@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "5f02b301-a57c-45e5-a365-fdf1838da5d6"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:alternative "[Courtenay Weekly News]"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2015-11-27"@en, "1895-01-08"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/cwn/items/1.0070040/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ T r is Q. A. McBain &. Co. Real Estate Broken Nanaimo, B.C. ' G. A. McBain & Co. L Real Estate Brokers / r-n Put!sf*ctory unri first etnas work In evory lJopartmutit of Dentistry. Kay number of Tooth removed Without 1* in or um-l'-nsnnt otTouta and without tho U-u* of Btlior or Clilorofor,u. Full nnd partial ncto of Artificial Teeth run hn In ortod Maisfuciorily nt onco aft r extract i n. Filling and Treatment ol the Natural Teeth a specially. Crown nnd Bridge Work nnd nil othor op orations performed In tho ino.it eki,Brat-Lory nnvnnor. tsTMo not miss thUopnoriunltyof Imv hk your T.-nth Rttondod to if not eiicoiiri.*-**.) sulllc- lui-lly hy your patronage, Dr. Carry will not viiit union again, , Persons requiring his eervloei pleaao call wli hout delay ui hli time li limited. ... '���'S18. ex?ox ���**"*���*- ���* ���������-* coming will be pub- llihpd In thfl next Una of t-heKcw--. E. Merman, JEWELER & WATCHMAKER WELLINGTON. B. C. ���ESTABLISHED IN 1889��� Will be in Union every month with a large stock of Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds, and Silverware. watch repairing a specialty. McPhee & Moore. CENERAL MERCHANTS. ���A.HTJD��� BtTTOHBBS. Union Mines Furniture Store. A Full Line of Everything. Including Granite and Hardware. C03*TTr*.A.GTO*a3 AND BTJIfDEES. UNDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, Grant & McGregor Props Ice Cream Parlor, ���UISTIOIT. IB. c ... Soda Water, pandies, stationery.and Books. :f:r,tjtt- .a, siFECiJ^TTsr. TOBACCOS.' .: Imported and Domestic Cigars. Briar and Meershnum Goods. Tha Above Stores Adjoin, Where Everything of the Btj.t in tiieir Rospeotive lines will be found. A. If. Mclntyre, - Prop. JO. H. Fechner & Co., Prop's. Wleals at all flours ���A-T THIIB��� ���NEW DINING HALL ��� New Walk along the Shop to Hall Door. Prices:���10c. 15c. and 25c. 21 Meals for $6.00. UNION SHIPPING. Thc Wellington arrived Sunday and left today for Tort Los Angeles with 2000 tons of coal fnr the Southern Pacific. The Rapid Transit is due to load for thc U. S. man-of-war Monterey. The Joan was up Friday night. Thc Glory of the Seas is loading. The San Mateo will be due next Saturday. VITAL STATISTICS. Thc following were received too late for the last issue as intended, but will not be without interest. registered in 1894 lur Coniox District: Births 45 Marringcri , 12 Deaths 18 BIBFH8. Robson.���At Union, January and 'he wife of Kev. John Hob-am, of a daughter. Young.-At Union on January 3rd the wife of David Young, of a son. Parks.���At Union on J.m, 4th the wife of Mr. Frank Parks, ofa son. LAID TO BEST. On Thursday last the loan brought 10 the wharf at Comox all that was mortal of Mrs. Jennie Grant acceimpanied bv her sorrowing husband and children. Early last fall Mr. John J Grant had left with her (or Southern California in the vain hope that in its marc gonial clime his wife's health wnu'd be restored; but consumption hid too strong a hold upon her and its grasp would not relax, On Sat- uiday thc funeral services were held at the residence of Mrs. Grant's mother- Mrs. Henry Grieve���at Grantham. At the close of the sei vice there thc cortege proceeded to the Presbyterian Cemetery at Sandwick where thc remains were interred In addition to the relatives, there was a large attendance of neighbors and friends. UNAMINOUS CALL. At thc hour of 2 p. m. nn Monday Dec. 31, the Presbyterian congregation of Comox met together for the purpose of taking a very important step in their history. Hitherto they have been a mission station supplied by an ordained mis* sionary appointed by the Presbytery. They have now reached that stage in their onward progress that they arc able to elect the man of lheir choice. The usual service was conducted by Kev. D. Mclnfjie of Union, a good representation of the congregation being present. Alter service thc presiding minister then took the usual steps of moderating in a call tn a minister. Thc congregation freely expressed their confidence in and high appreciation of ihe services of Rev, Alexander Tail, P. H. II. and wished to extend to him a call to remain in their midst. The call was then duly presented and signet) by all the members and adherents that were present. Il is hoped he will lake the mailer into favorable consideration and continue his valuable services to the congregation- A FINE STOCK SILVERW AEE and JEWELRY, CIGARS, Etc. Please Call. A. APTAXER. NEW YEAR'S BALL. Benevolence Lodge No. 14 cf the Knights of Pythias is receiving hearty congratulations upon thn success of their New Year's bail. In point of numbers, excellence of music and management, it was heyond question the finest affair of the kind that Union has witnessed for some months. Thc hall was tastefully decoiated and the numbers in attendance can be judged by the fact that 135 sat down to supper at thc Cumberland, which was a mosl excellent one. Among those present from outside of thc town we noticed Mr. Geo. McDonald and wife, Misses E*ln and Maggie McDonald, Mr, P. Scharschmidt, and Mr. Sam Cliffe, ofthe Hay. The music was furnished by Profs. Peiper and Jones and Mr, Wilks was floor manager- PUBLIC NOTICE. I hereby give notice that a special meeting of the Licensing Court for the granting of retail Liquor Licenses will be held nt Louis VV. Fauquier's office in Cumberland, B. C. on the 31st day of January 1895. Elijah Smilhurst . . Prov. Constable. OUR CALIFORNIA LETTER. Graphic Description ot Seme Feat* ures ot Southern California-Glorious Climate, Fruit and Flowers, but not All the People Contented -They Must Rustle for a Living There as well as Elsewhere. Dear Mr Editor: You are aware lhat our salubrious southern California climate has been much extolled by many who have visited this pan of the state: they were perfectly just) able in so doing. I am certain th u 11 you were here today enjoying (he sweetened freshness produced by the recent rains and basking in the warm summer suiuhine vou too would be very apt in give expression in your admiration in language somewhat akin to poetry. The country has other special advantages beside 1 Iim ne. lhe soil is unusually produriive. According to the old adage, you have only tn *' tirkle it with a hoe when it will smile with plenty." Let ii have sufficient moisture, sav from 15 to 20 inches of water per annum from December to March and it will yield an abundant harvest; then when the first crop ts gathered in, give the soil another snaking by ungaiion, and like a jolly farmer after partaking of his noonday meal, itis ready for business again. Crop after crop of one kind or another can be harvested all the year round. In this part ofthe slate certain districts are special)'adapted for the cultivation of fruit and nothing else in particular, and others for dairy farming, raising corn, alfalfn, pumpkins, beans, hogs etc. A purchaser can get any kind of land he pleases devoid of trees, stumps, stones or swamps; averaging according to locality, distance from town, railway or market, from $10 to mo or $150 per acre. In fact you can yet land to buy ai a very reasonable price and plcnly of it. In the San Joaquin Valley, 50 to 75 miles wide and 200 to 250 miles long, and level as a barn floor, with the Sierra Nevada snow-capped mountains glit cring in the everlasting sunihine til! June, and capable ol emir mous possibilities by irrigation--in this vast plain there is a superabundance of available land lying idle, with its "weather u\\e" fixed upon the distant horizon, anxiously looking for the advent of the c iming settler. Many farmers andespe- cialy fruit growers possess only from 20 to 50 acres nr less; and they say that is enough, as every foot of land is available and you can work all the year round, and raise a litile of everything. That kind of farming is well adapted for delicate people, or those who can't stand the rigor of an eastern climate, No country in the world-will suit everybody, and there are some bore who are not perfectly happy, irnmps and geese and similar bipeds, who are compelled by force of circum stances to. " move on " to '"rcsh fields ancl past ores new," hunting for a temporary elysium during the winter months. There are gcpiuies here too nf the Croaking Fraternity who are affected with a common disease called " the bighead " ���ynu have some of their second cousins in B.C. They were budding millionaires '* back east " and have come out here for change of climate. Some of their eastern friends would like to see them again, or learn of their whereabouts} but they nre nfsuch retiring dispositions that they do not even relish any particular allusion to lheir family history. Gentlemen of that description -ire apt to talk disparagingly of this and evcrv country, naturally so; but tins is a good country notwithstanding. No nne need come here who enjoys good heaUh and prosperity at home. The loose gold and big fortunes that have been strewn around were picked up long ago, and every new fortune hunter who finds his way into this state must either pick fruit or work a 20 acre farm in order to obtain one. The hard times are here at present and 'mly men of grit and push and energy can cope with them. The rale of wages is low and work not very abundant. The cost of food, clothing and necessaries of life is very reasonable. Meals can be obtained in Los Angeles for* from 5 to 25 cents. Thc 15 cent meal is good enough for any ordinary mortal and you can have a dish of ice rteani in addition by way of dessert. Fruit and fresh vegetables of all sorts are served up at all seisons, and you can have fir drink iced water, tea (iced if you prefer) coffee, milk or buttermilk. In many restaurants the price of each article is on the bill of tare and you can have what you wish and only pay for the same. A verv common and popular style of boarding is to rent a room and bed in some suitable locality and hoard out where you please, when vou please and as you please. Fruit of every kind is abundant and cheap; if it wore otherwise it wonld be more appreciated by many. There ts a large fig tree in my garden laden with fruit for the last two months. The fig ripens si* 'Iv. I am certain that if it frew adjoining the school house in Union that the fruit would ripen much quicker*��� 1 mean not hang on the tree so long. Drygoods, clothing, furniture etc are as cheap here ns in any part of the United **tates ,\\i the prc-cnt time, and as we have neither frost, snow or storms ofany kind but glorious balmy spring weather these arc no small blessings to be thankful fnr. If you Mr. Editor, and half a dozen nf Union City Fathers would take a balloon excursion to this favored clime and drop down from the clouds some January morning in the midst of an unnge grove when the land is flooded with sunshine and beauty, 1 can fancy how snme of you would rub your eyes with astonishment as you gazed upon such an enchanting scene. Depend upon it that if you wire me when and whereabouts you propose descending upon terra firma,,I shall most gladly hasten to mee*" you and greet yon with a "Highland welcome." I can assure ynu that 1 should be as glad to see your honest faces as I used to be in Ihe days of "Auld lang syne," when I came in sight ot Union,' after floundering throngh mud and water and darknew, I emerged frnm the old trail about where vour powder factory now stands. 1 have said enough at present regarding this part of Uncle Sam's domains ���more anon. Meantime 1 conclude, wishing you and all your numerous readers a very Happy New Year. San Pedro, Cal. Yours &c. Dec. 20th A. Frasrr * NOTICE. The directors ofthe Union and Comox Hospital are requested to meet at Dr. Lawrence's office, Union at 8 o'clock Friday evening, January 11 th 1895. A full attendance is desired as business of imt portance will be brought before them. J. D. McLean, .Secretary, COURTENAY ITEMS. Miss Halliday will teach the Courtenay school until Miss McLennan is able to take charge of it. There is a strong breeze blowing from the Bay bringing to us the odor of orange blossom**. What ran it mean ? Jack McKenzie came down past this way with a load of fine furniture frum Grant and McGregor's and when asked whom it was for, only cracked up his horses and flew pasi. Uui, oh mv 1 wern't they nice! Guess we'll hear more about this Tuesday night. The boys have been on the wrong scent lately and are almost wild nver it. They thought that a certain young man and ii certain young lady were to he married surely last week, and they were prepared to h*.ve one of their hoodlum franks. Well they get left that time, f the young people want to geKjuarried let them do so in peace. Thereiv-n-e reason why a lot of bums should blackmail them. Ifthe parties immediately inteiested choose to give a party or ball lhat is quite another affair. Next Thursday there will be a splendid entertainment at the new hall here. It wilt be in connection with the Sunday school l'here will be a Xmas tree and tea refreshments, and a general good time. A novelty will he the contc=t for the prizes offered by the W.C.T.U. for the best temperance reciation-.. There is another feature of this affair that experience shows is the best drawing card of any entertainment ever held in thisvallcy ���free admission. The 3rd in the course of entertainments at the Bay will be on Friday evening, commencing at 7 p.m. PERSONAL. Mr. D. McLeod, the tailor, was up from Nanaimo. Mr. John Brdvcn, son of John Bryden, M.P.P. arrived from Vicioria last Thursday. Mr.F.D. Little, Superintendent of ihe Union Colliery Co. lcfi for Victoria last Friday. Win. Sharp, proprietor of the Riverside hotel, Courtenay, was in town Monday. Geo. Hull, for several months the polite and efficient clerk at McKim's, is now at S. Leiser's mammoth store. Miss L. M. Powell has been detained at Vicioria by the serious illness of her father. Dr. Westwood and family removed from Courtenay to Union last Saturday. They will occupy apartments in lhe new hospital build my. Mr. Robert Grant is suffering from a crushed finger. His saw mill machinery, 1 kc a sharp frost is a very nipping affair. Mr. Wm. Hamilton of tlie Hamilton Manufacturing Co's branch at Vancouver was up lasl week and got a good order from Grant & Mounce. BAYNE SOUND. This is a place of which we shall hear more after awhile. It has a deep capacious harbour protected from the gulf waves by Denman Island, of great scenic beauty and rising not too abruptly back from the waler. It is as yet but liltle developed and of course crude, but ii has a future. The great wharf of the Union Culliery Co. presents usually a scene of considerable busllc, and mosl ofthe time there is a boat in port, accasionally a man-of-war and Wednesdays and Thursdays, yes Friday mornings we have "isils from that magnificent steamer the SS Joan; and what with the stated arrivals nf ihe San Mateo and tke Mineola, and lhe irregular but frequent arrival of steamers, ships, and tugs wiih scows there is little reason to call il dull here. We rejoice in one ofthe best hotels in lhe District���the Nelson House of which Mr. Geo Howe is proprietor. Mr. Howe also keeps a store and post office. The appropriation