"5f02b301-a57c-45e5-a365-fdf1838da5d6"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "[Courtenay Weekly News]"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2015-11-27"@en . "1893-01-11"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/cwn/items/1.0070110/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " NO\nio.\n.COURTENAY, COMOX DISTRICT, B. C. WEDNESDAY,\nhas opened up a\nDry Goods\nBoot and Shoe Store\nGrocer)' &\nIN COURTENAY.\nA full siock of goods will always be car-ied.\nA share of your trade is solicited.\nUNION MINES\nF URNITURE ESTABLISHMENT\n A Full Line of Everything \t\nBUILDERS and CONTRACTORS\n~- UNDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES\nGrant and McGregor Props.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nMCPHEE & MOORE\nCOMOX, B. C.\n X\nWe call attention to our large stock of wallpaper also S cases\nBoots and Shoes just opened up. A carload Ogilvie's Hungarian flour just in \t\nJ. ~. HOLMES\nIMPORTER AND DEALER IN\nGeneral Merchandise\nCOMOX, II. C.\nA large, consignment of Cooking and Heating\nstoves received this day, per Steamer Comox.\nW. .1. Young.\nP. V. Schttr-uhmidt.\nCO UR TEN A Y PHA Ii Mi G Y.\n* PURE DRUGS &. PATENT MEDICINES *\nAlso Fancy Toilet Articles\nTOBACrO JUSTD CIGARS.\nOPPORTUNITY ARRIVED\n1 have for sale some Splended Lois and Blocks a little\nEAST OF COURTENAY VILLAGE.\nAs is now understood, the Canada Western will run its track\nDirectly Through Tin' Property\ni\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD passing from Courtenay to Union Wharf. Figures low and\nerms reasonable now, but prices will be advanced before long\nand may be doubled any day . Opportunity is our guest a*\npresent, and once neglected NEVER RETURNS\nOffice at Courtenay.\nDr. W. J. Young\nPhysician tf Surgeon\nOFFICE ifc rX-HSI^jSTCB.\nCmiiU'iiay Pharmacy\nCOURTENAY, B. 0\nvVARNING\nAll persons driving over tho whorl\nor bridges in Oomox district tistor\nthan a walk, will Im prosemttud accord'\ning to law.\nS. O.0I1\nGov. Agent.\nWm Cheney, Real F.stateAgt\nRiverside Hotel\nCourtenay B C\nJ, J. Brant, Propritor\nThe Hotel ia one of the best equipped\non the Pacific Coast, and is situated at\nthe mouth of the Courtenay River, be*\ntween Union and the large farming settlement of Comox.\nTrout aie plentiful in the river, nnd\nlarge game abounds in the neighborhood\nThc liar connected with the hotel is\nkept well supplied with the best wines\nand liquors. Stage connects with all\nSteamers. Terms moderate\nUNION BAKERY\nAnd Restaurant\n1. I.IMY-\nCourtenay B. C.\nHost of everything '\" 'li'1 \"n0\nAlways on hand.\nFraser kThomas\nStage and Livery Business\nStage connects with all steamers at\nthe Bay.\nAlso do a genearl\nTeaming Business\nOrders may be left at the Coartenay\nHotel, or this office.\nF. W. Hart\nManufacturer, Importer, Wholesale\nand Retail Sealer in\nFOBlTIltJKB\nCARPETS, I.INOI.KUM, Oil. C1.0TH AND\n- HOUSE FURIN1SHING -\nfcy Largest EstaWshment of Its kind.\n21-24 Cordova St. Vancouver, 13. C.\nMcCann & Cessford\nCarpenters *\nAnd Builders\nGeneral Job Work\nt3>' UNDERTAKERS.\nCourtenay 6, 0,\nNob Hill Property.\nSix and One Half Acres\non Knob Hill facing the Gulf.\nGeorge\nHowe. ...\nCOMOX and IWION II, ,.'.\nDealer in All Kinds of Meats, Vegetables, etc.,\nOrders Filled on Short Notice, i\nThe Courtenay Hotel\nLeading liol^l of Comox D al' i i\nEverjth ntr fl. .t class.\nBates from $1 00 to rf.J.00\nBar supplied with choicest liquors\nSTAGE\nThin sectiqn is the '-nrndisc for\nHunters aud-Fishcrmen. and a favorite\nresort for visiters ro n ihe cities.\nR. Graham, Propr.\nM\nnil,\nf.atl\nLINE\nSI.1..C V\nill have\nidle s fin.\nCiiuutkn.w for Comox\niu un \\ t.t.xiwoAvs, returning\nlix.il hour.\nOi, SaTOHDAV the Ftajle will leave\n'\"''lit lt'll.N,\v lur 1,'u.viux at Su. m. R-\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDftruinxl.H.e\nCOM'OV for UNION JUNES\nnt lU ;i. I,,., returning ,o Cumux miiiih\nevi II nu.\nSaatiwicfe Post\nEsquimalt and Nanaimo Ry.\nSteamer Join\n0. E. DUTL'I'R', llAsfliR,\nOn and after Au;;. 23rd, iSg:\nThe Steam\"! .10 \N \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.;| snil as followi\n0.U.I.INCJ At' WAY PHUT.:;\n. Nu\ninu,\n urn 11\nLeave Cnmiis n,r Mi\"'\nNuliiillnu for Vli\nFor freight or state\nboard, or at the Cnmpnn\nVictoria Station, Store\nnil. Tlnir,\nnud iy. 1\nFell.,\nBaluiri\nmills apply 01\n's ticket office\nEsquimalt & Nanaimo R'y.\nTime Table No. 17,\nTotnVte eff.irt at 8 01 a.m. on Friday\nSeptember SOih. 1882.Train, run\n.on Pacific Standard T.mn.\nMoil for Friday morning's boat\ncloses at 2 p. m. on Oiurstiays.\n*Vi lie ;. n i awfully selected st,.ck\nof 11 l:\K.ltAI. iMltltftrUNIIltjE.\nI rfi.!].. Ily our el .stic 10J> s-ipper.\nf r cumtw.\nDuncan Bros.\nC *\"'\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDj: _\n^.^^^.st-l-) -JO\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ***\nOat d\nO \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nr. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\na\n***\n\t\nOl\nEn\nKl'tlllli\n1 \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-\npolnti \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nii 1\nturn mil i\ni -*r\niM-i-ll\nfurs n\n1 i'k\nTJirotisti rates LctwimnVlctorl\ntwi-Hi) rt.i\n. and i'uiiiiix\nSplendid Fruit Land\nfree from wind and frost and\nsuitable for a\nGentleman's Residence\nFour Acres are in grass and\nthe rest slashed. Price $600,\nbalance three and six months.\nEnquire at News Office.\nSHOEMAKER\nA Good shoemaker is needed at Courtenay. lie should be able to mend\n1 .messes; A ma*Hed man prefcred.\nThis - i snap for t-ie right mail.\nA,DUN3MUm,\nl'l-f-irlfiil.\nJOSEPH IIINTK.lt.\nQeii'l Supt\nSociety Cards\nLeiser Lodge No. I3. A. 0. U. W.\nholds regular meetings tin alternate Sat*\nimlny evtnings .11)7.30 p. 111. in the old\nNulla oiuox School House. Visiting\nBrethren ate cordially invited to attend.\nErnest A. Holliday\nRecorder.\nHiram Lodge No 14A.F .& A.M,,U.C.R.\nCourtenay B. C.\nLodge meets on every Saturday on or\nbefore the full ofthe moon\nVisiting BrotherA cordially requested\nto attend.\nW. j. Young\n Secretary.\nK. of P.\nComox Lodge No 5, K. of P., meets\nevery Saturday, after ihc new and full\nmoon, at 8 p. in. ai Castle Anil- Comox.\nVisiting Knights cordially invited to attend.\nJohn B.iird,\nK. R. S.\nT. C. Woods\nComox B. C.\nConducts a General\nTeaming and Livery Business\nH'is'Stage Runs to Union and\nReturns Thuredays and Satur-\nCollcctions through the clay in aid of\nthe Susieinaiion Fund, which will be duly\nexplained.\nThe following Sabbath. Jan.22nd, divine service will be held on Denman Island.\nRev. John. Rub-urn, B. A.\nPaster.\nEarly Settlers\nMcNish.\nAmong the Parly t-ettl TS, was one\nMcNinh. who nn-itv.il> In-. ..n the\nfaun ii-'W owned hy A. Urquhar . IT*\nwas a very social man, n d l'*-ll keenly\nthe isolation of Ida \ osjti *n. Theiv\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDt-ri! fc*.', it \"tiy while wom-m ht-rwi-\nbouts at that 'ime-andso fiU'twii-q thn\ni.'tis'ont ih.-n 111 vogue |,e inuui>-il au\nIndian niaid. bu as people earn*'.In\nantl tin* inequality of-lift* wife's po-dt\n011 bream \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD more glr.rin'ir, he put usi.l*\nhis tla-riUy mate and went east torn suit\na1.1<* bride H<- lud \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD 0 irnubl * in pur-\nbu .ding a fair featured daughter of dint\ns.cliouwh re woiiinn wre then so\nplenty) to form a life pnfnerxhip with\nliiin, which In tt'i'Vei' I'-ovd of short\nduratio 1. \"'hiln on his way, back, he\nd.ed at-Sin k'ninuisico, it will b re-\neoltected that at that liiun the ronii* to\nth** east was very uiven in mid was\nsoumiim s made i*y way ot'Oape Hunt,\n\"fierwanls by Panama ami siill laier\nby mil to Sun I'Vain-ison. For-unat**-\n|y we have n gun I \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDoad of our own no-v\nin h* O-itiadian Pneitie.\nMcNishs wi.low never cam' on and\nthe 1 roperty In re belonging to McNish\nwaijilispi-Si-d of fur her b-*ne!ii.\nfur S?le\nAt Cairn-'\ni.'l Farm Hctisp,\nHum*, Egg*,\n11.-1.1] s, Onions\niM-Da,.\nveil d vr other*\nTime. Cairns\nInstallation of Officers\nThe following bicthern of Comox\nLot lye No. 5, Knights of Pvthias were\nduly in-'Uileii in diuir respecth'e positions\nby -iiiintiel Creech DA). \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD C.C.: Eiiiersou\nMuseaiii|) i'.C; rlugh Stewart, C.C; Percy\nScharschmidt, \'.C; Samuel C. CH'le. P.;\nJohn Uaird, K.K.-VS.; Thnmas Uecken-\nsellAlofl'.i O.G. McDonald, M.of K.;\nCo. Creech O.tl.; Robert tiialiam,M. at\nA.jand C Cowliu.T.G.\nPythian Knights at Union\nJJenevolcnce Lodge No. 14, K. of P.\nwli.cli \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDitj in liituted un June 22nd, ii:'(,i2.\nunder giouii.) circumstances, to wit: ihi'\nstoppage of the Mines, has bravely held\non its way and witlnhe renewal ol work,\nbids their marked attention the\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDjreai interest all present felt In the work\nofthe order, which Inle-cst if continued\nwith unabated seal bids fair to placo Ben-\nevoleuee No. I J, in the foremost ranks of\nPythian Knighthood.\nThe follow inu is a list of the officers; -\nUro. C, White,C. C; Uro. ('-. T. Park*-, V.\nC; Uro. J, Siruthers-Pre.; Uro. J. Fulchcr,\nK.ofR. & S.j Uro. T.B. McLean, M.of K.\nUro. (i. Robertson, M. of E.i Uro. W.\nWhyte, M. at A.; Uro. J. Smith, T.C.j\nUro. It. Vars, 0. G.\nCourtenay.\nThe Early History of tho Present\nLocal brevities\nLocation-B. H. Pideock and the\nitem of ne\nWhat'-; new? Cubb.5 Cough Cure ii\nI new, effectual and speedy.\nThe farmers home is shut down.forre*\nSteamsr Daisy\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe Courtenay j pa\nRiver Recognized us Navigable\nWater nnd Entitled to Dominion\nAid\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTown Lots Laid Out Four\nYears Ago, but uo Awakening\nto Villagd Life until the Qomple-\ntionot' Uaiou Rmd TwiTuara Ago\nRapid Growth and present Condition\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe Pledge of Nature and\nForce of Circumstances Guarantee a Faturu oi* Iuiportanco.\nI..\nPatrick Murphy.\nThe plaoes now ccoupu'd by A, Ur\nqilhai't, \i. Crawfptd, und Thoiu-s\nCairns were onc-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Inld by four iji*-n in\npartni-tsli p, Oin'ofih** pattv, gem r-\nal y Murphy kept the plaeps while the\nother men hunted gold mi the untsid-*.\nThesi* were tin* days of the Cariboo\ngo.d t-xeiiemenr, and miners were gating $10 per day Jc was nob all pro-\nlit however l.e-ms were selling nt '25\ncents per lb., or a higher ngure, Ui*e\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nwas i|uot.ed at gOeenls p-tc |ii a>ul gum\nUootc were worth four times tluir pies\nent e. of, ihe-.-ohI linds in Oassiar,\nMurphy could no loeger s and t.lin moo\no'onv ofiaichlf\", a d left for that\nbeotion, lli-i wufi the usual expeii-nce\nof mini rs, of being rich omh day\nand poor the next. He did well the\nlir-t year 11 \"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD *\"\" 1 :' 1 ; \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' 1 h 11 .*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDhieii would have mad'* him i-d'pend-\naiit, btii \"a b r! in the hand'1 w--. not\nhi* mo1 to. and to In-ld nn and tie* nexi\ni-Misnii tiny were pronounced wortliless\nMurphy, it is understood, sold out bis\nraiiu 1 b-lore going to Oassiar loonn ale\ni'uiluti'l, who in nt ri- d n daughter of\nJiuur-s R'bb then liiing at tin* li.r.\nAfter his 1 xp'-rieiiee in min ng 1 ihe\nNorth fur abou two years, Murphy\nwent to Viciuiin a id \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ugageil in dray-\niitg busiuei-s. Two yeurs trial of tins\nsaii fied hi 11,and he reurm-d to Comox, and bought-out tin* Brown plac-*,\nwhioh was 'In* fir.-t claim ever k-t eyed in tliU district. Th \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD old Brown\nmansion still exwis'nnd is nowocvu.i-\ned by I-'mher Durnlld\nMurphy mairii'il 11 widow ITnnuer,\nmother of ('hail y Hi'ope*. now re-id\ning n Courteiiay, He survived his\nwife nhlv 11 mm th, tiying four yearn a\ngo in St lui-'ph'f iiii-pii-'d, Victoria,\ns* two i-ssii'-s we have pulr\nlisheil irtiele-1 On 'In* ili.-nii-i of Comox\nai large, nud propo-eto fob .w up that\nwi h nniolrt on putt cul.ir phle'eH. This\nweek we treat of Courteiiay for ihe\nvery good n-asonthat we have tie* ma\nlert.il at hand. Th\" history of this\nyoung VJIlngH due- nol exl-md l'f 'he river, a little way\n>ast of McArdle's torn dowr. last we<*k\nby Mr Joseph McPhee, was necupipd\nby the first logger in ihis vicinity. The\nfine residence now occupied\" hy Mr,\nMcPhee, wus commenced by Pideock,\nbin before completion was s;,ld with\nthe e-ist halfof his claim to the i-eiiile-\nman who now owns it. Mr. Pidcoelt\nwas a ni.in of ureal encr^v and ambitious views. H*' conceived the idea of\nmaking Couitenay a aeapert. The river is a tide waler high-\"ay, and the road\nlo the Biy was ponr nnd ihe ula**H -*l\nvehicles then In use crude and cumbrous. Mr. Pideock ihureforebuilt iho\nDaisy, a steamer about, the size of thu\nE-ttelleof Nanaimo. with the intention\nof running her between C urtenay and\nNanaimo, and doing a gene-nl coasting tmd\", but eheifly to m-iminiodate\nthe business of the valley,-Ahtch i> Stead\nofuoiiiK over the roads to the Biy,\nwhere tha steamers landed would b-\nbrought by the Daisy to tlm mill This\nwas about six years ago Financial\ndifficulties beset Pideock at tins time\naed tin-steamer was sold, anil employed elsewhere. There is no doubt bu.\n(Ccmttnuoa on fourth ini\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDo.)\nSend to the oflflo\nyou may possess.\nMel'hee 1^ Moure ai'e enterprisinj' mer-\nc'tants. They keep Cubb's Cough Cure\nWork on Wm, Cheney resicler.ee in\nthu village has commenced, and will bj\npushed forward with dispatch.\nDuiit bc.t fossil Join the Agricultural\nSociety, and be a helper in community.\nOne good tbiny thc AgrtculturalAssoc*\niaiiun will dp, Wid be to let us know who\nare enterprising pubth spirited citizens\nThe o.d moss-backs wont join n.\nIf you do not lake Tl'.K WT.1.K.I.V\nNi.w.s send ymir n.mie to tiie office. Ui\nis only $2 per annum.\nIt is the rale tier world in\nparties settling in their mn\nan interest in their welfare.\nThe n^w teacher fori ie\nSchool has arrived and\nK.J. Millet's.\nJ. E, McDontdd, representing *he establishment of MaVrer&Ca of Nan-ii-\nmo, \\'m In town last Thursday\nto call on\noid show\nSouth Comox\ns bo-*rdins{ at\naome parties liere\ncontract with Cnpi;\nthat firm with logs\n2.10,000 feet.\nhave just closed a\nit Bros, tor supplvrng\n11 the extent of about\nThe\nsome talk-of putting a oortable\nnto the heart of the forest back\nay, an J it v.i.l probably W dune\nbuilt\nhave been made with\nt<> slash all tire brush\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDiver bank from lsiac\neast to Matthewson's*\nJoan Dots.\n1 last\nDenman Island.\nThe wharf here is nearly finished and is\na credit to the builder, and ihc island.\nSquire Grant of thc Union Saw Mill\nCo. has very generously given lumber to\nbu'ld a freight shed 011 the wharf. The\nsettlers will put it up. It will be bf great\nservice on a wet day.\nThere have been rather rough limes\nabout school matters of late, but it is hoped\nthat all will soon be scttleo.\nThc Good Templars gave an entertainment and supper on Christmas eve. It\nwas a success.\nThere was also a grand concert given\non Monday night, the 26th ult., in aid of\nthe Union Hospital, which proved a very\npleasant affair and financially a success\nThe SS. Joan was 011 tune asusu.i\nWcdncsda . She brought in addition to\nthe mails a large consignment of freight.\nFrom the passengers list we note ihc\nfollowing intcroitlnti Items: James Uuns-\ninuii', Lsi-j., was among the arrivals from\nNunaimo,\nMr. and Mrs. F. I), Liltlo antl family,\nreturned, accompanied by Mrs Freeman.\nMr. Adam McKebie, the well kuown\nrnnchor, and Mr. Finlny who had been on\na visit t\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Victoria with his sister, were\nam ing the returniug parties.