l.t.i * firtwwgf ������������fiw&,-6w miiiCJ^l^ib^,&gS[S!^riii(^X&eA!)R ^i*-*-~*������-i?&a^]fr^^ ^m^^^^^i r y ���������x '/ ���������i -i . .'4 |V I P. I I ft, i NO. 273 CUMBERLAND. B...C. [ P. O, UNION.] MONDAY .FEB. 7th., 1898 $2.00 PER ANNUM. ��������� \y or the choicest meats we are, head quarters. If vou have not tried our noted sausages, ' boloo-na and head cheese, you should do so at, once.' Fresh vegetables^ eggs and "butter, salmon bellies,��������� Mackerel, etc. SHIPPING SUPPLIES ������������������-i- . . SIZM-O-LsT LBISBK After stock taking, and to make room for New Goods, a large quantity of Remnants in r lan- nellettes, Cottons, Prints, Sheetings,; etc., are thrown out for your inspection, ;IjiMli���������& OTJTFITTIITG A. It. JOHNSTON & CO. t- NANAIMO, B. O. GENERAL OUTFITTERS FOR/ MIXERS GOING TO . THE ' KLONDIKE. ; - STEAMBOAT AGENTS.' ** TICKETS SOLD. PAR- ��������� TICULARS ON APPLICATION. ��������� C*- _.���������-_ NEWS FROM SHEEP CAMP. A. R. Johnston & Co.,; Furnish the Btst Outfits That Went Over ��������� the Passes. - TO SUIT THE MEN, TO CU1T THE YODTHS, ��������� -3UITTHE BOYS AND TO SUIT THE FURSE.' COME AND SUIT YOURSELF WITH A SUIT BEFORE r THEY ARE ALL GONE. , 0*71? SHOES, i are going like "hot cakes and must be cleared ont. ��������� DRESS GOODS. Blue .Black Serges, Cashmeres, etc.. A few Dress lenghts left to be sold, at cost. * < , ������������������ ��������� flannellettes, ginghams, art muslins red white, and ,; ' GRAY FLANNELS, PRINTS, AND SATEENS. , '> A COUNTER OF REMNANTS FOR YOUR INSPECTION: * \ "'- McPHEE &. MOORE, .y tC������! atk ���������''���������"Sj*f*"^?te# V-'-m.'?? 4rVT^X'r-IOMiif���������{d!m to the fuel /that .thisis .thence ...to -. buy yoar->otv , /.,. ���������wear.:- ..A-cbrnpleift-as^rtment'-of lv'ien.s -.- Womens',' and Childrens Boots, and Shoes having just arrived. LOWEST CASH PRICES Pop Groceries at GVS. HAUCK. S li tats if I MbMUmM> Ji. mis JjfJ .The Drug. Store is The P^Jo^uy Combs, Brushes, Perfumes, and Toilet Waters. OPEN SUNDAY MORNING FROM 10 to .11 a.m. r 4 . Such is the Verdict of all the M'ar-ai- rao Boyi ��������� The Free Press is agasn indebted to the courtesy of Mr.' Dan'Dalley, our leading tooBorial artist,- for ^he'iollowng , interest, ing extracts from a letter. received by him from his friend James Rice, now at Dyea Pass. Sheop Creek,'Alaska, Nov 16th '97* Friend Daniel���������I received your letter to- dav. ami was clad to get it, but I "mah.you had got my oiher>ttarf which would have tjiven you quite abudget of news.' I sup- ������Zthere area 'number of the boys who have l���������ft here and^eturned to Nanaimo who will be; ible'to give you aU Renews.- lhe old ti.rfers in tbecnu..tr.y - fooled a \ot of us tv.itn they * told us^hrrc/aB nouae**.m trying to- g%< ove'r-.rtl^passes .m.' Oj-tonwor Noveinb^r^'But^they we.e away .off. .��������� lte . country-is not so bad as some of them would have you behove. The wither is moe here , au present. There is plenty of snow-clear and fiosty but not down to zero yet. It is one.-.fch- b������������t vUcoaTw.������aev.-ran-who-i ,t Ao������* p <��������� ���������*-��������������������� I h���������-' b,,c ,l ,t00<-Jl: h fUle.mt.de.... i^th-.y will coinpl. .e it all . right. 1 au. tli: : inp uf g������i������vr ������'0--' ������i ������;> fcV������e 8tean,.rOity o! S.ianei^t ,p bn. 1 <���������.'������-- i-*ate ro leave a good ].������b ik������ tui... I -1 have L.te to till v-.u whoa I go d-.-wa. Ion ^nu'll A. U. JoIku.������ou c Oo, tnau all ihe l>oy Johnston & Co. Thi., w Vje rea.-o������ wh> I would like to return to Wimo> ���������*>J������ r,t,nyo������:iit frcinti.aiu. Y-.ar old friend MikeKmg, of V-ctori*. went through here to take a look at the trail, and he will no d..ut tellViall abomit- I have s.en Walter Thomp-ou, but only for a tew m.n- nseB. He is not stack on the country or ihe situation. latistITwim-. OPEN SUNDAY EVENING- FROM ���������3 to 4 P ������ WE KE^P NOTHING BUT THB BEST Ak, PUREST DRUGS ^DISPENSATION For your cough try Scott's Emulsion Dp Chase's Linseed and Turpentine, ��������� ������������������'��������� or Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Vegetttbls. Having secured the Harrigan ranch I am prepared to deliver aily pure fresh milk, fresh eggs, and vegetables, in Union and Cumberland, A. share of patronage is solicited. JAMES REID. ���������Slater Bros'noted shoes for gents at i Leiser's. NOTICE ia hereby 'riven that application will be made to the Parliament of Canada at the next Session thereof, for au Act to .aeor porate a Company to construct, maintain, a,d ooerate a Railway, or Tramway from tLNV.h end of Marsh Lake; thence iu * North-Easterly direction b> the> o.osc fe-u..- bin ront. from a point on the Hootauuyua Riv.-r a distance of about thirty-five mile;; and also to construct, maintain and opera,e a Railway or Tramway to run on -ither side of Miles Canon and Whi.ehorse Rapids; all in the North West Territory of Canada; together with power to exappropnate lands lnd all other powers and privileges^ winch may be necessary, incidental, or advantageous to the full exercise of the powers a- bove mentioned. ���������m���������,���������nno F M. RATTETvTRURG. For self and other*Japplicmts. Dai-ed at Victoiia, British Columbia, January 20th, 1898. WELLS TO BE Closed - The Provin cial Board ef Health have passed an or- , der that the wells at Union and Cumberland shall be closed. ' McKelvey Suit. Victoria, Ian. 3ist.-The jury after a very shon deliberation, returned a verdict in favor of Adam McKelvey-all costs to be paid by Stafford Mi Kelvey. Price of Coal Advanced.���������Feb. 4��������� Coal has advanced 50 cents a ton in Victoria. , Sailors1 Strik*?..���������The crews of the C ' P N learners, Victoria, are out on a .���������ik-' r ������������������ --rcise of waj-es. Those who -,,.,- si-n.-.i .nicies were arrested for ncg Icrt ol uii'.y. STOLl-'N (;OOD\S NOT C-IKAP. ��������� Will c;o,-UHx-r..a-....-s'e.! K.iday ai Victoria f,.r'-..-..lin**- 1100 lbs of flour irom M. R. Smith & Co- He and others were going to K oncl-!<'.-. C^NF Rv. INSTATED-The court has ordered tli ���������1 G. F. C^ne, .whose name was str u:k horn the rolls by the Law Society should be.re-.nsi-'ted May 1st. FAVORABLE TO THE E. & N.RY, - In Supreme Court chambers the case of E. & N. Ry vs. The New Vancouver Coal Co. respecting the right of the latter to mine under the sea opposite Newcastle towt.'-it.e, was heard, and the judge gave permission to the E. & N. Co. to make a survey of the mines. Off to Klondike. ��������� The C. v in . s-camer Islander left Feb. 3" for Klondike with 400 passengers and every avail !��������� r. .-f..r.re foot was packed with freitrl t, consisting >t ain enormous quantity of mi nei.. ./u.his and supplies. In addition -.he Ir-i'd 200 horses and 20P dogs aboard., Re.scued. ��������� The str. Oregon on her' way to Alaska anchored off Lewis Island ind rescued the passengers of die wrecked Corona. Parliament Opened. ��������� The Domm ion parliament Friday, Feb. 4U1 at 3 p. m From'World to Province. ��������� J. T. Wilkinson, known as "World man on the wing "has resigned from tlie Vancouver World-to accept a similar position on the Province. ��������� ' Steamer Lost.���������A dispatch from En-land says the mail vA-amer Channel Queen has been l'o-t uif Guernsey with' .-30.persons, aboard..- ���������,'.-" -v."-.-- y- *-<:y ~" MONKY~vVAN rEJ.--Wanted to borrow on ���������* good ranch *?S00. Enquire for uarticu Lirs au The News QgyiUE CHATTER. o FOR a few weeks past, the Oratorio has been the topic of interest -i-nl speculative conversation. A few ihoayht it might prove too ambitions an effort for our home talent, but at its rendition on Wed nesday night, Rev. Mr. Hicks' faith in h.sJ choir, and his untiring patience in training them, were rewarded. The Oratorio o/st. Paul is a grand one;, the lite 01 Pau\ a noble epic, is drawn on foi the theme. Most people are susceptible to music, and sacred music is doubly elevating to devotional natures. The Oratorio of "Paul the Apostle" is full of bright choruses, picturesque recitatives, plea.Mii* quartettes and svmphonies. The Orchestra was strong, havin- '* ~-%k z ������ratorio smoothness. ��������� -f,'\~ A It will bear repeating; for one hearing of a composition, where there is, so, much excellence, is not sufficient to grasp. all.' '. ��������� * ''A The Methodist Church, wstsr-fiHcid beyond its usual seating capacity.* \ y, ',4,'.,;^. Musicians and singers appreciate*'/���������<. applause, but the silence at the closing of .A- the first part must be construed1' as the' 'J v������������ mute ?pproval of the Canadian, perhaps . .j s; not less sincere than a more demoir.stra- " tive acknowledgement. , ,������������������ ' ' y, Our Courtenay," Sandwick, and*G,ombx. neighbors came in numbers to the. Oratorio; many,expressedaheir pleasure.- The ladies of the Methodist Congrega-.../^| tion treated the singers and musicians ^>c^L| .sandwiches,', ,-cake.. ancj; tea\ after,; tb$' ^ll entertainment. . . .��������� ';'-'||| Mr. Kelly made a^flash-light ,photo'of,\7j������ all taking part. - ' ' v \ '~M Mr. Hicks and those who have labored .-?| with him for the success of the Oratorio* % deserved the handsome recognition .of jj a large attendance. The many .practices ��������� .| have proved educational to the singers, -[| helpful to the ochestra and gratifying ia ������f t ' - 'i results. . ;i Reins. t .e Passenger List. Tuesday, [an. 25th : L. O". Dale, Mtt. Hanna, Mr. Hicks, Mr. Webber, Mr. and Mrs. McKim, J.Homes, Mrs. Doney, Mr. Davis, Mr.Berks, Mrs.Berks, Mr.Annishi, Mrs Myers, Miss Mvers, Miss Swan, Summurhaves, D.A. Milley, Mike Leigh ton, r. Atkins, Mr. and Mrs. Grieve. Tuesday Feb. 3d: R. H. Hodgson, S. Cross, CLawson, Miss Tweed, L.Irwing, M. McLaughten, Mr. Bloommgdale, M(. and Mrs. T. Piercy. three violins���������Dr. Westwood, Mr. D.. Roy, Mr.Baird; Mr.Harry Roy, corneiisi; Mr Gallowav, euphonium, and Mr W.B. Anderson,'flute. Mrs. Ed.McKim played the organ :n her: usual satisfactory .style, and Mrs. Francis Deans Little presided at: the piano; her legato playing testifies to a sensitive ear, and a skillful, technique. The Overture'was very lovely. , Mrs. C. H. Williams had the saprano 'recitative part, and though not posessing a strong voice, it is sweet. Mr. Moore has a pleasing tenor, and in part second where the Tewn Clerk addresses the Men of Ephe?us, he sang with feeling,, eas-ily controlling his voice. Mrs. Banks, a favorite alto 111 Cumberland, sang better than this reporter ever before heard her, her enunciation being clear. Mr. Gideon Hicks, the well known basso, always pleases and impresses his auduience with the power and nieloiv of his voice. The quartettes were worthy of mention, and the choruses fine, more especially "Great is Diana of the Ephesians," in the second part, "Men of Israel, Help!" in the third part and the grand ''Aniens." Miss Bertram's strong saprano was a great aid, she leading the chorus of fifty voices. The last ba-.s recitative and aria by Mr. Gideon Hicks, was perhaps his best and would have been an acceptable. encore. The symphonies were delightful intermezzos. Altogether the Oratorio was a meritorious pmdution and for the short ��������� time it was practiced, a surprise in us NOTICE A meeting of the creditors of A. C. Ful ton will be held at the Courtenay House on Wednesday the i6th inst. Comox, Feb. 5th, 1898. A. Urquhart, Trustt NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. Assessment Act and Provincial "Revenue Tax.. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, ia *aecot. : dance with the Statutes, .that provincial ; Revenue Tax and Taxes levied under Asse^- ;; ment Act are now due for the year 1898, All of the above named Taxea ooleotibb , within the Comox,.Nelson, Newcastle. Dea- ,; man, and Hornby Wands Division oithe District o Comox, are payable "WO������������������ Assessed Taxes are collectible at, the following rates, viz: _ ���������'.- 1S(W> lY PAID ON OR BBFOBK JtTXE 30th, 1898��������� Provincial Revenue, $3.00'P"^'^^ .-_���������.' Toree-tifths of one per cent on &*���������*y*"l Two and one-half per cent on Wild lm\. One-half of one per cent on rewui-.. One-half of'one per cent on Ia������������ne. ; If paid after Jhne 30th, 1898-Poiir.. fifths of one per cent on Real Property. L'nree per ce -t on Wild Lv.d _ <.: Tt.r^.fourihs of one per oeno m PewoniU Three-fourths of one per cent on Incom* T ��������� ��������� W B. ANDERSON, lS* Assessor and Collect* . ���������BIBTH:.','"V; HORNER���������At Union, Jan. 21 to 5ljr. fitt; zx- a. Robert Horuer, a daughter. vrv, .-v.kra^**^' . yicjnOMVJf,^;...': vF % SJMILIA SIMILIBUS.CURANTUK. Now this here "pome" is writ for fail (Leastways, it's not for money), And when witli reading it you've done You'll vote it awful funny. Besides' what's more, it's very clear, As sh-n? appear hereafter, "But yoa will think I am ugly and Will not love me any more." ' 'I swear to you there is no other way There's naught near " As good as killing laughter. for giving health thafc'��������� But just read on,'and when you've done You'll Und yourself much bettor. My muse will make you die with fun If I will only let her. Leastways, you'll have a perfect fit (Laugh here), as said the tailor, If her exhaust less well of wit Doesn't dry up and fail her. My jokes can't fail to make you well, For they are simply killing (Laugh here), surpassing philter's spell For heart's distempers' stilling. Don't see the point? Laugh all the same��������� ��������� The joke's on you! ("Now snicker.) If you'll just follow up the game, You'll die with mirth the quicker. , . Borne say this life's but one huge joke,' If people Only know it. (Now, here just double up and choke And you will never rue it.) Now, don't tako time to catch your breath, But roar and scream with laughter, And how I've tickled you to death I may explain hereafter. .������������������" ���������Emile Pickhardt in Boston Globe. NOISES OP LONDON. A BIT OF JEALOUSY. Near the Pare Mouceau is a pretty little house that seems to hide iu a bush of clematis the home of a young and . charming widow of 22. The sacrament of baptism gave her the name of Louise and the sacrament of marriage made her the Countess of Viry. She had'as a pet and constant companion a delicate little, Mexican poodle, all white, and woolly, to-which was given as its sole^ nourishment a lump of sugar in the morning and a sweet biscuit in the evening. "His name was Nitoi It was 4 o'clock. Louise was running along the pebbly.paths of her garden, flitting among the rosebushes like a butterfly. ' - Nito playfully pursued his'mistress ' ��������� with barks of delight, at times seizing with his teeth the ruffle of her blue muslin dress, and," propping himself upon his paws, pulled at it with all his strength. In the midst of their playM. Jacques de Beauchamp entered the garden. The little widow, perceiving him, hid her- \rrii . self behind an orange tree. But Jacques - * ran to her and, surprising her, kissed her on the forehead. . "Ah, M: de Beauchamp," she cried, ��������� - "that is hot nice of you. " ' Louise was of medium height. She had very small hands ancl feet, white < shoulders and thick black hair. - Her ��������� teeth were so white that when she laugh- -: ed they glistened like pearls. How well she carried her widowhood and in a way to honor herself 1 Theyoung maiden is generally too timid and bashful. She blushes and casts down.her eyes at the least word of compliment. The widow, on the other hand, has the right to hear everything, and when one speaks to her of love she knows readily what that means. Louise leaned upon the arm of AI. de Beauchamp, and they went into the parlor, followed' by Nito, who threw some jealous glances at' him who was to be the future husband of his mistress. Of course the poor little animal could not have known that. It must have been a jealous instinct. . Louise and Jacques agreed so well that they had planned to be married. Nevertheless each of them had a defect. M. de Beauchamp was jealous and Mme.de Viry was coquettish. "Louise," he said to her, "you will drive'me,-to despair.. You say that you lovo me, but how can I believe it when I see you smiling at every admirer and giving to every comer so sweet a reception? When'X see you in society so full of life and gayety and hear, your ringing laughter from the midst of a circle of ardent admirers^ it is impossible for me to tell you the tortures and anguish I endure.". "And what can I do, dear?" replied -Louise. "I am gay, it is true, but is that a crime? And whyshould I be cold to those who approach me only to say pleasant and agreeable things?" "You are a coquette, and your laugh makes me despair, because if you laugh thus against my wish it must be only to show your teeth. You know very well how adorable you are when in laughing with a fixed purpose you throw back your head and show your pretty white neck. " , "But what must I do to prove my love for you?. It is becoming desperate. ���������ARk of me what you please, but do ."b-'/r ask me not to laugh anymore. I am ; huly happy when I am glad and free to tie light hearted." M. de Beauohamp assumed a solemn " You.