@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, "1893-01-18"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/cwn/items/1.0070250/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ *"***<*���-*��� NO 11. COURTENAY, COMOX DISTRICT, B. C. WEDNESDAY, JAN. iS, 1893. $2.00 PER YEAR J-vICI-CIlvE has opened up a Dry Goods Grocery & Boot and Suae Store IN COURTENAY. A full stock of goods will always be caHed. A shun; of vour trade is solicited. COMOX, B. C. ��� X 'We call attention to our large stock of wallpaper also 8 case Boots and Shoes just opened up. A carload Ogllvies Hun-' rjfiirinn flour .just in j. ���. holies IOtPORTES AMD DEALER IN General Merchandise COMOX, II.. C, A large consignment of Cooking and Heating stoves received this day, per Steamer Comox. P. F. Suhursuhmidt. W*. .1. Young: CO UR TEN A Y PHA HMA GY. * PURE DRUGS &. PATENT MEDICINES �� Also Fancy Toilet Articles TOBACIO A-lsTD ClO-ABS. OPPORTUNITY ARRIVED 1 |, Lve for sale some Splended Lots and Blocks a little EAST OF COURTENAY VILLAGE. As is now understood, the Canada Western will run its track Directly Through The Property in passing from Courtenay to Union Wharf. Figures low and emu reasonable now. but prices will be advanced before long and may be doubled any day . Opportunity is our guest at present, and once neglected NEVER RLIURNS Office at Courtenay. Dr. W, d. Young Physician # Surgeon OPPIOB * UNDERTAKERS, Courtenay B. G, Nob Hill Property. Six and One Half Acres on Knob Hill facing the Gulf. Splendid Fruit Land free from wind and frost and suitable for a Gentleman's Residence Four Acres afeJn grass and the rest slashed. Price $600, balance three and six months. Enquire at News Office. SHOEMAKER ��� A flood shoemaker is needed at Courtenay. lie should he able to mend '. ,rncsseSJ & ina,.'ied man- -pilfered. This: .' > siiaji .Air-'the. right anau. UNION MINES F URN1TURE ESTABLISHMENT A Full Line of Everything BUILDERS and CONTRACTORS jy UNDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES Grant and McGregor l'rops. ... George Howe. ... COJIOX and UNION Ii, C. Dealer in All Kinds of Meats, Vegetables, etc, Orders Filled on Short Notice. The Courtenay Hot e Loading hotel of Comox District Everything first class. Bates from $1.00 to $2.00 Bar supplied with choicest liquors This section is thc Paradise for Hunters aud Fishermen, and a favorit result for visitors ro n thc cities. R. Graham, Propr. Esquimalt and Nanaimo Ry. Steamer Jo in ,1. E. BUTLER, MASTER. On and after Aug. 23rd, 1892 The Steamer JOAN will sail as follows CAI.MXn AT WAY ("OUTS; ' Lesvc Vlctnrjn, TautHluy, fl a. in. " Naiiaiiiiiif.il' Cuiiiux, WuilucMllty, 7 ft. m " Cuinux tor Viil.kv. Island, '1'lmrs.lay 7 a.in, I ItoiilrniiiK sniuuiliy. j Loavu Como* fur Niinnlino, Prldnya, 7n.m. Nanaimo lor Victoria, Siiniriliy, 711.111 For freight or state rooms apply on board, or at thc Company's ticket office, Victoria Station, Store street. Esquimalt & Nanaimo Ry. Time Table No. 17, To take effect at 8 00 a. m. on Friday September 30th. 1892. TrainB run on Pacific Standard Time. X u 0B T. ~ Ok g * 0 0 ill ��� ���j.Olf-.^-ll-r'I'Mt-SNrlM'Jl io hern, litre** Hiiniilions, lirothers,one plllespie mid A. G iHiirif, of N.umimo, The company olitniivd 10U0 acres of (and by tl e i-xpeiiditure of ubout -?I0,U00 iu Inyin-* nut a d grading a rail*av to- ��ardsthe coal tie ds Irom Union Lmd- inu mi the south s do of Comox Bay, A-t this road wus never completed it was 11 oney thrown away. Tin re wi-s no hin^ further dono until about IU years >.-niiiir is President and Frank \\). Jjiltle, Superiiitt-ntlaiit. Work was at 0 -o** C' miuenceiJ, and yuAv d ftirward wilh vigor; and uiJuiiH I SSi) the lirsl shiphiettt of coitl was made. There,art*, now two clopni workin-,-, one prospecting ami oim adit level or tunnel, and tvjili a full force at wo k llltO tons adrty can be easily fait en ou-. This with the present devolopement. A diaiuoi.d drill is crnistnnily employed ptosp cting, and ihe Coil lields ure bn- lieved to l-o prnctiun ly inexhanstable. In flint., ex'pi-rtsd-claie that the coal li'-lds of, Comox are one third more ex- teiw-iye than tho>e of Nanaimo Of the slopes, No. 4 is lhe-m Btlio- tnlile. It is clown, or rather extended 1ODO yurd-f, ami the eoal continues of even thickness and of the best qtiitily. It i�� from this slope that the specimens of i'0'i. rtcre taken which wen- foitvurd ed to tin* "\\rlii> Fair at Chicago This slope is lighted by electrhity, und has Ihe mo-it improved coal rutting twicliiu ory driven hy t-lectriciiy. The same 1 nwer U used for pumping, t.nn is sup- plied by a 10U iiott-e power engine and a 80 horse power genera ter. Then thop* is theSOO H. P. engine with four drums whereby tho tail rope is hiul d to any pari of ��� ho slope,thus doiilga*fiy with the use of mules. The equipment of this slope is probably sup rior to thut contained in any other inino on the G as-. As hi��li as IJO00 tons of coal Imvu beett taken out- of that slopn in 10 hours, so poif ct and ample are thn arrangements, There i �� Shepanl washer located at thi** point h-vin^ u cap.city of 3UO inns. I'swmk is to wash out tin* dirt and ti fu ef.oiii the K.null eoal. which it 1 iocs very i'tft"i*luall*'| leaving the coal clean ami producing three grades of the best coal, Forming an important part of tha company'-*- equipment is a railway thirteen mil? in; leriythjfrom the ni< es 10 Union whaif, with a rolling -tuck con- sihtini* of foui e iiines nnd 100 coal oars of 2o tons ctip.irity each, The wharf whicli is coinpnny property, is l'OOO feet long and 3O feet -ihuvc high tide. There is also a tn _ht whnrf 1 iLO leet lorn-. Coking is also h bram-b ofthe busi- nes.-, The product is very fine, and ti'bts hive b'-en ma-1* showing it to be equal to the best Kng'ish. This part of the business Is only limited by the demand, und as the su-r umling itionii tains are full of iron, it is among the probiibilitie*! that smelting works will lie established in th" not very distant fnturo, whicli wiultl furnit.li a home market for this valuable fossil muter* i'il uftcrb ini* deprived of iis bitumen. The monthly pay roll is very large as about 600 men arj usually employed earning from $2.50 to $5 each day. There is the old townstte, and the new adjoining on the northeast. The for"i er ci;n'uins 127 acres on which are built about lOO buildings. While many ofthe houses are plain collages suitable for miners, there is not wanting some showy dwellings which would be an ornament to any place. The school house ��s the beat in ihc district, th- hotel isau imposing structure and will kept and [patronized. The store w,licit has been leased by the company for a term of years to Samual Leisure of Viut"'ia is two sioreysjinjheight and 40 by loo feet, nnd isa regular bazaar iroing a finpbusiness. The sawmill is le-isedofthe company by Mr. Hubert Grant, one of the most enterprising men of this section, and has a capacity of 21,000 feet pi-r day. A furniture cs tahlishment|is conducted by Grant and McGregor manufacturers and general contractors. Theie is also a jeweler ���hop by T. 0, McLean, a butcher shop curried on by G -o Howe.aharber shop e:c, and last but not least* a livery aud feeit stable kept by, .Robert Grant. ,. The new tuwustte -lontains I7I acres which bav.1 been cleared, and contains the new hospital building new nearly eonip'ete. The site is ah-althy mid beau: iful one nnd bid-" fair to be the scene ofconiid-rabfe activity the coming spring. A number of lots bav�� been sold litely and among the new en- tiblishutents soon'o b�� locafi'd here is a bakery by Mr. E. 1*'. Clay of (lottr- lenuy, ui.da general store by Mr. Ed- W. McKfm, also of Courtenay IiOts 'lithe new townyit** can hit purclt-s<-d by iinyhiiity aid ant sold without budding or'nther restrictloiif. There is at pies 'lUjnochun.h edifice in 1 Im place, bit the Method) t nud fievbyierians In Id regular lerviee, and another ve.ir wi 1 probably witu*ss the erection of a church by on-1 of these sujpetie*. The fraternal societies an welt represent d, and include Knights of Pythias. Suns of Temi er- auce,Good 'tVmylars unii'O^d ��*^lows. Thc company which owns the town- sites, conducting this v -ar. bdsl.nisd which is'tbe soul of tne pi ce. ua very w��a! hy and enterprising on������, and it is believed that when their plans an* fully matured, and t eif property developed as it is bound to b*1 within the next few years that the bu.sines*. ��ill be. iminmiae Ivinureased, ��iid the growth of ihe place and surrounding se tl< inents coiTesnoudingly accelerated. ri here is uo reisou why the coal out-put h-re s ��� ou Ii L no rench as Idgh a figure us that of Northfiehland Welling on combined and if smelting wo'ks should be established, far supnss it. Foreshadowed We hear from good'.iuthonty that 1 certain -young man up the vuljey. of modest pretensions,recently announced the number of the neckties, etc., he w.is the possessor of, has resigned an important position in one Jpf the'-odges ut this settle, ment. We were not told the reason of his action, but conclude that he has now made final arrangments with Hymen of which he has often spoken. Our information was so scanty thatflwe are unable to speak ftfher on ihc matter, but hope by our next issue to be in a position to throw more light no the subject. I. 6. 6. F. Installation We have received the full list of officers installed in Lodge N0.11. 1.0.0.1*1 at Union Friday evening January SHW-'1 came too late for insertion last wctIc,, The ceremony was preformed by Dr." Young, D.D.G.W.: G. H. Keid, Pa>t Grand; John Bruce, Noble Grand; Jno. Fulcher, Vice ("rand; Wm. Anthony, Secretary; Chas.White, Per.Secretary; Win. Mitchell, R.S.olN.G.jJ.W, Grieve, L. of N.G.;T.B.Aits,R. S of V G.; John B. Glddings, 1.. S. of V.G.; J.A. Prichard, K.S. Supporter; Wm. Maliuburg, L. S, supporter; Wm. M.Davis 1. G.;and John Edti, O.G. Union Lodge I O G T No 45 One of those auspicious occasions which cheer the hearts and weave the bunds of friendship mote firmly for man, happened at the Union 1 O.G.T. Lodge the 28th of Dec last, when tbe Sons of Temperance were invited to a well prepared repast and entertainment. The talent was all local, and confined to ihc members of the I.O.G.T. lodge; but was well calculated to leave the impression that thc elocutionary and literary spirit abounded. Tbe -supper was prepared by the ladies, under the leadership of sister Kobson.and reflectedgreat credit on them Mrs. Robson presided at the organ with her usual ability,-while various members rendered appropriate songs. Two dialogues given in costume elicited great ao- plause. Readings and recitations were jntcrspcred, one recitations delivered by Bro. jas. Smith, on 'Mary, Queen of Scots" deserves special praise. The reciter warmed to the subject and seemed to realize the scenes presented. Mr. Smith is no novice on the stage, and will be welcomed at a future lime with jjusto. Uro', J. Robson's speech of welcome tothe Sons of T. in which be set forth the duties and obligations of Temperance lodges tn rcg.-rdto the present day,, was ably replied to by Mr. Russel, Worthy Piitiurchi Mc believed temperance to be progressing, but that nothing short of-Pro bibition should be the motto of all societies for thc benefit of humanity at large. The very pleasant occasion was brought to it close by all singing heartily "Auld Lang Sync". Joan Dots. The travel being largely by the SS, Joan, its arrival brings much personal and social news as well as news ofa commercial character, the former are more interesting to the general public. 11.11. and Miss Maud Ueadnell came up from Quadra. Mr. Kito, Japanese Consul, at Vancouver, came up to Union on business connected with the Japanese residents there. He looks after their interests very closely. Last Wednesday the Joan landed a* Union wharf on lime bringing a large a. mount of freight and a few passengersf among whom was Simon Leisure, Esq., o .Victoria, proprietor of the store at the Mines. He is one ofthe loading merchants of Victoria and speaks very highly ofthe importance and future prospects (if Comox district as a business centre. Mr. Thompson of the Terminal city was a p-issenger. The business men of ofthatcityas well as of Victoria ahd Nanaimo arc giving increasing attention to this section. Mrs. E. J. Robinson, and Mrs. John Muisoro came up from below and went over to Union. ��� Miss Curran of Union who had been to Chcmainis to attend the marriage of her sister returned at this time. The usual contingent of Denman Islanders, including Mr. Waterman, who is malting important geological researches on that island came over on the Joan whilejj. E. Cummiitgsof Hornby embraced . the opportunity which Wednesday brings to pay Comox a flying vi$it, He went up as far as Courtenay and nude a pleasant call atthe Now"**1 office, where he expressed his astonishment at tlje growth ofthe village which hall- doubled since he was there a year ago. . ' -Locar Brevities Whafs new? Cubb.s Cough Cure w new, effectual and speedy. The Athletic Club house is being lined, W. ShHf'p ofthe liiv is building a dwel ing on Nob Hill. Thc farmers home is shut down.for repairs. Send to the'office anv item of news you may possess. McPhee & Moore are enterprising merchants, 'Ihey keep Cubb's Cough-Cure * The 19th day of February coming" ou Sunday, the Pythian anniversary ball will take placcMonday evening February 20th Mr. E. W. McKim left Tuesday morning on the SS. Coniox for Vancouver. T.D. McLean has some fine Brahmas and Plymouth Rocks. J. Mundell, Secretary of the Comox Agricultural and Industrial Association returned last Friday nn the SS. Estelltj from a trip to Nanaimo. A few of last weeks issue wer(* printed upside down for left handed people, anil. a few just for style, you know. , Mr, Smith thc mail carrier is report" quite ill. Mayo/ Copt was re-elected mayor Vancouver after a spirited contest In wee',*. Monday night about 10 o'clock St.otty was found lung in a helpless cunmtian in the middle of the road at the^Suuthend of ihc bridge. The weather fur the last few days htvS been delightfully clear. Thc meeting ofthe Lyric Club al the Hay Monday night was as usual a rery plasant affair. On Sunday next Rcv.john Robson will bold divine service on Denman Island. A small steamer came up from Xan-ti- 1110 last week to take down voters to the municipal election in that city. The contest for mayor must have been lively. The young gentleman