of $8,000 for the Comox trunk road we trust will be so expended as to give us a road to boih Union and Courtenay, and along down to Fanny Bay, and that in anothci year or two that the road will be completed so as to enabte us to drive through to Wellington and Nanaimo, Wc also look for work to he commenced on the K. & N, extension, which will pass through this place, but not without giving us a good depot. Occasionally a gleam of tnwn ways is sciui here. The other day a fellow with a railway Character was running about wiih a chip on his shoulder. No onc paid any attention to ihc challenge implied until a litite fellow was met who sent the obtrusive chip a flying. Then the heavy-weight went for hull. The light-weight danced ahout him, and with his small but hard fists polished off the railway man's face and eyes until (hey shone like ebony. Since then he's not been seen u ith any chips on his shoulder. Sailor. MCKIM'S ASSIGNMENT. The news nf the assignment of James McKim & Sons, general merchants of this place, reached the public last Wednesday evening. Shortly after the mail arrived, n gentleman frum Victoria was in charge of the store and the unwelcome news quickly spread about. Mr, James McKim left for Vicioria the week before anil during his absensc had assigned to Mr. Geo. C. Shaw of Victoria. He did not return on Wednesday, probabty remaining over to attend the creditor's meeting called at Victoria on the 14th. The McKims came from Ontario a liltle over two vears ago, and opened a general store in the village of Courienay. After a few months the outlook being more promising here, they moved to Union where they went into general merchandising. They sold a large amount of goods and were' supposed to be doing a good business, but the unfortunate credit business of ihe place swamped them. With several thousand dollars in accounts standing upon their books, which lhey could not get in, and with a very limited cash capital they were compelled to assign. The McKims, father and sons, are well liked and highly respected and sincere regret is fell at their misfortune throughout this community. The wish that they may find some way out of their difficulties and be able to continue business, is a general expression. LOCALS. sponges and Toilet Articles at PlmbupyACo's. Read thc poem entitled "Three Fools,1 on the inside of this paper. That's what you get at Sam Davis'��� a good article every time. The Assembly Club are preparing lo give another of their enjoyable hops in the near future. Plmbury's Balsamic Elixir will cure your cough. Try It For Sale ���A newly calved cow. Apply to Daniel Stewart, Comnx. in. ��� 1 iu. Land���If you want to buy ao, 40 orto acres of good land, call and see E Phillips of Grantham. He can suit you. For choice pies, cakes, wedding cakes, party or social refreshments, call ran Kenward & Prockier the Courtenay bakers. Mr. A.D. Williams, of Nanaimo, has contracted with Mr. D.C. McDonald for the erection of a neat cottage on lut 12, block io, east of Third avenue. The shaft No. 5 was finished last Thursday and is now perfectly tight. Some of the old miners say it is the best job of its kind they have ever seen. Mr. John A. Nelson was in charge of the work, under Superintendent Little. Although quite aware that ".'Aleck'-' Grant was in the habit of selling stoves to most everybody we wjre somewhat stariled to ncl one of Grant and McGregor's Fire Kings (McLarv make) in the store comer Second St. and Dunsmuir Avenue. Among the notables from Comox and Courtenay in town yesterday were Ruad Boss Berkeley, farmer A. Urquhart, and Bob Graham, Proprietor of ihc Courtenay House. The day before from the same section there arrived Gov't agent Creech a.-.d E. Muschamp, manager of the Bay store for McPhee and Moore. Sterling Grieve, young Bennie and a Jap met with an Occident last night. They were on a coal train being pulled out of No. 1 slope when the car on which they were bioke from the others and* ran back. Grieve had a leg broken and his head badlv crushed. Bennie got his head hurt and the Jap's head was cut aud his neck injured. Thev will all get over it. It is said that Sam Cliffe's sleigh���famous from having been three years incubating���is at last ready for business. Like everything turned out by thc Bay pilot, it's big. It is reported that thc government agent has chartered it and will put on a pair of oxen and make an excursion through the'settlement to open uu the firiow hound reads. Three dollars for the round trip including refreshments and berths. The E. and N. railway company have made arrangements whereby one crew will run all the trains on their line. A new lime table has beer issued, 10 take effect nn January 1st which drops lhe Saturday afternoon train. The south bound train will hereafter leave Wellington at 1,40 p.m., instead of 8 a.m., arriving at Vic. at 5.45 iu the afternoon. By this arrangement the crew that brings up the north bound train will take back the south bound train on thc same day. We make a specialty of Family Recipes. Plmbury & co. Mr. James Abrams has taken the office lately vacated by Samuel Wendell, in the Whitman block. As a J.P. and N.P. he will attend to business. He also has a few good insurance companies, and will likewise act as collector and conveyancer. In addition 10 these he would make a first class auctioneer. Any one wanting an auctioneer shnuld call on Abrams. His round, good natured smiling face, ability 10 tell a good story, and keep an audience In good humor, will tell and mike him a drawing card. Nature created Abrams for an auctioneer and he must not be suffered to escape his destiny COURSE OF ENTERTAINMENTS The third entertainment of the oonne will be held in thn New Hull, on Tnurnlay 10th J-.mir.ry, ��ud at the Biy on Friday 11th. Both entf-rtainmenU to commence at 7 o'olock, p.m. Ai thin entertainment is in oonueotion witb the Sabbath school, there will not be the oiual I future, but in iu plaoe there will In tea rcfreahmenti, aho Xuiu tree for the ohildren. At Courtenay all will be admitted free, hut there will be a oollection at the olose, tu di*fr*y the vxpeniea of the children'* Xma* tree lhe W. 0. T. U. offer aix prixea for the nix beit temperance recitations delivered lhat evening. All young people are invited to compete. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Sarvicea next Sunday conducted by the Puior, Rev. D. Mclntyre, in the Hall. Morniug Mrvioe, 11 a.m. Subject:��� 'ChrUt in tbo hr-me of hia friende at Bethany.' Evening: "The parable of tbe lost aheep." Sunday school, 1 30 p.m. Paator's Bible CUai, 2 30 p m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening, 7 30. NOTICE. The Cumberland Assembly Club will hold the weekly assembly on Wednesday evening at tl o'clock. By order J. Bruce, Pres. NOTICE. All accounts due thc late firm of Wood and Kilpatrick must be paid to me within the next 30 days to?save costs. D. Kilpatrick. NOTICE. We hereby give notice that at thc sitting of a special Licensing Court to be held at Cumberland, Nelson District, 11. C. on the 31st day of January 1895, we intend lo make application fur atemporarv license to sell by retail intoxicating liquors on lhe premises lo be hereafter known as the Delmonico Hotel, situated on lot 11, block 2 on Dunsmuir Ave. in the townsite of Cumberland, Nelson District, Pioviencenf B. C. Dickson and Co,, per U W, Fauquier! Agent mWi *-�����-*,-*>, ,**���*. 1\\\\\\% ."���^^V*^ *���****-' ��� Three Fools. Thero was a. DUsinesa man wlio failed Tp win the longed-for frise Of rloheaaud prosperity) He dii not advertise. There was ;i lover once who died Quite wretched I suppose, Because all through liis life he was Too bashful io propose. There waa another man whose ways Hia neighbors greatly pained, Because lu didn't know enough To go iii when it rained. AU threo were fools; but worst of all To everybody's eyes, Wns he wlio wan a business man, And didn't advertise. FJIOU TIIK ITALIAN. N<> "ii.- is ovor judicious in hia happinoss, Joy makes lhe heart too full, H��w was it possible for Claudio, a brawny fireman, to realize tho possession of a huppinesi of win -li ho had hardly dared dream 1 Sweet Dio n in in has given herself to him���had let herself full into the great handa that trom* bled at touching anything so delicate and white. Itis true that hor tnanrwr was very grave. It would havo given him pleasure to see the large azure eyes illumined with a smile and her glance fixed trankly upon him, Sho had, instead, bowed her hend; and when hor mother embraced her as one would embrace a saint, she seemed to tremble anew. But what of that? No ono could oblige ber to throw her arms around his neck. Was not this blushing timidity of girlhood very natural? And had he not left her entirely to act as she pleased ? It would have mado him miserable if she had said no to his suit, as hn more than half expected sho would. Instead of this, when in presence of the mother, encouraged by her, holding in his hand his new cap, he had asked, *'Sig norma Dionisla, will you be tny wife ! Your mother haa said yes; it is upon you my happiness now depends," sho had looked tenderly at the elder woman and softly responded, "Yes,'' He must at once build a pretty cottage whero ho and his wife and mother would be ai happy aa the days wero long. The mere thought of such happiuesa made the sturdy tit oman tremble. Meanwhile the sun shone, and while it swiftly passed over the green boughs made its record in their history. It was almost romance. Dionlsia'fl father, an old comrade of Clandio's, his elder by some years, was a fireman like himself, employed by a Lyons railway company. Ho had heen mortally injured in a railway accident, and beforo his death had asked Claudio to care for hiB wifo and only daughter. I 'ionium was thon a little rogue in short sltirtsj ho did not dream of one day making her his wife. Having assumed the truat confid- ed to him he fulfilled it scrupulously,with* out a moment's rcgret.asBtsting the mother from his own purse when hor work an a teamstreis fulled her. Cradually the ohild grew, and one day the maiden in her was revealed to him. Then a new sentiment had hirth in his heart, soon entirely filling it. Ho loved Dionisia, Ho sought to put thc thought from him, but ib was uot pos* sible.and ho became bo melancholy that one day tho mother surprised his secret. She had already divined it, and without giv* ing him time to oxpresB Ids doubts and fears she embraced him, saying: "Speak to Dionisia, Claudio, She la all gold, Bo not doubt her." And he h id spoken with the result described. To-day ho intended to visit the home of his betrothed, whioh lay at the ond of his routine trip. Pimm Meuriant, a handsome young man, to whom Claudio was greatly attached, waa engineer. Usually in the gayest of spirits, no now seemed sad and downcast, and responded half-heartedly to the bappy fireman\\ merry, incessant chat. The train nad reaohed the last station bnt onc, Plotro and Claudio stood upou the footboard behind the engine. Suddenly Claudio a'.ruck the young engineer upon the shoulder, "What ails you to-day ?" he asked, "Since our journey began nardly a word has fallen from your mouth. ' And you were always so lively. Truly ono would say you were disappointed in love." Tho other protested against the aoou (���ation, but Claudio continued : "I'm suro I am right���it ia a love disappointment, of courao. Bah I Tho matter can be arranged, I will provo it to yoq in a moment* 1'' He chocked himself. Pie tro lookod at him with an expression so sad that ne felt his levity to Iw ill-timed. Ho seized hii by the hand. "Is it nomo thing ir- st-rlc-us, then T" he Inquired. "Pardon me, (Vitro ; my owu fellolty Minds me to thetroublesof others. Joy makes us egotistical, By-and-by I will tf:ll you why I am ao happy ; but I must hear your story first, my friend." "if any man merits happiness it is you, Claudio/' said Pietro, "Some day I also may be happy, or at least will eudenvor to be so, even though the girl I love oau never be mine" "AIM that fa ft? And why doea the Lady make difficulties? Doea she not know your worth aa I do, nor comprehend what she renounces?" "She lovos mo," replied Pietro, quietly, "and it fa because of that wo suffer." Olaudio gave him a surprise glance. "Come,1* ho exclaimed, "I do not understand you at all. Let us see if I cannot help you in your difficulty. If you Ore her, marry her. [ am older than you and your friend. Speak! Whon we have a lovo affair upon the heart is it not the best thing to confide in a friend? It no only consoles but relieves us," Pietro alowly drew from his pocket a letter and opened it. Ho turned toward Claudio. "Listen. Hore is tho adieu that I resolved this morning. All our sad history Is contained In if; 'Pietro, we muse part. . ' are-four to me, but tho knowledge ��*TU.*�� *o another commands mo to of what I ow... . tho doa[h of repress my love. 8tno��- . , . ' father a friend haa cared for UttJU mY mother. That friend',0vea me. *W**ZZ.y he Bought Vny hand. 1 said ycaj how Ifiwu 1 do othorwlsel I owo everything to him. Whatever you may uulfcr, I will suffer mora But though I die, 1 muat repay the debt we havo incurred. We can ice each other no moro.' " -��� And thin letter i3 signed Dionisia is its not?" cried Claudio, who, with hia band, contracted upon hia breast had listened to the words vhioh had earned hin happy dreams to on-imble in an instant, Pietre keslW-etfL " Who told you her name ?" ho asked, ; Hu bad no time to continue. With a hoarse cry, Claudio threw himself upon ; him. Liar ?" he shouted. " Confess that I you have lied to n,e, or I will beat you liko j a dog." The young machinist sought to extricate himself, 1 " You are mad 1" he said. ' " No, I am not mad ! The uiri you love is Pionisia, and I am tho man bIio is to I marry ! Do yon comprehend now that I mast have your lifo ?���that I must kill the wretch who haa stabbed mu to tlie heart ?" 'Pietro, 6tiu struggling-made no response. Ho felt himself lost. It waa in vain to him to try to escape from that deadly i, risp Tho train was going rapidly. If ho .limned for help, who could come to him ? J Who could he it* him ? But tiioy aould not lone continue thus madly wrestling; the road at this point was under repair; if they did not soon abate their speed a terrible accident would be invilable. Claudio, drunk with the rage which burned bim,thought of uothing. Suddenly Piotro succeeded in freeing his throat, " Slacken speed 1" ho cried, " or all is lost 1" " So muoh the hotter P roared CUudio. Ho seized hin (hovel and lifted it threateningly. Pietro looked at him fixedly. "Strike I" ho laid, "But you will be an assassin 1" Assassin1 At that word Claudio paused. His duly presented itself iuataully tn bis mind, llm raised hand was alowly lowered, and leaving the youth to rise he wont to his post. "Command 1" he said, "I will obey." It was time. Thoy had arrived at tho red flag planted aa a danger signal. Only by prompt action were they savod, As soon as Pietro wns ablo to relax his attention to the engine he began to com- Krehond the tortures uf that poor generous eart which ho had made sufl'er so much without intending it. Going to Claudio with hand extended and head bowed, ho murmured, "My friond, forgive me." "Claudio eagerly took the proffered hand, exclaim in Lf: "Pardon you r It is I who need pardon, I should have known it was utter folly for PRACTICAL FARMING. Soaking And Crushing- Grain. I have had a great many years' experience in fattening hogs, having fed as high as 300 orlOOat a time, -vm-i* a correspondent. Ihavenseddrygrainuiallkinds soaked grain unground, soaked groundfeed, and cooked groundfeed. *.Vlicit,corn, barley,orr edo me to love a girl of that age. You have saved me from mynelf. Dionisia loves you, therefore Bhe should be yours. You are made for eaoh other. I will give her to you, Pietro!" "Claudio!" Silenoe, We have arrived at the stationt Ioharge myself with the arrangement of this affair. I only aak of you one thing��� that Dionisia shall never know what has taken plaoe betweeu us, I am puuialud enough already," he added, bowing his head, while the young man held his hand aflectionately. And in the moment when the train came to a stop the poor fellow buried in bia heart the ory whioh seemed almost to be wrung from him. ��.'