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[Courtenay Weekly News]
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il A G. A. McBain & Co. il Estate Brokers Nanaimo, B. C. mrmA /A; G. A. McBain & Co. Beal Estate Brokers ^ Nanaimo, B. C. NO. ips. UNION, COMOX DISTRICT, B. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1895. $2.00 PER YEAR QO Union Mines Furniture Store. A Full Line of Everything. Including Granite and Hardware. OONT3JLOTOH3 AMD B-CTXXO-EKS. R*F UNDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. Grant & McGregor Props Thos. G. Morgan, None but the best quality and most faahlonable goods kept In stook. William's Blook. VNIOKT, *B. C. Union Meat Choicest Mfl ��� ^. Fresh meats al-" IV A |*|f Af* Fish waysonhand^^^-**"* *^^1** Weekly. Vegetables etc. EjT Vessels supplied on the shortest notice. ****"**| Simon Leiser, Prop. Leiser's Union Store, GREATER! GRANDER! ���., MORE EAIIIFMT THAN IYER j McPhee St Moore BSTABUamDUM Importers and Dealers in Groceries, Provisions, Flour, Feed &c. Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Ready Made Clothing, and Rubber Goods. Butchers. Fresh Meat and Vegetables, Daily. Union- Courtenay- Comox Ice Cream Parlors. TJlTIOISr, B. C- Soda Water, Candies, Stationery and Books. FRUIT Ja. SPECIALTY. Our Xmas Stock of 1894 surpasses anything ever before shown in Union. Our Store is a Veritable Bazaar There is nothing you cannot get. We are showing an immense stock of Dolls, Toys of all kinds, Plush Goods, Celluloid Goods, Knit Goods, Blankets, Comforters, Rubber Goods, Fancy Lamps, Glassware, ancl numerous other things which through want of space we cannot mention. SJLVEPW^PE. Another Case of useful and Fancy Articles in Silverware to hand, direct from the noted manufacturers, Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co. Special Bargains in Gent's Clothing. Etc. Great Bargains in our House Furnishing Dep't. We are sole agents for Master Machanic Soap, Miners and Puddlers Tobacco and Upton's Celebrated Ceylon and Indian Teas. Simon Leiser, Prop. am WATCH E. Merman, JEWELER & WATCHMAKER WELLINGTON. B. a ���ESTABLISHED IN U����� Will be in Union every month with a large stock of Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds, and Silverware. Watoh repalr'nt* a specialty. TOBACCOS. Imported and Domestic Cigars. Briar and Meershaum Goods. Th. Abort Store! Adjoin, Whan Everything of tha Bert is their Respective lines will be found. A. \V. Mclntyre Prop. Bon Ton Restaurant, JO. H. Fechner & Co., Prop's. ]Vlealsat all {tours ���AT THE���- ���NEW DINING HALL ��� New Walk along the Shop to Hall Door. Prices:-10a 15c and 25c. 21 Meals for $500. Dr�� UwrencS & Westwood. Physicians and Surgeons. ���t-**-*-TIO"*-T, B. O. Or,nrt��Ji��7 suit th. Bay will b. vtalteo ������"*? WBlnraday afWrnoon lor th. pnrpoH ol ran. ���"IvSmU at a dlatauco will roMl.e etu-lf at- tanlion on receipt ot telephon. uicMatto. U'E will Mnd jonbr mall lor 85 W ocnta.p roiiaplaitiir, or aix for 11.25 tor relief of lalua in back or cnoBt. AMmm; c H inHtUk it Johnson **r��� Viotoria. U.U. NOTICE. We, thc undersigned, bave this day formed a partnership underthe firm name and style of Ray -SrMurdock in the business of Horseshoeing and General blacksmithing, at Union, H.C. and respectfully request ofthe public a f.iir share of their patronage. Union, B.C., T.L.Ray Jan. ist 189-; G.Murdock PUBLIC NOTICE. I hereby -jive notice that a special meeting of llie Licensing Court for the granting of retail Liquor Licenses will be held at Louis W, Fauquier's office in Cumberland, tt. C. on the 31^1 day of January 1895. Elijah Smilhurst Prow Constable. DIRECTORY MEETING. A meeting of the Hoard of Directors ofthe Union and Coniox District Hospital is hereby called to be held at ihe office of Dr. Lawrence Friday evening, thc 25th inst., at 7 30. Every member is requested to be present. J. B. McLean, Secretary. NOTICE. The Assembly Club concert has been postponed indefinitely,consequently there will be no concert on Wednesday next. Any person or persona having tickets, by presenting them to the seller will have their money refunded. RBPLT TO BACHING. Editor News:���Having found an offensive article in your paper concerning a mode of life followed by some of our young men (perhaps not unwisely either) and feeling the pressure a little myself I should like lo answer. This Cupid is a mischief making elf to say the least. Long has he tormented our suffering race, and many grave atrocities mny be Uid 10 his charge. He has been interfering for generations past and now comes here to pry into our "kennels" and go and tell his dupes (the ladies) about it. Now we do not like cowards in either love or war, if we are not so brave as our fathers were. The good old time girl is gone. The ruddy, sweet tempered strong armed lass, who could .-.resile like, a dancing bear, mend stockings, make home spun, cook, sew, clcaa house, or warm a man's ears for misbehavior, is nol to be seen every day. Indeed, if leap year came oftener we should still be able' to either say "No" or run away. Before Cupid calls us cowards he should let us have equal chances with the men ol old; lhey had such lovely girls they could not help it. So ihey were not so brave after all, Who wanders in the "wilderness of lost hope"? The man who has a 'kennel," or the man who lias 10 keep a Chinaman to conk for only two ? the man who is free to come home when he pleases, or the one who is talked to death because he ' has had alittle time with the boys? thc ��� one nho has peace, or the one who is bothered ahout his neighbors wife's new hat, or how ihe feather is fixed, or lhe color of the braid on the dress, or what ncw fad has come out iu late fashion papers, or some dime novel ? Poor wretch 1 what a cobweb he has got into ! He might well envy the lot of the happy bachelor. Surely Cupid lost what little sense he did have when he mentioned the "infant music." Of all "music" by men or angels deliver us from this. In thc evening, in thc morning, at midnight, there is no e-cape. if ihe fates had not given them a double portion of sleep they would have cr;izcd our race long since. O Cupid ! does not shame make you hang your guilty head when you think how rudely you have assaulted our nice homes ? Tantalus. HOSPITAL AFFAIRS. At the last meeting Mrs. John Westwood trnn. It was deeded wards. The hospital sessed of three iron contract was made w Gregor for six more. mined to advertise for pital nurse and a prob, of the directory, was appointed ma- fix up three was already poshed ste ads, and a ith Grant & Melt was also deter- a certificated hus- iationist. NOTICE. We hereby give notice that at the sitting of a special Licensing Court to be held at Cumberland, Nelson District, B. C. on the3tst day of January 1895, we in tend to in ike application for a temporary license to sell by retail intoxicating liquors on lhe premises to be hereafter known as the Delmonico Hotel, situated on lot tl, block 2 on Dunsmuir Ave. in the townsite of Cumberland, Nelson District, Piovience of B. C. Dickson and Co., per L. W. Fauquier, Agent. UNION SHIPPING. The San Mateo left on Saturday morning fnr San Francisco with 4,300 tons of coal for the Southern Pacific. The barque Gatherer left on Wednesday for 'Frisco with 2,225 tons ol coal for the'Union Colliery Co. Str. Dunsmdir brought over from New Westminster a load of hay and carrots and took away 75 tons of coal. The str. Daisy left Saturday wiih 150 tons of coal, consigned to C. Peabody, Victoria. The steamer Falcon and scow left on Sunday for Victoria with 150 tons ufcoal. Tug Tepic and scow left Monday for Vancouver with 400 tons of coal for the C. P. R. The str. Mineola left today (Tuesday) for San Francisco with 3,000 tons of coal for the Southern Pacific. Barque Richard 111 ts waiting to load for San Francisco. The barque J. D. Peters is waiting to load for San Francisco. PRKSBYTKRIAN CHURCH SERVICE.��� Morning subject���Poverty a means of riches. Evening subject���The lukewarm church. Sunday school, 1 p.m. Pastor's Bible class, 2.30. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 7.3a HAW AU IN REVOLT. San Francisco, Jan. nth���The str. Alameda from Honolulu brings news that on the 5th what seemed an attempt to arm the natives occurred at Kaka-iko, heyond the marine railway, and to land rifles from the steamer Waimanala. It was frustrated by the vigilance of the police. A second attempt w?ssuccessful. On the evening of Sunday, the 6th, 600 rifles were landed between Wailai and Diamond I lead, nearly six miles from town. So ne 500 natives were there and received ituns and ammunition. The Waimanala, Captain Davis, landed the rifles in a whale boat. He b* ought them from beyond Waiadae where ihey had been landed by schooner from Victoria, if present Informal ton is correct. The natives were under command of Robert Wilcox and Sam Knowlcn. They captured during the day and detained eight or ten while persons of both sexes found taking a sundav afternoon stroll beyond Diamond Head. 1 he wire lo the telephone outlook on Diamond Head was rut, and no information could reach the city. Their headquarters were at An* toine Reade's house on the beach near Waialae. It was the intention to rush in early and surpris** the city when the people were at church. The authorities received information towards night that arms were being landed at Diamond Head, at the house ofa half white royalist leader, A strong squad of police was immediately sent out to search. Thc citizens guard was put on the alert and the artillery companies summoned. Captain Marker with his police, reached the place after dark. Captain Brown read the warrant. While reading, the police were fired on from the beach. The rebels were collected there in force to surprise the city. At that moment there arrived three leading young men���J. B. Castle, Charles Carter, and his law partner, Alfred Carter. Ihey came to assist Capt. Brown and his police. Carter observed that the Hring proceeded from a canoe shed on the beach. He sung out to the police to come on, and with them made a rush on the shed. John L. Alte, a half-white, fired on him with a pistol at close quarters. Carter received two shots, one of which went downwards from the first rib. He fell, calling out that it was not serious. At the same moment Lieut. Hole, ofthe police, was shot and dangerously wounded. The lebtls were driven from the shed by the resolute attack, and ran into the bush. From there they kept up a fire upon the house to which the wounded men had been carriod. Capt's Brown and Harkei made an effort to drive away the rebels but found the fire overpowering. They ran to their horses and rushed off to tele phone for troops. Later���The rebellion is crushed and Queen Lill in the hands of the Dole government. Young Carter is dead. He WJ.S one of the most promising men on the island and his death is widely and sincerely deplored. NANAIMO ELECTION. The city council stands: Mayor��� E. Quennell; Aldermen���Sinclair, Dobeson. Planta, Davison, Taggart, Pleace, Mc* Donald, Cocking and Bradley. Quen- nell's majority was eleven. VIOTORIA ELECTION. The election resulted in the election of John Tcague as mayor. His vote was 951; J. Keith-Wilson, 676; Austin.308. The aldermen elected are John McMann A. J. McLellan, Edward Bragg, R. T. Williams, J. Partridge, W; Humphrey, Wm. Wilson, W. G. Cameron and John Hall. VANCOUVER CITY ELECTIONS. M. Collins was elected mayor byavote of 686, his majority over McDowell being 389. NEW WESTMINSTER CITY. B. W. Shiles elected mayor; vote 189. Hoy's vie was only 106, and 13 voles /iven to Herring. XAMLOOPS. Lee was elected mayor by acclamation. MAGISTRATE PLANTA MISSING. A dispatch from Nanaimo says that Magistrate Planta absented himself from silting of commission, was sent for by court but could not be found. The matter is considered ofa serious nature and search parties have been formed and a systematic March instil lie td, it being feared he had wandered off in a lit ul aberration. Nanaimo, Jan. 19.���A car load of telegraph wire has arrived consigned to F, C. (iambic. It is supposed to be for < *e extension nf the island telegraph system to Alberni. A dispalch from Vancouver says the C. P. R. line is clear its enlire length and trains arriving on time. Mr. Nasse, the new Japanese Consul says he is highly pleased with British Columbia. The cities are much bigger than he expected and contain much handsomer buildings. Tie will bring out his wife and children after a while, PUGILISMS WEAKENS. During Friday and Saturday word was passed around that thc "affair" between Shorty and Hodge would take place Saturday evening over the store corner 2nd and Dunsmuir ave. Constable Smith- hurst promptly notified the parties that he would arrest everybody connected with it if It was attempted. So the eight- round "spar" fluked, and the boys saved their dollars. NOTICE. All accounts due the late firm of Wood and Kilpatrick must be paid to me within the next 30 davs torsive costs. D. Kilpatrick. MR. H. READ SURPRISED. On Wednesday night a goodly number of estimable citiiens of Union Bay and its vicinity met at the Nelson Hotel, for what purpose you shall presently see. About to o'clock Mr. D. McAllister entered the spacious dining hall, Cremona in hand, and soon the patter of merry feet was heard in response to its merry strains. About 12 o'clock Mr. John Wilson ofthe SS. Joan took advantage of a lull in the proceedings, and in a few well chosen remarks paid a tribute to the worth of Mr. Harvev Read, in whose honor thc gathering had taken place. Mr. W. R. Brown being then introduced, presented an address which read as follows: "We, the citizens of Union Bay, have much pleasure in presenting you with a small loken to mark the esteem in which you were held by us. As a resident among us you have always shewn your self to be courteous, kind and obliging; qualities which make a man honored and respected by his co workers and the community at large. It is with feelings of regret that we view your departure fiom amongst us, but hope that in what ever sphere of labour you may be employed, it will be marked with success; and should it be your lot to return again, we hope that we shall all be to the fore to give you a heartv welcome." The series of surprises lhat was showering thick and fast on Mr. Read was brought to a climax when Mrs. McCartney came forward and in a few appropriate words presented him with a handsome gold chain ;.nd locket. Though quite taken aback, Mr. Read suitably and feelingly replied. Refreshments were then served, and dancing resumed and kept up until an early hour. A WELCOME ADDITION. Next week Mr. A. D. Williams of Na- aaimo will arrive to locate in Union. Ke has been for the last ten years connected with W. K. Leighton, inland revenue officer and financial agent of the Diamond City. He is pretty well and favorably known tu this district, having frequently been here lor Mr. Leighton, and will doubtless maintain his reputation as an active live business man, which he has heretofore enjoyed As agent for this district of the Dominion Building and Loan association