% said, to me one. evening that fou would make for me the sacrifice of your. life. I do not ask so much as that. But listen. Do you wish to make me lhe happiest man on earth?" "You have but to speak." "Even at the price of suffering?" " Yes, at any price. " "Well, then, make me the sacrifice of one tooth." "What are you demanding of me? It ia barbarous." "Only a tooth. The smallest one in 4be front. And afterward you !auch as much as you please." to assure my happiness, . The countess rang the'bell. John, her valet,,.took her orders and came back a quarter of an hour later with a gentle- j ��������� man carrying in his hand a leather case ' such as is used by snrgeons. "Who is that person?" asked M. de Beauchamp. The countess answered: ��������� "It is Mr. James, the American dentist." The little countess entered her boudoir, followed by Nito, his tail between his legs, as if he understood that something serious was about to happen. Louise returned shortly ' afterward, ashamed and humbled, and gave to M. de Beauchamp a little tooth as white as milk, whioh ho carried to his lips and covered with kisses. Seeing this tribute of affection, Louise ran away. Jacques had the tooth set in a medallion and carried it religiously around his neck as a souvenir. ' ��������� <��������� From that day the little- countess became very sad. Only upon rare occasions was her face lighted up by a smile. She kept aloof from society as much as possible, but when she was forced by her social duties to appear among her friends they saw her keeping apart from the others or sitting in a corner with a serious air, her mouth closed like a' prison door: ' ' Jacques did not easily recognize her. In fact, she was greatly changed. "Poor countess!" said some evil minded ones. "She is getting old. How I changed she is! She seems to be mourning the dead." And Jacques felt his love diminish little by little. He began to understand that what he loved in her was especially her smile, her playfulness, her gayety, and he also became sad.. The more he tried to regain his love, which seemed to be leaving him, the more he realized that he himself had killed his passion. One day he went in despair to Mine, de Viry.' ������������������Louise," he said, throwing .himself at her feet, -���������'do you'love me still?" "I-have sworn to love you always, and the stiller you are the better,'' she answered. "Will you prove to me the sincerity of your words?" "I ask nothing else." "Well, then, if you love me have the dentist put in a'uew tooth; " "What folly is this?" said Louise, weeping. "I was right when I said that'you.would not love me any more. That is just like you men. And you reproach us for being capricious." ��������� 'Louise, I beg you to forgive me. I curse my jealousy���������my foolishness!" "So you really are regretting the weakness with which .1 acceded to your caprice?" "I am desolate and full of remorse. '���������' "You recognize the cruelty of your unreasonable request?" ���������"I will reproach myself for it all my life." '' Would you be happy if I had disobeyed you?" "I would give anything for that." The little countess gave a burst of laughter, which showed all her teeth complete. "What does this mean?" asked M. de Beauchamp, holding in his fingers the medallion in which was incased as a souvenir the little pearl of the sacrifice. The countess opened the mouth of Nito, saying: ���������'Here is the victim." "Ah," cried M.. de Beauchamp. ���������"���������You never loved me." ��������� Waverley Magazine, THE WORST OF, THEM AMOUNT TO ���������ALMOST A PLAGUE. "Electric Cars Buzz the Ear, but"the Voices of Street "Fakirs, "Drunken Men and Women and Strolling Musicians Make More Trying; Sounds. Blunders of Novelists. Will M. Clemens catalogues in The Home Magazine some of the, blunders of foreign novelists, a few, of which we reproduce: . "Thackeray, who was. exceedingly anxious to get everything right, was perpetually getting things wrong. Names are mixed, the hero is sometimes called by the name of one of the other characters, and in at least one place an important personage is called by a uame from another novel. This was Philip Firmiu, whom he called Olive New- come. Nor was this his worst blunder, for in another story he killed and buried old Lady Kewand later brought her again on th-"- scene for the purpose of rouuding off a corner of the story. "Thackeray, in his 'Virginians,' makes Mine. Esmond of Castlewood, in Westmoreland county, a neighbor of Washiugton at Mount Vernon, ou the Potomac, 50 miles distant, aud a regular attendant at public worship at Williamsburg, half way between^ the York and James rivers, fully 125 miles from Mount Vernon. In the same book occurs the following: 'There was such a negro chorus about tbe house as might be heard across the Potomac.' The nearest bank of the Potomac was 57 miles away. "Anthony Trollope was heartily laughed at by his acquaintances for causing Andy Scott to 'come whistling np the street with a cigar in his mouth.' But what is a slight error of this sort in comparison with Amelia B. Edwards- description, in 'Hand and Glove,' of her hero 'passing backward and forward like an overseer on a Massachusetts cotton plantation.' may If you stand a palm in the window, be careful that you turn the pot around every day, so that one Bide of the plant does not get the sole benefit of the I gun's rays. London is the noisiest city in the world.- Yet it has no electric cars buzzing and crashing aud ding-dongiug through the streets. Loudon's excesses in noise do not come from its street traffic. Its smooth wood pavement is the quietest thing yet devised for flooring a city, and rubber tires dnily multiply. There are two classes of noisy vehicles, the omnibuses and the milk carts, but it is not the wagon wheel or the wagon load that makes Loudon the noisiest city in the world���������it's the human voice and the human lung. Anybody' is free to make as much noise in London streets as he likes. He .may sing, bawl, cry his wares, tootle on trumpets, and no one cau prevent him. To his vocal exercises he may add the shrill clatter of the piano organ and tho doleful drum, and none shall sayhim nay. At this moment a German band splits the' air about my windows. The fat trumpeters planted themselves before the house ten minntes ago, and their ferocious brass squealiugs have driven me from the chapter' ou which I was fondly engaged and havo banished forever the. struggling thoughts that were trying to get themselves iuto some inky shape. ' .' . If the wretches would play well, some excuse could be found for their persistent energy, but they play vilely. All German street bands do. An iusoleut ruffiau with a fife is another terror'in our street. You can hear him for half, a mile. He will murder any tune he tries. Thero is a varlet who comes at dinner time three nights a week to yell "Sweet Marie" and "The Jewel of Asia. " I prophesy sudden death for this man. ������������������ Any metropolitan doctor will tell you that nervous diseases an-* becomiug deplorably common. 'What are iuvalids to do wheu the blatant Teutouscoine bellowing under their bedrooms? .You can go iuto the street and command the clamorous musicians to move ou if there is illness in your house, and you cau give the wretches in charge if they don't obey. But suppose they move a hundred yards. Their, mighty blasts still roll along the street., They cau go around the corner. They perambulate all the adjaceut passages and keep within the law and your hearing at the same time. You are defenseless. There's not a quiet hour from 9 in the morning till past midnight. The alleged musicians stop their odious performances before miduight. Whether it is law or exhaustion that compels them I have never discovered. When they have passed, the inebriated coster and the roisterous apprentice go home roaring. They come almost invariably in fours and howling at tha top of their voices. They stand on the street corners and howl unintelligible things., When a low class Londoner is filled with drink, he bursts into song and kicks his womankind. Law can touch him for the latter diversion, but not for the former, and yet the fellow's singing is as brutal as his kicking.* There is another terror beloved of a certain kind of cockney, and it is never, by any chance, rampant in the daytime. A young coster, having finished his la- j bor andrcompleted the joyous^rite of "jumping on his mother," marches through the streets squeezing the air from a concertina. He is accompanied by a group of admiring friends, never less than six in number. They march heavily, these gallant Britons: You hear their boot heels keeping time to the shrill instrument. Now and then they whistle a chorus. More frequently they yell it. Where they march from and where they march to no man knoweth. I know only that their nightly processions torture my ears. ; . No policeman ever interferes with these revelers of the night. The blue- coat has no authority for repressing the ardent choristers, for the police may not "interfere with the liberty of the subject," and' "the liberty of the subject" means that any fellow is permitr ted to make as much uoise as he likes wheu quiet folk would be sleepmg. The siuging beggars are the most odious of London's street uuisauces. They,are always greasy, shiny, whiny aud out of tune. For the most part they sing hymns, but no peu can tell you how they sing them; no words can convey the utter hjpocrisy of their sneaking manners. They are as bad a lot as you could find the world over. They trade chiefly on the sympathy of the stranger and the credulous townsman. They trade profitably, too, more's the pity. One of them died the other day and left $1,000 cash at his lodging. Begging is forbidden by law. To stand in the street aud ask for alms is a crime, but to shuffle along the street ���������whining in sharps and flats is to become an industrious subject. It is the law that forces these repulsive impostors to make a noise. There is nothing more detestable than a pair of these in- grates, dragging their slow feet along the muddy roads, rolling their eyes and screeching, "Jesus, lover of my soul!" As for the yelling venders of wares, there is no end to them. Morning and afternoon the milk boys yodel up and down the residential streets. Their din is as frightful as it is unnecessary. Chimney sweeps, go along bawling; sooty men driviug loads of coal in sacks cry till their throats crack; men who peddle flowers or vegetables or pork pies, kindling wood, fruit, cat's meat, evening - papers, flycatchers, brooms, penny ices, or-who buy old bottles, boots, rags, bags and pots and pans, keep up their shrieks, from breakfast till dusk.���������London Cor. Boston Heraiu. A HAPPY GIRL A QUEER LITTLE ANIMAL. MI������������ Amlna Kelly Telig of ft.r Illness and Subsequent Cure - A Statement That) Should be Read by ETery Girl in Canada.] ' Miss Amlna Kelly, a well-known and ���������much esteemed young lady living aft Maplewood, N.B., writes: "I consider It] my duty to let . you know what yourj wonderful medicine has done for me. ' In ��������� April, 1896, I began to color; my appetite failed upstairs I would h^ Bn tired- I would lose flesh and i and on going': have to rest. I continued In this condl-i tion for three months when I was taken*. suddenly ill and not able Our family dootor was Stins The Australian Duckbill Carriei In. One -"Let. , Australia certainly holds the palm for queer and uncouth auimals, says ' The Literary Digest. Chief among these is the duckbill or ornithorhyuchus, which Sydney Smith described as "a kind of mole with webbed feet and the bill of a duck, which agitated Sir Joseph Banks and rendered him miserable from his utter inability to decide whether it was a bird or a beast. " It was only recently that it was proved beyond a doubt that this curious animal lays eggs like a bird, though this iiad loug been reported by travelers. Now comes the news that, it has a sting on its hind leg, capable of j kilhug by its poisouous effects. We quote from' The Lancet: "For a long time it was considered to be quite harmless and destitute of any weapon of offense, .although the hind legs. of the males were armed with ������ powerful spur, apparently. connected with a gland. Then the opinion was advanced that this might-be a weapon allied to the poisonous armory of snakes, scorpions and bees^ all of which possess a sort of hypodermic poison syringe. Though one set of observers asserted that this was the case, another set denied it, and so Dr. Stuart determined to solve this question, if possible. He received two independent accounts which coiucided perfectly, aud from them he concludes that, at certain seasous at all eveuts, the secretion is virulently poisonous. The mode of attack is not by I scratching, but by lateral iuward move-1 meuts of the hind legs. Two cases are reported in dogs. Ono dog was 'stung' three times, the symptoms much resembling those of bee or hornet poison'. The dog was evidently in great pain aud drowsy, but there were no tremors, convulsions or staggering. -It is worthy oi note that a certain immunity seems obtainable, foV tbe dog suffered less ou the second occasion and' still less on the third. Two cases of men being wounded are reported, iu both of which the aui- nia]s were irritated, one by being shot aud handled, the other by being handled only. The symptoms were the same as iu the dog. No deaths are reported human beings, but four in dogs." to go about. - called, in and he pronounced my Illness chlorosis (poverty j of the blood.) At first his treatment ap-' peared to do mo" good, but only for a time, and then I began to grow worse. I continued taking his medicine for three months, when I was so discouraged at , not regaining my health that I deollned taking It any longer. I then tried a liquid mediolne .advertised to oure cases liko mine, but did not obtain the slightest benefit. I had become terribly emaciated and weak. There was a constant terrible roaring noise in my head; my feet and ankles were swollen and I was as pale at a corpse. One day while in this condition my father brought home a ��������� box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and asked me to try, them. In less than a week I oouldsit up, and In a couple of weeks. I could walk quite a.distance without being tired. My appetite returned, tho roaring in my head ceased, 1 began to gain flesh and color, and before I had used a half dozen'boxes. I was as healthy as I had ever been In my life. My friends did not expect me to reoover and are now rejoicing. at the wondorful change Dr. Williams' Pink, Pills have wrought in me. - It my statement will be the means of helping some other discouraged sufferer you perfect liberty to publish it." The above statement was sworn before me at Maplewood, York Co., N.B.', this 14th day of May, 1S97. TIMOTHY W. SMITH, J.P. '��������� To ensure getting tho genuine ask always for Dr. ' Williams' Pink Pills for. Pale People, and refuse -all substitutes .and nostrums alleged to be just as good. are at m Dr. Chas. E. Elliott, M.D., Quebec, surgeon Queen's Own Canadian Hussars, writes: "I have used Pheno-Banuru (or 'Quickcure') with much success in many cases of foul and suppurating wounds;' especially in one caso following vaccination, which resisted all treatment for three month"-, that was quickly cured, by lour dressings of fche above. I am tow using it in many forms of skin diseases, and ulcers with apparent benefit." FIRST SUNDAY SCHOOL. John Wesley's In Georgia'Antedates Robert Kaikes' "Fifty Years. In recounting the ministrations oi John Wesley iu Georgia, where the famous preacher sowed the first seeds oi Methodism in America, the Rev. W. J. Scott, D. D., in The Ladies'.Home Journal, claims that Wesley established the first Sunday school in the world at Savannah. In conuectiou with his other labors, which were indeed prodigious, Wesley, soon after his arrival.in Georgia; in 1736, began to provide for the Sunday school instruction of the children of the parish. His devotiou to children at times almost amounted to infatuation. Children were likewise equally attached to him, as shown in their intercourse with him. Both on week days and Sabbaths he gave no little attention to educational work; As a preliminary labor on the Sabbath before the evening service he required them to couveue in the church, at which time he catechised them thoroughly and furnished them with additional teaching from the Bible itself. In the present Wesleyan Memorial church in Savannah there is a Sunday school room into which hundreds of children crowd for Sunday instruction. The original school was less iu number, but it was unquestionably the first Sunday school in tbe world. When taught by Wesley, it numhered between 60 and 76 scholars, but from all accounts there were few if any Indian boys iu his earlier classes. A very high authority, Sir Charles Keed, M. P., LL. D., of England, is clearly of the opinion that this Sunday school Was the first fouuded in the world, and that it antedates by a half century the secular instruction of Robert .Raikes at Gloucester, Eugland, as well as the first school iu America upon Raikes' plan which was established iu the city of New York. This is the ��������� most enlightened end of the enlightened nineteenth century, and yet in deference to che superstition of many travelers the number thirteen has not been used in the numbering of the statei-ooins of a recently completed steamship sailing from New York Dr. W. Geo. Beers, Montreal, Editor Dominion Dental Journal, writes: "Dr. levers has been fortunate enough to produce a preparation, which really has no rival, in the Materia Medica of dentistry. I have investigated its merits, and find it, without exception,, the most useful and convenient preparation for the purpose I have tnet with'; We know very well, too, that Chemists sell a lot of preparations which do more harm than good. Frorh personal experience, and the unanimous verdict of Dr. levers' oon- freres in Quebec city and Montreal, we have no hesitation in recommending Pheno-Banurn or 'Quickcure,' not only as an invaluable addition to dental therapy,/.but as a family friend in emergencies, where one cannot at once reach ��������� the dentist." - -: Bio Real Motive. Storekeeper���������Did you ride 'way in hew jes' ter buy that gallon uv whisky, Ab- ner? ' Abner���������W'y, consarn yer hide. Silael yew orter know I wouldn' leave my far-pa right in.ther middle uv plantin' an' rt*^| 'way in here just ter buy a gallon tlV whisky. I kem ter town ter day pupui ter buy my wife a spool uv white cotton thread, an' gol darn my buttons ef I hadn't clean forgot all about that thread until you spoke.���������Judge. ; or "QaioJi- "Financial. He doubled his money. Wi*. bin a fraction of a second he doubled it again. Then he repeated the operation. He doubled it again and put it in his watch pocket. "Perhaps my wife will not find th a t dollar bill,'' he said. ���������New York Jourual. I have used Pheno-Banum cure" for sufficient time to thoroughly test its merits. In cases of ordinary tooth* ache, from exposed nerve, it is verjT good; especially for children's teethi In cases of inflammation of the root membrane, it is also valuable; and unlike most remedies, the longer I use lt, the better I like it. I should not now wieh to be without it. CLAYTON W. WELLS, L.D.S., Waterloo, Onfc A Cruel Revenge. "His valet got even with Reginald for discharging him," said one young man. "How?" inquired the other. "Set his watch ahead, so that Reginald got his evening clothes on at half past 6." ���������Washington Star. Her Choice. You cannot mean to tell me professor stupid? Why, "What! you found the be knows everything. "I know he does,"said the sweet young thing, "but I'd rather talk with nome one who knows everybody." * -.i-ell %f How's This? We offer One Hundved Dollars Bewar any case of Catarrh that cannot be cut Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props., Toledo.