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[Courtenay Weekly News]
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Q. A. McBain & Co. Real Estate Brokers Nanaimo, B. C. grtjujifrn (U* jui-iu 1394 #���*/] ,f ��cf,^c^ate*CoZO Real Estate Brokers <**% Nanaimo, B. C. NO. 82. COURTENAY, COMOX DISTRICT, B. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1894. $2.00 PER YEAR McKim's Store. TJINTOICT, -B. a ������IMPORTER and DEALERS- ���ht-- Orocsriss Hardware Paints Clothing Orockei skerr Boou Oent's JTurntahlng Tobacco's Shoes Orders Taken for Custom Made Suits. HEAL ESTATE MARCUS WOLFE, Financial and General Commission Broker, ROOM 11, JOHNSTON BLOCK, NANAIMO, U. C. AOENOIES BXFBSBENTXD, . London Permanent Loan and Saving* Company, Toronto. Citizens* Building Society of Nanaimo, Scottish Union and National Insurance Company. Hartford Fire Insurance Company. Union Fire Insurance Company of London, England. Eastern Fire Assurance Company, of Halifax. Great West Life Assurance Co., of Winnipeg, Man. Money to Loan on Improved Farm Property. D.W. KARN��C0'8 Organs and Pianos stand without a rival; have received the last gold medal given by the Dominion of Canada, and the last gold medal given by the Toronto Industrial Exhibition. For further information and catalogue apply to JOHN MAY, Or Grant & McGregor, Nanaimo Union, B. C Agent for Vancouver Island. Wm. K, Leighton. Fire and Life Insurance Agent. Koyal London and Canadian Phenix of Hartford London and Lancashire Confederation Life. Green Block, Nanaimo. Union Meat Choicest meats always on hand. Market. Fresh Fish Weekly. ���Vegetables etc. fy Vessels supplied on the shortest notice. "&& Simon Leiser, Prop. Puntiedge Bottling Works, DAVID JOVB3, PBOFttlETOB, ��� MANUKACTI/'IUCR Or SODA WATER, LEMONADE, GINGER ALE, Sarsaparalla and Champagne Cider, Iron Phosphates, Syrups Dottier of Different Brands of l.ii!er Beer Steam Beer and Porter Agent for Union lirewcry Company. ��3T Keg Beer sold for cash only. *l��*| Courtenay B. C. Largest Stock of General Merchandise in the PEOVIN OB - ALSO - New and Complete Stock of Household Furniture, Splendid line of Carpets, Window Shades and Japanese Matting. We Invite inspection of our slock of Spring and Summer Dress Goods, Hats, Laces, Flowers, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc. etc Gents Furnishings a specialty. Mrs. Delahay, (Late of the Co-operative store, Nanaimo) is now in charge of our Dressmaking Department. Best Styles and Satisfaction guaranteed. Simon Leiser, Prop, COMOX, BO. Importers & Dealers in Flour A Feed Dry Goods Farm Produce Boots ft Shoea Fancy Groceries Hardware Crockery* Glassware Faint* Oils Osnts Furnishings Patent Ksdioinss Stationery Wallpapsr Sportsmens Supplies a Speciality Q�� Union Mines Furniture Store. A Full Line of Everything. Including Granite and Hardware. AND BT3-ILD-ET5S. KF UNDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES* Grant & McGregor, Props. Get Suited. J. Ahr.ims, the clothier of Union his a fine of 1400 samples to choose from for suitings, ranging from $22 per suit upwards. Perfect fit guaranteed 0. H. Beevor-Potts Solicitor, Notary Public Conveyancing in all its branches. Office Comer- cial St, Nanaimo. Home Made BoysSuits. Suits lor boys from two to ten years of age made to order, at reasonable rates. Apply to Mrs. Charles Hooper, Courtenay. Robert Sanderson. Joiner Uf Cartwrit/ht Courtenay. B. C. O. H. Fechner. BARBER Shop: Late Drug store. Union, B 0. J.'.T. Grieve. Butcher Sandwick. * i'V Will run butcher cart to Union Wednesdays, and*���;.-Tuesdays around Comox Settlement, 'Bay.and Courtenay; Saturdays around Courtenay and thc Bay. Will supply ������egetables, eggs, butter, and cream. Notice. To the readers of the "Weekly News": Mr. A. Uptaker, the Jeweller, late of Vancourcr, B. C. has opened up an establishment in McKelvcy's house at Cour tenav, II. C, with a choice stock of '���Watches, Jewellry, Musical Instruments, Stationery, Tobaccos, Cigars, and smoker's articles as well as notions, etc., etc. Mr. Uptaker otherwise known by his pop ular nickname as "Barncv" is well known in this locality and the Union Mines, Watch and Jewellry repairing promptly and neatly done. Notice Having sold out my Soda Water and Mottling business in Comox District to Mr. David Jones of Courtenay I desire to settle up all outstanding accounts at once and parlies will confer a favor by paying the same to him there, as he is fully authorized to collect for me and receipt forany moneys paid him, Louis Lawrence. Nanaimo, IL C. April 11,1894. Courtenay Stage, J. 8 Wilson, Prop. Will leave the Riverside Hotel and Courtenay House, Courtenay, Week-day's at 6 p.m., and Sundays at 4 p.m. for Union. Returning will leave Union Hotel and Cumberland Hotel at 9 p.m. Week day's and 7 p.m. Sundays for Courtenay. Fare each way 60 Gents, Wavebly I X House; TJDSTOlsr, B- O- This Magnificent Hotel Building Will be Opened lor the Reception ot Guests July 1. Finest Appointments. Best Table. Splendid Sample Rooms and Reasonable Rates. A. Liniisay, Union Cothing Store. Goods At Cost. For the next thirty days you can purchase at the Union Clothing Store Cloth ing, Hats, Bouts, Shows, White and Colore! Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Cents under Clothing, Socks, Overalls, Cordigan Jack ets at cost. The above goods all new. Please call and inspect goods. Suits made to order at thc lowest possible price Notice to Contractors. SkAI-BD TENDERS will be received by the undersigned up io noon of Thursday, June 71I1, 1894, for certain work to be done on the Lower Prairie road; Tsolum River road; 1J lack Creek road; Cross road; Upper Prairie road and Little River road. Plans -ind Specifications can be seen at the office of the undersigned on and after May a$th from 9 tdl 12 m., and from 1 till 5 p.m. Tenders must be made upon the prin ttd form which will be supplied for that purpose.' The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. s. Creech, Gov't Agent. Notice to Tax-Payers. ASSESSED and Provincial Revenue Taxes will be received by the undersigned at his oflice, in his residence, Comox Bav, between thc hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. No taxes of any description taken after that hour. Taxpayers arc respectfully requested not to oflcr any assessed taxes outside of office as it is against regulations to receive them thus, and they cannot be accepted. Should undersigned be at any lime away on other business a substitute will be at oflice to receive taxes. W. II. Anderson. Collector. Comox, May 23rd, 1894. Notice of Assignment. Pursuant to tbe Creditor's Trait Deals Act tm. Notice ii hereby givm tfmt F uracil A. Anlev of thu Tuwn of Union, Vancouver Is* Und, Pr-V'tioe uf Brituh Columbia, butcher ha*, by dflfd dated aud executed May 10'h, 131)1, imigued all his pro; titty, real and jier-ooal and cbuKoi in action to Wm. Mathew-ton, fanner, of C -mox Diitrict, Od said Itl md in trust for tbe general benefit uf Creditora, ��ave aa therein mentioned. All pereooi having claims againit the aaid Francti A, Anley uiuil forward or deliver full particular* of the is-ne to the raid tru-*U e, at Cuoiox, B 0., on or before the 19--b day of July, 1891. All peraom indebted to aaid Francis A, Anley aro required to pay the amount of their iudehtednew to the wid trustee forth, witb. After the ID.h day of July, 1894, the truitee will proofed to distribute tho aueti of the estate among tbe partiea en* titled thereto, having regard only to ttie claims of which he then shall have bad Wm. Mathkwhok, U^ted, May 19th, 1894 Aa-dgtMC. Union Flashes The San Mateo was due yesterday. Sir. Mineola left Saturday with 3460 tons. The str. Mineola teft Saturday with 3,4uo tuns coal for Southern Pacific. Str. Yaquinia is due any time and will take coal for the Alaska Cold Mining Co The str. Wellington left last week Tues day with 2700 tons ol coal for Los Ange- los. The str. Keewanaw is due today and will run regularly hereafter in connection with the Mineola and San Mateo. The Tcpi** arrived Monday for her first load ol fire clay for the Terra Cottn and Pottery works Victoria. She has heretofore obtained clay nenr Nanaimo. The Coquitlam was in and left Thursday, taking 300 tons coal for the Northern Pacific China steamers and 150 tons coal for the North-western Co., which runs a line of steamers from Victoria to connect with the Great Northern. Grant & Monnce are clearing off the lot of J. B. Holmes. What then? The English church have a new organ at Union. Wood & Miller's new chariot is much admired. It wil) carry twenty-five. A story and half dwelling is going up on Mayport avenue, and a small cottage on 3rd avenue. At the Magnet store we found among the new things some line harness���good goods to draw. There was a pleasant surprise party at McKim's new residence on Maryport avenue, Thursday evening. Mr. Robt. Bryden, son of Superintendent Bryden of Wellington came up last week and will remain a few days. Mrs. F. D. Little, accompanied by her mother, Mrs, Captnin Freeman returned from San Francisco on the MineoU. Rev. J. C. Morrison, assistant to Rev. John Robson, arrived last Wednesday. He will be stationed nt Denman Island. The McKims were arranging their shetves for builder's hardware of which they had received a heavy consignment. Saturn a) was a great day among the Chinese, one of their quarterly feast days, and their flag was flying in all its glory in honor of the event. The ten cottages of Mr. Hamberger are Hearing completion and thu demand for tlum was so great that Mr. Hamberger has concluded to erect four more of the same character. A glance at the stores showed business lively. At the Union Store there was a crowd. The potted flowers improved the front; these we found upon enquiry be longed to some lady who waa kindly permitted the use of the area in front for a display. Grant & Monnce have purchased Mr. Richard Carter's ranch about two miles out from Union. Thev will clear 40 or 50 acres of the heavy wooded part, and have given a chin iman a contract to clear 60 acres of the swamp part. They will erect a dwelling on it during the season The new hotel has at last been named ���the Waverly House. As the work progresses its tine proportions become more apparent. Two or three rooms in the rear are already 1'nished, and Mr. Lindsay, the lessee, by securing some rooms across thc way is enabled even now to accommodate three or four boarders. Thc house will be opened for business to the public about July 1. The Pikcts arc now in full control of the Cumberland, and as citing the pudding is llie test of its quality, so we thought eating at a table is test of its ex- cellercej and accordingly accepted the invitation ofa friend.who whetted our ap petite by saying, sub rosa, that we would get something good. As wc hive a like- in j for something of that sort���sort of peculiar ynu know��� we couldn't refuse. After dining we returned a verdict, to which nil of the jury who sat down with us will agree to make unanimous, that the table at thc Cumberland Hotel is unexcelled. Pierce, the photographer, has out done himself, and that is saying a good deal. Certaintly for ,t group picture it would be difficult to find one which excels the Grant family group, which is made up of Hugh Grant, Mrs. W. Mathewson, Alex- Grant, R. Grant, J. J. Grant, nnd K. Grant. Not a bad likeness in thc lot. Most of them looked straight foi ward, but wub a gaze which did not denote any special object at the point of vision, but Alex, appeared to see something, probably a customer, just beyond the foreground. A lire company has lately been form ed here of about twehty-Hve members. Capt. Alex. Grant is Fire Chief, Jack Ilrure, As sisiant, and A. Lindsay, Secretary. Supt. Liltle has donated a lot to build on, on the corner of First street and Dunsmuir avenue. It will be *t hook and ladder company. Buckets have been donated and the material necessary for their equipment. Correspondence has been entered into fnr a hand engine. Pipes are to be put into the Union store, and tliey will be connected with the new Fire Hall which will shortly be constructed. There will be a large tank in the Fire Hall, and a reservoir in a depression con- si it ut ing an inland basin or lake, not far from the centre of the town*<ite. The water will be forced into the tank and reservoir by steam power at the mill. In at J. Abrams we found Miss Nash with a fine display of Millinery. She came from Oak Lake, Manitoba, and is an acquaintance nf Mr. T. D. McLean's and also of the Rev. Mr. Higgins who speak highly of her. She received a diploma from tbe Electoral Diviion Agricultural, East Brandon, in the fall of 1888 "for greatest number of prizes for ladies work," nnd last fall was awarded a diploma by ihe Portage and Lakeside Electoral Division Agricultural Society "for best and greatest collection of ladies work" Her display of hats, bonnets, ladies work etc., is very fine; and as there is no other establishment of the kind in the district, she ought to do a good business. There is certainly no need ofany one go ing below for millinery goods now. Miss Nash as soon as practicable will have .1 place of her own for the displav of her goods, but in the meantime is fairly well accommodated at Abrams. The ladies would do well to give her a calL | Wanderings From Comox. Shakes the Duet of Oomox Prom Bis Htela���The e. a. Oomox Bears Bim to Bis Destination���Beuda Rome for Bis leather and O-vms. Goes to a Pancake and Valentine Social-Meats a Pretty Girl and what Happens. Ho. 1. On about February 1 in the year 1893 I first shook the dust of Comox, B. C. from my heels. Dust, did I say? Well, 1 should rather guess it was plaguy cold dust. 1 thought so at the time any wiv. Now, I hope none of my Comox friends will get mad at my leaving there. When 1 say friends, I mean acquaintances as welt, being as there is considerable more of the latter than the former. Now la dies and gentlemen, excuse me, if I make a few mistakes in this nairative, slight or otherwise, because there is a victim of a hallo ween joke of mine likely to attack me at any moment But 1 am prepared for, being as 1 have a club in each hand and a jack-knife in the other. 1 concluded from the begining that the first was the last of it, now 1 see that I was wrong as it is far from finished yet. Now as there is little to be heard but silence��� and plaguy little of that amongst the bustle and confusion. I will continue my narrative. I left Comcx almost at the same time as the ss. Comox on which 1 was a saloon passenger. There was a light gale blowing, so I stood on the deck that I might get the benefit of it. The waves were like miniature mountains and 1 soon became aware of the fact that they were exceedingly damp and that 1 was rapidly becoming so too. I entered the large and very cramped saloon. By this time the little steamer was getting restless, so I lay on the floor and made good use of the leg of a table; but this didn't last long, for we soon got in the shelter of the famed Texada Island where we dropped the hook. 1 noticed it sank with great rapidity and I naturally thought it got wet as soon as it touched the bottom. We lay till the next morning without any thing unusual happening, except that I ate two harty meals and slept till 1 woke up again. We arrived .it our destination as soon as we touched the dock; and I jumped ashore nnd found a good cheap place to chew and roost, then visited a few ac- quainunces I had there. There was considerable snow on the ground (some on the house-tops, too) so 1 sent home for my No. 9 gums. They were immediately'sent me by no less a gentleman than Robert Duncan. I guess the most of you have heard of him. They arrived the day after the lilt snow had departed; so I laid them by. Now nothing extra happened till one damp day 1 was sauntering along Westminster ave. when 1 picked up a bill ���not a greenback but one which said something about a pan cake and Valentine social to be held in the First Congregational church. Of course I took it in���opened my valentine. Alas! it was cut in half I was told to go .md find the other half, but I refused. Pretty soon a beautiful damsel came along and asked me if 1 would like some pancakes. 1 said I had no objections; so she soon relumed and deposited a large tray on my lap and before 1 could speak she was gone. What could I do? Nothing cx- 'ccpt eat ilicm. 