of Toronto, he will be able to furuish a good opportunity for safe investment, antl assist those wishing to procure homes for themselves, money at a low rate of interest and on the monthly repayment system. He is also a notary public and will act as agent for the Great Northern Railway Co., the London and Lancashire Fire and Life Co., Royal Insurance Co., Norwich and London Accident Co., and in addition to which he will conduct a general real estate and commission business. BAY XMAS TREE. The entettainment in connection with the Christinas tree at the Bay took place on Friday evening, the nth January, and was a great success. The thanks of the children and parents are most cordially fftended to Mrs. Robb and Miss Barnes, who took so much trouble about the presents and really worked hard to make them satisfactory to each recipient. Then Mrs. Holmes is a host in her self in the catering nnd entertaining departments, and Mr. Holmes as " Santa (-laus " adds new value to the gifts by his humorous remarks as he presents ihem. There was a good tea provided for everybody. Mr. and Mrs. Robb most kindly brought cream, milk, butter and other dainties. Mr. and Mrs. Tait drcv�� down through the mud and rain; the former took the chair, and made a "Ncw Year's speech" full of good wishes and kindliness. Everybody was in high good humour and the programme, undertaken entirely by the children, met with a most cordial reception. The Misses Flodie and Lydia McDonald and Lillie Creech sang their trio very' nicely indeed; but liny Maudie McDonald carried off the honors with a pretty little song most quaintly and bravely sung. Then six year old Nellie Holmes recited a short piece almost perfectly fur such a very young performer. Niklon Smith Fang and Hattie McArdle and Willie 1'ntchard recited and were loudly applauded. "The Burlesque Band" composed of nine little girls, carrying different instruments of music, was very, amusing; the violin squeaked harmoniously, the bugle horn was in time and tune, and we only wished ihe "big base drum" .would have made a little more noise !! But ihe delight of the boys was "Thc ten little niggers;" and most amusing they looked when thc curtain drew up and disclosed their black faces and high white collars. They acted and sang splendidly, disappearing like magic one by one; but unfortunately the lasl little nigger howled so dismally when he heard that he had to he married, that that part ofthe scene had to be left out. At last all was over, the children seemed lo have enjoyed it extremely: it was not too long an evening tn weary them and just long enough and pleasant enough to make them wish it would last an hour lunger. SUNBEAM LODGE. C.O.O.F. At the last meeting of Sunbeam Lodge in their new and commodious hall at Courtanay, the following officers were installed bv J. W. McCann, 1. M: N. G.���j. B. Bennett; V. G.���Robert Parkin; Sec���Wm, Duncan; Treas.��� James Piercv; Warden���John Johnston; Conductor���Harry Piercy; R.S.N.G.��� R. Carter; LS.N.G.-G. Kelland; R.S. V.G.-H. Urquhart; L.S.V.G.-W. Kirk- pairick; I. G���N. Lambert; 0. G.��� S. McKelvie. note���Laid over last week en account of press of other matter. TENDERS. I will receive tenders in writing up to noon of Saturday, January 26th 1895, for supplies for the Union and Comox District Hospital for the year 1895, consisting ofthe following: Vegetables, milk, bread, and general groceries. A Hit ofthe grocery articles required can be seen at the office of Dr. Lawrence. Samples of the articles to be furnished should be left at the hospital. Union, B.C., J.BMcLean, Jan. 22nd Secretary LOCAL!. As you pass, call and see Morgan's cheap tweed suits. Mr. James McKim left for Victoria on Friday. The government agent, Mr. Creech, was over this way last Friday. Sponges and ToUet Articles at Plmbury * cote. Mr. John Williams was among the arrivals from Nanaimo by the last steamer. Great reduction in suiting and panting at Morgan's, thc fashionable tailor. Mr. Cly was hurt yesterdaybya rolling log. He was taken to the Hospital Fauquier will have his office at the Drug store temporarily, Mr. John Berkeley's smiling face was seen upon our streets on Saturday. The Sunbeam lodge meets at their hall at Courtenay next Saturday evening. On Saturday Mr. E. Muschamp, manager of McPhee & Moore's bay store, was in town. ^ Mr. Richard Carter was among the Saturday visitors to the chief business centre ol the district. Mr. F. B. Smith, C. E., is at present in Wellington and may not return for a week or two. Morgan, the fashionable tailor, gives you your photo enlarged free for any $10 purchase. Plmbury's Balsamic Elixir will cure your cough. Try it Land���If you want to buy 20, 40 or 60 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 cu Kenward & Prockter the Courtenay bakers. We make a specialty ot Family Recipes. Plmbury k Co. Save time and money by getting a well made and perfect fitting suit at Morgan's the fashionable tailor. Miss Annie McLennan, teacher at Courtenay, is rapidly convalescing. She is a guest at present of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Robb at Comox. Mr. Geo. Whitman has sold what has been known as the Whitman block to Mr. A. C. Fulton, and removed, it is understood, to San Francisco. for. rent or SALE���A neat story and half cottage at the thriving village of Courtenay, Enquire of R. Cessford, Union. B. C. Mr. Jack Bryden has succeeded Mr. Geo. H, Reed as wharfinger at Bayne Sound. Mr. Reed has held down the position for about six years, and now will take a well earned rest. He goes cut in a few days. Dr. Curry, the dentist, bas arrived and has rooms at the Cumberland Hotel. He has a reputation as a fine dentist,and our citizens who are in need of dental work would do well to give hhn a call. Mr. Simpson, of Dickson & Co., Victoria, is up and it is understood will remain permanently. The building next Lang- ton's is being fitted up by him as a hotel. It is given out that if a license is refused the place will be run as a temperance house. Mr. D. M, Hunter, general accountant and commercial teacher, has secured ���pleasant rooms over Langton's store where classes are being organized on thc lines usually taught in commercial colleges. Next Monday evening will be commencement and Mr. Hunter will be glad to see as many present as may desire to avail themselves of this opportunity of improving their evenings. Wctrt'M he may meet with ample encouragement, as he bears a high reputation as a skillful and successful educationist. A few persons interested in the English Church society here met the other evening at the residence of Dr. Lawrence. After a short season spent in social converse, Mr. F. B, Smith arose and in a felicitous speech with reference to church matters during the pastycarsaidthatthey were all indebted to Mr. David Jones, the accomplished organist for much of their success in a musical line, and much to thc astonishment of that modest but worthy gentleman, in behalf of those present, and others who were unable to be there, presented him with a substantial purse in recognition of his services. Mr. Jones responded in suitable terms. WANTED���For Union and Comox Dist. Hospital a certificated female nurse, also one female irobationist. Applicants must stale age, salary required, and enclose copies nf testimonials to thc undersigned, not later than Wednesday, Jan. 23rd 1895. Jas. li. McLean, Secretary. Box 114, Union, B. C. Dr. Curry, of Nanaimo, will be at the Cumberland Hotel about eight days longer. Do not wait until a day or two before he leave, but come at once. Remember you can now have first ilats work done*at Union at as low a figuie as in any city of B.C. Any number of teeth removed without pair, or unplcasmt effects by the use of his Painless Extractor fnr the use of which no charge is made. For over five years Dr, Curry has used this method with phenomenal success. Gas also administered for painless extraction. Full or partial sets of artificial teeth made and perfect fit guaranteed. Gold fillings inserted in artificial teeth to make their appearance more natural, FRKE OK CHAROE. Nerves of teeth devitalized without pain, and artificial teeth attached permanently to the natural roots. Satisfactory, and first class work guaranteed. INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS. The officers of Comox Lodge, No. 5, K. of P., were installed on Saturday night Jan. <th,by Bro. S Creech, D.D.G.C, as follows: M. of W.���I. McPhee; C.C-*D.Ryan V. C.-C. Cowlin; P.-P. W, Ryan; M. ofE.-G. C. McDonald; M.of F.-T. Heckensell; K. of R. and S.-E. Muschamp; M. at A.--T. Rosborough; l.C. ~H, Stewart; O. G.���S. J. Cliffe. "1 UNDER A CLOUD. A THRILLING TALE OP HUMAN LIFB. CHAPTER XX. THK MORNtKd PAPER. No one by any stretch of the imagination oould have called the admiral a good reader. Id fact, a person might very well have been considered to be strictly within the limits ol truth if he had declared the old officer to be the worst reader he ever heard. But so it was, from the crookedness of human nature, that he always made a point of reading every piece of news in the paper which he considered interesting, aloud, for the benefit of those with him at the break* tut table. Matters happen strangely quite as fro- Huently a�� they go on in the regular groove of routlne,aml heuoo it happened one morning at breakfast, that is to say, on the morning after the tragedy at the convict prison, that Sir Mark put on his gold spectacles as soon as ho had finished hia eggs and bacon and one oup of colleo.and, taking the freshly aired paper, opened it with a good deal of rustling noise, and coughed. Kdie looked across at her cousin with a mischievous smile but Myra waa gazing thoughtfully before her, and tho glance misied ita mark "Hum ! ha !"growled Sir Mark, "'London, South, and Channel. Same as number three.' Confound number three ! Who wanta to refer to that? Oh hore we are i -���Light winds, shifting to the east. Fine generally.' Climate's improving, girls. More coffee, Myra, Pais my cup, Edie, dear." He skimmed over the nummary, and then turned to the police caseB, found nothing particular, and went on to the t-eaaiooa. stopping to refresh himself from time to time, whilo Kdie wondered what her cousin's thoughts might be. ���' Dear me I" exclaimed the admiral suddenly ; " how aingular I I must read you this, girls. Here's another forgery of foreign banknote*." The click of Myra's teacup as she suddenly set it down made the admiral drop the paper and read in his child's blank face the terrible slip he had made. " 0 Myra, my darling I" ho criod apologetically ; " I am ao sorry ; "and he turned to Kdie, who looked daggers. " It ia nothing, papa," Baid Myra coldly, aa ihe tried hard to -r-tuiter her emotion. " But it ta something, my dear. I wouldn't have said a word'*'only I caught ���ight uf Percy GueBt'a name as junior partner for the defense," It was Kdie i turn now to look startled, and Sir Mark hurriedly fixed upon her to become the scapegoat for his awkward allusion, and divert Myra's attention, ���*��� Can't congratulate the prisoner upon bii counsel," he said, " The man's too young und inexperienced. Only the other day a mere student. It's like putting a midihiptnan as second in command of an ironclad." Edie'i eyea now seemed to dart flames, and ahe looked up boldly at her uncle. " oh, yea," he said, "l mean it. Very nice fellow, Percy fluent, in a social way, but I ahould be aorry to trust an important caae with him. Here, I'll read it, and see whet it's all ahout. No ; never mind, I know you girla don't care about law." The morning meal had been commenced cheerfully. There was minnhine without and at the table, Kdie had thought how bright and well her cousin looked, and argued pleasant timea of thc future. "If ahe could only feel heraelf free," was her constant thought when Myra gave way to aome fit ot despondency. " I'm ���ure that she loves Malcolm Stratton, and what ia the good of a stupid old law if all it doea U to make people uncomfortable. I wiah I knew the Archbishop of Canterbury or the judge of the Court of Divorce, or whoever it ia settles those things. I'd aoon make them aee mattera in a different light. Poor Myra would tu obedient then, and there'd be an end of all thia moping. I believe ahe delights in making heraelf mia* arable." It waa just when Kdie had reached this point and ihe waa stirring her tea, and thinking how easily she could settle mat* tera if she were at tho head of affairs, ao as to make everybody happy, herself included, when her uncle made Hia malapropos re* marks. There was no more sunshine io the dining room after that, Myra looked cold and pale, thn admiral was uncomfortable be.iind the paper, in which he enveloped himself u In a cloud, from which came a hand at intervals tofeelaboutthe table in nn absurd way for toast or his coffoo cup, which waa twice nearly overturned. Then he became visible for a moment or two ai he turned the paper, bu". It closed him in again, and from behind it there came, now and then, a fidgeting, nervous cough, which was as annoying to the utterer aa to thoie who listened. "Going out to-day, girla?" aaked Sir Mark at laat, hut without removing the paper. " Yel, uncle," Baid Kdie sharply, for her couiinhad given her an imploring look, and the girl could aee that .Myra was greatly agitated atill ; " the carriage ia coming round at two. Shall wo drop you a; the otub T" "Great Heavens! " ejaculated the old man in a tone which atarttoil both his hearers, and aa if expectant from aomo premonition. Myra thrust hack her chair and aat gaxiug at the paper wildly. "What ia it, uncle ?" cried Kdie, " Kh ? Ob, nothing, my dear," said Sir Mark confusedly, an he rustled the paper and hurriedly turned it. ".More horrors. Theae editora aeem to revel in them, or the public do. So BhuckJng ; no winner Ib one at an end, than another begins." He hail screened In*, facu again aa ijuick* ly ea he oould, fur hu wilr a miserable dissembler, and Kdie and Myra exchanged glances. Then, riilng alowly with hor hand preaaed to her breast, Myra mado as it to go to the other Bide of the table, hut her Pttangth failed her, aiul na hor father cleared hia throat with a sonorous cough, aha clung to the edge, crumbling up the white cloth in her damp lingers. Kdie roae too, but throwing up her head, Myra motioned her hack imperiously, and stood lor a few moments with her lips parted and eyes dilated, gazing at the paper, aa if devouring ita contents while from behind it came tlio admiral's voico with forced careleaaneas. "For my part," he aaid, with a clumay effort to hide his own emotion, "lam begin* log to think that tho ordinary daily news- pipers are unsuitable reading for young ladiea, who had bet! ur keep to the magazines end journals specially devoted to their wants," There was no word spoken in return,and after another cough.tbe old man oontiuued: "What waa that you aaid about dropping meat the club? By all means, yes. My leg waa rather bad in tho night, Don't cue ao muoh aliout walking aa I uaod," Still there waa no reply, uml, na if atruck by the notion that he had been left alone in