"63937483-0c0d-4f6b-abb8-75ebd4e31d68"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2015-12-10"@en . "1893-09-16"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/paccannw/items/1.0221160/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " ^\nS&sV dDPM\nr {ffir^^fe***^\nPacific\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-Acidic-II a\nVol. I.\nNEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SEPT. 16, 1893.\nNo. 1.\n$1 per Tear!\nTliu publishers of the Pacific Canadian, In order to reach the people of this\nProv'nce, have decided to place the subscription price at the very low figure of i The reverend\n$1.00 per year. This places the paper\nwithin the reach of all, even in hard\ntimes, and there 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 the Canadian come to\nyour hearth and make the whole house\nglad. Try it from now till the end of the\nyear for 2.1 cents.\nRev. Mr. Bowei.t.. the esteemed pastor of the Methodist Church, in Surrey,\ncame to Westminster on Tuesday, and,\nshortly after crossing the river, nu t with\na severe accident, through his horse taking fright at a passing railway train.\ngentleman was thrown\nfrom the buggy, the wheels of which\npassed over him, but fortunately no\nbones were broken, and after being carefully attended to for a time liv Mr. Mcintosh, of the Caledonian Hotel, Mr.\nHowell was able to gut around again. A\nnumber of people from Surrey were making anxious inquiry into the matter.\nVLOVBIWALR,\nCITY AND DISTRICT\noads of lumber were\n'l.e Royal City Mill\nhlli-\non\nTllRKE oai\nped east bv\nThursday.\nMn. Thomas Shannon, of Clovedalo,\nwas In town yesterday, and made a Hying trip to Vaueovvor.\nIf you want a nice fitting boot, and\ngreat wearers, don't fall to call at Sinclair & Co.'s, as they are giving extra\nbargains until thu end of this month.\nThe steamer Courser, Capt,\nhas been put on tliu up-river route to\nmake diurnal trips, leaving Chllllwack\nat ii a. in. and this port at 12 noon dally.\nTiik fine new Hotel Uulchon Is being\nfiirnishod so as to be ready for guests exhibition week. Mr. Roos, the manager,\nis sparing no cost or effort to have everything in perfect shape.\nThe father of ex-Alderman Calblck\ndied at Godorlch on Monday last, at tho\nage of 80. lie was a piouoer of Huron\ncounty. Six of his sons are residents of\nBritish Columbia.\nOn Wednesday, the 27th inst., the\nmorning before the formal opening 0f\nthe exhibition, Mayor Curtis will prose\nLieut.-Governor and Mrs. Uowdney win\nan a.'dross of welcome to New Westmi\nster, on behalf of the citizens.\nA very pleasant party was given by\nRev. Mr. MeElmon and Mrs. McElmon,\nin the Manse at Cloverdale. on Thursday\nevening. About forty friends were in\nattendance, and a highly entertaining\nevening was enjoyed.\nParties interested in thoroughbred\nswine will note Mr. Thos. Shannon's advertisement in this issne. If Mr. Shannon succeeds as well at the coming exhibition as he has on former occasions, his\nstrain of Berhshires will have to be admitted the best In tho ProyUaM\"-\nV \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD<\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'SS>*a. _ \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nA.\ Ottawa despatch auj^ too uurpora-\ntion of New Westminster has deposited\nwith the Public Works Department at\nOttawa plans showing the bridge contemplated to be constructed across the Fra-\nser River, and will ask authority from\nthe department within tho month.\nTkeasurkh Krug, of Seattle, who\nskipped from that city with about 8200,-\n000 of the public funds, and is believed\nto have come to this city, has put the de-\ntectivos at fault. While there is good\nreason to believe that he is hiding in this\nlocality, all definite track of him is lost.\nIn the lacrosse match at Montreal, on\nWednesday, tho Victorias won an easy\nvictory over the Moutreals, to the great\nastonishment of the 1,600 people in attendance, and Indeed ->f all eastern lacrosse players. Montreal is, In a sense,\nthe home of lacrosse, and the victory\nThe Reception Committee lii oonnoc\nt.ion with the exhibition celebration has\nbeen appointed by the City Council, and\nIs composed of the following: The Mayor\nand Aldermen, (1. E, CorbOUld, M. I'.. .1.\nC. Brown, M. I'. I'.. lion. Justice Mc-\nCrolght, W. J. Armstrong, II. V, Edmonds, John Hendry, Alex. Ewen, I!.\nDouglas, ,1. S. Cluie, I. Ii. Fisher, G. D.\nHryniuer, E. A. Wyld, ('. (I. Major, John\nMeKiin/io, Chas. Warwick, 1>. .1. Munn,\nJohn Wilson. John MoNab, Thos. Cunningham, J. A. Webster, M. M. English,\nGeo. Kennedy, Jamos Loamy, K. R.\nGlover, W. B. Towuseinl. .1. S. C. Eraser\nand Peter Grant.\nOn Tuesday moruli)g, Mr. L. J. Colo,\nof the mercantile linn of L. J. Colo &\nCooper, iCo.. was united In marriage to Miss Addle\nM. Pride, daughter of Mr. W. A. Pride,\nof Ash Street. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. II. Best at the residence of the bride's father. Mr. E. L.\nWebber was groomsman, and tho bridesmaids were Miss Nellie Pride and Miss\nFlora Calhoun. A goodly company of\nappreciative, friends sat down to the\nbreakfast table. The newly married\ncouple left for Victoria on their honeymoon trip amidst very hearty good\nwishes and congratulations.\nJames Stansuuiiy. champion oarsman\nof the world, was driving about Westminster on Thursday last. Ho came\nover from Vancouver to have a look at\nthe Royal City and the Fraser River.\nProbably Mr. Stansbury would like to\ntake the Frassr home with him as there\nis no river like it in Australia. He is\ngoing back to his home in New South\nWales, having failed to make a match\nwith Gaudaur; but lie says that if Gau-\ndaur likes to come to Australia he will\nallow him $500 expenses and row him for\nall he is worth,\nOn Thursday, before Stipendiary Magistrate Pittendrigh, W. II. Steves was\ncharged with having broken into and\nstolen an organ from the house of J. M.\nDonaldson, at Steveston. It was elicited\nin evidence that Donaldson, acting as\nsheriff's bailiff, had in hi* possession a\nseized organ, and Steves, #hile Donaldson was absent from home, broke into\nthe latter's house and removed the instrument. The bearing of the ease occupied the whole morning, and, at its\nconclusion, the court committed the defendant for trial, bail boing accepted.\nA yoiino couple, John Beach, aged 24,\nand Eliza J. Daniels, aged 10, arrived in\nWestminster on Tuesday, from South\nVancouver, and were very anxious to be\npromptly married, as they were afraid\nthe father of the young lady might put\nin an appearance and delay the ceie-\nmony. They were mistaken in the latter\npoint. The old gentleman did drop in\nrather suddenly, but, instead of being opposed to the match, he smilingly gave\nthe couple his encouragement, and the\nmarriage was Joyously proceeded with.\nThe steamer Estelle, of this city,\npicked up two shipwrecked Vancouver\n(Correspondent Pacific Canadian.)\nThe recent rains were very untimely\nfor the harvest. Mr. Jos. Shannon was\ncaught in the middle of his, but all the\nfarmers aro now into it. full tilt.\nAnglers are reporting fine baskets of\ntrout from the Serpentine and Nlcoinokl.\nUnfortunately tho season closes nu the\n15th, about one month sooner than It\nought to.\nThe cohoe salmon are now running up\ntho streams.\nI hear Mr. Smith has sold his farm adjoining the town. The price is said to\nlie $24,000.\nMr. John McMillan, municipal tax\ncollector, paid a business visit to your\ncity tills week. No doubt owners of land\nIn Surrey were just aching to see him.\nWorthy citizen llrene was also in town\non Monday, buying stock for bis extending shoe business.\nSchool teacher Matthew removed bis\nfamily to Cloverdale on Monday, and Is\nnow comfortably located In bis new\nhome. More pupils for our flourishing\nschool.\nTho school grounds here will speedily\nbe in line shape. A good well has just\nbeen completed, and Mr. C. McCallum is\nhard at his contract of graveling the\nplay grounds.\nThe posters are out for the Surrey Ag-\nlienUural Soelclie's Exhibition, which is\nto lie iii'ld here on Friday, Sept. 22nd.\nIt Is generally believed that tho show\nwill be a great success, and a large attendance of visitors from Westminster\nand Vancouver Is expected. Some big\nguns in the political field are to open the\nexhibition with addresses. It is much\nmore convenient for visitors to attend on\nthis occasion than formerly, as the\nGreat Northern Railway train pulls up\njust in front of the exhibition hall, and\nwill be regulated in time so as to accommodate the crowd.\nOur athletes and sprinters are laying low for the sports on exhibition day.\nand horses that arc supposed to be at all\nfast may be observed occasionally mak-\nmaking tho dust lly. Just send along\nyour city record-breakers, and see what\nhappens.\nLet me say here that the Board of\nManagers of the Surrey Agricultural\nSociety are deserving of commendation\nfor the interest and zeal they are displaying in tlie business placed in their hands\nby the shareholders. No effort is being\nspared to insure, a fine exhibit, and along\nwith that of a system of conducting\nthings that will be satisfactory to all concerned.\nThe good prospects of having theClover\nValley Road, from Cloverdale to tho Yale\nRoad crossing, put In shape for traffic, is\na source of great satisfaction to tho people in this neighborhood, and the residents of Cloverdale, especially, are very\nproud of the Reeve and Council.\nMr, John Elliott, who built the Clover\nValley school house, is now at work on\nthe construction of a line house for Mr.\nMcKay, south of the Nlcomekl.\nGrouse are scarce. An occasional deer\nis seen, and there are a few bears.\nCloverdale, Sept Htb, 1893. O. K.\nwon by the Victorias must be esteemed | |tea off tho Sand heads on Thursday of\na high honor.\nThe next l-crosso match to decide\nwhich of tho Westminster teams will\nplay In the junior tournament during\nthe exhibition-celebration, will be played\nat Queen's Park lo-day, between the\nWestminster Juniors and the Sapperton\nBrunettes. Both teams are practising\nhard for the event, and a good match\nmay be anticipated.\nMr. Wii.uam Smith, ot Clovor valley,\non Monday last, disposed of his fine\nranch of 210 acres for the handsome\nsum of 824,000. This land was marsh\nwhen Mr. Smith went upon it, seven\nyears ago, but Is now, undoubtedly, one\nof the most profitable farms In the dis- >\ntrlct. On Saturday Mr. Smith also (lis-\nposed of 100 acres of Pitt Meadows for j\n88,520.\nREV, E. Hudson Is about to make a j\ntour through the Kootonay country lecturing at half a dozen places. He will\nthen go on to Redwing, Minn , and j\nafterwards to the congress of religions1\nat the World's Fair, at which he will represent the Ministerial Association of\nBritish Columbia. He will also attend\nthe advanced prohibition convention In\nToronto, and other gatherings at which\nchurch and social work will bo con\nslderod.\nCOMMUNICATIONS.\nWe do not hold ourselve* responsible for\ntbe views expressed by our correspondents.\nA fll A NO S ADVISABLE.\nlast week. They were found clinging to\nthe keel of their sail boat,.and were almost exhausted.\nIr Is said that a couple of Taeoma men\naro negotiating the purchase of the\nWestminster woollen mills outfit and\nthat the machinery will likely be in full\nswing again this fall. Many farmers\nwill be glad to hear this.\nSi'OKTSMEN report grouse scarce everywhere, and attribute tho fact to the cold\nspoil of last winter. The cause is more\nlikely to be the cold, rainy weather of\nth(! spring.\nHon. Mackenzie Howell visited this\ncity on Wednesday and was in attendance at a meeting of the Hoard of\nTrade In regard to tariff matters.\nfor\nMea-\nbeing\nthe\nIt Is said the. frog crop of Pitt,\ndowa is turning out well, it is\nreaped by a number of Italians\nforeign market.\nOn Monday night there was a light\nfrost at Chllllwack.\nOne\nAn Anntvrvmtril Itf. union\nof the most esteemed Tamil\nA uiieat many old friends from Surrey have been good enough to cuil upon\nthe editor of this paper during the week,\nand express kind wishes. Amongst the\nnumber wero Alex. Anderson, Arch.\nMurphy, and Thos. Shannon, of Clovil\nValley; II. .1. Thrift, of lLill'.--Priiiile ;\nJ. I. lirenn, Win. Richmond, Jos. Shannon, A. C. Matthew and J. McMillan,\nof Cloverdale ; E. T, Wade, or Surrey\nCentre, and many others, whose name-;\nhave escaped n*.\nAt Tin. weekly meeting of the citizens'\ncelebration committee, on Wednesday\nevening, a' great deal of business was\nsatlsfaclorlally got through with. From\nall the indications It is reasonably certain that the coming exhibition and celebration will be the most successful affair\nof the kind over held in B. C. A great\nmany new and attractive features have\nbeen added, and Westminster Is fairly\nsurpassing herself in providing entertainment for all who come. Arrangements have been perfected in every\ndetail, and no effort has b,icn spared by\nthe several committees to make the exhibition of '03 one to he long remembered.\nEditor Pacific Canadian:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nSir,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI think 1 can conscientiously\nsay: Thank God, we .are no longer left to\nthe tender mercies of the Columbian, Wo\ncan, at least, see now the opinion of the\nother side, and form our opinion of the\nmerits of questions discussed. There\nhas been so much arbitrary ono-sided-\nness displayed for years, that people are\nbecoming nauseated. It never was a\ntrait in the character of the Columhaii to\nspeak well of any person who did not\nagree with them, and it has been a\npolicy of theirs to always be in opposition to the Govern ment, never counting\nthe loss it has occasioned this city and\ndistrict, which has Buffered from neglect\ncaused solely by the rabid opposition always displayed by our only paper,\nbacked up by our representative. Sir,\n1 believe it is time for this city to study\nits own interest and turn over a new\nleaf, and at least he a little more reasonable in our opposition, and In justice to\nput the blame of lnisguvemiuont on the\nshoulders of the guilty party. Sir, there\nis much the present Government is\nblamed for which Is naturally the outgrowth of former governments, the evil\neffects of which coining home to us now,\nnaturally cause us to complain, and unjustly to blame the present governing\npower. As I before Bald, it Is lime for\nthis city to bolter look to its own Interest, of which It has been very relax,\nbotli In municipal and parliamentary affairs, and lilt cannot accomplish this I\nwllh the present party, far bettor form\nanother, us I believe a hciillhv opposition can accomplish much. We have\ngiven the present parly a patient trial,\nanil got nothing, but placed ourselves In\nbad odor with the Government, therefore a party change must be for Hie\nProvince, i. t... Indulging in personal invective and throwing dirt at political opponents, to the neglect of tho best interests and development of the resources of\nthe Province, It is no advantage to the\nreaders of a newspaper to have a continual rehash of the failings and weakness of one and another of our public\nmen, and In blackguarding them and\nmisrepresent lug the country at large.\nProspective investors and capitalists are\nnot particularly impressed with the capabilities for tho profitable investment\nof their money, by reading In the public\nprints that'the country Is on the verge\nof ruin and bankruptcy. I trust the\nPacific Canadian will pursue a policy\nthat will reflect credit to itself and as-;\nslst ill extending and developing the immense natural resources id' the Province\nso that through its Influence large mini- i\nhers of settlers may lie Induced to come j\nin and locale among us. There are verv ,\nmany opportunities for the profitable\nemployment of capital, Particularly is j\nthat so In this \"Surrey of ours.\" The\nlands arc of excellent quality, a large,\namount within easy access of the cities .\nof the Province, These all have to be |\nfed. Not one-twentieth of the 80,000 acres\nin the corporation Is under cultivation, j\nand we are importing a ruinous amount\nof foodstuffs, a large proportlou of j\nWhich we. ought to and could raise in the j\nProvince. The outlook for fruit culture \\ncould not. be brighter than It is here, I\nwhen Intelligently gone Into. There aro \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nmany other openings that will be referral to from time to time and as occasion occurs. Possibly in opening I\nshould have remarked that whilst\nonly a small proportion of our lands\naro profitably occupied, I trust you\nwill not infer that Surrey is behind the\ntimes in regard to internal development\nand advantages of modern civilization.\nWe are not. Wo have at all events a\nspecies of Home Rule governing the affairs of the corporation. There is an extensive road system that is being continually extended and improved. A\nrailway also traverses the whole length\nof the district. Schools, churches, post-\nolfices galore, and very many other comforts and conveniences, unknown to a\ngreat many places. Last, but not by\nany means the least, we have an Incorporated Agricultural Association, that\nwas gotten up a few years ago for the\nadvantage and to assist in the development of the district. It has been a groat\nsuccess from Its inception to the present\ntime. Tho annual exhibition will be\nheld at Cloverdale on tho 22nd of the\npresent month, whoti wo anticipate liav-\na grand time. There will be athetotic\nsports of various kinds, for which valuable cash prizes will bo given. All entries are free in the sporting events. We\nare an'.iA,is to.induce the people of the\ncities ufvisit us on that date and try the\nsalubrity of the air and observe the geography of the district south of the Eraser\nRiver. The cost of the trip will be but\ntrifling, the advantages to be derived\nare Immense. The Great Northern Railway will gladly furnish the means of\ncoming and returning to all who wish to\navail themselves of this opportunity for\na day's outing with which maybe included the instruction and profit of seeing tbe exhibition and the fun, etc., of\nthe sports. Do not give it away. Mr.\nEditor: We expectcto be. honored with\ntho company of some of those gentlemen\nwho are directing the affairs or state for i\nthe Province, etc., etc. Yours, etc.,\nHenry T. Thrift.\nHazel mere, B. C, Sept. 13. 1803.\nVAXCOUVKll.\nin Vancouver\nTwenty tons\nislied article are being\nThe new cement works\nare proving satisfactory,\nper day of the flu\nturned out.\nRev. Father Eiiinmelin, rector of tho\nChurch of Our Lady of tho Rosary, is\ncalling for tenders for clearing ground\nlu sub. 1S5, on which Is to ho erected the\nnew Sisters' Hospital, a structure which\nwill be a monument to Catholic enterprise in Vancouver\nOwing to the Illness of bis father, Mr.\nChas. MeEacblan, of Messrs. Shannon &\nMcLaehlan, Intends returning to England. The South Vancouver Council\nwill thus lose an energetic member, as\nMr, McLaehlan intends to resign his\nposition on that Hoard, lie has also\ngiven up the office of secretary of the\nSqnamish Valley Hop Growing Co.,\nwhich has been taken by Mr. .1. '/.. Hall.\nFather Euiuiiiclin slates that ho received a right royal reception from the\nIndians at Seclielt on his recent visit.\nFur some days past the Indians had been\nmaking elaborate prepaiations for the\nevent, and everything was prepared\nwhen lie arrived there. A large platform had been erected and was beautifully decorated with flowers. On the\nevening of the first day addresses of welcome were delivered by the two Chiefs,\nto which Fathci'JEuuiniclin replied, and\nthen the ceremony of handshaking was\ngone through,- as to which he was not\nsorry when it was concluded, as there\nwere 700 Indians present, and his arm\nached not a little towards the close. The\nsame ceremony was repeated the night\nbefore, their departure. Father Eum-\nmeliu took his phonograph with him\nwhich greatly astonished the Indians,\none of them remarking that it was the\ndevil talking.\nIn the current issue of the B. C.\nGazette, notice Is given that application\nwill be made to the Legislative Assembly\nof the Province of British Columbia, at\nits next session, for an act Incorporating\na company to construct, equip, operate\nand maintain a line of steam or electric\nrailway, and a telegraph or telephone\nfrom some-point in the city of Vancouver to a point in or near the elty of New\nWestminster, with power to build a\nbranch or branches from the main line\nof the said road to a point in Hastings\ntownsite and In Port Moodv, and also to\nsome point at or near the mouth of the\nFraser river, with power to mako connection with any other lino or lines of\nrailway or steamship company, and to\nbuild branches for that purpose, with\npower to construct and use ferries, and\nfor all othor\nprivileges. The name of the company\nltrako Vp in Disorder.\nOn Tuesday evening the Vancouver\nschool trustees met for business and Immediately proceeded to wrangle over the\nchairmanship, all the members taking a\nband in it. Finally Trustee Toinpletoii\nused unparliamentary language to Trustee Collins which the latter resented,\nand the offensive remark was promptly\nrepeated. With this, says the Newt-\nAdvertiser, Trustee Collins got up and\nwent round the table to where Trustee\nTcinpletun was sitting in a pugilistic\nmanner: Tomploton got up and advanced to meet him. The pair met at\n, the end of the table near the vault.\nCollins struck the lirst blow, but It was\n: without effect. Teinploton closed In on\ni lilm. and several blows were exchanged.\nI Then Collins with main force threw\nI'Completion on the Door, and there they\nI lay lighting and kicking for some seconds before they were parted by the\namazed spectators. So furious were the\ntwo men that It. was with trouble that\nthey wero parted, although It must be\nslated that, the spectators were somewhat tardy In their attempts to check\nthem, Paper, pencils and hats were\nalike strewn all over the Hour, and both\nbelligerents were somewhat, tbe worse\nfor the encounter, Aid. Collins having a\nbad mark under Hie left eye.\nAid. Collins Immediately left the room\nand went home. Trustee Templeton\nwaited a while, as though expecting\nanother encounter. Amongst the spectators was a woman who added to the\nexcitement of tho fray by loudly screaming for the police.\nTile meeting then broke up In disorder.\nRutfllde in 1 Irtorln.\nA mysterious suicide is now engaging\ntlie attention of the police in Victoria.\nit is that of Frederick Schlldcr, who was\nround In his bed at No. 155 Yates street,\nTuesday morning, In a comatose condition, as a result of having taken a dose\nof morphine. Dr. Fraser was Immediately summoned, and although ho and\nDr. Frank Hall, who was afterwards\ncalled in. did all In their power to restore\nthe patient, it availed nothing, and ho\ndied about 10 o'clock. Nothing was\nfound in tlie room to indicate the cause\nof death, but the doctors think it was\ndue to morphine. No reason is givon\nwhy the deceased should have taken his\nlife, for although he had not any money\nhe had appeared to be in good health and\nspirits.\nSchlldcr came here about a fortnight\nago, from Seattle, with Alexander M.\nWood, who was rooming with him.\nWood met him In Seattle, and having\nusual powers, rights and \ k\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.wn him .some years ago was surprised\n: to find on the coast. Schlldcr, being out\nof work, agreed to come to Victoria to\nis to be tho Vancouver Central Railway .,,.,,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nCompany; with headquarters at, vaV-.'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'.;\"ass for Wood, who is ar. artist, and\ncouver.\nVICTORIA.\ntorn\nThe old steamer Amelia is being\nto pieces.\nA lady, Mrs. Anna Harris, preached at\nthe Conteniilal Methodist Church on\nSunday.\ntboy took the, room where the suicide occurred. Wood says they had met with\nfair success here. When ho went to bod\non Tuesday night, Schlldcr had already\nretired. They had a conversation, in\nwhich Wood asked his friend what luck\n1 he had had during tho day. Schllder's\nreply being that ho had not taken any\n| orders, but expected a good one noxt day.\n'After some general conversation they\nwent to sleep. Yesterday morning Wood\nTHE FISHERY INTEREST.\nbolter\nNew \\.\nmn\nUnlnstor,\nA VulCE mOU sri/Hh'Y.\ntbe Municipality oT Surrey, Is that of Mr.