#���*## Dionisia and hor mother were at work when a knock sounded ou the door. Tie girl went to tho door, and sturted back ub she recognized Pietro behind Claudio, "Good day to all," said the latter. Ho turned toward tbo mother, "You must En-pure yourself to be surpriaed, madam," e continued. "1 asked of you yesterday, the hand of Dionisia, but not for myaelf, 1 was for this worthy young man, whom 1 have brought to plead his own cause," He pointed to Pietro, who dared not speak. The girl looked on, believing herself In a dream. Therefore, with gentle force, Claudio pushed her into the arms of tbe young man, "Give each other the kiss of betrothal," he siid, Pietro and Dionisia looked at eaoh other with eyes full of tears, nor fond words to respond. "Come���enough I"cried Claudio. "Don't make me begin to cry like a great big baby, as 1 am likely to do. And you, mamma," he went on, turning to the astonished mother, "prepareyourself. Ina mouth wo must have a wedding I" SHAKER INDIANS OF THE WEST. A Queer fleet Thai Flonrlslies lit the Stale of Wu*IIIijkIon. The Indians of tnis county have just olosed a religious revival and have left for Pacific County, where they will endeavor to rekindle a religious spirit among the tribes there. Their religion is very unique, strikingly original and distinctly Indian, It is known as the Shaker religion. It is said that it first originated in the sound country, among the Mud Bay Indians. The story is that one of the tribe, John Slooum, waa taken sick and gradually wasted away ftnd died. Preparations were made for the funeral, but John surpriaed his friends hy coming to life again tho day tho funeral was to bo hold. He stutod that ho had gone to heaven, but that he was told to go hack to earth agaiu and help his people ; that thoy were vury wlckc.l.and thut he must |uitiling,or evon out of doors near the hog lots and water tank, exoept in cold weather. Vat I is placed at a suitable elevation directly under the grain bin, with spout*- for convoying the grain from the bin to the vat. Thn water pipe conveys water from the tank or mill to vat 1. The flow of grain ia regulated oy the cut-olio, and water by the vulva d, Tho grain is soaked in vat 1 until it in soft, wheu a portion is drawn or sliovided into vat 2. If it is desirable to retain the water in vat 1, ft perforated scoop ta ua-id. The soaked grain is now ready to pass through the rollers h h, Bung so not't that it can be mashed between the thumb and fingers, it requires comparatively little power to run the rollers. This may ho done by horse or hand power. After passing through the rollers, the inash drops into vat 3, aud oan be fed at once or allowed to stand from one feed to another, Tho latter method 1 prefer, as partial fermentation will add to the fattening qualities of the food, and assist digestion. I prefer rolled or crushed grain to ('round, as stock will not acour or get out of order So easily. Rolled, soaked corn is moat excellent feed for cattle, especially while fattening on grass, I am not fccdini! stock at present, but if I were 1 wonld liny 40 cent wheat and make it net ine 80 centa per bushel anywhere wist of tho Missouri river, at the present price of pork. If desired, the food can he cooked after it is run through the rollers, using any good steam cooker, or in cold weather it can he ooked tirst,,und run through the roller*1 and fed warm, Tlie rollers ahould bo twelve inches long and eight in diameter for hund power, and larger in proportion for horso power. One roller, to which tho power iB applied, is stationary, tho other adjustable, working in slots made in lho frame, und regulated by sot screws. They can ho mado at any foundry, and tho frame at auy (.hop; an ordinary carpenter can make and sot. up the vats, I have been advised to patent this combination,but hava concluded to git e it to the public for freo use. Hints to the 01d*Fashloned Butter Makers. Don't imagine that because you generally make good buttor from your shallow* pan setting, that this is tho best mothad. So far in quality ia concerned it is all right, hut, aa a rule, it is not economical, too much cream being wasted, Dsnp netting la more economical���tho separator is still better. Always uae a thermometer to temper the cream before churning. Tho old fashioned way, which is atill so often used, of guessing at it by sticking in tlio linger, is unreliable���too often widely misleading. A good thermoin.- er ia tbo only salt- way. Although good butler can be made with the old dash churn, it ia a laborious method, and it is far more inconvcuiont to operate thau the barrel or box churn-*). Partially filled tubs of butter bhould have an inch of atrong brine on tho top of the butler, removing it curt fully before more butter is added, then returning it. This keeps the ait from Ihu butter und prevents any changes. The butter will not absorb any perceptible quantity of salt from the brum. South African's Picture Stone. An account of a atrango lapidari**- [^^ fCIftas all tile way from Kimborley, South Africa, Workmen in tho diamond mines at thnt place discovered a Btono dark brown In oolor and about tbe size of a pigeon's ngg, whloK, viewed iu a dark place with a candle or other light behind it, exhibits a ported profile picture of a man from the waist up. Tinning the pebble partially i-rouiul, tho imago of the man vanishes and tlio features of a woman's fuce, clear cut and partly concealed by heavy treasoa.como into view. The British Museum oilers ��50 for tho curiosity, Repairing Fenaes. There will bo more or less fence repairing or making to be done every spring. Of oourse, posts or stakes cannot be set unti thefrost Is outand the ground has dried some what; but beoaueo of this, one ueod not do. fer all tho work. If an old fence in to be cleared away the greater part of the work cau bn done early, and tlio old material ��� particularly it thu fence bu a Virginia rail or a post and mil ono���will be ready tobe converted into firewood. Thia will dispose of itatoiiee, and it will supply just the tire* wood needed for the cookatovu in warm weather, for it will mako a quick, hot fire that will die out rapidly, Thero is an advantage in doing thin work now in addition to gaining time: if tho hauling ia done when thu ground Ib frozen neither gullies nor clods will be made in the fields, as there will ho if the work is deferred until tho frost is ont of the ground. We secure all these advadtages hy hauling the now material to Itl plaoe at once. Further, larger loads onn be hauled when the ground in frozen solid then wheu it is muddy; and likely if the hauling ia done now it oan he done with the sled, whioh is mora easily loaded or unloaded than a wagon. Wintering Cabbage. Cabbage will endure a good deal of free** ing without injury, especially if it ia not handled when in a frozen condition. Hence it may ho left standing until winter is about to set in. In burying it should not be covered too deep. For family use, a convenient method ia to take one or moro bar* rela and dig a hole so that the barrel will be about half buried in the earth. The soil should be heaped up over the barrel as muoh aa possible. Thc cabbages are trimmed of all outside leaves and packed in the barrels as tightly as possible; the mouth of the barrel is filled with some straw or leaves and covered with a board or aome old carpet. The cabbage may be taken out et any time all winter unfrozen and in good oondition. If tho outside beads are frozen one layer deeper in may be taken, and later in the season the frozen ones will be found to have ths.^en oUt ftn,l to be uninjured. Cab- lingo to he preserved for marketing in ���Miring may be pulled and laid on top of the ground in rows, and a furrow plowed from each aido upon the inverted plants, Tho work may be finishod with a shove), Thc plants should only have tbe heads covered, the roots projecting into the air. In this way they will keep perfectly until warm weath- T1IR NKWF8T IBIA IN BIOYfil-FS, W, Forder, lato bandmaster of theUrvna diaii Regiment of Infantry, Stanley bar null-, Toronto, has been appointed band master of Berlin band. COURTING BICYCLES. THE VERY LATEST THING GOES ON WHEELS. THAT Willi a ftlrrrmnn In From nnil a r--otmnii WorkhiK 1-Vdnta H-lihi-i. Tin* 111- eycl<* S'.iit s-aii ThIh- Whirling Tli roil i>li Tlie hlrerm. The bicycle is casting its delicate aha dow over literature, art, the drama. It haa aDooted science and religion and revolutionized social and industrial life, Sardou is writing a play in whiah a bicy* ole is tho striking novelty. The Japanese are using bicycles, while tha Chinese regard them with a superstitious dread. This ia not tht* reason why the Japanese are wiping up th-- floor with the Chinese, but it is uigiiificau. ��� of the difference betweeu the two peoples. The bioycle typifies the higher intelligence ; it is the emblem of up-to-date civilization. Walking along a lonely country road you need never be afraid of a man you meet on ft bicycle lint look out for a dark, swarthy man who rides a horae, cr a round-shouldered individual with furtive looks who may be, like yourself, a pedes* trian. The man who rides a bicycle will get there every time unless the pneumatic tire explodes. Ruffian* and ignorami (new word) never ride bicycles. The anti-bicycle fiend is one of tho moat dangerous cranks at large. He is stand* ing in front ol civilization waving hiB hat. Tho world, in ita ponderous onward roll of progrenn, will not leave the track for this individual. Never try to atop a bicycle which you may aee coming down a hill, but Bit ou the fence and watch it go by. Hardly a day pasaea but Homebody invents a new kind of a biuycle. There are mon wbo know more about bicycles than anytliingelaehi this world. Then there is the man whu knows the history of the bicycle, and who ean tell where and when every new kink and cur-'e of tho machine was invented. His wholo life is wrapped npin tbe bicycle and all hia thoughts revolve around the ball bearings, Another queer product of thiB modern invention ia the man wbo thinks bioycle, dreams bicycle, talks bioycle and who would like to bo carried on a bicycle to bis grave. Poems have been written to the bicycle and men have made love on the btay* ole and gone off. on a bioyolo tour for their wedding journey. Hut, one of the disadvantages of thia is that the girl is too far off. Now along oomea a man to remedy this defect. He has invented ft bicycle cab. The driver in front works the pedals and steers, while a footman, mounted behind, asHms the piopulnion. This would delight tho soul of -lohn Jacob Astor, who in his book looks hopefully to the future whon horsea will be done away with and every* tbiug happens when you touch a button, Tho bicycle cab is especially adapted to lovers, wbo hitherto have regarded the bioyolo with disfavor, even for the loneliest roads, it ia a sort of sedan chair big onough for two, You may pull up a blind behind so that the footman may not gratify hia curiosity, and there ib no horae to kick in the dash* hoard at the most intereating point of the conversation, while your arms aro not on- gaged ni driving and are available for other purposes, Ttie bicycle cab will be valuable for invalids wlio go out to take the air. You can get more air on a bioycle iu a given time than on anything else, Hy tho way, ono of the remits of the bioycle cab will be that men will cease to ride "on " a bicycle. They will proceed to ride " in" a hioyele, just as naval etiquette requires tho ollieers to say thoy were " in" a certain ship. A man cau hop into his hit-yule cab and ho tooled uptown from business. If the weather ia cold he can put font warmers in or be might even have a small stove. Many sedate bankers oi middle lifo would title a bicycle, but think it undignified. The hioyele cab is just tho thing for thom, having all the advantages of the bicycle, but with no Iosb of dignity from knee- breeches aud precipitate spills into the gutter. You can wear your silk hat in the bicyclecab, whioh will not even destroy the crease in your trousers. Ladies van stop into the bicycle cab and bo taken to hall or theatre, It will be liko a reversion to the time of Pepys, when the bucks and beaux of London wero carried In their chairs to tho gambtlng.housos and garden parties of the day. While you may not be ablo to afford a private carriage, the bicycle cab is within the reach of all. You noed only get a couple of men to do the leg work and there you are. Sympathetic Butter. It Ib tho way of poets���pootsand children ���to attribute their own feelings to natural objeots. For them the wind sighs, the brook laughs, and the landscape smiles or frowns. 11 Mister Green," said a venerable negro, entering the store of the village grocer and provision dealer one morning, " hero's some butter my missus made, an* X done toted it in to see if yo'd hab de opp'tumty to sell It, sah," " Good butter, is it ?'' said the storekeeper, as he took the package. " Yes, sah, prime butter," responded the old darkey; " on'y I's feared it mought 'a' melted jess a bit on de way." " Oh, I guess not," said the grocer j " this is a pretty cool morning." '��� les, sah," said the darky, wiping his faoe with his big handkerchief, " dis am a mighty pleasant, cool mawnin' ��� but yo' Bee, I toted it down here pooty fast," OUR CLOTHES. Home Intrrr-.ilntr Information Abn.nl lhe -I'l-uiir-i Our Anrrnlnm Wore. Frieze was originally called falding, Silk brocades were first used in the dress of men. Shoes with heels were first made in Paris In 1627. Au almoner was the purse carried by ladies at their belts. Rutll.