"63937483-0c0d-4f6b-abb8-75ebd4e31d68"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2015-12-10"@en . "1893-10-07"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/paccannw/items/1.0221159/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " BEST COPM\n^5\nVol. I.\nNEW WESTMLNSTEB, BKITISH COLUMBIA, OCT. 7, 1893.\nNo. 4.\nBUSINESS CARDS.\nHOTELS, Etc.\nJ 1,1. BLAIKIE, dealer in Choice Wines.\n, Liquors, and Uigurs. STEAM 110AT\nEXCHANGE, corner of Front and Mb His..\nNew Westminster, 1!. 0.\nMERCHANT'S HOTEL, corner of MoNeely\nunci Columbia Streets. Host. Wines\nand Cigars kept, constantly on band. .IAS,\nCASH. Proprietor.\nMERCHANTS' EXCHANGE DINING\nBOOM. Meals at nil hours, dished up\nin any style. Open dav ami night. Moderate\ncharges. W. E. MOKl'IMEE, Manager.\nGROTTO HOTEL. Tills House has been\nthoroughly renovated and refurnished,\nand the proprietor solicits a share of public\npatronage, MEALS. 2.', cents. White cooks,\nQUEEN'S HOTEL, corner Clement and\nColumbia Streets. G, II. WILLIAMS,\nrroprietor. Eirst-clnss lu every purl leiihir.\nPure Wines and Liquors, and choice brands\nof ClBttrs.\nmllE TELEGRAPH HOTEL. Front street,\nJ. opposite to the Ferry Landing, Nothing but choicest of liquors and cigars, Telephone 1IKI.. )\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. O. Box 60, IIOGAN BROS,,\nProprietors.\n$1 per Year!\nThe publishers of tho Pacific Canadian, in order to reach the peoplo of this\nProvince, have decided to place tho subscription price tit the very low figure of\nSI.00 per year. This places the paper\nwithin the reach of all, oven In hard\ntimes, and then' is no other way that a\ndollar can be invested to better advantage. In the family circle a healthy\nnewspaper is almost Invaluable as an\neducator. Have tho Canadian como to\nyour hearth and mako the whole house\nglad. Try it for throo months for\n25 cents.\nCITY AND DISTRICT.\nCLEVELAND HOTEL, opposite Bell-Irv-\ning& Patterson's dock, First-class cooks\nand attentive waiters, The bar is stocked\nwith prime Wines, Liquors and Cigars.\nKRKNNAN BROS., Proprietors.\nCENTRAL HOTEL. Columbia Street. New\nWestminster. The lending Hotel. White\ncook, clean beds ami moderate charges. Tlie\nbest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Try us\nand you will always come again. COLLIER,\nProprietor.\nOCCIDENTAL HOTEL, corner Columbia\nand Begble Streets, New Westminster.\nB.C. Rates for Hoard and Lodging: Per\nday, $1.00; per week. 16.60. The best of Wines.\nLiquors and Cigars dispensed at the bar.\n.1. C. GRAY, Proprietor.\nJ. D. BENNETT\nPractical Watchmaker & Jeweler,\nColumbia Street, If. W.\nAll kinds of Watches and a great variety\nof Solid and Plated .lewelery kept\nIn Stock.\nREPAIRING!\nSpecial attention f<> Repairing\nHigh-Grade Watches.\nOrders from the country promptly attended to.\nMERCHANT TAILOR,\nColMli Street M Westminster.\nTHE OLD RELIABLE SfOUSK.\nGOOD STYLE,\nGOOD FIT,\nGOOD WOEIC.\nGOOD FABRICS.\nThe Latest and Choicest Patterns in Scotch\nand English Tweeds. Etc., for fall and winter\nwear.\nGet Prices!\nLimited.\n(Successors to W. H. Vianen.)\nWHOLESALE ANli EXPORT\nFISH AND GAME\nMERCHANTS.\nSIIII'I'INC. HOTELS ami FAMILIES supplied at. lowest prices.\nAll kinds of PURS and SKINS purchased;\nhighest prices given,\nWarehouse and Store\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDFront Street. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nTelephone No. II.\nFreezer, Ice House. &o,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDLulu Island.\nI'. 0, Box 4411.\nMainland Truck and Dray\nStables.\nNEW WESTMINSTER,\nGILLEY BROS.\nDraylng & Teaming Promptly\nAttended to.\nALDER AND FIR WOOD AND BARK\nALWAYS ON HAND.\nAgents for T. Hembrough & Co.'s Brick,\nTile and Pottery Works.\nOrders received for Gllley& Rogers'Coal.\nRbiohbnbAOH's Is the place to get first-\n:lass meats.\nMb. II. G. Ross and family left for\nQuebec on Wednesday.\nFisiikhmf.n report tho catches very\nsatisfactory during the week.\nThe orphanage, aid ball at St. Leonard's Hall on Wednesday evening proved\nvery successful.\nIf vou want first-class meat go to\nRolchenbach's Royal City Meat Market,\nColumbia-street.\nMr. William Skene, wholesale dry-\ngoods, was in from Vancouver on a business trip on Thursday.\nThe weather during the week has not\nbeen very satisfactory, rain, sunshine\nand high winds about equally dividing\nthe timo.\nThe first school house in Kurnaby Municipality will oe built on lot 28, on or\nnear the intersection of Douglas Road\nwith the loop line of the tramway.\nIf you want a nice fitting boot, and\ngreat wearers, don't fail to call at Sinclair & Co.'s. as they are giving extra\nbargains until the end of this month.\nOfficer C'alihck returned from Whatcom on Thursday evening with four\nprisoners accused of highway robbery on\nthe Scott Road last Saturday, a Chinaman being the victim.\nMu. John Peck has been appointed\nliquidator in the matter of the winding\nup and re-organization of the lleid &\nCurrie Iron Works Co, The works will\ngo on as usual under the management of\nMr. Peck, and the affalrsof thecompany\nmm ha adjusted in the meantime.\nfrom Rome on We'ilnesday1.\" 'Indians\nfrom all parts of the district assembled\nhere to welcome their bishop home and\ntho Sechelt band met His Lordship at\nthe 0. P. R. station, and with several\nhundred Indians escorted him to St.\nLouis College.\nAx athletic and calisthenic association\nhas been formed In connection with Columbia, College, containing among its\nbranches a football club. A strong literary association has also been formed in\nIthe college circle, which has been en-\narged by a number of new students\nsince the fall opening.\nMr. Thos. Shanxox, of Surrey, who\nmet with such success witli his Berkshire\npigs at the various exhibitions, has as a\nresult pretty well disposed of all his\nyoung stock. He intends importing a\npair of the best Berks to be had, aud\nhopes to \"scoop\"the cup to be competed\nfor at next year exhibition In Westminster.\nMus. i). McKBNZIB, of Clover Valley,\naccompanied her daughter, .Mrs.\nWalker, of Victoria, as far as Westminster on Monday. Mrs. Walker and\nthe children are returning to their homo\nin the capital after spending a couple of\nmonths at the old Clover Valley Homestead, much improved in health and\nspirits.\nThe many friends of Mr. Thos. Mc-\nNeely, of Ladner's, had quite a festive\ntime last evening, the event being a ball\nin honor of the marriage of Mr. MoNeely to Miss Cliisholm, of Antigonisli\nCounty, Nova Scotia, which happy event\ntook place In Montreal a few days ago.\nThe ball was a great success, and although Mr. MoNeely was absent In\nbody he was present In spirit.\nThe gate receipts during the Exhibition Celebration last week were highly\nsatisfactory. Mr. A. B. Mackenzie, secretary of the Royal Agricultural and Industrial Society, gives the official returns\nas follows: Sept. :j7th, 8975.76; 88th,\nS87(i; S9th, $889.80; 30th, 893.85, Total,\n88,834.80. This does not include the receipts from membership tickets, of\nwhich several hundred were sold.\nMil. Jos. MCCALLUM, President of the\nDistrict of Surrey Agricultural Society\nwas in town yesterday, lie requested\nus to state that adjourned annual meet\ning of tlie society will be held in tlie\nOddfellows' Hull, Cloverdale, on Saturday next. October 14th, when a full attendance is desired, as matters of Importance to the future working of the\nAssociation will be submitted,\nThe contract for the construction of\nthe Provincial Government vaults in tho\nlaw courts has been awarded to Messrs.\nPtirdy & Williams, contractors of this\ncity. The cost will be about $1,500.\nThe material to be used will be stone,\nbrick and B. C. slate. Tho vault as\nshown on the plan will rather add to\nthan detract from the architectural\nboautles of the structure. Tho new\ntower will be of an octagonal form, giving a spaco of about 11 feet between tho\nangles Inside. It will be two stories\nhigh and the walls of tho same thickness\nas those of tho main structure with entrance from tho registrar's offices and\nfrom those of the Provincial Government agont. Work on the building will\nbe commenced right away and finlshod\nas soon as possible.\nThe Hoard ol Directors of Columbian\nMethodist College held thier annual\nmeeting in Westminster on Wednesday\nlast. There was a good attendance, and\nthe reports of the progress of tho institution were very satisfactory. Great\ninterest was manifested In the Important business of selecting a permanent sito for tho college buildings.\nOffers of free sites were received from\nVictoria, Vancouver, Chilliwack, Burua-\nby and Westminster. On the result of\nthe fifth ballot, by a vote of 15 to 10, the\ndecision went In favor of Westminster.\nPrincipal Whittiugton said it is hoped\nthat the collego may be able to occupy\nat least a portion of Its own building by\nthe beginning of the next collegiate\nI year, and to that end the Hoard of Managers was instructed to perfect plans\nj for the building, and for the securing of\n| an endowment, with all convenient\nspeed. Already very valuable promises\nof assistance toward the building have\nbeen received, both from within and!\nwithout the Province.\nThe \"New llaby\" is still providing\nmental exercise for his big brother,\nwhether In the way of real anxiety or\nmere idle curiosity it is difficult to say.\nIn Saturday's Columbian, after divers\nshrewd and penetrating remarks bearing\non the subject, it is suggested that the\nbaby leads \"a weekly existence,\" a venerable witicism that at once captivated\nthe \"Baby,\" who, precocious Infant as I\nhe Is. promptly recognized it as a true j\nspecimen of antiquity. The deft use of\nthe Italics is unmistakable evidence of\ntho genuineness of the ancient relic, and j\nthe \"llaby,\" endowed by Nature with a\nlove for the antique, loses his critical In-\nolnatlons, in a sense of overwhelming admiration.\nAt a special meeting of the School\nHoard on Saturday afternoon, held to\ndiscuss the advlsabilty of closing the:\npublic schools on account of diptheria, it\nwas decided, on the representation of;\nDr. DeWolf Smith, Health Oiliccr, and:\nDr. Hoggs, that there was no need to re-\nsort to that measure. There aru only\nthree cases In the city. Tho Hoard de- ;\ncided to issue instructions ordering teach-;\ners to closely enquire into the absence of\nscholars, and. where there has been sick-\ni ness in their families, not to allow children to again attend school for a period\nof three weeks.\nThe funeral of Miss Mamie Loamy,\neldest daughter of Mr. James Loamy,\nwho died suddenly last Friday afternoon,\ntook place on Monday morning from St.\nPeter's Cathedral. The Cathedral was\ntilled to the doors and many magnificent\nlloral tributes were tenderly laid upon\ntlie cullin. Aft^rregu.iijivmi'SoAlMvi'iVg:'\nHessrs. English, Bullon, .lames, Austin,\nBrlggs, Fagan and Tovoy. The cortege\nwas one of the largest for several years.\nWe had a call on Wednesday from Mr.\nA. II. Lynn-Browne, business manager\nof the Mission City News. Mr. Browne\nis down on a business trip. lie reports\ntlie News flourishing, of which we are\nvery glad, for the paper merits the support of the community In which it Is published.\nMr, R. Heard, of the Transfer Livery\nStables, wishes to dispose of that woll-\nI known property. A qualified man would\n' find this a good Investment, as tho stand\nis good, and the stables have always had\na large patronage, being head-quarters\nfor the principal hacks and express\nwagons.\nMu. Chas. II. Watson is tlie pleased\n, recipient of a handsome gold locket.\n| tastefully engraved with his initials, followed by tho words: \"Presented to Mr.\nII.C. Watson, by the members of the\nCity Band, Sept. 30th, 1893.\"\nThrek sailors deserted from the barque\nLadstock, now loading salmon at Steves-\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ton, on Sunday last, and managed to\nmake their way to the American a do\nwithout being apprehended.\nThe first lot of salmon ova for tho\nFraser iiivor hatchery arrived from liar- ]\nrison Lake on Thursday,\nTlfA' MARKET.\nYesterday was a very good day at the\nmarket, and a large lot of produce was\ndisposed of. There was a good atten-1\ndance of purchasers, and most articles j\ncalled for were in supply.\nLive ducks brought 5(1 to 00 cents each. J\nOnly a fow were offered. There wore no |\ngeese or turkeys. Chickens,, living, sold I\nat S3.50 to $5.00 por doz. according to :\nsize, and wero fairly plentiful. Thero\nwas some demand for game, but none In\nthe market.\nPork, whole, was In fair supply, and\nsold at 8 to 9 cents. Beef was rather\noverdone, and by the quarter brought .\")\nto 7 cents. Mutton was scarce, and was\nsold wholesale at 9 to 9J by the carcase.\nButter was offered in ordinary quantity\nand brought 50 lo (ill cents by the roll.\nEggs were scarce ut first, but more plentiful later, and realized 30 to 35 cents per\ndozen.\nHay brought $18 to $13 per ton.\nPotatoes, in fair supply, sold from $14\nto 815 per ton. Turnips, carrots, boots\nand cabbage brought one cent per pound,\nand onions H cents per pound.\nA small lot of local choose brought\n10 cents por pound.\nApples wore plentiful and sold for $1\nto Si. 15 per box. Plums brought 2 to 3\ncents per pound. Green tomatoes sold\nfor 3 cents.\nHoney was asked for, but none offered.\nCLOVERDALE.\nTHE moggridge FARM. the place to warrant it, a cannery would\n be established. Thoy had somo knowl-\nA Few Particulars Regarding This Fine \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ,,.dge of other lands, and were, favorably\nProperty. ! impressed with the soil and climate of\nTen days ago a representative of tbe British Columbia, besides having great\nconfidence i t Canada's financial methods\nand a throuogh appreciation of the sound\npolitical system that governs the Domin-\nPacikh: Caxahiax took the Great\nNorthern train for Hazel mere, u station\non that road, a couple of miles this sido\nof Hlaine. A walk of about a mile\nbrought him to the farm buildings of the\nwell-known property in Hall's Prairie\nformerly owned by Dr. Powell, of Victoria, and now In possession of the Moggridge Bros., lato of Monmouthshire,\nEngland.\nton. They appreciated the stability of\ntho institutions of the country, and although the price of tho half section\nseemed high, they had made tho purchase with confidence, A good deal of\nunderdratning had been done, and thoy\nwould continue the expenditure in that\nand other directions till the ranch was\nbrought to Its best development, for they\nwere satisfied that all judicious expendi-\nOn approaching tho residence Of the I tures they made that way represented\nmanager, Mr. It. M. Palmer, the Cana- ! money well invested, and would in the\ndia.n man was somehow impressed with\na sense of familiar surroundings, iinac-1\ncountable at first, but afterwards ox-1\n| plaino.1 by the fact that the land ap\nCorrespondence of Pacific Canadian.\nNext Wednesday evening thu Christian\nEndeavor Society will give a litorary\nentertainment. No doubt all the litorary\npeople will turn out.\nMiss Roes, of Chilliwack, is visiting\nwith Mrs. Starr and other old friends.\nMrs. Walker has returned home to Victoria after spending tho summer months\nIn this healthful locality.\nMiss W. McMillan has been home for\na few days.\nMr. A. W. W. Millington has returned\nfrom the Upper country. Ho reports\nthings very dull and finds that thero is\naftei all no placo in such a nourishing\ncondition as homo.\nThe railway bridge in our town is a\nsnare to many unwary four-footed animals. A few days ago a horse that had\nbeer, fastened near, in some manner broke\nloose, and starting to walk across, foil\nthrough. It was thought at first tho\nanimal had broken its legs, but after\nsome energy and a groat deal of push\nhad been expended by the spectators, it\n* j\" ifif \"i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDWtt\"ffli'iST3. (WW. none the worse\nj,!-. ,i. Shannon finished up his threshing (his week, and we understand his\ncrop has turned out well.\n.s m;i:i:v council.\nCUSTOMS RETURNS.\nThe returns for the port of Now West-1\nminster for the mouth ending September 30th, 1893, are as follows:\nDuty collected - - $23,798.04\nOther revenues - - 112.80\nTotal -\nImports free -\nImports dutiable\nTotal -\n824,810.90\n$ 9,573.00\n80,231 00\n$95,804.00\nExports --.. $89,280.00\nDuring the corresponding month in\n18112 the collections were $10,500,22, the\nincrease being thus SEt.05ti.tiS.\nCorrection.\nIii the list of prize winners at the Surrey exhibition, published last week, a\n1 mistake occurred through the misplace-\nI ment of aline In the ladle work department, classes 17 to 24, There wero\n| no entries for class 17, and thi others\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD should road as follows:\nMaerame work, Mrs. li. Mi Konzlo,\nBerlin wool work, Mrs. A. .1.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD 2nd, Mrs. ,1. Sears.\nQuilt, patchwork, Mrs. A. J,\nQuilt, crazy, silk, Mrs. .1. I..\n1 2nd, Mrs. Thos. Shannon,\nSofa cushion, Mrs. A. ,1. An\nMrs M, M. Thrift.\nOrnamental design, Miss Richmond;\n2nd, Mrs. .1. Hoars.\nWorked mat, Mrs. C. C. Cameron.\nApron, fancy. Mrs. D. MeKenzie; 2nd,\nMrs. Thos. Shannon.