������. We the undersigned, hare knovfti y. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe " perfectly honorable Ln all business trariaa"dtL,������_ and financially able to carry out any oblfoa'tfbae made by their firm. Vest & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Tolede. flu "W.-ildiug, Kim.au & Marvin, Wholesale En������ y..t-9, Toledo, Ohio. ���������"**��������� Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken int������*rnally, tkgHttm directly upon the blood atli mucous Aa/l������SH x ' 1 3Q&s&its������e3sm������2������c3a!sswfiras=.'3(=u������ ~x, ww.i.^HawMm*M.xawwnwww)ww������w^* ���������<*"{L-K. ��������� ���������*"��������� 0..-' "������ i i tf KUMING INTO DEBT. DR. TALIvIAGE'S.WArNING Tp THE MEN OF THE PERIOD. m/ft CI" ���������*!'���������.( Driven "Like an Ox to the Slauifhter" by the Evil .Influences of Social ~~Life---The. Downward Path���������Rewards-, of <.,'*-../���������������'. ' ' ��������� Industry. j (. Honesty ancl New Yprk, Aug., 15.���������,Dr. Talmage in his sermon co-day' shows how running into hopele'ssMebts'.ahd" "-skepticism- have undone young men1s.inr)tow.n> and coun^ try. The text is Proverbs vii^ 22, "As "an ox to the slaughter." ' '��������� ��������� , * / - Thei-e.is nothing in'the voice or manner of the butcher to indicate* to the" ox that there is death,ahead., The, ox thinks .. he is going oh to a rich pasture field of clover where all day he will revel' in the herbaceous luxuriance, but .after awhile the men and the boys close in 'upon him with sticks and stones and shouting, and drive him through bars and into "a door- way, where he' is* fastened,''and ' with a well aimed..etroke the.ax fells'him,' and so the-unticipatiqn ,ofv.the j redolent . pas-r turc field is completely disappointed. So many a young man has been ' driven on by temptation to what he thought-would be paradisiacal enjoyment, ^ but after awhile .'influences - with' darker 'hue, and swarthier arm close in iipon him, and he finds that' instead of ma'king an' 'excursion into a garden ��������� lio has been driven "as an ox to thd';sluughte'r."- ' We are apt to "blame young men for , being destroyed when we ought to blame the influences that destroy them. Society slaughters a grea,t many,, -young 'men byi the behest: "You must keep up appearances.''"Whatever' be your * salary,. you' must dress as well as''others',' you'- must givel-jvin'e and brandy to as many friends, youjmust\.tsmoke , as,,costly cigars,,you must give as4 expensive entertainments*,' and-you must- live "in as* fashionable a boarding t house, ��������� If '.you haven't the money^jborrow.-.-If you '.can't borrow," make a "false entry or subtract here and there'a bill "from* a bundle of-"bank bills:1 You will only-'have.tol-make ' the deception a.little while.' In a few.months.or in a year'or two'you. can make it all right. Nobody will be. hurt' by it,' nobody will' be the'-wiser.?;. You , yourself'will not be. damaged.;"... ^By-, that .awful process - a hundred thousand men have been slaughtered for tjme and slaughtered'for etern ' lty.-- ' vr - '- .. , ���������"*��������� ' >��������� - t , , .Uorrowlnu Money. i/- Suppose you borrow. There" is nothing ' wrojig -about borrowing' money'. There Is' hardly, a mani who.- has .'.not sometimes ��������� borrowed ^noney. y Vast estates have been built on a borrowed dollar.. But there ' are ' two*"kinds of'* borrowed "money:' Money borrowed'for the purpose ofi start-' "** Ing or. keeping tup legitimate,-, enterprises, and expense and money borrowed ,'to get that'which*' you"; can do'rJ'wit'h,outV'"Thei first'is* right; the 'other- is ,'wrong'.- - If you1 - have inoney enough, of .your, own to .buy a coat,, howpyer.plain,,and jthen you bpr-, row money, for a dandy's outfit^* ybu have taken the first revolution'1 of "the wheel .down grade. Borrow for the necessities; that maybe well. Borrow for the"lux uries; that tips your prospects . over in the wrong direction. The Bible distinctly say's the boTrowef is servant of the lender. It is a bad state , of things when you have to go down some other street to escape meeting some one wnom you owe. If young men knew what i~ tho despotism of being in debt, more of them would keep out of it. What did debt do for Lord Bacon, with a mind towering above the centuries? It induced him to take bribes and convict himself as a criminal before all ages. What did debt do' fqr Walter Scott, broken hearted at Abbotsford? .Kept him writing until his hand gave out in paralysis, to keep the sheriff away from his pictures and 6tatuary. .Better for him if,he had minded the" maxim which he had chiseled over the-'fireplace at Abbotsfbrdj '".Waste not, want" not." ' The trouble is, my friends, that people do not understand the ethics of going In debt, and that if you purchase goods with i ���������no'-.expectation?of paying:.:'for. them or^go info debts-w^ meet yoii steal just so m'uch money."'���������fit I go into a grocer's store and I buy'sugars and coffees and; .meats :��������� with no capacity to pay for them and no^intention, of pay-'. ing for them, I am more"-"dishonest' than if I go intOtthe.store, .and, when the.grocer's face is turned the pther(,jway,���������. Infill my pockets'with the articles of merchandise and carry off -a "ham".-, In the ope* case" I take'the merchant's time and I take the time of his messenger to transfer, the goods to my house, while in the-^bther '-case-I-take none of the time of the merchant, and I wait* upon' niyselfi* and I transfer the goods without- any. ^trouble to him. In other words, a sneak "thief is not so bad as a man who contracts debts he never expects to pay. ;.,'-.. ��������� Yet in all our cities there are families who move every May day to get into proximity to other grocers and meat shops and apothecaries. They owe'everybody within half a mile of where they now live, and next May they will move i into a distant part of the city, finding a, ! new lot of victims. Meanwhile you, the ! honest family in tho new house, are i bothered day by day by the knocking at ' the door of disappointed bakers and butchers and dry goods dealers and newspaper carriers, and you are asked where . your predecessor is. You do not know. '; It was arranged you should not know. i Meanwhile your predecessor has gone to some distant part of the city, and the ; people who have anything to sell have i sent their wagons and stopped there to solicit the "valuable" custom of the new i neighbor, and he, the new neighbor, with j great complacency and an air of afflu- , ence, orders the finest steaks and the , highest priced sugars and the best of ' canned fruits and perhaps all the news- ' papers. And the debts will keep on ao- ; cumulating until he gets his goods on They cheat :tne'*grocer -out- of - the.j--.reen/ apples which make them sick,'-*-the 'phy-"- "sician who attends them" during 'their, "distress, and the undertaker' ��������� who fits .'.th'em out for departure*from the. neighborhood where they owe everybody, when, they pay the de'b't of" nature, the only 'debt they ever do pay. , , , Now our. young men are coming up in this deprayed;state of commercial ethics," -and'lam solicitous^about them^ I. want to warn,* them against being slaughtered oh the sharp edges of debt. You want ->]"--riy things you?have-, not, , my-x,ypungx friep..-"*. You'shall* have them if'you have patience, and( honesty, and. industry. Cer- ' train lines of 'conduct always lead out to jce/taih successes. Thereis a law which 'controls' even those'things'that seem'-lhap-. hazard. I have been told by those who have observed that it is possible to calculate just how. many letters will be seut to" the dead ,letter''* "office every year" through misdirection; that it'is - possible to calculate just how. many ^Jetters will be detained for lack* of', postagei'".stamps;- through the forgetful ness of thej senders^ and that it is posslbl'e^to.e'tell, justiKow"- many people will fall in the streets by slipping on an orange peel. In other words, there are no accidents. .-The most > insignificant event'S vou' ever heard of is the 'link betwoens two eternities���������the eternity of the past and the eternity of the future. Head the right way, young man, and you will oome out at the right goal. ' , ' ' .'���������*",.'.,���������- s ' Bring.me a young ,man and tell me what his physical health is and what his mental oaliber and what his habits, and' I will tell you what will be his destiny for this' world' and] tliis destiny' for the world to come, and I "will not make11 five inaccurate prophecies out of,' the 500. t ���������'All this makes me solicitous In regard to young men, and I want.to make them nervous in regard'to the 'contraction " of unpayable debts., I. give you a paragraph .from my own'experience." " ' "'' '*" , , My first settlement as paetor - was in a* village". ;.j "My salary; was $800 .and-a -parsonage. , s The amount ^ seemed enormous {to me.' * I'said''to myself,; ''What,1 all this; ,for one year!"' 'I'was"- afraid' of *���������'getting worldly, under.so 'naueh'prosperityr-.-j'r re-. 1 solved to invite all the congregation to imy-house^in'group^-dtias each.;;,-* We flxf;' gan, and|a^,tney were the best,congregation in'ail the (world and we,felt nothing' was too good for them j-ye: piled* all ]ihe -luxuriesj|bri--"the table. r?n"ever .completed, the undertakihg". ��������� At', tjhe end of six months I was in .-financial ;despair.,vI found' that we not only had not the surplus of luxuries, but we had a struggle to,get ���������the necessities, and. Il learned: what >yery> young man learns,5in time "to save himself or too late, that you must "measure the si?.e of a man^s body before you,begin to cut'th'e cloth for mVcoat.1 ���������" * -' , v> 4r x������ t& Darling || Letter Orders || Carefully Filled Jtf* to m m Samples on in > -f,* v ' > Ji **��������� *��������� Application. ��������� ������������������ ' rt+ ^^.j^*i|M^*������������*****"4)}-* Wholesale dealers in Staple and Fancy. Dry Goods, Woollens, Tailorsf Trimmings, Men's Furnishings, &c, / invite Dry Goods ' Merchants , and Merchant yjf Tailors to inspect their splendidly assorted stock ^|jf which? is maintained all the year round. *���������* - ^ j* yj'f 'si ' .������������> TORONTO. /���������)\ , Specialties .in, Ready-Made Clothing, Pants, , i-fiV Overalls, Shirts, Etc., from our own Factory. .��������� "<^^* "*-'"---^������ *-"*---^* *-^*'->--^������ "-,*---^.������ "-f----^* ""ta^* "���������*"--^������ "-''"���������(^������ *-*"----^* *-1'*---*^* '--,"*---^* **-''-*^* *"'^^.������ "*^^.������ *-,|,l---k>* W ^ ������> Ti ' The Debtor's Woes. :,, -< , "When a young man willfully . and of choice, having the comforts of life, ��������� goes' i,intb the contraction of unpayable debts,- jhelknows'nofinto what he" goes.' The creditors get after the debtor, vthej; pack. "of hounds in full cry, and, alas, for the TeindeerV They jingle hitf doorbell before ahe!gets un in the morning; they '"jingle his doorbell after he has "gone "to bed at' night. The'y'fiteet him"*, as ^he^coihes off his front step's." ' They send 'him' a postal ��������� card or a letter in curtest style, telling him to>pay*up: ������������������oThey attach-.hiSi? goods, ,They want cash or anpte- at 30 days or a note on-demand. They call ��������� him a '.the 30th of next April in the furniture cart. I Nomads of City "Life. \ No wonder that so many of our mer- ���������. chants fail in business. They are swindled into bankruptcy by these wander- lpg Arabs, these nomads of city life. knave. They say he lies.- They want him disciplined in , thef. church. - ,They want him turned'-'out'of-the bank-, i They oome at'him from this side and from that side and from before' and -from behind and from above and from beneath and he is insulted and gibbeted' and sued' and' dunned "and sworn at- until' he gets the nervous dyspepsia, gets neuralgia, gets liver complaint, gets heart disease, gets convulsive ��������� disorder, gets consumption. Kow he is dead, and you say, "Of course they will let him alone."' Oh, no. Now they are watchful to see, whether there are any unnecessary expenses at the obsequies; '. to see whether there id any useless handle on the casket, ' to see whether there is any surplus plait on the shroud, to see whether 'the hearse is costly or oheap." to 'see " whether the flowers sent to. the casket haye.v been v bought by the family V'br ' donated] to see ''ih* who'se"* name the deed to the grave is.made out. iThen they ransack ith'e bereft 'IhbuseV hold, the books, the pictures, the car- ������pe.ts, the?chairs,.Othe;sofa.;,the,piano,-���������; the "mattresses, the pillow.jon'.which., he. died. C ursed be debt! For the: sake of your own happiness,'' for' the sa'k e of your 'good ltmorals, for the sake of. ���������> your immortal soul, for God's sake,, young.manw.as,:far as possible keep out of it.;:,-,',';..-.. ,'.,,,,������, ������������������$:..,-. Bht I think' ^mgre, young,;.men.,a-r,e slaughtered through irreligion. Take away a young^irnan's" religion . s.hd you make him the prey of eyih We all know that the Bible is the only perfect system of morals. Now, if you want to destroy the young man's'morals, , take his., Bible away. "How wiil'you do that? -Well, ybu will caricature . his- reverence for " the Scriptures, you.will take all thosevinci- dents of the Bible which can be'made mirth of���������-Jonah's whale, -Samson's foes, Adam's rib���������then you will caricature eccentric Christians, or inconsistent Christians, then you will pass off as your own all those hackneyed arguments against Christianity which are'as,old as Tom Paine, as old as Voltaire, as old as sin. Now, you have captured his Bible, an"d you have 'taken his strongest fortress. The way is comparatively, clear,; and all the gates of his soul are set.open in invitation to the sins of earth and the sorrows of death; that they may come in and drive the stake for their encampment. , fi ������ . ��������� Without Rudder or Compassl ' A steamer 1,500 miles from shore with broken rudder and lost compass and hulk leaking 50 gallons the hour is better'"off- than a young man when-you have robbed him of his. Bible., Have you ever noticed how despicably mean it is to take away the world's Bible without proposing a substitute? It is meaner than to oome to a sick man and steal his medicine, meaner than to come to a cripple and steal his crutch, meaner than to come to a poor man and burn his house down. It is the worst of all larcenies to steal the Bible which has been . cratch and medicine and food and eternal home to so many. What a generous And rnagnani- mous business infidelity has gone into! .This'splitting up off lifeboats and taking away'of fire, escapes' and extinguishing of 'liehthouses. I'come out "and" I say^to such people' "What..,are .you' doing .all; this for?" "Oh," .they say, 'just for fun V) "Mt isi .such fun to J fee Christians try tb hold oh to their- Bibles! Many of them .have lost loved,-ones.andrhave been told, that there is^a- resurrection, and it is such-fun'to telf'theiii'there' will be ho resurrection. 'Many of them have believed .that- Christ T came" .to ' carry the burdens and to heal the , .-wounds ,of , the world, - and it is'such' fun to .tell them they will have^to'be th*ir^6WnviB������vior.-*'****i'-������ " Think of the meanest thing, you ever heardl.bf, then go dpw.n* 1,0,00;feet under-'"' neath;it and you w^ll-ifihdyourself at{the' top of a*stairs 100 miles long., Go to the bottom',of tKe^stairSj^and yoii^ will -find a ladder i',000 miles idng;! then go to the '���������foot of'-'the4 ladder and look off a precipice half as far as;-from -here .to.'China, and you will find the headquarters of ...the meanness that 'would rob this world :jof jits only Comfort coil on your table. <''���������-:.-'. .. Take care of yourself.. -Nobody else: will take care"ofiyohi'l Your '-.nelpvwiir not come , up. -two .. or ;uhree , or - four* flightslVpf stairs. ,r.Y/~*ur help;Swill come through .the,- roof, down from, hea^^n,. from that God,who in the fj.000 years of the world's history neve*'..betrayed;', a' young man who tried to be .good and.' a, ChristianI., "Let. me. say in regard to your adverse worldly c.iroumstances in,passing that you are on a "level now with;: those who are .finally to succeed. Mark my words, young man, and think off it 30 years from >now. You will .find that those who 30 years from now are the mfliionaires of this country, who are the orators of the country, who are the poets of the country, who are the strong merchants of the country, who-are the great philanthropists of the country���������-mlghtest ih church .and. stater-are this morning on a level with you, not an inch above, and you in straitened circumstances now. Herschel earned his living by playing as violin at parties, ? and in. the~ interstices of the play he would go out and look up at the midnight heavens, the field of his immortal conquests. George Stephenson rose from being the foreman in a colliery to be the most renowned of the world's engineers. No outfit, no capital to start with 1 Young man,go downto the library and get some books and read of what wonderful mechanism God gave you in your hand, in your foot,, in :* your eye, in your ear, .and then ask some, doctor to take you into the dissecting room ..and illustrate to you what you have read about, and never again commit the blasphemy of saying you have no "capital to start with. Equipped! Why, the poorest ^T���������ffJffffffi���������fr,fIfSfcf i^fc! ���������,,'-,. ' ' D pARTIES'who 'intend going to p the Klondike Gold Fields ,or O investingf in' Stock Companies op- O erating in that: country, should send ^2 and get the ^ '' '' - , . .--.,.... ... Yukon; and Klondike .������������������'}: Q.t i Gazeteer* <������ <& |2- - ��������� y-y ' y ^. -The Gazeteer is J very extensive, ^. abounding in Photo Engravings and il Maps; and gives'the most��������� reliable i^ information as to routes; outfitting k. points, climate, etc* It" also con- ^ tains Wm. Ogilvie's complete report ^i'to'date 6h! the Klondike country's indescribable 'wealth which, so astounded, the Ottawa authorities. ;;1; ������������������"; ' By: Mail Post Paid ; :.. for ^Fifty Gents & -1 '��������� ' " ���������' '"j ... Stamps Received. ��������� J-/ *:������ ********** .Address the , - -' ' - . i * 1% Toronto Newspaper Union, . ���������. 44 BAY STREET; ^ ' - TORONTO, - ONT. 