1 started to do so and was getting along fine when another young l?dy asked me to let her see my valentine. I did so without kicking. She put them together so quick and returned mine that I could not get more than a glimpse of them, but I would have staked half of either of my feet or both of them that they were not mates. She said they were; so 1 raised no objection. I tried to get nd of her, so joined in a game. She staid by me watching every move. No wonder I played poor. After a while I went up stairs and joined in an other game. She soon appeared again and had a cheeky looking fellow on her arm. She sauntered up and and pointed at me and said, says she, "He's my partner���ain't you?" 1 nodded. Then the fellow glanced at me and next at the toes of his boots. I felt my arm between the elbow and the shoulder, then glanced at my knuckles. Pretty soon my partner in the game began looking knives at me. so 1 kept at it as long as I could, but found I was not improving, so asked if there w.is anybody in tbe audience that would take my place. Prstty soon I was lost in the crowd, but she caught sight of me several times after that;��� well, it won't do to tell all; but when 1 noticed her getting ready to leave I stood nt the door, and had hardly addressed her when I got a snowball where thc chicken got thc axe. I was tripped and rolled off the side-walk When 1 gut up she had vanished; so I plodded wearily home That's all there is about the pretty girl who was s*J anxious to he my partner no not quite. [To be continued] Geo. Finley. Local Brevities t. 0. G. T. Entertainment. B.itrman Lodge will give a musical en- leminmeni in Good T-implars Hall, Sand wick on thc evening of Tuesday the 19th of June. The doors will be open at *���>������)-���) and the flow of music will soon after com mence. There will be much of the instrumental, and somewhat of the vocal. The accordeon will play a part, and the flute will add its dulcet'strains, while the violin will exert its power over the musical susceptibilities and the mouth piece will also make itself, as usual heard, but whether this is intended to be instrunien- al or vocal, wc cannot with any degree of certainty safely aver. Gentlemen will be required to deposit a genuine 50 cent piece with thc door keeper in order to gain admittance, but the ladies ���that is the pound ladies��� God bless them!��� that is those ladies who bring a pound of anything they please���expected to be something good to eat, or for use, or beauty, or something��� will be admitted frecjthat istosayforthc pound. We think lhat sentence is long enough to weigh a lb, but not being a lady oursclf it won't answer as an admission ticket. A unique feature of the entertainment will be the auction of the lbs. How it is to be conducted we don't understand, but believe no one is to know just what any particular pound is until he buys it. We understand it is 16 oz which is the standard and not Troy weight, but presume a pound sterling will be acceptable. McPhee St Moore have been taking an account of stock this Meek. Waverly House is the name of the new Union hotel. Long may it wave! Mrs. Urquhart, who lives near the was mill, left Friday morning for Victoria. Mr. William Lewis went below on the ss. Joan on its last trip. There is nothing like steady, persistent advertising 10 help along businesa. Mr. E. G. Van Houten of E. Pimb-.i y was up last Wednesday. Wm Barkie will crop Harry Beadnell'* place on Denman Island this year. Mr. Fred. Young, barrister, of Nanaimo paid this place a visit last week. Takk Notice.���Any onc found usinjf David Jones patent stopper buttles will be prosecuted according to law. Mr. Williams of W. K. Leighton St Co Nanaimo, was in town Thursday and left for Union. James Graham and P. Barry will lake charge of thc l'iket farm, Denman Island this season. For Sale,���A Jersey bull, full pedigree. Apply to John Piket, Cumberland Hotel, Union Mrs. K. H. Pideock came down on the Joan from Valdes Island last Thursday and left the next morning for Victoria. The mail at Courtenay closes 00 Thur* day promptly at 6 p. in. and the money order department at 5 p. m. on same day Word comes by way of Mrs 1'idcoc-k, that thc colony at Kingcombe Inlet are prospering and contented. Mi. John S. Wilson's stage between Courienay and Union, is proving quite a convenience. See his ad. Last Wednesday night beds could not be furnished all who applied for lo. g'mg ai the Courtenay House. Rev. Mr. Barber of Victoria West came up on the Joan, and was a guest at the Courtenay House. He returned Friday. There was born to Mrs. and Mrs. Walter Rowbutham, of Union, last Friday, a son. On tbe following day it was burned. "God giveth and God taketh away." There is a rumor that Mr. G. F. Drabble will be appointed Stipendiary Magistrate. We hope it is true. He would make a most excellent one. Geo. Leightou, at the Bay is already enlarging his premises. He got up that new 24 seated stage of Wood & Miller in just two weeks after the order was given. Tickets are for sale at the Courtenay p. 0. Sandwick p. o. and the Bay p. o. Let thc gentlemen exchange their 50 cents for a ticket at once, but the ladies are expected to pound their way in. Mr. Alex Graham, the genial and popular bar leader at thc Courtenay House, has left to take a siqjiliar position wiih Messrs Piket & Bruce at the Hotel de Cumberland, Umon. ���**��� **y��i It was pleasant to see Mr D. Mcintosh back in his old place as purser if the loan, albeit, it was for only one trip The regular purser was unable to come by reason of illness. Notice.���For business call ai the office and not on the compositors; it is de* sirable that thu type setters should not be disturbed during working hours. No one can set or distribute type correctly while conversing with anyone. Harry Beadnell and George Curtis left Friday morning on the Joan to join the survey party al Wellington which commenced Monday thc survey of the line of extension of Esquimalt and Nanaimo Ry to Comox. Capt. Christiansen and son were up on the Joan and proceeded Thursday north. This week we have the lowest tide of ihe year, and their object is to deteimiiie if possible whether the wreck of ihe ill-fated Kslelle was due to the tide, or whether she struck a rock. C. B. Rabson was awarded the contract for the erection cf the Oyster River bridge. He bid $881. His contract doe**, not cover the bridge approaches. The bridge is to be a truss onc and have two 65 foot spnns with a crib in the centre, and must be finished by August ist* J. W. McCann will be foreman of ihe construction. Tom Graham has invented an ingenious device to close a gate. He will apply for a patent. It is a great improvement ���on his turn-gale. When a person got into that, if he was immediately followed by another, anxious for a shave, llie gale took him around to the point where he started; and il as on Sulurdav or S��� there was a long line of hirsute people trying to enter, they would be carried about, first in and theu out until Tom came out and relieved them or they all managed in some way to get through. One day last week, as Mr. Tog Wilson was driving his butcher cart through the forest 011 thcL'nion road, as he declares, a wolf came out of the woods, aid followed him, keeping, however, at a respectful distance. Its sharp face and pointed cars, and bright eyes impressed Tug with a sense of fear which ne hiul not fell for years. When he got home he declared the wolf was six feet tall ami as long as the wagon box. The next day ns thc impression made by the animal wore off he said it was certainly three feci tall, the 3rd day after, he was willing: to bet it was as big as the black tat which sometimes prowls of nights in the neighborhood of the Riverside. Parties seeing anything to correspond with Tugs description on that road bigger than a squirrel are requested to report. Strawberry Festival. The Ladies Aid Society ofthe Presbyterian Church, Sandwick, intend giving a strawberry festival as soon as thc straw berries are ripe, date and particulars lifter. Methodist Service June 10th. Next Sunday will be Decoration Sunday at the Methodist Church, Cumberland. Sacramental service in the morning, and Hospital Service in the evening at 7. Members and friends of the Congregation having flowers or plants to loan for the occasion arc requested to send them on Saturday afternoon and evening. Collection in the evening in aid of the Hospital Fund. Rev. Jno. Robson, Pastor. PRACTICAL FAMING. A Homemade Drill For Farm Wells. Many localities are so uituiiieilas to make well-digging un expensive und uncertain necessity. In aome places water is uot found without digging from ono hundred to one hundred and fifty feet for it. It is a prevalent idea that a well thus deep caunot be put down without employing some one who makes a bu-tiueas of drilling welll with appropriate aud expensive machinery ; and poaaihly after going to this depth, water may uot be obtained. My experience iu drilling some deep wellt on my owu farm may aid (oip fanner to put dawn a well that will 03St bim only a few dollars in cash. The necessary tools can he made, at little expense, hy auy village blacksmith, The tools, when properly made, will drill a well five hundred feet NO. 1. JABS AND hit imi wki.i. lUiiu.. deep if needed, First, bwopieossof nnn ami one-fourth inch ganpipu are needed ; one ten feet long, the olher tive feet. Take these to tho blacksmith uud havo him make a pair of jars [a Via. 1) similar to the jars uieil for oil-well tools. Theso jars should have a -dii-nk a foot long that will lit inside he oue and nncdourth inch pipo. Now either weld tbosu jars into tho two pieces uf pipe, or securely rivet them, weldiug being far preferable. Have the loop of nuo jar left open, so as to connect them like links in a chain. Loop them together, and wold the open end of the j ir. Now have the blacksmith make a sleet hit, the shank also i.rie foot long, aiul the end of tho hit or drill two and ouc-half inches wido [b Fig, 1). Weld Ibis hit into the end of the ton- foot pipe, and drili two holes in tbe ond of the five-foot piece, tu rivet iu the rope. Now get aa long a piece of inch rope a;i will probably be needed ami rivet it iuto the end of tlie five-foot pipo (r Fig. 1). After putting the rivet*- through the rope, drive some soft wood wedges between tlie rope and pipe, and the ropo will never pull nut. Build a derrick fifteen feet high, or the limb of a iit:it will answer the same purpose. If nu trees are convenient, put up three polea and hung a pulley at Hie top. Put the rope on the pulley, and the derrick is ready. Thu lirst fifteen feet of drilling will be the ttio west. One can Held a two-inch augur on an iron rod, and hore tlm fifteen h-et in clay veiy well. If iu'-ravel, this first part must be j-pudited until tlie drill can he attached Lo the spring polo. Thia pule ahould be twenty or twenty-live feet, long, with the butt end firmly fastened to the grouud (Fig. 2). About eight foet from thii Mill put a block so that the small end will be about four feet from the '-round. Now fun a swivel ou the small end, with a link arge enough fur a loop of the rope to pass through. I put a handle on ihu swivel of the ii-ol.-t I made, for they have to he continuously turned to insure a round hole, A Band pump must be made. A three- foot two-inch wired tin pipe will make this. Have the tinsmith solder some ears on the inside of one end, and put a heavy wire bale on it. For lho valve, use a round piece of wood the tti/.o of lho pipe, and hore an inch hole through it ; saw it olf about four inches long ami nail a round piece of leal her L Fin. 2, Hi-HiSiJ j'oi.r. Fon wki.i. drilmhi or rubber on one end, so thaL it will act as a pump valve. Put this iu the end of the sand pump, leather end Inside, fasteniuc it with some brads through thu tin, and thu saud pump iuliiiii-lii-d. As the tools are ohurn- e,1 up and down witli the spring pule, add a little water occasionally. After drilling a foot, pull out the tools and use tin* gaud pump. In clay, a man can drill thirty or forty feet in a day, hut ouly ten to fifteen feet iu rook. Tbe jars allow the driller to loosen bis tools should they become wedged in the hole, which tliey frequently do. Anyone who has ��e��ii a gas or oil well drilled will at onco uudurstand the directions, bb the tools are the Bame, only on a small scale. When water is found,a pipe two inches In diameter or even smaller, can be put down and the pump attached. Should you fail to find water, you will at least have the satisfaction lhat the hole cost you but u few dollars. The spniu- pole may he run through the sido of the ham or any building and thu rafters will make the necessary derrick. Should (juijksand he encountered, as freijiientiy happens, slip down Home two- inch pipe, narrow up the drill, and ifthe jars are made narrow, the quick ban il can be cased oil', and the drilling proceed through ths pipe. Onu of my neighbors had a Htivt utythe lout well drilled last fall that cost hini nne dollar per foot, which is a reasonable price. I drilled a well nearly as deep with tools like those described, lhat did not cost over live dollars iu cash. A natural gas wull was drilled one hundred ftiotdeep in thii way with a spring polo hy one of my nei-jlibors, I do not intend to say that this is the best way tu put down was or water welli, hut. simply that it can lie done, and cheaply done, hy thoHu who have lhe time. The Profitable Dairy Cow. One very common mistake with dairy meu is to reckon the value uf a cow hy her yeaily yield ol milk or butler. Perhaps, iihii. general rule, hucIi a staudtrd would more often be right than wrong, but at Lhe same tune it very often proves a false standard- At the Pennsylvania experiment ���tattoo some very elaborate experiments were carried out, testing ihe piotlt ofnowi in milk and butter making. All the food wusuarelully weighed and charged- Mar guarite produced 0,618 pounds of null; and 'i'.Hi pounds of butter, whilu liamnna produced 5,469 pounds ot milk and 870 pounds of butler. Ordinarily tin* dairyman would pronounce Marguerite ihu holler tm��f of the two, but accounts had heon kept wiih them, and it was found at lhe end of thu year, tliat Marguerite had made a profit of only $31.60, while lUmona returned a clear profit of 981-60. 1 All cows have what is called a norma appetite ; that is, thuy will consume food up tu a certain point, with a return iu tin- pail of profit, but all fed beyond that amount is uot only lost, hut actually injures the oow. Kvery man who handtu-t OOWI should test each one for at least a week during the fourth month from oalvtng and by using scales on the feed and a Itab* cook teBt on the milk, find out where tho normal limit of each cow stands. Onco testing will probably last the oow'b lifetime. This individual testing is paticularly valuable, owing to tho remarkablu variation in the appetites and assimilating powers of different cowh. The writer onco owned two Jerseys. Oue was tho largest cow, tbe largest ealer, andlhesmallest milker ; while the other was the smallest cow, the smallest eater, and the largest milker in the herd. Another cow waa the fattest and among the smallest milkers, buL so steady wai her How from end to end of thu B0OIO0 lhat she averaged when the year's figures were Hummed up. One of the Interesting features 'if dairying is finding out these queer creatures, lo say nothing of the black sheep you find in the herd, and that are profitably parted with to the first butcher who fancies Ihem. Kicking Cows. If tbe animal ia handled kindly from calf- hood, und the proptr kind of p;rjcn milk her���one who has eo*Hc enough to control ins temper���there will be very "''-lu prob ability of Lli-i animal duvoloplng tho kicking habit. If the cow'a udder is sore, or if one bandies tender teats too rottghly, the cow- is liable to kick. If she does, ii will b*> wi��e io handle ber more kindly a.u-1 gently, lest she repeat tne kicking so many times that it becomes a habit, for it it develop*; into a habit, nothing limy serve to cure her. Voung heifers, whleh have juat dropped their calves, may kick occasionally al the beginning; audit the milker hicks her back, or strikes.or scolds her roughly, the chances are that tbe evil will he aggravated, and the oow ruined, Geutlenoss aild kindness witb dairy cows it. the bust plan to avoid having kicking cows, hut there aro fer quent inatanceowhere tbe kicking propensity neems to be transmitted iu the breeding from dam to offspring, and iu Bitch cases it will be a hard mutter to effect a cure. As a rule, however, kicking cow, arc the result of ignorant and brutal treatment by those having them In charge, and entrusted with their training. CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES. g|X ll'itnlii-il Mm iiiii'li-irv.-'il hy Ihe Cnn-i-Hiiii 1'iiallle itiitl t.r.'in-l Trunk iiiiiiMti.-*- in Montreal. A swooping retienelimeut has beon madu in tho force of men employed by the Canadian I'Aoifla railway in Montreal, One hundred and seventy men employed in tbe locomotive shops uud one hundred and thirty employed in the ear shopa have been discharged, nnil a still further reduction is expected. Of the ihiee hundred men discharged fifty per cent, are married men wiih families, and the majority aro skilled mechanics, .Mr. Blffginson the mechanical superintendent, Bpoaking of the causo of the reduction, suid, "Tho reason of Lhe reduction is well known. When yot. lind the receipts drop eoventy-fivo ana eighty thousand dollars at a time, a reduction had Lo be made. The reduction is in the repair department only. Then* is no uso repairing rolling Btook until it ia wanted. We did not lake action before, because everybody expected that withtheopeniugofnavigation would come an improvement in business. Well what has happened 1 Navigation is opened, and thero is nothing stirring. The farmers arc uot Blllpplng, and there is nothing to make mouey circulate." " How long will this roduotlon stand ?" " I cannot exactly say, but 1 expect that it will not he over a month, or six weeks. I feel bad enough over this thing. 