\nApron, working, Mrs. T. Shannon;\n2nd. Mrs. O. P. Dafoe.\nD Dress, homo made, Mrs. G. P. Dafoe.\nUnderclothing, gents', suit, Mrs. d'\nP. Dafoe.\nButton holes, six, Mrs. J. E. Murphy\n2nd, Mrs. J. II. Starr.\nPatching or mending, Mrs. J. Sears.\nAnnand;\nAnnand.\nMurphy;\nland; 2nd.\nThe Council met on Monday, Oct. 2nd.\nAll members present.\nMinutes of previous meeting were read\nand confirmed.\nCOMMUNICATIONS.\nFrom I. Oppenlieimer anil II. T. Thrift,\nreceived and filed.\nFrom E. M. Wiltshire, re statute labor\nand timber taken off road limits: Clerk\nto notify Messrs. White In regard to the\nmatter.\nFrom It. Eyles, asking for an appropriation on the east end of .Newton road;\nthe Council did not think it advisable to\nexpend anything on that portion of the\nroad, but Coun. .McDonald was empowered lo expend SKI west of Mr. Beadle's\nplace.\nFrom W. D. Johnson, re obstruction on\nthe Clover Valley rot.d: Clerk to notify\nMr. Parks to remove \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDuch obstruction at\nonce.\nCouncillor McDonald reported that\ntenders had been called for repairing the\nScott road, and that Councillor McKee.\nof Delta, would let the work on Oct. 10.\nlb-had also let a contract for clearing\non the Liverpool road for $35, and grading on tho Soudell road for 10 cents per\nrod.\ni'lie contract for ditching on the\nJohnston road, Ward 3, was awarded to\nA. Beverly, at 91 cents por rod.\nCouncillor llookway was instructed to\ninspect the work being done on Clover\nValley road (between the Yale and Me-\nLellan roads), and see that the contractors were complying with the specifications.\nTwenty-live dollars was appropriated\nfor opening up the section lino between\nSections 33 and 28, Township 8.\nThe Clerk was Instructed to notify Mr.\nHicks not to remove any cedar off road\nlimits.\nD. Johnson was appointed to take\ncharge of work on the McLollan road.\nA resolution was passed fixing auctioneers' license at $10 for six months.\nThe following accounts wero ordered\npaid: B. C. Gazette, $10; Kennedy Bros.,\n$78.38; F. Jackson, 88: Commonwealth,\nS18; C. Edwards, $50; F. Gray, S25; S.\nWalmsly, $27; W, D. Johnson, $50; W.\n('. Jones, S8; J. W. Brown. 815; grant to\nSurrey Agricultural Association, S50.\nThe \"Surrey Dyking Act, 1892,\" By-\nLaw, passed its final reading, and the\nHighway By-Law, 1893, was read a\nsecond time.\nCouncil then adjourned until Monday.\nOct. 10th, at 1 o'clock, p.m.\nNew York, Oct. 4.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe World's Buenos Ayres cable savs: \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAdmiral .Mello\nhas declared the ports of Rio do Janeiro\nand Santos blockaded. It is said that\nhis object Is to force tho surrender of\nRio by crippling tbo trade of the city.\nAs a consoquenco of the blockade trade\nis paralyzed. The banks are closed and |\nbusiness mon are frantic. They are\nurging the government to mako a supreme effort to capture Admiral Mello's\nwar ships, promising to furnish all the\nmoney required. With the view of attacking the rebels on the seas tho Government, it is said, has begun negotiations for the purchase of a fleet of war\nships. Experience has demonstrated\ntho fact that It Is useless to fight at long\nrange.\"\npears almost level, though in fact sloping gently to tho south, and shows on\nthe surface a black, clayey loam soli,\napparently of considerable depth, and\ngreat fertility. It was in short a Manitoba prairie on a small scale, and honco\nthe familiar appearance to an old resident of the Northwest. Tho well constructed buildings consisted of a neat\nand tasty liouso of moderate size, occupied by tlie manager and his family,\nand within convenient distance a largo,\nroomy barn, horso and cattle stables,\ngranary and several other outbuildings\nof various utility. Mr. Palmer was temporarily absent, and until his return tho\nnewspaper man found good entertainment in looking over the grounds.\nThero was a line garden, containing a\nsplendid growth of all the usual vegetables. Further on was a large piece of\nground containing long rows of clean,\nthrifty looking fruit trees, somo just in\nbearing, some approaching that stage,\nand others showing the growth of but\none season. Between tho rows, running\nnorth and south, the available land was\noccupied with potatoes, strawberries,\nraspberries, currants, gooseberries, etc.,\nall thoroughly cultivated and clean and\ntidy as an amateur's garden In the early\ndays of spring. The arrangement appeared admirable, and tbe whole bore\ntoken to a tasty and experienced head\nand constant, painstaking otfort.\nPresently Mr. Palmer put in an appearance, and, though busily engaged\nin harvesting operations, readily found\ntimo to Join In a cruise of tho premises,\nwhile at the same time imparting tho Information which follows.\nThree years ago, thu property, con-\nby Dr. Poweh for tho' \"snug\" si'ioT'of\nSI7,0(10. It was thon a plain, ordinary\nfarm, but noted for its rich, blank soil\nof one to s'ix feet in depth. Mr. Palmer\nwas appointed manager with full control, and by assiduous application, often\nunder great disadvantages, had laid the\nfoundation of what is intended to be a\ngreat British Columbia fruit farm.\nThere aro 240 acres of cleared land, but a\nsmall portion of which has yot boon sot\nout to fruit, though the stage now\nreached insures rapid progress in the\nfuture. This year (it) acres were devoted to hay, which yielded 2% tons to\nthe acre. Forty acres wore sowed to\noats, from which a fine crop was being\nharvested in good condition. Twenty\nacres of peas turned out only fairly,\nwhile potatoes, to tbo extent of 20 acres,\nhad proved a bountiful crop of extra\nlino quality. Onions, mangolds, etc.,\nwere also grown in quantity and the returns wero highly satisfactory. Hops\nbad been tested in small quantity, and it\nwas intended to devote a considerable\narea lo this plant early in tlie future.\nThe number of fruit troes set, out is us\nfollows: o.boo Italian prunes. 1,000\nFrench and sliver prunes, 1.500 peais of\nearly, late and winter varieties. 200 crab\napples, loo standard apples, Km standard plums, loo Japanese plums, Km\ncherries, lo experimental peach trots of\nearly varieties.\nIn small fruit, but a beginning lias\nbeon mude. There are 3,000gooseberries,\n1,500 currents, 500 blackberries, 300\nraspberries, and several long rows of\nstrawberries. For planting next spring,\nthe following, all in thrifty condition,\nwore pointed out: 15,000 prunes and\nplums, 2,000 pears, 0,000 apples, 15,000\nrod and black currents, 5,000 gooseberries, 3,000 raspberries, und sufficient\nstrawberry plants to set out eight acres.\nTho fruit trees, so far, had been encouragingly free from insect posts, tho\ngreen aphis being the only one of any\nconsequence, and this was easy eradicated by a free use of strong tobacco so-\nlong run be heard from in a satisfactory\nmanner.\nTho Interviewer returned home impressed that Surrey was fortunate in !: ir\nnew settlers and that in no long limn\nthe Moggridge Farm would become a\nfactor in the advancement of tho whole\ncoast district.\nKilling a Whale.\nTuesday's News-Advertiser.\nTho steamer Sunbury. on Sunday\nmorning, towed in an Immense whale,\nkilled by Mr. S. Fader and party, after\nalmost a week of exciting adventures.\nThe party consisted of Mr. Fader, Capt.\nWisterland, of tho C. D. Rand, and\nMessrs. Turner and Hunter, and their\naccoutrement consisted of a whaleboat,\na largo gun to shoot harpoons, and bomb\nshots, hand lances, and a largo quantity\nof lino. Thoy left Tuesday morning\nearly, and by 9:30, when opposite llowo\nSound, shot the victim, a female whale,\nwhich gave them a lively timo. Tho harpoon projectile entered tho animal to tho\nhilt, a depth of about four feot. The recoil upset the large gun and tore away\nthe mounting. Immediately when it was\nshot from the steamer Sunbury tho lino\nwas passed to the whaleboat and tho\nfour got In.\nThe whalo immediately started off toward the mouth of tho Fraser, with tho\nboat and party in tow, going so fast that\nscarcely the gunwale could be seen abovo\nwater. From the river she made toward\nPlumper's Pass, and turning, started towards Nanainio. Night came on and a\nnumber moro harpoons wore stuck In tho\nstruggling animal, each attached to a\nbarrel to impede its progress, and mark\nits position. The whaleboat was still left\nattached to tho animal, and the party\ntaken aboard the steamer. A lantern\nwas set up in the boat to mark the course\n'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"'-'\"J',, \"\"\"\" -'\"'Jn kept her i~\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD toward Comox, and then turned, and by\nWednesday morning was off Lasquoti\nIsland. Sh\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD could have been killed with\nbomb shoti.; \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDut Mr. Fader wanted tho\ncarcase to bo as little torn as possible,\nand with this object in view tho party\nrestricted themselves to tho use of harpoons. They got Into tho boat at Lasquoti Island, and commenoed to worry\ntho monster to death. Throo more harpoons, attached to barrels, were driven into her.and when opportunity offered hand\nlances wore thrust in with all the force\ntwo men could muster. Tho bombs\nwore taken off several projectiles and\nthe other parts fired into tlie animal.\nThey would draw the boat up by tho\nlino till directly over the animal, thrust\nin tho lances, and as the largo beast\nsank would let go the lino to avoid being\nhauled down.\nThe whale started off among tho\nrocks surrounding Lasquoti Island and\nseveral times the boat was almost\ndashed to pieces. After two hours light-\nI ing the whalo mado out into tho gulf\ntrying to get away from her pursuers.\nOn ono occasion Capt. Wcsterland was\nknocked from 'he boat by a stroke from\nher tail but foil upon her back and a\nsecotd fling fortunately sent him back\ntoward tho boat where he was taken\naboard again scarcely wet. The whale\nthen mado for Texada Island and by\nchance directly to the pine,- whore tho\nsteamer was lying. The tow line of tho\nSteamer was attached to the harpoon,\nbut the whale started off on feeling tho\nheavier weight, and though the engines\nwere reversed towed the steamer at\na rapid rate northward. Tho whalo\ntried by a devious course through rocky\npasses to got rid of the heavy load. Tho\nSunbury had more than ono narrow escape from wreck. The sport became so\ndangerous at last that by nightfall tho\nwhaleboat was again attached with\nthroe mon in it. A light was kept burning as tho three mon wero hurried in the\ndirection of Comox. From that placo\ni the whalo turned northward, apparently\nInlion, a mucli bolter remedy than koru-[ for Seymour Narrows, but when opsone emulsion, whicli Is liable to damago ; posite Cape Mudgo the men got an op-\nthc trees. There were no borers, but portnnlty aud thrust a hand lance deep\n\"black spot\" had done somo damage, . jMl,o the body. This was about day-\nand no effective preventative was known. ! break of Thursday. She then changed\nWe regret that the length to which this her ram-so and camo flown the coast,\nsketch has already grown compels us to [ About (i o'clock the stealer fell hi with\ntake leave of Mr. Palmer, and leave uu-j n,,, procession and hitched to the struggling animal, A!! day Ihey tried to\nkeep hor afloat and kept\nwitli tlie hand lances till s\n! been punctured 200 times,\nelisions as she camo '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. the\nwould be struck In three\nsho would go down again.\nspearing her\nie must have\nOn some oc-\ntop the lance\ntimet before\nAll day this\ntold a groat deal of useful Information\ngiven during the Inspection of tho\ngrounds,\nCrossing a small clear stream, known\nas Campbell's creek, and which, by tho\nway, afford at times fine sport to Die\nangler, our representative proceeded by\na winding frail to tho southern portion\nof the farm. Here is tlie large and handsome residence of tin\nthis summer at a cost\nand dollars. Backing It is a solid block | last the animal had died. Tho s,earner\nof 40 acres of Italian and French prunes. Was attached and the dead whalo\nMessrs. Moggridge Bros, were at home, ! brought to port.\ntho older with his arm in a sling, through The carcass is 00 feet long, '.ho tall 15\nan unfortunato accident at tho Surrey | feet across, tho flippers IS fee, long and\nthe body about 12 feot in diameter and\n50 foot In girth. Lockhart & Center\nhavo been engaged to embalm tho carcass which will remove tho present of.\n;bt went on and at night the whalo-\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD boat was again left to be towed about,\nproprietors, built, but about midnight the light was seen\nof several llious- to remain stationary, showing that at\nExhibition, Thoy wore well satisfied\nwith their investment and bolievod tho\nproperty would beforo long glvo them\nhandsome returns. Tho prlco paid Dr.\nPowell was close to $50,000, and they\nhold It to bo good value at that figure.\nThe farm was lu a good state of cultlva-\nfenslvo odor. It will then be placed on\na scow and exhibited at Hell-Irving &,\nPatorson's wharf. On the scow will\nlion, and tho large expenditure mado also be placed the harpoons, lances and\nupon it would soon begin to mako it-1 guns and other implements used in Its\nself manifest. Arrangements had been capture,\nmado with tho Great Northom Railway \t\nCompany for a spur lino, which would Tho Lake of the Woods Milling Com-\ngroatly facilitate shipping, and as soon pany has declared a dividend of G per\nas thore was sufficient fruit produce on cent, per annum. NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, OCT. 7, 189a.\nThe Exhibition Celebration.\nClonog Events of the Great Show-\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTlie following closing events of the\nExhibition Celebration, held in Westminster last week, could not bo published\nin our last issue for want of space.\nHORSE RACES.\nHalf-mile dash for purse of $200.\nEntries: Mayflower, Ripton and Rando.\nRipton won tho first heat and Mayflower\nthe second. Doth jockeys entered protests, on the ground of fouls, and tlie\njudges reserved decision till next day,\nwhen they awarded the race to Ripton,\nMayflower second. Host time, H6!4 seconds.\nThe trotting and pacing race, for SI50,\nwas won by \"Kitty ().,\" owned by J. S.\nCameron; 2nd, \"Howard W.,\" owned by\nH. Cassils. Host time, 2:50,\nLadies' race, half mile, single dash.\nPurse, S25. There were four entries:\nMiss Wllkie, Miss N. Kipp, Miss L. MeKenzie and Miss Marshall. The prizes\nwere awarded to Miss MeKenzie,of Cloverdale, lirst; Miss Marshall, of Chilliwack,\nsecond.\nThe next event was the exhibition of\ncquestrianship for ladies. In this there\nwere the following entries: Miss Kipp.\nMiss Wllkie, Miss MeKenzie, Miss Marshall and Mrs. Kcofer. The prizes wore\nawarded to Mrs. Koefer, of Vancouver,\nfirst; Miss Marshall, of Chilliwack, second, and Miss Wllkie, of Chilliwack,\nthird.\nGymakahatia race\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDWalk a mile, trot\na mile, run half a mile. In this event\nthere were three entries: \"Food\" Kitty,\n\"Kicking Hob,\" and \"Gentleman Jack.\"\nKitty did not start. \"In tho walk \"Gentleman Jack\" was over 100 yards ahead\nnt the post, but broke in tiie trotting\nstart, losing distance In turning, lie\nmade about as good distance in tho trotting round, and won in lino stylo, with\nover 100 yards, and \"Kicking Hob\"\nsecond.\nFor want of timo the other horso races\nwero postponed till Saturday, when they\nresulted as follows:\nRunning, one mile dash. Jim Murphy\ntook lirst place, and Mayflower second,\nthe time being 2.(1.').\nFollowing tin's was No. (3 race. Trotting and pacing, open to all, mile heats,\n3 in 5. Tho lirst heat was won by Stanton Chief, with Starmont second, and\nRuric third, time 2.54. The second and\nthird heats were a repetition of tho first\nin the order of winning placos, the timo\nbeing 3.54}\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD and 2.50 respectively.\nThe cow boy races and exploits caused\nmuch laughter andchcoring.' The horso\nof Poundkeeper Bates was turned loose\nfor a victim in a iasso feat, but the park\ngate being open, he bolted and ran home.\nHo was brought back and again turned\nloose to play wild horso, but again the\ngate was loft open and ho got out a second timo. A long chase outside resulted\nand he was finally lariated.\nIn the hurdlo race only ono horso\nwould take tho obstacle leap, and after\nseveral attempts to induce the entered\nanimals to take the hurdles, it was\nabandoned.\nCHOPPING CONTEST.\nThis Interesting feature of the celebration camo off on Friday, while tho\nhorso races wero in progress. There\nwere five competitors, homely: J. A.\nMon a,, p Brewster, A \"\"\"\"\"\"i \"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nLoduc and Consiuuie Box. The judges\nawarded the championship to John A.\nMurray, with A. Brewster second.\n9AII.0HS' SPOUTS.\nThose wero watched by a large crowd\nof spectators, and came off in good form.\nThe tug-of-war between teams of blue\njackets from tho war ships Garnet and\nNyinphe created quite a little excitement and was won by the sailors of the\nNymphe.