who arrived, the other day at Win. Marmston's is brother- les���, but then lie Ins several little sister* to keep him company. - Economy is the 'oad to Competence, when once you get used to it, it is not a bard road to travel. Cultivate less land and do it better is a rule that most farmers could follow to ad- vamage. The work on Cheney's new bouse ispro*- gressing'ruph'ilv. When finished he \\vill jjjls.placeTT %-T * ^ \\\\ *Af NMAnd account '"'fcthc "at honre'Jat thi school bouse,*wilTSppear next week. Fresh garueii seeds at McPhee & Moore's. The ship" Tucker' in tow of thc Wanderer lett just as the Joan arrived. Through the courtesy of Capt. Butler, a budget of mail for the "Tucker-" wasiran-j-^ fcrred to that vessel before she sailed. The 19th of February is the anniversary ofthe order of *hc Knights W Pythic.ts, and thc evening of that day will take place the grand ball and supper at Pythian Hall, Comox, for the lodge there has become famous. Mrs. David Plicklcs of Denman Island has for sale two purebred Brown Leghorn roosters, which she will dispose of at $1.50 each. Wc receive orders for Brownlee's commercial map ofthe Province. It is a fine 'map and will answer all the purpose of tbe fifteen dollar one, and is a home pro duction. Mr. John Hcthcrington returned from a trip to the Capital. Mr H. looks rather pale, but we hope soon to see hi:-n. enjoying his usual good health. It is remarkable what critics half cducat cd people make. One of thisijsort actuallv wrote a friend that Thk WKEkLY Nfcvte would be a first class newspaper if "it would only pay more, attention to its "peas" and "'|uei.cs.". Mayor Haslam was re-elected Mayor of Nanaimo hist week by 101 votes, and several ot Nanaimo property owners, residing in this Vicinity helped hini. It iont follow, however, that ft hey had any objection to ex-mayor Hilbert, who is also very popular. We are accustomed to inveigh ar agnist thc saloons, but we might learti Some useful lessons of them. As a rule everything is pleasant, comfortable,' and the proprietor and assistants are agreeable and accommodating. The place is never closed as long as there is the pros-* pectof a customer. Cubb's Cough Cure is leading in thc cities as tbesafest, surest, and speediest remedy for Coughs, Colds, Whooping Cough and kindred ailments. As wc believe in giving, credit whe credit is due, we will say that it was Mr. Mason, drummer, who who was snarling about one horse institutions because he was not given a freenoiice. Parties who como here for business should not be mendicants for newspaper advertising. A good live drummer, when he cftntc* into a place, goes tothe newspaper office. subscribes or pays for a local notice, and be is not likely to lose anything by so doing. Bu* " ���"���-horse drummer re- mains awa- and bee .isc his unimportant presence is 1 ..,, he snarls about thc paper, and if the merchants have not ordered goods through him of the one- horse concern he represents, he snarls a- bout thc town. The Best. This title is appropriate to Thc Temperance and General Life Assurance Company. This company can afford, to insure the temperate than any company which takes promiscuous risks. It is meeting with great favor among thc class whicli practice temperance, and endeavor to live according to the laws of health. T. D. McLean of Union is the local agent, and those who desir�� a cheap but solid insurance would do well to c dl on Mm. SS. Comox. The SS. Comox arrived at the Bay at 4 p.m. Monday after making a quick passage, 7 ii h-mrs from Vancouver, although she made a stop at Scochclt to land' ex- C.t'.R. detective-Devlin who has been , appointed Indian Agent ���*��������������� ���* *. The CQftSJgnecs were Mef*he6& \\U>orc*. j.R.Molmcs, Ceo. Howe and'Sam Cltik*. i/ YOUNG POLKS. The Boy Who Did dis Beat. He is doing his best, that boy of sixteen, ntrctclioil out before n bricbt tire in tho tanning shed. Reclining upon mi old sheepskin with book in liiml, lie is ftOqulrlnq knowledge as Barely as any student at hia desi in aome favored institution,with alt the convenicncea and facilities for learning. He ii doing his best too��� this same boy Claude ���as he helps Ins master to prepare the sheep and lambs'skin for dyeing, so that they Dan lie made into leather. Ho is doing his beat by obedience and by respectful conduct to liis master, in endeavoring to do his work well, although he ofton makes mistakes, m his work is not so woll suited to liis tastes as thu study of Greek and Latin. "Set; there, young rapscallion !" eills out Qainard Beaurais, the tanner ; "how you're mixing up the wools." For Claude's wits were "wool gathering" sure enough; but he was not sorting tho wool aright. " Aye, aye, sir," replied the appreulice, "but I will tii; them all right." Ami ho quickly sot to work to repair his mistake, " He'll never make a tanner," said *.'as- pard to his good wife, "ami muoh I fear he'll never be able to earn his bread. " .Sure enough," replied his wife ; " and yet lie's good and obedient, and never gives Lack ii word to all your scolding." And in after years, wheu the aged couple received handsome presents from this distinguished man who had been their apprentice they thought ot these words. One evening there oame a stormy, bolster ous wind, aud the liltln stream iu which the tanner was wont to wash hia wool Upon the skins was nifollcn to a torrent. To attempt to cross it by foot at audi a time would render one liable lo ho carried down the stream ami dashed to pieces on the rocks. " We must got all the skins undercover," said Gaspard to his apprentice ; " a storm is al hand." The task was fiulahed, andtltetannorwas about to return to Ids cot and Olsudo to his shed, when the boy exolalmed, " -Surely I heard a cry. Somo one is trying to cross the ford." in an instant he darted toward the river, followed by ids master carrying tiie lantern. Some villagers wero already there, and a Btrong rope was tied around the waist of the brave hoy, wiio was about to plunge into the stream, for a man upon horseback was aeon coming down the river both rider and horse much exhaustud. Claude succeeded in grasping the rein, and the strong hand of the master that held the rope drew him to the shore, and all were saved. Soon afterwards, the stranger sal hy the lanncr's cheerful fire, having tpiite won the hearts of the good man and his wife by hia kind aud courteous manner. " What can 1 do for your brave boy ? " he asked. " He's none of ours, and not much urcdit will ho bo to any one, we fear. He wastes too much time over useless hooka," waa the bluff reply ofthe honest tanner, who could not see what possible use Claude's studies would be to him. "May I see the hooka''" naked the stranger. Claude being called, brought tho books o: the Greek and Latin classics, aud Blood with downcast face expecting to be rebuked. But instead he received words of commendation from the gentleman, who, after some talk and questions, was astonished at the knowledge the boy had acquired. A few months later, instead of the old tanning Bhed as a study, Claude might ne niton with his books iu a handsome mansion al Paris, in the house of M. de Vallis, whose life he had saved, and who had be- "*omo his friend and benefactor. The hoy flit iat he bad only done hia duty, and that nu was resolving much in return, and he del, r nineil to make every effort to meet llie expectations of hia patron. He succeeded, Claude Copperonicr, tho boy who did his boat, became the most distinguished Creek and Latin scholar of Ida lime. At the age of twenty-live ho filled the chair of Greek Professor in the Royal College of Paris. More than this, he became i man who feared i,oJ, and waa much beloved for his goodness aud amiable qualities, He never forgot his former master and wife. Their old age was cheered by many tokens of remembrance in t he form of substantial gifts from tfie man who, when a boy, studied ao diligently by tlio fire of their old shed, but who "would never make a ���anuer." In The Au-iralian Basa- The black man watched tlio kangaroos intently for a moment, and he seemed to be ���aking a kind cf measurement of their distance from the fool of tlm palm. Then he drew back, and a second black man took hia turn at looking with tho hush branches for a screen, and he also drew buck. Ho put down tho twigs, and the two seemed to be Htudying. Two men, who could neither count nor measure as civilized men count nud incisure, wero in reality counting and measuring as accurately as if they had been ���4 pair of surveyors with perfocr, instruments. They had dropped their spears and sticks before peeping out at the kangaroos, and now each of them stooped and picked up a queer, crooked club. All the other black men lay fiat in tho grass, whils thoso two went on with their puzzling operations. Neither of them could see any pari of akan- uaroo through the trunk of tho tree. Eaoh stood and balanced hiinself.leauing forward, with Ins bit of curved wood held in his right hand by ono end. These crooked filieka were not much over two feet long, perhaps not moro than two or three inches wide at the centre, tho widest part.and were made to taper at each end. They wero curved on one face and flat on the other and sharp at tho edges. You would havo said great pains had been taken to shapo l.liose Hti��ka ho thai it would be inpossihlo for anybody to throw thorn straight or mako their hit my objeot thoy were thrown at, Rich black man held hia dark, heavy' looking wooden weapon with the fiat side down until hfl had finished his inlanoing and calculating, nnd then ho maidenly drew back and hurled it from him with a peculiar jerking twist of his wnsl. Almost at tlio same moment each of them stooped and picked another aud threw it, and then a third. As the third Oast Was mado each uttered a loud scrooching yell, tho two harsh Orles bursting forth at almost the same second, followed liy yells from all the party as they Bprang from Ihe grass, seized their spears and sticks, and bounded forward. No 1 and Hush had noted overy movement of the green musk by ihc palm, and tho kangaroos must have begun to suspect danger, for all of them had ceased feeding, sat upright, and pricked their cars and turned their pretty heads Inquiringly, The largest of them was in the very act of rising for forward bound when something struck him upon thc neck, just above tho shoulder. There had been a faint whizzing ami whirring in the air. It began behind the cabbage palm and went out sidewise and upward through the air, while something dimly visible flashed away in a wide, sweeplnc ourvo, Dp, up, up went tlio whist, and whirl, and then down, down, after a strange, myaterioiiB fashion, closely accompanied by another just like it. Then there was a thud, ihud, and the great kangaroo did not make hla leap. Ha rolled over and over in the grass, lor one of thuso wonderful missiles bad actually broken his neck. And another kangaroohad fallen also.���[.St. Nicholas. Don't Stepping one day into a room where a alaSl in cooking had assembled, I stood for a v bile to hear the bright, capable teacher in- struct twenty young girls In tho mysteries of bread'malting. Sho was giving-, hem alttth lecture on hotne-mii.do bread, after whicli the materials were to be divided among them, and each girl was to mix, knead, aud set a portion of don.gh to rise. The twenty girls looked very neat and pic ty, wearing clean white aprons and littio white caps. Giie oould imagine them. a few years later, rmoli presiding In her own well-ordered 1i'jU'*.��Vu But presently I noticed something which I would not wish to mentiou exc-pt with the hope lhat it may bo a hint to somo thoughtless girls, One of the number, a pretty girl of eighteen, stood listening with her lingers press- id against hor chin. Presently in an abstracted way Bhe tapped her patted lips. 1 glanced around the circle. All tiie other line teen girls stood with their arms hang- ug easily at their sides, or lightly crossed, Mid remained iu about thc same position, never carrying their hands to their features. But thia one girl sometimes played with the buttons of her dress, sometimes lingered her cheek, sometimes put up her hand to aeo if her hair was all right, and once even thoughtfully rubbed her nose. Wtien tho talk was over tho girls all began to make bread. They had washed their Bands before gathering around tho table, and it was not supposed necessary to do so again. Now nineteen of those girls, one felt instinctively, \\iould be neat about cooking. But the twentieth���1 would not bo loo fastidious, but 1 would really rather not eat a slice of her loaf. Years ago, when I was a girl myself, I hoard a lady say ��� "I never like to sco any oue handling the face 1" After that 1 often noticed what a differ- once it made. And it made a difference this lime. This one girl may have been as sweet-tempered and as capable as any of the others, tint they looked woll-brod, she looked ill-bred ; they looked careful and neat, site looked careless aud a Utile un- neat. Solomon speaks of "little foxes that spoil the vines," and this habit, when one considers the question of good manners is really a" little fox." A Uhost Story. A FACT, After we removed from our plantation in Florida we frequently paid a visit to thi place, enjoying a lew days' stay where ao much of our lives had passed. It was a lonely spor, several miles from any inhabited dwelling but our old colored servant, George, kept an oversight there, und when we contemplated going thither our habit waa to send an aunouncetneul to George, and he would mako ready for our coming by opening the house und airing it. But never shall 1 forget our last visit there. Mamma and myself hastily concluded to lake the journey without the usual note to our faithful George, reasoning thus : "George will be sure to be on the plantation, for it is a buay season now, aud lie cannot bo long absent frum his work there." Much lo our dismay, when we arrived at our journey's end found our dwelling securely locked, and no George to welcome and aid ua. " What can wo dot" was our mutual ex clamation. " It is evening, and will soon bo dark." " Wo will have to alcep in tho old cottage," I said wilh n shudder, as I looked lo ward an old house which had fnllen alii'oal lo ruins. " I fear we will," replied mamma, dismally, following my eyes with her own. Wc ceased our vain efforts to effect an entrance into the homelike dwelling so lately our place of abode, and wended our way to tho old collage, where we knew we should find some sort of a bed, as George often slept in onoof Die hare rooms. As wo stepped into the kitchen I joyfully exclaimed, " Oh, mamma, here is a bit of candle and two matches." 