark's Schools of Embalming. 1, 3 and 5 Bastion St., Nanaimo K.'iinloops, It. C„ .Tune 2.—A InrRt- nnd representative meeting gathered to heir Mr. Mam md 10. King Dodds Itisl night. Both were accorded n fair hearing, Imt without enthusiasm, Mr. Dodds' burst id' eloquence over the riches thai the national policy Imo heaped upon us fell on unbelieving ears, He wns cheered, however, by the fiiilliful ;'s per programme. Mr- Bos. took, unfortunately, wns not nble to be present, but wns well represented nv II. McCntcheon nnd \V. Mnrcbnnt, Vtc torln. The latti r exposed the fallacies advanced by Dodds in every Instance. As nsuiil ns soon ns the Conservative speakers lind finished tin- faithful np* plunders began to 1 'live the lin 11 wit limit wiititlng to hear from the otlier side, which so disgusted the better portion of tin' nudicucc, iluil Ihey rose on masse, nnd nfter throe cheers for in" Queen gnve three roiislug cheers nnd a tiger for Messrs, Laurier nnd Bostock. It kept two Conservative reporters I.esc. cue I,, gel copy for the Asheroft Mining Journal and the ((ther lo eke out :• column end n half for tho Vernon News' spcclnl edition. Mr. Bostock is icw en route Cariboo, via Lillooet. where he is meet lug wilh most flattering success. Mr. Mnra's meeting last niirht wns simply ,i repetition of thai at Rcvolstoke on tin •.Mrd. per wns largely eliminated, us the roundabouts, Bhootlng galleries, nud similar attractions were closed. Many people witnessed the early work of tiie Prince of Wales' entry, Persimmon, as well as the preliminary gallops of oilier favorites, nnd it is safe te say that everybody wos pleased to hear that tlic report circulated yesterday by the Pall Mull (Inzettce that Persimmon, the second favorite for the blue ribbon of lhe turf, lind been injured, wns entirely unfounded. The Prince's colt did well nnd looked fit lo give Si. Frusqulll, the favorite, a hard push for the race. As tho morning wore on tho crowd promised to bent tile record ill point of until- hers. Tlic I'rince of Wales, with his party, arrived hy train from Vietorin , ,. , , station just before the first raco ond \ hake Amcle of the Government, wus greeted witli much enthusiasm. Organ Exposed. The heir apparent's party included hi". ' daughters. Princesses Victoria and June 2.—Mucin amusement Maud: Duke und Duchess of Snxe-f'o- d here to-day over the pnbll- hourg and Ootha, Prince Charles of n long article 111 the Citizen. Denmark, Duke uml Duchess of York, that o combine had been nr- Duke of Cnmhi'ldge, Prince Christian tweeu the Liberals, Patron's nnd Princess Vietorin of Schleswlg-Hol- If I oan iiml Whitfield's II N'Miiiiiinn iii buy Mm ti pair; patrol thick and one pair of thin, i Brian O'Lynn. Bakery and Bestaurant. WITHOUT FOUNDATION. Ottawa war. cntis cation nf i bewailing ! ranged Ij and MeCarll..\ ilea to defeat tbe gov- i prnment, Tiie government organ gots very nu gry over thc fac. that such n com bin- - lien should exist to destroy the present , pure government. To add interest to the story, the Citizen anys that Edward Ityrrcr is on tuo Rule of the Patrous. The publication >i thn storv in government circles has driven out the idea that the government cannot new he -saved under any means, li has had :t terribly depressing effect ! hove. hunted tlir stores all along the matll route, says ho: '"The right one I've not yet round out. l want Whitfield—I'll buy only from him, I'or lu- sells the cheapest/1 saya Brian O'Lynn. He stepped a Utile, west ol Allien street; lie saw Whitfield's Bign—sure 'twas ti treat; lie opened the door aud George stood within— "I've found it at last," mya Brian O'Lynn. We showed him ouroali hoots, knl ami cowhide, The ones we praise most—no seams at the side. We'vo boots ot all kinds from Quebec and Berlin, "Sure you've hoots for the million," savs Brian O'Lynn. [no trash: He bought liim Ids hoots, which of course were lie i.idd down his money, for we sell only tor To the public hesays: "He not taken in, [cash. Buy only from Whitfield," «»>> Brian 0 Lynn "If there's a leal; in the toe or side of your shoe, .lust take it to Whitfield, that's all you need do; Me will peg it or patch just while yon are in, And the enarge seems like nothing," snvs Brian O'Lynn. WHITFIELD, the Shoe Man, Victoria Crbboent, Nanaimo. Invites Inspection and Comparison as to Quality and Price. TABLE Showing lhe Dales nnd Places of Courts of Assize, Nisi Prins, Oyer and Terminer, and General Gaol Deli eery for the year 1H96. Spring Assizes. Nanaimo Tuesday. Nov Westminster.Tuesday, TIIKV WANT MORE MONEY, For the Belief of Hull n Million Starving Armenians. Chicago, .linn- 5.—S, M. Moore, chairman uf the Chicago Armenian relief committee, is now in Constattinople, where lie met his daughter, Mrs. President (lilies, nf Hnrpoot. He cables the committee ns follows: "Relief must lie continued until (lie full. {jag miri- buttons must come, or luilf a million people will starve," RUSSIAN AltT EXHIBITION. Pre BALLOON EXPEDITION, ill.Til Regnrdiiii overninenl (liven Notlcf, : Andrce's Expedition, To He Opened After the Coronation 1'YstivitioM tire Over. Washington, D. O., June 6.—Ad-rices received nl llie Itiissimi location here are that after thc closing of thc coron- j ntlon festivities thero will bo opened, nu the IMIi of .luuo. nn exhibition ol Russian art and manufactures at Nlislnl Novgorod. BOUNDING BRASS RELIGION. Col. Hartley and V-rlendi Find Now Menus for Notoriety. New Yol'k.-.Tuno 6—The I'nitcil States Church Ai'iuy. n body like the Salvation Army, has been founded in this city. Col, llailley commands it. aud ox- Postmaster Gen, Thos. t. .lames is treasurer. They hnve leased a building on Lexington avenue, which, on tin- return of Col. llailley from Europe, will Im- used its a training school. Like Hchools will he established in the slums. Col, llailley sails for Europe Sat unlay. Kfom July lfitll to September 7lh the nnny will centre its wi'ok nt Ashlniry nrk. The officers will lie attired in n Uniform of bright blue with silver, gold uml black trimmings, Kansas City, Mo., June ii.—Kansas City hns produced n claimant for thoj i-stnte of the late Mrs. Slolies-Stetson, whose recent death nl Boston sou after th,- dentil of her husband, the millionaire theatrical manager, wns widely chronicled, The contestant Is si™. Catherine Shirley, who hns lived here for n yenr. und whose huslinnd, from whom she is separated, Is n resident of Chicago, According to Mrs. Shirley'.* story, she is Knlc Stetson's daughter, Chicago, .Tune 5,—Joseph Wlndrnlli was hanged shortly after noon to-day. I Wlndratk wns executed for the''murder nnd robbery of Carrie, ll. Birch, money receiver nt Armltnge Avenue station of the West Chicago Street railway com- pnny. | The British Columbia Gazette or last evening contains lhe f. liowtng notice: "Public notice is hereby given thai ti" government of His Majesty tlm rCing of Sweden and Norway proposes sending, In the summer of is-.vj a balloon expedition to ihe North Pole for exploration in thc Interests of science The balloon will convey n party of three Swedish scientists, namely. Mr. Sa!o- inono August Andrco, oged -I": 1 >r. -Nils Gnstnf Ekhnlm, aged IS; and .Mr. ,\ns Strlnherg, ngod 'Jl. lt is umtorstoon iiml the expedition will start from spu* hergen in tin- early kiiuiiiiit. "The Swedish uml Norwegian minister it the Cotirl of St. .lames having, tu tho name of Ids goverutnenti invoked lhe assistance of Her Majesty's government with n view of making it generally known in the Hritish possessions adjacent to the Holor Basin that the expedition in question will in- attempted, and tie Swedish government being anxious also that the project should bn made known to the authorities in otlier parts of Canada and to the general public iu the Dominion through the medium i>f the press, Her Majesty's principal secretary of stale for the colonies tins requested His Excellency's government to do all in their power t" moot the wishes of the government uf His Swedish nml Norwegian .Majesty ill ihls matter, "Accordingly, Her .Majesty's loyal subjects throughout the province ot Hritish Columbia are hereby nntllled in the premises and are requested to give the explorers, should an opportunity pro- Bent itself, nil the help in their power.' If the balloon be seen ouly mul no communication lie had with the exploring party, ii is requested that the following particulars may he noted nnd comtnuui- cated either to a local newspaper or to this office filnit of the provincial score-! tnry), namely, the day and the hour in which the balloon was seen, the direction of the balloon, nml the direction of any locality having lost the balloon, thel the wind. Should uny accident befall Hie explorers nnd should they arrive In The Evening Journal sent a telegram (o lion. Mr. Laurier to-dny asking us to the truth of Hie reporl of the Tor- unto News, that he. .McCarthy anil .Mai- I lory were negotiating a deal, throiwli from | Fnrrer, lor a combination of the Patrons nnd McCnrthyites with Mr. Laurier, The following reply was received: "Arthubasknvllle, Que, June 2nd.—-The article of thc News is absolutely without foundation. I have no negotiations with any one, (Signed) Wilfrid Laurier." Halifax. June 2.—Sir Hibbort Tupper. i( is announced, has accepted the Conservative nomination for the combined counties of i.ii n's and Shelbourne. for some years he has represented Pic ti ll in the house of coiniuolis, Montral, June 2.—Owing to a alin'it Indisposition, Hon. Mr. Tallinn, post- inn stcr-general, has been obliged to desist from his campaign labors for u few days. Toronto, June 2.—Sir Oliver Mowat will make his first appearance in Dominion politics to-night, when he will speak at Oakwood. iu Victoria South in the interests of .Mr. McHugh, the opponent of Mr. l-'nirlmirn. Porl Colborne, June 2.—Abraham Simpson, nearly nl yenrs old, proprietor of the Commercial lintel here, hns committed suicide by jumping into the canal in front of his hotel. Montroul, June 2, It. It. Dobcll, of Quebec, will probably oppose Air. Me- Greevy in Quebec West. !>. Mclli'oy hns accepted the Mcl'iir- tliyite notnlnntloii in North Lnnark, Sir Charles Tupper will open his Ontario carapnign June 8th, Vancouver Clinton. .. Victoria... Kmiihiups Vernon ... *\"els(in .. . •Donald •Special Assize. .Tuesday. .Monday . Tuesday. . Monday . .Monday . Monday. .Monday. . 6th May ,12th May lihli May 25th Mav L'titli May . 1st June . Hth June .15th June 22nd June rrners up r SCOTCH BAKERY, VIOTOIIIA I'HKNl'KNT. FAVORS ANNEXATION TO U.S. Ureal A; Britain Defends a Subject ;aiimt Hawaiian Injustice, Honolulu, May 28, per steamer Alameda, San Francisco, June 1.—The senate uud house hnve passed annexation resolutions declaring, un the eve of adjournment, that Ihe Hawaiian legislature continues in favor of annexation to the I'nited States, us do the Hawaiian voters. Great Britain hns made n demand on this government on behalf of Volncy V. Ashford, of Belleville, Out., exiled' for complicity in the 1890 rebellion, saying, in plain language, thut Ashford must he allowed a landing here. Ashford has repeatedly asked permission to lund here, but each request was refused, finally he appealed lo the home government, and It has taken action. It is understood that President Dole replied In the demand, refusing to al- low Ashford to come here. In close of- uilinl.iintits are asked to give them nil Uclol circles it Is believed that n British I man-Of-Wur will come here nnd Ashford Will be landed Without respect to the initial meeting wish of this government The Hawaii- .uvention took -ln government will bo firm In ibis mat. n the Colonial for nnd will probably appeal to the under- United States for aid. Ashford Is a presided ' native of Belleville, Ont., and Is now in Snn Francisco. ■The possible iisslstiine London, Jum of the Pncilie cable place to-day, 2:'M) p.in office, The Earl of Selhoiiriu secretary nf the Colonial office, The meeting was strictly private, stein. Duke of Westminster, Marchioness of Salisbury, Duke ami Duchess uf Devonshire, Mr. Leopold de Rothschild, owner of the Derby favorite, St. Eras- i|uin, and the Marquis of Londonderry. As the I'rince of Wales entered the carriage nt Downs station, someone In the crowd shouted "('ond luck to you," and the Prince smilingly acknowledged the good wishes expressed. In the opinion of the oldest nice goers there never was sn little betting ou the Derby ns this year. The Duke of Westminster's Regie! wis scratched nl noon, owing to tl,e luirdncs of the course. Betting at half past one this afternoon was 18 to 8 on St. Erusqutn, !) to 2 ngninst Persimmon and P to 1 against Teul'el. Among the Americans nnd Canadians present were: Marshal II. Wilder, I.n. Murphy, James Harris ileum, nil of New Vork; James Shaw, of Brooklyn; S. ll. Kaufman, of the star. Washington; Mr. Henry Rose, San Francisco, Mrs. M, M. II. Campbell and Miss Campbell, with party of friends, who arrived In a private coach; Mr. Arthur Armour, Toronto; M. J, s. Ward. ,.f Boston; Mr, and .Mrs. Robert Ilillyard, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Barrymoe. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hady, and the Pullet sisters. The Americans present became enthusiastic when Mr. Wichard's Helen Nicol, riilden by Rett, won the Epsom plate. The conditions were: The Epson) town plate. 103 sovereigns, fur three-year-olds aud upwards, distance, five furlongs, entrance free, three ^o-nr- eif-'iis. Royal Flush was second; Mar-cl third, Eight horses run. Persimmon won by a neck. Two lengths separaled St. Frusquin, the second horse, from Enrwlg, third horse, nnd Tcufel fourth. The time wns L'.-I2, which is very last considering the I'aet. Ihat the rnnrsc was the fssiest ,m record. Lord Roscberry's sir Vlsto went Inst year over a heller course in 2:-184-B. Of recent years, from WH7 down, Persimmon's time lias only been beaten once, in 1808, when W. 11. Me- Oalmont's Isinglass carried off the blue ribbon in '*)'■'.'■<. Gulistnu led to Hie top of the inn and then Hay Ronald showed iu front. On Eulering the straigltl St, Frusquin headed the siriiii; but was challenged by Persimmon, ami a most exciting finish wns (he result. In fact the tinish wns so close ns lo cause much comment, and only the judges were iu a position io tell accurately which horse was lhe winner. Many persons thought St. Frusquin had crossed the line lirst. Eleven horses came to the post for the Derby stakes, SHO sovereigns, for thrcc-year-olds, •.•oils tn carry ll'ti lbs. nud lilli.'.i 121, the nominator of ihe winner to receive 500 sovereigns and file owner of the second horse to receive 200 sovereigns out of Hie stake, distance about one und a half miles. Among -he starters were: The Prince of Wales' hay colt Persimmon, Mr. T. Phillips' brown colt Uny Ronald, Mr. J. :i. Piatt's brown and hay colt Enrwlg, and Mr. Leopold de Rothschild's brown colt St. Frusquin, The horses got away nt ,'1:2;!, with betting nt the post 5 to 1 against Persimmon, 13 tn R on St, Frusquin und L'.'l to 1 againsl Earwig, The victory of Persimmon caused a scene of iilmost unparalleled enthusiasm about the race course. The Prince of Wales wns evidently greatly pleased and it was with difficulty that the police were able to make way for him to the weighing room amiil the greatest excileni'Mit and hnul ami hearty cheering. The Prince of Wales started racing in 1S7T ! fjfow.—Reguhif weekly meeting is'belti but never was very successful until in H'illiert's Hall, Whiii-f street, on Sat- 1S1I5. Just 108 years hnve elapsed [TODAY evening nt 8 o'clock. Visiting since nny Prince of Wales won Hie I brethren cordially invited to attend. Derby. Curious to ndd, too, when St. I FBBD. Waustaff, Sec. THE BEST BREAD IN CITY, Awarded First Prize at the Agricultural Show. BEST TWO-BIT MEAL IN THE CITY Bastion Street, opp. Telegraph Office F. ROWBOTTOM, Prop. ALWAYS IN STOCK- (5 GROCERIES, MINERS' CAPS, UNDERWEAR, LAMPS, Etc. etc. TAXIDERMIST DEPARTMENT^—-^ Bums ami Animals set up in a thorough workmanship manner. On Hand—Four fine Deers' Heads, which will be sold for price of setting tbeni up. Also a tine case of Birds. SEWING MACHINE NEEDLES IF IU INN. d. s. Mcdonald. till Haliburton Street, Nanaimo. {Commercial Hotel. Corner Commercial and Button Su. Tlili* lonR-establlshed Hotel Is comfortably littcl up with superior aceomrooda* (inns for travelers and others. None hut the best brands of Wines, Liquor*. Ales mul f.pin* dispensed at the bar. T. O'CONNKU Prop. Nanaimo Business Directory . BARRISTERS. NOTICE i« hereby given that Edwin Matthews bus been admitted u partner in the above business. In future the business will be carried on by the undersigned under the style ami inline of Wilson & Mutiiuws, who will assume nil liabilities uml collect nil debts due tliesniil business, ami we trust that by ciirei'ul attention to the needs of our customers, to merit a continuance of thn patronage bo liberally bestowed In the past, .liMioMi: WILSON, Edwin Matthbw«i Nanaimo, B. (\, April 7, 1806, BAUK Kit (t I-OTTS, Hi.rri.tnrn anU Solicitor*-. i .'■niuiTrhil Htrt'et. (J P. CANE, Bsnrlsttr and Solicitor, Room U. .loliiirton mock. Barrtitera, Room «, ommereta! Ptreet, MclNNES -t UcINNMi .luliutilnn Illork, Cot t/ARWOOD Si YOUNO, Barrltlera, corner ei 1 Corameroia] and DhaiIou -dreeu. BOTANIST. 'I* 1I.VUPY. Ilotiinic Druggist, Wlnrteld Cret- A. cclll. Tr\ llnnly'A file (Ulitnicnt. DENTISTS. ■ Alt MA80S, ik-iiiM Kxiractliigaipeclalt--. V tjasand KtlierHduilnlAlered. oilicc, Odd-KUOW'l illcH-k. Nanaimo. I\n .>.-./! t ft.,,. I,.,,., I.IH.o VV J I'l'HKY, 1). D. S., Groou Block Uu and Alter June lst tlic »> • eis«worki*u*u»nti*t Flnt- U STORE Will (lose Every Wednesday AT 1 O'CLOCK P. 1. DRUGGISTS. HARM AC Y. Hall&Htkarmam, i, Victoria Creseent. Dispensing IjMM h specialty. pRKSCBNT I " proprifltoi mul fmiilly rat DOWKLT*. ATKINS, WAT80N CO., MmUed. Mi-iUch] Hull, corner I ommercial and Baa* tion r-lri't-tf*. Telephone l*8*ft« M RUFNote litis and send in your orders in good time, so they can be delivered. JAMES YOUNG. ■■'irst-Htiss Accommodation, Ettr-a-proof building Terms: $1.00 Per Day and Upwards. Tho Boon Hotel, jas. DENNETT, Proprietor. Commercial St., Nanaimo, B. C. Lodge Notices. Tnkerman Lodge, No. MS, Sons of Si. DYK WORKS. VANAIMO DYK WdKKS.-llvelng, ClMllltlf *' uud KcpiiiriiiK 11 Nicol street. C. Charlton, Manager. FISH MAUKKT. GMAIISM, wluilcHHle Dealer In Futh aud • (iaiuc. iiumIuii Street, Nanaimo. HOTELS. flKAXD HOTKL- U terlii Croat-ant, W. BTEaX, Proprietor—Vle- IXTKKSATKINAI. HOTKL-FKTKR WKIGLE, 1 Proprietor. Victoria Creacent. INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL AGENT M. wot.1'K. FliiiinolHl anil Insurance Agent, .loluu-ton lllock. PAINTING, I'Al-KK-HANGING. A NASH. iIiium- and Sign Painter, Paper- • Hi nicer, etc. Corner Albert and llll-on Ktrecm. P. 0. Ihix 2IW. REAL KSTATK—INSURANCE. Liulil'MAN & HARDY, Real Estate Brokers, T ItitNtlon street. SECOND-HAND STORE. I) T.\ YI oR. Denier In all kinds nt New and Second -Hand Furniture, and Fancjr Artl- .lies of event description. Masonic llulldlng, Commercial street. THE NANAIMO MAIL MAIL I'lllll.lSIIINO «.:<>. NANAIMO BRITISH COLUMBIA A Horse iih a Retainer. A criminal lawyer in Chicago, who Is noted for Ills.facility in acquitting uny prisoner in whose defense he may be employed, without much regard lo the character of tbo evidence, is in great demand, particularly among those who feel that their cases may be precarious. He received a letter the other day from a prisoner in the county jail. It related that the writer hatl been arrested for borse-stealing nnd wns indicted at the last session of the grand .fury. It declared that the writer bad little hope of acquittal unless good talent could lie enlisted in bis behalf, and he begged the lawyer addressed to take the case. Then came thc pathetic part of the letter. "I have no money," the writer said. "to pay for legal services, nnd very little property. Hut lhe horse is a good family driving horse; It can do a mile in 2:80, and is gentle enough for any lady to use. I'll give you the horse if you'll take the case." The lawyer is still undecided.—Chicago Record. A Competent Witness. A little girl was in the witness box, and as usual, before she was allowed to be sworn, she was examined hy the presiding Judge—Mr. .lodge Maiile—as to her understanding tin- nature of an oath and her belief in a future state. "Do you know what an oath is, my childV" asked the judge. "Yes. sir; I am obliged to tell the truth." "If you always tell the truth, where will you go wheu you die';" , "Up to heaven, sir." I "And what will become of you If you tell lies'.'" "I shall go to the naughty place, sir." ■ "Are you quite sure of that'.'" ; "Yes, sir; quite sure." "Let her he sworn." said Maule. "It Is quite clear she knows a great deal more than I do,"—Pittsburg Dispatch. A Gentlemanly Judge. In a conversation tbe other day District Attorney Graham told of his twenty-live years' experience at the liar with the late .ludge Allison, and incidentally paid a sterling compliment to the dead jurist. "He was," said Mr. Graham, "u splendid judge, with a stock of patience that wns inexhaustible. No lawyer can say that lie was ever turned nway from Judge Allison's bnr without n kindly, courteous, complete hearing. His hearing both on nnd off the bench reminded ine always of a passage in 'David Copperlield.' where Dickens writes, in effect, that 'a man might assume a gentlemanly demeanor for nn occasion, but lt is only nature's true nobleman who never lays it aside.' "—Philadelphia Record. CHARLES OF ROUMANIA. Knropenn Monarch Who Wears n Crown Made from Cannons. No king iu Europe is a belter king or a hardier or stronger one than is Charles, who is the King of Houmania. This monarch is one of the most Interesting of the rulers of Europe. It is now thirty years since Charles was made prince of the country he now rules, and he was recognized by the great powers jnst six months after his election to the throne. Hut the life of a prince is not always a happy one, and Charles found out this truth early lu life. Hut he had a strong hand and a strong mind and he emerged from hiH troubles In triumph. He is universally acknowledged to be a great soldier, a clever statesman and n popular sov- CIIARI.ES OF IIOIMASIA. KING OF TIGKE. King of Tigre, eomrado true, Where in nil thine isles art thou! Sailing on PonBeoa blue? Wearing Amapola now? King of Tigre, where art thou? Butt ins for Antilles' queen? Saber hilt or olive bough? Crown of dust or laurel green? Raving love or marriage vow? King and comrade, where art thou? Sailing on Paciflo sons? Pitching tents in Pima now? Underneath magnolia trees? Thatch of palm or cedar bough? Soldier singer, whoro art thou? Coasting on the Oregon? Saddlo bow or birchen prow? Round the isles of Amazon? Pampas, plain or mountain brow? Prince of rovers, whoro art thou? Answor mo from out tho west I 1 am wenry, stricken now; Thou art strong, and I would rest; Reach a hand with lifted brow 1 King of Tigre, where art thou?" —Charles Warren Stoddard. eroign. It wns only u year or so ngo that be reached the full measure of his hope nnd ambition, lt was then that be successfully negotiated the marriage between his heir and the daughter of no less powers thnn the imperial house of Russia and Great Britain. King Charles' crown is nn Iron one. It wns mndo of metal from the cannons tnken from tbe Turks at Plevna sonic yenrs before it was fushionod Into the little circlet that rests on bis brows whenever be cares to lit It to his head. He fought gallantly for thnt crown, and those who like monarchies and the things that to them belong will not grudge him his reward, such as It Is. He Is liked by his people, and Is not •verse to treating them pretty well even In times of peace. From Good to Batter. Hungary celebrates its one thousandth anniversary this year. It has a great national history and a spirited, patriotic population, bnt with all its attractions 750,000 of its people have chosen to become citizens of tbo United States.