\nTurning now to the exhibition proper,\na brief sketch of which was given in\nlast week's issue, we present our readers\nwith tho following list of\nTHE PRIZE WINNERS.\nCATTLE.\nSnOliT HORN nuliHAMS.\nBull, 3 years old, Tolmie Estate; 2nd,\nJ. Armstrong.\nBull, 2 years old, Tolmie Estate.\nBull, 1 year old, Worth & Menzies.\nBull, any age, Tolmie Estate.\nCow, 8 years oli, 1st and 2nd, Tolmie\nEstate.\nHeifer, 1 year old. 1st and 2nd, Tolmie\nEstate.\nHeifer calf, under 1 year, 1st and 2nd,\nTolmie Estate.\nHerd, consisting of 1 bull and 4 females,\nover 1 year, Tolmie Estate.\nHOLSTEINS.\nBull, 3 years old. II. F. Page; 2nd, A.\nC. Wells and Son.\nBull, 2 years old, W. B. Cornoek.\nHull, 1 year old. H. F. Page.\nBull, any age, H. F. Page.\nCow, 3 years old, 1st and Snd, II. F.\nPage\nHeifer, 2 years old, H. F. Page.\nHeifer, 1 year old, II. F. Page.\nHerd, consisting of 1 bull and 4 females,\nover 1 year, H. F. Page.\nJERSErS.\nBull, 3 years old, 1st and Snd, T. Cunningham.\nBull. 2 years old, T. Cunningham; 2nd,\nW. J. Harris.\nBull. 1 year old, W. J. Harris; 2nd, T.\nCunningham.\nBull calf, under 1 year, T. Foster: 2nd.\nJ. S. Smith.\nBull, any age, T. Cunningham.\nCow, 3 years old, T. Cunningham; 2nd,\nC. G. Major.\nHeifer, 2 years old, J. Fadden; 2nd,T.\nCunningham.\nHeifer, 1 year old, 1st and 2nd, T. Cunningham.\nHeifer calf, under l year, 1st and 2nd,\nT. Cunningham,\nHerd, consisting of 1 bull and I females\nover 1 year, T. Cunningham,\nAYRSHIRF.S.\nBull, any ago, A. 0. Wells & Son.\nCow, 3 years old. A. C. Wells & Son.\nheifer. 2 years old, A. C. Weils ,fc Son;\n2nd, I. Kipp.\nHeifer, 1 year old, A. C. Wells A Son.\nHeifer calf, A. C. Wells A son.\nHerd, consisting of 1 bull and 4 females\nover 1 year, A. C. Wells & Son.\nGUERNSEYS.\nCow, 3 years old and upwards, I. Kipp.\nGRADED DAIRY stock.\nGrade cow, 3 years old, W. II. DeWolf;\nnd, A. C. Wells & Son.\nGrade holfer, under 3 years old. A. C.\nWells , wlntw ,,,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD, T. .1. Earl: 2nd. ; K'^i,ni, Mr, (, Cunnfngham, ,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,.\n2,,dT a! m'onno,. \"''\" *\"* * * H Catfe\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD8' \"\" \"\"' *\"* *\"* ^'vV-klng, G. Mead; 2nd. G. R. ^S'V Fakes; Snd. Mrs\nHen, Leghorn, white, A. O'Connor\n2nd, G. H. Bray.\nPullet, Leghorn, white, A. O'Connor;\nSnd, W. Murray.\nBreeding pen, Leghorn, white, A.\nO'Connor.\nCock, Leghorn, brown, F. Sturdy; Snd,\nG. H. Bray.\nCockerel, Leghorn, brown, lsf nd Snd.\nG. II. Bray.\nHon, Leghorn, brown, 1st and Snd, G.\nII. Bray.\nPullet, Leghorn, brown, F. Sturdy:\nSnd, G. 11. Bray.\nBreeding pen, Leghorn, brown, A.\nO'Connor.\nCockerel, Leghorn, rose comb, G.\nMead.\nBreeding pen. Leghorn, rose comb. G.\nMoad.\nCock, Plymouth rock, barred, 1st and\nSnd, W. S. Lindsey\nSalmon, smoked, A. N. Anderson.\nTobacco loaf, 10 lbs., grown in Province, S. Robertson.\nCard home-made Hies, G. A. Perrin.\nCard imported flies, G. A. Perrin.\nVEGETABLES.\nI'l ITATOE8.\nBurbank, W. J. Moggridge; Snd, J.\nA. Calbick.\nRural. No. 2, W. J. Moggridge; 2nd,\nII. C. Major.\nEarly Rose, Jubilee Farm; Snd, H. A.\nEastman.\nEarly Sunrise, Jubilee Farm; Snd, A.\nJ. Street.\nLargest, W. J. Moggridge: 2nd, W. II.\nDeWolf.\nNow variety not, before exhibited, 1st\nand 2nd, W. .J. Moggridge.\nAny other variety, named, E. M. N.\nWoods; 2nd, ,1. M. Johnston\nSweet.\nPortrait or figure, Miss N. Iladdon,\nAnimals, Mrs. Keay.\nSepia, Mrs. G. Cunningham, junr.\nWATER COLORS (ORIGINALS, AMATEURS\nONLY).\nLandscape, Snd, Mrs. D. MeKenzie.\nMonochrome, C. R. Townley.\nWATER COLORS (COPIES).\nLandscape, C. R. Townley.\nMarine, Miss N. Iladdon.\nMISCELLANEOUS (AMATEURS ONLY).\nJ\nCOTSWOLDS.\nRam, 3 shears and over, W. MoKoe.\nRam. shearling, W. McKoe.\nRam, lamb, 1st and Snd. W. McKe9.\nTwo owes, S shears and over, 1st and\nSnd, W. McKeo.\nTwo ewes, shearlings, W. McKeo.\nTwo ewes, lambs, 1st aud Snd, W.\nMcKeo.\nPen of Cotswolds, 1 ram and 4 ewes,\nW. McKoe.\nSHROPSHIRE.\nRani, S shears and over, I. Kipp.\nTwo lambs, 1st and Slid, I. Kipp.\nTwo owes, 2 shears and over, W. Grimmer; 2nd, I. Kipp\nTwo ewes, shearlings, I. Kipp.\nTwo ewes, lambs, I. Kipp.\nOXFORD DOWNS.\nRam, 2shears and over, II. D. Benson.\nRam, lamb, II. D. Benson.\nTwo owes, 2 shears and over, H. D.\nBenson.\nTwo ewes, shearlings, II. D. Benson.\nTwo ewes, lambs, II. D. Benson,\nPen of Oxford Downs, 1 ram and 5\newes, H. D. Benson.\nLINCOLN'S.\nRam, shearling, W. Grimmer,\nRam, lamb, W. Grimmer.\nTwo owes, shearlings, W. Grimmer.\nTwo owes, lambs, 1st and Snd, W.\nGrimmer.\nfat SHEEP.\nTwo fat sheep, 2 shears and over, H.\nD. Benson; 2nd, W. McKee.\nTwo fat sheep, under 2 shears, J. T.\nWilkinson; Snd, W. Grimmer.\nPIGS.\nBEEKSBTRES.\nBoar, 2 years old, J. M. Johnson; Snd,\nA. N, Anderson.\nBoar, 1 year old, H. F. Pago.\nBoar, under 1 year, II. Kipp; Snd, T.\nShannon.\nSow, 2 years old, T. Shannon; 2nd, II.\nHerbert.\nSow. 1 year old, T. .Shannon.\nSow, under 1 year, T. Shannon; 2nd,\nII. Kipp.\nBest boar and 2 sows, T. Shannon.\nPOLAND CHINA.\nBoar, under 1 year, I). McLean.\nSow, under 1 year, I). McLean.\nBest boar and 2 sows, I). McLean.\nCockerel, Plymouth Rock, barred, 1st Three varieties, correctly named, G.\nand 2nd, W. S. Lindsey. j I'ittendrigh; 2ml, Brehant A Booth.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD!,l,l\".,(.1'h'ViniHsh''.' ' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ^\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDst collection, 12of each sort, J. King;\nPullet, Plymouth rock, barred, W. S. '\" vv '' \"^^^\nLindsey; 2nd, A. O'Connor.' ,, , ... , S ''...,.,, ,\nBreeding pen, Plymouth rock, barred. I - S*e.de' wllltc \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD]ob(!< S' KnlShtS ;'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD(|. <;-\nW. S. Lindsey\nR. Ashwell.\nGroystono, S. Knight.\nOrange Jelly, G. Mead; 2nd, Weaver*\nWoodward.\nca it HOTS.\nCock, Hamburg, black, F. Sturdy.\nCockerel, Hamburg, black, 1st and\nSnd, F. Sturdy.\nHen, Hamburg, black, 1st and Snd, F.\nSturdy.\nPullet, Hamburg, black, 1st and Snd, Farm,\nF. Sturdy. j Intermediate, W. J. Moggridge; Snd,\nBrooding pen, Hamburg, black, F. w- Collishaw.\nSturdy. | Parsnips, G. Mead: 2nd, Weaver &\nCockerel, Hamburg, golden pencilled, Woodward.\nF. Sturdy. Intermediate, W. A. D. Jones.\nPullet, Hamburg, goldon pencilled,,F. j CABBAGE.\nSturdy.\nCock, Hamburg, silver, 1st and Snd, F.\nSturdy.\nCockerel, Hamburg, silver, F. Sturdy.\nlien, Hamburg, silver. F. Sturdy\nAshwell.\nRod Astraean, T. Hosomwortli, 2nd,\nJubilee Farm.\nYellow Transparent, T. Cote.\nKeswick Codlin. Jubilee Farm: 2nd,\nW. Knight.\nDuchess of Oldenburgh, D. Robinson:\n2nd, ,1. A. Calbick.\nGravonstoin, T. G. Earl; 2nd, T. Bigger.\nAlexander, G. R. Ashwell; 2nd, H. A.\nWilson.\nAny other variety, summer, II. Fergu-1\nson.\nMaiden's blush. A. J. Street; 2nd, E. I Drawing from the, antique, bust. Miss\nWilson. i N. Iladdon.\nColvort, G. Mead. Drawing from thu antique, shaded,\nTwenty-ounce pipins, T. G. Earl; Snd, (crayon or charcoal) MlssM. T. MoQuar-\nG. Moad. ' rle.\nSnow, T. R. Pearson; 2nd. G. R. Ash-1 Geometrical drawing, F. Nash,\nwell. | Animals, crayon, Miss J, Small.\nRed Heitiglieimer, W. Knight; 2nd, G. i Landscape, crayon, Mrs. S. Sweet.\nMoad. j Collection of photographs or views, C.\nWealthy, T. Bosom worth; 2nd, Dr. It. j Ballard.\nI. Bentley. j oil colors (open to profession.* \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD .si\nBleinlieim Orange, A. Evans; 2iu>' ~ ijiindscapo or marine from nature, H.\n\"\" VeDow bell flower, T. G. Earl: 2nd, J. J-Do Forest. . , , ... , ,\n' '! Collection, may include articles before\nexhibited, II. J. Do Forest.\nMISCELLANEOUS (PROFESSIONALS).\nPortrait In crayon or pastile, P. L.\nOkamura.\nCollection cabinet photos, plain, S. J.\nThompson.\nM. Johnston.\nAny other variety, fall. E. Wilson: |\n2nd, D. Robson\nPowankee, A. ,1. Street: 2nd, J. Best, jr.\nKing of Tomkins, T. G. Earl; 2nd, A.\nJ. Street.\n,],..,,. . v ,ii,, Rhode Island Greening, T. G. Earl;\nShort horn, Q. Mead; 2nd, Jubilee 3ndt T, jjosomworth,\nBest summer, Weaver & Woodward;\n2nd, Capt. Pittendrigh.\nBest winter, Jubilee Farm; 2nd, E.\nStride.\n , , , Red, W. Collishaw; 2nd, G.R. Ashwell.\nPullet, Hamburg, silver, 1st and 2nd, Brussels sprouts, W. A. D. Jones.\nii t\"t'1uy' ,, , ., n Savoys, best and largest, J. M. Johns-\nBreeding pen, Hamburg, silver, F. | ton; 2nd, W-A. D. Jones.\nSturdy.\nCock. Hamburg, golden spangled. 1st j Flt.tendrldK\nand 2nd. F. Sturdy.\nCockerel, Hamburg, goldon spangled,\n1st and 2nd. F. Sturdy.\nHon, Hamburg, golden spangled, 1st\nand 2nd, F. Sturdy.\nPullet, Hamburg, golden spangled,\n1st and 2nd. F. Sturdy.\nCauliflower, Jubilee Farm; Snd, G.\nCollection photographs, S.J.TIionipson.\nBaldwin, T. Bosumworth; Snd, T. R. i Collection native Insects. Mrs. C. Hol-\nPearson. I land.\nNorthern Spy, T. G. Earl; Snd. A. J.\nStreet.\nSpltzeuberg, T. G. Earl.\nGolden Russet, A. J. Street; Snd, T.\nBosom worth.\nMann, A. J. Street.\nCollection stuffed birds, .1. T. Wilkinson.\nCanary, green cock, Mrs. G. R. Raymond.\nCanary, yellow cock, free from black\nmarks, Mrs. A. E. Campbell.\nBen Davis, T. Bosomworth; Snd, J. j Canary, crested cock, Mrs. G. R. Ray-\nCoto. ' mond.\nCanada Rod, A. Evans; Snd, Jubilee j Canary, splashed cock, Mrs. G. R. Ray-\nFarm. ! mond.\nIVallbridge, T. G. Karl; Snd. W. Other songster, Mrs. G. R. Raymond.\nKnlgbt. DECORATIVE PAINTING.\nMcintosh, i. G. Earl. t -,, . .. .,, . , .-, , r-\nNewton pippin, T. (I. Eari. 8nd| G, Painting on silk, water colors, 3nd, C.\nMead. ' h.lownley.\nStark, ,1. Best, jr.; 2nd. W. J. Harris.\nPainting on plush, oil colors, Miss N.\nBreeding pen, Hamburg, golden span-|W,0','l);',lr!. i. ,. earso : sihi, A. ,i. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD . ,,,/,* -\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. .,, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ,\nBegonias, shrubby, G. A. McTavish.\nAny other vairoty, winter, E. Wilson.\nPLUMS.\nTwelve varieties, correctly named, 12\neach, J. Kirklaud.\nSix varieties, green or yellow, correctly named, 12 each, J. Kirklaud.\nSix varieties, red or blue, correctly\nnamed, 12 each, J. Kirklaud.\nStreet.\nWashington, J. Kirklaud: 2nd, G.\n2nd, W, Collishaw.\nPumpkins, for table, G. R. Raymond;\nSnd, W. R. Austin.\nVegetable marrows, G. R. Raymond;\n. Snd. W. Wolfeudon.\nPullet, game, diickwing, 1st and Snd, | 'j'c itoes, A. Evans; Snd, S. Tidy.\nA. O'Connor. Cucumbers, grown under glass, E.\nHen, Indian game, 1st and Snd, G. II. JJnsli: -j,l(j_ sj ']'|(|v\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*', ., , . ,. i Cucumbers, grown in open air, E.\nCock, game, any other variety, II. Nash; 2i.d. G. Pittendrigh.\nPrice; Sim, (.. II. Bray. Cucumbers, for pickling, M, Stoves'\nCockerel, mime, any other varloty, II.'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD., ' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\t\nI\nSquash, for table use, G. R. Raymond; Mead\nCoo's golden drop, W. Knight; Snd, J,\nKirklaud.\nYellow egg, II. Kipp: Snd. C. D. Grant.\nPond's seedling, ,1. Kirklaud; Snd, II.\nKipp.\nGreen gage, R. B. Brown: 2nd, J.\nKirklaud.\nRed egg, J. Kirklaud; 2nd. E. Oddy.\nFollcnbiirg, or Italllan prune, E. Wilson; Snd, G. Mead.\nCockerel, game, any other varloty, H. j s.hT.Iy.Tr MuHT'\"\"\"'' \"\" ^'\"' WINoT1\"\"'\"\"\"' '\"' ''' St''\"\"t; \"\"\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD E'\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDrice; 2nd, A. O Connor. Collection of vegetables, distinct from\nany other entry, all by the exhibitor,\nvarieties to be correctly named, G. Moad.\nCitrons, G. R. Ashwell; 2nd, W. G.\nHouse.\nMelons, water, 1st mid 2nd, T. G. Earl.\nMelons, musk, T. G. Earl.\nSalsify, G. Moad; 2nd, W. A. D. Jones.\nKale, G. R. Ashwell; Snd, G. Moad.\nFIELD PRODUCE.\nlien. game, any other variety, (1. II\nBray. .\nPullet, game, any other variety. 1st\nand Snd. G. H. Bray.\nCockerel, Minorca, black, C. II. Calbick; Snd, Mrs. Oddy.\nHun, Minorca, black. 1st and Snd. F-\nSturdy.\nPullet, Minorca, black, C. H. Calbick.\nCockerel, Minorca, white, G. Mead.\nPullot, Minorca, white, G. Moad.\nBreeding pen, Minorca, white, G.Moad.\nCock, Bantam, golden Sebright, G. A.\nPerrin.\nHon, Bantam, golden Sebright, G. A.\n) Perrin.\nWheat, autumn, 1st anil Slid, W. 11.\nDoWolf.\nWheat, spring, H. Kipp; Snd, S.\nKnight.\nBarley, Chevalier, 1st and Snd, W. U.\nDeWolf.\nd'Agen prune, Mrs. C. A. Carncross.\nGerman prune, N. Butcliart; Snd, G.\nW Chadsey.\nBradshaw, J. Kirklaud; Snd, A. Evans.\nAny other variety, named, G. R. Ashwell; Slid, W. Knight.\nMISCELLANEOUS.\nQuince, orange, A. Evans.\nCrab apples, Transcondent,W. Knight;\nSnd, H. Forguson.\nCrab applos, Hyslop, Jubiloo Farm;\nSnd, E. Wilson.\nCrab applos, Siberian, II. Forguson;\nSnd, W. A. D, Jones.\nCrab apples, any other varloty, D. McLean; Snd, W. J. Harrlb.\nCollection plants in Bower, grown in\npots, distinct from other enterics, not\nloss than JSor more than SI, J. P. Latham; Slid, J. King.\nGeraniums, ' 'u\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD a\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"*f <> - BpwM-l lake to tho head of China creek\nol B3,600, w 'l. s\" ' n tl.u t0 will be regarded bore as tho roprosonta- -about 80 mlles-but no doubt this will\n \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnJh0 ^suUiltou\" \"mounted to t|v6ota8mal oJlq.no of political agita- bo considerably extoudod by further pros-\nlast week s ! \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD0,600,000. | tors and nothing more, I poctlng, and I should strongly advlfo\nrecede from tho views of tho Kamloops\nConvention contained In\nfactored would hardly bo sulliciont to\nwarrant the Government in taking the\nextra expense of looking arter the factories.\nThe North Vaucouver contingont of\ntho deputation who Went to tho water\nworks dam on Tuesday aro not vory\nwell satisfied with the condition of that\npart of the road built by the corporation\nof Vancouver. The Council of North\nVancouver agreed to spend $8,000 towards opening tho road, provided tho\ncity would spend tho same amount, and\nnow do not think tho city's money went\nvery far. The matter will likely bo\ntaken up In tho City Council.\nManitoba School Case.\nOttawa, Oct. 4.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDWhen the Supreme\nCourt met at 11 o'clock yesterday there\nwas a largo attendance, the general expectation being that the Manitoba school\ncase would bo proceeded with. There\nwere on the bench Chief Justice Strong,\nJustices Fournier, Tascheroau, Sedge-\nwick and King, tho latter having subscribed to tho oath and taken his seat\nlor the lirst time. Mr. Oaimot occupied\na seat among the spectators. Solicitor-\nGeneral Curran appeared Tor tho Dominion government in the Manitoba\nschool ease; Wade, Winnipeg, for the\nProvincial government, and Ewart for\ntho Roman Catholics. The commission\nappointing Justice King was read by\nRegistrar Cassels. Chiof Justico Strong\nsaid: \"In consequence of tho absence of\nJustice Gwynue the court cannot proceed\nwith tho Manitoba school case, which\nstands first on tho list and which it was\nIntended to take up first. Justico Sedge-\nwick claims tho right not to sit on tho\ncaso, as ho was involved in it when\ndeputy ministor of justico, and without\nJustice Gwynue we would havo no\nquorum, l have written Justice Gwynne,\na..d until I got an answer from him I am\nnot, able to say when wo will bo able to\ndeal witli tho ease.\"\nTho ease was passed over and consideration ol motions taken up.\nThe Manitoba school caso has boon\nplaced lor hearing at the head of tlie\nOntario list. Notwithstanding that Wade\nwas present representing tho province or\nManitoba, the court appointed Christopher Roblnton to attend to tho ease,\nas Wade said ho did not Intend arguing\nIt. It is thought among legal mon hero\nthat Robinson will not aot. It would\nscarcely bo professional If ho did.\nPortland, Mo., Oct. 4.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDFrom authentic reports received from persons in a\ngood position to know, it Is believed thore\nhas boon a sudden uprising among tho\nnatives of Alaska, Many persons, it is\nsaid, have boon killed, among them several missionaries sent out by tho American board. Ono missionary from Maine\nis reported killed. This Is all that can\nbo learned now. at\nNEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, OCT. 7, 1893.\nDeath of Dr. Sxvain.\nThe death of Dr. McSwain, whioh occurred at Santa Claia, Cal., on Friday\nlast, will be sincerely deplored by many\ncitizens of Victoria, where the deceased\nhad many warm friends. Dr. McSwain\nwas a native of Prince Edward Island,\nand was about 47 years of age. He\ncame to British Columbia hi 1884, practising lirst in New Westminster and afterwards in Victoria in partnership with\nthe late Dr. Dearden. Ho was never\nstrone physically, and failing health\ndrove him to tho state of California,\nwhere he fought a brave fight against\nthe Prim Reaper for six years. He sun-\nmittod to several critical surgical operations by tho most eminent surgeons of\nBritain and America, the only apparent\neffect being tho postponement of tho inevitable hour for a brief season. A wife\nand six children\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfour girls and two\nboys\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDsurvive him.