the rrom, Sir Mark coughed again nervously, and slowly moved himself in his chair, to turn the paper slightly aside, and, aa if by accident, ao that he could sec he- yond one aido. Ha aat there the next moment putrilied, and ataring at hia daughter's wildly excited faeo, for retting ono haml on the table, ahe wai, leaning toward Iub, her hand extended to take the paper, uud her eyea questioning hia, while Kdie,looking terribly agiUtod, waa alao leaning forward aa if to reatrani her cousin. Sir Mark's lips parted and moved, but he made no sound, i hen recovering him* aelf, be hastily closed the paper, doubled it over again, and rose from hia chair. * "Myra, my darling!" he cried, "are you ill I" Her lips now moved in turn, but without a sound at tirst ; then Bhe threw back her head, and her eyes grew more dilated as ahe cried hoarsely : " That paper���there is news���something abuut my hiishmul." "Edie, ring! She is ill." cried Sir Mark. 11 No, atop" ! cried Myra. " I am not a child now, father. I tell you that there ia newt in that paper about my husband, Give it to me. I will see." Sir Mark was us agitated now aa hia child, and with a hurried gesture, perfectly natural under the oircumBltinceB, he thrust the paper behind him. "No, no, my child," he stummem), with his florid face growing motiled and strange. "1 aay there is, father, and yon are deceiving inc." "Well, yes, a littio, my darling," he aaid hastily. "A little. Not for your eara, dear. Another lime whon you are cool and calm, you know. Kdie, my dear, come tn her ; talk to her. Myra, my child, leave it to me." Myra'a haud went to her throat oa if ahe were stifling, but onco more aho forced baok her emotion. "Something about���the prison���my hua band !" "Yea, yea, my dear. Nothing bo very particular. Now do���do leave it to mo.and, try to be calm. You frighten me. There there, my pet," he continued, trying to take her hand ; "go to your room for a bit with Edie, and���yea, yen, lie down." "Give me the paper," ahe aaid hoarsely, " No, no, I cannot, indeed, my dear." "Ah!" cried the agitated girl wildly. "I know���they have aet him froe T" Sir Mark glanced at his niece, and thon paaaed hia hand over his beaded forehead. " Yea, yeB, my dear," he faltered; " he Is free." " 1 Ah and he will come here and claim me, and then " She reeled aa if to fall, but her force of will was too great, and Bhe mastered her emotion again, stepped forward, and seized the papor, her senses swimming ae she turned it again and again, till the large type of the telegram caught her attention. Then she cloaed her eyes for a few momenta, drew a long breath, and they aaw her compress her lips and read without a ttemor: DARING ATTEMPTED ESCAPE. , SKRI008 AFFRAY. Our correspondent atGrey Cliff telegr&pha of a desperate attempt made by three of the convicts at The Foreland lust night about eight o'clock. By aome means they managed to elude the vigilance of the warders alter tho cells hud been visited and lights were out, reached the yard, and scaled tho lofty wall. Then, favored by the darkness of tho night, they threaded their way among the sentries, and reached the cliffs of the dangerous rocky coast,where, their evasion having been discovered they wh brought bo bay by a party of armed warders. In tho utfruy which ensued two of the wardera were dangerously wounded with stones, and the convicts were making their way down the cliff to tho aea when orders wero given to fire. One of the men was ehot down, while in the desperate attempt to escape recapture, tho others went nepdlong (town the almost perpendicular precipice which guards the eastern side of the Foreland, Upon tha wardera descending with ropea, two of the men were htnui*htup,one With a abot through the leg, the other suffering from a badly frnctured skull while, in apite of the vigorous search by the boats of H.M.S. Merlin, the body of the third man,whioh had been heard to plunge into the aea, waa not recovered. We ro* ?;ret to add that thc mnn injured by hia all expired in the ambulance on the way baok to the prison. He waa the notorioua convict Barron, or Dale, sentenced to seven yeara' penal servitude,about a twelvemonth ago, for the daring fraud upon the Russian Government by the issue of forged ruble notes. The paper fell from Vyrn'a hands aa ahe stood there motionless, and apparently unmoved by tho tidings ahe had read, Then turning slowly, ahe held out her hand to Edie, who obeyed the imploring look in her eyea, and led her from the dining-room to her own chamber without a word. " Myra," alio whispered then, and she preaaed cloaely towards her cousin, whoae lipa now parted, and ahe heard almoat like a aigh: " Free���free I " Talk tn me, doar talk to me," whisper, ed Edie, " It frighten me when you look like that." Myra turned to her, caught her cousin to her breaat, and kissed her rapidly twice Then, thrusting her away, she whispered, faintly: "Go now���go,dear, I can bear no more;" and when, a few momenta later, Edie looked back from the door slio waB about to close,Myra was in the act of sinking upon her knees by tho bedside, where ahe buried her face in her handa. But hardly had tho door cloaed when ahe sprang to her feet, anil hurried across to shoot the bolt, and then atand with her handa to her head, and atarting eyea, picturing in imagination the scene of the past night. The ilurkneBB and James Barron-��� her huaband���tho man who hud haunted her night and duy in conuectinn with the hour when he would come buck aud claim her, not at tho end of seven yearn, hut earlier released before his time���that man ���whilo ahe aat below iu her room at the piano���y��a, ahe recalled vividly every minute of tho previous night���slio aat playing tho melodies of old Imllnds, favor- nes of ber fulher, with Percy GuoBt talk* ing to Edio, aud at thut time this man waB fighting to eBcape���this man, hor horror. And had he succeeded he would havo come there. Sho shuddered ub, from the brief description of the atrugglo, shu saw him trying to descend the rocky faccof the cliff, stumble when shots wero fired, and fall headlong upon tho cruel stones. It waa horritilu���too horrible to bear ; and yet ahe felt obliged to dwell upon it all, and go over it again and again, shuddering at tho pictures her active brain evoked till tht agony wuh maddening. Then, to mako her horror culminate, doubt stepped in to ask her, as if in an insiduous whisper, whether Bhe could believe it to be all true, and not, aomo reporter's error. She felt an if sho wero withering beneath aome cold mental blast, and in spite of the horror, her hopes and dreams, which would havo placo, shrank back again. For it might be a mialakc. Some other wretched man had striven to escape, and in thc hurry and darknesa had been mistaken for hor huB- hand. But hopo eumo again directly, and while shuddering at the thoughts, she recalled how explicit it huil all been. There could lie no mistake. Sho wus wifo no longer- tied no moro by those hated bonds to a wretched adventurer���I forger���whose sole aim had been to get her father's money- she wan free, nmi Maloolm Strutton had told hor Sho shuddered again ut, the horror of dwelling upnn such thoughts nt n moment whon her ears *Acru stunned by the news of death ; hut the thoughts wero imporioua. She had never loved this mau, and the ceremony hud only been performed under misappreheiiHioii, Ouro moro she was free ���ftee to follow the bent of her affections- free to give heraelf to the man she knew ahe loved. What had Malcolm Stratton aaid���what had he uid . A min had been gathering about her mental vision, and she staggered toward her bedside, once mo"a to sink down and bury ber burning face io her hands, for her emotion wai greater than ahe could bear. (TO BB CONTINUED.) FAMOUS BATTLES. Heme et the Ureal tea llm Feaifct la Anetemt and Madera Tlmr*. At the battle of Agincourt 62,000 men were preaent, and the slain numbered U,- 400 or IB per cent. At the battle of Bannockburo there were 135,000 men engaged, the slain numbered 38,000, or 29 per cent. At Gettyaburg 140,000 men were opposed, and of thia number the total Federal loaa waa 28,198 ; the total Confederate loaa waa 37,000, The battle of Barnet waa one of the moat decisive ever fought. It waa in 1471, and cloaed the age of baron rule in England. The Battle of the Britiah Soldiera iB a name given to the battlo of lukermann, November 5, I8r>4,because the British troopa bore the brunt of the fighting. At Poitiers, in l.'t'iti, 80,000 French were defeated by the Black Princo with Iobb than 50,000 men. The Frenoh King, John, waa captured and hia army completely routed. The Battle of the Diamond waa a fight between the ProtcaUttta and Catholics of Ireland in 1705. It had ita name from Dia* mood in the County Antrim where it waa fought. At Sadowa 402,000 mon were opposed, of whom .l.'t.oOO wero kilted, wounded or taken priaonera. Thia waa 8 per cent, a far smaller figure than in any leading battle of the Napoleonic ware. The battle of the Moat waa a conflict be* fore Medina, between Mohammed aod Abu Sofian. It waa ao called because moat of the fighting waa done in the moat that Mohammed had dug to protect the oity from the beaiegera. The Tearless Battle was fought between the Spartans on one side and the Arcadians and Arjives on the other, E C. 367. Not a Spartan fell in the engagement, and ao, Plutarch aaya, the Laceuemoniana called it the Tearleaa Battle. The Battle of the Thirty waa a duel, fought in 1351, near Joaaehn, in France.by thirty Engliah and thirty Frenoh Knights, to settle a boundary dispute. At firat the Engliah were successful but the French rallied and finally won the day. In the battle of Marengo 58,000 men participated and of that number 13,000 were killed or wounded, about 22 per cent. Napoleon thought Marengo his greatest victory. He alwayi kept throughout life the uniform worn on that day. The battle of Brandy wine waa ono of the worat of Washington'*) numeroua defeats. The name originated, it is aaid, from a Dutoh brandy distillery on the banks of the atream Brentwine, variously spelled, being a Dutch name for brandy,or "burned wine." The Battle of tho Kmperoia waa fought at AuBterliU, 1805. The Emperors preaent were Napoleon. Francis of Austria and Alexander of Russia. Over 170,000 men were actually engaged in the battle, and of thia number 23,000 were killed or wound* ed, or 13 per cent, of the whole. The Battle of Arbela is wrongly named, aa it waa fought B. C, 331 at Gaugemela, "the camels' houae," twenty miles from Arbela, The Greeks, with 50,000 men, op- poaed the Persians with 1,000,000. The Greek hiatoriana claim that 300,000 dead Peraiana were left on the field. At the Battle of Thraaymene, between the Romans and the Carthaginians, there were 65,000 men engaged. The Romaua were taken by surprise and defeated with great slaughter. The total number of men killed on both Bides wub 17,000, nr about 27 per cent, of the number engaged in the con* Diet. The Battle of the rocks ia another name for the Battle of Falkenatein, in 1814. The French mountaineers posted themaelvea on the hetghta and let loose great mosses of rock and earth on the German attacking force. Whole ranks were overthrown by a single avalanche, and the attack waa abandoned. The Battle of Nations waa the conflict in 1813 at Leipalg. The nations engaged weie the French, Austrians, Ruaaiana and Pruaaiana. The allies numbered 160,000, the French almost aa many. The fighting continued during three daya; the allies loat nearly 50,000 men in killed and wounded ; the French 60,000. At Gravelotte thero were 320,000 men oppoaed, and the killed and wounded numbered 48,000. The French Buffered moat, because they were compelled to undertake an attack on ft vory atrong poaition defended by the whole German force. The Frenoh defeat at Gravelotte resulted in the fall of Metz and the aurrender of Bazalne'a army. The Battle of the Butchers and Carpenters wai a civil strife between two factiona In Paris in 1413. The Duke of Burgundy armed and led the butchers; the Duke of Orleans armed and led the carpenters. A regular battle wab fought In the atreeta and publio squares of Paris; the carpentera were victorious and drove the butchers out of the city. The Battle of Belahoe ia famous in Irish history as a spoiling of the spoilers. Two chieftains, O'Neil and O'Donnell, had made thieving excursion into a neighboring territory and were returning with their plunder, when they met an English force, and, after a brief and feeble resistance, ran away, leaving their booty in the hands of the Engliah. At Waterloo 140,01X1 men were engaged, of whom 51,000 were killed, wounded or taken priaonera. In proportion to the number engaged Waterloo was one of the bloodiest battlea of history, no Iobb thau 35 per cent, of tho whole number being placed bora du combat. The Britiah artillery fired 0,467 rounda, or ono for every Frenchman killed lu thu battle. The Battlo of Hottingon, 1743, was thn laat in which an English King appeared in person on a battlefield. This was fought by the Engliah againat the Frenoh, in behalf of Maria Theresa, of Austria. The Kins was George II., who proved himself a valiant little man, and at the peril of his life led the troops against the enemy and won a victory. And He Got Two Fair Fares. Lady (to cabman)���" Wo can't ride. Crowded into a cab, we are' sure to cruah our sleeves 1' PRAQICAL FARMING. A Bvn for* AUKindi of Uva Sti etc. Some farmers would be glad to build contemplated barna so that all kinds of atock kept on a place devoted to geueral farming may be gathered under one roof. This plan haa its advantages and ita disadvantages���more of the former than of the FIO 1. l-ERSl'ECTIVK VIEW OF BAKN, latter perhaps, if one places its proper value upon ease in doing one's work. The illustrations given herewith may afford suggestions for those desiring to build general purpose barna. The barn ia of the ordinary shape, with a wing on either end, as aeen in Fig 1, the main or feeding flow being across the middle of the barn propor. how to place the inauure that tht- farm crops may derive the quickest find the beat results, we must undcijtnud something of the uatureuiul growth of our crops. As a rule, those roots which extend the deepest in the soil ure the moisture-supplying ones, while those which are fouud near the eur- face are the food-supply ing oue. By this wo may readily see that in order for the plants to receive the benefits of the manure we must place it within the reach of the fnod'Supplying roots. If we place tho manure near the surface it is then within the reach of the young plant when il starts growth ; where, if we plowed it in deep, before the young plant had time to aend ita rootlets down, the manure would be washed deeper in the soil and bat to tho young pbiiita,��� ,1, L. Herbst, DR. BTAHff 0EEH LETTEB OtMOBT hwMlgttt-d br Th*. Can* ads Ft-menr* Sun. ��� l��*, v- r,a>' i<*��.��.. ., <���_ **���- r'*j h^. = 4 !