'Sure enough,'1 said mamma, as she took the bit of caudle from the table and replaced it in the tiu candlestick from which il had fallen. We sat down on a drygooda box, which bad doubtless been George's chair ut times, and ate our lunch, some biscuitB aud cheese, which wc had with ua for refreshment on our wny. After our meal and a drink from the well near by, we went upstairs and prepared, as best wo could for the tiigltt. We wore full of trepidation, but could only comfort ours.dves with the thought lhat no one would be likely to come near ua iu suoh a lonely spot. Wo could not lock the doors, nor even wholly close them, so had not that security, and, as mamma said, "could only look to ttie Lord." We arranged the bed, extinguished our fast dying caudle, and lay down to iry to rest, We both began to feel more composure hen we were fuirly recumbent, and would probably have fallen usloep had not a strange sound broken tho dread stilineas of night. The sound proceeded from below, the door seemed to croak upon its hinges, and then a step fell upon the floor���not a natural stop like a living man's hut a weird step which thumped as it trod, not very loudly but distinctly, and it smote our ears and out- hearts, and made our whole frame Lo Bhakc with fiur, and even horror. It could truly be said, "tho hair of our Hesb stood up," ao great wus our trepidation. Wo darod not spoak, but I grasped mamma tightly and sobbed uncontrollably. Dear mamma could do nothing to comfort me, and shook with dread as tho stop came nearer. At length, to our complete consternation, the creature, whatever it might be, began to ascend the rickety stairs, not swiftly, but deliberately, which gave our fears lime to mount up higher, if that wero possible. Oli, mamma, 1 moaned, "I shall die! 1 cannot bear this." "H-U'B-hl" returned mamma, softly, "you may betray our whereabouts," and her voice trembled as she spoke. Tho stop upon the stairs came onward, onward, uud I, feeling that I could endure no more, covered my head with the one blanket and wailed���oh, horrors! waited events; asking myself was I ready for the hoi rlble death before me. Tho door was shoved open and iho dread fill creature came slowly towards the lied, baiting at its side long enough lo add the last twinge (o our terror, and then a familiar "ba-a!" sounded out through thc empty room, and caused such r-dief us can better be imagined than explained. Tho ghost was only a sheep, which the previous year had been my pet lamb. It bad seen us in tbe old bouse aud came and searched till it had found ua. In Ihe dim room I caught the dumb creature around the neck and sobbed once more, now because of the sudden revulsion of feeling, and mamma laughed hysterically as 1 did so.��� [Intelligence. TH�� UGANDA EXPEDITION. it I* to Have Soldiers anil Porters Supplied by (lie .suit-in of Znuilbar- The British expedition which is about to start for Uganda under command of G, H, I'or till is able lo surmount the difliciilty presented by the scarcity of portcra iu a way lhat is nol open to private travellers. The numerous expeditions thut have recently disappeared Into the interior have drained the easfcooastof its supply of porters, bui Portal lias aecurod all the curriers lie needs, and un adeqaute escort of soldiers from tin Sultan )f Zanzibar, He will be able to inarch rapidly to Victoria N'yanza, where lie will utmly the situation and udvise the British Government as to the best means to establish older and promote progress in Uganda, In March next the Imperial British East Africa Company will march out of Uganda. English sentiment wus so strong against abandoning the country that the Government lost no lime in taking steps to assure its control over Uganda, There is every prospect thai, the ruilroud to the hike, the surveys for which are uow completed, will be built at an early day, and the prospects tor Uganda are looking de.:idedlj brighter. Good taato ia frequently nothing more titan au apettte for flattery, HEALTH. Dress Warm During Winter. There is no question but that a vast amount of sicknuss and many deaths are traced directly aud indirectly to au insulh- cient protection of the body from the sudden manges that so frequently oocur In all temperate Climates, and while it is quite impossible to always be provided with an overcoat or tiiick wrap Lo be used at every sudden Ohauge of the weather, it ia possible for all of us to wear heavy woolen underwear during the dangerous to health season, Bay from the first of October until the first of .Juno. Al times these heavy garments may appear too warm, but in a day or so wo are glad enough to have the protection aud comfort lliey vouchsafe ua. With warm woolen garments next llie skin we do not so soon feel the sudden changes of temperature and aro enabled while in u copiouB perspiration to withstand a temperature several degrees lower with little or no inconvenienco lo comfort or health, whereas if the garments next the akin were of ootton the feeling would ho lhat of chilliness and a clammy, dreaded sensation ao detrimental to health aud comfort. Children especially Bhould bo provided with warm undergarments. They coal but little moro than the thiu flimsy affairs, and the activity and life ot childhood leada tlieni to violent exercise and its attendant heating of the blood, and they ruah from a warm room iuto the open chilly air iu a thoughtless manner, in which caeo warm underclothing acts as a genuine life preserver. Tho feotshouldalsobedrossodwarm. Some claim they cannot wear woolen stockings us they cause an unpleasant itching sensation. However, if they are worn continuously lor several weeks that feeling unconsciously disappears and you feet the better for it- Don t let pride cause you to put ou a thin pair of boots or shoes when u thicker and more suitable pair ia at hand, und in the matter of overshoes thore is nothing equal to the wool-lined arotios ; thoy do not look quite so neat and trim us tho close fitting lubber, but you aro uot on exhibition, ana even if yon were have senao enough to dross in suoh a manner as not to endanger your health, for the chances aro you would like to go again some day. If you are going for a drive cr to work, don't let the, at that moment, pleasant condition of the weather deter you from taking along a suitable wrap or overcoat, for there may be a fall of several degrces^in tho temperature ere your roiuru, and while your foolishness may not end in calling in the physician or undertaker, yet you may stlflei* from the inclemency far more than to overbalance tho pleasure or other gain from ihe trip. We have spokeu more particularly regarding underwear and the outer wraps, but tho intermediate garments Bhould receive duo attention, and for winter wear you will prove yourself sensible if you select a brand of cloth that will give you warmth and comfort if not so much style, for who would not rather see a warm, cosy being in a stout gray or blue colored wrap, than a stylish, pinched up face robed in silks and satins, Health For Babies, Much depends upou the regularity of an infant's time of taking nourislnnont, ami yet, few scorn to realize it. The shortest lime botween feeding should ho nothing under an hour and a half and the most suitable lime jb about two hours. But the important point ia, to give the nourishment regularly. Whatever timo ia chosen, do not shorten it becauso tho babe is fretful. Apply warm clothea to the abdomen and feet and if u severe spell of crying cannot be hushed, try giving a little hot waler. No need of adding a drop of pepermint or camphor or any other medicine. What it needs is warmth, and hot water will give that without injury. Do not feed it to quiet it! Often, I believe, babies cry from an overfull stomach. It ia almost agouy to Bit and see the milk forced through its lips in tho foolish imagination that it must be hungry to fret so, The best thing to relieve colic, for a simple remedy, is the warming by means of an inverted, hot saucer, wrapped in flannel and placed over the abdomen. It will quickly relieve. Cure should be taken that the babe is perfectly clean. While it is iu its bath, aee that every wrinkle has been thoroughly rinced. Then dry and powder, and then there will bo no cause of suffering from chafing. Pulverized tea will often heal alter the skin becomes sore, where infant-powder powder or cornstarch seems poisonous- Even ut so early an age the habits of cleanliness may be planted. Soon tho little thing will crow ana splash around in ita tub, and enjoy it as much as a bird does its bath, After this has been done, nothing remains but to keep its teet warm and bowels well regulated. Do not wrap the babe up in two or tin ce shawls, and then wonder why it sneezes at every breath. Let it get accustomed to have no blanket or shawl about il. If not warm enough, add another loug- steevod shirt, but do not wrap it up and keep it from all pure air. Apples as Medicine- Chemically the apple is composed of cgetable fibre, albumen, sugar, gum, chlorophyl, malic acid, gallic acid, lime nnd much water, says Medical Aye, Furthermore, tho German analysts say that the apple contains a larger percentage of phosphorus than any other fruit or vegetable. The phosphorus ia admirably adapted for renewing the essential nervous matter, lecithin, of tho brain and spinal cord, It is, perhaps, for tho same reason, rudely understood 'thai, old Scandinavian traditions represent tho apple na the food of the gods, who, when they felt themselves In be growing feeblo nnd infirm, 'resorted to this fruit for renewing their powers of mind and body. Also Ihe acids of thc apple aro of signnl use for men of sedentary habits whose lives are sluggish in action, lliosu acids serving to eliminate, from tho body noxious matters which if retained would make the bruin heavy and dull, or bring about jaundice or skin eruptions aud oilier allied 'troubles. Some such un experience must have led to our custom of taking apple sauoo will roast potk, rich goo.80 and like dishes. Thi inalio acid of ripe apples, cither raw o1 cooked, will neutralize anyoxoeBs of chalky mutter engendered by eating too imtoli meat, ltlsalsotho fact that such fresh fruits as the apple, tho pear and the plum when taken ripe aud without BUgar, diminish acidity in the stomach rather than pro. vokeit. Tho vegetable nances and juices urn convened into alkaline carbonates which lend to counteract acidity. Orowd foiion* The newest name for bad air is " crowd carbonic acid gas pure aud simple. The conclusion arrived at is that the excess of carbonic acid gaa is alone responsible for tho headache, feeling of suffocation, eto., frequently experienced through the breathing of a contaminated atmosphere. Home persons yield muohinoro readily than others to this combined exhalation from many systems, and persons are overcome by it who cau withstand the air of a room vitiated from other causes. During the recent Lord Mayor's show in Loudon, the foul air uf the crowded sreets waa uotico- able. To such ua But i-Lightly above the level of tho pavement the impurity ofthe air was distinctly perceptible. The baneful effect of impure air was recently felt in a remarkable way iu a London court room. Wnsn the juge entered his cmrt in the morning lie found the jurors and counsel already exhausted, and soon began to experience u ahnilur fooling. On ordering an hivcutigation he was informed that "tho engine was out ot order, and could only pump into the court the stale air that had beenused two days ago," The wiudowawere so constructed us to prevent any proper ventilation of the premises, so that no as- aiaiance could he obtained to expol thc two days-old atmosphere which the pumps per* Biatod in sending into the court. Tho result was that when the jury list was deposed of the Judge, instead of sonding for moro casta, sent the jurors home and quickly followed their example. Sleapina; aDd Dieting. It would be an estimable boon to Immunity if doctors could agree iu their advice aa to diet. At present the average man ia in state of pure bewilderment, Only lately un eminent physician has said that ull our ailments arise from overeating and oversleeping, aud that the golden rule of health is to be aparing of both. Sir Junius Sawyor now comes forwnrd with almost exactly the opposite advice. In speaking of King George 111.'s oft quoted maxim, "'Six houra fora man, seven for a woman, cighl fora fool,*' lie considers that the poor old King��� whose brain by the way, certainly needed more rest than it secured���had "begun at tho wrong end." From his own experience of his own calling, Sir James Sawyor is de- oldely of opinion that medical men require eight hours' sleep if they can get it; uud that failing that they should held on by "the grand rule" "Go to bed when you can and got up when you must." Tho bed room should be well ventilated, and the " nigh* cap" in tho liquid form should he discarded as alcohol prevents healthy sleep. It may produce a drowsy, stupefying effect, but not refreshing slumber. Most people who have slept with and without the aid night-caps will probably bo inclined lo agree with thc distinguished physicfan, His advice us to eating is somewhat optimistic : "If a man would only eat naturally, and at 'ho proper time, aud not eat too much, ho might eat anything he liked." How to Uo to Bed- What is the correct method to pursue preparing for a ttin into dreamland, for thete is a right as well as u wrong way The business of disrobing Bhould ho ao systematized thut attending to all the little niceties included in the process will become after a'while BOeond nature. There ie something more to bo done, let me assure you, beside putting your hair up iu paper curia and dabbing a bit of cold cream ou your face if you would wake up iu the morning look- ins "-a fresh as a rose. In tho lirst. place do not put off those important preparations until you arc ao heavy-lidded that you are ready to omit everything belonging to the toilet. And now for tho first Btep, Early n the evening your sleeping apartments jliould bo thoroughly aired by dropping the window from the top aud raising it at the bottom. Ten minutes