@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "5f02b301-a57c-45e5-a365-fdf1838da5d6"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:alternative "[Courtenay Weekly News]"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2015-11-27"@en, "1893-12-06"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/cwn/items/1.0070183/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ G. A. F'cBi." :Co. Real Ebt&te Broken Nanaimo, B. C NO. 57- COURTENAY, COMOX DISTRICT, B. C. WEDNESDAY, DEC. r, 1893. l^WWr" G. A. McBain * Co. *A Nanaimo, B. C. $2.00 PER YEAR ���at - TJlTIOIsr. B. O. carries a fine assortment of General Merchandise including Boots,Shoes,Clothing and Gents Furnishings Orders taken for custom made suits w.), young. P. F. Scliarschni'Ht. CO UR TEN A Y P HARM A G Y. * PURE DRUGS & PATENT MEDICINES <*- Also Fancy Toilet Articles TOBAO O .A-IETID OIO-A.K/S. ^ECQTjriLL^.Isr & G-XLIMIOIR-IE COURTENAY, B.C. Having bought out the Stage, Team ancl Livery Outfit of John VV. Fraser will continue the business at the old stand. (����, We have also purchased a carload of Lake coal and will deliver it at a reasonable figure. Orders may be left at the news' Office. Citizens' Building Society, [NANAIMO, B C] 0 ���0���0 Capital $5,000,000.00 Shares $1oo Each, payable 60 cents per month 0���0 A Local Co-operative Building, Loan and Savings Association. Organized and operate<1 by business men of Naiuiino, elected by the Shareholders. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Andrew Haslam, Esq., Mayo? of Nanaimo, President; C. H. Stickles, Manager E. L. Works, Vice-President A. R.'Johnston, Esq., Treasurer; Marcus Wolfe, Esq,, Secretary C. H. Barker, Solictor. Alderman E. Quennel; Alderman T. Dobeson; Wm. Patterson, Esq. J. Foreman, Esq.; J. W. Stirtan, Esq. Bankers��� The Bank of British Columbia, Nanaimo. fcySubscriplicn Books are now open and any information ran be had by applying to the Secretary, who will furnish copies of Prospectus and Bv- Laws. MARCUS WOLFE, Secretary. Agent at Union, Alex W. Frasei.^J-fR^Ajjcnt at Courtenay, P. W. Patterson Sun Life flssoranc HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL One of the Largest and Strongest Companies ii Canada G; 8 the Most Liberal Contract and Pays the Largest Dividens Assets $3,403,700.00. Reserve lor the Security of Policy Holders $2,988,320.28. Surplus over all Liabilities $307,428.77. * E. Crane, Gen'l Agent, Victoria, B. 0. L. W. Fauquier, Special Agent Eureka Bottling Works, LOUIS LAWatSKOZ, PEOPKILTOK, MANUl'ACTIJHEIt OF 80DA WATER, LEMONADE, GINGER ALE, Sarsaparalla and Champagne Cider, Iron Phosphates, Syrups, Bolder of Different Hr.nd. of Lijer Beer Sie.in Beer and Porter. A��ent for Union Brewery Company. Nanaimo and Courtenay B. C. in mm We Carry the Largest Stock ��� of - in British Columbia. Simon Leiser, Proprietor, Miss M. Roy has charge of our dress Department. All work done in this Department guaranteed to give satisfaction. COMOX, BO. Flour ft Feed Farm Produce Fancy Oroceriea Crockery* Olaaeware Dry Oooda Boots ft Shoea Hardware Paint ft Oile eelers in Oenta Furniahinge Patient Medicine. Stationery Wallpaper Sportsmens Supplies a Speciality E. Pimbury & Co. Wholesale and Retail Drwigists and Stationers Commercial St. Nanaimo, B. C Dr. W J. Young Physician # Surgeon OFFICE <5c KESTO.Ea!TC. Courtenay Pharmacy COTJKTKNAY, B. C Store for Rent. For rent from Aug. l my store in the VILLAGE of COURTENAY. This is a first class chance, as a good paying business has already been built up! Apply lo Wm. Lewis, Courtenay, B. C. Rams for Sale. For SALE two line young Rams ( South Downs). Apply to Geo. Howe, Comox, B. C. Dr W J Curry (DENTIST.) Green's Block���near Post Office���Nanaimo. Any number of teeth removed without pain and without the use of Ether or Chloroform. Farm Products for Sale. llleUvt-rcil nt Tlioi! Cairn's farm.I Carrots per lb. I cent Turnips " " " " Cibbagc " " i % cents Onions ** " 2 " Kggs limed per dor 30 " Fresh eggs at market price Butter per lb 30 ���* Society Cards I. 0. O. F., No .1! Unior. Lodge, !. O. O. F., meets every Friday night at $ o'clock. Visiting brethren cordially invited to attend, Alex. W. Fraser, R. S Leiser Lodge No. 13, A. O. U. W. holds regular meetings on alternate Saturday evenings ,117.30 p. in. in the old North Comox School House. Visiting Brethren are cordially inviietl to attend. Ernest A. Holliday Recorder. Hiram Looge No 14 A.F .Si A.M..B.C.R. Courtenay B. C. Lodge meets on every Saturday on or before thc full nf the moon Visiting Brother;, cordially requested to attend. W.J. Young Secretary. K. of P. Comox Lodge No 5, K. of P., meets every Saturday, after the new and full moon, at 8 p. in. at Castle Hal, Comox. Visiting Knights cordially invited to attend. John B.urd K. R.S. C. 0. 0. F. Loyal Sunbeam Lodge No. 100, C, O O. F. meet in thc old North Comox* school house every second Monday at 8 p. 111 Visiting brethren cordially invited to attend. J. B. Bennett, Sec. H A Simpson Barrister and Solicitor. Office in 2nd flit, Green's Block, Nanaimo, B. C Will be in Union every Wednesday and Courtenay on Thursday. Trees, Bulbs, Plants and Roses. Fkuit and Ornamental Trees Bulbs, Shrubs, Roses. Greenhouse, PUNTS, &C Prices reduced to suit the times. Ge my list before placing your orders. Address M, J. Henry, Box 28, Mt. Pleasant, Vancouver, B. C. R. B. Anderson, Practical Watchmaker Worker in Light Metals and Gunsmithing Present office Elk Hotel Co^ox, B. 0. $60 A YEAR FOR LIFE Substantial Rewards for Those Whose Answers are Correct. A nmn oiir-orntcrnt n t*rinon whoro wiu con- lln*-(l a conilcmvil criminal, On mak inn �� ro- Smvii.tt.'ki voii'tuet*-'! into tho prmi-co of tlio uomeil mnn, tho visitor w-.s infurni'**! that nunc but relntlvnn wore -���vniiiiu-.I to hoo the jiriHonor. Tho visitor *mi-1: -Mlnirhen Aiul ��(���*��� ifi-s Imvo I i'i*.*i\\ I'll* (hul nn* u'a (the -*rinj>n*��r'-il fitlher is nij father's fto!..'' Tie wit- /ir oiiac ukvnto theprlMtnci-. Now, whnt rolni ion w..n tho {-rU-ouor to lho visitm*I Tho Aj-rlniluiml Publlahlnc Coni-in.ii** will Slvc |,1Ou year for lifo to tu * porurm usi-ditiK tho mt'--iiToi't'iiiaww' ���SJOtothoiuoouilj'lrd $2M Ith, 31110; .'-ill. 5,'rO, nnd ������vor 10 .000 ut her rBwnrd-*, cihihisMi-k or pianoH, ortfitri- !ail:(-t*-ind grunt Kolti nntl silver w-ttcht-i-, silver wrvicw, ilia* tnoiitl rings, otc. To tho tioraon nondlnfr tho last correct an- swer will bo Kivun a hi-di-tonrrt pitum. to tho next, to the hint ahf-ftiiriruh-rsim, nnil the m-rct fi.OOO will receive va'.tiuhlo prlcca of alivurwuie. Kt'LES.- (t) All niiBWMB mniit he m-nt .lit limit.aiul Ik-hi* !-<*���**ii-**rk not InU-r tlit-11 Dei*. 31, 1803. m There will bo no [inarm) whatever to oil toe .this .'(iini* >;*.u-'lf-i *-0 iuu-IH ui In extendi*!*** our circulutk'ii. HI Tho lirst correct answer received innudew poatinurk uik-.ii In nil .'vcri na ditto ot receipt, so m> to Itivo overy ono no o*ni.*.l rliam-o, nn matter wh��*re lio or sho uny ros'ils); will nocum tho tlrst prraoj tbe>eeoii(l.t1.4 ndxpprise.anilBooii, Thk Aotiioor.TOHiflT feuitaSl wiablishwJl cun corn, nnil ii-ws-iMi-eSAiiij, i* jtir-rini. tiioim-ilo It to crtrry mil nil lis M-onili-o--. Ihcnd fur prlntn-i Hut of fonn'ir prize wlnni-ra.1; Judobr,���Tho followinif w*jllkn*>wn gontlo: mon hnvo ouiiBcnt,.--! n* nut .**.�� ju-i-ft-n -mil *r-ll' ���n-tf Hint tt') prlii**4arofnlriy fWAruect��� Copv** dare Cftlf'ltt, ( I'i'tiprlclcr Ci'cutt'-i Um* ��( Atoiuncnl I't* or oronf.h,niMi;yr. W-j Riilt !��� ���oil, Prortirli'-. rim.ci l-iii.tit.t-V'i mi-nu), l'i r borontth. MCKlsturallnjhiioy-fettt-r*!, ^linrtw AUItUM LTLI..HT I'VOt (L'td)..' r��t��tttOICiUU�� Cftliniin. - ' I'.-it-;-.i*i>iin l..iinii,-i.-i-.. Of cotiVBo we nil know that it would l*e nn utter ini]*o-->ihiHty for Hlonn clonds to form nud rain to fall wore it not t'ortlie forty oift1 inilcii of atmos- pherti that rfcus ftboSb our heads. But, suu]>0bing it wore jiow-ilile for human buii'v-*- to oxifit in nu muK-r-phero that onlv rost. to a level with their mouths, nud ihnt n torn i elouits eon lit. form iu the rcjfio't outsido auch n low grade fttinna- phere. thon ovory ruhutrop would prove ne fatal to pflrthly nroutiirea nu if it wero n ptopl htillet iired iiom a dyimmite gun. All ful linu; botlii;-*. whether they ho crystal r.-dudropa oruMrfettrituH, iall with whatpbtloaoiihew trt-m "anniforiu ac- uelerated motion i" ih other worth, if a body be moving at aVflrtaiu velocity at the OjXpivatioii of out) aecond from the boifinuingof iu fall it will be moving with twiCp that velocity nt tlie oivpiiu- tion of two sotiOttdfl, gaining tu Bpeed at uinlonn rato tltroughout tho whole conreo of its fall. direful oMwriiuoitts hnve shown that the rate at which a body nctjiiireo velocity in falling through the nir in 112 foet yor nocond at the end of the first second from (���tnrti.i*.;. At the end of the nest second it is going at tho rate of (it feet per second, uml to on through the whole time of falling. Whoro the velocity ia known the apace through which tlie body has fallen may he nacertoiiitid by lnnlti- piying vi-lucity nt that period by the number otHOcond* during which it hnn been falling, and dividing the result by two. This rule npplii*!-*, however, only to bodica falling through a vacuum. Tho rueiatmico of oni* utinosphero materially rvi.irdf* ratndrotw, hailstones, aetoliie-i and all othor bodies which full thr..m**ii it, and were it not for the rcsiatuAce it pr-'s-ents every raitmtorm would bo disastrous to the human raee, as each drop would fn.ll with a velocity great enough to penetrate the full lungili of a full- srrown man's body.���[From Nature. l<;xii*HitrtUimr,v ltt-Hiilt ofa Stone. One of the strnngest things to be seen at buita Ouz these days is a queer spouting rook, or rather a tunnel and rooky aperture, through which tho sea water boils and bubbles furiously. The queer spouting rock developed during a recent great storm. Every two or threo iniimteB alternately a volume of water idxty feet high shoots into the nir. To vii-w it wholly from the surface it appears to be a gigantic geyser. The wator, which is thrown up iu such a great volume, is rait brine from the Pacific ocean. For a thous.uidyciii'HpoMibly.andmaybemany more, for nobody knows, tlio waves ol the ocean have been playing sueh an earnest game of hide-and-go-seek with thomaelvoa uud the rocky shore that thoy have worn great chasms and tun- iif-in into the land. An examination of the ground thereabouts by a Kan Fran- oi��BQ Examiner man revealed novel things. It was found thnt a long, narrow groove or cut lei into the chore, It wan widest at tlie sea end, liku u wedge, aud grew narrower as it reached into tlie land. It extended about eighty foet. Into this the waves thrashed uud ha. 4* inei-ed m they rolled in from toward tli-** mountains across the bay which border the Salinas river. As the waves crushed against the end of the tunnel tbey kept wearing away tho soft sandstone which composed it and a portion of the roof above. At length the waves extended far beyond the weak jvortioh of the roof, nnd thoro was a rebound which wus very powerful. Gradually it ate away the roof. Suddenly during the storm it burnt through, making an aperture about two feet square and looking much like a hopper to a grain mill. It appears to have at a point whero a peculiar strain wus put on a portion of the caprock, which cracked and fell. When this oc- citred the water wns partially freed from the queer underground prison, aud as the waves played back andforth it sent the column skyward. Tlie CU-ar Night of Itidliuii. An examination of 250 Indian boys resulted In the discovery that two were color blind���a very low percentage when compared with the whites���while none of the Indian girls were thus affected. Comox Lightning Nov. 39.��� Thc Joan arrived at usual time. Passengers: Mrs. Capt. Butler, Mrs. S. J. Piercy.and family John Scott and son, Wm. Cessford, S. H. Davis and wife, T. IJ, Jones, E. Creed., Win. Glen* non, R. Henderson, Judge Harrison, Alex. Urquhart and wife, Mrs. Griffith and daughter. Consignees.��� McPhee Sc Moore, Win Sharp. Duncan Bros,, J. It. Holmes, etc. Nov. 31.��� Mr. S. H. Davis gave another of his popular lectures on temper- ance in the K. of P. Hall lasl night, Quite a number came forward and signed the pledge. Mr. Win. Cheney occupied the chair and made a few appropriate remarks in a happy manner, which went to*show that he had missed his calling. That he h.is kept out until recently of thc good work is another illustration cf keeping a -shilling light under a bushel. We hope he'll let it be seen henceforth. Thc Joan left at 7 a. m. for Nanaimo. Passengers,��� Judge Eli Harrison, T, Jones, Geo. Ilowe, A. Lurch, C. Hardy, 5. H. Davis and wife and E. Creech. Our young friend Butty Henderson who has been very indisposed for these last two weeks, is around again. We saw him out buggv riding to day. He looked pale, but will pull through all right wiih ihe good nursing he is receiving at thc Elk hmel. Thc Reading Room is progressing slowly but favorably. The committee are making regulations and no dnubt everything will be running in good shape soon. The Reading Room seems a cozy little parlor and is well lighted, has a piano, good reading matter and means for games to pass an evening pleasantly. Geo. Dunbar has been officiating for John Wilson on the Joan for lhe last two weeks- Mr. Wilson being indisposed. Wc may soon sec one of our local gentlemen coining out as a temperance lecturer. His tongue has heen touched with some wonderful oil which enables it to work smoothly, and he only needs to rub out the rusty spots in his throat and tone up his addresses a little, which with a little effort anil experience he can do,to enable bim to travel wilh the best of them Mr Percy Smith has bought out the interest of Thomas Heckensell in thc firm of Anley Si Heckensell, butchers, and w-M IU future be located at the Hay. We wish the new firm every success. Preparations are being made for a mag nificcnt conceit on TuesdaV evening, the 19th instant at K. of P. hall in aid of St. Peters church. Look out for a good time. More particulars next week. - Judge Harrison held * Court of Revis- ion last Thursday when the following ap- uuals were disposed of: In the uiattcr of W. R. Robb there was a rearrangement ofthe assessment. Lots 2S�� 173. '74 nnd the barber shop lot were affirmed nt the assessment.as it -stood. The balance ofthe lots and land belong- in.; to bim were assessed en bloc at $50 per acre. Robert Vass��� no appearance. Ordered to stand as asstsrcd. Alex. McNeil.*��� Transferred to D. H. nnd I). W. Stewart. Lindbery estate.��� Transferred to Geo Hyrns. T. H. Piercy���Eighty acres of sec. 20, Denman Island, transferred to Mrs Or- minston. J. N. Muir.��� No appearance. Assessment affirmed. A. Pickles.���Personal property adjusted W. Sharp.��� Real property adjusted. Alex. Begg.��� Real property adjusted. W. H. Anderson.