'wmsmmmmW' :~y young man ls equipped as only the God of, the whole universe, could, affo"t^,vto equip him. -, Then his body���������a very poor affair compared with his wonderful" 'soul ���������oh, that is what makes me' solicitous! I am not-so-much anxious about. you, young man, because .you have so .little to do with as I am anxious about ybu because you have so much to risk' "and lose or gain-' '��������� ���������.*���������..;.>'' There is no class.of persons- that so stir my sympathies as young, men, in great cities. Not quite enough salary to -live on and all the temptations that come from' that deficit.- "Invited - on all;' hands to drink, and their -exhausted nervous system seeming to, demand stimulus. Their religion caricatured" by the most of the clerkVin' the 'store*and 'most'' of the operatives in the factory. The rapids'Of temptation;, and death rushing against that young man 40" miles the hour, and. he in at frail boat headed up'tsream with ".nothing but a broken oar to work' with. Unldss Almighty "'God help them they will goainder.. ..; :,d ."-.-,->:c>.��������� ���������'..���������:������������������ vyy ��������� "Beware oT the Wi.ne Cup. _���������������������������}'.,.,', y .Ah, when I told, you to take care of yourself you misunderstood me if you thought I meant ybuare to depend-upon' ^Kuman .������������������resohitloni'-.'.whioh;'' may be dissolved in the foam of the wine cup or 'may!be blown out with the first gust of temptation. Here is- the helmet,!, the sword of the Lord God Almighty. Clothe yourself in that nanuply, and you shall not be put to confusion. "' Sin pays well neither in this world nor the next, but right thinking and right, believing and right acting will take you in safety through this life and; in transport through the next. I never shall forget a prayer I heard a young man make some 15 years ago. It was a very short prayer, but it was a tremendous prayer: "O Lord, help us! "We find it so very easy to- do wrong and so hard to do,-right. Lord, . help us.!'' That prayer, I warrant you, reached the ear of God and reached his heart. And there are a hundred men who , have, found out���������a-thousand young men, perhaps���������:Who have found out that very thing. It is so very easy to do wrong and so hard to do right. :..-.--, hev. ' r-icgar B. Husband, The Reo tory, Paspebiao, Quebec, writes: "I have' great pleasure In testifying to the efficacy ' re.'1 I have used it after all 'of'Quiokoure, other remecKes failed, and found instant relief. I always keep me." * - almo������|!{ It wiih I "evidently Illiterate. i Gavin���������Was that shabby- individual begging?.....-,,. Bailey���������No; he was selling a book, "How to* Get Rich." '' "When a woman has a definite opinion about anything, she generally knows How to express it forcibly. For instance, there is a "Woman's Christian Temperance union woman, in Chicago, who refused to,join her sisters- in praying for money to save the woman's temple from being sold to satisfy a mortgage. She says that if the woman hadn't erected a big building for which they hadn't the money to pay they, would not be obliged now to trouble the Lord about, the matter. " ���������'������������������.' ''."'' Out of Sorts:���������Symptoms, Headachej loss of appetite, furred tongue, and gen-' eral indisposition. These symptoms, if neglected,'develop into acute disease. It is a trite sayingtbat an .'.'.ounce of prevention is wox-th a pound of cure," aad a' little-; attention at this point' may save I months of sickness and. large.'doctor bills. | -Forthis complaint take from two to three; of Parmelee!s Vegetable Pills on going.-to! lied, and one or two for three nights in j succession, and a'cure -will be effected. ,,A conservative".estimate^ based on returns from a large number of establishments engaged in various lines of business, fixes the probable annual loss.of the country in productive power due to che drinking of employes at about $580, 000,000. ..;���������. ; .-.- -..- ��������� t4 I "3|i Ill Ill ."(SI? m si*-1 111 m 'If ���������Il ml - - i is -.HE "i ,11 i -I ���������if? i ��������� m m m .~*^i i n r'S 1 . 'I There never was, and never will he, a j universal panacea, in one remedy, for all ills to which flesh is heir���������the very nature of many curatives being such that were the germs of mother and differently seated diseases rooted in the system of the patient���������what would' relieve one ill in turn would... aggravate the other. ' We have, however, in Quinine Wine, vhe.n obtainable in a sound unadulterated state, a reniedy for many and grevious ills. By its gradual and judicious use, the frailest systems are led into convalescence and strength, by the influence which Quinine exerts on Nature's own restoratives.. It relieves the drooping spirits of those with whom a chronic state of morbid .despondency and lack of interest in life is a disease, and, by tranquilizing the nerves, disposes to sound and refreshing sleep���������: imparts vigor to the action of the blood, which, being stimulated, courses throughout'the veins, strengthening the healthy animal functions of the ��������� system, thereby making activity a necessary result, strengthening the frame, and giving b'fe- to the digestive organs; which naturally demahd increased substance-���������result, improved appetite. Northrop & Lyman of Toronto, have given to -the-'public their .superior Quinine Wine at the usual rate, and, gauged by the opinion of scientists,, this wine approaches nearest perfection ofc any in the market. All druggists selliit. ft i ill /A' v^nr THE raKLT"HWB. Cumberland, B. C. Issued i Every Monday . M. Whitney. Editor.' TEJfcMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. IN ADVANCE. One Year ..., ?200 Six "Months; 125 8ingle Copy..' 0 ('������ RATES OF ADVERTISING:*" Otoe Inch per year .' 5 120������ .. .. month ISO eighth col por year 25 00 fourth .. 500u week, .. line 10 Local notices.per line 20 Notices of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 50 cents each insertion. No Advertisment inserted for less than 50 cents. Persons failing to get The News re gularly should notify the Offick. ' Persons having any business with Tie News will please call at the office or write. TT������������������**" ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� - MONDAY, FEB. 7th. 189.3. dents. We ate for the district. ,���������#���������" THE great rush to the Klondike will commence here ia about a month. The Sticktne-Teslin route will be the favorite one. Slander suits are not looked upon X. with, much favor by our modern jurors ���������specially so if they arise out of family misunderstandings. ' THE British Lion is showing his teeth -to Germany and Russia. The Chinese ports must be kept open to trade. .Japan ��������� is a powerful ally and the dismember ment of the Celestial Empire will not take place just at present. When it does. Britain will have her slice. THE'presence of German warships at Havana means only this: There has been a riot there and Germans must be protected.. That is right. Spain is������ particulary friendly with Uncle Sam, who will hardly interfere how that a fair measure of autonomy has been extended to Cuba, though there will be plenty of jingo talk in congress. LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS. We think we voice the general sentiment when'we say that instead of spending a little here and a little there, it would be much better to husband pur means and build a sewer We are al] interested in preserving our health, and our great need is a sewer. The hotels and business houses on our main avenue have no drain and can have none until a sewer is built. We can get along without street lights for a few months. The davs ate lengthening and by the time the street lamps could be gotten ready, there 'would be, little need of them until next fall. The summer is before us with its terrors in the shape of sickness and possible death to some, which can be avoided if we bend our energies in the direction of the construction of a sewer. Not a dollar should be expended unnecessarily until this work is accomplished. POLITICS AFFECTED. The Klondike excitement is producing many strange results. Through it British Columbia is being tremendously advertised all over the world. Along our coast the people go to reach the "land of golden sands." - Capita! is coming this way and brains, too.. And politically also it is having an effect. Thousands of our people are going, leaving farms, quartz, coal mining and the shops. This will greatly affect the vote, and it is an open secret that the vast majority who go, come from the ranks of" the Opposition. Young men, those withont a settled business, are largely opposed to the government. Thev want a change, while the more conservative are slow to break away from their old moorings. This m'av���������probably will���������make Victoria safe I > the government, and will eertainlv secure Nanaimo. It will have a weakening effect upon the Oppositiflii forces, all over the province. A little while ago it looked as though , the Opposition would triumph in the next election, but now the cool headed, sharp witted, political gamblers are betting in favor of the Turner government's return. We are not arguing as to what is best, only stating facts. . - Interesting % Ail Going To TneMtin, Sp.cial Clondyke Prospecting Boats Made By The Acme Folding Boat Co. SITUATION HEBE. POLITICS in this district are decidedly I Agent "for British Columbia, mixed. Mr. Harvey, the Shoal Bay statesman, claims to have 50 or 60 votes in his vest pocket, and is reported to say he willrun anyway, as an Oppositionist of course. He practically says: "Give me the nomination and with my vest pocket voters, I can sweep the district; if you don't you are a 'goner1" The reply is that he can't get a "baker's dozen" in these parts where the bulk of the voting will be done. Then again another feature of the situation is that up to the present there is no government man talked about. It is either Opposition or Independent One thing is certain. If the government are to win they must put up a strong man and must do something for this district to ;remove the dissatisfaction which undoubtedly exists. A sum must be put in the estimates sufficient to put through the Nanaimo Comox trunk road, and work' must be commenced very early in the spring. And we ought to be visited��������� not treated with indifference. Now it Our new No ,5 Acme or "Clondyke Special" ia 16 feet long, 4 feet 4 inches wide, 17 inchea deep at centre, and 25 inches deep at ends. With heavy canvas and extra brace. it weighs about.'. 85' pounds. Folded, ic forms a perfectly cylindrical or,round package 5 feet long aad 10 inchea in diameter. - The No 4 Acme is 14' feet long, w-ighs about -35 pouud8, forms a bundle 60 iiiobea long anc ten inched in diameter. It wiil carry Bafely 800 to 1,000 .pounds. These two boats we recomend especially for Cloud.-, ke service. They have btit-a adopte.1 by the N'>rttiwtst Mounted T'ohce of Canada. We h<*ve our third ordw jur the Cannd-aii Lruvcin-uent mid a letter tr<--n tbe Comptroller of N. W. M. Police, station that after a careful iuve*tigati..n, they had abopted the Acme boat, aud asking as to hold ourselves in readiuess to supply more of them. Major Walsh, recently appointed Governor of Clondyke, took with him to Clondyke in October, a No 4 Acute for his personal use. Ottawa has been besieged by boat builders, but the government wanting the best, gave us their orders unsolicited. The govern- mants of United States, Englaud, Canada and other countries, have adopted oar boats for naval and various interior services. The 21 foot boat will will not be manufac- tared, as the general opinion is smaller boats will be more serviceable for prospecting, and can be -veil taken care of. You may float down a river on a raft, but you want a good boat to prospect up the streams. Take an Acme; get there quickly, AND STRIKE IT RICH. Sample boat for examination and test at the Corner stare in Green Block. Catalogue containing information and testimonials furnished on application, W. J. CURRY, NANAIMO, B.C. f. 0, T. 0. Continued from last week. -KI .Xi O^BI JE -E3 OUTFITS You'are going and you want to get the right goods at lowest prices. We can fill thai bill. We outfitted nearlv all ��������� the men from Union and Vicinity; last season, and our Stock to-day is Second to! none in B: C Remember we can give you prices you cannot beat and save you from $10 to $26 in expenses; to other cities. Call and get our prices. We carry everything wanted in Clothing, Blankets, Boots, and Moccossins. STE V1H3 TST3 D NT .& OO. Nanaimo, B C. xummmummmm Esnuimalt and Nanaimo Rv ILLrOHr DIKE ������������������ ' ' * ' ��������� How to Go��������� When to Go��������� What to Take��������� Where to Outfit. 0 , " ' For advice on these all important matters, and tor purchasing supplies of best quality at lowest prices, with '.suitable packing for the journey, go to the Pioneer Outfitters of British Columbia. OPPENHEIM-ER B*������v Ld Lby IMPORTERS, WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND MINERS'OTTFITTKR;8 100 and 102 Powell Street, Vancouver. 3. C who have had 35 .years experience in outfitting miners and surveying p.irties. The m j i.ible information cheerfully afforded. Get our circular and give us the c address of your friends to whom we will mail it free of charge*. REMEMBER THAT COODS PURCHASED IN CANADA ARE ADMITTED INTO THE KLONDIKE FREE OF DUTY. AMERICAN GOODS MUST PAY DUTY mwmmmmmammmmwmmmmmmmamwmmmmmm SAVE MONEY* BY BUYING YOUR OUTFIT AT- Tents, Sleds. Tobogans, Si..i-pi..g Bags, Whip-.saws, Gold Pans, Gold Scales, Shovels, Pidv.s) Axes, i-.ic. Etc. . Also the Celebrated ., , IZTJUZOIX TELESCOPE STOVE \ ~ Made of Heavy Sheet Steel-- Tips. Bfci^&Go-, IM Write for Prices, '���������: and Information. t'X1&tmBA&^m-''MSii tin* of w.������ltF by chw peopU. they are ih- sur'nnit aud loctiug u;������ in their own pouaes- aion the wealth that ������:r������ ady exi'ta The second case w*y l*s uncle ������vea xtrt-ug- er. The brewer and liquor seller will ne driven under prohibition to ongagc iu b.mih; better business, that- will blesa the ��������������� >>-.������������������ r instead of ear-ring it. Tho Wealri. :hey , ru duce and hold wiil not l������. repre#.-i',^rt' U\ $0 00, and tha af-gr^ca 874.5l������ Viii be still, lurcher iucreated; bat, j..i the i\r*t o ..-it:, untler the beer system, there a*a bo n-- ohange in ?ny of the ite day 7 a. 111. X + X FOR Freight or Sts teraoroo apply on board; or at the Coi- pany'a Ticket Office, Victoria Station, Store Street. Esquimalt & Nena.mo Railway Company. A'OX ICE. TO PROSPECTORS. Miners, .ind Holders of Mineral Cl.ums on unoccupied land within the Escjuimalt & N-.tiMin.11 Railwav Coinpanv'.s Land Grant���������FOR ONE YEAR ONLY from the the date ox this notice, the Railway Company will sell their rights to ail Minerals, (excepting Coal and Iron) and the Surface rights ol Mineral Claims, at the s price ������(,$$.oo per acre. Such, sales will oe subject to all other reservations contained in .conveyances from the Company prior to this date.. One-half of. the purchase money to be paid ten davs alter recording the . Cl'iinrwiih ihe governmen., and a duplicate of the record to be filed in the Company's Land Office, Victoria, on payment of the first instalment. The balance of the purchase money to be paid ih two equal instalments, at the expiration of six and twelve months, without interest. Present holders of Mineral Claims whe> have not previously made other arrange-, ments withthe ..Company .for ac-qutri-.g Surface and Mineral .rights, are herch ... notified to at once make the first pav- nient'on their Claims, as otherwise the> will be deemed and treated a<" *respa- sirs Lkonard H. Solly, Victoria, U C.") Land Covmlssk���������>'/ v June 1. 1807 j ' S:: j ��������� /��������� a*':rbe. - AND "'������ ;r/^r A ������ f������' .��������� fh. *W"-A.^qrrs. HARRISON P. MILLARD, Physk-ia:;, s ukgi-i-n ��������� :\si> Aocoi.ciiel*i: Qriiil-n : V\ IU.A1.0 BjU'CK, CiiMVjiici^vM) Couktenav Houh;:, Courtx.n-a-/. fcj'iii.-"* .���������! . iDibbiiakiou: CCMj:Ki:L^i,>i)/ 10 si 12-\. M^ l-JEdUAy.S AiNll filtDAYM. L'OUKTENAr, 7 lv, i) a. m. a:?l- r. at. O. H, i:erhner, Under License. The farmer gete for his barley $1.60 The " " " other produce 0 00 Tho merchant and manufacture get 0.00 The workingman has left 0 00 Tolal for trader, farmer, workingman $1 50 Balance for brewer and liquor seller $35 00 Total of money aud value held by all $36 50 Under Prohibition. The farmer gete for his barley $ 1.50 ".' " .'" " other produce 21.90 " merchant and manufacturer get 14.69 " workingman has good value for 36.50 Total for farmer, trader, workiiagman 74 50 Balance for brewer and liquor seller 0.00 Total money and value held by all $74.50 Some one will be ready to ask, "Do not the brewer and liquor dealers in the first case use this money in employing men and patronizing production ?'" The reply is. "Yea; but not nearly to the same extent aa do tr e farmers and traders in the second case." looks i^s though it is to be s struggle J The ������reat brewing and distilling interest*- between tbe Opposition and Indepen* oi Giaa^>Ke nob only per eating ueonmvil^ *** **** *���������* * & Gold*Fields" like a whirlwind. Prospectus 25c, worth $1. Btg pay. Capital uunecefhary. BRADLKV-GARRRraoi.. LM. Toronto. WANTED. Industrioue Men of Character. THE L1NSCOTT COYJPANY, TORONTO. WANTED���������CANVAS3EB3. "Qaeen Yictoria: Her Ltfti aud Reign." km* captured the^Brititth Empire. Extraordinary testimomali- from the great men; send for copy free Marquis of Lt-rno says: '"Thf. best popular Life of the Queen I httve seen." Her Majesty sends a "kind letter of appreciation. SelUug I>y thousands; gives enthusiastic satisfaction. Canvassers make $15 to $4o weekly.���������BRADLEY-GARRETSON CO., (Limited) TORONTO. Y\7ANTED���������A good canvasser. Enquire * V at "News Office. If You Are Energetic and Strong-*-, If yon are above foolish prejudice a^Hinet canvassing for a good book, write aisd get my proposition. The information will cost you nothing. I have put hunJreda of men in the. way of making money; some of whom are now rich I can do good thiugs ?or you, if you are honorable and will w/>rh .hard T. S. LfNTCOOT Toronto. SUNDAY SERVICES TRINITY CHURCH.���������Services in the evening. Rev. J. X. Willemar, rector. METHODIST CHURCH.-Skrvices at the usual hours morning and evening. Epworth League meets at the close of evening service. Sunday School at 2:30. Rev. W. Hicks, pastor. ST. GEORGE'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.