\nTerrible Storm,\nNew Orleans, La., Oct. 3.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDA terrific\nstorm struck Now Orleans late, last night,\ncoming from the northeast, and raged\nall night and part of to-day, sweeping to\ntlie south from here along the lino of\nthe Mississippi River, through the parish\nof Piiuiiiormino to the gulf. The storm\nwas ono of the worst which over visited\nthis part of the. country and so fur as\ncan bo learned 24 or moro persons were\nkilled and possibly three times ns many\nwounded, somo of them fatal y. Tho\nwind hud reached a velocity of 18 miles\nan hour at 8 o'clock last night, when tlie\nanemometer was destroyed, and it constantly increased in force until 2 a. in.,\nwhen its speed was estimated at (10\nmiles an hour.\npTIio crash of sbedsand buildings blown\ndown, trees torn up and houses unroofed caused much alarm, and most of\nthe population of the city remained up\nall night, expecting their houses to bo\nblown down. Among the, buildings destroyed were tho Sarau tro street market, which crushed several buildings In\nits fall; the Uurdctto street mission\nchurch, tho cotton yards of tho Northeastern railroad, Coleman's boiler shop,\nPythian hall, besides which numbers of\nother buildings wore unroofed.\nThe revetment levoe on Lake Pont-\nchartrain, which protects New Orleans\nfrom the overflow of the river, was\nwashed away, the water swooping over\nit 16 feot deep or more. Many of the\nyachts there were sunk.or injured. Tho\ntrack of the Louisville & Nashville was\nbadly smashed for 15 miles and it will bo\nseveral days before It can be repaired.\nThroe deaths and one person severely\nwounded, perhaps fatally, is tiie mortuary received in New Orleans.\nBelow the city it was far worse, especially in l'laquerniino. Hero the wind\nreached a velocity of KlCl to 125 miles an\nhour, swooping everything before it.\nAt Point a la Haclie not a single house\nescaped injury. The court house and\nRoman Catholic church, the principal\nbuildings in the town, with 20 other\nbuildings, wore destroyed, and the situation became so threatening that the\ngreater part of tho people camped out in\nthe streets all night in tho heavy rain.\nThe air was filled with debris and the\nwind blowing so fiercely that many of\nthem had to anchor themselves against\ntrees to prevent being blown away.\nSix or seven persons are known to bo\nkilled in Point a la Hache. It is possible the mortality will be greatly increased when news is received from tho\ngulf coast bolow Point a la Hache.\nThe orange crop was totally ruined,\nwith a loss of \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD350,000 or more. Telegraphic communication was cut off with\nnearly all surrounding places. This\nmorning skiffs rescued 40 persons about\nLake Pontchartrain who wore in more\nor less danger. The storm came from\nthe north and northwest, going in a\nsouth-westerly direction. The sugar\ndistricts escaped the worst of the hurricane. There is much damage to rice\nand sugar cane.\nUNITED ST-ITES.\nPortland, Ore., Oct. 2.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe long distance telephone between Portland and\nSpokane Falls was completed to-day, and\nthis evening Spokane Falls is working\ndirect with Taeoma, via Portland, a distance of over 000 miles. This is tho\nlongest telephone in Hie country excepting the line between New York and Chicago.\nWashington, Oct. 3.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDSurgeon Wyinan\nreceived a telegram at 2 o'clock this\nafternoon from Surgeon Murray at\nBrunswick, indicating Hint yellow fever\nIs steadily on the incroase, lie reports\nten new eases and three deaths, ono of\nwhich is a relapse. Four c ises have beon\ndischarged and ten sent to the camp of\ndetention, One now case Is also reported on Jekyl Island.\nI'l'incetown, N. .1., Oct. 4.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDA number\nof freshmen wore hazed by tho sophomores on Monday night. After suffering other indignities the bovs were\nthrown into the canal. It is now thought\none freshman was drowned, lie was\nnot missed until this morning. The\nname is withheld, but it is understood lie\nis from Washington, D.C. The canal is\nbeing dragged for the body. A number\nof expulsions are expected as a result of\ntho hazing. It is understood also that\ni number of sophomores will loavo next\nweek.\nSan Francisco, Oct. 4.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe Brad-\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtroot's Mercantile Agency reports 2114\nfailures In the Pacific Coast states and\nterritories for the third quarter of 1893,\nwith assets of \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1,527,521, and liabilities,\n$2,702,059. as compared with 254 for tho\nprevious quarter, with assets of 84,446,-\n430, and liabilities of S7,887,074, and 215\nlnr the corresponding quarter of 1892,\nvlth assets of J980,384, and liabilities of\n$1,802,721.\nSan Francisco. Oct. 3\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMr. II. K. Parker, a prominent fruit grower of Placer\nCiunty, has just retimed from Chicago.\nHe attributes tlie low price of California\nfruits there, to the ring which controls\ntie trade, lie proposes as a remedy that\nCalifornia growers organize and conduct\ntheir own sales.\nBan Francisco, Oct. 4\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTho steerage\npassengers on the steamer Oceanic, which\narrived this morning from the Orient,\nalnost precipitated a riot to-day, when\ntin deputy collector of the, port attempted to take, tho baggage to the quarantine station at Angeles Island, for fumigation. The Japanese and Chinese on-\ntertd a protest, which is believed to be\nduo to the fact that baggage on prior oc-\ncasbns was damaged by fumigation with\nacidt. The Japs wore exceedingly forcible ji their resistance, as well as tlie\nChinise. A compromise was finally effected by allowing ono Jap and one\nChlntman to accompany tho baggage to\ntho Island.\nRev. Mr. McLeod on Trial.\nVictoria, Oct. 4.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe adjourned meeting of the Presbytery of Vancouver Island, met to-day to consider the case of\ntho Rev. Mr. McLeod, formerly pastor of\nSt. Andrew's Church, a communication\nfrom whom was read, complaining of\nthe method of procedure in his case, as\nbeing irregular and contrary to the law\nof the church, as the ministers who\ncalled tho meeting and presented the\npetition, acted as judges in the case, and\nformed a majority in the court. A resolution, prepared by the Moderator, was\nput by him, after he had left the chair.\nHe regarded this resolution as irregular,\nas it was put before he had a chance to\nput in a defence. Dr. Robertson, not a\nmember of the Presbytery, had illegally\ntaken part in tho proceedings, and gavo\nadvice to the Presbytery. He (McLeod)\nhad done no wrong, no was not to\nblame for the financial trouble in tho\nchurch, and could not seo how the action\nconflicted with the Presbytery. He do-\nfonded his action in granting certificates\non tho ground that he was acting\naccording to church law.\nThe document was referred to the\ncommittee appointed to answer the appeal of Mr. McLeod.\nModerator Mcllao asked Dr. Campbell\nto take tho chair, and read tho report of\nthe committee appointed to consider the\napplication for the organization of a now\nPresbyterian Church. The report was\nreceived and road, the conclusion stating\nthat, thero was no need for a new church,\nand that the establishment of another\nPresbyterian Church would bo detrimental to Presbyterlaiiisni in Victoria.\nThe English Miners.\nLondon, Oct. 2.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAmong tho manufacturing towns that have keenly felt the\nshortage of coal caused by the great\nstrike of the minors arc Sheffield, Leeds,\nBradford, Nottingham and Derby. Notwithstanding the. failure thus far of the\nefforts made to bring about a settlement\nof the dispute, tho mayors of those\ntowns have decided that something\nshould bo done by thorn In the interest\nof business that is threatened with\nheavy losses to bring the light to an end.\nA mooting of tho mayors was held today, and it was resolved that they\nshould invite delegates of the coal\nowners and tho Minors' Federation to\nmeet them on Monday next. They expect then to reach some settlement of\nthe troubles, so that the miners mav return to work. The mayors fully realize\nthe terrible suffering that is now everywhere accompanying the strike. Fho\nmen havo been out of work for over two\nmonths, and hundreds of those who havo\nfamilies have sold or pawned everything\nof value they possessed in order to obtain food for their wives and children.\nIt is a common occurrence for tho London and provincial papers to report tho\ndeaths of miners' little children who\nhave died from actual starvation. Relief\ncommittees havo been appointed in many\nlocalities to alleviate as far as possible\nthe prevailing distress. Part of the\nwork of those committees is tho feeding\nof children, thousands of whom apply\ndaily for tho only food it is possible for\nthem to obtain. With this condition of\nthings prevailing, the mayors think\nthey may bo able to bring about some\nunderstanding between tho masters and\nmen that will allow of a resumption and\na consequent output of coal that will\nfurnish the mills, factories, etc., with a\nplentiful supply of fuel. Should tho\nlocal famine continue, and tho industries\nof the several towns forced to suspend,\nthe suffering among the operatives and\nartisans and their families would bo\ngreat. It is hoped that some solution of\nthe problem will shortly bo arrived at,\nand that the price of coal will reach its\nnormal level. It is believed by some\npersons that tho return of tho strikers\nIn tho Bolton district and in Yorkshire\nwill tend to induce the men still out to\nreconsider their determination not to resume work until their full demands are\ngranted.\nThe Bombardment of Rio Janeiro.\nNew York, Oct. 0.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe Herald's Monte\nViedo cable says: Word just received\nhere from the Herald's correspondent in\nRio Janeiro reports that the bombardment of that city by the rebel fleet, under Admiral Mello, which was begun on\nWednesday, continued without cessation\nall day on Thursday. Shot and shell\nfrom the ships are. being thrown into\ntho city, while the shore batteries,\nmanned by Polxoto's force, are returning the fire of tlie squadron. Tho greatest alarm prevails In the capital, which\nis in an absolute state of panic. Business has beon entirely suspended. Tho\nbanks have elusod. The Bourse is utterly deserted, workshops and railways\nhave shut down. Proposals have been\nmade to prolong all commercial transactions, and every woman and child who\ncan do so is fleeing from the city.\nFrightful outrages are being perpetrated by Poixoto's soldiers, who aro\ncommitting murder and robbery and apparently are beyond restraint. Thoy\nhave killed defenceless persons and carried on a general plundering raid on\nstores and private residences. Squads\nof armed soldiers are scouring the city\nIn search of recruits, artisans, clerks and\nmerchants aro being pressod Into service on all sides, and mado to man the\nbatteries and fight for the government,\nOther detachments of Pelxoto's troops\nunder direction of the President's chiefs,\naro seizing prominent persons who are\nknown to bo In sympathy with Mello\nand throwing them into jail. Theso expeditions abound in chances for tho soldiers to indulge, unchecked in the most\natrocious abuses. All of tho English\nresidents of tho city have boon warned\nby the. British Minister to escape from\nRio, as tho fleet has given notice of Its\nIntention to continue the bombardment,\nHop Lee's Laundry.\nThe above is the popular Laundry of the\n(Jlty. Itiitos uro moderate and the work\nis done in a satisfactory manner,\n702 COLUMBIA STREET.\nStables for Sale.\nI'or Hale, tin, Stock mid Good-Will of tlie.\nTRANSFER and LIVERY BTABLE8 COMPANY. Tho loeullim is (Jm best In tlie city,\nand the establishment stands high In popular\nfavor.\nII. HEARD.\nFor Sale.\nPor Sale, u Thoroughbred Berkshire Hoar,\nyours old. Tho animal may be inspected li\nthe Agricultural grounds, Westminster, dur\nA Country Home.\nFor Sale, a House and Two Choice Lots in\na progressive town In the country, convenient to Now Westminster. Within stone's\nthrow of railway depot, Suitable for a jobbing carpenter. Price $200, on easy terms.\nThe material of the building cost $300. For\nparticulars apply ut office of the Pacific\nCanadian, Now Westminster, or to the\nowner, JOSEPH SHANNON. Cloverdale.\nE. J. NEWTON\nImporter and Manufacturer of\nHarness, Saddles, Etc.\nSATISFACTION GUAEANTEED.\nSTOCK SADDLES A SPECIALTY.\n547 Front St., New Westminster,\nJ. HENLEY\nManufacturer of\nMineral Water,\nSyrups,\nEssences,\nEtc., Etc.\nFactory in rear of City Brewery.\nCunningham St,, M Westminster, B.C.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDCITY BREWERY-\nSlew Westminster.\nThe product of this Brewery is second\nto none in the Province, and ranks\nfirst-class wherever known.\nOrders left at the Merchants' Exchange\nor tho Holhrook House will bo promptly\nattended to.\nJ. W. ANDRZEJEW8KI,\nPure Bred Berkshire\nPigs.\nThe undersigned, brooder of Pure Bred\nBerkshire Swine, has always on hand pigs of\nall aires, which will l.w . Id at reasonable\nprices. Apply to\nTHOMAS SHANNON,\nCloverdale, B.C.\nBant of Montreal\nCorner of Columbia 6 MeKenzie Sts.,\nNEW WESTMINSTER.\nCAPITAL, all paid up, $12,000,000\nREST, - - - 6,000,000\nA Savings Bank\nDepartment\nlias been opened in connection with\nthis Branch.\nMerest Allowed at Current Rates.\nAt present three and one-half per cmt.\nGEO. D. BRYMNER,\nManager,\nTO CONTRACTORS.\nProprietor,\nSEALED TENDERS, endorsed \"Now\nParliament Buildings, Victoria,\nContract No. 8,\" will be received hy the\nHonorable Chief Commissioner of Lands\nand Works up to one o'clock p.m. of\nThursday. 30th November, ISfliS, lor tho\nseveral trades required in the erection of\nnew Parliament Buildings at .lames Bay,\nVictoria, B.C., viz.:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n1. The excavator, mason and bricklayers' work.\n3. Tbo carpenter and joiner's work.\n3. The slaters and plasterer's work.\n4. Tho coppersmith's work.\n5. The smith and ironfounder's work.\n6. The plumber's work.\n7. The painter's work.\nTenders will bo received for any ono\ntrade or for tho whole work.\nThe plans, details, etc., as prepared by\nF. M. Rattenbury, Architect, can be\nsoon at the office of the undersigned on\nor after Monday. October 10th, 1803, and\ncomplete quantities clearly describing tho\nwhole of tho work can bo obtained on\npayment of $20 for each trado. This\nsum will bo returned to the contractors\non receipt of a bona fide tender.\nEach tender must be accompanied by\nan accepted bunk cheque equal to two\npor cent, on tho amount of oach trade,\ntendered for, which will bo retained as\npart security for the due performance of\nthe work. The cheque will be returned\nto unsuccessful competitors, but will be\nforfeited by any bidder who may decline\nto execute a contract if called upon to\ndo so.\nThe lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.\nVV. S. CORE,\nDeputy Commissioner of Lands\nand Works.\nLands and Works Department,\nVictoria, B.C., September 28th, 1803.\nVisitors and citizens to tho Exhibition wilt\nsee tho greatest attractions In the\nBOOT AND SHOE LINE\nEver shown in WESTMINSTER at tho\nToronto Shoe Store,\nWo have studied tho wants of the\npooplo for a yoar, and wo believe wo\nknow what they want, and havo tho\ngoods Solid, substantial lines from tho\nbest manufacturers in the business.\nPrices to suit the times, and that means\nat figures unknown in British Columbia\nbefore our advent. Wo have taken the\nlead In that respect, and wo aro going to\nkeep it.\nPITHER & LEISER\nVICTOBIA, B.C.\n(Successors to BOUCHERAT & Co.)\nIMPORTERS OF\nWINES, - LIQUORS - AND - CIGARS.\nALEX. ANDERSON.\nBrownsville or Ulover Valley,\nM. W. 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Correspondence Invited.\nCountry Orders will receive Prompt Attention.\nTHE GUNMAKER OF MOSCOW\n(CONTINt'ED.)\nCHAPTER XIII.\nTHE pi.otteh is at wobk.\nThe Count Conrad Damonoff was able\nto sit up. He was in a great stuffed\nchair, playing with a favorite dog, while\nnear by him sat Stephen Urzen. Tho\nvoung nobleman had gained rapidly\nsince tho visit of Ruric, for tho antidotes\nhe had taken had proved efficient, and\nhe soon came back to the point he had\nreached before the administering of tho\npoison.\n\"Stephen,\" he said, pushing his dog\ngently from him. \"has anything been\nheard yet from Ruric Nevel?\"\n\"Not that 1 know of,\" returned Urzen.\n\"I wish I were able to assist in tho\nsearch. But have you heard anything\nof what suspicions may be alloat?\"\n\"Only that the hump-backed priest is\nlooked upon by some as having had some\nhand in it.