1 an tryin*,' to keep all my boat men, and tin married men, wherever possible, -jet tin preference." " Will tho roduotlon stop at tliroo bun dred?" "I think so, but you can nover toll what a day will bring forth." "lathis the first tlmo thata reduction has been made on the Canadian Pacific railway 1" "Oh no, WO did a liltle last, year, hut nothing ho sweeping as lhis for the past seven years. Matters will right themselves after a while." The reduction has caused considerable distress amongst the men in the Kast end of Lho city. It. is expected that a largo number of oterka in the Company's employ will also have lo go. The Qrand Trunk railway has also decided upon a policy of retrenchment, ami n ten percent, rod notion has boen made in the working audolerlcal stall's. .More than three hundred men have ben dismissed in Montrealulonc. Thoaeawcopiiigroiluotlona may he regarded as an Indicator ofthe pi condition of businesa generally. THE TERRIBLE GALES. Immense Damage li-nie lo IrlMl nnil linns Hull Inn YeMflft. Reports of iho damage done by tho furious galo thai ragod ovor tlio sou thorn pari of Ireland, Monday night, continue lo be received. The loss on land waB quite heavy, but moco damage was dono at son. Many minor marino casualties are reported. The flatting fleet that, was at work ofTSkibborooil wheu the storm bursl Bllfforod greatly, The Manx and Itiall boats were tho worst milf ere-rs. A number of fishermen were washed from them and drowned. -Many boats from Baltlmoro, county Cork, and ���l.'i of tlm Manx lleot arc missing, and it is feared that they were dismasted whilo trying to ride out, thu storm, and. thua diaabled, broached to and filled and mink. N'oue of thc lleot wont ashore, hut groat quantities of wreckage have been washed up alunu the coast, which ta accepted as proof that many vessels foundered. Much of the wreckage is .'mob us would come from fishing boats. Tho smack Florence sank off Baltlmoro and eight men were drowned. The Norwegian barque Christian Wllliolm, from a continental port for a port in Now I'runawie!*, missed Statys while trying to get off the const and was carried onliore. The heavy hob that was running caused her to soon pound her bottom out. Sho is a total wreck. Tho lifeboat men succeeded iu getting everybody nehoru satoly. Tho BritUih barque Romania- Capt. Toy*, which sailed from Fowey. on April 10, for Now York, sprang a leak during the xtorm, and had to he headed for Quoonatown- at whleh port she arrived with ooiisidorablo water in her hold. CANADA'S MINERAL OUT-PUT. a Decrease in Vnhio ofn Quarter or u .Million Dollars. An unrevised BUtntnary Btalomonl of tho value of the mineral production of Canada, just issued, shows the value of I In* production for 180.1 lo have been .-ID,B5U.OO0, or $360,000 hiss than that of 1802. Nickel heads the list of metallic product)-, the output having been 3,022,089 ions, valued a*. 12,070,361. Tlm value of gold wufOtf.SMi copper, 8876,80-1 : sliver, t321,*l2.'l. Tliroo milium iiiven hundred tons of coal was raised, valued ut 98,123,260. The prodvetlon quantity of iron ore mi 1 is placed at I'-'l- 702 ions, valued at $208,018, Of this quantity, IB-1,013 tons woro converted Into pig Irou, producing 66,017 tons, valued at the furnaces at $700,283. The production of poli-olcum i'l placed al 708,400 harrols, valued at $831,331, Czar and Em por or. The Si Potorsburg correspondent of ihe London Daily Tolegraph has this to aay nn the friendly rotations between the (Vat- ami the (lorman ICmperor ��� "I am credibly informed that ii Is practical ly certain a mooting between thn Ctsar and the Kmperor William will take place in the late summer or early autumn. The details of the time and place am still unsettled. While lhe press here bail i lio Rituao-l lerinan treaty us thu beginning ofa new economic era, it is regarded In the highest political circles from a not leaa Important international point of vie-v���iih the foundation stono of the barrier to he raised in the name of rollg- lous and monarchical principles againat the incursion of soolalttm and anarchy. This, 1 am assured, on i he best, authority, Ja lho view taken hy ihe Czar himself, To his own Intervention must be ascribed the removal of the difficulties that stood in tho way of lhe commercial treaty between Kit.*- mn and Auatro-Hungary, which will now bo speedily concluded, Jn conversation with a Russian dignitary lately iho Csar leelared that anarchy, whicli waa hut ono of the protean forma of Irrellglnn, wan the sole formidable enemy to peace and progress, and must be stamped out ruthlessly." Not a Mario. Maud-Oh dear ! I've loBt my diary! I'm so afraid hi mebody who knows me will Ethel���waa there anything of Importance in it? Maud*-Nothing al alt, and thaL ia just what troubles me. PURELY CAMDIAN NEWS, INTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT OUR OWN COUNTRY. Unttimil rnmi Various 1'oluti from tbr Atlantic to the i-rii-inc Lindsay has about 300 families in want. Caterpillars and robins abound in Ouelph. Me.i-.li*.-] nre prevalent in Karri* and Allendale. Ii.idi.-ii rejoices in Lhe advent ot a family there. Wingham wants a pot ollice and a custom house. A new market-house is to be built at Orillia. Thedford has nine resident** over 80 years of age. The Orillia Methodist church ia to he enlarged, Windsor has a women's hranch of the P. P. A. The City llutcl of Stratford has been sold for $9.0.)0. The hay market at Brockyllle ia wed patronized) Oalt is pestered with many of the tramp fraternity. A bank agency will he established at Albert, N. B. A bieylo corpi has boon formed in St .lohn, N. II. A Bachelor's Club lu-.a been organized at I libraltar. A now I. O. F. hai at Condnr has dedicated. liritish Columbia haa double the revenue of Mauitnha, Heath's Hour null, Wardsville, Out., has been burned. , Tho Winnipeg street cars carry 7,500 pas sengera daily, Windsor has to borrow ?L\*i,000 topay current exponaea. Nino lumber companies are at work in the bush at Henley. A pair of 36* pound elk burns ia owned by a Hradford man Winnipeg favors a grant of $5,000 for itj industrial show. The deaf and dumb inst it ule at Winnipeg is to be enlarged. Prince E-lward Island is now a separate military district. Forty families from Franco are on their way to Manitoba. "Bob" Ingoraoll haa been Invited to lee I ure at Kingston. Essex ('utility has had five defaulting county treasurers. Cardinal Tasehereau has juat celebrated his 74th birthday, Renfrew county ia extending it-* cheese makini* operations. The Severn Bridge peoplo are in want of a good washerwoman. Tho fishing on lake Winnipeg thia aeaaon has been very heavy, Tho $10,000 residence of A. Rchwalleri rhorold.has been burned. Archbishop Cleary haa established 14 Separate Hohoola in his dioceae. An Orillia paper finds fault with ladie�� kissing each other in public. A Hocioty for the recovery nf stolon horses exists in Middleuex county. Japanese Consul Shintoeo haa been appointed for British Columbia. The Manitoba Sunday School Convention will ineoL at Winnipeg in June. They have had it 40 degrees below zero in Fredeneton, N. B., this winter. A Lodge of the Daughters of Uobekali liaa been instituted at Amhcratburg. Two hotels at White Itiver, Ont,, have been burned at a loan of $8,000. The W. 0. T. U. of Collingwood, wants tho council to pass u, curfew by-law. Tint East f-ainhton spring ahow of horsea was held at Foroat April 27th, Tenders have been askod for the erection of a new English church in Berlin. The Windsor Knlghta of Pythias rooeutly commemorated their 30th nnpivennty, There were 181 poraona in tho inaane asylum at Westminster during 1893, The ! ID year-old Jowett Houae, Frederick- ton, N.U., baa been destroyed by fire. Wolvea are creating havoc among the eattlo ranches in tho Calgary country, Chatham vaters have defeated the high lijense and free library repeal by-laws. Edmund Hrown, of Paria, who died recently, left an estate worth $10,800 69. Tho Municipal adairs of Macdonald, Man,, arc being investigated by a ommis- slon. Tho It id go town school teachers are to he paiil quarterly instead of monthly, as heretofore, t Is reported thata washing machine factory is to bo alurted at Honuiig'a Mills "hortly. Zemin Beam-, for twenty years a business man in Seuforth, died recently in Alberta, N. W. T. li. in reported that a body of exceedingly rich ore has lately been shuck in the Copper Cliff mine. In Vancouver aman who wouldn't work when the oity offered it was eent to jail for six iuoulIis. The Leamington Gun Club haaacnt off $36 with whioh to purchase quell toro-atook the township The Etobortahaw estate, valued at from 70,000 tO$80,000, bus been administered at Woodstock. Au experimental shipment of ore from liritish Columbia to England ih lo he made Via *'ape Horne, Wolvea aro destroying the nd deer and moose in large numbnia on thu North shore of Like Superior. Au electric railway ia tobe built from Niagara Falls village tn the boundary of Tin.rolil township. Si. UftthnrhlOl has direct telephone coin- munieatinn with Detroit, 260 miles, the longest circuit in Canada. Of the Bit men drowned out of ihe Ohm* ester fishing lleot lost year, over 40 Ih-Ion-j- ed io tho lower provinces. A. W. McLeod, of St. .IoIiuhN. B., 1ms accepted the position of general secretary of the V. M. C- A, Vancouver. A Indue of " Retired Sons of Lazy Parents" has recently boon organized in connection with a barber shop in Broukville. Among the many tramps sheltered in the St. Calhanni's' lock-up ono was an ex- Methodist minister and ono a doctor. If the gold washings of Rainy Biver district hold ont in the summer Rainy Biver City will have a population of 16,000. Hon. C. K. Foster has bought the $10,. 000 house at Oltawa formerly owned hy Pattoo, the millionaire lumberman. The Stratford Athletic Association will spend $8,000 on ils new grounds. Next sumiiu r it will give $3,000 in premiums. Mr. Alov. O-irom, of (lodorich township had a wool boo for half a day, five saws were going and the lada cut about 20 corda of wood. Tho veterinary surgoot ��� of Manitoba, in conclave assembled, havu declined that no pleuropneumonia ever existed in that province. Captain Dunne, who traded between the old country and Mirainiebj, St. John and other lower province ports, died at Belfaat icently. A'; It May Bo. Intellectual Woman���'��� That plalnlook* ing middle-aged man over there ia Mr, Naghy." Her Friend ��� " Indeed I Whom ia he the bunbund of 1" HANDY WITH THEIR FEET, Illn-iii-is Able to lllll/o Ifarlr Nether iv I r if mil le* lo I'rr-il Advuiil-i;-*-. In the native quart-era of the towns of India the strange spectacle may be seen of a butcher seixing a piece of meat iu hi* handa and cutting it in two with a stroke of his knife held between the first and aee* ond toes of his foot. The shoemaker uses uo list, hut turns the unfinished shoe with his feet, while hia hands are busy in shaping t. So the carpeuter holds with his great toe the board he is cutting and the woodturner handles Ilia tools aa well with his toea aa with Ida lingers. The uae of the feet to assist the hands in their labor is not, however the mere result of practice, but is principally due tothe faot that the Hindoo foot is quite different from ours in ita anatomical conformation. Tne ankle ofthe Hindoo and the articulation of the back of the foot permit considerable lateral motion. Theu the toes possess a surprising mobility. The great too can be moved freely in all directions ami the first and second toes arc separated by a wide space, sometimes as muoh as five- eighths of an inch across at the base of the toes and two inches at their extremitiea. The articulation of the hip is also peculiar and thia renders it easier to uso thc toes in handling the objects by enabling the Hindoo to sit in a aqua'.ting posture much more comfortably than we do. A similar formation of the feot and Iocb is found amoug the Anuamese, but it is not, might, be supposed, a common thing among barbarous and savage tribes. One naturally thinks of the resemblance to a monkey which a human being using both feet and hands in the manner duscrib ed above must present aud yet M, Beg nault ia careful to point out the fact that the Hindoo foot is not at all like the font of an ape or monkey. The great toe is not opposed to the other toes like a thumb, as occurs with the monkey, and accordingly the pedal dexterity of the Hindoo ia not to be taken aa an indication of simian deacout A Mild Climate. An engineer of the Canadian Ceological Survey haa made the discovery that, instead of being a wilderness, the vast interior between tho north of Lake St. John, iu Quebec Province and Ungava Bay, on tho north coast of Labrador, is possessed of a comparatively mild climate in great sheltered valleya, and ia thickly wooded with spruce, mixed here and there with poplar. There are thousands and thousands of square mi'es of spruce, aulli:iem to last for many yeara after other Canadian forests havo disappeared, and here and thoro are indications of large deposits of tho richest iron ore. And thia immense heritage is, be it remembered, on the direct lino from Liverpool to Central Canada; indeed, sanguine Canadians have already planned a short line to Kurope thro-Jgh this very territory. Decently and In Order. The dying man beckoned to thc physician. " Say, Uoo," he whispered. " What ia it ? " asked the man of modi cine, "Seein' as I am the first to die iu thin town with hla boots off, I know there will be a considerable amount of scrimmage for the privilege of burying mo between the undertakers. Now, aa I've been tn con ���iderable expense and trouble to got thi* home fixed up fer the old woman and tho kids, aud don't want It .missed with a lot of fellers shootin' holea through winders and walla, I want you to git them iindi takers together and have 'em draw fer the chance of planting me. You'll do it, won't you, l>oc?" And the doctor said he would. Making a Will for Revenge. "You aay you want io makea will aaid the lawyer, in surprise. -Yes, air.r' But you told me juat now that you hadn't a dollar to leave, and that your relatives had all neglected yon so that you wouldn't do anything for them if you could." "That's just it. I'm going to make will for revenge. I'll git 'em all tied up ; a law suit that'll keep cm poor all tho reat o* their Uvea." Might Work~Both Ways. "The country ia going to the dogs, waited'the peaaimist. "I wouldn't mind that," aaid the man who cannot sleep well, "if there were only some way of compelling^ the dogs to go to the country." HOMES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. Have Vou del a Place In 1our Henri I'or One? A short time ago the Children's Aid Society of Toronto, aaked our readers for foster homes for the children rescued by them. The responae was very general, but the requests were almost entirely for hoys and girls from 10 to IU, and of theso the greatest number were for girla. Already a number of the applications have been tilled, where everything waa found satisfactory, and foster-parents and children alike aro well pleased. But there Is another class of children, who have been almost entirely for* rotten, and it ia for thete we now plead. These are the littio babies and children up to four and five yeara of age. The Society has at present several such candidates for homes. They are mostly boys, and are bright aud happy little ones. Those dealt** ing auch children ahould apply at once, with haters of reference from their pastor, and two other peoplo of well-known standing, to the Secretary, 82Confederation Life Building, Toronto. The Stratford 1'ubllcachool I eaehera have organized themselves into an Association. Nerve PaiuCurs- Polson's Nerviline cures flaluleuce,chills, and spaama. Nerviline euros vomiting, diarrho-a, cholera, and dysentery, Nerviline cures headache, sea sickness and auuuner cumulaiou Nerviline cures neuralgia, toothache, lumbago, and sciatica. Nerviline ures sprains, bruises, cuts, Ao. Poison's Nerviline ia the heat remedy In the world, and only costs 10 and 2o ceuts to Iry it, Sample aad large bottlea at any drug store. Try Poison's Nerviline, A large quantity of pine and cedar timber is heir g got out on tho Mchimin Hay limits. Wash your blanket* with Wide Awake Soap and you will find thom cleaner and lOftcr than they evor wuiu before. Manitoba College las received -CH0 aterliiij from a friend in Kdlnburgh, Soot- 1 md. Schiller'sSaraaparilla I'ills act directly mi the kidneysand hy stimulating their action and purifying the blood they help tho system to throw tff disease, A chemical analysis, after taking tliese pills, will alio-*- a marked falling off of albumen in the urine of those suffering from kidney trouble. Price SO cents a Tmx, aix boxes for$2.GQ by addressingH.K. Schiller & Co., Ill Ade- aide St Weat. Toronto. There are over 4*il> pupils at the London Collogiate Inatitute taking tho commercial course. What a Toronto Man Says. For aome time I have been a nifforer from dyspepsia, ao much no that I completely lost my appetite, and through weakness could hardly walk, Threo weeks ago I commenced drinking St. Leon Water, resulting in a sharpened appetite, good digestion, mid am now completely cured. D. CimUAX, IsS llerkoley Street, Toronto. Mold by all Grocers, Druggists and Hotels, The contracts for tho new Buchanan brick block, Main Street, Gait, have hem let. Have you Been tho new mammoth fjuartette bar " Wide Awake'' Soap V It lo guaranteed absolutely pure, Try A SOCIETY'S NOBLE WORK HOW THE ANCIENT ORDER OP FORESTERS SAVED A DROTHER. llie Siuriiiiiu Bxpertmee or Mr. Ixa-a* l!