��� Cabman���" O, that's provided for, mad* n ! My cab haa aleove protectors constructed on the harmonic* principle. \V h on they are drawn out you have plenty of room aide by side !" Pin 2. HBOt'NIt* I'l.AN. Tbe floor plan (Fig 2) leaves little to add byway of explanation, except that provi- slona may be made for feeding the young stock from the second floor through chutes at the end of the barn proper. It ia intended for the young atook to run loose in the pen Srovided���which should have a cement oor���and that the manure trom the cattle and horae stalls should be wheeled daily into this pen, spared and covered with itter. It will thus be firmly \ acked and kept in ths beat condition, If suoh a barn oould be built where it eould have a dry cellar, the manure could be dropped into the cellar, where also could be scored roots, while thesilooould extend down through the cellar, the root room being, of course, partitioned off from the space devoted to the manure. Good Feeders. When the profits of feeding at beat are small, every advantage most be taken if they are maintained or increased. One item with all classes of stock, and especially those being fed for market, is to secure good feeding animala. Every farmer who has given hia cattle that attention neceaaary to secure the beat gain at the lowest cost underatanda that there is a very considerable difference in the feeding quality of different cattle, not only of different breeds, but of the aame breeds. In feeding for profit their capacity for taking on flesh muat always be considered, and in connection with this, the amount of food required. In growing and fattening cattle for market, the profit depends upon their value when ready to sell, the coat of production, and the time required to produce. The calf muat be well fed from the atart, ao as to maintain a steady growth. A quick growth aod an early maturity being essential, the animal muat have these qualifications, or, in a measure, will prove a loss. To a considerable extent with oattle, quality, in connection with good size, largely determines the profit, and any animal that, with good treatment, cannot be depended upon to grow reasonably rapidly and to fatten readily should be disposed of as soon as pouible. One of the principal advantages in the better breeds ia their ability to make ft qnioker and better growth for the amount of food required. It aeema rather poor economy to feed out the products ot tha farm to long, lean flu* ribbed cattle that make a slow growth and are hard to fatten, and when they are ready to market must be sold at a low price, when the same food, care, and shelter given a better animal will secure a belter and more rapid gain and a quality of produot that will sell at a better prioe when put upon the market. The difference in time required for growth and to fatten with the best quality of produot and the better price make it an item to look after good feeding animala. In many cases tbe difference in the price that oan be realised often determines the question of profit or. loss in the feeding, and profit ia the principal conaideration in feeding cattle, as with other stock. Barn-Yard Manures. It is but recently that our farmers aro beginning to see the great neceaaity of saving and applying manures. They are be ginning to see that they are continually taking from their farms year by year plant food and not returning any. Now, however, they are beginning to realize that good crops ean not be grown unless an abundant supply of proper food la furnish ed. So progressive farmers are searching for the most approved methods of securing and applying barn manurea. We find there are three points which must be considered in the handling of manures���ths making, saving, and apply* We find from the various reports of chemists and experimentors that there are three ingredients whioh are necessary for plant growth. These ere nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash, Wo find also that our barn manures contain to some extent all these elements, Now, the i-uestiun comes to us, how can we produce a stable manure that shall contain the greatest amount of these plant foods! We know that those subatanoes which enrich our feed are the onea that give value to the manure. Ho if we feed those things which are rioh in the necessary plant foods, then the manure will be correspondingly rich. Manure from fattened atook is alwaya richer than from other, because, as a rule, they are fed thoae things whioh are rioh in the elements named above. The saving of the manure is but little studied by our farmers. Many of our farmers throw the manure out of their stabtea, on the open ground, aa a rule, under the barn eavea, where the anuwa and rains can beat upon it and wuh out lhe soluble portions of it. The valuable part of the manure is the liquid portions��� three-fourths of the value of manures is the liquid. The manure pile is oftentimes placed ou a side hill, and as the rains and snows wash upon them the liquid portions run out and escape to the culverts aud are lost, Some go so far as to bore holes back nf their atook ao aa to give the liquid portions of the manure a chance to escape, not knowing that the moat valuable portions of the manure are being wasted. There ia no fixed method of saving manure that will apply to all farms. Onc method may be auitable for one aituation, another for aome other locality. Uae any method by which you can aave, without. loaa, both the dung and liquid portions Probably the simplest and cheapest way fa to uae absorbents, using anything in the stablca that will absorb the liquids and hold them. From experiments we find that it requires twenty-four pounda of dry matter per day as feed for a 1,000-pound animal, and that it requires one-fourth uf the amount of dry matter fed, u bedding, to absorb the liquid portions of the manuie. Or, six pounda of dry matter per day m bedding for a 1,000- pound animal. Short bedding ia probably beat, as It absorbs the moisture better. In order to understand just where and Ike Hnlawaaaa Caalateod ta Ihe ���**���*, Uaurr-Tkst Boateri let** te Making Om HftSto PaMIt Mlf Jaailled. rnmTto lamer* ftu. In an open letter published In Tha Can* adft f annsrs* Baa ei Sept. 19 ever the ���Iguttn al Dr. Ivans, ef Blmwood, attention waa called to the remarkable case at Ui�� OkrUtteft Koeater, of North Brant, who wu attended by tbe deetar in March. 1893, when suffering from inflammation of the left lung, which ���obsaqneotly developed all ths signs of ooneamptioo. In June of the same year she wutad to a skeleton, and wu Buffering from an intense cough with prof ue expectoration of putrid matter, aeoompanied by beetle fever. Hsr recovery wu despaired ef until Dr. Evans, at n stage when other remadlu had proved valneleu, administered Dr. Williams' Pink Pilla. Within ft wuk the symptoms had abated, and a month ftfter the ohange of medicine Miu Kouter wu able to drive to Elmwood, ft distaace of six miles, and wuin good health, except for the weaknese ooeuioned by so long an illness. The publication of the doctor's statement, ot whioh the above is a condensation, created considerable interest, especially when it wu rumored that Dr. Evans wu likely to be disciplined by the Medical Council for his action in unifying to the efficacy of an advertised remedy. A re preaantative of The Canada Farmera'Sun waa commissioned to carefully investigate the matter and ascertain how far the doctors statements were corroborated by the patient's family. An interview with Christina KoeBter.her father and mother, wu held at the homestead in the Township of North Brant. Miu Koester ia a well developed, healthy looking girl of eighteen yeara of age. She stated that she was now in the enjoyment of perfeot health and able to do her part in the labors of the farm, and had not aince hsr cure had any recurrence of her former trouble. Tado Koester, father of Christina, aaid that the statement, u published in Dr. Evans' ,open letter as to hia daughter's recovery, waa correot. She wm first taken sick about the 15th of March, 1893, of inflammation of the left lung, and after treatment by Dr. Evana aeemed to recover after about two weeks, but again relapsed with th* apparently hopeless conditions described in tho letter. She wu terribly wMted. Every night Bhe coughed up a large bowlful of fetid matter. The family hail completely given up all hopes of he* recovery, and for two nights aat up wite her expecting that she would die. Aftel beginning the Pink Pill* a ohange for ihi (���alter was speedily noticeable. The cough began to discontinue and in one month had entirely ceaaed, when, aa atated in tha doctor's letter she waa aufficiently recovered to drive to Elmwood. She continued taking the p'lls until October. Chriatina had been quite well aince and thia fall had been pitching sheaves and helping in the harvest tield. Mrs, Koester concurred with her hUB hand's statements throughout, and was emphatic in testifying to Christinas reduced and weakly oondition at the crisis of the diaeaae and the completeness of her recovery. In view of the corrohorotion by Miaa Koester and her parenta of the statement! made in Dr. Evana* letter, all doubts in the matter must be Bet at reat, and the doctor a action in giving the faotaof thia remarkable caae to the public ia fully justified. Ought to Feel Cheap. First Boy���"I bet Mr. De Broker feels cheap." Second Boy���" Why?" First Boy���" Lust week he paid two hundred dollars fnr a dag, ami to-dny a two dollar dog licked him." Homes For Little Boys. The lost appeal of the Children's Aid Society of Toronto for homes for boys brought into them a large number of applications. But the little boyB betweon one and seven years old havo been entirely forgotten. The Society has some beautiful little fellows between thoso ages (and knows of some babies) for whom it wants adoption. Aliirefs the Secretary, 22 Con federation Life Building, Toronto, Ont. The Snorty bus, eo far, ouly received 2 applicatious, for children, from Koman Catliulio fumiboB since the list appeal wub published. Williatr T. Adams, "Olivor Optic, who is now 73 years old, has during hia long term of authorship written I'.'ii books and 1,000 newspaper stories. Obserre. For ft delightfully refreshing beverage, and �� quick cure for sick headache, ftnd derangements of the Stomach and Liver��� "Dunn's Fruit Saline" n uniuvau-bh. It upaoially keeps the Threat olean and healthy. Dootors reoemmend it.booauae it Is a ruu Faonuoi of Salts of Fruit, Sod and Potash. Through nil chemists ftnd stores. William O. Dunn & Oo., Works���Croydon, 1-ondon, A clothes-washing contest waa a novo attraction at a colored ohurch plcnij ut Westmiustor.Md, recently. Adjt. 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" Do you love him to much, aiater Coral'1 ** Love him 1 love him, Madge 1 better than my youth, my life���ay, aometimee I fear better than my hope of heaven ! And I am to be hia wife little Madge, (hit good man's wito, when the beautiful Spring comes. I ahall leave you, ami auntie, to be all hia. Hut thia ia our secret, and only you can share it." Then her handa relaxed their hold, and drawing thB light scurf over her shoulders, ���he tripped silently ou. They were almoat there���Hearing lho edge of the wood, and the atilu waa but a atop away. Another atop forward, and then Madge held hor aiater hack. " Wait I" she whlapered : '"I can aee two men on the Beat, Cora. We do not w-viit to meet slrangera there." ������ No," ahe sail', drawing back in the ahadow of the wood ; " it ia Neil's friend, Willie Dean. We will wait uutil he goea, for I do not like to meet him." Even as ahe apoke the figure aroae, and the sound of hia voice came on the twilight air, iliBtim't and clear. "And what of thia lovo affair, friend Nell. When ia it to end, and how T Are you really in earneat, and do you really intend to marry tbe girl?" Cora Smith's hand oloaed upon the arm of Madge till ahe shrank in pain while they waited for the anawer. Neil Rowan laugh* ed aoftly, "Marry hart"1 he repeated, "She ia juat the subject for a grand flirtation, and I asBiiro you 1 have done the thing well, Itut for anything further--bah 1 1 am going back to town to-morrow, and thia ia our laat meeting ; bo bo off, old fellow, for I expect I er every moment," ���lust for one moment Madge Nmi the heart Btood still in awful fear, for she thought Cora waa dying. That white ghastly face there in the twilight, that mo- tionlosa figure, those tightly locked handa, it aurely wns not the fair, aweet maiden of a moment before Bnt the Bpoam paaaed, and, without a word, ahe arose and glided noiselessly away, and Madge followed her in a ile nee. Neil Rowan waited until the light had all died out of the west, and the dew lay like Hummer rain on the graaa at hia feet. HiB cigar was smoked down to aahea, and hia lazy reverie waa broken by the cry of the'whip-poor*will. " She isn't coming to-night 1" he uid, mentally; " that la certain. The aoheming auntie up yonder- managed to prevent it thia time. Oh, well, it aaved a aoene 1 I will drop a loving farewell note, and ao it ends ���a Summer's amusement. Ha, hum!" and Neil Rowan strolled homeward ; ainging, hall unconscioualy, "I won't havo her, 1 know���I won't have her, I know���I don't caro a atraw who haa her, I know." The farewell note came to Cora Smith the following nielli, but the everbright eyea never rested on the creamy page, for, ere the inaane light gave plaoe to reason again, death sealed the white eyelids. To auch natures ob this girl's, love ia life, and the rude blow that woke her from one bright dream of lur youth anapped tho slender cord that hound her frail spirit to earth, and out of tho deptha of her awlul grief, the kindly hand of death led her to the mountain top, where ia builded the city of the New Jerusalem. Day by day, week by week, month by month, bo aped the time until eight yeara were counted. V Wait," aha aaid i " I will give you my anawer to-morrow night; it ie my birth- night, and I shall give an entertainment. Yon wilt come ; I will anawer you then. Be in the library at 10, and you ahall hear ray answer." And the night came, and he woe there Waiting. He paced the room impatiently. Would ahe ever come, thia girl that was dearer than hia life? Ay, ahe waa life to him. The world had aeemed old, stale, flavorless, uutil he met her, the woman who, alone of all her aex, had ever atirred the slumbering paaaiona of hia heart. How bright the future eeomed 1 He waa bo aure of her anawer ; had not ahe given it all but in words ? "My beautiful, my queen l" he aaid, aoftly. And juat then be heard the light ripple of a woman'a laugh in the ail joining room. Her laugh; he knew it among a thouaand; and her voice; ahe waa speaking loud and clear. "There, Guardie; you muat let me now. Mr. Rowan ia waiting for me in the library. Vou know I am to give him hia answer tonight." And the guardian's voice, speaking tenderly, replied: "And that anawer, I can gueaa it, li'tle Madge. You are going to marry thia man, and leave ua all." She laughed aoftly. "Marry him? No, indeed, air! He ia just th'i subject for a grand flirtation, and I aaaure you I have acted my part well, but for anything further���bah I Bui bo ia expecting me, ao by-by tilt I como again," and ahe tripped lightly