\nMrs Neil McFadgcn of Union came\nback on llie Joan. She will visit her\npareuis.M r. and Mrs. John Piercy, across\nthe Hay.\nMrs. Wilson, sisler of Geo) McDonald\nof the Elk hotel arrived at Comox, to\nvisit her brother.\nMrs. Capt Puller was among the passengers arriving mi the Joan.\nMrs. and Miss Smith, who had been on\nDenman Island, returned on the steamer.\nMethodist Church.\nService will beheld Sunday Jan.151\nat Union, in the new school house at I*\na.m. and 7, p.m. Morning Subject\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTh-j\nFinances ofthe Ministry. Evening Su*,\njeet-Thc Sanctuary; its place inonr lan(*\nService also iu the Courtenay ScltO..\nhouse 2.30, p.m.. to which all arc invite .\nThe good ship which arrived on January 2nd bringing Mr.and Mrs. Harmston\na New Yearjs present, was a tiille late.\nhut nevertheless welcomed with manifestations of delight. Along with the gift\ncame the messagc:\"Unto thee a son is\nburn, an heir is given\".\nThere will be,1 practice game of foot\nball, Saturday afternoon on the grounds\nof Sam Piercy.\nG. H. Reed, wharfinger, walked out on\nto the Union wharf moving securely, as he\nthought between the rails, unmindful of\nthe darkness, and dreaming of \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDsuddenly dropped about 50 feet into water.\nMen near went to his rescue. He was\nnot injured hut a little dazed, and when\nasked if liis dream would be continued in\nbis next, answers with a decided negative\nThe first Prcsbyierian communion\never held in Union, was conducted by\nRev, Mr. Fraser in the old school house\nlast Sunday at 7 p m. This will occur\nquaiiely hcrealter.\nLatest Locals.\nMrs Robert Graham received by thc SS.\nComox a new piano.\nThe Athletic Asportation have recleved\na checker board antl some fine boxing\ngloves,etc. Thc suggestion made fur a\nlecture, in the way of entertainment and\nto raise funds formally adopted, treated\nso little interest, that it has heen withdrawn.\n(\".rant and Mc C.regur received a large\nconsignment of furniture by ihe steamer\nJoan.\nThese men are now at work on the new\nhospital at Union. It will soon be completed.\nAmong other work Grant and McGregor\nhave put up n large addition to the car\nshed, and have completed 75 cars for\nthe Lake mine, and have a contract for\n50 main road ears.\nThc schools generally resumed on M on-\nday.\nMr. Johnston has taken the place at\nihe pharmacy lately vacated by Alfred\nPearse.\nOur attention has been called to a statement of the Victoria Colonist nf thc 91b\nult tothe effect that there was 15 feet of\nsnowin Comox in 1889. The Colonist\nhas been missin'formed. The greatest\ndepth of snow waa 5 feet, but at lilack\nCreek it was 7 feet.\nThe Ship John C. Porter sailed from\nUnion wail wilh about 20000 tons of coal\nlast Tuesday.\nSome inlorestiug matter, goes over until next week for want of space.\nLast Tuesday was Mrs. Sain Cltlc's\nbirthay, and the event was duly celebrated in the evening by a social dance.\nSeveral were down from Courtaney.\nIt is rumored that lenders will he called for [j build a draw bridge accross thc\nConrteuay River near Rabson's, to accom\ninodate one or two ranchsre.\nnext spring\"\nArrangements\nThomas Graham\naud trees on thc\nDavis's place\nslough,\nAlfred Pearse who clerked it at the\npharmacy, has removed to Union\nand we shall hear no more the dulcet\nstains of music with winch lie was wont\nto enchant us.\nPretty much everybody in the district\nnow takes THE N i:\v-t, except the natural\ncmnsiiies, and these picturesque people\nwill not long be able 10 do with-out It, nor\nwill they be much missed.\nWe know of none who nre buying hits\nhere to sell again, but there are sales to\nthose who intend building and residing\nhere, and the growth isstc.dy\nThe poet sings \"Iwould not live\nalways' but doubtless if lie had a hadspell\nofthe stomach ache, he would scud for\nthe doctor\nI il.ook out for a big treat when tbo\nPythian ball comes off at Comox.\nWe dont hear much lately Crofter of thn\nmovement.\n\"All's well that ends well\" says Hilly\nShakespeare, and so say we all. Seek no-\nj future to disclose\" etc.\nWe hear the steam whistle quite plainly\nlatley, but doesn't come Irom thc Canada Western.\nWhen a director of tbe Agricultural\nAssociation calls to abtain your signature\nfor membership,dont put him off by saying \"I know its a good thing, Ixit Pil see\nagain\" You know its a good thing, and\nyou ought to know that it's yonr duly to\nbecome a member and help it along.\nSome day the cry will go out to the woods\n-man to \"spare that tree\" A lining of\ntrees along the rhcr bank through which\nis seen the glimmer and sheen of the\nwater, is beautiful. A roadway along*\nsuch bank is a most attractive one.\nThe Mc Kims have built sfeps up to\nthe top of the fence( on either side;Much\nseparates their yard from from the street-\nThat is one way to get over a difficulty*\nOne of the signs ofthe tunes was a silk\nhat (stovepipe on the streets last Sunday\n\"Coming events cast their shadow before\"\nand other signs of thc coming city will\nbegin to muliply.\nMr. Jack Wilson lately of Steveston\nhas concluded to try his fortune with us.\nlie has a good eye for business, and was\nnot long in arriving at the conclusion\nthat Comox district afforded the best opportunity of any place on thc coast.\nJack has a level head, and came just before llie tide which wc trust will sweep\nhim ou to fortune,\nWhen we spoke elsewhere pf people as\ncuriosities we ditl not include any of\nthe honest miners of Union, We have\nmore respect foi one ofthcie thm for one\nof your narrow minded old citizens who\nif possessed of more worldly goods has\nless breadth and prefers toread a paper\npublished in Jerusalem to one established\nm his own district.\nWe read there were \"giants in those\ndays.\" Howevr lhat maybe, there is a\nman living in this district who wears a\nNo. II pair of shoes. Wc suspect that\nif measurements were made that there\nwould be found some wonderful sized\nhats worn here, as well as bonnets.\nIn our account ofthe Presbyterian Sun.\nday school entertainment, an important\nDart ofthe programme was ommitted by\noversight to wit: The opening address\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\na dialogue by Walter Mel'hee, Jndson\nMel'hee and Charlie Clay. It was a\nbright little dialogue and well rendered,\nnot by any means ommitted from thc mem\nory of those present.\nOne ofthe most attmctive places in\nSouthern Arizona is Phoenix. It i s in\nthe midst of what appears to be a sandy\ndesert. Phoenix is surrounded and or\nnamentcd by evergreens nourished|by ir-\nrigation, so thick that as you approach\nthe citv (of 5000 inhabitants) you ran\nscarceiv see a building, only the spi'esof\nchurches gleaming above in the rich\ngolden sunlight. The trees act as a\nwindbreak, .1 delicous shade, and it pleas\ning spectacle to the eye.\nWe have been taken to task for naming\ntoo high a figure for land on Nob Mill.\nWell, well, every thing depends on\nyour standard of valuations. Judged by\nthe askiug price of land at Duluth it\nit would take all the figures in a large she\nfont to express the actual value of a\nchoice piece of land facing the Gulf on\nNobby Heights\nCubb's Cough Cure is leading in the\ncities as ihesafest, surest, and speediest\nremedy for Coughs, Colds, Whooping*\nCough and kindred ailments. HEALTH.\nHome Remedies-\n/!*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD should be kepi in overy household\na supply ol simple medicines. The proper\nuse ot them will nave much suffering, sometimes severe sickness and* loug bill. I believe in tin* use nf simple medicines. You\nshould ti.L-.-t- a small cupboard to keep your\nremedies in ; if you nunot have this one or\ntwo shelves ia a large cupboard will do.\nTfce following are, 1 think, the most useful:\nliot drops, spirits of camphor, essence of\npeppermint, sweet oil, cocoinut oil, alcohol,\nHayden's viburiium compound, ginger aud\nmas turd.\nThe following rccipo for hot drops or\npainkiller makes as good an article as any\nyou can buy, aud costs only about one.\nfourth as much i alcohol, oue pint: gum\nguaiac, one-half ounce; gums myrrh antl cum-\nphor and pulverized cayenne pepper, of each\none fourth ounce. Mix, aud shake il occasionally fur a week or leu days ; then titter\nor let, it settle and pour off the clear liquid.\nIt may betaken indosei of from one-fourth to\na full ii i-t-n'iiii'l, tur Internal naius, colds\nand sore throat. 11 may be useii externally\nas a liniment where something warming is\nneeded, is good tor bruises and will slop\nbleeding from cuts aud prevent soreness.\nSpirits of camphor should very seldom be\nused as an Internal remedy : a small dose\ngivon to a child may throw it Into convulsions ; a large doiO given to a grown person\nmight effect them nearly as bad ;u tew drops\nof camphor in a litllp water- and used as a\ngargle will sometimes cure a sure tin oat\nfew drops, only two or three, in a halt u\nglass of sweetened cold water will sometimes\natop persistent vomiting, but a cupful of\nclear, strong, hot coffee will usually slop\nvomiting, though there is no use in giving\nanything for this purpose until the stomaoh\nis free from food, and then a cupful of hot\nwater is often as good ns anything. Ksscticc\nof peppermint is good for .nausea of the\nstomach, colic, and to bathe the head when\nit aches; also neuralgia pains ; a dote uf hot\npeppermint, with a little soda iu it, will\nusually relieve distress of the stomach,\ncaused by acid and gas ; peppermint is also\ngood for burns; keop a cloth wet in the\nessence and the burn covered with it until\nrelief is obtained.\nSweol oil id nautili en the chest, for burns\nand in liniments : coeoanul oil is guoi\nthe chest, for rough and chapped hands ami\nlips and burns. I prefer to use this oil\nwhen I,can because there is no unpleasaut\nsmell about it, and it does not stain the\nclothing like sweet oil. If one is suffering\nwith a cold on tlio lungs and there is a\nf treasure on the chest, tako a piece uf cloth\narge enough to well cover the lunge, tack\nto this with a needle and thread, a thick\nlayer of cotton hutting ; noxt mix together,\ntwo parts of sweet oil and one of strong\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDpints of camphor in a bottlo and shake well\nwhile using ; with a warm baud apply this\nmixture freely on the surface whero this\npressure or pain is. If sore between the\nshoulders, apply there also, uud cover with\ncotton batting. The cotton should be mado\nhot and placed over the lungs as soon as ynu\nhave applied the oil and camphor. This\nsimple remedy will often relieve great distress in the course of fifteen minutes after\nit is applied. It would he wetl before apply\niiig any thing to the chest to put the patient\nin a warm bed, givo a teaspoonful or two of\nthc viburnum compound in hot wator\nwould be best to keep in bed for several\nhours after this treatment.\nIf you nre treating a child, give a smaller doBe of the viburnum compound. Hay-\nden's viburnum compound ia a mast excellent remedy to keep in the bouse ; it is good\nfor chills, colds, cholera morbus, for pain in\nthe stomach and bowels, etc. If I could\nhave but one kind of medicine in th e house,\nI would have this. Alcohol is very good\nfor outside applications, will often do\nmore goud than high-priced liniment,\nEqual parts of sweet oil, alcohol\naud strong ammonia mako a good liniment. Sometimes I use spirits of camphor in place of alcohol, and if for rheumatic pains 1 add a little oil of hemlock.\nGinger aud mustard, I presume every one\nknows how to use. If you havo a cough the\nbest advice I can give you is to Hay, stop\nit; you can probably do it nine times out of\nten. When you feel like coughing, tho\nmore you cough the moro you will want to,\nbecause coughing irritates your throat and\nlungs. It is sometimes necessary to cough\nto raise phlegm, and thero is a tickling in\ntho throat sometimes that will make you\ncough, but nearly all tho coughing that is\ndone is entirely unnecessary and docs much\nharm ; if you doubt this, ask any intelligent\nphysician.\nA good cough syrup is made with one\nounce of thorough wort leaves, one ounce of\nstick licorice, and two red buds of sumac ;\nboil these in a pint of water until the goodness is extracted ; then strain, add oue and\none-half cupfuls of sugar, boil until it is a\nsyrup, add the juice of two lemons ; when\ncool bottle, and take a teaspoonful or two\nas needed. A cough syrup made of very\nstrong hop tea and brown sugar is excellent.\nIf there is tickling in the throat add a very\nlittle cayenne pepper to the syrup, just\nenough to warm the throat welt when you\ntake it. Before applying mustard or any\npowerful remedy externally, it is always best\nto take some-tiling internally that is warm\ning or stimulating; otherwise you might\n\"strike thc pain iu.\"\nYou should keep iu your modicino cup\nboard a roll of old cotton cloth, muslin, soft\nlinen, cotton batting, strips and squares of\n1 ai,ne!, and a few clcau bottles of various\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDiu..\nmustard plaster or linseed poultice will bl\nfound to be veiy soothing when there Is\nmuch pain, while a Uot water bottle will\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtoon send the blood flowing properly through\ntin* body.\nThe trouble with many people is that\nthey never think of inking care of themselves until the malady is au established\nfact.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD[Good Housekeeping.\nMAUNALOA IN ERUPTION.\nHeavy Earthquakes Attend the Brilliant\nIllumination-\nColds-\nContrary to the prevalent opinion that\nUr\nKlaiurn Irom the -Ureal OuliT Visible\nSlxlj* Hilts Awnv-llcHlrurllon of Ihe\nN.'l-*lili->rliL*{ \ LUngei ami riaiiialliius\nin Feared,\nA San Francisco despatch says :\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMauna\nLoa, tbe great volcano of Hawaii, is in erup\ntion again alter twelve years' quiet, aud\nthreatens the destruction of the villages of\nHilo and Waiakcu at its eastern base ami\nextensive plantations of cocoa nuts and\ncane, L. A. Thurston, a member of the\nHawaiian Legislature, aud lato Minister of\ntho interior, who has arrived here brings\nihc news of the overflow.\nIt was contained in a letter to him from\nHilo, aud was brought to Honolulu by\nstcauier and humid to him just before\nthc Australia sailed. Tbe ateunur Hall had\nloft Kau on Monday, Dec. 5, For livo days\nprevious the illuminations had been on a\ngrand scale. The whole country had been\nsliakon by earth quake.*-. Even in the neighboring district of Kau there were heavy\nearthquakes, antl Mauna Loa fur a distance\nof more than sixty miles threw aweird light\nover the ocean and couutiy round about.\nTho earthquakes began ou t'riduy morning, Dec, -, and increased in force until\nevening, when dames burst from Mauna\nLoa, aud grew in vulumo^from that time on,\nThc rumble of the crater was terrifying. It\nwas feared that tlic village of Hilo, under\nthe niountaiu, aud the neighboring town of\nWaiakca might be destroyed, and that the\nvaluable plantations surrounding them\nwould be covered with lava.\nIt is not improbable that the destruction\nof both towns has already taken place, Tbe\nmust intense action was going on within the\nwalla of tho orator, The crater is nine and\na half miles In circumference and 800 feet\ndeep. It is a terrible volcano wheu iu\naction, anil has two or three times previously scut livers of lava almost to the village of Hilo. The last eruption was the\nworst, aud the town at that time narrowly\nescaped,\nThe earthquakes iu Kau, when the Hall\nsailed, had injured several buildings, and in\naud about Nidi* the Mauna Loa convulsions\nbud probably done much more damage.\n''Those who have been living in tbe\nvicinity of Mauna Loa,\"sail Mr. Thurston,\n\"havo for somo time been expecting one of\nthe periodical outbreaks und (lows.\n\"it may have ruined tho country, but\nnobody as yet can tell with certainty. Each\nsucceeding outbreak has come closer to\nthe towns of Hilo and Waiakca. Hilo\nis thirty-five miles away to tho East. In\n1852, the lava rose to a height of 701 feet\nover the cruter, continued to flow for twen-\nty days, and camo within ten miles of Hilo.