��� Lot 35, New Castle, assessed in nam''of j. Ormiston. A part of Sharp's land assessed to proper parties. A part of Sharp Si Cheney's Addition in Courtenay assessed to present owners. Sale and Concert The Ladies Aid in connection with the Presbyterian Church will hold a sale of work on Dec. 12, from 2 in the afternoon. The goods offered for sale arc seasonable for Christmas presents, good in quality and cheap in price. Refreshments will be served during the sale and at the concert for 25 cents. A grand concert will be given in the evening at 8 o'clock' The programme is excellent and the names in it sufficient guar nntee of the pieces being well executed. Admission to sale free, to concert, 25 cents. Notice. As the editor of this paper will leave Friday morning on the Joan for Nanaimo and Victoria, in the interest of the paper and will be unable to return until Wednesday of next week, it will be impossible to go to press until Thursday, so that our subscribers will not receive lheir paper until a day later than usual, On Friday morning a courier will lake it to Comox, Sandwick and Union and other places. Wc trust our friends will excuse the delay which is unavoidable, Li a few weeks wc hope to enlarge 'I'm; Nkws 10 double royal size and introduce some new features. THE JEWEL CASKET. Horry d lulus of cut (-lass bare silver handles. Some hilts are seen as the bandies of hatpins. Twisted links of gold nnd platinum wire make hIol-vu buttuuu that are preity ami refined. At tho normal college commencement In New York :."��J girti had silver Combs la Liivir l-uck hair. There is an attractive qtialntness la sn ohluiiK enamel uiu with three ohildren's figures set iu a '-.trUiid of gold ami pearls, (Jerks nre luxuriously mounted, To them such descriptive* words as spirals, flatus, rt-iiaihMai'ce, rupoiisse, may Uu applied. New rings have three rows of stones covering thu top->f the liugiT. The miict ilis- tiugillKtied of these lind lu tlie chiiu-t a iow nf rather lar.je pearls. These -.ukxI up prominently above the row of diamonds on i-i-ch side. . A novel bit of realism was seen In a wn-ath. Oneludf had long leaves of olivine tiiniwl nm hi pi wives, from which dcpeudi-d a ili-nnouci nnd tiny niKV-t cat tails in hlfdt finishedTtnamol. The other half of the wit-nth Wjui of dinnumd leaves with pearl bcrriia-,���Jewelers' Circular, Union Flashes. Union, Dec. 2 ��� SS. Mineola left ye - tcrday for Port Angeles. Richard Third is loaded for San Francisco���waiting for a lug. Barque Margaret is loading for Honolulu. Barque Matilda is due. The str. Daisy left wiih wash coal for Northern Pacific. The str. Thistle loaded for Victory. Mr. D Jones from below fnnt Halifax) has laken Mr. A. Frasct's place as telegraph operator here. Mr. Fraser is devoting himself to lhe duties ol hi-v new office in connection with the customs. Messrs Anley & Smith have taken o- ver thc butcher business of the late firm of Anley & Heckensell. Mr. T. D, McLean, the tewe!er, went ! down to Nanaimo nn Friday��� is expected back Wednesday. Mrs. \\X. B. Walker nT-.cnted herleige lord with a son nn Friday. All doing well. There is thc yellow placard up at one of thc cottages on Dunsmuir avenue, in dicating the presence of diptheria. Mr. J. Abrams is as lively as a cricket but not much stronger. He is getting his nourishment from blue point oysters. About the time he vets down to British Columbia heef, look out for business. In tbe mean time if you me in want of any genls furnishing good*-, or ft nice suit nf cloths, young Lewis will wait on you, and you will be hard to please if you are not suited. Bruce Si McDonald -*re petting things in order as fast as possible in their new hotel. Last week thev received and had put up the finest bar fixtures north of Victoria, and this week there arrived by the Joan a bran new pool table d'rect from Sam. May Si Co. tbo noted mnnufnciu- rcrs. The best is none to good, appears to be their motto. We took a look into the Union Hotel and found that justly popu'ar caravansary making improvements. To-day their new bath room was completed-- a room as big as a bridal bed-chamber, wiih heat er, racks to hang clothing, and all thc modern conveniences���no such place for sucX purpose t��s fine in tV district. Si<*d paper can now be thrown aside, and the luxury ofa first class bath enjoyed. Also at this same hotel we were surprised to find a meat room fitted up, as sailors would say, in ship shape. The room is good sized, well veniiltaied, with tables, benches, frames, nnd tools��� clean, sweet servlcahle, convenient and useful. These are much needed improvements, nnd their construction displays taste, judgement and enterprise. People talk about the weather up here, as well as in other places I have visited and they seem to be opposrd to the snow "How do you like the snow?" I asked a representative miner. "Don't like it al all, was the quick reply." "Does it last long here?" "Five and a half months." "Isn't it better than so much rain?" "I prefer the rain." "What if it remained steady?" ���'It wont. No use for snow in this climate" We think he expressed the general feeling on thc subject. Hornby Island Notes. Nov. 23.��� Miss Blake, the school teacher, on accouut of ill health has left. Her absence is much regretted ns she was efficient and earnest in the performance of her duties [A later message says that ihc school has been opened with a good attendance by Miss Blake, a sister of tiie former teacher, who is expected to remain and complete the term. Ed.] On tJ-ie previous trip of the Joan the f. Mowing gentlemen from Union paid us a hurried visit: T. D. McLean, Mr. Campbell and ,1. Nicholls, the first nam ed who is a disciple of Isaac Walton, sue ceeded in taking back with hint several shining beauties ofthe finny tribe, Mr Nichols was thc herald ofthe great tern perancc apostle, Mr. Davis. Peter La Cruze of Deep Hay is author ity for the statement that two men in a small sloop going up to Knights Inlet got drowned. The party had a complete outfit for hunting and trapping They had four greyhounds and several dogs, and are believed to be strangers to this coast and unskilled in the handling of small water craft. They arc supposed to have come trom Vancouver and tn be thc same party that nearly came to grief near Qualicum in a storm, some time ago, Mrs. II. Thames neai Qualicum has another added to her family���a bouncing boy this time. All tbe creeks and livers flowing into Hajnts Sound are literally alive w'th salmon, and bears, entiles, crows and gulls are having a bountiful feast. The Dominion steamer Quadra was up to the light-bouse last week with supplies It started snowing last week, but thc Chinook winds melted it away as fast as it fell. The weather prophets predict an early winter. Mr. S. II. Davis, tlu* young Ameridnn Iceurer, spoke on ihe Liquor Problem in the Denman Island Methodist church Monday evening to a very appreciative audience. He showed conclusively that the liquor traffic is the great curse of civilization. Local Brevities Remember Tuesday the 12th��� sale by day and intcrtainmeiit at night. He on time for tbe Christmas goods st Mel'hee & Moore's. Nanaimo, Dec. 4. ��� [ Special ] Dr. Young is very low. Hopes of recoverv. One of the Orieve's boys shot three panthers lasl week. Don't forget the sale of work at the Presbyterian church on ihe 12th instant. We don't hear anything about a Christmas tree at the school this year. There are some signs of building improvement at ihc Indian ranchcrie. Maurice McArdle has removed with his family, from Courtenay to the Hay. People cast have been very much shocked of late by��� an earthquake. Mr. T. loncs nf Nanaimo, who is interested iu Coniox real estate was up Wednesday and made us a pleasant call. James McKim has removed his furniture from Ins late residence on Lewis avenge to Union where he will reside. A good deal of interest is being manifested in the auction sale of lots and blocks on tbe Garvin spring ranch. C, N. McDonald, accountant of Public Works, of Victoria was here last week for a day, coming up on a Government tug. Kenneth Grant, it is understood, has bought the residence of R. Grant at Com* tcnay, which he will occupy with his family in a few weeks. A munber of European monarchies are just now engaged in cabinet building-. For general cabinet work, however, J. \\V. McCann of this place can't be beat. In pioneer limes most anything answered fur a pig pen, but now one of tbe noticeable signs of nur prosperity is the handsome pig-siys which abound. The most promising entertainment at the Pay of tbe season will undoubtedly be the concert on Tuesday evening the 19th inst, at K. of P. hall in aid of St, Peter's church. ���_ Tbe road from Courtenay down by Un ion wharf, which wilt be put through in French Creek next year will pass directly through Ginin's lands making the lois and blocks there very desirable. W. T. Stead, the great English editor has met lately with so much success in curing drunkenness in Chicago that the temperance societies hereabouts talk of gelling him out here. One of thc latest applications ot electricity is the blowing of one's own horn, In thc case of a personal grievence it works lo perfection, and is far cheaper than to purchase space in a newspaper, and besides leaves one more independent On Saturday the 23rd of tli; month their will be a shouting match for turkcy.s geese, ducks and chickens at Howe's ho- tel, below Union wharf, under the man ngemcntofW. Cheney of Denman ls- Innd. The Ladies Aid Society ofthe Presbyterian thurch, Sandwick, will have a pale of work on Tuesday, December the i?ih, These sales are always interesting t.rd afford an opportunity to obtain nice presents for Xmas. The people of Denman Island have a good deal of enterprise. They contemplate building a hall near the schoolhou-e for lectures, social meetings, etc. It will be 30 by 40 and will be occupied by the I, 6. G. T. when completed. Mr. Piei- y has given a lot for tlie purpose. Harry Kirby and Clifford Smith, who left hereon thc lath of last month Irtr Kingcombe Inlet, arc not expected back until thc middle of February, They \\.>ll put up houses on their ranches. They re port the officers of justice as pietty arthe in thc pursuit nf the murderer or murderers of Green and Taylor. Alt unknown crafts arc overhauled, and their occupant**, made to give an account of themselves. Kirby and Smith were called upon for an explanation of their orcsencc up nnnh but were able to prove themselves innocent ofthe Savary Island tragedy, and allowed to go free. Grand Auction Sale. On Friday, the 22nd of December 1893 at half [>ast seven, p. in. at the Reading Room Halt., Union, B. C. I will sell by instructions ofthe owner, WITHOUT KESERVE the Famous Garvin Spring Property, on Baync Sound in Lots, and Blocks to suit purchasers, excepting only ihc Spring nnd a few surrounding acres which will pass into the hands ofa powerful Hotel and Spring Syndicate now being organized for the purpose. Plans showing thc location of thc Lots and Blocks as surveyed may be seen by calling 011 Mr. A. Garvin at Union Hotel. Title perfect. Terms % cash down and balance in 60 days. Win. Cheney, Auctioneer. Birth. Halliday.��� On Sund iy the :f*th nil., thc wife of Ernest Halliday ofa son. New Arrangements. Telephone and telegraph communication with Courtcniy has been resumed. Under the new rules, which will he KIOIMLV ENFORCED all messages mint be written and signed, on blanks which will be provided, and paid for IN ADVANCE, For Sale 160 acres nf land, price $2,100. Split lengthwise, S900: *-plit In half, Sfoo. ;o acres utiden timothy, good house and barn and stable*-. Parties wishing in purchase ft good farm would dn well 10 apply for particulars lo Joseph T. Grieve, Grantham. Bazaar. The ladies of the Methodist Church, Union, have decided to hold their Baxnnr on Dec. lyth and 20th in the Reading Room Hall, Union. A large assortment ol wearing npparel of all kinds, fancy articles and Xmas presents will be offered for sale. Those intending purchasing Xmas goods wll do well to visit the Bazaar, Refreshments will be provided. A pro gramme will be rent ercd in the evening, Copartnership Notice. The partnership ht reenfore existing between the undersigned Anley & Beckon- sell as butchers has been dissoved by tho purchase of said Hcckcnsell's interest by Percy Smith, Tin* new firm of AnlevS Smith will continue the business at the old stand, collect all outstanding accounts ofthe old firm and assume and pay all -if its indebtedness. Dec. I, 11*93. f* A. Anley. Tom. Heckensell Percy Smith A IS AGRICULTURAL. feeding Live Stock- A paper on more economical feeding of live stock, by Prof, .lames W. Robertson, Dairy Commissioner of Ontario, gives some important matter in relation to ensilage and other matters. From it we extract, as follows: There are some matters in the home praotice of the farmer which need more serious attention than the lestrictioas which these two governments have seen fit to impose upon our cattle. Let me ask the attention of the farmers of Ontario to the bulletin which I had thc honor to issue on the feeding of steers last November. I shall he glad to mail a copy tn every applicant who scuds his name and address to the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. Farmers of Ontario should study economical methods of feeding in order that they may roduce cattle at tha least possible cost, leetUH wasteful feeling will h > increase the cost of production thut no market within rench, under tha most favorable circumstances, eau luave a prolit to tho feoiler. In conjunction with well-curod corn ensilage, fivo pounds per head per day of meal seems the maximum lindt for tho economical fattening of ���toon ; and vory littio above that soonis the maximum limit of meal por day for tho economical feeding of milch cowb. We carried on u v**ry comprehensive test (hiring tho last two years ut the Central Experimental Kami to diicovor if thoro was any OoniUnt relation lielweon tho quality of the food which waa given (in its content of mosl or -.���rain), and the quality of milk which was yielded, in iti richness or percentage ni solids. Wo found that tho ad* dition of meal to theratiim of cows aftet it roauhoil from five to sevoti pounds par head per day was not economical in point of either tho quality or tho quantity of tha milk which they eavo in return. We made something like 30,000 separate testa of the milk in order to havo such u measure of data as would enable ua to draw conclusions which would certainly not bo erroneous or misleading. From live to seven pounds of meat per day Booms a small allowance for a milking oow or a fattening steer hut if that amount can be saved to the farmers it would mean many millions of money per yoar to the cattlemen of Canada. For some years I have been aeeking to discover somo substitute for the expensive and rich meals which have been fed with corn ensilage In order to make it a complete ration for fattening atecrs or feeding milch cowa. At last I venture to think that I havo been successful in discovering a substitute which is within easy reach of every farmer iu Ontario, and almost every farmer in thc Dominion who keeps cattle. I have here samples of ensilage made from Indian corn and horse-beans which have beeu grown together in the same rows. The sun-flowers and horse-beans supply the albuminoids and fat in which the corn ia deficient. Thc method of growing is ns follows : One halfjhushftl of horse-beans are mixed with one-third bushel of Indian com ; these are sown or planted in rows throe or three and a half feot apart on one acre. When the crop i-yrrowii the product from two acres of Uiurmixttiro is put with the heads from one-half an acre of sunflowers (the Mammoth Russian sort). The albuminoids from the boans and sunflowers, thua provided in the ensilage, will bo equal to four and a half pounds of mixed cereals added to overy feed of fifty pounds nf corn ensilage. Hesides, the allium inn ids in the green anil succulent state of these plants are likely to ho more digeslible than in the ripened grains. The valno of thia to the farmers and cattle-keepers in Ontario is not quite evident at lirst si-.'hi. The advantages are as great us though a farmer oould get nearly 40_busliela of mixed cereals per acre, in addition to his Indian corn crop, without tho expenditure of any more labor or monoy than in the growing of the corn alone. The extra cost of throwing one-half an acre of Bimflowors, and providing the seed for the horso-boana grown on the two acres in the rows with tho corn, is equal to ��15. Against that extra outlay the farmer gets from the two and ouc-half acres enough additional feed to bo equal to 115 bushels of mixed wheat, barley and oata.