"d5a443b6-b290-4aab-ad11-6f054b7467ea"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2013-01-09"@en . "1902-02-08"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xindependen/items/1.0180467/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " legislative Vbfy Mar. MtOl ^B\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ROYAL RANK OF CANADA &AVINOS BANK A General Banking* Business Transacted. , OFFICES\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDHastings St. XV., \"Westminster Ave., Vancouver, VOL. 4. TRADES M'D LABOR COWL The Trades nnd Labor council held lis regular session The Organization committee reported that the laundry wonkera had fonneil a union. . The Municipal committee roporled at length. The new city council was not tirach Improvement over the old one so far as labor was concerned', especially was tlh'ls so wltih three or four VANCOUVER, B. C, SATUKDAY, i EBKUABY 8, 1902. 6. 0. FERMAAWf LOAN AND SAVINGS CO. Authorised Ciiiiltal - JlO.OC.fflO bubscrllied Capital - - l.OOU.UOO Absent over - - - \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD suu.OOJ Head Offico 321 Curable (Street, Vancouver, II. U. Hictlllon to Ube government was drawn by tnib comji'.J-ttee, stipulating certain cond'.lonsi. One waa thait the said flats must not be Hold by the city, but leased on terms not to exceed 40 years. Mr. Maxwell won met and thla Important IK>Iret was pointed out to hint, Furtier- more these water lands were to be controlled by a board of commissioners\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD slmilcr to the board at Montreal\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDmade up of representatives fiom tlho three 'bodies that first took (he matter up. Tne council was aware of the action ot im alderman to give Uie company the 100 acred. Mr. Pearey was opposed to the giving away of ono inch of these tidal Hats, but favored leasing them. He estimated that tlie revenue ft am leases would In time entirely wipe out the whole of the civic taxation. Exorbitant conditions would not be exacted from lessees, and 40 yean were plenty loi* enough for any lease to run. When the (petition to the Dominion government -wus under consideration, lt was thougttit advisable, too, to aSk the- provincial government to deed over its claim it it had any to the city, the same as waa asked of tihe Federal government. -K the flats were disposed of we would still be in t'he same (position as ue are now\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthait Is, we would lie without any water .frontage privileges, .the C. P. R. having got all there Is 'now. ThLs vuluable property mutt not be sold to any man or corporation. In answer to a question Mr. Mac-' phorson stated that the provincial legislature hud i-assed an act giving the government power to pass an or- der-ln-council deeding the land over to the oity. -The reason *tlhe city wanted this done was to prevent any possibility of a flaw suit arising over the transfer of tbe Hats by the dominion government to ithe city. THE FISIIHRIMBN'S FUND. The sautement of receipts and expenditures ln connection with the fishermen's defence fund was lead. The re- ooLpts were $835.65, wWdh had been all spent but $lti.7S. A few items were yet to be ipaid. . RESOLUTION OF CONDOLENCE. Following resolution ' of condolence wus' passed:1, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ' . ,. , Whereas\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDWc learn of the death, which sad,, dvent took place om Monday, of 'Mr. Joluik Browne, highly esteaimed as an 'honoat-d citizen of this oity, and ithe beiloved father of our fellow .delegate, Bro. John H. Browsie. Resolved\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThat this council tuke this opportunity to express to our bereaved brother its sincere and heartfelt sym-, paUby in his irrepajiuble loss. IN* CfENERAL. , ' The executive bouid on motion was liu>ti'Ut ted to bring in a statement on the m.uttor of the interest i-.ow duo ti the shueholders of the hull. After passing the usual accounts ttn-l endorsing 'the statement of-the counrii aa presented to the iflsheries commission by the committee, the council tei- jnlnated Its veiy lengWiy procteJlngs. NO 20 WILSON AM LOWti S1K Considering tho umfovorable weather and short notice the public meeting in Union hall on Monday night was well attended. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Lowe, president and vice-president respectively of the Brotherhood of Railway Trackmen of America, received a vory hearty reception. President Lamricflc of the Tirades and Lalbor council was voted to the chol<-, and tilled dhnit position very satisfactorily to those present. . * James F. Garden, >M. P. P., being present, was colled. He said he came to listen and not to spealk. He was glad that the tradkmen went through their trouble last summer so succecss- fuliy. He was in cympathy with, unionism. Wore members true to 'their unions, and he thought they were,' tliey of the aldermen. The eouncll badly needed tflxSng. The [proposed wat?r (frontage by-law was exi. new library board hod no labor repre- eoratattve on lt Aid. 'Betftiune's notice ' to tunend charter doing away with the udaxy of aldermen was. noted. Tho \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDextentton of time to make_.the deposit of $26,000, allowed the Stave Lake Powei1 company, wus commented on. The petition uf the Trades Council1 re False Crook lints und the German iband i>rtvi- li'gos were touched upon. Aid. Conk'- ]ii'MpnuItlon for coiiunlHHlonci's lu nw'-n- affe.civic affairs and the new hospital 4wtird wero explained. The grunting of the contract for bread to J. Dodson, ,t non-uulon concern, was noted. He will Clve H\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD loaves fin* the dollar, the un- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnicccoHful tenderers ibut 'iS. On motion tll\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDe municipal .roport wns received and /the Parliamentary committee were In- Alnucted to go into the hospital boar-1 _inil water frontage by-law questions. l>elogate Penrcy diew attention to Uhe fiict thnt the proposition for the <;!ly to acquit\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD !the F(*.lso\"Creek7 flats tvas lli-Bt mooted by the trades counrii. when tlhtte of a committee were \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDappointed. The boa-rd of trade'and.th-s .-*ity council eodh appointed thTej.'.'.Tha CIOAiltMAKl'lltS' UNION. i The Cigarmalkerb' union dield a meeting on Tuesday, 4tUi inst. President C. Crowder ln thcchalr; with 17-|iieniber_i present. The mdnutes of the last meeting wei-c read and adapted. Reports of officers ware rend and adopted. Flive ti'siMelllng mvemtoerM \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD eiv' admitted oy curds. A grievance committee of Mureo wus appointed, consisting of T. .1. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMeyer, P. R. Revero nnd H. Miller! The label conunUtw are J. C. Penscr, Lr=WilkIe-u\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDid T.~Thoinus,_Jr.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDA~coin- tituivlcaition frfoiu the .s.taitloTWiry firemen of Chicago, 'aslklne for InformaiHon In regard to forming a local union here. This was' referred to t'he Trades i and Labor council. The t-ucrclury was Instructed ito ol,t.iln' a supply of stationery 'to bo printed iln tlie city by a urtlon linn. Tilie iiic\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1(hk then closed In du: form. AT VAN ANDA. The inlpc-is of Van Andu. II. C hoUi a hull nnd Mupiwr <\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDn Tui'cd.iy fvoiiing, tin* 11 tli Inst. It.promises to 'be a big nltiilr. Union No.'ll;i will ct'lelvnUe It' niinlvt'i-sary on Wie IBtli, Its meinbtr- nhlp roll ciu-rtes uboii-t ifitl mpiitters Theie are also'about U*> ui;ipllciints foi nii'iiibciwhiii. Tli Id proKi'Mhlve orgaul- xii I Ion bus imlil i-jI UtnrtltK. \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 CENTRAL CONGREOAI'IONAL. , \"Mnicfdne Ptdltlcs and Applied Olmlii- .tlamtty:'>is, Mr. Vrooman's aubjeot\" at the Central- Congregational church Homer ctrcet.' om Simdny crcnlng next Ei'.-ryone welwnv. men r-sjieclullv. ,J_ * Following' /s'*a' voiittnuatlon of thiu tiolo las I \"week:\"' . -' I would unquestionably In time - obtain their rights.' He wished them success. Hugh bilmour, M. P. P., was tlaken by eunprlse, qb he came here om the same lines as Mr. Garden. He- had woiOced as ,an old railroad hand the same as Mr. lWlson. Mr. Wilson had taken 'a great interest in his fellow- employees. The brotherhoods of engineers, firemen ond conductors were not the only railway organizations, as the tradkmen had demonstrated quite forcibly last summer that they too were a body that must be reckoned witli by itihe company. He did not advocate the strike, but sometimes lt was necessary. Everything should be done in the power ,of unions to obtain settlements on peacealble terms. The lart thing to resort to was the strike. He was pleased to be .present. T. J. Coughlau, of the trainmen, iwas usked to speak. He was somewhat different from the (previous speakers, as he hod noiiked with Mr. Wiilson on committees, and he found him to be a good union man from the ground up. \"I iknow this,\" said Mr. Cougihlan, \"by the fire he went through so successful lint Montreal -last year.\" Tho way things had ibeen conducted through tho troublous times of last -summer wiis* am honor to the woilklngmien of Canada, especlallly tlie trackmen. \"Every man was restored to his position, aind great credit for Oils fact wns due to Bro. \"Wilson and Bro. Lowe. Mir. Wilson was received with an- plaus'e. \"It does me good to nppe u- here to-night,\" said he, \"and IlPt riy voice In Bhe cause of labor.\" Labor does 1t all. iNot many centuries' ago workingmen -who com/blned were considered criminals.' aind outlaws. But now the tide of public opinion wa.s turning. All ltubar that 1s useful is honorable. -Workmen may degiaiL- themselves, but an honorable occupation never degrades any man, let the position be ever so huinlble. The people of the country were beginning to get their oyes open to this fact, as witness how tlie trackmen came out of ithe.1- strike last summer with colors flying. This could not have been without the sympathies of the good people- of Canada. Mr. Wilson eald that the traok- tnlen -were not boosting because tliey won. v They realized how complicated and vailed was thifl \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDgreat Industrial system, and also knew that unless they hind a thoroughly organized union as well as the co-operation and nsslstanc-.' of'other bodies theirs' would Wave been a lost cause. It had never been the policy_Qf_the-epeaker-to appeal-to-tho prejudices of men In order to win a rlglhiL LoBt yeair the fight was liuule on honorable lines. And on similar eir- oumstances they would fl^t again. A great number said thnt labor organizations could never be\" made to stick, because their memlbers so widely differed In opinions. Hume we a slnglo government, a churOh or uiry other ih- s tit union wltih meirfbena who'did not 'differ. It was natural to.difrer.', Pj-o- duivis should have a Just share of their productions. Capital was the i-hllil of labor. Then wus It right that labor should get down on Its knees to rnpltnr.' To strike for lalbor'* rights wns a sor- Iouh thing, and entailed vory gre.it ios\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD on both Hides. The speaker pointed out unnecessary dangers resulting tlioiv- firom In operating railways. Tyi-mnl- cail managers sometimes refuhed kvcii to italk to representative* of emplo>e>s and acted os If they were monarch\" of all they surveyed. He had ofTcired ht. servlces last summer to hetp settle differences. They were refused. His correspondence was not even answered. These .ofltalaila, < personally, no doubt were good nvsn, but tliey didn't nenllz* whi't it'lley wene'up against The iniin- ager told a reporter of a certain paper \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthat If the maintenancc-af-way men thought tliat they were able ti> g-.-t their rights by striking dt was nonsense; that their occupation was one Chat did not require any skill and did not toke long to learn. The boy.*, however, went out on strike and stall out till they got what they wanted. Take a truln of cars, for Instance, and leaive it on the prairie. The engineer and conductor in attempting to run It would Indeed be small fry .were It not for the \iork of the trackmen. All men engaged on the road-by transiportatlon companies ore needed, and If they wei-2 not their services.would not be engaged. It was not an uncommon occurrence to piok up a newspaper to see in big head lines that Engineer Jones had miraculously saved his train and his great cargo of human lives. This wus' all Uie papers knew about It The poor devil who stood cold and shivering on the track with a red light was the real hero. \"I tell you, brotheret, we are going to have peace and recognition if we have to flght for them,\" said Mr. Wilson. Chief Arthur, of the locomotive engineers, was a scrapper for over ten years ibefore railway managers learned that the engineers meant business and were going to halve their rig'hts. Tlie malntenance-of-way men were going to act In the saimc- way. It was said tnat there were too many different classes of workmen ln their organization\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDA>ridgemen and others\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDreceiving dlffersnt wages according to their iposJtion. If this were a fact it was too ibad that lalboi;ing .people, without legard to the difference in than- salaries, can't pull together. \"The Judascs of the ipr^ss said that I had Skipped out from Montreal to the States, after getting the strikers and then- representatives hopelessly In the \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDmire,\" said the speaker. \"I would no more have then, left my post of duty and my brothers.In their trying hour than I would have put a new born babe in a cage of lions, and then sneaked off and left it alone to light for its life, There was no reason wlhy men wanting woiHc should 'not liave .It. There were a lot of fellows who didn't work who had plenty of everything and a good ohampaigne appetite which they always sallsflud. There were workingmen who got a dollar a day also with champagne appetites. They didn't get the champagne though. They could 'not e\ en get berries. .Generally ihaif the usual number of men were laid off \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD oi k during the 'winter months and could beg. borrow or steal during this period of idleness, for all the company caivd. Companies Ikept ithelr horses better than their 'men. God helps those w ho helps themselves, and If you waited for anybody else to help you you are very llalble to stau-ve, and you could only help yourselves through the i agency of your union. The average production amounted to more In value than laibor got. Carrol D. Wright, the United States statistic!_m, procured data showing thai the average value nf production per wage-earner pei year was $1,960, tlie wages he received $130, learning $1,530 to ibe divided among the fellows who draiik champagne. In Canada men were about on a par with those on the other side, and consequently these figures applied to them. Canada r had natural resources far greater than they had down In th? States. AH Industrial upheavals are generally between workingmen themselves\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand not ibetween them and capitalists.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDUnion-mien\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*ous*ht^-\"or- the rights of labor, and the speaker thought that the fellows who did not respect themselves as miein with some prlnolple of manhood should have the common decency to stay away when organized labor had tiroulble on their hands. If they did it would not tailce labor long to get Its rights. Yes, tlu \"scabv wus unconsciously (pulling dow.i the wnge-ean.er. All were galnern through the union. The railway coin- panica had Improved services thereby. Since 1*91 wngvs of the maintenance- of-way .men hnd \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD been Increased' in America Jfi.OOO.OOO a year. Fifteen years ago men here got M.C0 a day. Simv they organized their wages had bceii Increased all tho way from 10 to 35 polecat Last year men had worked hero for $1.25.. Tliis applied nil over the country. When theie Is dlssatitstoutlon among the .producers of the country something must be done, which oould only be accomplished by unionism. Comjilaire tlhe standard of living and wages of the workmen of England and Its colonies and Oue United States and Its colonies with rthote of Russia. China, Japan, Italy and other nat'on*) SOll'ill AD8T1UUA1V MINIMUM WAGE LAW. [Contlnueil on Phro Five.) Tlie Shirt Making Boaid went to work with caution, and did mot arrive at a determination until January, 1S98. Nor did it then attempt any heroic measures In dealing wltk Its IXLdly sweated trade. It was content to stipulate for a minimum }_ Id. perihour for women in the fac- 'lorles, as forty-eight hours was the legal week, this business was brisk and tlhey were able to live and make money. At the beginning of 19C0 tlie boards and tho system of a ininlmumi wage h'ad had three years trial. They hod had to atumble along amid many traps nnd pitfalls, to deal with a multitude* of complicated little pioblems, some of which ithey had not solved, and they had made more than one mistake. Yet, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDbroadly speaking, they had certainly not failed. In their efforts to reorganize six sweated trades, they had succeeded in four, and partially succeeded in the other two. Their blunder ln forgetting at the outset to malke special provision for the old and slower work- era In the clothing trades had been repaired. Though to some extent out- manouvere'd by the Chinese In the furniture tuades, ithey had materially Improved even that unfortunate industry. Except perhaps in the 'bootmaiking trade, they had done very little of wihlch the decent majority of empploy- ees could fairly complain.- On the con- traty, they helped the fair employer aigailnst the underoutter and the sweater. Prices to the consumer had not been appreciably raised by their reforms; the public, theiefore, had nothing to grumble at. Mjiking full allowance for errois, humanity was the better for what had been done. Real work had .been accomplished In a righteous, cause, and Victoria had abundant reason to give the gueat experiment n wider scope and A Further Trial under amended conditions. This ac- coidlngly the Victoria parliament did. In .October, 1S9D, Mr. Peacock Introduced a bill to extend the duration and expand the powers ot the law of 1SUS. After some delay, caused by a change of ministry, and a sharp tussle between the two .house.*-, the bill became a .statute, substantially in the form its \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfriends wished. The upper house limited its life to two years, and the lower house had already stipulated that a royal commission should be appointed to enquire into the, effects of factory laws, upon trade, manufacture, labor, and commerce. If we may judge by the Investigations of former commissions into factory and shop life in Melbourne, the report of this body\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Whlah, as mentioned in the outset is not likely to do much harm to the cause of .reform; all earlier reports and evidence have fed the demand'for more regulations. Under the act as assented to the ibutchers and pastry cooks' trades .were tdded to the six trad is already subject to the regulation of wages boards. Far more iirmMWtant than this specifip extension is the clause under whioh the governor-in- councll is now authorised, on receiving a resolution passed iby either house of parliament, to appoint a special iboard to flx the minimum pay and tlie majrfmiUBn-of-houi'!)-for-any-other-In~ dustry. Some thirty npeclol boards havie .been ajppolnited under this section, and more have been asked for. Under another clause boards were also to flx the extra pay to be given for overtime, and. as .before, the proposition af apprentices and improvers and their lowest wage. Piece work rates were to be (Boned on Time Hates ibut were not to be challenged or In- ivalldutcd bevause tliey \.eiv not* tlhe precise miu.valom of time mites. The Hoard, after llxlng the time wages tor any tmdv, mlgh/t. Instead of llxlng piece rates Itself, leave tt to the t\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDm- ployer to i>ay his people a fair equivalent to the legal time wage. Tlie chief Insjioctor of factories might at any timo Ohnllenge any inates thus settled by the employer, and bring them befor-j the board for adjusting. In endh oisc tiNe onus of showing that they were equal tn effect to ithe board's time wnge\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD was to He on the employer. Na one famlBan- with the worictas of \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDhie Industrial Conciliating'amd Arbitration act of New Zealand can help comparing tlie extending \"Vaetorlan law with that At the flr\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDt glance ttifc two systems seem unlike,- tn certattn essen- Both regulate tlhe conditions of labor though In dlffereint degrees. What Is the most Interesting albout the comparison Is that, different in form as the two laws ace, and deolgnej as they seemed to bo Mflien flist patved to attain different ofojeats, they are. nevertheless, being gradually assimilated under tihe pressure of practical experience. Thiis is the more noteworthy because they were drafted quite independently, and ihave, io far, woi'ked on In separation. The Now Zealand law was the earlier, but the Victorian's boraowod nothing from It; nor In amending and expanding their own statutes have the New Zealandcrs 'taken anything from Australia. In grap- tng tor a way through a difficult thicket two sets of explorers are. uncon- sciouslly tending to talke ithe same rofeid. Until thle end of the year 1000 the colony of South, Australia, Radical and Progress he as It was In other directions, lagged behind in the regulations of factories and shops. Nothing worth spealking o\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD was done until 1894, and then not very much. Children under thirteen were 'n that year forbidden to work In factories in Adelaide and its suburbs, and forty-eight hours fixed eis the .weekly stint of women'and boys under sixteen. Overlilme, howaver, mlghL be worked on a hundred days in the year; It took six wortk people to molce a factory, and the clauses Inserted to safeguard the health and life of factory hands were crude aad Insmffloicnt. Five years experience, and the example of othen oolonie.?, and in particular the reveU-. tlons of the Adelaide factory inspectors, awalkened the South Australian conscience to some punpose. The fac- taitles amendment act of December, 1900, Tiot only adopted the Victorian wages board system almost in the words of Mr. Peacock's aot, but 'con\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ta'lned a don mi tlon of \"factory\" .whioh wont far beyond the Victorian. Hence- forllh in Adelaide the, word \"factory\" Includes any workroom where ainy ode is worflting in the'owner's employ; and, though this would stall seem to ignore .'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDniaill_coterlC8 \"of outworkers, it is a great'advance on the old law. Moreover, the lowest wage to toe paid to anyone working In a factory wasnUde te. a .week\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDls. 6d. more than the minimum for the fiiictory children in Victoria. Full records of terms, and particulars relaiblng tb both in and out , workers were to be Inapt When fixing ' legal minimum rates any \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwages board Expressly Authorized to allow a upecial rate in the case' of'. anyone who thought age or physical Infirmity could 'not get employment at the board's .general rate. Is -It not time the British CoJ-miibla legislature took some steps to place Uie wmge workers of 'this province on a sound working basis, adopting similar lines as Australia has adopted and w-hloh she nun\" well take a lsson. j. h. W, THE LATE J->HN BROWNE, On Monday laat tih<-re passed away In his 59th year Mr. John Browne, of 827 Richard street. He had been a paralytic for upwards of five years, and the end c.me not unexpected. Prior to his jj;.-.,vs he had been to- many years ca/ilnr of tie freight d2- partment of the r p. K In this city, and was wid-v- -nd f-.voiably known in rallroadin-- ci i le.