\n\"In 186l' the Bide of the mountain slid\noff three miles in aa many minutes, over*\nwhelmed a village aud buried thirty-three\npeople and 400 cattle, besides opening fissures twenty miles in length, Lava was\nthrown up 1,000 feet, and rocks weighing\naa much as 100 tons apiece were tossed up\nso numerously that they seemed a lot of\nballs in the air.\n\" In 1880 the lava rose 800 feet. Tele-\nshalr, a floe glass spun by the wind from the\nlava, fell iu the street* of Hilo, The flow\nBtoppcd, but speedily started again, and\ncontinued for nine mouths over the old lava\ntrack toward Hilo.\n\" Its deadly flow stopped in tho very outskirts of the towu, aud within half a mile\nof the harbor, It it had continued a few\nays longer it would have overwhelmed the\ntown, buried tho sugar plantations of\nWaiakca, and destroyed the harbor front.\nTho lava Blreain w'as from twelve to thirty\nfeet iu height.\"\nA DYHAMITE AUBM,\nSuspicious Box Found N'eur ihc Louvre.\nAs an instance of the alarm which still\nprevails in Paris, remarks the correspondent of the Loudon Telegraphy I may mention the excitement which wus produced in\nthe neighborhood ot the Louvre through\nthc discovery of a mysterious object which\nwas thought to be a bomb. A policeman on\nduty in tne Place du Palais Royal was told\nthat au \" infernal machine \" bad been found\nin a house in the vicinity of the Hotel du\nLouvre, and on proceeding to the spot he\nsaw a large parcel, carefully tied with cord,\nfrom which Issued a kind of fuse.\nHe was about to open tho packet for the\npurpose of ascertaining the nature of ita\ncontents, when the bystanders intervened\naud at last be carried it off to the ollice of\nthe commissary of Police, Here, however,\nthe agent, of the law wus confronted by the\nconcierge of the houses, who barred the\nway und refused to allow him to pass in\nuntil tho presumed engine of destruction\nhad been subjected tn the chemical process\nwhich is supposed to deprive bombs of many\nof their dangerous properties, Finally this\nwus done, aud when Ihe packet which had\ncreated bo much alarm was opened it was\nfound to consist of a woodoti box tilled with\nsand.\nThere waa not an atom of powder or of\nany other explosive material in the parcel, '\nwhich bad evidently been laid on the spot\nwhere it was noticed by some practical\njoker; but the authorities seem lo be unable\nto mete out adequate punishment to thc\nperpetrators o[ these very reprehensible\njests, which spread alarm among the public\nand wuste thc time of tho police, for although one or two have been detected in the\nact, it hue been found thut no law exists\nspecially dealing witb this eluss of offenses,\naud tbe culprits have boon Buffered to go\nfree.\nTHE TRAGEDY OF JAN MAYEN-\nFate of Men Who Knew not flow to Live\nIn Folar Regions-\nlu Arctic Story BecalU-tl br the Latest\nVlHttora to the lllrnk Island.\nProbably few readers know that the little\nisland of Jan Mayen was once the ace-no of\none oi the most pathetic tragedies that ever\noccurred in Arctic regions. It was in the\nearly days of polar exploration, when the\ncuriosity of hardy marinera led them to\nwinter in the far North and test the conditions of existence there during the long\nwinter night. The story is not told in well-\nknown books of Arotio travel, but it is\nfound in the record kept hy tho victims of\nthe tragedy and preserved at The Hague.\nThe journal lay beside the dead bodies of\nvictims on the snow-covered, isolated isle.\nIt has been translated into French by tho\nlattat visitors to tho island, but, us far as\nthe writer knowa, it has never been published iu English. The French expedition sent\nout last summer on the little steamer\nMunch-- to collect specimen-i of natural history in Jan Mayen and Spitsbergen have\nculled it to mind and narrated tiie tragic\nhisior v.\nThis bleak and barren Island, thirty-live\nmiles long, is about 300 miles north of the\nArctic ciicle and nearly midway between\nIceland and Spitsbergen. It was lifted\nabove tho sea in a past ago by seme tremendous volcanic eruption. It is very\nmountainous, and Mount Beeren, ils highest summit, rises 8,1)00 feet above tiie sea.\nAlways covered with ice and suow, there\nare no shrubs or oilier vegetation, or any\nliving tiling to gladden the eye except in a\nfew sheltered valleys ; and it was in theHe\nvalleys that the Manchc, in July last, made\nher slender harvest of Jan Mayen collections.\nNearly ten years had elapsed since a human being had landed on the little island.\nThe voyagers on the Man-die were greatly\nsurprised wheu they landed in Marie Muss\nBuy and advanced iuto ft valley somewhat\nsheltered from the windB, where they saw\nthc little wooden building that had housed\nthe Austrian circumpolar party for thirteen\nmonths in 188*2-8'). Thu storms of a decade\nhud bleached and worn the exterior, but\nwithin everything was as the Austrians had\nleftlt. Not a drop of wator had entered.\nIn tho kitchen waa a dish full of frozen\nbirds' eggs. One sailor had forgotten a\nlittio package he had wrapped iu a handkerchief, A shirt was hanging on a line where\nten years before, it had been placed to dry.\nMaximum and minimum thermometers hung\non the walls. In an excavation under the\nhouse, whicli bad served as a bathroom and\na dark chamber for tho photographer, wero\nsome bottles of wine, and the visitors drank\nit, well assured that this particular fruit of\nthe vine was at least ten years old. A zinc\nbox in u corner contained aome well-preserved biscuit. On the walls hung photographs of a dozen officers and sailors, and\npictures and caricatures from illustrated\njournals. All these objects showed how\nwell even perishable articles may be preserved for years in high northern latitudes.\nIt was in the neighborhood of this Austrian station that seven Dutchmen who\nperished on the island in tbo seventeenth\ncentury are supposed to have passed iliur\ntcnible winter ; for the Austrian party, ten\nyears ago was not the lirst mission to apend\nthe long night on Jau Mayen. In 1G33 the\nGreenland Company of Amsterdan, which\nbad large whaling-interests in the northern\naeas, determined to eend a small party to\nJan Mayen to pass the winter. Very little\nwas known theu of the long Arctic night\nand the company desired to ascertain if it\nwere feasible to winter whaling parties on\nJan Mayen, where in thc spring they would\nbe in the neighborhood of thoir season's\nwork. The company selected seven sailors\nwbo were to remain on the desolate island\na year. Only one of the sailors could read\nand write, and the record was to be kept\nby him.\nOn Aug, 9- 1033, the seven sailors wero\nlanded on the island. The company had\nprovided them with everything that was\nthought necessary for their comfort and\nwell being. Tbey had provisions in abundance, but unfortunately, the commissary supplies consisted largely of salt meat.\nThis shows how little was known at that\ntime of the food required in Arctic regions.\nSuch a diet waa certain to breed scurvy,\nand tho sad fate of men placed on Jan\nMayen to-day with a similar supply of\nwinter food could be predicted with certainty. A few live fowls and a dog -wero also\nlanded with tho sailors, besides a couple\nof small cannon \" to defend themselves\nagainst Spanish pirates.\" Pirates were\nterrorizing the eeas in those days, aud the\nhonest Dutchmen did not know how far\nnorth tbey might .ncet with the black flag.\nAt this time there ware neither barometers\nnor thermometers, and yet tbe Dutch called\nthis expedition a meteorological miasion.\nAll the men could do was to record the\nstate of the weather, tbe force and direction\nof the wind, and the condition of the sea.\nTheir journal docs not mention auroral\nphenomena. They, however, most faithfully carried out all the observations they\nwere told to make. Quite a large number\nof white hears visited them during the winter, and as the Austrian expedition of ten\nyears ago aaw only two or three, these animals seem to havo largely diminished iu that\nregion within the past two centuries und a\nhalf.\nDuring the fall the party were able to\ncollect a few herbs to eat aa a salad, and it\nwas uot until late iu the winter that they\nbegan to suffer terribly from scurvy. On\nMarch lu a bear was killed, and the record\nBays that as tbey long had eaten nothing\nbut salt meat, this provision of fresh food\ngreatly rejoiced them. At this timo all\nwere victims of scurvy. A week later tbey\nwrote that the luck of fresh provisions had\ncaused ibem at last to lose courage. They\nwere so feeble that their logs could hardly\nsupport them. Tbe record of their Buffering\nfrom day to day invariably closes with a\nreport of the weather observations thoy bad\nheen instructed to make.\nApril waa tho fatal mouth. On April 3\nonly two of the seven sailors were able to\nget out of doors, Tho two last fowls were\nkilled and given tn the men who were suf-\nDltrlng a recent trip acrosB the Atlantic | foring moat, in t^e hope to restore a littio of\n\" April 37\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe day ia damp. To-day\nwe killed our djg to have n little fresh\nmeat. It cannot help us much. The night\nwaa cloudy but without wind.\n\" Aprd 'JO\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDIn the night the wind\nchanged to the uottheaat,\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' April 30\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe day is clear aud sunshiny, with a strong wind from tbe northeast. I think 1 am dying.\"\nSo ends the record. The last day's entry\nis scarcely legible.\nIt waa not until Juno 4 that tbe first of\nthe whalers reached the island.\nIf tbey bad come e month earlier it ia\nbarely possible that tbey might have saved\nsome of the wretched sailors. When tbey\nentered Marie Muss Bay tbey had aad\nmisgivings, because they aaw no one upon\nthe shore. The whalers landed, and found\ntheir six former comrades dead in their\nhunks. The first of the seven to die had\nbeen buried by the others. In front of ono\nof the bodies was aoine bread and cheese, of\nwhich the man had made his last repast ;\nand before the body of the man wbo bad\nwritten the last words in the journal was an\nopen prayer book. Six graves wen* dug be-\nBide tiie first one, and a salvo was tired over\ntbe bodies of tho poor Dutch sailors, who\nhad perished to a man because Europeans\nhad net yet learued how to puss a winter in\nthe far north.\nIt ie woitli while to correct a blunder\nwhich is to be found iu many encyclopedias\nund books. Tho Dutch sailor Jun Mayen,\nwhoso name was given to the island, was\nnot ita discoverer, us nearly every work of\nreforonue assert-. lu 1007 the great\nEnglish traveller, Henry Hudson, while\nexploring iu Arctic waters, discovered tbo\nbleak island and gavo to it tbe name of\nHudson's Touches, It was not until four\nyears after that the Dutchman, Jau Mayen\nin the ship Esk, visited the island. It is\nanother case of Columbus and Amerigo\nVespucci. The original discoverer was not\nhonored in the name of the thing discovered,\nThe uame of the Dutchman was given to\nthe island, und ono of its extinct craters is\nknown as the F,ak, from the name of hia\nvessel; and, strangely enough, we havo u\nmore satisfactory account of Hudson's discovery of the island than tho subsequent\nvisit of Jan Mayen.\nThe riy-Eatiug Plant-\nOne species of tbe Droaea has its leaves\nrounded, while the other has them elongated, but both alike have them reddish in\ncolor aud covered with short hairs or lila\nments. At the end of each of these hairs\nthere is au enlarged gland, which seeroteB u\ntiny drop of what appears to lie harmless dew. Harmless, however, the liquid\nis not, for to most insects, especially small Hies, the Drosou ia a most\ninsidioualy-baited trap. The liquid\niu reality a aweet, sticky substance, uud if\nthe very smallest fly does but touch it\never so lightly it sticks there und dies. The\nmanner iu which the plant afterward actually digests tho bodies of the Hies it entrupB\nis tutcrestiug iu the extreme.\nWithin a short time of tbe capture of a\nfly (so execs-lively sensitive ure the glands)\nall the lilamcuts growing round the oue\nwhich bus made tho capture commence to\nbend inward, covering the luckless insect\nuntil it is securely within the grasp of the\nrelentless plant. Each gland then pours\nout upou tbe body a digestive liquid, not\naltogether unlike the gastric juice of animals, and in the course of a day or two\nthe Ily ia completely digested, the nutritive\nparts have been wholly absorbed by thc plant\nand tho filaments have bent back to their\noriginal position, ready to mako another\ncapture upou the first opportunity.\nIf, however, tho aubstuuoo caught by the\nleaf is of an indigestible nature, auch as a\ngrain of sand or a piece of slick blown by\ntho wind on to the glands, the leaf does not\nremain closed more than a few hours. The\nnumber of insects thus caught must be very\ngreat. The plants themselves are very\nabundant in moat upland bogs ; each plain\nhas livo or six leaves, and as many us thirteen dead flies have been found on a single\nleaf.\nCuriously enough, Darwin, whose researches into the subject were of u most\nexhaustive and interesting nature, found\nthat tbe leaves on his plants were killed\nwhen he guve them surfeit of cheese and raw\nmeat. The excessively sensitive nature of\nthe glands almost surpasses conception,\nDarwin found that the absorption of only\nthe one twenty-millionth part of a grain of\nphosphate of ammonia or there about was\nsufficient to cause thc filament bearing the\ngland to bend toward the centre of tin leaf.\nThe Stormy Petrol's Endurance,\nthe pussengcrB on one steamer had u vivid\nillustration of tbo endurance of the stormy\npetrel. Shortly after the ship left the Irish\ncoast two or three of these birds were Righted at the stern of the ship. One hail been\ncaught at some previous timo and its captor tied a bit of rod flannel or ribbon round\nils neck and let it go. The bit of icd made\nthe bird very conspicuous, and it could be\neasily identified. Thut bird witb others\nthat could not be so eusily distinguished,\nfollowed the ship clear across tbe ocean.\nBarely, during thc day time at least, was it\nout of sight, and if for un hour or two it was\nlost to view while feeding on the refuse\ncust overboard, It soon reappeared, and the\nlust seen of it was within a few miles of\nSandy Hook, when it disappeared, perhaps\nto fallow somo outv.ard-bound steamer back\nto Ireland. W'hen the fact is considered\nlhat the ship, day and night, went at au\naverage speed of nearly twenty miles un\nhour, thc feat performed by the daring\ntraveller can bo better appreciated. When\nor bow it rested is iuexplicuble.\nFeminine Perfection.\nThe people of Montana seem to have precipitated au unexpected discussion as to\nfeminine perfection. Dr. Sargent, of tin-\nHarvard Gymnasium, has measured nearly\n10,000 women who were perfect as to\nhealth, strength, and general development,\nbut bis results were not euoh that he is\nwilling to ullirm that there la auoh a thing\nub a \"perfect feminine figure,\" He took\nM his Standard the average of each of tht:\nmeasurements made for the whole 10,000,\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnd then compared tbe lines of each with\nthat. Each was found to vary in some\nwaye, some more than others, but all iu a\nmarked tlegree. It was a Pennsylvania\nyoung woman who curried away the prize\nwhich waB offered forcomicq thc nearest\ntheir Btrangth. This nourishment did them\nmuch good, aud tho nurty longed for a few\ndozen more fowls. The dog wna kept aa a\nlasl resource. On April If! the writer of\nthe record died. \" May the Lord have\nmercy on his soul\" says tho journal, \"and\nupon ua, for we ure all very aiek. The wind\nis blowing fresh from the cast.\" Tlio only\nman in the party who, when it landed on\nthe island, knew bow to write, waa tho first\nto die, aud the work of keeping the record\nthen devolved upon another who had learned to write during the winter. Thereafter\ntho record was very badly written and\nspelled. On April 19 the sailor wrote r\n\" Wc have not a particle of fresh provisions, a-jtl our condition grows worse from\nday to day. We aco uo nope of recovery\nnow, for we lack the things we most need\nto check tho scurvy and to ward off the effects of the terrible cold. If we wero in good\nhealth we could take exercise aud keep ourselves warm, but now this is impossible.