- This ia equal to a clear gain in cash (valuinp the mixed grain at one cent per pound), of almost $14 per acre mora than from thc growing of ripened grains to feed with it in order to make it a complete and well- balanced ration. If a patron of a cheese factory or creamery in Ontario would grow three acres of tli's "Robertson Combination" for feeding cattle, it would be (-quid to a 'saving or gain to him (aa good as oash in the firat year), of $41, Multiply that by tho 00,- 1)00 patrons of cheese factories aud cream- cries in Ontario, und you huve a sum of f2,0fi0,000, That i-i not the only gain which would eome to the hard-working farmers in Ontario from thia new discovery. There would hu iv clear gain to the fertility of the soil equal to about ',10 pounds of nitrogen per acre, Whon it is remembered that who-it takes from tho soil annually about .'In pounds i.f nitrogen per acre, it will be apparent thut the more .the farmers grow beans with thoir corn and feed thia combination, tho better will they he able tn grnw all other grainh without permanent exhaustion of the aoil. I do not desire to press this aspect of the question very tar at present, but this may he aaid by way of increasing your interest in this new crop for feeding. In ull those commercial fortili/ern of whicli nitrogen ia a constituent part, the nitrogen is valued at at least l.l cents per pound. The clear Sain in the nitrogen from the growth of tho ean crop may he quite oqual to $-1.60 per acre. If this sum bn multiplied by three acres for evory patron of all the cheeso factories anil creameries in Ontario, and that hu added tn thu direct cuah gain from the growth and feeding of this crop, the sum will como to S*2.725,000 per annum, or moro than $'*0 pci patron annually. Waitnm? Butter- Washing batter li'one of tho unsettled things of the day, and ovor in Kngland thero is a groat discussion going on about it, some holding that water dues carry out flavor, and that only working ahould ho resorted to in j-rcparing the butter for tho packages. In this country, the matter seeina pretty woll sottled that the churn stopped ut tho right time, and tin* butter washetf free from the buttermilk wilh weak brine, is improved, and that the resulting flavor la tho truer flavor of butter fats. Thousands of people who eat worked over butter, have comet" like flavor of the 15percent, of buttermilk left in the butter, and whon they aro presented with well washed butter, in which t he buttermilk has been exchanged tor its equivalent nf brine that bring! out the truo Ita*.or of the fat,they notiao thochange, und not being familiar with the true butter flavor, dJHclaim ut once against it. Herein may be a truth, thnt waters of certain wells nnd springs, may contain some mineral matter that may produce an unfavorable effect upon the butter, even giving ita soapy texture, and whon auoh is the case, worked butter would he preferable. Hore Ib another point: Where butter la not washed, it ia often gathered too muoh In thc churn before being put upon tho worker, and the final hand work is mostly to incorporate the remaining buttermilk more completely into the butter, instead of work, ing it out; and when ouo says that the buttermilk ia nil worked out of that hatch, notice that it js yet plastic, and easily moulded, which shows thnt fully 12 to lo per cent, of buttermilk yot exists in invisible form to the eye, in each pound of butter, for il dry it would closely approach a cuke nf tallow in solidity. Agricultural Notes- There cannot he a thoroughly good farm unless thero is a good water aupply. If J BRIEF AND INTEWBTIflG. your farm is wanting in thia, spare oo effort i to correct it. j When green crops are plowed under for the purpose of enriching the soil, an application of lime will often be of the greatest ��� benefit It helps to correct the acidity of of jJJ,^^ ^\\en%. the aod that often remits from the too rapid fermentation of tbe green stuff. Thefonoelaw which works the greatest good to the greatest number ii that which compels a man to fence his own cattle in, ratner than to fence other people's cut. Where thia is once tried, it is not easy to persuade people to go back to the old way. A heavy clay soil will hold water like a basin, and no crop can do its best if the plants have wet feet. A subsoil plow that will break deeply without lifting the under The Manchester Ship Canal will be open- ed in January next Bread and Cheese Land " is the parish Muttoii ia brought from New Zealand to London at tbe rate of abant a penny per pound. There are 14,108 booses licensed for the Bale of drink in tbe Metropolitan Police district. Exports of coffee from Ceylon last year were 43,143 cwt.���less than half the quantity shipped in 1801. Ten years ago the quantity of sugar used in breweries in tho United Kingdom was | A FABHEB'S HARD LUCK. Will Limit iiircjMj niuiuim lilting lu,; uimci , ��������� m��a|i,,�� 10 vi.bj wu.vvu j.b..u��u-��. ..��� soil, will mako the cropping of such land 1,120,353 cwt. ; last year it wu 2,092,302 much mora profitable thau it has been be fore. If the sowing of a crop is not rightly done, all remaining labor will he in vain, so far as tho effort to produce a full yield is concerned. We have seen men who leavo thia most importunt operation wholly to hired help. If thoro is auy one thing that the farmer should do himaolf, It is to sow the sued. In ordor to lie wholly successful a farmer should mako hia plans a long time iu advance of the day whon they must be put into operation. The best way is to mature a plan of operation that will require som-* yeara for fully carrying out. Thia brings hotter results than tho changeable way thut some havo, of trying ono wuy thin year and another the noxt. The loaa from smut in corn is not usually regarded as a matter that seriously affects tho profit from the crop. Yet it ia one of thoao little leaks whioh we should make every possible effort to stop. Tho only certain way to he rid of It is to cut und burn every affected plant as soon as diacov- ered. Do not cure or feed any smutty stalks, and avoid following corn with com whore the disease haa been at all had. A good crop of hay may be made moro profitable thau an equally good crop of grain, nine timea out of ten, if it is judiciously fad to stock upon tho farm. The expense and labor attending the management of a hay farm are bo muoh less than thoae of a grain farm, that it is a constant wonder to us that more men who are burdened with moro land than thoy cau properly cultivate, do not; ohange their methods. It ia not always best to do things the easiest way. What you save In the begin* niug by hu -ih a method is usually lost at the final outcome. This will apply in making the arrangements for feeding and housing tho stock tor tho winter. Hogs have generally short, thin hair, th.it does not afford much protection against the cold. For this reason thoy ahould have somo bedding in which to nest, but it ahould be clean and dry ao that it will not do more harm than good, A manure pile is a had place for them to huddle and sleep. We think rather too mush is Baid about the ability of sheep to thrive without much care. This leads aomo men to neglect them to a point that annuls all possible profit. The fact ia that sheep need the best of care to give the best results. Both wool and mutton will aoon show the effects of neglect. It is just as necessary to give proper development of bono in the hog as in the horae. When he is being made ready for market ho has an amount of flesh to carry that oannot bo well distributed upon a weak frame. Give such food and exercise as will build bone before tho fattening period begins, To have thc cattle well housed for winter it ib not requisite that you have costly structures. It is a fact that some men can houae a given amount of atock better in a barn costing five hundred dollars than another could in a barn costing twice that. In all matters connected with atock keeping there ia a good doal in the man. An animal that is stunted in its early youth will fail to mako as good an ultimate development as it would havo done otherwise, no matter how much it ia painpored in later life. And whatever is accomplished with it ia done at far greater cost than would havo been tho caae if it had boen given a fair start. 00MING SOVEREIGNS. A Little Ini form nil on Atranl the Heirs to the World's Tlimnea. Our readers may like to have before them a list of the heirs to the thrones of the world. Wo give below what we believe to be an accurate as woll aa a full list of all the important heirs apparent and heirs presumptive to the crowns of important countries in Europe and Asia, except China. There is no longer any monarchy- on the American continent, although for eigu mouarohial countries still have American dependencies. The date following tho deacription of tho heir Ib tho year of his birth : Austria* Hungary���Archduke Karl Lud- wig, brothor of the Kmperor ; 183.3. Bavaria��� Prince Luitpold, uncle of the King; 1821. Belgium���Prince Phillippo, Count of Flanders, brother of the King; 1837. Bulgaria���No heir. Den mark���Prince Frederick, son of tho King ; 1843. I lermany and Prussia���Prince Friedarich Wilhelm, son of the Emperor-King ; 1H82. (Jrent Britain���Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, son of the Queen ; 1841. Greece���-Princo Konstontinos, son of the King; l.Htis. Italy���Vittorio Emanuolo, Prince of Naples, son of the King ; 1809. Japan���Prince Yoshinito, son of the Emperor { 1877. Montenegro���Princo Danilo Alexander, son of the reigning Princo; 1871. Netherlands���No heir. Queen a minor. Persia���Mulafor-od-din, son of tho Shah ; 1833. Portugal���Princo Luis Felippe, Duke of Braganza, son of the King; 1887. Roumania���Prince Ferdinand of Hohen- zolleru Sigmaringen, nephew of the King ; 180.7. Rusaiu���Grand Duke Nicholas', Bon of tho Emperor; 1808. ���^Saxony���Princo George, Duko of Saxony, brother of the King - 1832. Hervia���No heir. King a minor. Slam���'Prince Somdetoh Ohowfa Matin Vajirunnia Hun of the King; 1878. Spain���infant*. Maria-do-las-Morcodes, aister ef the King; 18S0. Swcdon and ^Norway���Prince Gustuf, Duko of Wermlatid, son of thu King; 18.18. Turkey���MehemmcdReahud. I.tlcndi, brother of the Sultan ; 1844, A Remarkable Esoapo- A Belgian oflioer, Captain Felix,who was recently aentenoo.1 by a court-murtial to degradation for having stolen money from a bathing-machine at Ostein) last summer, may certainly consider the circumstances under which ho has been acquitted of the offence by the military Court of Appeal singularly lucky. One of tho points in tho against evidence him was.that in the purse which he was accused of atcalingfromalady'B bathing cabin, there was amongst other coins a gold Napolenn with a black spot ou tho hack. An exactly aimilar coin, it appears, was foundin tho Belgian officer's pos- ,���.���.., . session, and much Stress waB laid upon tho impression, fact. After his condemnation he appealed, | stamp is a thing stuck on, a thing stuck"on, and for the defence tho governor and trea-' is a young man in love, and a young man surer of tho National Bank wero called. I in love is liko the letter * t' because he They stated that they hud made an cxperi- * stands liefore ' u,' Miss Grade." ment, Two bagB of gold hud, hy thoir I ���' I don't think you have tho answor instructions, been taken haphazard from quilo right," said the young lady. " A thoir vaults, and it bad been found that of hall of yarn is round, a round is a steak, a 100 gold coins IK) were Napoleons, and that ataka ia a wooden thing, a wooden thing Including the London police stationed at tho various dockyards in England, the strength ofthe Metropolitan Force is placed at about 15,000. The cost of the Albert Memorial was �� 150,000. While Scotland has only 68 building societies, England has over 2,000. Haifa-million packs of playing cards are made annually in Britain. The Scotch are more generally well educated than the English, Welsh or Irish. Paris has now a new water supply brought to the capital in an acquoduet 63 milea long. Seven of evory thousand of the population of England are fined for druntenner in the course of a year. It is calculated that tha principal English railway companies have lost nearly two million pounds through the coal strikes. Tho Queen has never yet allowed a lady to smoke a cigarette in her presence. She has the gaeatest horror ofa woman smoker. Brazil produces on the average 300,000 tons of coffee per annum���that is, about four-fifths of tbe whole amount consumed iu tho world. There aro nearly 2,400 miles of railway open in New South Wales. The Tartars take a man by the ear to nvite him to oat or drink with them. Artificial limbs are usually made of wil low wood on account of its lightness. Chinese gardeners are reputed to be the most expert fruit growers in the world, In Germany there is a law forbidding restutirateura to serve beer to people who have eaten fruit. A mnn has lieen known to stay for five minutes in an oven in whioh tbe temperature waa 380 degrees. The firat mention of the pipe organ in history is in connection with Solomon's Temple, where there was an organ with ten pipea. From Boston comes the news that an aged spinster named Mary Wales has departed this life, leaving 38,000 to her torn cat Otto. Cremation is becoming increasingly popular in Paris, and the crematorium erected at the cemetery of Pere Laehtt.se has already boon found to be too small There are over 2,500 public schools in New South Wales, with accommodation for 222,411 pupils, und an average attendance of 132,580. It is estimated by the Canadian author! ties that at least 100,000 pounds of opium, refined in British Columbia, are annually smuggled into the United States. There are only 58 prisons in England. Less than 20 years ago there were 113. Absolute uniformity prevail- in them all, alike in regard to diet, discipline, and olothea. his father died he went to London. It was in 1858 that he finally set up an establish* ment in Paris. A colporteur was recently arrested in the flulutn district, Turkey, for selling the Epistle to the Galatiana, on the ground that it was a seditious document The Turkish authorities called for a certificate of the author's death to assure themselves that the document was not of recent origin. A curious discovery has been ma-ie al Lyona, whore a concierge, while cleaning out a cellar in the Croix Rouiae Quarter, came across a bombshell half embedded in tho ground. Further examination of the cellar led to the finding of four more, of which one is of tho calibre of nine inches. Two of the projectiles were empty, and threo fully loaded. The military authorities, judging by the appearance of the shells, consider that they were hidden away in the cellar during the Revolution of 1848. Thc paupers of Lewlsham workhouse. England, are credited with consuming a goodly portion of food and strong drink, 402 bottles of brandy were consumed In 1802-93, as against 306 in the previous year. The'n limber of oggs was 97,063, as against 72,871 ; the quantity of milk 24,800 gallons, as against 15,700 gallons; of oocoa, 2,9341b., aa againat 1,6041b,: and of meat 91,5291b., as against 81,1001b. But the most amazing item is mineral water, whioh stands at 30, ��� 782 bottles as against 12,860 bottles, Oue of the