through the halt opun door, ere tbe amazed guardian could utter a ay liable, A white, ghaatty, ahlvering figure, atood by the library window. "For God's sake, Madge Smith, tell me you were jesting I" he cried, oa btilliantly, glowingly beautiful, ahe glided into the room. "Not ao, my friend," she answered, lightly. "I apoke the truth. If you overheard my words, I need not repeat them. It Ib my anawer." "But yoa gave me hope ; you led me on; you have given me reason to think you loved me," he cried, paaaiooately. "It ia the one love of my life t I have centred every hopo in you, Madge Smith, and for God's sake, do not wreck my happiness. She waa very pale now, and her eyea were black and glistening, "Neil Rowan," ahe aaid alowly* "I have prayed for thia hour tor yeara, tutneverin my wildest dreams did I think my prayer would be ao fully answered. When I aaw the hue of death, the white agony on my only aioter'a cheek���when I aaw her writhe in apeeohlesB agony at the words ahe heard eight yeara ago to night, I vowed to avenge her, God being my helper. Again, when I heard the thud of the earth upon her coffin, I vowed that vow. God haa brought it about even sooner; more complete than I had thought. If I havo givenyou one hour of auoh agony aa ahe Buffered, I am content. If you could live and suffer it for countleas agea, I should be better content. Good night 1" Two hours afterward, the sharp ring of a pistol rang with startling distinctness through the crowded drawingroom. All sprang to their feet, save Madge Smith, Perhaps her cheek paled a little���I oannot tell���but the light of her eye neverchanged, her smiling lipa never relaxed, as she gazed upon the blood-stained corpse in the library. Neil Rowan had taken hia own life and Cora Smit'.i waa avenged. Won lerful changes had the eight yeara Plough*,. Side by aide with thia grave were two others, and the headatonea bore the names of good aunt and uncle Smith. They had reeled there aix yeata; and every Summer beautiful Madge Smith came down from hor elty mansion, and lingered in the old home a week, trimming tiie grasses and planting bright flowers on the mounde. -ight, beautiful Madge Smith, the heiress of all Uncle Smith's hidden wealth, the wealth ho guarded ao well during that toil- worn, weary life. Three yiars before, Madge Smith left achool, to reign queen of society. Beautiful, strangely beautiful, Willi that cold, white, high-bred face, those wide, fathomless, glittering amber eyea, a figure match- leas lu symmetry and giaco, accomplished polished, and the heireaa of great wealth nn wonder that lovers, old and young knelt at Madgo Smith's ahrlne. Strange wonder, lhe world aaid, that all wore acorned ���notgently and with worda of pity and apology, but spurned from her very feet with scornful lipa and blazing ��yea. Ay, Mndga Smith waa an enigma and mystery to all who knew her. No warmer friend, no brighter companion did thoae ot her own aex aeek for. But never were thoao wonderful lipa aeen to amile, or thoae wonderful eyes to soften, in response to any lover's; no glacier was more frigid than she to all men. All, did I aay? Nay, Dame Rumor had plenty- of gossip, just now Only a few weeks aince a new rival ap* peered on the acene of action Neil Rowan, merchant and millionaire, entered the liat nf Madge Smith's adorers���not for he wealth, surely, Madam Grundy ackn ow ledgod, graciously. He had enough of his own. It was genuine love that this blase man of society felt for beautiful Madge, And a wonderful change had como over the fair lady since hia appearance. Bright l*.-* fore, sho waa brillaut now���sparkling, witty, bewildering; and the world looked on in annuo to see the flush stain her white cheek,and the bright smile that lighted her eyea at hia approaoh. And did he not recognize her, you are wondering ? Nay, how ahould he ? Sweet Cora Smith, and the Summer in the country, wero forgotten thinga with thia map. Mo had lirokon hall a dozen silly hearta aince then, and left them all with Time, iho great healer, He had flirted with Bocloiy's queens and village maidens innumerable, and left tho past all behind him. And now ho came and laid lho tlrat pure, real lovo of his lifetime at thia woman'a feot. So he told her, one Autumm night, in the grand parlor of her atately home. How her hands tremble 1 and her eyeB shone aa she listened I RATTLESNAKES ON TOAST. A Cowboy's Little Joke to Enliven Civilh eil Society. A cowboy, freah from hia herd, went into a Cheyenne chop houae recently. The tables were all filled with tbe exception of one, at whioh the terror of the plains seated himaelf. Aa he pulled off hia hat and untied the ted bandanna handkerchief from hie throat, he looked disdainfully around The nimble waiter brushed an imaginary bread crumb from the oloth, whisked a bill of fare trom the castor, and placed it before the feative and untamed youth. 'Take it away," he snarled, "I can't eat that. I want rattlesnakes on toast 1' "Rattlesnakes on toaat I" yelled the waiter. '���Rattlesnakes on toaat 1" responded the cook. There waa a alight flutter among the guests at the atrange ordor, and the cowboy waa scanned by many curious oyea. He assumed a nonchalant air, and picked his teeth with the prong of his fork. A cook deftly removed the nt in from a pickerel, and cutting a atrip the proper shape, placed it on a apider. The waiter who had taken the order came tripping back to the boMb uocaneer of the pampas. "Will you have your anake well done nr rare?" "Rare, with lota of milk aud gravy on it." " Gimme that snako rare���milk gravy on the aide," waa hollooed (o the eook. The lariat-wrestler began to grow nervous. The devil-may-care expression had left hla eyea, and a aoft, subdued, melancholy shade had taken its place. He fid- geted in hiB chair, and seemed to be nerving himself for an ordeal. " Here you are, air," said the culinary Ganymede, placing a dish in which was something nicely coiled, whioh looked like a fried apeclmen of the genua orotulas. ' -Have a liltle Worcester sauce? Gives a very fine flavor. Some folks like muah rooms with their snakes. Others prefer Chili aolorow, A little salad dressing does uot go bad. There'a vinegar and olive oil in the oaator. Will you have tea or coll'ee ? Very fine snako. Caught yesterday. Fat and tender." When the waiter was delivering himself of the eulogy of the meal the Bteer-punelier shoved his chair back. His eyea bulged out and he bocame pale around the gilla. " I don't think I'll eat anything. I ain't hungry,1' he said, aa he rose unsteadily to hia feet and reached for his hat. " Maybe you'd prefer br'lled moccasin?" insinuatingly suggested the waiter. " No," he replied, ai the ashen pallor deepened on hia face, ' " 1 ain't a bit hungry." He cast another glance at the dish he had ordered and made a break for the door. He "forgot to pay at the counter." Duffy's Last Raee Run. Pete Duffy, an old-time foot racer, died at Ottawa recently, tie never recovered consciousness after being stricken wilh paralysis, and died peacefully. In his prime, fifteen years ago, ho wus one of Canada's moat conspicuous figures. The ?;reatest rannera of the time went down be* ore him. He frequently covered lOOyarda in ten seconds, nnd won many a big purse in competition with the cracks of America across the line. Such runners aa Stone, Wooda, Bethune andothera met, theirWator 1 loo at timea wiih Duffy. ROUND TEE WHOLE WORLD WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE GLOBE. Ohl aud Mew World Html* ol Inleresl Chrealeled Hrlelr-lsl-irfsllas Hap liralmi er Kit-mi I Dale. Dreaden taxed cats and they are disappearing rapidly. France has 1,450 Sunday schools, with 3,800 teachera aad 60,000 children, About 95 per cent, of the occupiers of land iu Switzerland are their own landlords. Compressed air aa a motive force haa been adopted on three lines of tramways in Paris. One hundred missionaries were aent to China by the Swedish Lutheran church in 189.1. King (hear of Sweden haa composed a new aympbony and will oversee ita performance. The Greek Church employe two ringa in tho marriage ciremony���one gold tin other silver. A Norwegian law prohibits a parson from spending more than five centa at one visit to a public houae. Mias A. M. Fielde statea in her recent book on China that not more thau one Chinaman in a thousand cau read. The American Baptist missionaries in Assam have asked that twenty-two new missionaries be sent to that couutry. The drought in somo paria of the Argentine laat summer was so aevere that (looks of 70,000 shrank to 5,000 in a few days. In France and Germany the wool combing millaare contemplating running ahort time in the hope of arresting a further fall in prices. Illicit gold buying is becoming more common in the Transvaal. At Johannesburg one man waa arrested with 810,100 upon him. The Lancashire Insurance Company have declared a dividend at the rate of five per cent, per annum for the half year ending 30th June. Since the battle of Waterloo, the Roths- childs have laid by $2,000,000,00 and one estimate of their wealth by the year 1965 is $60,000,000,000. The eccentric artist, Whistler, waa l-orn of excellent family in Lowell,Maaa, but for over thirty yeara he haa lived and worked in London and Paria. Lord Percy Sholto Douglaa, who haa. by the death of hia elder brother, become Lord Drumlanrig, ia prospecting for gold in Western Australia. Mrs. 0. H. Spurgeon, of London, haa written deprecating bazaars in very atrong terms as scenes of vanity, frivolity, anil sometimes of gambling*. The youngest ambassador at any foreign court ia Prince Franz Li ch ter. ste in, who haa been accredited by Austria to St. Petersburg. He ia 42 yeara old, A German physician, Dr. Korris-Xexten, ulaifhs to have discovered a apeofio for tho cure of nasal catarrh. It consists in snuffing up a teaspoonful of brandy. Owing to the extension of its South Brazil service the Hamburg and South American Steamship Company has raised ita capital from $9.14,500 to $1,875,000. It ia estimated that the national sport of butl*flghting in Madrid costs every man, woman and child in the capital of Spain at least ton shillings oach per annum. Thii season big salaries wilt be paid to Tamagno, Jean de Reszke and Mme, Melba, the Italian receiving $1,600 tho Pole $1,500 and the Australian $1,200 a night. The largest and oldest chain bridge in the world ia said to be atKingTunk, in China, where it forma a perfect road from the top of one mountain to the top of another. Some of lhe finest doga in the world are owned by Queen Viotoria, There are 55 doga in the Windaor kennela, and almost all of them are acquainted with the Queen. During the last year Lady Somerset attended 115 meetings and ;'7 conferences, travelled over 8,000 milea and spoke in twenty countiea to about 200,000 people, Denmark has determined to thoroughly examine the Greenland and Iceland seas during the summers of 1895 and 1396. Commander Wendell will have charge of the expedition. Soap has been aubatitutcd for wax on tho recording aurface of a phonograph by a Berlin inventor. The advantage gained ia that aoap ia unaffected by ordinary changes of temperature Prof. Behring has discovered typhoid serum, which, he claima, acts curatively in the caae of typhus fever with about as large a percentage of successful treatments aa the diphtheria serum. Two offisera are guarding the house of John Morley.Irish Socrotary.day and night, and special policemen are detailed for hia protection when he walks abroad. Threats have recently been made against hia life. A government commissioner ia enquiring into the conditions under which the varioua employea engaged in the brass trade of Birmingham, England, work. The object ia to devlae measures to promote the health of the operatives. In Corea the Protestant mission force of foreign workers, consists of twenty-six married men,fonrteen singlo men and eighteen single ladies, representing the Methodist, Episcopal, Presbyterian and Anglican churches. The Midland Railway Company annually distributes $450 among the atationmaaters of ita system as prizes for the best kept platform, flowei beds and borders. Matlock Bath, the popular Derbyshire health resort, has first prize again this year. A writer in the Nineteenth Century gives his article the rather startling title of "The Seven Lord Rosuberys:���1. Tho Home Ruler. 12. The Unionist. .1. The Democratic. Social iatic-Labor-Radical. 4. The Political Boss. 5. The Man Above Party 6. The Sphinx, 7. The Newmarket Racer." Tha Duke of Devonshire owns tho biggest, emerald in the world. It is known en the Devonshire emerald, and, was pur* (���based by the preaent Duke's father from Dom Pedro. Aa of late years thia stone haa beoomo tho rarest of gema, lhe Devonshire emerald, measuring two inches in diameter, and of the finest color, is of fabulous value, In IS'.Vi a prize of $I,0IIJ,(J(H] will b�� given to tho writer whom the Hussion National Academy ahall ajudge to have written the lust biography of Alexander I. The prize is the outgrowth of a fund of 50,000 rubles given by a tavorite minister of Alexander I. in 1825 and left to accumulate at compound interest for a century. A new paving material is being tested in England. It is composed of coir fibre, obtained from cocoanut husks, mixed with bitumen. When formed into blocks under preaaure and laid on a suitable base it is aaid to give reaulta aupeiior to wood or asphalt roadways, combining the good qualities of both. It is impervious to molature, givea a sure foothold to horses, ia cheap,and when repair becomes necessary the old material can be utilized to make new blocks. Queen Victoria's autograph letter announcing the recognition of the Hawaiian Government by the British Government closed as follows:���" We request you o ao cept our congratulations on this tistingmahed mark of confidence from your fellow-citizens. We offer you our best wishes for the health and welfare and fortho prosperity of the Republic ovor which you preside. So we commend you to the protection of Almighty Uod." About twenty yeurs ago Germany adopted the system of compulsory insurance of workingmen against accidents. Since that timo thero haB been paid into the reserve fund about $88,000,000, uf which about $22,000,000 now tormB the capital. In tho I year la.it reported more than $7,500,000 waa paid iu indemnities, and more ihau$;),OU0,* 000 was added to the reserve fund. It ia r.ow proposed to extend the system to ap* prenticea and employes whose wagea do not exceed $476 a year. Ten yeara ago Hungarian finances and credit were at a very low ebb, the situation almost verging on bankruptcy. The 4 per cent, gold rentes at that time fell as low as 73. They now stand at par and the government is preparing for the issue of a 3 per cent. loan. Financiers state, however, that toBucceed in this issue the price would have to be under 80 per cent,, unless the market for the existing loan were first artificially lifted considerably above par. VERY HARD TO SETTLE, A QUESTION OF HEREDITY THAT PRECIPITATED FAMILY QUARREL. A BIT OF CHINESE HISTORY- Now It fame About That thlaamcu Wear 1*1 Halls. The Ost-AsiatiBcbe