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. FAMLMI'S HEART. Miss Irwin was vory busy. She wns haudling a difficult assignment which by rights should have boen given to one of the men reporters, aud so it happeued that she remained after every one else had gone to dinner, and for some time the .walls of the city editor's room had listeuod to tho unsusnal sound at sacli an hour of a hud stub peu scratcbiug over thin brown paper. Finally the monotonous scratching was interrupted by the opouing of a door, and Fauuiug, tho polico reporter, hastily eutered. Miss Irwin paused iu ber story long enough to look up. "Ob," sho said, "it's you, Funning. Been to dinner already?" "No, ma'am, not yet. I'm looking for Scrautou. Hasn't come back yet, has be?" "Not yet. Anything I can do for you ?" "No, thanks. I just wauted to see him about a story—that littlo chap that was hurt. Read nbout it, didn't you? Scrauton's interested. Tho little chap's dying. I've just come from tho bonso. Tho doctors all say he'll dio tonight, and I wanted to tell Soranton, I am so worried. Pshaw, I'm worried sick. I"— He paused, ran his flngors through his hair and looked embarrassed. "Come, now, Fanning, tell me all about it," said the thoroughly interested Miss Irwiu. "There ain't much to tell. Ob, you mean what I'm worrying nbout? Well, to put the whole thing iu n few lines, I'm afraid be might not die in time for mo to got my story for tho morning's paper. Just think of what I'd lose— sucli a beautiful story." Miss Irwin looked shocked, uud Fanning saw it. His bluo eyes took on a resolute expression, but the musoles of bis face did not move, nor did bis red cheeks grow the least bit redder. He lit a cigarette and said doggedly : "Yes, ma'am; so long as he'sgoingto die—they said he won't live through tonight—he might have euough consideration for me to arrange it iu time. Just my luck to get scooped. " And he knocked off some cigarette ashes. Miss Irwin gazed at tho boy in astonishment. "Why, you cruel, cruel fellow," she exclaimed, in a disappointed tone, "I didn't think you were that sort. " It was Fanning's turn to look disappointed. "You seem to think, because I talk as I do, that a polico reporter hasn't any feelings at all," he said, iu an injured way. "Maybe we've got more than you think. Now, there ain't anybody Borrior than I am for that little boy. Why, his mother and sister think I'm the best friend they've got, because if I hadn't said my say, the bully who hurt the little chap wouldn't huve been held at all. I fixed him all right enough, ! though; mado things pretty lively at the polioe court, didu't I? Well, I guess. "Say, if ho would only hurry up and die iu time 1 could write tho most ele- j gant aud touching story. You just ought to see him. Everybody takes so much in- terest iu him, and folks send him books | and toys and jolly aud all sorts of good things to eat. When I saw him this evening, the bed was covered with playthings, bnt if you'll believe it, ho didn't seem to care for 'em at all. The ouly thing he noticed was a buncb of roses somebody had sent him. He wouldn't part with 'em, and when I saw him lying buck there with tho flowers against his cheek, I thought how pretty it would be for mo to have him die with them iu his band. Say, wouldn't that be pictnr- esquo? I won't bother yon, though, any longer. If you soe Soranton, tell him about it; he'll bo interested." Tho door closed, aud Miss Irwin was again alone. She couldn't take up the train of thought she had boon pursuing when interrnpted, and sbu still had tbo shocked look sho assumed at the beginning of Fanning's conversation. "Such a hardened fellow," Bhe muttered, "and yet at heart I really believe him to be what be says he is." Tbe next morning Miss Irwin scanned tbe papers, but saw nothing ahont the boy. The evening papers contained long accounts of his life and death. Miss Irwin felt rather sorry that Fanning, with all his cruel, kind heart, had been scooped. She was sure his account would have surpassed those she had read, and she sighed as she thought of tbe roses. They had not been mentioned at all. Several days passed. She was anxious to meet the police reporter. Curiosity caused her to wonder what he would say. Finally the chance came. She happened to be waiting for a car when Fanning passed. She stopped him. "By the way, Fanning, I saw yon were cheated ont of yonr story about the little boy." 1 Yes, I was. Luck's dead against me." "What time did he die?" "Three a. m. exactly. Jnst too late for me to get in even a line. I was there when be died." "Poor, dear, little fellow I How did he die?" "He died on space rates, ma'am." Miss Irwin tbonght that she had be- tome nsed to the reporter's peculiar style, but his reply was too much for her. When she regained her composure, sho said: "I mean, did be know anybody? Was ho conscious to tho lust?" "Oh, yes. Ho just opened his eyes; theu ho shut 'em again, and ho opened 'em again and smiled real sweet at his mother and sister and mo, and thou, and then he—he just died nice, real nice. "Say," ho touched Miss Irwin ou tho arm and laughed, "what do yon suppose? His mother thinks so much of mo sho asked me to pick out tho coffin; said she didu't know what would bo appropriate. I selected a little beauty. Say, you ought to have seeu him in it." Miss Irwin was becoming vastly interested in Fanning. Ho was so different from any oue she bad over met before. Then, too, ho puzzled her. His conversation wus certainly of a "don't care" stylo, but somehow sho couldn't beliovo liim to bo ns heartless ns he seemed. His story about tho doath of tho littlo boy bad affected her greatly; so muoh so, iu fact, that sho went to see tho sorrow stricken mother. "Oh," said the mother, between hor tears, "you are from Tho Morning Herald, you say? It is so kind of yon to como. My poor little boy thought Tho Herald was the best paper iu town ; lie ofleu sold it. If all tho people on The Herald arc so good and .kind us you aud Mr. Fanning"— "Fanning I" "Yes, do you know bim? I don't know what ou earth I would have done in all my trouble if it hadn't been for him. He's got tho kindest, most generous heart. 'The Lord loyeth a cheerful giver,' but thon, Mr. Fanning can afford to givo, and"— "Fauuiug afford togivel" ejaonlated Miss Irwiu. "Why"— "It's a blessed thing to be rich, nnd to have so much power on a great big paper like Tla- Herald," continued the elder woman. 'Of course, if he bad been poorer off than he really is, I wouldn't have let him do what he did." "May 1 ask what he did?" inquired Miss Irwin. "Yes, indeed, and I'm only too glad to toll you about it. I believe iu mentioning good deeds. Mr. Fanning's paper look such an interest iu my little boy that it printed loug columns nbout him, and theu Mr. Fanning had tho man who injured my boy put in jail, aud then ho sent him flowers — beautiful roses, the ones he was buried with—and Mr. Fanning even bought the coffin with his own money. When I told him not to do that, he laughed nud said that was nothing—he could afford it." "So," mused the lady reporter, ns she walked awuy, "Funning has spent all bis hard earned savings on tho flowers and coffin. He's a dear, good boy."— Omaha Herald. IT WORRIES MR. SAGE I THE FIRST IN INDIA. A SMALL RAILROAD THAT CAUSES HIM MUCH TROUBLE. II»n PhotoeraphH Made of Hia Employees Showing Them Sleeping or Lounging. One Crew Camped by a Fire—Groat Ia the Pouffhkec-iaie aud Eastern. Russell Sage is the proprietor of a railroad 40 miles long that gives him moro trouble than all his other mileage and his millions put together. It is called the Poughkeepsie and Eastern, and, as its name implies, one end of it is anchored iu what poople who live there call the Qneou City of tho Hudson. The j other end is at present located iu a cornfield in tho diroetion of Boston. Every time Mr. Sage gets out of sorts with tho Vnuderbilts or annoyed at Ihe New York aud New Haven peoplo ho stretches out his Poughkeepsie aud Eastern n little and employs several men with pickaxes. Then his surveyor^ squint duo east through theodolites and there is big talk about the Poughkeepsie and Eastern paralleling the Boston and Albany. Threats nre also mado of an exteusion west to Chicago. Mr. Sage decided recently to take an active part iu the operating of his pet road. This determination was due to information he received privately that things were not going on all right. The locomotive engineers wero exceeding their allowance of three-quarters of a pound of coal per train mile, and wero ruuning freight trains over the whole length of the road in less than two days, tho schedule time, or taking a week, just as caprice dictated. Theu other irregularities were discovered. At the aunual inventory, Jan. 1, three coupling pius aud one chamois leather waBhrag were missing. "Tho whole root of the difficulty is laziness," said President Sage. "These things will always happen to a railroad whose employees aro uot industrious. Discharge all the lazy men we have at present aud get more." But this was moro easily said than done. They couldn't locate the lazy men. A freight crew would set out from Boston Corners with every appearance of wakefulness and energy, but just as soon as it got around a curve where tbe master car builder or the" division superintendent couldn't 6ee it, the engineer would run it ou a siding aud the crew would go to sleep or fall to picking blackberries. Mr. Sage at one time even thought of stringing wires along the track, so thut he might learn where bis trains were, but this involved a largo outlay, and ho racked bis braiu for smne simpler plan. He at leugth evolved a scheme by which tho divisiou superintendent, the master car builder aud the track foreman should hide in a caboose and keep tabs ou a sample train. But ho found out that tho division superiutendent, tho master car builder and tbo track foreman, who was oue and the same person, had to attend to tho turntable at Boston Comers and couldn't leave bis work. The trains were getting slowor and slower. The Cannon Bull express, which was put on as a menace to the New Haven company, occupied nine hours in running over the road. Then President Sage took counsel with himself and decided thut something must be done. Miss Alice Maude SornbJI, the Olrl Ua< liclor of Science. Miss Alice Maude Soruhji, the first girl bachelor of science in all India, is the daughter of the lute Rev. Sorahji Kharsedji of tho Churoh Missionary society nnd of Mrs. Sornbji, so well known iu western India for mauy educational charities. Her earlier educa tion was obtained at the Victoria High school, Poona, whence she matriculated at tho age of 15, appearing nineteenth in a list of candidates who wore drawn from the whole Bombay Presidency. For her degree she read at Wilson college, Bombay, nud has, all through her course, displuyod a peculiar aptitude for science. Iu tho degree examination, held last November, she was the ouly woman caudidate and obtained moro marks than any of the others, coming first iu the order of merit. Miss Sornbji hopes now to study medicine with n view to helping Indiau ladies who are denied visits from a man dootor. Her great ambition is a London M. D. Miss Alice Sorahji is a sister of the distinguished Miss Cornelia Sorahji, tbe first girl graduate of western India, who was at Oxford, England, not long ago.— Philadelphia PreBS. Always Room For "Isers.*' "The kind of men I waut to hire," said a newspaper publisher the other day while talking to a friend, "are seldom to be had. No matter what their lines of busiuess 'isers' (a word that rhymes with scissors) aro never out of work and always get good money. I waut somo isers." "Isers?" exclaimed his companion. "What on earth are isers?" "To explain what they are," replied the publisher, "let me tell you a story of a 'waut ad.' Once a man wished ti employ for his cirens an acrobat who could throw triple somersaults. So he ^^^^^^^^^^^ put a'waut ad.' in the paper. In reply j He consulted a firm of detectives. He to the advertisement he received 00 let- j told thom that bo had ballasted aud ters. Together with a friend ho read , bonded the road in a style that brought them over. Somo of the letters he put \ it np to date, aud he wauted them to in a pile by themselves. They were the I find out how the employees spent their Wedding Effects. A recent bride wore at the altar, With her rich ivory satiu gown, a broad belt of white silk webbing thickly sewed with pearl sequins aud pearls. Tho clasp was of pearl aud diamonds. At another wedding the bridesmaids carried white sticks, to which were attached bunches of pink roses. At a third weddiug of tbe month, this oue in London, the corsolot bodice figured rather unbecomingly, according to tbe report of n guest. The eight bridesmaids wore high satiu waistbands of cerise sal in over frocks of cream faille, fichus of tho samo shade of chiffon being also u part of the trimming. The effect was not pretty, reproduced bo mauy times, aud save for the grace of tho large white picture huts, with nodding plumes, wonld havo mado very Btiff lookiug toilets.