-s for the wrists were originally called hand-rufTa. English leather gloves were sold all over Europe lu 1247, The .lews made shoes of rushes, leather, linen and wood. Shoes were not made " rights and lefts " earlier than 1472. A woman's night dress waa at one time called a night rail. Huckram waa at first any sort of oloth stiffened with gum. Chaucer mentions the apron, calling it the "barme cloth," Hats were first made in England by Flemings about 1510. Roman gentlemen wore a gold or ivory orescent in their shoes. The glove is first mentioned as a common article of dress in 1016. Bombasin waa made and worn as early as the twelfth century. A foot mantle was the namo originally given to a riding skirt. The earliest form of the glove was a mere bag for the hand. Jewish women wore silver half moons in their shoes as ornaments. Two hundred years ago the skirt of a dress was always called the base. The boots of the time of Louis XIV. were often 2 feet broad at the top. Diaper was first made at Ypres, in Flanders, it Is believed before 1200, Many colored ribbons were worn on the hair of ladies from 1420 to 1500. An English lady's state gown was, iu the time of George I,, called a oyolas. Silk hats began to supersede the old- style beaver or wool hats in 1320. Qalashes, a sort of bonnet, wore invented by the Duchess of Bedford in 1705. Handkerchiefs first camo into notice in England during the reign of Elizabeth. Among the Greeks, breeches indicated slavery. A free man never wore them. One history of costumes gives 1817 different styles of head-dresses for women. Calico waa first introduced from Calicut in India, aa stuff for gentlemen's clothes, Joseph's coat of many colors, probably an embroidered tunic, waB made B, C. 17*20. Over 17,000 different kinds of buttons have been found in pictures of mediaeval clothing. The furbelow was at first separate from the dress, and a distinct artiole of apparel. The doublet was a close-fitting coat introduced into France from Italy about 1100. Feathers, aa an article of dross, were at first only worn by men In their helmets. The leathern apron worn by the blaek- smith is mentioned hy Pliny as in use in his time. The soldiers in the Assyrian army wore ascrt of breeches, reaching down to the knee. The alb, so often mentioned as a priestly garment, was a long gown, fastened with a belt. Bombast was cotton padding for the clothes, to make them stand out from the figure. Breeches reaohlng to the ir.idealt are mentioned as parts of the Koman uniform a c. 07. The mufllor was originally called the muzzier, because it went over the muzzle or mouth. Gally-gascoynes, commonly corrupted togallygaikins, werea combination breeches and hose, From the thirteenth to the seventeenth century a blue coat in England was the sign of a servant, Bonnet waa originally the name for a man's head covering. The word is still so used in Scotland. The slashes or opouingn in an outer garment to show the ono beneath were formerly called panes, The baldrick, so often mentioned In early dramaa, was au ornamental bolt passed diagonally across tho body. Wheel farthingales were tho enormous supports to petticoats worn in the days of .lumen aud Charles I. The earliest shoes wero simply pieces o hide or skin drawn in purse-fashion round the anklo with a string. Thu Greeks, when traveling, wore hats in winter of oloth of felt*, in summer of platted straw, with broad biims. A oloth for the head or face was formerly called a coverchief, juat as one for the hand was called a hankerchief. The hoopskirt waaiu full feather In 15!)0. It was then made of iron, and sometimes weighed aa muoh as HO pounds, Her Bones Snap Like Pipestems. Sarah Scott, aged 36, living at Oak Grove Village, Mass., is attracting much attention from tho medical fraternity. In 1803, while on herwaytotho Manaachusetta General Hospital, she broke her thigh in alighting from a car. Hor leg was amputat- ed. While turning in bod at the hospital hor other leg waa broken. After it had healed she was removed to her home. Two weeks ago, while mowing, sho broke hor jawbone, and tboother night, while attempting to put her band behind her, she broke tho bones of her arr Fire And Bullet Proof Wood, Several species of ironwood have long been known and widely used on account of their extraordinary weight and hardness in the manufacture of such articles as axles snd plows. Itis claimed, however, that these are entirely surpassed by a certain tree found in the northern Transvaal, regarding whioh M. Basiaux, at present travelling in South Africa, has transmitted a note to the Geographical Society of France. The wood is a sort of ebony, and ao excessively hard that it can* not be out in the ordinary manner except when green. When mature and dry it resists every known tool and blunts or breaks the finest tempered steel, It ia apparently, almost impregnable against fire, as it required a fortnight's constant burning to reduce the trunk of one of the trees to aahoa, aod although heavy, it is said to bo considerably lighter than atcel or iron. Took His Time. [other���"You need not havo quarreled with that boy, I told you always to think before spoakiug." Small Son���"Oh, I did. I didn't say a word till I'd thunk up a whole lot o* names to call him," PILGRIMAGE IN INDIA. UBU-arviUorThonKiiiHl-tl'rHW'ltnsliiloOne I'laee-Hwariu*. ��f ilt-JiKui**-* Indian pilgrimages arc mostly undertaken in the cold weather, because the river Ib then Bhallow and slow, and nobody gets drowned unless he is more then usually per verse, Also when the river ia low great tracts of saud are dry on either aide of tho water, and on these tlie pilgrims can conveniently oamp. Accordingly each year, about the middle of December, there flock to Birman fully 200,000 persons. These are not all pilgrims pure and simple, because even the most religious pilgrim requires to be fed and olothed. Ho needs al manner of tinsel trumperies to deok his children,his wife and his gods. Besides, he must have plenty of sweetmeats, dreadful mawkish compounds of butter and milk and augar, flavored with spice���he needs these to mnko merry with when all the ablutions are happily over for the year and every god has been properly propitiated. Kurther.he wants no end of oil to keep hia little lamps (religious and domestic) going. It is curious to note how korosene aud matches are used in the remotest Indian village. In order to provide him with these and soveral hundred other thinga which 1 cannot now remember, a perfect army of grain sellors, leather workers, water carriers, jewelers, ami, in short, men of every trade that has the remotest hope of making anything out of the pilgrims, all crowd to the spot. Round the edge of this vast heterogeneous mass there hangs a long fringe of beggars. On the head of this fringe are Brahmans. These boldly olaim and obtain charity as a right. Next come those who beg merely because that is easier than working and less dangerous than stealing. After I hem oome a host of decrepit, blind, diseased and deformed folk whose dreadful sores and pitiable malformations earn them as good or a better Uv* ing than, the able-bodied and industrious are often able to obtain. L&at of all oome the lepers, and theae indeed are miserable objects. Often hava I dropped a coin into ft band thatwas a mere stump, all the fingers having decayed away All these are willingly fed and supported by the pilgrims and traders, for India la a country where charity is carried far ovor the verge of imbecility. To give to the lazy loafer or the fat Brahman is quite as meritorious as to help the sick but industrious artisan or to add a trifling comfort to cheer the wretched leper or helpless cripple. No questions are asked. You need out squat by the roadside in some frequented place, spread a filthy cloth In front of you, hold out a hand to passers by to insure a maintenance for life. Charity is not glveu to relievo distress in others, but to smooth the donor's path to heaven. - ��� - ��� ��� FETISH WORSHIP IS COMMON. Edacate-l antl llrdtieil People Often Be lleve tnninriu-tiui-l Tnltiitinnn. "Fetish worship is not confined to the ignorant as exclusively as most people imagine," said Walter Carlton, of Atlanta. "For several years I have made more or leaa steady inquiry into the superstitions cherished by intelligent, cultured people) and you oan scarcely believe how widespread Is tho belief in charms and talismans. At the Ponce de Leon in St, Augustine, last winter I mot a young woman from away up in the frozen north. She waa oue of those superior girls who go to the roots of things, and her learning was som-thing wonderful. She invariably woro a queer-looking locket at her neck, and oue day I asked ber why she wore suoh an incongruous thing when dressei in evening costume. She cooly told me that it contained a charm that had preserved her from impending danger a number of times, and recited leveral hairbreadth escapes she had made. Upon my inquiring what the charm was she told me it was an African mooka stone that her grandfather, who waB a sea-faring man, had brought home from ono of hia voyages, and that it had exerted ft protecting influence on her mother's life as it had on her own. That woman was one of the few really thoroughly educated women I have ever known, and yet she firmly be. lleved in the supernatural properties of that; pebble she wore iu a locket around her neck. There are hundreds of men all over the country, college men, too, who would as soon leave their collare and cravats at home as to go out without u rabbit foot in their pockets, or who will not talk over a business proposition without touching their precious tatiamana. And speaking of rabbits' feet, I have been credibly Informed that the great Henry Irving once changed the bill from 'Hamlet' to 'The Bells' because the rabbit foot he has always uaed fn making up for the part of tho melancholy Dane was mislaid, and he felt a presentiment that something dreadful would happen to him If he used anything else to givo the proper lines to his stage complexion. I'll bet there are a dozen otherwise sensible men in this hotel this minute who would wear their stockings insido out all day if they accidentally happened to get them on that way in the morning. The more I look into the interesting matter tbe more I discover to prove that superstition ia aa strong among the educated as it is among the ignorant*" SUBMARINE CABLES. They (.aimed InU Out- Myalem Over 9,01)0, 000 Mllc-t of Land Wife*. There are now 12 transatlantic cables connecting Kurope with Canada and the United States, and steps have been taken to lay a cable across the Pacific from Britiah Columbia to Australasia hy way of the Fiji Islands, Tho circle of the earth will then be completed, but not so directly as it would by a cable from America to Japan. There are now 152,000 milea ot submarine oablo, in round numbers, of whioh 10 per oent. have been supplied by varimia govornmauts, and the rest by private enterprise. They connect into oue system over 2,000,000 miles of land wires,ramifying indifferent countries. The cables have coat about ��40,000,000, and the land lines ��05,000,000, but the money hts been well spent, for the benefits of the telegraph are incalculable. It controls the commerce of the world, whioh has now risen to nearly ��4,000,000,000 a year, or more precisely, ��1,040,000,000 ot exports, and ��1,720,000,000 of imports. It enables international disputes to he settled without recourse to arms, as in 18S1, when the British Cabinet wore in direct communication with the Boer leaders of the Transvaal. It brings a war that has broken out to a speedy conclusion, and keeps the public informed of Its hourly progress, as in the oase of Egypt, where the bombardment of Alexandria was known in London a few minutes after the first shot was fired, and telegrams were despatched from the battle* fields ofSuakim, in the Eastern Soudan, while the fighting was going on. Above all, by putting the remotest parts of the world in contact with eaoh other, it tends to dettroy the bairiera of inolation and prejudice, making antipathy give place to nympathy.and hatred to lovingkindness. A Friendly Tip. Native���"Wall, who be yon ?" Stranger���"I am ono of a committee appointed to investigate the question aa to why ao many lyncbings occur in thia section." Native���"Wall, I'll tell yoh, honost. It's aause go many strangors came here a-pokin' their noses into other people's business." HEALTH. Bananas as Food. A chemical examination of a ripe banana shows that it contains of tissue-forming food nearly five per cent., of fat about one per cent., of BUgar twenty per cent., of water seventy-four per cent., while the indigestible substances and starch are present to the extent of about one per cent. Such an analysis aeema to prove that the banana may well be classed anion-* foods. Properly to interpret suoh an analysis we should compare it with that of some well-known article of diet, as, for instance milk, which contains approximately four per cent., of tissue-forming substances, four per cent., of fat, five per cent, of sugar, and eighty-eight per cent, of water. In other words, a hanana contains about twice as muoh of solid digestible matter as milk. We must remember, however, that It is uot always the amount of solid matter present in a given artiole which renders it of value as a food, but rather the relative proportion in which tho d fferent nutrient** appear. Milk establishes its priority over the banana, inasmuch aa thu dilTorent digestible substances present ure in more nearly the proportion required hy the human economy. The excess of solids in the banam. is entirely due to the extra amount of sugar. Of itself, an extra amount of sugar ia by no means a detriment, since it is uaed in aupply ing to the body the heat necessary to ita work, The invariable law of hygiene, however, is that the relative propjrtlon between the different solids must not be -A changed. * Compared with other fruits, like the apple the banana will ba fouud to contain nearly ten per cent, less water, a deficiency whioh i.i more than made up by the increased amount of solids. Tho examination of the banana which gave us the above figures waa that of the ripe fruit, the difference between it and tha green fruit being that the large percentage of Bugar in the ripe fruit Appears as starch in the green fruit. When we remember that starch has to be changed to sugar before it can bo used, we shall readily understand tlio importance of offering only tho perfectly ripe fruit to a young or weakened stomach, which is unable to take care of suoh a large amount of starch. Wo may sum up our study of the banana, then, by saying that if eaten green and too rapidly by a young child, or a person of limited digestive powers, it ia distinctly a pernioioua food, otberwiao decidedly a good Bad Air and Neuralgia. The late James Hinton it waa, I think (says Dr. Andrew Wilson), who said pain waa the cry of a uerve for healthy blood," Now, I am by no means sure that we can very much improve on this definition of pain. Whether It is inflammation of tht nerve or of its sheath which causes the pain of neuralgia (the word itself meana "an aching nerve"), I doubt uot Hinton was right in the main. When our ayatem gets "out of order," aa the popular phrase has it, and when we are "run down (\\thioh is another way of saying that we want reit and change and bracing up), it is not by any means a far-fetched thought to suppose that the blood is uot up to the mark in quality. If then, the nervous system at large, or some special nerve in particular is not getting what it aud every other part ot the body needs���a supply of healthy, good-quality blood���we may well conceive that pain ie only the result of this want of the nocQEsary condition for the hoalthy, painless life of the nervous elements. I was once much struck by the case ofa friend of mine, which illustrates vory well to my mind the bringing on of neuralgia by conditions which are the reverse oi healthy. If over ho had to sit in a crowded,ill-ventilated room, ball, church, or other building, he inevitably had neuralgia of the ordinary kind in the form of "tic." Wheu ho had been in the open air for some time, when apparently his lungs had inhaled pure air, when he had got rid of the poisonous matters nf the iih ventilated atmosphere, and when his brain had got clearer by reason of the purity of the blood circulating through it, away went his neuralgia pains. He had had suoh a long experience of