\nDuncan Mackenzie, of clover Valley, a\nI pioneer of the district, and, together\n| with his kindly and amiable wife, known\nfar and wide for their hospitality anil\nI many other good qiialltOS. Mr. Mac\nI kenzle Is now lu his seventy-fourth year,\ni and Is still as vigorous and hearty as\nmany men in the prime of life, ami his\ngood lady Is yet as fresh-loiiklng as a\nmatron of forty. On Saturday last tl.a\ncouple celebrated the forty-first anniversary of their wedding, by driving to\n; Westminster and there gathering around\n] them tlie \"balms\" that made Joyful j Journal Is very approprlati\nI their hearth during tlie passing years. | will. I am sure, be most\n, Father and mother, three daughters and\n! live sons, sat together for a photograph.\nI The family circle, to be complete, lacked\n| one, the eldest son, who is a thriving\nresident of Ontario. It Is not often that\nin the shadow of declining years the\nheads of a numerous family can have\nthe happiness of gathering around them\na circle of grown sous and daughters,\nstill fond, and all esteemed and prosperous residents of their several localities.\nJUSTICE,\n13, I MCI.\niMil'll lit I'ACI\nSin,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe\nto Canadian:\nname cliosen\nThe Nanalmo Em: Prest states that Mr.\nMichael Donohue, of Point Holmes, Vancouver Island, found a panther fallen\ninto his well on Saturday woek.\nfor the new\nThe papor\nheartily welcomed by those whoso aspirations are toward a distinctive Canadian nationality,\nTo a casual observer there is very little,\nnational feeling manifested among a\nlarge number of our Inhabitants, or, for\nthat matter, the press either. With\nvery few exceptions the press of the\nProvince appears to give more prominence to events occurring across tho border to the south of us than to purely\nDominion affairs. I trust while advocating and extending the principles of\nCanadian citizenship and nationality you\nwill maintain the l'ttcifircharacter of the\npaper, and refrain from the all too common practice of the newspapers of the\nEditor Pacific Canadian:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nSir,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI see by tlie Halifax Acadian Recorder tbat the Toronto Umpire gives fishermen in both hemispheres credit for adding largely to the wealth of the Dominion, although heavily handicapped bv\nlaws which bear hardly on fishermen. In\nthe shape of high taxes, etc. The yield\nlast year was about 819,000,000, not including the fish caught and used by Hie\nIndians in 1!. C. Capital invested, nearly $8,000,000. Men employed, nearly\n64,000. Talking of being handicapped,\nthere is none so hardly pressed as I!. 0.\nfishermen. They must pay the high\ntiirili, and an outrageous license for the\nprivilege of fishing, besides the crushing\nfreights. No fishermen on the Atlantic\naro subject to as many drawbacks as II.\n0, fishermen. The llsh must pay for all.\neven the removal of fish offal, the doing\nof which has done fishermen more serious injury than any other law passed\nand carried out. by the department in\nthe three previous years. Tlie offal as\ndeposited has caused the nets used by\nfishermen to rot and become useless, before tbe season ended. Besides, the\nnumber Jo f licenses Issued to persons who\nshould be disqualified bas, even in tills\nyear of plenty, been a serious drawback\nto fishermen making even good wages.\nThe Dominion Government has collected\nfor licenses about. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD22,000, and what do\nwe receive in return V Arbitrary laws,\nwhich place obstacles In the way of success. Over Sit,ono.ouo worth of lish has\nbeen taken in II. C. this season, under\ninni>y disadvantages, What might not\nthe Industry come to If at least some of\nthe disabilities were removed, such as\nhigh tariff, freights and licenses. There\nIs certainly good prospects opened to iis\nby tin1 lino of steamers which run to\nAustralia, a place which we can depend\non taking large quantities of our lish,\nand 1 am sure fishermen will avail thof '\nselves of the. privilege.\nFisherman.\nNew Westminster, April 12, 1808,\nVictoria has been troubled lately with\nboy burgulars, two of whom have been ' got up about 10 o'clock, dressed, and\ncaught and are now in jail. i went out, Schilder being still asleep.\nThe Protestant Orphan's Home has' About T?'',i \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD returned, and found the\ninst received a legacy of Sr.oo under the ' debased In the same position. He went\nwill of the late Mr. M. W. Waitt. I over and shook him, but l.e did not stir.\nI Dr. Fraser was then summoned, and ho\nThe law advisors of the Victoria City called in Dr. Frank Hall to assist, but\nCouncil havo stated that the surface ' the efforts to save the man's life were In-\ndrains of the city cannot logally be used effectual. Tho room was searched yes-\nfor sewers. j terday morning, but no bottle, or evl-\nSix coal companies advertise that on dence of a drug of any kind was found,\nand after tlie 18th Inst, tlie best screened I a\"d, the 4Ueatlon now Is, if the deceased\ncoal will be sold for 87 per ton, and slack ! to\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDk. morphine, where did he get t?\nat SI, cash to accompany the order. a bo8e w>\"? klinw Schilder describe him\nas a sociable chap, and one of the last\nThe tug Lome of Victoria has been ! in the world who would bo expected to\nfined 8000 by the United Stales authorl- j take his own life. He had no nionoy,\nties for towing a tug Into Port Angeles , but was not. completely strapped, and\nIn breach of restrictive coasting regula- there does not at present seem to be any\nreason for the act. An Inquest will bo\nheld by Dr. Basel to-day. In the meantime an autopsy is being made.\ntlons.\nThe body of W. F. Bailey, who disappeared on August 83rd, was found on\nFriday morning on the beach at Henley's\nPoint. There aro suspicions that he\ncommitted suicide. lie was a contracting bricklayer.\nJames Hunter, of Knight's Inlet, came\ninto Victoria a few nights ago, with the\nheads of three wolves he had shot at the \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD & Qulncy Railway, a very powerful or\nInlet. lie made the customary declara- gaiilzatlon, had been purchasing real es\natlon and collected the 8,1 per head | tate in and about this city on the quiet,\nAnother lenihrm/.\nThe Vancouver World is responsible\nfor the following: For some time past It\nhas been known that prominent persons\nconnected with tho Chinago, Burlington\nA man named C. Cowhig fell into the\nColumbia River at Golden on Monday\nweek and was drowned, lie Is supposed\nto have been Intoxicated.\nTlie man Freeman, who was killed\nnear Mission City the other day by the\nUpsetting of his cart, had only lately\ngiven an acre of his land at Aldergrovo\nfor a cemetery, reserving one lot for\nhimself. His death makes Ills own the\nlirst burial In tho ground gifted.\nbounty allowed. Besides this, the skins\narc worth about 82.no each.\nCollector Milne and Captain Gaiidin,\ntlie agent of the Marine and Fisheries\nDepartment, are not making much progress wll.ii tlie claims of seaman ami seal\nhunters, having only succeeded in paying out, up to the (dose of last week,\nabout 88,000 of the British award of 82ft.-\n(ion. of the award of 176,000 to captains\nand owners, about 870,000 has been paid,\nMr. W. J. Mageo, son of Mr. Hugh\nMagoe, of tlie North Arm, died on Sunday last at the Jubilee Hospital, Victoria,\nwhere the deceased was taken ill Willi\ntho diphtherial Mr. Mageo wont down\nto Victoria on mining business, and hud\nonly been there a few days before his\ndeath. lie was one of tlie best known\nmining men lu the Province.\nCollector of Customs Milne, on Wednesday, fined ('apt. J. G. Arthur, of the\nAustralian steamer Warrinioo, 8400 for\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDarrylng Victoria freight to Vancouver\nalter touching here. Collector Milne\nsaid that the captain's act was a direct\nviolation of the well understood custom\nlaw. He con v. have had an amended\nmanifest on application, and it was his\nduty to have applied for the same.\nHenceforth he would not, allow the Warrinioo to bo cleared until every scrap of\nVictoria freight was landed.\nPort Simpson is becoming quite a shipping port. On one afternoon there were\ncounted In Its spacious harbor tho\nstoamors Boscowitz, Princess Louise,\nNell, Caledonia, Chieftain, C. K. Patterson, Htssler and Thistle.\nThose through whom these transactions\nwere carried on were enjoined to obsorve\ntho strictest secrecy. It is now, however, announced that this company is\nheading for the coast rapidly. Construction work is now being carried on\nfor an entrance Into Untie and Helena,\nMontana, and a service to those places\nwill, lu all probability, be lu operation\nthis fall. From those points to the\ncoast exploratory surveys are In progress\nunder a corps of engineers, who will run\na lini to the Sound, and likewise one to\nHurranl Inlet. It Is quite probable that\nsome place opposite this city, In North\nVancouver, will be selected as the terminal point. Those in a position to know,\naver that this move on the part of the ('.,\nIt. & Q, has been on the tapis for some\ntime.\nThr Cholera,\nLondon, Sept. |2. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDA death occurred\nat Leicester on Sunday last, the attendant symptoms being considered suspicious by the physicians attending the\nease. An examination was made which\nhas resulted lu a certificate that death\nwas due to Asiatic cholera.\nAnother death from Asiatic cholera\nhas occurred at. Rotherhani, In the West\nHiding of Yorkshire. The physician's\nroport as to the two deaths at Retford,\nCounty of Nottingham, confirms tho\nstatement previously sent in these despatches that they were caused bv Asiatic cholera. A death that recently occurred at Gainsborough is now declared\nto have been due to the scourge.\nLisbon, Sept. 18.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe Portuguese authorities have declared New York to bo\na cholera Infected port. ^..!*i>\\:\nX\n* ifllcts, which during\nseven eontu'i s English rule had Increased rather tha u diminished? Representative Govoriiiiu , t never nourished on a\nsoil whore homogeneity was wanting.\nThis policy would bo madness in dealing\nwith ordinary men, and more than madness In dealing with i race that lor centuries had hated England\nL.ird Salisbury reminded tho House of\nthe opinion the country held before this\nterrible change occurred, when tho Liberal party was solely in the hands of\nLiberal politicians sir..', not in the hands\nof deserters. Then, ho said, however\nmuch they might nave disagreed on local\nand Internal questions, he felt sure that\non all Imperial questions their hearts had\nbeaten true to the Empire as had the\nhearts of the Conservatives. Macaulay,\nwhen he sat with the Liberals and Gladstone, when ho sat with the Conservatives (Laughter), had said that they\nwould regard the repeal of the Union as\nfatal to thomselves and would never consent to It. If England had told their\nlordships that she wanted this horror the\ncase might havo boon different, but he\nbelieved that to be impossible. As long\nas England was true to herself, she\nwould never allow this atrocious dismemberment, this treachery, this revolution. Their lordships would be untrue to\ntho duty which devolved upon thorn from\na splendid ancestry, and untrue to their\nhighest traditions it they failed to reject\nthe Bill. (Loud cheers.)\nLord Salisbury spoke for an hour anl\na quarter. Ills conclusion was marked\nby quiet eloquence. Some signs of waning vigor were noticed In him, but those\nare in part at least attributed to tho oppressive heat in the chamber.\nThe Earl of Klmberlcy, the Lord President of the Council, and the Secretary of\nState for India, briefly replied to Lord\nSalisbury.\nThe Lord Chancellor then put the motion for tho second reading of tliu Bill.\nlie caused some merriment by crying:\n\"I think the 'contents' have It.\" Very\nloud and determined was the rival cry:\n\"The ' non-contents' have it.\" The House\ndivided at midnight and the result wus\nthe rejection of the motion by a vote 01\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD110 to 41.\nEnglish Miners.\nLondon, Sept. 11,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMaddened by troops\nkilling their comrades the striking coal\nminers have now assumed a more threatening attitude, and very serious trouble\nIs apprehended. At Nottingham the\nstrikers saturated throe coal cars with\ntar and paralinn, sot them ablaze down\nan Incline toward tho pit entrance, and\nseverely stoned tho police who endeavored to prevent the outrage. They dispersed only after a desperate struggle.\nIn view of the serious outlook a detachment of a Northern regiment has been\ndispatched lo the Midlands, and a Suffolk regiment and a force of cavalry aro\nheld In readiness to go at a momoiit's\nnotice.\nLord Inasham's colliery, near Ponte-\nfract. was so badly wrecked that It will\nrequire at least throe wooks to repair It.\nThe shooting there by troops of eight\nrioters, two of whom havo since died,\nhas caused much commotion among tho\nstrikers, who are gathering from all\npoints, vowing vongoance. From different sections of Yorkshire come reports\nthat tho striking miners are rioting and\ndestroying the property of their employers. Troops have been sent to all sections where there aro troublosoccurring.\nThe people are much alarmed. Thousands of pounds of damage has already\nbeen done, and the work of distinction\ncontinues. Shops and saloons are being\npillaged and crops destroyed.\nOn the other hand 90,000 Welsh miners\nhave resumed work, and it is hoped their\naction may have a beneficial effect upon\nthe English miners, who are now in a\nstale of extreme excitement. The North\nStaffordshire miners have also agreed\nto resume work at the old wages. There\nis great distress \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.inong the miners at\nDerbyshire. The men there are literally\nstarving.\nThe minors of North Staffordshire\nhavo returned to work at the old wages.\nAn effort in the House of Commons to\nbring about a discussion of tho coal miners' riots, was pronounced by the Home\nSecretary as premature, and was not successful.\nUoie an Oyster Grows.\nThe oyster at the commencement of Its\ncareer is so small that 2,000,000 would\nonly occupy a square inch. In six\nmonths each Individual oyster is large\neuough to cover half-a-crown, and in\ntwelve month a crown piece. The oyster is its own architect, and the shell\ngrows as tho fish Inside grows, being\nnever too small. It also bears its age\nupon Its back, and it is as easy to tell the\nage of an oyster by looking at its shell as\nit is that of horses by'looking at their\nteeth. Everyone who has handled an\noyster-shell must have noticed the successive layers overlapping each other.\nThese are technically termed shoots, and\neacli one marks a year's growth, so that\nby counting them the age of the oyster\ncan be determined. Up to the time of\nits maturity\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthat is, when four years of\nage\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtheir shoot are regular and successive, but after that time they become irregular, and are piled one upon another,\nso that the shell becomes bulky and\nthickened. Fossil oysters have been seen\nof which each shell was 0 Inches thick,\nwhence they may be guessed to bo\nmore than 000 years old. One or two\nmillion oysters are produced from a\nsingle parent, and their scarcity may be\naccounted for by the fact that man Is\nnot the only oyster eating animal. The\nStar-fish loves the oyster, and preys upon it unceasingly. A variety of whelk\nIs also very fond of young oysters, to get\nwhich It bores right through the shell\nand sucks the fish up through the hole\nthus made. \t\nThe Attnoaphero of Stellar Spaee.\nNot only are the planets moving\nthrough the planetary space, but the\nsun and all Its space are moving through\nthe' interstellar satelltes. Astronomers\nare agreed that we are moving, but tho\ndirection of the movement is much better\nknown that the pace. The rate is sometimes set down at about ill) miles a second; certainly not an extravagant estimate. But at liny rute wo are going,\nand leaving tho Interplanetary atmosphere, or some of It, behind. Bvon If\nthe solar system had no such motion,\nthe process of dill\"' inn must gradually\ncarry the Interplanetary atmosphere\ninto regions 1, lynnd, and, unless this diffusion wore compensated by accession of\nair from wl ,hout, tho planets must\ngradually lose their atmospheres until\nthe loss be stopped by tho cooling effect\nresu ting from tho loss of their quickest\nparticles. After countless ages wo have\nmanifestly not reached that stage, so wo\nmust conclude that interstellar space is\npervaded by an atmosphere, though It\nbe of very great tenuity.\nThe Inspector of Penitentiaries states\nthat there are fe\"wcr prisoners by one\nhundred in Kingston Penitentiary, than\nat any time during a score of years.\nOne reason given for this is tho fact that\nmost of the plckpockots and light lingered gentry of the Contiubiit have this\nyear mane a prolonged business visit to\nChicago and the World's Fair, whore\nthey have found mauy victims, NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SEPT. 16, 1893.\nTHE PACIFIC CANADIAN\nIS PUBLISHED WKEKLY,\nEVEET BATTTBBAT,\nAT THE OFFICE,\nCOBNER FfiONT AND M'KENZIE STS.,\n(Directly lu rear of Bank of Montreal.)\nSubscription, $1.00 per annum, in advance\nADVERTISING BATES :\nTransient Advertisments\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTon cents per\nline, fur each insertion. 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Advertisements of Wants, Lost,\nFound, etc., of not more than one Inch\nspace, $1.00 for three insertions.\nKeaiiinii Notices\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD20 cents per line, each Insertion, unless otherwise contracted for.\nBirths, Marriaoes and DEATns\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD50 cents.\nAddress:\nTHE PACIFIC CANADIAN,\nNew Westminster, B.C.\n|feu/ U/estmirjster, Sept. 16, '93\nTHE PACIFIC CANADIAN.\nIn choosing the above title for this\nJournal, the publishers had it in view to\nselect a name in some measure characteristic of the publication. Oddly enough,\ntho newspapers of this Province aro almost all conducted by gentlemen whose\nsympathies are either purely Provincial\nor elso pass beyond Canada and centre lu\nthose islands of the sea that some millions of people on this continent are\nproud to call the \"Mother Countrv.\"\nThis statement is not made In any spirit\nof ill-nature or ovon of fault-finding.\nNewspapers are toned to their constituencies, and we readily confess that\nthere aro writers on the Press of British\nColumbia whoso talents we greatly admire. None the less, there Is a lacking\nof appreciation of Canadian methods and\nCanadian sentiments that is noticeable\nto the newer population of the Pacific\nProvince. Few people can throw off the\nprejudices of birth and early training,\nand, indeed, as regards nativity, few\nwant to, for patriotism Is measurably an\nInstinct.\nThe true sous of Canada feel quite as\nfond of their native laud as do the children of Albion, Scotia, or Erin. Of course\nCanada Is young and crude, but that will\npass away; and though Canadians may\nnot boast a long record of ancient and\npresent glories, still they are not without some pride of record in war and\npeace. The path of national glory leads\nup, usually, from tho carnage of the\nbattle field, and Canada may well be\npleased to offset glory with substantial\nhappiness in generous measure.\nThe fertile territory of Canada is\nlarge enough to contain and fcod a dozen mighty nations. The natural resources of tho Dominion are sufficient to\nenrich a continent. The system of Government is the freest on earth. The\nlaws are tho product of wisdom, and are\nadministered without fear or favor by a\nJudiciary that has deservedly earned and\nJustly holds tho esteem and respect of\nthe Canadian public, and tho admiration\nof other publics. The children of the\nsoil are trained in resource from tho\ncradle up, and shoulder to shoulder\nknow no superiors anywhere, and aro at\na premium in other countries for positions of responsibility. These are Qualifications that should make a great nation,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand they will. Only, no undue\nhaste.\nAnd so the paper has been named the\nPacific Canadian, and It goes to tbe\npublic avowing that its chief interest Is\nIn Canada and Canada's welfare. We\nhave a clear sense that our opinion on\ncurrent transactions in the old country\nfor instance, would not carry very great\nweight. Wo are even of opinion that If\nall the newspapers of the Dominion,\nbacked by the whole power of all tho\nLegislatures, wore to declaro solidly for\nor against, say the Home Rule Bill, it\nwould not vury astoiindingly affect tho\nprogress of that measure. Therefore we\nwill not weary our readers with disquisitions that accomplish no more than to\nmake people tired. We will supply the\nnews, and our readers can make their\nown comments. This Is not to say,\nthough, that this Journal will have no\nopinion to offer on British and foreign\naffairs. We shall use our discretion in\nthat regard, and will not ho fearful of\nmaking greater blunders than British\nJournals occasionally tumble Into when\ndISCUBlIng passing events on this continent.\nWHY WE ARE HERE.\nColumbian may bo to its friends and supporters, it is certain that a very largo\nnumber of residents consider themselves\naggrieved by that Journal, and are very\nmuch opposed to Its policy. Hence this\nnew publication. The large section of\nthe community to which we have referred, feeling themselves entirely unrepresentative by the established journal,\nopened negotiations for the printing of a\npaper that would In some moasuro be a\nmouthpiece for them, and the result is\nthe founding of the Pacific Canadian,\na journal quite as free as any newspaper\nneeds to be, the organ of no man or sot\nof men, but the advocate, as well as may\nbo, of a large public opinion affecting\nboth Provincial and civic affairs.\nIn deciding to limit tho journal to a\nweekly publication for tho presont time,\ntho publishers have duly considered tho\nfinancial strain of the times and do not\nfeel Justified In venturing the unavoidably heavy expense? of a daily Issue at a\ntime when all business men complain\nsomewhat of a contraction of trade. It\nis trui' wo are thus put at disadvantage\nin competing for a city subscription list,\nbut In the rural districts wo have a fair\nHold and have good confidence that we\nwill get a liberal patronage. Meantime\nour office is very thoroughly equipped\nwith all the requirements for a first-class\nmorning paper, and when the present\nmonetary depression passos away, as\nthere Is every reason to believe It will\nbefore long, tho Pacific Canadian will\ntake the daily field with good confidence,\nand will earnestly strive to satisfactorily\nserve Its constituency.\nOUR POLICY.\nThere probably Is not on the American continent a town of the size of New\nWestminster Journalistically represented\nby one newspaper only, ami It Is I'eiillv\nstrange that so fair a business opening\nremained soloug unoccupied. Of course,\ntho Columbian, which we esteem an excellent newspaper, bus served the city\nwell from Its point of view, and being\nlong established, wus, and Is, a strong\nbusiness competitor for a new venture\nto contend with. Still we hope to get\nour share of patronage, and we aro\nquite sure that tho people of Westminster will agree tbat tho publication here\nof another journal will be a benefit to\nthe city. Men's minds are differently\nconstituted, and there are two sides to\nall questions, especially touching public,\nmatters. No one newspaper can be in\nsympathy with the whole of oven a\nsmall community, much less a population so considerable as there is here, and\nhowever satisfactory the policy of the\nIt has long been deemed tho proper thing for a political candidate, in presenting himself for the favor of a\nconstituency, to offer for the approval of\nthe electorate a more or less elaborate\nstatement of proposed policy. The custom has likewise been followed by public journals, and Is certainly judicious, If\ntberc Is an intent to criticise measures\nregarding which there may be grave differences of opinion, a condition that constantly attaches to political questions in\n'a free and enlightened country. Certainly the Pacific Canadian intends to\nhavo a voice in the discussion of matters\nof public policy as the occasion may call,\nand In order that future readers may\nnot have ground of complaint against\nour presentment hereafter of public issues, we aro pleased to submit the following as fairly covering the line of\npolicy upon which this paper asks tho\npatronage of the peoploof this Province.