*-l-;:i nr Loutlou-A *uilVr--r for Four Years-Ills Lodge (nine to tbo Reseae After liuotorsHnii Fatled-tle is .is-ain Alilelo ItH ��nl. From tho London Free Press, The home of Af r. Brfgga,ab501 Charlotte St., this city, ia ono of the most preltily situated and well kept of the many homes of the workingmen of London, The front is carefully boulevarded, and at tho Bide and rear oi the cottage home is a lattice work covered with vinos,and there is also a garden, Within view are fields aud woods and iu fact there was nothing needed upon 11 don of an autumn afternoon visit llie. 0 nake the lot of a fick mau amid such Surroundings aa pleasant ai possible. And ro it was uot to he wondered at that Mr. Brigga waa found in a oheorful mood. Hut a conversation with the gentleman revealed the fact that thero were very good reasons why any man under tbe same cir* cumatauce-t, uud enjoying tlio H\mo bright hope, could not hut allow hia faeo to beam forth with whal he felt. Tho atory us told will be found most iutercslin;,', and that it ia absolutely oorrcot thoro aro many of the friends of Mr. Drlggs Mill testify, Bhould such testimony bo needed. Mr. Ilriggs has boen an invalid for four years and has boon unwell and under medical treatment for eight years. It was in 1883 that he first felt tbo twinge.-, the acbea and tho pains that foretold trouble, He secured modlual attendance, and learned that his liver waa out of order, hia Kldneya wero bad and thaL ho suffered from dyspepsia. However ho worked aloug for neatly four yoars, when tlio terrible malady aflocted his ayatem iu a way painful to rotate. It camo directly after an attack of " the grip." Mr, Brigga waa yot in hia " fiflio *,!' and to all appeal" unee* waa a well preserved man. Hut almost without warning tlie joints in every part of hia body wero as solid and Immovable as though thoy had heon padlocked, and tho strong man became as helpless as a babe. .Many doctors wero consulted, and they all promised relief and occasionally a slight relief did oome. But it wus ouly temporary, and tho unfortunate man, In cousin | ueuco of those relapses, was gradually loosening bis hold upon hope. Tho days were long and .veary that hu spout upon hla bed, wild the dismal prospect ahead of being hold a close prisoner, to bo released only by death. Tho family, too, began to lose faith in medical skill. Tliey had given a trial lo somo of the foremost prootitlouers of the oity, but alwaya with tbo same unhappy result. Patent medicines of various descriptions wero likewise tried, hut in vain, Then about Christmas tide camo neWs that bad almost been oxpooted. Mr. Ilriggs had not long to live, the doctors said. Gradually be grew weaker until early in the spring so aorloitoly ill did ho appear to lie that the end was dally looked tor. Court Foroat City, A. 0. F., of which Mr. Brigga is a member, proved just at this juncture to he a friend indeed, During all bis illness tho brethren had looked carefully after hia wants, and had been vory attentive. And no one regretted more than they the unhappy prospoct. One ni--hl the Court was diHCiisalng tbo case when it was Bilggoated that I'ink Pilla should be tried, Stories had boen told of what they had effected in other cases. Then why no in thia! Finally the court agreed to preaent one dozen boxes of the pills to Mr, Brigga. Tho attending doctor told his patient that the pills wero only good for eases ot paralysis, but he consented to their boing given a trial as a laat hope, Accordingly Mr. Brigga began taking tbem. Very soon a change Was noticed. He grow inure oheorful and MiH'crod much less. His whole system aeemed to be awakened to uou life, just us waa the world outside, for it waa the glad springtime of the year. With ranowed strength oamo renewed hope, and tho Invalid hasan to look upon Pink Pilla as his deliverer* lleuaid them faithfully,* taking'six a day, lr, a month ho was able to leave bis bed, an.1 ho did so with a thankful heart, Only thoso who havo been forced to undergo Jong confine* mont between bad-clothes can realize the pleasuro and joy thoro weroln that lirst day ���-pent in the ueai little parlor, aeated in a big armchair bestdo the window, where tho aun sent, in ita warm, bright raya. Since then Mr. Brigga haa been about dally. He uaoa crutohoa yet, bit he grows stronger (���very day. Now iie can uao hia bands, eating with a knife and fork, and the joints continue to grow looser and pliable, giving only a faint idea of Lho veritable knots into Whioh theso of tbe hands and feet were tied. There was a cessation of the pains too, a most pic-sing fact to the invalid���and llie blood vessels that had become lost to view and dried up aru now quite healthy looking. Mr. Brigia haa only used twenty boxes of the pilla, at a coat of $11). Certainly hia hill for medical nt tendance allows a marked Increase. Mr. E. VV, Boyle, druggist, G&2 Dnndas nl reel, who is a ao-sec-rotary of Court Forest City, was also interviewed with respect to tho oase, and Ida statements were all confirmatory of what Mr. Brigga had add. He said ho had had a treo endoua sale of the pilla, No oth r similar nicdicino ever apriouchcd to the same demand. Dr. Williams' I'ink Pilla aru a perfect ilood builder ami nerve tostorcr, curing suoh diseases an rheumatism, neuralgia, partial paralysis, locomotor ataxia, St, Vitus' dance, nervous headache, nervous prostration and lho tired feeling Lherofrom, the after affects of la grippe, diseases depending nn humors iu tho blood, siic'i aa A. P. 710. Broken in HeaHh That Tirod Feeling, Constipation and Pain in the Back Appotito nnd Hoalth Restored by Hoori'o Sarsaparllla. Mr. Cfiaa. -Steele St. Catherine's, Out. "(1.1. TTood & Co., Lowell, Mass.: " Foi* a number of years I have been troubled With a genoral tired feeling, shortness of breath', pain in the back, and constipation. I could get only Ilttlo rost at night on account of the pain nnd hart no niipctlte whatever. I waa that tired Inmy llir.bfi that 1 pave out before half tho day was rime. J tried a (treat number of medicines (mt tlld not gat any permanent relict from any Hood's?* Cures ..utirco until, upon recommendation of a friend, I purchased u bottlo of Hood's Barsaparllla, which made mo feci better nt once. 1 have con- Uiiuod IW uso, having taken three bottles, uml I Feel Liko a New Man. I have a gi'od appetite, feel as strong us ever 1 diil, nnd orjoy perfect rest at night I have much pleasure In recommonrtlug Hood's Sorsa- parlll.i." rii.uii.r-* H*n:i:i.K, with Krle l're- Hf'i*viniff'o..st.r.ii!ieriin''s. Ontario. scrofula, ohronio oryalpolas, ete. l'.nk P Its give a healthy glow to pale aud sallow co *np lex ions, aud are a specific for the trouhlea peculiar t�� the female system, and in the oue ot men they effect a radical cure io all oases arising from mental worry, overwork or excesses of any nature. Bear ie mind Dr. Williams' Pink Pilli ere never aold In bulk, or by the do/.en or hundred, and any dealer who offers substitutes in this form is trying to defraud you and should be avoided. Aak your dealer for Dr. Williama' Pink Pilla for Pale People and refuse all im'tatioi a aod substitutes. Dr. Williama' Pink Pilla may be had ot all diugf-ista, or direct by mail from Dr. Williams' Medioine Company, Krockville, Ont., or Schenectady, N. Y., at 50 centa a box, or six boxes lor $2.60. The price at which these pilla are aold makes a course of treatment o mparativoly inexpensive as compared with other remedies or medical treatment. A Spiteful Answer. "Angelina," said Edwin, ''there ia a little I'Uestion that I have long heen wishing to ask you." "Yes," pho aaid, opening her eyes vory wide and pretending complete ignorance although confident tl a', she was fully aware of ita purport. "1 wanted to ask you whether I ought to Ut my m -aiaohe grow or nui. ?" (iulping d.��n lior disappointment, bIiu Slid: "I would let it, (trow if it will prow, but I'm afraid ii ii like yo i���i ndeolded wIul to do." CONSUMPTION CURED. llie B< intirkiil-l*' thnt of u Voiiint Mmi- He Tukt-M 4 --luumplloii iiii-i w |,< ,, . Hourly l.\|H'tie-l l�� llie He lluil*. u Knm-lv Thul fomiilelely t'nre-t Him. Klmlra, X. Y.,���It is seldom indeed that a hopelesa consumptive, who b:iB been given up by thedooiors, recovers. Henry Hasten, a young mau who waa horn and brought up iu this city, has had an experience of thn kind which is attracting a groat deal of attention among the medical men of thin seotion of the country. Mr. !Fa/eu ia twenty-five years of age and ho tells the following story :���" About three years ago 1 look la grippo. 1 had a very severo attack which settled ou tny hums and I kept nu coughing after tho la grippo left me. I thought nothing of the cough which seldom troubled me except in tho morning after I got up, then I usod to hack and cough for a while and I might not bu troubl* el again that day. tlrailually tho cough grew more severe and ono morning I noticed that there were specks of blood in tl.e stuff I coughed up. However, 1 thought I would be all right. Lasl summer 1 did uot feel like myself half the lime. I thought I wis half asleep tho whole tine and my cough got very severe and I could not work. I began taking night sweats. I called on a doctor and he told mo that 1 had consumption and that half of my right lung was affected and that only a miracle could savo my lifo. That miracle, I n-n happy to say, has heon accomplished. I was hardly able to move this spring and my death was expected at any time. I happened to see in tho paper ouo day that a Herman dio'or had discovered a blond piriiiur that wan death to microbes anl germs of all kinds of discus-. I r-ot a box of this preparation, which is called Schiller's Sarsaparilla Pills, and feeling improved I have kept on taking them over sinco, My oough has disappeared, and I have gained twenty pounda, The iootora who locked hourly for my death are very much surprised at my remarkable ouro. " To any person threatened or sult'*i-iii|- from this terrible disease I say use Soldi- lei's Sarsaparilla Pills. I might add that these pills cured my father of rheumatism < he contracted while a prison cl in l.ibby prison during the civil war." Know your own mind. If your druggists will not get Schiller's Sarsaparilla Pilla send tn ua and we will mail you a hox on receipt of 50o. or six boxes for $2.(10. Address lv. II. Schiller aud Co., Tomtit?. The tomb of Maho.net is covered with diamonds, Bapphires and rubies, valued at $10,000,000, BE0IPB I For HahlUK Konl Heir. Duriug the summer months a more de-1 lioious drink than Hoot Heer could uot be desired. For the henofh of our readers wo give this recipe. Take Solder's Hoot Heer Kxtruct ��� one bottle Yeast ��� half a uuko yiiRar ... . \ Hm. Luke Warm Water ��� - fi Bullous Dissolve the sugar and yeast in the water, add the extract, and bottle, placo in a warm place for twenty-four houra until it ferments, then placo on ioo, whon it will open sparkling and delicious. The Root Heer Kxtraot can be obtained at all Cirojers'and Drug Stores, at i-.Ji-.pur bottle. l.'iiis'antiuoplo has ��� popu'atinn of 1,1*00,11) i people, but hat year ouly M.Outl arrests were ma lt>. The Dimpled Cheeked Village Maid may not retain hcfcdiipplea ami roiyohenks "blooming with health," uiu.I nim liuds a good husband. A little neglect or accident may bring about some una of the many "female" diseases and "weaknesses," to which the sex is subject, and health may be forever impaired, and hopes and happiness be at an end. Thanks to Dr. Pierce, his Favorite Prescription, prepared by him for women, cures the worst cases of uterine diseases, nervousness, m uralgia, irregularities, and "weaknesses." Jt ia a great invigorating toido and nervine, and rapidly builds up the health and strength. Dr. Pierce's Pellets, for constipation, sick headache, biliousness, indigestion. Onoe taken, always in favor. Spain has about one horse to every 60 people. Most of the "cavaliers" ride on donkeys, Wide Awake Soap l'i a solid bar of pure soup mid la not put up In email cakes to deceive the puiilic. The Unitod Kingdom of Great Britain und Ireland has only about 3,000,000 horses. Try Wido Awake Soap for next week's witHlilnK and provo for yourself that It Is the bost nnd cheapest Ronp you ever used. Sixty-four colored persons were baptised in Spring creek, near Springfield, 111., on a recent Sunday. Safe, Sure, and Painless. What, a world of m'-aning this statement embodies, .lust what' you are looking for, is iinot? Putnam's Painless Own ICxirac- tor���-tho groat sure-pop corn cure���acts in tilts way, It makes 110 sore spots ; safe, acts ipeedlly and wiih certainty ; sure and mildly, without iullaming the parts ; painlessly. Do not he Imposed upon hy imitations or substitutes, Wide Awake people buy Wide Awake Soap because it Is tiie bestnnd cheapest they can get. It took 21,000 soundings and 8,010 borlefs to excavate Hell Qate near Now Yoik City. Recipe,���For Making a Doltclous Health Drink at Small Cost. Aibuni' Hoot Heer Kxtruct one bol tie* Klci-.-hniami- Yeast half a cal,i: SiiKnr twopounda liUko.vnrni Water Iwo gallons Dlsso.vo tho Btignr nndyeastln lho water add thu extract, and bottle; place ina warm place for twenty four hours until It ferments, then place on Ieo, when Itwl'lopen sparkling: and dolleiou'i. , ��� . The root bor can tie obtained lu all dru? nndgrocory storosln Wandas cont bottles to- make two and llvugallou-*. * Tbo standing timber in the State of Oregon alone Is estimated at* 260,803,225,000 feet. The new mammoth quartette bar '���Wide Awake' is tho bosi uml cheapeut Bonpeverolfoi-flillnOanadnoraiiy other country In the world.-Try it. The Knglish inarrlago ceremonies are o* three kinds���by banin, by licens**, or before a registrar. Remedy; c-v ��� the equal of r^cqgsO-K foritye Prompted PefmaoienlrCuifeof Pdins &r,d*2*\clfe*> TAKE THE BEST Hood's PUlo aro prompt and efficient, yet zasy Iu uctiou. Sold by ull druggl-jts. 25c CURE CTHAT OUGH ft* WITH * Shilohs CURE Itis eold on a guarantee by all dru*-;- f-biti, It cures Incipient Consumption und is tha hunt Cough and Croup Cure, Take care that your drafts on your physical endurance dont come back to you some day marked "no funds." Take SCOTT'S EMULSION Of Pure Cod Liver Oil&HypophoGphitei to increase your energy atiJ so make good your account at the dank uf health, JT CUKES CONSUMPTION, SCROFULA, BRONCHITIS, COUGHS, COLDS and all forms of Wasting Diseases, Almost as Palatable as Milk, Be sure you get the genuine as there are poor imitations. Prepared onlrbtfeoH Uowne,L Bsllsyjjle, THE STAMMERER, -SUSSSA Aiito-Voao School for Ibe nir.; orsiaminerlu^, Toronto, Canada, r-enl lieu post-paid, S-S5- GMUIOOUE DRY EARTH CLOSET. - S5$ \ Iblsconvonicntlrporlnltln, olioannitd a f ninicllvr. M..ii,il'n lurnlby- f f OAN. 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"**������ ""���" "ll J NO DIKT, NO HEAT IN THE KITCHEN. ��Cooks a Family Dinner for Two Cents.. THE DEAN AMD HIS DAUGHTER. CHAPTER III. Scon after my father bad fastened up the front door, screwed down tbe windows and ensconced himself in the study for a couple of hours of what he used to call meditation, I stole downstairs to take counsel with M rs. Peel. Now dear old Mra. Peel was very fond of me. Put i hai evening she was in an ag- grav-tt Ugly practical name of mind and correapouqingiy inclined to lecture me very soundly. She <liil not see, she told me, what occasion thero was for me to trouble myself, it wasn't as if I eared for anybody else like she bad once cared for Peal before he took to drink, when be was young and good- looking, and could thrash any man of his own luuhca nt the Michaelmas goose fair. I might stop on unking about in this little hole of a place, ami perhaps never get married ut all. Nobody could (ell. My father could not livo forever, nnd what was Itu do when he died? As for being a f*ovetufSs, g'.vcnieasei, she could tell ine, tad a fur worse time of it than housemaids, and often wurt-n wages into the bargain. Anything would ue tatter for me than mamiderin 11 away my life at home. If I married thia old gentleman 1 should he well oil' and comfortable* Watson bad told her that Sir Henry's houae in Loudon was like a palace, with one man sittini* in a big chair 'n the hall, iu gold livery and a powdered head, who had nothing what* I ever to do but to opon the door. I ahould \t have aa much money aa ever I could want to buy whatever I pleased, and a lady's maid to look after my things, and no tradesmen's bills to worry ine. If 1 had no children, I oould busy myself my own way. If 1 bad any 1 could t inns over them all day long, though she had heard that aome Hue ladies never even aaw their children from daylight to dusk ; " and," added the good woman emphatically, " if I were you I'd be even with that old father of youra. 