—Now York Letter. ones that read something like this; "Dkau Slu—You advertise for a man who can throw a triple somersault. I used to throw triple somersaults and think that ufter a little practice I could do it again. I'd like a trial. "The other letters were put in another pile and ran something like this; '-Dkau Sin—I am a good ocrobat: hut. while I never have thrown triple somersaults, I think with a littlo practice I could do it. I'd lik. to have a trial. " 'Well,' said the circus man, as he shook bis head sadly, 'there ure SO letters from 50 acrobats. Twenty-five of them aro "hasbeous," 25 are "going to bos," but there ain't an "iser" iu the whole lot.' Now, I waut 'isers,' aud so does every other business man, but they aro all omployed.''—New York Tribune. Mistaken Kindness. One of the first resolutioua which are formed by men and women who are sneceeding in life, that is, us measured by tho ouly standard in use nowadays, iucreasing their possessions fur boyond their actual need-', is that they will put safeguards arouud their children; the hardships which they themselves contended against shall never, if they can help it, he encountered by their offspring. They not ouly coddle themselves, iudulgo themselves witli unac- customed luxuries and spare themselves all avoidable physical exertion, but they believo this courBo to be the right way to live, and that if it is good for them, it is good for their children. They do not understand that character is formed under the pressure of the compulsory hardships aud self denials of youth, jnst as they forget that health is not a gift or an accident, but the reward of abstinence and of hard work under natural conditions, perhaps continued through several generations. —Frederick Tudor. First Electric Light In > Theater. It is believed that the first eleotric light installed in an American theater was a Jablochkoff candle, used as a focusing lamp in the old California theater, in Bnsh street, San Francisco, in 1878. The managers of the theater at that time were Messrs. Barton & Hill, Qeneral Barton and Frank Lawler. The play was "Antony and Cleopatra," Rose Eytinge and Cyril Searle taking the leading parts. Mr. A. H. Reece was the engineer in obarge of the work. Time has worked a complete revolution in theatrical lighting, and today- there is not a theater in tbe United States whioh could dispense with the electric li",ht.—Electricity. time, aud why un up to date roadbed did uot bring up to dato speed. They gave him every assurance that they would bring tbe meu to time. Equipped with a camera, a detective who makes a specialty of railroad work went to Poughkeepsie. He knew that the presence uf a passenger on a Poughkeepsie aud Eastern train would eScite suspicion, so he disguised liimself as a tramp by a marvelonsly small number of artistic touches, uud begun to loiter along tbe grass grown line of tbe road. The result of his labors, it is suid, is au immense collection of cabinet photographs. They wero taken by tho instantaneous process, but they might just as easily have been doue with u timo exposure, for they show that employees of the Poughkeepsie and Eastern rurely move. Some of the pictures uro so realistic that one who sees them cau almost bear the conductors and hrakemeii snore. One especially good view represents the "Lightuiug Bug" freight train, which brings maple sirup down from Vermont regularly overy day, stuntliug nt euso ou the track while her crew, camped rouud a log fire, aro listening to the fireman, who is leading a dime novel. Thero aro cobwebs ou tho driving whoel of tbo locomotive, An interesting physiological fact brought out by tho detective is that employees of the Ponghkoepsie uud Eastern have tbo rare faculty of sleeping while standing up. Tbe pictures positively prove this. The open mouths and closed eyes eloquently describe a condition of sound slumber. Whim this convincing evidence thut insomnia was not one of his maladies was shown to a brakeman, he said; "That's the way I always act. I keep my eyes shut so as not to wear them ont, and my mouth is one of those that falls opeu all the time and only closes when I remember to shut it. That's a habit I learned since I came to live in Poughkeepsie." Mr. Sage does not know exactly -what to do with his bundle of photographs. There is some talk of his pasting tbem up in the Poughkeepsie station as a warning to the employees in general. The men know all about tbe pictures •nd are very much alarmed. "They took me eating a piece of pie," said a freight handler, "when it wasn't the dinner honr, and I should have been ohuoking pig iron on a fiat car. Then they've got a piotnre of a political debate in the roundhouse, when the men should have been cleaning the engines." —New York World. For the Com plea Ion, A young lady of Chicago, while sojourning iu Egypt last winter, secured some of the famous philter used by the ladies of the khedive's harem for the complexion, and said to be the most wonderful cosmotic of the world. Instead of usiug it herself she gave it to u friend who was a chemist aud bud it analyzed. It tnrued out to bo nothing more or less than a tincture of benzoin, a little castor oil aud a few drops of attar of rose. Whilo it is not a euro all for facial disfigurements tbe chemist says it is about the most sensible preparation for tbe skin lie bus ever encountered. Manners and Matrimony. Out of a class of girls who have studied together at college, affirms a writer in tbe London News, those who have married nre not the must intellectual, nor the prettiest, but girls with a certain pleasuut manner, brightness of small talk aud average good looks. Thackeray aud Dickens chose for their heroines tbe sort of womeu meu admire aud marry. Amelia Sedley, Laura Peudeuuis nnd Dora Copperlield are all unambitious women with BOine prettiuess, mind not above the average and domestic tastes, devoted to thoir lovers before marriage aud to tho children after. The Effect of Heredity. It was about 1770 in Massachusetts that tho first woman, Mrs. Abigail Adams, asked for tbo right of suffrage. Miss Mabel E. Adams uf tjuiucy, in that slate, who has just beeu elected to the school board uud who is oue of tho leading orators in tbe political equality cause, is said to be one of hor descendants. Miss Adams is a student as woll ns a speaker and writer, and has given considerable time and thought to tho domestio relations aud conditions of American society at the proseut time. Did y'u know I wuz As tall as ma? Am! I'a measured us, An' you ask pal Mn wouldn't b'lleve it; Snys, "The idee Of thnt boy hein' As lull as me!" An' pn he plagued ma; Told her that she Wns the baby, now. Of our ftun'ly; I tried to love inn, Same as before; She sa.vs, "You can't be Baby no more!" It tickles my pa Fur me to be Taller thnn my mu; An' tickles me, 'Cuuse, see, I know it's My only chance— Nex' suit that I git I want lonu. pants! A BIKE FOR LOVERS. The Machine May He Ridden by Oi] or by Two l'eraona. The great objection to the tandef] bicycle is the difficulty of carrying il conversation. Thc one seated in f^ rear cannot bear very well the renin.' of the person in front, and as tho pel son iu front is usually tbe young ml It may be guessed that a great ma.f remarks have thus been wnsted the desert air. With a view of col querlng this obstacle to free converj tion while two persons are riding machine, a bicycle bus been inven-^l which, among a certain class of ride f promises to become extremely popubj It Is culled the "companion slde-sca.t' I bicycle," nnd the manner of Its eK structlon is very well shown by 11 picture. In this bicycle the two riders \njj seated side by side, as ln tbe old fas, loned "sociable" tricycle. In ma I points the machine resembles this r\ style tricycle, tbe chief difference 1 [ ing that the third wheel Is abaudonel The long axle of the rear wheel ei aides the use of two sprockets at lj extremities, so fnr apart ns to adrrj of each one being acted upon throui J n separate pair of sprockets, each nel-J ated by a separate rider. There isj triple bead and double frame, tho tg ter enrrying two saddles placed Bil by side at a proper distance apart fj two riders to work pedals freely. It Is said that a difference of pounds weight In the riders is uot tlceable, and that a person who Is .^ norant of riding can be taken out this wheel with perfect safety. Til system of mounting Is peculiar iy'f Women In Municipal Affairs. In the city of Waltham, Mass., Mayor Lyman has nominated as ovoraeer of the poor Mrs. C. H. Daniels -, as trustee of the Lehtndfund, Miss Anna Adams, and as director of the public library, Mrs. J. L. Harvey. Those who know these women think that the mayor's nominations have reflected great credit on himself, for they are all distinctive women of marked ability. This new departure will result in a more general participation of qualified women in municipal affairs. Another Point Gained. The Russian woman doctors have gained another point, the medical board, which is a department of tbe ministry of the interior, having decreed that the emblem which doctors wear ou the breast may also Bo worn by ladies who have passed an examination giving them tbe right to practice. THE NEWEST BICYCLE BUILT FOR Twi somewhat complicated. For the !!(•:] one who mounts the wheel Is Inclir !, to one side, and tbe rider takes his A her place on tbe lower saddle. TlJ machine Is then brought again to a] upright position and the second rldil mounts by means of the pedal, and i J tiie start is made. The dismount 1 made ln the same way, reversing, i j course, the operations. Live to 100. Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson st ] gives it as bis fixed opinion tbat eve< man and every woman should attain tinge of 100. According to Sir Benjamlr] the would-be centenarian must have f blonde complexion, with hazel eye't light brown hair and reddish cheek j He must never emoke nor drink, mu > eat very little meat and he must mi work by artificial light.—London Glob-1 We would rather enlist In the anni for three years, In time of war, tha. 3 have a back tooth pulled. LITTLE FOLKS. rHE TWO REEDB1RDS. J Pablo In Which May Bo Found a Valuable Lesson. ill of the year was well nigh its •inch fitful gnst brought in its [ ;s of belated songsters, sweop- i.rd toward thoir wiuter banuts faith. lis oue bird, however, that lin- amoug tho marshes of the |.t is the "reedy," as ho is called toys. One morning two reedies r feeding ground aud directed j'.nrso as if in quest of a more ; one farther inland. You might died from tho larger ouo's cau- surely flight that he wns the ''id moro temperate, aud that the las heedless aud extravagant. pthey arrived at a pleusniit valley, its way through the low lying , whicli already seemed to as if iu dreud of the coming jjiero flowod a sluggish stream. ,s regaled themselves for a timo fluintios that tho beds of swamp tattered at iutervals aloug tho I d to afford them, •ie of tho calm dispositiou beat his meal as if he wero not [taken up with the demands of a craw. The other, however, (floront, aud so absorbed wus bo jg that ho did not hear the shrill tweet," of his companion, fuote was uttered as iu alarm at i.inweleonio uews that the wind : him. Flakes of snow fell dowu ' ou tho ground, nud still the •ed gormaud worked away with |1. The snow increased ; the, wind the hanks of tall grass iu the J until thoy fairly groaned beneath fasts. In the thoughtless bird, awakened \-use of his danger, tried iu vaiu A victim to his greed, lie was 1 by tho cold, nud fouud a swampy |brotbor, the philosopher, roosted .■hi; under the oavo of a southern fhouso, lamenting in bis roveries J to of his greedy companion, 'roin tills fahlo louru the lessou tt- heeding the voico of discretiou. ludolphia Times. A Spanish Hoy Editor. rre lives iu New York a lad of 15 Aiolds some very decided opinions It/ho right of Cuba to bo a free [y. Tiiis is nn importaut question ow, aud it will probably not be |t for somo time to como. The man previously mentioned has tho matter to bis own satisfac- !