will bo quite sufficient for clearing the atmosphere, Now cIobo the windows and allow the room to bo thoroughly warmed, that you may not experience a chill while tnkinga rub down. Prepare a big bowl of topid waler, into which yon be* sprinkle asmall quantity of a imouiaorhorax. Pake a Turkish towel, whicli is much better than u sponge, wring it out as dry ;is poasi ble, and, grasping a corner in eaoh baud, give tho spine a vigorous rubbing. Have nt hand another Turkish towel, und aa you bath tho body in sectiona, dry as quickly as possible. How your smooth white skin wi" glow ns you atari into action the eluggis circulation. poison. Two medical men have been en' A MTJBDEEOuS MAMAO. ('florae Hm-her or Mn-iiiru Falls Tries lo Kill IUh Reautlttil Daughter. A Niugura Falls despatch says : George Barker, a prominent resident of this city, suddenly wont insane the other nudit, and in a fit of rage attempted to murder Ida beautiful daughter, Marie Barker. Tho tragedy was averted only through Miaa Barker's escape during a moment when her father went to secure a weapon to beat her brains out. The particulars of ttio affair Rhroudcd in myatcry to some extent. At an early hour in the evening the residents of Buffalo avenue, the fashionable thoroughfare of the city, iu the vicinity of the Barker residence, were startled by shrieks of a girl for help, Tho family nf Alexander Porter responded to the cries and esoued the girl, Mr. Porter's hostler, .mined Richardson, a young engineer named Standish and Mr. Porter carried Miss Barker over to the Porter residence, Sho was badly injured, but told this story of tbe murderous assault i Sho was coming down stairs and heard her father storming aboul tho lower rooms of the house. -She enquired of him what waa thc matter and he turned upon her like a demon. Ho knocked the girl down, kicked and stamped upon her postrate body uud pulled a handful of hair nut of her head She Legged of him not to kill bor, but with a lieudiah yell ho aaid he would finish hor iu a moment, and started towards thc hack part of the hoiiKi-;ing men and women who wil thorium lily iin-imri* Uioinsolvi-*- in Short hnnd Boolt'icooptng, Arithmetic, Ponmanshlp, Typo writing, etc. Address Collegoof Correspond once, Toronto. KOFF NO MORE WATSONS1 COUCH DROPS WILL GIVE POSITIVE AND INSTANT RELIEF TO THOSE BUFFERING FROM COLDS, HOARSENESS, SORF THROAT, ETC., AND ARE INVALUABLE TO ORATORS AND VOCALISTS. R. &. T. W. STAMPED ON EACH DROP, TRY THEM ARTIFICIAL LLPS, For Circular Address J. DOAN&SON, TI Northcote Ave.. 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MACDONALD, \\ rluuglw DIrKIW V Insurance at Risk, $22,000,000 Cash Assets, 84,000,000 Paid Policy-holders, $2,250,000 NEW BUSINESS ���R 1892IS WELL IH ADVANCE OF THAT POR 1891 OR ANY PREVIOUS ViJAR. ���: POIJCIES FREE .- Practically, FROM ALL CONDITIONS as tf* Residence, Travel and Occupation. AFTER TWO YEARS. THE TALL MUSTER. The story has been bo much tossed about lu the mouths of Indians and half-breeds 6nJ men of the Hudson's Bay Company tint you are pretty sure to hear only au apMryphal version of tbe thing ai you now travel in the North. But pretty Pierre wh- at Fort Luke when tbe battle occurred, and before and after he sifted the business thoroughly. For he had a philosophical turn, and this may be said of him, that ho never lied except to save another from danger. In this matter he was cool and impartial from first to last, and, evil as his reputation wus in many ways, there were those who believed und trusted him. Himself, as he travelled back and forth through the North, had heard of the Tall Master. Yet ho had never met any one who had seen him; for the Master had dwelt, it was said, chiefly amuni* the strange tribes of tho Far-Off Metal Rivor, whoso face-i were almost white, and who held themselves aloof from the southern raises. The tales lost nothing by being te- told, even when the historians wore tho men of the H.B.C.; i'icrro knew what accomplished liars may be found among that company of adventurers trading iu Hud* ion's Bay, and how their art had been none too delicately engrafted by bis own people. But he was, as became him, opeii to conviction, especially when, journeying to Fort Luke, he heard what John llybar, tho chief factor���-a man of uncommon quality���had to say. Hybar had onoe lived with those Indians of the Bright Stone, and has seen many rare things among them. He knew their legends ofthe White Valley mid the Hills of the mighty Men, and how their distinctive character had imposed it< self on the whole Indian people of the North, so that there was uon-s but believed, even though vaguely, in a pleasant land at the summit of the world: and Pierre himself, with Shon McGaunand Just Tratford, had once had a strangn ex perience in the Kimash Hills. He did not share the opinion of Lazenby, the company's clerk at Fort Luke, who said, when tho matter was talked of before biin, that it was all hanky-panky���which was evidence that he had lived iu Loudon town before his anxious relatives, Bonding him forth under the delueive flag of adventure and wild life, imprisoned him in the Arctic regions with the H.B.C. Lazenby admired Pierre; s&id ho waB good stuff, and voted him amusing with an ingenious emphasis of heathen oaths ; but advised him, as only an insolent young scoundrel can, to forswear securing, by tho leduotivo game of poker or euchre, larger interest on his capital thau tho H.B.C. - whose record, he insisted, should never be rivalled by any single man in auy single life timo. Theu he incident ally remarkod thut ho would like to empty the company's cash-box once���only once���thua reconciling the preacher and the siuner, as many another has done. Lazenby'b morale were not bad, however. He was simply fond of making them appear terrible ; even when in London he was more idle than wicked. He gravely suggested ut last that, as a culmination, he ami Pierre should go out on the pad together, This was a mere stroke of pleasantry oar hii part, because the most he could loot iijf that far North were furs and caches of buffalo meat; and a man's capacity and use for them were limited. Even Pierre's especial faculty aud art seemed valueless so far Polewards j but he had his boat through* out the laud, and he kept it like a perfect patrolman. Ho had not been at Fort Luke for years and he would not be there again for more years ; but it was certain that he would goon reappearing till he vanished utter* ly. At the end of the first week of this visit at Fort Luke, ao completely had ho conquer* ed the place, he had won from the chief factor the year's purchases of skins, tho stores, the fort itself; and every stitch of clothing owned by Lazenby ; so that, if he had insist* ed on thc redemption of the debts, the H, B.C. and Lazonhy hnd been naked and hungry in the wildernesB. But Pierre was not a hard creditor. He nonchalantly said that the fort would be useless to him ; and handed it back agaiu with all therein, on a hastily and humorously constructed ninety* nine years' lease, while Lazenby was left in pawn. Yet Lazenby's mind was not at perfect ease ; ho had a wholesome respect for Pierre's singularities, and dreaded being suddenly called upon to pay his debt before he could get new garments made���maybe, in the presence of Wind Driver, chief ot the Golden Dogs, and his demure and charming daughter, Wine Face, who looked upon him with the eye of affection���* matter fully, but not ostentatiously appreciated by Lazenby. If he could have entirely forgotten a pretty girl in South Kensington, who, at her parents' bidding, turned her shoulder on him, he had married Wine Face ; and so he told Pierre. But the half-breed had only a sardonic sympathy for such matters. Things changed when Shon McGann arrived. He should have come before accord' inj* to a promise given Pierre; but there were reasons for the delay, and these Shon elaborated in his tine, picturesque style. He ��aid that he had losthisway after bo hud left tho Wapiti Woods, and should never have found it aguin had it not been for a strange being who oame upon him aud took him to the camp of the White Hand Indians, and cared for him there, and set him safely on his way again to Fort Luke, "Sorra wan did I ever see like him," said Shoo, " with a face that was divil this minute nnd saint the next; pale in theoheek, and black in tho eye, and grizzled hair flow- in' long nt liis neck and lyin" like snakes on his shoulders ; and whin his fingers closed on yours, la-dad ! they didn't seem human at all, for they clamped you so cold and strong." "'For thoy clamped you so cold aud strong,'" rejoined Pierre mockingly, yet greatly interested, as one could see by the upwurd range of his oyo towards Shon, ���' Well, what more?" "Well, squeeze the acid from y'r voice, Pierre, for there's things that bettor become yon ; and listen to mo, for I've news for all here at the fort, beforo I've done, which'll open y'r eyes with a jerk.'' " With a wonderful jerk, hola ! Lot us j-repare, messieurs, to bo waked with an .Irish jerk I" ami Pierre pensively trifled with the fringe on Stum's buckskin jacket, which was whisked from his fingers with a smothered oath. And for a few moment*) he wan silent ��� but the eager looks of the chief factor and Lazenby encouraged him to coutiuuo. Besides, it was only Pierre's way; provoking Shon was the piquant sauce of his life. " l-yin'euako I was," continued Shon, "in the middle of the night- not bom' able to sleep for a pain in a shoulder I'd etraiiied, whin I heard a thing that drew me up stand in'. It was the sound of a child laughin', bo wonderful and bright, and at tho very door of me tent it seemed. Then it faded away tilt it was only a breath, lovely aud idle uud Bwingin'. I wint to the door and looked out. There was uothin' there, av coorse." *- And why av coorse' ?" rejoined Pierre. The chief factor was intent, on what Shon was saying, wtiile Lowboy drummed his fingers on tho table, his nose in tho air. " Divils mo darlin', but ye know as well as I, that there's things in the world neither for havin' nor haudlin'. And that's wan of thim, Bays I to mesolf, I wint back aud lay down, and I heard tho voice siugin' now and uomin' nearer and nearer, and growin' louder and louder, and then thore came witli it a patttcr -of feet, till it was as a thoURaml children were dancin' by mo door, I was shy enough, I'll own ; but I pulled asido tho curtain of th* tent to sec again���and there was noihin' boy-ami for , the eye. tint the singtn' was goin' past and recedin' as beforo til! it died away along the waves of prairie grass. I wint hack and sive Grey Nose, my Injin bedfellow, a lift wid me tut. 'Como out o' that,' says I,' and toll me if dead or alive I am.' Ho got up, and there wus the noise soft and grand again, but with it now the j voicoB of men, the flip of birds' wings ; and the sighiQ' of tree-tops; and behind all that, the long wash of a sea like none I ever heard. ' Well,' says I to the Injin grinnln* before me, 'whata that iu the name of Moses V ' That' Bays he, laughin' slow in me face,' is the Tali Master���-him that brought you to the camp.' Thia I remembered all the things that's been said ef him ; and I knew it was music I'd been hearin', and not children's voises nor anythin' else at all. Come with me,1 says Grey Nose; aud he took me to the door cf abig tent standin' alone from the rest, ' Wait a minute,' says he, and he put his hand on the tent curtain; and at that there was a crash, as a million gold hammers were fallin' on silver drums, and we both stood still; for it seemed an army, with swords wranglia' and bridal-chains rattlin', was marcnin' down on us. Then was the divil* own up roir, as a battle was coiniu' on ; and a long line of spears dashed. But just then thero whistled through the larrup of sound a clear voice callin', gentle and coaxin', yet com* tnandiu' too; and the spears dropped, and tho pounding of horse-hoofs ceased, and theu the army marched away ; far away ; iver so far away, into " "Iuto Heaven 1" flippantly interjected Lazenby. ''Iuto Heaven, say I, and be choked to you ! for there's uo other place for it ; and I'll stand by that till 1 ��o there myself, aud know the truth o' the thing." Pierre here spoke. " Heaven gave you a marvellous trick with words, Shon. I sometimes think that Irishmen havo gifts for two thing���words uud women. Wen, what then!" Shoa was determined not to be irritated. The occasion was too big. " Well, Grey Nose lifted the curtain and wint in. In a minute he comes out. ��� You can ro in,' says he. So In I wint, the Injin not comin', and thero iu tho middle ofthe tint stood the Tall Master, alone, He had his fiddle to his chin, nnd the bow hoveriu' above it. He looked at me for a long time along the thing; then all at once, from one string I heard the child laughin' that pleasant and distant, though the bow seemed not to be touehin', Soon it thinned till it was the shadow of a laugh, and I didn't know wheu it stopped, he smilin1 down at the fiddle bewhilce. Thou he said, wituout lookin' at me, 'It is tno Song of the White Valley aud the Kimasli Hills, the Hills of the mighty men ; of which all men shall know, Tor the North will come to her spring once moro at the remaking of the world. They thought that it would .never be found again ; but I have given it a home here. And he bent and kissed tho strings. After, he turn'd sharply as if he'd been spoken to, and looked at some one beside him, some one that I could* n't sec. A oloud dropped upon his face ; ho caught the fiddle hungrily to bis breast; and came Hmpin' over to me���for thero was Bomcthin' wrong with hisfut���and lookin' down his hook-nose at*me, says ho, ' I've a word for them at Fort Luke, where you're goin', and you'd better ho goin' at once ; aud I'll put you on your way. There's to be a great battle. The White Hands have an anoieut feud with the Golden Dogs, and they have some from whore the soft Chinook wind ranges the Peace River, to fight until no man of all thc Golden Dogs be left, or till they themseh es be destroyed. It is th same north aud south,' he wint on ; 'I havo Boon it all in Italy, in Greece, in ' but here he stopped and smiled strangely. After a moment, he wint on : 'Tho White Hands have no quarrel with the Englishmen of the fort, and I would warn them���for Englishmen were once kind to me���and warn also the Golden Dogs. So come with me at once,' Bays