���������Services at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday School at 2:30. Y. P. S. C. E. meets at the close of evening service. Rev. VV, C. Dodds, pastor. YARWOOD & YOUNG. BARKfcTKKS and SOLICITORS Corner of Bastion aud Commercial Streets, Nanaimo, B. C. Bua.nch Oxmck, Third Street nnd Dunsmuir Avenue, B. C. Will be in Union the 3rd Weduebday of each month and remain ten days. JAMES ABRAMS Notary Public. Agent fop the Alliance Fire Insura��������� don a..^ Hartford. Insurance Company of Lon don...and the Phoenix of Agent for the.Provlnclal Bafldlngand Loan Association of Toronto Union, b: C. Society Cards I. O. O. F. Union Lodge, No. n, meets eery Friday night at 8 o'clock. Visiting breth ren cordially invited to attend. F. A. Anley, R. S. J". IR;, McLEOL Genera! Teaming Powde** Oil, Etc., Hauled Wood in Blocks Furnished. SCAVENGER-WORK D0f*E lr-wpu*i*j������lt.r.rv . ***rr>j'\+i ������<*,������������������.; Cumberland Lodge, A. F. & A. M, B. C. R. Union, B. C. Lodge meets first Friday in each month. Visiting brethren are cordially invited to attend. R. Lawrence. Sec. ' THIRTY-ct-.Vr. r> 4- WOR'.C*- -���������'*���������. ���������ity.Ct: 1 . ',{'> C 'i^-L-***.' *.-.<.. i....-.:: ':���������' i;i '!���������>.��������� ���������: v ."-;.- Hiram Locge No 14 A.F .& A.IW.,B.C.K Courtenay B. C. Lodge meets on every Saturday on or before the fuil of the moon Visiting Brothers cordially requested to attend. R. S. McConnell, Secretary. Cumberland Encampment. No. 5, I. O. O. F., Union. Meets ������veryalternate: Wednesdays of each month nt 8 'o'clock p. m. Visiting Brethren cordially invited to attend. John Combe, Scribe. Any person or persons destroying' ot withholding the kegs and bfarels of the Union Brewery .Company Ltd of Nanaimo, will be prosecuted. A liberal reward, will be paid for information ieadir---.; reconviction. TEETH Dentisi''-. y". xi.. l*. orris, boc'y extracted lor 5oc, iiV '\\.z A . H ansa X?Z%7 yy iWi =^^tgg!mitiimiifl*ix^^f.^^SSS k'V u������ . .i" WILZINSKI The Optical Specialist No- Ac Arcade B'd'g Vaiieouver, a -** J* S.*ifk>., c. W Is iii a refreshing pleasure to I Recei. e the many, lette rs, acknowledg ng The ben tit t tbe eyea, derived from Wearing pjirof "Hpecially centred" Olaeac-s, fisted.by Wilzinski. He suit Others���������why,not you? Consult H m free of charge, and order a Pair of -"-lMx-ea that will relieve tbe Strain on your-eyea. "Guard yotr'sight Comapoaderiee invited L Z I N a K I CITY OF OXJM.iiEB.LAND TBADES L1CEN8K BY-LAW. A by-law to authorize and regelate the iaauauce of licenses for the several trades, occupations, and professions thtreinset forth. Be.it enacted by the Mayor and Council.of the Corporation of the City of Cumberland, as follows:��������� I. From and after the passage of this by-law every person using or following any of the trades, occupations, or professions herein mentioned, within the limits' of the City, of Cumberland, shall take out <��������� "a license therefor, for such period as herein set forth paying for such license such sum as is herein specified, which . said sum shall .be paid to the person . authorized to collect such sums for the Municipality, viz: (x.) Any person vending spirituous or fermented ' liquors by retail tor, e,.ch house or place' where such 'vending is carried on, one hundred and fifty dollais for,every, six.monihsr'/''" " " ,'* ""���������". (2)! "Any person hot having a retail - license as above, and vending spirituous or fermented liquors by wholesale, that is . Oto sayan,quantities , of not Jess than two gallons, for each house or pi.ice, seventy five dollars'for each six months. .. (3 )- Anv', person,,,- who keeps a restuarant, and supplies beer or poiter or winesi with me. Is and not otherwise, J seventy-five dollars lor every six months. (4:") Any. person ��������� vending wines, spirits, beer, or other fermented or. intoxicating liquor by retail in any building in use as an heiel and containing not less than thirty-rooms 'actually furnished and-, uesd for hotel purposes' for each house or . place where such vending is carried on| one hundred dollars for every six months' ��������� - (5.-)--- Any person-keeping a saloon -ji.- 4 building where.a billiard table is.u^ed for., hire er profit, rive dollars lor each table . for every six months.'' ' ''' (6.-)/ Any person keeping a bowling' alley ornfie gallery'lrive dollars for'every* "��������� six months.-' ., '-"'"���������-"��������� - >' T :r- ' ' ' '"',0' (7.) . Any person selling' opium,- except chemists or druggist, using the same in preparation ofprescriptions of medical practitioners, two hundied and fifty dol l.ti'5 for every six months. &.) Any person ' carrying'*nn the business of a wholes.ile, or or a wholesale and retail .merchant or trader,ten dohar-. f..r tvery .tix iiioruhs. ���������; (9 ) Every retail trader, five dollars for every six month. audi two last mentioned licenses to enable tbe person paying the same to change his place of business at pleasure but not to carry en*business a two places at the same lime under one license. (to). Eveiv"., hawker or peddlers, twenty-five dollars for every six months..- - (n.) Every perMtn who either on his own behalf or- as agent for another, sells, solicits or takes orders for the sale by retail, of goods, wares or merchandise, to be supplied 01.furnished by any person or firm doing business outside of the Municipality of the. City of Cumberland fifty- dollars ior every six months. (12.) Every person who keeps or carries ou a wash-house or laundiy, five dollars for every six months. . p3-) " Every person -carrying on the business of,a\ pawnbroker,, one hundred and twenty-five dollars for every six months. (14.)' Every livery stable keeper, ten dollars for every six months. )if,.) Any person carrying on, on his own account, the business of a hanker, at one place of business, ten dollars for every year. (16.) Each person practicing as barrister or solicitor, twelve dollars and fifty cents for every six months. (17.) EVery person other than h barrister or solicitor, who has taken out v license to practice as .such, folio������ving the occupation of a conveyancer or land agent, twelve dollars and fifty cents for every six months. (18.) Any auctioneer not being a Government Officer selling by auction government property, or sheriff, or sheriff's officer, or bailiff selling lands, goods, or chattels taken in execution or for the satisfaction of rent or taxes, in addition to any other license before mentioned, ten dollars for every six mouths. (19.) Every person who exhibits a public circus or menagerie, fifty dollars wr each day of such exhibiticta. (20.) Every person following within the Municipality, any trade occupation or calling not hereinbefore enumerated, or who enters into or carries on, any contract or agreement to perform any work or furnish any material, five dollars for every six months. Provided always that no person employed as a journeyman or for wages only and not employing any other person or persons, or not having a regular phce of business, shall be subject to the provisions of this sect "in. /' (21.) E������ery express company, gas company telephone compauy, electric light company, street railway or tramway CO 11 pany, investment and loan societys, fur dealer or -fur trader, fifty dollars for every six months. (22.) For a license to "exhibit waxworks, circus riding, rope walking, danc. ing, tumbling or other acrobatic or gymnastic -. performances, wild . animals, or hippodrome,' sparring,' boxing,'sleight of hand, legerdemain, jugglery, or other, tricks, pictures;*painiihgs, statuary works of art, natural or artificial curiosities, tableaux, wonderful animals or freaks of nature, or any oiher exhibit-on kept lor hire or profit when the, same is exhibited, eles>vhere than in a theatre, music or concert hall, or other - building or, place fhjly licensed, for each day of such exhihi bitio'o, twenty dollars. (23.) From each astrologer, seer, fortune teller, and clairvoyant, fifty dollars for every six months. (24.) Every club an annual license fee of one hundred dollars payable in advance. 2. The licenses to be granted under the authority of this by-law may be in the form in Schedule C. of the Municipal Clauses Act, 1896"and periodical licenses shall be granted so as to terminate on the 15111 day of July and 15th day of January and no proportionate deductions shall be made on account of any person I commencing business. , 3. No person shall sell or .barter spirituous or fermented liquors by wholesale or retail without having taken out and had granted to him a license in that behalf; and no person shall u*-������, practice, carry on orexercsise within tho Municipality any trade occupation, piofess- ion , or business described or .named in this by-law without-having taken out and had granted to him a license ih that behalf, under a'penalty upon summary conviction, not exceeding the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars for every such violation of this by law together, with the amount which,should have been, paid for such licenses, which said amount and penalty shall, for the purposes of recovery, under this bylaw or under the "Munici pal Clauses' Act, "1896" be hefd.to'be'o'ne penalty. 4: All licenses granted.under the authority of this by-law.shall be issued by the person authorized for that purpose by the Council;'Provided always that no licenses for the sale of intoxicating liqu.-rs shad 'be issued except by an orucr from the Board ol License commissioners.; 5.' Any penalty imposed by this bylaw for any violation theieof may be recovered by'way of summary proceedings before the Police Magistrate, Stipendiary Magistrate, or any two Justices of the Peace having,jurisdiction in the Municipality, ,'a'nd every such penalty may with .the costs of conviction be levied by dis tress of the goods and chattels of the person so violating this by-law, and in case such goods and chattels shall prove insufficient to satisfy such penalty and costs, then by imprisonment of such person.for anytime not exceeding three calendar months. 6. This by-law may be rcited for all put-po-x-:.:- a, t|ie ���������"City of Cumberland Trades License By-law, 1898." Pat-s-ev! ihe Municipal Council the 17th dav of January A.D. 1898 '��������� Reconsidered ink! finally passed the 21st <]ii\ of January A.D. i$o8 Signed and sealed the 2l-������t dav of Jan ��������� uary A.01,1898. Lewis A. Mounce, Mayor. " '(L. S.) L. P F.ck<������rin, Cif. Clerk C. H.Tarbell *3"T>ealer in Stoves and Tinware Plumbing and general Sheetiron work PROMPTLY DONE tar A Kent for the Celebrated Gurney Souvenir Stoves and Ranges Manufacturer of the ' M ' New Air-tight heaters Garden; Park, and Residental .Lots, I The undersigned offers for sale his land on th>- Trent River flats; also lot No. io Nelson district in fi om One to Five Acre lots, as purchaser may require, on the following conditions: J \ ������i One acre lots on water-front, Trent River ' flats $125. One acre lots on water-front, lot io Nelson district, $100. One acre lots, on Government Road $85.. %i NOTICE. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KOBT. HALL DECEASED. NOTICE is hereby given that by an order of did Honor, Eh (faimon, Judge of the County Court of Nanuuio, aduiifcusf-ration of the pergonal eatato and credits of Rubt. Hall, lata of Cape Mudgo, Valdez Island, in the Province of British Columbia, hath been granted unto me.' AH debts dae tne estate must, be paid forthwith and r; ai surhorize and ..m power the t-ompany to build from time to tuoe l-ranoh lines to funning lands and to i/roupv of mines a..d coucentr.������tora from auy of the above mentioutd Hiu-h of railways suoh branch lines not to execced thirty wilw in l������ngvi>; with power to baild celeK'-aph aod telephone lmey, aud to equip and operate the said railway f.od its hraucheA, aud to erect and mai*Ci-.a:u alt necessary" works for the generation and transmission of elooT-riuity or power *ihui the area of the op������i*a tions of the said Compauy, aud power to bu.ld maiuta'n and operate wharve*, doc������ and sceamboats, saw milL}, and aoqdire -wattr uriviliegee; to oonstruot dams, flames, ere fer improving-and increaeing the water pri vileges, and tomake traffic or other arrange*' meats with railways, steamboats or other companies and for all other unual and necessary powers, rights or.u.ivih^es for the purpose of a railway and colonization comoai-y. BODWELL, IKVING & DUFF, Solicitors ior App!*caui-������. Victoria.B.C. 24ch Novemlter.A.D 1897. oc70 Do you know that we can print yoa just as neat a business card ������a you can get in auy other printing office in the Province, aad just as ������heap too? Bear in mind, we pr;ijt. meal tickets ale-? In fact, we can ���������.ti.. any'hiDg in the line ol job printing Give ua a trial* NOTICE Notice i������ beteby given that application will be made to the Parliament of Ca ;nU, at ii* next SetaioD, tor au Act. to incorporate rhe Pucitic aud Yukon Railway, Navigation and Mining Company, for .the purpose of constructing a railway' from a point at or near Pyramid Harbor, near the ' htad of **Lyitn Canal, ot from a point at or near the International boundary between Canada aad tho United States of America in the vicinity of Lyna Caoal, thence' through ihe Chiikt>t Pass, theuce to Dal ton's Post, ou the AUrk River, and ihence by the beat feasible route to a point below Five Finder Rapids on the Lewis River; with power to vary che route as may be necessary.or advisable; aitso, v.ith power to receive from the Government of Canada or other corporaciouu or persona, grants of land or money or other asbistan. e in'aid of the construct-iou, ������f the woih; u������ build telegraph and telephone liues; to excr- cibe mining rigbtd aud powers; to construct r'.cxdti, tramways, wharves, mill:-, and o-ht-r wotks necessary for the Company; to char* ter vessels for' the same purpose upon' the lakes Ixi nt-coi.-.^r/ .>.>��������� t-ite .pu'posu of the u-toiurtaKiBt;. - , KtNUSMILL, SACSKShSt TOJRRKNCK, Sob 'tor- Tot- <-|.e s^phcants. T.i.^tf.r-tt f.riouio, -.hia 26-ii^y of Nevnga- .������r, 1S'J7. ..' . *��������� oQbJ Two Three Four F* ��������� ? lve acre a lots n u a <4 ti It it tt tt i* tt ti $lSO 200 260 300 1 One-third cash at time of sale, and the balance in two years, with interet at y per cent peir annum. For further particulars apply to F. Dalby, Real Estate A^ent, Cumberland. - ��������� - ' Cumberland, Nov. 12,1891 ROBERT LAWRENCE fiintledge Bottling Works DAVID JONES, Proprietor, ' MANUFACTURER OF SODA WATER, LEMONADE, GINGER ALE, ,,, , Sersaparalla, Champatfue Cider. Iron PhosphateB and Syrup*, liottle/ of I>ifi'ereut Brands of Lager, ^eer, feteain Beer and Jforte Agent for tho Union Brewery Company. ��������� KEGr -BEES?. SOX-3D FOR C-&.S23C Oasr^Y ' i COURTENAY, B. C. xo-i'icis. ifOT'CK 1- ht-ri ny .lvm that Hppltca"-ien vriii ��������� iiiftde t������> .fte !'.-��������� ��������� lltrai^.:* id 1'ji.Ada *it iio nisxt Seaijoii-ft-i* ������ii Ac-t u������ niL'tn poi -ttc j-* Oortujj.'mj with (juw r f 10 cof.at uot, t-qi.ip, , itpciU kik! oi������.u ".in>i ler stiud^ro or l-xt- ro# g;U������:'" rail whys i.-i unt- purppso of convey ma pii.-ifi(ii(ei.- aud fn.i^hc fr m a point ���������in o.ie or cicher <>f h> branches or prolongations ot thmt at or near Telegraph Creek on the Stick ten ltiver, theuco. to a poiut at or near the head ot Teslin Lake, intiice as near as may be aloi.g ine side of Tesiiii L^Ke to the loiver end thereof, thence following the courne, as near a>> nit. for the Mppply of light, heat and pi������w er; and with power to expropriate lands for the purpoaer of the Company and to acquire U:i"s, u uh-, priviieges or other aids from ianv gi>.-(-ni . nt, muni polity or other persons <>r bod to , oor. irn c. iu.! *o make traffic or hnr ("rrs-g imn--;- >i'ij r.n.iwy, steam* boat ������������������' oth'.r (J-a: auie ; :.nd ->ith power to ."w������ld wan;-., fofi.. (j Jw iu-e'i in couftruc ;.io>. wf suoh railw���������%��������� ������ &'������������������' i-, ���������dvanue of the xa-uo --lid-MJ'levy-aft'p (wlleot tolU from all par'." -..Msiny .nil fuj u<< (loi^lit pf.bsing over au .si.ch r.adt. Ini't by the'3om,..any, v. hivb er bi.'ilt bet ore or atier the pat-sago of th- Ai; ts.rebv apylifKi i������(, 'aud wi-������ all otliir us:;(il.tiecevjar;. Or in -i-icniial rights, po-vtrrs or .Tiwdftges as IM) b'- uecesttai-y or tuci- de -d or conducive to the aUaiumeut of th* iii* .v' B.itish Cohuuhia rhis6th day of Novoc.- btr, A. D. 1897 Hurttei & Oliver, Oi.Iicitorn for the Applicants cc62 NOTICE. Bkiving through the new cemetery with teams is Strictly forbidden. By order. M. Whitney D^efe. .13, 1867. Sec'y pro tem DiSTRiC DRlECTORY ' OOV'T AGENT Assessor and Colic ot-r.���������VV. H. Anderson, Office, Union, rcsid-uce, Comox.,' iTlP������KX>IAKY MAfJISTEATE and Coroner./���������James Abkams, Uuion.. JtJSTIOES of the Peace���������Union, A. McKnight, W. B. Walker,* and H. P. ."olli-i.��������� Comox, Geo. F. Drtbhle, aud ThiMtM.- Cairna.���������Coortknay, J. W. ���������iuKetizi*.���������SAMiWU'K, John Muudeli. COURTLY AY. B.C. Teaming & CC'.TtTK^'A r iia plea*iut villauo situated on 00th -iui.*s of tUo Oounenay Rivor. i>i.d on .-.ci'iiid,ui the aettlcmoi't, three -tnilt-a from Cohuj-c ������iay. The road 10 Unior also passes 'htoughit. It has a .central foeiiion. Here are two hotels, or.o first clabbst������re, a aaw mill Bodt.-wo.ter work.-, post office, sl.ops, etc. ItU ���������ifuvoriLe place for Ushoimcii nnd huote-rs. COURTEKAY A. K. He- Directory. COURTENAY HOUSE, Cailum, Proprietor RIVERSIDE HOTEL, J. J. Grant, Proprietor GEORGE E. LEIGHTON, Blacksmith and Carriage Maker. COMOX. COMOX is a village beautifully located on^the bay of the same name, in Comox District. A Practice Range. Mess House and Wharf, have lately been established on tho Sand Spit, which forma the harbor, by the naval authorities, and here seme one of Her Majesty's Ships is to be found two-thirds of the time. Here is a post office, two hotels, two stores, bakery, etc. Tiie scenery grand, aud good hunting near. Tne C3ity of Nanaimo from Victoria calls here on Wednesdays, and departs Friday mornings. COMOX DIRECTORY. H. C. L.UCAS, Proprietor, OOMOX y BAKERY, Comox, B. C. Pianos Why send away tor your printing when you oan T, s. c GORDON MURDOCK'S . . . 