problems whioh the theatregoer in winter has not solved is what to do with his wife's cloak and his own overcoat at auch theatres as have no cloak rooms or too small cloak rooms. The architect of the new concert-hall of the Gewandhaus, in Leipsio, thinks he has solved this problem of the concert-goer and theatre-goer by providing a cloak room ao large that it con* taina a locker for every person who buys a reserved seat. The concert-goer at the samo timo that he buys a seat for a concert will be presented with a key tor his private locker. The leaves and stems of the Laportea gigas, the " Burning Tree " of India, are covered with stinging haira after the manner of the common nettle, but of a far more virulent nature. When touched the sensation felt is as of being burnt with red-hot iron, the pain extending over other parts of the body, aud lasting several days. The uae of the knout by the Russian polico aa a punishment for various offences is on tha eve of abolition. This step, it Is stated, ia duo to the direct intervention of tho Czar, who, having by some means al length become aware of the excessive and, in many oasea, unneceasary use of this in strutnout of punishment, ordered the governors of tho various provinces to specially report on tho subject. Women, girls, and oven children have not beon exempt from thia harbaroua mode of punishment, which in many oaaoa has resulted in the via tim being maimed for lifo. She Tried Her Hand. " Miss Oracle," he said, with an engaging smile, " did you ever try your hand at one of these progressive conundrums'!" " What is a progressive conundrum, Mr. Spoonamore 1" inquired the young lady. " Havon't you hoard of them t Here is one: Why is a bull of yarn like the letter 't'T Becauso a ball of yam is circular, a circular is a sheet, a sheet ia flat, a flat is ��3 a month, ��3 a month is dear, a deer is swift, a swift is a swallow, a swallow Is a taste, a taste is an inclination, an Inclination is an an-.lo, an angle is a point, a point is an object aimed at, an object aimed at is a target, a target, is a mark, a mark is au impression is a stamp, threc-qunrtera of the loiter had n black spot on tho back. This statement, it can be readily understood, croatcd a sensation, and tha officer's antecedents being excellent ho was acquitted. Ho admitted that ho was in tho habit aotnetimes nf entering bathing-machines occupied by ladies "for fun." Probably seeing what results thia aort of fun might have entailed, ho will in future avoid indulgingjn it. ia a young man in love, anil a young man in love Is like thB letter ' t,' because Mr. Spoonamore"���and she spoke clearly and distinctly���" because he Is often crossed. " Tho young man understood. He took his hat and his progressive conundrums and vanished from Miss Grace Garlinghouso's alphabet for ever.���[Spare Moments, Meeti With an Aooident Followed by Painful Results* ���r. KB, Mnghson Tells a Story or Tears of aafferia-t anil how he Found Kelease- Tbe Ctrenmntancea Familiar to all his Hellhbor*. From the Chatham Banner. A Chatham Banner reporter while on news-gathering rounds a few days ago dropped into the well-known drug store of Messrs. Pilkey & Co., and overheard scraps of conversation botwoon customers, in which the words "Pink Pills" and the name "Hughson" wero frequently repeated. With a reporter's instinct for a good news article, he asked for some particulars, and was told that if he called upon Mr, Hugh- son he would probably get a Btory well worth giving publicity. Mr. Hughaon doea a snug feed and Bale stable business on Harvey street and thither the reporter repaired, snd was somewhat surprised to find the very antipodes of an invalid. Mr. Hughson is a man of medium hei,: lit, about fifty years of age,born with a good constitution, and who, until some throe years ago only knew the meaning of the word sickness from the dictionary. Mr. Hughson is a stationary engineer by trade, ana a good one, but aome six years ago getting tired of that calling quitted it and rented u firm in Harwich. While returning from town one day on top a load, one of his horses stumbled, and Mr. Hughson waa pitched head foremost to tho hard, frozen roadway. When he got home and tho blood was wiped away his external injuries seemed trifling, but the grave trouble was Inside, snd took tho form of a violent and almost constant headache. A week later he went into the bush to cut wood, and felt at ovary stroke as If his head would burst. Ho worked for half an hour and then went home and for eight weeks his right side was wholly paralyzed and his speech gone. After a time this wore off and he was able to go about tho house, though ho could not walk. All this time he was attended by a physician, whose treatment, however, seemed of but little avail. In the following June he had a second stroke and was not out of bed for seven weeks and was loft very weak. The belief that he was doo.ned to be a burden on those near ahd dear to him, that he was unable to take his place as a bread-winner, added mental to his physical anguish. But relief was coming and in a form he had not expected. Ho saw Dr. Williams' Pink Pills advertised and asked his physician about thom. Tha latter said he had not much faith in these remedies, bnt they would do no harm, and Mr. Hughson cot a aupply which he began tatting according to directions. At tho outset his wife was also opposed to them, hut before he had taken thom long she noticed an improvement in his condition, and then was quite as strong in urging him to continue their use, anil then took them with good results herself for heart weakness following la grippe. Continuing the uae of the pills, Mr. Hughson found his terrible headaches leaving him and his strength returning, and soon found t*e could do light work on the farm near hla house. He still continued using the Pink Pills until he had taken fourteen boxes, and found himself fully restored to hia old-time strength. Hughson's old neighbors in Harwich never expected to Bee him on hia feet again, and are astounded at Ida recovery, ao much so that the fame of Dr. Williams' Pink I'ills has spread far and near throughout the township, and are tho standard remedy in many householda, Mr. Hughson can be seen by any of our citizens and will only too gladly verify the foregoing stataments. The reporter then called upon Messrs. Pilkey & Co., at the Central Drug Store. They do not, they informed him, make a practice of booming any proprietary medicine, so that the lead taken by Dr. Wil. Hams' Pink Pills is not due to persistant puffing but to irresistible merit, and on all sides their customer apeak of them in terms of warmeat praise. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are a perfect blood builder and nerve restorer, curing such diseases as rheumatism, neuralgia", partial paralysis, locomotor ataxia, St. Vitus' dance, nervoua headache, nervous prostration and the tired feeling therefrom, the after effects of la grippe, discaaea depending on humors in the blood, suoh aa scrofula, chronic erysipelas, etc. Pink Pills give a healthy glow to pale and sallow complexions and are a specific for the troubles peculiar tn the female system, and in the caae of men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental worry overwork or excesses,of(any nature. Bear in mind Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are never sold in bulk, or by tho dozen or hundred, and any dealer who offers substitutes in this form is trying to defraud you and ahould be avoided. Ask your dealer for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People and refuse all imitations and substitutes. Dr. Williams' Piuk Pills may bo had nf all druggists or direct bj mail Irom Dr. Williams Medicine Company Brookville, Ont., or Schenectady, N. Y., at 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50. The prico at whioh these pills are sold makes a course of treatment comparatively inexpensive as compared with other remedies or medical treatment. The Bagpipe Outside of Scotland- Tho Assyrians are the first nation mentioned in the earliest records as being addicted to the use of the bagpipe, and as having taken it to India. The bagpipes, however, are and always have been, in almost universal use throughout tho whole of Asia and their origin is lost in remote antiquity. Centuries beforo tho Christian era tne bagpipes were in use amongst the Assyrian, Arab, Persian, Hindu, and Chinese nations. They are quite as common fn Italy as in Scotland, though a Highland piper of to-day would scorn any comparison between the full, stiong Bounds of the Scottish pipes, and the weak and squeaky result attained hy the Italians. The ancient Creeks and Romans were acquainted with the instrument, and, curiously enough, the pipes wero common in England long before thoy becamo tho national musical instrument of Scotland. Carvings of tho bagpipes are found in English churches at Boston, (Jrent Yar mouth, and Hull. Turkish Newspapers. In Turkey the first press copy of a newa paper Is read by au agent of the censor, so that Turkish journalism is carried on under great inconveniences. The paper Is often much delayed by the failure of the inspecting official to arrivo at the timo set for going to presB, If there Ib any article in the taper that Is likely to be displeasing to the leads of the government the form in which jt Is made up must be taken out and changed, All the spaoe must bo filled too, for it is not allowed that blanks shall Indicate where a condemned article was taken out. Safe, euro, aud Failles*. What a world of meaning this statement embodies. Just what you are looking for, is it not? Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor���the great sure-pop corn ouro���acta in this way. It makes no sore spot; safe, acts speedily and with certainty; sure and mildly, without Inflaming tho parts; painlessly. Do not be imposed upon by imitations or substitutes. Mountaineering on stilts is the latest fad in Switzerland. M. do Lespaul, a professor of Montreux, is preparing in this wito to ascend the Ruches de Nnyea by way of Olion Caux and Recourbes. The Protcssor does not anticipate a broken neck. Among enthusiastic tricycle riders ia to be counted Miss Mabel Beaant, the aister of the novelist. She thinks nothing of taking " spin" of thirty or forty miles. .Statistics show that in tho third week of last month London had a total of QU,420 persons receiving parochial relief ; in the corresponding period of 1892 the number was 88,120. A Negotiation* He was a small boy, whose head was about on a level with the grocery counter. He swung a tin pail in one hand and tightly clasped four pennies in the othor. "Pleathe, thir, how much ith a pint of milk T" "Four cents." "Then pleathe give me three thents worth and a peppermint stick. My mother thaid I could have the change, if there wath any, for candy, and Bhe mutht have known there wouldn't be any. It wathu't fair." And the young financier walked gaily off with a largo striped stick of candy and a very little milk splashing in the bottom of the pail, FaithTol Betty. 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If yonr nearest doalor lifts not got this Gnmo in slocli, on receipt of prioe will send post-paid, Mend ns your ndllroESftnd we will mail you lllintrnted calalogue. THE GOPP CLARK CO., LTD., TOIROnSTTO, OUSTT mAVIDMORTON&SONSl CUTTMM HM.li.l0H "INTHEMlDSigFALARMS; ItOBT. BARK, IN �� LTPPINCOTT'S MAGAZINE." " And whon you're at it, Murphy," said Yates, "out off enough more to bang your- self with. You'll need it before long. And remember that any damage you do to that tent you'll have to pay for. I'm hired." Yatea gavo them all tho trouble he could while they tied his elbows and wrists together, offering sardonic suggestions and cursing their clumsiness. Renmark submitted quietly. When the operation was finished, the professor said, with the calm confidenco of one who has an empire behind him and knows it,��� CHAPTER VII. Before night three more telegraph boys found Yates and three more telegrams in section*! helped to carpet the floor of the forest. The usually nigh spirits of the newspaper-man went down and down under the repeated visitations. At list he did not even swear, which, in the case of Yates, always indicated extreme depression. As night drew on, he feebly remarked to the professor that he was more tired than he had ever been in going through an election campaign. He went to his tent-bunk early, in a state of such utter dejection that Renmark felt sony for him and tried ineffectually to cheer him up. " If they would all come together," said Yates,bitterly, "so thatono comprehensive effort of malediction would inoludo the lot and hare it ovor, it wouldn't be so bad; but* this constant dribbling in of messengers would wear out tho pationce of a saint. At he sat in his sfiirt-sloevas ou the adge of his bunk, Renmark said that things would look brighter in tho morning,���which was a safe remark to make, for the night wu dark. H Yates sat silently with his head in his hands for sumo moments. At last ho said, slowly. " Thoro is no one so obtuse its tho thoroughly good man. It is not the messenger I am afraid of, aftorall. Ho is but tho outward symptom of tho inward trouble. What you are seeing is au exampto of tho workings of conscience, where you thought conscience was absent. Tho trouble with mo is that I know the newspaper depend* on mo, and that it will be the first, time I have tailed. It in the newspaper-man'�� instinct to be in tho centre of the fray. Hi* yearns to scoop lho opposition press. I will get a night s sleep if 1 can, and tomorrow I know I shall capitulate. I will hunt out (ioneral O'Neill and interview hint on tho flold of slaughter. 1 will telegraph columns. I will refurbish my military vocabulary, and spuak of deploying antl massing aud throwing out advance guards, ami that sort of thing. I will move columns and advance brigades and invent strategy. Wo will huve desperate flghting in the columns of the Argus, whatever thorn is on the fluids of Canada. Rut to a man who has Boon real war this opera- boii tie masquerade of lighting���I don't want. to say anything harsh, but to me it is offensive." Ho looked up with a wan anile at his partner sitting on tho bottom of an upturned pail as ho said this. Thou he reached for his hip-pocket and drew out a rovolver, which ho handed butt-end forward to the professor, who, uot knowing his friond car. riod such an instrument, instinctively shrank from it* *��� Horo, Renny, take this weapon of devastation aud soak it with the potatoes. If another messenger comes in on mo to-night I know I shall riddle him if I have this handy. My better judgment tells mo he is innocent, and I don'r, want to shed tho only blood that will bo spilled during that awful campaign." How loug they had beon asleep they did not know, as the ghost stories b we it, but both wero suddenly awaked by a commotion outside. It was intonsoly dark iusido the tent, but as tho two sat up thoy noticed a faint moving blur nf light which made itself just visible through the canvas. " It's another of thoao fiendish messengers," whispered Yate**. " (limine that revolver." ���'Hush I" said tho other below his breath. " Them's about a dozen men out thero, judging by the footfalls. I board idem coming." "Let's fire into thn tent and bo dono with it," said a voico outside. i "No, no," cried another ; no man shoot. It mnkos too much noise,and thore must be other-* about. Have ye all got yor bayonets fixed I" There was a murmur apparently in the affirmative, "Very woll then,Murphy and O'Rourick, como round to this side. You threo Btay where you are. Tim, you go to that end; and, Doolin, eome wi*.h me." The Fenian army, by all the gods 1" whispered Yates, groping for his clothes. "Renny, givo me that revohor, and I'll show you moro fun than a funeral." "No, no. They're at least threo to our ono. We're in n trap hero, and helpless." "Oh.juSt lot mo jump out among em and begin the fireworks. Those I didn't shoot would dio of fright. Imagine scouts semiring the woods with a lantern !