he. And I did. And be walked with me till moruiu', oarryin' the fiddle under his arm, but wrapped in a beautiful velvet cloth, havin' on it graud figures like the arms of a king or queen. Aud juat at the first whisk of sun ho turned me into a trail and give me goodbye, sayin' that maybe ho'd follow me soon, and, at any rate, he'd be there at the battle. Well, divils betide me 1 I got off the track again, aud lost a day; but here I am ��� and there's me story, to take or lave as you will." Shou paused and began to fumble with the cards on the table before him, looking the while on the others, The factor was the first to speak. "I don't doubt but he told you truo about the White Hands and the Golden Dogs," he said ; "for there's becu war and bad blood between them for generations beyond the memory ot man���at least, since the time that the Mighty Men lived, frum which these date their history. But there's nothing to be done to-night; for if we tell old Wind Driver there'll be no Bleeping at the fort. So we'll-let the thing stand," " You believe all this poppy-cock, chief t" said Lazenby to tho factor, nut laughing in Shan's face the while. Thc factor gravely replied: " I knew of the Tall Master years ago on the Far-Off Metal River ; and, though I never saw him. I can believe these things���and more. You do not "know this world through and through, Lazenby; you have much to learn. Pierre said nothing. He took the cards from Shon and passed them to and fro in his hand. Mechanically he dealt them out, and as mechanically tbey took them up in silence and began to play. The next day there was commotion and excitement at Fort Luke. The Golden Dogs were making preparations for the battle, Pow-wow followed pow-wow, and paint and feathers followed all. The H.B. C. people had little to do hut to look to their guns and house everything within tho walls of the fort. At night Shon, Pierre, and Lazenby wero flitting about the table in the common-room, tho cards lying dealt before them, wailing for tho factor to come. Presently the door opened, end the factor entered followed, by another. Shon and Pierre sprang to their feet. "The Tall Master," said Shon, with a kind of awe; and then stood still. Their tower inj- visitor slowly unloosed something beneath his arm, and laid it on tho tabic, dropping his compass-liko lingers on it. He bowed gravely to each ; but the how seemed grotesque, his body was bo ungainly. With tho eyes of all drawn to him, he spoke in a low, sonorouo tone : "I have followed the traveller fast"���his hand lifted gently towards Shon���"for there are weighty concerns abroad, aud I have things to say and do before I go again to my people ���und beyond. I have hungered for tho face of a white man those many years, and his was the tiust I saw"���again he tossed a long fiagel1* towards tlio Irishman��� "aud it brought back many things. I member Ho pau-ed, sat down ; they all did the same. He looked at them one by oue with distant kiudncas. "I temom< bor," he continued, and his strangely articulated fingers folded about the thing on the table besido him, "wheu" here the cards caught his eye. His face underwent a change, An euger, fantastic look shot from his eye���" when I gambled this way at Lucca"���his hand ilrew the bundle closer to him���" but when I won it back again���at a price I" he gloomily added, glancing sideways as to some one at his elbow. He remained, his eyes very intent for a moment; then ho recollected himself and continued: "I became wiBor j I never risked it again ; but I loved the game al- ys, I was a gamester from the start���the artist ia always so when he is greatest���like nature herself. And once- years after, I played with a mother lor her child���and mine. And yot once again at Parma with " hero he paused, throwing that sharp, side-long glance���" with the grcatost gamester, for tho infinite secret of art; and I won it; but I paid the price. I should like to play now. Ho reached his haud drew up livo cards, and ran his eye through them, "Play," ho Bftld. " The hand is good���very good. Onco whon I played with the princess���but it is no matter; aud Tuscany is fur away 1 ���Play I" he repeated, Pierre instantly picked up thc cards, with an ail- of cool satisfaction. He hud either found the perfect gamester or tho perfect liar. He know the remedy for cither. The factor .did not move. Shoa and Lazenby followed Pierre's action. By their positions Lazenby became his partner. They played ia silence for a minute, tho Tall Mas. ter taking all. " Napoleon was an excellont rdayer hut be lost with me," he said slow- y, as he played a card upon three others and task then. Lazeiby was so taken aback by this remark that, presently, he trumped hi** partner's ace, and was rewarded by a talon-like look from the Tall Master's eye j but It was immediately followed by one o f saturnine amusement. They played on silently. "Ah, you are a wonderful player I" he presently said to Pierre, with a look of keen scrutiny. "Come, I will play with you��� for values���tho first time in seventy-five years; then, no more I" Lazenby and Shon drew away beside the factor. The two played. Meanwhile Lazenby said to Shon : " The man's mad. He talks about Napoleon as if he'd known him���as if it wasn't three-fourths of a century ago. Does he think we're all'born idiots 1 Why, he's not over sixty years old now. But whero the deuoe did he como from with that Italian fact* ? And the funniest part of it is, he reminds me of some one. Did you notice how ha limped���the awkward beggar !" Lazenby had unconsciously lilted his voice, and presently the Tall Master turned and said to him : " I ran a nail into my foot at Loyden seventy-odd years ago." " He's the devil himself," rejoined Lazenby, and he did not lower his voice. "Many with angelic gifts are children of his Dark Majesty," said the Tall Master slowly ; and though he appeared closely occupied with the game, a look of vague sadness came into hu face, For a half-hour they played in silence��� the slight, delicate-featured half-breed, and the mysterious man who had for so long been a thing of wonder in the North, a weird influence among the Indians. Thero was a strange, cold fierceness in the Tall Master's face. He now staked his precious bundle against the one thing Pierre prized���the gold watch received years ago for a deed of heroism on the Chaudiere. The half-breed had always apokeu of it as amusing ; but Shon at least knew that A Pierre it was worth his right hand. Both men drew breath slowly, and their eyes were hard. The stillness became painful ; all were possessed by the grim spirit of Chance. The Tall Master won. Ho came to his feet, his shambling body drawn together to a height. Pierre also rose. Their looks clinched, Pierre strotched out his hand, " You are my master at this," he said, The other smiled Badly. " I have played for the last time. 1 have not forgotten how to win. If I had lost, uncommon thingB had happened. This " ���he laid his hand ou the bundle and gentle undid it���"is my oldest friend, since thc warm days at Parma���all dead���all dead," Out of the velvet wrapping, broid- ered with royal and ducal arms, and rounded by a wreath of violets���which the chief factor looked at closely���he drowhis violin. He lifted it reverently to his lips. " My good Garnerlus 1" he said. "Three masters played you; but I am chief of them all. They had the classic soul; but I the romantic heart���Its gmndes caprices," Hia head lifted higher. " I am the master artist of the world. I have found the core of Nature. Hero in the North is tho wonder-: ful soul of things. Bcyoud this, far beyond whero the foolish think is only inviolate ice is the first song of the ages, and a very pleasant land. I am the lost Master, aud I shall return, I shall return���but not yet- not yet." He fetched the instrument to his chin with a noble pride. The ugliness of his face was almost beautiful now. The factor looked on him with bewilderment ; the factor was trying to remember something; his mind went feeling, he knew not why, for a certain day, a quarter of a century before, when he unpacked a box of books and papers from England. Moat of them were still in the fort. The association of this man with these thingB fretted him. The Tall Master swung his bow upwards; but at that instant there camo a knock, and, in response to a call, Wind Driver and Wine Face entered. Wine Face was certainly a beautiful girl; and Lazenby might well have been pardoned for throwing in his fate with such a heathen, it he despaired of ever seeing England again, The Tall Muster did not turn towards these. The Indians sat gracefully on a bearskin before the fire. The eyes of the girl were cast shyly upon the man as he stood there unlike an ordinary being���in his face a fine hardness and tho cold light of the North. He suddenly tipped his how upwards and brought it down with a most delicate crash upon the strings. Then softly, slowly, he passed into a weird fantasy. The Indians sat breath* less. Upon them it acted more impressively than upon the others; besides the player's eye was searching themnow ; he was playing into their very bodies. Aud they responded with some swift shocks of recognition crossing their faces. Suddenly the old Indian sprang up. He thrust his arms out, and made, as if unconsciously, some fantastic yet solemn motions. The player smiled in a tar-off fashion, and presently ran tho bow upon the airings in an exquisite cry; and then a beautiful avalanche of sound slid from a distance, growing nearer and nearer, till it swept through the room, and embedded all in its sweetness. At this the old Indian threw himself forward at tho player's feet. "It is tbe sing of the Whito Weaver, the maker of the world���the music from the Hills of tho Mighty Men. I knew it���I knew it���but never like that. It was lost to the world ; tho wild cry of the lofty stars." His face was wet. The girl, too, had risen. She came forward as if in a dream, and reverently touched the arm of the player, who paused now, and was looking at them from under his long eyelashes. She spoke whimperingly : "Aro you a spirit? Do you come from the Hills of tho Mighty Men*" He answered gravely : " 1 am no spirit. But I have journeyed in tho Hills of tho Mighty Men and along their ancient hunting-grounds, Thia that I have played la the ancient music of the world���of Jubal und his comradeB. It comes humming from the Poles ; it rides laughiiigjdowii the planets ; it tremblea through the snow ; it gives joy to the bones of the wind. And 1 am tho voico of It," ho added ; aud he drew up his looso, unmanageable body till it looked enormous, linn, aud dominant. The girl's fingers ran softly over to his breast. "I will follow you," sho said, "when you go again to the Happy Valleys." Down from his brow thero camo a faint huo of color, and. for a breath, his oyes closod tenderly with hers. But lie straightway gathered back his look again ; his body shrank, not rudely, from her fingers ; and ho absently said ; "I am old���in years the father of the world. It is a man's lifo gone since, at Genoa, she laid her fingers on my breast like that. These thugs can be no more���until the North hath its summor again ; and I stand young���tho Master��� upon lite high summits of renown." Tho girl drew slowly back. Lazenby was muttering under his breath now ; he was overwhelmed by this change "in Wino Fucc. He had heen impressed to awo by tho Tall Master's music ; but ho wm piqued, and determined not to givo In easily. Ha Bald t-neci iiu'ly that Muskelyne and Caoko in music had come to lifo, and suggested a simke-duiicc. Tho Tall Master heard tneae thingu, and immediately he turned to Lazenby with an angry look on hia face. His brows hung heavily over tho dull lire of his oyes; his hair itself seemed like Medusa's, just quivering into savnge life ; tho lingers spread out while and claw- like upon the strings as ho curved hia violin to his chin, whereof it became, as it were, a piece, The bow shot nut and down upou thn instrument with a painful clangor. 'i hu." oddied into n vast arena of sound tlio prodigious elements of war, Torture roso from those four immeasurable cords; a dreadful danco of death supervened. Through tho chief factor's mind thero flashed���though mechanically, anil only to bo remembered aftonvurds���the words of u Boheolday poem. It shuttled in and out of the music :��� Wheel tha wild dance, Wliiltt lightnings glance, And thunders rattle loud; And call tbe brave to bloody grave, To sleep without a shroud. The face of the player grew old and drawn. The skin waa wrinkled, but shone; the hair spread white, the nose almost mot the chin, the mouth was all malice. It was old age with vast power; conqueBt volleyed from the fingers. Shon McGann whispered aves, aching with the noise; the factor shuddered to his feet ; Ls-zonby winced and drew back to the wall, putting his hand before his face as though the sounds were striking him ; tht old Indian covered his head with his blanket upon the floor. Wiue Face knelt, her face all grey, her fingers lacing and interlacing with pain. Only Pierre sat with masterful stillness, his eyes never moving from the face of the player ; his arms folded j his feet firmly wedded to the floor. The aouud became strangely distressing. It shocked the flesh and angered the nerves. Upon Lazenby it acted singularly. He cowered from It * bat soon, with a look of mad* ness in his eyes, he rushed forward, arms out-Btrotohea. as if te seize the intolerable minstrel. There was a sudden pause in the playing- then the room shook with noiae, buffeting Lazenby into stillness. But tho sounds changed instantly again, and music of great sweetness and delight foil about them as in silver drops���aa enchanting lyric of love. Its inexpressible tenderness subdued Lazenby, who but now had had a heart for slaughter. He dropped on liis knees, threw his head into his arms, and sobbed. The Tall Master's fingers crept caressingly along one of those heavenly veins of sound, his bow poising softly over it. The farthest star seemed singing. At dawn the next day the Golden Hogs were gathered for war beforo tho fort. Immediately after tho aun rose, the foe were seen gliding darkly out of tho horizon. From another direction came two travellers. These also saw the White Hands bearing upon the fort, and hurried forward. They reached tho gates of tho fort in good time, and were welcomed. Ono wub a chief trader from a fort in the west. He was an old man, and had been many years in the serviceoftlie H.B.C.; and,like Lazenby,had Spent his early days in London, a comtois* icur in all its pleasures. The other waa a voyagcur. They had posted on quickly to bring news of this crusade of the White Hands. Tho hostile Indians came steadily to within a few hundred yards of the Golden Dogs. Then they sent a bravo to suy that they had no quarrel with the pco- ��le of the fort; and that if the Golden >ogs came on they would battle with them alone, since the time had come for "oue to be as both," as their medicine men had boon declaring from the days of the Great Race. And this signified that one should destroy the other. At this all the Golden Dogs ranged into line. The sun shone brightly, the long hedge of pine woods in the diatauco caught the color of the sky, the flowers of the plains showed handsomely as a carpet of war. The bodies of the fighters glistened. You could see the rise aud fall of their bare, strenuous chests. They stood as their forefathers in battle, almost naked, with crested heads, gleaming axe, scalp-knife, and bows and arrows. Al first there was the threatening rustic of preparation; then a great stillness came and stayed for a moment; after which, all at once, there sped through the air a big shout of battle, and the innumerable twang of (lying arrows ; and the opposing hosts ran upon each other. Pierre and Shon McGann, watching from the tort, cried out with excitement. " Divils me darlin' 1" called Shon, " are we gluin' our eyes to a chink in the wall, whin the tangle of battle goes on beyaud T Bedad, I'll not stand it 1 Look at them twistiu' tho neck o' war 1 Opeu tho gates, open the gates ! say I, and let us have play with our guns 1" " Hush I MonDieul" interrupted Pierre. 