\nWe are all bo sick that we cnu scarcely stand,\nand there is little hopo left. We depend\nonly on the mercy of God. Tho wind and\nihe weather are thc sumo as yesterday. \"\nOne of the moat pathetic incidents in\nArctic adventures U the fidelity with which\nthcBe poor fellows, whilo they wore dying\nby inches, made every day the record of the\nweather condition which they bud been told\nto keep. On April -3 tins entry appears in\ntbe journal :\n\" To-day no one is able to help himself\noxceptlng me. All the work of assisting\nothers has now fallen upon inc. 1 am doing\nmy duty as well us 1 can, und I shull do it\nas long aa God gives me the strength to\nmove. At this moment I went to help our\nCaptain, who asked me to lilt him from his\nlei. He seems to be dying, und he thinks\nthut this change will diminish his BiilTeringB.\nThe night has been cloudy, aud the wind u3\nit was yesterday.\"\nHere is the record of the last few days :\nCoal Consumption of London-\nSome 13,000,000 tons of coat aro burned\nin London yearly. About 4,000,000 aro\nutilized by the gas-manufacturing companies ; 9,000,000 are burned in household and\nindustrial fire grates. Each tou contains\nsufficient ammonia to produce, if treated\nwith sulphuric acid, !22 to 28 pounds of sulphate of ammonia. Tbe total loss of this\nfertilizing agent is, therefore, aay 9,9'K)\ntons. As tbe price of sulphate ot ammonia\nis \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD9 10s, the ton, the monetary loss is\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD04,006 overy year. If we were leas wasteful wo should nob be bo much obliged to\ntansack Chili and Peru for artificial man-\nurea. It ia agreeable to learn that thc\nnitrogenous matter in the 4,000,000 tons of\ncjal which uro used every year by tbe gas-\nmanufacturing companies is uowbeing made\na considerable source of revenue. The value\nof sulphate of ammonia aa a fertilizer is now\nbeyond dispute. Where nitrogen has been\ndeficient iu the soil the application of 4\">0\npounds of sulphate- ammonia to each acre\ngave an increase of nearly four tons of potatoes. Sulphate of ammonia, although not\nquite so active a fertilizer ua nitrate, is held\niu the soil with greater tenacity. It contains 24 per cent, of ammonia, which is\nequal to 20 per cent, of nitrogen. Thou\nthere aro the lurry hydrocarbon compounds,\nfrom which (thanks to tbo discovery of\nKirkln-m and Perkins) beautiful aniline\ndyes can bo extracted. Tbe tar has been a\nsourco of such revenue to Ihc gas companies\nthat It may be seriously stated that every\nyear there is moro coloring mutter sent into\nihe atmosphere of Loudotl t hat would dye ull\nthe fahries woven by English looms within\nthe same time. If we take the wualo of t ho\nhydrocarbons lo equal 20 per cent, of the\nfuel burned, wc shall find that in D,0*K\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,000\ntons of coal burned iu the metropolis 1,800,-\n000 tons of hydrocarbons are lost. In other\nwords, aome 16,000,000 cubic feet of rich\nhydrocarbons are every year uselessly\nthrown into the air of London, und the loss\nia \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD400,000\t\nTHIS 18 NEWS.\nMr*, illmlntone Own* Three Acres or I-nnd\nat Mttjjuni Falls, dm,\nA peculiar fact has developed at Niagara\nFalls South. Upon examining the voters'\nlist of thc town it was discovered that Mrs.\nWilliam Ewarfc Gladstone, wife of the English Premier, is a voter there for mayor,\ncouncillors and school truBtcoa, The lady is\nthe owner of threo acres of valuable land\noverlooking the great fulls of Niagara, just\nbuck of tbe Fulls View station of the Michigan Central railroad. Since the big boom\niu /cal estate at Niagara Falls on both aides\nof the rivor, Mrs. Gladstone's piece of property has been iu active demand. Parties\narc uow negotiating with the lady for tho\npurchase of her pretty site and letters\nwritten in regard to the sale. Tbe plot was\npresent-id to tbe lady by her husband about\nthe time tbo Niagara Fulls Queen Victoriu\nJubilee park wus opened. It is said to be\nworth 86,000 an acre. When the big hydraulic water power tunnel is completed on\ntho Canadian side, thia property will double\nif not triple, its value.\nA Friendly Call-\nLittle Tommy\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\" Mamma, may I go over\nand play with Mrs. Nexdoor'a children ?\"\nMother\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\" Vou have never cared io play\nwith them.\"\nLittle Tommy\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\" But my bull wont over\ninto their yard, and tbey threw it back to\nme, and It was all sticky, 1 guess they've\ngot some candy\"\nSEA MONSTEKS-\nSome oF tho Alleged and Actual Ogres of\nthe Ocean.\nTbe lirvll FIili 1'iililr The Straiten -Ma\nrlue .11 tin lial'Ts of tbe Fait Indian\nOf-iiii tin* iLiiict\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDWliulfi of the Win\nPaclQe.\nThe British naturalist Bucklantl proposed\nto define man as a \"religious- biped, but\nthe recent explorers of tbe African continent have come across nations as devoid of\nreligious principlea as a Chicago ward political], and a \" bugbear-making creature\"\nwould be a moro appropriate designation.\nAt a time when Southeastern Europe\nswarmed with lions, the Greeks preferred\nto heat their imagination with stories about\nwood-devila and uAeilisks ; and Jaok Tar,\nin relating his adventures on an element\nwhere truth is strange enough to dispense\nwith tictio-i, continues to ileal iu sea-serpents and devil-fish. The Scandinavian\naailora of the eighteenth century favored\nthe world with blood-curdling accounts of\nu monster culled a krakcn\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa sort of giant\nlobster, equipped witb iron-hard claws,\nand strong enough to drag down u\ngoad-sized sailing vessel, crew aud\nall, before tbe victims had time to\nshriek out a prayer to their patron saints.\nThe cephalopoda of tbo topics undoubtedly\ngrow to a formidable size- but their aggressiveness has been absurdly exaggerated,\nand Victor Hugo's \" devil-fish\" is a zoological impossibility\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa combination of polyp\nwith the marine monsters oi the foroworld.\nThe seas of the antediluvian era must have\nbeeu decidedly unhealthy when creatures\nwith tho bead of an alligator aud the wings\nof a colossal bat could pursue their prey\nthrough the air us we I by land and water\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDseveral species of the pterodactylua, to\njudge from their skeletons, having measured '2-[ feet from lip to tip of their outstretched wings.\nTUB bEVIL'PISlf-\nBut the \"seu-serpuut\" has thua far uot\nbeen convicted of a single homicide, ami the\nnatural food of the octopus appears to consist of crabs and inoUuaka. A few weeks\nago a fisherman of Koviguo, on the Adriatic,\ncaught a \"devil-fish\" measuring l2i meters\n(about I) feet) between thc extremities of its\noutstretched arms. The captive was an\nexceptionally large specimen of tiie uphalop-\nods uow and thou washed ashore on tho\ncoasts of tho Mediterranean, and having thc\nadditional merit of being alivo, was shipped\nto Trieste, und tbenco by rail to Berlin,\nGermany, where he was adopted by tbo managers of the Royal Aquarium. On Ida arrival the intereatiug stranger appeared to\nbe more dead than alive. The weather hud\nbeen chilly and the temperature of tho water\nin his travelling tank wus down to 3li\nFahrenheit, but ou being transferred to u\nwarm bath bis long arms arose and groped\nabout, suggesting the revival of his appetite\nus the most pronounced manifestation of his\nvital energies. Anung the marine miscellanies on hand thero was asm-plus of hermit\ncrabs and abclcnu oysters, on which tho\ndistinguished guest consented to dine, aflcr\nbreaking his fast with a mouthful of whitebait; but when they offered him larger fish\nbis tenaclcs shrunk, and bcuvidcntly avoided the encounter with aquatic fellow-ercu-\nturcs capable of anything like serious resistance.\nThe monster ootopus fouud a few years\nago on the beach of Andros Island, in thc\nWestern Bahamas, measured 1-1 feet across\nthe tips of bis anna and weighed more than\n^00 pounds, but tbo limits of hia digestive\ncapacity could hardly be expected to include\nlarger creatures than u youngseal, and only\nthe hungriest specimens of the tropical varieties can ever have tried their prehensile\ntalents on a human bciug.\nTHE WHITE SHARK.\nBut if Hugos \"Toilers ofthe Sea\" bad\nextended their voyage to the Indian Ocean\nthey could i.avo found ahuudant facts for\nnever been known to attack a white-painteil\nlierring-bout, mistaking it for a beluga, and\nwill uot hesitate to lay hold of a harpooned\n-vkaleand drag it perforce under water.\"\nA single monster of that species could\nwork more havoc among a crew of ship\nwrecked sailors, swimming for their lives,\n-.ban all the \"devil-liah\" afloat in the seas of\ntbe tropics.\nPEOPLE AND EV\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDNI8-\nbeen\nFarkmau, thc historian, who has\nquite ill, is now recovering.\nA public censusof Philadelphia just taken\nshows it to have a population of 1,142,<\nti53.\nA Newfoundland dog went over tho\nAmerican Falls at Niagara aud camo up\nalive He was cut, but could wug his tail.\nHe wns rescued after ho had drugged him*\nBolf onto some rucka.\nPresident Eliot, of Harvard University,\nis a member of the Cremation Society, in\nBoston, aud he thinks that tho objects of\nthe organization are good. He does not intend, however, to direct that hia owu mortal remains ahull be numerated.\nGovernor McKinley'a brother, Abner Mc-\nKiuley, is interested iu a new invention\nwinch he thiuks may havo a greater Influence pei Imps than the Governor of Ohio\ncan t-xcr-.. It is really a typewriting dec-\ntrie machine. Ita operation ia something\nlike that of the picker. It will if it prove\nsuccessful, do away with the necessity of receiving telegraph operators, a sending operator being sufficient, aud the machinu doing\nthe rest of tho work.\nA man iu Berlin has adopted a slruuge\nway of earning a living. He breeds rats\nand sella them for vivisection purposoe.\nThe youngest great-grandmother of whom\nwe have recent record is Mrs. G, M. Redman, of St. Louis, When she wui 62 yeurs\nold, her grundebild, Mrs. A. N. Fase, of\nKansasCitv, became a mother at the age\nof 1(1.\nSome of the perils of employment in powder mills aro avoided by constructing the\nedifices of brick made of plaster of\nParis and cork. When un explosion occurs,\ntbey offer little rcaistunce, antl aro easily\nshattered in atoms.\nIf three, or five, or more men, ure aaleop\nin a room, and one of them is druuk, the\nHies will gather upon the tipsy man, and\navoid the others. The reason ia, that the\ninsects revel in tbe odor of alcohol, and\nsometimes get drunk on it.\nIt bus been noticed, us a remarkable\nfact, that year after ycur the rivers of Hussiu\nbecome shallower. The VorskU, 160 miles\nlong, once an important tributary of the\nDnolper, aud often compared with the Hudson, has completely dried up.\nA \" Home for the Dying\" was established\nin London, seven years ago, by a Scotch\nlady. It began wilh ten beds. The institution has proved auch a great succesa t'.iat\narrangements aro in progress to vastly increase tho accommodations.\nSix brothers in a family named Frost,\nat Kansas City, are respectively named\nWinter Frost, .Tack Frost, White Frost,\nCold Frost, Early Frost, und Snow Frost.\nFancy what u chilling reception thoy could\nivu u visitor whom tbey did not like.\nTbo musquitoes of Yucatan are the\nlargest iu tbe world, and ton times moro\nvoracious than even tho Jersey musquito.\nUntil u few years ugo they were unknown\nin Mexico, but wero brought there by ships\nfrom the United States, and have prospered\nto an alurmiug extent in the laud of their\nadoption.\nA crowd of girls blooked a sidewalk iu\nNew York city. Hurry Uilfoil, an actor,\nwishing to pu.-H, pretended to kick an imaginary dog, und imitated a series of yelps.\nThe girle screamed and scattered, aud one\not them fainted. The actor was nrrested\nfor cruelty to animals, as it was thought\n, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,. ; that he had really kicked a dog. The officer\nthc purpose of his sensation novel. 1 ho meat I sai(- he 9ftW him kiok t-18 T,]e QCt0|.\nformidable caruiyormia nanmuoUba pres- | wejU t,irough t,(e performance agaii\nent world is not the lion, but tho polar hour\nBut the entire bead of that terror of the\narctic fisherman would find room within the\njaws of a white shark and could bo crunched into fragments by tho multiplex rows of\nterrible teeth, Tho shark of tbe Sunda\nArchipelago has four rows of teeth iu each\njaw, from twenty to thirty-two teeth per\nrow, each tooth '2 inches in length and jagged like a Soudauese dark-knife, which it\nfar surpasses in its combination of elasticity\nand strength. Tbe best steel in the world,\nworked into a flat, tbiu blade, is not half ns\nsupple as a shark's tooth, with its flexor\nmuscles thut can bend it back till it ia\npressed close against the roof uf tbe palate ;\nbut by a reverse action these same muscles\ncan make the lung rcw of fangs bristle like\ntbe quills ofa porcupino and become rigid\nenough to cut their way through a 4-inch\nplank of the toughest wood. In the City\nMuseum of Amsterdam there ia a 26-foot\nskeleton of a white shark, captured on the\ncoast of Java after a struggle that demolished tbe quarter-deck furniture of a Batuvii\nsteamer, Tho monster bad been hooked by a passenger, who was almost\njerked overboard when be attempted to\nhaul in his prize, and a dozen of hia companions had to exert all their strength (in\ntbo temporary absonco of the captain) before they could drag thc captive out of his\nnative clement. Every now and then he\nmade a jump upward as if trying to snap\nthrough the chain attached to tho hook,\nbut the tackle held, and tho passengers ut\nlast lundod thc ogre that smashed a dozen\nchairs before Mynheer Captain rushed in\nwith re-onforcemcnls and u shower of blus-\nphemies. The skeleton jaws of t hat realistic devil-fish look like tho entrance of\nDante's Inferno\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa gapiug cavity so studded\nall around witb dagger points thut a man's\nface could be torn off like u musk by pushing him in headforemost antl drugging him\nout again. Thc horrible upparutus displays\nalmost a superabundance of destructive\ncontrivances, and if the giant shark had\nbeen gifted with the agility of a dolphin It\nwould mako tbo ocean untenable to any\ncreature abovo thc alze of u herring.\nTHE MALAY MASIATKK,\n, a again beforo\nthe police captain, und was dischurged.\nIt is noted in New York that there ia a\nsurprising number of \" Americans\" returning from Europe just now, \"Americans\"\nthat seem to be ut bome in every language\nbut Fiig^lish. One ship arrived about ten\ndays ugo with over OUO stecrugo passengers\non board, all of whom were either American citizens, or tourists. There can be no\nmistake about this, becauso the steamship\ncompany hud certificates to that effect,\nsworn to by the Europeans agents. So of\ncourse the passengers must all have been\nwhat they were aaid to be. Hud it not\nbeen for the immigration trouble the United\nStutes authorities might mill he ignorant of\nhow many poor American citizens have been\nwandering iu foreign parts. No one knows\nwhy chey have all been rushing home so\nfast (in tho steerage) since the Nation has\ndecided agu'ust immigration.\nTflUNDERAND THE INDIANS-\nriie Redman's Terror or tUs Natural rtit-a-\noineiiou.