\"\nUrzen did not know the secret of his\nfriend's strange relapse, for that had\nbeen kept private; so lie had no clue to\nthe priest's true character such as the\ncount possessed.\n\"I believe the fellow Is a villain,''\nUrzen resumed. \"lie is surely a villainous-looking man.\"\n\"So he is.\" responded tlie count,\n\"I never saw such a wicked look before In any human face.\"\n\"Ah.\" uttered a voice close by tho\ndoor, \"who comes in for the Haltering\nremark, my friend'.'\"\n\"Ha!\" ho uttered, as ho noticed the\nposition of the invalid. \"Op? So you\narc recovering?\"\n\"Aye,\" returned Conrad, \"I am gaining fast now, as you may see.\"\nTho priest struggled hard with his\nfeelings, and at length ho managed to\nconceal the deop disappointment he felt.\nThat is, he hid it from Stephen's eyes,\nbut tho count knew him too well.\n\"You havo not been vory punctual of\nlate, father,\" the latter said, also trying\nto conceal his real feelings.\n\"No, no,\" returned Savotano, in a\nperplexed manner, \"1 admit It; but. the\nfact is, I have been called away. Let's\nsee\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1 have not been here sinco tho evening on which I found a stranger sitting\nby your side while you were asleep.\"\n\"Who was the stranger?\"\n\"I don't know. I think I nover saw\nhim beforo. He was a good looking\nyoung man. Perhaps ho was some relative of yours.\"\nThis downright falsehood\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDso bold and\nflagrant\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDastonished even the count, for\nhe knew the conversation which tho\npriest had held with Ruric on that occasion.\n\"1 thought you knew that man,\" the\ncount said, looking the priest sharply in\nthe face.\n\"No. I may have seen him before,\nbut 1 did not surely recognize him then.\nAnd now, how happened this sudden\nchange in your disease, my son? The\ndoctors thought you wero dying when I\nwas here last.\"\n\"Yea\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI know,\" answered the count,\nstill hiding tlie deop disgust that moved\nwithin him; \"but a new physician was\ncalled in, and he prescribed a now medicine. Ho said tho medicine I had been\ntaking was unsulted to my case, and so\nhe gavo mo new. You can see tho ro-\nsult.\"\n\"Yes\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1 see,\" was the reply; \"and as\nyou seem to havo very good company I'll\ntake my leave. 1 have several calls to\nmake beforo night.\"\nTho count made no reply to this, and\nas the priest found that he was not urged\nto remain he arose at once. Ho stopped\ntwico before he reached the door, but in\nneither case did he speak. As soon as he\ngained tho street hejturned towards the\nupper part of the city, and ho stopped\nnot until he had reached the palaco of\ntho Duke of Tula. The old porter admitted him without question, and he\nmade his way at once to tho hall, where\nhe inquired for the duke. One of tho\nservants went in search of his master,\nand when he returned he hade the priest\nfollow.\nThe duko was in his private room, and\nas soon as the servant had withdrawn ho\nbade his visitor take a seat.\n\"Now, Savotano, how is it?\" he asked;\n\"have you seen tho count?\"\n\"Aye\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI am from there now. By all\nthat's bad. my lord, the villian is gaining.\"\n\"Gaining?\" repeated Olga, with surprise. \"Rut you assured mo he was well\nnigh gone.\"\n\"So he was\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDso he was Hut he is recovering now.\"\n\"Hut how Is it?\"\n\"Why\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDhe tells me he had anew physician, and that the old medicine is all\ncondemned, and an entire new course\nprescribed.\"\n\"And under this new treatment ho Is\nrecovering, oh?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"Well, have vou not taken some measures to fix this new medicine? Savotano,\nyou must not let him slip now.\"\n\"I, my lord, I have told vou how he explained tho matter. / have another explanation.\"\n\"What Is it, sir priost?\"\n\"Why\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthoy simply know that somo\none has attempted to poison tho count.\"\n\"Ha! Did thoy say anything?\"\n\"No\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthere was no need. I know that\ntho medicine he was taking bofore was\ntho right kind of medicine, so far as it\ncame from tho hands of tho surgeon.\nAnd then thoro Is auothor thing; Tho\ncount must havo had some powerful antidote on purpose for tho pcison.\"\n\"How do you know that?\"\n\"Simply because ho would not havo\nnow been alive had not such been tho\ncase. You may be sure, my lord, that\nthey know poison has been administered. Thev have discovered It In\nsome way, and taken the most effective\nand speedy method to overcomo It. I\nknow this.\"\n\"And do you think they suspect you?\"\nthe duke asked with some show of un-\noaslnoss.\n\"1 don't know, but I fear they do.\nHowever, that amounts to nothing\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nonly to prevent me from working any\nfarther at present In the same direction.\nI have not laid myself open to dotoctlon\nIn any way. 'Tis too bad! In four-and-\ntwenty hours more ho would havo been a\ndead man\"\n\"Then you know when tho discovery\nwa< mado?\"\n\"Yos\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDon tho afternoon before Ruric\nNovel was captured. I was there just\nbofore night, and tho gunmaker was\nthou there, aud I noticed that the phials\nwore gone from the table, though I gave\nno signs then of having noticed it. They\nhad even then commenced some treatment for his cure, for I could see that\nthe appearance of his skin had changed.\nYou must not blame me.\"\n\"I do not, Savotano. Hut there may\nbe some way left yot.\"\n\"0, yes\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthero are a hundred ways in\nwhich we can dispose of him. But I\nmay find somo way yet before ho gets\nout.\"\n\"Look you,\" said the duke, aftor a\nshort pondering over his own thoughts,\n\"you must watch every chance. Something may turn up in our favor. You\nmay find some opportunity to finish him\nyet. I wish you could.\"\n\"I will do all I can. bo sure of that. I\nI shall watch narrowly. And now about\nthe other one. Young Nevel is safe, and\ncan bo disposed of at any moment. I\nhave let him live thus far because I had\ndo orders otherwise.\"\n\"Aye\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthat was right,\" replied Olge;\nand as he did so he arose and commenced\nto pace the room. The priest followed\nhim with his eyes, hut said nothing. At\nlength the duke stopped and looked Savotano in tho face;\n\"It would not bo a difficult caso to kill\nhim?\" lie uttered in a low whisper.\n\"Not at all. Nothing could be more\neasy.\"\n\"And could detection ensue?\"\n\"In no possible way.\"\n\"Then\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\n\"Listen,\" spoko tlie liuinp-back, as\nOlga hesitated. \"I strongly suspect\nthat'twas this same gunmaker that led\nto tlie investigation of that medicine;\nand if it was he. then vou will be more\nquickly suspected than I shall.\"\n\"Ha! Why think you so?\"\n\"Because he is a fellow of wonderous\nwit and intelligece, aud can seo without\nbeing told. lie has had several conferences here, and it was from here that ho\nwont direct to the count's residence. Ho\nknows by this timt why tlie duel was\nhatched up, and if ho lias half the mind\nI give him credit for, ho will know that\nyou aro at the bottom of tho poisoning\nbusiness. I am sure of this.\"\n\"You are right, Savotano. Lot him\ndie!\"\n\"I had thought myself that that would\nbe tho best way: for if ho wero at large\nyou would not bo safe.\"\n\"You can have him killed without\nnoise or disturbance?\"\n\"I think so,\" replied the priest, with a\nwicked smile. \"At all events, his noise\nwould not hurt any one, for he is rather\ntoo far away from tho world to make\nhimself heard.\"\n\"Where is he?\"\n\"Why, whore you recommended; In\ntho furthest vault beneath your old bathing house; and that is a placo where ho\ncannot be readily found.\"\n\"And what disposition can you make\nof tlie body aftor the work is dono?\"\n\"Why\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthat is simple. It can bo hidden in the old conduit. You know\ntho conduit still exists thoro, and\nprobably in some places beneath thero\nand the river it is perfect; but near tlie\nbuilding it is all in ruins. The body can\nbe hidden so far in that no stench can\ncome from it in summer timo ovon to\nthoso in the vault itself. So you see that\nis easy.\"\n\"Then lot the work be done to-night.\"\n\"To-morrow night, my lord, will do as\nwell, for I am engaged to-night.\"\n\"Very well\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDlet it be to-morrow. Hut\nmind\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthis is sottlod. Thoro is no moro\nquestion about this affair. When I soo\nyou again 1 trust you will have no reason\nto offer why Ruric Novel has not been\ndisposed of.\"\n\"You ueod have no fears on that head,\nmy lord. You may consider that tho\ngunmaker is dead.\"\n\"Right. So let it be.\"\nAnd thus did tho stout duko dispose of\nRuric Novel.\nAgain Olga took a turn across tho\nroom, and when he stopped there was a\ndark cloud upon his brow.\n\"Savotano,\" ho said, \"there is ono\nmore man whom 1 at least would bo assured is not in my way. I mean that infernal monk.\"\n\"I saw him this morning, my lord, and\nI am sure he is watching mo. And ho is\nnot alone. He has others with him. I\nhave been followed, and ono of my men\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthe one who entrapped Novel\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtold\nme, not two hours ago, that he know his\nsteps had been followed.\"\n\"And do you think this monk is at the\nbottom of it?\" asked the duke with somo\nuneasiness.\"\n\"I know it, for I have seen him when\nI knew he was watching mo.\"\n\"Then why have you not got him out\nof the way?\"\n\"Aha,\" uttered the priest, with a dubious shake of tlie head, \"wo cannot always do as we would. Hut he shall not\nlive long\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDif I can help him off; and I\nthink the opportunity may offer itself.\"\n\"Ho is a bold fellow. Why\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI found\nhim only yesterday\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDin my own palace\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nin the chamber of the countess.\"\n\"Indeed! And could you not havo disposed of him thon?\"\n\"Not well. It was in broad day, and\npeople wero about. Hut if 1 find him\nthere again my sword shall find Ills\nheart. I have givon him legal warning.\nBut,\" continued tho duke, after some\nfurther thought, \"you must bo careful\nin vour dealings with him. He may\nhave somo organized band always about\nhim.\"\n\"I will bo caught In no trap,\" returned\ntho priost, confidently. Ho shall find\nthat I can bo as keon as ho can. But this\nIs very strango\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\n\"What Is strango?\" askod Olga, starting, for ho, too, had been thinking of a\nvory strango thing.\n\"Why\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthat this black monk should\nturn up horo in Moscow so suddenly, and\ncommence, the first thing, to dog my\nfootsteps, and hang about your palace.\"\n\"Ayo,\" responded Olga. \"Aud tho\nsame thought was in my mind when you\nspoke. But nover mind\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDhe shall not\nescape me If ho presumes much more.\nThey shall know that tho Duko of Tula\nis not to be trlllled with. There Is but\none power In Moscow above mine, and\nthat is the emporor himself; and I may\nsay that even he Is not above me. Ho\ncannot got along without me. Doos anything turn up to puzzle him ho scuds\nstraightway for mo.\"\n\"Thou use your power for your own\ngood, my lord.\n\"I will. Fear not for mo on that\nscore.\"\nAt this junctre tho priost arose to tako\nhis leavo.\n\"You have your Instructions,\" said\nOlga.\n\"l remember thom well, my lord\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDaud\nthoy shall be carriod out to the letter.\"\n\"And when done lot mo know.\"\n\"I will obov.\"\nAnd once more tho misshappon priost\nwas In tho streot, arid tho duko was\nalone.\n\"Ah, my lord.\" muttered the pliant\ntool to himself, as he walked thoughtfully along, you may be a little too confident of your power. I have known such\nthings in Russia!\"\nCHAPTER XIV.\nTUB MYSTIC TIHBUNAL.\nAwav back in the old cathedral of Moscow, and in a narrow, dark conrt, which\nI was overlooked by the towers of the\ngigantic edilicc, stood a curiously constructed stone building, which, though\nnot connected bodily with the cathedral,\ni yet seemed to belong to it. It was low\nand broad, with a flat, tiled roof, and\nwithout a visible window. Within one\nof the apartments of this building\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDan\n| apartment away down in the bowols of\nthe earth, where tho light of day never\ncame\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwere seated six men. The room\nwas of fair size, and the floor, tlie walls\n[and tho ceiling were of dark stone.\n: Wooden benches were arranged about tho\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD place; and there were some other arti-\nI cles of furniture thore. too\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDstrange contrivances they were, and fashioned\nafter various shapes and patterns. But\nof tha annon. The place was lighted by\na large hanging lamp, whicli had just\npower enough to make the room gloomy\nand dismal. The six men sat about a\ntable, on whicli were a book and sword,\nand the most prominent man there was\nValdimir the Monk!\nAnd Valdimir alone exposed his face.\nAll the rest wore black masks, their\nrobes being of the same melancholy hue.\nThey sat their silent as death, Valdimir\ngazing down upon tho tabic, and the\nother live gazing lixedly upon him.\nThoy were stout men, all of them, and\nthe bore themselves toward Valdimir as\nbears a servant to his acknowledged\nmaster.\n\"The hour is waxing lato,\" said Valdimir. at length looking up from the table.\nHis voice sounded In that place like tho\necho of a tomb. It was low and hollow,\nand the others started as thoy hoard it.\n\"There's timo yot to spare, master,\"\nreplied one who sat next tho monk.\n\"I trust wo shall not bo disappointed,\"\nsaid Valdimir, at the expiration of a few\nmoments more.\nTo this no answer was returned.\nAt length there camo a dull echo from\noverhead, and tho six dark sitters started\nup to listen. The sound grew louder,\nand soon It sent down into that dismal\nchamber the notes of coming footsteps.\nIn a few moments moro tho heavy iron\ndoor creaked upon its hinges, and three\nmen entered, and soon behind them camo\nthree more, Thoso who came in advance\nwere two of them leading tho third as a\nprisoner. And so it was with those behind. The iron door creaked again, and\nwhen the heavy bolts had been shoved\ninto thoir sockets, tho two prisoners\nwore led forward.\n\"Master,\" spoko ono of the new-comers, \"we havo brought the prisoners\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\ntwo of them\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDas you commanded.\"\n\"It Is well,\" said Valdimir. \"Let\nthem bo brought beforo us.\"\nAs the two men are brought where\nthe light can strike upon their faces wo\nsee the two guides who conducted Ruric\nNevel to his place of confinement. One\nof them was he who met Ruric in the\nstreot, and the other is the one who\nguided him into tho old bath-house with\nthe lantern in his baud. They shuddered fearfully as they gazed around\nupon tbo dismal scene, and their looks\nplainly showed that they know not why\nthoy had been brought thither.\n\"Lesko Totma!\" pronounced Valdimir.\nTho first of tho prisoners\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDho who had\nmet Ruric in the street\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDstarted as heard\nthat name, and tried to speak.\n\"Are you tho man?\" asked tho monk,\nlookiug Into his faco.\n\"Yes, holy father,\" the wretch trembling replied.\n\"Then stand you here In front of mo.\"\nThe fellow was moved up in front of\nthe table, and surprise and fear seemed\nto be struggling for the mastery over\nhim, for ho recognized now tho strango\nmonk about whom ho had probably heard\nso much.\n\"Lesko Totma,\" said Valdimir, lowly\nand slowly, \"you have been soon much\nin the company of a hump-backed priest\nnamed Savotano. You know such a\npriest, do you not?\"\nTho man hesitated. He gazed furtively about him, and he trembled more\nthan before.\n\"Answer me!\"\n\"Yes, sir\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI know him.\"\n\"And now, sir, be sure that you answer me directly and truly. Do you\nknow a young gunmaker named Ruric\nNevel?\"\nThe fellow started with a porceptiblo\nquake as this question was asked, but he\nseemed to have been prepared for it, for\nhis answer was direct.\n\"No, sir\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI do not.