\nIn Dominion politics, this journal accepts party government as being as satisfactory a system as any likely to be devised, and sees in the existing party\norganizations, a perfoctly natural, and\ntherefore desirable, division of political\nsentimont. It Is true, tho titles of Conservative and Reform are somewhat\nanomalous, and are no way descriptive\nof modes of thought or of action, for\nwithin tho last twenty years Canadians\nhave witnessed a Reform administration\nweakly Conservative, and a Conservative\nministry strongly Reform. Still the\ntitles are familiar from the Atlantic to\nthe Pacific, and are applied without confusion to tho great parties that are controlling the destinies of half the American continent. The history of the Dominion Is almost a history of Conservative\nadministration, thoroughly capable and\nabundantly progressive. The Pacific\nCanadian will give tho Conservative\nparty a cordial, but not a slavish, support.\nInasmuch as tho political standing of\nCanada has of late been the subject of\ndiscussion, it may be well for this journal\n10 place itself upon record in regard to\nthat momentous question. The first\nconsideration Is the good of this laud of\nCanada, and there nowhere appears any\nsufficient ground for important change.\nNo people in the world are blessed with\ngreater political freedom, or more\neconomical political administration than\nCanadians may truthfully boast of. If\ntho bond that holds tho sons of Canada\nto that loved land of their fathers, In\nwhoso glories Canadians share by inheritance, wore one of power thatchaffed\nand fretted, re-arrungeiiieut might bo\nWarranted) but It Is not so: the bond Is\nof good-will, and sits looselv and kindly,\neasy to throw off, but strong to support\nand protect. Canada Is at this hour an\nIndependent nation In all essentials, enjoying every llberly of sclf-governmenl.\nand In all regards so happily placed that\nany change lu political connection at\nj this Juncture would have the appearance\nI of reckless experiment. These sentiments are dictated by n loyally that pays\n, first tribute to ''iiuuila, and that would\n! not hesitate at any readjustment that\nwould add to the well-being of the people of this Dominion.\nIn Provincial politics, the people of\nBritish Columbia have undoubtedly acted\nwisely in tabooing the Introduction of\nmeans to overcome them if unhappily\nengendered. Undoubtedly there Is\nusually great difference of opinion as to\nwhat constitutes an abuse, but no great\nwrong can bo imposed upon tho Province,\nso long as tho people hold the right to\nfreely pass upon all such questions at\nthe polls. In a short timo the exercise\nof this right will bo In the hands ef the\nelectors. The present Legislative Assembly meets once more and thon dissolves by expiration of term, and representatives will have to be again chosen.\nAt tho next session of the Legislature\ntho duty will devolve upon tho members,\nbefore being dismissed, of re-arranging\nthe constituencies so as to bo more in accord with the present distribution of\npopulation, which has largely increased\non tho mainland. This done, no abuse\ncan exist that does not rest entirely in\nthe hands of tho people to correct, and\nthe minority of opinion, whichever way\nIt may bo, must adapt Itself to the will\nof the majority. It Is the lirst duty of\nevery good citizen to support the constitution, for If that safeguard be destroyed, the shadow of anarchy Is on\nour homes. If a large public expenditure In a time of severe financial depression bo an evil. It Is assuredly a greater\novll to attempt correction hy overturning established constitutional order,\nIt Is probably not neeessary to refer at\nlength to social and economic subjects,\ntho merits of which largely depend on\nattending circumstances. Certainly the\nlabor question Is rapidly developing info\none of great Importance. Everywhere\nthe working man Is asserting himself,\nand not always wisely, lie Is catered to\nby politicians, and draws .support from\nall ranks of society, for the sentiment of\nhuman brotherhood grows upaco. It Is\nso easy to \"go with the crowd,\" and so\npleasant In many ways to champion the\ncause of labor, that it Is constantly requiring increased courage to bo just to\nthe employing classos. This journal\nwill ondeavor to bo Just according to its\nlight.\nLastly, It will be tho policy of the\nPacific Canadian to strivo for truthfulness and reliability, and to be fair and\ncourteous to those who differ with it In\nopinion.\nNEW WESTMINSTER.\nj Dominion party lines In the discussion\nand transaction of tho governmental\nbusiness of the Province. Local affairs\n; should be conducted on local merits, and\nthere being no Conservative or Liberal\n' issues, an entanglement with Dominion\n1 political machinery could hardly fail of\nbeing hurtful.\nBritish Columbia, like her sister provinces, is blessed with responsible government, a system of aU others least\nlikely to encourage abuses, and providing the readiest and most competent\nTHE PRESS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.\nIf there is anything that the people of\nthe Pacific Province should be especially\nproud of, it Is their newspaper Press.\nThe energy and enterprise displayed In\nthat connection would do credit to a\npopulation live times as great. A little\nwhile ago there were no less than nine\nfirst rate daily journals published in\nB. C. Of course, this was rather overdoing it, and now the number is reduced\nto six. Hut even so, considering tho\nlimited population, the enterprise displayed is really astonishing. Manitoba,\nwith about three times as large a reading public as we have, finds it difficult\nto sustain two good dallies, and the city\nof Toronto, about twenty years ago,\nwith a population of some tiii.OOO and\nbacked by a well settled \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDprovince, was\nserved by two daily papers only, several\nothers having struggled for existence\nand failed. Here, our people, In this, as\nin other things, want the best of service,\nand they certainly get it in tho line of\njournalism. How it fares with the publishers Is another side of the question,\nbut along the line there is no apparent\nwant of courage and enterprise, and\nolther newspaper owners here are satisfied with smaller returns, or the reading\npublic of British Columbia makes up in\ngenorous patronage for the shortness of\nnumbers. However, that may bo tho\ndaily press of tho Province is certainly\ndeserving of all praise. Nor are the\nsmaller ventures a particle less enterprising In their several circumstances.\nThe I In In town of Mission City boasts a\nvery good weekly paper, so does Chilli-\nwhack. Nelson has two vigorous Journals\nand Kaslo had a like number until a few\nweeks ago, when one was suspended owing to the collapse in silver mining properties. Of the several other weekly\npapers published in the Province, we\ncannot vcrv well give an opinion for\nlack of acquaintance, but, along with\ntheir contemporaries, they are no doubt\nfully up lo the murk, and altogether the\npress of It. 0. Is a credit to the people.\nThe Honolulu Commrrcial Ailvt'rtisrr has\nthe following to say regarding the recently established steamship service between this Province and Australia!\n\"Since the establishment of the British\nColumbia steamship Hue there has been\nIncreased activity in Hawaiian trade\nwith the north. Its benefits have been\nfell in mercantile circles hero. To those\nforeign correspondents who have been\nable! to reach their newspapers by wire\nat Vancouver the new route has already\nproved a great convenience, and tin* arrival and departure of the steamers of\nthe new line has suggested that Improvements In the Hawaiian mall service, by\nway of British Columbia, might also lie\nmade. Up to date no general mall has\nbeen received at, or sent from Honolulu\nhy this route. There will be no regular\nmall for San Francisco for about three\nweeks from date, although one of the\nBritish Columbia steamers is due horo to\nleave for the coast on August ;iist. If\narrangements could be made by the\nPostmaster-General for the transmission\nof malls by this route, it would prove a\ngreat convenience to the merchants of\nHonolulu. Letters can arrive at Vancouver from points oast and south very\nnearly, If not quite, as soon as at San\nFranolSCO, and such arrangements, If\nfeasible, would fill a gap in the Hawaiian\nmall service which has boon especially\nfolt In Honolulu since tho now line of\nsteamers started.\"\nStrangers sometimes wonder if the inhabitants of New Westminster have a\nrealizing sense of the advantages they\nlive under. Probably no point on the\ncontinent offers greater or more numerous inducements to the seeker after\nhealth, wealth and happiness. It Is\ntrue, city and Province alike aro just\nnow passing through a period of comparative dullness, a sort of reaction from\ntho previous period of great prosperity\nand consequent extravagance. All\ntowns of importance can show theso\nhalting movements in the record of pro-\ngross, and in the after years they aro remembered as but a pause on the pathway, a rost for future effort. So it will\nbe with Westminster, founded as she is\non a sound basis of trade and industry.\nHere Is a natural trade centre. The\nmost Important agricultural districts of\nthe Provlnco almost encircle the Royal\nCity and swing to the very doors of her\nmerchants. The groat river that washes\nher wharves and rolls on In navigable\nchannel to the sea, a few miles away, is a\nnever ceasing source of wealth, and during the past three or four months has\nyielded lu the lish product alone no less\na sum than 18,000,000, while tho thousand tributaries of this wonderful waterway of rlehos reach up Into endless\nforests of mighty timber that will engage\nthe Industry of our lumber mills for generations to coino. With good courage,\nIndeed, may the people of Westminster\nexamine Into the realty they have, and\nface tho future with every assurance of\nan increasing prosperity and a sure reward for persevering industry. The\ntributary resources of tho city are yet\nbut half developed, and when this gen-\noration has passed away, there will still\nbo open ways to wealth for those who\ncoino after. Men waste their opportunities even when thoy realize them,\nbut In this now country possibilities\nexist that are not yet thought of, and In\ntho developing of which the enterprise\nand energy of New Wostmlnstor will\nplay an important part.\nAs to tho city itself, the streets are\nwell constructed and easily kopt. Many\nof the business blocks aro massive structures that would grace any city of the\ncast, while the numerous handsome, not\nto say luxurious, residences are a surprise to all visitors. A fine civic water\nworks system suppllos to citlzons In\nabounding quantity the purest of wator\ndirect from the mountains, beyond the\nreach of contamination. Tho city has\nalso providod for her people an excellent\nelectric light system, and likewise found\noccasion to insure tho construction of a\nrailway and traffic bridge connecting\nthe city with the rich agricultural districts south of the Fraser. Surely\nenough has been done for now, and it Is\ntime to take a breathing spell, knowing\nit for what it Is, a restful pause in the\narduous occupation of building a nourishing city. With tho construction of\nthe Fraser bridge and connecting railway line, the clatter of prosperous business will again bo here. The wildornoss\nperiod of British Columbia is at an end,\nand tho struggles of tho pioneers were\nnot in vain. A stage has been reached\nwhen progress engenders progress In\nconstantly accelerating dugree.\nBRITISH COLUMBIA.\nThat country has not yet been discovered where the natural conditions of\nllfo are perfect; but there aro a few\nregions on the face of this globo that by\ncommon consent aro agreed to be especially favorable for the habitation of\nman. Amongst these the coast district\nof British Columbia takes prominent\nplace on account of Its mild and equable\nclimate, freedom from teriiifylng and\ndestructive storms, and noted salubrity\nof atmosphere, while the broad valleys\nthat Intersect the mountains of tho Inland portion of the Province offer almost\nany variety of climate that man can\nwish, and all equally under conditions\nfavorable to health and the enjoyment\nof life. It Is true that on the coast the\nwinter season Is not agreeable to some,\nbecause of tho tendency to rain, yet\nthose months are not all wot, and some\nof tlie most delightful winter weather\nImaginable Is occasionally enjoyed about\nthe holiday season. To the wrltor of\nthis article, no other portion of the earth\noffers a more pleasant abode lu Its natural surroundings than obtains here.\nOf the wealth resources of the Province, It is bardly needful to speak In\ndetail on this occasion. In the first rank\nwe pluoe our fruit anil agricultural\nlands, an urea Immensely greater than\n, people unacquainted with B.C. have any\nidea of. We believe the day Is approaching when the fruit product of British\n1 Columbia will take front rank in the\nwealth of the Province. The soil Is\n; right and Die climate is right, while just\nj east of tlie mountain chains is a vast\nCanadian territory that will provide an\nover-growing and never-satisfied market.\nNor are our agricultural interests to bo\nreckoned of small account. In the view\nof easier and quicker roads to wealth It\nis easy to forget that here In British Columbia termors aro bettor placed than\nare their fellows In any othor part of tho\nworld. We make that statement deliberately. To the poor man who seeks to\nmake a farm home, the prospect here Is\nnot good, for tho tillable laud has to be\nreclaimed from tho forost and tho\ncost is heavy; but to men of moder\nate means who wish to engage\nin agriculture and stock raising the outlook is promising indeed. The soil Is fertile, and the market nowhere equalled.\nEvery acre of cleared lar.d In New Westminster District Is worth $100, and tho\ntest is, that if fairly cultivated it will return a profit equal to a handsome Interest\non that amount.\nAs to our mining resources, we havo\ntbero an unknown quantity. Many\nmillions of dollars In gold have boon\nwashed from the mountain streams of\ntho interior, and in the way of silver mining enough has been accomplished In tho\nlast year or two to establish beyond a q ues-\ntlon the existonee of vast riches in our\nmountain ledges. The wealth of coal is\novidenced by the prosperous city of Na-\nnalmo, built upon coal by the product of\nthe mines. And not far off aro stores of\niron that will yet yield fortunes to Individuals and fill the Province with the\ncontented homes of industry.\nTho fishing interest of tho coast waters\nis yet in Its infancy, and although a salmon pack of \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD3,000,000 is a great item\nfor the small population of tills Province,\nstill It must not be forgotten that our\nocean waters aro yot practically untouched, though they teem with marketable fish, while up the const the valuable fur seal yields handsome returns to\nall engaged In the business.\nLastly, there are the vast forests of\ntimber trees, barely entered, but for\nmany years a source of large and reliable Income, as they will ho for many\nyears to come.\nAs a Province, groat aro our resources,\nbright our prospects. Evon now, It Is\ndoubtful if there can anywhere be found\nan equal population producing as large\nan amount of good, circulating money.\nHAPPY CANADA.\nIt Is only of lato years, comparatively,\nthat the people of Canada havo learned\nwhat a magnificent country is in their\ncharge. Fifty years ago the huge district of British North America, as shown\non the maps of the timo, was a vast\nwilderness, with a small population on\nthe Atlantic coast and on tho borders of\nthe great St. Lawrence River. Even at\nthat date, tho interior of tho now nourishing and populous provlnco of Ontario\nwas essentially \"the bush,\" as it was\ncalled by Immigrants from the old country. Long before this, the United\nStates, with Its Republican Institutions,\nhad become an attraction for tho oini-\ngrant classes o* all Europe, and the tide\nof settlement having set firmly in that\ndirection, the territory north of the\nboundary with its conservative ways, received but little increase of population\nfrom the hurrying throng. In one way\nthis was a gain, for it resulted In the\nslow sottling of Canada with steady,\nlaw-abiding people, free from that unruly, lawless class who were attracted\nby the \"fastness\" of our southern neighbors, and wiio have always boon troublo-\nsome and aro now rapidly becoming a\nmenace to constituted authority. But\nall the time, tho \"slowness\" of Canadians\ncarried along with it substantial work,\nand, what Is of more consequence, sound,\nhealthy modes of thought. Good work\nrequires time, and Canadians aro building for future generations. Solidly the\nfoundation has been laid, and now when\ntho United States is overrun with tramps\nand starving workmen, threatening the\nvory base of things, we Canadians are\nproceeding steadily with what wo hope\nto make i glorious superstructure. Not\nagain for a timo will our American\ncousins be disposed to snoer at\nthe conservative methods of Canada, for\nthe pride ol \"fastness\" Is humbled, and\nthe \"greatest nation on earth\" is in sackcloth, its monetary Institutions paralyzed, Its wealthy rltizens in financial\npanic, factories closed, workmen idlo,\nand a huge unscrupulous class anxious\nfor the overthrow of all order. A gloomy\npicture, indeed. Now, turn to our own\nlaud, and heboid tliu steady confidence\nof a people who have builded well. Of\ncotirso Canada is bound to bo affected to\nsome extent by tlie troubles of her neighbor; but there are no collapsing banks,\nno closing factories, or starving laboring\nmon. Tim shock of a financial panic\nthat lias spread to all civilized nations,\nscarcely touches Canada, ami all along\nthe line of our fair Provinces the people\ncontinue undisturbed In the pursuit of\nprosperity and happiness,nml tbe development Of the COUntryV manifold resources.\nMore than this, the landed estate of the\npeople has not been wastefully squandered, and almost every Province still\ncontains within Its borders it sufficient\nheritage of public lands to Insure good\nhollies for Canada's children and all deserving settlors.\nAll Religion! Meet.\nCHICAGO, Sept. IS,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe delegates to\nthe World's Parliament of Religious\nseparated Into suctions this morning according to the respective creeds. A\ngeneral union meeting was opened at 10\no'clock In tho hall of Columbus, Dr. F.\nII. Nlohol presiding, lie Introduced\nRabbi Isaacs, the first speaker of tho\nday, who, taking for his subject, the\nTheology of Judaism, gave an eloquent\nexposition of the Jewish faith. Dr.\nAlfred W. Monorie, of London, spoke on\ntho moral evidence of a Divine existonee.\nHon. Justice Ameer All spoke on the\nFaith of Islam and other addresses were\nmade Including one on the Hindoo religion. In the other balls the proceedings were under the auspices of Catholics,\nCougregatlonallsts, Uulversallsts and\nLutherans, and Interesting papers wero\nroad.\nPelagic Sealing.\nOttawa, Skit. 8.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDHon. C. H.Tuppor,\nwho was yesterday knighted, in recognition of his services in connection with\ntho Behrlng Sea Arbitration, said lu tho\ncourso of an Interview to-day that the\nBritish side in the arbitration had to\nlight hard to secure permission for pelagic sealing, and that they did well to\ngot the regulations thoy did. \"At the\nsame time,\" he added, \"they aro no,-, my\nIdeas of what the regulations should be,\neven as a means of preserving seal life.\nThey are neither in the interest of the\nUnited Statos nor Canada in that respect, and markiimy words, next year's\ncatch of British vessels will bo tho largest In the history of pelagic sealing.\nThat this great slaughter will occur at\na time when It may be mostly destru-\ntivo to the seal speclos, will bo the fault\nof the regulations, not of our hunters,\nwho must take when they can.\"\nIn connection with above, Captain Cox,\ntho President of the Sealer's Association,\nsays : \"That babling assertion should be\nsilenced. Tho prophecy is a falsehood\npure and simple, and if his words bear\nany weight In London, it will injure the\nprice of skins taken this year. We have\na good catch, probably the last that we\nwill ever make, and havo counted on\ngetting a fair price for It. The skins are\nnot sold yet, tho most of them being en\nroute to London for the October sn'es, and\nIf It Is believed there will bo any kind of\na catch next year, prices will bo grievously affected. Young Tuppersays that\nnext your there will be 'a great slaughter' and that the catch will bo tho largest\nin the history of pelagic sealing. Ho\nmust have known this to have been false\nwhen ho uttered It. Anybody who has\nread the regulations knows that it will\nbe Impossible. Thus wo fear most that\nthere will be rules made at Ottawa for\nthe carrying out of the Paris regulations. Ignorance may load thorn to bind\nus both hand and feet. I bcllevo sincerely that tho future of tho industry\nIs destroyed. Wo may have to do something in the first season ending Juno 1st,\nbut I would not send a white crow out\nafter August 31st Thoy can get no\nseals outside of tho sea and cannot enter\nIt. Tho Japan soa offers little relief.\nTho hunting grounds arc small and too\nmany schooners render It unprofitable.'\nThis year only about nlno schooners\nmade good catchos there. You see the\nseason is longer and it takes a bettor\ncatch than this side to equalise expenses.\nAs to the scheme to memorialise the\nGovernment to purchase our vessels and\noutfits, I do not think much of It. What\ncan they expect from a Government not\nin sympathy with them ?\"\nMr. Joseph Boscowltz, of Victoria, a\ngentleman much interested In tho scaling\nindustry, deprecates the attacks now\nbeing made on Sir Uibbert Tuppor. Ho\nstated that Sir Hlbbert worked Indofat-\nIgably for B. C. Interests, and that the\naward Is in general opinion more favorable than expected. The United States,\nMr. Boscowltz says, produced evidence\nfrom persons engaged on British Columbia soalors, to show that 98 per cent of\ntho seals killed in Bohrlug Sea were females, a fact which threatened the total\nexclusion of B. C. sealers from the Sea,\nas by the killing of females, often heavy\nwith young, there has beou a seriously\nthreatened depletion of tho seal fishery.\nMr. Boscowltz adds, that tho sealing\naward saves tho B. C. sealers from a\nworse result, for the United States Counsel declared meaningly, that if no protection wero given, his Government\nwould encourage the killing of every seal\nin the Pribyloff Islands, malo or fomale.\nMr. Boscowltz thinks that tho future\nlimitation of the catch will result in good\nprices for furs, which otherwise must\nhave depreciated vastly in market value.\nTHE DOMINION.\nThe Rev. Dr. Jardine, of Prince Albert, has left the Presbyterian ministry,\nfeeling out of harmony with some important points of the VVostmlnster Confession of Faith.\nHamilton, Sept. 12.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe will of the\nlato Mr. Griffith, manager of the Hamilton Street Railway, has boon ontered for\nprobate. Tho gross value of tho ostate\nis estimated at $108,000.\nAi.viston, Out., Sept. 12.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDEarly this\nmorning James Johnston awoko to find\nhis house on lire. Ho at once rushed to\nthe rescue of his two Httlo girls, aged 5\nand 3 years, but aftor he got to thorn ho\nwas cut off, and In attempting to get out\nof tliu window he foil and dropped the\nchildren inside, whore they perished lu\nthe burning building. Johnston was\nbadly hurt and burned.\nQlIEBKO, Sept. 12.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAmong tho passengers on the Lake Huron which arrived\nhero from Liverpool this morning was\ntho Hon. Edward Blake, M. P. for\nSouth Longford, Ireland. Mr. Blako refused to be interviewed with regard to\nEnglish politics. During a conversation,\nhowever, he declared that the position\nof tliu Liberal party wus still unchanged.\nlie positively refused to give an opinion\nas to the future action of the Liberals\nregarding the Home Rule question:\n\"The question,\" ho says, \"Is pretty\nmuch tho same now as what It was when\nLord Salisbury wont out of power.\"\nConcern Ing the Irish factions, Mr. Itlako\nsaid that thoy were also unchanged and\nhe declined to speak any further on tho\nmutter.