���with a lantern, Renny ! Think of thnt I Oh, this is pjo I Let me nt 'em." Hush 1 Keep quiet ! They'll hear you." "Tim, bring the lantern round to this side." Tho blur of light moved along the canvas. "There's a man with bis back against tlio wall of tho tent. Just touch him up with yor bayonet, Murphy, and let liim know wo'ro here." "There may be twonty in the tent," said Murphy, cautiously. "Do what I tell you," answered the man in command. Murphy proggod his bayonet through the canvas, und sunk the deadly point of the instrument into the brig of potatoes. "Faith, ho sleeps sound," said Murphy, with a tremor of fear in hia voice, as thero was no demonstration on tho part of tho bag. Tho voico of Yates rang out from tho interior ofthe tent: "What the old Harry do you fellows think you'r doing, anyhow T What's tho matter with you 1 What do you want?" There wasa moment b silence, broken only by a nervous scuffling of feet and the clicking of gun-locks. "How many aro thereof you in there?" said the stern voice of the chief. "Two, if you want to know, both unarmed, and nne ready to fight the lot of you if you arc anxious for a scrimmage," "Come out one hy oqo," was the noxt command. " Wo'll eome out ono by one," said Yates, emerging iu his shirt-sleeve**, " but yon eiin't expect us lo keep it up long, aa thero aro only two of us." The profussor noxt appeared, with hia -mat on. Tho situation certainly did not look inviting, The lantern ou tho ground throw up a pallid glow on tho severe faeo of tho commander, na tho footlightH might illuminate the figure of a brigand on tho stage. Tha face of the officer showed that he was greatly Impressed with tho impor- unco and danger of his position. Vates glanced about him with a smile, all his recent dejection gone, now that he was in the midst of a row. "Whinh is Murphy," ho said, "and which is Doolin ? Hello, alderman," he cried, ns hla oyea rested on ono tall, strapping, red-haired man who held his bayonet ready to chnrga,wlth a fierce determination in his face thnt might have made an opponent quail. " When did you leave New York? and who's running the city, now that you'ro gone?" The men had evidently a sense of humor, in Bpite of their blood-thirsty business, for a smile tlickerod on their fncos in the lantern-light, and several bayonets wore unconsciously lowered. Rut the hard faeo of tho commander did not relax, "You aro doing yourself no good hy your talk," ho said, solemnly, "What you say Will be used against you." "Vos, and what you do will bo uaed against you ; and don't forgot that tact. It's yon who nro in danger,���not, me. You aro at this moment making about the biggest nsa of yourself there ia iu Canada." "Pinion theao men," cried the captain, grnill;'. "Pinion nothing!" shouted Yntes.shaking off the grasp of a man who had sprung to his side, Hut both Yatea und Renmark were speedily overpowered ; and then an unseen dilliculty proaentod itaelf. Murphy pathetically remarked that they had no rope. The captain was a man of resource, ���'Cut enough rope from the tent to tie thom." ' I warn you, sir, that this outrage is committed on liritish soil, and that I, on whom it is committed, am a Rritish subject." "Heavens and "earth, Renmark, if you find it impossible to keep your month shut, .lo not use the word -mbjoct,' but 'citizen.'" " I am satisfied with the word, and with the protection given to those who use it." " Look here, Renmark, you had better let me do the talking. You will only put our foet in it. I know the kind of mon I iavo to deal with ; you evidently don't." In tying the professor they came upon the pistol in Ms coat-pocket. Murphy held it up to the light." " I thought you said you were unarmed ?" remarked tho captain, severely, taking the revolver in his hand. 1 wib unarmed. The revolver Is mine, but the professor would not lot me use it. If he had, all of you would lie running for dear life through the woods." " You admit that you are a liritish subject?" said tho captain to Renmark, ignoring Yates, "He doesn't admit it, ho brags of it," suid the latter, before Renmark could speak. "You nitii't scare him: so quit this fooling, and lot us know how long we are to stand here trussed up liko thii." I propose, captain," said the red-headed man, " that wo shoot these men whero thoy stand, and roport to the general. They aro spies. They are armed, and they denied it. It's aouoruinu to the rules of war, captain." "Rules of war 1 What do you know of the ruUs of war, yon red-headed Senegam- bian? Rules of Hoyle? Your lino Ib digging sowers, I imagine. Come, captain, undo thoso ropes and make up your mind quickly. Trot us along to Goneral O'Neill just aa fast as you can. The sooner you get us thero the more timo you will have for being sorry over what you have done." Rut the captain still hesitated, and looked from ono to the other of his men, as if to make up his mind whether they would obey him if he went to extremities. Yates s quick eye noted that the two prisoners had nothing to hope for, even from the men who smiled. The shooting of two unarmed and bound men seemed to them about tho correct way of beginning a great struggle for freedom. " Well," said tho captain at length, "we must do it in proper form, so I suppose we Bhould have a court-martial. Are you agreed ?" They wero unanimously agreed, " Look here," cried Yates, and there was a certain improssivenoss in his voice in spite of his formor levity, " this farce has gone just as far as it is going. Go inside the tent there, and in iny coat-pocket you wilt lind a telegram, tho tirht of a dozen or two received by me within tho last twenty- four hours. Then you will see whom you propose to shoot." The telegram was found, and the captain read it while Tim held the lantern. He looked from under his knitted brows at tho newspaper-mail. "Then you are one of tho Argus staff." "I am chief of the Argus staff. Ai you seo, fivo of my men will be with General O'Neill to-morrow. The first question they will ask him will be 'Whore is Yatos?' The next thing that will happen will bo that you will lio hanged for your stupidity, not by Canada nor by theState of New York, but by your own general, who will eurse your memory ever after. You are fooling, not with a subject this time, but with a citizen, and your general is not such an idiot as to monkey with tho United States government and, what is a blamed sight worse, with the American proas. Come, captain, we'vo had enough of this. Cut these cords just as quickly as you can, and tako us to tho general. We wero going to seo him in the morning anyhow." "Rut this man says ho is a Canadian." "That's all right. My friend ia mo. If you touch him yon touch me. Now hurry up. Climb down from your porch. 1 shall have enough of trouble now, gotting tho general to forgive nil tho blunders you havo made to night, without your adding insult to injury. Tell your men to untie us and throw the ropes back into the tont. It will aoon be daylight. Hustle, aud let us bo off." Untie them," said tho captain with a sigh. Yates shook himself when his arms regained their freedom. Now, Tim," ho Bald, " run into that tent and bring out my coat. It's chilly here," Tim did instantly as requested, and helped Yates on with the coat. Good boy I" said Yates. " You've evidently boen porter in a hotel." Tim grinned. " I think/' said Yates, meditatively, that if ycu look under the right-hand bunk, Tim, you will find a jug. It belongs to tho professor, although he has hidden it under my bed to divert suspicion from himself. Just fish it out and bring it here. It is not as full an it was, but there's enough to go round, if tho professor does not take moro than hia share." The gallant troop smacked their lips in anticipation, and Renmark looked astonished to soo tho jug brought forth. "You first, professor." said Yates ; aud Tim innocently offered him tho jug. The learned man shook his bond, Yatea laughed, and took it himself. " Well, hero's to you boys," he said, and may you nil get back as safely to New York us Iwill." The jug passed down along the line until Tim finished it. " Now, then for the camp of the Fenian army," oried Yates, taking Renmark's arm; nnd thoy began their march through tho woods, "Great GVsar Stilly," he continued to his friend , "this is rost aud quiet with a veil- geanco, isn't it ?" CHAPTER VIII. The company, feeling that thoy had to put their best foot foremost in the presence of their prisoners, triad at first to maintain something like military order in marching through tho woods. Thoy soon found, howovor, that this was a difficult thing to do. Canadian forests aro not as trimly kept as English parks. Tim walked on ahead with the lantern, but throe times he tumbled over some obstruction and disappeared suddenly from view, uttering maledictions. Hia final effort in this line was a triumph. He fell over the lantern and smashed it. When all attempts at reconstruction failed, tho party tramped on in go-as-you-please fashion, and found thoy did better without the light than with it. In fact, although it was not yot four o'clock, day break wns already filtering through tho treoB, and the wooda were pcrcoptibly lighter "Wo must bo getting noar tho camp, said tho captain "Will I about, air?" asked Murphy. "No, no. We can't miss it. Keep on as you are doing," They wore nearer the camp than tbey suspected. As they blundered on among tho cracking underbrush and dry twigs, tho sharp roport of a rifle echoed through tlio forest, and a bullet whistled above their heads, " Fat the dlvil are you during at, Miko Lynch?" cried the alderman, who recognized tho shooter now rapidly falling hack. "Oh, it's you, is it?" said the sentry, stopping in his flight. The captain strode angrily towards him. " What do you mean by firing like that? Don't you know enough to ask for the ! countersign before shooting ?" I " Sure 1 forgot about it, captain, entirety. Rut then, ye see, I never can hit anything : ao it's little difference it makes." The shot had roused the camp, and there was now wild commotion, everybody thinking the Canadians were upon them. A at range -right tr. ***. the eyes of Yates and R ���nmi*1-. Rjth were astonished to sue the number of men that O'Neill had under his command. They were a motley crowd. Some tattered United States uniforms were among them, but the greater number were dressed as ordinary individuals, although a few had trimmings of green braid on their olothes. Sleeping out for a couple of nights had given tho crowd the unkempt appearance of a great company of tramps. The ollieers were undistingulshablc from the men at first, but afterwards Yates noticed that thoy, mostly in plain olothes and B'ouch hats, had sword -belts buckled around them aud one or two had swords that had evidently seen service in the United States cavalry. "It's all right, boys," oried tho captain to the excited mib. "It was only that fool Lynch who fired at ui. There's nobody hurt. Where's the general?" "Hore he comes," said half a dozen voices at onoe, and the crowd made way for him. Genoral O'Neill wns dressed iu ordinary citizen's costume, and did not have even a sword-belt. On hie head of light hair was a black soft felt hat, His faeo was pale and covered wi'.h freckles. Ho loosed more like a olerk from a ntoru thau Ilka the commander of an army. Ho was evidently somewhere between thirty-five and forty years of age, "Oh, it's you, is it?" ho aaid. "Why aro you back ? Any news?" Tho captain saluted, military fashion, and replied,��� "We took two prisoners, sir. They were encamped in a tent in the woods, Ono of them says ho is an American citizen and Bays ho knows you, so 1 brought them in." " I wish you hnd brought lu tho tent too," Baid tho general, with a wan smile. "It would lie an improvement on sleeping in the open air. Are theso the prisoners T I don't know cither of these men." "The captain mikes a mistake in saying that I claimed a personal acquaintance with you, general. What 1 said was that you would recognize aomowhat quicker than ho did who I was, and the desirability of treat* ing me with rearouable decency.���Just show the general that telegram you took from my coat-pocket, captain," The paper was produced, and O'Neill read it over onoe or twice. " You are on the New York Argus, thon ?" " Vory much so, general." " 1 hope you have not been roughly used?" " Oh, no ; merely tied up in a hard knot nnd threatened with shooting,-���that's all." Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Still, you must make somo allowance at a time like this. If you will come with me I will write you a pass which will prevont any similar mistak" happening in the future." The general led the way to a smouldering camp-fire, where, out of a valise he took writing-materials, and using the valise as a desk, began to writo. After he had written " Headquarters of the Grand Army of the Irish Republic," he looked up and aaked Yatea hia firat name. Reing answered, he inquired the name of his friend, "I want nothing from yon," interposed Renmark. " Don't put my name on the paper." "Oh, that's all right," said Yates. 