\nThunder ia to primitive people the moat\niwful of natural phenomena, bo it is nob\nitrunge to find that tho Indians have many\nlegends about its origin aud ita power, Tho\nKastern tribes, whose stronghold was in\nWestern Outarlo, naturally associated it\nwith Niagara Falls ; while tbe Western\nraces looked towards the peaks of the Uocky\nMountains as the home of the Thunder,\nThe Dakotus, or modern Sioux, say that\nThunder is a large bird, and that ia thu\nreason it can travel so rapidly. The rumbling noise is caused by un immense number\nof young birds. It is begun by the old\nbird and carried on by the young birds.\nThis is the cause of tho long duration of tbe\npeals of thunder. Thu ludiaus say thut it\nis the nestlings, or Thunders, that do the\nmischief; they are like the young mischievous men who will not listen to good counsel.\nTbe old thunder bird is wise uud good, and\ndues not kill unybody, uor do any kiud of\nmischief.\nThe Dakotus used to have a company of\nmen who claimed the oxclusive power and\nprivilege of lighting the thunder. Whenever a storm, t hey wished to avert, threat-\nened, the thunder fighters would take theit\nbows uud arrows, their magic drum, and a\naort of whiatle mado of the wing-bone of a\nwar eagle, and, thus armed, run out and\nfire at the riaing cloud, whoopiug, yelling,\nwhistling ami heating their drum to frighten it down again. One afternoon a heavy\nblack cloud came up, ami they repaired tu\nthe top of a hill, where they brought all\ntheir magic artillery into pluy against it.\nBut the undaunted thunder darted out a\nbright flush which struck ono of the party\ndead aa ho was in tho very act of slinking\nIds long pointed lance aguinst. it. After\nthat they decided that no human power\ncould quell the thunder \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD but thero were\ntwo gods who could do so. One was n giant\nso great that ho strode over the largest\nrivers and the tallest pines with cuac. Hu\ncould destroy the thunder by a mere look of\ntbe eye, Tbo other Hueceesfu1 opponent\nwaa the god of the water. Sometimes tho\nthunder tlurted his lightning, but coming\nin contact with the water, it was always\nlost.\nThc Iroquois, far to the Fast, say that a\ndreadful serpent poisoned the waters of\nNiagara river, and when tho iudians drank\nof it they died. Then the serpent camo\nforth and fed on the bodies. But under tho\nFalls lived the rain-giving god, ami oue day\nho went forth with his quiver full of thunder-bolts ; and he hurled them one alter\nanother at tbo serpent until it was slain.\nThe monstei-B body stretched for more than\nn mile, and, flouting down the river, caught\nfinally upon either bunk, and thus by tin*\nwaters piling up behind, wus formed the\nhorseshoe curve of ihe FuIIh, About tha\nshores of Luke Superior there dwelt, a few\nhundred years ago, the tribe of Hurnns to\nwhom the Jesuits early went us missionaries\nOue of their sorcerers told Brobieuf that\nthunder ia a turkey-cock. The sky is hia\npalace, and when the air is clear he remains\niu it. When the clouds begin-to griimblt-\nbe descends lo the earth to gather up snakes.\nThe lightning Hashes whenever ho opens\nor closea Iiib wings. If tbe storm ia more\nviolent than usual, it is because bis young\nones nre with him, aiding in thc noise.\nWhilo tho Josutts labored with the\nHiirons, recounts Mr. Purkman, a severe\ndrouth camo upon the fields. The sorcerers\nput forth their utmost power, ami from the\nlops of the houses yelled incessant invocations to the spirit!'. All wus iu vain. A\nrenowned \" ruin-maker,\" seeing his reputation totteriug under hia repeated failures,\nbethought him of necusiug tho desuitB, and\ngave out thut the red color of the cross\nwhich atood before thoir bouse seared awuy\nthe bird of thunder, and caused him to tly\nanother way. On this a clamor aroso The\npopular ire turned against the priests and\nthe obnoxious cross was condemned to be\ncut down. The -Jesuits said : \" If tho red\ncolor of the cross frighteuB the bird of\nthunder, paint it white.'' This was dene,\nhut tho clouds still kept aloof. Tho>1esuits\nfollowed up their advantage, \" Your\nipirits cannot help you. Now ask the aid\nof Him who made the world.\" Heavy rains\noccurring Boon utter, it ia said that many\nIndians believed iu tho white mini's (heat'\nSpirit, und presented themselves to th\npriests for buptism.\ny\nHelps for Horsemen-\nIt improves bedding material and incrcas*\nos its ubsorbuut capacity to run it through\na cutter.\nTrust to teslcd breeds ; let others experiment witb the untried.\nAll breeding should be from mature animals.\nBegin to feed grain as soon aa the pastures begin to fail.\nHanover is admitted to possess tho most\nuniformly good breed of horses of any country in the world. The explanation of thia\nprobably lies in the fact that the government long since lent ita encouragement to\nbreeding, establishing a government stud as\nearly us 1765, The Huuovarian cavalry ia\ntbe best mounted of any military force iu\nKurope, the horses being lurge, hardy,\nstrong und courugeoua. It I'urnisliea a striking example of tbe result of thorough and\npersistent work in breeding.\nFrench breeders pay attention to the\ndevelopment of long distance trotters, horses\nthut can keep their gait for ten or twenty\nmiles at stretch, Tho ueamst wit come to\nthis is in out road hotse, und for that we\nure not breeding very steadily toward a\n,..,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,, ..... i distinctive purpose. There ia more practical\nAsitia,theLerchunaHinax.musi8,lne|{ily;utiiayln(|Uroll miutllh t)m\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD in ,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD 8ll0ll\nas Sluggish M a gorged boa, and rca ly less : ,-j^,,^ ivoUm mii ,V() bolltoVO it Would\nformidable than oneof httrauUer relatives, paytoalva closer attention to producing\nthe wh.ie shark of Coromondel, und the \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD thtim, ftwt t0 draft howM theM lami.h_\nman-eator pur excellence of the Malay fr(l. w|lidl tl,er0 -, ft -(ettcr ilommi\ Bt ,my.\ncoast waters. It-the harbor ol Singapore \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ic(,s llmn fo[. - roa(|9U!rB. 'Tlie\nb0,l,l!')\"l.'imiC{! t?.i.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD?J?J*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD rn!m\"lt;.ra i <*luim that very heavy draft horses uro not\nived streets\nthe number\nemployed iu every city iu Europe. In\nLiverpool, London und Pin is arc found the\nlargest horses in the world, uud the great\ntraffic of those centers could hardly be\nhandled without them. Our cities are\nrapidly improving in this respect, but\nthousands upon thousands of good draft\nanimals must yet be grown to take thc\nplace of the many light ones still in use.\nThere is plenty of room in this lino for the\ngood breeder.\nnouis niunneu ..y tj iwniivi aon...- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDummera . m^ tllll, v , (lmft ,|0|.m\npuddle to und fro for a quarter of un hour , w.u Rdapto(, -ljr llS0 ' Ul0\nbeforo buthers venture into deep water f of the fl*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-M Ja ftmp-y 'hhd ** _t\nbut these boats themselves are sometimes ; \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ;\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD nvnrv ritt- In rati-.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtucked by a shoal of the ravenous mon\nstcrs, which leap clear out of the water iu\ntheir efforts to get u snap-bite ut their escaping prey.\nOn the bench of Kl Moro, near Havana,\nCuba, a mestizo was watering a drove of\nhorses about a year ago, and after giving\nthem a chance to drink at the mouth of u\nsmall stream rode a few dozen yards beyond tho delta to givo them thu benefit of a\nsuit-water bath. He was riding his horse\nside-saddle fashion, lazily smoking u cigarette, wheu suddenly n big shark leaped out\nof the water, seized the rider's leg and dragged him out of sight before the horrified\nspectator could make tho least attempt at\nrescue.\nA still more dreadful sea-wolfe haunts\ntho coasts of tho North Pacific\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtho orca,\nor killer-whale, a close relative of thc porpoise, but large enough to swallow a seal\nwithout the preliminaries of mastication.\nWith tho einglo exception of the Javanese\nfox-bat, the orca ia the most voracious creature of our latter-day world, and Prof.\nEohrloht deacribea a specimen that bad been\nkilled iu shallow water after devouring a\nlo/.en dolphins nnd four seals. \"The atrocious glutton,\" ho eaya, \"had got choked in\nthe attempt to swallow a seventeenth victim, us its throat wna obstructed by nn intertwisted muss uf seal bones.\"\nOn the const of Vancouver Ialnnd oroos\nhave sometimes been seen chasing a blue\nwhale\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa creature live or six times their\nown weight, but unable to offer uuy direct\nresistance to their co-opcrativo attaoks.\n\"these demons,\" Buys Dr. .James Murie,\n\"will assail their largest relatives uud pursue them like raging houiula. They liavt\nNot as Bad ns That\nHe (poor aud idle)\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDYou reject my band.\nCruel girl I Reserve your decision or I\nshall do something desperate '.\nShe (an heiress who knows bo wooes her\nto be maintained)\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDOo to work, I suppose.\nfeminine Contrariness-\nOld Rooster\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\" What have you stopped\nlaying fort\"\nOla Hon\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\" It's too cold.\"\nOld Rooster\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \"Huh ! Juatlike you females. Quick as it gets cool enough for me\nto crow without getting into a perspiration,\nyou 'iuit laying.\"\nOne of Life's Failures-\nMrs. Hiram Daly\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAnd so you've got\nyour old cook back ! I thought you told\nme she waa married about three months ago\nand had gone to housekeeping.\nMrs. Riverside Rives\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDShe has given up\nhousekeeping, anil has come buck to me.\nMrs. Hiram Daly*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDWhat was the matter*\"\nMrs, Riverside Rives\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDShe couldn't get\ni gin\nAUSTRIAN BRUTES SENTENCED.\nI'nOitTnnil sontn i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDu* for Murdering Hie\nMire nnil Mot her.\nA Vienna despatch says :\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe peasant\nTanzcr uud Ids son have been sentenced to\ndeath by the presiding judge of the Criminal Court iu Wiener Neustudt. During tbe\ntrial, which began on WedncBdny morning,\nii was shown that the father, with the assistance of bis son, murdorcd the mother of\ntbe family because they considered her a\nuseloBB charge on tho property ; also that\nTheresa, tho daughter, was privy to the\nplot, Sho was sentenced to six year's imprisonment.\nM, Cottu, who is wanted by the Paris\npolice to answer for his part in thc Panamas\nCanal \"frauds, came to this city about a week\nago and is nt the Hotel Imperial. The Paris\npolice have warned the Vienna police that\nhe should be detained. The department\nhere, however, has refused to arrest him.\nHearts Heat In Harmony-\nDetroit FruaPraB', The amethystine lines\nof ovening were growing in darker purples\nand tho purples into bluck.\nOn the little vineclad porch of the old\nIioum- the two sutsileut, aa they bud been\nBitting since the sun hud thrown ita first\nlong farewell shadows across the fields.\nWhat thoughts wero in their minds no\nlook or motion ol theirs betrayed.\nThey were an silent as the atms, which\none by one begun to peep above the dark\nlinn of the hills,\nHero and thoro a cricket ohirpnd its vesper hymn, ami iu tho old tree beyond\ntbo roud a roosting fowl ut intervals croak -\ncd contentedly.\nIt wus a time when hearts may beat in\nharmony nnd aouls in wordlcas measures\nmake music to fundi other.\nAt such uu hour Penco spruads her gentle\nwiiii*;i and all thr* turmoils of tho world run\nto her shielding breust and sink to sleep.\nSoftly the man put out bis hand and\ntouched hia companion ou the arm.\nThe touch was light, but it was enough.\n\" What ia it?\" came the gentle query iu\nresponse.\nThe man moved his chair u littio closer.\n\"Jim,\" be said, \"canyon give mo achaw\nof terbacker*)\"\nAnd the other man, in tho soft, sweet\nhush of the evening time, wcut down ia\nhis pocket for the plug.\nSaved Hia Veracity-\nWhen Mr, Smith returned home what\nwns more nut und thnn that he should have\na fishing story to tell 1\nMrs. Smith, ns became a dutiful spouso,\nwns nil attention.\n\" To relieve tho mouolony of a wait for a\ntrain,\" he began, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD I went fishing: Shortly\nbefore the train wns due I was ao fortunate\nas to hook an enormous baas, The fellow\nrushed to und fro, and, in my anxiety tr\nenpturo him, I nearly upset, the boat.\nFinally he rose to the surface near the bont.\nThe rish weighed exactly five pounds und\nsix and one-half ounces. I thuught I would\nlaud him sure, but with a lust mad effort ho\ntore away from tbo book und esoaped, I\nhud tn run for tho train.\"\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDRut how was it you knew the fish\nweighed live pounds nnd eix. ounces T \"\nasked Mrs. Smith as a troubled look over-\nSpread her face.\n\" llccnusc ho had scales on bis back,\"\nwas the reply.\nShe has given up Spiritualism Bince sho\nmarried,\" \"Because her husband objected\nto it, I suppose?\" \"Yes : for whenever she\nwent to u table-rapping he began to get\nmcsBngcs from hiB first wife.\" \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n~~~TT\nVs#\n)\nTHE SLA7ES0FB0HNE0.\nHorrible Traffic la Unman Flesh Amons\nltapaclous Tobacco Tinnier*.\n\"I can assure you thut Ihe former alavea of\ntho South wore in Paradise when compared\nwith the Borneo slave of to.tluy.\"\nThe speaker was Mr. Challinos- of the\nCoylon Tea Company wbo bus just landed,\nftti-i:.. itavlna lived twenty years in Indian\nArchipei-ag-*-, * i*rgo part oi which period\nwaa spent on tho Island of Borneo.\n\" Words are not adequat* to express the\nhorror of the traffic in hn-uan souls that\ngoes on in that Archipelago Region. The\nonly moans of reali/.ing the full torco of the\npernicious system Is too see it in operation.\nI now refer to tho system of supplying\nChinese labor to the tobacco States of\nneo by the slave traders of Hong Kong and\nSingapore, whero wo find these brutes\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n* labor agents' thoy style themselves\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDiu all\nof their detestable power.\n\" To the ' labor agent,' if you pleaso, the\nBorneo tobacco planter goes saying that ho\nis in need of 'iOOcooliea, There is no native\nlabor In Borneo, ynu know, hence tho draft\nis made upou the slavedeuler, who promises\nthe planter thut the men ahull be forthcoming, and that they will cost him $100 per\nman\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthis in mexican money, which, by the\nway, is in almost universal use down there,\n,*WJ \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD R0BB1KQ TUB 000L1B9,\n: \" Out of this $100 the slave dealer agreeB\nto pay to each coolie about$30\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwhich sum\nthe tobacco planter, if he ia a ' juat nnd wise\nnun,' is oxpeoted in turn to deduct from\neach coolie's wages, and, of course, put into\nhi*- own pocket.. Thus, you see, the poor\nslave is paying the first installment on his\nown hire. The slave dealer, or ' labor\nagent,' begins oporntioua by sending his\nagents up into thu highways and byways of\nChina, to scour the country and spread sensational tales of m:\vly discovered gold fields\nIn a beautiful Eldorado. ' Little work and\nbig pay.'aaya tho agent, and by this and\nother falao enchantment ho induces the requisite number of it-noruut half-starved\nChinamen, to join the expedition,\n\" All men \" was asked.