\nPew people, says the Engineering ami\nMinimi Journal, realise that there still\nexists on the North American continent\na region about which evou less Is known\nthan about Central Africa. The Interior\nof Labrador Is a blank 011 our maps, and\nthe great region extending frniu Luke\nSt. John ami the headwaters of tho\nSiiguuiiuy to Hudson's Hay Is almost entirely unexplored. So far as known It Is\na barren and desoluto region, with a\nwinter climate so severe us to prevent\nall thought of permanent settlement.\nFrom time to timo tho Indian and kalf-\nbreod hunters havo brought rumors of\nthe great Lake Mlstasslml and of lurgo\nrivers and great waterfalls In tho Interior, but these huvo never been oven\nlu purt voriflud by uctual observation.\nThe Canadian Geological Suruey has\nnow undertaken tho exploration of this\nregion, and a small expedition was sent\nout In June to work Its way from Lake\nSt. John across tho country to tho coast\nat Ungava Bay. Winter work Is Impossible in that country, but If successful\nthis season tho exploring party will\nstart next Summer to contiiiito Its work\nfrom Ungnva northward to tho trading\nposts on Hudson's Bay.\nThe hops In tho Squumish valley are\nreported to be In splendid condition. NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SEPT. 16, 1893.\nJustin McCarthy's Views.\nNew York, Sept. 12.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe Irish National Federation of America has re-\nceceived tho following cable dispatch\nfrom Justin McCarthy. M.P.: The rejection of the Homo Rule Bill by the House\nof Lords, opens a new chapter In the\nstruggle for Irish liberty. On the one\nside we, tho elected representatives of\ntho people, tho sympathies of the British\ndemocracy, and the unconquerable spirit\nof tho Irish race; on the other side is a\nhereditary and Irresponsible chamber,\nconcentrating in its ranks all that Is\nworst in English prejudice, wealth and\narrogance. The result is not doubtful.\nThe House of Lords has made a similai\nstand on every great reform sent up to\nthem by the House of Commons. In the\nlong run progress, and the people have\ninvariably triumphed, and tho insolence\nof the privileged classes has been chastised. But the struggle will be a bitter\none. We have to fight against an unexampled combination of wealthy aristocrats desperately struggling for their\nprivileges by appeals to every weapon of\ndefamation, bigotry and corruption. Wo\nhave to look to our faithful countrymen\nin America for tho means of sustaining\nour party through the incessant sacrifice\nimposed upon them, and of carrying on\nan ae.tlvo campaign in the English constituencies against the Insolent enemies\nof Irish liberty. Thoro was never a lime\nwhen Irish-American assistance was\nmore urgently needed, or when It could\nproduce more splendid results in securing to our country tho great measure of\nIrish national self-government, which\nsprung from the genius of Gladstone,\nand which the House of Commons has\nonce for all solemnly pledged Itself to\ncarry Into law.\nThe Normal Condition.\nMontevideo, Sept. 12.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDBrazil's naval\nrebuts aro having a hard time of It.\nHemmed in within the Bay of Rio, thoy\nfear to run the gauntlet of forts ami torpedoes at tho entrance and put to sea,\nand an attempt to land has been repulsed\nwith considerable loss of life. The Brazilian minister hero has received a telo-\ngram, saying that tliu rebels' squadrons\nhad firod upon Nictherey, a suburban\ntown near the entrance to the harbor of\nRio. The insurgents then tried to effect\na landing with some of their men from\nsmall boats, but were repulsed by the\npolice, reinforced by some troops with\nKrupp gnns. Fifty-one of tho rebels\nwere killed and 30 more wounded. Tho\ngovernment losses In the encounter are\nnot reported. The land forces and tho\ngarrison in the forts remain loyal to\nPresident Pelxoto. Rio and Nictherey\nhave beon declared in a state 0' siege\nfor the last 10 days, and this condition\nmay be extended to any purt of Brazil\nwhere it is deemed necessary. The\nrebel's squadron shows no Inclination to\nleave tho bay. Tho situation is practically unchanged and commercial cable\ndespatches are still prohibited. The\nBrazilian gunboat Bahla has gone up to\nParaguay Rlvor with orders that In case\nof any of the ships at Natto Grosso join\nIn the revolt against Polxoto, to engage\nwith them.\nPanama, Sept. 2.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDA strange vessel,\nflying a red flag, and cruising off the\ncoast of Magdalena recently, was pursued by the Columbia gunboat La Popa,\nbut effected her escape, sailing eastward.\nIt is believed that sho had arms on\nboard for the revolutionists. She Is\nprobably the same vessel that has beon\ncaptured since by a Vcnezenlun revenue\ncutter off Maracaibo.\nDestruction of Wild Animals in India.\nA resolution by tho chief commissioner\nof the central provinces In India on various reports relating to the damage\ncaused by wild animals and the extermination of the latter, contains some observations of more than usual Interest.\nAmong the animals killed for which rewards were paid were 274 tigers, 442 panthers, 131 bears and 85 wolves. In tliu\npast four years over 1,000 tigers, 2,000\npanthers, 500 bears and 300 wolves have\nbeen destroyed. Last year 317 persons\nwero killed by wild beasts lu the provinces, while the number of deaths from\nsnake-bite was 090. The destruction of\ncattle Is astounding, showing an Increase\nof about 1,200 over the previous year.\nSir Anthons Maedonnoll accounts for\nthis by saying that during his recent\ntours he noticed a great scarcity of deer\nIn the jungle tracts- They ure being\ncleared out by tho native huntsmen, and\nthe decrease In the natural prey of the\ntigers and panthers Is marked by an Increased loss of cattle. On tho subject of\nrewards for tho destruction of wild animals, tho experiences of tho central\nprovinces seoms to show that the system of offering special rewards for the\ndestruction of particular animals or\nclasses ot animals is a sound and effective one. The resolution mentions Instances of this. In July last it was decided to Increase the reward from ten\nrupees to SO, when It was proved the\nanimal was a man-eater; again, a reward\nof 50 rupees was offered for the destruction of bear, which had been doing much\ndamage in the Balaghat jungles, while\n300 rupees was offered for a man-eating\ntiger in the Cliaudu forests. It Is said\nthai special rewurds offered in March,\nlust year, for the destruction of wolves\nlu the Saugor district, hud the result of\nreducing the number of deaths attributed\nto wolves lu that district from 11 lo 1.\nThe chief commissioner also notices the\nlocalization In a few districts of most of\nthe deaths caused by tigers and wolves.\nFor Instance, out of OS deaths caused by\ntigers lu the central provinces, In 1803,\nhi, occurred In the adjacent districts of\nChanda, llushunguhud and Halpur.\nThe Chinese.\nLos ANGELES, Sept. 9.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe Attorney\nGeneral of the United States lias come to j\nthe same conclusion as that reached by\nJudge Hoss several days ago. He has\nsent a telegram to United States Marshal\nGard, which was received by the Marshal to-day, which telegraph instructs\nthe Marshal to enforce the Geary Act,\nsection 0 and all. The Mnshal is further\nInstructed to carry away all Chinamen\nordered to be deported, and to see to it\nthat the orders are carried out. The\ntelegram again instructs Marshal Gard\nto carry out the law until lie is informed\nthat there are no available funds for the\npurpose on hand.\nFresno, Sept. 9th.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDSix white men\nraided R. II. Metzler's vineyard, three\nend a half miles from town, last night,\nThe bunkhouse was fired into and broken open. Two Chinese were severely injured. It was about midnight when the\nsix men ordered the Chinese laborers at\nthe vineyard to vacate their quarters\nand leave the place, at once. No attention was paid to tlie demand of the raiders and, becoming enraged, they commenced firing shots Into the houses occupied by tho Chinamen. None of them\nwere Injured bv the shots, and the Mongolians still refused to leave. They lay\ncowering in the bunkhouse not daring to\nventure out for fear of being murdered.\nTho raiders commenced pulling the flimsy\nbunkhouse down upon the heads of the\nterrified Chinese. When they were\nfinally forced to leave the place, the\nraiders fell upon them and gave them a\nterrible beating, Three or them were\nbadly wounded, hut were compelled to\nmarch before their infuriated tormentors\nalong the road to Fresno. When a point\nnear Butler's vineyard was reached, the\nwounded Chinese fell lu tlie road from\nexhaustion, and the raiders, fearing\nthat their wounds would prove fatal,\nfled. The sheriff is making every effort\nto learn the Identity of tlie criminals,\nbut so far has not found a trace of them.\nThe cltizens'are thoroughly aroused to a\nrealization of Hie necessity of putting u\nstop to this lawlessness.\nNew York, Sept. 9.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe long fight\nover the admission of Chinese at this\nport came to a head in rather a sensational manner to-day, when the officials\nof the Ward line of steamships landed\ntwo Chinese against the protest of the\nUnited States Customs officer on tlie\ndock, and the orders of Collector Kil-\nberth, who decided that the men should\nnot land, and must bo returned by the\nsteamship company. This is the lirst\ncase of tho kind that has occurred here,\nand created much excitement in Customs\nhouso and steamship circles. Tho two\nChinamen, Yung Ki and (lee Tele., arrived here last Monday 011 the steamer\nSaratogo, from Havana, Their documents wero not satisfactory to the collector, who decided that they were laborers, coming in under the guise of\nstudents, and he directed that they\nshould be prevented from landing. The\nSaratoga was to sail to-day at 1 o'clock,\nand just before that time tbe steamship\nofficials ordered the Chinese to take their\nbaggage and go ashore. A customs\nofficer had been placed in charge of them\nto sec that they did not land, at d he protested against tho movement, warning\nthe steamship officers of the offence they\nwere committing, and the penalty. Tho\nlatter said that thev would assume all\nresponsibility, and told tho United States\nofficer to stand aside. The Chinamen\nwere put on tho dock, and the steamship\nsailed. Tho officer took tho two Chinamen to tho Custom House and related\nwhat had occurred to the collector. At\nthe same timo a lawyer appeared and\ntold the collector that he was going to\napply to tho United States Court for a\nwrit of habeas corpus in behalf of the\ntwo celestials. The collector was so sur-\n| prised at the action of the steamship\nI company, that be could hardly toll what\nj to do. He finally turned the case over\nI to Inspector Scharf, who took the two\nj Chinamen to the tooinhs, where he had\nthem lucked up on a charge under the\nAct of July 5th, 1884, \"authorising the\narrest of Chinamen unlawfully In the\nUnited States.\" Inspector Scharf said\nthat he would at once go to Washington\nand report all the facts to the Secretary\nof the Treasury. The penalty for landing Chinese, against the orders of tbe\ncollector of a port, Is a fine, not to exceed fl,000, and one year's Imprisonment, for each Chinamen landed. This\nis the first ease where an open defiance\nhas been shown in the matter, and the\ncollector had ordered that it be made a\ntest case.\nEm in Pasha-s Death.\nLondon, Sept. 4.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAll doubt as to the\ntruth of the report that E111I11 Pasha, the.\nnoted African explorer, Is dead, aro set\nat rest by a story told the Associated\nPress by A. J. Swan, missionary from\nUJIJI. He says he has it from undoubted\nauthority and from several sources, that\nas Einln was making his way to the\ncoast, he and his band were surrounded\nby the natives, set on by Arabs.\nOne of the native chiefs coming up behind E111I11, with the stroke of a large\ncurved knife, beheaded li I in. Einln's\nnative followers were then slain, and the\nbodies of the whole party, Including\nFinln's, devoured by the savages,\nDr. Curl Peters, tlie African explorer,\ndiscredits the last story about Brain Pasha, that he anil his party had been killed\nby natives and devoured by them.\nAn Historic Lemon,\nWho ever thinks ol connecting such a\ncommonplace article of diet as the lemon\nwith the romantic history of ill-fated\nAnne lloleyn? Yet, Indirectly, she wus\nthe cause of Its first Introduction into\nEngland and so Into popular notice.\nHenry VIII.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwho, If he rid himself of\nIlls wives like a brute, certainly won\nthem like a prince\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDgave such splendid\nfeasts and pageants In honor of tho\ncoronation of Anne and of their previous\nnuptials as had seldom been accorded to\nqueens of the blood royal. These klnglv\nentertainments were In turn followed by\nthe great civic feasts of Loudon, for\nwhich the whole world was searched for\ndelicacies to add to tho splendor. At\none such banquet, graced by the pros\ncnee of the roval pair, a lemon was Introduced as an elegant novelty. To an\nepicure such as Henry the acquisition of\na castle in Franco would havo proved\nless acceptable, and such was the Importance attached to tho discovery\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDso\nsays an old biographer\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthat a speelul\nrecord was mado of tho fact that the cost\nof this precious lemon was six silver\npennies!\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDKate Field's Washington.\nA Curious Wedding Custom,\nThe Muudingoes, who Inhabit a tract\nof country In Africa, are strict Mohain-\nuiedsiis lu religion; but curiously enough,\nthuy still retain many of the superstitions of the negro races from which thoy\nsprung. Consequently their marriage\nI ceremony Is a mlxturo of the two; and,\nalthough It is performed by u uiuruhout,\n| or holy man lu the mosque, It contains\none very ridiculous element. Next In\nimportance to Hie marabout is the bridegroom's sister, who, when the marriage\nceremony roaches the point where tlie\nvisible, bond, usually typified In civilization by the ring. Is Introduced, steps forward, and lu place of the ring presents\nthe lady with a pair of trousers, which\nare Immediately donned. The ceremony\nIs concluded by a very mournful song\nsung by the companions of tho brldo,\nwho then conduct her again to tho homo\nof her parents, as, owing to tlie extromo\nprobability of ono or tlie other retracting at any moment, by reason of an unfavorable omen, no bouse is built until\nthe ceremony Is completed. Polygamy\nIs the rule, but each wife has her own\nhouse, to keep her from quarrelling with\nthe other wives. They are the most\ntyrannical wives In Africa, and, hating\neach other, band together against their\nhusband, and rule him with a rod of\nIron.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDLadies Home Journal,\nloyal Agricultural and Industrial Society of B.C.\nHIBITION AND BRAND CELEBRATION!\n-AT-\n^E\"W \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDWZESTZMZIifcTSTIEIR,, B.C.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDON\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nTuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - September 26, 11, 28 and 29, 1893,\n$15,000 \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD prizes \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD $15,OOQ.\nThis Kxiiibittoii-Ci'fchi'iltlon Is the I arrest in Hie Dominion West of Toronto, and the Liberality of the Premium List is\nUnequalled ill Western Canada.\nFIRST ANNUAL MEET, DIVISION No. 11, CANADIAN WHEELMAN'S ASSOCIATION,\nTo decide Provincial Championship. The most Important Cycling Eveut ever held In the Province. Bicyclists will attend from all parts of British Columbia,\nWashington and Oregon.\nACQUATIC SPORTS AND CANOE RACES\nWHICH WILL INCLUDE INDIAN RA0E8 IN WAR CANOES, BETWEEN REPRESENT ATI VES OE THE DIFFERENT TRIBES.\nENTIRELY NEW FEATURE OF A\nLOG-CHOPPING O O IINT TL1 E! JSi T !\nIn which a largo number of the best Axemen in the Province will talto part. This Competition Is opon to ALL COMERS, and Handsome Gold Medals will be\nawarded tho winners.\nHORSE RACFS.\nCHAMPIONSHIP LACROSSE MATCH\nVictoria ys. Hew Westminster.\nJUNIOR LACU0SSK TOURNAMKNT FOR CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY.\nRugby and Association Football Match.\nSailors' Sports, Field Sports, Rifle Matches.\nGrand Ball and Promenade Concer\nTho Westminster City Hand and other Hands will bo present and dispense music throughout tho Exhibition-Celebration.\nSpecial accommodation will bo provided for visitors. Excursion Rates have been secured over all the Hallway and. Steamboat Lines for visitors and for freight\nrates on exhibits. There will be no charge for exhibits crossing the Eraser at New Westminster.\nFor further particulars as to prizes, sports and celebration, see Society's Prize Eist and small programmes of celebration.\nFurther information will be gladly furnished on application to\nA. B. MACKENZIE, General Socretary. T. J TRAPP, President R. A. & I. Society.\nD. S. CURTIS, Mayor, Chairman Celebration Committee.\nThe Victorian's Complaint.\nVancouver World: A great deal of\nnoise is being made in Victoria because\ntlie Warrimon did not discharge all her\nfreight there on the day of her arrival.\nIn view of this It may be as well to give\na short statement of the facts of the\ncase us obtained in an Interview with T.\nW. Harvey, of Honolulu, who represents\nthe Hawaiian Planters,, amalgamated,\nand whose name has been made use of\nby the Victoria papers in a manner\nwhich entitles him to an explanation.\nSaid Mr. Harvey: Tho Victoria merchants had consigned to them 700\nbunches of bananas, of which 200 wero\nlanded. The Hawaiian Planters, amalgamated, had 3,800, of which 800 were\nlanded. Now the explanation of the\nmatter is this. Tho Haytlan Republic\nlias for somo time, as is well known,\nbeen tied up. and the freight for Bound\nports has been carried by the Danube\nfrom Victoria. For various reasons it\nsaves a let of bother to have, thlsjfrelght\ncarried by an American bottom running\nfrom Vancouver, and for this purpose\nthe Signal has been chartered. Before\nthe freight, as I have said, was taken\nfrom Victoria to the Bound, and when\nwe left Honolulu wo had no Intimation\nthat the new arrangement had been\nmade. The freight there came down\nlate, ami witii the understanding that It\nwould all be put off at Victoria, and the\nSound and Victoria freight was all put\nlu promiscuously. The Planters, amalgamated, had so much Stuff, to send that\nit could not get down till .lust before the\nSteamer sailed, and having been put In\nlast was, as a natural cousoquonco, tho\nlirst to greet tho stevedores on opening\nthe hatches. If the wishes oT the Victorians had been complied with It would\nhave entailed the taking out uf all the\nfreight, and the putting uf two-thirds of\nif buck. Tlie Victoria freight was not\non top and there was no other way uf\nlining it. Had the sli'iimnr wailed tn\ncarry out this plan the Vancouver freight\nWOUld have to he bundled three times\nand the Sim ml freight live times, besides\nbeing delayed a couple uf days. We did\nnut know till we got to Victoria that the\nSignal had boon chartered to curry the\nSound freight from Vancouver. The\nmatter could have been arranged differently If there had been a cable line to\nHonolulu, but as matters stood wo did\nwhat if was ibought would give the\nquickest dospatch that Is, put the Victoria mid Sound freight lu together,\nthinking that If would be sorted by the\ntruckers as It came uut at Victoria. The\ncompany did the very best they could\nunder the clri'umsfaucas.\nTho ElUborn, Man., Advocate, is responsible for the story that Robert 10.\nWilson, who lives about six miles south\nof that town, recently tried the experiment of hatching chickens by setting\neggs in a manure pile, lie puts six eggs\non the top of a pile of manure and covers\nthem with canvass, placing the uggs in\nsuch a manner as to allow a certain\namount of air to pass up from beneath.\nIn three weeks three chickens mado\ntheir appearance. If this bo true every\nbarnyard is supplied with an Incubator,\nand all that is wanted is something that\nwill keep the hens laying straight along,\nand the supply of spring chickens nood\nnever run out.\nPure Bred Berkshire\nPigs.\nTho undersigned, breeder or Pure Bred\nBerkshire' Swine, has always on hand pigs n(\nall ages, which will be sold at reasonable\nprices Apply to\nTHOMAS SHANNON,\nOlovdrdalo, B.C.\nTheWfistaMeries&WiCo.\nLimited,\n(Successors to W. H. Vianen.)\nWIIOI.F.SAI.K AND KXl'OltT\nFISH AND CAME\nMERCHANTS.\nBHIPPiNG, HOTELS and FAMILIES supplied lit Lowest prices.\nAll kinds of I'MTits and SKINS purchased;\nhighest pi'kcs glvon.\nWarehouse uud store\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDFront Btroet,\nTelephone No. <>.\nfreezer, lee House, &0.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-Lulu Island,\nP, t). Hex 4W.\nMainland Truck and Dray\nStables.\nNEW WESTMINSTER,\nGILLEY BROS.\nDrayliiK & Teaming Promptly\nAttended to.\nALDER AND FIR WOOD AND HARK\nALWAYS ON HAND.\nAgents fur T. lleinhruugh ,t Cn.'s Itrlck,\nTliu and Pottery Works.\nOrders received for (lllley A. Rogers'Coal.\nCAMPBELL'S\nCORNER.\nOLDEST BU8INE8S PREMISES\nIN THE CITY.\nLeading Lines:\nCLOTHING, MEN'S FUHNISHINGS,\nHATS AND CAPS,\nTRUNKS AND VALISES.\nIn Tub Innkh Okntiik of the BUB-\n1NKHH OltlOtiBi\nCor. Columbia and Mavy Sts..\nWestminster.\nf K\nm\nni\n11)11\npi\na, av ,7\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nWaWrmi\nCorner Menzie and Colombia Street NEW WESTMINSTER,\nBRITISH COLUMBIA.\nSHAVING PARLOR ATTACHED. D. Walker, Manager.\nSample - Rooms - for - Commeroials.\nAestaurant in Connection.\nP, li. Ilox 106.\nI'iii.i:\iiiinl: .1.\nPARNELL * CUNN\nAEE SELLI1T&\nHungarian Flour, $1.25 per sack; Oregon Flour $1,25\nper sack; Wheat, 100 lbs, $1.50; Black Tea, 6 lbs. for\n$1.00 ; 5 Tins Choice Jam, 65 cts; Mixed Pickles 20\ncts. per bottle; Green Peas 10 cts. per tin.\nFree Delivery to Any Part of The City.\nCOLUMBIA STREET, OPPOSITE C. P. R. STATION,\nNew Westminster, B. C. NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SEPT. 16, 1893.\nA GOOD STORY.\nA good serial story In a newspaper\ncalculated to circulate largely In the\ncountry districts, Is cortalnly an attractive feature. In the hurry of getting\nout this first issue, there was scarcely\ntime to look over '.the newer books, and\nwe preferred therefore to select an old\nstory certain to give satisfaction, rather\nthan venture an untried one that might\nnot be appreciated. \"The Gunmaker of\nMoscow\" will be found entertaining reading. When it is concluded we will have\none of tho latest good stories ready to\nproceed with.\nTHE GUNMAKER OF MOSCOW\nCHAPTER I.\nTHE GUNMAKEH ASH TUB MONK.\nThe timo at which we open our story\nIs mid-winter and towards the end of the\nseventeenth contury. Russia had passed\nthrough the long and bitter ordeal of\nNight. Tho Tarter yoke had been worn\ntill tho vory boons of the nation were\ngalled; and when this was thrown off\ncivil dfsscntlons and insurrections com- | thinking much of late, my mother\nniencnd. Tho Poles and Swedes plundered the country, and amid general tumult\nand confusion somo half a dozen men\nwhole hour without speaking, or oven\nmoving, and his mother did not interrupt\nhim, as she supposed he might be solving\nsome mechanical problem that hud arisen\nto bother him. But these fits of thought\nhad become too frequent, too lengthy,\nand too moody for such a hypothesis,\nand the good woman waa forced to believe that they were caused by something more remote than the business of\nthe forge or the lathe. The youth now\nsat with Ills' brow resting upon his hand,\nand his eyes bent upon the hearth. For\nhalf an hour he had not moved, and his\nfaco wore an anxious, troubled look.\n\"Ruric, my son,\" spoke the mother, at\nlength, in a low, kind tone, \"what is it\nthat occupies your thoughts so much ?\"\nThe young man started and turned his\ngazo upon his mother.\n\"Did you speak to me, my mother ?\"\nhe asked, after having recalled his mind\nto things about him.\n\"Yes, my boy,\" she said. \"I did\nspeak to you. I asked you what it was\nthat occupied your thoughts.\"\nAs she spoke thus she moved hor seat\nclose to where Ruric sat, and placed hor\nhand upon his arm.\n\"Toll me, my boy,\" she added, In a\nlow, porsuasive tone, \"what Is it that\ndwells thus upon your mind.