this faot that he dreaded to 5o anywhere amidat foul air. Supposing am right in my interpretation of his case, I should say here waa an instance in which an impure condition of blood caused neuralgia���that is,gave to the nerves blood they could not put up with���and in which tbe opposite state of pure blood oured it. Dr, Buzz.ird himself specially mentions foul air as a condition against which neuralgiaur people should be ou their guard. CANADA AND AUSTRALIA. RxpreaaloiiHby Antipodean neonates ta tke Ottawu't'onft-reufc. Australian papers juat to hand have in* tervieWH with the delegates to the Inter. colonial Conference at Ottawa,, who had ust returned home, Mr. F. B. Suttor, of Melbourno, Australia, expresses himself as follows in a reoent issue of the Sydney Morning Herald: "All the colonial delegates to the Ottawa Conference were struck by the unbounded hospitality of the Canadian people, and their enthusiastic reception everywhere. Ho believed a great doat of good would result from the conference, ven If thore was no immediate benefit. Nodoubt beforo long the Pacific oablo would be laid,as none of thediflieulties were insurmountable. Ultimately considerable tr.ulo would be curled on between Canada and Australia. Federation had materially Misted Canada," WHAT HON, Mil. TIIYNNK KAVH Mr. Thymic, the dologato from Queans land, arrived homo on September 2X In an interview with a representative of Tho Sydney Daily Telegraph, he nays: "When in Canada tho Auatralian reprebontatives began to talk to business men, and hold out their colonies as virtually unexplored territory for Canadian commerce, they were met with tha retort that 'Oh, you have such a devcraity of tariffs down at the antipodes. If we send goods to Sydney, and they can't find a market there, we have to face another taritl' when we get to Melbourne, and another at Adelaide, and soon.' It is things like the variety and diver* vergenoe of Australian tarilfs that have confirmed Mr. Thynne's belief in federation, 1 have alivaya been a hetiever in federation,' he said, 'but if I had not I should be after my visit to Canada. These Australian colonies are playing a very foolish part in remaining disunited. We are losing money by it, losing standing, losing the best opportunities for development of the country. We all aot ourselves to work to diacovcr aomo disaidonce in tho matter of federation,and from ono end of the conn- try to the othor the peoplo were practically unanimous that union wonld bo inestimable aervice to the country. Wo spoko to poli- tioians of oil shades of opinion, to members of tho provlnaial Parliaments, nnd to all classes in tho community'���tbo delegates must liavo dono a lot of talklug���'but not one voico did we hoar raised against it,' " Tho UiskB of thc iargcaii ;,'il",'iivii mammoth ever dug -j;1 wefgbtd 30-1 [*oui*-li-. UNDER A CLOUD. A THUILLINO TALB OP HUMAN UPB. CHAPTEK XVH. DUEAKIKU THR CAGE. Night at the Foreland���and a dark night; the moon not due for hours, and when she rose not likely to bo seen for the heavy elouda which blotted uu- tho stars. Lights were out in the groat building, which stood np by day (,luQmy. many windowed, and forbidding on the huge promontory, crossed by wall and works, and with sontriea between tho convict establishment and the mainland. The other three sides had the wave*-, which washed the nearly perpendicular precipices, for warders, aud it waa only hero and there that an active man well acquainted with the cliffs could descend to tho sea, and such un acquaintancoBhip was not likely to be made by tho wretched men marched out, fettered and guarded, to the great quarries day after day, and thon oare* fully watched back tu their colls. At times tho sentinel duty outside the luilding could eaaily bn relaxed on tbo sea side, for tho billows came thundering in, amiting thu polished rocka aud flying high in air with a deafening dint hut on a calm, warm, durk night, when it waa possible for a boat to approach clone in, a stricter watch wan kept, lest one of the more hardened prisoner** should contrive to elude tho vigilance within the building.- and makea desperate ellort to win his freedom. But, as a rule, attempts at evasion were made when the mon were man bod out to the quarries, when a dash wonld be made during a sea fog, or a convict would crawl ln'<- some hollow among the freshly hewn Btones, and lie thero, hoping not to be missed till he made good his escape. On this particular night a young member of the warder guard stood,rifle on shoulder, looking out to sea from the mere shelf of level rook near the top of the cliff. A great sloamor was muking her way inwn channel, and her 11 *lits shone like -tarn away nn the black waters. "West Indy or South America ;and a Dutch boat, I should any, muttered the ���entry; and he tamed his eyes to where, well up under the shelter oi the great promontory, the lights of several vessels showed whero they lay ut anchor. "Thia is a miserable dog's life," muttered the man, "and 1 get precious aick of it, but ,1 think I'd rather be here than there. One can feel bottom and be Bate���sailors can t, Thn t oue. nighest in is the little mtui-o'-wur. Suppose, and yon's the big one. How dark it ia 1" Ue atood thore trying to pierce thc btaekneis, out of which the anchor lights ot the "hips stood like atura, but he could ee nothing savenlaintbluish-greonygleam Mr aud then far below, whoro the phf-tpli iresoi ni-e of the sen washed gently, ike mi much luminous oil, over tho bases of the olills und played among the masses of seaweed lying awash, "How miked tho sea is of a dark night. Fancy going sailing right away yotidor,not knowing what you may hit upon next. Shore's good enough fur me, even if ita being at Foreland conviot prison, with u day otf uow and then." Ho turned his face shoreward, looking across tho bay, dotted witb faint lights, to where tbe rod lamps of the harbor shone out with their lurid glow. "That's better/' he aaid aa he followed the curve of the Bhore, wilh tho faint golden gleam aent up by the gas lumps which dotted th*.- bow liko bo many bright beads strung along the shore, on and on by tho line ol houses facing tho aea front, till they ran out for a ahort diatance to sea, and ended in quite a eluater, out of whioh [lashed one with a bluish glare, whose r.iys ant the darkness, for it was thc. electric light at thc eud of the pior, "Hand's playing,"said tho mau, listening intently ; but th< distance across the curve to the town pici was too great and he could make out nothing but a stray note of k cornet now and then, "Come play up louder, ohl man ; can't hear. Nothing like a bit of music now and then. That's ouo good in being a soldier: you do have a band, while wo poor beggars have to carry a rifle without. But there, a man can drop this when he likes, and a loldier can't.' He took a turn or two up and down, and i* lipped again to look np the steep cliff Jlope running high above him from the shelf on which his duty lay, this being over one of the spots where it would bo poasible for a daring cragsman to get down to the Be*. "Shouldn't mind a glass of beer," he thought, "Salt in the air, I suppose. Well I can get that by and by. Cord, what's a fellow got to grumble about! How would it be to do one's bit inside 1 Somo of 'tm pu>�� pretty dear for their littio games, and oue can't help ieeling aorry for one now and then. Bah I lot's ot 'cm are bost there, They'd think no moro of coming behind me in the dark anil chucking mv into the sea than kissing their bauds, Ugh I" he ejaculated, with a shtkdder, as he gripped his pioco moro tight,iy,and gave ft sharp glaucij round mid up abovo him at tho black crags, "What a fool I ain to think of suoh things, only a ohap can't help it in such a lonely place. Well,one side fa safe," he said with a laugh. "So aro tho others, stupid. 1'oor devi'a 1 Not much chance for any of them coming out for a quiet pipo to-nigln." A faint note or two from the distant band on the pier floated to the warden, and he went on musing t " Now, I dtssay if I waH ovor yonder having a smoke and listening to that nuiaia 1 ahouhl think nothing of it, and he for getting back somewhere to have a bit o' supper ; nut because 'm here and can't get near it overy tootle of that old cornet aouuds Vavmily; nmi the lighta seem grand. It was just the same down at homo ��� there was our big old apple tree, the Ueunet-Moylo, fts I could got up When I Uked, or knock as many down as 1 pleased with mother's clothes props���good applea they was, too; but thoywouldn t do ������onealwaya wanted to getover Thomson's walls to smug those old hard baking pears, which was like nibbling the knobs otf the top of the bed-posts." He laughpil until his shoulders shook. *' Poor old Thompson I" be said half alond. "Said he'd have some of us put in prison for stealing. Wonder whether some of these poor heugara began that way and then went on. Humph! niaybp. Well, they should have known bitter," He continued his march up and down for a whilo, and then stopped once more, groi nded his piece, and stood there quite invisible to anyone a tow yards away, Ua Went on thinking about the town at the heud of the hay, and the mualc, and of how time w��b going \\ and then his thoughts went back to the great body of dangerous criminals shut up in the huge, grim buildings, and of how much depended on the oare and diligence cf those in charge���a , mero handful compared to thoao they' guarded, "Only we've got lhe law on our side and they haven't, ho thought; and as the thought run through Ids brain ho felt the blood pulsate sharply and there was a !:oavy throb ut bis lioari, lor there was a peculiar sound away lo his right, high up the steep alone of the clitf. as if u atone hud boen dis* lodged ftnd had slipped down a few yards before stopping in a cleft. He stood listening intently, bnt the Bound was not repeated���all was still aa death; but the man's pulses had been stirred, and his heart beat in a manner that waa painful. It was not that he waa particularly wanting in courage, but, shut in there by tho darknesa, ifa waa impossible to keep hack the though', that a desperate man who had stolen out or hidden might be lurking close by ready to spring npon him in an unguarded moment, drive him off the cliff shelf which formed his beat, and all would be over In an instant. For a fall there meant death by drowning or the fearful crash on to the rooks below." " They shan't take me unawares," he thought,and then ho hesitated as to whether he should give the alarm by firing hia piece. In an instant be had raised it and hia finger was on the trigger, but he did not mako its flash out the darkness for a moment and iu report run re-echoing along tho clnl's, "What fort" he said to himself; "bring the fellows here te laugh at me because I heard a rabbit on the move. I should never hoar the last of it." He again grounded his piece, but very aoftly. and stood with his back to the sea and straining his ryes in the direction from whence the sound had come, but the stones that towered up were all blurred together into one black mass, and though ho fancied several times over that be oould mike out the figure of a man half hidden by some projection, he was fain to confess directly after that it was all fanoy, "But fanoy or not, "I don't mean to be takeu on tho grand hop"���and he did not atir from his position where he atood on the very edge of the cliff shelf, but kept on glancing to right aud left along tho stone path, and sweeping the slope in front. Ten miuuteB passed like this���ten long- drawn intervals of time���and then the man threw up his rifle and stood ready, fully expecting an at tack,certain now that there had been good reason for the dielodginent of the stone. For from high up on the top uf one of tho ranges of prison buildings a sound rang out which sent a thrill through the watcher's nur ves. It waa the alarm bell, which might m-^an tlie escape of prisoners or an attack from u deadly enemy ; but it could not be the latter, for there was no reflection of a tire. Mow for it 1" muttered the man, with his finger on the trigger, prepared for the rush of a man or men, and he thought over the formula he must utter before he fired, I don't want to hurt anybody," he said softly, " but no one shall drive me overwithout getting something first. It's, that Kat-.*lift Highway chup at bis games again. 1 wit-h they'd hang him or send bun somewhere else." And he thought of a warder who had been disabled for lite, and another who waa absent twelve months, both from injuries Inflicted by a savage brute whom all the mon feared. Another instant and all doubts were at in end, for there waa a bright flash, and lirectly after tbe heavy,reverberating roar of a gun. "Sharp's the word 1" aaid the man softly as, taught by training, his finger involuntarily drew forth a loud clicking from the loco* of the piece ho held ; and aa he stood there, breathing hard, every nerve and muscle was on the strain, for he could hear stops coming rapidly iu hiB direction, and they iiiiut pass him���there was no other way ; and it meant a desperate attack made by men armed with hammers and bars, perhaps only stones, and on the warder's jii.rt drty and self defense. "So* cone's number crossed out," he muttered fiercely, for thero was no feeling of dread now. Then a change came over him as, with an intense feeliny of satisfaction, he grasped the fact that the measured beat of feet was that of their more disciplined men. lie challenged, aud there was the reassuring response, " Anyone lieen thin way 1" cried a sergeant breathlessly as he halted four men. No." Three of 'em got out and half killed two wardera. Tbey came along here we think. Nobody been this way." Keep a sharp lookout, then. We're going ou, Challonge, of courae but, if they don't stand let them have it. They won t spare you. Ready, there j we'll go ou to the next post, uud oome back directly." " Stop 1" said the sentry huskily ; " thought I beard a stone roll down from up yonder a few minutes ago,' "They are there, theu," oried the sergeant, "sale enough. Now, then," ht shouted ; " the game's up, my lads. Give in. No stones, or I'll give orders to fire. Heady, there ; preaent 1" Thero was a dead silence. "Nobody oould get over the cliff here,'' growled one of the men. "Monkeys might, perhapa," "Silence 1" oried tho sergeant. "They must be there. Now, then, will you come down, or are we to pick you off?" "Hush I What'B that?" The unmistakable rattling of stones and a scrambling sound an if someone had slip, pod. "Hah I that's good enough. Now, theu, fa itsurronder ?" Silence again, and the darkness iu front blacker than ever, "You will have it, then," cried Lho sergeant. "One and four, a dozen paces right and loft." The evolution was performed, aud then with a mau on each sid-i of him the sergeant once more shouted to the convicts to give In, "Hi, look out I" roared one of the warders. "In the Queen's name, surrend " A dull, heavy blow, ftnd a groan were hoard nlmoit together, cutting short the serge**,!