\n\"Yea. Women uro never found on a\nBorneo tobacco ostato. Tho agents having\ngot their men together compel them to\nsign an agreement that each slave will pay\ntbo planter i'.H) uud work en the pluntation\n% twelfth-month\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD305 days, for bear in\nmind there aro no Sundays, holidays, or\ndays of rest of a tobacco plantation. It is\nhardly necessary to Bay that uot one of\nthese poor wretches knows the purport of a\ndocument to which ho has put his mark\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n.'or tho cau't read or write. The ngents\nnext proceed to have each coolie photographed. Then each one is branded acro3a\nhis breast or ou tho small of his buck with\nthe initials of the owner of the estate under\nwhom he is bought into bondage, Thi\nmarking process is done with caustic aud\nleuveB an ugly, decp-borncd, indelible sour\nubout five inches in length. Tho brand\nserves to identify the coolie should ho attempt to run away, an act whioh he is certain to attempt when he finds out the sort\nof lifo lo which he is doomed.\"\n\"Aud there is no Governmental interference, in these cases',\"\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'Only ono cuec bus ever been brought to\nmy knowledgo. It happoned on my last\nvoyage from Singapore, There woro 180 of\ntho unfortunate, doomed devils on board\nof our boat. They had all boon brought\ndown fr-ui tho country aud taken passage\ntotally unaware of their destination until\nthey wero two days out, when one of the\n.slaves gleaned the fact during a conversation\nwith n Chinuinnn, who was one of our\ncrew. Then, for the first time, the appalling truth duwned upon them. They\nlearned that they wero in tho wake of hosts\nof their fellow-countrymen who hud fallen\nvictims to thu slave trndcrs and sold their\nliberty for a mesa of potagc.\"\n\" Thereupon these fellows took matters\ninto thoir own hund*- at a lively pace.\nMutiny followed, and aa n result tlio akip-\nSier wns obliged to put buck to Singapore,\nlero Governor Douglas wus appealed to\nmid after hearing the compluiut mado by\ntho coolies he compelled tbe eaptaiu of tho\nVessel to release them. But, bless you, this\nono case brought to olliciul notice is only\none out of the hundreds that go unhindered.\nAa a usual thing there is uo opportunity to\n[nit into port at the instigation of mutineers,\njeeause thoy are cowed ami thrown into\nirons before they have time lo organize, and\nthus tbey aro carried on against protest.\"\n\" Anil finally\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nThey arrive at Sumlnkun, whero they aro\nunloaded like ao many cattle and sent to\nthe e3tato to which they are bound, \"\nIttWTED FOR Ills HEAP,\n\" What about thc natives of North\nBorneo?\"\n\" A mere handful in North Borneo, and\nit ia this locality of which I speak. They\ncompriso tho Malays, who aro the Dynka of\nBorneo; the Battas, or But alt 3, and other\nwild tribes of Sumatra, nnd thc Aborigines\nof Northern Celebes and ofthe Sula islands.\nIt is noaessary hero to diverge fora moment\nfrom the personage ot tho slave in order\nthat I may givo you a bettor under*\nstanding of the people into whose handa\nthese poor slaves tall. Thoro are undoubted signs of Borneo having had at one period\nn dense population all along its river banks,\nThero are the remains of finely tilled gardens und grand old treea, while oven great\nnumbers of piles remain, which ngnin go to\nprove former habitation, for wo know that\nall of tho .Malay houses are built upon piles.\nTherefore, when confronted by these evidences of former settlement, it is a question\nua lo what haa booome of ihe people.\"\n\"Tho only answer comes from the chieftains, who tell us that the races have in\ntimes past so eontinuully mado war upon\nono another that the end came in extermination. To bo sure, there aro villages to\nhe found along the bunks of those beautiful\nrivers\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfor poetically beautiful they are today. But even those settlements are situated\nwide apart. And thus it is that the old\ncustom of head hunting has very nearly\ndied out because the few people und the\nprohibitory law combine to defeat any attempts at head hunting, although it must\nho admitted thai ono village Is only too glad\nto rob its neighbor of as many heads as\npossible as trophies of bravery and daring.\"\n\"Were you ever hunted for your head';\"\nI asked, half in jest, not counting upon ua\nserious un answer.\n\" Yea, once\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDonly once,\" the Englishman\nanswered promptly, \" und to my dying day\nI shall never forget it. A baud of Dynka\nchased me around the foot ofa mountain.\nAway 1 How, the savage Dynka after me,\nuntil I reached n fallen tree, where I dis*\ncharged my rifle, and thus keeping them\nbuck I gained our camp. And these Malays\nnre tho very fellows who at length become\nthe galling yoke around the necks of thc\nslaves. What a Malay will not do for\nmoney is uot to be classified in the category\nof crime, Tbey are u Btanding nnd ever-\nready aid to tho tobacco planters, who offer\na reward of $'} per head for every runaway\nChinese slave they capture and roturn to\nthem alive. Thus menaced upon every\nside, frcodom in an absolute impossibility.\nTbo slnve escnpes ono night, Tliat is comparatively un easy matter. Tor days he\nmay hide himself in tbe interior. There bo\ns '.ops, in a vust, trnckless forest, without\nfood nnd with uo possible means to obtain\nit. Many a day ho avoids tho river's edge,\nfor this is tho highway to und from tho\nestates. Then wheu hunger aei/es him in\nits mad grip, bo grows bolder-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD tamer might\nbo a moro lilting word\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDuntil finally his\ncraving appetite drives him to the river,\nwith the quivering hope that he may meet\nsome compassionate joul *7lio will ill least\ngivo him a bit of food. Ami about '.lie first\nfid mi that he dour, meet along thc river\nwjk is u Malay\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDsome of these human\ndevils who are always prowling about for\ncoolies,\"\n0\nI\"\nIn\nTUB TREACHEROUS MALAY.\n\"The Malay greets him with a winsome\nsmile. That is a part of his slock in trade.\nThis smile ensnares the coolie and he begs tho\nMulay lo give him foot! and nid him to os-\ncapo to the const. Kich promises uro mado\nby tlicMaluy, who induces the coolie to en\nter his gobong (native boat),when be pounces upon tbe weak, hungry, and unsuspecting slave, binds him hand and foot, and,\nafter stripping him of e**ery vestige of\nclothing, lands him, st.uk nuked, upon tho\nestate of the coolie's former master nnd receives his $u rewurd. Frequently eight or\nUn coolies escape together, and finally\nwind up face to face with the alluring Malays and thia means bloodshed, for an axe\nfight is aute to precede submission.\"\n\"And there is do uvenue of escape when\nthe coolie is once pursued ? \"\n\"No. It oocnaionally happens that a\ncoolie, when hard pressed, will take to tho\nwater and attempt to swim to tbe opposite\nbank of the river. But what thou? Ho\nbecomes a victim of a still more appalling\ntorture. I have seen au ugly crocodile\nworry a coolie as a terrier I og does a rat,\nand, with cries of frightful agony, and the\nwater whipped into foam, and, stained with\nblood, the poor coolie at last gave up tho\nbattle aud paid the penalty witb a horrible\ndeath.\"\n\"Then the slave never voluntarily returns\nto the estate?\"\n\" Very seldom; for any fate would be pre\nferable to their icception at thn hands of\nthe planters. But I have known cases whero\ntho wretches camo back, driven in by the\npangs of hunger, of course. I saw one poor\nfellow, the very lifo blood wrung from hia\nheart at every step, u he dragged his weary\nbody back, aud wan, fanii\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDhcd, feet. But\ndeath ia the sweotest relief from auch bondage after all. Yes, it's a pitiful state of\nalt'uiia down there in Borneo. The frightful\ndragon of slavery draws his loathsome\nlength over the land, leaving the -dime of\nbondage to fester beneath tbe sun of nine'\nteenth century civilization. And we so-called Christ inns gaze upon it with fettered\ntonguea, until it becomes us to cry out 'Look\nat us I We are tho advocates, the models of\nmodern reform and liberty.'\n\" We will admit that the Southern slave\nlay shackled, hand and foot and body, across\na line of racorous bubbling contention. But\nif he had an enemy, he ulao had a friend. In\nthe case of tbe coolio slave tho affair is all\none-Bided. No person defeuds his case. If\nhe docs fight for himself his aide falls defeated and he dies. Hundreds of thouaanda of\nmen laid down their lives to quench tho hot\nfires of secession. Not a man ever died for\ntho abolition of coolie Blavery. It is all a\nself-fought buttle with them. Their life\nstory is abort, sad, appalling. Capture under thc deception of labor ugonts, aubjectiou,\nthe caustic brand ; tho hellish slave driver\nof tbe toliaci o estate\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDuud, perchance, escape. If ao, recapture and punishment too\nburrowing to mention. Perhaps they plunge\ninto the rivor. Anil if they do a more horrible death awaits tbem, as they scream in\nthe agony of despair and terror and listen\nto the sickening crackiug of their own bones\nbetween the crunching teeth of the ugly\ncrocodile,\"\nA DEBT WELL PAID-\nHe Saved u Life anil Received Hla Own\nTwice, In Lieu Thereof.\nAbout the middle of this century thore\nwas a terrible uprising among the Yucatan\nIndians, For a time they were able to\nwreck vongeance ou their white conquerors\naud their ferocity antl cruelty were horrible,\nKven so dark a page of history as this,\nhowever, is not without its stcry of kind-\nness and mercy betwocu enemies. The town\nof Peto was so situated iu the Indian territory that it was taken by the Indians and\nrecuptured by tlm whites many times,\nOnce, when it was in the hands of its rightful owners, a number of Indian prisoners\nwero held.\nLess cruel than the savages, the whites\nkilled only in battle ; they allowed their\nprisoners to live. But provisions liecmue\nmoro and more scarce in Peto, aud the Indians were left to die of hunger. One day\nDon Marcos Duarte, a wealthy inhabitant\nof the town, waa passing the house where\nthe Indians were, and stopped, shocked at\ntho sight of a miserable, emaciated creature.\n\"What are you doing ?\" he askod.\n\" I am eatlug my shoes, aa you see,\" was\ntho reply, \"I am starving to death.\" For\ntwelve days we have had almost no food.\nMost of my companions are dead,' uud the\ndays of the rest are numbered.\"\nDon Marcos looked at the miserable survivors, and said, \" You and they shall\nlive,\" nnd he sent them food everyday, and\nfinally procured their freedom. Whatever\nwere tlio rights of the question between\nIndians and whites in his case, human pity\nspoke first in his heart.\nSome time later Peto was captured hy the\nIndians, and the inhabitants were massacred. Don Marcos, with his wife and\nchildren, awaited death on their knees in\nprayer. Thoy heard a party of savages\napproaching the home, and felt that the\ncud had come,\nThc head of tbo band, however, stationed\nsentinols around tho house, and gave this\norder: \"Not a hair of tho bend of this\nman or his family is to be touched ou pain\nof death.\"\nTlio family of Duarte was the only one\nthat was spared. The Indian who had Inspired the pity of Dun Marcos was paying\nhis debt.\nTwenty years afterward, in a successful\nuprising, the Indians sacked a number of\nvillages aud country houses. They retreated loaded with spoil uud dragging with\nthem many household servants, of whom\nthey intended to make slaves. The chief of\nllie expedition naked one of them what wns\nthe iinmo of his muster.\n\" Don Marcos Duarto,\" ho replied.\nThe chief immediately called a halt.\nHow many men belong to Don Marcos ?\"\nbe nskod.\nTwenty-four,\" replied the man to\nwhom he had spoken.\n\" Name them,\" said the chief.\nHaving collected tho twonty-fonr men,\nbe returned to them the spoil which had\ncome from the Duarte house, und said, \"Go\nhomo, friends ; you arc free.\" Jt was tbo\nIndian once mote paying his debt.\nParsee Smcitte:*-\nFrom n recent official return it appears\nthat t here were !\"'* deaths by suicide in Bombay last year. In proportion to population\nthe Parsees head the lisl, followed by\nEuropeans, while thc native Christians are\nut tho bottom. Tbe fcmalo suicides nre\nmainly amongst Hindoos, and 22 of them\nwere married women bet ween the uges of 1*2\nand 'iu. The reasons of 1(| suicide-- by women woro ascertained, Quarrels between\nhusband and wife accounted for six ; one\ngill of IS destroyed herself became hIic had\nost nu eye, and no ono would marry her ;\ntwo wives aged .'JO complained of younger\nwives; one girl of 15 objected to the'jou-\nluctof her mother-in-law j a woman complained of uot being allowed by her lms\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nbund to see her mother ; another was grieved by her husband's insolvency ; a third became uiiublo to go out begging; while n\nwoman aged ICO threw herself down u woll\nwhile insane.\nHot as Bad as That-\nHe (poor nnd idle)\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDYon reject my hand.\nCruel girl I Reserve your decision or I\nshall do something dcBpcra'.e !\nShe (au heiress who knows ho woooa her\nto be maintained)\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDGo to work- I suppose.\nFeminine Contrariness.\nOld Booster\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-\" What have you stopped\nlaying for?\"\nOld Hen\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"It's too cold,\"\nOld UooBtcr\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"Huh! Just liko you females, i'uiok aa it gots cool enough for me\nto crow without getting into a perspiration,\nyou quit laying.\"\nTho heart that is soonest uwuko to the\nflowers is always the lirst to be tou-ched by\nthe thorns.\nDo you bcllove in thc transmigration of\nsouls, Joe*;\" \" What's that, sir\"!'' \" Why,\nfor instance, that that cow has hud a prior existence in another form\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD perhaps been a\nbeing like myself,'' \"Oh no doubt tbe\ncow's bcon u calf.\"\nTHE \" OBAZY WEED.\"\nA Strange i-inui Found on the son t her is\nPralrles-lIi Peculiar and Fatal fcffeei\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDu Animal, Which Eat It.\nThe enterprising Englishman who emigrates to the south-western prairies of\nNorth America with a view to ranching,\nhas many trials awaiting him of which be\nlittle dreams in Old England; but to my\nmind the worst evil of all is to find one's\nself unwittingly the purchaser of a ranch ou\nwhich Loco is found- Few peoplo who have\nnot been out West know anything about\nthis plant, which is ao much dreaded by\ncattle ranchmen, and therefore I think a\nfew remarks about it may not prove un-\nnteresting to somo readers.\nThis loco is a pretty plant, something like\na vetch iu appearance, with white, purple,\nand red flowers. The leaf is alternately\npinnate, and the leaflet lanceolate. It is\nthe first green herbage that springs up after\nthe long winter, aud perhaps that is the\nreason it seems irresistiblo to some cattle\nearly in tbe spring. It takes its name from\na Mexican word meaning \" mad;\" and it is\noften called the \" Crazy Weed,\" from the\ndireful effect it has upon cattle or horses if\noaten in any quantity. At the commence'\nment, the poison seems slow in showing It-\nself; the first sympton usually being a dull\nglassy look in the eyes, which gradually\nseem to dilate aud become\nWILD AND 9TAUIXG.\nTo an experienced \" Westerner\" this is\nsufficient warning, and if he is wise, he will\nremove the animal at once to somo distant pasture free from the weed, for\nif left to graze on the dangerous\nherb, tho symptoms will become more\npronounced, the vision becoming impaired,\nand the victim developing an aptitude for\nindulging in grotesque unties, sometimes\nrushing madly about as if demented. When\nhorses aro affected, they generally show it\nfirst by being troublesome in harness, bulking, backing, and often rearing and hurling\nthemselves hackwarka. A \"locoed\" horse\nhas the greatest objection to having Its\nhead touched in any way, and consequently\nis difficult to harness.