- as ivell ns to \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. large number .v tv rrvldents of tho province. He hi ( ,,!,\ .ys been connected wiui tronsportitlon companies, and at one time s-,il-.. .a t*ie great lakes, resld'mg at Coll! _rw ~1. Ont. Leaving there he arj-lYvd it Vancouver In tho eighties, and has remained here elver since. The late John Browne was a stalwart man of Rood pants, Jovial and lange-heorted, who dearly loved .1 Jake, and many nre the happy reminiscences where John had boon the centre figure. The deoenscd loaves bcsldns his wlf* a grown-up family to mourn his loss. They asw Miss Jennie, Miss Lolll.s Walter, John and Thomas. The funtroi w\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD >.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDM from the family residence on Thursday. The ser- vloos were conducted by Rev. Dr. E. D. McLaren, n 1-v-go number of friends and aoqualntancos bel^ in attendance. The pallbearers were chosen from old' friends of the deceisod. who knew him In OoUtngirood. Ont.. many years ag3> \"Hiey were Wm. WVnts. O. Olmstead. G. McDonald, L. __*x>n*iTd, John Brown> and John Adams.' . v- The Sltlpwrights and Caulkers' unloft of Vlotoria has affiliated with the) tlala they resemWe each other closely. | TVadeB uid Laibor Conereas of Canada. WOELD'SEOUGHTIME \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-AST HUNDRED YEARS ESPECIALLY CHARACTERIZED BY DISASTER. CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR TIMES Cud Said : \" I Will Show Wontlim tn Iho tIuayhii* and in tli\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD I'urtli.\" anil Uwv. Ur. Tuhna-ju 'lhlnlCA tho l'rnpliucj- liiiH Ituaii In Part and 1\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Ileitis Fill* lllli-il\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD r.ircivoll to Dentil. 4_n',eri-i!iu'i:onl|ni,-tiiA<-tiir I'lirlliiineiilof Can- nd;', in lli'i your l!MI. by Wlllhim ll'iily, o(To- cotuo, nt iliu Dcp'i. ot Agriculture, Ottawa. Washington, lice. 8.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDIn this dis- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDcoinse Dr. Tnimage 'recites somo grout events nnd shows that the world is advancing in the right dl- rcc'ion, tu\t, .loci u, ,'iO, ' I will sltoiv xx owlets in the he.ixons and in thi- onilh \" Oi Cuinming\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDgioat nml good man \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwould li.uc told us tlie c-\.iet tunc of Ihu fulfillment of this piophciy As I stepped mli) lus htutlv in London ou mj aui\.il fiom 1'ui is just jiftoi tlu* i'iet._li had siiimiilcicil at Welkin the good doctoi 5.1 nl to mc ' It is just what 1 had tolil >ou \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDabout I'i .nice J'uoplc laughed at me because 1 ta'kcd about the s \eu limns nml the Mils but 1 foiesaw \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnil this 110111 the book of lUniol und the book of 1.isolation ' f>ot lak- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDmj nn\ suth ic-poiisilulilj in the 111- leipiciiiion oi thi* passage I sun- lily as*-ci t \"i.u t'i*!!* .no 111 it suggestions of in ui\ tilings 111 oui tunc Oui e\es dilate mnl 0111 hc.ut cjuickuis 111 Us pulsations ns wo load of events 111 tho tlmil conliii.v, the s>i\th centuiv ihe eighth cuiuny, the \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfouilicnlh cciiimi \, but tlicio weio \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD11010 faiicxcl'iiig events ciowded into 'Im muciceiiin centuiv than into any >\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthet, and the last twenty yeais j ipse anj piuciliiig twentv We I'adm the d.ulj ncwsp.ipuis of (vents nnnouniod 111 one paiagrnph jjj_rl without nnv spec, il emphasis \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Lieut's which a llcioilotus, a Joscph- u,, a Xcnophon a Uibbon, wimld have taken whole ihaplus 01 whole \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDvolumes to cl.iboi.ito Looking out 'upon oui tune. \\( iniisi civ out 111 'the woids ot the ic\t, \"Motuleis in Alio heavens and in the e.11 tli'\" I in oJ)ose to si ow > on that the Mmc 111 wlinli wc Ine is vu-uilotful for disastei anil x\ oniloi fui foi blessing, foi theie must bo liulits and shades 111 this piiluie as 111 all otheis 'Need I ai^ue that out tunc is wonclnful 101 iiisaslei? Oui woild lias had a lou.'li tune since by tho hand 01 God it wns howled out into space Jt is an ipilcptic cutli\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDcon- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDvulsion aftei convulsion, fiosts rjpounOing it with sledge haniinci ot icelieig und lues nic'ung it with fui- 'ii.-.ces seven time*- lieatod It is a wonder to me it has lusted so long \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMeteors shooting bj on this side and grazing it and uictcois shooting by on tho othei side and ginning it, nono of them slowing up foi safety IWiolc fleets and navies and aigosics and llolillas ot w01 Ids sweeping all about us Oui cu lh like a lislung \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDsmack off the banks of Newfoundland, while the Maic-tic and ist Paul and the Kaisci Uilhelm ikt Oiossc rush bv. Besides that, our wnild has by sin been damaged in its internal machine! v nnd e\ci and anon the furnaces haxc buist, nnd the \"walking beams of tho mountains 'Jiavo hi ol.cn, and the islands have 'shipped a sea, nnd the gieat hulk of \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDth's woild has been jniied with accidents that ovei and anon tlncatcticd jmmediate demolition Jlnt it seems to us ns lf.tlio last humlicd jcius weie especially char- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDoclcu/'ed by disastei \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD volcanic, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDoceanic, epidemic I say volume because an caithtiuakc is only a volcano hushed up. When Sliomboli and Cotopa-u and Vesuvius slop 'breathing, let the foundations of iho - *ca.rth bcwaie1 .Seven thousand earthquakes in two centuues lccoid- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDed in the catalogue of the Hi it ish \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDassociation' Tiajan the einpeioi, goes to ancient Antioch and annd the splondois of his letcption is mot by da euithijuakc that nojily clcstioys 'the enipcioi's life Lisbon, fan and beautiful, .a 1 o'clock on the 1st of Nox ember, 177.\"i, in six minutes 00,- *O00 have peushed, and Voltaue wntcs of tnem, ' I'oi that icgion it \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwas the last judgment, nothing wanting but a tiiniippi '\" Hiuope and Amcnca feeling the thiol)\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1,1500 chimncvs 111 Boston pai tly or fully destroyed But the ilisaslcis of other tunes have had then couiitoip.xi t in later \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD tunos. Tn 1 fll_!_Caiacqs was caught in the gup of .111 f|ii thqunkc 111 18S2 in Chile 100,000 sijuaic miles of land by volcanic foue uplieaved to four and seven fict ot poiiiiuicnt elevation, in IS\") I .Inpun felt the geological agonv Naples shaken 111 18~>7 Mexico 111 l8\")*->. _IIi ndo/.x, tho capilal of flic Aigcnlinc Republic 111 1801 Manila, loiion/od 111 IRh.'l, the Hawaiian Islands by sue li foicc uplifted aad let down in 1S71 JSYvmla hl'iik- cn m 1S71, Antioeli 111 187:!, California in 1872, San Snlxudoi in 18711, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwhile in 181:1 what siihteiiniiciin cx- -citcnicnt' Ischia, an islnnd of the Sftsditoiinnc.iii, a hcniitifiil Itnlian xvateiing iilucc, Mne\uid clad, surrounded bv all niiluinl 1 Inn in mid Jiistoiiml icminisu'itco, .vondei Cnpi I the siiinniei icsoit of the Koiunn einpeioi s, yoniloi Naples, Ihe luuadlse \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDof art\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthis beautiful island suddenly tnpplid into tho tiough of the uaitli '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD4_,'>0'. moi ijinakcis polishing, anil -somo ul them so far down beneath \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtne 11'ach of human obsequies that it _r__a.\ l\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' said of ninny a one of them, ii.s It was said of Moses, \"Tlio Lonl Inn 101 him\" Ttalv, nil Europe woopin*?, all Chi istondom weeping where theie weie licaits to,sympathize ami Christians to pray But while the nations were measuring that magnitude of disaster, nioasui ing it , not xvith the golden lod like ' that with xvhich the angol measured heaven, but with the black rule of death, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDJava of the Tndinn aichipclago, the rswost fertile' islnnd df ,all tlie earth, 'Js caught in the grip of the carth- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDn\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDake, nnd mountain after mountain goes down and city after city until that island, xvhich \"produces the best beverage of all tho .xvorld, produced llie ghastliest catastrophe. One hundred thousand people dying, dead! Coming .nearer home, on Aug. 31, 1SSH, the great uarthiiuuko xvhich prostrated one-lialf of Charleston, fc>. 0. lint look at the disasters cyclonic. At the mouth of iho Gauges, nro three islands \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD the lluitiah. the Sitn- ilcep und the llakin Shubnzpoi'c. In thu lniilnighl of October, 1877, on nil those three islands the cry xvas, \"The waters!\" A cyclone ni'oso and rolled the sen. ox-er those threo is- laiuls. and of a populalioii of 310.- 000, 215,000 were drowned. Only tlvjsc saved wlio hnd climbed to thu top of the highest trees! Hid you ovcr sec a cyclone? No? Then 1 pray t'i cd you nuiy never sou one. I saw acyclono on the ocean, and It swept us 800 miles buck from our course, anil for thirty-sit hours (luring the ojclouo and after it wu expelled every moment to go to tho bottom They mid us befoie we ic- tiiul ut 0 o'clock that the barometer had 1.1II011, but ai 11 o'clock at night we weie awakened with the shock of the waxes All the lights out Clash Wi'iit all the lifeboats WnlcLs 1 ush- 'nc thiough the skjliglus, down into Ihe iiilnii uml i'owii on tho furnaces until the} hissed and smoked in the ilclugu Seven bundled people pia.x- ing, shucking Dm gieat ship poised a moment on the top of .1 mountain of phosphotoscent ine and then plunged down down, down until it seemed as if she never would again bo lighted Ah, you novci want to see a cyclone at sea. Dut look at the disastei s oceanic Shall I call the 1 oil of the deed shipping'' Ye monsteis oi the deep, answer when I call youi names The Ville do ll.xxic, the Schillei, the Oily of Boston, the Mclxille, the President, the Cunbiia. the Oiegon, the l.ohcgnn But Wio should I go on calling the loll when 110110 of them ansvvei and the 1 oil is as long as tho while scioll of the Atlmtic sairf at Cape Halloas bieaUeis' Look at the disastei s epidemic. 1 speak not of the plague in tho fourth eentuiy that lax-aged ISuiopo nnd in Moscow and the Neapolitan dominions and Mat smiles wi ought such tci- tor in the eighteenth centuiv, but 1 look at the vellovv fexcis and the cholcias and the diphthouas nnd the scailet fexcis and the typhoids of '\"'i nine 1'iom lluidvvai, India, vvlieio every twelfth .xcai 3,000,000 devotees congiegale, the caiaxans biougnt the choleia, and that one disease slew 18,000 in eighteen davsinBos- soiah Twelve thousand in one sum- 11101 slain by it 111 India ind 1!\">,('00 in Fgypl Disastuis epidemic' borne of the finest monuments, in Oiccn- ivood and Lauicl Hill and M'.unt Au- bui n aie to doctois who lost then lives battling with southern epidemic But noxv I tuin tho 'cat 111 -nv '-object, and I plant the white lilies and Uie palm tice amid me iiijlils'iidcs and the myitlc This r.ge no mci \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD chni actoi i/ed bj xvnnduis of cli--iisui- than b> womleis ,_t blessing\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDblessing of longevitv the axeiagc of human life rapullv mcieas'iig Toity yeais now woith 100 xenis once Vow t can tiavel fiom Manitoba to \ew York 111 less than tluco daxs In othei tunes it would li ix-e taken lluee months In other woids thiec di.xs now me woith thiee niontlis of other days. The average of human life piacticnllv giealei now than when Noah lived, with his 030 yens and Methuselah lived his \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD<3\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD x-eais Blessings of intelligence 'Iho Salmon T. Chases and the Abiahnm Lincolns and the Homy Wilsons of tho (oming tunc will not he ieo.uncd to leant to icud by pine knot lights 01 seated on shoomakei's boneh, nor will the Feigusnns have to suidj as- tionomv while watching the cattle Knowledge lolls its tides along evety Iioor man's dooi, and his clnldien may go down and bathe in them If the plulosophcis oT .1 bundled yeais ago weie called up to locite in a class with oui bovs and guls, those old plulosophcis would he sent down to the foot of the class because they failed to ansvvei the questions1 Tieo libi nnes 111 all the unpen taut towns and cities of the land Histoiical alcoves and poetical shelxes and mag- 0711111 tables foi all who dotalc to walk through them 01 sit down at them Blessings of (puck inclination Ncwspapeis falling all aiound us thick as a Scptemboi equinoctial News tluco dajs old lancid and stale Wc sec the whole xvoild twice a day \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthrough the newspnpoi at the bioakfast table nnd thiough tho newspaper al the tcatablo, with .in \"cxtia\" heie and there between Blessing of gospel proclamation: Do\"you-not-know-that-ncarly-nll-tho nussionaiy societies have been bom within a bundled years and neatly all tho Bible societies and ncai Iv all tho gieat philnnthiopic movements? Chi istianity is 011 the march. while infidelity is dwindling into imhocilitj While infidelity is thus dwingling the ulu'Cl of Chi istianity Is making about a thousand 1 evolutions in a minute. Wonders of ^elf sacnlrc A clcr^x- mati told mc 'n the noiilrvust mat for six yeius ho vxu-, u niissionaiy .it tho extreme north, living 400 mill's fiom a post iilVu,'. und sometimes, thu thci moniGlei 10 degiios I clow /mo, ho slept out of eloois In vvlntci, wrapped In mbbit skins woven together. I snld \"Is It possible? You do not mean 40 degiees below 7oro?\" He said, \"I do, und 1 wns happy.\" All for Chnsl' Wlic'te Is theie any other being that will rally such enthusiasm'. Mothers sowing thnn fnigeis off to cdiiciito their boys for tlio Gospel iniinsli'V For nine yeais no liiMny on the tabic unlil the course thiough grammar school and college and theological seminary be completed Poor widow putting her mito into tlio Loid's treasuiy, the race of cmpcior or p\"rcsident impressed'upon tlu coin not so conspicuous as the blood vvn.li which Rhe earned it Millions of good men and women, but more women than men, to whom Ch'nst is everything Christ fiist nnd Chi 1st last and Christ -forever All dead churches,, wake up I Throw back the shutters of stiff ecclesiasti- cism and let the light of xho spring morning como in! Morning for thu land! Morning for the seal Morning of eniiiniipiilion! Morning of light and love and pence! Morning uf ti day in vvlikli there' .shall be no limins in bleak, no sorrows to ns- sttag'*, 110 despotism to' shatter, no woes tn eoiiipiissionate.; Blessed Clu'isl, ilosiTiid! Scarred'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD . temple, take the crown! Bruised hand, tako the sceplcr! Wounded foot, seep 011 the Ihroiitt! \"Thine is tho l.iiigikmi.\" 'These things I say becauso I want you to In' alert. I want you to bo winching, nil theso wonders unrolling from ihe heavens and tin earth, tioil hns I'lassHic'l Ilieiu, whether \"cnl- nniiloi'.s or pleasing. The divine pin I'ose-.'i tue har'iivssuii in traces that cannot, brails uml lu girths thut cannot, loosen, uud arc drix-cn by reins liic.v must answer. 1 preach no fatalism A swarthy engineer at Dili' 01 the tli'pols in Dakota snid, \"Winn will j ou got on the locomo- tixe .mil lake 11 1 ldc with us?\" Well,\" said I, ' now, if that suits vou \" So I got on one side of the locomotive, and u Methodist minister, who wus also invited, got on the othei side, and between us vxcio the cngincc'i and tlm stokei. The tiaui stiu ted The engineer hud his liiind 011 the agitated pulse of the gicnt engine The .stokei shoveled in tho coal and shut tlio dooi with 11 loud clang A xast plain slipped under us, and the lulls swept by, and that gieat monster on which we lode ficinblcd and bounded and snoitcd and inged ns it hurled us on I said to the Methodist minister on the othei side of the loconiotixu : 'My bi other why should ministers quan el about the deciees and fiec agency > You seo thut track, that In in tiack, that non track, thnt is the deciec You see this engineer's aim, that is fice agency. How beautifully they xv 01k together1 They tue going to take u.s thiough Wc could not do without the tiack, and vve could not do without the cn- gincei \" So I lcjoice day by day Work for till to do, and xxc may tuin the ciank of the Chustian machine! y . tins way or that, foi wo aie fiec agents But theie is the track 'aid so long ngo no one lenicmbeis it\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD laid b> the hand of the Almighty God in sockets that no tcncstnal 01 Satanic ptcssuic can ever effect And along the tiack tho car 01 the x\01 Id's redemption will 1 oil nnd loll to the Giand Ccntial depot of the millennium I have no anxio'y about the tiack I am onlv .if 1 aid that foi out indolence and unfaithfulness God will dischaige us and get some other _,to!_ei- and some oilier engineei The timn is going thiough with us or xvithout us So, my bietlncii, watch all tiie events that aie going by II things, seem to tuin out light give v mgs to youi joy. If things seem to tuin out wiong, throw out the nnthor of faith and hold fust Those of you who ate in nud'iic may well thank God that you have seen so ninny wondious things, but theie aie peoplo alixe to-day who mav live to see tho shiminoi ing veil between the matciial and the ',piui- ualv, woild luted Mugnctisni, a xvoid xvith whuh we coxci' up our ignoiancc, xvill jet be an explored 1 calm Elcctucity, the lieiy coui- ser of tho sky, that Benjamin 1 iank- lin lassoed and Morso and Bell and Kdison have bi ought undci complete control, has greatci xvondcis lo ic- x-oal. Whether heie or depaitcd this life, wo xxill sec theso things It does not mako much difference wheie vve stand, but the highei the standpoint tlie linger the prospect We will see them fiom heaven if we do not sec them from eaith Years ago I xxas at Fne Island, Long Island, and I went up in the cupola fiom which they telegiaph to New Yoik thu approach af vessels hours befoie they conic into poit Theie is an opening 111 the wall, and the opciatoi puts his telescope thiough that opening nnd looks out and sees vessels fai out at sea While 1 was talking with hun ho went up and looked out Ho said, ' Wc ate expecting the An/ona tonight \" T said \" Is it possible * ou know all thoso vessels? Bo you know them as you know a man's lace'\" He said \"Yes I never make a mistake Befoi c I see the hulls I often know them by the masts 1 know- them all\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDI havo watched them so long\" Oh, what a giand thing it is to li ive ships lolegi uphed'and hei aided long befoie thej come to port, that fi lends may conic down to the wharf and welcome their long absent ones1 So to-day wc take oui stand in the watch towel, and thiough tho glass-of-iiispn-ation_xv'c_look_otl_an(l_ see a whole licet of ships coming in That is the ship of poaco, flag with one stai of Bethlehem floating above the top gallants That is tho ship of tho church, maik of salt water high upon the smokestack, showing she has had lough weather, but the Captain of Salvation commands her nnd all is well with her. The ship of heaven, mightiest craft ever launched, millions of passengers waiting foi millions moie, piophuts and apostles and niaitjis m the cabin, coiKiueioi's at the foot of tho mast, whito fiom the ligging hands 1110 waving tliis way 11s if they knew us, anil wo xvaxc hack again, for thoy iiiuouis. Thoy xvmt out fiom our own households. Ouis' Hell, hnll' rut oil the black and put on the while. Stop tolling tho tiineial bull nud ling tlio wi'ilillng anthem Shut up thu lieaiso and lake the chin lot Now tho ship comes nrou id gieat headland Soon sho stnko the wharf and vve will nbnuid hei Ten is foi ships going out Laughter foi ships coming in Now sho touches the wliiuf Throw out the planks. Block not up that gangway xvith cmbiacing long lost fiiends, foi vou will lmve etei- nity of reunion Stand back and give wny until other millions como abonid her. ' Faiewoll to siul Faic- xxi .if in sLiuggle raiexvull to sickness! Paroxvcll to death 1 \"Blessed mc all they who enter in through the Cates;into tho city.\"i -\ ~ \" STUDIES IN ENGLISH THE LANGUAGE AS IT PENETRATES THE JUVENILE BRAIN. the will Specimen An\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDivern Culled From Vubllo School Examination* Tlint \"Write a Bold Teit For b Sermon on the Method* ot Teach inn. The following Is from. Mark Tvx^inls Introduction to \"English as t She' Is Taught,\" by Caroline B. Le Row, published hy The Century company. Miss Le How vouches for the genuineness of all the answers to questions In public school examinations that are quoted iu tho book: Every ono has snmpled \"English ns She I.s Spoko\" nnd \"Knglish as She Is \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\Vrotc,\" This little volume furnishes us an Instructive amy of examples of \"English as She Is Taught\" In the public schools of\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwell, this country. The collection xvas mado by a teacher in thoso schools, and nil the examples lu It nie genuine. None of thein have been tarn- peioil with or doctored In any nay. Ucro nro soni\" quaint definitions of woids: \"Alius, n good mnn in the Bible.\" \"Ammonia, the foot' of the gods.\" \"Emolument, a headstone to a grave.\" \"Ipecac, a man who likes a good dinner.\" Uoro Is one whero the phrase \"publicans aud slnuers\" hns got mixed up in tho child's mind with politics, and tho result Is a definition whlcli takes ono In a sud- duc and unexpected way: -ltepubhcan, a sinner mentioned in the Bible.\" And in Democratic newspapers now and then. As to sentences, here is one which\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD well, noxv, how often we .do slum right into the truth without ever suspecting it: \"Tho men employed by the gas company go round and speculate the meter.\" Indeed they do, dear, ahf xvhen you grow up many and ninny'p the time jou will notice it in the gas bill. \"The coercion of some things Is remarkable, as bread and molasses.\" \"Her hat is contiguous because she weirs it on one side.\" Here is an odd but entirely proper use of a woid nnd a most sudden descent from a lofty philosophical altitude to p very practical and homely illustration: \"We should endenvor to avoid extremes like those of xx asps and boes \" And hero, with \"/oologicnl\" nnd \"geological\" in his mind, but not leady to hia tongue, the small scholar has inuocentiv gone and let out a couple of secrets w Inch ought never to have been divulged in nny circumstances- \"There aro a good many donkeys In theological gardens.\" \"Some of the bost fossils are found tn theologicnl cabinets \" The chapter on \"imthemntics\" Is full of fruit. Prom it 1 tnko a few samples mainly in an unnpe state- \"A circle is a round stiaight lino with n hole in the middle.\" \"Things xvhich nre oqunl to each other are equal to an> thing else.\" \"To find the number of snurrc foot in a room you multiply the room by Ihe nii'n- boi of the feet. The product is the result.\" These pupils did not hunt geography with a microscope: ihey hiinteil xvith \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD shotgun. Tins is shown bx tho cnppled condition of the game they brought in: \"The Hoclo mountains aro on the western side of Philadelphia.\" \"Cape Hatterns Is a vast body of water surrounded by land nud flowing into tho Uulf of Mexico.\" \"heland is called the Emiurant Isle beonuse it is so beant'ful nnd green.\" \"The two most famous volcanoes of Europe nre Sodom nnd Gomoiinh.\" XVe come noxv to historical matters\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD historical remains, one might say: \"Washington vviotc the Declaration of Independence In 1402.\" \"Queen Isnbolln of Spain sold her xvntch nnd chain and otlier millinery so thnt Columbus could discover Ainencn.\" \"The Indians pnisued their xxarfnio by hiding in bushes niul then m! ilping them.