\"\nRuric reached out and took his mother's hand, and having gazod for some\nmoments Into her faco, he said :\n\"1 was thinking\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand I have been\nof\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nwero clamoring for tho throne. At i forsook her cheeks.\nof\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDRosalind Valdla.\nClaudia Novel started as she board\nthat name, and for the while tho color\nlength a few patriotic citizens, pledging\neverything thoy hold dour on earth to\nthe cause of freedom from this curse of\nanarchy, and headed by \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD noblo prince\nand an humble, patriotic butcher, made,\na bold stand to save the country. Moscow was retaken, and Michael Romanoff was chosen Czar ; and this Illustrious\nfamily still occupies tho imperial throne.\nAnd now tho day of Russian greatness\ndawned ; but tho sun was not fairly up\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nthe broad light opened not upon the empire\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDuntil Peter came to the throno.\nIn the department of the Sloboda\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthe\nsuburbs of Moscow\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand vory near tho\nriver Moskwa, stood an lntmblo cot, the\nexterior of which betrayed a neatness of\narrangomont and show of tnstc that\nmoro than made up for its sniallnes of\nsize. Nor was it so small In fact, but\nonly in contrast; for near at hand about\nIt stood many large, shabby, dirty-looking structures that overlooked tho prim\ncot, as bleak mountains may look down\nupon a verdant hill. And within, this\ncot was as neat as without. Tho two\nappartments in front, ono of which was\nonly used in winter, were furnished not\nonly with neatness, but with a fair show\nof ornament and luxury. Back of these\nwero a cooking and dining-room, and\ntwo small bed-rooms ; and back stili from\nthese was an artisan's shop, and other\nout-buildlngs. This shop was devoted to\nthe manufacture of firearms, mostly.\nSome swords, and other edged weapons,\nwere made here upon special application.\nThe gunmaker now stood by his forge,\nwatching the white smoke as It curled up\ntowards tho throat of the chimney. He\nwas a young man, not over thrcc-and-\ntweuty, and possessed of a frame of more\nthan ordinary symmetry and muscular\ndevelopment. He was not large\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnot\nabove medium size\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDbut a single glance\nat the swelling chest, the broad shoulders, and tho sinewy ridges of the bare\narms, told at once that ho was master of\ngreat physical power. His features were\nregular, yet strongly marked, and eminently handsome; his brow, which was\nfull and high, was half covered by tho\nlight brown curls that wavod over It,\nwhile his eyes, which were of a bright,\nbrilliant, deep grey In color, lent a cast\nof genius to tho intellect of the brow.\nHis name was Ruric Novel. Ills father\nhad been killed in the then late war with\nthe Turks, and tho son, leaving his\nmother with a sufficiency of sustenance,\nwent to Spain soon after the bereavement. There ho found work In the most\nnoted armories; and now, well versed in\nthe trade, he returned to his native city\nto follow his calling, and suport his\nmother.\nWhat, my dear boy\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwhat of hor\nhave you thought?\" she askod tremulously.\n\"What, but of one thing could I think,\nmy mother ? You have seen her?\"\n\"Yes, Ruric.\"\n\"And you have marked the graco\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\ntlie loveliness\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthe surpassing beauty of\ntho noblo girl ?\"\n\"I know she is beautiful, my son ; and\nalso that she Is good\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDat least, I think\nso.\"\n\"Then what but love could move with\ndeep thought of her? Oh, my mother,\nI do love her. I love her with the whole\nstrength of my heart aird soul.\"\n\"Alas, my Ruiic, sho will never dare\nlove thee.\"\n\"You know not that,\" the youth Quickly roplied, his eyes burning deeply, and\nhis open brow flushing. \"Did I not\nknow she loved me, be sure I would\nnover have allowed my thoughts such\nrange We were children together, and\neven then we loved. Fate has dealt differently by us In the years that havo\npassed since those, childhood times; but\nyet I am sure her love for me has not\nchanged, save as Increasing years must\nchange all the emotions of our natures\ninto doeper, stronger lights and shades.\"\n\"But think, my boy : You, a mere\nartisan; she, the offspring of nobility\nand the ward of a duke\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa stern, cold\nproud aristocrat, who looks upon people\nof our station only as harsh masters look\nupon their beasts of burden. I fear you\nwill find little else but misery in such a\ncourse of thought.\"\n\"At least, my mother, I will see Rosalind ; and If she loves me as I love her,\nand If sho would accept my hand\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\n\"Hush, my boy. Do not chcrisli such\nhopes. Why should she mate with thee\nwhen tho richest nobles of tho land\nwould kneel for her hand ?\"\n\"Hold,\" crlod Ruric, starting to his\nfoet\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDills handsome face Hushed, and his\nbright eye burning. \"Speak not thus\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nat least, not now. I flatter not nivsolf,\nbut I claim a soul as pure, and a heart\nas noble, as any man in the land. My\nmind Is as clear; ray hopes are as high ;\nray ambition as true to real greatness,\nand ray will as firm as any uf them. If\nRosalind seeks the lovo of a true heart,\nand the protection of stout arras and determined success, then I fear not to place\nmyself by tho side of any suitor in the\nland. But if she seeks immediate wealth,\nand the glitter for some high sounding\ntitle, then\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDah, I know she does not.\nHut let It pass now; I will see hor.\"\nClaudia would not oppose the wishes\nof her son, and she said no more upon\ntho subject. For a while nothing fur-\nafter his guest had somewhat recovc; ed\nfrom the effects of tho cold.\n\"Aye\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthat have I, my son,\" the monk\nreturned, in a deep, rumbling tone. \"I\nleft the Kremlin this morning, little\nthinking of such a change. This storm\nhas commenced since 1 started on my return. About half a mile from here my\nhorse got foundered in the snow, and I\nleft him with an honest peasant, and\nthen started to make tho rest of my way\non foot; but I reckoned wildly. The\ndriving storm blinded rae, and the piling\ndrifts swallowed me up at every dozen\nsteps. My body is not very well adapted\nto such work. Ha, ha, ha I But 1 saw\nyour light, and I determined to seek\nshelter here for the night. By St. Michael, but this Is a most severe storm ! yet\nyou aro comfortable here.\"\n\"Aye, father, wo try to be comfortable,\" said Ruric. \"My mother could\nhardly survive a winter In some of the\ndwellings which stand hereabouts.\"\nTho monk made no answer to this save\na sort of commendatory nod ; and shortly afterwards the youth asked :\n\"Do you belong here In tho city, good\nfather ?\"\n\"Aye\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDat present I do,\" the monk replied. And then, with a smile, he added:\n\"I suppose you would like to know whom\nyou have thus received? My name is\nValdimir, and my lioine Is wherever I\nchance to bo on God's heritage. At present I am residing here In Moscow. There\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDcould you ask me to be more frank ?\"\nRuric smiled, but ho mado no direct\nreply. He was too deeply Interested In\ntho face of the monk to enter with much\neagerness Into conversation. At length\nthe guest asked If lie could be accommodated with some sleeping-place, and bo-\nIng answered in the afllrmative, tho\nyouth lighted another caudle and conducted him to a chamber which was located directly over the kitchen, and\nwhich was very well wanned by means\nof sovoral Iron tubes that connected with\nthe furnace below.\n\"Mother,\" said Ruric, as soon as he\nhad returned to the kitchen, \"who is\nthat man ?\"\n\"How should I know ?\"\n\"But have you nover seen him before?\"\nRuric asked, in an earnest, eager tone.\n\"I cannot tell, my son. Ills faco most\nsurely calls up some strange emotions In\nmy mind, but I think I never saw him\nbefore\"\n\"And yet ho seems familiar to iuo,\"\nthe son resumed. \"Those eyes I surely\nhave seen before, but to save my soul 1\ncannot remember when or where.\"\nAnd so Ruric pondered and pondered,\nOut to no avail. After he had retired to\nliis bed he lay awake and thought of tho\nstrange face ; and all through the night\nhis dreams were but startling visions of\nthe Black Monk.\nNear by stood a boy\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDPaul Pcepon\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ther was said, until Ruric remarked up\na bright intelligent lad, some fifteen j on the Increasing force of the storm,\nyears of age, who had hound himself to | \"Hark !\" exclaimed his mother, bend-\nthe gunmaker for the purpose of learn- ; Ing her ear in a listing attitude. \"Was\ning the art. His hair and his eyes wero j that a knock upon our door?\"\ndarker than his master's, and if lie pos-1 \"Surely no one Is out on such a night\nsessed not so much sound Intellect, he , that could seek shelter here,\" continued\ndid surely possess an unwonted degree of '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Ruric. \"You must have\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\nkeen, quick wit, and a principle of un-1 The youth did not finish Ills sentence,\nswerving Integrity. j for at that moment tho knock camo so\nThe sun had been some time below the ; loud that it was not to be mistaken,\nhorizon, and tho only llgl.t of any couse-1 The youth caught up the, candle and\nquencc that made things partially visible hastened to the door. He opened It, hut\nwithin the shop came from Ihedull blaze the blast came roaring in, whirling a\nof tho coals on the forge, as Paul ever ' cloud of sno'w Into Rurlc's face, and ex-\nand anon born down upon the brake that tliigulshlng tlie light at once.\nmoved tho bellows. Suddenly Ruric \"Is there nnv one here?\" tho gun-\nstarted back from the forge as Ills mind maker asked, bowing his head and shield-\nCHAPTER II.\nA STRANGE PIIOCEEDING.\nWhen Ruric came down In tho morning he found the monk already there,\nand breakfast nearly ready. Hut little\nwas said luring the meal. Tho monk\nseemed busy with thoughts of his own,\nand Ruric was wholly engrossed lu studying tlie strange man's features, and pondering upon the various doubts and surmises that had entered his mind. After\ntho meal was over the monk accompanied the gunmaker to his shop, and\nthere lie spent somo timo In examining\ntho quaint articles of machinery that\nwere used In the manufacture of arms.\nRuric was engaged in finishing a pair\nof pistols, and for somo minutes the\nmonk had stuod silently by his side\nwatching his movements. At length the\nyouth stopped in his work and laid the\npistol down.\n\"Excuse rae, good father,\" he said,\nrather nervously, at'tliu same time looking his visitor in the facu; \"but I must\nask you a question. Where have I seen\nyou before ?\"\n\"How should I know ?\" the monk answered with a smile.\n\"Why,\" resumed Ruric, with some\nhesitancy, \"I knew not but that you\nmight enlighten me. I have surely seen\nyou soinewhorc.\"\n\"And are there not hundreds whom\nyou have seen lu this great city\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDaye,\nthousands\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwhom you might recognize\nas you recognize uie.\"\n\"All\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDIt may be so ; but not like this.\nThere may be a thousand faces I would\nrecollect to have seen, but not one of\nthem would excite even a passing emotion in my soul. Hut your face calls up\nsome powerful emotion\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDsome startling\nmemory of the pant\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwhich bothers me.\nWho are you, good father ? What are\nyou ? Whore have wo met before ? Was\nit in Spain ?\"\n\"No,\" said Valdl nlr, with a shake of\nthe head. And then, with a morn serious\nshade upon his face, he added\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"Let\nbroke from the deep reverie Into which\nhe had fallen, and having bale his boy\nto sec that 'natters were all properly dis\nposed for the night, he turned towards gian darkness. \"In Heaven's inline let\n. this pass now. I will not deny to you\nIng his eyes from the driving snow with tbat t|iere Inav bo ,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD, g|.0l,n(js ror\none hand. your strango fancies ; but I assure you\n\"Yes,\" returned a voice from the Sty-1 most Baoredly that until last night I\nnever came into direct companionship\nme In, or I shall perish. j w|t|, V()u before\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDat any rate, not to my\n\"Thou follow quickly, said Rurlo. knowledge. You have acted the (lood\n\"lime, give me your hand. There\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnow Samaritan towards me, and 1 hope 1 may\n: ''nine. ' , , , , ' sometime return the favor.\"\nllie youth found the thickly-gloved! -Mo, no,\" quickly res|iouded tho youth;\nthe door, and was soon In the kitchen\nwhere his mother had supper all prepared and set out.\nClaudia Novel was a nohle-looklng\nwoman, and the light uf her still handsome countenance was never brighter\nthan when gazing upon her boy. She ; having led the Invisible applicant Into I n0 more. I have only done for you what\nhad seen the snows of fifty winters, and the hull, he closed the door, and then led every man should do for his neighbor;\nIf they had left some silver upon her the way into tho kitchen. As BOOH ail an(j 80 far from needing thanks for my\nthe candle was re-llghtcd, Ruric turned\nhand gloved with the softest fur\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand j ,.|f v\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ,.,.,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD |t tlll,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD (l wm u(, a fllV0I.\nhead, and some age-murks mum her fa 16,\nthe sunshine of full us many summers\nhad left her with a thankful, loving\nheart, and a prayerful, hopeful soul.\n\"It Is snowing again, faster than ever,\"\nremarked Paul, us he took his seat at\nthe table,\n\"Ah,\" returned Ruric, resting his\nknife a few moments while he bent his\near to listen to the voice of the still in\nand gazed upon the newcomer, fie was\na monk- and ha Idled sinnelliing like\none of the Hlaek Monks of St. Michael,\nlie was ol medium height, and possessed\nof a rotundity of parson which was comical to behold. He was fat iitul un wieldly,\nand waddled abiiiif with laughable steps.\nHis huge, black robe, which reached\nfrom his chin to his lues, was secured\n\"Never mind,\" spoke tliu daiiie, lu a,\ntrustful, easy tone, \"It must storm when\nif lisletli. and we can only thank God\nthat we have shelter, and pray for those .\nwho have none.\"\n\"Amen I\" responded Uurlc, fcvcrcnily.\nAfter this the. trio remained some niin-\n\"I had hoped 'twould snow no more, for about the waist with a sash uf the same\nthe present. The snow Is deep enough color, and the snow, which lay Upoll his\nshoulders and hack, presented a striking\ncontrast. Ruric brushed away the snow\nwith his own hand, and having taken\nhis visitor's thick fur bonnet, the latter\ntook a seat near '.he lire.\nHefore a word was spoken, the youthful host carefully examined his guest's\nI features; and the latter seemed equally\nutes silent, seeming to be busy lu listen- j deslrious of discovering what manner of\nIng to the storin-mites tlial came pealing i people lie had fallen in with. The\nabout the cot. Tho wind was high, and ' monk's faco was a peculiar one. The\nthe snow came dashing upon the win- features were very dark and prominent,\ndows with a dreary, melancholy sound, and almost angular In their strongly-\nThe meal was at length eaten, and the ; marked outlines. Ills brow was very\ntable set back, and shortly afterwards fair In mental development, and his eyes ! on'jy ai,\nPaul retired to his bed. It was his wont j were dark and brilliant. The slight cir- dubious\nto retire early, for ho rose betimes to cln of hair that escaped from beneath\nbuild the lires and prepare for the labors the light skull-cap which he retained\nof the day. upon his head, was somewhat tlngod\nRuric drew his chair close up to tlie \ with silver, though his face did not be-\nfireplace, and leaning against the jamb tray such advanced ago us this silvery\nhair would seem to Indicate.\n\"You havo been caught lu u severe\nstorm, good father,\" said the youth,\nhe bowed his head and pondered again.\nThis had become u habit with him of late.\nSometimes he would sit thus during a\nservices, I would rather give them for\nthe occasion, for I know of no source\nof joy so pure and uiicuiitamiiiated as\nthat feeling In tliu soul which tells us\nwe have done a good act.\"\n\"The dark monk reached forth und\ntook tliu youthful artisan's hand, und,\nwith mure than ordinary emotion, said :\n\"You touch the harp-strings of the\nsoul with a noble hand, my son ; and If\nnnv deed uf kindness cun give rae joy It\nwill be a deed for you. We may meet\nagain, and until then 1 can only say,\n(lod bless and prospur thoo.\"\nWith these words the monk turned\nuwuv, und, ere Ruric could command\npresence of mind to follow him. he hud\ngone from the house. The youth wish-\nto say something, but amid tho varied\nemotions that went leaping through his\nmind ho could gather no connected\nthoughts.\nAfter the monk had gone, Ruric returned to his bench and resumed ills\nwork. Ho asked his boy if he had ever\nsoon the strange man before, but Paul\nshook his head, and answered\niy.\nWhat do you mean?\" tho gunmaker\nasked, looking tho boy in the faco. \"Do\nyou think you havo seen him before?\"\n\"I cannot tell, my master. 1 may havo\nseen him before and I may not. But\nsurely you would not suppose that my\nmemory would serve you butter than\nvour own.\"\nRuric was not fully assured by this\nanswer. Ho gazed into Paul's face, and\nhe fancied be detected some show of intelligence thore which had not been\nspoken. But he resolved to ask no moro\nquestions at present. lie had asked\nenough, he thought, upon such a subject, and he made up his mind to bother\nhimself no mohi about It, feeling sure\nthat if his boy knew anything which\nwould be for his master's interest to\nknow it would be communicated in due\nseason. So ho applied himself anew to\nhis work, and at noon the pistols were\nfinished,\nTowards the middle of the afternoon,\njust as Ruric had finished tempering\nsome parts of a gun-lock, the back door\nof his shop was opened and two men entered. Thry wero young men, dressed\nin costly furs, and both of them stout und\ngood-looking. Tho gunmaker recognized them as tho Count Conrad Damon-\noil and his friend Stephen Urzon.\n\"I think I speak with Ruric Novel,\"\nsaid tho count, moving forward.\n\"You do,\" returned Ruric, not at all\nsurprised at tho visit, since people of all\nclasses wero in tho habit of calling at his\nplaco to order arms.\nThe count turned a shade pale.\" than\nbefore, and his nothor lip trembled ; but\nRuric thought that might b I the result\nof coming from the cold into a warm\natmosphere. However, ho was soon un-\ndccelved, for tho count's next remark\nwus slgiiilicunt.\n\"\'ou are acquainted with the Lady\nRosalind Valdul ?\" ho said.\n\"I am,\" answered Ruric, now beginning to wonder.\n\"Well, sir,\" resumed Damonofl, with\nmuuh haughtiness, \"perhaps ray bust\"\nneess can bo quickly and satisfactorily\nsettled. It Is ray desire to make the\nLady Rosalind my wife.\"\nRuric Novel started at those words,\nand he clasped his hands to hide their\ntremiiluiisiiess. But lie was not long\ndebating upon an answer.\n\"And why have you come to rae with\nthis information, sir?\" ho asked,\n\"You should know that already. Do\nyou not love the lady ?\"\n\"Sir count, you ask rae a strange question. What right havo you to question\nme upon such a themo?\"\n\"The right that every man has to pave\nthe way for his own rights,\" replied\nDamonofl, sharply. \"But if you choose\nnot to answer, let it pass. I know you\ndo lovo the ludy. And now I ask you to\nrenounce all claims to her hand.\"\n\"Sir Count, your tongue runs into\nstrango moods of speech. / renounce all\nclaims to Rosalind Valdai's hand ?\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nWas't so you meant ?\"\n\"Aye, sir\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDprecisely so.\"\n\"Perhaps you will inform mo what\nclaims I may have in that quarter,\"\nRuric replied, with some Iremiilousness\nin his tono, for the subject was one that\nmoved him deeply.\n\"Ruric Novel, you shall not say that I\ndid not make myself fully understood,\nand hence 1 will explain.\" The count\nspoko this as speaks a man who feels that\nho is doing a very condescending thing,\nand In the same tone he proceeded:\n\"The Lady Rosalind is of noble parentage and very wealthy. My own station\nand wealth are equal to hers\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDmy station, at ull events. She may possess the\nundivided right to more property than 1\ndo. But that matters not. I lovo her,\nand must have her for ray wife. I havo\nbeen to soo the noblo duke, her guardian,\nund ho objects not to my suit, But he\ninformed mo that there was one impediment, and that was her lovo for you. He\nknows full well\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDus I know, and as all\nmust know\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthat sho could never bocouie\nyour wife; but yet he Is anxious not to\nInterfere too ranch against her Inclinations. So a simple denial from you, to\ntho effect that you can never claim hor\nhand, Is all that is necessary. You understand mo, I trust. Wo seek this only\nfor tho fair lady's own good. Of course,\nyou must be aware that tho duko would\nnever consent to her union with you;\nand yot ho would wish to have your\ndenial to show to Rosalind when he announces his decision. I havo a papor\nhere all drawn up, and all that will be\nnecessary Is simply your signature.\nHere\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDIt Is only a plain, simple avowal\non your part that you have no hopes nor\nthoughts of seeking tho hand of tho lady\nin marriage.\"\nAs the count spoke ho drew a paper\nfrom the bosom of his marten doublet,\nand having opened it ho handed It towards tho gunmaker. But Uric took It\nnot. He drew back and gazed the visitor\nsternly in tho face.\n\"Sir Count,\" he crlod, in a tone full of\nnoble Indignation, \"what do yen suppose\nI am ? Do you mean to tell mo that\nOlgu, Duko of Tula, has commissioned\nyou to obtain such a renunciation of\nme ?\"\n\"Stephen,\" spoke the count, turning\nto his companion, \"you heard tho Instructions the duko gave me this morning?\"\n\"Aye,\" returned Urzcn, directing his\nspeech to Ruric. \"I did boar ; and you\nhave stated the case plainly.\"\n\"1 may be as much surprised as yourself,\" resumed the count, haughtily, \"at\nthis strange taste of the duke. Why he\nshould seek this signal from you 1 can\nonly imagine upon his desire to call up no\nregrets In the bosom of his fair ward.\nHe knows that she was once Intimate\nwith you, and that she now feels a warm\nfriendship for you. For her sake ho\nwould have this signal from you.\"\n\"But how for her sake?\" askod Ruric.\n\"Whv,\" returned Damonofl, \"do you\nnot see? Rosalind, In the simplicity of\nher heurt, inuy think that you\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthat\nyou might claim her love; ami out of\npure principle grunt It to you simply because you wore the lirst claimant.\"\n\"Hut I never claimed hor love,\" suld\nUurlc, warmly. \"If slit loves me, she\nloves me from hor own heart. With tho\nnoble duke 1 never spoko but once, and\nthan ho camo here for me to temper his\nsword. If you would marry the lady, do\nso; and If you seek help in tliu work,\nseek It from those who have some power\nIn the matter.\"\n\"You mistake, sir,\" said tho count,\nhotly. \"I seek not jweernow. Ionlyseeka\nsimple word from ono who may nave some\nInfluence\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDevon as a boggur, having\nsaved tho life of a king, may, through\nroval gratitude, wield an Influeice. Will\nyou sign the papor?