\nThe last atage of the disease is a gradual\nwasting nway of the animals ; and thia ends\nfatally. I once aaw a cow that was badly\n\"locoed ;' the poiaon had got thoroughly into\nher system and sho was as thin as n rail.\nHer ribs showed plainly through the skin,\nand she was bo weak she could hardly\nstand. Her owner had kept her shut in a\ncorral away from the fatal loco, and fed hor\nup well ; but she was too far gone, and got\nso wretched at last that a bullet put un out!\nto her sufferings.\nStrauge to stay, cattle bom on the pralr\niea seem instinctively to avoid, the plant .\nand it is ehieily imported anhuals, often\nvaluable high-grade beasts, that fall victims\nto thoir partiality for it, It is very difficult to eradicate loco once it haa got u firm\nhold on s pasture, and I believe the best\nthing ia to plough up the land, It grows\nin big patches, and iu the \"fall\" the large\npods containing the seeds burst and are carried on bv the winds to spread elsewhere.\nI was for some time on a ranch where loco\nflourished wonderfully, iu spite of the owner's efforts to get rid of it. He waa advis'\ncd to drown it first with water from the\nirrigation ditches, and then let the hot sun\nscorch it up. Note that under this treatment it throve and spread 1 Again he waa\nTOLD HY AN \" OLD TIMER\"\nthat the only thing was to cut it down juat\nbefore it seeded and burn it, He did so ;\nand the next year his best hay patch was\nthick with loco blossom. Although there\nia a prevalent idea that loco hay is harmless, my friend would not run the risk of\ngiving it to his horses, and hist the crop.\nI once helped to drive a cow from a loco\npatch to a corral; the distance was not a\nmile, and yet with the help of another rider\nit took ua two hours and a half to succeed.\nThe cow ran ad over the place in a silly\ndazed way, until we got our two horses\nclose along each side of her, bo that she\ncould uot turn easily, and with difficulty\nkopt hor moving on straight ahead. Her\nsight seemed peculiarly defective ; on tho\nway, she fell clumsily iuto an irrigation\nditch that she could easily have crossed, and\nwe got her out with no end of trouble.\nAgain, coming to a fence-pole lying ou the\nground, she Btopped abruptly and commenced dancing and plunging about in\nfront of it for some minutes; then, with a\ngroat bound, she jumped over it as if it was\ntwo or three feet high 1 A \" locoed \" horse\nof mine while feeding quietly in the stable\none morning was\nSEIZED WITH A SPASM }\nit reared suddenly, threw itself backwards\nand broke its neck before two men who\nwero standing by could do a thing to try\nand save it.\nA few years before I went to tho southern pave of Colorado, where I first came\nacross loco, the weod was spreading so\nrapidly there that the Government offered\na bounty for every ton of it dug up by the\nroots, which was to bo destroyed after\nbeing weighed. This wise measure for\nbattling with the evil waa frustrated by the\ngreed of some of the Mexicans and lower\nstump of ranchmen, who, tempted by tho\nreward, actually cultivated the plant as a\nfiro tit able speculation, until their unscrupu-\ncms business was suspected, and it waa\ndeemed expedient to take off the bounty,\nus tho amount of loco that was produced\nseemed incredible.\nThero are many theories afloat about\nloco among Westerners, Some maintain\nthat it is not thu plant ut all that does the\nmischief, but a tiuy red worm that Is found\nonly in its roots, and that animals that are\naffected must first out the root and swallow\nthe worm. One man will believe that this\nworm attacks only tho intestines, and\nanother will declnro that it finds its way at\nonce to the bruin, lu defenco of this worm\ntheory it ia urged that botanical experts\nhave failed to discover anything supposed\nto bo injurious to cuttle or horses in the\nspecimens ofthe plant sent to them for\nanalysis. Ono daring ranchman I know\nactually tasted tho leaves, and said they\nhad a strong flavour of suit about item,\nwhich would doubtless be acceptable to\nbovine palates.\nI was oucc talking to an owner of a large\nhorfic-ntiich, and having noticed that loco\ngrew abundantly on tbo land, but that hia\nhorses looked none the worao of it, I usked\nthe reason. He told me ho had lost many\nuntil he heard accidentally that salt uud copperas togoiher mado an effectual antidote\nto the poison j for by tbo way he maintained that the plant was injuroiis iu itself,\nand quite repudiated the worm theory. Ho\nsaid that since he had left the remedy where\nthe animals could always got at it, he had\nnot lost ono. It seemed\nUAtlD TO BELIEVE\niu this somewhat homojopathio treatment\nofthe disease, but this horse-owner had\nthc greatest faith in its efficiency. I uevor\nmet any one clso who had tried the daring\nexperiment. I waa much interested in the\nnoxious plant, und watched all looo cases\nthat came under my notice most carefully ; but whether the trouble arise\nfrom poisonous leaves or worms I cannot\ntoll. I dried some specimens of the plants\nand sent them on my return to Euglund to\nan authority on such things, but he was not\nablo to name it; so I conclude England ia\nnt present free from tbo weed, und I hope\nshe may nover have any transplanted to her\nshores. It may not be uniotereatiuir to close\nthese remarks by saying that iu localities\nwhere loco is found, a word has been coined\nfrom ita name, and if people aro deficient iu\nintellect, or odd nnd eccentric, they aro\ndesignated \"locoed 1\"\nPOETRY.\nTh e Shah SeriouBly 111-\nA despatch from Teheran says that tho\nShah of Persia is seriously ill. Tho nature\nof the illness ia not reported, but the Shah\nis known to have boon greatly disturbed by\nthe recent troublea in liis dominions, and\nespecially by the hostilo and menacing attitude of the priesthood toward his authority.\nBound in the Bundle of T it'e-\n\"And Abigail said unto David,-the sou] of\nmy Lord shall bo bound in tho bundle of life\nwith the Lord thy God.\"\n1 Samuel XXV ffi,\nHerald It forth to His praise I\nJesus, my Lord can It be\nI shnllbo bound\nAt tho end ot tho day-*\nIn a bundle of lifo with Thee 1\nLife will bo Thine\nPure life will be mine\nAnd love, asu girdle, will our life entwine\nLaud I tho infinite (mice\nLifting mc up to Thy side!\nGranting my soul\nIn Thy presence a place,\n\"Not ugift nora favor dented;\nLife liko Thine own.\nAs puro as Thy Throne\nAnd as chaste tu Eternity over hath known\nBound in a bundle with God:\nWhat n translation and gain;\nnow I am under\nHis Qraco aud His rod.\nIn weakness and peril and pain,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nHold-so he Baith-\nt In bondage to death\nAnd lifo n lent mystery, looked In a breath\nThen (Thrill with rapture my heart;)\nI\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDonce a sinner\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDshall bo\nLike Thee und know Thee\nAnd ho whero Thou nrt\nAnd havo lifo in its fulnoBB, with Thco :\nDeath shall have ran\nHis ruco and bo dono\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nThy dying such living for mortals hath won\nHound in n bundle uf lifo ;\nSoul of mine, thus saith his word I\nWhen thou art dono\nWith mortality'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD! strife.\nThou shalt then be bound up with the Lord;\nJoyfully prove\nIn bondage above\nThe limitless freedom of Infinite love,\n-[Llowellyn A. Morrison.\n\"Tho Elms,\" Toronto.\nHow to Tote!\nLet overy man who has a vote,\nVote (or \"Progress I\"\nNot for party, peace, or pleasure.\nNot for favor, fame or treasure,\nVote for overy honest meusuro,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nVote for \"Progrosst\"\nVote us if your vote might carry-\nVote for \"Progress!\"\nFranchise is u gift from Heaven,\"\nyucroil trust to manhood given,\nBo not like dumb cuttle driven,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nVotofor \"Progress 1\"\nVote for men above suspicion-\nMen of \"Progress 1\"\nNo I not wlro-pullers! nay, forsooth I\nBut men who from their early youth,\nLov'd Justice, Honor, God and Truth,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nFought for \"Progressl\"\nThut man who sell- his vote for gold\nShould bo n slave I\nWhat! sell thy birthright for n bribe.\nAnd kinship claim with Esau's tribe,\nSuoh niiinnr Of-H scarce can we describe,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nBoth fool nnd knave 1\nVote for your country. God and homo,\nAnd for \"Progressl\"\nDon't say-\"Let well enough nlona 1\"\nBut kick aside each stumhllng-siono;\nAs if this land were all your own,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nVotofor \"Progrosst\"\n-[John Iinrle.\nO.d Joe-\nWhen the \"molancholy days,\"\nWitb their not' nnd mellcr haze,\nSettle nigh.\nAn' tho ripe leaves, rod an' brown,\nFlutter sof'ly, gentle down,\nDead nnd dry;\nOr, asolse, tho nlppin' breeze\nGosa rampastin' through the trees\nIn a gust,\nYorka 'cm from tho ol' homo twig.\nWhirls \"em !\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD a giddy Jig *\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nWith the duat;\nThen I think ot reor'atlon\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nA spot on the plantation.\nWarm and bright,\nAn' I till my ol' clay pipe\nWith t'bdceer yellor-rlpe,\nStrike a light.\nAs 1 settlinrputrn, tlilnlcln',\nA-bllnkln'nnd a-wlnkln'\nOf my eyes.\nA sof nnd wis'ful fcelln,'\nUpon my heart comes stoalin,*\nEasywlse.\nYou see, I'm growln' feeble,\nAn' soon must leave tho people\nHero around;\nAn' when tho leave*-, fro*)'-bitten,\nBy garn'rin' winds are smitten,\nI'o tbe ground,\nThon It Bomehow 'pours to me\nI'm a po'i* leaf on Life's tree,\nBore an' light,\nWhich n blastin', blightln* breath\nFrom tbo cracked ol' lips of Death\nSoon will smite.\nAn' when tho loaves aro fallln'\nI almos' hour 'em oallin'\nFrom tho shore\nWhoro my wife nn' little Joo,\nId an autumn long ago,\nWent before.\nNow Ol' Joe's sun'a decllnln'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nWhere aunbeams onoe was shinin'\nShadows lie:\nBut, thank Cod, coircs the dawnln'\nA llt-Wlth-frlory morntn'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nUp on bigbl\nThe Sad Story of Elder Jones-\nThere never was a better man\nThan Elder Simon Jone-i.\nHo reeked with goodness even to\nTho marrow In his bones;\nAnd ho'd have been bsatttted\nLong years ago. f know,\nBut for Ills fatal tendency\nTo say: \" I told you so.\"\nNo matter what might come to pais,\nNo shadow of surprise\nWas over seen by any one\nIn Elder Jones'oyes.\nHe'd simply listen to the tale\nOf glndnosri or of woe.\nAnd when it nil won tlnishod he'd\nRemark: \" l told you so.\"\nA more exasperating man,\nTho neighbor.-! ull agreed,\nTbo.\" never know, however good \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nHe was in word and deed ;\nFor when tbo ino.it unlooked-for things\nHad sot tin-rn in a glow,\nThe stolid Jonan would only nod\nAnd aay: \" 1 told you bo.\"\nWell, finally, the older died,\nAh even good men muat.\nHN mortal frame wns Inlil away\nTo mingle with tha tlutt.\nBut when his soul to judgment enme.\nIt*-* course wui turned below,\nAnd nil tho angels I'look their heads\nAnd said: \" 1 told you so.\"\nKaoint; With Wolves-\nMany a thrilling tale bus been told by\ntraveler* of a race with wolves aoross the\nfrozen stenpes of Russia. Sometimes only\nthe picked nones of tho hapless traveler are\nfound to toll the tale. In our own country\nthousands are engaged in a life-mid-death\nraco against the wolf Consumption. The\nbest weapons with which to fight the foe,\nis Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.\nThis renowned remedy has curod myriads\nof oases when all other medicines and doctors\nbad failed. It is tho greatest blood-purifier\nand restorer of strength know to tho world.\nFor all forms of sorofulous afTectbons {and\nconsumption is one of them), it is uucqualed\nas a remedy.\nA Boston schoolboy, who evidently has a\nbright future awaiting him, lately began au\nessay with these words : \"The world wns\nformerly inhabited by immortals, but they\nare uow ull dead.\"\nHave You Asthma?\nDr. R. SflHIFFMAHS, St I'uul, Minn,,\nwill mail a trial packugo of Sohtffraann'a\nAathma Curo fret to any sufferer, (lives\nInstant relief in worst cases, and cures\nwhero others fail. Name this paper and\neon d address,\nMother\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"So you wish my daughter for\nyour wife ?\" Ho\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD(gallantly)\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\" Partly that,\nmatlame, and partly {hat you may bo njy\nmother-in-law,\nGIBBONS' TOOTHACHE GUM acta as a\ntemporary filling, and stops toothache Instant-\ny Sold by druggists.\n\"Father,\" nuked tho boy, \"what's the\nreason you call that shop ot yours down\ntown a'plant?'\" \"Because, my son,\" an-\nBWcred the father, gloomily, \"I scorn to be\nrunning it into tho ground.\"\nDr. Harvey's Southern Red l1\"*-0 -\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDr\ncoughs and colds le the mosi. reliable and\nperfect cough medicine iu the inarkeU For\naale everywhere.\nA DDPFEBIN CO. 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Sent by mall ou tOOstpt o!\nprice by sd\nID\nlid\nNotices of Births\nMarriages .\nml\n-I iths. 50 rorvs encl\nIll-ITLIOII.\nNo Advcnismcm i.\n-ti ir.l for loss tl\nnn\nWndBBgdm, JAH.11, iaea\ndehn'ti- uom'lusioiis ns in what nmy tie\ni-eetl'd. 1\" lliis way the np*ii:on nf\nt.i- majority cutiM lie a-cerinitn'd, ami\nb> iliis nil Khonld be wilting 10 uoj-.it-.\nCtiiiitiinirii from lirst [mgo.\nthnt w'tli more etipiml, his si-h\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*mi- wns\nprnrt-i.lt*. 't'l-t* 'ivi r tin to this point\nrnn-rl with a li*tle inoiicv hi* in de nr\nall-\nnd a fin* harl'our esUUi&lied\nKindly Remit.\nHfliiy rf nur fnenrls sn**sorib**(l bc-\nfo e our outfit rcaih'd ln-re, hihI wi-m*\nnut.tskedto pay nt the'hut'. Wed-sir\n-il to stmt wilh a Fiiir uirt-ulalion and\nili-i not care to reoeivf money hefore ihe\nautual publiwition -f ihc paper. Now\nlmwevir. wenim-t enforce the rule of\nndvunre-payin-nt. No iaperran live\nami ilefer the rolh-ction of *-ul\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*ri*ipt mis\nuntil the end nf the yem The rule\nnl'mkance payment is universal amonii\nni*ujpiiperi\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnd ih**\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDi uiint, in c-ujIi\npartii-ular oiisei'* t'osmali tnjmtily aper\nKinnl call. Thfiefiire, if ynu have not\ndoneso. i-lence kindly remit, We have\nabout 100 names 011 uur list to whom\nthtHnppcal is made. Jum ai this thii'- it\nwould be a grrat convenience, if this\nwt-n* pn mplly pniil in- end eiiahle \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nlo make aomn needed additions 10 our\nplant. In a geneial way we hav-* re\nceived more encouiau'iiv nt th\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDn we i*x-\nl-.ttd, and we*-u(].o*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD: that \"hi* mihoii\nthe subscriptions rt't'i red to have not helm\" bi'im paid, is ln-eniist- ihey have no'\nl-een called for until now.\nGrumbling\nThere is a vast amount of en rirv\nwasted in useless prumhlhiK- Tiie mcriv\nfact that, we do not find things ns wi-\nwould like is no goo*! reason for tauft\n(hiding. Wc are n< t perfect ourt-elves\nnnd need not expect perfection in olht-n*\n\"\Vm nuke lilunclers constantly in our\nprivate affairs, why t-hnuld we expect\ntin* public uflUirs to he conducted with.\nmt an oceasional brenk? And then n-\ngaiu, there is always ground for an lion\nest riillerenceof opinion, and we have\nno right to ask others to art on \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDur\njtidjremeiitjtiieynreto acton their own.\nAnd then auain after \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD thing is done,\nit is often very easy to see liow it m'jrlit\nhave heen improved. In it r-asonable\nto. xpet't others to see as clearly look-\nina into the future \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD* we do looking\n..