*' 'h challenge*, for a heavy piece of rook struck him full in the face, while a couple moro blocks whizzed by the others, to fall heavily far below where they stood. Simultaneously three dark figures bounded on to tho edge and mado at the little group, The attack waaeo sudden and direful in its results that the wardorsgave way right and left, while the convicts stooped, literally glided over the edge of thn path, and began Ui decern! the horribly steep cliff. "Don't keep togethor," oried a hoarse voice from below. "Every man for himself now." Fire' nhouted ono of the wardera; and almost together three rifles flashed out their contents, -ollowed by a derisive laugh. Theu tho warder who had been ordered off to the right tired,and aa the shot echoed along the oliff there was a terrible cry, followed by a rush as of something falling, "Now, thon, surrender!*' cried one of the warders, who was reloading rapidly, just as rapid steps were beard coming along tho path. 'Where are they V shouted an authoritative voice as ten or a dozen more men were now halted on the sheli-lika path. "Right down hate, sir. One of 'em down. Halt, there! Do you hear, men? Surrender at onoe; you can't canape." No reply, but thoao above could hear the scuffling noise of thoao descending and tho rattle of a heavy Btooe, followed by a dull plunge, "Your blood be on your own hends.then," said the ofiicor who bad now come up. "Unco inoro ; In the Queen's name, surreu* lerl" No answer, but tho hurried rustle of the descending fugitive** Sharp orders were given, and then came the fatal word: "Fire I" Several rifles rattled out their deadly challenge now, aud as the warders peered over into the darkness, np through the heavy smoke came a peculiar snarl, more like the cry of a savage beast than the utterance of a human throat, while directly after, sanding a thrill of horror through the men who were looking down, there waa the sound ol the heavy plunge as of Bomething falling from a great height into the sea. Then silence, save that the heavy breathing of the warders was audible as they listened for the ory, "Help I" which they expected to hear from the water when tbe wounded man rose to the surface, not ono of tbe guard daring in his own mind to think upon either of the shots fired as being fatal. At that moment there was a flash from off the sea a quarter of a mile away, and a few moments later another glare, both sending a brilliant path ot light across the smooth water. And now, plainly seen in the midst of a bluish halo on the black night, there stood ont the rigging and hull of a ship, with figures moving here and there - two boats were lowered down, and directly after the water flashed aud apirk led as oars wore dipped, and the man-of- war cutters, with their armed crews, were rowed in toward the rocks. By this time there were fresh arrivals on the cliff pat h,tho firing having drawn there men bearing lanterns, and the ollicer in charge shouted: "Got them?" "No, sir," said the officer respectfully, "Sergeant Lisa is down badly hurt with a stone, and Raddou'a shoulder Is hurt." "But the prisoners, man ?" cried 'Ae newcomer,evidently one high in authority. "I'm afraid, sir���-���" "The prisoners?" "Below hero somewhere, sir���two of thern. " "Yea, and the othert" "We were obliged to tire, sir, and there was a ory, aud we heard one fall into the sea," (TO BE OONTINOKD.) WINTER WRINKLES. "Who was the inventor of the modern cigarette?" "The fool killer." Were yon left muoh iu your uncle's will?" "Ves confound it, completely." Customer���'-'What have you in Lhe shape of oranges !" Grocer���Well, we have baseballs." Attorney (badgering witness)���"Now sir, would yon liko to swear-���" Witness ���"Yes, I would." Billing and cooing flourish during the honeymoon. Afterward the billing sometimes stops the cooing. Mr. Gamble���"Would you liko to take a chance in a lottery, Miss Overage ?" Miss Overage (bluahlngly)���"This is so sudden sic I" "No," said Mra. Fisher, "I don't call myself a lady, but simply a plain woman." "Well," said MrB. Candor, "You're plain enough; that's a fact." Florence���"How did that daub of a picture Nellie received for ft birthday gift impress you T" Artist���"Very well, when I finished painting it," He���"Do you think blondes have more admirers than brunettes?" She���"I don't know. Why not ask some of thc girla who have had experiences in both capacities ?" 'Isn't it queer," said Maud. "l'vo never seen my fiance ?" "What! Never seen him ?" "No," said Maud. "l'vo never seen him. He's never asked me." We should bo thankful for small mercies," said tbe boarding-house mistress. "We have to be," replied the star boarder, as he gazed at the diminutive turkey. Returned bride*���" Nobody thought wo were a bridal couple." Friend���"Not How did you deceive them ?" Returned bride���" We tried to act as though we were." ' I hear bo muoh about your beautiful pioturca, Mr. Cadmium ; do you tbink you could paint my portrait?" " I don't think . You seel ouly paint from nature," The turkey is not a brilliant bird, When all is douo and aaid, For on all great occasions He's sure to lose his head. Belle���" I wouldn't marry a man who I thought knew less thau I did," Blanche��� " Nor I; but I wouldn't mind if 1 meroly thought that he thought so," Mrs. Fogg (looking out at the window) ���"There's Mr. Cray ahovelliug off his sidewalk." Mr. Fogg���" the duece he is ! Wonder what ollico ha is going to run for." That fellow Hicks is a queer duck. Ho never knows when he is beaten.'' " Pob 1 What an absurd man ! Why, even my boy, when 1 beat him knows it mighty well." Heoker���" How Is it you drink only one or two glosses of beer during tho evening instead of fifteen or twenty?" Decker��� " I am trying to contract n bad habit." Mr. Mildeyes (seeking a reconciliation)��� You're prettier uow, Emma, than you uned to be." Mrs. Mil It-yes (atill angry)��� "That's right���tell me to my face that I used to bf. homely." Friend���"I wonder, Ethel, that you allowed that Frenchman to kiss ynu in the conservatory." Ethel���"Ioouldn thelp it." Friend���"Why couldn't you?" Ethel���"Be- canse I can't speak Frenoh," Country customer���"How many yards ot this goods does it tako to make a dreaa ?" Seller���"With or without?" Country customer���"With or without. What do you mean?" Seller���"Puffed sleeves," I'ruyu���"Does the term 'loan exhibition1 mean that all the pictures here are loaned ?" Bniaoh���"I do not sn understand it. 1 think tbat it moans rather that the few good piotures here feel very lonesome." "Lyersby was telling me that he had a dream that an angel appeared and told htm that he would go straight to heaven when he died. Now, what doyou think of that?" "O, that's just like him���he couldn't even dream the truth." Ethel���"How did you like the play last night?" Maude���"Oh, above everything! Harry was with mo, and you know what company he is' Well, there waa nothing whatever in tho play to distract my a'.tun. tion, and I juat reveled in Harry's conversation. DUlyfto caller)���"So glad to seo you. But you look weary." Dally*���"Yes? Well, I've been shopping all tbe afternoon aud 1 am tired." Dillv���"What did you aeo? Buy anything?" Dally���Had a delightful time. The stores are full of exquisitely beautiful things, I bought a lovely brownie pin." "Lady of the house-Listen,Charlotte,I am going to give a party, supper and ft dance. Now, you will nave to show what you can do, ao as to keep up the credit of my establishment." Cook���"With pleasure, ma'am, but I can only dance the waltz uud the polka. You will hive to excuse me from the quadrilles," Fake Wood for Pianos. Treated birch becomes mahogany of rare beauty, and "soaked" maple goes into all 'ebony" pianos now. So oleverly is the "fake** wood "weighted" that nothing short of borings v/ill provo the deception. Maple mahogany is soaked through to a depth of four inches, and will polish even better than the genuine wood. A Nursery Barometer. Littio Sister���"IV'fraid it's goin'to r��,in." Little Brother���"Why ?" Little Sister���"I'u boen tryin' for most a hour to make dolly stand tip, an'sho falls over evt'iv time, I desa her corns hurt," Household. A Dainty Pincushion, This. Dainty is just the word for it. One can h-irdly imagine how pretty and delicate it *.���; till one sees it, as the writer did to-day It is made entirely of " baby ribbon," the tiny satin ribbon with perfectly plain edt?e. Two colors���in this case, lavender and white���are woven closely together, aa the little sketch shows, alternating the colors. Then at each oorner is ��� usee nee, a very gen' erous bow of the ribbon, with the colors prettily intermingled. The cushion should he small, pertectly square and tilled quite full and plump with whatever *'stuffing" is preferred. There may bu a sprinkling of sachet powder in the filling to add to the daintiness of the little gift. Gold and white, pink and white, or pale " baby blue" and whito make very pretty combinations of color. A Stormy Day. An observant writer, who profetaea to havo studied feminine human nature, says: "A rainy day has attractions fnr a woman'* soul that the sunshine in all its glory cannot dispel. Not a day when the drizzle is just enough to keop one from going out with comfort, bnt a di.y when there is a genuine down pour. It is on such occasion - wheu going out is almost an impossibility, when the fire light is so winsome, and the brightest rooms have a twilight dimness, that, a woman, secure from visitora,puts on a wrapper, draws a low rocking chair into the firelight, and rips up her last winter's dress. A woman alwaya reserves work of this kind for just such a day, and she takes the keenest pleasure in the tearing down of a seam and the dust that flies out of it. Wheu that iB finished she ransacks every trunk and box on the premises, until she haa unearthed stores of fur aud silk and velvet, that till the house with the scent of tar and camphor. -She revels in musty reliaa aud laces yellowed with years, and even eujoys tho strange odors that oome trom theae long buried treasures. She makes little heaps around herself on the floor, and has a thoroughly good time until the growing gloom warns her of the passing hours, and with a gentle sigh she packs them all away again and declares she haB had a (lovely day.'" Old Time Burdens. Aa the world grows older, housekeeping must grow more simple, A great advance has already been made in the prepared foods and fruits of commerce, in the sewing machine, In ready-made olothitg and many otherusofulinventions. Thequiltof999piecCB made by a lady of 99 years, and triumphantly displayed at the old-time country fairs, is no longer in evidence. It bas yielded to the pretty whito counterpane which oan he bought for a song. The home- knitted stockings of which in the early days every prospective rural bride must have a pillow-case full, and all of her own handiwork, have been replaced by the more satisfactory and cheaper woven articles. Many other things once wrought with infinite pains hy toil-worn feminine hands, have passed into desuetude, and machine made fabrics do duty in their stead. Most of these home productions have happily gone into tiu limbo of a past when women lived and died victims to work which modern inven tioios have rendered superfluous. Pumpkin Pi.es., Th-a sugar pumpkin is now commonly used for pies but oountry housekeepers often make just as good pies trom tho common pumpkin because they know how to select one and how to prepare it. The old fashion' ed wuy was to sweeten pumpkin pies witi molasses and acasOn them with ginger. A sugar pumpkin do s not need over two hours stowing neither does it need paring before cutting into strips for cooking. Whon it has been cooked, rub it through a ricer or sieve. To two cups of strained pumpkin, wW one pint of hot milk, half a tablespoonful of cin amon,oue-eighth uf a grating of uut- meg, ouo teaspoonful of salt and half a oup of nugar. Let tliis cool slightly, then adtl two well beaten oggn. Line a plate with paste, fill with the pumpkiu and bake in a moderate oven about, three-quarters of an hour. Mother Martyrs. Mrs. Kate Gannett Well, thinks that women have a fatal facility of trying to make martyrs of themselves. They will keep house so punctiliously that tbey take no time for recreation of any sort. They will give up music for the sake of making preserves and let books remain unopened for the sake of being wafting maids to their daughters, putting asido all their own tastes, because ihey believe it to lie thoir duty. Kvery woman should be queen dowager in ber own home with her children as a loving retinue, and to accomplish this she must uot always be talking and thinking of her own ucta o' eclf sacrifice, a name by which duty and devotion are eo often mis called. Engaging a Servant Business methods are necessary to sue. seaa in all departments nf life. May it not be truu that one cause of the lack of harmony between many housekeepers and their servants is tho absence ef business methods? Tho girl Mint goes into the store or the office has certain duties unsigned to her, and she Is not expected to perform extra service without compensation in accordance. It muy not be possiblo ao to arrange tho work of tho hounohold that a certain number of hours a day should be devoted to work but it ia possible to in iko a closer approach to ayatematia methods than ia found in many f ami lien. Designations of Groups of Animals, The ingenuity of the Bportsmau iB per- hapj no better illustrated than by the nae to which he puts the English language to designate particular groups of animala. Tho following is ft list ofthe terms whioh have been applied to the varioua classes: A covey of patridges, a nide of pheasants, a wisp of snipe, a flight of doves or swallows, a muster of peacocks, a siege of herons, a building of rooks, a brood of grouse, a plump of wild fowl, a stand of plovers, a watch of nightingales, a clattering of doughs, a flock of goese, a herd or bunch of cattle, u bevy of quails, a cast of hawks, a trip of dottrel, a swarm of bees, a s- hool of whales, a school of herrings, a herd of swine, a skulk of foxes, a pack of wolvea, n drove of oxen, u sounder of hogs, a troop of monkeys, a pride of lions, a sleuth of bears, a gang of elk, Nipped In the Bud. Jnck���" Vive dollars isn't Inuoh money, Is it ?" John���" It'a five dollars more than I would lend Anybody of my ncqnahitancc theso hard times." FAIff BURGH. The Deplorable Condition of a Young Lady in Brockville. A rase .hat tUaAg (Tirb Uteres!- Weak, tu -j ":*-*: ������.