\"\nNow, all this seemed vory strango to\nRuric, and ho know that thero was something behind tho curtain which ho was\nnot pcrmittod to know. Ho know tho\nproud and stubborn duko woll enough\nto know that ho novor would havo sent\nsuch a message, as this but for some\ndesign more than had yet appeared. In\nshort, he could not understand tho mutter at all. It looked dark and complex ;\nsuch conduct was In direct conflict with\nthe nature of tho man from whom it now\nappeared to have emanated. Ruric pondered upon this a few moments, and he\nmade up his mind that he would on no\naccount yield an atom to the strange\ndemand thus made upon him.\n\"Sir Count,\" he said, calmly and firmly, \"you havo plainly stated your proposition, and I will as plainly answer. I\ncannot sign tho paper.\"\n\"Ha I\" gasped Damonofl, In quick passion. \"Do you refuse ?\"\n\"Most liutly \"\nFor a few moments tho count gazed\ninto Rurlc's face, as though ho doubted\nthe evidence of his own senses.\n\"It is the duko's command,\" ho said at\nlength.\n\"The Duke of Tula holds no power of\ncommand ovor me,\" was the guninaker's\ncalm reply.\n\"Beware I Once more I say: Sign the\npaper I\"\n\"You but waste your breath, Sir\nCount, in speaking thus. You havo my\nanswer.\"\n\"By heavens I Ruric Novel, you shall\nsign this I\" the count cried madly.\n\"Nover, sir.\"\n\"But look you, sirrah I Hero is my\nwhole future of life based upon ray hopes\nof union with this fair girl. Her guardian\nbids inn get this paper of you ere I can\nhave her hand. And now, do you think\nI'll give it up so easily ? Ne ! I'll havo\nyour name to this, or I'll havu your\nlife.!\"\n\"Now, your tongue runs awuy with\nyou, Sir Count. 1 have given you my\nanswer. Be sure that only one man on\nearth can prevail upon mo to place ray\nname upon that paper.\"\n\"And who Is ho ?\"\n\"I mean the emperor.\"\n\"Hut you will sign It I\" hissed Damonofl, turning pale with rage, \"hero it Is\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDsign ! If you would live\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDsign I\"\n\"Perhaps ho cannot write,\" suggested\nUrzon, contemptuously.\n\"Then he may make his mark,\" rejoined the count, In* tho samo contemptuous tone.\n\"It might not require much more urging to induce mo to make my murk In a\nmanner not at all agroeablo to you, sir,\"\ntho youth retorted, with his toeth now\nset, and tho dark veins upon his brow\nstarting more plainly out. \"You have\ncome upon my premises, and you have\nsought your purpose. You now have\nyour answer, and for your own sake\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfor\nmy sake\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI beg you to leave me.\"\n\"Not until your name Is upon this\npaper I\" cried Damonofl, shaking the\nmissive furiously and crumpling it in his\nhand.\n\"Are you mad, Sir Count ?. Do you\nthink mo a fool ?\"\n\"Aye\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa consummate one.\"\n\"Then,\" returned Ruric, with a curl of\nutter contempt upon his iinoly-chlselled\nlip, \"you need have no further denlings\nwith me. Thore Is my door, sir.\"\nFor some moments Conrad Damonofl\nseemed unable to speak from very anger.\nHe had surely some deep, anxious purpose in obtaining Rurlc's name to that\npapor; and to be thus thwarted by a\ncommon artisan was maddening to ono\nwho, like him, based all his force of\ncharacter upon his titlo.\n\"Sign I\" he hissed.\n\"Fool!\" cried Ruric, unable longer to\ncontain himself In view of such stupid\npersistence. \"Do you scok a quarrel\nwith ine ?\"\n\"Seek ! I seok what I will have. Will\nyou sign ?\"\n\"Once more\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDno 1\"\n\"Then pou shall know what it is to\nthwart such as me ! How's that ?\"\nAs theso words passed from the count's\nlips In a low, hissing whisper, he aimed\na blow with his list at Ruric's head. The\ngunmaker had not dreamed of such a\ndastardly act, and ho was not propared\nfor It. Yet he dodged it sufficiently to\nescape the mark upon his face, receiving\nthe blow HgLtly upon the side of his\nhead. But he stopped not to consider\nnow. As the count drew back Ruric\ndealt him a blow upon the brow that\nfelled him to the floor.\n\"Beware, Stephen Urzen I\" he whispered to tho count's companion, as that\nindividual mado a movement as though\nho would come forward. \"I am not myself now, and you are safest where you\nare.\"\n\"Tho man thus addressed viewed the\ngunmaker a few moments, and he seemed\nto conclude that ho hud better avoid a\npersonal encounter, for his fists relaxed,\nand ho moved to the side of his fallen\nfriend and assisted him to his feet.\nConrad Damonofl' gazod Into his antagonist's face, a few moments in slloncc.\nHis faco was deathly pale, and his whole\nframe quivered. Upon his forehead there\nwas a livid spot whore he had been\nstruck, but the skin was not broken.\n\"Ruric Novel,\" he said, in a hissing,\nmaddened tone, \"you will hoar from mo.\nThe mad spirit of a vengeance such as\nmine can overlook your plobclan stock.\"\nAnd with this ho turned away.\n\"Paul,\"said the gunmaker, turning to\nhis boy aftor the men had gone, \"not a\nword of this to ray mothor. Be sure.\"\nCHAPTER III.\n1,0 VE.\nThat night Ruric Novel had strango\nfancies while waking, and had strange\ndreams while sleeping. Long and deeply\ndid ho ponder upon the strange business\nwhich had culled Count Conrad lo his\nshop, und in no way. under no light,\ncould he see any reuson for It. Why he,\na youth who hud never spoken with tin\nproud duke, save once on common business, and who wus so fur down In the\nsocial scale, should havo been thus called\nupon to glvu a virtual consent to the\nbestowal of Rosalind Valdai's hand, wus\nbeyond ills ken. lie wus hut a poor\nartisan\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDsho, a wealthy heiress and a\nscion of nobility, and she was under the\nlegal guardianship of the duke, whoso\nword, so far as slin wus concerned, was\nlaw. And again, Conrad Damonofl was\na count, and reputed to bo weulthv. To\nbo sure, ho wus somewhat dissolute, but\nthen a majority of his compeers were the\nsame. Now, If this count loved the\nLady Rosalind, and had asked for her\nhand, and the duku was willing ho should\nhavo It, why had this extraordinary proposal been sent to I ho poor gunmaker ?\nRuric asked this question of himself a\nhundred times. Ho would commence\nand lay down all tho premises In his\nmind, and then he would try and make\nthe deduction; but no reasonable ono\ncould ho arrlvo at. One thought clung\nabout him, like a dim spoctro at night,\nwhich Hope would make an angel, and\nwhich Fear would paint a demon. Could\nit bo possible that Rosalind had told hor\nlove for him, and that the duko would\npay somo deforonco to It ? He trlod to\nthink so. Hope whispered that it might\nbe so. But Fear would forco itself in,\nand spoak in tones so loud that they\ncould not be misunderstood. Finally\nthe youth resolved upon the only reasonable course. He concluded to let the\nmatter rest, so far as his own surmises\nwero concerned, until he could see Rosalind,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand that he was determined to do\nas soon as possible.\nOn tho following morning, as he was\npreparing for breukfust, ho saw Olga,\nthe duke, pass by, and strike off into the\nBorodino road. Now, thought he, Is the\ntimo for tho visit to Rosalind ; and as\nsoon as he had eaten his breakfast, he\nprepared for the visit. Ho dressed well,\nand no man in Moscow had a nobler look\nwhen the dust of toil was removed from\nhis garb.\n\"Paul,\" ho said, entering the shop\nwhere the boy was at work, \"I may be\nback at noon. At any rate, such Is my\nintention; and if either of those men\ncalls who were hero yesterday, you may\ntell him so.\"\n\"But,\" returned the lad, \"If tbey ask\nmo any questions?\"\n\"Answer thorn as you think best.\"\n\"And If thoy should ask me If you\nwould fight?\"\n\"Tell that I hold my life too dear at\nthe expense of an Insult.\"\n\"But surely, my mastor, tho count will\nchallengo you.\"\n\"I think he will. And,\" added Ruric,\nas an entirely now thought cume to his\nmind, \"mayhap became hero to croato\na quarrel to that end. I think lie did.\"\n\"I am sure of it,\" said Paul.\nA moment later Rurlc's fruuio quivered\nwith suppressed passion, and then he\nsaid:\n\"Let them come, and If thoy come, or\nIf either of them comes, while I am gone,\ntoll them, or him, that I am their vory\nhumble servant In all things reasonable.\"\nPaul promised and thou the gunmaker\nturned away. In the hall ho threw on\nhis heavy fur pelisse, and having reached\nthe noarost hostelry, he took a horse and\nsloigh and started off for tho Kremlin,\nwithin which tho duko resided.\nWithin one of tho sumptuously furnished apartraonts of the Duke of Tula\nsat Rosalihd Valdai. She was a beautiful girl; molded in perfect form, with\ntho full flush of health and vigor, and\npossessing a face of peculiar sweetness\nand intelligence. She was only nineteen\nyears of ago, and she had been ten years\nan orphan. Her hair was of a golden\nhue, and the sunlight loved to dwell\namid the clustering curls. Her eyes,\nwhich wero of a deep liquid blue, sparkled brightly when she was happy; and\nwhen sho smiled tho lovely dimples of\nher cheeks held the smllo even after It\nhad faded from the lips. There was\nnothing of the aristocrat in her look-\nnothing proud, nothing haughty; but\ngentleness and love wero the true elements of hor soul, and she could only be\nhappy when she knew that she was truly\nloved. She liked rospect, but she spurned that respect which only alms at outward show, while the heart may be redk-\ning with vilest selfishness.\nRosalind sat thore in the apartment\nwhich was hers for her own.private use,\nand sho was sad and thoughtful. One\nfair hand supported her pure brow, while\nwith tho other she twisted the ends of\ntho silken sash that confined her heavy\nrobe. Thus she sat when the door of\nhor apartment was opened and a young\ngirl entered. This now-coraer was a\nsmall, fair creature, bright and quick,\nwith tho to raven hair and those large,\ndark eyes of dreamy light which bespoak\ntho child of Moslem blood. Her name\nwas Zenoble, and sho was now about\nsixtoon years of ago. Rosalind's father\nhad pickod her up un the battle-field\nfrom which tho Turks had fled, and\nbeing unable to find any claimants, he\nhad brought her home, then almost an\nInfant. And now she was Rosalind's\nattendant and companion. She loved\nher kind and gentle mistress, and would\nhave laid down life itsolf In tho service.\n\"How now, Zenoble ?\" asked Rosalind,\nas she noticed the girl hesitate.\n\"There Is a gentleman below who\nwould see you,\" the girl replied.\n\"Then tell him I cannot see him,\"\nsaid Rosalind, trembling.\n\"But this Is Ruric Novel, my mis-\ntross. \"\n\"Ruric I\" exclaimed tho fair maiden,\nstarting up, while the rich blood mounted to her brow and temples. \"Oh I I ain\nglud ho has come. My prayers aro surely\nanswered. Lead him hither, Zenoble.\"\nThe girl departed, and ore long afterwards Ruric entered the apartment. He\nwalked quickly to whore Rosalind had\narisen to her feet, and taking one of ber\nhands In both his own, ho pressod it to\nhis lips. Ho had had a well-formed\nspeech upon his lips when ho entered the\nroom, but 'twas gone now. Ho could\nonly gaze Into the lovely face hefore\nhim, and murmur the name that sounded\nso sweotly on his lips. But the emotions\nof liis soul became calm at length, and\nthen ho spoko with freedom.\n\"Lady,\" he said, aftor he had taken\na seat, \"you will pardon me for this visit\nwhen you know Its cause. And you will\npardon rae, too, if I speak plainly what\nI havo to speak.\"\n\"Surely, sir\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\n\"O\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDcall me Ruric. Lot us not forget\nthe friendship of childhood.\"\n\"Then I am not a i.adv,\" said Rosalind, smiling.\n\"No, Rosalind.\"\n\"Ah, Ruric.\"\n\"As wn wore in childhood,\" whispered\nthe youth.\"\n\"In all but years,\" returned Rosalind,\nlu the same low tone.\n\"And I may wear the same linage In\nray heart?\"\n\"1 cannot cast It from mine If 1\nwould.\"\n\"Tho Image of childhood, dear Rosalind?\"\n\"Aye\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDsave that It has grown to manhood, dear Ruric.\"\nWhat more could ho ask for lovo?\nHa had not aimed at this confession so\nsoon. But he put It not from him now.\nHe gazed a moment into tho fair maiden's oye, and as ho saw tho love-llt tear\ngathering thore, and tho happy smile\nworking Its way about the rosy lips, and\naway Into tho joyous dimples, he opened\nhis arras and clasped the fondly loved\none to his bosom.\n\"Oh, I am not docelved in this,\" he\nmurmured. \"Spoak doarest one.\"\n\"I cannot forget tho lovo of the happy\ntimes agonc,\" tho noblo girl replied, gazing up through her happy tears. \"Oh,\nhow many and many an hour have I\nprayed to God that those days might\nreturn, and that the one true heart of\nearth I loved might bo mine once more.\nRuric, why should I hide tho truth, or\nwhy set It aside ? To ma thou art all lu\nall. I have no ono elso to lovo, and none\nto love me else, savo the noble girl who &EST CltfH\nggg WESTMINSTElCi ^ITOg ^^^M\nI can tell you no\nbrought you hither\nmore.\"\nHappy Ruric ! Happy at that moment\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDforgetting all else but tho lovo that\ngleamed out upon him then, and clasping the cherished object so ardently to\nhis bosom.\nBut the moments flew on. and, at\nlength, his mind came to the subject of\nhis visit.\n\"Rosalind,\" he said, holding one of her\nfair hands In his grasp, \"you know the\nCount Conrad Damonofl?\"\n\"Aye,\" replied tliu maiden, with a\nshudder. \"He Is here very often, and\nhe has forced himself upon my companionship when, if ho had sense, ho\nmust have known I liked it not.\"\n\"He is a suitor for your hand, is he\nnot?\"\n\"He was; but he is not now.\"\n\"Not now?\" repeated Ruric, with surprise. \"What mean you ?\"\n\"Why\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDsimply that he has asked tho\nduke for my hand, and that he was answered in the negative.\"\n\"Did you hear the duke answer him\nao?\"\n\"No ; but so the duko assured mo he\nhad done so. But what moan you ?\"\n\"I will toll you. Yesterday the count\ncame to my dwelling, accompanied by\nStephen Urzen. He had a paper drawn\nup by the duke's own hand, in which I\nwas made to say\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDor rather, by which\nthe writer said, that ho disclaimed all\npretensions to your hand, and that he\nwished not to murry you\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthat he freely\ngave you up, meaning to seek within the\nsphere of his own social circle gome com\npanion when ho wished. And tills I wus\naskod to sign.\"\n\"By the count?\"\n\"Yes,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDby the duke's orders.\"\n\"Oh\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDIt cannot ba,\" cried Rosalind,\ntrembling.\n\"And he further assured mo that the\nduko had requested him to obtain my\nsignature thereto, so that ho might receive your hand without Impediment.\"\n\"So that the count tnlgh receive ray\nhand ?\"\n\"Yes.\"\n\"But tho duke assured rae only yesterday that I should not bo troubled any\nmore with tho count. May there not be\nsome mistake ?\"\n\"There can bo none on my part. The\nInstrument was In the duke's own hand.\"\n\"But you did not sign It ?\"\n\"Ask mo if I took tny own life\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDif I\nmade a curse for all I loved?\"\n\"It is strange,\" the maiden murmured,\nbowing her head a few moments. \"And\nyet,\" she added, looking up into her companion's faco, \"I do not think the duke\nwould bo treacherous?\"\n\"He may be,\" answered Ruric. \"He\nknows how lightly our noblo emperor\nholds empty titles, and perhaps he fears\nthat If this matter came to tho Imperial\near, and you should claim the right to\nmarry with whom you pleased, Peter\nwould grant your prayer. Hence he\nwished to get my claim set aside so that\nhe may have a clearer field in which to\nmove. Do you know how the duke's\naffairs stand at present?\"\nRosalind thought awlle ere she answered ; and then, while a startled expression came to her face, she said :\n\"Ruric, I do remember now that between the duke and young Damonofl\nthere U some matter of dispute. There\nis some question of property.\"\n\"Ah I\" uttered tho youth earnestly.\n\"How is that?\"\n\"Why, as near as I can understand It,\nthere was a dispute between the duko\nand the elder Damonofl* concerning the\nownership of Drotzen, the estate on the\nDon, in Kaluga ; and since the father's\ndeath Conrad has maintained his family\nclaim. You know the duke and the old\ncount married sisters, and this estate belonged to them.\"\n\"And now,\" suggested Ruric, \"may\nnot tbe duke mean to compromise tills\nmatter by giving your hand to the count\nand taking Drotzen In exchange?\"\n\"Oh, I cannot think so,\" tho maiden\nreturned, earnestly. \"The duke would\nnot do that. Ho Is kind to me, 1 am\nsure. He loves me as though I were his\nown child. I know he does, for In a\nthousand ways he has shown it. He Is\nmindful of my comfort, and anticipates\nevery want. No, no\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDIf lie is deceiving\nany one be must be deceiving the count.\"\nRuric started as the new suspicion\nflushed upon him. Had tho duke sent\nDamonofl upon that mission on purpose\nto get him Into a quarrel ?\n\"Aye,\" thought tho youth to himself,\n\"the duke knows that I have taught tho\nsword-play, and he knows that the count\nwould be no match for me. So he thinks\nIn this subtle manner to make me an Instrument for ridding him of a plague.\"\nBut tho youth was careful not to let\nRosalind know of this. He thought she\nwould be unhappy If she knew that a\nduel was likely to come off betweon himself and the count.\nAfter somo minutes of comparative\nsilence, Ruric touched upon a point which\nlay very near his heart.\n\"Rosalind.\" ho said, taking both of her\nhands in his own, \"there Is one point\nupon which we have never spoken ; and\n1 know you would have me speak plainly\nand candidly. You know my situation.\nMy father and yours fought side by sldo,\nbut my father foil, while yours returned\nto his home. For his eminent services\nyour father received a title and a noble\nestate from the grutoful Feodor, while\nmy father was only forgotten. Hence\nour stations are now widely different.\nYet I am not poor. Nu other man In the\nempire can compete with me lu manufacture of arms, and from my labor I derive a handsome Income. You know all\nthat. And now, If other obstticles were\nremoved, would you give rae your hand,\nand become mine for life?\"\n\"Ayo, Ruric,\" the noble girl answered,\nwith beaming eyes, ami a joyful explosion of countenance. \"Were yuu reduced to tliu lowest estate of poverty, so\nlong as your gonornus, pure soul wus\nfree, I should only be the more anxious\nto lift you up. Oh, my lovu knows only\nthe heart whereon It Is secured, and for\nmy future of Joy I ask only the truth uf\nmy husband's love.\"\n\"Bless you, dearest,\" Ruric murmured,\nas ho drew the muidoii to his side; and\nthen he added : \"Yuu will not allow tliu\nduke to give away vuur hand?\"\n\"Never, Ruric.\"\n\"If he asks for your hand to bestow\nupon any of his friends, you will tell\nhim\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\n\"That my heart is not mine to give,\nand that my hand cannot go without It.\"\n\"O\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDbless you, Rosalind\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDbless you.\nGod keep and guard you ever.\"\nRuric then took leave of Rosalind, and\nwas soon in the open court. Here ho\nentered his sledge, and then drove to the\nbarracks in Khltagorod, where ho enquired for Alarlc Orsa, a lieutenant of\nthe guard. The officer was quickly\n;\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD met Ruric his saluta-\n-.d cordial. He was a\n, ver five-and-tweiity,\n'ooklng soldiers in\nfound, and as h\ntion was warm ai.\nyoung man, not\nand one of the finest\nthe guard. ..ker, after tlie\n\"Alarlc,\" said thegunma V AaBserj \"i\nfirst friendly salutations baa ' . gjunt\nmay have a meeting with Con, ...re)\t\nDaraonoff. He has sought a qn ,. '\ninsulted rae grossly\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDaimed a blow a ' Vy((\nhead\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand I knocked him down. . ,t\ncan judge as well as I what the resu.\nmust bo.\"\n\"Most surely ha will challenge you,\"\ncried the officer, excitedly.\n\"So I think,\" resumed Ruric, calmly.\n\"And now you will serve me in the\nevent ?\"\n\"With pleasure.\"\n\"I may refer his messenger to you ?\"\n\"Yes\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDsurely. And how shall I act.\nWhat will you do?\"\n\"Knock him down again under the\nsarao provocation.\"\n\"1 understand. You wish to retract\nnothing?\"\n\"No. Listen : I will tell you all, since\nI seek your aid.\"\nAnd thereupon Ruric related all that\nhud occurred at the time of the r nut's\nvisit to his shop.\n\"Goud I\" said Aluric, us the gunmaker\nfinished. \"He must challenge you, and\nthen you'll punish him. He's too proud\nnow. Ho can bundle some of his lilly-\ntops who associate with him ; and perhaps ho thinks he can do the same when\nhe comes out among the harder men.\nHut never mind\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1 will be punctual und\nfaithful.\"\nRuric reached home just us bis mother\nwas spreading the board for dinner. Ho\noften went away un business, und she\nthought not of asking 111 in any questions.\n.,...,.,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. . ... , ho has\nnot mentioned' 'tlilr; mind you . morp\nnot; but, Ii las'his friend, deem.i,t no \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD '-ou\nthan right toispoak'of jfc'M Id trust' '\nwill chooeo a; gontleman's weapon\ntho use of the pistol or the gun-he isir.ot\nversed.\" union uui'i >\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD nil \"1\n\"While you imagine I am,\" said Ruricj\nwith a contemptuous curl of tho Up, fori\nhe knew that the man was lying. He\ncould see by the man's vel-y' lotiksitkat\nDamonofl had commissioned1' Uiin'-toi\nbroach this matter. '\"' \"\"''\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n\"Of course you aro,\" returned Urzen.\n\"And the count Is most excellently\n'Oil In the use of the sword, is he\nverir \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nnot ?\nalive J shajl thank God\nspared ;.' but; ata'S!' Iffy ji\niihat you are\n, joy will beclouded\n._ With'the tbiught'-af1 Wood'upon yooH-i\nt; >'' ' Hands, a'lid the'-kHdwlBUgb'th'afiuy joyHr\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD:\" \"jy\" Mother's grief;\"'\"\" \"\" '\" l\"\"\"1 \"' m: .7.11\n'He Is\naccounted a fair swordsman.\"\n11 thought. But it matters\n\"Aye\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDs.\nnot to me.\nmind before,\nswords would b. '\nthought of. Howex\nwith yon. I have gh\ntions at all, save tosorve\nproper, and to act upon tin.\nlug that if I have given 0:\ncount 1 would do tliu same aga\nCHAPTER IV.\nTUB CHALLENGE.\nIii the afternoon Ruric retired to his\nshop, where he went to work upon a gun\nwhich had been ordered some days before.\nAs yet he had said nothing to Paul concerning the affair of the day previous\nsince his return from the Kremlin. Ho\nasked him now, however, If any one had\ncalled.\n\"Only the monk,\" returned Paul, without seeming to consider that there was\nanything very important In the visit.\n\"Do you mean tho black monk\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDValdimir ?\"\n\"Yes, ray master. Ho called here\nabout the middle of the forenoon. Ho\nwanted 0110 of the small daggers with the\npearl haft.\"\n\"And did you let him havo 0110 ?\"\n\"Certainly. He paid rae four ducats\nfor it, and would have paid moro had 1\nbeen willing to take it.\"\n\"And did lie mako any conversation ?\"\n\"Y'es. He asked me why the Count\nDaraonoff came hero yesterday.\"\n\"Ha!\" How did he know of their\nvisit ?\"\n\"Ho was waiting at the inn for a\nsledge, and he overheard the count and\nhis companion conversing upon the subject.\"\n\"And did he ask you any questions\ntouching the particulars ?\"o\n\"Yes\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDmany.\"\n\"And how answered you ?\"\n\"I told him the whole story, from beginning to end. I found ho knew something of their purpose from what lie\naccidentally overheard, and rather than\nhave him go away full of surmises, I told\nhim all.