\" \"Tlle Puutuns found an insanei asylum ln the xx ilds of America \" \"Henry Eight w as fnmotis for being n Brent widower, haxing lost bexornl xx-ixes.\" \"Lonl .lames Gordon Bennett Instigated the Goidon riots \" \"Abraham Lincoln xvns born In Wales In laOO.\" In a,chapter headed \"intellectual'^ 1 find a great number of most interesting statements. A sample 01 two mny bo found not nmiss: \"The 'House of the SevenLGabW wns written hy Lord Brxnnt\" \"Georgo Eliot left n wife and children who mourned gieatly for his genius.\" \"Holmes is n xciy profligate and amusing xx ntor.\" When the public school pupil wrestles with the political features of the great republic, they throxv hun sometimes: \"A bill becomes a law when the president vetoes It.\" Truth crushed to earth will rise ngain, ns follows: \"The constitution of the United States is that part of the book at the ond xvhich nobody reads,\" _And here she rises once more and nn- tlmely7 Thero should be~a~limit to public school Instruction It ennnot be wisq or well to let the young find out everything: \"Congress is divided into civilized, half civilized and savage.\" The chapter on \"physiology\" contains much that ought not to b\" lost to science' \"We have an upper and n lower skin. The lower skir moves nil the timo, nml tho upper skin moves when wc do.\" in tne stomach stnrch is changed to cane sugnr and enne sugar to sugar ennc.\" If a laugh Is fair here, not the strep- gling child nor the unintelligert toucher or rather the unintelligent boards, committees and trustees arc the proper target for it. All through this little book one detects the signs of a certain probable fact, thnt a 1-rge part of the pupil's \"in- struction'^consists in cramming him with obscure and wordy .\"rules\" which ho does not utidersttind and has no time '0 uiiilor- stnnd. lt would be as iisefulTto craiti him with' brickbats. They would fit least stay. r-Mark Twiin. now Annelo Worked. Before his return to 'he pnlace Michael Angelo hnd begun n series of careful studios In'nnntouiy to familiarize himself with overy line nnd dimeuslnn of the figure. He tolled at the study for \"yean, until his mastery of the human form was complete. He ni'v\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDr painted or chiseled n figure without working out in a drawing tho must iloliiato -h'talls nf the an- utotnj. ho thnt no tuin o( 1 oin or muscle might ho fiiKo to tlio absolute tiuth. It i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD bv suih ini'iuis that nny mastery is so- ' ui'-il LUCKY AND UNLUCKY FALLS. Dlntnnce Ia Oftrn Lchh Important Than tho XX a j of AllKhtliiK. \"There iu something tatlier curious to rae about the distnnce-s that men may fall without getting hurt.\" obscixed a New Oilcans coutractoi, \"but it is not alwnja the case that n drunken man can fall fur- tlici than other men without getting bruised up or killed. In mj own experience in const! notion xvork I have observed a few instances where peifcctly sober men hnvo fallen gieat distances without getting hurt. Of course, ns a genernl thing, a man whose muscles are thoroughly relaxed on account of the influence ot hquoi is less liable to injuiy than tho sober man, who will make all kinds ot cftorts to catch himself and who xxill in this xx ny eudnnger his limbs by ranking them rigid nrd stiff. \"But I iccall the ease of a mnn xxbo xx us vx 01 king ou a building with nie several 3 oars ngo, nnd at the tnno he wni engaged on the fifth stoiy. He was xvoik- ing in one of the windows in the side of the building. In some xvay he lost Ins balance and went head over heels down the side of the building toward the sido- wnlk. The sight made me sick, nnd I was nctunll) nfuid to look on the sidewalk lieloxx, becauso I felt certnin thnt my fnend had been mnshed into pulp by the long foil. We got down to the giouud ns soon ns possible. I xx ns surprised xvhen l fiuloil to see my friend \"lie had not stopped on the sidewilk. but went clashing into tho cellar, anil 5011 can imagine the suipnse I felt when I met my fnend with n smile ou lus face and 1n.1l.1ng lus wnv to the short, ilummj steps that led up out of the eellnr. I nsked hun if he xxns not hurt, and he replied that the full jolted him a little nnd thut his blood chilled somewhat xxlnlo ho xxns going through the air, but ho wns nol hint He hnd struck nn lion gate that worked rather easily on its hinges, and this nppiitntus allowed him to slide with ense into the hnsement, nml it xxns this simple dexice that s.ired his life. He xx as pei fectl} sober at the time too \"But noxv mark xxliat happened to nn other fnend of mine xxlule he was under the influence of whiskj. He xxns not drunk, but he wns in thnt condition called comfortably full. He xvas walking along a sidexxnlk that wns ns smooth and ns ex en ns any I ovcr saw. For some unaccountable renson he fell His head hit fust, nnd it struck 111 such n wax thnt it threxv him over on his hack. The turn wns sudden, bpnsmodic, and seemed to luxe been caused by a muscul'ir lehixa- tion lie noi cr regiined consciousness. Ills skull xvas fractured biullx. nnd he died in a few houis. These things go to 'bIiow that it is not so much a question of how far a man fnlls How a fellow hits stems to he fur more imoortnnt than the matter of distance.\" hot t'ing vat valks people oop der stairs' stooden still?\" \"Oh, that's the elevator,\" was the answer. \"Oh, dnt's vat idt is, Is idt? I haf a pocketbook made olton der peel af one uf doze.\", He tried a ride, but didn't like it. Then he snld: \"I vould told my wife nefer to go.lu mlt von uf doze'alligators ven der valkin? by han-1 vns soot/' Hdxr On* Ancestors Quarreled. ^ A study of niedloevnl rural life ls apt to give the Impression thnt the principal part of the life ot tho people was spent ln quarreling or In the commission or prosecution of offenses. Our ancestors certainly were a very litigious and a very disorderly people. Tho records teem with instances of men uud women drawing knives against one another, of breaking Into houses, of prosecuting one nnotber for slander. Then we have such entries as these: \"It Is ordained by common consent that all the women of the village must tcfraln their tongues from all slandering.\" \"Thoiuns, son of Itobert Smith, Is lined 12 pence because his wife Agues beat Emma, the wife of Robert, the tailor, nnd Robert, tbo tailor, sixpence because his wife Emma swore at Agues, the wife of Thomas.\" \"It ls enjoined upon all the tenants of the village that none of them attack any others In xi-ord or deed, with clubs or ar- 'oxvs or knives under penalty of paying 40 shillings.\" Such entries, frequently occurring, ln addition to the Innumerable Instances of Individual attack, slander, potty theft and other Immoiality seem to show a community of far from perfect virtue. Itnllnna Love Tomatoes. Italians more than any other people value tomatoes, and each one that \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDoines to perfection Is ns carefully tended as though It were an apple of gold. Not only do the housewives delight in the fresh vegetables themselves, but. generally speaking, those home tended nre better thnn any purchased at the market, and so each one Is jealously saved to make tomatoe sauce for tho spaghetti, xvithout which no Italian c Sunday would be Sunday. Oue soapbox gn 1 doner one season sold enough tomatoes to give her quite a little pin money. No oue who knows the Italian well will he surprised to learn that many of the boxes nre devoted to peppers, for they In truth furnish much of their spice ot life, and even the little Italian girls \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD know how to stuff nud cook them in a dozen dlUeient ways that tempt the palate. BRUMMEL'S SNUFFBOX. Fenr Scots and Flebrovri. Is it tine tlint n Scotchman cjn never he employed m the Bank of England, London? A gentleman who hns tiaxoled in England aad Scotland a number of times lecently mnde the following statement: \"No Scotchman lias ever been employed in the Bunk ot Enelnnd either as a cleik or 111 nnj sulioiditiiite cap.ioit.x foi the reason that the English controlloia of the bunk beliexe that if they ouce admitted a Scot to the bunk he would exentuully contiol its nffaus In fact, it mny he said, going in nnotlioi duection, thnt no Ilcbroxv can make a livelihood in Scotland foi the reason thnt the Scot is quite as acute in finniicinl nnd eommoicinl mnt- tcis ns the Hebioxv, and even more so. This statement mny .be a little hn?y, but what I wish to sny to you is this\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthe contiolleis of the Bunk of England xvould not admit a Scot to any place In the bank any more thnn they would a Hebiew for tho renson thnt the Scot and the Hebrew would eventually control this great bul- wnik of English finauce.\"- Hl\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Flr\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDt Elevator. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDHc-vvas_evideiitly_tiom _thc_country this little old Get man, nml ns his eyes rested on the clcxntor, undoubtedly for tlie lust time, his bcuse of the ridiculous was touched. For n few minutes he stood in wonderment and then, laughing softly to himself, he stopped the hist poison he chanced to sec, who bappeuod tn be the jnnitor, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*>d fired this at him, \"V'ut v 09 dot Icedle The Drench Dctviecn the Denn and Ufa Uojnl Patron. One of the most touching nnd In its way pathetic incidents in the drama \"Bonu Brunimel\" la in the Inst act when n poor, broken down dandy hears that h'\") old patron and piinee is passing through Calais. Nerving himself xx ith a great ef- foit ou his part with his Inst remaining snuffbox, he sends it ln the shape of a pence offering nnd token of contrition to his* foimer roj al ffiend. No bigger sncutice was possible to this actual Gooigc Biuiinncl. In the dnys ot his piospouty he hnd no grenter fad thnn the collection of nil sorts of snuffboxes. It amounted, in fnct, nlmost to a mnnin, and bj his sagncity nud good taste he possessed nt one time an unnvnled collection. Dmiug his palmy days of Loudon life there xxns among his collection one box which the regent especially admired. \"Brtimmel,\" ho said, \"this box must be mine. Go to Grax's nnd order any box you like in lieu ot it.\" Brunimel of course assented nnd nt the snmo time begged thnt the now box might hnvo n miniature of the prince ns its chief ornament, to which the latter, much pleased, consented. The box xvns oidercd, nnd in its mnn- ufneture Brummol took the most active Interest, nn interest slimed by the piinee himself, who suggested sovernl alterations nnd improvements in the design. When it wns almost completed, the Annuel took plnce at Claremont between the pnncc and the beau, which was the puinniy cause of the clatter's ultimate downfall. A day or two after Its occurrence Bruinmel w ent to the jeweler's_ to inquire nbout tl;e box nnd wus then tuld tlml the regent hnd sent cxpiess directions! thnt it xxns not to be delivered. Biuramol's chagrin nud suipnse woio intense, and it xxas this somewhat uugen- 'crous'act xx-hich fust induced linn to bear himself with hostility tigniust the prince nnd hj his oxx 11 nets nnd foolish woids to widen a hrc.ich which was to extend for Slntlitiriil The Victoria flock contains ' 74 acios The dock is l.CjO feet wide It cost \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD700,000 Thu axeiagc rnglishnian eat.s 21 ounces of bioad a dax, 7 ounces of meat,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD2 \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ounces of_biitloi_nnd__3_ ounces of sugnr While the war in Soutli Afnci has diminished the number of English to'uists in SwiUoilund, it has benefitted that counti y to the extent of an uicio.iso of about 5,750,000 franca In tho sales of chocolate and condensed milk. , , FOR THROAT IRRITATION HoarseiicHs, Dry Throat, Sore Tlirout, Uionclilnl TrmiblcH, Couplis, Colds mid Anthill v Or. Olmse'tt Svrn*- ol' Llnsood innl Turpentine is h Cure of Proven Merit. Thero aro moro ministers, singers and public Hpoakers using Br. Clumo's Syrup of Llnsood and Turpentine thnn anv similar preparation, becaubo it is oxnetly suited to their needs. I'.v taking a dose of this preparation before going ou the platform they feel certain of ficcdom fiom dty^ thi oat, houiseness and tlitoat irritation, than xvhich there can ho nothing mere cmbairassinR to a singer or speaker, Besides the annoyance of throat in nation public speakers scorn to bo especially suscoptible to bronchial troublo, pneumonia and lung diseases, and for this reason it seomB xvlso to have in your grip xvhen leaving home a bottlo of Br. Cha-so's Syrup ot Linseed nnd Turpentine, which is beyond all doubt the most thoroughly effective treatment for bronchial and lung tioubles that Is to bo obtained Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and turpentine nid9 expectoration, clears the throat and air passages, soothes and quiets the nerves which causo, coughing, and thoroughly cures all throat and bronchial troubles. Thero are othor preparations of Linseed and, Turpentino put up in imitation of Br. Chase's. Be sure that tho portrait and si glint ure of ^Dr^ A. W. Chnso are on tho bottle you buy. 25 cents a bottle . family size, three times as much, 00 cents At 'all dealers, or Ednian- son, Bates & Co., Toronto. ' ' '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ' 1.1; BROTHERHOOD Th\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDt plenty but reproaches me Whicli leaves my brother bare. Hot wholly plud'in.v,,heart can bo While his Is bowed.vvith care. lt I fe-o tree and sound und stout While his poor ro.tti-rs clank, Unsaid) still I'll (till cry out . ' Aud plead with whom 1 thank. Almighty, thou who Father be Ot Wm, ot me, ol all, Draw.us together, him and cne. That whichsoever tall, Ttir other's hand may tail him not, The otlier'istrciigtli decline Ko task ot succor that his lot .\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Hay claim from ion ot thine. 1 would be (cd. I would be clnd, I would be housed and dry. But It so bt my heart be sail. What benefit lisvc I? Best tic whose shoulders best endure \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Tho load that bruits relief, , -Anil best shall lie Ills jo.x secure Who shares (hat joy with ftiiet. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD_.. S. Martin in Scrlbncr's. '.t.MlA.A..Ii.A.MMf.t\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMk.A\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMLl^ I SELF ACCUSED I BY M. QUAD. Copyright, 1001, by C. D. Lewis. ^^'fi_^HHf\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDV'*'bflf\" I'ttf-ls'bead.'&ut'' be'thlked and acted'lihe any snoe man* and'Ceturned'xto'bls'buslntiss afc-eoon as\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD released,,.*- * .' ,i<>**J iit.s VMi_r\. Tbe police now returned to their first theory. The deed bad surely been- done by some om* xvho bad entered the house for plunilor. After some days .'\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDv arrested a saloon keeper la a town about five miles away, claiming to bnro a straight case, against him, and the man had been under arrest three or fopr days xvhen .1 came Into the enw again.- A youug mail named Suitors. who was a student nt the state normal school, came to my house at 10 o'clock nt night to make'n confession. ; He xvas the murderer of Higgins. Higgins had by accident got hold of some love letters xvhich the young mini had written and had refused to\"give thorn1 up for less than $100. Not having the money to pay with anil being rendered desperate, he bud.gone to search the house at night. Snltors'told of the conversation xvhen iliggliis.cnme down Mali's\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD hoxv he got In und got out and all the details. I advised lilm to go to the police, and, ns lu the other case, they locked him up ami felt sure that they had the right man ut Inst I was not retained by young Saltern. ,vho announced that he would make 110 defense,', but 1 set out to'clear-up'a few points to satisfy my, own curiosity, l' was not.', lone lh'ascertaining that he .was'not In love with any girl uud had never.'Jbecn. known to -written -love lot-' ter; also that ou the night of the murder he was in a town,20 miles nway. When these facts became known to the police, they hnd to drop their case, though : Saltcrs; protested to the last that he was gnlity. I had lost my keen Interest - In., the matter wheu a strange woman,Who Introduced herself as Mrs. Haskltis, called at my olllce to make a ''confession.'';- Sho was u woman of 40, good looking and Intelligent ami claming 10 be a xvldoxv.aiid to ...reside lira town 30 miles away. She It was who killed Mr. Higgins, and she had with her the pistol from which the shot had been fired. The deceased, ns she claimed witli many details, had wronged her only daughter while passing himself off as a single man. She had haunted his store, but he had dodged her. She had tried to meet hlui on the street, but he had evaded her. As a last resort she had entered his house and made-: the noise that brought hlin down stairs. .In my..experience as a lawyer I.never heard a strnlghter story, but before sending the xvoman to the police, ns In the.other cases,,! began to Investigate. The very llrst move proved that she was ..either a17 monstrous, liar or a bit cn.zy. The lady nt whose house she claimed to have stopped had never even hentd of hor. Then I discovered that she hnd no daughter and that Mr.' Higgins could not have known her and that he hnd not visited her town for 12 years. To cap the climax, she was homo on the night-of the .murder. There xvas one more Instance, and It partook of llie ridiculous at once. A one legged mnn named Wells, a resident of the town,'gave himself up to the police ns.the murderer. Ho claimed to be, a somnambulist aud that the deed was done while he was asleep. He didn't think he .ought-to be punished, but he xvauted to be tried and acquitted. Not ono true statement did he make in all his story, and he xvns told to take his leg and get out. The hunt' for -the true crlmiiial.vvaskopt up for a year, but he xvns never discovered. Tlie police xvere 110 doubt right ln tlieir flrst thcoiy. The mun entered the house for plunder, and. beiDg discovered. If not attacked, he fired the fatal shot and then escaped. It was more than likely that he was a stranger to the town. You will naturally ask why those people should,have charged themselves with a crime that they were not guilty of. A physician could probably give you a clearer answer. My theory Is that they had taken an Intense Interest In the case, nnd from argument with themselves how -the crime was committed or how they would have com- , mined it they got to the point of believing that they actually did commit It. Such cases He by no means rare, and It must be for some such reason that courts often refuse to accept a plea of guilty and givo the accused a fair trial for his life and liberty. There are people, as every lawyer aiid detective kuoxv's, who aro anxious.to bewitnesses in a case and will perjure themselves on -the 'stand without seeming to be aware'of i't.'and it Is In carrying out this singular line of conduct or train of thought that one may come to accuse, himself. v-, , . \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ,;v, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD . ; '1 .,1 Nn*nlii(t\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDbe.Bnby. . '' -]We lately came across the extraordinary. Clirlstlnu 'names of-Suetonius and Trinidad Orbegoso. the latter feminine. There, must have .beeu some speclnl reason' for bestowing such queer names: but, oven so, It scarcely 6oems.Justifiable to unuie children In a ' xvay tlint 'must 'needs make 'them 'uri- coinrortuultv\"'.particul'arly Tln]^ their school days. . The ..choice of, a name, .however, Is furiuiore dilBcult.ttiau.lt Beeinsr*-!,v.\ ,- f '' - >''.. v\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD',' ,-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD V* -*;' ' , When')t>ne hears' a number; of young p'eople talklug'Wetbor.-all their name1*1 sound pleasing, yet'perhaps there'.w, not one that one would choose for dally, !und hourly '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.user-' .Anil, thbni'when a' favorite one* bus been ..thought of care] tiiust'rbo taken) that-It Is < oue.. which sounds well. Ju'.'conjunction,\"xvlth\" the Kiiniiime, and -also that the Initials do uot -formnn'unstiltnble'word.*',Charles Urqiiliardt, Bnrnnrd ,antl, Uulpb Oliver Toxviisend, .for Instance, aro tianics which sound very\"well In full, but to use the Inltlnh) would .berrying.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDExchange. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ~i - W.berf,,Women Cliooic. Between.the mountains of India and Persia' is a powerful 'tribe unions whom an exti'iiu\"illnaryT custom pre-; vnila/'Woificu's rights apparently\"have | received full recognition, for the ladies of the tribe can clioosb'th'oir-oxvri husbands. All as single Inily.Mins \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD to do !ivi'heu>Bli'e\"'Wlslies to\" change her'state 'is tQ send jb Ver'x-Jnitto'plp'ii' (lnndl.or- chlef to the hat of'the* mftiV'on Vlibin her fancy lights, and he Is obliged to .murry her unless he can show he is too poor to purchase her at the price ber father requires. MOPE'AND EFFORi, Hepe is ot the valley; Effort stands Upon the mountain top, facing the sun; _ Hope dreams of dreams:.roade true and great decda done; Effort goes forth with tolling font nnd hands To attain the'faroff, sky-touched tablelands Of 1 great desire iind, till the end is won, Looks not below, where the long strife, begun .In pleasant Acids, met torrents, rocks and sands. Hope, but when Hope bids look within her glass And s'.iowt the wondrous things xvhioh may befall, Walt not (or tlcullny, wait not at all; This lo'Is xo' failure's dark and dim morass; Sound lliou to all \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD..y powers a trumpet call And, staff in hand, strive up the mountain pass. II --New York Tribune, IA Perilous Wooing} How a Lover Was Put to a 4 Sovore Tost to Win His ? Sweetheart X I DT _JJO_.NSTJEI.M_ BJORNSO.N. | *l''i*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*l*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'l^'!-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-I*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD^*'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'!*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'l*,>'I*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*l'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD^-H> From the time thut Aslang xvas quite grown up there . xvas no \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD longer any peace or quiet ntrl-Iusaby. In fact, all tho handsomest; young fellows lu the village did nothing but flgl),t nnd quarrel night after night, nnd It was alxvays .-worse, on Saturday nights. Aslang's father, old Canute Husaby, never went to hod onthose nights xvithout keeping ou nt least his leather breeches and laying a good stout-birch stick on the bed beside hlui. \"It I have such a pretty daughter,\" snld old Canute, \"I must know how to take care of her.\" Thor *v'ossot wns only the sou of a poor cottnger, and yet folks snid that it wns ho wlio xveut oftenest to visit the farmer's daughter at Husaby. Of course old Canute was not pleased to hear this.* He said It xvns not true; that, at any rate, ho had uever seen him there. .Still, thoy smiled and xyhls- p'cred to each other that If ho only had thoroughly searched the hayloft, xvluth- er Aslang hud many an errand, he would havo found Thor,tlicre. Spring.came, and Asiang went up the mountain xvith the cattle. And now, when the heat of the (lay hung over the valley, the rocks rose .cool and clear through tlie sun's misty rays, the cow hells tinkled, the shepherd's dog bark, ed, Aslnng sang her \"jodol\" songs and blexv the cow horn, all the young men felt tlielr hearts grow sore and heavy as they gazed upon her beuuty. And on the llrst Saturday evening one after the other they crept up the hill, but tliey came doxvn again quicker than thoy had gone up, for at the top stood a man who kept guard, receiving each one who camo up xvlth such a warm reception that he all his lifelong remembered the xvords that necbtiipatiiodtho'nc- tion, \"Come up here again and there xvill be still more in store for you!