< UlJXOIl AIlTl'llll I1A1.I1ASAXO, .111. Ind what he says on tho subject is Jting, eveu if you do uot ugreo Ibis views, ns many persons will bo is decidedly favorable to tho I Spain. Tho young philosopher is IArturo Baldasnuo, Jr., and ho is lest sou of Geueral A. Baldasnuo, uiisli consul iu New York. Young auo, together with tho other (oiks of bis family, issues a weok- ' paper called El Muiido, which is ted throughout the .Spanish colony icity.—Now York Recorder. Girla Out of School. ho girls who are just leaving 'will for awliilo rejoice in their tin, though it is to bu hoped tbut lire somo among you who will feel J tinge of regret ut saying goodby |fumiliar round of duties. Tho um- who nre preparing for college fofession, will be busy aud, there* appy aud contented, but (ho oth- oso who have nothing definite iu will do well to consider tho ad- u celebrated physician who says: \ hobby. If yon cannot find pleus- f geology, natural history, astrou- [colleet old china, make serapbooks .nits. You need some such interest .r to koop yon in health." Read- lot enough, household work, mini sot out to do some oue thing n constantly to accomplish it, ot satisfy. Society success Will you least of nil, you thoughtful !('harity, if well directed, by those bow its pitfalls, is admirable, but Iist out of school cnunot undertake liropy on their own account with pe of being of much use to the •nity.— Brooklyn Eagle. Estelle'a Astronomy. nr littlo Estelle Was perplexed when she found that this wonderful world Thut we live on la round. Hide and Seek. A pastime in whicli all tho cats do- light is hide and seek behind the pil lows of n hod or sofa. In tho drawing room thero aro somo old fashioned divans against tho wall with several cushions set, upright, which have beeu the playground of generations of pets; the mothers begin by playing with their kitteus, the kittens keep it up together, nnd tench it to younger sets, The point of lho game is which shall soo tho other first and surprise her by a cntt' on the nose, which stands for "I spy." Wheu two pluy, it is simple enough, but when thero are throe or four one always remains outsido the cushions to soek, aud by degrees the littlo piuk nosed white faces peop between the enshious with the illimitable and provocative expressions of a kitten at play, and the seeker is surprised by a tap. If sho he ou the alort, tho hider sometimes vanishes, nud .sometimes thoy try whicli can get within tho other's guard uud give tho first wlmck. M'liss was particularly fond of hide aud Beek, and established a mode of playing it with us whilo we were at dinner. Sho would hide on tho window sill behind tho long winter curtains which aro dropped in the evening, und would poep out at one sido or between them nnd mew, popping hack again as we called, "I see you." She never tired of this slipping unseen from window to window to vary the surprise until we had more than euough of it.—Temple Bar. MrB. McSwat's Husband's Suggestion. "The Woman's club is going to discuss parliamentary law tomorrow evening, Billigor," remarked Mrs. MoSwat, "and I dou't thiuk I shall go. I dou't tako any interest iu it." "Parliamentary law, Lobelia," said Mr. McSwat magisterially, "is something you can't know too much nbout. Yon ought to familiarize yourself thoroughly with its usages. A clear understanding of parliamentary law," he went ou, wanning with his subject, "would be useful in nil the relations of life. If I were asked to uanio ono thing, Lobelia, that is calcnlutod to add self reliance to charnctor, assist in solving tbo problems that ariso from day to day, aud mako the hurdou of life less"— "Now, what is tho uso of your going ou liko that, Billiger?" interrupted Mrs. McSwut. "What good would it do mo to study parliamentary law, I'd liko to kuow?" "You would learu uot to talk when you aro not in order," replied Billigor, buryiug himself iu bis newspaper again. And Mrs. McSwat went out to the kitchon and tulkod iu a loud and oxpos- tulatory tono of voice to Bridget for the uoxt IB minutes.—Chicago Tribune. A Master's Conception. Fronde lias admirably described the spirit iu which Carlylo views the revolution, the spirit of u Hebrew prophet, discerning divine retributiou on ill doing, and Carlylo himself styles it, in a letter to Sterling, "a wild, savage hook, itself a kind of French revolution. * * * It has como hot out of my own soul, horn in blackness, whirlwind aud sorrow. " He thought it hud "probably no chance of being liked by any existing class of British men," but it speedily achieved popularity. Mill described it in this Review us "oue of those works of genius which nro above all rules, uud aro a luw to themselves," while Kings- ley suys, "No book, always excepting Milton, so quickened and exalted my poetical view of man and bis history as that great proso poem, tho single epio of modern duys, Thomas Carlylo's 'French Rovolltiou.' "—Westminster Review. Marsh Gas Under Ice. T| An interesting chemical experiment, quite now to me, was performed by a party of skaters in Ih-j neighborhood of Baltimore. It is possible that it has been performed before, hut I havo not, yet found anyone who has seen or hoard of it. Tho skaters were on a largo artificial lake upon which remarkably clear ice had formed. In various plaoes white spots were noticed in the ice. suggesting, as ouo of tho skaters said tu me, "air bubbles. " Some ouo bored a holo through ono of theso whito places and applied a flame to the gas, which took fire. This led to further experiiAnts, and it was found that hy boring a small hole a long thin jot of flame could be obtained, and this continued for some time. Tho gas was of course marsh gas, formed by lho decomposition of the vegetable matter at tho bottom of the luke. The above method of demonstrating tho formation of this gas iu nature is, from tho lesthotio poiut of view, a great improvement on tho usual method described in tho textbooks, which consists iu stirring a pool of staguant water with il stick and collecting the gas that rises to the surface. Skating ponds illuminated hy natural gas are nmoug the possibilities of the future.—hotter in Science. Watched Himself Die. "Our village doctor, good man that he was," says a woman visitiug in the city from an interior towu, "has just died. He was very much absorbed in his profession aud studied every case, from a run of typhoid fever dowu to an attack of moasles, as if it wero his first patient. Wheu his own mortal illness prostrated him, ho diaguosod it clearly, watched his symptoms aud the otlect of the remedies used, and warned the at- teuding physician several days bofore bis death of tho hopelessness of his conditiou, ns evidenced by certain feelings no one but a professional patient, with every sense alert, could have discovered. He was couscions up to tho last, aud us tho end approached had himself bolstered among his pillows into a half sitting position. Ho kept the fingers of ono baud ou the pnlso of the other, and though ho said nothing, the expression of his face showed that he was interested professionally iu wutchiug himself dio. As he drew bis Inst breath tho fluttering at his wrist must have indicated it, for lie let his fingers drop, looked nrouud the group gathered about him with as clear uud intelligent expression ns any that ever shoue uu his face, said aloud aud distinctly, 'Dead now,'and was, "—New York Times. flow 'tis held ln its placo In its orbit so true Pus a pu/./.le to her, K With no answer in viow. Tit must be," said Estello, [ "Like a bull ill tbo air That is hunt: by a string, | But tho string Isn't thero." -Delia Bart HI ono in Bt. Nicholas. Bis Motto. !y walked into n merchant's office er duy iu search of a situation, eing put through a catechism by reliant, he was nskod, "Well, my 4] what is your motto?" fiio as yours, sir," he replied; s you have on your door, Ivns engaged.—Pearson's Weekly. Europe's Holdings In Africa. Within tho scopo of u magazine article it is impossible to describe the steps which France, Germany and Italy severally took. A sufficient idea, howover, may hu gained by tho casual reader of what has beon done when I say that within tho last ton yoars Franco has (inquired of equatorial Africa about 300, - 000 square miles, iu which there aro now BOO Europeans; Germany, 400,000 square miles; Italy, ."el7,000 square miles; aud Portugal has now a defined territory oxteudiug over 710,000 square inilos. France, moreover, has beeu active farther north, iu the Sahara and in west Africa, aud cluiuis rights over 1,000,000 square miles, whileGorinuuy, in southwest Africa uud tho Cameroons, asserts her rulo over 540,000 square miles.—Henry M. Stanley iu Century. Asbestos In Boots. The inveutiou cousists of u preparation of asbestos wool compressed into thin sheets by hydraulic pressure. These sheets ate thou waterproofed on oue side by u special solution, and portious inserted into the boots as middle soles. Asbestus being a nonconductor of heat, its interpolation into the fabric of our boots and shoes iu conjunction with a waterproof material bus tbe effect of counteracting tbe influences of beat, cold und moisture. Asbestus lined boots cannot, creak iu wear, uud ure, besides, many times more flexible than boots made iu the ordinary manner. Lastly, asbestus being a nonconductor of electricity, persons wearing boots thus made may walk over live electric wires in perfect sufety.—Public Opinion, The Court Smiled, Some years ago, iu a Suit which turned on tiie stato of miud of a lady who bad beeu a meinbor of a sisterhood, tho lute chiof jnstico, theu Mr. Coleridge, wns cross examining a witness, who guve evidence ns to the plaintiff's behavior while an inmate of the sisters' home. Among other things it had beeu deposed that plaintiff had been guilty of n broach of discipline iu eating a curtain plato of strawberries. Mr. Coleridge—Eating strawberries, really? Wituess—Yes, sir. She was eating strawberrios. ^ Mr. Coleridge—How shocking I Witnoss—It was forbidden, sir. Mr. Coleridge—Anil did you, madam, roally consider there was any harm in that? Witness—No, sir, not in itself, any moro than there was in cat ing au apple, but yon kuow, sir, the mischief that came from that. Tbo court smiled, and Mr. Coleridge seemed to loso tho thread of his ideas for the moment.—Household Words. One of Bis Tricks, Dr. Cyrus Hamlin, Hannibal Hamlin's father, was a man who put considerable faitb in human nature. He also owned sheep when he lived ou Paris Hill, and ho took considerable pride iu them. One day when a neighbor brought iu a particularly fine wether and offered to sell it at a reasonable figure tho doctor took the neighbor's word that he bad raised it and purchased. He was later informed by his observant son that he had bought one of his own sheep that tbo speculative neighbor hud purloiued. So tho doctor hunted up tho scamp, made him disgorge uud theu asked him what he meant by such actions. The neighbor was wholly unabashed, aud looking the doctor shrewdly in the eye be stuttered, for ho was afflicted iu that way, "Dud- dud-dud-dootor,y-y-you know I'm tricky ns the dud-dud-devil, 'n that's ouo of my tut-tut-tricks."—Lowiston Journal. Lighted Cigars on the Elevated. "Perhaps it would be too much to expect the elevated road to enforce its rule prohibiting the carrying of lighted cigars on the cars," suid Mr. Bifllngtou, "but how would it do to umeud thut rnle so as to make it prohibit tho carrying of lighted bad oigars and then ouforco it? It would be a difficult thiug to do, I kuow; the man who stood ou the platform to prevent the currying aboard of lighted 'twofors' would need to bo uot ouly a oouuoisseur in tobacco, but au athlete, too, nud even then bo might make mistakes in ouo wuy or tho other, but it would be an effort in the right direction. "—New York Sun. According to Ovid, tbe white anemone sprang from the teurs Venus shod for Adonis. Wldener-s Advice. According to a veracious Pittsburg contemporary, P. A. B. Wideuor of this city was holding ou to a strap us a Broadway cuble car in New York swung around the Fourteenth street curve. Thu car was orowded to suffocatiou. "Nover iuvest your money iu u cable ear company, my boy. It won't do you a bit of good," said Mr. Widener to the youug man who was with him. "Why not?" was tho reply. "I should think this line must bo a gold mine. Do you meuu to say they don't yuy np their dividends?" "Oh, yes, I gerniy dividends all right, bnt I never get a seat."