Lloyd, Shanghai, publishes a very interesting article to ahow that the present reigning dynasty of China is of comparatively recent date ; that many of the Chinese hold it in contempt; and 'hat having gained its position by force of arms, it may loae its power iu the same way, The people of China do not conaide.' them* aolvea bound to thia dynasty by the ties of oyalty or affection. Tho paper aaya : "The anceatora of the Siiin dynasty are entirely unknown. They suddenly oame into prominence at tho end of the Sixteenth century. In the year I'-S.'l, a certain Ai- Shin, Ka-Ku-va. raised lhe standard of rebellion at Chio Ha-Ku San, In the Eoal of the Empire. He conquered a Urge part of China and called hia new Empire Manchuria. "The Min dynasty then reigned in China and General Chio Kio Set waa aent to quell the rebellion. He waa a very able man, whose polilieul assays are read with much interest to this vory day. But, unfortunately for the Mins, he waa killed iu the first battle, and there waa no one to take hia place. The then Shoguu of Japan, Hideyeahi Toyotomi, mado uso of thia circumstance to attempt lhe conqueat of Korea, and succeeded in his aim. This served to lessen still more the prestige of the MiiiB, and they sought to regain it by an active war againat the Manohus. An army of 250,000 was mustered in 1619, but it waB beaten in one terrible battle at the Lian-bo River,and Tai-so, the son of Aisbin was enabled to mako Moukden his residence, Hia son, Tai-so II. again beat the old dynasty in 1650, and proclaimed himaelf Emperor of-ail China, calling his dynasty the Houso of Shin. But the old Emperors held their own until the begin* ning of the Eighteenth Century, and aome of their descendants at last fled to Formosa. To-day all trace of the Mins has vanished. History relates avery curious incident with regard to lhe oapture of Pekin by the present dynasty. Another powerful rebel established himaelf there during the Seventeenth Century; hia name was Ri*sl-sei,and he endeavoured to establish a separate empire. The Mins who had not yet ceaaed to regard themaelvea at the only legitimate rulers, despatched an army against him; but tha commander of this army did aot think himself strong enough���and called in the help of the Shins. The allies took Pekin in 1668. But the Shins did not become sole masters of China until the conquest of Nankin, which followed a few years later, and they then decreed that the hair of nil Chinese subjects should be worn long and in a plait, which resulted in the 'umiliar pigtail af to-day." PERSONAL. Mr. Gladstone ia now able to read quit comfortably with the eye that was operated upon, but the other eye is almoat totally obscured by cataract, and will have to be surgically treated in the courae of a month or two, Mrs. Mary Clement Leavitt, in her travels around the world, found in China a Heavenly Foot Sooiety, the members of which are young men pledged not to marry women whose feet are smaller than natural expansion would produce. Kossuth's eldeat aon haa put on hi father's mantle aod returned to Hungary to take up the dead patriot'a work on new lines. He says death has ended the differences between his father and the Emperor of Austria and that the next revolution will be peaceful. Queen Victoria has written several books and you oannot flatter her more adroitly than by effecting to treat her as a member of the republic of letters. Lord Beacons- field's most daring ami successful compliment to his sovenegn was by beginning a sentence with "Authors, madam, like your Majesty and myself!" M. L. Trecul, tho learned botanist and member of the French Academy of Sciences, was nearly burned to death in bed the other night. He was, as usual, reading, when the curtains caught fire. In trying to extinguish the flames he was badly burned, and would probably have perished had not the concierge gouo to his assistance. Lori Russell, of Killowen, the Lord Chief Justice of England,is a groat worker. People in England who think hia success sudden have no conception of the super* abundant energy which haB built it up. While he was yet Charles Russell, Q. C., his wife was obliged to fit up hia chambera in Lincoln's Inn with a special eye to comfort aud convenience^) that tho long hours he spent there might at least be alleviated by aurroundinga aa nearly liko hia own home as possible. Silk Caps for the Champions. It ia learned that tlie secretary of the Quebec Rugby Union has written to Capt. Gleeaou oi tho Ottawa College team, to the effect, that the executive of the union haa decided tu preaent tho championa with ailk caps in recognition nf their un* broken aeries of victories. Thia Ib to be done in view of the fact that no trophy emblematic uf tho championship ia presented lo lho winneraof that title in this (Juobeo as Ib done in the Ontario Union. The boys aro naturally pleased at thia mark of appreciation and many hold the opinion that to give each player acme token ia preferable to giving a trophy whioh la the possession of a club aa a whole and thia only while they are holdera of a champion- ship. However it, ia altogether probable that in the near future the trophy system will bo iu vogue. The oips will arrive in the course of the present month. Flooded Bank Vaults. There are vaults that are cloaed with mortar and flooded,and before any business can be done the place must be drained and tho wall removed. Every afternoon, at the oloae of the buaineaa hours, workmen are standing ready, and in a very ahort time the entrances to the vaulted underground rooma, where the money is kept, are securely cloned. Whon tho walling up ia done wator is let in until the cellar ia full. The obstacles in the way of digging through cement walla underwater are ao well understood that burglars, even the moat expert of them, are willing to keep at a proper dia* tanee. The vaults of thc United States Treasury are guarded by time-locks. Once theso arc set, no one can opon them initi tho hour fixed by lhe machinery. A Woman Haltered. Minzic ('hew is a woman highway robber serving ft tvrm in tho Ohio penitentiary at Columbus. Ily wild screaming and wilder talking at night she has made the keepers so angry that they now keep her chained up iu her cell, wilh a halter tied in her mouth to insure silence, each Claimed Credit r��r Giving Babr Ita Sweet tad Lorable Disposition aad la Doing He Made li More lion lit ru I Than Ever. There was plainly trouble in tbe Dovey menage. ���Mr. Dovey's morning chops lay undisturbed upon his plate aa he nervously skimmed over the headlines of his newspaper, while Mrs. Dovey took gulping sips of coffee and stared fixedly, with red, swollen eyes, at the sugar-bowl. The silence that momenta)ily reigned was like that electric oppressiveness in the air just before a thunderstorm. -'Pshaw I" at length exclaimed Mr. Dovey, throwing his journal oo the floor ; "the papers never print anything in the way of news now." And ho looked across the table at Mrs, Dovey in anticipation of somo aort of contradiction. But that lady vouchsafed no reply beyond taking another gulp of coffee and shifting her gaze from the augar to the cruet-atem). Mr, Dovey got up, upsetting his chair as he did so, "I suppose," he said, aarcaatioally, as he savagely bit off the end of a cigar uml ruined it, "I suppose, now that you have succeeded in spoiling my whole day, you are supremely happy," Happy I" echoed the young wife, with a bitter laugh. "No, I am HVl'ltBMKI.V DISGUSTED, That ia all" Oh, indeed," aneered Mr, Dovey, as he put on his overcoat; "if I disgust you I wonder you ever made up your mind to marry me." ''I didn't," waa the quick rejoinder. could not have had any mind, I muat have done it in a moment of emotional Insanity.'1 The baud came off Mr. Dovey's umbrella in hia hand and he threw the umbrella under the aofa muoh to the terror of the pug dog, who had Bought refuge there at the beginning of the atorin- "I don't think," he said through hla teeth, aa he buttoned each button of his coat into a wrong button-hole, "that I can plead inaanlty, in having married you. It was something else." Idiocy, I suppose," suggested Mrs. Dovey in a faint voice, evidently preparing for another outburst of tears. No," returned the husband, as he turn* ed to go, "not idiooy. Charity I" " Brute I" oame tbe reply in a scream. And Mrs. Dovey sank down into a lounge, bursting into a torrent of tears. Mr. Dovey picked up the chair he had upset, and then ihrew it across the room. Then HE KICKED TUB PtHl, who had emerged from his place of concealment In favor of the umbrella, into the coal scuttle ; shut the door with a bang that knocked down several picture*;, and left the house. Now, what on earth is the matter T" asked Mrs. Dovey's bosom friend, Marie, just then entering the room. " I met Mr. Dovey io the hall and when I smiled at him he scowled like a disappointed office-seek- " Ob, dear I oh, dear 1" sobbed Mrs.Dovey on her friend's shoulder. " I have been through a dreadful scene. We have had an awful quarrel, and���and���and i think I the unhapplest woman in the whole world." There, now, don't cry," said Marie, sympathetically; "but tell me what it is all about." Oh, he was so cold���and so cruel���and so abusive���and so violent. And he aaid auch perfectly terrible things���and called me auoh fearful names," Mrs* Dovey managed to get out between her sobs, " that I don't think I ever care to see him again." '' And did you let him say all those things to you without making any reply ." queried her friend, indignantly. "No," replied the young matron, a faint- gleam of satisfaction struggling through her tears; " I think I managed to hold my own," "But what was it all about 1" asked Marie. " Oh, we got into a dispute, and at last��� {with a fresh sob)���he told me that he onl/ married me out of charity! As though there were no olher man on earth for me !" " But," persisted Mrs, Dovey's friend, * you have not told me what it was all about?" Why yoa I have. We got into a disputs, and then we raved and stormed at each other in a terrible way." "But, my dear," repeated Marie,despairingly, " what waa the argument abmr, ? What did you dispute about T Vou haven't told me that." Haven't I!" aaked the little matron, wrinkling her brow. " Why, no ; I don't believe I have. Welt, I'll tell you. We got into a dispute as to whioh one of ub it was that the baby inherited its sweet and ovable disposition from." GRIZZLY WHIPPED BY A COW. Rohbv Roused to Terrible Rage la Drfcn-tr of ller Offi-prlng, " Usually a cow does not stand muoh chance when she engages in a hand-to-hand conflict with a grizzly bear," said Michael Ayers, a British Columbia stockman, " but several years ago one of my cows killed one of theae animals and oame out of the struggle without a scratch, The oow had recently given birth to a calt. It being hor first-born, the mother was exceedingly vicious, and it was unsafe for a stranger to approach her, aa her horns were long and pointed. The oattle shed had a thatched roof, and waa acooped out of the hillside a ahort diatance from the houae. One night a bear, having smell the presence of a oow and calf, mounted the roof of the shed and proceeded to force an entrance by scratching through the thatch. The uow at the sa.no timo detected the presence of the boar and held herself in readiness to receive the intruder. The noise of a terrible struggle aroused me, and grabbing a Ian* tern f rushed from the house, and opening the shed door found the cow in a frantic state, butting and tossing to and fro Bome large object, which evidently had lost all power of resistance. It turned out to be a good-sized grizzly, which had been run through and through the body by lho courageoua mother, The little calf was nestled in a corner, sleeping peacefully,and aeemed unmindful of the maternal struggle. I suppose that aa a oon aa the bear gained an entrance through the roof it waa pinned to the ground by the oows horns before it had time to do any darrage." Promotion. "How's that boy o' yourn get-tin' along in the oity, Josiah V askod one farmer of another. "Fust-rate." anawered Joaiab, "He's workhV hla way up right along." "What's lis dom'!'1 "Ho'a workin' fer the city," "Von don't tell mo 1 What'a lie di jn' fer it!" "He'a drivin' one o' them thinga tl.ey call a Btreetnaweeper���kind O* wipes up tho road nights, you know. Hut my I he a be in' promoted. Fust olf, he wub workin' in the twenty*funt ward. Ily V by he writ mo that he wus workin' in lhe eighteenth ward. Last week ho writ lhat ht was in the twelfth ward now ; an' 1 swan! you sen if that feller dnn't fetch up in the fust ward with hia aweep-eart yit I" DECISIVE BATTLES. The Hilled nud Wounded Id Hollle ofthe Sir-fill Untile* of II til ory. At lhe hattie of lioaworth, a king waa killed and a king was crowned ou the same day, August U, 1485. The slain monarch was Kichard III., and the King who was crowned was Honry, Earl of Richmond, with the title of Henry VII. This hattie is affirmed by historians to be tho moat important, after Hastings, ofany that occurred in English hiatory. The Battle of the Giants was another name given to tho battle at Mariguano in 1515, between the allied French and Venetians and the allied Italians and Swiss armies. The latter were defeated with great slaughter, over 12,C00 of their troops being left on the field. The victors lost 4,000. The battle was given this name by Trivalzlo, a soldier and historian, who wus present. Tlie Battle of a Week was the great conflict at Tours, in which Charles Muriel overthrew the Saracena, A. I). 