1 wouldn't let. bim inaide the house. I wouldn't give him uot ao muoh as a price of a glass of mm. If he came bothering about, I'd have him ordered off, and if he come trying to screw money out of my husband I'd put a pretty sharp atop to It. He's putting a goo I thing in your way," she went on, "just for his own sake. He wants yon to pull the chestnuts out of tlie Ore for him. Pull 'em, I aay, and stick to 'em for ynursolf, and lot bim have the husks. That's more than he deserves," concluded Mra. Peel, "It makes* me sick to hear him preaching it out about the Scripture moving iu in sundry places. I'd move him in sundry places and myself ton, if I had the chance. And he knows it." Aud herewith Mra. Peel tucked up her skirts for work with an air that said, "I have had enough of conversation on a distasteful euhject," 1 tried to plead with her for my father, more out of long habits of respect than from a sense that he had been harshly judged, hut Mrs. Peel waa inexorable. When I pointed out tint bo waa old, she returned that he was lazy, and old enough to know better. When 1 urged that he required comforts, she replied with acerbity that he had better work for tbem like other people did. It was impossible to mitigate her wrath, aud 1 ultimately had to abandon lhe task as hopeless, not without a wry atroiig conviction that upon the broad fuels of the case her judgment waa perfectly sound, ami there waa very littio indeed to be urged with any plausibility in the Vicar's behalf; and in this frame of mind I went to bed, I read for an hour or two until I was tired. Then 1 left ,ny caudle burning uud turned Mrs. Peel's advice over in my mind. It did notupon mature reflection stem so distasteful as at lirst. It was like most home medicine for children, strong, natty, and jet wholesome. Sir Henry beyond all doubt was a gentleman, 1 bad before me a life ol entire freedom, with every possible comfort. Certainly it would tie far pleasanter to be mistress of Craven House than to drag on year after year as domestic help, or as the advertisements now call, "lady help" to my father. There was the promised Deanery, of course, but that haven of refuge had no definite prospect for me, and besides, it was too evidently part of lho stipulated {rice to be paid for my acquiescence, Had not lietter boldly tell tho old gentleman that I could not promise to love him, but that I would do my best to try und make him happy and to follow out, his wishes in every possible way, and so throw myself upou his kindness, and make an end of the matter T It really seemed the beat course under all the circumstances, Aud having ultimately resolved to adopt It, I fell asleep just aa the mn waa breaking and the noisy cry of tho April cuckoo began to make itself heard iu the orchard, a favorite hiMint of his, u.i the hedges were thickly tenanted by his unhappy vlotim, iho pour liltle lieilge*sparrow, wilh ils clumsy iii-stund its liny blue egg**, alwaya ut tho mercy of the village schoolboy. My parent must havo riRnn early that morning, for when I descended to prepare his breakfast he was walking up and down in the lane outside the bouse with more than his usual air of humility and self-denial. "flood morning, my ohild," he said, in his most patriureliiul uiunner. -��� Good morning, papa." "It is a lovely morning this, almost Italian In ita frushneus and brightness." I made no reply, and hu went on : " ' 0 foriuuati nimlum !' hu was a great Suet, Virgil. Sir Henry mistook him for lorace the other day, but I thought it wis* er uot to correct, him. Virgil loved the country aa fondly as I do myself, and, like myself, would have preferred lo Bpend his ��� lays in it among his (lowers und his books. Kut the Faun weru too strong for him, ami ordained lhnt he should go to Home and be the ornament of ihu most brilliant Court the world him ������ vor known, liis no always. Man proposes, and Providence, which knows better than mill, disposes for him. Wcaie but potter*! clay." And my father rubbed his hands and thrust out his right leg, contemplating it londly, and evidently withblaek silkatock- inos and buckled shoes In his mind's eye. i remarked that it. wub a very line morn* iilglndeed, aud that breakfast was ready for him, aud with that we went indoors to our tea and loast. When be had done justice to thia repast, my father cleared his throat, arranged his necktie, and took up his position, and with it his parable, upon tho hearthrug. "I huppose, Miriam," he commenced, " that yuu have some Idea of llie nature of the important communication which 1 have to make to you." "Oh, yea, papa," I replied defiantly, " and sn bas the whole village hy this time. Vou and Mr. Thaeker were talking it all over in the lane lastnight at the lop of your voices. Kvery ono in tho village knows t>y thia time that the forty pounds you owe Mr. Thaeker can wait, along with the three pounds ten, and that hu is to ba paid when you have married me to Hir Henry Craven and got your Deanery. I dare say they are talking abo'it it now iu the taproom at the 'float and Compasses,'and saying what a lucky thing it is that everybody will he paid at laat without having to go to the County Court for lheir money." My father winced smartly, but recovered himself with great promptitude and marvellous solemnity. "Good news, my dear child," he said, " travels fast; and it may well ho that Itl this littio place, where I am known and respected, the visit of Hir Henry may he understood to have u significance or its own. Rut I am anxious thin morning to discuss matters With **J ou reasonably and iu a pro* per Bpirit, and to lay my vlowa boforo you aa to your future, ami, 1 may say, my own as well, fully and clearly." "Then you may save yourself the trouble papa. I have considered the matter for myself, and have fully made up my own mind." My father turned purple, and evinced ether strong symptoms of a sudden attack of apoplexy. " \oa cannot poaaibly mean to tell me " he buret out. "Pray do not gat black in the face, papa. 1 say I have considered the matter for myself, and I have talked it over with Mrs. Peel, exactly as you have talked it over with Mr. Thaeker. Mrs. Peel thinks " " Good heavens ! ��� Mrs. Peel I What can that ignorant woman know of such a matter l" "Mrs. Peel thinks that upon the whole I had better marry Sir Henry, and I have told her only (his morning that I shall dn 80." My father collapsed into hla favorilo arm chair, and gasped for breath. "And so," 1 added with a laugh, "you may make your mind happy, papa, about the Deanery. I am going down into lho village to make Bome little purchases, i dare say our credit now ia re-established at Hmoothy'a, and before I go I will tell Mrs. Peel to bring you in the rum and some hot water. You look as if ynu needed a gentle stimulant." And i dropped him a curtesy and ran ��� ut of the room. 1 need not say that we did not meet again for the remainder of that day. Late in lho afternoon my father went down iuto the village and, to use his own expression, "mixed with bis parishioners," that is to say, he sat in the bar-parlor of the "Goat aud Compasaca," and drank hot spirits and water. I for my own part knew that for aome houra, at any rate, I Bhould have nothing to trouble me ; so, on my return from Smootby'a, I got through my household work, had my dinner in the kitchen with Mrs. Peel, and then went out for a long stroll in the lanes. When I returned,Mrs. Peel and I had tea together. "Your father's gone out to vlait Mr. Thaeker," said that lady, "and I reckon he won't be back till late. PVaps Thaeker will have lo Bee him home. If I waa you, misa, I'd go to bed and have a good night of it." I took her advice and proceeded upstairs to my room, but I did uot exactly have a good night of it,for I lay awake, sometimes readiug and sometimes dreamily thinking matters over.nntil long al ter the swallows had begun to twitter iu their nests above mv window; and 1 waa not at all sony when Mra. Peel came up la the morning with a cup of really strong tea and aome ex* quUUely criap toast, which ahe pressed upon me, and in fact insisted upou seeing tne take. Theu I walked out Into the glorious morning air, and aa I crossed our threshold resolved that, for the remainder af the day, at any rate, i would enjoy myself iu my own way, and allow nothing whatever to disturb my peace of mind. CHAPTER IV. My lather, I found, would prefer to bave his breakfast in hia own room, and had suggested dry toast and a couple of red herrings. Knowing perfectly well what this meant, 1 felt that should any encounter occur during the day, I was morally certain of victory. So 1 actually, out of what schoolboys term " devilment," prepared the herrings and toast myself. When they were ready I felt pretty confident that my father would to uae Mr, Thaoker'a decant expression, "rinse Ida throat out" with claret ami water, ehake up tin- pillow and bolster, turn round in bed and again resign himself to tbu sleep of the just. Ho uf course It turned. Mrs. Peel, when -die brought down the tray, informed mo, with a broad grin on her features, thai tho master did not, aecm at all himself, and had said that he would ring for his hoi water when he wanted it. For my part I caught up my hat, and sallied out for an objectless walk. 1 stopped here and there in tho village to chat with parishioners aud, as The phrase is, to lake notice of their children. To take notice of a child in the country you must first pat it on the head, and then shake hands. The child thereupon wil) bang its head down and thrust its left thumb into ita mouth. Thia stolidity is more apparent than real, and is only due to shynea*-, Kven a butcher, unless history be grossly inaccurate, becomes utterly shamefaced and sheepish if a Duchess takes him by the -whiskers, tells him ho is tho heft-looking man she knows, uml kisses him then and thorn, under the very eyes of his wife, ut the muuo timo asking him to forego his strictly Tory principles, and lo kindly oblige her by voting for the opposite candidate. , Amongst others I went to soo old Mrs Duller. This old lady was the widow of the late village carrier, whose son, rosignod unto the heavenly will, as the quaint old epitaph runs, kept on the huainoasstill.and fairly prospered upon it, Mrs. Dailcr had the reputation of boing a "wise woman," which in tho oountry moans a great deal. Superstitious und ignorant poople were afrain of olleuding her, and it was sometimes whispered that ahe knew more of the forbidden arm thnn did all the gypsies who passed through the village in the course of the year, Hhe had heard thn news ���as who had not? ���and ahe laughed ovor it, catching up my hand and pretending to read the lines in ils palm. "Look," she .mid, "the line ol life is clear. A long life for you, my dear ; but there are many crosses in it. See, thero are 11101-9 than my poor old eyes can count. Hut them is money, ami plenty of it, and people dyim* of love for you, and heaps of friends, And that little cross just at, the end is a thing I don't understand myself. Some people nay it menus a second husband���but there, nobody knows, no'ifidy knows." Ami s'.io lot my hand drop again, I remained staring at her. The old damn rocked herself backwards and forward*! with a distant, dreamy look in lior eye*, and began m* *.in : "I knew your poor mother, my dear. I've talked to her about you maiiy's the time bofore yoii were born, if it wasn't before you were thought of. And yo 1 hiivn't got her hero now to go to. Well, yon do what 1 say, Miss Miriam. Marry this ol 1 loasil, You'ie a ehibl still, and he won't last, I dare aay. lietter that than poverty coining at lhe door and love Hying out at the window. Marry him, and make his guincusBpiu, It will bu a good tlllug for the reverend gontlcmau. Poor man, he's had a hard time of it." My last visit was to Mrs. Sahey, the wife of a fisherman ami a naval reserve man. She was a Plymouth woman, and poople said she had Spanish blourl in hor, Hhe was tall and swarthy, with crisp blank hair, and did uot look her age, which was considerably ovor forty. Mrs. Saboy, like the rest of lhe village, knew all about my matrimonial news, and addi eased hci-Bclf to it at onco. "Wo can t all'ord," aho Baid, "to loso you yet, Miss Miriam ; uml even if wu could, the right man hasn't coma to take you from us, if ho had, it might have been another thing. He true to yourself, my dear, and there are lota among ua will bu true to you for your own sweet sake, nnd for that of your dear mother in heaven, whore she's past all trouble. Why, if she'd been alivo, yoir father would novcrhavedared tomake a bargain over you in this kind of way, jusl as is ho were buying and selling in market. Pat your font down, my dear, and keep it down. And look here, the tea ia waiting for Sahey. .111st have a cup along with me. Habey will ba glad ot tbo sight of your face. Ho I had a cup of very nicotoa with Mm. Habny, who talkeu ahoul everything except iny troubles, unld Haley came in fresh from the pump, and bringing with him an iuvig orating fragrance 01 yellow soap. Saboy, who stood in wholesome dread of his wife, said aB tittle aa possible. I remained a short time longer chatting witb the two about every detail of village gossip, except that which most closely concerned myself, and bo at laat departed homewards. Oue or two things, at any rate were tolerably clear, and I could Bee them without any egotism. Everybody in the village sympathized with myself however much opinion might be divided as to the most prudent course for me to adopt, and nobody whatever sympathized in the slightest degree with my father, or believed fora moment that he waa guided by anything except his own personal purposes aud objects. On the whole then, 1 reached home in a happier and brighter frame ot mind than that in which I had aet out. Thepuhlicopin- ion ofeventhesmallestciicleis,if you are only certain that you can got ut it truthfully, by no means the worst ot tho many possible guides to be selected in this bewildering world. Next day, somewhat lato In tho aftor- noon, Sir Henry returned, acenmpanied, of course, by tho faithful Watson, who had charge onco again of a multiplicity of packages, tho bulk of which were at once brought up to iny liltle room, After lh.! la pie of about half-an*hour, during which I presume it was supposed that 1 was inventorying this wonderful coiisignmeiit,liko Marguerite her',jewols,my lather came up and found ine seated hy thu window placidly darning tho heel of au obi stocking, "Miriam.my dear," ho said reproachfully, "Hir Henry haa returned," "Yes, papa, 1 am awaruof it." My father coughed,and in his own manner shifted hia lege. Kut, my dear Miriam, you havo not even looked at the thinga he has brought you. Most beautifulthings and chosen with consummate taste." I did uot know that you had lookod at them, papa ; but I do not want them, antl I am not going to look at them myself," My father stamped his foot impatient"Miriam, I insist that you at ouca look at these things, and then come down nnd thank Hir Henry for them." "That will do, papa. I will come down and thank him at once. Perhaps while I am doing so, yon would liko to stop and look at the things yourself." And I stepped through lhe door and went straight downstairs. Old Sir Honry, who was in the parlor, rose at my entrance with a good deal of grace. " You have brought mc down a number of presents, Hir Henry, and I am extremely obliged to you, I supposo it would be ungracious to refuse them." " I hope, my dear Miss St, Aubyn, that you like too pearl necklace, I selected it myself, and I really beliovo that 1 am a judge of pearls, although thoy ate ladies1 jewels ; not that I wear jewelry, except in the shape of a neckphi." " You are very kind, Hir Henry, but I have not as yet looked ut any of lhe things," He laughed pleasantly. "Time waits for her favorites, my dear Miss St. Aubyn. I am not in that happy number. Timo, which in my foolish days I used to say was meant for slaves, is now my Bteru warder, aa inexorable as Hir Hudson Lowe himself, But evidently my days are to end in sunshine." I sin sure I hope so, Hir Henry." I understand," ho went on, " from your father that I havo everything to hope, and I need only ask for my owu part thai- it will be my one object to show iny devotion to you in overy possible manner. You will be, my dear Miss Hi. Aubyn, entirely your own mistress. Yon shall livo���that is to say, we will livo���where you please, and how you please. It is a pleasure for me to know that I shall always be able to gratify your wishes, If you liko travel you have only to say so, and I will immediately resign any engagements that might otherwise detain me. If yuu should prefer Kngland ynu need only choose your own place, and if, when you have tried it, ymi find it to your mind, my lawyers ahall seo that it becomes yours absolutely, so that you can deal with it, improve it or alter it according to your taste, without the idle formulity of applying for my consent." "You are very kind Hir Henry���are. too kind," I answered, "t am euro that 1 shall have everything which a woman needs to make me happy ; but I have no fancy of my own at present, and would sooner wait to consider these thin**". I quite understand your gauerosity, and shall not tax Sir Honry laughed pleasantly. " You will never lax any of my fow Christian virtues, 1 am aure, ao you need only remember that the choice rests entirely with yourself, Meantime, my old head was bo full of ourselves that l hud forgotten to speak about your dear father, whose immenso abilities and energy have been loo loug ignored. He has been, 1 am happy to say, appointed to the Deanury of Konthwick. The stipend ia not. large��� a moro fifteen hundred a year���but there is a most comfortable Deanery with large grounds. In faot, thu Dean of Southwlok it, if the clergy are to bo believed, far moro comfortably off than the Bishop himself. Aud your father will now have that leisure which he has so long desired, and which will enable him to finally complete tlio literary labors to which hia lite has up to now been devoted, with what I may lie p"ilm]n allowed to term most inadequate recognitlou," I solemnly declare, ns I write these Words, that I could hardly keep from laughing out loud. Knowing my lather un fond I knew exactly what his literary labors had been, and what lhey were worth, ami what thoy would be likely to e��me to iu the otiuvi cum dignitaU ot a Deanery. But thoro was anothor side to the question, and a vory practical one. Onco uafo iu his Deanery, my father, having no annoyances of his own, would cease to annoy me. Ha wmild he as much upon a com* fort able, well aired, and wcll-venliialcd shelf, us a mummy in thu British Museum. I had no longer any ullcotion for bim. Kut 1 still retained tho sense of duty, uud I knew that wiieu I had mien seen the little black rosotto in the front nf Ins hai, 1 should havo performed the operation known to mnn of buiinessas making up tlm balance ami putting your pen through the pages, This wis a real weight olf my mind, Ho- sides, my father would make a capital Dean, inasmuch us hu would say nothing, do nothing, livo thoroughly up lo hia decanal income, and look portentously solemn. My father, at any rate, Would bono longer u trouble lo tne, Jn fact, iu thu sinecure cares of his now oflico, ho would probably forgot all ahcut mo. After all, there are certain advantages in marrying well, especially if you marry a mau who has both money and influence. Matters thus settled, we went in queitof my father, whom we found in tho garden looking every inch a patriarch, and most palnarchally engaged. There was an immense show about bim of buckets, and watering pots, and shears, and as he heard 01.r stops npproachiug, he distracted himaolf from hia labors, und mopped his forehead with a large handkerchief, "Adam," he observed sweetly- " was a tiller of the ground, and agriculture is the moat ancient of honorable pursuits. It ia tho only form of hu-utir-bfl in which our canon law allows the clergy to occupy their few leisure moments. 