—Philadelphia Record. Killing lhe ITo-r. We had bunted up and down the lides for the greater part of a day, and finally, with the scent at its hottest, we seemed to have lost tho fox in the neighborhood of a little cottage, with a pigsty tacked ou to it. Tho hounds were giving tongue around the pigsty, while its occupants protested with no less noise. Tho hubbub wus tremendous, and the tumult in- creused tenfold when tho second whip climbed tho sly palings and began to search tho tenement for the missing fox. There was no sign of him. Still tho hounds kept giving tongue around the dwelling as if tho fox were there. Tho whip, after drawing the pigsty blank, knocked at the cottage door and, receiving no answer, entered. The sole iuinnte was a hedriddeu old woman, who protested with vehemence equal to the pigs' against this invasion of her privacy, adding that no fox could possibly have como in, for tho door had not been opened since her grandson had gone out to work in the morning, Tho mini in pink was about to retire with apologies when a hold hound hurst iu through the door, with a terrible burst of melody. Ho stopped to ask no questions of tho poor old lady, hut went under tho bed like a tiger. Moro bounds dushed in; thero wus a souffle uud a worry under the bed, shrieks from tho poor old woman that lay on it, furious denth notes of tho bounds—and iu a second or two all wus over. It took u deul of silver and consolation to make the lady realize that tho hounds bad not killed her as well as the fox. Sho still protested solemnly that the fox could not havo entered tho cottage because the door had been shut all tbo time, but it was obvious enough, from tho sootiuess of the old fellow's coat, that bis way iu bad been, not through tho door, but dowu tbo chimney. —11 uemil kin's Magazine. Man's Sixth Sense. "There i.s every reason to believe that man was once vastly superior to his present self." said Claude Fales Wright, the theosophisi, iu New York the other day. "Yon all havo possibly heard tho expression, whicli comes dowu from centuries, 'Frightened out .of his seven senses.' It is not ridiculous to believe that man at one time had seven senses. What these other two senses wore it is uot now within our province to kuow. It is possibly just as difficult to find out as to tench n person who has no sense of innsic what music is. You might play and sing for such a person, hut without some iutuitivo knowledge of harmonious sounds you could not make him appreciate music. Tho main tiling for us to do is to get rid of old ideas if wo would learn, Socrates said that this wuy to learu is to forget. If a man tolls mo something new, I do not doubt tho truth of it until I havo investigated it, If we make np our minds that wo cannot do a thing, then we will never do it. "Almost all animals aro susceptible to iutuitivo qualities, which cnunot he defined. In man theso qualities are often strongly marked. You have noted the peculiar influence which tho presence of certain persons has upon you. Sometimes ouo cannot think ovil or good of another iu his presence without his knowing it. This is a sensitiveness to which wo uro all more or less subject. But wo must not let this feeling coutrol ns. We may have it uud control it, and this, then, coustitutcs the sixth souse. It is the living in tho world nud not being of it—uot giving up foolishly nil you huve. It. is evident thnt we uro coming to au appreciation of the sixth sense. No doubt by philosophy wo will recover the senses, two of whicli hnve been temporarily dormuut. "—Pittsburg Dis patch. No More Managers. There are no more managers in tho theatrical business—ut least, if there nre, they are buck numbers. Nowadays we huve only directors. It is Modjeska, direction of Frank L. Perley; John Hare, direction of Clarence Fleming; James O'Neil, direction of William F. Connor; Stuart Robson, direotion of William Hayden. It is only tho man with a diamond globe in his shirt front and a howitzer sizod cigar between his fingers that "manages."—Theatrical Tidings. A List That Might He Extended. Shakespeare waB never laureate, nor Miltou, uorPope, uorCruhho, nor Burus, nor Byron, nor Sholley, nor Coleridge, nor Keats.—Edinburgh Scotsman. On the Trek. We have now bud n real trial of trekking life, nud thus far it is the greatest success. This is bow our day passes: We trek from about !3 in the morning till about 7. As tho road is usually pretty jolty, aud therefore uot couducivo to slumber, Mrs. Grey und I sleep ou for another hour after wo stop—that is, from 7 to 8. During this time tbe tent is put up, nud some water got, if possible, for our buths. Moauwhilo the men have gone out shootiug. We havo breakfast on tho voldt about 9:80 or 10. After thut till about 1 :J!0 is free I sometimes sketch, but I usually want to walk us well; or I ought to bo writing journal or washing clothes or dusting out tho wagon or skinning birds or darning my stockings (especially tho last), and tho timo available is all too short. At 1 we huvo a cup of cocoa nud a biscuit, and then pack up for anothor two hours' trek from 2 to 4. Ono lias to pack everything in most carefully, us otherwise it would be either jolted to pieces or tossed ont. Wash-stand, camp stools, ladder, books, etc., uro nil located in our wagon uud have to be taken in and out nt each trek. From 10 to 11 is the ouly quiet timo for sleopiug, so ono tries to mako the most of it. The "boys" usuallysleep under tho wagons. Almost tho ouly drawback of tho life is the dirt uud dust. For the first week the roads wore muddy, and our buck wagou got "stuck" several times—ouco for about eight hours. They had to use 80 pairs of oxeu to pull it out, taking tho spans from tho otlier wagons, aud even then only succeeded after "off loading" uud much diggiug iu front of tho wheels.— "Twelve Hundred Miles In u Wagon," by Miss Balfour. PROPER NAMES. Pronounced Like English, but With the night Syllable Accented. As tho English language has well Bottled rules of pronunciation, and is well ublo to deal in its owu manner with almost any possible combination of letters brought into it from other languages, it would seem to ho not ouly permissible but proper for English speaking people to pronounce foreign names according to English analogies. It is not incumbent upon Americans or Englishmen to familiarize themselves willi Russian, for example, hel'oro they may venture to pronounce tho mime of a Russian diplomat, or study Chinese in order to he iu n position to mention casually some Chinese proper name. It is enough, us a geueral rule, to give to the old combination of sounds presented to US ill dispatches from Japan, Bulgaria, the Transvaal or Venezuela such utterance us tho laws of our own language prescribe. Hit or miss, life is too short to master the orthoopy of every tongue uud we must be content to do the best we can iu our own wuy. Especially is this the case with proper names that have long hud place in the English language and have u recognized English pronunciation, It is mero affectation to convert Paris into Puree, or apo the German pronunciation of the name of Wagner, lho well known musician and composer, by giving a v twist to tho first lotter. Paris is Paris, aud Wagner is Wagner, tho uames being common and well understood. A person iu the first enthusiasm of his acquaintance with a foreign language may bo pardoned for airing his superior knowledge when uncommon names, not adopted iu common English speech, are iu question, bnt he becomes ridiculous when ho undertakes to impart a foreigu accent to familiar names. There is a story of a New York clerk, named Gordon, who after a month's stny iu France bo- came "Oor-r-rdoug" and refused to uu- swer to uny other appellation. His caso was an extreme one perhaps, but it illustrates tho vice—too common—of using with excessive ostentation foreigu instead uf tho more useful and intelligible English pronunciations. With respect to Latiu and Greek proper names a stricter rule may perhaps be conoeded to apply. These languages are tho implements of culture. The rules of pronunciation applicable to words transferred from thom into English aro simple aud few, aud well within tho leach of overy one who pretends to a classical education, Afnlseaccout is accordingly unpardonable, nud among classic scholars correctness of ucceut is the accepted test of sound and thorough training. But iu the sounds given to particular letters there is room for the manifestation of vanity or immature judguiout. Cicero's name during tho lifetime of the great Roman orator was uudoubtedly prouounced Kikero, nud Ciusar was Kaisar. Other consonants and all Ibe vowels were iu classical Latin pronounced iu n way which our English letters ouco followed, but from which they have now for the most part departed. At college it is well to learn what is thought to have been tho true Latin pronunciation. All knowledge is useful. But it is unnecessary in quoting Latiu after leaving collego to aim at a painful consistency. In respect iudeed to uames liko Cicero aud Cu-sar, which have beeu domesticated, so to speak, in the Euglish language, the usual rule applies. They nro to bo pro- uouueed liko English words, ouly tuk- iug caro to get the accent on the right sylluble. Tiio English speaking American people accept, in fact, tho common sense rule that pure English is always preferable to a potpourri of German. Latin uud oilier pronunciations.—Baltimore Suu. AN EASY BET ID WIN. It Took Only a Slinrt Time to Collect "More Than Twenty" Fools. They stepped to the edge of the sidewalk and looked long Snd earnestly iu tho direction of tho cornice of ono of tho big buildings. Of courso under the circumstances the man wlio hud been standing in the doorway felt impelled to join them. He could not seeanything extraordinary at tho top of the building, but lie kept his eyes upturned becuuso thoy did. A man who was hurrying along saw the throe, and be at onoe forgot where ho was going and what he had to do, aud joined them. "I told you so," said the man who had first cast bis eyes in that directiou, and ho mado a motion as if to poiut out something to his companion. Four meu who were passing saw the gesture and stopped to investigate, and before they had fairly fixed their gazo upon the cornice throe others joined them. "Y'ou maybe right," returned the companion of the man who had lirsti spoken, "but you said 20, you know." Six more peoplo, including two women, were now straining their eyes to see what was wrong with tho cornice, and a rumor wus iu oiroulation thut some oue had tried to throw a child out of ono of the windows, This was promptly deuied by the man who knows it all and who is always present on such an occasion. He said that a gung of counterfeiters bad been found ou tho top floor and had taken refuge on the roof, where they were preparing to do battle with thu officers who had been sent to arrest them. Meanwhiletbe little group ut tho edge of tho sidewalk had swelled to a crowd of over a huudred. "Well, are you satisfied now?" asked the man who had first stopped. "Yes," replied his companion. "There are more than 20." "Moro than 20 what?" anxiously inquired several of those nearest the two. "Fools," returned tbe first speaker promptly, "inspired idiots. Yon see, we had a dispute as to the number of fools to be seen ou the streets of a great city, and I bet him we could gather 20 around us iu ten minutes by simply standing out hero and looking up ut tho coruice. Gentlemen, there are more than 20 of you here, and I win." Then a hundred or more solemn looking meu, and a few womeu, went on about their business, and they all fell liko kicking themselves without intermission for a period of not less than two hours. -aQht-ii-gu Post, Early Piety. D. L. Moody, the evangelist, told u story in Philadelphia the other day about his life before bis conversion, when a boy of 17. Ho said that while he was a pretty had boy