32. The membera ot tho Saracen army aro variously estimated at from 400,000 to 700,000, and the Monkish hiatoriana aay that 1170,009 wore killed on lho field, ll is suspected that ihese figures arc a grosa exaggeration, but it is certain lhat few baltlea ol history have been either so bloody ur bo decisive, The B at Id of tho Herringa waa the comical name giv an to a fight between an Eng-iah force aud a Frenoh detachment not far from Orleana in 142!), The Engliah were conveying a large quantity of Hipp lies, main, ly herringa, for it waa Lent, to the army that was besieging Orleana. The Engliah had 1000 men, ths French UOOO, The former repulsed the assailants and saved lhe herrings, an the battle waa named in honor of the auppliea. According to Prof. Creasy, the decisive battlea of history were Marathon, B. C. 490 ; Syracuse, B.C. 413 ; Arbela, B. 0, 331 ; the Metaurus, B. C. 207 ; the victor of Arminius, A. D, 9 ; Chalons, A. D. 451y Tours, A. D. 732; Hastings, A. D. 1006 ;the siege of Orleana, A. D. 1429; the Armada, A. D, 158ft ; Bleoheim, A. D. 1704 ; Pul- towa, A. D. 1709 j Saratoga, A. D. 1777 ; Valmy, A. D. 1792, and Waterloo, A. D; 1815. To theae may be added Sadowa. Qettyaburg and Sedan. The Battle of the Standard was fought at ���North hallerton, in Yorkshire, in 1138, between David I., of Scotland, and Stephen, of England. The standard consisted of four consecrated banners, fastened to a maat aurmounted by a pyx, containing thc host. The mast waa mounted on a cart.and taken into the centre of the battlefield by the English, The Scots were defeated,and rich present** were made by Stephen to the churches of Durham, York, Beverley and iiipon, which had furnished the holy banners. The Battle of the Three Hundred was fought B, C. 547, between the Spartans and the Argivea, to settle a boundary dispute. It was agreed by b:th to leave tho issue to a combat between 300 chosen ihampions on each side. The battle was so fierce that all were killed but our Spartan and two Argivea. The latter believed themselves victors, but, as the Spartan survivor had only fainted and afterward revived, the dispute was renewed, aud a general engagement occurred, in which tho Spartans were victorious. The battle of Cannae resulted in the severest defeat the Romans overexperienued at the handa of Hannibal or any one else. There were engaged in this struggle 146,* 000 men, of whom 52,0141, or 34 per cent. were killed on the field. No prisoner. were taken and the wounded were all massacred. After the battle, Hannibal sent to Carthage two, some say five, bushels of gold rings taken from the fingers of the Roman knights killed in the engagement. Some of Hannibal's Generals desired him to march at once on Rome, but he declined to do ao, believing, as was probably the case, that his force was insufficient to invent, much leu to besiege, lhe oity. At Borodino thero were 250,000 men drawn up in hostile array. Before night 78,000, or 31 percent, had been killed and wounded, Borodino was the only battle at which Napoleon exhibited signs of uneasiness. He had reason in this case, for he was in the heart of the enemy's country, and if defeated could not expect help from any quarter. It is said by French historians that after Borodino and the retreat from Mobcow, a Paris lady in any other dress than black was stared at ou the atreeta aa a kind of curiosity. The same statement was true of Madrid, Berlin, Rome and other large cities of the continent, for all the contingents furnished by Napoleon'a allies suffered equally. At the battle of Creeay the arma of the English Princo of Wales were won by Kd* ward,the Black Prince. Among the killed on thu aide of the Frenoh was the King of Bohemia, whose crest was three ostrich feathers, and the motto, " lch Diem" (I aerve). At the conclusion of the battle the creat aod the motto were adopted by tho Black Prince, and have over aince been borne by the 1'rinccs of Wales. Tho vie* tory was bloody and decisive. The French went into the fight with nearly 100,000 men, and at the olose ofthe day the Frenoh King fled with five knights and sixty soldiers. Over 40,000 men had been killed or wounded, and the rest of hiB force had acattered in every direction. The Engliah had about 35,000 men of all ranka. Anecdotes of Dr. Holmes. Iu the older dayb of the Harvard Medical School, when funds were scarce and professors scarcer, Dr. Holmes was the lecturer ou anatomy, physiology, medical chemistry, and a few other aubject-i. One day the President of the college met him in tho atreot and congratulated him on hii then recent election to a professional chair of medicine. "('hair I" flashed out tho doctor. You'ro mistaken, my dear air; it isn't a chair of medicine that I occupy, It'a a wholo aottee t" The second tale ia alao a n.edical one aud relates to a meeting of aeveral of the leading phyaioiana of a bygone generation. They were all except Holmea, big men physically, and mentally,snd for some time the little doctor walked disconsolately about amid his six-foot colleagues. Then, jingling the looae ohange in nis pocket, he said dimly; " Do you know, gentlemon, 1 teol like a 3*cent piece among a lot of pennies T" Uncomfortable Comfort Mra. Wayupp���" I sympathi/.a with you deeply, 11 muat be very painful to loaa a fortune." Mrs. Illuck���" It'a terrible 1 When wo were rich we uaed nothing but the most exquisite antique furniture, but it's all gone, overy piece." " The new furniture which you have here looks very comfortable," -'That's the trouble. It is ao comfortable that I am continually rominded of the awful fact that itia not antique." Open Fires Injure Eyes. If there is an open fireplace in the house and it is tho delight of either lhe head of the houae or the small ones in lhe family to sil bofore it and walch the flames play, don't lot them do bo too long. The Hashing flames ure fascinating, but they are rough on the oyea and burn the sight so that many a painful pair of eyes may be traced io too earnest devotion to an open fire. Keop plenty of handacreena ready or else 1 have longhandled paper fans hanging beaide j (tie fireplace. Facts About Window Shades. Iu replacing a window shade that had been torn from the roller, uae nothing bu one-ounce tacks ; longer ones injure th springs. Always place the roller in the bracket with the ahade rolled np. To strengthen the spring, draw the shade down a few revolutions, remove the roller from the brackets, roll up the shade and replace. If the spring is too atrong, remove the rolls from the brackets with the ahade ro.Ld up, unrol a few timea and replace. If the ahade ia tacked on properly it will hang toward the window. To tit a shade to a window with inaide shutters, measure inside the molding next tothe stiutiers. To shorten a roller for a window with inside blinds, measure fro-n the tip on the spring side and allow half an inch for the roller end ; it will then roll freely to the brackets. Alwaya aee that tlie roller ia out '.rue, and that the roller end ia free from mperfectiona arising from casting. To properly wind a spring roller for ordinary length ahadea, 15 or IU revolutiona are sufficient. In mounting a ahade on spring roller, place the apring end to the left. A ploss of bread, not too fresh, will re* nuvo all dirt from ahrtdes ; never uae oils. Hanging Pictures. By hanging pictures lowyouinoreaae the apparent height of a rcom. Colored pictures ahould not lie hung io hallways or un atalrcasea unless there Is plenty of light for them. In auoh places strong photographs, engravings and drawings in black and white go beat, A picture ahould not bu hung from ona oail; lie diagonal linen formed by the cord have a very discordant, ellect. Two nails and two vertical cords, or, what is far more aafe, pieces nf wire cordage, should bo uaed inatead of tho single cord. Picture cords should be as near the color of the wall upon whioh they are put u possible, so that they may lie but little seen. When one picture is hung beneath another, the bottom one should be hung from the one above, and not from the top; thus we avoid multiplying the cords, which Is always objectionable. ' A good hue for walls where prints or photographs aru to bo hung is a rioh yellow hrown, or a leather color. Lustre t> the black of the print or the tone of the {holograph is thus imparted, lhe wall paper should havo no strongly defined pattern, and should be of one uniform color, such us red inclining to crimson or tea green. The centre of the picture, as a rule, should not be much abovo the level of the eye. Useful Recipes. Orango Marmalade Pudding,���This is a boiled pudding. Shred 6 ox of beef suet -cry finely and then mix with 8 otf of bread crumbs, finely grated, 8 ox ot orango marmalade, 4 oz of granulated sugar and oue candied orango peel, chopped fine. Add three eggs, well beaten, and half a oup of milk. Put all together into a floored oloth, have the water boiling, put the pudding in and let it boil four houra; then turn it out and aerve with wine sauce. Boast Pig's Head.���First boll the head until it is sufficiently tender to allow the bones to be taken out. After removing these shape the head neatly and skewer it altogether firmly; mix some powdered sage- leaves with pepper and aalt and sprinkle the mixture over it. Then hang Hon a spit and roost it before a clear fire, basting it well while roasting. When done, whioh will be in about halfanhonr if the fire is in proper condition, serve at once on a hot disli, pouring over it a good gravy. Apple sauce ia the b.st accompaniment for this dlah. Ducka, Braised.���Cut the ducks Into quarters, lay them in a stew-pan and sprinkiu them over wilh flour, pepper and salt, Fry the pieccB in butter until they are a light brown. Then pour the fat out of tho pan, and in its place put a half-pint of gravy. Sprinkle a liltle flour over tho pieces, and add a glass of port wine, a hunch of sweet herbs, a small minced anion and a little cayenne pepper. Cover the pan closely and allow tho contents to stew for twenty minutes, whioh will be sufficent to cook them. Then take out the herbs' skim off all tho fat, put the ducks In a dish, pour the aauce ovor thom and serve. Boast Turkey stuffed with Chestnuts.-- Thu turkey ahould bo drawn and trussed aa iu the ordinary way for roasting. Have fifty chcBtnutfl boiled until tender, remove their shells, take off the skin and minoe them very fine. Take the marrow of two in nr row-bo nes, cut it up smalt, mix it with the minced chestnuts and stuff the turkey with lho mixture. Fix a piece of buttered paper over the breast and baste well while roasting. When it is nearly done take off the paper, baste the turkey well with butter, sprinkle a little salt over it and dredge it with a little flour. When nicely browued, dish upend servo wilh brown gravy separately, if the turkey be of a moderate si/e the time for roasting will be about two hours. Hints. 1'ounded glass, mixed wiih dry corn* meal and placed within the reach ot rats, it ia aaid, will banish them from the premises; or sprinkle cayenne ptpper in their holeB. For washing windows, looking-glasses and like things a little ammonia in tho water saves much labor, aside from giving a 1-ettcr polish than anything else; and for general house cleaning it removes dirt, smoke and greBue most effectuall-*. By rubbing a fresh lemon thoroughly into a loured sponge and rinsing it several limis in iuke-warin water, tho sponge will become aa sweet aa when new, Remarkable Tremors. Two very remarkable occurrences are connected with thc earthquake that ds stroyed a large part of Thebes, in Urteas on the night of April twenty seventh last. At Birmingham, Kngland, a delicate pendulum, suspended for the purpose of record ing earth tremors, exhibited marked dis* turbance about fourteen minutes after tho principle shock occurred at Thebes. Tbo observers at Birmingham attributed ths disturbance of their pendulum to the trans* (erence of the shock across Europe frum Greece to Kngland, the rate at whioh it travelled being about one hundred and tea miles a minute. On the same night, Dr. Oil], the English astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope, oh�� served extraordinary undulations of tbe surface of the mercury which he waa using to dete:t errors ol level, and whioh continued during half an hour. Doctor Gill minks that theae, like tho tremors noticed at Birmingham, may havo originated in the same disturbance of the earth's crust that produced the disaster at Thebes. Apparently, however, if the undulations were conveyed al! the way from (iieeeo to the southern end of Africa, lhey came from a different shock from that which manifest*'! its effects at Birmingham, for the undulations were noticed by Doctor Gill before that particular shock had been felt at Thebes. These are by no mcana the first instances in which perceptiblo elFeota from earth* quakes have been noticed hundroda and even thousands of miles from the focus of the shocks. i ������"fi ' **""' "* .', THE WEEKLY NEWS, JANUARY 22, 1895: ..* THB I1EKLY NEWS Published Every Tuesday At Union, B. C. By Whitney & Co. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. nr ADVANCE. OU V..r ** Sii Month. ������ Single Copy ��������� " ��* RATKS OF ADVERTISING: Ow Inch por joar...... $'J��� .. .. inunlh JJJ eiKhtltcl purjuar WW lotirll. *��� ami., .. Hn. , ��0I�� Loo.1 notl.os.por line *M Notices of llirths, Marriages anil lleolhs, 50 cems each insertion. No Advertisment inserted for less than 50 cents. LP. FISHER, NEWSPAPER AO 1 Yertiaing ARent, 31 Merchants' Bxchange, San Francisco, I, our authorised agent. Thia paper ia leapt en file in hia office. Tuesday, Jan. 22,1895. Turkey wants the English government tu disavow the recent utterances of Glads tone anent the Armenian atrocities, Hut England is not Turkey and Glad- ������tone's will stand as the most authoritative expression of English sentiment. The government is determined to pui tli* Police Force on the bsst possible practical footing. Appointments aie not to be made with reference to localities but from the best available men to be had. Constables, like' soldiers, says lhe Premier, should be unhampered with family ties, and ready to go anywhere. The town is full of rumors of a prize fight arranged to come otT at Piket's hall. It is ol course called a sparring match, but as money is up and regular articles signed it comes cleirly within the inhibition of the Dominion statute. Learning this we understand the use of the hall has been refused, and the affair is likely to he declared off, or assume a different shape. Mr. V. Scharschmidt and K. Hodge are the parties to the "mill" arrangement. The disasters by the recent floods on the I-'r.izer Kiver following those of last spring from which the people in that section of the Province have not yel fully recovered, ought st least to .make the farmers of this district thank their stars that they live in a land free from such visitations. With a soil of -��reat fertility, with a climate free from billiards and situated so near the Pacific that there is no large accumulations of waters in the interior, and with nothing to rob them <��f the results of lheir toil, they are naturally prosperous 1 and contented. Dr. Newcombe very properly declined to accept the appointment of Superintendent of the asylum at New Westminster on the ground that his report had been the means of procuring a vacancy. As we pointed out in an article on the subject recently this should be considered as making him ineligible for the position which ought not to have been offered him. Dr, Uodington's appointment was one eminently Ht to be made, and we are glad that the government paid no attention to the fact that in politics he trained with the opposition. It ii not a political oflice. There is nothing new in the Western situation���speaking geographically. The signs of winter are reinforcing the negotiations for peace. The Chinese have been humbled but appear to have learned nothing in their humiliation. The bugaboo of a great Mongolian power which would in time overrun the present civilization, which had its birth in the brain ot Lord U'ollesley, is no longer a thing to be leaned. Japan will take her place among the nations which are not to he addressed at the "top of lhe voire'; and best of all she furnishes an illustrious example of a people in modern times, shaking off the traditions and inertia of the past and assuming her rightful position in the van of progress. It is amusing to see what a fight is being waged against the bill to govern cities by commissioners instead of ward politicians. Thc curruption unearthed recently at Toronto, following the exposures at Montreal, New York and other places