\"\n\"Of the message, too?\"\n\"Yes, ray master. I told him all that\nhappened, from the showing of the paper\nwhich the duke had drawn up, to the\ndeparture of tlie angry man.\"\n\"And what did the monk say ?\" Ruric\nasked, very earnestly.\n\"Why, ho said he knew the count, and\nthat he was a proud reckless fellow, and\nworth but little to socletv. That was all.\nHo did not seem to cure much about it\nany way; only he said ho should have\ndone Just as yon did, and that every law\nof justice, would bear you out. He hud\nmoro curiosity than Interest, though I\nam sure ull his sympathies are with\nyou.\"\n\"Veiy well,\" returned Ruric. \"It can\nmutter but little what the monk thinks\nabout it, though I would rather havo\nhim know the truth. If he must know\nanything, for 1 would not be misunderstood.\"\n\"He understands It all now, my muster ; and 1 trust you are not offended at\nthe liberty I took lu lulling him.\"\n\"Not at all, Paul\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnot at all.\"\nHere the conversation dropped, and\ntho work was resumed In Silence. It was\npast three o'clock when Rurlc's mother\ncamo and Informed him that a gentleman, lu the house, would speak with\nhim.\n\"Is It Stephen Urzen ?\" asked the\nyouth.\nIlls mother said It was.\n\"Then bid him come out here.\"\nClaudia retired, and in a few moments\nmore the gentleman made his appearance.\n\"Ruric Novel,\" he said, bowing very\nStiffly and haughtily. \"1 bring u message\nfrom the Count Duraouufl.\"\n\"Very well, sir,\" answered the gunmaker, proudly, \"I urn ready to receive , my country's good\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDIt.\nThe idea had pot entered my\nsave that I supposed\nthe only weapons\ner, Orsa will settlo it\nen him no direc\nMile as bethinks\nunderstand-\n'iiioc to the\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDu under\n7 ?\".\nI do, sir,\" replied Urzon, in a cho..'l)1S\ntone.\n\"Then wait a moment, and I will give\nyou a message to Orsa.\"\nThus speaking, Ruric went to liis desk,\nand upon the bottom or tliu missive lie\nhud received from the Count he wrote:\n\"Dbau Ai.ahk;: I send this to you by\nthe sunie hand that bore It lo me, and\nyou are hereby empowered to act for rae\nas you may deem proper. I sbull be\ngoverned strictly by your arrangements,\n\"Rl'HIC.\"\nHaving written this be showed It to\nUrzon, and asked him If he would bear\nIt to tliolloutouant, An affirmative reply\nwas given, and then simply folding the\nnote in the opposite way from the original fold, thu gunniuker superscribed It\nanew to the lieutenant, and banded It to\nbis visitor. Urzen took it, and with a\nstiff bow, but without speaking, he turn-\nned and left the place.\nThat evening, about eight o'clock, a\nsledge drove up to Rurlc's door, and\nAlarlc Orsa entered the house. Ho called tho youth aside, and Informed him\nthat tho arrangements had all been\nmude.\n\"Damonofl is In a hurry,\" ho said, and\nwn have appointed the meeting at ton\no'clock to-morow forenoon. It will take\nplace at tho bend of the river j ust beyond\nthe Vlska Hill.\"\n\"And tho weapons?\" asked Ruric.\n\"Swords,\" returned Orsa. \"The count\nwill bring his own, and he gives you tho\nprivilege of selecting such a one as you\nchooso.\"\n\"I thank you, Alarlc, for your kind\nness thus far, and you may rest assured\nthat I shall be prompt.\"\n\"Supposo I call bore In the morning\nfor you ?\" suggested tho visitor.\n\"I should be pleased to have you do\nso.\n\"I will, then. I shall be along In good\nseason with ray sledge, and we will both\nreach the ground together.\"\nThus it was arranged, and then Orsa\ntook his leave.\nWhen Ruric returned to his seat by the\nfireplace he noticed that his mother\nwatched him narrowly, and with more\nthan ordinary Interest. He had once\nmade up his mind that ho would say nothing to his mother about the affair until\nIt was over; but as the time was sot, and\ntliu hour drew nigh, his mind wavered.\nWhen It was over where might he be!\nBut ho wus cut short In hlsrelleutionsby\nthe voice of his parent.\n\"Ruric,\" sho said, and her voice trembled as she spoke, \"you will pardon me\nfor prying Into your affairs, but I can-1 up betimes,\nnot hide from myself that something of\nmore than usual moment Is on the tapis\nwith yuu. Why are these men calling to\nand fro? and why are you so thoughtful\nand moody? You know a mother's feelings\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand you will pardon a mother's\nanxiety.\"\n\"Surely, my mother,\" the youth replied, gazing up for a moment, and then\nletting his eyes droop again. At length\nbe resumed\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"1 had mude up my mind\nto tell you ore you spnkc.\"\nThere wus something deep and significant In Rurlc's tone, and his mother\nquickly cuiight the spark.\n\"What Is It?\" she tremblingly asked,\nmoving her chair nearer to her child's\nside.\n\"Listen,\" tho young man said, and\nthereupon detailed the circumstances attending the visit of the Count Damonofl\nto his shop. Then he told of his own\nvisit to Rosalind, and Its results; and\nthen of tlie visit of Stephen Urzen.\n\"And now, my mother,\" he added,\nwithout waiting for any reply, \"you\nknow It all. You see how I am situated.\nRemember, our nation has reached Its\npresent point by successful wur. The\nsoul of the nation Is built upon mll'tary\nhonor, and since our noble emperor lias\nopened the way of advancement to the\nlowest of his subjects who are brave und\ntrue, the coward Is looked 11 pun with\ndisgust upon all hands. Yet, my mother,\n1 would have, you speak.\"\nFor some moments Claudia Novel was\nsilent. Hut at length she said, while a\ntear glistened In her eye :\n\"I have given one loved being up to\nRussia took my liu\n'rib1,' raV ,mbWei^ etidd; \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDdttc\n' abd :eaTnesWl''l\vtrt \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDJbt'iha'W\na,.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnulaklv' *Vd\":dWn8s'W;\"'I',wm mitihav*\n,wHU,t*ke,l,Js,;, i:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ffi^&L\"*\"\nhunself^aUr^Kll.-i.af110 WtiRffiftJ1*\nown,.a.id> the: f4\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD3il\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDffalM\nchallenge laihls\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDd|inpjjg ^jlfRfj .tlr#*eO\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDspoiisihillty his \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDalso ?\",.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD!>,,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD! ..in- '.'\"',\"\".\n,,..|>H,Ismvy,,;30i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*;SQ ...far.i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfi,;h,p.|alo'n,e'ls\naono.er.ned., j;f,,y,QM baYPf.a responsibility'\nIt must) hOitP yquriOwift1spul,(.iBu,t,te'friifcl^\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDhas not tho emperor made some'law\ntouching-thia,practice of dueling \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDlr('W'llrB\"d-'W\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'&\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDrrff\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDf from tho \"^WWVWMlk was half burled in the\nplafab('ii'itt<'ith8''ufcii K\non his\ndlcd^ia\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDd'paWa'&ut!.,'',,l ii*\"\"\" .,,,,\"\"\n^'^I'a^uybtf^'igJad'We'ap'o'.i^ asked\n\"\"H.'hWve'.a flirVpne! ^\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"rW^'irWiKiiiat\ndecelfe-'ihb.\"^\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"'i lttSMai',;'iMsuniedMo\nDanldnbrf-pr'toi'rltEyif1'!!\npWa','^'because\nVboji'the wodpi\nsnow.\n\"Fear not\ncount staf\ntyatyttlibff's'aVWa'feil' t'6fflll 'side,\n, ,,,,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD sir,\"\ntil He'd, tiacjc'w\nIth.both lyin\n*Wp Mm W WaiAjd' maVtlo'd' his\n;^'By''St 'lW^'cWed^th'r sun\n' y.tfnHfia'llf farret*if fflffl':' 'find\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' ''N'rt!\"V,A' WtiWcUllfed^lh'an\nas tho\nds rais-\ninan.\"\nand a\nface.\ngenu.\nnow\n\" 'Tn'aVWasJjut;;(. sjfp.\nfalsyistt,plfa,,Wb%a,f'ary'\"fel'iVt;\nd)s'6bm'flted' ...\nup'wiHV'ra'g'e and\nitj'fj s/lV \"\nye'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'oVcrccHne.'\nmor-\nTwas\nI am\naf,ter ifOrae' 'f itf the!\nm . p^ul'Iir'.'.Hfri'\nU-*_ 1 nil 1, '.ii a' -\nleMa.l^inp oi\nsc'ssKm'of' It'.1\nhe'relafiw\n,'at tend tog1\n' c'lr.'diijpsfaiieo'i\nAtJ()ilgtliltheyistr]f|ckj.up9ul,.'.'vtlei'tVM'\nlaJu^'aJf ft\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,lubu,(', moro 'sSfeLMkm\n1. o 1,111 it 1111111 .jin-.t 'IM... ,1,iii 1D11.1 1.>,.<>.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-, , -,'-.n frKirrrie nak:'iiot',v'\"tlhy; coiin'f unco\niffitfatHfmgmfa\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDM 11 s \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDM$l fa eS;\n'a'/id^iiatobttig' li')'/,'''ni'.l''r-'1\n:\ \"' >W\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDLiw.Jl-i_._\n. JlUt'niaXwr'rHq\n]:rfe)s'lSf6*el4s:' Hlhnfii'i\nIf uh'c.llbnses.','r'11 \"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\n6rl)ilitjy^j()Veii, mow your\nb injiy.ruu'yoii,through\ncried.\nCHAPTER V.\nThereupon I'rzen drew a sealed note\nfrom Ills pocket, and handed If to Uurlc,\nwho look It and bToke the seal. He\nopened It, anil read as follows:\nRiliir Nkvki. : An Insult uf the most\naggravating nature bus for thu time\nlevelled all distinctions uf caste between\nus. Your blood alone can wash out the\nstulu. I would not murder you outright,\nand In nu other way but this can I roach\nyuu. My friend, the bearer uf this, will\nmake ull arrangements, if yuu dure not\nmeet me, say so, that all may know whu\nis the coward.\n\" Damonoff.\"\nWhen Uurlc had read the missive he\ncrushed It In his hand, and gazed Its\nbearer some moments in the face without speaking.\n\"Will you answer?\" asked I'rzen. He\nspoke more softly than before, for ho\nsaw something In tho gunmaker's face\nwhich ho dared not provoke.\n\"Aro you acquainted with Alar lo Orsa,\na lieutenant of the guard ?\"\n\"Yes, sir\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI know liitn well.\"\n\"Thon let 1110 refer you to him. He\nwill mako all necessary arrangements,\nand I shall hold myself bound by his\nplans. I trust that Is satisfactory?\"\n\"Yes sir.\"\n\"Then you and I need have no more to\nsay.\"\n\"Only on ono point,\" said Urzen with\nsome little show of confusion. \"You are\ntho challenged party, and you will have\nthe choice of weapons. The count has\nbund from me, and I could III all'urd to\nlose tnv son. Yet, rather than one stain j\nshould rest iipun his inline, I would sec\nhIin dead before me. O, Uurlc, you know [\nwhether dishonor would rest upon you\nwere you lu refuse this challenge,\"\n\"I will speak plainly, my dear mother,\"\nreturned the youth, in a tremulous tune, 1\nfur his parent's kindness had moved him.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDin my suiil I should feel perfectly Justi-\nTHE DUEL.\nOn the following morning Ruric was\nand at the breakfast table-\nnot a word uf the one all-absurblng\ntheme was uttered. After the meal was\nfinished the 'gunmaker 'went out to liis\nsliop, and took down from one of the\nclosets a long leathern case. In which\nwere two swords, both of the same make\nand finish, only different In size. They\nwere Toledo blades, and of most exquisite workmanship and finish. Ruric took\nout tlie heavier one, which was a two-\nedged weapon, with a cross-hilt ot\nheavily gilded metal. lie placed the\npoint upon the Hour, and then with all\nhis weight he bent the blade till the pummel touched the point. The lithe stoel\nsprang back to Its place with a sharp\nclang, and the toxturo was not started.\nThen ho struck the Hat of the blade upon the anvil with great force. The ring\nwas sharp and clear, and the weapon remained unharmed.\n\"Haul, M08C0W dues not contain another blade like that. Damascus never\nsaw u better.\"\nThus spnke the gunmaker lo his boy,\nas lie balanced the beautiful weapon in\nills hand.\n\"I think you are right, my master,\"\nthe boy returned, who had beheld the\ntrial of tbe blade with unbounded admiration. \"Hut,\" he added, \"could yuu\nnot temper a blade like that?\"\n\"Perhaps, If 1 had the steel. But I\nhave It not. The steel of these two\nblades came from India, and wus originally In one weapon\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa ponderous, two-\nbanded affair, belonging to a Bengal\nOhieftan. The metal possesses all thfl\nhardness of the finest razor, with the\nelasticity of the must subtle spring. My\nold muster at Toledo guve mo these us 11\nmemento. Wore I to mention the sura uf\nmonoy ho was once offered for this largest uue, yuu would hardly credit It.\"\n\"How much ?\" asked I'uul, with a\nboy's curiosity.\n\"It was a sum equal to about seven-\nhundred ducats.\"\n\"And yet ho gavn It away ?\"\n\"Ayu\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfor Us price was but Imaginary,\nwhile Its worth lu hint was only com-\nlied In refusing this mooting, for no | meusiirate yvlth the gnud It did I1I111. Ifi\nprinciple of real honor Is utcsttike. Hut\nwere I to back out now from this. 1\nshould never meet another generous Inok\nlu Moscow. Every ono would pol tthe\nlinger of scorn at me, and the word\ncoward would ring always In my mrs.\nIt may be a false state of things\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1 feel\nthat It Is really so ; but how can I help\nIt ? It Is the curse of all groat military\nepochs. Battles ulone muke heroes, and\nso all must measure\nforce of their arms.\neven now upon ills brow the mark of ray\nblow, and all will say he has a right to\ndemand satisfaction; though I know\nthat he provoked thequarrolon purpose.\nI cannot refuse him on the ground of\nstation, for ho is above me In that. I\nmust moot him.\"\n\"Then,\" said tlie mother, In a low,\ncalm tone, but witli much effort, \" you\nshall not feel that your mother would\nthwart your design. If your own good\njudgment says go\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthen go. If they\nbring your body to me In the stern grasp\nof death, I shall bow with submission,\nand such resignation as I can, to tho\ncruol blow. If you come back to me\nanu;li1ul.h.tUf ft\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,iJiou,('); mprj? MpVjMeWiO'\nfoejapJolrft^flppLj 'Tbe$ay,j\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfus noahi-\nMfp,l. .,T'h,p sufl Bhone toig'jit,Iy ^noii'the-'\nWMwJwk i.suffiw^.aMjdi $iy,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDft,lr.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.,was;'Wt|lf \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\naiid^,eu|m...iiT(mli*liu(riui frasttfl^.the'ttt-'\nmosphere served.aujju.jpj,ft{acfi ^lio'sfj's1'\njtqm.Kp.jtud Ruric l)))i'()W;Ope'ii,ili|ls' pelisse,\n,f,liu,tibe,inl.Sbil':bi'.e^ihuiptpre, f'roidy. ' lie\nha4,beou,,UPqu,itllp\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDrvUMd.hM'riaiffiWii|[n\"\nutos.jwnoii the qthortpurivV qantiilti sbjht\naround, the bend,,of,M\o l'($tW>iii I '\nAs sooni/asvthei eu,iint ,aud, jiis.secq'iid1\nhad arrived,, and the, horse,* 1 hud been'\nsecured, the lli(qtmi|l,ut tOJOWftC/f that\nthey should repair to tUolu|ildl|ig. w)ilcl'i'\nwas close at baud.,,1 This \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwim,!\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Ifirtjb'\nopen boat-bouse, wliipbiitas immAed'atuT\ndeserted lu the winter, and ,,ltuwas p'fo-\npiuod to go Iii there because, Jjhe rHfUiB-\ntlnn of the strung suu-llghit1jjfji;pm '.'llio\nbright snow was calculator] to bliud'lti'iid\nand blur the eye.\n\"Ha! what means that?\" exclaimed'\nOrsa, as he saw a sledge just turning tlie\nbend of the river, with an officer lu It.\nIt is only a surgeon,\" replied Damonofl, \"1 would nut cut a mini's (lush without giving him a fair chance to survive\nit.\"\n\"And then you may find him serviceable to yourself, oh ?\" suggested the\nlieutenant.\n\"Of course. There Is no telling what\nmay happen.\"\nIn a moment moro tho new sledge\ncame up, and Ruric recognized its In-\nmato as an armv surgeon whom he had\nseen before, though he know not his\nname.\n\"How for tho old boat-house,\" cried\nUrzen.\n\"Aye,\" added Damonoff. \"Lot us\nhave this business done, for I would bo\nback to dinner. I dine with Olga to-day,\nand a fair maiden awaits my coming.\"\n\"Notice him not,\" whispered Orsa,\nwho walked close to Ruric's side. \"That\nis one of his chief points when engaged\nin an affair of this kind. He hopes to\nget you angry, and so unhinge your\nnerves.\"\n\"Never fear, answered the gunmaker.\n\"Be sure lie only brings new danger to\nhimself, for such efforts will find their\npoint lu the muscles of my arm.\"\nThe party halted whou they reached\nthe interior of the rough structure, and\nthe count threw off his pollsso and drew\nhis sword. Ruric followed his example.\n\"Sir Count,\" tho latter said, as he\nmoved a step forward, \"ore we commence this vork I wisli all present to understand distinctly how I stand. You\nhave sought this quarrel from the first.\nWithout tho least provocation from me\nyou have insulted me most grossly, and\nthis Is the climax. So, before Uod and\nman, bo tho result upon your own head,\"\n\"Out, lying knave\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n\"Hold,\" cried the surgeon, laying liis\nhand heavily upon the count's arm.\n\"You have no right to speak thus, for\nyou lower yourself when you do It. If\nyou havo coino to fight, do so honorably.\"\nAn angry reply was upon Dainonoff's\nlips, but he did not speak. He turned\nto ills antagonist and said :\n\"Will you measuro weapons, sir?\nMine may be a mite the longest. 1 seek\nno advantage ; and 1 have one here of\ntho same length and weight us my own,\nif you wish It.\"\n\"I am well satisfied as it is,\" replied\nRuric.\n\"Then take your ground. Are you\nready ?\"\n\"I am.\"\nThe two swords were crossed In an Instant, with a clear, sharp clang.\nThere was some contrast between tho\ntwo combatants, but not much, apparently. Tho count was a little the taller,\nand Ruric was some the heavier. Hut to\na close observer there wus a peculiar\ncontrast lu tbe two men. That buiast,\nswelling out su nobly, and those massive\nshoulders, made for the seat of physical\npower, wore Rurlc's alone to possess.\nYet Conrad Damonofl was accounted a\nstrong man. Inthe athletic sports of the\nclub-court ho had few superiors, and not\nmany equals. But Ruric Novel had\nnevor shown his strength there.\nNow, for the first time, that con-\ntemptous look passed from the count's\nface. As his cyo caught his antagonist's\nposition\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDas lie noticed the calm, dignified, quiet ease of every limb; and as he\ncaught the deep, mystic fire of those expressive eyes, he knew that he hud\n110 common amateur to deal with.\nAt length Conrad Daraonoff started\nback, and a quick cry escaped his lips.\nIlls antagonist's point had touched his\nbosom\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDit had pressed against Ills heart,\nand had nut been driven home. Well he\nknew that his llfn wus his nu lunger, for\nt be gunniuker hud gained It, and\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDspared\nIt.\n\"You fence well,\" bo gasped, struggling to regain his composure,\n\"Ton are not a novice,\" returned\nRuric, calmly, at the same time allowing\nIlls point lo drop.\n\"Coino on,\" the count cried, gathering\nall his energies for another effort.\nAnd again the weapons were crossed,\nTills time Daraonoff was more guarded.\nBeforo ho had been Impelled by Ills own\n.her.fc spoke'R'u'ric,'caliiily.\nbift *H|( u|ai'kod'contempt, '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"'you'should\niiM blame We'tq'r; w'h'iil' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD havfe'doiie, for\ntllr'lce Itaye you t.r'fed:to break u'iy'sword.\"\n, \"Th'ep try It1 again!\" Duuuiiioff ex-\nejalmOd, ''Take: tuy'sw'ord.'.agiUp, if you\ncan,,, '\n1'cr\n'l\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD&\n, . jur'lierq retorted.\n\"Rut, be iSiii;!), yrtur iSWOfO shall be used\n10 inure nfler t.lils'il-iv \" '\nafler this'day.\nSrWf'l\n'If you\nhe luld tlie truth he loved me, and Ihesi\nhe gave rae us 11 parting gift, us the best\npatterns I could wish for when mailing\nsuch.\"\n\"After this Ruric put up the smaller\nsword, and then gavo I'uul u few directions about the work, promising to bn\nback bofore night. The faithful boy 1 assurance; but uuw he was forced to re\nshook his head dubiously as he heard ' gard his opponent's power. Ruric quick-\nthis promise, but ho said nothing, and : ly found that his foe was morn careful\ntheir honor by the shortly afterwards Ruric went Into the than at first, and he carried his own\nThe count carries house. Just then Alarlc Orsa drove up , point accordingly. At tho twelfth stroke\nto tho door. ! the count made a stroke to the left\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthen\nRuric was all ready but putting on ills [ at the throat, and then, with a quick,\nbonnet and pelisse. His mother was In lightning-like motion, he thrust straight\nthe kitchen. Ho went to her with a\nsmile upon his face. Bo put his arras\nabout hor, and drow hor to his bosom.\n\"God bless you, my mother. 1 shall\ncome back.\" He said this, and then he\nkissed her.\n\"God keep\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\nIt was all sho could say.\nRuric gazed a moment Into her palo\nface\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthen ho kissod her again\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand\nagain ho said:\n\"God bless vou, my mother. 1 shall\ncome back.\"\nat his antagonist's heart. But his mean\nlug had been read from tho first by\nRuric. Tho youth caught the motion of\ntho eye, and he saw that his heart was\nthe place looked to. His own movement\nwas almost instinctive. Ho received his\nantagonist's sword midway upon his own\nblado\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthon moved his arm quickly forward and caught his enemy's point un-\ndor his cross-guard |\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthen, with all his\npower, ho wrenched his arm upward and\nbackward, and the count's sword went\nflying across the building. It struck the\n8 fifdllq \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ,\nThe cnticlusiun of th9\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDsonlpn;\ndrowned by the nus||.pf steel,,\n/>,!/tlie, second awoke tbe'cniiiit made u\n^prions, tji'rust.ut liis iMitiignn'fs'l's heart.\nRiirfc'sprung quickly 'aside, 'uii'd with\ntho Whuie power of hlsgpqiV rigl'i't arm lie\nstruck Uuinoiuiff's blade ciusc'lo'the baft\nund, broke It lp, t.'wiiin. ,( '..,',,.','\n,','jMj'oilier sword'! my 'other sword I\"\ntpe count shouted, now b| I piled by absolute madness, \"Oh,, give nie ijiy oilier\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\n.^''jlpld!',' .cried .bpjth,' jtuy ,'sjir^eoii and\nSl^plieii^tyrzmi,: (11 eo'ii^Qr^. ','\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Aro V'!\nmad. Conrad?, \",' , iu ' ,,,' ,,.',, i'\n''jM'tul !nQ)i, I.slta'i;. lip, nviii,!';,.,Whuro\nis my.sword !; .f-hq'.', reel.less maii.'yelled,\nousting .the bludeloss pnin|fto,l down,\n\"But will you .up't p'iHuii'qiie\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDr\n\"Away, i1sa'y.'r'\"yjial,l, I .'givft' up be.\ncause my sword ijs'.Wo^e'n^, ,'Jly. ,1^0 gods,\ntlie weapon dacelV^pi|m.Oru'.j\yiilorp Is thu\nother?\" ' ,,,,', jyjj, lu,\n\"Deceived thee, Cdiirm;?', j repeated\nthe surgeon, sarcastlcly. 'jljla.^,t)|jv head\nreceived a hundredth part of ^hf^t blow,\n'twould not be upon thy shoulders now.\"\nBut the count was beyond ail reason.\nIn his madness he saw not that his sword\nhad boon broken on purpose. Ho did\nnot seo that he had been at his antagonist's mercy. But his friends saw it all.\n\"Ha! whom have we hero?'\" cried\nAlarlc, whoso eye had caught a dark '\nform at the entrance of the old building.\nIt was Valdimir tho monk.\n\"Hoyv now? What seek you hero?\nasked Urzen, as the fat, burly monk\nwaddled towards tho party.\n\"I heard the clash of arms, my son, as\n1 rode by, and 1 stopped to see what It\nwas. Surely, where the work of death\nIs going on, a child of the church may\ncome ?\"\nAye,\" cried the count, \"come In welcome, but meddle not. Now !\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDmy\nsword I\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwhere Is It?