\"\n\"Ha\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDbeware! Think well before you\nspoak.\"\n\"If you moan the man who fought tho\nduel with tho Count Damonoff, thon I\nhave heard of him; but 1 do not know\nthat I ovor saw htm.\"\n\"Are you sure of this?\"\n\"Of course I am.\"\n\"Frederick Viska!\"\nTho second prisoner now camo forward. Ho was a few yoars younger than\nhis companion, though somewhat largor,\nand ovldontly moro bold. Totma was\nconducted out of* the apartment as Viska\ncamo forward.\n\"You, too, have boon in tho company\nof this priost, Savotano, havo you not?\"\ntho monk asked.\n\"I know him,\" Viska replied, with a\nslight touch of defiance In his tone. He\nhad not suroly looked about him to soo\nthoso strango contrivances by which ho\nwas surrounded, or ho would not have\nventured such a tone.\n\"And you havo boon somo In his company?\"\n\"Perhaps so.\"\n\"Vory woll. And now do you not also\nknow Ruric Novel ?\"\n\"I have soon him, too, sir.\"\n\"And now\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDcan you tell mo whoro he\nIs at the prosout time?\"\n\"No,\" was tho answer, short and\nquick.\n\"Bowaro! If you have any regard for\nyour own welfare you will answor mo\ntruly. Whoro Is Rnric Nevel?\"\n\"I tell you I know nothing about him\nnothing at all.\"\n\"And of this you are sure?\"\n\"Who aro you that you assume to\nquostlon mo thus? I know you not.\"\nViska spoko this In a tone of virtuous\nindignation, probably thinking that that\nturn might servo him.\n\"Wo will let you Into the secret by and\nbv,\" the monk returned, with a peculiar\nshake of tho bead. \"But I will ask you\nonco more: Do you know whore Novel\nis?\"\n\"Nor\n\"You need not speak quite so loud.\nWe hear easily.\"\n\"Then don't ask me Impertinent questions,\" returned the prisoner.\nValdimir started half way up, and his\nfists wore clenched; but the quick flush\npassed from his face, and ho sat back\nagain.\n\"Look you,\" he said, as soon as he was\nsure his anger would not manifest itself,\n\"were I not sure that you know what I\nask, I would not question you thus. And\nnow, once more, I will ask you\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwill you\ngive me some clew to the whereeabouts\nof Ruric Nevel?\"\n\"I'll anewor you once more. I know\nnothing about him. You must not think\nthat this dark placo, and you men all\ndressed In black, can frighten mo into\ntelling a lie, as it would a child.\"\nAt this point Valdimir turned to one of\nhis men\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDono of thoso who helped bring\ni the prisoner in\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand said:\n\"You know this to be the man?\"\n\"Yes, my master.\"\n\"And you have seen him in private\nj confab with the hump-backed priest?\"\n\"I have.\"\n\"And tho other things you told mo are\ntrue?\"\n\"They are, master.\"\n\"Then let down those inti-epreters.\"\nAt this command two of the attendants moved to tho back sldo of tho room,\nwhere thev unhooked a stout chain from\nthe wall, and as they allowed it to slide\nthrough their hands, a curious piece of\nmachinery descended directly in front of\nthe table. It consisted of a stout bar of\niron, which was suspended midway upon\nthe chain, and there rested parallel witli\ntho ceiling. Upon each end of this bar\nworo straps of iron, armed with springs\nand screws. At a motion from the monk\ntbe prisoner was led back till he stood\nbeneath the bar, aud then his arms were\nseized, and raised up. He struggled\nsomo, and eursed more, bnt he was soon\novercome. The iron bands were passed\naround his wrists, aud connoctod with\ntheso were two small cups which were\nslipped over tho thumbs. Aftor thoso\nhad been firmly secured the chain was\ntightened, and the man's hands wero\nraised far above his head. There were\ntwo results produced by tightening the\nchain: It not only tended to draw the\nthumbs back upon tho wrists, but it also\ntwisted the thumb, the two cups being\narmed with lilc-like teeth within, and\nclosing tightly upon the flesh.\n\"Now, sir,\" spoko Valdimir. lowly and\ndeeply, \"I am going to ask those questions again, and you will do well to answer them truly. Will you toll mo where\nRuric Novel is?\"\n\"I don't know.\"\n\"Will you tell me where you saw him\nlast ?\"\n\"I haven't seen him since ho fought\nthe duel with Damonoff.\"\n\"Beware!\"\n\"I have not.\"\n\"Mark me: I have had you watched,\nand I know you have seen Nevel within\nthose three days. This I know, so I have\nno hesitation in the course I am about to\npursue. Onco more\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwhere is Ruric\nNovel?\"\nThe man hesitated now; but his answer was still the same. Ho would not\ntoll.\nValdimir mado a motion to the two\nmen who stood bv tho wall, and they\ngave a pull upon the chain.\n\"Oh! Oh!\" gasped tlie prisoner, as the\npainful twist and wrench came upon his\nthumbs.\n\"Will you answer?\"\n\"How can I? How can I?\"\n\"By speaking what you know.\"\n\"I know nothing.\"\nAnother sign was made to the men at\nthe chain, and they pulled again. Another groan from the prisoner, but no response.\nAnother signal\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand another pull.\n\"Mercy!\" shriokod the poor wretch,\nquivering with pain.\n\"Will you answor?\"\n\"I don't know.\"\n\"Then we must try again.\"\n\"No, no. Oh, no, more!\"\n\"Hut you must answer.\"\n\"I don't know.\"\n\"Then you must havo forgotten, and\nsuch treacherous memories need starting\nup.\"\nAs Valdimir spoko ho waved his hand\nagain.\n\"Oh, God! havo mercy! Oh-o-o! Save\nme! Save mo!\"\n\"Save yourself.\"\nThe wretch was in torment now without ceasing. Nearly tho whole of his\nweight horo upon his wrists and thumbs,\nand the latter wore drawn over almost\nto tho wrist. But ho would not answer.\nHo had a dooper fear than this. He\nfeared to break the horrid oaths by\nwhich ho was bound to tho scheming\npriest.\nOno more pull upon the chain and the\nman's feet wero clear of the floor. His\nwhole weight now bore wronchingly upon\nbis thumbs, and he groaned in agony of\ntorture. Ho bore it a few moments, but\nhis coward soul could bear no more.\n\"Oh, mercy! Down! down! Let me\ndown!\"\n\"But answer. Whore is Ruric Novol?\"\n\"I\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDdon't\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\n\"Hold, thou false-hoarted villain!\"\nshouted Vladimir, In a voice of thunder.\n\"This Is tho last of this, torture; but\nwhen we take you from here wo can put\nyou into a state compared with which\ntne pain you now experience Is real Jov!\nEach particular limb shall be wrenched\nout of shape, and your vory eyes shall\nstart out like\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\n\"Down! down! Oh, havo mercy!\ndown!\"\n\" Where it fiuric Nevel!\"\n\"I'll tell you\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI'll tell you If you spare\nmo!\"\n\"Toll me first!\"\nThore was a moment more of hesitation\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDone single moment\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand thon tho\nmiserable wrotch gave up.\n\"He's In tho old bath-house.\"\n\"Ha! Where?\"\n\"In tho old bath, near tho river\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDon\ntho Tula pass\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDIn ono of tho vaults!\"\n\"Very well. Lot blm down.\"\nThe chain was slacked up, and Erer.-\neriek Viska was onco moro upon his feet.\nHe trembled yot, for there was pain In\nhis arms.\n\"Now carry him out,\" ordered Vladimir, \"and bring tho other one In.\"\nIn a fow moments moro Lesko Totma\nwas beforo tho strange tribunal. He\ntrembled fonrfully, for he had been\nwhere he could hear his companion's\ngroans without hearing what ho said.\n\"Lesko Totma,\" spoke the inouk, in a\nlow, deep tone, \"wo have given you time\nfor thought, and mayhap vou have your\nmemory brightened by this time. Now,\nwhfero Is Ruric Novol?\"\n\"I don't know.\"\n\"Ah, you still forgot, ob?\" 31\nNEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, OCT. 7, 1893.\n\"I never knew.\"\n\"A most strange forgetfulness, I must\nconfess. Let the interpreters be adjusted!\"\n\"Oil, mercy! Don't murder me!\"\nBut no notice was taken of liis cries.\nThe straps and conical cups were adjusted, and the chain drawn tight. At\ntlie first turn of the self-acting screw\n, the fellow shrieked. It was not so much\nwith present pain as with the fear of\nwhat was to come. The very presage of\nthe place, so dark and dismal, had more\neffect upon his mind than it, had upon\nhis com pan ion's.\nAt the second pull of the chain he\ngroaned and begged for mercy. He bad\nheard of this dark place, and be fancied\nthat men who came there seldom went\naway alive.\n\"Hark you, you base wretch,\" the\nmonk said, \"If you do not tell me where j was murderous\nthe young gunmaker is I'll havo you ! within him.\ntorn limb from limb! another pull,\nthere!\"\nAs the wrench came again the villain\nfairly shouted with pain.\n\"Oh! let me go! let me go! I'll tell\nall!\"\n\"Then tell. Yon leave not this place\nalive until you have told!\"\n\"He is\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDOh! he is\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDin the old bath!\"\n\"Where?\"\n\"The duke's bath\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDon the pass of\nTula!\"\n\"Whereabouts there?\"\n\"In the lowest, furthest vault. Oh!\nSpare!\"\nVladimir waved ills hand, and the\nquaking wretch was freed from his torture.\n\"Now conduct them both to tlie dungeons, and lock them up. Thoy must\nnot run at large for the present. Let\nthem be secure.\"\n\"No, no,\" cried Viska, who had been\nbrought back, \"Y'ou were to let me go\nif I told you.\"\n\"Not free, sir,\" said Vladimir.\n\"But you have no right to hold me\nthus. I am nearly dead with pain now\nwhere you havo torn my hands in pieces.\nBy the\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\n\"Silence, dog! My authority hero is\nmy power. My right is my might. I\nhave you, and I will keep you. Wero I\nto let you eo I might not have the power\nto catch vou again, as legal officers\ncould. Lead them off, and then we'll\nturn our attention to the duke's bath!\"\nhad heard, lie reached tlie foot of the\nstairs, and the othcro wero nearly up.\nHe started to follow them, and had\nnearly gained tho top, when a quick,\nlightning-like shadow flitted before him.\nHe would have started back but 'twas\ntoo late. There came a blow upon liis\nhead, and with a dull,crashing sensation\nhe sank down, lie realized that he was\nturned over, ami that a rope was being\nlashed about his amis.\nHut the prisoner had not been fully\nstunir.id. He returned to consciousness\nas they lifted him to his feet, aud his\nlirst impulse was to try and force liis\nbonds asunder, but this he could not do.\nHe gazed up now, and he found onlv two\nmen with him, and they wore masks\nupon their faces. They wero stout,\npowerful men, and their very bearing\nand his heart sank\nCHAPTER XV.\nWHAT HAPPENED AT THE IU'ICF.'S BATH.\nRuric Novel could keep no account of\ntime. Darkness, and darkness only,\ndwelt with him in his prison house\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\ndarkness so utter that the only effect of\nopening the eyes was the nervous reality\nof the motion. In Tact, 'twas lighter\nwith the eyes closed than with them\nopened, for when tightly closed thero\nwere peculiar fantastic shapes floatiig\nin the Imagination, and even this was a\nrelief; and then there was a sort of kaleidoscopic succession of colors when the\nlids were tightly pressed that seemed\ngrateful to the i'w\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD, aud gave variety\nto the mind. Hut when the eye were\nopen only a cold impenetrable blackness\nwas present, within whicli there were no\nshapes, no forms, save the one form of\nutter chaos.\nRuric felt sure he had been there four\ndavs. and at times it appeared longer\nthan that. Food and drink had been\nbrought lo him thrice, and he was now\nwithout both. liis strength find not jet\nleft him, though there were pains in liis\nlimbs, and a chilling sensation about tho\nheart. He had broken the rope from his\narms on the first day of his confinement;\nand lie had hoped to overcome the man\nwho brought him food and drink, and\nthus make his escape; but no human\nbeiiiK had yet come in to him. His food\nhad been passed through a small wicket.\n\"And this is the end of life!\" he murmured to himself, as ho paced slowly to\nand fro across tlie dungeon. \"Thus end\nall the hopes of youth, and here the\nprayers of a lifetime must close in one\nlast hope \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDone hopo of Heaven when\nearth has passed away! Mv mother, no\nfarewell can reach thee from tho lips of\nthy son. Ho will lie down in the dark\nslumber of death, and thou shall not\nknow his resting-place! And, thou\nloved one\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDOh! thou fondly-cherished,\nwildly-worshipped being, thy smiles can\nshine no more for me. Oh! Rosalind,\nwould that I could see thee but once\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthat\nonce more 1 might press thee to my\nbosom, and bid thee remember me when\nI am gone. Had I never seen thee I\nmight not be here now! And yet, O\nGod, for life itself I would not wipe\naway the. written story of that holy love\nfrom my heart!\"\nThe thought of Rosalind camo heavily\nupon him. All else he could givo up In\na higher hope than that of earth; but\nfor her he held a strango fear. Sho\nwould be another's.\n\"And must it be so?\" he continued,\nafter somo minutes of painful reflection.\n\"Alas! she will be nothing to me hereafter! Mv mother will know her son,\nbut Rosalind will know anothor! And\nyet\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDshe may carry tho old love with her\nalways. Sho may nover forget It. Oh!\ncould I but once\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\nHe stopped suddenly, for ho heard a\nfootfall in the low passage closo by tho\ndungeon. He listened, and he heard\nmore. He moved back to the extremity\nof the vault and listened. The feet\nstopped, and the sound of grating iron,\nlike the drawing of a bolt, was heard.\nSoon afterwards the door was opened,\nand the light from a lantern flashed Into\nthe place. For a few moments the prisoner was blinded by the sudden transition, but by degrees he overcame the\ndlfticuly, and was able to look up.\nThe first object upon which his eyes\nfell was the hump-backed priest, Savotano. There were four Others behind\nhim, but Ruric noticed them not yet.\nHe saw before him tho man whom ho believed to be the instrument of his suffering, and with one bound he reached him\nand foiled him to the floor.\n\"Hold!\" cried one of the others\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDone\nwho held tho lantern\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"wo have como to\nconduct thee out from here.\"\n\"Ha!\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDsay you so?\"\n\"Most surely we have.\"\n\"Thon stand aside and lot mo go.\"\n\"Just as you say. Tho doors aro open\nand you may go. You may follow us, or\nyou may go In advance.\"\n\"Then lead on,\" returned Ruric, \"and\nI will follow.\"\n\"As you say.\"\nThus speaking the man assisted the\npriest to his feet, and led him out from\nthe cell. In a few moments more the\n' others went out also, and Ruric prepared to follow. He heard the priest\ncursing, but he noticed that one of the\nothers led him off. The youth stepped\nforth Into the passage, but he did not\nplace the fullest confidence in what he\n\"Come,\" said one of them. \"You'll go\nWith us. We won't forco you if you'll\nwalk.\"\n\"But where?\" asked the vouth.\n\"What mean you?\"\n\"You'll see when you got there. But\nthere's no timo to waste; so come.\"\nWhat could the i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDrisonor do? His\nhands were firmly bound behind him,\nand his great strength availed bim not a\nbit. He knew that he could not resist,\nso ho simply bowed liis head in token of\nsubmission, and prepared to follow hia j\nconductors. But they left him not to\nfollow at will. They took him by either\narm, and thus led bim away. Ho remembered the room into which he had\nbeen lirst conducted on the evening of\nhis capture, but he was not detained\nthere. From hero a long corridor led\noff to where a wing of the building had\nbeen partly torn awav, and they soon\ncame to a large circular apartment, in\ntho centre of which was a deep basin,\nwhere, in years gone by, people had\nbeen wont to bathe. The walls looked\ngrim and ragged by the feeble rays of\nthe lantern, and the chill wind came\nmoaning through the cracks and crevices\nin the decaying masonry.\n\"There,\" spoke one of the guides, as\nho set liis lantern upon the top of a\nbroken column, \"we will stop here.\"\nThe words were spoken In a sort of\nhushed, unmerciful tone, and Ruric felt\nthem strike fearfully upon him. He\ngazed upon tho man who had spoken,\nand he saw that he was preparing to\nthrow off his pelisse, which he had thus\nfar worn. As soon as this was off, ho\nmoved to were his companion stood and\ncommenced to whisper.