11 Look ! The Tall Master I" None at the fort had seen the Tall Master since the night before. Now he was covering the space between the walls and the hat- tie, liis hair streaming behind him. When he came near to the vortex of fight he raised hla violin to his chin, and instantly a most sweet call penetrated the uproar. The call filled it, drained through it, wrapped it, overcame it; so that it sank away at fust like the outwash of an exhausted tide. The weft of battle stayed unfinished in the loom. Then from the Indian lodges came the women and children. They drew near to the unearthly luxury of that call, now lilting with an unbounded joy. Battle-axes fell to tho ground; the warriors quieted even where they stood locked with their foes. The Tall Master now drew away from them, facing the north and west. That ineffable cull drew them after him with grave joy; and tbey brought their dead and wounded along. The women and children glided in among the men and followed. Presently one girl ran away from the rest and came close into the great leader's footsteps. At that instant, Lazenby, from tie wall of the fort, cried out madly, sprang down, opened the gates, and rushed towards the girl, crying, " Wine face 1 Wine Face 1" She did not took behind. But he came close to her and caught her by the waist. "Come back I Come bock! 0 my love,come back r he urged; but she pushed him gently from her. ������ Hush! Huah 1" she said. " We are foing to tho Happy Valleys. Don't you ear him calling?" And Lazenby foil back. The Tall Master was now playing a wonderful thing, half dance, half carnival, hut with that call still beating through it. They were passing tho fort at an angle. All within issued forth to see. Suddenly the old trader who had come that morning started forward with a cry ; then stood still. Ho caught the factor's arm ; but he seemed mm bio to speak yot; his eyes wero hard upon the player. The procession pits-icd tho empty lodges, leaving the ground strewn with their weapons, and not one of their number stayed behind. They passed away towards the high hills of tho north-west���beautiful aiiBtorc barriers. Still the trader gazed, and wm pate, and trembled. They watched long. Tho throng of pilgrims crew a vague mass, no longer an army of individuals; und tho music came floating back with distant charm. At last the old man found voice. "My God 1 it is " The factor touched his arm, interrupting him, and drew a picture from his pocket- one but just now taken from that musty Site of books received so many years before. [e showed it to the old man. " Yes, yes," said the other; " that is ho. And the world buried him forty years ago 1" Piorre, standing near, added wilh soft irony : " There are strange things in the world. He is a superb gamester���a grand comrade 1" Tho music camo waving back upon them delicately; but tho pilgrims wero fading from view. Soon the watchers were alone with the glowing day. Gilbert Pabkir. "Jagaon bays the manwhocaa'ttakeu joko always seems to be the editor of tho paper he Bends liis too.��� [Elmira Gazette. Praying by machinery is done in parts of Thibet, China, aud Japan, A wheel six or eight feet in diameter is covered with rolls of parchment, which is filled with written firayers. Tho wheel ia placed inatoinple, tho aiUiful each give it a few whirls, and the prayer is supposed to bo repeated us many times as it Is contained on the parchment. Sometimes tho wheel is orectod over a running stream. This keeps the wheel almost constantly In motion, and the faithful merely gazo at il, how their heads and thus acknowledge the prayers as theirs. AGRICULTURAL. Where God's Hand is Seen. Do I liko the city! Stranger, 'turn's likely that 1 would 1 'TWt likol> that a ranger from tho border over could Qit accustomed to tho flurry an' the loud, linear1 lily noise��� Everybody In a hurry, men an' wimmtn, gnl-i uu' buys. All a-rushiu' like ihe Nation 'mid the rumble an' the jar, .).*.' us if their souls' salvation huug upon their git tiu lliur'. Like it t No. I love to wander 'Mid tho vale** anil mountains green, In tho border land out yonder, Whero the bando'Uod is seen. Nothiu' 'yar but brickH aud mortar, towcrln overhead so high. That you never see a quarter o' the overhang-^ in' sky. Not a tree or grnssy niedder. not u ruunln' brook In sight; Nothiu' but tho buildin't* shacldor, mnkin' gloom o' heaven's light. E'en tho birds are all imported from away across tho sea- Faces molting all distorted with tho hand o' misery. Like It 1 No. I love to wander 'Mid vales und moiintuiu-' green, In the border land out yonder, Wluir' tho hand o' Uod Is seen. Roarin' railroad trains ubove you, -streets hy workmen ull defaced, Everybody tryln' to shovo you iu the gutter In their haste) Car's nn' carta and waaoni rumblin' through thc streets with doafain' roar. Drivers yellin', awoartn', grumulln', Jos' like iinps from snoors shore; Factories j'iniu' lu tho chorus, holpln' of the din to swell; Auctioneers intones sonorous ljiu' 'bout the goods the}* sell. Liko itl No. I love to wander 'Mid vales and mountains green, In the border hind out yonder, \\\\ har' the baud o' Ood is soon. Yes, I lave the western border; plno troos Wiivin' in the air, Rocks piled up In rough disorder; birds using In'overy whore j Deera-playin'in their gladness; elk ii-feealn in tho glen; Not a irncoo'-miu or sadness cam pin' on tho trail o' men. Brooks o' crystal clonrneps flowln' o'er the rocks an* lovely flowers In their tinted beauty growin' in the mountain dells und bowers. Fairer ptetut' tho Creator Nover throw on earthly screen Than this lovely home o nutur' Whar' tbo hand o' Uod Is Been. A Proposed Dairy Test- The dairy test at the World's fair in Chicago will undoubtedly bo thc greatest tost of dairy cattle ever held in this or any other country. It was intended to show the relative merits of all tho leading dairy breeds. But the Holstein-Friesian association, the Devon and the Ayrshire associations have voted not to exhibit. Tho great central idea is the obtaining information as to the products yielded by cows of different breeds in comparison with the cost of the food consumed, and to obtain this information from so large a number of cows that the results may be taken to fairly represent the best thut the breeds cau do and also to have these records inude in bo public a manner, and the testa conducted so carefully by impartial and expert scientists that no question could possibly arise as to the fairness end correctness of the results. The representatives of the three brcedi abovo mentioned have been unable to enter the contest on account of inability to raise the large amount of money necessary to transport the oows to Chicago and take euro of them while there. The result nought is information as to cost of production of a pound of milk, butter or cheese and the three points to be guarded aro that cows bo offi- cially selected, that the expenses be not too heavy and that tho records bo bo made that their accuracy cannot ho called into question. The first of these is easily done, the second can be obtained by having the ouwa tested at tbe home of the owner, and the third by having the records all made under tho immediate supervision of Bomo independent and impartial set of judges. The managers of the World's Fair have finally called in the experiment stations to serve through their representatives as the judges at Chicago, and probably no better judges could bo obtained to take charge of a test of dairy aows at their homes. Thia home test could not of course bounder the official charge ot the World's Fair, but by conforming closely to th*- methods used at Chicago the results would be fairly comparable with the Chicago results. Such a teat would Indeed have one advantage over the Chicago test since it would allow the cows to he tested iu their natural eorroundings, ou the food to which they were accustomed, under the watchful care of those who knew their individual characteristics. It would seem as though tho test might be made on somewhat the following lines. Let the cows be selected from all over the Union by tho same persons, in the same numbers and in the same way that the selecting would have been done bad tho cows been sent to Chicago, Let these cows remain on the farms of their owners, and ho ted and cared for by the owners,���the owner to use his own judgment us to the kind and quantity of food to bo usod, aud to put the cow through any preparatory course of feeding he desires. Let the test be for thirty days and bo at tho mum; dato ns the thirty day test in Chicago, i.o,, the mouth of September. Let the stations, through their regular executive committee or through a special committee, detail a man to watch each cow, and record all food eaten, both ub to kind and quantity. Let the owner milk the cow aa often as he pleases, and tha station representatives weigh the milk aud take a small sample for chemical analysis, from which t.iu cheese value of tbo milk could be calculated with great accuracy. Let the rest of tho milk be handled by the owner und made into butter in any way he pleases, und the butter when finished ho weighted nnd sampled by llie representative of tho station for chemical analysis and tho weight calculated to eighty percent butter tat, due allowanco being made for thu amount ot wholo milk taken for the sample. Tho station representative should also mako weights uud take samples of ull skim-milks and buttermilks. Analysis could bo made at tho farm und duplicate samplca sent to tho station as n further cheek, or all analyses could bo made ut the stations. Ily using the same scale of prices as thoso used ut Chicago tho livo Bets of tests could be readily compared. The advantages of this test would ho thc cows would not be exposed to tisk of ship ment, they would be fed by their rcgula- attendants who know ihc iudividuul capacity of each cow, und, lastly, the expense would bo reduced to so small u sum that there Bhould be no trouble in adjusting thia part of tlio mutter equitably between the associations und the stations. HaUBreoda- Attho meeting of tho Massachusetts board of agriculture Secretary T. S. Gold of the Connecticut board related some interesting experiences which he ha* had with breeding cattle during the lust BO years. During this time thc demands of iho market have changed und Mr. Gold has changed his animals to correspond. In the earlier days of his breeding, beef was a profitable article for n farmer to raise. Thou there was an increased demand for steers which in tufti died uway and milk for tho New York market was the mott advantageous source of farm income. The ehatiging conditions, how- over, have made the production of cream for tho creamery the most desirable source of dairy iiicomo to-day. To meet thoso varying uciimnds Secretary Gold bus made fow changes in his cows but has from lime to lime changed tlm breed of his bull. He begun with a .Shorthorn and produced cows that woro half blooded, then thiec-qimrter-*, then seven- eights, etc. Next ho changed to a Deyon bull which be kept tilt ho nnd a herd of cows all alike, olio befog hardly distiu iruishablo from another. This animal was in turn replaced by un Ayrshire bull wll-k-h was kept till his cows were all mottled and spotted with kuleidescope effects, Next came a Holstein bull end now he is usiug a Jersoy. As a result of all this experience it is his impression that half blood are better animals than higher grades, and that his dairy haa always dono the bat for the first year or two after changing the mule head of the herd. In connection with this discussion Mr. Richards of Mar.