\" All tlie young fellows could arrive at but one conclusion\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthat there was only one man In tlie whole parish who had such fists and that man xvas Thor Nesset. All the rich farmers' daughters thought It xvas too bud that this cottager's son should stand highest in Aslang Iitisnby's favor. Old Canute thought the same when he heard about It all, and said' that li there were no one else xvho could choel; hltu he would do it bimsolf. . Now, Canute was certainly getting on In years. Still, although he was past sixty, he often enjoyed n good xvres- tliug match with his eldest son when- over time Indoors fell heavy on bis hands. There xvas but ^ne path up to the mountain belonging to Husaby, and It went straight through the farm garden. Next Saturday'evening, ns Thor was on his way to the mountain, creeping carefully across the yard, hurrying as soon as ho xx*as well past the farm bulldlugs, a mau suddenly rushed at him. . \"What do you want with me?\" asked Thor nnd hit him such a;.blow In the face thnt sparks danced before his eyes. \"You will soon learn that,\" said some one else behind him and gave bim a great. blow .in the back of his neck. That was Aslaug's brother, \"And here's the hired man,\" said old Caiiutc'atid attacked him also. The greater the danger the greater was Tbor'8 strength. He was supple as a xvilloxv aud hit out right manfully.;; He dived and be ducked. Whenever a blow fell it missed him, aud xvhen uone expected It he xvould deal a ~good\"oue~Ho\"stooped downrhe sprang on one sldo, but for all that he got a terrible thrashing. Old Canute snld afterward that lie \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD bad 'inevcr fought xvlth n braver fellow., !They kept It up till blood began .to. flow. , Then Canute cried out, \"Stop!\" Then ho added In a croaking tone,. \"If you can get up here next Saturday.'In spite of Canute Uu- sahy and bis meu, the girl shall be yours.\" Thor' drugged himself homo as best ho could and when he reached the cottage went straight to bed. There was u great deal,of talk about.the light up 011 Husaby hill, hut every one Mild, VWhy ,dlil he.go there'/\" Only one person: did' not say so, and thnt \vn_ Aslang. Sho had been expecting Thor that Saturday evening, but xx lion she heard what had happened between him and her father slio.sttt down and cried bitterly and suid to herself, \"If I tuny tiotbave'Thor, ;1 shall never have a ; happy day again In this world.\" Thor.stayed In his bed nil Sunday, ' nud.whcnMoiiday cume ho felt lie must : stay on whore ho was. Tuesday cume. land lt was a lovely day. Tho hills looked so', freshv will, green. The window \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD was opencsweot odor's xvere'wafted In; .th'e' ASwholls 'were 'tinkling on tli} 'Dipu'otnin.-ancl.Vdlf up''ribovo some oik \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD w'ttfe \"Jodllng.\"' Truly, Jf It bad nol sheen for bis mother,'wfio'xviis sitting tn tbe room, he .could have cried Wednesday came, and still lie stuyed In bed. Ou Thursday, though, he began to think about the possibility of being wen again by Saturday, and Friday found him on his legs again. Then he thought of what Aslang's'father had said, \"If you can get up'to her next Saturday without being stopped by Canute and his men, the girl sliall he yours,\" Over and over again he looked up at nasally farm. \"1 sliall never see another Christmas,\" thought Thor. As before mentioned, there xvns but oin path up to Husaby hill, but surely liny HtroPg. able fellow must be able to got to It. even though the direct xvay were burred to hlni. Kor instance,'If lie wero to row' round the point yonder and fasten his boat at the one side. It might bo possible, to climb up there, although it was so' vcrj\" stoop tlint tho gouts liud grout (lllliculty In climbing It. mid they are not usually afraid of mountain work. Saturday came, and Thor xvent out early in tlie '-morning. The day was most beautiful. The sun .shone so brightly that the x-ory,bushes seemed alive. Up on the mountain many voices were ''joining,\" and tlicre xvns much blowing of horns. When evening came, lie was sitting at his cottage door xvatchlng the .steaming mist rise up on the hills. Ho looked upward. All xvas quiet. lie looked'over toxx-ard Husaby farm, and then he jumped Into his boat ami rowed away round the'point. Ashmg -sat before the hut. Her day's work was done. She xvns thinking Thor would not come .'that evening and that therefore many others might come Instead.'so she'unfastened the dog and v Ithout saying anything xvnlked fnr- tlici on. She sat down so that she u'.ild see across the vnlley, but the i.ilst was Using there and prevented lier looking down. Then she chose \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDmother place and xvithout dunking more about It sat doxvn so that she looked toxv.ud tho side wliere lay tlie tiord. : It seemed to bring pence to her sour xvhen she, could gaze far away across the: xvater. As she sat there the fancy struck her that she was Inclined to slug, so she chose a song. with long drawn notes, and far and wide it sounded!through the mountains. She liked to hear herself singing, so she began over, again ivhonthe lirstverse xvas ended. But xvlioii she had sung the second it seemed to her as though some one nnsxx'erod from far down below. \"Dear mo, whnt cun that ho?\" thought Ashing. 'She stepped forward to the edge and twined; hor arms around a slender birch which hung trembling ovcr the precipice mid looked down. But she could see nothing. The fiord lay there culm und at rest. Not a single bird skimmed the water. So Aslang sat herself doxvn again, and egaln she began to sing. Ouce moro came the answering voice in the same tones and nearer than the lli'st time. \"That sound was no .echo, whatever 11 may be.\" Aslang jumped to; lier feet and again leaned over the cliff, and there, doxvn bcloxv, at the foot of the rocky wall, she saw a bout fas teuod. It looked liko n tiny nutshell, for It was very far doxvn. She looked again and saw a fur cap and under It tho ilgui'o of a man climbing up the steeti and barren cliff. \"Who can it beV\" Aslang asked herself, nud. letting go the birch, sho stopped hack. She dared not answer her oxvn question, but well she knexv who It xvas. She filing, herself down' oil the greensward, seizing tho grass with both hands, us though lt xvere she who dared not loose hor hold for fear of fulling. But the grass came up by the roots. She screamed aloud and dug her hhiitls deeper and deeper Into the soil. She prayed to God to hei]) bin,.'but then lt struck .-ber*that this feat' of Thor's would be called '.'tempting Providence,\" and therefore he could not expect help from above. \"Only Just this one!\" she prayed. \"Hear- my prayer just this;one time nnd help him!\" Then she threxv her arms round the dog, as though It wore Thor whom she xvas clasping, and rolled herself on the grass beside it The time teemed to her quite endless. Suddenly the dog began \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD to bark. \"How wow!\" said he to Aslaug and jumped upon her, and again, \"Woxv, wow!\" . Then over the edge of .theclill a coarse, round cape came to view, and\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThor was in her arms! He lay there a whole minute, and neither of them xvas capable of uttering a syllable, and when they did begin to talk .there was neither: sense uot reason In anything they snid. But wheu old Canute Husaby heard of;It'he uttered a remark xvhich had lioth sense and renson. Bringing his A MOTHER'S SONG. list doxvn on the table with a tremendous crush, \"The lad deserves her!\" be cried. \"The girl shall be his!\" Our Flr\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDt Pottery. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Dr. Daniel Coxo of London, proprietor and afterxvard 'governor of west Jersey, xvas undoubtedly ithe first to make xvhite ware on this side of the Atlantic. While he.did,not come'to America himself, lie caused a poller) to lie erected at Burlington, N. J., pie vlous to tlio yeur 101)0, 'through Ills ngoiif .lohn Tiitlinm. xvho, xvlth Daniel Coxo, his son, looked after his large Interests here. It Is recorded that In KiOl; Dr. Coxo sold to the West Nexv Jersey society of London..consisting, of ' forty-clglit pcr-oiis. Ills entire interests In the province, Including a dwelling house nud jiottory house, with all the : tools, for tho sum of 10,000. Speed of One Ocenn Current. Some time ago the llgureheail of a ship,was picked up near a little island off the const of Western Austiallit, xvhich,' from the course It xvas pursuing xvlion' found had evidently only jusl j arrived there. 'It xvns Identified as'bc; louglng to a vessel thnt hud been burned nt sea near Capo Horn, nt n point 'just (i.OOO miles axvay, txvo years and a :half before. The,mean rate at,whlcli tiie 'figurehead mid traveled xvas there fore about six miles and a half a day, and this may be takeu us being the speed of the particular current xvliicb bad borne lt along. While .vou sleep I, watching; hear, Little hearts, ho>v..troii?.)'OU belt With the pure youug life-blood 6\veet, Unpolluted yet by fear Till my own proud pulses leap While you sleep. Hid behind the fast closed eyes XVbat entranced dreams must He! Many a lovely fantasy Veiled from us wlio are urown wi\"e\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD We, who soim-linifs watch and weep XViiile you sleep. Little hands thul closely hold Favorite toys width soothrd your rest. Ilure a doll claspi'd to the breast. There a book'vvllh laic oft told, 1 All your treasure ilile lo keep XVhilc you sleep. While you sleep the calm dark night l*;i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*is by so crurll.v List, Little ticarisl . Time scchis so vast; Love Is Mln to hold you Unlit One more kiss; away 1 cicep Wliile you sleep. '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD^-Constance Farinar ln Chambers' Journal. \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 i FALSELY ACCUSED \. \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 * o\f* George Parsons mid I wore enemies from the first. Wo did not afliliate as boys in the village school, nud as xxe passed .together into the higher grades we became even loss friendly. We did not use1 our lists on, each other, but xvithiu ench breast there still rankled the .-remembrance ' of unsettled old scores. Later on xx-e bestoxx-od our af- fectlon^ upon the same lady. Laura Marshall xvas not a coquette, but it seemed to take her a lo'.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Hark!,The Jury is returning. Surely thoy eaiinot have untile up their.minds In so short o tlino to condemn a fellow man'to llfii Imprisonment; In response to a request from the Judge I staud up nnd face the July; -Theie is.'not n I'i loudly countenance umotig the txvelvo.. I barely hear the ominous xvoni \"Guilty!\" which the foreman speaks. Tho shock Is so unexpected that I bcarcely realize the meaning oi tlie JtiiliCe'R cruel words as be pronouuees the.sentence of Imprisonment for life. The hour Is late, and he is anxious to be at home. Ho has no compassion for me. They lend me buck to my cell, and, thanks to some unknown friend xvho drops a potion In\" my coffc-e. X soon fall asleep. Uxhausted natuie can stand the strain no longer. I am aroused In the 'early inoi-nin-;, and a few friends'conic ln to say farewell. They realize'the situation'more fully thnui dor*A short railway journey, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD rule In a lioxllla* carriage, imd the prison Is reucheil. I answer. - lew questions mechanically mid exchange, my clothing fur the striped dies-, of u convict. With uu olllcer I pass iloxvit a flight of steps and through a long corridor lighted by a single Hume.; I mil pushed Into u small, (lark. Ill smelling cell and for theili'st tiinc realize that the judge's last words to me xvc-rc. \"And tlie first day thereof'shall .be lu solitary confinement.\" Uverythlng bus been a dream up to. this moment, hut the nwakening Is terrible. As'I hear the last echo of. the re-\" treating footsteps I .comprehend' iny position\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDalone In prison, it seems a* If 1 shall go mad.' A feeling of suffocation overcomes me us In. vain I .attempt to cry out and'clutch ut the bare stonewalls. My bead throbs as if it shall burst. The xvildest thoughts crowd to. my brain in a confuted mass. 1 do not comprehend them. My blood coursea through my veins like rivulets of molten file?, burning the flesh nt each pulsation. How ; long tlie paroxysm lasts I know not, as in the darkness I can take, no note of time, but .when I grow calm I think out the couise of the- trial. The long hours pas's away until it deems as If the night lias come. I Unci a can of xvater and gratefully cool my parched throat. Then I seek to lie- down for the lilglit. but the cell Is too small. Tlie ..light, .apparently''', groxvsi dim, and in a ciampod position I try to get a littlcjslcop. Again wild thoughts surge through my brain, but at last I lose consciousness. Again I am xvide.awnke., How long I have slept I know not, but I am cold and doze until It seems as if thenight xxill never end. 1 never experieucecl one so long before. The silence Is op. press!ve. Thete is a rush of cold air, and 1 feel that another day has dawned. 1 remember tliat I have eaten,nothing since entering the prison, nnd also that a loaf of. bread lies beside the can of xvater. I clutch it ravenously, but thiiinouthfiils choke inc.'Must I goon, day after day, in this prison? Is there no help for me? [low sloxv the hours ' pass! Have *ln\v ioigottcn me in iny solitary cell, and will it become my grave? Oh, for the sight of a living face or tlie sound of u human voice, even if it Is but to mge mo on to haidet tasks. Willingly will 1 work if I can only be among oilier men. . After I have almost lost all hope ot escape 1 .hear footsteps approaching. At last the houi- of my deliverance i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' at hand. Hoxv Icing it takes the Jailer to reach my cell! lie is walking slowly. He halts befoie my door and deliberately inserts the key The bolts move- slowly, the door swings opon, aud I step forth. 1 devoutly offer a mental- pr.tyci of thankfulness. I follow my conductor and soon stand lu the presence of the warden, who ginsps my hand, saying: \"I liax'e good news foe j on. You are free.\" 1 tottered and would have fallen hatT an ollicer not assisted me. I cannot realize that my imptisonment Is at' anj end. L ' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD M.x amazement Is even greafer'wnen'. Gi'oige Parlous come forvvuid. but in the hearty handshake tbat follows wa lii'-ome friends. His story Is soon told. Ue had locoivod a letter stating that his uncle xvus senouslx 111 iu a neighboring state and wished to see him. At first he determined to start the folloxving day; but found that by walking across to a junction he could take an expiess train thut night. Hastily preparing for the journey, ho wrote a letter of explanation for his clerk, hut it was laid in a book and not found until his return.' He.found ids uncle dying, but arrived lu time to receive his blessing and a fortune; It now became necessary for him to make a Journey west, and he.leftimmediately. Not uutll his.return home.dld.be leum of the supposed tragedy uud be lost, no time in coming to the prison to release me. ' \"I have telegraphed to the governor,\"- -the warden snlilr\"and If you gentlemen will step In nnd take dinner 'with inb you may take the \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD afternoon\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD train for home. It will be an unusual sight,\": ho added jocularly. \"But,\" I asked, \"how can wo reach home tonight? There is no train to our place on Sunday.\" He looked ntine in .astonish ment'.\" \"Hoxv long do you suppose you have been in prison?\";asked the vvai'don. ''About, twenty-l'otir hours.\",, \"You. wore lu the. solitary forty-fiy\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD minutes,\" was tlio reply. ,_, But it was the longest (lily of-my life, They. Wen- l-*nr Suit.. \"Now,\" snld the Inssj old gcntlemnn, putting one of the biggest heriios In his mouth and picking up another, \"whut Is the sense of having thai sign read, Trosh Berries l*'or Sale? Don't you see thnt ..'.fresh.. Herrles'- would he enough? Don't .xou suppose thiit everybody kiioxvs'they siie'for sale?'\" '\"' \"1 < tlunno,\" answered the fruiterer. \"Some folks seem to think I'm giving them axvay.\" \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD i <,. And the, old gentleman put the berry, back In the box. ^ ' Never Felt II. ' ' v \"Didn't you tell mo that you nox-er expected to touch another drop ot in-, toxical ing liquor?\" asked the judge. \"Well.\" answered the horrible example, \"I might us well not have touched It. I sx\allowed It so quick 1 never felt lL\"-W\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDShlUCl<*4 \"1>K THE INDEPENDENT. SATTUEDAT- .\ FEBRUARY 8, IMS III' i- 7, ! THE INDEPENDENT. PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN TIIE INTERESTS OF THK MASSES BV THE INDEPENDENT PRINTING COMPANY. BASEMENT OF FLACK BLOCK, HASTINGS STREET, VANCOUVER, 1>. C. SL'IJSCIlll'TlONS JN ADVANCB. A week. .\"> rents; month, 13 cents: tliroo mouths, A\" ci'iiti,; hlx iiuiiiths, t__ cunts; one jeur, trl.l^i. EKDOltSIH) HY TUE TRADES AND LAIiUR COUNCU., TIIK VAJNCOU- Vlilt UMiOR I'.XRTY AND THE UbiLDING TRADES COUNCIL SATURDAY RCI'ltl'AUY S, 1002 Ttlt NtW ENGLAND Tlbil CO. T'he- functions of a Ixrinl ol trade .ire MipiicKed to be thu ciin*.orvlin\" .mil pioiuoiing of the comiiieicial interests o\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ihe cuinimunity In xvhich it exists. This .does not \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDpply in Viiivouvcr. Our clfete Institution .-.pernls 'the most of its ii me In knot l.i>m legltlni.ile iiulus-ti-ios nml piumoting uhe iiitpresits of com- jnereif-.l scluniei-s. \Vc rcior, for oie in.it.-.nce, to 'tihe- meeting luiil by the ibo:i,rd ot\" tiriiilc l.i*-l vv eek which Prof. Prince a.nd Mr. .Maxwell, M. P., iU- U-ndf-il. Dvep sea lishencs wus Mio subject under (l.;si-u*--.tion ;iinl tho whole afTalr wus ii tho Now Kngkiml Fi*.-h oomp.iny. This Is denied iby members or the lm.ird ot trade. Hun ihe- s.-ciucl at Vk toi i.i proves Mini Hie :i.*'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDei lion is coim-i It is all a. scheme oi foine unscrupulous canneia to prevent ilihis conip.uiy irom operating, itJiait they may gnili the .tiMKlo. Of course wc do not expect that mucin attention .will be ipnid tn the representations m'.'nle, opeci.illy xvh\"ii the cilibic of Wie men Interested ara conlsidoicd. Fan ell and Tregcnt, the Bell-lrvings, Pinor, Lugi-ln, et ul., .uo not men Hunt nhould h.uvo much weight. There- would not 'bo il white man in the lisliing business if 1'iey had their xvay, theiefore the government .should beat itlheni vvith .scant courtesy, lot alone grant 'thein an/ pilvileges. Of the company whioh they are secretly iitUoolcing, we Ihave this lo say: It Js oC more value to this city and province than all it'heca.ii'nei-ies operated by this Japanese-loving outfit. Now let us see, briefly, what the op. ercrtiioiLs of 'the New* Eiigiand Fish Co. (from this ipurt means to 'the c-ity ft Vancouver: TUiey enijiloy bPtvvn-n 100 und 120 men. There lis not. a Chinaman or a .lap In their employ. Tlhe fishermen earn $1C0 a month and over, besides itiholi- 'board, xvhile thiy are away from Vancouver. A large proportion of 'the men err. ployed are married men and their Jiomes are in Vancouver. iTlhey 'buy all their (bait from white men. All supplies, such as grub, tuokle, Ice and a hundred and one other things nre purchased right here in ithe oily. These amount ito high figures every month. IDuring the year xve 'Understand they flay a Canadian road, .the C. P. iK., over JIOO.OOO for freight. (Let us ask the grafters how many Ibruslness Instltiuitlons there are in this iprovhice xvho can sh'ovv 'tllie same record. Thu Independent holds no brief fir the New Bingloind Fish Co., but vve must protest when the \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDcanners \"sang''; try to drlv-e out of the iproviinoe one of our Ibest 'business 'institutions. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAt-Viotoria,-on Monday last.-Mi-.-Lu- gnln, editor af the Colonist und political valet to Premier Dunsmuir, addressing 'the 'board of trade of that city, unged that this company be sh'it off by the government, aind moved a resolution 'to that effect. This vvas seconded by Uol. Prior. X'lutoi-i.i Is Jealous that Vancouver should have such u substantial industry. This \"pains\" Is much concerned about Canadian rlphls In the winters vvilwe (this company operates. Under t'he present antonprenici't <\iniulii relln- /l ul (flies none of her right*. With the present coiirpiiny they oin- 1>loy nothing ibut white men. If the winners \"gang\" could drive those ip.'o- i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDle out thoy would '-mploy nothing bin Japanese and Chinese. MB. CttLL-IBVINfl AND rACTft. , We notice In the News-Advertiser of fieb. 2nd a letter from M. BelMrvlng, a, fatuntbte ot the executive commute*. of the Fraser River Gunners Association. In thla ithe gentleman referred to eulogises the morning newspaper for its IvJewfl on the salmon .fishery ques- ftjona, and we may say im passing the course of the Nevvs-Adxwrtlser commands .the admiration of all the cannons. Air. Bell-Irving seems to Ihave taiken exception io .some expressions- of incredulity that mere made by the spectaitoiia .when ihe gave his evidence before the commission, and tries to explain iby \"plain hard facts.\" Then the floodgates of his poetic soul open In pity for tha poor 'Wlnlte lisherman. \"He 'hnlli a tear for pity, and a blind open ni day for molting charity.\" Nn v Mr. Hell-Irving hns osil.iblli-hoJ the s'l- pei-Ioi-lty of the Japanese (Ifherme-n by 1>W fui-t.s .to his own s-.itlsruction, no doubt. .A eiuvful scrutiny \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDf thi's?, however, by the observant render will loid to the conclusion that his llgui'e.x aigite nothing it nut the condemnation of hlnu-i-lf and u.--.ooll.ites for tholr li-oiiitnic-nt ot\" the white fishermen. When the xxihllc.s and Inilluns are quoted :is owning ro lew of theli own boats It -.-Imply mean.*- that the business has been m> unroiiiiineiiitl'Ve lor tlieni th.it they 'have been unable io afford tho outlay. .Votwithsi'inilinir 'the icpre- fvntitlons hy the canners that the ll.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDho'iiion have always made such huge earnings. As to the number of boats which lie n.'-.'-'Pls are owned by the .Inpanes-e, 11 would 'be interesting to know Oiovx- many sea-ion*- it took the avcnige Jap lo pay the i.iiiiicr for his outfit, ln ono linn cf c.inncis alone, vve nro aware tha't the .ln|un\"*-e were indebted to it al the beginning ot Inst season to the tun,? of f 10,000. a result of the previous year's operations. This emphasises not only 'the- illl-condltlo.i of the llshcimen, but it .ic-lutes Mr. llell-lnviiis's iiN-ei-tliin 'that .the dinners were inclined to lavor their own countrymen unlets, indeed, these gentlemen claim brotherhood to the yellow- race. Wo challenge the canners' to f-hovv one instance In the history of the Industry where the .white flshc-rin'in lec-eiveil udvaiioes approaching the amount just quoted. In supponl of his argunionl thai the number of the c.inncis license.-, should not be retlced, Mr. Hell-Irving .slates the number of cannery-owned boats as more 'thum those po.-sessed by the 'IK'i- ei-incn. lie should also have explained I'll it .ill 'Uie \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDcanners kept hunts ay will jus nets on hand, and disposed of these at a good .pi-olll or leL lUiein out on a lay, on 'even more advantageous terms. On nets a clean piolit of l.'i per con:, .is realized on 'tlieir sale to fishermen. The vaJue of all Mr. Tic-11-Ii'ving's \".hard facts\" xvill be found to he x-eiy enmparailix-c wlien fulrly viewed. He seeks latterly In his communlcellon to show- 'tihe superiority of tlie Japanese ovpi- tlhe whites ns fishei-men, by figures which\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtoe we accept as correct\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwould seem almost Indisputable, but \"Trti'jh .severe, dn fairy fiction dres-t.\" H' i-ay.s: \"For iihc week ending Aug. riuciplo thut tlio ^ \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD store that buy-, largest can sell \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD f the cheapest, the storo thut is i lini-t fair wilh it*.- ciistiim'.-i-t und ^ give-, tho lii\"iii_; to i got thu greatest, amount ol tiade T Tin: same pi'ineiplo applies to.lay. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD l!eeau-e this Store is tlio lii|-j!es that satisfy i i' ni, prices you will certainly bo** i '.iiii'-lieil with; for our policy isy \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD tn -ntisfy our customers, a pul-1 T lev lhat hns cuused us to cy.