iu his unregener- nto days, deep in tbe follies and emus of tho world, he never broko so far away from bis enrly religious training us to forget to sny bis prayers every night. "I used to sleep with my brother," he said, "uud if either ono of us happened to jump into bed without first getting on his knees tbo other would swear at him vigorously aud kick him out on tbe j floor." I Oorgo Sand at Savenly-ttne. Ln Revue de Paris prints a statement by George Band ou her views of novel writing nud her views of lifo in geueral. It was written when sho was 71 years old and was meant as a preface to a new edition of her works, but the project of tbo now oditiou was given up. Though sho was looking forward lo death at tho time, it expresses only the most cheerful sentiments, for there was a Stubbornness about hor optimism as nbout her idealism. Concerning this last sho hns u good deal to say, of which the substance is this: sho has beeu charged with idealizing her personages, Well, she meant thnn to be as they arc And, which is not the same thing, she saw them so, aud often met people like them iu the world. But if she had only met one such noble personage that sume would have been real, and she would he within her rights in depicting him. Sho is aware tbo present temper of lho world is hard. She bus done her level best to soften the feelings of her contemporaries and altogether failed. But she means to go on her old way ut 71, und, if she can persuade a single soul of the reality of ideal virtue, will sny her time bus not been losl. And all Will come right. As for the world going to tho dogs or dying of feebleness—not it hit of it. The groauer only echoes blown miserable couditiou. — London Bookman. The Wheel and England,.. J Take tbo Great North r;,'?bV. Except upou market days, ouo might have traveled any 50 miles along it between Higbgute aud York without meeting 50 peoplo. Towns which literally lived by, the road bud drifted iuto a helplessly sornuoleut conditiou, from which no apparent human agency could awaken them, and the stranger thereto was stared at as much as if ho bad beeu a high- lander or au Iroquois iu full warpaint. The highway itself, heiug of no particular vulue to anybody siuce tbe Greut Northern railway begau to whirl tho old patrons of the roud along at 45 miles au hour, was allowed to decay, and in wet seasons or suowy weather was well nigh impassable. Tho rage for wheeling lias produced a rapid transformation, Station yourself at auy point you like, and try to count tho machines which pass ou a fine Saturday afternoon during tho course of an hour, uud you will soon abandon the. tusk as hopeless. Then, consider that overy rider of every machine spends something during bis trip, even if it be hut tho cost of a temperanco drink. Consider that a very largo number at 5 Saturday riders sleep out aud make good meals during their journey; that they are coustantly spending something • over aud above their actual traveling expenses ; thut the wonderful extension of our acquaintance with our owu country resulting from these peaceful invasions' of it by the inhabitants, not merely of tho metropolis, but of every city nud cousid- ortthlo town in Ihe laud, has led to the refurbishing up of such local lions as tbo castle, or the abbey, or tbe great Somebody's birthplace, or the waterfall, or the view (tho inspection of nil of which means the expenditure of money), and au approximate idea mny bo gained of the influence upon national trade whicli this pastime alouo exercises.— Chambers' Journal. He Conquered Carlyle. Tho Rov. Thomas Alexander, n Presbyterian minister loug resident In Cbt I* sea, and well known us a brother Scot, was most anxious to knew Carlyle, but had no opportunity of getting an Intro duct ion to him. Oue day, iu the King's roud, he saw Carlylo coming in his direction, and look advantage of tho opportunity by going up to the sage und saying, "Thomas Carlyle, 1 believe':" Cnrlyle's reply was, "Tom Alexander, I know!" They became good friends, nnd later Mr. Alexander wrole to Carlyle for a subscription toward a school building fund, and Carlyle wrole hack a refusal in doggerel, whereupon Mr. Alexauder replied that if he did not send him £5 he would sell his poetry to a collector or publish it. The £6 wus nt once forthconiiug.—San Francisco Argonaut Superstitions About the Weather. Popular superstititious nbout tho weather linger long, and iu spite of the teachings of science people persist iu believing that seaweed hung up iu a backyard will become damp ut the approach of ruin, or Hint a similar indication ie to be found in the fact that a pig is seen chewing straw. Mr. Richard Inwards, the president of the Met eon (logical society, it is needless io say, has no belief whatever iu such methods uf prophesy* iug the weather. What belief could he moro firmly rooted in many peoplo thau tbe belief that if it rains on St, Swith- in's day it will ram for 40 days? "An nnadullerateil fallacy," such is what Mr. luwards calls it, yet in spite of tho evidence accumulated upon the subject by the Meteorological Office, people go on putting faith in it as though there were no such thiug as experience. Then, again, it is said that a full moon will clear away clouds, and thut n eliuiige of moou ou a Saturday or a Sunday Is nn indication of floods, although nol a little evidence In favor of either belief has over been adduced,—London Nov, s. An Advantage. "What advantage do spiritualists havo over other men?" "Thoir lirst wives always advise thom to marry again."—Chicago Record, Tho Australian sword fouud in uso among the aborlgiues when that oountry wus first discovered by Europeans was modeled utter Ihe sword glass which grows wild iu that ooutinout. FRATERNAL NOTES. Sous und Daughters of St. George. At a meeting of Inlicriiiuii Lodge, Nu. S25. held to-night W. H. D. \V. G. V. Bro. Hy. Allsopp. assisted by Bro. John Hilbert, 'i. LVL, Installed the following THE VICTORIA HORROR. m. -, ., , ,.,. ,. „ . Hilbert, G. M., installed the following The Capitals Win the Senior „..■„,.„ ,•„,. the enauing ,,,,„ ,„• six Lacrosst- Mutch. The senior lacrosse match played at. New Westminster to-day resulted in a victory for Victoria by 4 goals to 2. The home team made the lirst two goals, and then Victoria redeemed herself by four straights. Tlte Rifle Shoot. Following are the scores made this afternoon in the cup competition : W. I-Ivgh SO 81 27 month W. I'. President—John Gregory. President—J. VV. Wagstah", Vice President—G. Mottishaw. Secretary—F. Wugstafl'. Assistant Secretary—Wm. Mottishaw, Treasurer—W. Dean, Assistant Messenger—I. Storey. Chaplain—John Ghadtviuk. Inside Sentinel — William Pywell. Outside Sentinel—T. P. riper, jnn „, - Zjtaiiiflo Elections. youd Ils Capacity. , !.,;„„„ ,,, Wl. W. W. I. MclNNES, vinco us follows: "'I he condition of opposition candidate, this bridge has long been questioned «in address lnooiingti as follows: by many and in 1893 astern warn- , , ing was given. With what result? Salt Spring Island (North) Mny 11) Some repairs, but we hear nothing " " " (South) " 20 of a thorough inquiry'into its capa- Alberni " 28 bilities. This year the bridge re- Nanaimo Citv " SO oeived tho customary inspection, ,-. , T , ! . ' Duncan s June 1 ^IJ/%lrV^*-'^^-*V»ivtAW%t . Bicycles, j McPherson' and the customary report of ils ex cellenl condition was handed in. - "1II,IX . .', The inquiry now proceeding may ' nion Grand Lodge Representative — John n • .• .. '. . 7 ' ,,.,, .,, 1 ., ,, ,. tell us whether tins report was Cedar lhllicrt. Alternate, .1. H. Cocking. . ... ,, ,, , .... ,., . .,, ,,.., ,, ,- 1 ins tied bv llu- real (•(iniltlionof the v;,,,,,,,,,, 1 .rustees— 1. \\ ilson, li. kenyon ami ■' . , .*• ., . „ , ,, oomeni <• 1.' r i-i(i,.,„i,-i,ri, •>■ "- ".-, ( 1 hi bridge. I.ci 1 lint pass. l.ut. tin (.t. i'.. 1. 1 ittenarign -- -/ >nii — ou -- t 'ick 1 in: unit John 1 iregory. ., , ,. ■ ,1 -1.- -,.„,. ., ,, ' , , ., 'the stale ot nnnil'S seems lo nave Vnnnin-m nit-2 VV. McGregor .',, 20 Jl ;,-,,, Gregory was presented with a 1, . ., ,,,, „ , .. .-.1.1.111110 1 n\ w a v,,„,„, ••- •>■■ 1- ,, ,,■,'-,, , ,, 11. been about as follows: llie bridge. ., W. A, \011ng _, 23 1, 'as, -ivsn U*iil s Lin •.•(', and Uro Wm. , , ... ■ , 1 1 , CSUIIOOS ,„ ' ., ., , . wbeii buili, wns ir.ictiikil to carry ui Mottishaw wilh u chai'in lor Been ring Dr. Drysdale M. Miller Dr. Hall Dr, MeKeehnle Dr. Mason TOTALS. W. Hygh 88 W. A, Young . Geo. Plttendrigh 81 Dr. Drysdule . K. Watson 78 M. Miller C. H. Barker . .77 Dr. Hall Jas. McGregor . .77 Dr, McKechnii W, Wall 74 Dr. Mason .... W. McGregor..., 70 16 17 ALL KINDS OF REPAIRS To Bicycles done on our premises nt the shortest possible notice. Jin, CocKtxo being a thorough practical bicycle hand, will be pleased to furnish nil Information gratis, and all work done hy (his firm willbeguaranteed to be first-class. CRESSEL & COCKING, Next to Sloan & Scott's Old Stand. S—A large consignment of bicycle sundries just arriv- from the east. 'Jl th 1 when buill, wns liiloiulcil 1" carry ' ,X \ a moving load of 1,000 pounds Ui Wellington " is (i%««^«%^-%%%«i%%%«^%%%%%%%%%%%r«^%%«r%^ 1. 18 the most meiubers I Hle running foot, equivalent to 18,- Northfield " 111 ■! " Rev'Cl »<1 will become thc ncxl 750 p(,unds to each panel, or 9,375 Attl.onbov. med meetings Mr. Jlelnnos pounds' to each truss. There is said "'••' '"' a*»i.t-Hl by other omhiaiil Bpi-akor,. _ .. . 'I'll.. H,l „l„.Mli, .11 ,,1 .ill , .1,1., 11. ill l.l fill. I.1-I-...-I-I hi 12 II a-quisitioii to the lodge, li 11 0 At 11 meeting of 1 lliver Lodge. So. 102, Daughters of St. George, Sister Penketh tn liave been in addition a safety Facl r of five, and this may, oi-may '' D.D.G. P., assisted by Sister Bradbury, not, hnve been Ihe case originally, uny G.M., installed the following officers for I bu, (be safety margin ought neve) the ensuing term: j •„ |,e intentionally drawn upon, ll ,,!"'' m,l"""M"ssi A. P. Ml KKNZiK, onion el all opposed ta the present am,.ni in,- cordially Invited, government candidate or cmultdntes, or e en their belinlf, nre Invited to bo present ill bo (riven ample opportunity to tako Handled Only by N. E. P. S. 'J W.P. President—Sister K. Mottishaw. js intended for safety, nol for de- President—Sistei E. Wngsti Vice President—Sister !'.. Mottishaw. Financial Secretary—Sis. 15. Mitchell. Ih ding Sec.—Sister B, WagsmH'. Treasurer^Sister Bowen. ■ liberate use. What was thai bridge ! : asked to do? The car :11111 its pas- Sec rotary. ii. r. c.ixic, Cliiilrmnn oi ICxooutive. The Meteor \Mns Again. A London dispatch says the Mote - again won to-day, arriving nt Hover at Chaplain—Sister Hodgson, ■I.Uo.r-S; Britannia 2nd, SatnnitaSrd and '""Hl Conductor Sister tlutbowaj sengfi-s probably weighed 38,000 l-fATT'lAp pounds. Now, taking the centre of ±\\_ } ILI tbe oar track us being five feet from the edge of the roadway, which was: SKINNER STREET, -,. ,.,,,.,„,,,.,_,,,. ,,..,., 19 feet wide, the nearer truss would and Ailsn4tli. They stalled from the Seeond'Conduclor—Sister T, Gregory, carry fourteen-nineteenths of Ibis Nore. They carried jib topsails and club Outside Guard—Sister Tlirnll. weight or 28,000 pounds, without MRS. JAS. ll.UVKl.N't;, (late of the topsails. The weather was almost a Inside Guard—Sis'er Snowden. includinganythingfol'other weiehts Temperance House) desires to ex- dead calm. The London Times says: Trustees—Sisters E, Mottishaw, B. which we know were on the bridge. presB hor thanks to the public for " It is unquestionable that the Meteor Is Wagstuff I T. Thrall Great Heavens! the bridge was | former patronage, and now begs tt a phenomenal vessel in light weather, Auditors—Sisters B. Pollard, F. Hath- loaded to nearly three times what and as she has less beam und is liner away and E, Snowden. should have been ils "safe load." lined than the Valkyrie, there is no rea- Sister Mottishaw was presented with The weight of the car, empty, was son why she should not ;c,]iiit herself a Past President's badge, was greater than the bridge was ex- well in a smart blow." After the Installation ceremonies lhe pected to carry when it was built, officers and members were tendered a and this we only learn at a cosl Albert Deeming met with a rather banquet, which wns done full justice. which is heartbreaking, ll is in- serious accident at the Vancouver biev- conceivable that that the respon CHE CELEBRATED- clc track on Saturday last, and as a re* Grand Lodge K. of P. sible parties ever actually realized t.ile that the Kevier House has been comfortably arranged for the accommodation of boarders, steady or transient. Single or double rooms wilh hoi or cold water baths, and electric li^ht in each room. Everything strictly lli'st-class and charges moderate, Ueincmber the house, a ' liall'-miiiulc's walk from the old stand north. $1.50 Per Sack. SINDAV SERVICES. ■ ,. pacl's cncncn. J. H. PLEAOE, Hi lyConimuni n;i-elel: mt, the bishop. 