1-���������- LIVERY. Single and Double Rigs to let ���������at��������� ReasoDaWe.Frices , *# . ��������� ��������� Near Blacksmith Shop, 3rd St. UNION, B. C. NTURCi KXPEMIIMObT. TRAD! MARKtV DSatONS* OOPTNIOHT8 *������. AB701M tmUmt a sketch and deserlptioa mar e.-Biek"r aaoertain, tree, whether an lnreatlon (��������� probably patentable. Commnntcailons ctrteU-f confldentlal. Oldest agency for racUrlns patents in Amorlc*. W������ have a WMfaingtpu offle?i_ Patent! taken through Muux A Co. reoerf������j ���������pecial notloo In the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, beftctifoll-f illaBtrated. luseet clreutettoa at anytolentlflp lournal, weekly, terms "I~3.W a/earj ���������liOsir mor.ths Spec.men ooplea and ������LaSA Book oh Patents sent free. AdOreae MUNN & CO.. 361 BraA. New Twrfc. NOTICE.���������AH BubacriptionB in ������id of Mm Fire Brigade and ite applianoes, shoold bd paid to Mr. Prink Dalby. If oar readers have any local news of la tereet, we will be pleaaed to insert same fin ho local o^-wj^i itb������i������fliili to fche offlae. .) 'N'fiS ���������'ii1 ! ���������?:���������:��������� I Subscribers who do not xeceiye their par* r ree* nlarly will please notify us at once. Apply at the oflice for advertising rates. THE, NEWS. "��������������� UNION. B.C. The Week's Commercial Summary. THE BOYS AND GIRDS. THIS v COLUMN JS PECIALLY FOR PREPARED ES- THE YOUNG. DOO THAT REASONED. dare in an attempt to drown it, seems c-juite remarkable.- , The earnings of Canadian Pacific for the last week of July were $667,000, an Increase of $65,000. - . ., Thoman's estimate of;the wheat crop of the "United States is 580,000,000 bushels and of corn 2.650,000,000 bushels. In 'London the demand * continues fair * for Canadian bonds, 8 per' cents, selling At 10534. Montreal 3's are now selling at par. , There -was an increase, of 2,000 bushels In the world's supply of wheat last week. The amount afloat to Europe is 12,240,- ,000 .bushels as against 19,120,000 bushels a year ago. - Toronto dealers are inclined to be bearish on wheat. Farmers and country ��������� dealers however are holding off, and getting good prices. Old wheat is selling at S'76o outside and "new at 73c. j The gross earnings of Toronto Kail- way for, the month of: July were exceptionally large, being $105,381, an inorease of $18,821 as oompared with the corresponding month of last .year. . . -The Ontario wheat markets are strong, ���������with fair demand, but theL high prices ' asked by holders .prevents business. Oats are weaker, with' large> offerings. , White ���������"sell at 21 )������ to 22c west for export. The visible supply . of .grain .in the United States and Canada increased 1,782,000 bushels th.F past week, and the total isjnow 17,814,000 bushels as"' compared with 46'734,000 bushels a year ago. ^The^continental^ Remand, .for. wheat continues "good, and large ' quantities are He Knew When It "Was Safe to Sleep on JJts Master's Bed. ", T > ':"*,. No one who knew Bombshell ever doubted that he reasoned and* thought, but occasionally I would "find a stranger who was not inclined to believe it, and then I would tell him the following Btofy: My������parlor was a front casemate which opened by an arch into my bedroom,' a back casemate. A casemate may be described as a room in the wall of a fort, generally intended, in war time, to hold a gun or powder, while in time. of peace many of them, like 'L '"SUPPOSE MY MASTER HAS*f.'T GONE?" '���������<&*:���������,' ���������.���������r.-.V'O'i-Ui u. ,,i, ,,'i. . > . . ��������� .. , 0 , D_ ^ mine, are fitted up for use as quarters said to be engaged at New York and for. officers and soldiers. v Chicago^for,';shipment in .August and v-ptombsheil, had his own ?bed in the September.' ' Receipts ' at interior points in the United States are larger than last season at thfe time.x -. < >-" R. G. Dun & Co.-'s weekly review of trade in the United .States says: Dispatches from almost , every northern .city of importance report without' exception' improvement In business, and , from Detroit to Seattle and Portland' splendid crop' prospects. The task df ad just ing-the business and industries of the country to oondltions created by a-new. tariff. has progressed with gratifying rapidity and ease. - The'feeling in wholesale-business^1 circles .at Toronto is rather better than that reported a week ago. The weather'gpri'- erally has-been" ��������� fayoratil-j, and-r, suitable forTharvesting.*' TneWn-age reported 'to oTops through the late excessive rains has not been as serious as m tny anticipated, and the'dry weather of the following five days' enabled farmers 'to " get in a large portion of buif-tetiding grain, in pretty good"* condition. ! Toronto - rber- ehants have consequently been filling orders for staple dry gc ods ��������� with more confidence, and -the ���������' gen' ral outlook is encouraging. A large b~ siness is being .reported with the North fest, where harvesting has already ��������� oe- in, and a good yield expected. Here and .There. Bow many churches' are there in the Elondyke regions. ,,, , The shirt waist is so good a thing that It deserves a better .name;. Is Andres staying up there, possibly, so as to get his book finished on the spot? ���������x-ixT ���������-: ������������������ ..-.-������������������). .KKI--i .-���������::.���������. -T7T: ... W-* ��������� '.������������������������������������ '.".���������. ���������.���������'���������,������;���������......., .--.:; The business, outlook is all right for those who* look ;dut all'^the /time \ for business. :���������_.,:. -.7..,;..,..��������� _������_1^yy_-. ..'.-' A misguided plumber down in! Auburn, Me., ls advertising furnaces and house- heating boilers now!" It's easy enough to do things when you know howf '* The trouble* is that so many-.people don't know how. ;. ���������������'>;,.-.;'<; '���������...���������'��������� .,,.-r 'i-"if:--r>.-\-:\> ��������� ��������� One. thing is sure:. It' is all" day with Andree^-as it .is with. ��������� everybody else at this season within the-Arctic regions. "Wear your untanned shoes when you go to theiKlpndyke," said ,the, St. Louis Chronicle.! ''They'll.make better; soup. " Ten' thousand .children gathered the other "day'tb strew' iflowers; on 'the grave of Brigham , Young. Grandpapa as not forgotten yet../.' ' . ^ r ���������- "Why don't the anti-vivisectionists do something to surpass the bloodthirsty mosquito, with his gory outfit of sharp little saws and knives? IThe English papers report the case of a schoolboy of sixteen who .killed himself because he could not endure the teasing of;, his companions. ;^is parents .miss him,' undoubtedly, but ddes anybody, else? The celluloid'comb with which a little Kansas .City girl was combing her hair the' other night caught fire in her hand, although there was no lamp or, artificial light within several feet of. her.? Was her hair re'd?: V.-.4' '-.' '" ��������������������������� . i..*'--'V. V;',.;' *'���������:.< v.; :���������' ������������������'',':. ���������> . '-'��������� ��������� Beats Love In a Cottace. "How Tsilly -of you," said .Mamma foresight, With abrupt 'energy, -"how utterly fqoish to go and engage yourself to George"Laccashe, a young man without a cent, absolutely' without prospects. "Why, there was Algernon Nowit dying to marry you," and he has his millions to spend," "But, mamma, I love George, and despise Algernon." - , "What's love got to do with it, I should like to know? Oh, marry him. I know you will, .you headstrong girl. But you will regret it. You will have to live in a miserable cottage, and���������" *'* "Oh, no, indeed, I won't, mamma. We have a tandem." ' ' ���������'��������� J" bade caseina.te; but he preferred my be'i and' would use, it whenever he ',co'uld.,������M^had tried "to break him off the h -bit, but had not been successful. . One day he came in wet and muddy, and. as usual,,curled up on.;my white counterpane. The result was awful. A*" muck as, I hated to. do so. I felt ������bliged to.give hirh a thrashing-. ''** I' never caught him on my bed ��������� again. He would still get on it; but, no matter how quietly I came in, I ���������would always find him on the floor, iftough' Fcb'uld' 'see"* from''"the" rumpled conditions of the bed .that he. had been en it, and often the spot where lie had slept would still,be warm. , .. '-.���������������������������-' \ One evening I ,,went out, ^leaving; Bombshell lying by the parlor stove. . ,; Out ,of curiosity ,1 peeked through the half-turned slats of -my shutters and watched him/ From my position I was able to see the whole of bpth, of my'rooms. . ",. - ������>' ' ,- ., >���������. - ' For awhile Bombshell did-not move; th*n: he raised ins head and.looked at the doorpfinally he got up, stretched- himself, yawned -sleepily,- walked to the bed, jumped up, and put his fore" paws on it.- Standing in this position, a thought struck him, and he said to himself: ..,,. ��������� "Suppose that my master hasn't gone? He will catch' me and then I will get a licking.' I'll go and'make- certain that he .is. not-coming back.". I know that *he said 'this- because.-he took nisi paws off; the bed, walked cau-: tiously back, to the' fr.ont, door, and, with his ear close; to the crack, he listened. At last, 'satisfied ������������������ that I had really crone, he trotted back to the.bed, jumped on it, curled up, and went to sleeps ���������' ;:"-.''-���������'.. "���������': i: .'*���������������������������-).*/��������� :,'.*sr<."'' After such aclevef'actlthought.that he,'had, earned his sleep, so.';I4,went| away and left him.���������Lieut. Jonn CiW. Brooks, in St.. Nicholas. , '..iV A Four-"Lefffirod Bird. ������:.l.'rj "f^PJPJ ; The crested hoactzin of British Guiana, the.'only survivor of a race of birds which are' known as fossils, is described in the Popular Science News. The hoactzin inhabits the most seclud-. ed forests, of South America, and its srtrvival beyond its congenei-sis, driub't- iesi owih-f to its "retiring .ihabits' 'arid" the fact that if feeds, oh wild arum leaves; which give���������-its 'flesh a most. offensive flavor,-rendering it unfit .for food. ���������. . ��������� '.. ��������� : The chief peculiarity of the hoactzin consists in the fact that , when it" is hatched it possesses four well-developed legs. The yoimtr birds leave tlie nest and climb about like monkeys over the adjoining limbs, and. look more like tree-toads than birds. The modification, of the forelimbs begins at once after hatching, the claws of the digits, falls off, the whole clawlike hand begins to flatten, and becomes wing-shape. Feathers" ,, jsoon appear, and before full growth is reached not a vestige remains of its original character. '"'' Prof. F. A. Lucas says of the hoactzin: "The adult birds not onlv.have'no .. "���������"*.��������� "'���������������������������"4 '" claws upon' "their wings, but their thumbs even are .so .poorly, developed that one would hardly suspect that in the nestlings we have the nearest approach to a quadruped found among existing birds." One curious feature noticed with a nestling which had been upset ih the river was its power of rapid swimming and diving when pursued. Owing to this power the little creature managed to evade all efforts to secure it,. The prolonged, immersion which .a..nestling will undergo, instinctively and voluntarily, or which an adult bird will en- Over neat. ,By way of proving that Massachusetts women sometimes carry household neatness, ' too"' far, the Boston .Galaxy once tolcl a'storj' of' a country-woman in the town of H., whose house took fire in'the, roof.' All the ,neighbors, asx a matter of course,' came rushing up to put out the fire; but as the streets were very, muddy " and the neighbors had not picked thoir way carefully, in their haste to** save ,thc house, their boots were covered with mud. The housewife met 'them at the front door. To get at the .fire they must' go up-stairs. "No," she .said,*-"them stairs has just been washed���������I cleaned 'em th is morning with my.own hands, and I aint going to have you traipsin' up and down with your dirty feet. "But the fire's got to be put out," they gasped. ' ��������� ��������� ~ , "You,haint got to go on my stairs!" she- answered. She stood steadfastly- where she was, and would not let a man in. Meantime the fire made swift" hea-d-way, and soon co'nsumei the entire house. ��������� ' " ' "I don't care," the neat housewife'-is said to have remarked, as she watched- the conflagration from the other side of the, road,.','I.,.don't believe theiVs a house .in Massachusetts could bur^ down any cleaner'n , that, for I scrubbed ic myself with my own han'ds ���������and that's some consolation!" ' ' >!- ' ,L To Pierce a Silver Quarter. ' t Here is a simple little experiment. We know that steel is much harder than nickel or silver,-but a steel needle is so very slender it seems impossible to force it through a' 'coin. '* In the acJ companying illustration, found in' the Philadelphia Times, it is seen -how easily.the feat may be accomplished. The'first thing is to insert a needle in a cork so that' (the point b.irely comes through. If the large ena of the needle projects at the upper en.i of tne "cork, ��������� snap it off with a pair or heavy shears,. The Qliri Gas and : ^ ^j p^r j^jges Gasoline Engines SIMPLEST, STRONGEST, STEADIEST; MOST ECONOMICAL. -"������������������*��������� .������������������ THE. OLTN ENGINES rilCI aw made from 2 Horbe SUlL ,Pow-er -to 40- Horse Power , and may be run with .gasoline, manufactured or illuminating gas, producer or naturalrga-s/, r, ... ., ^s ga.fc.oli.i~ie ^is always an avail- ( able and' economical, fudl, 'the];01in , engine'"was1 designed with special ' reference to iti> ut-e. The gasoline' is ttiEen from ���������a'tanTC (which'may^j'iljR be located at! a"di.i'tancc- from and i^t^^J below the,engine) by a simple pump- ' and'>force'd into a 'mixing chamber, which is kept hot by* the "exhaust. - ,��������� , , -^- ^ . ���������> Bv.this s\^tem we secure a' perfect vapoVizing of fl.e fluid which' is mixed with air before entering the cylinder and a low grade of"gasoline" may be' used���������ih fact-.almost a kerosene. -, , , f " " 1! Advantages over steam. , ; The first cost Is less than the cist'of installing ������ steam plant ot equal capacity. 'No boiler to keep in repair. ' ' , No boiler-Siouse or coal storage room'required.' No coal, ashes or cinders to cart aiid handle. r , No dirt; dust or.sobt'.'' ' ., ',' ' . , No fire or s'moko. ,(The snioke nuisancers' abolished). , No steani or water ig-au-jesto watch. , yi , ] No,dang*er',of .explosion.. , ' ���������> .,,,;, I No skilled engineer -required. " ���������-. , ' No .waitiixg-to g*et, up steam. j ,.���������- , , ; . ������ ,,j I No inprease in insurance, but in the near future a decrease, j. '. .'���������-. ii. ���������f-ffV-. * 'J THE OLIN GAS ENOINEMAT BE PJL'ACED ANYWHERE'IN. YOUR SHOP. : - '. REQUIRES VERY LITTLE FLOOR SPACE. ' ' - - J * ��������� IT SOLE AGENTS FOR x CANADA^ Send'for Descriptive Circular nnd Price List. "*' '. it .-,* ; ��������� i- .i ��������� Toronto Type Foundry Co., Ltd.,, L.i, i i-i. j ������������������������������������ TORONTO. 11 ,i> i A i \U Judge Angers';' QuebecJ' brother to ex- Lieut.-Governor, Province of Quebec, writes:." -Quickcure' has1'always given relief to my child from toothache, tt ia also good for cuts and-burns..'- . .'.< >< -Different Surrounding;!, t ' ��������� Dunstan���������Is Mrs. Loudleigh the talk of "the seaside as she was of the opera all winter? - ! -��������� ���������>..���������.{.' Peters���������Oh;- iyea; ��������� but we .don't hear her so, plainly Here, as..the sea makes,so much , more noise ,;than Wagner, . you know. -.,.-, ,, v -i ... *i -t so that it may be flush with the surface of the cork. Place a quarter upon two 'blocks of. wood, and put the cork on it with'the sharp end of the needle down, of course. Give the cork a quick, sharp blow with a hammer, and the needle, being unable to bend, owing to the support given it by. the .cork, will easily go through the quarter. Discovered Throng;!-*, a Child. "When Sir Humphrey Davy" was a boy about sixteen, a little'girl came to him in great excitement: ��������� ( -. - , "Humphrey,��������� do tell me why these two pieces of cane make a tiny spark, of light when I rub them together." iv, Humphrey was-a "studious boy; who .spent" hours" in thidkirig out scientific problemsr 'He patted the child's cUrly ''headfandlBaid:';"' '���������' " :. '���������-.��������� '."';'"���������: ':i ;':'r' "Idp', not know,'dear. Let us .see if they ^-jeally do make ,a: light,, and then we will try, to find,out why;.-" ::, : ..,'_'. ,v rrj Humphrey soon found that the little :girl was .right; the pieces of cane, if , rubbed together quickly, did- give a tiny light:- Then he set to work to find out the reason,?and after some time, thanks' to; the observing p'owfers of his little friend, and'his own; kindness to her in not impatiently', telling' her not ,,tp ���������'worry," as so many might have done,, Humphrey,:.D.ayy made the. .first of his interesting discoveries.- .Every / reed-, cane, and -grass has1 an -outer skin of ���������flinty stuff,- which protects''the inside ..fx-omjns'ect's, and' also'helps the.fi-ail- lookiii'g leaves to st.a'lid upi-igh^'"' : ' ^ - '. Talking about children ^helping in' 'discoveries, reminds us ,:pf, .."a.np.ther. pretty tale. -.'.. , .' .. / In 1857.some children were.playing near the ��������� Orange'.River, in Africa. They.picked up a stone which they thought was onl}- a very pretty pebble, far prettier than any they had found before. ' A neighbor, seeing this stone, offered 'to buy it for a mere trifle. He, in his turn, sold it to someone else; and so the pebble .changed hands, till at,last it reached the,governor of the colony, who paid two thousand dollars for it. This stone which; the children had found was the first of the African diamonds. "-'':..;" Iter Reward. A novel decision was rendered at the treasury department,, growing but of the act of an honest charwoman who found a package of money in the cash^ room while cleaning up the office after the clerks had gone for the day. It wai clearly an oversight on the part of somebody connected with this branch of the service, but the poor woman, who only receives $20 a month, did her duty and returned the package, of money, whioh she could easily have taken and nobody would have-been any the wiser. Thia package was made ep of $100 notes, and the contents would have mado the charwoman comfortable for the remainder of her life. But she knew the mon- Dr. S*.' J. Andres, Beaver Hall,"' Montreal, writes: '/I have used 'Quickcure'' ���������ior'njan'y accidents this' summer. * One very ban'cut from a scythe, was healed in a wr-nderf-.lly short time���������in bne.'week cure was coin plate.1'For burns and sores; it is really 'l-ir' better than any remedy-1 knowof;" ic is mild and safe- to, use, and it makes'a splendid' plaster ' to,'.relieve pain where Aconite, or Belladonna might be dangerous if absorbed." "One of/the*, troubles of this period," said the ever-confident politician, "is that we have 1 too much labor-saving machinery." "That's true," replied the ordinary citizen. "There are too 'many political bosses with schemes to save the people the;trouble of thinking for themselves." "Pheno-Banum," or asitis commonly' known, "Quickcure" is" we'll named, as its. promptness in action and safetv in general, dental and household use, make it highly-'commendable. 