-1 $ lend our store s-pneo to tliico^ ^ times the extent it wns tl years A ; 9 9 CdRllUCr lllJKSS l'Oli 9 \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD WOMUN. f \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ty ITO Coidovn St., Vancouver.^ NOTICI3 IS GIVEN that iippllcat'on will be made to the Parliament of Canada, at its next sittings, for leave to ineor- poi.iiu a company called tho \"Coast Y'likon Kailvviiy,\" to construct, equip, and opeiale a railway from a point, at or ucai Kitiuiaat Inlet, Douglas Channel; Ihencw tn a point on tho Yukon rlyer, Iheiici* by the most feasible route to TJawsun. WITH FOXX'EiIl to construct and own boats, docks and wharves; telegraph and leli phono lines: and to generate electric powti- fui- beating, lighting and motive power; and I'or leave to collect tolls, and in make traflic. airangejnonts Incidental to ihe .-aid lallway. Bated .it Vancouver, B. C\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD this ast day of January, 190i D. O. MACnONTOIJl.,, Solicitor for Applicants. Notices. NOTICE I? IIEKUHV (IIVKN THAT AT Till: next icg ilar billing of the Ilottnl of Liceimu Couniii-oHMie-rs for the City of Vancouver 1 shnll npply for 11 irimsfer nf llie Hotel Lieeie-c, \"mv liiciiieil Ciirilova street vvesi, hnoivit us the WiniNor hut\"l, lothe premises,sltuittcclon Lelb \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD1 mnl ti. Hiuck y, subilivhioii of District Lm 611, 72s liriu-illu street, iu the tiud cily of Vnn- ' ouver. (-iined.) JOHN HOKN>:i,I.. X'aiieouier, J in. 30, 1902. a long t'lme Ibefore vve could get a government to thin'k that way, or even tlhe majority of a government. Hut we only need 'to impress nibout a ihundrej vvoilking mer. 'in Vancoulver and vicinity with tho fact t'hat they could boait of a factory or an enterprise that xvould he ia credit 'to the province. There are many different entenfiises that have not been .introduced here in the -ivcfit for which the facilities here are unsurpassed. If a company of capitalists can succeed why not a company ol buboi-ens 'themselves. I would like to hear from others. SUBSORIBEIt. OH'A DWIOK-SMITM. 'A very pretty xvedd.ng took pla^e at the 'residence of M. C. Myers, of Harrison Hiver, last Monday evening. R. J. Chadiwiok, of Harrison, and Miss M. A. Smith, of Ohilllwa'ek, daughter of Mi-s. Andrew* Smith, East Chilllwack, were .united in marriage. Relv. _MadiH, of 'Mission, officiated. Tho bride was handsomely attired In a wedding gown of nob grey silk. Miss F. Frederick acted as bridesmaid and Mr. T. Mo Giveron as groomsman. A large number of guests' were present. The cere mony over, .the party xvas escorted to tlhe Woodman's hull, where there xvas a crowd of friends waiting lo congratulate the ir/ewly wedded coupl-2. After ithe \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwedding cake had ibeen cut und passed around the dance was opened iby Mr. and Mire. Ohadwiclc leading In 'the wedding march. The many valuable presents and congratulations pre. sonted 'by 'their friends prove their .popularity. Mr. ChadwicOc holds a good iposltion In the factory at Harrison TMil'lSrxv'hlcli lie\"li__s~eorned'by'hls-at- tentlon to business. Mr. and Mrs. Ohad'Wiek will make Harrison 'their home Indaflnitely. The Independent sends greetings along vvith the pro vonblal slipper. s*fe4u^6fe^fted/^MiA OHunJi^ \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfly, Wlu/i' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDaW*1\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD<*'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD0\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD: Wait a incite! \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD * a day\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDo, month. Is .tlie common excuse. It was what the captain of a vessel said\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDon returning from 'the (voyage he iwould Insure. But he never came back. The vessel xvas .xvreoked; he xvas tost; his family xvas stranded, too, /financially, by his .procrastination. No other time ls equal to the pitelsent moment for Life Insurance in cost and opportunity, and no policies surpass those of the Union Mutual In 'Privileges iind values. (Details sent free. . \" \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ' Union Mutual Life InsuranceCo PORTLAND, MAINE. Incorporated 1848. Call or write for particulars and plans Head Office : 419 Hastings St. W., Vancouver, B.C. J. E. EVANS, Provincial Manager. .' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD >\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD< \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDe The CluesfioD of Fit \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 Never needs to keep men from wearing our Clothing. They must fit or you* mnsn't take them\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDjust so as to style, clolh and appearance. We buy the best , materials mado in Europe or America, selected by experts of long experience and trained observers of fashion's changes. Our largely increased and increasing business shows that they are right. Why not avail yourtelf of this opportunity to ' drc-s well and save \"money. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Prices $10.00, $12.00 and $15.00 and upward per suit. CLLBB fr STEWART, Telephone 702. 160 Cordova Street. FIREMAN\"S B.VLI.. lihe annum) Ilrenien's 'hall held Thursday night ln tlie city hall was a great success, some 100 couples taking part. Sharp at 9.15 o'clock -the f_rand mur-.-h was led off .by Chief and Mrs. Carlisle. W. F. Findlay noted as flow manager, aind Iteynolda' orchestra, supplied the music. At midnight a recess wax taken for HUPI>er, after which dinnclng was resumed and 'kept up until an early hour In itihe morning. The Iudependbnit had the pleasure cf a call from an old war horse in trades unionism\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTully Snyce, of Nanalmo. He li In attendance at the liberal convention. PARIS GRBEN. HBLAjSOBORB AND WHALB OIL EOAP for tb* extermination of the CUT WORM aad other ineeeto\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfor \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD___\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD by \b\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD McDowell, Atfctae, WatsoD Oaecvwar, TiM Divcyiot^ Vancouver. BEAUTiriJL W4TCH FREE ABSOLUTELY HtEE. DO YOU WANT TO BARN A BEAUTIFUL, WATOH (for men or ladies) by using only a few moments of your spare time? Everyone xvaiits a watch and vve offer a BEAUTIFUL ONE AR SOLUTEDY FREE for Introducing our^ Miracle Pills. Boys or girls can eanin tliese xvatohes Iby sparing a 'few moments of their time after school. Send 11s at once your name and address and v vw xvill send you one dozen boxes ot our Miracle Pills, vvihloh xve Ihave advertised so muoh. Sell these at 50e. a box and send us $6.00 .by registered mail and we will send you FREE the xvatoh which xve 'know will please yon. Everybody xvho has received one has ibeen delighted. The watch to filled case and fully guaranteed for one year. Our pills are the best remedy known- for Dyspepsia, Heart Trouble, Constipation, 'Nervous Diseases, Indigestion, Blood Diseases, etc. \"Tliey are easily sold.\" Do not delay, *but'send your name at once and xve xvlll send you the Miracle Pills \"and if ull description ,of tlie beautiful wateh. WRITE TO-DAY SO AS TO BE TTH'E FIRST ONE TN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO BEGIN' WOKKING FOR US. \" To those xvlshtng to get the watch with the pills, if they send ois a money order for $3.00, 'being a. reduction of $1.00 we will send iboth the pills and the watch. WRITE PDAINiLY. R. COTE fr C1E, Bfc, Rimouski Couofi|, Quebec SPECIAL OFFER\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDShould you desire to see a sample box of our pills we will send a full SOc box to everybody sending us 10c in stamps. Mention' this paper. - .. >\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD > - '<\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' < The\" \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD JE Haviqgthe Only Up-to-Date Grill Boom in B. 0. which In itself ia a guarantee olaFlrsUClasa Hotel andBeataurant.. Seymour Streeet, PATRONIZE UNION CLERKS. All saltan at On R. C 1.9. A. ua iktw Ifcli ard. Aik hr It \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Bakbl jmt Mntatct. aataoaaaa mt thc * r.irL maatmaa aa-niH, ti\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. COLOR IS CHANSCD EACH OUARTCR. Good only darior montbi naroail on rijhl hand comer and whtn properly algaed and \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTADPID with tbe nnmbar of tha Local. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD UNION. BAKEXUm , W. D. Mulr, Mount Pleasant. IW. Murray, Prior Btreot. Montreal Bakery, Westmlnater avenue. P.' Adams, Scotch. Bakery, Ha*tl\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDo street. IW. D. Kent, .08 Cordova street. J. Oben, Hastings atreet UlBcken Oo., Granville atreet B\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnnrell Bra\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD., OrainDle _rtr\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDt jAXTgtta A TPaiipflr, Or\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD|ivil*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD otta/tr, THERE IS of Fire or Injury to Health when you use the The price is now such that almost everybody can afford it. . Once used, always ' used. Apply at Of-. , , fice of LTD. Cor. Carrall and Hastings Streets. T*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD It_4eyend\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnt wsnta a report aa tavia. vattm iMdl__B\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD um earns oooem-n- km Htm umuAhnu ot \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTerr'on\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDiii>\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtioB. Bvtoa. ttfftPtm And __\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD wlH do sauob to rartaim mat. erctkto IctePtot (a th* or- tfinimtifim S\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDraitart\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDB cm \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDR)_M_teQr \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD_\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD oead Ib Umm mw(4 *ta% isn traaa aar asa__tair e latter countiies producer.*, are little\" bct- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' .ter than serfs. Bv.ery Inttle nation could Wok China, and .malte 'her pay , for it. The United States and England ,* produced moie Inventions and clvlliza- /tion, paid ibedtei- wages, than all the \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDother nations of ithe would put together. \"Then do you want togoibaok'.'\" -.inked \"' ^lr. Wilson amid applause. \"I say ,ve must a'nd 'xvlll push ahead.\" xVhpn yui pay people big. xvages \"you give Mum an opportunity for consumption. And .xxUien tliey get a chance to consume they 'will produce. The greatest dia'ci- -ence between men In theii-ibrain capa- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD -city. A'nd when a man has nlnllty he'.-i worth something. \"But because armxn haippens to have ability,\" he &aid, \"1 don''_ bellex-e in xvorshippfoig- .him and turning your 'body and soul over to him.\" -The disposition of those who 'imagined that they xvere cunning and others Joollsh vvas tlhe cause! of much -unnecessary trouble, and these me.i wont nibroad dllfoising all manner of (prejudices among 'workingmen 'to ac- ..complilsh their schemes. Running a ',' newspaper .xvith a gi'eat many men xvas \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa oomtmorcial enterprise. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Consequently xxihen men and corporations wanted , .apace they could have It at the regu . Iation price. Was it any wonder tlwn , that so many lies were spread over the country to poison 'the minds of hon- , -est men bust summer? We xvant to exst aside the piejudlces thus\" formed and get ourselves' abolve this. The C. P. R. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDdon't,light because .the stockholders ', /live ^at different places In dllterant countries, or .because Sir, William Van .Home and President Shaugtinessy xvare \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. Americans. 'Neither should you quav- -\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-rel because' your president or 'any of 1 your brothers happened to ibe Atnerl- ' t * ! \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD cans, rou oan never accomplish anything In your organization iby being narrow in your views. It would! not \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD only, be beneficial ito the wage-eanners .but to merchants an xvell If higher xvages were pald.-'Stores xvould be'batter patronized.' In fact all lines of busl ..ness, 'Including' ex-en the theatre. He \"believed Ih commercial progress\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnot in stagnation. The 'time xvas not far dls- V- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD .1 .1 'II ,, tant when every 'man would) comniaiJ .a cornifortalbte. home. , But labor people -of \ihls country muat'.bear In mind that ''Mck hlmselt could not ha.x-e given some* of the pressor this.-conntry a new- .lie of how fast tho men were de- pentlng their unions and going back to work. .Mr. Lowe spoke In feeling terms of how his old friend Peter Rich ter, the pioneer locomotive engineer of Vancouver, lost his foot in the railway smash-up last year, and said that It vv-.is due to tlie ''incompetency of scabs. iWihut xve 'must have In Canada, was a minimum vvage Sor traokmen of $1.50. and Increase In the west per nnilio of the co.4t of living. He hoped ithe many supporters of Mr. Maxwell xvould .ur*r2 this point upon hlni. The Intercolonial railway, ,-l government owned .road, paid biit SI. 15 to $1.20 a day to the trackmen. This vvas too low altogether. All wealth was' the product of labor and yet labor did not g;et its shan-e of it. They knew that just so long as inen refused to stand together they xvould not be able to get xvhat won-coming' to them. One mistake wage-earners made was that ithey dli not know what organization meant. He would tell them, 'that Ixvhen .they became thoroughly organized .tihe voles of 'the[toreman or.1 anybody else!\"would not be 'tha't; of' a tyrant, because' the men would have redress to,resent the They Feb. II; Moose.'Jaw, N. W. T., Wed riesilay, Feto. 12; Broadview, Man., Frl-'| day, Feb. 14; Brandon, Man., Saturday, Feb. IS; Winnipeg, Man.; Monday, Fab. 17; Rat Portage, OM., Tuesday, Feb. 18; Fort William, Ont., Thursday, Feb. 20; Schnilber, Ont., Friday, Feb. 21; XVhlte River, Ont, Saturday, Feb. 22; Chnpleau, Ont, Sunday, Feb. 23; North Hay, Ont., Monday, Feb. 24; Mattawn, Out., Tuesday, Feb. 23;'Pembroke,' Out., Wednesday, Feb. 26; ; Ottawa, Ont., Thursday, Feb. 27; Montrenl. Que., Friday, Feb. 2S. Mr. Wilson nnd/iMi-. Lowe will ho pleased to meet nil members of the C. Ut. T. of A\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD on the C. V. R., xvho can titte-iid t'ho meetings without too liiucih\"Inconvenience, or at too great a (.iici'lllce. Should any unavoklaible delays make It necessary to change viny of the above dates the\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD presidents and secretaries of locnl divisions will be notified. Then'publlc owneitfblp of anything* else \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwill be possible and practical.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDCitizen and Counitiy. ;..: THE BLACKSMITHS..:\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 Vancouver union, 'No..' 151, International Brotherhood' of Blacksmiths; nicl in,Union hall, on Monday evening, 3id Instant.7 There; ,xvas ,a good attendance of 'hieinibers.:; Bro/uW. J. Collins presided, and Bro. Pi., Edwards occupied the vice oli'alr.yThe secretary.read several comimuriicatlons from the \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD exeeu- tive in., reference 'to 'the hew,'-, stamp payment system -which had .been-adopt- ea;al'the convention held in Buffalo; aiid, also,:'\"aXcomiiiunicatlon. fi'om.'the | Custom Clotlil'iig..; .Makers'.7 ;Unilon, of Aiiverlca*in;rafea-ence to the Vlock-out\" of .union^^'member's;.by the 'Roy'ai Tailoring \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Compainy, icdrnei- of 7'M.ichigah aveniie aind\TvveI_>th street,\"CiMcago.ilt seems that**he :*compaiiy;are.'-noxv^iem.-.' ploying \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD''scah'^I'ibor,; and It Is right. and .just. to plaice ''ithsni On .the: unfair, list, aind.7r'do7evei'ythlng.'.',possiijle 7to. 'bring 'them.' tot-liiiie.. ;* A resolution 'xvas iiioved.'by Bro;.=Roblnson7a__d seconded by .Blip!;LithWm,:. to.; 35vSist: the: Custom: C.'lo tilling *Ma kers'. urn Ion, iby purchasing, ho*^^^!!!^ ;made7l>i7;the7Royal; Tail-. 'orins.'.'Coriipaiiy' of 'Chlcago,'7ari!d indue-* ing :t,hbse7xvhom7theyV(^in vvith :;to.,db. likewise. \.'Some.-very* satis-' faotory:letters,wei-a'read.froiii up-eouri-* try.-.meinbers.1:7Suibseq'UeMly7'th'e'i{'iii6ii adjourned' fOi-.;.the*. purpose/'of. heaiilng 'P.i-esidentvAyilsbh's .interesting-;address :-to theii-allvvayiiraokmen. 'c;;: 7*D.' ''-R'.'yi PUBLIC OXVNSRSIVP. There Is a difference between public ownership tis advocated 'by, the social Jsts, and the public ownership as advocated by the small capltalfsts. The latter are anxious for all of the utilities, such as xvater, gus, -railroads,'etc., to be owned by the public, In ithe hop,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD that 'tlhe rcivemue derived from them may bo applied to 'the reduction ot taxes on their property. The socialists demand, that the revenue be up- plled wholly to the Increase of wng-e\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD, nnd shortening of hours of labor of the employees, to tihe Improvement of the service and diminishing the rates to the consumers.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDPeople's Paper. The Ilurnaby 'Municipal Council al Saturday's 'meeting had occasion to enforce its nmli-Ohlr.ese lalbor. by-law, by reducing'by il Uhe amount payable to a. teamster TorilraullnggTaix'cl, xvho had broken the anti-Mongolian by-law,hy engaging a Chinaman to shavtol. This has ibeon only the second occasion on vvhidi the iby-lavv had to be bi-onght into requisition, as the contractois .it Burnaby have:been very, faithful in the observation of. the by-Iaxv. ^ We arc offenlng great barguins In oak goods.' earning sots and small sterling goods that arrived too kite to open Xinas. Call and examine thetn. OAVIDSON BROS, THE JEWELLERS. MR. PDDLEY AT TOP-ONTO. Recently before tho'Toionlo Minh- terlal Association Rev. Mr. Podley, formerly of this city, read a paper on the attitude of ithe chiu'ch. to the xvonk-, ingnian. He claimed the lnbor questio 1 as the most important question of the day. 'He reminded\" his m'uilsteilql brethren ithat the church xvas founded by a carpenter. He admitted that the chui'eh hnd pandered! 'to the upper classes, ibut this vvas not a sufficient e.*:cuse for the alienation between her and bhe masses. He maintained that the church liacl done much directly fo,- the masses and indirectly her Influence has ibeen measureless. He said that a minister should not deliver himself ol an opinion upon the 'labor question until he faiexv what he was talking about, and also Instanced a case xv-here a. niin- 'ister had! 'been damned by both parties when he hud thought fit to s.xy nothing upon a strike .that xva.s\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD in progress In l^la district. Mr. Pedley also referred .to Mr. Rockefeller and his millions, and claimed tihat nvh'ile It might he true that he lobbed othe'-s when he made $20,000 an hour, yet he couldn't change It. 'X-yyyyy'TO TOUNG. .M_EN.7' ' -y\".-.). All 'the wealthy anen of j the presen t day-seehi .10 have their eyes .fixed ;on tlie'. goal of. still greater' .wealth.': They halve mo. time tolook (behind them ;ahd reach biit a h'aaiid7to..the eager toilers vnho are just trying to ascend, the Mil of fortune. If ithey notice ithem ait all, it is to >nieer7at7t)heir:efforts and:to lower, their, ideals'arid .standards of life. Xe'x-er xvas there so \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD little of ithe 'spirit of: brotihei'lioodin 'the, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDbusiness world Of\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'. Aiiienica* as / exists '.there\"* to-day. 7 At present'the. oii'tloolk is idfii-kand ilepresr sing, foi- any young -man xvHiq (Starts' alohe^aind '.timaided 'to, maike: .his. mtiy agaiinat ithe. gigan tic '.'trusts of: America; InL'tuphl'iis' his' at'ten'lton to the: inove- luents \"of..'niodern'-i-efoi-ins: _ts adyoooifed byV scientific 7sooiall.sts:alone; lies.':his hope.'of:,future '.fiharicia.l independence aiid:safety.--d311a:W'heeier Wilcbx.77 ,7\"; 'PHONE 179. P. O. BOX 2S\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. w. j. McMillan & c\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD., Wholesale Agents fob TUCKET CIGAR CO. UNION LABEL CIGARS Brando: MONOGRAM, MARGDEEITA, BOUQUET, OUR SrECIAL, EL JUSTILLO, EL CONDOR, SARANTIZADOS, SCHILLER, Coiner Alexander Street ond Columbia Avenue, Vancouver, B. C. Union Directory. 1 The Mint Is the new saloon at the corner of Carrall anil Ilnitings streets. Case goods ure the best, and the prices 0. K. Seattle Rainier beer, 5 cents. If you want a really good rye whisky at a low prico, our 50c rye is it. Gold Seal Liquor Company, 740 Pender street. Blue Ribbon Tea is packed in Vancouver by white men\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDare you drinking it ? 'WIE VANCOUXM3R iTRAUfiS- AM) Labor .Council meets first and . third Thursday in each month, at 7:30 p. m. President, XV. J. Lamrick: vice-president, P. J. Russell; secretary, T. II. Cross; financial teoretiti-y, J. T. Llllev; Measurer, C. Ciowder; sergeant-at-arms, C. J. Salter; statistician, J. H.'Browne. JOUIIN'BVMIDN BARBHRS' IN'TlflltNA- TIOJAL, UNION, No 120-Presliiont, G. XV. Isaacs; vice-president. Fied Haw; corresponding - financial secretary, .J.,. A. Stewart, 51 Cordova St: recorder, C D. THE RETAIL CLERKS' INTERNA- ' TlONiAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATIOlf meets In O'Brien's Hall, -tho first and third Tuesdays of each month. .T. A.' Phillip, president, XV. 3. Lamrick,. secretary, 2-lS Piineess street. TEXADA MINERS' UNION, No. 113; W. F. M., meets every Saturday at 7.30 p.m. in Foresters',, hall, Van; Anda.'President, R., Altken; vice-president, C. A. Melvilln; secretary, A. Rapor,': Van Anda, B.' (X; treasurer, IT. V. Price: conductor, P. Burt: warden. John Llnklatcr. INTERNATIONAL . ASSOCIATION' OP MACHINISTS\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDBeaver Lodge, No. IB\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Sfeels second * and fourth Wednesday In Jloigan;^trc.isurcr, 13. Morgan \"giiliie'. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.' | ??.Lh \"J?\",\"1 }? Union^ Hall.'Preslflent. A. Bradley; guardian, P. J. Bennett, delegates to T. & L. Council: G. XV. Isaacs and f red. Hume, fleets first and third Wednesdays of each month in Union Hall. Gold Seal Canadian Rye is Seagram's Grand Old Rye.. Only, 50c bottle. Gold Seal Liquor Company. The Mint. Is located at the corner of Carrall and Hastings streets. The bottled goods are all first-class and the prices right for ex-ery one. Seattle Rainier beer, 5 cents. treatment accorded to u slave, weie, however, learning itiliese things slowly. Bro. Lowe referred In .touching termsyto the.wives of tho.atiUkeis who-bore the strain .whioh came so heavy upon'them. They were entitled to a great deal of creclit for.ithelr husbands remaining true 'to their union He knew' not'of a solitary Instance where a striker was. not, reinstated In his ixxsltlon If .ho, wiiniteU.lt, .except it few who committed cM'Ime and violence It took \".but two months to test the iliii-iiibUlty of the'truck. On tlie flint of MniT.lf the committee \vlll again mcM tihe dIIIcIiiIh of the. C.'P. It. at. Mon'tr?