\nCould Ruric mistake longer? What\nreason, but one, could there have been\nfor bringing him to such a place? To\nthe loft, where the basin had once emptied itself, there was a dark, deep cavelike place, at tho mouth of which a heap\nof rubbish had collected. What a place\nin whicli to;!iide a deadbodv! So thought\nRuric. But he was startled from the\ndark reverie by a darker reality.\nOne of the men had taken a club\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa\nlong, heavy bludgeon which tlie youth\nhad not before seen\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand wus just bal-\nancing it In one hand while he spit upon\nthe othor.\n\"Y'ou will not murder me here in cold\nblood!\" cried Ruric starting back.\nThe stout ruffian clutched his club in\nboth hands, but made no verbal answer.\n\"Speak! Answer me!\" tho prisoner\nexclaimed, starting back another pace.\n\"Do you mean to murder me?\"\n\"Why,\" answered the man with the\nclub, In a cool, off-hand manner, \"since\nyou are so anxious to know I'll toll you.\nYou will die within a minute!\"\n\"And will you take the life of one who\nnever harmed you? Hold! If money be\nyour object\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\n\"Stop.\" interrupted the villain. \"You\ncan't argue us out of it in that way.\nYou've got to die, and tho sooner you go\nthe sooner you'll get over It. You won't\nsuffer a bit if you don't go to kick up a\nfuss. There now\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDif you hadn't bothered me 'twould have been all over by\nthis time.\"\nWhat would not Ruric have given at\nthat moment for the uso of ono of his\narms! But that was beyond praying for.\nYet he had his feet. He said nothing\nmore, but he allowed the man to come\nwithin a few yards of him, and then lie\nprepared for tho only means of defence\nhe had. The huge club was raised, and\nat that moment Ruric saw that the\nother man also had a club. lie knew\nthen that thev had beon concealed there\nuntil now.\n\"Hark!\" uttered the second villain,\njust as his companion had raised his\nclub. \"What noise is that?\"\n\"I suppose they're coming to see if\nwe've finished the job,\" returned the\notliei, \"and we ought to have none it\nere this. But they shall liud it done?\"\nThe ponderous club was raised again,\nand with a quick, decisive lnomeinent\nthe man advanced. Ruric made a movement of the body as though ho would\nbow his head for the stroke. Every\nnervo and muscle of his frame was set\nfor the trial, aud for the instant his\nheart stood still. Quick as thought bis\nbody bent\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDhis light knee was brought\nalmost to his chin\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand then, with all\nthe force he could command, ho planted\nhis foot in the pit of tho assassin's\nstomach. The effect was electrical.\nThe wretch bent like a broken stick,\nand sank down without a single sign of\nlife.\nThe second man uttered an oath, and\nsprang forward with uplifted club, but\nRuric easily dodged the blow, and then,\nas tho thought for the first time flashed\nupon his mind, ho darted to whore tho\nlantern stood, and overturned It. Ho\nhad noticed an open passage close at\nhand, which seemed to lead to some sort\nof a dressing-room, and, guided by his\nmemory alone, for It was now dark as\nErebus there, ho glided swiftly Into it.\nWhen he knocked ovor tho lantern he\nhad upset column and all, and just as he\nreached the passage ho heard a heavy\nfall, and he knew that his enemy had\nstumbled over the fallen column. Ho\nheard the curses, loud and deep, whicli\ndropped from tho lips of tho bailled man\nas he picked himself up, and In a moment moro he was edifiod by conversation between the two: for villain number\none had revived, though tho tono of his\nvoice plainly Indicated that he had a\nsevere pain still lingering with him.\n\"Michael! Michael!\" groaned number\none; and as ho spoke Ruric could hear\nhim scrambling upon his feet.\n\"HI, Orel,\" returned number two.\n\"Have you dropped him?\"\n\"No!\" cried Michael with a curse,\nwhich we do not choose to transcribe.\n\"He's a perfect devil!\"\n\"But whore's the lantern?\"\n\"He put it out.\"\n\"But you ought to have knocked him\ndown, you clown.\"\n\"So had you.\"\n\"Me? Why, he kicked me over.\"\n\"Well, he dodged by me, and kicked\nover the lantern.\"\n\"But where Is lie now?\"\n\"He's gone. Hark! Ila! I guess\nthey've caught him. Don't you hear?\"\n\"Yes; they've caught somebody.\"\n\"Aud of course it's him. He went\nthat way. Let's go and find\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\nhe did not linish the sentence, for at\nthat moment a voice came up in thunder\ntones, and it said:\n-Kniic! Runic!\"\n\"What is that?\" gasped villain number one.\n\"RubioI Rubio!\"\n\"That Is not from any of our men!\"\ncried the second villain. \"Ila! they are\ncoming tills way!\"\n\"Rubio! Runic!\"\n\"Where shall we flee?\" cried Michael.\n\"There is but one place,\" returned\nOrel. \"Here, in tlie little dressing-\nroom. Come\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDlet's find it. Oh! curses\non that gunmakcr's head! If ho be not\nthe very devil, then he is a bound partner of his. Havo you found the entrance, Michael?\"\n\"No. It is near you somewhere.\nCan't you\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDHa! In! in!\"\nAt that moment the flare of a flaming\ntorch Hashed through the gloom of the\nplace, and the two villains stood repealed. A dozen stout men, all well\narmed, appeared in tlie only passage by\nwhich they could make escape, for to i\nhave fled into the dressing-room of which\nthey had spoken would avail them nothing.\n\"Ho, villains!\" shouted Vladimir tho\nmonk, raising his flaming torch high\nabove liis head with his left hand, while\nwith liis right he waved a heavy sword:\n\"where is Ruric Nevel?\"\n\"Here! here?\" cried our hero, starting forward into the larger room.\n\"What! safe?\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDalive?\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwell?\" Vladimir fairly shouted\n\"Aye\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDmy noblest friends. Hut cast!\noff tliis accursed bond from my arms. It\ncats into tlie flesh.\"\nThe rope was quickly taken off, and\nthen the youth embraced his deliverer.\nNo questions wero asked there. Only a\nfew sincere thanks were littered, and\n! then attention was turned to the two\nvillains who yet stood trembling near\n\ them. They had not attempted an es-\nI cape, for the way was blocked up. They\nwere quickly secured, and then the\nparty turned away from the place: and\nas they went Ruric gavo tlie monk an\naccount of the manner in which lie had\nbeen entrapped, and of the events which\nhad transpired since.\n\"Merciful Heavens!\"ejaculated Vladimir, as Ruric closed his account of tlie\nmanner in which he had overcome the\ntwo men who had thought to murder\nhim. \"It was a narrow escape.\"\n\"But I might not have escaped without your coming,\"'the youth said, \"for\nthey would surely have found me. With\nmy hands lashed behind mo, as they\nwere, I could not have escaped.\"\n\"True\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtrue,\" returned Vladimir,\nthoughtfully. \"It was a narrow chance.\nBut it is over now.\"\n\"And how gained you the knowledge\nof my whereabouts?\" asked Ruric.\n\"I'll explain it to you whon we have\ntime. Hut did I understand you to say\nthe hump-backed priest was here?\"\n\"He came to my dungeon with tho\nrest, and 'twas he that I knocked down.\nHave you not found himV\"\n\"No\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwo have seen nothing of him.\nWe found two men in tho hall, that was\nail.\"\nThe place was searched all through\nfor the priest, but ho could not be\nfound, and when Vladimir was assured\nthat the arch villain had made his escape lie prepared to leave the building.\nTlie prisoners\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfour of them\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwere led\nout first, and taken away bv the monk's\nfollowers.\nWhen Ruric reached the street the\nstars were ali out, and the cool, frosty\nair struck gratefully upon his brow. He\nturned toward his mysterious companion,\nand under tlie grateful impulse of the\nmoment he stopped. He raised his\nhands toward heaven\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDuttered one fervent sentence of thanksgiving to God\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nand then moved on again.\nCHAPTER XVI.\nTHWARTED, BUT NOT SUBDUED.\nIt was long after midnight, and yet tho\nwidow Nevel had not sought her bed.\nShe was now pacing to and fro across\nher kitchen, and tho boy Paul sat nodding in his chair. Suddenly tlie woman\nstopped, and Paul started up.\n\"Do you think that message was a\nfalse one?\" she askec, looking tho boy\nin the face.\n\"I don't know,\" ho returned. \"If he\ncamo from the black monk, as ho said\nhe did, then I think ho spoke tlie truth.\"\n\"Oh! They would not have decoivod\nme.\"\n\"No, my mistress, I am sure they\nwould not.\"\n\"But it is very late.\"\n\"Hark!\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThere are bells.\"\nThe widow heard them, and with a\nwildly fluttering heart she sank into a\nchair.\n\"Thoy have stopped in front of the\nhouse,\" said Paul whose head was bent\nin a listening attitude.\n\"Go\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDgo\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDopen\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\nPaul started. The widow heard tho\ndoor oponed, and sho heard voices In tho\nhall. In a moment the inner door was\noponed, and she looked up. She saw a\nmanly form\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDshe heard the magic word\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMother\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD trembling upon the air. With\none low cry of joy she started to her\nfeet, and on tho next moment she was\nclasped to tbe bosom of her son.\n\"Did I not say I'd bring hiin back to\nyou?\" cried Vladimir, rubbing his bands\nwith joy.\n\"Oh! Hod bless you, sir!\" tho widow\nmurmured, gazing through her tears\ninto the monk's faco.\n\"So, so.\" returned the strango man.\n\"The blessing of an honest soul is reward\nenough for ono night, so I'll take myself\noff for tho present.\"\n\"No, no.\" cried Ruric. \"You'll remain here till morning.\"\nBut the monk could not bo prevailed\nupon so to do. Ho had business to attend to, and he could not stop; and ho\nhurried away as quickly as possible to\navoid the thanks that were showered\nupon him.\nAfter Vladimir was gone. Ruric sat\ndown and relatod to his mother all that\nhad occurred since that day on which he\nleft her to go and seo the count. She\ntrembled fearfully as ho related tho diabolical attempts tbat had been made\nupon him; and when he had concluded\nshe sat for a few moments like ono In a\npainful trance.\n\"And do you think,\" sho said at\nlength, while a cold shudder ran through\nher frame, \"that the Duke of Tula was\nthe cause of all this?\"\n\"J am sure of It, my mother.\"\n\"Then you are not safe yet.\"\n\"But 1 shall see the emperor.\"\n\"1 have seen him, my son.\"\n\"Ah\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand what said lie?\n\"Why\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDhe said if we could find out\nwho had done you harm he would punish them. Thon 1 asked him\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDsuppose\nit was a duke? and he said In that ease\nlie should have to look into the matter.\nOh! I fear he would not dare to punish\nthe powerful Olga.\"\n\"Perhaps not; but yet, my mother, I\ngivo him credit for better things. Yet,\"\nthe youth continued, In a sad tono,\n\"there is one for whom I care 'oore\nthan self, and who Is now within tho\nwicked duke's power. Oh! she is liis\nbeyond any power of the emperor!\"\n\"Not, absolutely beyond his power, is\nshe?\" the mother asked.\n\"Why\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDof course Peter has the power\nto set aside any wardship, but 'twould\nnot be policy for him to Interfere In the\ndomestic affairs of his powerful nobles.\nI feel sure that his heart would bid him\ninterfere, but his judgment would oppose it. Y'ou have seen Rosalind?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"And was she unhappy when sho\nknew that I was missing?\"\n\"Ali, Ruric,\" returned tho mother\nwitli a kindling eye, \"you do not know\nhow that girl loves you. Her heart was\nalmost broken when sho knew that evil\nhad befallen you.\"\nThe widow had it in her mind to toll\nof tho scene which had transpired upon\nthe duke's coming into tbe maiden's\npresence when she was there, but sho\nthought a second time ore she spoke,\nand then she concluded not to speak of\nit at present, for sho knew 'twould only\nserve to give her son additional pain\nwithout bestowing any benefit.\n\"By heavens!\" uttered Ruric, at the\nend of a troubled reverie, and at tbo\nsame time clasping liis hands vehemently together, \"was ever man so surrounded\nby impenetrable mystery before? This\nmonk is surely a good man. He has\nserved mo well, aud I am sure he would\nserve me more if opportunity offered.\nBut who is he? Have you found out\nanything concerning him?\"\n\"I have not, my son.\"\n\"But is it not strango?\"\n\"It is.\"\nAnd so they conversed until their\ndrooping lids would no longer remain\napart, and then, having first rendered\nup their thanks to God, and asked His\nhelp for the future, they retired to their\nrespective places of rest, Ruric had\nstrange dreams, and for the life of him\nlie could not tell whether they wero good\nor bad. Once be dreamed ho was a duke\nhimself, and that lie had a wife whose\nface ho had never seen. Sho would not\nraise her veil until the ceremony was\nperformed. Then she removed tho obstruction, and Ruric started on beholding the faco of Vladimir the monk! And\nthen Vladimir seemed to say: \"All this I\nhave done for thee. Do you like, it?\"\nAnd Ruric dared not object because\nVladimir had done so much for him.\nAnd now. while Ruric awakes from\nhis dreams and wonders what they\nmeant, lot us look in and sec what is\ngoing on in the ducal palace.\nIt was early morning, aud tho Duko\nof Tula was once moro in his own private apartment. He had not slept well,\nfor he, too, had had dreams, and they\nwero troublesome ones. They hung\nabout him even now, and they filled his\nmind with dark and gloomy forebodings. Ho paced to and fro across tho\napartment, sometimes stopping and bowing his head, and then starting on again\nwith new clouds upon his brow. Thus\nhe walked and pondered until ho was\naroused by a stealthy footfall close to\nthe door. He stopped and listened. He\nknow the stop. \"Twas the one ho had\nbeon waiting for. Ho moved to tho door\nand opened It, and tho hump-backed\npriest, Savotano, entered the apartment.\n\"Ah, Savotano, 1 feared you would\nnever come,\" said th?. duke, as his workman closed the door behind him.\n\"I would havo come soonor if I could,\nmy lord; but evon now it is oarly morning. Tbe sun is hardlv above the city\nwalls.\"\n\"Well\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDit is early, I know; but I havo\nnot slept well.\"\n\"I have not slept at all, my lord.\"\n\"No? Savatano, you look worn and\nweary. But you have been at work.\"\n\"Aye\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI have.\"\n\"And you have come to tell me the result of that work. Does it move you so\nto do such work? I thought you wore\nused to It?\"\nThe priest gazed into his master's\nface, but he did not speak.\n\"Bah!\" said Olga, contemptuously.\n\"What is the killing of a man? But tell\nme\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDdid you conceal tho body so that no\none will find it?\"\nIt was some moments before Savotano\nspoko. His frame trembled, and his\nhands worked nervously together. But\nat length ho said, in a hesitating tone:\n\"He is not dead, my lord.\"\n\"Not dead yet? But you promised me\nhe should he.\"\n\"I know\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDbut we could not do it.\"\n(To be continued.)\nThe Very Latest in\nSALE OF GOVERNMENT LANDS BY\nPUBLIC AUCTION.\nAT THE COURT HOUSE, VERNON,\ncommencing at 10 a.m., on tho\n12th day of Octobor, 1893, I will offer for\nsalo a great portion of the land known as\n\"The Commonage.\" between Okanagan\nand Long Lakes, and mostly situated on\nthe shores of those lakes. There are\n860 lots, varying from one acre to forty\nacres In extent.\nTebms of Sale.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTho parcels of land\nwhich front on tho lake will be offorod at\nan upset prico of $10 per acre, and tho\nremaining parcels at $2.50 per acre.\nPayments.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDOne-third cash and the\nremainder In six and twelve months, with\ninterest at six per cent.\nMaps and catalogues may bo obtained\nfrom Government Land Office, Victoria\nand Vernon.\nM. LUMBY,\nAssistant Commissioner of Lands\nand Works.\nVernon, August 30th, 1893.