1 F. C. BARTLBTTE L.D.S., .���������i ��������� Woodstock, Ont.* C. S.< Parke,.M.D.,r.Quebeo: !'I certify that I have-employed, with marked success, th e .;PhenofBanun,j, or ���������' Quickoure.v in burns,and certain wounds;.,.and..can thoroughly recommend its employment.'' Mrs.-fSmith���������-Yes,,;, of course my; hus, band has plenty ot-inpney jinow, v but, he was pretty>hard1up:,whe,n:ne m ������������������"'-' Mrs. Brown���������He must have been.' ,-; Excellent Reasons ��������� exlini' wfcjr l, Dfc, Thomas' Eclectric Oil should be used by persons troubled with affection* o! the throat or lungs, sores upon tno skin', rheumatic'"'���������pain, corns; buai������n������, or-e* ternal in juries. < KThe reasons are, that- lt is'. speedy, pure and' .'UiiobjeajH'onabla, whether taken'-internally or applied' out- , ��������� wardly. ��������� ��������� ��������� '���������-'<' ��������� v ' , , t .. - *i* r . i ' The Ocei*������'������ Ci������-fll������olty. , ; , |^, It has been computed by ge-sfraphera. that if the sea werev,emptied ��������� of itlB,waters,! and-all the rivers .of, the earth ���������*������������������!���������. to pour their.present floods into .,the ;va*\, cant, space,, allowing nothing fw evapor- ation, 40,000 years >yould bej-raauired to : . bring the water pf> the.j.bcean up to its 'present level. , '!;-,.< *-., ���������-���������,��������� ji!r> : v,. ���������'. 11 Splendid Equiprnent and 6ood SoIlfJ Wort, i ���������Hav������ placed the���������,.. , ., A.w-, f. >'.' .-I o OFTORONTO,.- ' Al the tot). It has moro teacher*'; tnoro-Bta' dents, aad asniets many more younj,. men an. women into ^ood BoaiCfons :h'an any other Can ,i*dian-Biwtneea School. Getnartlculars: Entei any time. Write W H..SHAW,.Princlpi>l. v Yonge and Gorrard Stieets,.Toronto. t ( TEN THOUSANJD r SOLD EVERYWHERE 25c, 50c, and $1.0.0. my^metmiG-'M? AUG. 18 TO AXAj stations IN WILL RUN A FARM LABORERS' EXCURSION :; FOR J������ 1 -i_ And the Canadian _ _ ___ Northwest. "Wsst of wiruaipe? to and including Moose Jaw, Estevun, and Saltcoats.: ������������������-; From all Stations in Ontario, Windsor, Mattawa and East. , , , ��������� Upon presentation of'certificate at deBtiriation, properly fllled out and signed, Ticket for the return trip will "be issued to starting point for 814.00. ^S~~TFull particulars and Leaflet from any Canadian Pacific By. Agent. .Womtn in Canada f use Indurate ed* Fibrewar* Palls and tufis. -' \ They do this becausi Indurated Fibreware: Is bpopjen, ther������for������ oannot fall apart; Is seam* less, ihsrefore oannot' leak, flo other kind of Palls and Tub* ' possesses ths89 qualities���������No other kind !a6ts as long. ASK YOUR CROCEB for INDURATED ; 35ie E.B, EDD^ GO^Limited 'Hull.'- rVIontreal, Toronto. ���������3.-. a-\ ������������������������������������'������������������--(/ T. .N. .D. ies ' 9+-**+*W���������*++f+*f*'+:i9' MANITOBA f������y to *B������md ������ wiater la te Attead tka Nortb������m Bus ������yit Cotihgf. -Owen Som������������^*^-*^-������'^*"#-������-**^-*l^$ 3S wm gai"*j-&-*-"f-*5^^ m ti 2& is������ \ CflW LADDER MAKING. ���������Desirable features Are "Least Weight and Greatest Strenctli. As a rule farriers and fruit growers make their ladders too heavy. There is an endless waste of muscle in handling onreasonably heavy structures day after day. There is no wear of any amount about a ladder. If it is strong enough and so on, are used all over tne world and in many countries extensively. American machines, like other American products, are copied by foreign manufacturers, but the foreigners are of course a year, behind. The American machine-placed on the market contemporaneously with the foreign copy is likely to contain improvements over the machine copied from one of a year before, and it is sure to have some touch of superiority in detail or workmanship. American harvesting, machines are tbe best in theworld, the lightest, the strongest and the best adapted to their "OSes. ��������� New York Sun. THE JONAH OF THE KORAN. f FIG. I.���������MAKING A LADDER. ' ���������when first mado, it will he so as long as it exists. No extra allowance of material, need be made on that account. The desirable features of a ladder are least weight and the greatest strength. The ��������� first we can have by using bass- wood throughout, sides and rounds, or, if we can obtain it, so called shoemake for the latter, as it is still lighter , than basswood. The sides should be tapered both ways as much as possible and still retain sufficient strength. It is the weight of the top end that makes a lad- *���������'��������� der heavy and clumsy to handle. This \ is the great objection to those adjustable section ladders that are now offered to the public. They are too top heavy. j Thus writes a contributor to The Farm. - and Fireside, who is also authority for ���������the following: The strength of the sides lies in their thape. A round or square stick is hot nearly as strong as when the same amount of material is changed into a --, board or strip of one-half its thick- . ness, but twice as wide. Besides,' the holes for the rounds weaken the round or square stick a great deal more than tjhey do the flat. ^This principle is plainly shown at Fig 1, a representing a -stick one inch square, b a slat one- half inch thick and two inches wide and c a board one-fourth of an inch -thick and four inches wide. Although all three forms contain the same quan- . tity of material, a one inch "hole would cut the first clear off, leave .one-half of the second and only take one-fourth of the third. Thus the wider the board the less it is weakened hy the holes. The proper size of the sides must, of course, be governed by the .length. I have now in use an 18 foot all basswood ladder, with sides of the following dimensions, 1 % by 8 inches at the bottom, tapered five-eighths of an inch by 2% inohes at the top. The rounds are -turned 1% inches at the middle and tapered to fit seven-eighth inch holes at , the ends; The whole weighs 24 pounds. It is so easy to handle that a person of common strength can take it by'the second and fifth rounds and easily raise cit from the ground. When first made, 15 years ago, it was intended for hiv- . "ing bees. Since .then its; purpose has been lost sight of, and it has been used for all purposes-'-pieking apples, pain \- ing buildings, served for carpenters' -use in building, has been loaned to neighbors and has answered as a barn ladder when not otherwise in use, and -today it is practically as good as when new. ' ���������'. ��������� I have also an 11 foot addition to the flame ladder, making outside of the lap "36 feet in the clear. The sides of this axe straight, 1}������ by 3 inches, and the lap is shown in Fig. 2. The lower end of the ladder proper has' a notch to rest on the upper round of the addition, and the addition has on its upper end an iron clasp to hold it firmly in its place. This clasp is made of band iron and fastened by a five-sixteen ths bolt. -The whole c q.m bin a tion w o i g h s . 44 pounds and oan Water Stored Up For Use During; Periods of Drought. What has retarded irrigation in the east is that tbe east is blessed with more rain during the growing season than some portions of the west and that each farm has its own peculiarities of surface, location, texture of soil,- etc.', which have been obstacles to the- general adoption of a system of irrigation, the expense in some locations being much greater than in others, but irrigation., has been tested on small plots with success and in a manner to encourage those who have made experiments to believe that some method will yet be devised which will present itself in a favorable light to all, sa~^l the Philadelphia Record, authority for the following: Water may be stored in the spil by judicious plowing and cultivation to a large extent, but its use and loss must be governed by the manner of growing the crop. Farmers are better educated on cultivation, than was the case pre- ivously, owing to experiments at the stations, which have been published and spread- broadcast, but cultivation does not save all the water, a large portion flowing away which should be retained for use during dry periods. In many sections this is being done with windmills, which are now so cheap as to be within the reach of every farmer, aud with them irrigation depends upon the conformation of the surface of the soil. Water is pumped into a reservoir 'located upon a h point, the water flowing where i required by gravity. It is estimated that an ordinary 10 foot diameter wheel will raise sufficient water in eight hours ,to irrigate one- third of an acre an inch in depth, or that with a velocity of wind of 16 miles, an hour a 10 foot wheel will raise 19 gallons of water 25 feet in one minute, "or 1,140 gallons per hour. "On every farm where a windmill is j used the additional cost of storing water other������than that required for stock is but little, and the expense of two or more windmills is less than the loss from;'"drought. Where there.is a moderate rainfall the supply of moisture necessary to assist through a dry period is but little, and excellent ���������'results bnve been obtained by the use of large tanks, but a small reservoir can be constructed at a moderate cost. A tank 10 feet high and 10 feet in diameter holds ,5,875 gallons of' water, but as a reservoir can be provided to hold ten times that much water at but little more expense the storage supply.could be made ample. This does not imply that one is practicing irrigation, for to do so large storage reservoirs are necessary, but at a small cost the farmer can protect himself to a certain :extent against drought. On fields of corn that have been grown by listing; the centers between the rows were opened with a one horse plow and water conducted so as to flow down the drains. Before the ends of the rows are reached the ground becomes well saturated, and a small piece may be irrigated each day... It must not be overlooked that the capacity of the tank does not limit the supply, as the pumps can furnish more water than.the farmer may wish to use, and as a tank or reservoir may be drawn off and filled several times during the season the amount of water used will be considerable. Attention is called to this matter, as the cost is but little, and farmers will find it an advantage to experiment in that direction where it can conveniently be done. If the Bible Story is Hard to Believe, What , Shall be Said of the Moslem Version ? The Koran tells us that "Yunus (Jonas) was of those "who were sent," when he fled into the loaded ship, and they cast lots among themselves, and he was condemned, and the fish swallowed him, for he was worthy of blame."��������� Chapter xxxvii. The Moslems have their ancient Scriptures, giving a history of the world, from Adam down through their great prophet, Ibrahim (Abraham). Prof. Edwin' Joho- sV>n of London undertakes to o prove, in his "Rise of Christendom," 1892, that the Hebrew Bible is a hundred years younger than the Mosley Chronicle of Al Tabani, which was redated about A. D. 900, and that the New Testament was composed after A. -D. 1200. , According to the Moeley Scriptures Jonas, a prophet of the children of Israel, was sent ��������� to a city of the territory of Moussoul, which embraced Antioch and several other towns, all given to idola- ��������� try. The people' refused to believe, and Allah threatened a chastisement should they not repent. On the day appointed Jonas departed, and Allah sent a red cloud filled with fire, which hovered over the city in the night. The King and the people gathered together. The King said: "Seek for Jonas, that we may be- iiev������ Allah, for what h������ has ' told ~M ia the truth." When Jonas heard that they sought him, he said in anger: "Why do they not believe thisday?" So he would not return. The Kins: caused all the people to go forth out of the city, with their quadrupeds and birds. There they covered themselves with dust, and the King said: "Oh, Lord, though Jonas, Thy prophet, be gone, we lose hot confidence in Thee. . We believe on Thee, Allah, and Thy prophet." The prayers and sobs of the multitude made the angels in heaven weep, and Allah pardoned the city. But Jonas was not there.. He had embarked on a passing vessel and was far out at sea. Allah caused a big fish to stop the vessel. The crew prayed and wept and prepared for death. Then Jonas knew that he had committed a sin, and he said to the sailors, "It i3 I whom the fish desires; cast me'to it." When, they knew-he was a prophet of Allah they refused to do it, but they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonas. Then he cast himself into the sea and was swallowed by tho fish. "This species of fish," says the Koran, "has a raised back like the roof of a house, and to this day is held sacred from pursuit." The Greek word both in -Matthew and the Septuagiht is ketos, properly translated "whale," but there are only two or three small SDecies of cetaceans in the Mediterranean Sea. Tbe description'in the Koran answers to a porpoise." After forty days Jonas was inspired with the thought of prayer. Allah sent au angel to lead the fish . a?hore at the place where Jonas had embarked. Then be was cast up, as weak as a new-born child. Allah inspired a doe to oome and give him,milk. The sun scorched his body and Allah inspired a gourd to spring: up around his body and gave shade-to Jonas.' For forty, days was he suckled by the doe until he was able to rise and pray. At last the gourd withered, and Jonas was aggrieved. Then Allah reproved him for not being grieved for the many thousands of the people he had deserted. Jonas was sent anew to the now repentant people. He met a shepherd who told him they were seeking .him. He bade the shepherd go and tell them he was here. "Where shalt thou be?" said the shepherd. "In this mountain," answered Jonas. ''Who will show me the road to thee?", said the shepherd... JlThis she goat," answered Jonas. ''Who will bear witness " that I have seen thee?" said the shepherd. "Thy dog," answered Jonas. Then the shepherd departed and Jonas entered the mountain. The shepherd went and told the King and people and they came forth to find Jonas. "Bear witness for me;" said the shepherd to his dog, "as the prophet commanded." The dog responded distinctly, saying, "Jonas, son of Matal, prophet of Allah, was' here." Then the shepherd said to the goat, "Be -"our guide," and she led them to Jonas, who was found deep in prayer. He rose and went with them to the city and there remained until his death. There on the hill, high in the air, was a repairer at work at the top of an electric-wire pole. The Hope of Heaven. We must not be so full of the hope of heaven that we cannot do our work on earth. We must not 'be so lost in the work of earth that we shall not be inspired by the hope of iheaven.���������Phillips ijixoks. THE SUMMER BEETLE. He Protests. Judge���������You have been systematically robbing hen roosts. Prisoner���������'Deed, , Judge, I'se not so bad as dat. I neb bah eben heard ob dat way of doin' it, Jedge. Manuscript "Room of the British Museum. In, the bewildering maze of the British Museum, where many miles of ' shelves and cases are filled with worla's treasures, there is one littlo room that attracts a greater number of . visitors than any other. The crowds that throng about the cases in . this room are composed of persons of curiously diverse characteristics. r It is a center of interest for scholars and literary people, and yet seems as attractive , to the least learned of the visitors. This is the room which contains the department of autographs and manuscripts, and the treasures within it are perhaps the most humanly interesting in the whole museum. Her* ar* aii manner ot writings by the hands of the world's greatest men of many ages and countries. . There are personal letters of kings and popes, queens, ministers and courtiers, whose names in history, in story, and in song seem not to stand for real men - and women, but rather for legendary beings, and these letters reveal in some, homely phrase or bit of simple sentiment a touch of human nature which seems to make thein more akin to those who curiously scan the documents to-day. , Here one may come, as it seems, to actual acquaintance with the most notable of the characters ' in Shakespeare's-historical dramas, and get a new reading,--in the quaint original, of passages in his works. Here are charters and State papers that tell volumes of history in a few lines; letters of the great religious reformers, of statesmen, generals, poets and composers. These autograph documents, many of them letters from husband to wife or lover to sweetheart, show famous personages in a very different light from that in which they are commonly seen in the pages of history.