\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"k! Assuredly nrtBinly'inreri\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDRt-\nH in e\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtimate*t which will he hroUffht\nin a little later on and it would he well\n-..\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDiimke known our wishes as soon *s\nprnnticftble,\nfor our trunk roads it. would he well\nto have \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD* ntf-olfta ntim plan.*** in the e\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nliimiie\". Take ihe one to Union, the\nin *.( Important .iH-rtinp*4 in the district\nl,ct us ask for jf specific cum for this\nroad, so (hit it rtiav not he diverted to\noilieri. We tmnVstflnd -hat our Un\ni hi friends will tnnke a move in thi\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\ndireeiion, nnd it should he nupnorted\nhy the peot'lp of the vall-v a*, well\nThe Inn\" hridpo between fourleuav\nand the liny i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD hecmint; dihipidnted.\n11 #as built ahour 1\" V,'nrs \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1-0 n,u* '3\nMii.l toll,' In n dnntrerfius condition. Its\nnne should not In* continued until it\npors down-entnilincr loss of \"f* ^rn'\nVision should he ninde this winter for\nMldlng a dyke, sn 111 to make a hrontl\nenlinnkinent which would answer for\na i-vid hed This would take the place\nofthe hridue, nnd in ihec-nd. lie mu-'h\nIt heaper. In addition \"o that it\nwould protect much valuable land frnm\novrflnw A ipeolfic sum should lie\npl.i I in the estimate\" for this purpose.\nThe best w-ny is to post nurseh cs\ntli'irnnphlv ns to what is ne'ded. ar-\nqnnint our member with our needs\nnn.l st'enciheii Ids hands with petitions\nwhioh he can Itv before the oovprnment\nhrfore ihc estimnles arc brouuhl down.\nThe (treat trouble 's thai hut a few\ninfcicst themselves insueli matter* nnd\nthcVi locking after'heir own interests,\nd\" not (iiirly rpptcseut 'he district, or\nil. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*i|n>-;,v np-nfon or t*.i^li nf die\njimp-Jo. And yet, If the grnat majority\nn't i-npn'1-um. how is nur mem*\n(11*1 lo decide what is realy wanted. The\nbest way Ii to call a nipiUhip of thoctl\ni'di\", givingsudloienl notice ho tiitt\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDn mav attonti, for the purpose of dl\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nqui lt>gatd if possible arriving at some\n1 hv\"wa\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDhinjiont the spit o\"*' land hetw\n! ihejrivcr a-'liln- slouuh, Ki r ih * pur\n' nn\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDe the n'-ewsary fall, ami force could\nhen inedby tim*ii-: \"' \" CourteiiHy\nj some distnnve nhove. ^Illi,!l appropria\n! tions have (' om time to time leen\n! made tc improve the river, hy remov-\n| ins snags, iindtilso to piotec the cm\nI harkments Only last n-ara feat hun\nI dreddoll-rs wen- expend d in protect-\n1 ing the hank juM Mow the junction of\nj the Tenia in and tin- IMtntled^* rivers,\n' I' is thus reeogni/\"d bv the Dominion\nj Cinvernment \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDs naviunhle water and en\n1 titled to cousitler-iiion \"'ni a i-haie in\nj tlennenal \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDpprnpr ations for the im\n1 pi \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD r-i r-.i'nf navi-riil.le stren'iK.\nThe hridire aernss the the Oourtenny\nwas huilt in I874 to enable H-e setters\n! to reach the Pideock mill It ids..\nformed a eonneetinn with the road\ndown the PO\"tli side ofthe river and\nthe Bav. Thl\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD was the old Niinabun\nnnd Onmox bridle trail. It wns never\nof much use. a*>the freshets of the next\nseason, \"went a way the bridges slni-y\nt'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDe trnil'iinrl thev wen* never replaced.\nThe mud in many places is now so\np-'O-'-n ovir with brush, that it is- diffl\ncult tn tell wheee it whs, The trail is\nnow heinc cut ou' fmm h'anny Ray this\nway nnd n fair roi'd is made lor ilm\nh'st two miles, Tf ihe coke ovens \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDre\neif-cr-l nt tlnion wharf as ii expect\ned. n floiimhine viUnre \"ill sprinij up\nthere, nnd it will follow a\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD a mutter nf\nmu-se that n pond road will com-ect\nthe place with Onnrten-iy\nThe Iony hrldiw on the Bay road\nwas hull, in 1S 7 Ti. ihe next year after\nthe Oovemment everted the wharf at.\nihe Bav and the latter place directly\nennoected bv ro'*d with the settlement\nof-he vallev. the mid from this place\nrunrijiiL'as furns I'idcock's mill. Thiol d rnnd running around alonp, the foot\nof the liil1* to the north was in existence\nbefore, hu* has never been an easy ro-id\nto tra'e'.\nThe Urqnhnrts came about, pix yeurs\ntwo, and lite mil nrop.irty was then\nlinutjlit 1\"* them Down the river wht-re\nit. empties into the I'uy. Eabson wns\nr\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDncht\"ff several years before, We men\ntiu\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD these nii'lyintf facts because ihey\nall leo* up tn p time when the village\nhud its birth. Next, Hie two Davises,\nF-ambert. Berkeley, the Harri-iims,\nRodella, Knox, J. Piercy, Carter and\nFraser arrived and settled here or in\nthe nei'-'horhood. In the mean tinv-\nMr. Mi Phee had acquired the other\nhalf of Pidcooks' claim, and became the\nowner of nearly all of what is now\nCourtenay, south of the river.\nThe first real siynsofa village was\nwhen ten acres were surveyed off four\nvrars ugo in town lots by (ieorj*e V,\nDrnhbh for Mr. Mel'hee. It was not\nlong after, ilint John J. Grnm erected\nthe In fa? and commodious hotel,\nknown as the Riverside. It wns a 'old\nundertaking then, hut time has shown\nits wisdom\nThe 0|ft dug ofTJnhn Mines was\nnn impoitant event tn Cnuttenay, nnd\nwhen t'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDo years ng-i Inst spring t' e Un\nion road was opened to this place, and\ngraded the following spri-ig, the\nvillage moved rapidly ahead. Mr. Wtl\n|iam Lewis had surveyed into town\nlots a ponton of his farm, fronting the\nBay mad, at ils intersection with\nUnion road, nnd opposite the McPhee\nsurvey, and beunn Ihe erection of build\nings there. A though tti\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD times were\ndull ;a-tt year along the Const the march\nof improvement toutinued until now\nthe village may he considered establish\ned.\nThe business establishments, at pres\nent, area saw mill, sndi water works,\nbak-rv, general store, drug store, t-vo\nsplendid hotels, real estnte office, newspaper, Idaakriinith shop, two liveries,\ncluli rooms, ete.\nTh\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDrc are also three dwelling houses\nof more than ordinary pretensions iu\nproces* of being built, with several\nmore buildings in c.>-ntempla'ion. A-\nliioug these mav be mentioned hb the\nnvst importunt, the l.u-iness block\nwhich Mr. Joseph MePhee will erect\nin thc spring at the corner of UnUn\navenue and Mill street. This will lie\nan imposing structure, two storeys in\nheight, fronting 70 feet on Union avenue aud al-ou 50 feet on Mill street,\nThere will he ample space for three\nstores, a general store, ahtrd.waie store\nwhile ihe ihird, the comer store, will\nprobably be nuhd-vided into suitable\nshops, for a jewelei, a tailor, aud a shot-\nshop. The stairway lending to thc\nsecond storey will be in front, wide\nand easy. In front of the hallway\nwill be three good sized rooms suitable\nfor offices, or ihey mav be used in connection with thc tailor shop for manufacturing. Unek of the hoiUay and\n1 uniting the enllie length of the building will be a hall about 3O feet by 7O\nfeet wi Ii a hta^e '*t tiie upper end.\nCourtenay, from its central position\nbeing the gateway both to the rich\nfanning settlements of the valley and\nto Union Mines, is destiird to a bright\nfuture.\nA navigable s1 ream- he Courtenaj-\nfiows ihrough the centre of tin* town lo\nthe Bay, which fora small outlay can\nlie made use of by steamers drawing us\nmuch water as the Joan. Aioung Cour\ntenay is a vast bnh of timber which is\nthe basis of a large timber industry\nwhich inu**t greatly beuifU her. Water can In- brought in from thc south at\neoinparitively liule cost, furnishing\ncheap power for family use, and ehct-\nrio lights for pupblio und private put-\nposes. Whit with til this aud splendid hunting, fishing nnd boating, and a\nhealthy and beautiful location, there\nHeeui-. nothing iv-mtlng in tho pledge of\nnature and force of circumstances to\nmake this place in the near future a\nmost tmprotant centre of industry and\ntrade.\nTHIS TILLS THE TALI.\nWc buy in the right markets and sell everything\nat very close prices. Prices that can't be equal!\ned lor same class of goods elsewhere in the Pro\nvince. We have no old stuff, our stock is\nALWAYS fresh and well assorted. *\nThere is hardly anything in the Dry Goods line that we cannot\nsupply, Just now we arehaving b|g sales in Jackets, Water\nproofs .Dress Goods and Trimmings\nEvery time you buy $5.00 worth you get chance for\nThe\nWeekly\nHews\nHas \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nMade arrangements whereby it is en\nabled to take contracts\nfor all kinds oi\nand guarantee satisfactory work at fair\nprices.\nSo soon as\nThe Demand\nShall Justify,\nTHE NEIVS\nWill add to the present\noutfit the necessary\nPress and Material\nand do this class of\nwork.\nAl Home.\nFor Sa!e\nGrain, Produce,\nAnd Cattle\nAlio a fine farm.\nApply to\nAdam McKelvey\nUnion Steamship Co, B.O.Ltd.\nHEAD OFFICK and Wlmrf, Vanrunriir.D.C,\nVH-.M-uveei-t-iiii Niwntmn- SS. Ctitcli l-envns\n0 Kit. wi-arfdall) \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDi imi p. m. n-inn;lnu\ntii'.i, ,\i,<-Muoi-i 7u. in. uhi*\"-i) at ('o'nif-anyfl\nwbitri until noon,\nVnncdiiviT iinil CotllOX SS. rnnii-x Innvcti\nPoliijmliy'fl wlmrf ev. 1-. M-ill-la- hi k h m.\nfur L011111S district, reltiritnig un Tucuuay,\nVmiriiiivor niid Nuriinri- hoirtflrifi Catiijm\nSi'M-'iiic is find Comnv- SS. ('mnl|(litinK HtminoBF Am\np\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD(. htorngo Accoiundnl Inn on \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"*/-* wlnu-i.\nI'ariii iilnra on ap[iltciitlon tothm oHicd.\nWM. WEUESTEK, Manager.\nTolopjumo l\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDl P.n. Box -jit\nJ. W. McK'en-jie\nCourtenay, B. C.\nGeneral iilacksmithing\nand Horse Shoeing.\nLoggers' Work a Specialty.\nIS TRIP TO Ml WORD'S FAIR.\nLetter orders receive prompt attention.\nSLOAN & SCOTT\nCommercial Street Nanaimo B. C,\nI Make It a Point I Know\nTHE ROODS I HANDLE,\nFor ihe list thirty years having handled Silver W.ire, manufactured hy the\nCeli-Wed tii'ins of Hied and Ban oil\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDKodgers 1847 \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD and Meriden I'-riinnnia,\nI know them to lie A I. ___ In Jewelry, CUieks, Watches, and SpeoiucleSj\n; Show th- Ui^est Stock in the city, AT HARD TIMES PRICES.\nSjjeoul ut ell th tl given to reparihi* in ALU BrHiiuhea of tiie Trade.\nK.3- Orders liy mail will hav.i prompt attention. _%~&\nM. E. Counter,\nCrescent Jewelry Store.\n5\nNanaimo B. C.\nVancouver Furniture Warehouse.\nKsUiblinliod IST3-\nBASTION, WHARF AND FRONT STREETS\nJOHN HILBERT.\nMANUFACTURER AND DIRECT IMPORTER\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Also Dealer 111 \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nCARPETS BEDDING AND WALL PAPER,\nGENERAL HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,\nAGENT WHITE SEWING MACHINES. UNDERTAKER,\nTelt,|ilioi,e 30.\nNANAIMO B.C. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nNanaimo Cigar Factory.\nPhilip Gabltj, Proprietor.\nBoston Street \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Nanaimo B. 0.\nManufactures tlit* finest cigarcs,\nemploying none bui white labor.\nWhy purchase inferior foreign cigars,\nwhen you can obtain a SUI'liKIOK AKi'l-\nCUV. for the same money?\nRaper Raper & Co.\nBooksellers, Btatiouers,\nGeneral News Agents.\nNanaimo. U. C.\nNanaimo Machine Works\nOF\nBotert J, Wunto'\nFraser Street\nNear. Bastion Street Bridge\nNanaimo' B. C.\nAll Kinds of Machinery made to order\nand repaired.\nI'ruit Trees\nMainland Nursery *\n* l.adners Landing B. C.\nA largo supply of three and four year old\n.A.x'IFIjE TUBES\nAlso I'cars I'luines, Prunes, and Peaches\nOrnamental trees for lawns and (jrass\nplots. Small fruits, shrubs and evergreens of every variety.\nIA Gilchrist\nCOURTENAY, B.C.\n' Agent for Comox District.\nThe Nanaimo Pharmacy\nNanaimo B. 0.\nW. E. Mc Carmey Chemist,\nManager.\nPure Drugs Chi'tuicals and Patent\nMf-diciiiPs.\nrtiylcnnB Pi-esnliitlonB ami all orders fltlwl\nwith care nnd ili\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-mtcli. \\ 0. hu*i 12\nGeo. Bevilockway,\n-'- Red Mouse -'-\nCommercial St. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Nanaimo. B. C.\nDealer in General Merchandise-\nHighest cash Price Paid for Furs,Hides,\nand Country Produce.\nRalph Craig's\nNanaimo Steal\nCARRAGE WORKS.\nIlaston St. Bridge, Nanaimo, H. C.\nGeneral Blacksmith ing, Horseshoeing\nCarrage Building, etc.\nWagons and Farming Implements\nmade aud repaired. Miners' Auger Drill-\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.-ing Machines made to order on short\nnotice.\nJ. G. Melvin\nExperienced Watchmaker\nManufacturing Jeweler\nAnd Diamond Setter.\nWork done fi.r the trade.\nRepairing a specialty\nA trial solicited\nOrders hy mail\nBox 598, No 308 Abbot St. Vancouver.\nEureka Bottling Works,\nLOUIS LAWBENCE, PROPRIETOR,\nMANUFAOTUHEIl OK\nSODA WATER, LEMONADE, GINGER ALE,\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDSarsaparalla and Champagne Cider, Iron Phosphates, Syrups.\nDottier of Different Brands of I.auer Ilecr Steam Hccr and Porter\nA\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDent fur Union Brewery Company.\nNanaimo and Courtenay 11. C.\nA THOUSAND DOLLAR FARM\nON TERMS\nThe place contains 160 acres, and is located a few\nmiles from Courtenay, has about\n25 ACRES CLEAK/EID\nand j 5 acres are suitable for the plough\nfy This farm must be sold\nApply to\nJ. McPhee,\n1 have some splended lots\nfor sale, both business and re\nsidentiaL\nNow is tiu* time to buy to\nadvantage before the Canada\nVVestaiu Railway reaches here.\nWith the advent of the railway, in addition to llie other\nconceded advantages of the\nplace, prices must rule vert-\nhigh.\nThis town is located in the\nmidst of the largest agricultural\nsettlement on Vancouver Island It is within six miles of\nUnion Wines affording the farmers of the valley the very\nbest home market, and is .situated on the only highway\nleading from the settlement to\nthe mines. The lumber interests of this section are most ex\ntensive, and are an important\nfactor in our progress.\nThe per cent of improvements of this town during the\npresent year is greater than\nany other place the Coast\ncan boast of, and the march of\nimprovement is still onward.\nThe prosperity of the town\nhas for its foundations, therefore large mineral, agricultural,\nand timber recources. It may\nalso be added that no section\nfurnishes a better field for the\nsportsman. Fish and game\nare always abundant and_ our\nhotels of the best.\nFor particulars address.\nJoseph McPhee\nCourtenay B.C.\nWm. Cheney\n[ Office at the bridge ]\nOOTJBTENAT B, O.\nReal Estate Agent and Auctioneer.\nLots sold on easy terms.\nSETTLERS SATISFACTORILY LOCATED OH PUBLIC LANDS.\nComox Saw Mills.\nRough and Dressed Lumber\nWhite Pine always in stock.\nAll orders executed promptly.\nUriiuMBros-Propra. \"Oomox B-0,\nU'"@en . "Newspapers"@en . "Courtenay (B.C.)"@en . "Courtenay"@en . "Weekly_News_1893-01-11"@en . "10.14288/1.0070110"@en . "English"@en . "49.6894444"@en . "-124.995833"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Courtenay, B.C. : M. Whitney and Son"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/"@en . 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