11 tt J U H 111 U lUUl l/lllW 111. i,«. ^ ,,.. nniui.i.1., ,,,.-,, alio iih .( IC- j .,..,. I ..., ,^.- v ., . ........... stilt is now carrying his hand in a most The Grand bodge, K. of P., which has that tl ey were | laying with bum a 11 important looking bandage; he also re- '"''" '" session in Nana imo during the lives, but I heir ignorance, was ctllp- ceived 11 severe cut on one of his knee- week, elected the following oHicets: ably careless. They ought to have caps and bruised his shoulder. Not- ''• ''• -'•■ Theron Ackerman, Royal known." withstanding the mishap, however, Al- I-1"''-'1'. No.tt. bert rode ill the subsequent three-mile Grand Chancellor, I'. W. Dowling, professional and captured second place, Rathbone Lodge, No. 7. .lames taking lirst. 1 G. V, C...I. B. Kennedy, l-'rnserKiver LiOdge, i\o. 12. i((ijv.ot 1111,1.11 The Wellington sports committee are G, P., .lames Haddow, Damon bodge, 10 a' Sunday school; 11 a. m.. Short miking good progress with the prepare- -**■• 8- Matins, Uonllr.n'iition iimi serin in. The tion of their progra, feventsfortl :e G. K. of R. * 8.. En.ll Pfcrdncr, Far \[^» , ' ^'Xr^.K A Fall Aliment ., the 1 ,t MnrKet Hat, lst of July celebration, li Is expected \\ est Lodge. No. 1. nnnml.ero cauiiii lutes and preach on that horse racing will form au additional G. M. ol Ex,, W. K, Leighton, Myrtle the occasion. 7 p. 111., Evensong and attraction for the occasion. Lodge, No. 9. sermon. wot* Vimil'17 G. M.al A„G, B. Trltes, Wellington rhro,,|-ho,ilthes.imn.er months r.vcn- .)ul) llUXA ,,, ,.,,.,. .... song will he shortened—uulv one eauti* Attorney-General bberts is en route Lodge Eo. 2. ,.|e ricf address. The second bell to London to represent British Colum- G, I. G,, Robert Rivers, Nanulmo will not be rung till 7 o'clock. I bla before the Imperial Privy r nil Lodge, No, 4, i-iikshyteiuan cnuiicit. on the railway belt question. G. O. G., Dr. P.Scharsclimidt.Comox Morning service at 11 o'clock; Bible <»«■ L-idge No, 6, ,',:";''i nn*- Siibbuth school at L' p.m.; nrrnv ivn pnnvTvei? ci , 11 .•* .- 1 1 ovening service tit 7. All welcome. Rev. Hi. AMI PROVINCE, Hie Installation was performed by S(. ^, ,H, ]mslor pl.0 u-m. Mr. Alf. Davis, who was recently 8uPre--,e Representative II. J. Austin, Y. P. S. C. E, prayer meeting immc- VjctOHll CreSCCllt, XllllUilllO tricken with paralysis at Nelson, is now 1,'>i>"''1 h.v Supreme Representative diately after the evening service. 1 ■ ' " " 1 ,. .- .. .. , M ..ii...... ii...iiiii( 1111*1.-1 in v i-vcidti" \. The outside or wood substance of wheat is removed and balance of kernel ground into flour, making a perfect flour for all jl dyspeptics, and will aid digestion quicker than any other j in use. . <( We claim to have TEAS, the best, the equal of which are nowhere to be bud. They will pi the farthest and please the most ij particular. Choice Blends, 25, 40 and 50 cts. per lb. •'? The Best Groceries handled by us. Give us a trial order this .■¥ month and save money for yourself as well as store. 1" Promptly Attended to Tin and Sheet-Iron Work .Imi:, what made you look so nice lust night in >l church? Jack —Why Tom, because I hud such a clean shirt ami collar on and such nice polish on them, II ;■■: 1ST ciifin'1 Btriun.ro \, 00 j.uia y -:- :i, -.,, ; - 1,. 1 ■ ■ :. ■ ■ .v , t 1 .lames CmnBini iielini-us Snnroiiie I'rel. .\10ueel, meeting, liiuisoav evenin^ out nf danger. •iiiuich i^iobhuii, aciing us Diipreini 1 rei- . • OfllceTol. ao. 1 Rev. O.K.Cooper will nol return fr ate, and lieurge Mudiguu, ncting as Su Kngland until August, and it Is said he I"'''""' M- :i1 A will not return alone. The Gospel temperance meeting und 1 the auspices of the W. ('. '[. U will bo held Jane 14 instead of June 7. .Mi„e,v M^thm- i-V^.^'" A-,i""1",i' *,nslor'189 Kan»uw JOHN HILBEUT oommftted^tZun^^rti'Z^"., Anjmportnni masS meeting of v ,,„,:,,,. ■ Funeral Director aod Emkalmer Tom—Where did you ^et them done? Jack—At tht lox 16. Bosldonco Tel. 101, {■"-• premeM.ntA. baiiibt ciiuiicn, -. lill IMMHIl Q 1'f\ The Grand Lodge adjour icel Services at 11 A. M. and 7 I-. M. Sundiiy J|. ,). J I 1 1 j 15 li. I Ii L IV I U. . ,, , .,. ; . ,, , . sc I and pastor's bible chiss at 2:3U OB'-h* the Si .1 I nesday in May. bv,, |1M_ Mi(hvcl.k ,„,,,•,„,., Wednesday, „.,.,. s ,,, 111 New U est 111 Insti•!■. 7:80 1-. M. All sentS free; all nro invited. -,, , . An important mass meeting ol committed for trial an a charge ol per- ,1 „ *>■ , Loneer Steam Laundry Tom—No more Chinamen for me. They ruih inv shirts. Jack— Drop a card in Post Office Box 95 or leave word at lino's Barber Shop and the wagon will call on you at once. forming 1111 abortion in March, 1804, iiiin .Mine Labi ter-' First Sunday after Trlnitv—Holy Com- I'lmicKii'iuviiiici , 1 11111 , ,,...., , .rotective Association was held in amnion, 8u. tn.; Morning Prayer, Holy the opera house this mornini! for Coniniiini id sermon, 11 a. 111.1 Bun- day school, 2:HU p.m.; liveninglrayer WHITE LABOR ONLY emiiloyed. Terms Btrlctly cash, CO, H. The members of the Black Diamond Cycle Club will meet ai the Athletic , f„ , ,„ the purpose of considering the oues- UlUb rooms at 1:30 P. m. to-morrow for . ,* • ■ 1 ,,- , and sermon, , p. 10. „ „•„„; ' tion of continuing the office oi the The Lmd iiislu.p of the Diocese will agency and secretaryship now held preach ill the evening sorvice. Evening .. . ... ,. , ""•", ' """ "' by Mr. Ralph Smith, Mr. Smith n'-th Hot, WarEagleand Iron Mask mines in had previously expressed a ui-h to '";' Kootenay have been sold •--■■■ nliiiite ot tho Oriental, llie Rurokn, llie SOW Vnrli llli.l Cllirk'B BehoolBot BinbalmtiiK. . . , ,. il^i-iii, no,, -,i iniii i,iuii ie>,\ iii'iii id t-ued Ul 1 1 e c vim ill" dui 1 11.-, ,.*' ^, A London dispatch says that the l.e |)y M',. [^j.,], .-^,,,-{1, M,. s.lli;|, aiithcin, "The Hymn of Pence" (Cal- I. 3 nnd 5 Bastion St., Xnnniino oi, War Eagle and Iron Mask mines in had previously expressed a wish to l'ot' ■ .**}'" 't"''"" n^n', Kootenay have been sold to Brit sh can- 1 .1 ,'. 1 t- 1 \\ cek-duy services as usual. _.._ ........ ,.--, , ItalistS for .10,0110, , ■>, m , ll;'Vt"1'" ,:i:"":1: °l,e"'y "—' „,,.v..„,:i.l,r.M,,u,„,sro1ir,,H. T f A J RoVaisv ;„.( 11,000,000 respectively ' " !','":1" '"'•","'"' ^ the result Mr. w. Mttll, will ,„■,,„•!, i„ l\\ \§ \\\f\\ '"'".' ,, .1 .........J- Controcs or he construction of the al , nnanitin,,,-lv resolved to the -".-nb.-r Services V.i ..m.al h ,. IlLlf.i'Jn K(kSTai!l tlllt. }\lU W0KI ~*S SjyJJ CHIkO'it v . ,, , almost unanimously resolved to the evening. Service Nanaimo Hotel have been awarded as continue the agency and Mr.Smith All welcome. follows: Building, W. N. Shaw ; paint- as „,,,„,. ,, u,,. 'also decidel| to - -~~ — Ing, NO. I'oster; plumbing, I:.,,,,!,,, ,,,1,-t it u,e n„„i. 1,1 v for weekly meet- ,. "" '" '" ,.„•,!, llros. Work wil be commencedatonei 1 • ,1 ' .1 fcuJUR—Ogilvie'sHungarian.?5.no bl. on-M„ ,„ ,, L",T v v r. mgs during the summer months, Green Crown u.uo " On M.11 1, „t Rochester, S. Y„ Dan Buch meetings to beheld on thefirst Hercules 4.00 " McLeod deieated Ed, Atl.erton, the Saturday in every month. The BuoAn-Ucstgranulated f5.60-j.sack middleweight uhamnion, bv twostralaht = .'. 1..... '1 1... Bright yellow 4.26 Invites Inspection uml Comparison as to Quality and Price, Nanaimo Furniture Store, Johnston Block, Bastion St. H. BcTEIOHTPpoppWip, lull nml Com plo tfl Stock of— Furniture, Mattresses, Lounges, TKN'l'S AND AWNINGS. Uplinlitorod Goods 0! all Klinln Mmle and He-, luiireil. l-iirniliirc nf nil ilcscri|itl((li limiKllt nml Bold. MAttrauofl roDatretl kikI delivered tlic Mdncdiiy. A trial order solicited. ; <> 1'■ '•'"'• '•» '"'•- V"'. Awarded Fir.-i Prize at the Auri- . nil it nii'i'liiiji lur si'i.ic s ici'ial nil- u,., ..,,..., i; ,,.,,v men weighed In at ion pounds. ,,.„,.„, any time The match was for (J600 asi Robert McKay, an employe of Ueman & WauiBley, was riding iihing Comme ■ . .. cultural Show. THE BEST BREAD IN CITY -'"" Saturday m every iinniiii. ine ;- inddlewelght uhampion, by two straight secretary, however, is empowered to fall.iu. 41 and U minutes respectively. oal] „ „;,,,; fl„. ,,.Ll, .. Both men wcinhed in at IRR ,„k ._. ' | tii. i.. -I " ' . ltu -o-i*-«- In 11 is 1 'reainery SOn San Francis Ibronlcle snvst— . "■'">' 2Ju@26u - shoil VhanYhcv |iiissihiv c.ailil lieelse-l MKMANS & WAArST.RV .. Do ,,.,- -.|'i„. English wliaviiack Progressisi is 0"«" „ „.' ur(loz(?n BBW TWO-BIT MEAL IN THE CITY ffl,ere and at a Considerably Im cos..; lU-"A->^ & WAMHliJiX cial street Thursday when his horse fell, not long for tin a-l. When her char- 'v.,,,1,-. ""'on • i..« VVI,on >'"" •*•■ Bave money by.linyliit-t' rolling on the rider's right leg and bruis- t*r expires, about lw onths hence, il Kiiatot ing it severely. He was conveyed to the |- .aid the Dunsinuirs will be glad to ( hospital, where he is doing well. ],,«. the homely I ting coal carrier oil Messrs. J. J. Honeyman and .lames their hands. When the vessel was elm: ■ SEND YOUR CHILDBEN TO \7S, .,., ,. , , ,, . .... . , ..... (.itv Market It yon do, nil malic a groat difference •' with the youngsters and a still greater ~ "~> (liiTereiiee witli you. They'll he better shod than Ihey possibly coiild lie else- Kelly, architects, acting lor instr tared to run between here an 1 Welling- tions from Mayor Davison and Aid. Fore- tin for the Dunsmulrs, the latter reser-- man, chairman of the Street committee, e I the privilege of purchasing her at a to-day made a careful and thorough In- given figure at the end of the year. spectlon of the Green bloult, and a report Their experience with tho whalebaclc, thereon will be submitted to the Council however, has been such as to 1 vines on Monday evening, tu,m thlU they do not wish* to own — • ■**■ her at the price asked. The owners of Coal Shipments This Week. the Progressist guaranteed when tie Following are the foreign shipments charter wns entered into that she would of coal for the week ending .111 ne C: carry-1,2J0 tons. A trial showed that nv tiik new vaxi iii'vicn comi'axv. dn ilie return t rip, light, she required Datk, Nam* aud DssTi-uMoN. Tons, moo tons of rock ballast, and as the cost '2 Str Puritan, Alaska ir, Awarded Highest Honors—World's Fair 6 sp Kyuanec, Ban Francisco... 6 Sji li 1 well 1 San Francisco,... . J-KOM WELLINGTON. 1 Str Excelsior, San Francisco . . r. Htr Discovery, Port Tnwuse'nd. KIKIM UNION. 6 Str Kapid Transit, Seattle .... 3,247 of lifting that amount of ballast out of HS BastionStreet"opp.TeleBraphOfflce Shfelan^"8^ and Retail Butchers] it, to qui ems ,11 1-1 always find ln nur stock—tho best juve- F. ROWBOTTOM, Prop. nllo footwear In Nanaimo. You can't . heat either nur goods or prices. Von , 11 1 might as well try to beat a drum with a Qnban CigafFaetory.l" '0RR&RENDELt. y-n the slii[i at Wellington each lri;i \v greater than would he the freight cliargis fjim im the increased amount of coal she :,r, would ha enabled to carry by the re- A pureGrape Cream of Tartnr Powder. Fret moval of the halhist, It was found nccw- f Mum or any othet adulterant 28 '' ' Our clears ure nnuie nl llie choicest Havana Tobaocon. our Lnmiiis Cuban Blossom **" Black Diamond Arc eolleil lur everywhere, (md lire Btiperlor 10 uny Imported elgar, Mado hy Union Labor. M.J. BOOTH, Wharf Street. MOST PERFECT MADE. C. C. McKENZIE, Land Agent and Conveyancer AND ACCOUNTANT. Broken Bicycles —SHOULD 111:— Repaired in Good Shape to avoid danger of accidents. Repairing Bikes a Specialty —AT— OFFICE! FRONT STREET, NANAIMO, |\, ,j, \\ CiJNJjUltJN iS. COMMERCIAL STREET P. O. Box 227 Telephone 7-8 JOS. M. BROWN, Watchmaker. «f Watl-hea I)l'IIUlglietize