-ditiuld said that the de- undents of the famous cow Jersey Belle of Suituate have not equalled or approached her wonderful production and thai her blood seems to be more or less runuing out. Farm Yard Manure- Manure exerts a physical action upon the soil as well as a chemical agency. It gives stability to light a uidy soils, making them more absorbent of moisture ; renders tenacious clay soils more open and pliable in their nature, thereby admitting the freer passage of the rain and Atmospheric air ; as well as promotes the decomposition of those soils, thereby rendering them more fertile. For dung to act mechanically in reudering a soil more open, and in overcoming its tenacious character, the farmer must let the manure retain much of the rigidity of the straw, or iu other words, it must not bo too rotten, In using it for very porous soils, which need to be compressed rather than rendered open, the natural toughness of thu straw should be entirely overcome, and tho dung used in a rotten state. Thero aro many other duties discharged by dung which may bo grouped together under tho term of chemical nation. Whilo it devolves upon tho mechanical agency to render tho soil adapted for being traversed by tho roots of the growing crop, the chemical powers supply that nourishment which is needed for the dai-elopmeul of the crop. It in, therefore, in their combined actiou that the most desirable results become manifest. It is, how ever worthy of inquiring whether or not the use of fresh dung lor still* land and rotten dung for porous laud is supported and confirmed by thc chemical character of dung. When fresh duug is used upon still laud the decay which takes placo acts upon thc lund, and rendera the dormant ingredients of the soil active, and thereby converts matters which could uot nourish u plant iuto valuable food ior vegetation. It atao imparts to the soil a beneficial warmth which is favorable to germiuatioa and vegetable growth. In addition to this the absorbent power of the soil seizes and retains the products of this fermentation of the dung, and secures them until required by the growing plant. In tho case of a sandy soil the circumstances as well as the powers of the soil, arc totally different, Tho porous character of the soil ia decidedly unfavorable to its powors of retaining manure, and consequently we cannot look upon such soils as safe guardiunsof manure, and for this reason the manure should be added so as to be immediately available tor the crop. The manure, consequently, is more suit-1 able, when well rotten, upon chemical grounds as well as upon n consideration of its mechanical character. The same principle is applicable to all the intermediate descriptions of soil, modified by the same rule. sect Tra ps- Superintendent Forbush of the gypsy moth commission says that a bund of burlap tied about thc trees has proved an ellicicnt trap for the gypsy moth, and that as many other species of insects injurious to trees, were also found in these traps, he urges farmers to apply them generally. Among tho insoctB caught were many borers, und thc application of this simple trap will be further efficacious in preventing the spread of the borers. The trap consists simply of a piece of burlap a fow inches wide tied about tho tree, the bark having beau first scraped so as to furnish a smooth place to tie it on the tree. Tho upper part of tho burlap is then loosely turned over the string and all those insects which crawl up the trunks of troos to soarot themselves in tho looso bark or other hiding places, will be found in the burlap if it is put on at tho right time. It must be applied at the season when insects aro ascending. The trap should bo looked aftor every fow days. Source of Pat iu Milk. Dr. Collier of the Geneva experiment station has made records of 14 cows during their first entire period of lactation. The results show that thero was produced 4,053.7 pounds of fat in the milk from these fourteen cows, and that thore was present in the food consumed by them during their entire period of lactation, of pure fat, 4,104,0 fiounds. It will thus be seen that was a ittlc more thau one and ono quarter per cent of pure fat in the food consumed over and above the quantity found present iu the milk. During the first quarter of lactation the average quantity of pure fat in the food consumed waa but 79.4 percent of that in the milk produced by these animals, whilo during the last quarter of lactation the pure fat in the food was l''J.(J percont in excesa of that present in tho milk yielded. Ooru Ensilage- We recommend corn eiiBilage, in particular, wherever corn can be matured for the reason that ne do not know of any crop that will furnish as much feed for tho samo expense, Any good, sweet ensilage has a tendency to increase the quantity of milk because cows will eat more and digest better. Furthermore, we recommend ensilage becauso it ia the ohoapeat and surest way of securitig and storing toddor. It must be remembered, however, that corn ensilage is not a complete ration. It should have bran, or liiiBced meal, or cottonseed meal mixed with it. L ITEMS OF INT��REST. Several women in Holland earn a livelihood a3 practicing chemists. One-seventh of the land surface of the globe is controlled by Russia, Railroad omplojocs, to the number of 24,- 74,'i, have then homes in Kausos. Sixteen beautiful young women have formed u brass hand iu Heuo, Nevada. Fully 'J5 per cent, of all the chumpagun that is made is lost by the bursting o' bottles. To escape a whipping, an eleven year old lad, in Watertowu, N. V., committed suicide. A young seal, when in distress, ot abom- to he attacked, utters u sound very much like that of a child. Butler with a flavor of wine is produced by a farmer in Chautauqua, N. Y. Hr feeds his cows on grapes. Hard coal loses eight per cent, in bulk, per annum, when exposed to tho weather. Soft coal loses twelve per cent. White nwls infest the basement of the State House in Springfield, 111., and threaten to devour the public records. .Stockings first cair-u iuto use in the eleventh century. Ilcfore that, clotit bandages were wound around the feet. A pumpkin nine feet in circumference, and woighing'Jll pounds, was raised this season by a farmer in Sardia, Georgia, Great poverty exists in Chili. One reason assigned, is tho great number of poets in that country���people who would rather write poor verses than saw wood. Something huge, in the earthworm line, is quite common in Cape Colony. It is between six and seven feet long, and resembles tho ordinary englcworm. Fifty jura of preserved fruit fell from a ahelf in the cellar of a house ut Vardley, Pa., and wero destroyed. Fifty kind neighbors made good tho loss by each presenting to the woman a jar of fruit. A hugo sun-dial, made entirely of plants and flowers, adorns the South Park, Chicago. The standard which casts the shadow is also decked with flowers, uid is mado to resemble a gigantic ear of oorn. All German soldiers must learn to swim Some of them are ao expert that, with their clothing on their heads, and carrying gunt- uud ammunition, they can swim streams several luiudred yards in width. An iutoxicating beverage, mado of corn and decayed halt, is largely patronized by tho South Sea Islanders, For about five cents u man can buy enough of it to keep him comfortably drunk for three days. Georgo Gates, of Fayette County, Pa,, while hunting, imitated the cry of a wild turkoy so perfectly that James Dills thought it came from a real fowl. He fired into the bushes whence the sound had come, and instantly killed Gates. To guard ngainst poisoning, a wise law has just been passed in Germany. All drugs intended for internal use must be put in round bottles, and those whioh are only used externally must be plaoed in hexagonal hot- "bb. A watch in the form of a shirt-stud, has been made by an artisan in Newcastle, Eng. Its dial is three-sixteenths of an inch iu diameter. It is to be worn in connection with two other studs. By turning tho upper stud, you wind the watch ; while turning thc lower oue adjust the hands, finest mansion in gee at brit AIN- The Residence of Hie liiii'nui-i or Hull* In Nl't-ll/IIHl. The rebuilding nf Mount Stuarb, Lord Bute's palace, Hear Rothesay, Scotland, makes it the most magnificent iiuim-iou in Groat Britain, Rays the St. Louie Republic, The base of the building covers u fraction more than an acre, and is built iu thn me- diroval Gothic style of the thirteenth century. The walls, turrets, and balconies aro built of tho beautiful variegated --raiiitcs and sandstones from Kirkcudbrightshire, thu floors and arches being of clnudud Italian marbles. The main hull is constructed entirely of .labaster, the supports iKiinj- columns of oxidized brass and bronze. The gallery and grand Hlaircasc are of marbles brought from Sicily and Carrara. Tho drawing rooms aro paneled with alternate strlpsof cherry,walnut, and ebony, all from America. The main dining room, which wna built ao us to accommodate '���"SO gnosis, is finished after the style oi the drawing rooms, with the exception of relief figures and mosaics of fish, game, animals, etc. Tho fallings awl chimney pieces of nil these rooms uro most artistic, and so also are Iho windows, mantels, and doors, the work of which are extremely elaborate. There are three immense libraries and a billiard room, all with carv'edstone flroplnoes of nritlquo design. In ono wing there aro Turkish mid swimmim- baths, large conservatories, aviarioS) auitaritims, etc. The whole palace is heated throiit'hmit with nto.un uud hot Water pipes and lighted both by gas and by electricity. Tho pictures iu the galleries alone uro worth?p00,000 and the books in thc libraries us much more. The building, dei'orating, und furnishing of this palace, which is without doubt tho finest privntc n-Hidt'Uce on tho globe, entailed uuoutl.iy of ���Cl,QOO,Ci)p-nearTy S5,OW,000, A pinch of niiuir, taken by a man, in Smith Itend, Ind., to relieve a Blij-ht nttnek ol catarrh, caused him to sneeze so vlolonw y that he dislocated his shouldor. Mamma's Little Helper- Great Cresarl What a mese I" cried Milly Pottle's brother Tom, who was tumbling the contents of tho yarn bag over and over, hunting "stuffing " for his ball. " lb would take a telescope to find an end in that hornets' nest 1" He thrust the great bunch of snarls back into the bag, leaving it on the floor, yawn* ing wide, with its draw-strings broken. " If your ma had two pairs of hands, she could find enough to keep 'em all busy," said grandpa, passing along and hanging the hag hy its top on a tall chair-post. Milly was hard at work behind the plant- stand by the window, making a plush bonnet for Ann Amelia, her largost doll. She had been invited to a party that afternoon just acroBi the road, and must be becomingly dreased. But Mien, grandpa said there was nobody to help mamma's tired hands. Surely thero was her own self, she thought. Did grandpa really mean to reprove her���good, thoughtful grandpa! Sho paused with her needle half-way through the stitch, and smoothed her little nose with her forefinger. How could she atop to help t It would take her all the forenoon to make that bonnet I No, she couldn't 1 The sun shone in brightly over the little peaks of pure snow drifted against the window-panes. Water ran off the roof almost like a shower. Now and then a long, sharp icicle, melted off, would come tumbling down from the oaves with such a clatter that Billy, tho dog, would jump up from his warm nost in tho corner and bark loudly. Onoo a great slide of snow rumbled off the roof, catching mischievous old " Smut," . the cosset sheep, under its fall. But yet It was Monday, and such a busy day iu thc kitchen (Milly'a thoughts ran ou), and she had heard mamma aay, almost discouraged, at tho last mending that it was like hunting for a needle in a haystack to find unything in that bag. She would just take a look atit, auy way. Down went tho bonnet with n sigh, and Milly seized tho great red bag from the chair-post, und dragged it away in behind the sofa and sat down. She plunged her hand Into its snarly depths. *' Yah 1 Whoo-oo I Br-r-r-rrrr !" Out it came, und her brown thumb went iuto her mouth whilo eho scowled in a fuar- ful way���almost���aud rocked back uud forth tokecplromcrying, ushuuursed her pricked thumb. It wus a kid beginning, but after a time she cautiously turned the 1-ag wrung aido out. What a "mess," to bo sure I There wero blue balls and while balls aud red ami "tnlxed "and "clouded" balls from old " Smut's " wholly batik, and a great ball of shou-lhrr*nd all knotted lo'-olher in a vciu- ttous manner. There were loose knitting-needles, durn- ing-neodlos ami worsted-noodles, stuck into the balls and hiding in the great snarl, by the dozen. Grandma bad becu t>ick so long that everything " bad gone to loose ends," mamma said. Milly began very pationtly, but it waa almost no time before sho was tempted to hung the ba-* back un the chair and go with that dear liltlo bonnet. She threw Aun Amelia under the table to get hor out of sij,'ht, and boxed Billy's ears so hard that hu ran away With Tom, who went out to help break roads. Then Miliy picked and picked ut stubborn knots, ami slowly wound till her littio tingerB ached. But at length each bull wu,* wound smooth, und its end fastened and tho bug String wus mended. But what OOUld BnO do With the needles? Sho went in to grandma, who, though sick, could plan just us well ub ever ; and sho gave Milly an old diary and somo bright bits of flannel. Snip���snip '. O-ut came all the the leaves of the old diary. Stitch��� stitch I 'In wont leaves of flannel���blue uud pink aud gray, all neatly worked with silk about the edges ���for Milly was quite deft with her niC'.-iiw Somo largo leaves for tlio darning and tape needles, aud the smaller one1) for tho worsteds and "shoe-th roads". A knot oi yellow ribbon was fastened ut tho back, und In, a nice strong nocdleboolt. Milly was just hanging tho bag on thc chair-post, at;tun, when mamma rail in fur the shoe-thread to wind Tutu's broken goad-stick. She looked iut'ue brtg' then at Milly, and n bright smile Hproail ull over her tired face. Sho cuddled Milly into h-r arms u moment, and culled hor a blessed lltllu helper. So Ann Amelia hn'l to wear Iter old l.-iui boitnct tothe puny. THE WEEKLY NEWS, JAN. 18, 1893 THE WEEKLY MS Published By M. Whitney & Son. Every Wednesday. Courtenay, B. C. TEiUlS OK SCt.SCRlH'10>'. IN ADVANCE. One Year ! *'-����� -���!���' Months 1 ����� Slnfcle Copy.... " ft1' RATKS OF AUVEKTISING: ttre'^h per yeai $V10fl .. _ ninnth 1 **) i-:��hthcot. porywiT MOO tiurth jiiafi ��c*'k. por Una 001ft Local notices, p*ir line S) X'otices of Ilirih-t, Marriages and iXailhs. 50 cents each inscnion. Xr> Advcriisnicnt iti-,eried for less than ;o cents. ��� j ..���������.^iru'iiwu..