'Never mind him, general. He's a learned man who doesn't know whon to talk and when not to. As you maroh up to our tent general, you will see an empty jug, whioh will explain everything, Renmark s drunk, not to put too fine a point upon it, and he imagines himself a British subject." The Fenlau general looked up at the pro. feasor, "Are you a Canadian J" he aBked. "Certainly I am." "Well, in that caae, if I let you leave camp, you must give me your word that should you fall in with the enemy you will give no information to them of our position, numbers, or of anything else you may have Been while with us." I shall not give my word. On the con* triM-y, if I should fall in with tho Canadian troops I will tell them where you are, that you nro from eight hundred to one thousand strong, and the worst-looking set of vagabonds I have ovor seeu out of jail." General O'Neill frowned and looked from one to the other. Do you realize that you confess to being a spy, and that it becomes my duty to have you taken out and shot ?" "In real war, yes. But this is mere idiotic fooling, AM of you that don't escape will be either in jail or shot before twenty-four hours." " Well, by the gods, it won't help you nny. I'll have you shot inside of ten min* Utea, instead of twenty-four hours." "Hold on, general, hold on," cried Yates, ns the angry man rose and confronted the two. " I admit that he richly deserves shooting if you were the fool-killer, which you are not. But it won't do. I will be responsible for him. Just finish that pass for me, and I will take care of the professor. Shoot me if you like, but don't touch him. He hasn't any sense, as you can see, but I am not to blame for that, nor ore you. If you take to shooting everybody who is an ass, general, you won't havo any ammunition left to conquer Canada with." The goneral smiled in splto of himself, aud resumed tho writing of the past. " Thero," he said, handing the paper to Yates. " You ace wo always like to oblige tho press. I will riak your belligerent friend, and I hope you will exerolso more control over him, if you meet the Canadians, than you were ablo to exert hero. Don't you think, on the whole, you had bolter stay with us ? Wo are going to march iu a couple of hours, whon tho men have had a li11 le rost." He added in a lower voice, so that tho professor could not hear, " You didn't soo anything of the Canadians, I suppose?" "Nota sign. No, I don't think I'll stay. There will lie fivo of our fellows hire some time to-day, I expect, and that will be more than enough. I'm really here on a vacation. Been ordered rest and quiet. I'm beginning to think I havo made a mistake iu location," Yatea bade good-hy to the commander, and walked with his friend out of the oamp. They threaded their way among sleeping men and groups of stacked guns. On tho top of one of the bayonets was nung a tall ailk hat, which looked most incongruous in such a plaoe. "I think," said Yates, "that we will mako for the Ridgo Road, which must lie somewhere In this direction. It will be easier walking than through the woods; and besides, I want to stop at one of the farm-houses and get some breakfast. I'm as hungry as a bear after tramping so long." " Vory well," answered tho professor shortly. They stumbled along until they reached the edge of tho wood, then, crossing some opon fields, presently came upon the road near tho spot where tho fist-fight had taken placo between Yates and H-irtlelt, The two, now with greater comfort, walked silently along tho road toward*, tho west, with the reddening east behind them. The whole scene was strangely quiet and peaceful, and tho recollection of tho weird enmp thoy had left in tho wooda seemed merely n bad dream. Tho morning air was sweet, and the birds wore beginning to sing* I Yates had intended to givo tho professor a | pioco of his mind regarding the lack of 1 tact and common sense displayed by Ron- mark in the camp, but somehow the scarcely-awakened day did not lend itaelf to controversy, and the serene stillness soothed his spirit. He began to whistle softly that popular war-song, " Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marching," and then broke in with the question,��� " Say Renny, did you notice that plug- hat on the bayonet ?'' " \\ch, answered the professor ; " and I saw five others scattered around the camp." " Jingo ! you were observant. I can imagine nothing quite bo ridiculous ai a man going to war in a tall ailk hat." The professor made no reply, and Yates changed his whistling to " Rally round the flag." (to bb continued.) WISDOM OF THE CHOW. The Sable lllrd Is Ibe Most Cunnlnfior Feathered Crealnre*. Those who know the crow only as a Urge black cawing bird, that comes northward in the quite early spring to feast on carrion and, later, to pull up the young corn plants, know but tittle of his real character. There is not ia the entire liat'of our Northern birds another that has suoh cunning and sagacity. These birds are nob only mischievous and malicious, but they are born thieves and pilferers, and lhey seem to possess theso qualities knowing them to be such, and to indulge them with a keen and grotesque aenae of humor at the expense of their en* emios. They build great rough posts of sticks and leaves, high upon the forest trees, and are careful not to indulge In any noise in tho vicinity during tho building and brooding tlmo. Four young ouos are generally brought forth, and these, when newly fledged, aro a quartet of as ill-looking creatures as one may see. Largo, lank and bony, with uncouth heads, it. ia at this stage that they foreshadow tho grewsome inspiration that must have haunted the brain of Edgar Allen Poe when he produced his celebrated raven from the dusk and tho gloom of his weird imagination. As the young gradually tako on flesh nnd feathers they become moro presentable in appearance; the eye gleams with the inborn Intelligence; they gave vent to a sort of falsetto "caw," but are anything but docile and well-behaved children. There is an hereditary enmity between the owl tribes nud the crows. There is n clear reason why there should be this anti pathy, as the former are strict ly night-prowling birds, while tho black follows do their foraging all in daytime. Wnen a orow spies an owl perched in some secluded plaoe he at once communicates the faot to his companions, and then there Is a noise in the wooda that, can bo heard a mile in any direction, THKV HAD A PKITEK SI'IIEME, Tho crows have no intention whatever to precipitate a fight���they are not built that '. The owl understands this, and much ie deprecates the unseemly noise, being by nature a quiet bird, he simply puts him* self on guard, glares at his black enemies as they swoop close to him with thoir aggravating caws, rultles his feathers and greets them with a kind of hiss and an open bill. On such occasions he if generally found on a Urge limb, close to the trunk of the tree, to which he turns his back and preserves a dignified defiance, daring his enemies to the onset. But the tactics of the black imps are too deep for the comprehension of the owl. He knows muoh less about man and his methods than do his cunning adversaries. They are abroad during the day and understand the meaning of a gun better than any creature that falls a victim to that weapon, and the whole intention of all thoir loud vociferation is to attract some hunter, whoso coming they will notice, as they are on the wing and on the alert. When the time comes they will clear the coast, and the owl, congratulating himself on thoir disappearance, probably falls a victim to tho discharge of the murderous shotgun or rifle. Meantime the crows may be holding a jollification in au adjoining wood and bragging to each other about their sharp practice, 2b has been observed long ago that these birds hold conventions, or rather that the gather together in deliberative assembly. This is in the fall, and a tree Is ohoosen whioh has shed its leaves. A bunchy, spreading walnut would prove a favorite, back in the days when those trees were still plentiful, and to this tho sablo hosts would repair to the number of 100 or more. The orators for the occasion would be perched nbove the audience, and it was a comic sight to see and hear the gestures and earnest caws that these gave forth. When something particularly impressive had beon advanced, it would bo attested to bya vigorous flapping and an all-around concurrent cawing. The assemblies would last half a day with frequent adjournments, whioh wore especially hasty if somo urchin was detected itealing along the fence with a gun. RKC1ULAR COUHT SESSIONS HKI.D, Some writers on orow habits have affirmed that thoy hold criminal court sessions, judicially try culprits, and, if convicted, sentence and summarily inflict punishment. It U posible that thoy recognize a code of honor among themselves, but there is certainly nothing of honor discernible in their relations with any of the other congeneric families of the feathered tribes. They are systematic robbers of the oggs of other birds, und do not hesitate to loot the nesta of tho domestic turkey and farmyard hen. Whon a neat has been discovered and a raid has been decided on, a small gang makes the sortie. One is-charged with vigilance to watch for tho approach of danger. Another gets in front of the setting hen and taunta her, holding her attention, while a confederate at her rear goes for the plunder. Or they will rush forward in assault, scaring the poor creature from her nest, when each seizes an egg, which it readily carries in ita bill, and all flap their way to the woods wilh generoua congratulations to eaoh other on their good generalship. Plundering the nests of any of the small birds is also in their lino, and ono may ofton seo the littio victims whoso homes have been despoiled in hot pursuit of the black marauder, who leisurely flaps his way, utterly heart-hardened to any appeal for mercy. But ib is when domesticated that the real orow character van be best studied, as he then exhibits all his peouUrlties, which in a wild state cannot be observed. Saored Serpent. Egypt. A general belief in the divine character and healing poweru of the sacred serpent is to be met with all ovor Egypt. Kven the myths which the old Egyptians associated with the snake nro atill prevalent Egyptians of alt otnsses still believe that when "a serpent grows old, wings grow out of its body," and that thoro are serpents whioh kill by darting flames in tho victim's face, flow old such beliefs are in this country need not be repeated to those who have seen the pictures in the Tombs of the Kings at Thebes, The seref, or "flying serpent," and the snake from whoso mouth flames issue aro among the commonest of the figures painted on their walls. It is not, however, as Kakodaemon, but as Agathodaemon, that tho divine serpent of ancient Egypt atill maintains his chief hold on the Belief of the Egyptian people. Each house Btill has its harraa, or "guard- Ian snake," commonly known as tho harms ol-bet, "the proteotor of the houso." Tho snake is fed with milk and oggs, and care is taken not to do it harm. A servant of mine, who was born at Helwnn, near Cairo, has often told mc about the guardian snake of his father's house. It was a largo one, nnd used io como out at night for tho snko of the food that was offered it and to glide ovor the bodies of the sleeping family. It never did nny of them any mischief, "as it was always treated well." One day a stranger snake made its appearance ab bhe door of bho houso ; the harras nt onoe went against it, and after a short struggle killed the intruder.���[The Contemporary Review. YOUNG POLKS. A Bedtime Story. The shadows were creeping in the corners, the fire was blazing on the hearth, the kettle singing and bubbling for Honor* to make tea. Papa's train was coming acroas the meadows;Jack was wiping the froat from his akatea and mamma- was saying to baby what a cold night it would be when Little Rrowo Bess pub oo her red cloak and mittens and slipped out of bhe door. She bad a tiny basket on her arm in which were some Kernels of corn aud a piece of bread. Where was Little Brown Bess going just at nightfall, alone? The stars peeped at her and winked their bright eyes and whispered among themselves. Peter Peterson, bhe giant, with his cart, stopped and smiled ab her. "Ah ha, ib is the leetle Bessie I Whither dost thou go?" said Peter, tailing a red apple from his pocket and putting it is her basket. But little Brown Bess only laughed and took a good bite out of tho red apple with her sharp little teeth. "Schaok Vroost'11 get ye," said Peter, drawing his woolen cap over his ears. By and by came Herr Lorenz, the milk man, with his white pony and his rattling cans. "(iuto naohtmein leetlomadohen," cried he. " Dost go bo seek the moon this fine evening ? Jack Frost will got thee. Have n sup o milk?" He held the brimming cup to her tips and she took a good drink ot the warm, sweeb milk. By and by she oame to the drug storo, with its shining windows and red and green and yellow jars. In went Little Brown Bess and looked at the drug-store man. " Ah, there comes my little sweetheart," ���aid the drugstore man, and he lifted her, basket and all, and gave her a kiss on her red, red cheek. " Will my Bweethenrt havo some peppermints this evening?" Then he filled a bag with pink and white peppermints and put it into her basket. " Whero are you going, Brown Bess," said he. "I'mdoin'to find my Doooey Daddies. Him r-inned away," said Bess���and she pulled off her mitten and put a beautiful, big round pepperment between her little white toetb. " Dood-by, Mr. Peppernit- man." "Good-by, little sweetheart. Aren't you afraid ?" Bald the drug-store man, opening the door for ber. '"Paid? What for?" said Brown Bess, opening her big eyes very wide. But tbe drug-store man only laughed and Baid " Don't let Jack Frost catch yon," and little Brown Bess trotted out under tho stars, aad they whispered and laughed and winked at one another. The great engine was just across the creek and lb looked ab her with ita big bright eye. It sent some smoke up to bhe Btara in a soft gray wreath, and the smoke whispered: "That is our own Libble Brown Bess, Don't let Jack Froat get her," and then went snorting off into the darkness. All the people came crowding across the street, and nearly ran over her, Thoy were hungry and in a hurry, and they rubbed their hands together, and one gentleman said: "Why, this is Bessie Bright-Eyes I Are you looking for your papa? lie is not on the train. Come home with me, tittle one." Bess shook her head. "Oh, no," said she. "But I will dlv 'ousome peppernits," She pulled off her mitten and took l 11 she could from bhe little bag and held bhem out to him. "I don't want your candy, darling ; 1 want you," aud he stooped down to lift her in his arms. But sho laughed and dodged away from him, aud ran as fast as she could across the track into bhe darkness, dropping her peppermints and her mitten as she went, " Jack Frost will get you," called he. By and by she stopped running and looked about her. It was quite dark and strange, and a little shiver ran down her back. Sho looked ever her shoulder and said : I wonder where jb my mitten I"���*' I wonder where is my Doocey Daddies?" "I wonder���where���Is���my mamma?" A big toar rolled down her cheek and fell upon her little eold red hand. " I wonder," said she slowly, "what ' faid is? I wonder- where��� Jack--Frost���is I" Some one wns coming down the road. Very tall and dnrk he looked. It was the funny tetter man, and ho knew tho little red oloak, " Little Brown Bess," Baid he, " where are you going ?" " I is doing to And my Doooey Daddies," said she. "Him r mined awiy." Then tho funny libble man doubled up like a jackknife and said : " Feel in my pockeb, Brown Best." Sho pub her Ilttlo cold bare hnnd into his pocket, lb wns warm and nice nnd soft, and something stirred inside. Presently " croon���cr-oo-n" came a little voice from the pocket, and Brown Bess sereamen with joy. " It is my Doooey Daddies! Whore did you nnd him, Mr. Letter Man?" **��� I found him over ab Tommy Peabody's, and I thought I'd bring him. Brown Bess pulled the little bantam rooster out of bhe big pocket, and held him under her ehin, "He is nice and warm," aaid she. "I love him." "Pub him En your basket quick, and got on my back," said tho letter man. " I want to get you home in a hurry before Jack Frost catches you." So littio Brown Bess pub Doocey Daddies in bhe basket along with the apple and bhe cotn and the bread and the peppermints, and the funny letter man trotted all the way home with her, and Jack Frost did nob catch her. Fnnoh and Judy. On the shore of a little river a queer houae stood. It waa buitb on high poles hat stood up outof the wator. Tho lower floor of the house was on a level wibh the bridge that crossed the river, and hero there was a Ilttlo candy shop. On the upper floor of the house lived a man and hia wifo and tholr libble curly-headed boy. The man mado his living by letting out boats to people who wanted to go fishing or rowing for ploasure. In front of tbo houae there was a long board platform built of boards and called a float It reach* ed far out over the water and to tho edge of this tho boats were tied. In this queer houso lived Punch and Judy, two gray and white kittens. Tho two kittens amused themselves by jumping in and out of the boats, running around tho float and chasing each other's Intis In a mild soramblo up and down tho ladder that led to the water. Tho little hoys and girls who wont out in the boats gave funny shrieks as tho boats tipped over whon they stepped into them. But Punch and Judy jumped over the seats and around the sides, and from boat to boat quite easily, and woro never frightened. " Do they like fish ?" askod Millie