*, and vre. q��Milly <-t>uriL^_ -* *.er Ned-Again Kajej-I-M-. Cam-pltte lira lib. From the UrooltWHe Recorder. Readers of the Recorder have nc doubt followed with interest tho many instances related in these columua of recoveries��� sometimes of a very remarkable nature, of persons affected with diseases of different kinds, by the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Apart from the marvellous recoveries, the accounts were interesting to the people of Brockville and vicinity from the fact that thia town is the bome of the Dr. Williams' Co., and the place where the celebrated medicine is made. The family of Mr. Thomas Humble, residents on Park street north, furnish a oase of suoh recovery no leu notable than many previously published, that will be of particular interest in this con - mity, Mr. Humble U an employes of L'-oVle ft Co., brewers, and is well known and highly respected by many of our citizens. The member ot his family whose oure we have mentioned, is his eldeat daughter Carrie, a girl of about nineteen yearsofaga. The facts in the caae were fitat brought to the notice of tbe Recorder by Mr. Wm, fiirks, a well-known merchant tailor, who on one occasion a-isiated in removing Miss Humble, who waa attacked with a fit of extreme weakness while attending service In tbe George street Methodist, church, The other evening a reporter visited the bome of tlio family in question, and npon stating his mission to Mrs, Humble, the story of the oase was briefly related, not, however, with any desire for notoriety, but rather a determination ou her part that, it should be given if it might in the least be of benefit to others similarly afflicted. According to her mother's story, Miss' Hum bio's illness dates baok to the summer of 1889. Her trouble was extreme weakness and exhaustion, oauaed by weak aod watery blood, She was subject to severe headaches, heart palpitation and other symptoms whioh follow a depraved condition of the blood. Often while down street on business the young lady would become so exhausted by the walk as to be scarcely ablo to set home, and she was frequently confined to ber bed for weeks at a time, and had to have her meals carried to her. For a period of over threo years she was almost continually under medical treatment. The doctors' medicine would pi ve >f benefit while being taken, bnt as so n a the treatment was discontinued, tbe patient would become worse. Her friends were much discouraged and feared she would not recover. In the winter of 1893 Mrs. Humble read of a similar oase where a cure was brought about by tho nae of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. This prompted her to give them a trial in her daughter's case, who was at the time so weak that she could not leave her room. The result was remarkable. There was soon a marked Improvement, and by the time two boxes were used Miss Humble appeared to be ao much recovered that the treatment waa discontinued. But it liter became evident that the patient had not been fully restored, for after a few months there was a return of the trouble. M iss Humble was sent on a visit to some friends in the United States in the hope tbat a change of air would prove beneficial, but she returned to ber home worse than when she went away. Her mother was then determined to give Dr. Williams' Pink Pills a further trial, and the result proved most gratifying, as the girl's health has beeu completely restored, and she is to-day as well and strong as any girl of ber age, Mrs. Humble told the story of her daughter's illness and recovery with an impreasiveness that carried conviction of its absolute truthfulness. Miss Humble also corroborated ber mother's statements, and lhey can be vouched for by many of her friends In the church! the Sunday' nh'jol and other. lu. Williams' Pink Pillaare an unfailing /uro for all troubles resulting from poverty of the blood or shattered nerves, and where fiven a lair trial they never fail ia cases ike the above related. Hold by all dealers, ft* sent port paid at 60 oenta a box, or ft boxes for $2.50, by addressing the Dr.* Williams' Medicine Co., Brookvill-, Out, or Schenectady, N. Y. See that tbe regis- ered trans mark is on all packages. Serinu*- illness of Commander Booth. A despatch from Chicago says-Commander Ballington B'inth, of the Salvation Army, is critically ill. Ihe siak chamber is kept in total darkness and absolute quiet All visitors are forbidden to see him Telegrams, mails, and all buaiiiea.i are kept from him. Thursday night he was very reatloss. Ten days and nights of pain and unrest have made their wasting work tell very noticeably on his delioate frame. Nothing positively encouraging can be said of his condition at preaent. Enthusiasm flourishes in adversity, kindle In the hour of dungerj and awakens to deed of renown.���Chalmers, CftUrrh��� Use Nasal Balm, Quick, positive oure, boethlag, "leaniing, lieu ling. f\\ -/eteraiVs Story Mr. Jo*><*i'*-> Hrm- nitri-ich, an old soldier, f*20 K. 1-tflth Bt, N.Y. City, writes us voluntarily. Iu it;r,2, at the battlo of Fair Oaks, ho was stricken with ly-ihold fever, ami after a long strugglu In hospital.**, lasting several yoars, was discharged ns iiicunihlo ^^^^^^^^^ with CoHMaMptitm* Dootors said both lungs wero nltecleil mid ho noiild not livo long, hut u cnimwlu meed him to try Hood's H:*.rs;ipiirllla. Motor** ho hnd lini -lied on** bottle his cough lii'i'iin to get loose, .ho --linking sensntion Isft, and nlKht sweats Kn*w lest and less. ITe Is now In good health mu cordially recommends Hood's Sarsaparilla i-s n general blood purifier niu! lank med*.-* iui>, especially to bis comrade** In tha Cl. A. it HOOD'8 PlLLS aro Kirnd --.nil*-, and aro par set In composition, proportion and appearance. Job. Hcminvrlcli. i rf..MAM rOougliB and Coldu, I ]P|W{chitlB, Grippe, Oronp 1 UUlUkJlwhAnnlnir Ornish 0 Have Yon Cnnght Oold A aro Von Coughing I OO TO YOUR I-Hl-'UflMT AND ABK VOB )u Lnlolette'i Syrup of Tuptloe The Most Palatable, the Safest and BfioBt Effectual' ��->o-x*- ���X'o-t-a,*****' smA OW fCoughs and Colds, Bronchitis, Grippo. Oronp. Whooping Cough Catarrh, And all affoction* of lho Throat or Lungs 25o. & 6ac. per Bottle. C3rTI*U IT. Road what those who have u-ied it nnj: Mm. llobort Lurslon, No. il Austin avenua. Toronto, says :-l hava used Dr. Iiavlalei U. S Synip of Tarueallne In hit family for poflgMj oold* mid brsnohlti-., and I muit certainly mf that it has wnwet ItWll to ba tha moat effect* Ivnreuiedv I ftnve ���vor n-wd. boing pie-want iotakaauddolsg Us work spaadlly and well. Il alfjrds m>- great pleasare to apeak of it as I have found It. your Drug/flat oan procure It fk-oan any wholesale Lotus * ��� airoct from tho proprietor !, ftustoYB Laviolette, Ml 232 & 234 St. Paul St., Montr?*!* Charlatans and Quack:. Havo long plied their vocation up '.he -.uttering pedals of the people. t T1* .jife has pared to the quick ; caw-** applications have tormented the viciu.. of corns until the couviotion shaped itielt���there's no oure. Pntnam'a Paiulesa Corn Extractor proves on wnat slender basis public opiuion often rente. If you surTei from corns get the Extractor and you will le aatiuged. Sold overywher*. During the reign of Charles I. of England everyhu.ly wore boota and spurtt. whether ho ever mounted a liorse or not. Qt idt of Neuralgia. There Is no nse In fooling with Miralgi*. It is a ifisease tbat gives way -nly to the most powerful remedies. No remedy vet discovered has given tho grand results th-ib invariably attends the employment of Pol* son'a Nerviline, Nerviline ia a positive speoifio for all nerve pains, and ont-bt to De kept on hand in every family. Sold every where, 25 centa a ���uvtIn. It la mid on ft enaranteo hy all drur**- glsta, I�� ourea Incipient Oonaumptioa bid Is the bost Cough n-*"i Ow***- ���"������- Anaemic Women with pale or sallow complexions, or suffering from skin eruption* or scrofulous blood.will find quick relief in Scott's Emulsion. Ail of the stages of Emaciation, and s general decline of health, arc- speedily cured. Scott's Egujlsjon taltes away the pale, haggard look that comes with General Debility. It enriches the blood, stimulates the appetite, creates healthy flesh and brings back strength and vitality. ForCoughs,Golds,SoreThroat, Bronchitis, Weak Lungs, Consumption ���nd Wasting Dlseasss of Childron. Sent/or our pamphlet. Mailed FREE. Icott(.Bean., B-ll.>��*- All Drug-liU. BOt. itl IAi^ysl ;5H*;e The ESpa*! '��� an*/ lAvporl*-**** jutr mum. STANDARD BOOK. edited by A S. VOOT, Orgulst JorviaSt. B.i>tLt Churcli, Toronto. Prlot, Single Copies, ?. 1.00; P.r Doi, $ I O.OO PUBLISH. D IIY WHALEY. HOYCE &. CO. ��8 TUNCE STRUT. - TORONTO. CUT The Western tonn & Trust Co. IM. Aseata ovor ���9KO.C00.00. 84 St. Francois Xavier St., %qtreal,P.Q Hon. A. W, Oi.ii.iv** Prosliloat. J. 8. Doi'sy-jifT, K-'Q., Vioo-PtWdeBt (Alaaaair Im ttanquedu Peujite./ The Oompnny acta ah AKonUfor (lnnnciii Will ������miiiiHirriii) nr:*'.':'itIm**-. Tho Cornpuny net'* an A tent*- for the colli*.- tion of rent-4, I'^.cnwtund dlvldon*!--. Tho Coiii-i'iny nets nn ARunt�� fnr tho Invr**** mont of money fn overj* r-!a*rinf securities either 111 tho name of ihu Invr-nlor nr In tli> namo of tlm Cotnpnn** a" Ihe rink of the Invi- tor, or Rimnuilofd by tho Company both ;���- V principal ne.d interest. For particulars anply to tho Manage! w. tUt'or-AY BrwiuwBf Arc you W 1AK **\\NBRVODB TIRED J SLEEPLESS? PALE -^BLOODLESS t THIN ^DYSPEPTIC? you need Schiller's Sarsaparilla Pills. /( makes weak nerves strong, promoUi Bound, rtfreshiwi sleep, aids dt yes turn*, rutores lost appetite, is a porfoot bio** md flesh builder, restores the bloom of health. Sold by all Drvyyiete 60 etk per box* 6 boxes 0*1.60. K. H. SCHILLER & CO., TORONTO ,. For tho lulosl (-.n'lt.iwt lino of Hooka and ITiolos In Canada, all sit-fts and prloee; tarmi liberal, Writo far circular**. WlUtaa *nrl-t:v��, PuMtahrr. Toronto Out. LADIU8.-Hsiid t ! in for Medicated St-ons** Madame de Fross, DO Matiland St. Toronto, CANANOQUE ORY EARTH CLOSET... Every home should tWTt one. Kndnrsmt hy all DooUrt and Scientists. PRICE $6.00. Manufactured by OAN. GEAR OO, ������*f ff*"4 ft'^P ROO T5* ROOFING ilLlUSfRATE.UCATAUlG'J': FHl �� MEMUCROOElNGCp i -PyriAfiiwi cruRcres. t(; H o n to Canada Permanent Loan and Savings Company. onice-Toronto St. Toronto. Sm*ncrtbod Capital...7^.7. I 5,��00,t)M Pud up capital. ��.WQ,ooi F.cnorvud Funds 1.JSM.0W Total Asset* lB.MO.'tM The onlnrged capital and resooreoe of this Company, together with the increased faa.lt* tit-*- It now haa for mipplylng land owners win tbonp monoy, onablo tbo Directum to meal I'lth proinpinoss all requirements for loans npon nuUrifuctor'y real estate soonrlty. AppUj tuition maybe mode to the "jonipanjr'B local Appraisers, or to.... J. HERBERT MASON, .Managing Director. CtlflPiTlfltl ���"*>-* syounp wtnnoi woman for tht ".UUUflllUn ���ctive-l-i-r-.f.onife,)*. obtalnt.1..* '/heN<*rthr--*at!uMne-*.Col]>.f*. Only cotntaon trhoal sducation rWBJtM to enter. Student! admitttd aa* ���ma C. A, i'leuiiiig, l'llnclpal, 0*��o Sound, Car Y HORNS MUST QO. Tbe Lou-fill Duhornlnv Clipper*! will lake them off with less troublo and lo-s pain than any other way. Send for circular giTlnf prle* testimonials, etc 8. a KIMBALL ���tl I'nli alrcel. M.alrttl. r^g���Model11893 ll|U Wil|tt 60114 Top, 5135 .Jeotloo. Ei nulla Fin Irai CO., REPEATING n"*M I lu*,-. i* boon drinking -it.U-nn Mineral Water ret*u|irly for four years and conntder Ittfts very bent thing to tli ink whilo in general training. It li an uxcollenL t ���������{-��� >--l-ir, having oom- plolcly cured mo of con-jtlpatton and Slt-iey troublo. W. II. Haslitt. XV, Manning Ave,, Champion Pedestrian of Canada SI Leon Mineral Water Oo'y, l*** Bead nnioc -Ki��. St. w��� Torat* 11 Drawn!*. Urooar, and ilotaU. I Webster's International Di��**lionar> >/Wf\\ Th** Best C&ristj-mae Gift If WEBSnitfS \\A Btetionary nt HnAlish, Geography, nioCruphy, Fiction, Eta. \\ DECTIONAltY / Msrlf r4l llie 8��**ell*oi)i(s Cwnasii****! i*ysr>ty��wi>wpinBw��twolw>tOlli \\ y **J. -ft C Mcrr.ntH Co., I*libit., Hprln-gflcld* MaM. ***-* ���-���"^ ettttsa tot funTnmpMsl rwntsimiiffmenmsnimnsjlllnitririiiiiup a GRANBY RUBBERS Buttor this season than evor. Kveivlmily wants thron Evory dealer sells thom, Thuy wear liko Iron. lOXFORD Zr FURNACES! fc* ,.*0�� AIL IIII8 01 IUIIDIKCS.. 3 jjE Capaeit*) from 10,000 to 60,00 Cubic "Feci |3 CVCLONH ITBEk KAUIA1 OK " OXFORD WOOD W/UWACt- WOOD FUSSACI : HHAVY flkATII. .��p.clallr- ad.pUdforwuwl burning �� H��mfil..lBl.ttl*lr.B.l Dan,." an. Hadlalar, wtlloh ba.,. .alaharaudar.raor.dur.hl. m VAIIIATOI! 0* Mo*er�� r<,a,lroo. ��� Urn and Oraal H..UM f.��r��. I.ABUK AJH PIT ��� OOAL FURKAOI "T*t Urg. Oomluetlon ghwMwr* l.,i��n,aTm��,1.wwl-.,lA.-��la*r-r. UrB. H��atlr,�� f.uffaea * L.rso r����d Door �� to��*!��r.Kl fir* Pit ; R,.|atl���� B.r Damjll.t �����-"�� . ni!HI> ASM PIT fcFllll Guarantawsd Cnpiiclty i u'luoia ���Mr-Muni* i*��w.-3 H%.nt.r.,.r~. W PfThe CURHEY WUMOBV CCMPArW Ltd., TOnOMTO.^ i THE WEEKLY NEWS, JANUARY 8, 1895. y, m WEEKLY NEWS Published Every Tuesday At Union, B. C. By Whitney & Co. TEAUB OF SUBSCRIPTION. IN ADVANCE. ���Ir,.' Y..r ������� Blx Month. * 23 Blurt, .'opr -\""" RATKS OF ADVERTISING! Ono luoh per yoar. $1J��J . .. month ��� t ts, oltthtlicol por yoar t��09 ruiirth SS5S nook, . Uno Hoi" l,>��o..l nDtl-o.,oor lino -II Notices of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 50 cents cad, insertion. No Advcrlisment inserted for less than jo cents. T P. FISHES, NEWiPAPEE AS ll, vertising Agent, 31 Merclmnta' Exchange, San Francisco, ia our authorized agent. Thia paper ia kept on file in hia office. Tuesday, Jan. 8,1895, As our exchanges come in it appears the B. C. journals nuke but little display for their New Year's number. Most of the towns think they do well if they have maintained their own through a jear of almost unexampled dep e sion. Everywhere there appears to be hopeful sijjns. Happily Union shows against the dark background that is elsewhere presented. Never before hns she done so well as in 1894, and never before did the outlook apjeir so bt.ftht The increase of coa! exported from this place during 1894 over the previous year amounted 11 95,262 tons. In other respects wc have dune equally as well. NOTES. Stick to your good resolutions; keep the new leaf turned o*-er. The exposure of the Ncw York police force discloses a terrible condition nf rottenness. Thc latest news from the war is to the effect that a body of Chinese soldiers about 10,000 strong were attacked near Kiingwasai and defeated after au obstinate fight. The Post-Intellieencer exploring party at last accounts had reached an altitude of 8,00,) feet in their ascent of mount I'ainier and this is their message sent by - ctrrier pigeon: "The top of the mountain is fully live miles away and jets of iieain like geysers shoot upwards 200 feet or more, and further to the right a column of densely black smoke rises Irom the crater in 6tfut curls to a height of several hundred feet." The Toronto Evening News says: " The political and commercial crisis in Newfoundland is a matter of grave import to Canada in more ways than one The aggregate of our trade with the island is about $3,000,000 a year, and this must be affected by the troubles now existing. It would be a very serious thing for Canada to have the outlet of the gulf and the Newfoundland fishing groiMids in the hands of a foreign and sometimes hostile power." Thc trial of Peter Bellinger a "cul tn> white man" at Victoria for selling a white boy into slavery promises singular developments. It is believed that little Arthur Moore now only 8 years uid, was taken from his home in Michigan by Bellinger who taught him a vagrant life and then sold him to the chief of tho Dgekezet Indians. The place where the boy was found was at an Indian reservation on the West Coast of Vancouver Island near Kyumiot. Reports from London show that thc British l-.li**. aud surrounding coast have been visited with heavy gales causing wrecks both upon the sea and lind. The Atlantic Coast is expected to he turbulent and this season is not an exception, but the northwest Pacific Coa it belies her name. For thc past three months there have been between here andKitsco an appalling number of disas tors. The lesson is that overloading must not be allowed and that as staunch crafts are needed here as elsewhere. The holidays arc passed aid the more prosaic affairs ajain occupy our attention, receding into the background our fetes and social pleasures. Before again plunging into the vortex of bust* ness it would be wise to observe our course during the past and consider what Khali be nur endeavors for thc present year. If our conduct during lut year was such that we are satisfied with it, then certainly arc we in so happy a frame