1 am, ns you seo, toiling iu myvineyaid, and rearing the familiar flu ils of thu earth for my bumble table, * Better is a dinner of herbs where lovo is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.' I felt it incumbent upon myself to open tbo talk, knowing that, thia achievement oneo effected, I could Immediately retire. " Wo have very good nows to toll you, papa," I said. "It is ho good, that Sir Henry had bettor tell it to you himself." Hir Henry at once assumed what has been termed ������ the department of a ntenlpoten* tiary," and in fact, his very tirst wordi were wonderfully diplomatic. "Among relations," he said, "as I suppose we may uow couaider ourselves, the customary aud tedious formalities are a waste of time. You have my dear Ht. Aubyn, placed at your acceptance, the Deanery of Southwiok. It haa been filled by illustrious predecessors, and you will add a new lustre to the a'.all. In these days ol Radicalism and haphazard, an appointment like your own, which is preeminently safe, will be received with ao universal chorus of welcome. Nolo episco- pari is a very pretty Baying, but nolo de- can ari will not, I am aure, be in your mind." 'Nor is it for a moment," replied my father. "How can I thank you, my dear Craven . To acme men their reward cornea late in life, and to others early. I ahould possibly never have reaped my reward at all, but for you. I have atill," and he ran hia lingers through hia hair, "some few years left in whioh, to the best of my humble abilities, to aerve my Queen, my Church, and my country. What more could a man desire ?" and he smiled sweet- iy. "You have still many years before you, my dear St, Aubyn," Sir Henry laughed back, "and it is out of our Deans, aa no one knows bettor than yourself, that Ministers pick our Bishops, unless some unusally cross favoritism should be exercised. You have had your loot on tho first step of the ladder far too long, but Miriam audi will yet see you ut ita summit." "All things," said my father, "are ordered wisely and divinely." And I wonder, with Thackeray, that he did not alao aay, " Propria qua maribus," or " Mara, Ike- ohua- Apollo, virorum," either of which re* murks would have been equully appropriate. Never, probably, was a mere matter of buying and soiling more shamuleaaly and at the Namo time more decorously conduoted. It began to dawn upon me at last, that an ambassador may, uuder circumstances, be occasionally worth the salary which he (to be continued.) A Remarkable Natural Bridge. On the west side of the Lower Arrow Lake, on tho Columbia River, Weat Koot- euay, about twenty milea north of Hobson, passengera on the steamboats observe a dark patch on the rocks aome 1,500 feet from the shore, It looka like tho entrance to a cave, and auch it has been believed to be. But it was recently visited by Mr. dames Hays, a much respected miner and prospector, who made bis way across the brush envcred space, and found that the little dark patch grow ominously in size and at last resolved itaelf into an arch of perfect form and extraordinary dimensions. Mr. Hays produced a tape line and proceeded to measure the dimensions of this natural struct ure and to consider Ita relations to its surroundings. It is composed of gray granite allied to aieuite ; it riaea abruptly from level grounda, though the mountains at the back are of the aame formations, and thua rears its whole height abovo the level of the adjacent ground, The piers on each aide are 20 feet high,when the arch begins to spring and risea in the centre to a height of 90 feet above the ground. The distance from pier to pier is 204 feet, and thia enormoua span la covered by a roof of granite 30 feet wide, and varying in thickness from 10 feet at the sides to 11! feet in the centre. The form of the arch is that of a rainbow, the under aide being smooth, but not water-worn, and without angles or bosses. It is cracked in radiating Hues, whicli divide the mass into self- supporting keystones, but the' joints are quite clone, without fissure between them. Tiie sides of the piers are as smooth aB the arch,and great lirs and ceders grow beneath the arch. Dirt banks on each aide of the massive piers form easy gradea to the top of the urch, which ia clean, solid rock, and it is possible to drive a team under it or over it. This remarkable monolith doeB not appear ta havo been caus-d by the wearing away ot rocks around it, nor by having fallen from a level, but seems to have either been elevated en masse or left standing on the subsidence of the surrounding land. When the Sun Is Hottest. The fucthas long be en "recognized that the sun is a variable star. Uf course ita variations aro slight, else they would have a disastrous ellect upon the earth. The regular- ' y with whioh aunapots gradually increase and then decrease In number and size ia, however, a sufficient indication that, as viewed from a great distanoe In apace, aud wilh aullicicntly delicate moans nf observation, the Bun would run through a cycle of variations in brlghtneaa once in every eleven years. Itminht woll be auppoaed that if auch changes tako place they would be more easily perceived from the earth thau from a greater distance. Aa a matter of fact, however, there aro practical difficultiea which render it almost impossible 10 get an accurate measure of tlie variation from year to year in the amount of the sun's radiation that fulls upon the earth. It has even been undecided whether the ill is hotter or colder when it is most spotted. Home observations have indioated that tho nun js hotter when tbe disturbances that create sun-spots are moat active, while other observations havo, at the same time, tended tn show that Usa heat la then received on the face of tho earth than is received when there arc practically no suu-apota. Recently, however, M, Havelief haa reported to tho Academy of Sciences in Paria the result of experiments and calculations mado by him since 18110, which Htrongly go to show that not only is the aim hotter when it is most spotted, but that it is precisely at such times that the surface of the earth feels the greatest intensity of solar radiation. If M. Havelief'a conclusion remains unshaken, It wilt settle a question that has long been moro or loss ofa putt-tie, and will id in lho solution of the problem of ihe mi's inlluenco upou the earth's weather. In connection with Ihia it is not uninteresting to remember thut, at preseut, we are not far from a maximum period of sun-spots, or iu other words, accoriling to M. Havelief, fiom a timu when the sun's heat ia moat intense upon the earth. Tricky Lions. Home of the most dangerous tricks of animals are those simulating kindness. Charlca Montague, in " Tales of a Nomad," nays lhat hyenas often follow Bona ami finish a carcass tho moment the lions have loft it, Hometimea, however, the hyenas are too eager, and steal bits of meat while tlm lions aro slill at their meal, I have been told that the Bon rids himself of the nuisance in the following way: He throws a piece of meat aside. When (be lion ia louking the other way the hyena dodges in and rushes off with tha meat PicHontly the lion throws another piece of meat, thiB time a little nearer. The hyena takes that also, At last the lion throws a Eieoe very near indeed. The hyena, having ecomo reckless, makes a dash at this alao; but the lion wheels round and laya him low with a pat of bia paw and a growl of annoyance. I remember nt the Uautu on one occasion hearing at night the cries of a hyena In pain, mingled with an occasional short growl from a lion. This went on for about twenty minutes, The next morning wo found the carcass of a hyena bitten across lho neck, and marked by the claws uf lions. They had evidently caught it and played with it aomu time before killing it I suppose this waa done in revenge for the annoyance lhey bad sustained from the hyenas, Over 20,000 men, women and children died from snake biles in the year IS9.'I in India, Fathor Lacombe, tbo missionary to the Blackfool, who handled Crowfoot so well during tbo rebellion of l,S,S!i, ia visiting Kaateru Canada, The father is a large, powerful, and, indeed, jolly man, of ruddy complexion and determined featurea. POETRY, *' And You'll Remember Me." One evening aa the sun went down Ainonu the golden hills, Aud silt-nt shadows, soft and brows, Crept over vales and rills. I watched the dusky bats a-wing Dip down theduaky Iaa; Harkeninx, beard a maiden sing, "And you'll remember tne." " When other Ups and other hearts." Came drifting through tbe trees; "In language whose excess imparts," Was borne upon the breeze. Ah I love is sweet and hope Is strong. And life's a summer sea. A woman s soul i- in her song : "And you'll remember mc." Still rippling from the throbbing throat. With joy akin to pain, There seemed a tear In every note, A sob in every strain; Soft as the twilight shadows creop Arrois the listIo-h lea; The singer Bang her love to rieep With: " You il remember me." In the Springtime. Oli, for ono hour of supremo delight, Above the level or laborious days, And though wu both, oh lovo, ahould die tonight Still siioutd we give Ood thanks and give lovo praise. What further use for us life's hated breath If wo have onco rcuchod life's eupremest bliss, .Save, after pleasure's full fruition,death Is not all earth und heaven but for thia 1 The rose enn roach but lo its perfect prime, Ijiit for ila -lay nor reach Iti prime again, Nor over will again these springtimes shine. Now tilled with blossoming pleasure or with pain. Thine things my soul said unto her, moat sweet, In long, lone years, nnd lot she would not hear; And now tho mating birds Oils song repeat In ouch recurring springtime ot the year. Life. Life la :\ sheot of paper white. Whereon each one of us may write His word or two, aud t hen comes night " Lo, time, and spaco enough," wo ory, " To write an epic!" so we try Our nibs upon tho edge-and die. Muse not which way the pon to hold . Luck hates tbo slow and loves the bold; Soon comes tho darknoas and lhe cold. Uroatly begin! though thon have time Itut for a line, be that sub.iiue, Not failure, but low aim Is crime. -[Lowell, The Phebe Bird In Spring. The water drips from the mossy eaves, In jewel drops on lost year's leaves, The earth la wrapped iu a vale of mltd; And through this gauze of umethyst Conios the ubehe't* note, ao clear, so sweet Thecull ofthe phebo bird : PhebeI Phebe 1 Phebe I The aun ia shedding Its rosy glow On tufts of crocuses white as snow, That bloom by the old stone wall: And from the woods by tho waterfall We faintly hear, so clear, so sweet Tho call of the phebo bird: Phobol Phebe I Phebo! Tho broath of violets most raro Is wufted on the gentle air. While from each mead and ferny dell Comes a plaintive note like a silver bell, So piercing fine, so clear, so sweet. The call ofthe phebe bird: Phebe 1 Phobel Pbebot -(Alice U. Walte. Spring- Is Coining. 1 " Spring is comlngl Oh, Spring Is coming!" A whisper Is Hying all down the wood; Primrose and daffodil softly calling. Calling each dainty leallet nnd budt Through tho hedgerow, and by tho coppice, Far and wide over mead and hill, A breath of lifo ie soci elty stealing Among the trees, atitsown sweet will. Under the moss on thu slant benches, Down to the carpet of loaves below, Whero the antanu the beetle aa yet aro Bleeping, And the dormouse hides from the wintry pnow; They know full well the voico that Is calling, And, all along by the ferny brake. Where'er there is life tha whisper Is flying, "Oh, Spring is coming! Awako, awake!" if. High up in the elm tho rooks are busy, As if lay \S inter hud really fled; The flnohes and starlings are preening tholr feathers, And lho robin's breast Is growing more red. They hoar thc whisper, and sing to the South Wind The sweoto-it song that a bird can sing: Oh, theBoason ofHunshlno and love is coming, The bonnie days of the bonnie Spring," -[B.O. Johns, The Land of Used-to-be. Heyond the purple, hazy trees - Of summer's utmost boundaries, Heyond the sands���boyond thu seas��� Heyond the range of eyos like these; And only in tbo reach of the Unruptured gaze of Memory, There lies a land l*mg lost lo me-* Thu hind of Cscd-to-be, A land ench an ted-such as swung In golden sous when sirens clung Along their dripping brinks, and sung To Jason in that mystic tongue That dazed men with its melody��� O! suoh a hind, with such a sea Kissing Its shores eternally, Is the fair Used-to-ho, A land whore music ever girds 'I he ulr with bells of singing birds, And suws all sounds wilh such sweot words Thut even in the low of herds A meaning lives as sweet to mo, Lost laughter ripples llnipldly Prom lips brimmed over with tbo glee Of rare old Csod-to-bo. Lout laughter, and tho whistled tunes Of boyhood's mouth of crescent runes, Thut rounded, through long ufternoons, To serenadingplenilunoS" When starlight fell so mistily. That, peering up from bended knoo 1 dreamed 'twas bridal drapery Snowed over Used-to-be. OI land of love and dreamy thoughts, And shining fluids and shady spots Of coolC.-.I, greenest grunsy pluis, KmbOHScd with wild forget ine uiitn���* - And ul) ye blooms lhat longingly Lift your fair facemp to mu Out uf 1 he past, 1 kins in yo The Huh of Used lo !