\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDl regni'ditig schedule mutton).. (A11 Dliiuse.) Proceedings the-Ik terminated ttfltcr a till vvith 11 few soc-lallstH. Mr. .Wilson ami Mr. Lowe left an Tuesday's oast bound .brain and xvlll visit .the; following places en route. to Mon'treal: iKauiloops, B. C\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \"Wednesday, Feib. 5; Rovelstohe, B. C. Tlhurs- iJay, Feb. 6; Golden, B. C, Friday, Feb. ilAJRINE FIBEM'EN. The Victoria Colonist says thai a woll attended meeting of marine flp_- men was held last Sunday night in Uabor hall in that city, and 11 i'e-or- gianlzation effected,^wlhereby.ithe union xvilli become ainilaited -with .the International'-'.. [Longshoremen's union. It was agreed that the advantages acomi- lng_from_jchrirtei'_menTbereh_p_ehould be igivon 'those Joining the union before Aiprll 2nd.:: .Meunvvihille the ohai'ter xvlll ;Be secur4d and the union-carry on :bu\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDlness ias a local of the I. L; U. Temporary ofllcers xvero elected aa.-follows: J...M. Hook, .president; Alex. HIcLeod, sccreita^y; Thos. ' Cratgie ( and J. M. Hook delegates \"to the Trades and Labor council. A committee was appointed to xvailt on all firemen now In pivt and request them to become mcmibe.-s of Ulie organization. It,Is Chous*ht tho nuw union will attain m .mcnihCrslilp ol' about 10\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. In Seoittle the c-u-penters are getting \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa. minimum xx-age of $3.50 per day, and in Tacoma and New \"Whatcom $5. u-uivo, WAITERS AND WAITBESSES' Union, Local No. 2S. President, Chas. Over; vice-president, W. W. Nelson; recording secretary. Jas. H. Perkins; financial secretary, ,R. J..Loundes; treasurer, XVm. .Ellendcr. Meeting. every Friday at 8.30,p.!m. In Union Hall, corner Homer, and:'DimRmuir. streets. Wm. Beer: corresponding secretary, H_ Tiir.mlns, 720 Hamilton street; flnanelar secretary, J. H. McVety,- 1211 Seymour street. V^NCOUVl-TR FISIIBRatEN'S UNION: No. 2. Meets in Labor Hall, Homer street the last Saturday in each .month at S p. m. Ernest Burns, president; Chas. Durham, secretary, SIT Harris street. VAlNCOU'R' TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, 'No ___G meets the last Sunday ln each month at Union Ilall. Piesldent. C. S. Campbell; vlco-iiresldent, XV. 3. McKay; socretary, S. J. Gothard, P. O. Box 60; treasurer,,. XV. 'Brand; soi-geant-at-aiiin.s, R. A. Sloney; (aecuttve committee, P. XV. Fowler, J. H. Browne, XX'. Brand, Robt. Todd; delegates to Ti.ide*. and Labor Council, W. Brand, Rolm Todd, J.: H. Browne; delegates to 'Allied Trades Council, P.*A..Fowler,;W. J;\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'McKay and C. J. Marshall. STREET RAILWAY MEN'S UNIOX- Meets second and fourth' Wednesday of each month, in Sutherland Hall, corner Westminster Avenue and Hastings Street at s p. m. President, (J. Dickie; vlce-ipre- sldent, John Frlzzell; secretary. A. G. Perry; treasurer,.H. .Vanderwalker: conductor/ Ed. Manning; xvarden, D..,SmWh; sentinel, T. Dubberley; delegates to Trades and Labor Council: John Pearey, Jas. Barton, Geo. Lenfesty, G. Dickie and H. A. MtoDonald. Forstomach trouble of any kind take Flint's Dyspepsia, Taublets. They cure or you get your money back. BOc box. McDowell, Atkins, Watson ,\"60. When you want to hlre'a flnrt-clajn horse andi buggy, * go to the Palace livery itables. Telephone 125. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTelephone-1\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD3\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD5-for~jr fine- livery turn-out. J. J. Sparrow, Palace livery stables. UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS and Joiners\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMeets every second and fourth\" Thursday in- Union Hall, room No.; 3. President. G. Dobbin; vice-president, J. :M. Sinclair: recording secretary,- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Vf. T. MacMulleu;' financial secretary, H. S. Falconer; treasurer. J. Ferguson; conductor. R' MacKenzle; warden, J. McLeod:' delegates to T. and IL. council, Robt. Macpherson, G. Dobbin, J. M. Sinclair. BROTH'EKHOOD OF PAINTERS 'AND \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDDECORAWORS, ,-Loeal Union No. 1M- Meots every Thursday in, Laibor Hall. President, W.s Pavler;' vice-president,',W- Halliday: recording secrettu-y, E. Cmisb, 221 Georgia.street;.financial seeretaij-; A. Gothard; SJ2 Howe street;: .treasurer,' H. MeSorley. , JOURNEYMEN. TAILORS'' UNION OF* AMERICA, No. 17S-aiects alternate Jlondays in room 1, Union 'Hall. President, F. Williams, vice-president, Mls9 GTabam; recording secretary, H. O. Burrltt; financial secretan*. ;Walfrea Larson; treasurer, C. E. Nellson;is\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDr- geant-at-arms, A, J. Kennedy. > j Drink Red Cross Beer.'the beer that's pure, 76c pints, $1.50 doz. quarts. Gold Seal Liquor Co., 746 Fender Btreet. THESE AttE .KINDRED nBFOUMS. The; only tilling thlat will niialic the public ownership of ipubllc utilities proctlcolble la 'the adoption of dlroiit Icgliilaitlon. Until that Is decurcd public ownemhlp simply means greater opportunities for .political corruption. So lomg as corporations own the govern- mlent, government owmerahlp simply means ownership by: the corporations wihlch own the government, witli the hdded Vpowiere.of \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'golvernment . to aid them In plundering; the people. We Try a bottle of Eisen Port, the sunshine of- California, SOc bottle, at Gold Seul Liquor Co., 7-16 Pender street. f; Calgary, N.'iW.'T., Sunday, F\"ol>. 9; .Medicine Hat, ;N. W. T\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Monday, Feb. must get direct Jegttalatton sa as 'to se- 10; Swift Current, N. W. T., Tuesday, cure pulbllo ownership of governmenit. C. Ellis, corner Cuiubia aud Cordova streets, is tho place you can get your huir out iii an artistic manner. Flint's Dyspepaia Tablets are guaranteed to restore falling appetite and correct, any kind of stomach trouble. 60 c. bos. McDowell, Atkins, Watson Co. CANAblAN ^ii&A&rm&i iij-^tiy ^tlV;.*;:,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD JOURNEYM'W.V BAKERS' A^ID CONFECTIONERS' Iiucrnational Union ot America. Loeal No. 4'J. Vancouver, B. C. Presldeni, James Webster: vlce-pres- '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD idem, J. XX'. Wilkinson; recording secretarv. jiurdo 'M.icLcan. 2Tia Westminster Avenue; financial secretary, H.' MoMtilUn, Toronto Candy Co.: tiejstirer. W. A. Woovls, Aii Ninth Ave., Mu Pleasant; corresponding secretary. F. Rawllngs. Barnxvell Bra*.., Granx-ille *treet: isas- ler^-.tt-alms, F Moyles and Fred Bartlet delegates to Trades and'Labor, Council, F. Rawlings and C. J. Salter. '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' . > CTGARMAKERi1 UNION ,NO. ,.367\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Meets the flrst Tuesday in'each month in Union Hall. President, A. Koehel;. vice-president, . P. Crowder; \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 secretary. G. Thomas, Jr.. US Cordova: street west; tieasurer, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD S. W. Johnson; scrgeant-at- , arms. J. W.;! Brat; delegates to Trades ,' and>Labor Council, J. Crow, C. Crowder, C. Nelson. Su[j|iSy Pay up your subssriptlon to the Independent., ilt does not cost you much and you Should' not hesitate about giving your support readily to a labor paper. Convalescents need'Eisen Port\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"the builder np of the weak\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDSOc bottle. Gold Seal Liquor Co., 746 Pender street. From Their Nanaimo, fcouthflold sod Protection Island lolllerlei, Steam, das and House Coal Ol tbo Following Gradei: Doubt* Bon\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDn*d Lump. Run of th* Mln*, Waatiad Nutaiul \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDofMnln\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD, 8AUUBL If, ROBIN'S, SnperintendeUU BVAN8, COLSMAN' A SVAN8, AgenU, Vancouver City. B. 0. DELICIOUS WINE Midi Exclusively from B. c. Fruit. PKESta COT FLOWERS. MNION-MADK DOMESTIC CIGARS. When making: a trip around the Pure call on ,W.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.Jon\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDBTi!lK,r nicpatwgocgocooxiflooaif bo PACIf BC LINE' World's Scenic Route IflWCST RATES. BEST SERVKI. ttomll point* in Canada tod the United BUtca. THE FASTE8T AND BEST EQUIPPED TBAU CROSSING TBE CONTINEMT. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDlIUKlia MB JAVAM iKD (OnjU. Empieaaol India...... Dec.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Athenian ......,.,,,.,.,,.. .Jan. IS Empremot Japan Jan.2} and every four weeki thartaf tor, miuxo ro* Bonoi.in.r and AvnsAtti. Aorangl Jan 19 Moana.. F\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDb. 1 Mtowera Jiar.^ and every (onr week* thenalMT. For further particulan qatotlac nlnit applj to X. J.COVLE, JAKES 80LATB A.6.F.A.' Ticket Ajeal,. Vancouver, B, 0, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDB HaaXUmgi tt., Taneoover, B. C. 'X-f ymai. iXi'W' 'iyitsst, WMi. \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,'S.a!fei*?.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*S:, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD:M--i>l-\ii\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*?M.z,tf: mmm r 1 m i \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*. 'hi li? Iff MILK STEALING COWS The proper harvesting niul preservation ut tlie liny crop lmve it great Inlluence on dairying, especially winter dairying, snys tl. E. Newell In American Cultivator. A wise mnl consequently successful dairyman Is always looking ahead a year or more und making Ills plans accordingly. He knows tlint because bay ns a xvln. ter food for cows Is tiiliooi'tl by some is due to tlie reason Unit it is Improperly cured niul stored In tlie summer. If wc could only liavo wi-allier in.uk> to order during haying, a much bolter quality oC fodder than the average \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwould result. However, oven xvlth the most favorable xveather conditions some dinners xvould never have good hay. Tliey harvest it too expeditiously and then puck the .Imperfectly cured gi.iss Into tight barns, whore the execs-, moisture it contains 'results'Inter In musty or \"smoky\" hay. \" Tlio bulk of the hay crop In the United Stales Is harvested, according tu latitude, prior to the middle of July, iriil it hns long been considered as a rushing season ofxvork.\"w . With modern machinery tlio case ami rapidity xvith whicli the crop can bo handled tempts the fanner to imperfect curing, and this is a point that I xvlsh to speak about. Do not put damp liny Into large mows or stacks. If tho grass contains an admixture'of. clover after a fow hours' .sun in the swath, euro It In cocks cap- : pod if necessary'against any possibility of rain. ' Tho Idea is to get the moisture pretty woll out of the hay before It hns hoon , stored axvay in bulk and yet not let it become too dry and bleached by too mncli sun. Tho so called \"sweating\" process that freshly cured hay passes through, being simply the evaporation of excess moisture, should take place under conditions In xvhich air can freely circulate , .through It. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD By. this plan fresh; sweet hay can bo fed out to the .cows in winter, resulting In an Increased milk flow and augment- ,ed dairy pi-ollts. The principal reason that bay has .fallen into such disrepute us feed for dairy cows is because there ls so much poor hay fed. ' Where hay Is stacked it will always pay to thoroughly protect the top and Bides against nny Inclemency in the weather. Balloon framed sheds'. tire useful for this purpose, but they must have tight roofs. Dnlrylnr? In Denmnrlc. There are 1,713.735 cows in Denmark, an nx-crage of 450 for every'.100 acres of land under cultivation and 750 for every 1,000 Inhabitants. In 1S08 tho butter exported nmountcd to 121,418,- 431 pounds, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD iu 1800 to 122,412,303 pounds and iu 1000 to 124,023,211 pounds, of which 3,593,302 pounds woro nnnirpcl in tins. The remainder xvas in Dex-lce to Pri-x-ciit Them From Sucking 'riit-iimelvoM or Other Cattle. Two or throe yours ago ono uf my cows commenced to suck another one, anil I xvas obliged to do something to stop the performance or dispose of tho cow, snys V. A. Snow In Hoard's Diiry- 11X1111. Alter thinking a little time about It I concluded to tnke a copper bull ling nnd drill some holes a llttlo smaller than a tciipoiuiy stool wire mill, ns Indicated In tliu Illustration, then cut tho heads off the null:?, flic the bond end sn that It xvould just go tJirough the ring far enough to rivet; Hie or grind the other end ns shnt'p ns a darning needle, and then put tho ring thus equipped In tho coxv's nose. It proved to ho a.perfect success. I have used tlio same ring since on another cow, and no suck- ingwns done after the ring wns Inserted. I think'. It would work equally xvell on a self sucker unless tho cow sucked herself xvhile lying down, for xxiblle in urea ron sucking cows, thnt position, if sho wore a right smart cow, sho might toss her head up so as to lot the underside of the ring drop on her udder mid thus bo able to got the teat In her mouth without being pricked. I think It would bo Impossible for a cow to suck herself xvhile standing if this device were In hor nose. By using a copper ring the screw that fastens the open joint does not become so fastened by corrosion thnt It cannot be removed and the device taken out when the habit Is thought to ho cured or.the animal put in stable for the winter and the ring preserved for future use. packed .in tins, firkins, One of the surprising things In farming is the gradual development of land to a point where It will yield returns never dreamed of by the early .cultiv a- tors, says Professor James S. Doty in American Cultivator. Over In parts of : England and Scotland farmers and dairymen make ft living from- pasture lands xx-hlch hax*e nn assessed valuation . of $400 and ?500 an acre. They do this \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD7 wlien prices for the products are no greater thaii American farmers receive. .': 7 Tke secret of their success Is nccossl- , ty. They hax-e boeu forced to make every square Inch of soil pay its highest profit, and as a result thoy have some \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD of the finest pastures In the world. The ' -\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD sod is so thick and compact that it is .\"almost Impossible to\" cut through It. -'. The roots form a solid mass In the soil, and the grass grows luxuriantly, even defying dry weather and producing goodLgrops.Jnjipjtg^pf close cropping and late ln the seaspn~when~frost~ordi- . narlly kills less successful^ pasture. , The thing of it is the farmers havo cultivated the soil, planted and replanted grass.seeds, dressed the pastures repeatedly with fertilizers and made thom in every way productive nnd fertile. The soil Is not1 more adapted naturally to pastures thnn millions of acres In this country which today produce only Indifferent crops, of grass. The soil Is made artificially rich, and the sod Is. tbo resultof careful, imen- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD glvo funning.\" ' -;!-.' . . To Get Good Pnatarca. iri the llrst place, the Idenl pnsttire lnnd must bo seeded ,xvlth good sood, and- liberal 'expenditure of fonllly.ois * must he made nminnlly' * Then xvoods must he religiously destroyed.' pulled up root and branch every your, lt Is Impossible to get a good pasture unless xvoods are pulled up. If tills work.Is continued -carefully eyory your, In four or five seasons xvoods xvlll havo no clinneo whatever.1 The grass roots xvlll occupy tlie soil'so completely that nc weeds cau find lodgment there. .Weeds arc the bane.of American pasture fields, and the more thoy aro ''allowed to^gi'ovv. and produce seeds,the '\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 riiore obnoxious they will become. It Is Impossible,to got grass seed today.that will uot'have some xvoeds In It. and the onlj; hope of the fanner Is to pull up tho ' weeds as fast 'ns' thoy show themselves. Good culture. of grass pastures xvill pay as much ns any kind of fanning oxer attempted lu this country nud especially wliere the land Is \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD located near largo cities and good mar- Vetn toi d'lliy products. Improving a Wornout Farm. A Maine dairyman who Is making the business pay is G. C.; Jacobs, says New England Homestead. Last year ho had eighteen cows and twelve heifers in his herd. The heifers xvere two and three years old and not In milk all of the time. He sold the cream to a factory,,where part of It was made into butter and the remainder sold fresh. He received monthly checks from this factory, xvhich amounted at'tbe end of the year to $1,400. Txventy years ago he bought an old, run down farm and kept increasing his stock as the hay Would warrant. Beginning xvith a half dozen cows, he has steadily increased until now he has fifty In his herd. Corn, oats and barley are raised and ground for the cows. Cottonseed meal is bought and fed With It. The dressing from the barn fertilizes the i ground for another year's crop. The; cultivated laud Is seeded down, aud so the exchange goes on until now he owns one of the finest farms In Kennebec county. The calves aro all dehorned when young, and each year.he soils some of tho older cows and replaces them xvlth heifers. He uses a separator, and the sklmuillk In summer Is fed to young piss and In winter to;the: calves,' which thrlx'e and grow rapidly on this diet. Ills farm is well equipped xvith all modern .improvements, and with Industry and perseverance he Is slowly and surely making farming pay. As a rule, It is not the practice Mnglnnd to mako use of green food for pigs to ns great au extent as might profitably bo done, snys a correspondent In Loudon Live Stock Journal. The pig Is largely si vegetarian and lu a natural state finds littlo other food. It looks for concentrated starchy food in tlio roots of plants x>'hlch arc provided xvlth bulbs or tubers for the purpose of storing up reserves of this nature, but It Is very largely dependent upon other forms of green food growing above the .surface..''..Although Ihe modern pig has been developed so that It can assimilate more cdiieontrnted diets than It could find'In n state of nature, it has uot lost Its aptitude lo thrive, and there aro many green crops grown on tho farm which cannot lie more profitably fed to any animals llniu to pigs. The avidity xvith which pigs xvill oat tares, young clover and other green food brought into the yards lu summer timo shows the old Instincts for this class of food hnvo not been eradicated. They have a natural craving for the cool, moist food, and they thrive on it. Sows which get ns many tares ns they desire keep healthy and strong. Moreover, tliey brood move healthily and stronger than those which have more concentrated foutls. For the cost of tho crop,a piece of lucerne probably gives the biggest return of pork of .aiiy crop, for it gives cuttings for at least half tbo year for an indefinite .'number of years. Tlio Americans recognize the value of green food for pigs hud use clover with great freedom for their bacon pigs, ami wo cannot altogether afford to disregard the practices of that extensive bacon raising country. Tlio roadside soxv, which, with the help of a few house senilis, lives almost entirely on grass, rarely fails to produce huge and healthy pigs, nnd those young pigs are loss liable to disease and affections than those from more pampered mothers, and the sows are rarely short of milk. If. therefore, pigs can he brought to profitable maturity xvithout the help of green food, it should not be taken that the pig rearing should be entirely confined to high feeding throughout'life. There Is no need to run the pigs to an abnormal size and render them unlit for high class bacon. Even if thoy are run somewhat large, there Is the compensation that the meat is : more streaky. Forced feeding implies the consumption of high priced foods and a constant dipping of the hand Into the pocket. To utilize the produce of the farm is better than to be constantly buying. Paatnres For PlK\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. Pasture for the future profitable hog of course, says Southxx-est Pacific Farmer. If not clover or. other sweet grass, there are green .corn.'.oats, field peas and last, but uot least, the rape- field, and .there are millions in it, those who have turned pigs on rape sny. The best swine growers fully understand that If the hog is to bo made big and strong In bone and muscle and brought to 200 to 300 pounds'.in: six or eight months and made profitable to his oxvner, the pig must have pasture and green food for growth and health to bring him to the beginning of the finishing period. DEHORNING CATTLE. Simple nud F.OIctetit Cage Fo* Holfl- SriS the AillimiW. Ill response to Inquiry The National Stockman republishes the subjoined description of :i dehorning cage: Dimensions, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD feet long, 0 feet high. :i|j feet wide at top Iii front and 4% loot wide nt top at back ond;'bottom or t'l.nt board u foot wide, with seven cleats l',i Inches thick, n foot long, nailed across It to keep cattle from slipping; footboard 2 inches thick nud rests on three 2 by 4 inch crosspleces 1 feet lung. To these are bolted uptight pieces 7 feet long, 1! by -1 inches, for nailers for aides of cage. Across the top of cage are used two strips 1 by 4 inches for. each set of uprights, bolted cue on encli side of upright.. The Inside of this f ni mo is bonrded tip xxith Inch plank ot convenient widths. The lower '2\ti feet should dose enough to prevent1' animals putting tholr feet through the cracks. On left side, three and a half feet from bottom, should be used a board n foot wide and n foot longer than the cage. In. this bore two one Inch holes four Inches from sides of board. Through these put a piece of rope and tie on outside. Tliis loop Is put ox'er tho animal's nose and drawn tight by the use of a hand spike. An upright lever Is used to catch the back of the head and draw it to tlio loft. side. of.'cage. Tliis upright should be a strong 2 by 4 inch, 0 feet long, bolted to bottom nos_.plece near upper end. slipping the right side, the back and forth between the crosspleces that hold the tops of the two front uprights lu placo. This lever is thrown to .the right when open for tho animal to enter. As soon as the DEUOltXINQ CAGE. head passes it is pushed to the left side and fastened as tight as required by a small iron pin slipped through the crosspleces at top back of it. As soon ns the head is fastened a hand spike is, slipped through the cage back of the animal and another over the neck to hold the bend down. These remain In place usually xvithout holding, the operator standing in front xx bile taking off tho bonis. The smallest animal having hoins up to a bull weighlug 1,830 pounds has been debt rued Iu this sized cage. Animals weighing up to 1,200 pounds pass right thiough the cage when the holding :lever is throxvn back against the fight side.; .Co.xvs'heavy, ln calf aud larger animals back out of the cage. When the coxv Is about seven mouths gone xvith calf, cut her feed doxvn to small amounts of clover hay, bran and silage, says Kvnn B. Sharpless In National Stockman. Try to have her dry about one niontli prior to calving. Two weeks before her time ls up, should she he In a plethoric condition, give her n pound ot cpson Halts, and each week she is given n teaspoonful of saltpeter. She Is not allowed the run of the yard or pasture for fear sonic accident may befall her. Very often a dam loses ber enlf or has trouble calving beciiuse of an accident xvhich could have been avoided had she been fastened up. When fresh, a pound of epsom stilts Is given from a long necked drench bottle. The salts are dissolved In three pints of boiling xvater aud then'allowed, to cool to 100 to 105 degrees P. There is no better time to rid our herd mid stables of every germ of abortion and contamination than nt calving time. Every birth should be treated as an abortion, and dairy barns would soon become free from the dreaded trouble. As soon ns the calf ls born it is removed from the sight of the mother and wrapped xvith nn old blanket in a comfortable bed of straw and allowed to remain until dried off. While lt Is drying oft return to the cow and glvo her. one quart of bran to two or three quarts of cold, clean xvater. This should be repeated five or six times dnlly. Give little and often, as too much cold xx-ater nt one time might bring on a chill, and cold xvater ls preferable to xvarm, as the cow's system Is feverish enough. Don't give too much hay or it xvill have a tendency to pack the fourth stomach und bring ou that most dreaded of all diseases, milk fever. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD The cow's hindquarters, hips:and tail should be scrubbed off with xx-arni xvater and soap and then be gone over xvith a brush dipped In a mixture of ft pint of xvater containing a tablespoon- ful of creoline. The xvhole of the hindquarters should receive an application. The uterus should be also 'flushed'out xvitb a gallon of xvarin xx-ater.contalu- i Ing four tablespoonfula of creollne. The stnll xvhere the cow calved should be thoroughly cleansed and disinfected, fresh earth sprinkled over wet places; and stall .replenished xvlth fresh straw. If you have- things handy, these operations are soon gone through xvith, and should they requiie a little time It is profitably spent. The portions of cold xvater given the cow are to keep'the udder from becoming hard, but if the dairj man gives large quantities of cold water and liberal feeding Immediately after cnlviug be may expect trouble and perhaps death.' A HENHOUSE ON WHEELS.' An Old Omnlbui Utilized _i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD a Homo For Foxvln. The'accompanylug' cut,' shown here through the courtesy of The Farm Journal, rhllndelpliln, was from n photograph sent to that paper xvithout any explanation ns to Its oxvner or location. In addition to the regular henhouse, which has a very neat, comfortable appearance, nn old omnibus xvlilch hns apparently outlived its usefulness lu Its first- estate has been transformed Into a sort ot traveling hennery. Whether the oxvner hns bin hens so trained that at the \"cry'of \"All aboard!\" they will climb In for a ride to fresh fields and pastures new we xxill lenvo to our readers for their solution. But the possibilities of such a traveling shelter nro 'obvious.\"'1'A flock of hens could be tnken to the grain- fields after harvest, where' not only Concerning Danish Bitter. rrofessor G. L. McKay Of tlie Iowa Agricultural college, who has been abroad absorbing dairy Information, has . tbe following to say regarding Danish butter: * It'has been a great problem to me tli.it the Danish butter, lias a higher peicentage ofwatcr than_ours has, yet at,the,same time it has a menlyTUry appearance. Investigation showed me thnt their methods of churning and xvorking wore peculiar. The churning ls at a moderately high temperature, and the butter comes soft. It Is dropped at once Into cold water uud then put on. tbo table and worked three- quarters of a minute, after xyblcli^lt Is again put in cold water tor a'moment, then brought back and worked one to one and. a quarter minutes.. This 'makes only* two'minutes of'working. When finished. It Is packed Into kegs for the market. It Ib bald thnt tills method'is used to get the buttermilk outlaid to have It clear, but It is'probably Intended to work the Water Into the blilter us well. The Dnnlsh butter will average r> [ior cent more water tbau ours, and yet lt does not show It, Good nnd Poor Cowa. ' . Wherein do the good nnd poor cows differ? .Merely in the apparatus for tlie production of milk, aud In the posses- slon^o'f such,organs In a greater or less degree bang all the law and the profits, Bays Hoard's Dairyman. Of what goes Into the mouth a,percentage, be It more or less,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDco_nos\"out of tho udder, and the profit ri^turned by the coxv depends on xvhat that percentage may b'e. It Is. useless. Ho pour, expensive food .Into tke^cow'fi stomach xvh'en'she xxill only return 75'\"cents in milk for every ?1 In food; folly to buy $10. worth of bran,wherewith to make 4 cent cow beef; nonsense to 1111 the silo only to waste half Its contents on poor cows. Dr. William McLean, state veterinarian of Oregon, in an address before tho Northwest Wool Growers'.association snld regarding scab in sheep; True scab Is a very familiar disease to sheep raisers In every part of the wc-.-ld. The most prominent symptom is nn Itchiness of the skin, compelling the, sheep to rub.: scratch or ,bltc .itself whenever possible. It will scratch aud kickitself with Its hind feet, thus destroying the wool wherever ,tbc feet can. reneh. It xvill also bite itself and will become extremely restless, more particularly at night, preventing the animal from,, resting and making it nervous and Irritable. 'The treatment of scab is a very simple matter if taken'iri the start-before _tlH'i'c_l_s_much Irritation of the akin. The parasite does not penetrate-thc~sl_ln7 like.those producing mange In the horse and dog. The parasites producing senb ln sheep live on the surface, like lice, so most nny of the ordinal'} dips applied to .them xvill eoaie In contact xvitb the parasites and kill, them, but may not kill the eggs, which ..xvlll hatch out In f ronr ten days to two weeks, when the application must be repeated. If the dlsenscclins been allowed to become chronic, therii there will be scabs formed so that enough parasites will get tinder and not come In con I net with llie medicine, and thoy ' will still live to perpetuate tlielr kind. In order to treat senb successfully the wool should nil be clipped off/so us io expose the skin ns much us possible to the nlr. Like mange In Ihe horse,'the diseased animal .should be separated froin'tlioWell and should be well fed, to build up the physical strength as quickly as possible, ns.lt Is a well known fact that parasitic life lives nt the expense of physical life. Build.up the physical strength aud the body offers greater resistance to parasitic life.' , ' After the animals have been' dipped tbey should not be turned into'pastures where tbey wore while suffering from the disease., The parasite Is not long dived, .consequently .animnls kept out-of an.infected pasture tor a couple of months can then be'safely turned ln again. Weight of Droned Sheep. The dressed enrcas-s of the sheep weighs from no to CO per cent of the total live weight. Proper Coupling of Sheep. The coupling of sheep is a subject that In\":many cases receives too little attention, says XV. i. Clarke In Wool Markets and Sheep.\" To allow a rain to run wild, as It were, with a bunch of ewes xvithout regard to or consideration .for proper mating is xvrong and ls not conducive to the raising of the standard of our Hocks, Where tlie rain is allowed to run xvitb the.flock during the coupling season he should be given a feed of grain daily. Ho should also be riddled on the breast and well back between the fore legs xxith a mlxti*>-e of oil and lampblack. This xvill show which ewes have been served by him. When served, these should be removed from ' the main flock and put In a lot or field, and after the course of two'weeks another rani, riddled xxith a mixture of oclier and oil, should be put xvith them. Any \"coming around'' will (ben be bcrvod aud marked. Where the ram is somewhat inactive nnd easily fatigued he should be \"stood.\" i Sllasre For Ewes and LnmltN. We have never had a silo. Having always, a great abundance of alfalfa or clover bay xve have not needed it much, .saysJoseph.RJWhit__ln_I_ reeder's Gazette; \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'. Yet such sliopliei'dsT'as H~Iir Miller and H. P..Miller, both famous lnmb groxvers, use silos. II. P. Miller declares good silage a (front aid in. keeping up the inilkQow of the ewes. There , is. no doubt that tlie owe needs. about the same ration as the dairy, coxv xvhile sheis suckling her lamb. I xvould suggest that the silngu be mnde bo ns to bo sweet, fearing that nnicl. acidity In it would harm the Intubs through the milk. That means that tbe corn should get fairly mature before being put Into silo. In a paper read by Dr. Leonard Pierson before tlio New Jersey Agtl- ctiltural society on the subject \"Coxv Hcnlth\" he said In .part: The subject of cow health includes everything that influences in any way the functions of an nnlmal, the workings of any organ or any set of organs. Under that head, 'you see, we xvlll have to include breeding and rearing and feeding and general stable management nud care, aud, In fact, the subject of coxv health Includes the xvhole subject ot nnlmal husbandry. It Is 'manifestly useless to attempt to cover more than a small corner of this great Held, so I shall conllue my remarks to stables'and stable conditions and the influence of thoBe conditions upon the health of the cow. and I believe that of all the things bearing upon the henlth of the stabled cow light Is the most Important. But It ia very difficult to select. There are so many' tilings tbat are* ot 'high importance, though it xve weigh them carefully we will find'that light Is fully as Important as any'nud perhaps of the great- estjmportancc. All higher animals require light. TT ; One xvould think that the fact Is so perfectly manifest that It would not I \"ALti ASOAIID I\" the fallen grain, but the numerous In- sects, xvould bo quickly and cheaply transformed Into eggs, or In.case pastures or meadows abound with insect life or orchards or berry fields are attacked with lusect enemies .the bena would accomplish a double good' at small expense. In some localities such a houso might .Invite the attacks of marauders, either two legged or four legged, but not more so than many of the permanent houses one sees through the country. But, such a. house might, after the Inmates are settled for tho night, be drawn into the barn and lock* cd up securely. One often sees poultry quarters made from materials whose first use was entirely foreign to any such purpose. We have seen several discarded street cars used for poultry and an occasional abandoned: freight car. Piano boxes make very good homes for a Bnmll flock, while these and large dry. goods boxes can easily and cheaply be transformed Into bouses suitable for bantams or for growing stock. We have known of a section of a large hollow tree being fitted up Into a very comfortable henhouse. Probably tbe latter is less common noxv than ln the early history of the country.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDPoultry Monthly. The Nexv Wyandotte*. The new variety of Wyandottes,' called Silver Penciled Wyandottes, Is a beautiful fowl, but beyond all this they are xvoudcrful egg producers. A lot are known to have been batched early in July, 1000, which began to lay about Christmas. Two of them have continued to lay tight along for seven -months. During May these two bens laid, one, txventy-one eggs; the other, twenty-three eggs. For 210 days, ending July 20, theso two hens havo laid 297 eggs between them. If tbe ratio could be malntnlncd, these two' hens '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD might produce in the full \"865 days 250 eggs each. But lt Is to' be presumed that they cannot continue at this rate much longer., This new variety ls a combination ot the original SIlver.Laced Wyandotte and the Dark Brahma. In them has been united the blood of two ofthe best general purpose fowls- we- have.* None of our American .breeds Is- better for eggs and market poultry than the .first Wyandotte tbat xvas originated In upper New York stnte. Fully their equal is the Dark Brahma. Tbe union of the two hns produced a fowl that has'tbe Wyandotte shape with the Dark Brahma color. The credit of originating tbe new variety belongs to Cayuga county, N. X.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDCountry Gentleman. \". =*J 1 : Teatlns the, Esei. The testing of the eggs has'nothing to do wltk'tho result of the hatch. People test tho eggs to find out whether the eggs' are fertile or not prior to the ' term they'are due to. hatch. \"This enables them to select the clear fr6m tho fertile eggs. .These clear eggs are just as good for cooking, or any. use that , -other,eggs_of_the_same_agejcan be put ( to, as they would bcTlf never pl__ced\"in~/ Vvu,.k..(: the machine; Being ln'the machine for i be necessary to mention it, but that it j a xveelt or ten days has no'more Influ- \\ Folnta of n flood Sheep. Lots of bone, large, strong Joints nnd n tint rather than a round plpestcm leg are the things to Insist upon, snys Wool Markets and Sheep. The belly and hack .line should both be straight, tho buck bi ond undone skin bright red, though dark and even '.lighter skinned rams are sometimes Very vigorous.' This is not tlie rule,' however. , Sheep Notci. ..Shcepnre close croppers, and despise ,long grass. ^Regular feeding makes even and xvell marbled mutton. Good sheep,' good land and good roots usually go together'. ' ' 'Keep the' lambs' growing.' They will nex-er rec6vei\"fiomai,c'tbiiek. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. Uegular feeding and steady growth make good wool as well as good lambs. If early lambs are to l.i1-* made a specialty, the ewes must be bred In food season. '. . - Isneccssary to'mention It can be prov ed to any one who visits a number of dairy farms In this vicinity and on either side of the state line. You xvlll find cattle that arc housed In dark stables. ; Sometimes there nre n few xviu- dows, sometimes no'windows at'all. Sometimes these windows arc plied full of niniiurc or hay In order to keep the stable worm. Light ..promotes the nutrition of the tissues and orgaus of the body, and It helps, to bring about tho.-chemical changes In a normal wny. At this time a great many diseases ore treated by light,'and especially dlscnscs;of the skin that can be reached most directly by,light. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Dr. Flnson, a Danish physician, has discovered that many diseases of the skin and even some cases of leprosy can.be cured by light. In order to.do this a large lens is' used that concentrates light from xvhich the heat rays hax-e been abstracted upon a- small area. Either sunlight ior, the light, from, an are lamp can be used for this purpose. , ,' Then light ls an antiseptic. ]?Ve have found'that the loxycr forms of plant and animal life live in the'^'ark.'' If yob''put them'In tho light, they \"will die. So that a stable flooded with light not only promotes the health of the Inmates, hut lt also helps to shield the cows from disease by acting as an antiseptic and by.destroying germs. GS3___SWC^i~ \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD i enco on clear eggs than tho summer weather would have on them In a basket ln the. house. Clear eggs will keep good longer than will the bo called fertile eggs. . \\ When you have several Incubators, lt < J two ore filled and started dt tho same / time,when they are tested Itoftcn hap- I pens that one machine will bold all the ' fertile eggs, thus saving tho.tlmo of one ,1 of the machines, that can be refilled \ aud no time loBt working' to keep,cleat eggs xvarm for three xvecks. This li ) also true when you put your eggs un< . der several hens. These are tbo rea- ' sons for testing the eggs. You then kuoxv In advance what the prospects ol i J u hatch are. ' The SI*o of Rons. ITouses and runs sboitld be In propor-1 tlon. It Is seldom tbat the yards aro' large enough for the houses. In cities,' aud villages it; is no unusual.sight toi see a good sized.house and a rui) no larger, than the bouse In, tho area covered., The result.Is a perfectly bnrol and often dusty ground plot.' The area' of' the yard Bhould be at least ten times that'of'the* house'In which* the birds are kept/andif'the'-yard-ls still larger) It will not be of excessive size. In\ fact. It isbest to have' the area of thej run so largo tbat It will remain green through the entire growing season,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' Exchange. THE INDEPENDENT VANCOUVER, B. C. ' AN EYE FOR BUSINESS. Transaction In Which StrabUma* Waa Not a Handicap. \"There Is a small crosseyed boy living In this city who it he doesn't loso his life through just retribution will grow up to become a great financier,\" declared Jones. \"For some time my wife has pos- tossed a yellow purp that has no earthly excuso for living. But she thinks that La is the finest dog lu tho city and spends most of her time hugging him and kiss- lag his dirty little nose. Finally tho dog worship became so unbearable to mu that I resolved to end thu nuisance. Chancing to meet a small crosseyed boy on* day, I said to blm: \" 'See her, boy, do you want to earn a dollar?' \" 'Sure,' sold lie. \" 'Well, then,' snld I, 'you go up to my house, watch your chance and steal the yellow cur tbut you will Und hanging around there. When you get hlni, bring him'down to my oilicc and get your dollar.' \"Within two hours the boy was back with the cur tied to a rope. \" 'What will I do with him, boss?' b* asked after I paid hlni. -. - \" 'I don't care,' I snapped, 'drown him If you want to.' , ' ' ' ', \"Thnt night I discovered my wife ln tears, and I was informed between sobs thnt poor, dear little Fido was missing. The next dny she had an advertisement Inserted la all the papers offering $10 for his return. The third dny she met me joyfully at the door and announced that Fido had been found. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' 'Where?',I asked, concealing a groan. \" 'A littlo boy brought him back,' she answered. \" 'What kind of a boy?' I asked suspiciously. \" 'A small crosseyed boy with the most honest face tbnt I ever saw on a boy. I gave him $10, it being all I had, and told him if he would go down and see you that I knew you would be glad to add $5 to it.* \"But the boy didn't show up. As a matter of fact, I hadn't the slightest Idea he would, I wouldn't mind \"iving bin (5 If he would call.\" A NOVEL GARDEN. In the centre of Liverpool thtro ia ono large roof garden. It forms the hobby of a lady xvho has at present in successful cultivation currants, gooseberries and a. fine shoxv of outdoor .flowers, besides exotics in a greenhouse.. The earth was taken up to the tiles by means of a lift, and tlie garden is efficiently drained and free from despoilers. ALWAYS ON HAND-Mr Thomm H. Porter, Lower Ireland, P. 1>., writes : \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'My son, 18 month*, old hnd urn up so had that nothing gave him relief until a neighbor brought mo somo ot Dlt. THOMAS' EULECTltlU OIL, whioh I gave him, nnd ln six hours he was cured. It Is tho best medicine I ever ufod and I would not be without a bottle ol lt in my houso.\" Sometimes a man is judged by lus appeal onco and sometimes by his disappearance. Respectability is contagious, but folk*, can't always catch it. when thoy xvnnt it. Wc believe MINARD'S LINIMENT is the bost. Matthias Foley, Oil City, Ont. Joseph Snoxv, Norway, Ma. Rev. K. O. Armstrong, Mulgrave, N. S. Chns. Woo ten, Mulgrave, N. S. \" Pierre Landry, senr., Pokemouche, N. B. Thomas Wa-sson, Sheffield, N.'B. Shiloh's Consumption Cure Cures Coughs and Colds at once It has been doing this for half a century. It , . has saved hundreds of thousands of lives. It will save yours if you give it a chance* 25 cents a bottle. If after using it you are not satisfied with results, go to i - your druggist and get your money back. .... A Write to S. C. V/nrxs & Co., Toronto, Can., for free trial bottle. Karl's Clover Root Tea corrects tho Stomach IIEAI'D NOTHING OF THE WAR. Sven Hedm, the explorer, reached Charkhilh, in the heart of China, last April,without hearing of the troubles in the eastern part of tlie empire. He found the Chinese polite and oblija ing-. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD MORE TO BE DREADED THAN AN OUTBREAK OF SMALLPOX. No Epidemic in the Last Quarter of a Century Has Carried Oil as Many People as Annually Fall Victims to Consumption. There is a dull sort of a man xvho becomes prominent in spitu of the fun made of him. Free and enBy exnectoratlon Immediately relieves and frees the throat and lungs from viscid phlegm, and a medicine that .promotes this is tho bent medicine to uso for coughs, colds, inflammation of tho lungs and all affections of tho throat and chart. This is precisely 'what Bickle's Anti-Oon- romptivG Syrup is a specific for, and whero- ever used it has given unbounded satisfaction. Children like It because it is pleasant, adults like it because it relievos and cures the disease. If u girl marries a poor man, it is strange how soon her old friends forget lus, name., i Mr.T. J. Homes, Columbus, Ohio, writes i \"I have been ufllicted for some time with Kidney and Liver Complaints, and find I'ar- molee's Pills tho best medicine forthoeodl- Thise pills do not causa pain or grlpiDfr, and thould he u\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDod when a cathnrtio is required. They aro. Gelatine Ooatcd, and rollea in the flour of L'corice to prcucrve their purity, and give them a pleasant, agree- abtajtasto. Sligh*. no man because of his poverty, and esteem no man becuise. of his xvcalth. . t v, I SOZODONT for thetYeTH 25c The Amazon and its Tributaries hold tlie record among rivers of.pos- conipnrtincnt, was forced to assocl- sosslns 25,000 miles fit -water ',suitable for steam navigation.1). The oV'a the river drains is txvo-thirds.t_.at\"rt Europe. . ; '*\"',' I Don't Give Btm Up. Don't give up*a bad boy or turn against him becauso ho Is bail. \" If your parent- age nml Kiii-rouiidlng had been tho samo as his perhaps you xvould hnve been bad too. He may not bu'altogether bnd.' Give him nnother trial at least. Put' yourself to the trouble to do a favor for him and do'It with nn enrnest, loving spirit. In many cases this xvlll win hhn, nnd xvhen onco you hnvo won lilm ho is true until death. If your fust effott to wiu him docs not succeed, try ngnin and ngnin. You will get nenrer to lilm each,time, and nabls associates come over to you ho xvlll be drawn nearer and near- ir.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDSouthwestern School Journal. A 1>|> reel ii live l7You,,havo'a^fino pedigree,\" snld thV-vAmerlcari'-inulti-'millionniro \" to the nobleman. . . \"Yes,\" was tho nonchalant answer. ' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \"And I wanti to tell you I appreciate such things. If. thero .is anything I tako nnjinterost in-it' is a podigree.. Why, when,J was younger*! could go ,to the',races'and 'nrimo' ovcr the uncostly of overy hoiso at tho'track.\"- - ' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-\".'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD> CAREWORN MOTHERS. Life Often Made a Burden Through Nursing a Cioss and Fretful Baby. Ml babies should be good natured; xvell babies, 'if there is no oucxvard reason for discomfort, aro always good-natured, and yet noxv many moUio'S permit themselves to be thorough y worn out caring da r and niglit foi a sick, cross and fretful baby, xvhen a little care and fore- eight xvould rcmox-e all tho t:-( uble and make both mother and bnly happj Tlio littlo one's sufloi ing and crossness may be caused by anv one of the numerous ills that make 1 aby Iivo-i o misery to themselves and a constant source of worry and -.. . I Ex-cry man;may-(liax.o his,pritc,''but tho market is apt,-to.bo,avorstbckctl. t \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDt-t- ' - \"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD r \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*'- -' ' i(.. S0Z0B0NTT0QTH POWDEpSc ' ,'/- 'AGE'-OF'WHALES. !r '4>i' Tho age of thu whale is^ soWlated according to tlief number of laminae, or layers, of,tho whalebone, which irfcreaAo'yearly /.OFroiri-'tJheso indica-'v tions ages (of 300 to 350 years have ]beua assigned to'whales. _ ' L'Ax-enir du Nord, St. Jerome, Quo Throughout Canada much alarm has boon felt during tbo pust foxv months tit tho outbreak of smallpox that has occurred in vailous localities, an*-itli bis chubby arms and spreuding his small legs across tho loyal buck. In this fashion he xvus curled triumphantly nci'o.'s tho meadows and down the limes till the village vvus icMC-beil. to tlie nmn/ciiieiit mid delight of the mother und her neighbois nt such a restoration. Befoie leaving the visitors extracted a piomisc fioui the women that the hero of this lojal pick-a-back shtuld not liavu the 'spanking' ho possibly deserved.\" i \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD^K^H^M***^^ MUSIC FOR THE HOLIDAYS] j Oar Mr. Hatcher is now In tho east seloctin? a stock of pianos and organs for holi- 5 duys. Amoiiir his selection will bo a largo number of the latest stales of tho WIL- V , LIA5IS' PIANOS famed for thoir puro, full and lasting tone. Our new stock will bo- *-* gin to urrivo abont Dec. 1st and it will bo we'd for those interested to cnll early. Out- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD of-town customers-will receive our best attention and nil enquiries will bo promptly answered. We send catnlogno and price list on request. We handlo several different Milken of organs and xvill bo ploasod to quoto prices dolirored anyvvhoro. Wo havo a number of good socond hand organs and pianos, in good repair, somo as good as now, at vory low prices. Your credit is good with us, no matter whore you lire : : : : : Fforrester & HAtCHERT Ll_iL I ! t t Y \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD:-:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD;\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD . C. A. Bile, Portago Ave., Wlnnlpog. Eldrodpo \"B\" Sowinir Machinos. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD V X \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD_ 'X-*x\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD:-aaa.x..:. '-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD--\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD--.