���������D. C. MacDonald, in Lippin- cott's. ~R ANCIENT AND MODERN ATHENS. Advances of Modern Science. There are some who imagine that the Victorian age has been destructive of the belief in miracles. In- reality it, more than any other since the world began, has brought home to the average man the stupendous miracle ' of the world.' They call it a materialist age, which has chained the soul of man to inert matter. ��������� But almost before the reproach is heard science proclaims that- there is no suoh thing as inert matter, that every atom is alive, and that'our mortal bodies are vast composite conglomerations of living organisms, upon whose pitched battles in our veins depend bur health or uur disease. .To take but one instance. Imagine all we understand- by the word microbe, and then recall the fact that the microbe was practically unknown when the Queen came to the throne. In a very special fashion science has revealed to us a new heaven and a new earth, infinitely marvelous, testifying to an understanding so vast that the niiud of man cannot by searching find, it out). Behind eaoh discovery that advances our knowledge, the infinite unknown indefinitely recedes. We weigh the utars, analyze their ^composition in the spectroscope; we photograph the moon, and make maps of the canals of Mars. But far more stupendous are the discoveries that have been made not in the infinitely distant abysses' of peace, but in the inflnitestimally small molecules which are all around. Science has sent its ' Bontgen ray through the- darkened veil, and revealed the Invisible, and summoned all men to enjoy it as their inheritance.���������From "The Queen's Empire���������A Retrospect of Sixty Years," by W. T. Stead, in Review of Reviews. ���������na il���������ladder with 0e easily handled addition. by one person. As it is not.always practical, especially for long'ladders, to secure basswood'for -the sides we have to resort to pine or "You delivered a particularly interesting address before the Advancement of Mankind Club this evening on 'The Dead of '96?' " "I did." "You spoke of a noted man named Alciblades McGibbeny?" "Yes." "I want you to. tell me whether he was a Protestant or a Roman Catholic" "He was a Protestant. What���������" "That's all I want to know. I'm the shorthand reporter that took down the speech, and I couldn't tell-from my notes whether you said that at the age of twenty-seven he entered che ministry or a monastery. Ever so much obliged to you. Good night!" His Idea of Heaven. The little boy was going to Sunday school for the first time. He had learned much and had had his curiosity awakened upon the subject of another world and the Deity, to whom he had been told to look with filial affection. One idea that had fixed itself in his young mind was that this Deity resided somewhere in space high above his head. Not long after these impression had been made, the young man was taken to walk by his cousin. At they approached a hill the small boy was seen to be intent y looking upward. "Oh, Annie," he exclaimed in an awed tone, "I think���������I know 1 oan see my heavenly father over there." A������n- nie looked in tbe direction indicated. Hl������:h Enjoyment. One of the highest and best enjoyments comes through what is done for others. This is believed in theoretically, but seldom practically. If a man has money, he imagines the way to enjoy it ls either to keep and accumulate it or to spend it on personal gratification; yet he misses the very finest of its delights when he refuses to share it or its benefits with others. So with our time, our talents, and our thoughts���������kept to ourselves, or used simply for our own delectation, ihej do not give us a tithe of the real enjoyment that they afford when we use them liberally for the benefit of the family, or friends, or the community. No one who has once tasted the sweets of ministering successfully to the'happines* of others will ever again relance into a purely selfish use of his advantages. _The_City is Nearly as populous Now an Ever in Its History. Ancient Athens spread round the Acropolis, especially on the hills facing the south, which are now uninhabited. The new .town lies to the north, of the antique citadel���������an, extension of the cluster of houses already existing at the foot of the rock when the war ��������� wai ended. Two main intersecting streets were laid out���������JEolus street, starting from below the Acropolis and running northward, and. Hermes street, leading from the royal palace " toward the Piraeus. ��������� The capital was thus designed to lie in the valey between the Acropolis on one side and Mount Lycabettus on the other. No ambition o*f future development is, traceable in ' the original plan. The ground chosen and the width of the main- streets tend to show that the- founders of the new city little dreamed of its rapid extension. Squeezing herself out of her narrow confines, the city, has gradually scaled the foot of Lycabettus ana spread beyond the valley on both sides, principally in a southwesterly direction. If the extension had been in a straight line toward the sea, Athens would now be nearing a* junction with tho Piraeus; but both towns, as if avoiding each other, extend in parallel lines, and one must look to a probably distant future for the day when they shall be connected by row's.of houses, Instead of the long walls of ancient:days. The fashionable quarters of the capital are'to be found in the new additions to the primitive plan���������the Neapolis, as it is called. Large thoroughfares have there been opened, fine buildings erected, both public and private; and Athens, already the finest city in the east of Europe, bids fair to become, if no stop be put to her progress, one "of the handsomest cities on the Mediterranean. Under King Otho's, reign progress was comparatively slow. At the accession of King George, in the year 1863, the population did not exceed 45,000. The advance has'been more rapid since, especially during the last twenty years of material prosperity, which has lately been interrupted, let us hope temporarily, by . the financial entanglements of the Greek government. During that period the immigration" of well-to-do Greeks from abroad has not been one of the least causes of this development. In 1879 the census showed a population of nearly 64,000; in 1889, 114,000; and to-day, judging by the vital and building statistics, the number of inhabitants, if it does not exceed, cannot fall short of 140.000. The progress of the newly - created town of Pirajus is not less remarkable. From 6,000 to 6,000 souls, whioh had already gathered there some thirty years ago, its population had grown, to 34,000 in 1889, and is now estimated at more than 40,000. Together the two towns number as many inhabitants as they probably possessed in tho fourth century B. C. The sources of information as to the population of ancient Athens aro indeed tague; but from a passage of Xenophon giving the number of families as 10,000, and from a passage of Athenaeus indicating the proportion of slaves to freemen at the timo of Demetrius Phalereus, it may be calculated that at that epoch the population of Athens, including that of Piraeus, was about 180,000. The area included within the walls of both towns seems rather to confirm this estimate. The surrounding country was thickly populated���������much more so than at any succeeding period; but it is inore than probable that the inhabitants of Athens proper and of her seaport never exceeded 200,000.���������" Public Spirit in Modern Athens," by D. Bikelas, in the Century- Exceptions. Perfect children., Doctors who agree. Always wise parents. A man without an enemy. Lovers who never quarrel. Genius without opportunity. A great character flawless. Pride and humanity hand In hand. One- who loves his enemy as himself. Sense that attracts as soon as beauty. The tattling tongue that tells the^ruth. Greater self abnegation than t&at tt oust love. ;j n 1/ i Around the moon! soaked hollyhocks The beetle bobs v.-i.h vim, And o'er .he phlox And four oVloc.ks ,^i I hear liis bu/./.:::^ skim. i '""��������� Ho tih.s upon ihe brea/y rose That round the win-low hangs', And flattens out hid funny nose "When on the pane ho bangs, And plays a tump:y turn tattoo* ��������� -, An eliln bus-zadoodledoo. ���������( . Oh, like a telegraph machine, He's plunking with his head. 1 read, serene, In thoughtful mien, "Come quick! Matilda's dead!" And then into the room he comes,' Tho romping meadow tramp, Arid hotly hums, Arid bums and'drums Around the roasting lamp; And cooks his wings, then upward goes And plows the coiling with his nose. I strike at him with main and might, ��������� But he's so very spry, Beneath my right ' ' Ho ducks in night And counters on niy eye. His half arm cracks aro howling hot. He jabs, then jumps away. I caper like a Hottentot To dodge this bird of prey That lams mo on the spot that's bald, And never stops when timo is called. Then through the window doih he dart And down iiio fiardoa. waik. "Wltorc, aeart to heart, And not apart, The tulips blightely talk. Along the-tropic calm in flight On moonlight waves he swims. . Along the white ' .Arid starry night t He scampers and he skims. And when he's vanished from my sight I look the window through. I can't see, but I hear the sprite Whose buzzadoodledoo ' p *, ' Translated, like an ancient rhyme, Means briefly! "This is summer timo!" K. Munkittrick in New York Journal. m # .':���������:<'' . t it III ���������.���������...-v. a-.������-.;���������* '���������'���������-..T.&'J H il r IS OUR BFFENOE We think Mr. Eckstein's puts us on the defenaire 1. He says: ���������"* About the multiplicity of by-laws, I am sure - one by-law cannot be n.fede to do service all round. " We had re- fsrrred to the fact that Wellington provided tor all itB sources of reveuue by one Raven- V0 Tax by-law, except that the real esta'e tax -rate was strook end not included in any liy-lav. The oity has gotten al ng nicely "Ondsr this araogemeut for , two years, Bat ire adxait this plan is not customary. . 2. Again he says, "Iiyou wish to make " a cotojMrisoa it would be only fair to take a first election and compare it with a firs'; ������������������sotion. " We had published the Auditor's report for Wellington for the secoud year, i wh.ch it appeared that the P.eturning Officer's ch.igtB were ������15.00. The ballot boxes $2 50, and oost of tiokets were not included in this, of course. It was the only report we had at band, aad we did not suppose that officer's fees would vary much from "the first year. Bat to be fair we have, prooared the Auditor's report of that city for the first year, whioh we gladly publish. An inspection of it fails to show anything ' paid for Returning Officer's fees for the . first election. We therefore���������to be fair��������� requested Messrs. Blake & R unsay, editors of the Wellington Enterprise, to wire u-i "the total amount of tho Returning Officer's ��������� charge* for the first city elecciou;" and re ��������� raved the following d������suaccu: Wellington, B.C., Feb. 31, 1898. To M. Whitney, Cu-nbc-rland, Returning Othcer'a faea, nxniaation and . eJeotioia, ten dollars, payable by candidates, Blake & Ramsay. Of coarse, the term '���������fees,'" excludes the idea of expense tor ballot boxen, booth, or tiok'eta, which must have been additional. AUDIIOR'S REPORT. For City of Wellin-rton at close of first year, ending Deo, 31, 1396: RsowrTS.���������Licenses, $1570.50; Dog tax, -15250; Taxes, $594.75. Total $1,227 /5. ExrKxnrraaaxi.���������Printia^ ������216 Gl; rent, 822.50-booss, ������22.23; to.>lu, etc , *$35 11; desk, $20.00; streets, $695.87, rebate on 'licenses, $15.00; sundries, $36.40; cash on jaaod, Deo. 31,-J164.01. .Total->i,22/ 75. Liaihlities.���������Maps, -335.00; incorporation, $72.50; street* lampd, -?i4.90; dtieet- WOfk, $33 00; sundries, $32.00; printius*, $36.75; clerk's saUry, -������151 95; police, $20; balance in favor of oouncil, $57.43; total $463.51. A83BT3.���������Cash on hand, $164.01; uncollected taxes, $104.50; licenses, $195.00; total $468.51. LOCAL 6ooneil mseta Thursday night. Look for Hauok's new ad next week. Hospital Board meets Saturday evening. Mr. Dave Jeneo left Thursday on a bnu- Bess trip. Miss Tweed of Nanaimo is visiting Mia Ed. Barrett, on Allan Ave. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Hauck expect to go to Victoria on Thursday ior a trip. Ceurteaay River named after Cap'.. Courtenay H. M. S. Constance. ��������� Wedding presents. See the stock ���������new) of silverware at Leiser's. '.:' Robertson & Co. have taken over The Vendome from Mr. John Williams. . Robert Gilmore and two others from Courtenay have gone to tho Klondike. The platform has been extended at the ��������� station so as to ' accommodate an additiou "��������� al freight car. Mrs. Barrett and Mrs. C. Westwood vis- . ited Union Bay las:, woek and dined on the City of Nanaimo. , "The little wizard aronnd the corner" haB pub hia wonderful syphon lights into Mr. P. Dunne's tailor shop. Mrs. Freeman is speuding a week at De: partnre Bay, where Capt. Freemaa's Glory of the Seas is anchored. WANTED.���������Gentleman or Lady to learn photography and take charge oi place Kelly, Union iB,C, Mr. L. P. Eeksteieu returned yesterday from Vancouver on the Tepic, coming from } Union Bay over the Skagway Trail. Mrs. Ben Westwood will leave on Thursday with her little daughter, Queenie, for Vanoouver to consult an occulist in regard to daughter's eyes. Capt. Niokersan of Victoria, father of Miss Nickerson of this city, has an impor. taut position in the eompaay with which Sir Charles Topper b connected, up north. Aid. Carthew has been offered the job of superintending the building of the big hotel at Fort Wrangel, and will accept. Rev. Mr. Hioka, in behalf of himself aad the Methodist Churoh, tenders sincere "foanks to all who assisted him in preparing and rendering the Oratorio. The Corona was wrecked by "striking on a reef at the mouth of the Skeena river. The passengers and crew, tents, and provisions wer**"*- easily landed. There are complaints about the blockade I of the streets with wagons', fcleds, and -jaits of wagons, The Council would do well to "take steps to keep our street clean. Among those who left Thursday mot ning were Mr John Frew, for Nanaimo Ri.er, ..uu James Lui.-hiiicw., J-hn vVott, Malcorn Williams and John '.Viiliaaic fur Dyea. For the Best Patterns ��������� in Air-t i Qf h t O' Stoves, go to the Union Store. , ' The Dominion government has contracted with Mackenzie and Mann, subject to ratification by parliament��������� which it will receive���������for ihe making of a winter road, from mouth o( Sticlceen river to Teslin Lake by March ioth, to be followed by a railw.iy from navigable waters of. Stickeeu to Lake Teslin by Sept. ist. Rites to be fixed by privy council; contractor to receive 25,000 acres of land per mile in Yukon district in alternate sections, subject to 1 per cent on the gold therein. Union Bay. T)n Thursday Jan. 27th there was a pleasant social for the benefit of Sunday school. arranged for aud conducted by -she t.-.i-jhers. There were games of various kind-, and a magic lantern show, and nice refresh, uix-n-s All went home hoping there would soon bo another. Miens Emily Rushworth has been visiting her mother tor ������ few days* Mc(Jinty (No 4) made itB appearance amongst us lalely dressed, in a new &mt ot clothes. He had been idle So long however that his joints had got stiff, or like a cay use he has become balky. He >vas given a light load at first, but would not budge; no atnou.ii; nf coaxiag would indue ��������� bim to move. Then the load was lighi-enrd, and tbe engine, r tried to start him up; bat, uo sir, he wouldn't go. Thou No.2came to his assistance a.cd 'uul-ed hi'.n aad his load to 11s destination. McGinty seemed played wut. aud evoked much sympathy. Suddenly'he changed hia mind, and declaied he'd only be-x-o fooling, and proved he waa quite'able to do a whole lot, if not more. Trackmaster Harwood with a g'mg of men is making ,the railway approaches 10 the new row of coke ovens at Uuicn Bay. Dastardly Out-rage���������Thursday evening as John Nelson was sittiug iu his half cabin and half tent dwelling, n exolosion occurred which blew up chimney and filled his fi.ee with soot. A bhort double barrel gun had been filled with an explosive and put do*.u th.-. pi-,e used as a chimney for the cabin-tent., aad the fire built; by Nelson when he returned from his day's toil, had ign ted it. Underneath the pipe or chimney was a small excavation into which the allies leil The gun when put ..down the chimney passed into this excavation, and when tne explosion, took place, the force was expendid upward' otherwise it would p.-.i'..y.t'1-y hiv.. been' fatal to Nelson. The of'io-.:i> .we 'n-������:3i-.ga;.ing audio i������ to b ��������� hop- e l-the culprit' 'ill he o.-..- htahd p.ni.-Uod ' u.;.,iUi< anil-;, jus u - r Jan. 31. Maude 142 ������������������.n*- lim! ior C. P R Active, ic; " ��������������� '" Wivingel 1 Feb. 2. Topic 30*; .un., c'l-ii :<.r Our City ot Viotoiia, in oar saio Province thi- thirti'.tli day of Dece ��������� her, in the y������'������r of Our Lord oiK-thoun&nd eight l.undrcd -jr-d niiiu'i.y--.������v������n, aud ir. tne avxVy-tir&t yc:.r of Out' Rc'.^u. By Coinmitnd. ���������JaMBS BAKER 1 ' Provincial Secretary. CERTIFICATES of IMPBOVEMENT JULIE, JENNIE B. & STELLA MINERAL CLAIMS Situ'atk in Nanaimo Mining DnTisip~s op Coast District. Where Located��������� Phillips Arm. . TAKE NOTHCE tha- T, W. A' Bawer, Fteo Minn* ������ Cer'-ific*te N.-.. 91,007; intend, sixtv baj> from tbe diue bere-.-f, to upu'v to the Miuinft Recorder for a Cerrific-ite of Improvements, for the purpose ot cbt-aming a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action,' under tiection 37, niu-t be commenced before th issuance of euch Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 26*. h day c f January. 1898. ENID MINERAL CLAIM Situate in thk Nanaimo Mining Division of Coast District. Whbke Located��������� l'HII.UVS AKIA TAKE NOTICE .that 1, William A, Bauer, Fi-vo Miner's t^erufic-ite No. 91.CG7, mceud, a;xt,y days from -.ho.date hcri-of, to apply to 'he Mini.iy. Recorder for a Certificate uMtn- '/pjovements, for the purpoae of obtaiuTUK -e Crown Grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action,-un-, der section 37.must be commenced beforo the issuance of .-u<*h Certificate of Improvement* ' Dated this 26th day of January, 1898. Walker���������At Uuion, Feb. 6, to"Mr. and , Mrs. Alex, Walker, a daughter. FOR SALE���������A ranch with improvements on Lake road; or will rent the same for $50 per year. Apply to Lambert, Union. cakes 2w -'Sx'r ������������������* /���������������*<������ ������y^. JS^S������!E������. 1? 1 k '������ ee hiiiidred anybody. and a-half two of M> .& m ' >4 oilar longe or a 011 want a pair or ref������e������ They will not last an one $ i-JO-Mm^. %���������- $:3 ife(������if.i ^:''y^y: u. ���������ii-rf tt''. '������������������Ji ���������!������ ti, -y /. '.y tic '.r\ 4: iv r- "��������� -* f<&2&<' te ���������& ���������*���������{;.* ^mv *���������"*>���������������������������'������������������' .'*p4Si*fi r*0 ������;* 'nK.-l lit \h '���������- 5rR*" S-' .a -ji 'r- ?/ '*$ms ���������bit Vfl