������*. -1 Junius Whltcomb Illley. Buttercups and Daisies. I'm staudln' here ii-thtiikln' of thu medder on the farm. An' you a-walklu' long 1/ mo,Jen' leunln'on my nnn, An'how tho pearls lay on the grass, inmornln' sun and dew, While buttercups and daises weru 11 tunlllir up atyou, Seems like I almost hear the brooklhat run thro' sedge rank, A-wblspcrln' what you said lhat day while nl-iml In' on it's bank, Jes' when you Bllpped your hand In mine an' answered me so true, What tbe buttercups und dulslea heard, an' darlin'what I know! Seems now as If that medder was a paradise to tne. When I look back thro' waltln' yeatM, an' tears of misery, Au'seeyoustandin' by my aide, tho nunllgbt in your hair. An' buttercups and daisies jes'a-bloolnin'ev'ry* where. Ohl buttercups ani daises you return-w Ith ev'ry spring- Hut your tears, an'smiles an' blossoms, now can nover, never bring, Onc who welcomed yuu with gludiufms, an' wilh almost childish glee. For you heard me say I loved her, mu' sho died a-lovin" mo, -(Geo.W, Turner, SPRING SMILES. Law Professor���" What ia a divorce?" Candidate���" A common occurrence." Oddly enough the homeliest of old maids are generally girls who were matchless in their youth. Tommy���" Paw, what is a Anarchist?" Mr. Figg���*��� He ia a mau whocannot stand other people's prosperity." A genius ia a man who, when he accidentally says a good thin-.',can make hia hearers believe it was intentional. MiBsCumofhen���" You seem weary dear; have you had many tiresome callers?" Mias Staiehome���" <>h, 110 ; you are the firat." Had the influenza ? Why, of course we have, dear. We had it when it tirst came out���when Mrs. Million had it, and all that set, you know." Miaa Highfly���" la this dog well educated ?" Dog Merchant���" Yes, but that needn't moke any difference ; he'll aoon be able to understand you, 100," Tompkins ia complaining again about the hard times. Ha must " " Pooh, there's nothing iu il. Ho hasn't changed his boarding -placo for a whole mouth now." All up ami down the whole creation, Kvery where we roam, Tho whiif of paint and soapsuds makes Kvery place liku home. Helen���"Poor, clear George must be devoting himself to business strictly." Florence��� "What mekeH ynu think so, dear?" Helen���"Why he only writoa mo twice a day now." I have diacovered that I did uot marry the girl I really loved." "Terrible. How did it happen t" " W hen the girl 1 really loved aaked me to call aho gave me the wrong address." Ciueat���"Look heah, you blank rascal, heah's a piece ot tortois shell comb in my beef atew." "I beg your pardon, sir; the cook's made a mistake and given ycu ter- I raplu instead of beet." Visitor���"Don'tyou miss your littio ncph- iw very much, lireddy?" Freddie (whose nephew died the week beforo)���"Yes, 1 miss him very much ; but I rather like to bo the uncle to au angel," Savage Party (annoyed by yelping dog) ���"If 1 kick tnat dog in the ribs perhaps he'll stop barking at me." Yelping Dog's Owner���"Perhaps he will. Ilenever wants to bark whon bo's got his mouth full," She���" Your attentions to me, sir, must coaso at once, I've just learned that you married," Ht���"Yesj but permit me tooxplain, in justice to myself, that I've ouly just this moment learned that yuu aro single." Teacher���" Pulverized sugar is so called because it is powered. Do you understand?" Little Girl���" Yes'm." Teacher. "Now construct a sentence with tho word 'pulverize' In it." Little Girl���" You pulverize your .'aeo." " I notice that thero are several young men in tho car," remarked Mrs. Shopper with Bome feeling, as sbo locked round in vain foraomcono to oiler her Ida seat, "but they can hardly be classed among the rising generation." Postal Card Birthday. The postal card had a birthday not long ago. Ita twenty-fifth anni VfrsarW was celebrated at Vienna. Dr. Kmanuel Herman, an Austrian, first invented the card. It waa used first in Austria-Hungary. In 1873 H was used in Germany, amu in 1HH0 it was adopted by tho Interoaticeial Postal Union, in regard to its use, hern are some interesting figures: Jn Austria 100,00(1,000 ���tre in uae every year; in Knglish poatofiices 'Jf-0,000,000, and In the wholo wcifld about 1,000,000,000. OLD FACTS FROM FOREIGN LANDS. MVKI) A ORNTO&Y IN- ONE 1'l.AOE. Mra, Ann Wheeler, widow of a laborer, died at Aahmure, Salisbury, on Saturday, aged 11)2, as certified by tho baptismal register of that parish, where she wua born and had lived ull her long life. COST Of PUBMa RDUfiATION IM -JNOLAHD, A Parliamentary return of the Kduoa- tlon Department states that the expenditure for publiu education in Kngland and Wales in IS!):* was ��0,89*1,11,2, au increaae over the previous year of ��488,630, The total number of schools ou the annual grant list on Aug. .11, 1803, waa 10,082, with an average attendance of 4,1*20,457 scholars. ICELAND HAS Till* OUT* BAD, According tu the latest advices received from Iceland a violent epidemic of iunuon/.a is raging at Reykjavik. No papers have been published fur a week, aliout 00 por cent, of the inheritants arc said to bu suffering from tho complaint. The High School has been forced to close, all the masters, with one exception, aud almost all the pupils being attacked. SMART MVBRPOOb I'DSTMKN. The other day a letter thus addressed wan received at llie Liverpool Central Post Ollice: "AlHeverendissimo SitmorParrocco delta (Jhiusa di Olkro3, ('���rin.vnl'.rid, Liverpool, Inghilterrn." Who but on expert could have translated "(Micros" iuto "Holy Cross" aud "Grlnscoltrid"into "(ire.itCross- hall atreet"? Tho letter, with the envelope marked iu red ink "Try Holy Cross, Croat Crosshall street," was delivered oil tbu day it reached the city. KNOLANI"'**! UIU AUXILIARY SAW. The Admiralty havu arranged with the Cunard, Peninsular and Oriental, and Canadian Pacific Steamship companies for those companies to hold twenty-eight, ot their ���toamshipsat thu disposition of tbo Admiralty in case of emergency. Nearly ��34,0011 will be paid in nub.-iidies this year for twelve ol these steamship-.. For tho remaining sixteen ships no suhaidkH will l:e paid. Last year i>ino vessels only worn held at. the disposition of the Admiralty, ami fur five of these ��21,072 was paid iu subsidies. human inniTATtoNM DBsron-en. It was vory interesting to read iu tho Spin-til or that, owing to the extension of deer forests ill Scotland, golden eagles and wildcats are on the increase, and are now safe from extirpation thore. Itut thora is also asuggentive por contra, which, likewise is uot unconnected with the extension of door foresta���tho removal of iho cottager from tho land, lho divorce ol Scots from Scot- laud. About ten years ago thoro woro ninety thousand vagrants III Scotland] there are now about oue hundred ami fifty thousand, tu a population of under live million-. Cor* many has about the samo number of vug- riinU to a population of fifty millions, li would be matter for regret if golden eagles became oxtinet In Scotland, Itut it in mativr for sadness that they aro living ovur the unmparatively recent hoineii of now homeless* sons of tho laud, TO CROSS VIIR OORAH INA mri'l.K-IHKLI.. A novel experiment in ocean navigation is to be attempted by a Nottingham euthu- aiaat, who haa been occupying himself for a year past with the construction of a boat in which he proposes to cross the Atlantic during the forthcoming summsr. The vessel, which is built of iron, and is entirely of his own design and mako, is only lOfcetUinchos long, with 3 feet beam and 2 feot 11 inches depth, and is thus the smallest craft that has ever attempted auch an adventurous voyage. It is what is known as a " whale- back deck, and the cabin, lighted by glass windows at the aide, will ho completely watertight when clonod, fresh air being obtained by pipes. Should the tiny craft be overturned, the inventor claims that it will automatically-right Itself, Sho will be fitted witb atenfoot mast from lho fore deck with jibandmainBail.and additional motive power will besupplied by a geare:l handscrew. Tho navigator intends (0 Blart from NotUnizham, Bailing down tho Trent to Hull, and making for tho Atlantic by way of the Knglish Channel. He expects that tho trip will occupy him something over a mouth. Mrs. Potts Gained a Point. 11 Woll, why don't you say that you wisli you worn a man ?" aaked Mr. Potts, during lho littio discussion ho wai having with his spouse about somo matters of domestic management. " because I don t wish anything of the sort," she retorted, "I only wish you were ono," SOME PRACTICAL ADVICE BY PROFESSOR ROBERTSON TO THE FARMERS. The Dominion llu Iry <'oi*-*ml*i��lon--r -speaks tfs Prepoi&l by ibe C.P.K. 10 Establish Creameries AlonsiTbrir Line !��� ihe Xorth WV-ii-An Inlerestleg later view. Prof. Jamea W. Robertson, Dominion dairy commiasioner, arrived in Toronto un Sunday night. In an interview Mr. Robertson gave some particulars of a plan he and Mr. Van Home, president of the C.P.R., proposed to enter into with a view to creating a large dairying industry in Manitoba and the North-West. WINTER lirTTEl'-MAKINn IN ONTARIO, before speaking of thia plan, however, Mr. Robertaon gave some information regarding lhe development of butter-making in Ontario, to which be, for the past year, bad, under thu special direction af Hon. A. R. Angers, Minister of Agriculture, devoted particular attention. Until recently, W. Robertson said, furmurs had beeu satiiified wilh sending their milk to the cheese factories iu tho summer, but the Dominion Government had, by the establishment of winter dairying stations, interested them in winter buttcr-makiug. Theso stations were cheese factories in thc summer, and butter creameries in the winter. The Government had five of thom iu operation during the past few months, and they had mot witb exceedingly satisfactory results. The rcturna to the farmers had been wonderfully good. Butter had been sold at from 2-lk cents per pound at tho factories, to 27 cents in Montreal, less freight aud commission. $100,000 WOHTH HOLD. The influence of the establishment of these winter stations, Prof. Robertson .id, had already been shown by lhe opening of Itl similar institutions by private inlerprise iu different parts of tbu province, Tho returns wero not all in yot, but the farmers had so far received as a result of tho opening ol theso 21 winter stations, upwards of SIOD.OUO. The scale of operations would, the coming winter, ba enlarged 150 per cent,, ao that the receipts from the industry in 1894-5 Bhould rnn up to over $230,000, Mr. J, A. liuddick, Mr. Robert- sou's assistant in Western Ontario, had under instructions, visited the creameries established by private enterprise to put the proprietors in a way to manufacture and soil to the beat advantage. ADVOCATES MIXED FARMING. Do you think that grain growing is leaa. ened by the extension of dairying? was aaked the commiaaioner. "No ; I do not," lie replied, "I think that the extension of dairying will result in a corresponding increase id grain growing. Ou a well stocked dairy farm the land is enriched by large quantities of manure,and, aa a conaequence, a greater yield of grain iB obtained from a lesser area and with leas labor," OUTLOOK IN TIIE NORTH-WEST. Mr, Robertson did not think the outlook for Manitoba and the North-West bad. Although the farmora wero receiving very low prices for their grain just now, with the fertile soil and magnificent climate of lheir country they could not be discouraged. The secret of the future aucco*s of lhat great western country would be the increase of its sourccB of revenue and the enlarging of each source. To grain growing the farmers should add butter, cheeac, bacon and beef producing. Peas, oats and barley ihoilld be extensively frown for use aa fodder for cattle in winter. North-west farmers frequently lost considerable of their wheat becauso it did rot ripen in time to escape the fall frosta. The keeping of stock on a farm for dairy purposca would put the farmer in a way to avoid these loses. Willi the use of the measure he could obtain a larger yield for a leaser acreage. With a smaller area to work, he could work it moro thoroughly and tl us ensure au earlier ripening of bis crop, WHEAT PRICES MAY HOT RISE. Mr, Robortson did notbelieve in Mr. Van Home's prophecy that the price of wheat would go up to $2 a bushel. He thought that unless in tho event of a groat war, or other catastiophe, the scale of prices of grain were likely to remain tow. Thu cheapness of labor in Russia ami India, aud the reduced eint of agricultural implements and other machinery, wore hound in keep thu prico of wheat nt u minimum figure. Another point Mr. Robertson made iu favor of dairying was that thu farmers would get a larger share of whal was p-tid by the ultimate consumer, if they paid more attention to butter and choeso making. For instance, tbo freight charges on a tub of butler and a bushul of wheat from Montreal (0 Liverpool were thu same. The bushel of wheat brought perhaps fill cents, while the tub of butter sold for $12 ur $16. Concentrated products, then, seemed to be what f'anadiau farmers ahoul 1 devote llieir attention to more than they did at pres* ent. 0, I', il. Tu HIII.D 0RBAURHIBS, Then the dairy commissioner pni'-i-edud io outline what be considers a practical and practicable plan for thu furthering of dairying ii.tcre-.ts iu Manitoba and tho North-West, It is this ��� The Canadian Paoiflo railway will agrco to build or-simer* ioH at co 11 vtm nmi intervals along lheir railway in tbu sumo way tbal thoy have already creeled grain elevators. These factories will bu rented to tbu farmers al a rulo of not more thau .'. pur cunt, on tho amount invested in them, The Department nf Agriculture will co-operato and snporvisu tho manufacture of butter. Waul of 1'ipiiul, Mr. Robertson said.and want of coiitldmico in lhe IU006H ol emit a scheme had prevented their establishment by private enterprise long ago. Witb the lloverniiient aud llm- - P. R, behind it the plan ia bound to succeed. OOIKO TO MAMTollA. Mr. Robertaon will go to Manitoba ami tbo North-West before .lime 1 to establish two traveling dairies, whioh will also help to stir up thu farmers of the west to the benefits of mixed farming. Mr, Robertson cited Prince Edward Island as an instance of what might be done in a abort period to develop dairying, and he hoped f >r similar results in the west. Two years ago one cheese factory was built by the Dominion Government. Within a year the farmers themselves had erected 11 factories. The coming year 17 ycais would be in operation, all under tho guidance of the Department of Agriculture nt Ottawa, In Queboc also good work was being done, Tho Quebec Dairy School at St. Hyaciutho turned out 214 graduates in I Sri-!! and 2fl8 in 1893-4. CHANCE*} FOR OLD COUNTRY FARMERS. The dairy commiasioner thought that dairy farmers from the old countries would do well to settle in the eastern townships of Quebec, where thoy could live and work under conditions much similar to those uuder which they lived boforo emigrating. aiMjNn ADDRESSES hv aOVERNOR-UBNERAU Tho Governor-General has promised Mr. Robertson to ad Iresa the threo farmers' picnics in the maritime provinces in July next, and it is thought that tho publicatiou in Britain of His Kxcollency's u murks on those occasiona ahould do a great deal towards making the opportunities of tbe country known abroad. t# THE WEEKLY NEWS, JUNE 6, 1894. m weekly ms Published fcvery Wednesday At Courtenay, B. C. By Whitney & Co. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Uf Ai)VAKCK. oss rss, ��**���' HMtlu - ''-'' Kbs> Csst ...... ��" RATES OK ADVERTISING: One ioiib lieryea. S*?!fi .. .. immth Jj" rilht.li nil purjrnr *���"> frank *""' ��� rat. .. Un, ��"" ',o.��i nuttooitPsr "ne Not,c��s of llirths, Marriages and U-atHs. ;o cents each insertion. Nn Ailverlismcni inserted for lessllian t:cnts. T P. FISHER, NEWSPAPER AD tli Tsrtis'nff Agent, 81 Mercliants' Exchange, Ben Prancisco, is our au- ihorisea agtmt. This papsr is kept on file in his office. Wrttady, June 6,1894 In looking over our bonks wc (ind thai many of our subscribers are in arrears, Mime of them for many months. Newspapers can not he run on credit, and we must urje all who know themselves lo lie indebted to us to at once forward the .amount. Our subscribers at Union will please IMV the amount due from them to this tviper, to Mr. T. I). Mcl.ean.jewelcr.who is authorised to receive and receipt there for. Hunter a Candidate. Announcement to the Electors: The undersigned will be a candidate (or the District of Comox at the forthcoming Provincial election. Joseph Hunter. Dr. Henry Preserved Smith, of Cincinnati has oecn found guilty of heresy by the Presbyterian general assembly sitting at Saratogo, N. V. The recovery of Gladstone's eye sight and the evident improvement of his general health, indicated by later dispatches ii a matter for congratulation. Long may he live to enjoy the honor which now that he is out of politics, all are willing to.bestow. It is a mistake to call llie action of the United Sta'es Senate as dawdling. It is not that but a bitter fight between men ur opposing views. No doubt bribery lias been attempted, bu' il is not likely lhat any senator has been bribed. A ter- . irk struggle was to be expected. In case of war says Sir Charles Dilke, our policy would be to cut of the enemy's supply of fuel by attacking his coal ships and capturing his coaling stations. That would be the policy of any other nation also; hence the wisdom of protecting the U nion mines by fortifications. The Colonist Correspondent. The Victoria Colonist is a good paper and has some warm friends in this neigh- borhood, but like al! papers it is occasionally imposed on by its correspondent. ..Such was the case when the account of the cclehiation here on the :4th ult. was runt to that journal for publication. The celebration was of course of a ''rural" character as it was proper it should be. The programme was sufficiently exten sire, and was very well carried nut, Mr- I'cgg to the contrary notwithstanding. The correspondent declares that thc sports were held in a large field without any protection from the sun. Well, ditl he ex|iect thc field to be roofed in? Was lie accustomed to sec:ng foot-ball, and .icing in a grove? Or did he bet his money on the wrong bob tailed nag? I'erhaps Miss Amazon passed hini by without a smile. At any rate, in some M ay a straw got across his throat, and caused him to cough up some very disagreeable sentences. It is to be hoped lie feels better. He has only injured him self and, unfortunately thc very excellent paper he represented. He was treated with courtesy while here, and he makes lelurn by snarling about the sports when he might much easier have truthfully said some pleasant things. Courtenay is not a large place but is an unusually pleasant one, and entitled to be named by one who writes about a "rural" celebration there. PASSING OF COTTON. The spectacle of seeing thc leader of the Independents���Mr. F. C.Cotton���in jail is not an edifying one. Since it his been determined to dethrone Heaven and unite the so called Independents and Oppositionists under the leadership of Mr. Cotton, he lias become the most prominent figure among the Outfl, He is A man of fair ability and po* ular atliong the Workingmen, and his private difficulties are matters (if regret. Why he should refuse to obey the mandate of the court and decline to tell what h?s become of liis partner's money wccantiot understand Mr. Gorden Itis late partner, csrtainly has a right to know, and a proper respect lor the laws of the country should con strain him as a citiicn and especially as .1 liw maker to yield to the authority of the law. What he is to gain by his con* lunacy is difficult to perceive. After thc three months of his incarceration have ex pircd, thc court will doubtless again order him to appear before the Rcgistra for examination, -ind upon his refusal, a* gain sentence him for a longer period. The courts must be obeyed at all events, o* we drift back into anarchy. If Mr. Cotton imagines that he will gain symp ��� thy and votes hy his obstinacy we think he will find he is mistaken. IU may indeed be elected, but of what avail so loi g as he is compelled to sit within thc shadows of the jail. Ultimately he will have to submit, and it would be better he should do so at once. Marytrdom in a bad cause will not lead to fame, although it may bring unenviable notoriety. Tl e sober thought of the people will condemn the coursi* he is pursuing, llettcr have no concealments, and if mistakes have been made, frankly admit them, It is never too late to make amends. ,\ Btiaigllt forward mai.ly course would win friend**., Mr. Cot ten i* in the prime of life, able, ambitious, enterprising, and with it future, if U ii not now blighted. I'crsistance in his present course��� if he can extricate himself with honor��� would be simply madness, injuring hi*, party, which has enough to answer for without carrying the burden of his private misfor tines, and utterly wrecking a career which might be useful. We shall witness his pasting��� if it comes to that���wiih regret; and trust that against his prison door no stones of abuse may he hurled. Midwinter Fair, [from Our Own Cor r��p*��uil tint. 1 ���Frisco May at.