proves conclusively that the old methods whereby the bummer element largely control affairs fa a rank failure. Let thc people nt least have the privilege of trying a different method. This is ail the bill docs, and we regard it as onc of the most useful pieces of legislation lhat could possibly be enacted. Wc admire the pluck of thc Victoria members in refusing to listen to the dictation of ihe < inwd got together the other evening lo instruct them in their duties. PREVENTING DRUNKENNESS. MR. EDITOR;���I would suggest that a IMI ought lobe passed embodying the fol- lowing provisions for lhe prevention of drunkenness: In all cases when a person leaves a hotel or saloon in a slate of intoxication, the owner, lessee or manager of such hotel or saloon shall be liable to a fine Of not less than $100; and in case such intoxicated person shall receive injuries on bis wuy home or elsewhere from such hotet or saloon so as to be unable to follow his usual occupation, then in such case, the proprietor or manager of said place shall be liable for the maintenance of such person while disabled as aforesaid, and his dependants, including the expense of medical attendance. If something like above were enacted into a law there would be less drunkenness and rowdyism on the streets and more peace in many homes. Moderator. TO THB BRITISH FLAG. UnforUd to the world Old Pride ot the O-atft, So dear to the hearts of ths brers sad ths tins, Thy eroasss rusks pease, snd ths snd sf commotion Is writtsn with love ta thy red whits snd bins. Full proudly we boMt���msy it nsver bstrsy �������� That the sons of thy Britons ���hall nevsr bs llftTSB) No sssrl of a tyrant ebsll ever dismay as. While shsea ol thy glory glials over the wsrss. Msy ths f-r-itb of thy people, repeating ths story, Stand firm where ths battles of liberty rsve, Till, led through ths fray by ths charm el thy glory, Thuy conquer the earth as they conqusr ths ware. Afar through tbe world, 'nssth ths mn srsr beaming, No ���hades of the night ever brood orer tbes; Shins forth in thy splendor, snd, gallant* ly streaming, Long lire to wave orer the brave snd thsfrss. Jam Francis, Union, B. 0, ANOTHER ANSWER TO CUPID. Mr. Editor:���That valiant man, Cupid, attempts a terrible arraignment of thc genus bachelor io your last issue. He insinuates that it is our faint hearts lhat pi event us from winning each a fair lady. Now I surmise that the bold and doughty Cupid is himself held in abject submission to his "gudc vrau," and was probably even compelled to pen that erratic effusion at her dictation, ft seems hardly fair for him to entice others into that serfdom so enjoyed (?) by himself. He reminds me of my grandmother, a somewhat eccentric old lady who used frequently to remark that she was enjoying very bad health this week. Does Cupid wax poetic over the "sweet music of infant voices" when the twins are screaming a duet about half wav between two days? Does he never, when holding a spoonful of paregoiic in one hand and ihe baby in the other, wish he had an extra hand wuh which to tie up Jenny's apron and two or three extra ones with which to Sox Johnny's ears? And does he, felicitous being, never think sad ly ofthe "sweet smiles of long ago" when Mrs. Cupid is' delivering a lecture a la Mrs. Caudle? Methinks I hear an authoritative voice at the wee sma' hour of 3 a.m. commanding, "Cupe, you just git up an1 start that there fire an'be quick about it, an' then hurry an' git the sooth* in' syrup bottle an* bring in here." We, Mr. Editor, have not >et given up in despair. Unlike the benedict, who looks forward to no happy change in his condition save such as may be brought about by the divorce court���we are blessed with hope. Bright Hope, her rainbow hues light up our pathway from thc cradle to the grave. But the fruition of our hopes, alas 1 how often that is disappointing, let Cupid and his fellow sufferers say. In fact many a cupid is announcing to learned judges the unhappy sequel to hii marriage for the express purpose of being released from his bonds. Cupid very unjustly takes it for granted that all bachelors are such from choice; but one of Dickens' characters remarks that "women is rum critters" and 1 think it doubtful if there can be found in Union a bachelor who never made a proposal of marriage to any woman. Personally I admit havin; proposed to quite a number, of assorted ages, sizes and conditions. A rosy cheeked, bouncing little miss of sixteen summers (she was too blooming and full of joyous life ever to have been touched by winter) first attracted my attention and was the object of my adoration for a nunber of years. Among her successors have been the elderly spinster who loved to speak of those "horrid men," and the comfortable young widow who simply would NOT be consoled. On leap years the government has always been able to secure sufficient clerical force to handle my mail, and the hinges of my office door never required any more lubrication on such years than during the intervening ones. So, as I believe in equal rights to all, I demand that Cupid turn his attention and deliver his admonitions to the girls. In conclusion I must admit that I am, although not with malice aforethought, a Bachelor. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. Assesment, Aot and Provincial Revenue Tax. Notice is hereby Riven, in aooordsnoe with the Statu ten, that Provincial Revenue Tax and all Taxes levied under tho Am*******.* ment Act are now due for the yoar 1805. All of the aliovo named Taxes oolleetihle within the Oomox, Nelson, Newcastle, Denman Island and Hornby Island Divisions of thn District sf Oomox are payable at my office. Aisetued Taxea are collectible at the following rates, viz: ��� if paid on or before June 30th 1885 Provincial Revenue, $3 per oapitt,, Out.*- half of one per cent, on Heal Property Two per cent, on Wild Land, One-third of one per cent, on Peru. Prop , One-half uf ono por cent, on Iucomo. If paid after June 30th 1895 Two thirds of one por oent. on Real Prop. Two -ond one-half per cent, on Wild Lind, One-half of one per cent, on Pera Prnp'y, Throe-four thB of one per cent, on Income. Comox, B.C.. W'B.AKDttBSOi**. Jan. 2nd '05. Assessor and Colctr. WABNING. All persons driving over the wharf or bridges in Comox district lastcr than a walk, will be prosecuted according to law, S. Creech. Gov. Agent. RIVERSIDE BAKERY OOTn.TSXTJk-Z', s. c. We supply the best ot Bread, Pies and Cakes and deliver at the Bay Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and at Union every week day. Wedding Cakes a Specialty. KENWAKD & PKOCKTKR, J. A. Cathew ARCHITECT and BUILDER, VXTTOZsT, E. c. C. H. Beevor-Potts Solicitor, Notary Public, Conveyancing in all its branches. Office: Coinmcr. cial St, Nanaimo. Yarwood & Young, Hamsters, So'lcltort, &c. Oflice Cor Uaston and Commercial St., Nanaimo, ll. C H. A. Simpson Barrister & Solicitor. No's 2*4 Commercial street. 3n _a.l7Ji.X*MEO, B. C Nanaimo Cigar Factory Philip Gable, Proprietor. Baatou Street ��� Nanaimo B. 0. Manufactures tne finest cigars and employes none but white labor. Why purchase inferior foreign cigars, when you can obtain a superior art). CLE for the same money? 2s/L. J. HEHTR/1T, Nurseyman and Florist Greenhouse and Nursery- 804 Westminster Road, Vancouver P.O. Address -Mt. Pleasant, Vancouver. Fine stock of ui-lnKtl in-own Fruit and Orna* munuil Twos, Slinitif, Plants. Vlnna. Hoses, Hulhs, otc. Also AKricultur .1 Ini|>)< mems, Spraying Purai'S, Hun Hives undUco Suppli-,*** Comparo p<-,cet*. buy direct and put the agents profits In yonr own noctcut. Wolf River nnd uUicrvurietiosof apple TrcoB, !(3c* ench, ?18 pur 100. Abundance ���*���������-������ othur bettor varietioa of Plum Trees, 30u ouch. $26 per 100. $15 per luo. Keller ���>������<! o-hcr bottor varieties of Pear, 35c. each. $30 per 100. Strong two year ��-<l Currants, $1 per 100. No traveling agents Get my new cat- alu-jut) butoru -jii-uin-j juu- spring older, Society C*��rdt R. B. Anderson, Practical Watchmaker Worker in Light Metals and Gunsmithing and Tin Work Dingwall Building. Co**ox, B. 0. Wedding and other rings marie tn order. McKenzie & McDonald, Courtenay, B, C. CARRIAGE MAKERS v ��� ���JL1T-B��� General Blacksmiths. -OUT nc*,TOE3S.- Brlng on Your Work. n 83 ***���* g r > Z O It p I- J =0 ��� 3* CO U c *= , *}; CD &��� I - S *5 ii ��� A FINE STOCK of Clocks, Watches, Books and stationery. T. D. McLean -iJEWELUB:��� ���rj-t-TIOlT, E. C. I. O. O. F., No .il Union Lodge, I. O. O. F., meet, etery Friday night at 8 o'clock. Visiting brethren cordially invited t�� attend. Wm. Wright, K. a. Hiram Looge No 14 A.F .& A.M..B.C.R Courtenay B. C. Lodge meets on eveiy Saturday on or before the full of the moon Visi-.ing Brothers cordially requested to attend. K. S. McConnell, Secretary. Loyal Sunbeam Lodge No. loo, C. 0. O. F.', meet in tlieii lodge room over Mcl'hee's store, Courtenay, every second Monday at 8 p. tn. Visiting brethren cordially invited to attend. J. B. Bennett' Sec. Nan-iimn Saw lill. -ANU- Sasli and Door FACTO R Y A. HASLAM, Prop (OFFICE-MILL STREET.) IV. O. l.'niwui* .16. Telephone Cell, 1-9) NANAIMO, B. C. ��-��" A complete stock of Rough and Dressed Lumber always on hand. Alio Shingles, laths, rickets, Doors, Windows antl Blinds. Moulding, Scroll Sawing, Turning, and all kinds nf wood finishing furnished. Cedar. White Pine. Redwood. H. J. Theobald, House and Sip Fainter, Paper-Hanging, Kahomning and Decorating. GRAIMNG A SPECIALITY. All orders Promptly Attended to Union, B. 0. LOWS IV. FAUQUIER WOTJi.El sr -p-o-BXjic, CONVEYANCER. Fire, Life and Accident Insurance. T-*aEJUX, ESTATE��� -PUBLIC AUCTIONBER.- RENTS COLLECTEP ���A3-TI*��� . ESTATES MANAGED. Esquimalt and Nanaimo Ry. Steamer Joan 3. E. BUTLER, MASTER. On and after Mar. 22nd, 1893 The Steamer JOAN will sail as follows CALLING AT WAY PORTS a. paaaenjor. and frolaht may offer Loavo Viotoria, TuetHluy, 7 .. m. " Nanaimo for Coniox, Wcdnowlay, 7 a. m L.aro Coniox lor N.nalmo, Friday., 7 a.m. " Nanaimo far Victoria 8atnrdoy, 7 a.m Leave lor Valdes laland one each month For freight or state rooms apply on board, or at the Company's ticket ollico, Victoria Station, Store street. Esquimalt & Nanaimo R'y. Time Table No. 23, To tak. affect at 8.00 a. nt. on Thura- day, Jan. 10th, 180-.. Train. run on Pacific Standard Time. NORTH BOUHD (Read Down.) III a-sssKSfii-sssaasa'.-ssass .nnnnann............'- t ;"S8BS&>.3a5Sa8BR ",1,ll��Al I ��� ^_ - . _^. ��*J"mM_f3l:r*.Rf'.RI.S''!i33Sa8'*2S��_ I 88S?SR��:*J*j38iiiS8B28S88 .****, **,?��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ,. ��� oooo��a jitncic-.-ioww *B\n:::::::::i,....... ^ SOUTH MOUND ( Read Ui1 ) On Saturdays and Sunday* Return Tlokota will be IbhuoiI botwoon all polits for a fnro And a quarter, good (or return nut later than Monday, Itoturn Ticket* for one and a half ordinary fnro mny bo purchnsod daily to nil pointe, good for so vim iI.i.vh. Including day of laauo. No Itoturn Ticket** Issued for n fnro and a quarter wboiH! tho single faro Is twimly-ilvi* cents. Through rates botwoon VlotorlaaudComox. Mileage ntul Commutation Ticket-scan ho ��)-- Ulnedonnpyllcatlon to Ticket Agml, Victoria Duncan's and Wellington Stations. A. DUNSMUIR, JOSEPH HUNTRR. President. Oon'l Supt. U.K. PRIOR. Oen. Freight and Patflcngor Agt. Christmas Comes Bui Onc A YEtiL 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 ex-, actly where we come in and help you���We are here to give you suggestion and with the immense variety we are showing, this season it is an utter imposibility to not get . "Just the very 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 Prother���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 Xmas tables. SLOA1T So SOOTT. 40 Commercial St., Nanaimo, B. C. The Famous DOMINION PANTS CO. M Jt 306 St. Jarne. ��u MONTHEAb. SUITS To order $13 PANTS (3 larScnrt for Samples. Prompt delivery. Pet- feet fit (-u-n.ri-.Mi--.-d. Geo. B. POWELL, Gold House, Vancouver. Is our epeeial agent. Waverly I X HflMI TJlTIOIsr, B O This Magnificent Hotel Building Is Now Opened lop the Reception ot Guests. Fines* Appointments. Best Table. Splendid -femple Hooms and Reasonable Rates. Kvery Convenience for Itinera. A. Lindsay, Lessee. Riverside Hotel Courtenay, II, C. ��. Sharp, Proprietor The Hotel is one of the best equipped on the Pacific Coast,'and is situated at the mouth of the Courtenay River, be* tween Union and the large farming settlement of Comox. Trcut aie plentiful in the river, and large game abeunds in the neighborhood The Bar connected with 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 new 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 und delivered at short no MOULDINGS. Also all kinds of sawn and split shingles and dressed pine and cedar. STUMPING. . Stumping done at reasonable rates by our Giant Stumper. WOOD. Coal, brick and lime on hand and delivered at short notice. R. Grant & U Mounce, Propri. Stage and Livery, Ci OTJE-TEI-TjftLY, B. O. . ��� ���<*-������ ��� Fine Rigs at Reasonable Rates Always on Hand, .', Teaming Promptly Done, .'. Z^oQUILLAlT So OcIZSMLO-Rj-EI. Puntiedge Bottling Works. DAVID JONES, Proprietor, MANUrACTURIR Or ��� 80DA WATER, LEMONADE, GINGER ALE, ���araaparalla, Champagne Older, Iron Phosphate, and Syrupa. Bottler of Different Brand, of Lager Beer, Steam Beer and Porter. . Agent for the Union Brewery Company. KEG BEETS SOLD FOR CASE CNLT COURTENAY, B. C. SHIP YOUR RAW FURS, Hides, Tallow, Pelts, Wool, Etc., RxreaTBaeAND iMiiiHTeit. or FINE NORTHERN FURS -TO- jas. McMillan & co. INCORPORATED MAIN HOUSK: 200 to 212 Fink A... N. MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. Prophktors 09 Minneapolis in Tannoiy, Goods bought right out; no commission; fur selection; immediate returns. Shipping tags furnished upon request. NO DUTY on any goods we handle. WRITE FOB CIRCULAR GIVING LATEST MARKET PRICES. IVERY I am prepared to furnish Stylish Riga and do Teaming At reasonable rates, D. Kilpatrick. Union, B.C EAM1NG UNION Bakery UNION, B. C. Best of Bread, Cakes aud Pies always on hand. The Bread Cart will be at Courtenay and Comox Tuesday) and Fridays. Adderton & Rowbotham, Prop COURTENAY HOUSE. OSOTiTEUAT, B.C. The leading hotel in Oomox district,. New and handsomely furnished, excellent hunting and fishing close to town. Touriats ean depend on first-das. accommodation. Seasonable rates. Bar supplied with the choicest liquors and cigars R. Graham, Propr. 1}, 6. LEIGHTON, At the Bay, Comox, B. 0. Blacksmithing and Repairing of all kinds Carriage Work and Horseshoe. Ing a specialty Cumberland Meat Market ju.i. -fcx-trse* o-r Fresh Meat, Hams and Bacon and All Kinds of Vegetables and Farmers Produce, Orders from surrounding coun try promptly filled. A. C. Fulton, Prop. Robert J. Wenborn. Maohine Work., Nanaimo Dealer in Bicycles. Agent for Bradford Bicycle Co., H. P. Davis of Toronto English Wheels, Beaston, Humber, Rudge, New Howe and Whitworlh. Will sell on installment plan or bit; discount for cash. Farts supplied ��� Repairing a Specialty. Combination Iran Bedstead! These goods are sold by Grants McGregor.
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