one day, " We'll bring thom home aomo." " That's juat what they dolike," answered the man who kept boats. " But you needn't go away from tho float to get the kind that suits them." " How ?" inquired Millie. " I'll show you," said tho man. So he went and got a big crab net. Oh, you must know what n crab net is t Into it lie threw a few bits of mcatand lowered tho whole cautiously into tho wator, Millie had to wait a long while, fnr thc tiny fish woro shy. But, presently, thoy came wriggling in, ono by one, until twenty or moro wero Tn tho not. Thon with a quick turn of his bund the man lifted the neb out of the water. Ah, what a lovely dinner for kittens 1 No wonder they liked it. Tho littio fish disappeared down the little red throats of tho kittens, Millie stood by laughing to seo how eagerly they snapped nt them. " And they're really getting fab I" sbo cried in delight, "See I They were nothing but skin and bones before, and now they're as pretty and plump as can be," But a fiah diet can't be very durable, so to apeak. The kittens ran after Millie every day whenever she appeared and seemed to be able to swallow as many fish as ever. "They don't stay plump, do they ?" ex claimed Millie, in despair. " Bub never mind I It's fun to catch the fish for 'em !" The kittens seemed to enjoy it, too. As for the fish, nobody aaked their opinion. A MONKEY PLAGUE UIHDIA. Intelligence of the Animal*. It appears that a monkey plagne has lately sprung up at Simla, India. In consequence of this, a Lahore newspaper pub- Indies the following story ���������Many yeara ago a Padre dwelt in Simla, and the Padre's wife used to feed bhe monkeys that haunted tho place overy morning. Oue day the patriarch of the lot whlled away his time waiting for breakfast by throwing the contents of the Padre's dressing-tablo through the open window down the khud. The Padre was A MKHC1FUL HAN, ao he only loaded a shot gun with bhe small scarlet berries which natives use for bead- work, and gave the fleeing Hanuman the contents of one barrel aa lie was leaping from tree to tree through the jungle. During breakfast, not a vestige of a monkey was to be seen, and afterwards the Padre went out, and his wife book up her accustomed seat in the verandah. Presently ahe became aware of bhe noiseless arrival of a deputation. Two full-grown monkeys were supporting their wounded patriarch up the verandah steps. Slowly the sad little f;roup approached bhe lady, and the two lelpers placed tho wounded monkey in front of her, and then withdrew a little. With a look of saddest reproach the old monkey placed his hand on hia wounds, and then held out the palm atained with blood for thi lady's inspection, accompanying the action with a most melancholy little moan. The Padre's wife waa terribly upset with sympathy for the monkey and fear that they might KBVBNni THRMSKI.VK.S on her. She had food brought and laid on the floor, but none of bhe bhree would touch ib, but slowly and silently departed as they had como, the old monkey being assisted by the others with the most pathetic solicitude over the various obstacles of the path. All day the food lay there lor the benefit of bhe crows and sparrows, but no other monkey was seen, and for many daya not one oame nenr the house, until one morning, while breakfast was in progress, the whole band arrived headed by the patriarch himself, recovered of his wounds, and moat condescendingly oblivious of bygones. From that day bhe old friendly relations remained unimpaired ; and the Padre used to deolare that, even if they threw the baby down the khud, he did nob think his wife would let him shoot another monkey. Who, then, is going bo order the wholesale slaughter of the monkey-folk of Simla, especially when the Hindoos of bhe plaoe will so strongly object to the blood of Hanuman defiling their bazaars ? EPITOME Ok' THE WEEK- c(l AS DR. MACARTaUR VIE Wfl IT. Carter llarrlton Made Violence Ike P��r- pose of Mis Career, and by Violence Me Died. The Rev. Dr. Robert S. MaoArthur of Calvary Baptist Church, preached last Sunday on the patriotic and religious lessons taught by bhe World's Fair. In opening his sermon Dr. MaoArthur spoke of the death of Mayor Harrison. He said : " My thoughts to-night are colored with sadness becauso of the tragic death in Chicago, America haa beon shocked and the civilized world atartled by the sudden death of Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago. It was only a few days ago that he made a speech in whioh he lauded Chicago to bhe skies. In bhat speoch he made sporb of the obher cities of bhe Union, and of New York in particular. It might be well to remember that it was bhe patriotism of those other cities that led ao muoh to the success of Chicago's greatest enterprise. " There are suggested lessons taught ns by this death. Harrison waa a remarkable and altogether unique man, but he waa a partisan rather than a patriot in hia long career of political life. He determined, and carried out to the best of his ability, that no law Bhould limit the Sabbath breaking during bhe Fair. He determined that everything should be open on bhe Lord's day, the saloons, gambling houses, and all other places of ill repute. He bought a paper, the Times, to further his candidacy for the Mayorship, for all the other papers of Chicago were against him. He made his paper cuter to the worst classes and the lowest tastes in Chicago. He catered to the spirit of violence, and made his paper anarchistic in its editorials. He made violence tho whole purpose of his public career, and by the power ot violence he died. " I have no sympathy with the manner of his taking off, but, while I deplore the wickedness accountable for hia death, I cannot hold him entirely blameleeo, for lhey who take up bhe sword shall perish by the sword, and they who uphold violence shall by violence be slain," -���-��������� - m Turbine Wheeli at Mania- The turbines for the Niagara Falls power plant are properly two wheels, one above the other, each fij feet in diameter and 18 inches high. Between the two the huge penstock comes, whioh is 7J feet in diameter, revolving both wheels simultaneously on a tubular steel shaft 3 feot 2 inches in diameter and 147 feet high. The upper end of the shaft is connected directly with the dynamos at bhe top of the pit The turbines, operated in thia form, are kept balanced by the force of the water feeding bhem, above bho bottom stop or stool of the ahaft, and thus there ia no danger of the shaft, through friction, gotting hot end burning out. The cost of construction complete waa 950,00-). and the estimated cost of eaoh wheel in, position in tho pit la $00,000, Their total weight In position, including shaft, is POO, ��� 000 pounds. Tho steel framework of the power station is now nearly completed, and tho hoisting apparatus���a huge electric crane- will bo up during the coming week Where Oyolista are Licensed. This is tho caso In France In the elty of Paris, nnd iu Alsace, In Germany. In bhe latter country cyclists appear to have a remarkable bid time, for every wheelman in Alaaco is not only obliged by the police to take ont a license costing about 02 cents per annum, but is further compelled to have tho number ot such license inscribed in figures an inch long on his machine, A rider in Alsace is liable bo a heavy fine if ho should be discovered riding a machine bearing a number that does nob agree with thab on his license. No cyclist oan fide in any part of the city of Paris without first obtaining a license coating about $2 per annum, and that document intimates that tho permission thereby given la liable to withdrawal in ease of reckless riding. The speed of any cycle in Danish cities must not exceed tho ordinary paoe of a cab, In Germany and Belgium,ns well as in France, cyclists are taxed, In France there are about a quarter of a million cyclists, and in Great Britain fully double that number. Ko Rear Cart Wanted- Pat���"Now, Bridget, dear, an' for yer loite don't 'jo goin' an' sittiu' of yerself in th' rear car of th' thrain on yor way to Toronto. Ach I it's tbimaa allow goto smashed t' smithereens," Bridget���" An' Oi won't, indado. But whoy Is it, Pat, tho railrhodos niver hez th' sinco t' lie afthor loavin' th' rear oars off th' thrains for th' safoty of their travellers ?" M. Worth, tho great Paris dressmaker, is now almost seventy years of ago. He is the son of an old Knglish solicitor, and was , born nt Bourne, in Lincolnshire. When A British Match Consumers' League has been formed. Walking-sticks for ladies are becoming fashionable. Tbe salary of the Vicsroy of India is 20,- 833 rupees a month. There are over 80,000 stuttering children In the schools of Germany. Pulmonary consumption claimed 144 victims iu London (Eng.) last week. The British War Office authorities say that our soldiers are becoming shorter. The Urgeat holly tree in Great Britain is aaid to be at Clochfaen, Llanidloes. Mr. W.P. Frith, R.A., received Gd. for hie first drawing, a sketch ot a dog. Patti gets ��800 for singing in London, and ��600 for singing in the provinces. Mr. Michael Santluy, the eon of the great baritone, is now studying for the Bar. Mr. Max O'Rell thinks the Australia*1 women are tbe most frivolous ha has ever met. Mr. Tom Mann thinks that the textile wages in Yorkshire are a disgrace to Kng- In the United States it is a law that all phonographs in public use shall ba disinfected. A superabundance of iron In bhe blood ia the theory put forward to account for red hair. Mr. Cecil Rhodes, Premier of CepeC-ilony, thinks the Matabele trouble will soon be over. In the neighbourhood of Isterburg, in Germany, wolves have appearod in Targe numbers. It le said that a performance of Utopia ia to be given before the Queen in the course of the season. A Boston statistician finds that nearly twice oi many women as men live to lie over 80 years of age, A movement is on foot in Kussia to es- tablish by law a compulsory insurance againat bhe failure of the crops. The survivors of the famous Balaclava charge are dwinding away, but thero are atill t jro in Newcastle. A station official says that 60 men como to aak for articles left in railway carriages for every woman who doea so. The Bank of Kngland note is not of tho .me thickness all through. Counterfeit notes are invariably of one thickness. Messrs. Spiers ft Pond intend to start a restaurant in Paris, for the supply of grilled steaks, chops, and Knglish dishes. Mdmo. Patti'a favorite pet is a small Mexican dog named Rich., He is provided wibh a complete wardrobe, including nightgown. The Empress of Austria spends nearly half tbe day in having her hair cared tor. During thU time ahe is read to, aud smokes incessantly. Canton, aays one who visited it recently, is chiefly notable for Its foul smells, cooked dogs, and rat'a flesh everywhere exposed for sale. All persons In the service of the late Lord Derby had distributed between them on Wednesday a sum of ��10,000, bequeathed in his will. Prince Arthur, the little ten-year-old son of the Duke of Connaught, has been taking awimming lessons in the open sea at South- "a. A lady correspondent saya the colours in which the Duchess of York looks best are a rather warm, bright pink and forget-me-not blue. An acute American observer writes thab ib is difficult in England to come across a Gladstooian among the upper and upper middle classes. The Board Schools of London appeal for any used lawn tennis balls that players may have bo spare. The balls are very useful in bhe playgrounds, Rosa Bonheur, the well-known artist,has several pretty pet doge, but her ohief favourite is her monkey, which is allowed to run about at will. The Duke of Devonshire has given a site valued ab ��0,000 for a new church ab Eastbourne, and has also subscribed ��6,000 towards the aame object. The Princess of Wales numbers among her many virtues the crowning one of being what is known in unaristoaratio circles as "a good hand " with babies. A movement has beon inaugurated at Scranton, Pa., tosenda'choir of 160 Welsh- Americans to Wales next year, to represent the United States at the National Eisteddfod there. It ia rumoured that in America hnve been found theoorreotedproof-sheetsofBoswell's Johnson, containing thn passages whioh Boswell suppressed on the representations of his friend. " Old Bonnie," the oldest horse in the service of a United Statea Fire Brigade, has now been pensioned off after 14 years' work, during whioh time ib has attended several thousand fires. The latest idea promulgated by Genoral Booth ia the distribution of "Graco-before- meat" boxes, the proceeds of all the boxes going to increase the income of the " darkest England" scheme. The King of Siam has exactly 600 wives many of whom have, however, to act in a strictly domestio capacity, no less than four, for instance, being employed in taking care of his Majesty's boots. Staff-Commander Thomas Haw kins-Smith, who did not go down with t he Victoria, haa been appointed to the Ramilliea. He is tho first of the officers of the Victoria to receive a new appointment Words of WUdom. Knowledge is the knowing that wo cannot know, Ib is not knowledge, but little knowledge, that pufleth up. Reasons of things are rather to bo taken by weight than tale. Don't stand shivering upon the bank ; plunge in at onco and have it over. No labour is hard, no timo U long, wherein the glory of eternity is tho mark we level at. Great wit* are aure to madness noar allied, and Ihin partitions do their bounds divide. I weigh the man, nob his titlo ; 'tis not the king's stamp can make bhe metal any better. It ia little the sign of a wise or good man to suffer temperance to bo transgrebscd in order to purohaae the repute of a good entertainer. If the way in which men express thoir thoughts ia slipshod and mean, it will bo very difficult for their thoughts themselves to esoapo being the same. Equal to the Occasion- The following anecdote Is told of the celebrated surgeon, Mr. Abernethy. One day during an examination ofa class of students, ho asked one of thom what ho would do in case of a man being blown up by gunpowder. " 1 should wait till he camo down again," waa the reply, " True, rejoined Abernethy. " And suppose I should kiok you tor such an impertinent reply, what musclea should I put in motion ?" "Tho .Uxorsand extensors of my right arm," said the student ; " for I should floor you directly." Children were laat year admitted to Dr. Harnerdo's homo from 101 different districts in the British Metropolis ; from'Jill! cities, towns, and villages in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Walea, and from fifteen places abroad. THE WEEKLY NEWS, DEC. 6 , 1893. .-:T THI WEEKLY NEWS Published Every Wednesday * At Courtenay, B. C. By Whitney & Co. TEH MS OF SUBSCRIPTION. IN VJVANOE. <.n���Y.,r ��''�� Si* Mo.Hi. '''���, Slniil. -'"pr _ t>|��* KXTKSOF ADVERTISING: On. lufth porro" $*?*! .. .. month '���.' i-i.lith col yeryear w���I i.unh .. ��5" ..aak, .. line *��>�� Lo .1 notlcea.iwr lino a�� N'.itices of Births, Marriages and Dnths. 