\"\nReluctantly Urzen brought forward\nthe second sword, but ere lie gave it up\nhe said:\n\"Beware, Conrad. You had bettor\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\n\"Peace, babbler !\" tlio excited fool hissed, snatching tho weapon, and then turning quickly upon the gunmakor.\nThus fur Ruric had remained silent,\nhut he felt rt his duty to speak now.\n\"Sir Count,\" he said, In a tone so stern\nand authoritive, and witli a look so commanding, that Damonoff was hold in\nabeyance by it, \"I must speak ono word.\nYou hBve provoked a quarrel with me\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.\nand you have challenged mo. 1 have no\nfear of doath when duty calls for my\nlife, but I would not die thus, nor would\nI slay a fellow-hoing thus. Six separate\ntimes to-aay, slneo our swords lirst crossed, havo I sparod you life.\"\n\"Liar!\"\n\"And twice have I had you bofore 1110\nunarmed,\" Ruric continued, without\nnoticing the interruption. \"I had hoped\nthis would have shown vou that I sought\nnot to harm you ; and, furthermore, tbat\nyou wore no match for me at this kind of\nwork.\"\n\"Out, fool I\" yelled Damonfl, now fairly frothing with rage. \"If you dare nut\ncross swords again, say so, but do not\ncrawl off like a coward I\"\n\"One word more,\" said Ruric, paling\nfor an Instant beforo the unmerciful insult of the senseles tongue that assailed\nhim, and ho stood proudly erect while he\nspoke, \"before these men here assembled, and before my God, I swear that\nthus far I have spared you; but my own\nlife may be tho forfeit If I triflo with\nyou more. So now\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDbeware ! You have\nhad sufficient warning I\"\nPerhaps tho count really overlooked\nthe facts of which Ruric had spoken. In\nhis ungovernable rage ho may. havo\nfancied 'twas only accident that worked\nagainst him. However, he started forward oneo more, and made a furious lunge\nat his anlagoiist.\n\"Now,\" he gasped, \"play your best,\nfor ray sword's my own I\"\nBut Ruric spoko not. He saw that\nthe count was stronger than beforo\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfor\nhis rage seemed to give him a maniac's\npower\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand that he was earnest only for\nllfenr ileal h. Ho struck quickly und furiously, and his movements were strange\nand unprecedented. He threw up all\nrules of exercise, and cut und thrust\nonly In wild madness. Twice Uurlc came\nnigh being run through. He lost all run\nof his opponent's play, and quickly saw\nthat he must put a Stop to the collletor\nrun the risk of leaving a childless mother In his home lo sen that day's sun\nsink.\n\"Will you give o'er?\" he askod, us ho\nstruck the count's down.\n\"Nevor ! Submit to such as you ?\nHah I\"\nA few moments morn the conflict lusted. One more opportunity he had at\nDunionoff's heart\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand he spared him.\nAll present saw It suve the madman.\n\"Fool!\" muttered thu monk, who\ntrembled from head to foot with excitement, his huge body slinking like a bag\nof Jelly, \"will you throw away your\nown life, Ruric Novel? Shall I tell\nvour mother you loft hor of your own\nwill?\"\n(To lie continued. J\nArrangements aro boing made for the\nputting on of a regular ferry from Vancouver to North Vancouver. Capt.\nWebster and the North VancouvorCoun-\ncll have the matter under consideration.\nIf the plan now bofore them is carried\nout the steamor will be a sido-wheol\ndouble-ondo*, capable of carrying vehicles or cattle and hav ,,g ample passenger accommodation. 8\nNEW WESTMINSTKR. BRITISH COLUMBIA, SEPT., 1GJ 1893.\nTHE SURREY AGRICULTURAL\nHIBITJON.\nEX-\nA Crazy Act,\nIii Vancouver, on Monday afternoon.\nEoitob Pacific Canadian:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nSin,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThrough the medium of your\npaper the Board of Directors of the District of Surrey Agricultural Association\nwish to address the farmers, frult-\ngiowers and other residents in the corporation and vicinity. In tho first place\nthey wish to Inform the public that the\nexhibition will bo held at Cloverdale.\nThis place Is readily accessible from all\nparts of the corporation and surrounding districts, owing to railway and other\nfacilities. The directors fool they have\nthus acted in the interest of the Association In particular and of the Municipality at large, In thus holding the exhibition in a place where they might\nreasonably expect to make a success of\nIt. Secondly, they wish it to ho distinctly understood that this is only a\ntemporary arrangement, that the question will be submitted to the members at\nthe annual meeting for their concurrence or otherwise. As tlie efforts of\nthe officers and directors have been put\nforth in the public interest, thu public\nare earnestly requested to perform their\npart In contributing to the success of the\nannual exhibition by at least being present thereat, and, If possible making an\nexhibit uf something or other; all are\niuterostod equally In this matter to the\nextent of the advantage to be derived\nfrom the introduction of now settlers\nand new capital Into our midst through\nthe Inducements offered to strangers\nfrom seeing what products can be raised\nhere and nowhere can such be seen to\nbetter advantage than at the Fall exhibitions. This view of the matter, aside\nfrom the purely personal one of prize\nmoney to be obtained, should (when the\nlarge extent of wild laud compared with\nthat at present under cultivation is considered) stimulate all to make an extra\neffort to show what maybe accomplished\nby well directed and intelligent enterprise and application, in the way of exhibiting the produce of the farm, dairy,\norchard, garden, etc., etc., and our capabilities to supply at least a portion of\ntho requirements of tho citios with our\nsurplus farm, etc., products.\nIt Is therefore hoped that the people\nwill take hold of the exhibition matter\nIn a thorough progressive spirit and assist the Association by bringing along\ntheir entries and exhibits with tlie determination that thoy are going to havo\ntho best exhibits shown in tho various\nclasses, etc., with the consequent satisfaction of recoivlng the amount of the\nprizes in full. Tho exhibition will be\nheld on Friday, Sept. 22ud. No entries\nreceived after 9:30 o'clock on that date.\nA grand programme of sports has been\nprovided and everything possible will be\ndone to promote the pleasure and comfort of visitors. Henhy J. Tuhift,\nUocrotarv.\nHazlemere, B. C, Sept. it, 18113.\nat 4 o'clock, a man named Walter Sangs\nter shot and killed Squamish Tommy, an\nIndian from Now Westminster. The\naffair occurred In a lane in the rear of\nDupont street. Sangster had the de-\nlerium tremens. The. Indian was sitting\non a log near False Creek. Sangster\npassod him, and then turned back u few\nsteps and deliberately shot htm, the ball\ngoing through his head. The deed was\ndono with a 38-callbre revolver. Sangster then went up Hastings street, met\ntwo men, and fired at them. A policeman interfered, and Sangster attempted\nto shoot him, but was prevented. Sangster was arrested and is now In the lockup, but is acting in a very peculiar manner. He never saw tho Indian before.\nAn inquest has been ordered on tho remains.\nCapt. Plttenprlgh, of New Westminster, the coronor, held an inquest on the\nbody of tho Squamish Siwash Tommy,\non Tuesday. The police court was\ncrowdod with peoplo anxious to see the\nprisoner and hear the details of the\nshocking tragedy,\nThe following Jury was sworn in, and\nafter viewing the body at the morgue,\nreturned to the police court about 10:30\no'clock: .loliii Rounsefell, Thus. Veltch,\nFindluy McLennan, John McLennan,\nJohn Costello, F. W. Mitchell,\nThe prisoner Sangster was a very subdued man, and was so overcome he could\nscarcely walk up to the court room.\nDuring the Inquest he did nut utter a\nword. Mr. E. A. Mageo appeared In liis\nbehalf.\nAfter the eviduico hud been taken,\nwhich showed the crime to be u most\nwanton one, the Jury found a verdict of\nmurder.\nWalter Sangster declines to say anything about where he came from or who\nhis folks aro, In the hope that they will\nnever learn the misfortune which bus\nbefallen him, He lived in a small shack\nin a lane off Can-all street, between Hastings and Dupont, with two other young\nmen, named Blair and Fiynn. lie has\nbeen in the city only ubout a week.\nBlair worked witli him In the lumber\nwoods among tho White Mountains in\nNow Hampshire, and camo west with\nliini to Tacoma two or three weeks ago.\nThey wero in Victoria a few days, and\nthen came to Vancouver. Neithor of his\ncompanions knew anything about his\npeople, but often hoard him spoak of\nQuebec City. Flynn says he did not\noften drink, but on Monday morning,\nfeeling downcast, through being out of\nemployment, he bought a bottle of whiskey, and drank most of it. In the after-\nnoo\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD bo appeared crazed through it, and\nbought another small bottle. Instead\nof taking the cork out of it he broke the\ntop off, but spilled most of tho liquor.\nHe was vory much oxcitod when ho took\nthe second drink, and would not bo per-\nsuadod to loavc the revolvor behind. Ho\ndid not usually carry the weapon.\nB\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDii/,- of II. N. A.\nAt a meeting of the shareholders oi\nthe Bank of British North America, held\nin London on the 5th inst., a dividend of\n35 shillings per \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD50 share was declared.\nH. J. G. Kendall, director, presided. In\nthe courso of liis remarks be referred to\nthe satisfactory freedom from all financial panic exhibited by Canada at present, when so much depression exlstod\nelsewhere. This, he contended, showed\nthe soundness of the Canadian banks,\nand tho stability of its banking system.\nThe prospects of the country's business\nand industries and harvest outlook were\ngood. All of which Is gratifying news\ncoming from such a quarter.\nThe Ainoha's Case.\nOttawa, Sept. 9.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe Minister of\nMurine and Fisheries received from\nBritish Columbia the papers In connection with tho seizure of the sealer Alno-\nka by a Russian cruiser. A technicality\nhas arisen in consequence of tlie captain\nof tho schooner not having complied\nwith tho orders of the Russian commander to proceed to Yokohama, but ho explained that the hunters refused to bu\ntaken there, and thev tar out-numbered\ntho white men on board. Ho alleges\nthat ho was lusldo the 80-mile limit at !\nthe time of the seizure, but that this was j\nIn consequence of contrary winds, and |\nthat for six days previously no bnuts hud |\nbeen lowered.\nPROVINCIAL.\nOUR MINES.\nThe Union mine's coal exhibit at tho\nWorld's Fair took a lirst prize.\nFine grazing land Is reported to havo\nbeen found in tho Nltinat Valley of Van\ncouvcr Island.\niron ore, alleged to run lu a vein 75\nfeet thick, has lately been brought in\nfrom Baruluy Sound.\nA lire Tuesday week destroyed nearly\n?5,ooo worth of lumber in the saw mill\ncompany's yard at Golden.\nJohn Bessou, of Hatzic Prairie, lost\nhis barn and whole crop of hay last\nweek by lire; loss, $700.\nJohn Wolf, Westminster road,' is\nmourning tlie death of his wife, aged 34,\nwhich occurred from typhoid fever on\nTuesday.\nit is proposed to form a society of\nsheepowners at Duncan's to Insure\nagainst loss by panthers on the mutual\nsystem.\nA butcher's combine, lately formed at\nNanainio, has been dissolved and meat\nprices are falling, much to the general\nsatisfaction.\nAn old offender, named John Henderson, has been sent to Jail at Nanainio\nfor a month with hard labor, on uchurge\nof selling whiskey to Indians.\nVery good recounts come from the\nSooko district of Vancouver Island, us\nto the contentment and general welfare\nof the rural population of that district.\nPre-emption is much in vogue at present in and around Nakusp. A new valley has been discovered about 50 miles\ndown Arrow Luke, which bids fair to\nequal the most fertile parts of Jthe Province.\nMr. II. Carinlchael, Provincial assayer,\nIs inspecting tbe gold reefsof the Albernl\ndistrict, wllb a view to ascertain whether\nthey are rich enough to justify the making of trails to them by the Provincial\nGovernment,\nOn the morning of the 7th inst,, the\nbody of James Lamb wus found threo\nmiles east of North Bend In u horribly\nmutilated condition. He had been\nstruck by a west bound passenger train.\nTliu coroner's Jury attached nu blame to\nanyone.\nA sudden squall off the Cupper Island\ncoast caused some lime since the capsizing of a boat belonging to tho sealer\n1 awn and the loss of the three men out\nlu her. The Fawn returns with some\n900 skins aboard. She reports generally\nunfavorable weulber ami a diminishing\ncatch.\nQuick work bus been done on the \'u-\nkusp und Sloi'iiu railroad. The roadbed\nhas been graded lor some distance, the\nrails laid, switches completed In every\ndetail and part of the track Is ready for\nthe roiling stuck. The completion of the\nroad lu the head Of Slocaii Lake will, it\nis thought, be celebrated In September.\nComplaints aro beard that tourists who\nlish in tho ICootouay, bolow Nolsou, allow their catch to rot on the river bank.\nIf this lie true, efforts should be made to\nregulate the sport, to the end not only\ntbat the lisii caught should not be\nwasted, but that the river be not depleted of a food supply that our people\nmay ere lung require.\nOn Tuesday night, at Nanainio, an\nIndian woman named Alary l'olpertim,\nin a drunken stupor, fell over a high\nbluff near Chinatown, a distuncu of 00\nfeet, and broke her neck. Her body\nwas found next morning. An Inquest\nwill be held. Mary was supplied with\nliquor by a halfbroed. who, after tho recovery of the body, made himself scarce\nand has not been caught yot.\nA. Graham and 111, Flanagan report\nthe discovery of a mineral belt to the\nnortheast of Grizzly Creek, a now and\nunknown region.\nAn effort is being made to arrange a\ncollection of Kootcnay and Slocan ores\nfor the forthcoming Portland and Sail\nFrancisco exhibitions.\nAnother find of nickel has been made\nin the Lardeau, but the fortunate discoverer refusos to have his ore assayed\nin the district, so no particulars arc obtainable. The ore appears to be rich.\nAn assay from the Morning claim, on\nWhite Grouse. Mountain, near tlie Big\nFour, on the divide between the St.\nMary's and tho Goat River country,\nshows a return of 89 ozs. silver and 24\nper cent, copper.\nAt a public meeting of the residents of\nKaslo it was resolved to accept from the.\ntownslto company lots 17, 18 and 19 lu\nblock 30 for school purposes. It Is mentioned that a select school Is one of the\nprobabilities of the near future.\nJ. A.\" Mara, M. P., has been tolling\nthe Casio press that ho would like to\nsee a Canadian mint established In ISril-\nUh Coluiunii . ami that be is lu favor of\ntlie Canadian Government redeeming the.\n$1, $2 and <-4 bills and coining silver to\ntake their place.\nThe owners of the Washington mine\nare erecting winter quarters for the men\nand otherwise preparing for a big season's work. Thirty minors are at present employed, which number will be Increased to 511 on October 1st. A contract\nhas boon let to haul out 1,Otto tons of\nore.\nThe Dardanelles has begun to ship\nore; tlie Washington averages about 10\ntone per week; the Idaho Is sending out\null that the puck train is able tu handle;\nthe Mountiil'i Chief bus a steady output\not about 20 tuns per week; the Blue\nBird is making strenuous efforts tu nil\nher 125 ton contract, and the Wellington\nIs shipping as fast as teums can be procured to haul.\nOn tho divide between the Lurdu and\nDuncan rivers Is an extensive lime and\nmarble bolt, called the lime contact,\nThis extraordinary formation stands out\nIn bold relief from the adjoining walls,\nand at any point In Its several miles uf\nlength and lilt) feet width, mineral can\nhe found. Prospectors and experts who\nhave seen it pronounce if a must wonderful spectacle and assert thill it Is plainly\nvisible at a distance of 20 miles away.\nOld CarlbOO Still looms us, proving\nevery day that the people have grout OX-\nnoctatlons of ii onntry. Mr. A. l>.\nWhit tier returned the other day from\nLondon, England, and at once proceedod\nup country in Wi'llauis Creek, Nearly\ntwo years ago an expert was engaged to\nInvestigate the property, and bis report\nOllly confirmed the owners' belief uf the\nrichness of the claim, it is estimated\nthat some 820,000,000 bus been taken out\nof the locality, but, instead uf being exhausted the expert was of opinion that\nIt wus rich enough to yield as much\nmore. Consequently negotiations took\nplace, which called Mr. Whlttlor to London, where be bus been for the past 18\nmonths. The result is the formation of\na company with lots of capita' backing\nit, whOSO Intention Is to commence work\nright away and push It along as fast, as\npossible, the Idea being tu havo as much\nmachinery as can be placed lu position\nbefore the winter sets in.\nYang Vu, the now Clilncsu minister,\nhas beon assured bv Secretary Gresham\nthat Chinese exclusion will not ho enforced.\nBritish Wheat Crop,\nToronto, Sept. 9.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTho Umpire to-day\npublishes the following special cablegram dated London, Sept. 8.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDA new estimate of the British wheat crop for\n1893 was published tu-duy. It puts tho\ncrop lu round numbers at 54,000,000\nbushels, which Is slightly under .the last\nestimate given out. The imports continue large and the receipts from Canada\nare expected to be greater with a British\nconsumption of 230,000,000 bushels from\nall sources. It Is believed there Is a\npossibility of higher prices.\nArrangements for the coming tour of j\nthu Premier are practically completed.\nAfter a great demonstration In Montreal\nthis week In tho first place, Sir John\nwill visit Belleville, where be will attend\na banquet given In Mr. Corby's honor.\nThe further programme is as follows:\nElmira, North Waterloo, Soptcmbor\n25th, afternoon; Berlin, 25th, evening;\nClinton, West Huron, 20th, afternoon;\nStratford, 26th, evening; Walkerton,\nEast Bruce, 27th: Tara, North Bruce,\n28th, afternoon; Southhampton, 28th,\nevening; Durham, 29th, banquet In the\nevening; Arthur, 30th. Sir John Thompson and Hon. George E. Foster will visit\nall these, places and different points.\nTheir other colleagues will attend and\nspeak. Tho Premier is simply deluged\nwith invitations from different portions\nof the country to visit cities and towns\nto deliver addressed, but it is a physical\nImpossibility to accept thuut all. In arranging tho tour the Liberal-Conservative Union had In view the selection of\ncentral points for different constituencies, in which meetings will bo held.\nVANCOUVER.\nW. Challoner, of Melbourne, has written to Mayor Cope that tho people there\nare evincing considerable interest in\nVancouver, and asking liini to send to\nthe writer somo descriptive literature\nand maps of the city.\nSo far no settlement has beon reached\nin the tailor's strike, and the situation\nremains unchanged, both masters and\nmen being adverse to any compromise.\nMen have been sent for from the cast,\nand the tailors oxpoct to fill tho places\nof the strikers In a few days.\nOn Tuesday afternoon, an elderly Indian of the Fort Rupert tribe, known as\nPoutlet, was run over and frightfully\nmangled by a freight train opposite the\nranclierie. The yard engine, on which\nwore T. J. Coughlfn, John Dunn, II.\nPurdy and others, was shunting cars on\ntho Hastings Saw Mill siding. Poutlet\nwas walking along the track away from\ntho train. Win. Anderson, a colored\nman who lives in that vicinitv, saw tho\nIndian's impending danger and called to\nhim, but Poutlet wus either drunk or\ndeaf and took no hood. A moment later\nthe car, which, in this Instance, preceded\ntho engine, struck him, throwing him\nbeneath the wheels. The bead was almost sevcrod from the trunk and the\nbody was otherwise horribly mangled,\nThe police were notified and the remains\ntaken lo the morgue. Thu Inquest took\nplace Wednesday afternoon.\nELL I ANDERSON\n(SUCCESSORS TO JAMES CUNNINGHAM,\nEsTAiir.n.iiKD 1802.\nWholesale and Retail Dealers\nThe Government uf New Zealand has\ndefinitely deckled to take no part Iii the\nmovement for colonial federation. This\ndetermination is received without any\nfeeling of surprise in Australia; indeed\nj it is hold that the federation of Australia and Tasmania will be rather facilitated thereby than otherwise. Separated as New Zealand is from tho couti-\n| nent by 1,200 miles, she is awkwardly\nsituated for a combined defence scheme\n] Fanners in thu other colonies, too, aro\nJ generally opposed to New Zealand being\ntaken into a confederation on account of\nher prolilic production of outs, maize\nund barley, with which she floods the\ncontinental market despite the heavy\nduties put on by some of the colonies to\nkuep it out of conipotiou with hor local\ngrowers. Now Zoaland's exports are\nhalf as largo again as her Imports, and\nconfidence in her own strength, as well\nas her isolated position, account for tliu\nstand she has tttkoii.\nIN FOLLOWING LINES :\nHARDWARE.\nCarpenters' Tools, Farm and Garden Implements,\nShears, Scissors and Razors, Table and Pocket Cutlery\nAxes, Picks, Mattocks, Shovels and Spades.\nCross-cut Saws, Buck Saws and Hand Saws.\nPeevies, Canthooks, Wheelbarrows and Scrapers.\nBaling Wire, Russel Barb and Woven Wire Fencing.\nIron and Lead Pipe, Pumps and Sinks.\nTS.\nWhile liCiui mid ilod Lend, Dry ami Mixed Colors, Enamel and Car.\nringe hihils and Artists' Table Colors.\nOILS.\nThe output of sugar in Queensland this\nseason is estimated at 80,000 tons. Tho\nareas under cane are considerably in excess of last year.\nBUSINESS GAUDS.\nIt is stated that several engineers, engaged by tho C. P. R., arrived tlie other\nday at Grand Prairie after seeking a\npass between the Kootcnay and Okana-\ngan mountains for a proposed continuation of the C. P. It. route through the\nCrow's Nest l'ass.\nHOTELS.\n\ t EltOIIANT'S HOTEL, cornerof MoNeely\n\\ and Columbia Streets. Best Wines\nand Cigars kept constantly on hand. .IAS.\nCASH. Proprietor.\nOCCIDENTAL HOTEL, corner Columbia\nand Beg-bie Streets. New Westminster.\nB.C. Kates for Board and Lodging: Per\nday, $1.00: per week, $S.r,0. Tlie best of Wines.\nLiuuors and Cigars dispensed ut the bar.\n.1. o. OKAY, Proprietor.\nLubricating and Paint Oils, Kerosene Oils, Cycle and Sewing\nMachine Oils.\nSTOVES.\nCOOKING AND HEATING STOVES,\nSTOVE FURNISHINGS AND CASTINGS,\nPARLOR GRATES, TILES,\nSTOVE PIPE, ELBOWS, Etc.\n/CENTRAL HOTEL. ...\n\j Westminster, The leading Hotel. Whit*\ncook, clean bods and moderate oharges. rJ\nbest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Try m\nand you will always come again. COLLfER.\nI'ropriolor.\nColumbia Street. New\n\"' Re\nlie\nThe Very Latest in\nENGLISH,\nAMERICAN\nAND\nHOUSE FURNISHINGS.\nTinware, Woodenware, Enamelled Iron Ware, Lanterns,\nBaskets, Pails, Tubs, Brushes, Mops, Brooms\nChurns and Wringers.\nBRUSHES.\nPaint & Varnish, Whitewash, Scrubbing & Blacking.\nCANADIAN\nHARD AND SOFT FELT HATS.\nWaterproof and Mackintosh Coats.\nAmerican Blue Riveted Overalls, $1.00 Per Pair.\nMens' Wool Socks, Nine Pairs for $1.00.\nCORDAGE.\nManilla, Cotton and Lisal Rope, Baling Rope, Binder Twine;.\nHop Twine, Salmon Twines, Sack Twine, Lath Yarn, etc.\nCROCKERY.\nJ. E. PHILLIPS\nLeading Clothier & Hatter,\n709 to 711 Columbia St., - New Westminster.\nDINNNER SETS, TEA SETS, CHAMBER SETS, FISH AND GAME SETS.\nFRUIT SETS.\nTEAPOTS, JUGS, CUPS AND SAUCERS, FANCY CIHNAWARE, Etc.\nSTONEWARE JARS, CROCKS AND CHURNS, CUS1TDORES, Etc.\nTABLE AND HANGING LAMPS, GLASSWARE, CHIMNEY GLOBES,\nSHADES, Etc.\nWINE AND LEMONADE SETS, TABLE SETS, WATER JUGS AND DECANTERS, GOBLETS, TUMBLEBS, SYBUP JUGS AND CRUET BOTTLES,\nliAR GLASSES, FRUIT AND HONEY JARS.\nMEDICAL HALL.\nOHK HI'\nTHE LARGEST and\nTHE BEST STOCK OF\nDRUGS and\nSPECTACLES\nIN BRITISH COLUMBIA.\nD. S. CURTIS &. Co., New Westminster.\nLEATHER AND RUBBER BELTING, ENGINE PACKING.\nLime, Plaster and Cement, Drain Pipe, Terra Cotta\nChimney Pipe.\niciiics. siioi Onnii Revolvers. Cartridge itcliH ami (Jim c.'hhch,\n4':ti'li'laiii<> Traps. KU%, Etc.\nPrices Reasonable. Correspondence Invited.\nCountry Orders will receive Prompt Attention.\nStreet \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD New Westminster?"@en . "Newspapers"@en . "New Westminster (B.C.)"@en . "New Westminster"@en . "The_Pacific_Canadian_1893_09_16"@en . "10.14288/1.0221160"@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 .