\nAND\nCANADIAN\nHARD AND SOFT FELT HATS,\nWaterproof and Mackintosh Coats.\nAmerican Blue Riveted Overalls, $1.00 Per Pair.\nMen* Wool Sods, Nine Pairs for $1.00.\nJ, E. PHILLIPS\nLeading Clothier & Hatter,\n709 to 711 Columbia St., - New Westminster.\nJOB PRINTING.\nHaving placed in a complete new outfit of Job Type, we\nare prepared to do all kinds of\nMunicipal and Commercial\nWORK AT PRICES THAT DEFY COMPETITION.\nAll Work Guaranteed.\nCALL AT OUE OFFICE OR WRITE AND GET\nPRICES.\nROBINSON & MOORE\nJOB PRINTERS\nPACIFIC CANADIAN OFFICE.\n| Jj Jj 8\nNEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, OCT., 7, 1893.\nT1IE DOMINION.\nThe traffic receipts of the C. P. R. for\nthe week ending September 30th were\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD005,000. For the same week last year\nthey wore S590.000.\nWinnipeg is said to have put up new\nbuildings this year to a value of no less\nthan 81,884,000, This significantly\nmarks the advance of Manitoba.\nOwen Sound, Oct. 3.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAbout 150 Canadian Pacific Railway dock laborers on\nthe night gang refused to go to work\nowing to a reduction of 3K cents per\nhour.\nGodericu, Out., Oct. 3.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe West\nHuron Liberal Convention has nominated\nMr. M. C. Cameron as candidate for tho\nDominion and Mr. J. T. Garrow for the\nlocal house.\nMontreal, Oct. 3.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMr. Chas, Meredith, a prominent broker, who was recently robbed of \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD4,000, has received\nmost of the money, his clerk, John Shin-\nnick, having confessed to being the\nthief.\nMontreal, Oct. 3.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDHalf a million dollars was tho amount taken in taxes during the twelve hours from S to 8 yesterday at the City Hall, being tho biggest\nday in the memory of the oldest civic\nemployee.\nKingston, Oct. 2.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe man named\nTowns, who was supposed to have been\nmurdered near Napaneeafew years ago,\nhas just boon hoard from in Oregon. His\nwife, supposing him dead, had married\nagain, and now lives in tho Northwest.\nWinnipeg, Oct. 3.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDA man named\nCreen has been arrosted at Deloralii\" by\nDeputy Postofiico Inspector Plimney.\nGreen claimed ho had put some money\ninto a registered letter, but it was found\nhe had not done so and had attempted\nto defraud the department.\nOttawa, Oct. 4\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe Supreme Court\ndecided to-day to hear the Manitoba\nschool case just before the Ontario case\nwas taken up. Tho Court appointed Mr.\nChristopher Robinson, Q. C, to appear\nfor Manitoba, because that government's\ncounsel said he did not intend to argue\nthe case.\nPort Hope, Oct. 3.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe mysterious\ndeath of Mrs. Hooper continues to absorb the attention of the residents of\nthis placo. Hooper Is still here, but tho\nstrain of nervous excitement to which he\nhas been subjected is too much for him\nand his health has given way.\nWinnipeg, Oct. 3.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe prosecution\nagainst Duncan Mac Arthur, president\nof the defunct Commercial Bank, for\nfalsifying the returns of the bank to the\nDominion Government, will come up for\ntrial on Friday. Mr. N. S. Garland, of\nthe Finance Department, will arrive tomorrow to givo evidence.\nLondon, Ont., Oct. 3.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAt tho assizes\na true bill was brought in by tho Grand\nJury against George and Will/am Lemuel\nand Henry Freeman, two brothers and a\ncousin, for the murder of Chief of Police\nRankin, of Chatham, In the early part\nof last winter whilo trying to arrest one\nof tho brothers.\nWatford, Ont., Oct. 3.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMr. Hugh MeKenzie, M.P.P. for East Lamb ton, died\nthis morning after a lingering illness.\nHe never fully recovered from an attack of typhoid fever, which he took\nwhile attending the Legislature over 18\nmonths ago. The deceased was a relative of the Hon. Alex. MeKenzie, ex-\nproinier of Canada.\nToronto, Oct. 4.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe Globe's Ottawa\ncorrespondent says that a movement has\nbeen started by tho friends of Lieutenant-Governor l?oyal, of the Northwest,\nto have him appointed to tho Senate as\nrepresentative of the French speaking\npopulation of tho Territories, ft is contended that the Government has the\npower to increase tho Northwest representation in the Senate without new\nlegislation.\nHalifax, N. S., Oct. 3.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDA fiendish attempt was made at train-wrecking late\nyesterday morning on the Intercolonial\nroad, near Truro. Somo persons opened\na switch, causing an engine to dash oil'\nthe track in the vicinity of a high embankment. The locomotive tumbled on\nits side and the engineer and fireman\nhad at exceedingly close escape from\ndeath. It was a miracle that the entire train did not go over the embankment.\nMoncton, N. B., Oct. 3.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDA five days\nwind and rain storm in this vicinity has\ncaused much damage, Such crops as\nare nnharvestod are ruined. Many\ndykes are broken, bridges and mill dams\nswept away, marshes swamped and hay\ndestroyed. At Point Duchouso tremendous seas swept the railway wharf and\ntwo barques broke loose, one running\nashore on a sand bar, from which it was\nafterwards floated. Reports of the damage, it is believed, are only beginning to\nbe received as the wires have been prostrated in all directions.\nHalifax, N. S., Oct. 3.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDIn March next,\nthe Eighth (King's) regiment will be removed from Halifax to Victoria to take\ncharge of tlie barracks recently erected\nthere by tho Imperial authorities. Two\nof the King's regiment who have arrived from Victoria, state that the barracks there Is superior to that at Hall-\nfax. Hereafter troops will not come\nfrom Bermuda to Halifax, but from\nGreat Britain direct to this garrison.\nThe Berkshire regiment, now at Bermuda, will, in the spring, return to Ens-\nland, having completed tho 13 years'\nservice. Two regiments will arrive here\nIn March and will, it is supposed, be the\nfi.'ird Welsh Fusiliers and the 80th 0am-\neronians. Instead of one regiment being\nstationed at Halifax thero will two hereafter, and Halifax will be made the lirst\nchange station. A regiment will, It is\nreported, be permanently stationed at\nVictoria.\nOttawa. Oct. 4.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTho director of the\nExperimental Farm, Prof. Saunders,\nsays that tho detection of tuberculosis\nin some of tlie cattle at the Experimental Farm by the use of Koch's lymp, or\ntuberculin, hid to the slaughter of eight\nanimals some few weeks ago. Thirteen\nothers were suspected and Isolated from\nthe remainder of tho herd for further\nexamination. These animals were again\ntested on Monday and were destroyed\nyesterday. As all the remaining cattle\nhave been proven healthy by the lymph\ntest, it Is believed that the trouble is\nnow entirely eradicated from the herd,\nleaving 35 animals In sound health. The\nbarns are now being thoroughly disinfected. Prof. Saunders says that the\nlymph has proven a most reliable means\nof detecting thopresonceof tuberculosis,\nand Is convinced that tho experience\ngained In this instance will prove an\nuseful aid In detecting its presence In\nthe future.\nPort Hope, Ont., Sept. 30.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe excitement created by tho mysterious death of\nMrs. Hooper on a train near towa culminated to-day in the exhuming of the\nbody, which had been buried in Port\nHope, and the holding of an inquest on\nthe remains. The inquest was held by\nDr. Corbett, coroner of this town. The\njuryman, having been sworn, thoy were\ntaken to view tho corpse of Mrs. Hooper, the face of which was considerably\ndecomposed owing to the manner in\nwhich sho had been buried. Tho coffin\nwas much too small and the limbs had\nbeen bout up to get them in. It was\nalso clad in tho clothes in which tho woman had died in, even the shoes being\non the feet. Dr. Douglas, of Cobourg,\nand Dr. R. I. Corbett, of Port Hope,\n.were instructed by the coroner to make\nan autopsy of tho body.\nWinnipeg, Oct. 5.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTimber explorers,\njust arrived from the district north and\nwest of Lake Winnipogoosis, report that\nalmost the entire timber forests have\nbeen wiped out by (iros. The Indians\naro chiefly to blame for these destructive forest fires, as they have ignited the\nsame in their endeavors to drive the fur-\nbearing animals out of the woods.\nPROVINCIAL.\nD. K. Book returned from Nakusp\nthis week, and pronounces that burg\nvery lively, as \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD7,000 was paid out to\nrailway constsuction employees last\nweek.\nHenry Corn, of Kaslo, has been sentenced by Justice of the Peace R. S.\nGreen to three month's Imprisonment for\nattempting to commit suicido by cutting\nhis throat.\nA sad occureenco is reported from\nKaslo. George Whitten, a well-known\nprospector, who has been in this country\nfor threo years, and owned considerable\nproperty around Ainsworth, was found\ndead in nis bed at the Montana Hotel\non Thursday morning, with his throat\ncut. The circumstances pointed to suicide.\nFive parties have been subpoenaed to\nanswer tho charge of illicit whiskey selling on the line of the Nelson & Fort\nShoppard railway. Most of them look\non it as a hint to leave the country,\nwhich they are glad to do as they have\nabout cleaned up all the money there\nwas in the business.\nThe Kaslo people are well pleased at\ntho incorporation of their city, as a result of which many needful public Improvements will, they hope, shortly be\nmade. They are also satisfied with the\nC.P.R.'s rato for carrying oro to 'Frisco,\nthese being but little over X cent por\npound. They declare, however, that\nthis rate moans present loss to the C.P.\nR., for which they think the company\nwill hereafter somehow obtain compensation.\nThe Kaslo Theatre Comiquo Is doomed.\nWhile other enterprises have been caught\nin the pinch of adversity, and sent to\ntho wall, the Comiquo has flourished. It\nkept the dimes out of the saloon-keeper's\ntill, and the \"siller\" from the church\ncoffers, but now a change is to be effected. A movement is on foot In Kaslo to\nunite the forces of the church peoplo\nand the saloon-keekers, and close the\nplace up. A mooting of the star chamber variety was called for Saturday last,\nand the fight may .be expected to commence shortly.\nThe Nakusp railroad will bo completed to Three Forks just as fast as the\nengineers, contractors and tracklayers\ncan get their work in. Preparations are\nnow being made for shipping In supplies,\nin order that work may go on during the\nwinter. Thero is a large quantity of\nrock work to do along the shores of Slo-\ncan Lake, which will keep a number of\nmen employed in grading all winter. On\nSlocan Lake there will bo lively times,\nalthough everything is quiet there at\npresent. The summer of 18!i4 will seo a\nrailroad in the heart of the Slocan mines.\nThe Clinton assizes was hold on Wednesday last, Hon. Justico Walkem presiding. Only two cases were on the docket. C. Bambrick was charged with assaulting an Indian woman. The grand\njuty was convinced that the charge was\nbrought in an attempt at blackmail, and\nthrew ont tho ease. E. D. Oaklynn was\nindicted on the charge of horse-stealing,\nand the trial lasted nearly all day, Attorney-General Davie and his deputy\nconducting the prosecution, The ease\nfinally broke down for want of evidence,\nand Oaklynn was honorably discharged.\nLondon, Oct. 3.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDDavid Belasco, tho\nactor, better known to theatre-going\npublic as David James, died here yesterday. Ho had long boon a sufferer from\nliver complaint.\nBerlin, Oct. 3.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDA Breslau newspaper\nsays Prince Bismarck Is reported to be\nso III that It Is doubtful whether he will\nleave Kissingen alive. No confirmation\nof the report is obtainable in Berlin.\nLondon, Oct. 3.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe Times correspondent 111 Paris says: \"The last mail from\nMadagascar reports that Mr. George S.\nMullor, the explorer, sent out by the\nFrench Government on a scientific mission, has beon murdered between Antananarivo, tho capital of tho island and\nMajunga.\"\nBerlin, Oct. 3.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDDirector Sohultz, of\nthe Rhenish Credit Bank in Karlsruhe,\nshot himself with a revolver last night\nand died soon afterwards. A largo dej\nlicit was found in the hank's accounts.\nHerr Pohl, court optician In llnnovor.\npoisoned his wife with prusslc acid on\nSunday. When arrested on suspicion\nlast night he shot himself dead with a\nrevolver.\nBuda Pesth. Oct. 3.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAlexius Bokros,\nvice-president of the Hungarian lower\nhouse, was found on the pavement In\nfront of his house, several days ago,\nwith his skull fractured, and the report\nwas sent out thut he fell aceldently\nfrom the wlndowof his room In the third\nstory. Bokros died soon after he was\nfound. To-day It was learned that ho\ntook his life on account of business\ntroubles. In his practice as a lawyer\nBokros had embezzled funds entrusted to\nhim by his client, the Countess Mont-\nbach, and nnd spent all his available\nmoney in unfortunate speculation on the\nBourse. When the Countess discovered\nhis dishonesty she begun proceedings\nagainst him. The disgrace Into which\nher action brought him unsettled his\nmind and eventually drove him to suicide. \t\nThore was llttlo business dono at tho\nNew York Stock Exhungo on Friday,\nand tho market clossod very quiet, but\nsteady.\nCAMPBELL fl DOHERTY\nTHE NEW YORK TAILORS\nHave Decided to Remain.\nMr. Doherty retires about Janury 1st, Mr. Campbell will continue the business. Although\ntimes are hard, we are doing by far the\nlargest Tailoring Business in the\nProvince, Employing at present\n- - - 17 hands. - - -\nA Few Reasons Why we do tie Largest Business.\nist. We give Satisfaction in Make and Fit; there is an\nartistic get up about our suits and people know it.\n2nd. Although we have the finest store (consequently\nhigh rent) and pay the highest wages,\nWe Sell the Cheapest.\nYou say, How is this. The secret is we turn out 20 suits\nwhere others only turn out 4. If we made half the profit the\nothers do we make more than double the money.\nPROOF.\n20 Suits, $5.00 profit on each suit would be $100.\n4 Suits, $10.00 profit on each suit would be 40.\nBalance to our credit\n$60.00.\nWe are making all wool good business suits for $16.00.\nIrish Serge, blue and black for $18.00 and $20.00. Fine\nBlack Worsted suits for $25.00. Pants for $4.50, fine black\npants for $5.75. Overcoats for $16.00, extra quality $20.00.\nWe also keep on hand a select line of Ready Made Clothing\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDNone but first-class of its kind-,but we would advise all\nwho want a suit never to invest in ready made clothing when\nyou can get a suit to order for $16.00 and a good overcoat\nfor $16.00.\nSamples and rules for self measurement sent promptly on\napplication. Perfect fit guaranteed.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD011 will find us in tbe Curtis Block.\nTHE STORE WITH THE GRANITE PILLARS.\nCity of New Westminster.\nFurniture : and : IMertatii.\nW. E. FALES\nWishes to call the attention of all who\nare in need of his goods or services, they\nwill do well to inspect his goods, etc.,\nbefore buying elsewhere.\nA First-Class Assortment of Furniture\nalways kept in Stock, Carpets and all\nkinds of House Pur ishings-\nTHE LEADING UNDERTAKER!\nOPEN DAY AND WIGHT.\nTelephone l'u. corner of\nP.O. Box 58. Agnes & MeKenzie Stt.\nWHAT THE PEOPLE SAY !\nThat the only Insuranco and Real Estate\nFirm in the Provlnco that can provide\nyou with:\nBUBGLABY, HEE, ACCIDENT, LITE,\nMAEINE AND PLATE GLASS\nINSUEANCE.\nLIKEWISE\nA HOME on Monthly Instalments\nWITHOUT INTEREST is to bo found\nat\n721 Colmnbia St., New Westminster.\nH. C. ROSS & Co,\nR, G. MACPHERSON\nTHE DRUGGIST\nBURNS BLOCK\nCOLUMBIA STREET\nNEW WESTMINSTER.\nCAMPBELL'S\nCORNER.-\nOLDEST BUSINESS PREMISES\nIN THE CITY.\nLeading Lines:\nCLOTHING, MEN'S FURNISHINGS,\nHATS AND CAPS,\nTRUNKS AND VALISES.\nIn TnE Inner Centre op the Business Circle.\nGor. Columbia and Mary Sts..\nWestminster."@en . "Newspapers"@en . "New Westminster (B.C.)"@en . "New Westminster"@en . "The_Pacific_Canadian_1893_10_07"@en . "10.14288/1.0221159"@en . "English"@en . "49.206667"@en . "-122.910556"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "New Westminster, B.C. : [publisher not identified]"@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 . "Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives."@en . "The Pacific Canadian"@en . "Text"@en . ""@en .