of mind that we will endeavor to follow the same line of conduct during 1895. But if we find in the past much cause for regret then should we remember that twelve months hence we will pass another mile-post, and let our actions in thc interim prepare us lor a happier review on that anniversary. We would challenge the attention of , lhe young men of this district lo the *��� following propositions: v *. ��� ��� Kirst, every young man who plays '" cards for monuy and' has been doing so fm' a year is more addicted to thc habit than he was one year ago; and ���WA/if Ue, dbe.5 not in the meantime discontinue thc practice will be far more' addicted to it another year hence. Second, every young man who has been for a year or more in the habit ol occasionally drinking to excess knows that the habit is growing upon him ana that he becomes intoxicated more frequently than he did one year ago. These are habits that grow and strengthen their control over a man just so surely as the grass grows upward and water runs down hill. Does it not behoove every young man of intelligence to pause and consider to what condition these habits will re* ���luce him ? PIECEMEAL LEGISLATION. The practice of amending thc laws as at present in vogue is to be condemned. A law is amended, for iiistanci*-, by striking out a word here and there or adding something. This goes on from year to year until onc who desires to know thc condition of the act must wade laboriously through the Sessional Acts for a number of years. The statute law U a patchwork and the people are unabk to ascertain just what it is without feeing a h.wyer. As it is proposed to consolidate the statutes it would be well to adopt a rule that heteafter any bill to amend an Act shall recite what is proposed to add to or take from, and then provide that the Act shall read as thereafter set out which should be in its completed form. This would be very simple and easy. The present method is as bad as that of ihc K-mian Emperor who e edicts were published in small characters and posted at the tops of columns so that it would be very difficult for the people te r:ad them. A BAD PRECEDENT. We regret to see Or. Newcomhe sent to the New Westminster Insane Asylum 10 take charge of the asylum vice tha superintendent who has been suspended. Dr. Newcombe was one of the Commissioners who lately investigated the affairs of the asylum and ought not to be considered eligible to fill the vacancy caused by his report. It is possible he had an eye on the place when he made his report and that the nice plura of $*-,ooo a ye-tr mny have given color to it. At any rate his appointment is a bad precedent. No one appointed to investigate the conduct of another should be able to profit by the character of his report. There arc others, outside the commission, abundantly able to discharge the duties of that position, or if not better import some. AN OUTING. 1 Continued, ] The next plac-j nf interest at -which we arrive may he appropriately tor mid the borderland. Thii ia where the snow limit ii reached and teamsters here change their wheeled vehiolea for slei-*ha aud vice vnr-ia. At this point the road in lined for quite a -lut-mce with a motley array of wagons, baggies, bob-iltdi., tatters, go devils and other rigs thi Btylfl of which this deponent nameth not, Any sort nf conveyance may here be teen, goon bad and indifferent, from the hand made ox sled to the bandiomo turnout in �� hich the prosperous fanner of Comox Valley drives with "his family to the metropoli* of the district. Th*-* ue-ae ia a busy one, some sh iveling the Mack diamouds of Union from sleighs in*o wa/nn*-,'* others upward bound rolling immeuse hales of sweat scented olover and timothy hay from wagon to sleigh. One young gentleman is busily engaged changing his twain fron a stylish bnggy to a still more handsome sleigh meanwhile eyeing with aome jealousy his chnm who has t��K*>n upon him-o'f the more congenial rosupatton of transferring their lovely freight Threading m*r way carefully through this busy place at-d narrowly availing numerous collisions we soon come to the brick yard of Mr. W. Walter, Bit a amall namber nf bricks are in view, nearly all of tait year's produot having been disposed of, Mr. Walter Intends to establish a yard in Union next spring it is said when wa may hope to tee blocks of masonry rising in onr midst, the numerous business ptaees erected last year having been built of wood as a matter of necessity not ef choice. But now we enjoy a realy fine view: before and below as lies the I- aatiful Comox Valley with the Courtenay river like a gleam of silver visible hers and there, Tha village of Courtenay, than which nn village in the Provinoe hu a more beautiful location, rests on cither hank; while beyond ean be seen Oomox village and the calm waters of Comox Bey and stilt further in the back* ground, beyond the broad atraiti of Georgia risa the eternal hills. Kutering Conrtenay we observe numerous signs of enterprise and its offspring pros* parity. Kenward t Proctor, the Courtenty bakers, are crowding their delivery wagon with various products of their art to send to the Bay. Among other things are 300 loaves of bread for H.M S. Phessant. The Rivenlde Hntel looks cozy and invit ing and what, Is that a portrait framnl against the side ? No, the frame Is a window frame and tbe faoe is Billy Glennon's smil- iiifr a welcomo to the traveller. Theentwhile offitte. of Thk Nkwh, now occupied by Mr. Davul Jones, p*** p'r of the Puntiedge Bottling Works, showsthotfleo's of the carpenter's hammer and saw in vari en* improvements. Next we sea tbat ��hich Conrtenay has so long nre led, a large and eommodions eenerat ato a building. The post office has linen removed to this nlace and here Mr. McPhre will lie pleased to meet hts many customers and transact business witb them to h b and their mutual advantage. Crosdng tbe river bridge we arrive at Hob't OrAham'a Courtenay House and with our reader's kind permission we do lint .know of a pleasanter place at whioh to stop for a week. .,' (Tobe oontttmed.) WARNING." All persons driving over the wharf or bridges in Comox district faster than a walk, will be prosecuted according to law, S, Creech, Gov. Agent. Vl/E will snnd mu l>>* mail Tor '2.i vv rente a ix-raiia blaster, or six for ll.ii, Tor relief of pains In baok C*0*C"KT:*E2T.a.*'Z", B. C. We supply the best of Bread, Pies and Cakes and deliver at the Bay Mondays, Wednesdays and FridaysandatUnion every week day. Wedding Cakes a Specialty. KKNWAKD & PRWkTEB. J. A. Cathew ARCHITECT and BUILDER, C. H. Beevor-Potts Solicitor, Notary Public, Conveyancing in nil its branches. Office: Commercial St, Nanaimo. H- A. Simpson Barrister and Solicitor. Oflire in 2nd flat, Green's Block, Nanaimo, B. C. Will he in Union every Wednesday and Courtenay on Thursday. Yarwood & Young, Barristers, Solicitors, &c. Office Cor Baston and Commercial St., Nanaimo, B. C Nanaimo Cigar Factory Philip Gable, Proprietor. Baston Street ��� Nanaimo B. 0. Manufactures thc finest cigars and employes none but white labor. Why purchase inferior foreign cigars, when you can obtain a SUPERIOR ARTICLE for the same money? Society Cards Robert J. Wenborn. Machine Works, Nanaimo Dealer in Bicycles. Agent for Bradford Bicycle Co., H. P. Davis of Toronto English Wheels, Bcaston, Hlimber, Rudge, New Howe and Whit worth. Will sell on installment plan or big discount for cash. Parts supf lied ��� Repairing a Specialty, LOUIS IV. FAUQUIER CONVEYANCER. Fire, Life and Accident Insurance, ��� KSAX. ESTATE��� -PUBLIC AUCTIONEER.��� RENTS COLLECTED -AHB- ESTATES MANAGED. R. B. Anderson, Practical Watchmaker Worker in Light Metals and Gunsmithing and Tin Work Dingwall Building. 0o**"ox, B. 0. Wedding and other rings m." ��* ? to order. McKenzie to McDonald, Courtenay, B. C. CARRIAGE MAKERS ���-a.:w*D��� General Blacksmiths. -OUT PRIOBS- Bring on Your Work. is% or (itiMt. Addreae: C, H, Bow***, droiurtat, 27 John-ton St., Viotoria, B, C. 0 PI 5 w K- CD *-**l S fri TO a 1 30 ��� w 1 3* -1 c CO r > g &> P f*=*u ��� r/> 1 *? CD re ft) "S! e-i 3 n CD TO ���sl CD CD J* 1=*. XMAS GOODS T. D. McLean ���: JB WELDER:��� I. 0. O. F., No .ti Unior. Lodge, I. O. O. F.. meets every Friday night at 8 o'clock. Visiting brethren cordially invited te attend. Wm. Wright, R. S. HiramLcc*geNoi4A.F .& A.M..B.C.R Courtenay B. C. Lodge meets on every Saturday on or before thc full ofthe moon Visiting Brothers cordially requested to attend. R. S. McConnell, Secretary. C. O. O. F. Loyal Sunbeam Lodge No. too, C. 0. O, F. meet in tbe old North Comox school hou-e every second Monday at S p. m Visiting brethren cordially invited to attend. J. B. Bennett. Sec. Nu naim o Saw M t / ��� end ��� Sash and Door Factory A nudum, Prop. Hill St., PO Hoi 3.5, Tol, ID Nanaimo B C. A complete stack of Rough and Dressed Lumber always on hand; nlso Shingles, Laths, Pickets, Doors, Windows and Blinds, Moulding, Scroll sawing, Turning and all kinds of wood limshink furnished Cedar, White Pine, Redwonl, All orders accompanied withCASH prompt ly and carefully attended to. Steamer Estcll Harbor and ontside towing done at reason able rates. H. I TiieoliaU, Hgusb and. Sip PaintST, Paper-Hanging, Kalsomnlng and Decorating. GRAINING A SPECIALITY. All 0pder3 Promptly Attended to Ui.iou, B. 0. Esquimalt and Nanaimo Ry. Steamer Join J. B. BUTLER, MASTER. Onancl after Mar. 22nd, 1893 The Steamer JOAN will sail ns follows CALLING AT WAY PORTS na ptiaasngora mid frotiht Buy offer Leave Vietorla. TlloadH)', 7 a. lit. " Nuii.tiiiit, for CumoXi >*, edtioi-dny, 7 n. in Lcare Cnmox lor Nniiii'mo, Frl'lnj'8, 7a.m. " Nrtimiinu f.r Vietoria Snturdey. 7 ti.m Leave far ValileM Maud oeco each month For frdght or state rooms apply on board, or at the Company's ticket office, Victoria Station, Store street. Esquimalt & Nanaimo R'y. Time Table No. 22, To take offect at 8.00 a. in. on Tuesday, Jan. 1st, 1695. Trains run on Pacific Standard Time. NORTH HOUND (READ DOWN.) ,.������ agsssssr.: '. ~. 5 In c Ve V. ei 5 S S * /. ea i i: i s s 11 > 111111 ������ ������ ������ i "I'OPIA i \"""_*\""".-:'=S*iKS��iS-'SSiSR5 mi 'B3IIK I ��� .. : ��� j ��� : : : : : ��� ��� : : i : : i -.iii'is-ii ������ai\\ .-������J-*;! sa*5! iJ.�� 5S ���� I ii ^ ""���\""" ���5 ���.*>.& i ���""i.lio.vi I !'.:':: :_JJ ::���-_! : : uij ���..'llm I enSBBB8*>8**l'JSa-*i*8*i �� Hui i .���ssBsas&sssfisBassaH "���J? 1 ''���.ri.r'ii-* �������*>��������������***MMM.**l��MW CJ 5 3 ' ���*��� .. , . < ���*-*���*-��� i ^.: :::::::: J :::.:��� c SOUTH BOUND ( REAP UP ) On Baturdayi and Bundaya Return Ticket* will bu Imueit between nil pointD for a faro and a quarter, good (or roturn nut li.u.i- than Monday. lid urn Tick i-lii for ouo ami a hnlf ordinary (are in iy be -mrolnuicil iln ily to nil jiolntJ*. -food for soven day*, inch-din** day of iaiuo No Heiurn Tickets Issued for a fnro nnd n quarter whoro the single fare ia twwityllvi- cents. Through rules betweon Vietorla and Comox Mileage and Commutation Tlokota can be .b UiiiodouitjililicatloutoTlckct Agent, Victoria Duncan's and Wellington Stations. A. DUNSMUIR, JOSEPH HUNTER. President. Qen'l Supt. U.K. PRIOR, Ron. Freight and Passonger Agt, Christmas Comes But Once A Year. As this gay and festive season comes around the question naturally arises "What shall I give my several friends as Xmas presents this year?" Now that's the point exactly where we come in and help you���-We are here to give you suggestion and wiih the immense variety we are showing this season it is an utter imposibility to not j;et "Just the verv thing you wanted". Of course you will���in confidence���let us know if it's for your Mother, Father, Sister, or Brother or someone else's Sister or Brother-- it makes it so much easier then for us to show just the right article. Kindly call anyhow and have a look at the gorgeous display on our Xi.as tables. SLOiLlNr So SCOTT. 49 Commercial St, Nanaimo, B. C. Theae Stoves are Sold by Grant L\\ McGregor. Gumbei-lanl feat KarM n ���*���*������ KI1TSS OT Fresh Meat, Hams and Bacon and All Kinds of Vegetables and Farmers Produce, Orders from surrounding coun try promptly filled. A. C. Fulton, Prop. WaWblU TjiTionsr, b o a������ This Magnificent Hotel Building Is Now Opened lop the Reception ol Guests. Fines*. Appointments. Best Table. Splendid Simple Hooms and Reasonable Rates Kvery Convenience for Minere. L Lindsay, Lessee, Riverside Hotel Courtenay, II. C. I, Sharp, Proprietor The Hotel is one of thc best equipped on the Pacific Coast, and is situated at the mouth of the Courtenay River, between Union and the Urje farming settlement of Comox. Trait ate plentiful in the river, and Urge game abounds in the neighborhood The liar connected wilh the hotel is kept well supplied with the best wines ind liquors. Stage connects with all Steamers. Terms moderate Cumberland Hotel, Union, B. C. The finest hotel building Fixtures and Bar North of Victoria, And the best kept house. Spacious Billiard Room and ncw Billard and Pool Tables, Best of Wines and Liquors. J. Piket, Prop. 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 at reasonable rates by our Ciant Stumper. WOOD. Coal, brick and lime on hand and delivered at short notice. as?-. ��� ***��***. R. Grant & L. Mounce, 1'roprs, HILBERT&SON Funeral Directors and Emrai.mers Graduates of the OrlanUl, Eureka, and United SUtM Colleget of Em* balmlLg ��� **. Nanaimo, B. C. Stage and Livery, C OTJRTEIT^.T, B. C. Fine Rigs at Reasonable Rates Always on Hand, ,'. Teaming Promptly Done, .'. 3S**TcQ,UILLAlT So GhlLIM.OH-E. Puntiedge Bottling Works, * DAVID JONES, Proprietor, MAN'UPACTUKKR Or SODA WATER, LEMONADE, GINGER ALE, Sorsaparalla, Champnr*no Cider, Iron Phosphate, and Byrops. Bottler of Different Brand, of Lager Beer, Steam Bew auia Porter. Agent for the Union Brewery Company. 3C-EO BEEB SOLD -FOR C^-SEL ClTx/3��" COURTENAY, B. C. Ship Your Raw Furs Hides, Tallow, Pelts, Wool, Etc, ���- JAS. McMJiN & CO., -�� ��� 200-212 FIRST AVENUE NORTH, MINNEAPOLIS, - - - M1NNES0TA. Good, bought right out; no commit-1 Shipping tag. furniihed free upon ���ion charged ] request. F.ir.election; immediate return.. There i. NO DUTY on Saw Fur. or any other goods we handle. C**"*" Write for Circular giving Latest Market Prices T��l The Famous IVERY- I am prepared to furnish Stylish Rigs and do Teaming At reasonable rates. D. Kilpatrick, Union, B C. EA.M1NG- UN10N Bakery UNION, B. C. Best of Bread, Cakes and Pies always on hand. The Bread Cart will be at Courtenay and Comox Tuesdays and Fridays. Adderton & Rowbotham, Prop 2&. J, HEIsTR,-***-, NURSERYMAN and FLORIST. I\\ 0. AddroBs: Mt. Plu-waut, Vrmcoiivpr, B.O. Finn Htock of Upland Orown Fruit and Orna- nit-nUil trii-iB, 1-laaU, Vines, �� hrubi, Hoses, Kit lbs, Ato. Rods, Iloo-hlvo*. nnd No* Bunp)lon for mile; al��o, AKrinullural Implomonti. I deal far Canh only aod u,uete closo *>rlces. Sand fur CuUloj-tifl. DOMINION PANTS CO- 3Ct A :*�� Rt. James St. MONTREAL. Suits to order from J13.00. Pants $3.00. Send for Samples. Prompt Delivery. GEO. B POWELL (.old House, Vancouver, is our special agent. blncercly Youn. Dominiom Panto Co. COURTENAY HOUSE, 00\\T3aTE*I*TJL"*rT *B.C. Tholeadia-j hotel in Oomox district. New and handsomely furnished, ���Excellent hunting and fishing close to town. Tourists csa depend on first-class accommodation. Reasonable rates. Bar supplied with the choicest liquors and cigars R. Graham, Propr. B. B, LEMTOIi. At tha Bay, Oomox, B. 0. 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