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD- -:-':**:-:~:-:-w**:-*:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDx~x-x~:-:\":< -:\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 A French court has axvarded damages to a railxvay passenger who, xvhile travelling in a second-class compartment, was forced to associate with third-class passengers xxho xvere put into his compartment became there xvas no room in the third class carriages. A lady writes: \"I was onabled to remove the corns, root and branob, by the use of Hollowny's Corn Core.\" Others who have tried it have tbe same experience. Ti a man does one bad act and it is found out it casts a shadoxv over a cIo-/ea former good ones. Malaiia continues to be a greater scourge of the British army in India than any other fatal causo. Minard's Liniment Cnres Garget in Cows. THE RUSTIC WAY. A moie or less fair cyclist, known to punch, met a hirm laborer in an English lane Said sho \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ' iCac vou duect me to Higham Up- ley, please \">\" \" Vo'.'x-e only got to follcr yer nose, mns' \"-aid he, \"but you'll line! it up \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD11 xvci'l: '\" Tl'i'ic seems to be more then one xvay o' saying that a nose is \"tip- tilled like 'tho petal of a flower.\" Jfasiyi4M tin* $\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtwffcMcTl/ For Sale Everywhere Try our Parlpr. Matches. They produce a quick LIGHT without any objectionable fumes. : : \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. : THE E. B. Eddy Co., LIMITED, HULL, CANADA. S \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD o e \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 MANITOBA MAN ONE Or TIID LINKS I>\" THE LONG CANADIAN CHAIN OF DIRECT EVIDENCE. Testifies to the Powers of the Famous Dodd's Kidney Fills\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDCured ot Backache Like Thousands Moro Spreads the Good Work Among His Friends. ITALY'S WOMAN LAWYDK. Ripnoiina Teresa Laborioli is the firs-t xv oman lawyer in Italy. She has passed her examination xvith honors, but, a*- she does not desire to advocate the''''nexv woman\" she detci mined not to practice. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercuryi as morcury will snroly destroy tho sodsooJ srooll \"and completely doruiiBO the wholo sjstcm xvhen entering it through tho mucous surfaces. Such articlos should never bo used excepton proscriptions from rcpuUblo plijsicians, ns tho damago they will do is tenfold to the mod yoa can po-.- ibly donvo from them. Hull's CnUrrh Curo, manufactured by F. J. Cheuoy & Co.,Tolodo, O , contains no morcury, and is takon Intornully, acting directly upon tho blood nnd mucous surfaces of tho system. In bus inpt Hell's Catanh CurebosuroyoUKoUhogotniiiio. It Is takon Intornully. and mado in Toledo, Ohio, by F, J. Chonoy&Co. Testimonials freo. Sold by_Dni\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDfrl*'ts, prico 75c. porbottlo. Hall's Family 1'ills nro tho bost, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Champagne alcohol, and per cent. has 12.2 per cent, ot gooseberry xvlno 11 S Thero ia nothing equal to Mother Graves Worm Exterminator for destroying worms. No nrticlo of Us kind hns given sach entuv fuctlon, LAI _G EST OF TLYING Bin PS Tho largest 'of flying birds is the Onliforniun vulture, or condor, measuring from tip to tip l>Vi to JO feet, and ONcecding considerably in size tho true condor of South America. The bird lays but one 'egg each season, largo, oval, ashy green, and deeply pitted. Minard's Liniment Cures Dipbtheria. , By using compressed air'in the blowing of glass a Dresden inventor has discovered a method .pf manufao lng glacs vessels of unusually large si^,' such as bath tubs and kettles. Oalc Lake, Maal, Nov. 25.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDFrank Colleauji, of this place has turned missionary. A conscientious sense of duly has impelled hun to spread a certain good xvork among his friends and neighbors. The xvork in question is th; xvork of Dodd's Kidney Pills. Some time ago Mr. Colleaux xvas cured ot Backache. He had it for yeats. Though he didn't knoxv it, his kidnejs xvere affected, and it xvas his kidnejs that caused bun such misery But be found lelief. Ho did more, he found a positive cure. lit read that Dodd's Kidney Fills curo Backache. So they d_\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD_ they've cured thousands of cases .of It, simply became they act on the kidneys xvith such splendid effect and thus get at the cause of that fearful disablement. So Frank is spreading tho good tidings among his friends as,fast as he can. If be meets a man suffering xvith backache he tells lnra right strnight what is really the , matter with him and recommends. Dodd's Kidney Pills. In this xvay ho is the moans oi helping many a poor victim or Kidaey Disease xxho might never have understood that in Dodd's Kidney Pills hi has a sure escape from Ins allliction ' lt gix-es mo a gieat amount of plcti'ure,\" says Mr. Colleaux, \"to re- conmend Dodd's Kidney Pills_to all^ iny neighbors and friends. ITan-tes- tify to thoir excellent curatix-e properties for Backache because txvo bo>_os cured mc.\" .Ei&rRie'BEi.? it Ihe steamer W. L. Brown, out of Duluth, mado a record season. She carried 5,780,000 bushels of wheat in txven ty-txv o cm goes. Hinari's Liniment Cnres Colds, Etc. ECHO OF TIIE CENSUS. \"&o your nninc is Tnddy O > \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.' ^ '(- THE INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY.. FEBRUARY 3, 1902 * n>. and Leggings In great variety. Just the thing for this cold snap. Prices to suit everybody. We have them in Ladies' at SOc, 75c, $1, $1.50 and $2. Also in Men's at SI, $1.25, $1.50, $2 and $2.50. 9 420-422 Westminster Ave Knowdell & Hodgson 512 Granville St., Vancouver. Dealers in SIoks. Ranges, Tinware, .iraiiilewiti't', CntU'ry and General Hoiixefurnisliiiigs Prions right. Call and sec for yourselves. MAU. OUDERS receive prompt ut- tention. HEWS OF THE LIBOR WOULD CAX'ADIAX. Woi-kiitgiuen of' Toronto are agitating for the appointment ol a'scaffold inspector. Promoters of a. knitting factory lia\-e \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDasked 'St. Caoluuiines for a bonus, anld \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDSt. Catharines says knit, says n.n: exchange, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"The city cocunc-II of 'Montreal Was Tpassed a* resolution calling: for the use \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDof. the union label on. a.ll city'\"printing; \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDa*'he 'printers consequently are 'haippyl -''- Tbe .first '..cheese'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD factory, ia .Caiuwiii \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD xva'S foulIt.'tn IStil. ; InisiO Canada ex-* : ported O.O')l),00O pounds of. this product. . in 1880 Canadian exports bail' i'hereas-': , cd to ;40,000,GO0 .'pounds: in 1S90 tlie ex- :':',-jiorts ihad sttWX, further itiei-easc-cl t'i 34,- O00,0O07and \"Ik. 100,0 the Caiuvdhin7l*i-- -eisn cheese trade amounted to thelai*S'_ 7 toiall' pij_S6.'0CO,00O pounds, 'aiguiinst only ::\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,bo0,t_00;7.^unds : froin-! Uie \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'United ' .States. 7,7 :*: i'y.ll'X:':.:-,'i-\"X. .'7- : Brockville. trades unionists are to:be. '.'congratulated; on their Initial .success ./ Iu civic elections. They- put .up three :: ;BlUlermen:.:;!ii JeticJi; pf, live. wards,' ^and .succeeded ;m ^lectinysevea out ot the TiftCt.een, as well its electii\"ritr. the. liisiyo'i'. The Tmayo:- is a tinsmith, and .-among \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthe 'aldermen- Is; one \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.''.carpenter,'; one .moulder. . oneshipper,one elei-k, one rmislcial instrument man and.ii. geritle- .'. onim, although organized laibor Is,six-eh \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDcredit for having'\"fexv'7oit:''that: class 'among tlieni. They elected two machinists as light consumers. This is^an ex- '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD: sceedingly good:.,showing.': \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD::'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD':\" Ait (D'erguson a meeiting oMocal.No.' 6 of7the-socialls.t7party7oC.B.:-'C.7xvas', \" :ilield7las\"t;i\veek...xvhen oflicers.tor the \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDensuing six months' were .elected: A. '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'. <3.:Ouimmins. ohairman, and -'Rj P.r.Pet- . itfpieoe,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD;\"se6r6tdry-treasurer.'\" The rid- : ralssiloh fee xvas ..fixed -at 25 cents, with monthly dues ot :2o, cents per: month, 7'uo cimts. per capita and. the remaining :.'.36 cents to go into a propaganda fund. *.TweIxre members enrolled.. It xvas de- , \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD -elded 'to hold:imeetings every Monday -.7 J8\'eniinig,.in'iMlrt\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTs' union hall, ito Which :.;.;'--*heiii>ulbilo..xvlil::be; invited. A coiiim.it- 7-; *teel of itlhree,. A. J. Gordon, It. Foran , rarnd B. P. PetMpieee; xvere appointed to .;-'; arrange .progi-ams for ithe. meetings.till 7,73IairohlKt. ' ;-'' :-.7;.'_;' ' Organizer D..Stamper, of MooEejaw, 7 N.'.'W. T., reports as follo\x-s: Have anetiwlth fair success in organizing Uhe ===,a\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDcUoai=tfot'eiiien=and=laiboi'ers=.xx-<>ri<;lTis_ : ior the Canadian Pacific andi Canadian (Northern railway companies in 'Mn.nl- loiba and Assinaibala,.Instituted local divisions of the Brotltierhood of Bail- way Trackmen at Winnipeg, Belmont, jPortage la Prairie and 'Mlnnedosa. _6lnce the itractanen's strike on the C. P. OR.' tiie section iaen .have awaScened to j Uso faot that ithey have a solid organisation, which Is In a posltlon.to assist \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDUiem In bettering their conditions. I am pflad 'to say that the majority jthor. ,'>' oushly realize the great advantages ii \" Uiey ihave already reaped as a. result ;( of the traokmen'K great ix-lctory on the ei-s should return to thoir old .positions and whenever there xvere jj-rlev- conl'ei-ence that the employer Should receive committees from tlie organization ito discuss tWem. This is the first strike of amy consequence that bhe xxood wonkers of .-Toronto tave declared for a nunilbei- of years, hence xve consider the n-lctoi-y achieved n notable one and one ithat will uniques lionajbl.v add to- the strength of the'' Amalgamated union, xvhei-cwer it Tins a foothold'.'in. the Dominion.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDInternational \"Woodworkers' Journal. seeuru affiliation xvith the doclt xvork- crs of Europe. The general condition of labor in Jlontanu. Is dull at piesent. In Western pnt-t of the state, however, laboring men received an Increase of 25 cents u day. This affects nbout li.OCO men. <^k*-K*>K<\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD;!-<\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*l{*;K\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD>K*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD>K**>M-;*-K*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD^ | ON HIS ROUNDS. | $ By H. Williamson, ol Ihe Independent .*H *w-*H{<\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD>K'^ii'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*i;*}ii*}i-;*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD^{'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDHi<*>K>ii 1 suppose It is close on time to foi-- xvai'd you a few more lines, but I must llrst call your attention to n slight error In my last. What I did sny xvas tihrnt the reverend gentleman, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDt North Bend \"would conic* to tlw> front In his ])rofcsslon In a little while.\" After, leaving North Bend, I arrived ul Keefers, wilierc I stopped over night. I xvas told that one Hanna\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDhe must be some relation to Senator Mark Hanna\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.kept all the commercial meu'mii} preachers xvho might' xvaint to stop ox-ei- ut this place. The Independent man, however, aipparently looked too .much like a worUlngmiaii lo suit bis 'taste, and consequently ,wn\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD not allowed to stop at ihis place. Sizing up this in- diivid'iiajl, he appears to be one of those plcayunlsii, narixiw-inindcd oharactera Uliat you read about In nox-els xvho is ever ready to giasp and snatch everything he can possibly get ihis hands on. He is not popular wltih -tlhe'people Jiei-e, holding as iie does also the iposltion of /postmaster at Keefers. The govern- niant should certainly iflnd some more obliging -.person., to till this \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD position. Preachers uind dminrnmers are Banna's long Milt. There are some iflne people who slop at Keefei's. I \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDaxv tihe Standard people, who aro alive to 'business. This paper is one of the best in the Interior and deserves all the patronage it can get. I was plciused to see Mr. 'Morris, the Secretary of tihe Kamlops Cigar-makers' union. He is an old Vancouver- Ite, ihax-lng been at one time an aclix-e delegate on the Trades and Idibiir council. Ui*u. Mori-la is doing xvell. Upon enquiry I Iind things shaping In a good course towards lnalklng the '.Inland Capital city u foremost union town. The local unions have decided to organize a trades und labor council, and ihave sent for a charter. The tailors of Kamloops ihave organized >a union, every tailor hem being a staunch union man. Tho outlook for the 'tailors ls very 'encouraging, and I tako pleasure In wishing tlitin any best xvlshes for n great success ot tlielr organization. The .barbers Iin;ve decided to form a \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDunion forthwith and have applied for a charter. They expect to be down to xvork next xx-eelc-: xvith 'union cards In the shop xvindows of the town. They are strongly in fax-or of the examination of all bnr.bei-s iby an Insipector Great praise is due the tnnsorlal artists of Kamloops for deciding to adopt the union card system. ' iThe''bartenders'have decided to o; ganize a union, and things In'this direction (ire .progressing very fax-orable xvlth'Ohem. In this mox-ement the boys at: Vancouver sbould ifolloxv suit. From avery point of view you see that Kamloops is a 'Stirring place, xvith a good papukvtlon. THE CIVIC SOW. iVoiJ'LL NEED HEAT \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Before long now. The best heators made ^P \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtlie cheapest to buj* and the most eco- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD nomical 'to use are the \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD 99 AIR-TIGHTS ANP ' BASE- BURNERS. made by the McClary Mfg. Co. , 126 Hastings St., \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. SOLE AGENT ' ^- McLennan, McFeely & Co^ \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDWHOLBSALB AND KETAIH \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDBALERS TS \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD* \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD***' Hardware MAIL ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT AaTlUflNTTION. Come in, Gentlemen, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand inspect our new line of Spring Clothing just lh. Wo\" want to have.lt seen by every ui>-to-d;ito and oconomical,dresser In British. Columbia.- , '.... \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD '/...\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' ..;* Ox-er $1,000. ln Uie latest and best; Clothing, for Men; Touths and,Boys \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDall styles\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDall sizes. . The harder a man is to please' tho more :anxious. we < arc tliatr.lio should see theso garments\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthey axe in Worsteds, Olwewls, Serges, etc. o Como ln, you need feel under uo obligation to buy. JOHNSTON, KERFOOT \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD> CO. 104 and 106 Cordova Street. Trunk Store 127 Hastings St., 0|it>> Wm. Ralph's. (Cuinndbi.it Paalflc railway. Toronto Wood Woifkers' union gained a glorious -victory just lis 1901 xv.v? Mnrrcndc-rlnif Its (place In the annals of lihiw. to t'he \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnew year. Tlie mew hod tteiiuiinded a nine-'hour day, an Increase ln xtfaces and recognition of the unloa. Tthc emiploycrs stubbornly resisted tihe demands, but throus-h ithe good ofllcea \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDof Hon. Wm. MuiIoc-s. The workingmen at the Homestead plant of the Carnegie Steel Works have :canti-ibuted $10,000 from their earnings to the McKinley memorial fund. About 400 .bookWnders In Milwaukee quit xvonk.on the 13\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDh Inst. The de mand is for an Increase of 10 to lfi per cent-in-Wage8-and_a_shorter xvork day. , The glassxvoi'kers of the Eagle Gloss ^company, ut Well.*fl>u_K> XV, Va,, have struck on account of tt reduction tn wages. 'About 200 nien and boys aire aftec-ted. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDFive hundred members ot the Custom Clothing Makers' union iwere locked out in Chicago. All the unions In the city are pitching In \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDuid helping to boycott the'. bosses. The Buffalo Express has signed', an agreement with the Buffalo union to engngw no more nonrunion men. Any further positions to be lllllc-d xvlll be given to members of the union. The anthracite miners in the east haive decided to ask cite Natloiuul Civic Federation 'to assist tilieiv. In arranging a conference xvlth the operators in regard 'to their scale for the coming year. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD The PCmfitylvarila mining laxvs have been - translated and published ln Polish, Magyar, Italian, Slavish, .Russian up with Hamna's ''peace * conference,\" and de-i *nv-ui'd '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Instead * tioM be' Miy; himself' to .'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Aftei- leaixiing there I xveivt to Lyt- ton, whiOh,\"tow.n is located on the side of the great Thompson , river. : Tlie scenery hereabouts is grand. I put up at Tom McMillan's place, the Bailey house. '.' The genial'-.proprietor, is an old seotlon man, and, this hotel is l-.uiian the most imodern plan, the furnishings of which beats anything between Vam- (couvei- a.nd Eamloaps. The tables; at \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtlliis \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDxvell-eiiuipiiediios'telry are spread with the very best.' At the bar a gojd supply of union-made cigars and -first- class liquors {..re ikept. '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD 'Mr. Horni'bin, a; Arancouver ..contraic- tbr, .Is'-jh'ere putting.up .Hie ...Industrial school. 7 He has ai'egulair union crivy. woi'king on the. job.: I also met George Ttitchie, aii old . member,7of.'the Amal-: ganiated Socieity of Carpenters. He is employed on, the dredge:xx-hich is ua- ^ei\" the imti.iiagem.ept .of jir, .Graham, the dreiigiiig esperti. \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;' 7.-77:'- f.777 The Globe liot(il,:'\"ifr.7Giliis,: pi-oprl;!- loiv,isivei-y'p(,jiula.i- with the,boys here-, ahou ts. .. ,ThIs!'. ifi'ive i P1 ace~ '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.does a rush7 \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDlng:business..:.,: i:,x..-:. ';i>\7.;... ii-:llll \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Whin I S'trubk Ashcroft I xvas some-J xvhat :surprised at ithe 7town. .This place Is nicely,; situated, hut Is a little on the.quiet amid not7at' a)ll,,up-toi-date lilce' -the general run of western towns.' I called on: Dr. Reynold's Ashcroft Journal, and met the staff, 'ban-frig two xvho were not'then present. 'The Journal is xvel| iliked aiid the boys on it are 'fine felloxvs. :..y X'\"y:X[y \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD X, \".: . Leaving Ashcroft I arrived at Savo- nas. Here .'there is 'the usual amount of xvoitk going , on. Besides a 'hobil tlhere 1s a general store kept by , Mr. Jane, a highly esteemed man of good parts, and la x-ery obliging. He carries a large stock of merchandise, and his prices therefore \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD are' not excessive. He hns 'always wanked hard In the Inteiests of xvorictngmen, and is always \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDready to lend a helping hand in time of need. I fongot to say that there is some very nice things going on at \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDpence's BrIdge_in^aiqulte_.dwv-_ejJlikeJway. From xx-hat I heard at theistutionil xvould not he surprised to ere long read in The Independent of the happy marriage of a popular young ninn In this burg. He's all right and so is the yoUhg lady. And atlll Cupid plays her pranks. Oui- city council met In solemn con. clave Monday evening last at the regular hour. The mayor-arid all the aldermen xvere .present xvith the exception of Ald.-eleet Skene fi-oiri xva'rd\" I, wto anxiously 7eyed Ills x-acant* cihaii- from 'tihe audience. ,.;..; .:R, iMiirpole, of'flie C. P. It;, wrote to the!effect 'that 'the deeds .foi'. the Cam- 'bie street grounds and the hospital site had .been 'turned over to.' the city. , Thedepuy provincial secretary in letter: announced that a crown giant of the False Oi-cek lla'ts 'to'.the city wrs in course of \"preparaition. .\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 , 7 '\"\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 A. Cullon, of Linds.'iyi Ont.,: wanted ; '-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' OLOLA\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ^\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD CO. WHOLESALE GROCERS, c> Cordova and Water Streets, - Vancouver, B. C. d^r\" Headquarters for Domestic and Bm- fiorfed Cigars and Smoking Sundries. H1SNDEY, ENGLAND, is ono or, the largest,inaniifac- turlng centres In the Old Country for crockery:-: aud ahlna. X\'o have just received a large shipment of-these'goods,-Including, a-beautiful line of FANCY TOILET SETS. They arc In various colors and arc made of Demi-Porcelain are handsome-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDup- to-date and\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDlike all English goods give entire satisfaction. XVe bought them diroct and aro. offering them to.'you at only S1.75 A SET. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDSee our window. R. Qa BUCHANAN \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD> CO. CHOCKEItV AN'D IIUC'SB FI!IINISI1IN0>, Telephone 3-1-5. 100 llii-.tins* Streot. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAYOY' THEATRE- McDoNEI-L i- Sisn'60K....:.'.riniirietor8. Al.F. P. Jame., Stuge Mauilger- Week Commencing* Monday, Next Artistic and Refined Vaudeville. EVERY ACT A FEATURE. Wishing the Citizens of Vancouver a Prosperous New Year_^i> \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDxve again xvnnt it knoxvn that i > xve are still doing business \*it the i. olil stand and invite yiiu to make ' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD us a call. ' . Get prices, note /-utility and be , > happy for 1902. ' l 9 FORD'S GROCERY ' Tel. ?28. 2\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Masting* St. C. f \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDt+ty4f,ay0*y9<9*>*>O99\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD>*>*> . . MAKRfl A .ritClAl rV.OF . .-_ ', \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Dewar's special Liqueur, also.-.', o\" ..usner'sBiacK Lauei Llnueur wdishs* 1 -LARGE STOCK OF- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC; . Cigars \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD _ , R. B. Mulligan & Co., Props. COINEB CORDOVA AND ClBRALL. ,, t Kamloops Ls y Uie courts. Keplylng Aid. McQueen rernarked 'that If Such w'as the case theclumter amendmewt vi-aa a Tvumbug. Further consideration of this by-law was laid oxwr,for another week. The c-onti. OLMotiaa4,CatterM"@en . "Print Run: 1900-1903

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