���The Midwinter Fair is keeping very quiet, nothing worth men tinning happening except that the Sioux Indians have a misunderstanding between themselves occasionally. The Turks go on a strike for higher wages or thc Esquimaux ask fora change of temperature. Kugene Sandow, the strong man, was making hiore money than his employees at the fair, so now he is showing in the leading theaters in 'Frisco and vicinity. He is to fif-lit a lion to morrow night at the Central Park, but the lion is tn 1>c muzzled and have its claws clipped, show ing Eugene still has some respect for bis anatomy. Two other strong men, Sebastian Miller and Augustine Martinei, are to have a match to night. Your correspondent wanted them to have il sooner so he could get it in time, but they could in t accommodate him. The sheriff has closed out "Iloone's Arena" at llie Fair. The society for the prevention ofcruel- ty to animals would not allow lioonc to hold his lion vs bear light some time ago There is to be a rock drilling contest for thc miners at the fair, tomorrow night in which thc champion of the world in that particular line is to take part. The great California International Midwinter Exposition is very quiet and the articles in the daily papers are getting shorter and shorter, so no one cun write veiy much about nothing, not even the American Traveler. CJartfidaASMtDICINi. Th.y Ar* M��t Mplder W.b. Md Th-��r Am Vi��<l*wC��rt A .thm*. The "cobweb enre" foraAthmnhuoe- etwionod a ar-tat deal of comment throughout the country. The family in WoiMtor, O., who effected thu euro of a daughter hy this peculiar rcmudy, thought th.��r ow-*l it to the public to uiaku thi* or-wo known, never expootlni that the publiuntioti of the mutter would cause tlii-ii. to 1�� deluded with luttera Inquiring al-oiit the nllm;.-d cum At fu-r-t tlm family umlt-rtook to answer in- 'imrii's, but when thu lutt'-rn reached nundrods daily tho head of thu limine.- 'utlil. who is uii^HgL-d in other busiuog*, found it would require the ontire lime of himself and family to it tend to the large correspond* enuo. So hu had circular*' print- nil in which hu ffnve particulars 01 the ���uutho'l and for theso ho charges a fee, .11 on! >r to limit in some meitsuro thu uiiuthur of iuquirii-s. Ue charges ono lollar for throe "cobweb pills." and in lealdng of the matter, sni'i "I havu to irowl around gafrota aud all sorts of dirty pluctM to get thu webs, I then have to clean them. All this tiiltoi- .hue, and I feel if it is not worth a lollar it is not worth n cent. Then ���Intro is the matter otdbwt-ruingtho dif lureuce h-.-tweeu -epiders' webs' and cob- wo'.m, I Infra beard from a number of K'Ople, who undertook to cure tltetusplvu* uat they were maje very alck through ���ho pi lis. ui of Hpiders' web-**, which they thought thu sauifl as cobwebs. It is Miiurally tlmught that a cobweb In a Wrtud Hpidur's web. An authority ���aire that a cobweb ie not a aplder'a web. \I1I1 >uitu Welmter and tho Century die iouary hnvo it dnliued at such, the .uthofity claims that Ixith havemade luUtako-i, A cobweb, any* this writer, is formed lu aomo ni.mm-r as yet unexplained, by thu adhui-iou oi ���mrti'iiti of Impalpable floating dint apparently self coherent, anl tho rn !>mt In a veil like web without any approach to regularity of form, therein differiuii from the true ni-ldor'it web. The cobweb is many times heavier than a spider* web and is never occupied by a Hpidor or any ntlw iinert It is uuMt frequently found in rooms that hare Ionic Iwen darkened and nro slightly lamp, and frenerallr has several ilia tnentons pendants of riiryiug length. It la never faeteiir-d across spsce from ono point to another, but ia invariably pen anions. The writer warns people against the danger of taking apMur'a webs, an he aays many coses ot Morions illness hare resulted from swallowhur thum. White this authority may lie correct, it is rery difficult to make jwople believe that the cobweb is not unulo by a spider ur some other insect. One man told me that tho substancu nf tho cobweb la vegetable." The Woosler caae ot asthma, which, by thu way. is the only caM upon which tho alleged euro is founded, was cured by three pills. Cobwebs hare been taken Internally for other dieeaees. It ie considered by some aa unfailing specific for agne. The danger of making a mistake In administering spiders' webs for cobwebs should cause people to be careful in the use of thii novel remedy.���Pittsburg Dispatch. ~ AlKw (ht ���niton*. A "damp detector" la tbe latest Inren- tion to make miserable the travelers life. Itlaasllrer trinket, not unlike a compass in appearance. At tbe baok are small holes Id the silver, through which the damp passes aiul moves the needle until ft poinds to the word "damp," By the aid ol thia unaired shttU oast ba dseactad. ... Union Saw Mill. LUMBER All Kinds of Rough and Dressed lumber always on hand and delivered at short no tice. ' MOULDINGS. Also all kinds of sawn and split shingles and dressed pine and cedar. STUMPING. .Stumping done al reasonable rates by our Giant Stumper. WOOD. Coal, brick and lime on hand and delivered at short notice. R. Grant & I.. Mounce, I'roprs. Society Cards I.O. 0. F., No .11 Unior. Lodge, I. 0. O. I'., meet1, evcrn Friday niuhl at 8 o'clock. Visiting bretli-' ren cordially incited tn attend. Win. Wright, R. S. Hiram Lot.ge No 14 A.K ,St A.M.,D.C.R. Courtenay II. C. Lodge meets on cve.y Saturday on or before tlie full of tlie moon Visiting llrother, cordially requested to attend. R. 8. McConnell, Secretary. K. of P. Comox Lodge No 5, K. of P., meets every Saturday, after the new and full moon,at8 p. in. at Castle Hall, Caintix. Visiting Knights cordially invited to at* tend. John ll.urd K. R.S. C. O. O. F. Loyal Sunbeam Lodge No. too, C. O O. F, meet in the ..Id North Comox- school house every seco>.d Monday at 8 p. tn Visiting brethren cordially invited to attend. J. II. Dennett, Sec. G B Leighton At ths Bay, Oomox, B. 0. Blacksmithing an Repairing of all kinds Carriage Work and Horseshoeing a specialty H A Simpson Barrister and Solicitor. Office in znd flat, Green's lllock, Nanaimo, 11. C Will lie in Union ever) Wednesday and Courtenay on Thursday. Nanaimo Cigar Factory. Philip Gable, Proprietor. Baston Street ��� Nanaimo B. 0. Manufactures the finest cigarcs, employing none but white labor. Why purchase inferior foreign cigars, when you can obtain a sul'KRlOR article for the same inouev? General Teaming aV and I.ivery Business. Com B.C. The Qrsat Hudyan 1% the innst wonderful rtlsoorory ofthe sue. Kudo-M-JbyGcientitictocu i fKunipasnd America. ���a<Jj-��h,piiMr vegetable. Stops Pnmat'.rn is ofthedtscta -to Bnm VM laao<l��)n,caa-*i J�� -�� i ? m Loat .Uoimllijatlon, Dtataeie.SaU- } ino; ft*ii��t Urns; lltrengtliHM-.il]-** vit-iir-ila- ami hKfoki tones thtt entire system, aftks n��dy*u cure*Debility, Kcrvoinne t, RtnlSBlons, Kiid levrli.nv.i nti'l re.itorcs w-itik nrf-mr-. I'��ln�� In tfm \tnrk, Io-aci )>r -lav oi iift-ht am rtoppod qu'rkly. uvet 8,000 private endowfliiienu. froiimtur-infmineaniilinpotenry lu tlie first ��ti-f* It oiut be Btoppe-1 in '-10diy*iby tbeuk of ll-idran. . . ��� . . Tli.<iiev(1lM��*��iryWMmiide by thoSpcclil- i��t * of tlienl't f-nn.*ni Hudswn Medlcutt Inatitute. it ii tins iti-oii-re*-* vitall-wr made. It is virypowerf.il, but ham-'n-nn. Biud fur $1.00 a i'aikai{Oor 6 lockages for H.W (plain iK-alt*d boxen). WritletiBuarsnU-eglvenforttcuro. If ynubiiynlx l-oxL-nand sre not etnlroly cured, six m��ra will be sent to yon free of all chan-on Send forelrouiars and tctMrooniaU. Address ODIMON MEDICAL INSnTTTTK, (032 Market at., tan Franels��o,Oal Riverside Hotel Courtenay B C J. J. Grant, Proprietor The Motel is one ofthe best equipped un the Pacific Coast, and U situated at the mouth uf the Courtenay River, between Union and the Urge farini��t; settlement of Comox. Trent aie plentiful in the river, and ht|fe game abounds in the neighborhood The Bar connected with thc hotel is kept well supplied with the best wines and liquors. Stage connects with all Steamers. Terms moderate Cumberland Hotel. Union,. B C. The finest hotel building Fixtures and liar North of Victoria, And the best kept house. Spacious liilliard Room and new Billard and Pool Tables, Best of Wines and Liquors. J. Piket, Prop, Wood A Miller UNION. B.C. Having Added to their Own the Splendid Livery Outfit. of R. Grant and Co Arc Prepared to furnish Sty- ish Rigsat Reasonable Rates Give them a call. Robert J. Wenborn. Ivl-i;.h'rt') Work,, Nanaimo. Dealer in Bicycles! Agent for Hrii.t- iiir.l !'.ir;clc Co., H. 1*. Duvis of Toronto KnglUh Wheels, Keast.in, Htimbcr, Kiulye, New Howe and Whitwonh. Will sell nn installment plan or big discount for cash, Farts sup* lied ��� Repairing a Specialty. Ksquimalt and Nanaimo Ry. Steamer Joan J. E. UUTLI'*!*, MASTER. On and after Mar. 22nd, 1893 The Stennv-r JOAN will sail as follows CAl.MKII AT WAY POM'S M pnwingors mid fruiirlit any iittVr Leave Vletnrln. Tnemlay, 7 n. m. '��� NniiHlinn fur Ci'imix. Wetllit'Mlu)-, 7 ft. ni Leave Ouniux for Nhiihjuo. KrlrtitJ-H, 7a.m. Nanaimo for Viet aria Batutdvy. 711.111 For freight or state rooms apply on board, or at tlie Company's ticket office, Victoria Station, Store street. Esquimalt & Nanaimo R'y. Time Table No. 20, To take effect at 8.00 a. m. on Friday April 87th, 1804. Trains run on Pacific Standard Tlm,. MJ rflg li ii jj ; j ;; ; 11 ,1 r,i.i.|.S'''-*--',"'-|l-"" t V : : D a, d i-rii Ea " It ����*f**i-88��aa8*iaaaa s g li a*..'����������=����������"" en \ a. I *-; ������.. 11��. ill. a*,fl .albiMwjjiiHj 3BS8M!IB8fLl!_ : 581, : i ���! I :ts* ; ������t-XC->-.v���' r.11 :ia lo-jas^*-* * ��� s .> : * 1 :�� ��� :r.ti '���'���'-��� -Q-*-*^*. z f M I' s^S|Sa*B5pSBa 113 2. -*����� jjSlJ . = . : I .* : : : I ��� < fe is : i: i:;!. j 1 j j ���: : ������* . gr? lgS3S=-*S��B-.'*l*8f5S 8= 3 ffi a I-**0"���*-******** ���'���229S33 ��� '' ? .���*������*. On Saturdaye and Sunday! Return TlnktiU will bo iwuod bolwcon nl) pni.ta for nfftro Mid a fiuarter, trooA for return nut Inter than Monday. Roturn Tfukt-tH for ann nn*I ft hnlf ordinitry faro may lie imnsliaBed dally to nil point*, Tood for bovph days, Including day of Ihuo. No Roturn Tickets Issued for a fnro and a (-���unrter whoro the aingle fnro U twoniy-flve ctmts. Through rates between ViotorU and Oomox Mllengo and Connnution TifkciHcaii tin -,<)>��� Uiiiiidottiiii'illnntiun lo Ticket Agont, Victoria BUUon, .V.I>t'N3Mi;iR. J09BPH HUNTER. ProMdMt. Gen'l Supt. H.K.l-IMOR, Gtn. Freight and Pauengor Agt COURTBNAY HOUSE. COtJX.TENJL.-r, B.C. [Tho leading hotel in Coniox district. ~ New and handsomely furnishes, excellent hunting; and fishing closs to town. Tourists can depend on first-class accommodation. Reasons* ble rates. Bar supplisd with ths choiesst liquors and cigars R. Graham, Propr. Yarwood & Young, Hamsters, So'icitors, Ac. Office C ir. Haston and Commercial St., Nanaimo, II. C HILBERT&SON F U.N ERA I. DiKiXTOK.sand Kmhai.mers Clrn-ltir-t--.il of tlio Orii.<nti<l. Kureka, and United Hint, h C��llt*K'-s of Km* b.tlmii.K , Nunaimn, It. C. A Snap 80 acres of fine land fur sale or exchange nr property at Courtenay, Union or U- nion Wharf Apply at this office. The Nanaimo Pharmacy Nanaimo B. 0. W, E. Mc Cartney Chemist, Manager. Pure Drugs Chemicals and Patent Mf-ittuineB, Physic-anil Prnst-lptloni and nil orders All d with caro and dispatch. V. 0. box 1! McKenzie ���and ��� McDonald Courtenay, B. C. General Blacksmithing and Horse Shoeing- Linkers' Work a Specialty. UNION Bakery UNION, B.C. Best of Bread, Cakes and Pies always on hind. The Bread Cart will be at Courtenay and Comox Tuesday, and Fridays. Adderton &, Rowbotham, l'rop Nanaimo Saw Miil ��� and ��� Sash and Door Factory A Hmlnm. l'rui,. Mill Si.. 1*0 Dux 35, Tol. Ill NannittiQ 11. C. A complete stock of Rough and Dressed Lumljcr always on liaml; also Stiillgles, Laths; Pickets, Doors, Windows ami Minds. Moulding, Scroll Jawing, Turning ami all kinds of wood finishing furnished Cedar, While Pine, Kedwo.d. All orders accompanied withG'AKH uron.pt ly and carefully attended to. Steamer Kstell Harbor and outside towing done at reason able rates. Cumberland Meat Market All Kinds of Fresh Meat, Hams and Bacon and All Kinds of Vegetables and Farmers Produce, Orders from surrounding coun try promptly filled. A. C. Fulton, Prop. PEDIGREE -0F- EARL OF MORAY, Jr. FOALED JULY 5TH, 1887. First Darn, by Scotchman. Second Dam by Hay Wallace. Third Dam, by Waxwork, etc. The Earl of Moray, Jr., is a Drappled Hrown in color, three white feet, with beautiful action and the finest quality of bone, and like his sire has a irrcat constitution. He is rising tour years old, Foal cd July 5th, 1887, and welKhs 1400 lbs. He was imported by John Hetheringlon, from Bruce County, Ontario, and will make the season of 1894 on his farm, Coniox. Earl of Moray; is by Earl of Moray, (4354,) registered in the Clydesdale Stud Hook, Vol. VIII, page 4J.2, with his dam Nance of Inchstellv, as it appears in his pedigree.���D. McIntosh. Terms��� To insure for the season, $12. ��� For single service, $5. ��� Groom fees, $1.50. Popular Store Clur stock ol Spring and Summer Goods is now Complete. We have this season surpassed all previous efforts The good are simply "elegant". The prices you will find full 20% less than past year on average. The millinery this spring is the prettiest that has been shown for several years. An immense variety of Dress Goods and Trimmings, also those nice Challies so much in demand. New Capes, Jackets, and Mantles about half last season'sprices. 49 Commercial St. Sloan & Scott Nanaimo, H. C. Job Printing- We are now Prepared to take Orders ���FOE-, All kinds of Jon Printing: in all its Various Branches. Posters, Dodgers, Cards, Bill-Heads, Letter- Heads, Notices, Circulars, Pamphlets, Society By-Laws, Badges and Ball Programmes, etc. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Call and get prices. Look at This , 1 1 t 1 f ,)e** '���"'I'- *** Natwimn. Baynes Sound Harbour-f crop-M-ii. c��ryn�� Ranch ^ the largest vessels can float. The Marriage of Iron and Coal will here result in EXTENSIVE IRON" WOBK8. The great Kings highway between Nanaimo and Courtenay will pass through here and also the extension of the Ksquimalt and Nanaimo Railway. Lots will NOW be sold on Easy Terms iy Title perfect G F.Drabble, tole agent, Comox B. C ���J. ABH/A.3iw*rS Union Clothing Store Union, B. C. Have Just received a fine Assortment of F.nglish Worsteds for suitings. Also Keep Ready Made Clothing, Hats, Shoes and GENTS FURNISHINGS. J$,The Tailoring Department is in charge of D. McLeod, which is a guarantee of perfectly fitting garments and the best of workmanship. Stage and Livery, OOTJE/TElsr^L'Y-, B. C. Fine Rigs at Reasonable Rotes Always on Hand, ,\ Teaming Promptly Done, ,\ For Sale. My farm of 113 acres, with coal right, also atock and farm implements. James Clark. Comox, B.C. R. B. Anderson, Practical Watchmaker Worker in Light Metals and Gunsmithing and Tin Work Dlnfrwr.ll BuHdimf*. Co*��ox, B 0. Wedding and other rings made to order. E. Pimbury & Co. Wholesale and Retail DRUOOIBTS and Stationirs Commercial St. Nanaimo, II. C Famous Clydesdale Stallion Norman McLeod III Will stand this season as usual in the Settlement, owned by R. Grant and Co. Terms, cash down:��� Single sen ice, S5.no Season, $10,00 Insurance, $15,00 Now standing! at Riverside Hotel at Courtenay. 1. D. McLean Jeweler, Bookseller and Dealer in Organs, Pianos, Music Stationery, and Notions ot all kinds. Union Mines, B C.
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