��� ��� ii"*" ���' fM��� Wftteday,JAH.18,1893 Not Badly Frightened. Wh uiidi-rstHiiJ that a party supposed to he connecod with tni* real eaiatn I ranch of the UinaiU Western has written a li-tter to a prominent citizen of rhf Bay, internting that its contents should bo communicated to un, to tlm 1 fleet that if any more i-ditorials were pjUished hy uk lik-i th��< on" which up peared a fnrtuijjjht ayo ujkiii the subject of thn Cttiada Western, '-hat the "rail- toad would givi* Courlt-niiy thi* go-by. At *jrst wf* were pni-tlizt*'), but upon re- 11- etion wp have recovered our womed L-umposure. If our ordinary editorial breath is so influenzal as to change tlit: route ofa transcontinental rail* ay, it occurs to u�� that a bugle blast such as we might bfl able t-< give, if wp were lo put forth a great ettbrt, would spnd this Canada Wentem Qi-ttit to grass. Hiving learned out power, we shall not fail to use it, and the Chicago syndicate m��y Im assured,that if lliey would not havp their charter torn to shred* Hitd the emer|*rtse incontinently swamp cd that they must at oner give satisfactory guuranteea to build this part of the toad next spaaon, span the Courtenay River at this point with a superjuion bridge, and erect within the village limits a $10,000 depot. If this be not done the worst may Im expected. It is not often we get mired up, but now that we art, no half way measures wilt answer. Seriously, we have no quarrel with the Canada Western. We would be glad to see tha road built. If it will quit masquerading and proceed on bus iness lines, itjwili have nur support, We hope the Legislature will do whatever h reasonable in the way of encouragement. We would be glad to see Duluth made a divisional point, and a sub stantial town spring up there. We are for the development of the inland. Notwithstanding all this, we mu��t re. mind th** gentlemen composing thesyn* dicate lhat public confidence in the '"��' tTphse has been badlv shaken, and that we have but voiced the general sentiment in this section; and <*e shall uot be silenced by any hints of the kind contained in the letter of our annony- mous friend, but shall float the banner of.our honest cnnWctiona. If ihey have, anything to niter in support of their bona fides, our columns are open to them for that purpose, and we shall hail any evidence, indicating that the enterprise is tn be a success with the liveliest satisfaction. Advertising. Does advertising pay? This quest ion is aften asked by the close and timid, who desire to carry en business with the least poxsiblo expense. The question however, is answered in a practicable manner by the shrewd, enterprising bus iness man, who advertises liberally, not simply for a season, but continuously. 'I his subject has been studied rarefully in all its phases, and data gathered, so that now no successful, broad guaged business man would think of doing bust- n-s�� without devoting acertain per cent of his sales to advertising. He vt-ry propAfjy treats it as a necessary eb ment ofexsVate, just as he does clerk hire, rent.-fec. but how to advertise is another question. It is settled that the newspaper is Ihe best of all mediums and po-ters and other means are only of seconds ry importance. In fact where there is a iiawspaper circulated, there is no necess ity for r.ruder or more primitive methods Experience has demonstrated that a busineu that will not pay to advertise wilt not pay to run, and that a good substantial advert imnent is the best form everything considered. It conveys the idea of enterprise, and a de-tire to make quick Bale-,, which implies fretfh goods, late style-i, and contentment with small pro&ta. It also implies that the house isbubs'antial, and keeps its name prominently before the public. On the other hand a scrimpyadveriisment indicates a hard clone fisted dealer, small stork, aud very limited trade. It may be laid down as a solid maxim, that a little advertising is money thrown away while a liberal expenditure in this direction yields quick returns. It follows of course, that a person should have something to advertise, but any man whether he be farmer, mechanic or merchant has something ��o sell, and where that is the case advertising is ju- d-cious. And so where one wants a market for his labor or skill. Every year it l��ecoines more apparent that a small bu-iines- cannot be conducted with profit, and that the large concerns are eating up the smaller ones jut>t as tha targe fish eat the little ones. The lesson ia that tha methods of doing a lame "Ueceasful business must b*�� adop ted,, and that thc proportionate tipense is less. Asaong the wpporiing pillar* oCs��cc��aaful business thatof geaeroas admiUing is tha aoaft important Reminiscences of an Old Hat. Oh yeRl I know it is sport for you to look nt iiie now; and many a kirk and cuff do I receive, and many a ihreet >u lit! thrown in'o the tire or put where 1 will not hurt ihejfastidioua g.ue of a rfdpectable people. Hut it, was not always so wilh mi*. This battered and worn loukint*. crown with it* shapeless rimpum-ht-d full of h'.l-s.th*-. ribbon band gore and the Uning in rags, was once as noble a hmkiiig lut as ever wm turned out of a shop to grace a gentleman'-, h<*ad. I welt rememb t the day when my first owner and maker, prepared me for exhibition iu his large plate glass window to a-'t as an advertisement My crown was of the softest silk Waver, and so glossy that the face of thc passer by was reflected on my -mrf-tce, ihe rim was of the late-t style, and the band lining was a model of perfection. Altogether my app-arance was such us to cause many of the most fashouabli to stop and gaze spellbound at u>e as if fascinated by my beauty. My nuker was a lit'lc spectacled man, called, -'Tim the hatter," but a gentli-man every inch of him; and it u.ed to be my tl- light t<> listen to hia hm py hours, as he went about his work from day to day. Many of my broth ers w**re displayed in the same window with me only to be sold to the various customer**. I of en wonder what their li-.es would be, out in the world, but as my master set a high value on me 1 was not taken off so quickly, so got well acquainted with store life, Tbe first customer for me waa a man named Scrimpy, who, when mas-er asked but a reasonable paying print- tried to bi-at him down below the actual cost of the materials. He said xuch rude things and grumbled so much a- hout ''hard times," ihat Tim finally put me away in disgust and sent Scrimpy elsewhere. The next was a young Miss of some seventeen years, who came in with a jaunty air and most bewi'cliing look. It would have made your ryes sparkle 10 see the display of finery on her, while her voice partook of that peculiar whine calculated to faai inate everybody She wanted a birthday present for her father, she said " something el gant hut not too dear." Tim showed her a gr-*at number before coming to me, though none of the rest suited her, but as she gnzed at my silky sides, she broke forth "l-m't it scrumptious! just too nice for anything! May I take it houi*-?" With some mi-igivings I -ass handed over to Miss Prim and borne to her home. It was a showy place and indicated that much wealth was tastily spent on it. All the family were call"d in to admire rip as I was placed on the father's head. But oue thought 1 was loo high in the crown and made his face too long; another found fault with the breadth and style of my rim; a third stid the uiaerial was too showy tob-* good, while Mr. Prim said 1 made him look too young. Well, I was sent back, Tim wus fully expecting me; and it took bilinear an Jhour to get the stains and finger marks out of me. That is the way the Prim family usually do It would take to long to tell of all tbe various customers for me, but at last I was bought by a young doctor, a man of means and talent, who had lately graduated from co'lege with high honors. He paid the full price master asked for me wi'hout a demur. That was the proudest moment of try life Dr.Good- h-art was as noble a specimen of manhood as ever walked, His massive brow, indicative of much study, clear eye, and strong frame showed no symp toms of dissipation. His books had been his principal companions, in which be had revelled until he had mastered them all. He hart erne to practice in the town of 0, and 1 was one of his first purchases. His office, though not grand, was neverless neat, and comfortohte to live in, especially when Dr.Goodhe-.rt hast-n ed from patient to patient with medicine, advice and prescriptions. We were admitted at once into the very highest rank of which the town of C- could boast, both socially and professionally. 1 often went with the doctor on his visits to both rich and poor; and many a time in those early days, have 1 seen the tears rise in h-s eyes and trickle down his manly cheeks, at the light ofjumow and suffering , as he stood by some death bed of thc poor. These were busy days with us. I think it was about six months after this new life began, when I accompanied the doctor to a very fashionable euchre party one evening, and there saw for the first time what 1 have since learned to loathe, viz: wine, and other spiritious liquors. Dr (.oodhea.it had always been a to. tal abstainer, though not from any definite principle, but because brought up that way in youth. From my position on the hall rack, I could see what was going on inside. All wa* jollity and mirth for some time; then refreshments were brought in, with wine and other bquors for lever -ge, and I distinctly saw a young lady whom I afterwards found to be a daughter of the family (Miss Flossy Sprucy) offer the doctor a gl*si of ruby wine. At first he refused saying that he did not drink, but she tangled and called him old fogyish and temperate, and by her taunts and coaxings she finally persuaded him to take a glass. Thus the ice was broken the next glass was taken more readily, and before leaving for home he had taken no less than f , manufactured by tha Ci'Minted tirtui of Rled and llarion���Kodgrra i847���and Meridrn llriloiinia, 1 know 'linn to br A I. ft^a. '" ��l"*��elry, Clocks, Watcliri, aud Sprciaclee, I Show th- Lnrjint Stock in thrcity, AT HARD TIMES PRICES. ' Space! atirntinn givrn to rrpariiif; in,ALl. Brunches of the Trade. ��*a. Orders by mail will hav-i prompt attention. j��M I. R. Counter, 5 Crescent Jewelry Store. NanaimoB, C. Vancouver Furniture Warehouse, KaUbllihed 187.1- I, WHARF AND FRONT 81 JOHN HILBERT. Katabliehed 187.1- BASTION, WHARF AND FRONT 8TREET3 and guarantee satisfactory work at fair prices. ^'" Those wanting Wedding Stationery Poster Work Office Stationery Business Cards Invitation Cards Will please give us a call. MANUFACTURER AND DIRECT IMPORTER ��� Also Dealer In ��� CARl'ETS liEDDlNG AND WALL PAPER, GENERAL HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, AGENT WHITE SEWIMG MACHINES. UNDERTAKER. Telephone 30. NANAIMO B.C. P. O. box 16. Nanaimo Cigar Factory. Philip Gable, Proprietor. jjMton Street ��� Nanrtimo B. 0. Manufactures the finest cigares, employing none but white labor. Why purchase inferior foreign cigars, when you can obtain a SUPERIOR ARTICLE for the same money? Raper Raper & Co, Bookaellera, Btatiouera, M General Newe ���MOTjJfe Nanaimo Machine Works OF .BolnrtJ. Wellborn* Fraser Street Near Bastion Street Bridge Nanaimo' B. C. All Kinds of Machinery made to order and repaired. Fruit Trees Mainland Nursery * * Ladncrs Landing B. C The Nanaimo Pharmacy J Manaimo B. O. W. E. Mc Carmey Chemist, Manager. Fare Drugs Chfiuiuali and Patent Mt-dicinei. Phr.lo.ne Prvelptione and .11 order. flll"d with oue and dbpatcn. P. 0. box 12 Geo. Bevilockway, -"- Red House y- Commercial St. =��� Nanaimo. **L|X7. Dealerin General Mert*��annise. Highest cash Price Paid for Furs,Hides, and Country Produce. V m Ralph Craig's CARRAGE WORKS. Baston St. Bridge. Nanaimo, Ii. C. General Blacksmith ing, Horseshoeing Carrage Building, etc. Wagons and Fanning Implement* made aud repaired. Miners' Auger Drill. ��� ling Machines made to order on short notice. A large supply of three and four year old AFFI.S THSES Alio Pears Plumes, Prunes, and Peaches Ornamental trees for lawns and grass plots. Small fruits, shrubs and evergreen's of every variety. f 1 Gilchrist So soon as The Demand Shall Justify, THE NEWS Will add to the present outfit the necessary Press and Material and do this class of work. At Home. "i COURTENAY, B. C. Agent for Comox District. J. G. Melvin Experienced Watchmaker Manufacturing Jeweler And Diamond Setter. Work done for the trade. Repairing a specialty A trial solicited Orders by mail Boa 598, No 208 Abbot St. Vancouver. Eureka Bottling Works, LOOT! LAWJUtKOB, **��0*��I��tO��, IfANUrACTURKR Of ��� 80DA WATER, LEMONADE, GINGER ALE, '6arsaparalla and Champagne Cider. Iron Phosphates, Syrups. Dottier of Different Brands of Lager Beer Steam Beer and Porter, , Agent for Union Brewery Company. Nanaimo and Courtenay B. C. 1. D. McLean Jeweler. Bookseller and Dealer in Organs, Pianos,Music Stationery, and Notions oi all kinds. Union Mines* B. C. 1 have some splended lots for sale, both business and re sidentiaL Now is the time to buy to advantage before the Canada Westain Railway reaches here. With the advent of the railway, in addition to the other conceded advantages of the place, prices must rule very high. This town is located in the midst ofthe largest agricultural settlement on Vancouver Island It is within six miles of Union Mines affording the farmers of the valley die very best home market, and is situated on die only highway leading from the settlement to the mines. Tbe lumber interests of this section are most ex tensive, and are an important factor ia our progress. The per cent of improvements of this town during the present year is greater than any other place the Coast can boast of, and the march of improvement is still onward. The prosperity of the town has for its foundations, therefore large mineral, agricultural, and timber recources. It may also be added that no section . furnishes a better field for the sportsman. Fish and game are always abundant and, our hotels of the best. For particulars address. Joseph McPhee Courtenay B.C. Wm. Cheney [ Office at the bridge ] OOTJ-"E2,THSISr^.-3r 33. O. Real Estate Agent and Auctioneer. Lots sold on easy terms. SBTTLEM 8AT1BFA0T0WLT LO0ATK9 ON PUBLIC LANDS. Comox Saw Mills. Rough and Dressed Lumber White Pine always in stock. AH orders executed promptly. """@en ; edm:hasType "Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:spatial "Courtenay (B.C.)"@en, "Courtenay"@en ; dcterms:identifier "Weekly_News_1893-01-18"@en ; edm:isShownAt "10.14288/1.0070250"@en ; dcterms:language "English"@en ; geo:lat "49.6894444"@en ; geo:long "-124.995833"@en ; edm:provider "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en ; dcterms:publisher "Courtenay, B.C. : M. Whitney and Son"@en ; dcterms:rights "Images provided for research and reference use only. 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