50 cents cacli inserlion. N'o Advcrtisment inserted for less than j'i cents. T P. FISHER, NEWSPAPER AD- J.l* verti.inir Agent, 21 He-reliant-* Exchange, San Francisco, is our authorized agent. Thia paper is kept on file in his office. WnfliiBsday, Boy. 6,1893 the air or the waUr, or oiheiwise their condition invites attack. Nevertheless, it is also true that the more provident invite sickness by neglect or caretessness, and malting all due allowance for th.it' sickness sometimes comes from causes we cannot understand. It is wise, however, at all times, ami more especially in a lime when sickness is prevalent to guard well our health. LIFE IN JEYPORE CITY. WHERE WORKINGMEN RECEIVE FIVE CENTS A DAY. In looking over our books we find that nuny of our subscribers are in arrears, some of them for many months. Newspapers can not be run on credit, ancl we imi*.t urge all who know themselves to be "indebted to us to at once forward the amount. Editorial Notes. Next to our own tariff that ofthe United States is most important to us.chielly perhaps from our extensive dealings with that country, and the additional fact that the lowering of our own tariff on many articles is supposed to be largelv dependent upon the lowering ofthe tariff there. The proposed bill which will be introduced into the new congress which assembled on Monday at Washingtoh is as radical a measure as could have rev snnably been expected. Of course it may be much modified before it becomes a law, and it is now published that it may receive thc benefit of just crithism. Wool, coal, lumber, salt, iron ore and agricultural implements are put on the free list. Generally the reductions have been important. Tbe passage ofthe bill through congress will be witched with interest. It is probable that to-day's mails will bring us news of a definite nature from lite Howaii Islands. Probably President Cleveland's message to Congress on Mon day will disclose his instructions to Minister Willis. We do not believe that he would dare to use force, without ihc authority of Congress just on the eve of its annual assembling to repress the Provisional Government and restore the ex- qucen to her throne. The superior element there as elsewhere will in thc end control, and the Blacks of these islands no more than the inferior race of the Southern States will be able long to retain the supremacy. Thc rule of the whites is inevitable, and the form of government they adopt is of little consequence. Witb Queen Lill. on the throne restored by Cleveland the influence of lhe United States would be paramount The Executive of the United States has neither the right to pull down or set up a government, and we can have no sympathy with a one man power in United States or Russia. Happily we do not have it in our own country. The city of Nan.iimo is .ilready enjoying the sport of having two rival newspaper. They take opoosite sides of politics and all public questions and as a rule give good reasons for lheir faith "You pays your money and takes your choice". It serves to make otherwise dull times lively and the people are a- mused. Hut that is not all. Between them bothpeiple get a glimpse of the truth. The fun of the thing causes people to read both papers and that has the effect to broaden them. In Victoria and Vancouver this thing bas become stale, but it is fresh just now in Nanaimo, and of course enjoyable. No doubt both papers will be more enterprising than either would it left to itself. One thing is cer- l ;iin the people there feel an inch taller than they did a few weeks ago, Meeting a citizen of th.it ambitious burgh up (his way lately we asked him���. How about Nanaimo? He straightened himself up to his highest altitude and with mingled dignity and pride exclaimed��� "Wc have two daily papers now." With the change of weather in the late fall usually comes more or less sickness. Winter does not set in with steady weather in this section. It is snow one day and rain the next and seldom so cold as to drive qs indoors. It is good weather for a good many things, espesially colds, and these if negelected rapidly develop into sickness. It is therefore the time of the year when extra care should be taken to avoid colds, and if they are contracted they should at once receive attention. Keep dry and warm is a prime rule, and if faithfully observed will save a wonderful amount of trouble. Care should also ba taken not to over. . work at this period. Of course it is u.t- ins la give a word of warning to thnse who dissipate; they would be the last to heed it ai they would be naturally the first to luffer. If there is any poison in Vet They ltnlse I.nrg-a ttwitlltm, Pay Rent ���nil Save M��iit-y The K-iJuh Kecelrei BIllH-m-i - Jeyptirc'-t PeunllRi-Hlet Fully l't-i-rrlbe-l. Joyporeis the capital nnd residence of one of [ndia'B weultliieBt prinees. Tho Miihnriijnli'8 estate coveni 16,000 Rtim.ro mill's, and lnw a population of 11,000,000 souk The city of .leypore is encircled by ii crenellated wull, with bovoii Kiito- wuys. These are all well guarded during turbulent times in India. The city is typically Indian, with crowded utreets and' bazar-*. lu the oentro are tho Maharajah b palace. iK-nutiful gardens und pleasure grounds, adorned with f min tain**, tropi- cnl trees, planta, nnd flowering flhruhn. The p-ilneo and grounds occupy one- Beventh of tho walled city, nnd are mir- ronnded by n high embattled wall, built by Jey Sing wh��n ho left Amber. One of the interesting sight* in Jey- pore is tho observatory built by the celebrated roval astronomer and founder, Jey Sing." It ia one of tho largest in India, and Ib remarkahlo oven to this date, on account of the many curious instrumonts���dials, gnomons, quadrants, etc.���built of solid stone. Some of tiioiy astronomical instruments are hunilredf* of feot in height und in diameter, and of groat interest to astronomers. Many of the instruments are unknown to scientists of thu present day, nlthough tbey nerved the purpose of Jey King's wonderfully accurate calculations and observations. The royal stables are also of considerable interest. These cover purkatn ten acres of land, with stalls on each sido nnd large osereirie grounds in the centre. There are ceverul hundred of fine horses, some of choice Asiun blood from all parts of tho country, of various build and color, from the finely spottod Arab tothoKnieeful. delicately limbed Deecan. the fleet-footed Fanjanb mares, and blood-bav Knglish troopers. Each horso has a special attendant, nnd each attendant���knight of the borne ���has several servant*. Kach horse is donbloqniltod. although the temperature ranges from \\)i}' to 120' Fahrenheit. All of them are too much blinded or hiunp- ored and most ruinously fut. They stand upon clean dirt, in spacious stalls. E:ich horse is tied, not by its head and neck, ns wo do, but by its feet. Around tho fetlocks are fastened leather bands, to which ropes are attached, so that the animal can neither paw, striko, ner kick. Tho robes from tho hind feet are fastened to a stone pillar some twenty foet away. If, in spite of this, these noble animals will surge about, lateral ropes are fastened to L'ii-jh foot, so tne \\rnot creatures cannot move in any direction more thau six inches. [.Should thoy still bo uueaBV, a large hood is drawn over their eyea to ke-jp thom quiet. Tho homes are fed on n mixture of meal, brown sugar and buttor, which makes them as plump and fat as a purkor���regular roly-poly ponies, used much too little, bevoral of the finest nro kept constantly saddled and richly caparisonod. to bj ready at a moment's notice, for the Prince brooks no delay���auytntug he wants must be sup* plied at once. Tho hundreds of attendants nro paid four rupees a month ($1.29), aud, by the time they board and cloth themselves, there is not much for their families out of four cents a day. The averaj;o wages per day in India are from throe to live cents���juices not at all exorbitant when oue considers that most ofthe men raise large fumilien, pay house rent, etc., to say nothing of luxuries, such as hotel nut. Kven with theso prices of, say fmircents a day, tho people are happy and contented, and one never hoars of trail";; unions or i.trikeH. Hesides these ample stables, the Hajah fcw twenty-five huge Indian elephants , -i* excursions. These noble beasts aro about twelve feet high and of enormous size. A car is strapped on the elephant's back, and a whole family rides on one animal. To mount an elephant is quite a task. Tho Animal is mado to kneel, aud then, by moans of a stepladder, one climbs iuto tbe car ou his back us if it wore a houso. When one is comfortably seated, with tho shade drawn to keep off tho sun, the elephant swings along at nn easy gait of twenty miles an hour. Ono elephant was richly caparisoned with goldombroidori-.'s; his ivory tusks were set with jewels and clasped with golden bands, for ho wns ono of the prince's favorites. The Maharajah also keeps another lot of elephants, which he did not like tho looks of. Theso are the fighters���lingo powerful fellows, with sharp tusks and vicious eyea. They are trained to fight anything'and everything, but especially the wild elephants in tho mountains. They charge at them with full speed and plunge their tusks Into their antagonists and gore thom to death. Au elephant fight is royal sport in India, and not to be missed if ono has the opportunity to witness one. Jeypore is also famous for its enamel works and tlie cutting and setting of other precious stones found in tho State, The native Behool of destyu is exceedingly interetiting. Here children aro seated as apprentices for five years before thoy can earn anything, hut tho work they do iu copper and brass is unexcelled in any part of tho world. They sit on the ground, with a pioco of brass hold by thu toes, a small nam mor iu ono hand and a small piece of steel in the other, and with these crude instruments they will hammer und hammer until they finish a highly ornamental vase or cup, tho equal of anything we saw in any other country.���San Francisco Chronicle. Tt-.-ii-tfi-iof Music Thr-Hif-li Ileum!. The following beautiful experiment, described bv Prof. Tyndall, shows how music may bo transmitted by an ordinary wooden rod. In a room two floors beneath his lecture-room there was a piano, upon which an artist was playing, but the audience could not hear it. A rod of deal, with its lower end resting upon the Boundlng-board of the piano, extended upward through the two floors, its upper ond bofore the lecture table. But still not a sound was hoard. A violin waa then placed upon the end of the rod, which was thrown into resonance by the aacondiug thrills, and instantly the music ofthe piano was given ont in the lecture room. A guitar and harp were substituted for the violin, and witb the same result. The vibration of the piano strings were communicated tothe sounding board, they traversed the long rod, wen reproduced bv tb�� re-sonant bodies, the air waa carved into waves, and the whole imulojU composition was delivered to tht UaUning audi* toe*.���American Register. * n r t- LL h u* < i o n X o u 3 a. Riverside Hotel Courtenay B C J, J, Grant, Proprietor The Hold is one of the best equipped oi the Pacific Coast, and is situated at the moulh of the Courtenay River, between Union and the Urge farming set* tlement of Comox. Trent .lie plentiful in lhe river, and large game abounds in the neighborhood The liar connected with the hotel is kept well supplied with the best wines and liquors. Stage connects with all Steamers. Terms moderate J"i tn *> s -o !**=��� in h^l O p 3 n a Qu D n X X et ft. i-t- on Cj* 5' ��S- p i 3 P 3 ft. O EH a' CTC) 7) TT 5' o. w 0 IU V) Esquimalt and Nanaimo Ry. Steamer Joun J. E. BUTLER, MASTER. On and after Mar. 23nd, 1S93 The Steanw JOAN will sail as fullow. CALLINU AT WAY POUTS .a t*uom|.ra and fiolitht m.r offer L..T. Victoria, Tiiaad>.r, 7 a. tn. '��� Nnnnlmo for Oomox, WednflwlAr, 7 a. m Le.ro Comox for Nana ino, Frldwya, 7��.m. ' N.nnlmo for Victoria HaLnrduy, 7 ..m For freight or state rooms apply on board, or at the Company's ticket, office, Victoria Station, Store street. Esquimalt & Nanaimo R'y. Time Table No. 17, To take effect at 8.00 a. m. on Friday September 30th. 1893. Trains run on Pacific Standard Time. X H 0�� 01 a u3 o o as* ���si >-B-��i--��*'-i------n'*H ��*������ o if. ���.���.:���.:> .:���.:���. : 6 - II ���r. !S ��� :&,ov. Agent. Nanaimo Saw Mill ��� and ��� 8ash and Door Factory A BeilaiD, Prop. UUI St., I'O B.I K. Tel. 1 " Nanaimo B. C. A complete stock of Rough and Dressed Lumber always on hand; also Shingles, Laths, Pickets, Doors, Windows and Blinds, Moulding, Scroll sawing, Turning and all kinds of wood finishing furnished Cedar, White Pine, Rcdwoed. All orders accompanied withCASU prompt ly and carefully attended to. , Steamer Estell Harbor and ontsid. towing done at reason able rates. G B Leighton At the Bay, Oomox, B. 0. Blacksmithing and Repairing of all kinds Carriage Work and Horseshoeing a specialty F. W. Hart Kannfaetnrer, Importer, WBoJeaale and Bet.ll Sealer in ���F-CT*R��TX\"""T*-r**--E CARPET!), UNOI.RUU, Oil. CI.OTW AflD - HOUSE. FURINISHING - -***T Laigest R.tar.ll.hmeal of its kind. 11-14 Cardeva St, Vuneaver, B. C. Ralph Craig's i Nanaimo Steam t CARRAGE WORKS. Baston St. Bridge, Nanaimo, B. C. General Blacksmithing, Horseshoeing Carrage Building, etc. Wagons and Farming Implement! made aud repaired. Miners' Auger Drilling Machines made to order on short notice. Wm Mathewson. will deliver daily at UMION and during warm weather twice a day Pure Milk from His Ranch And also will deliver tn his custnme daily Fresh Eg Butter, Vegetables. Poultry, etc. Farmers having above for sale or delivery should consult him. Passengers carried to and from Union. McKenzie ���and ��� McDonald Courtenay, B. C. General Blacksmithing and Horn Shoeing. Loggtrs' Work a Specialty. UNION Bakery UNION, B.C. Best of Bread, Cakes and Pies always on hand. The Bread Cart will be at Courtenay and Comox Tuesdays and Fridays. Adderton & Rowbotham, Prop FOR 8tout winter foot-wear go to Duncan Bros. For Sale 521 Acres of Choice Land, ������ and ��� S Horaea, 100 Sheep, and 90 Oow. together with t Mowing Kachinee, 1 Steel Boiler 1 Heaping Machine, 1 Seed Sower, 1 Drill Sower, 1 Spring wagon, and Doable Wagon. Title deeds era be seen ia my po*- ���Melon. A. 0. Fulton Butcher Sandwick and Union Has always on hand a choice stock. Fresh Beef.Mutton.Veal, Pot* at Lowest Prices. where the Ladies will be able to procure the most startling bargains ever offered in thu Province. Sloan & Scott, Nanaimo, B. C. n 9 Si jwnea Abrama of TJnj0I| ia my Agent in your Diatrict. Any ordera you may be pleased to give him for th. repairing of Watchea, Jewelery et etc., will receive prompt attention and will be done in a workmanlike manner at the lowest possible chargoe. All work guaranteed to give eati.factiou. My atock of Watchea, Clocka, Jewelerv, and Silver Plate will be larger than ever thia Fall and Winter. Give me a call when in Nanaimo, M. K. Counter. Kaslo Citv Bargains and other splendid investments. We offer you S1T-A.FS 3STOT S1TIPS Buy of your home Agents who will be pleased to secure you bargains. Gilchrist and McArdle, Courtenay. CANADA Permanent Loan and Savings Company. (Incorporated A. D. 11365) 0 o HEAD OFFICE���Company's Buildings, Toronto 8 reet, Toronto, Canada J. HERBERT MASON, ��� President nnd Man-tgiex I'irector. Subscribed Capital, $8,000,000) Total Assets, $18,081,779. The Company Lends Money trom $3oo to *3oo,ooo, On City or Farm Property, at Current Rates of Interest, and on favorable terms of re-payment. Mortgages and Debentures purchased. No Commisson. No Delay. Expenses moderate. g**p"Kor particulars apply to MARCUS WOLFE, Real Estate, Insurance and Financial Broker, Appraiser. P. O. Box to, Nanaimo, B. U. 1. D. McLean Jeweler, Bookseller and Dealer in Organs, Pianos, Music Stationery, and Notions oi all kinds. Union Mines,B. C. Eureka Bottling Works, LOUIS S.AWUSirOE, PBOPBISTOB, ��� MAMUFACTUHKlt Of SODA WATER, LEMONADE, GINGER ALE, Sarsaparalla and Champagne Cider, Iron Phosphates, Syrups Bottler of Different Brands of Lexer Deer Steam Beer and Porter. Agent for Union Brewery Company.. Nanaimo and Courtenay B. C. 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