@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "7e9fec05-d948-4f4e-9667-4aff3fc926e2"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:issued "2016-05-12"@en, "1884-09-20"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://oc-uat.library.ubc.ca/collections/pmgazette/items/1.0311705/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ t ■ > II I ■ ■' -tHL.- fOftlf &Mt\\it, mtusmiD Y »AtUt*\\PAY. sutwsirnai. srr rotr. 30LLAIU PES ANNUM mr nr *bvakcr. liott. tddrttox* to it.JUL,. tt,sTfyit i^Tr"**1 Port Moody. Icatioat for policies in this Company •sr Accident or Life Insurance, can i had from tht undersigned at Port A. Campbell, Iawrvxiee, Land, k General Agent, W.MIEOI) ANkveriWAin, ticiaiu and Surgcon* net: Csfcwtiis Strtrt. Opt, CitrHattt, >IqI#OD. B.A, M.D.,C.M.,(McGill) rearly ol N.w York Polvdinis. :Swai«, M.ll.,(Htnr.) UeentWt ol j»J College of i'hfsiciaaa, London. >rrn;» oru hat amp maaT.*n . 8. HAMILTON, IMtVAT-tAW, Notari- Public, :TORA5IS.*(rTOIl>"!,'i ***'• Em ATI TJjp. ^j'lwr—'•* wrtf'vm SALE IN try twitton of Port Moody. Alto, u Lots, by the A^re, immediately fc> tM Port Moody BarveyedTown- for tale on the North, side nf, and water frontage on. Sort Moody finely situated and exceedingly Farm Lanas of supsrior rjuallty and r»ble terms, in New Westminster alette. TOL. 1. PORT MOODY, B. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1884. NO. 40. Illy prepared Mt.6t and kail the fullest information :r. Hamilton's office A 1 FORI J* MOODY. •f eleplioQS BiAlJdirig " CLARK K STRKKT. . _ DR. H.E.LANGIS, Iraai^titt of Victoria Medical College, of Montreal, &.ISTERKD PHACTITIOXEU FOR Billl'ISH COLUMBIA. MSI At the Colonial Drag Store, PORT MOODY, man & turner, AND SURVEYORS eal Estate Agents, lifgyancers & Accountants. ijfT MOODY LOTS FOR KAL.F. MONEY* TO LOAN. ■diJlA ST., NKW WESTMINSTER. Port Moody aw Mill rmstrong & Burr MAXUrACTCHKRS I KI1 ITA1.KIU. IN ALL KINlia Of lgh & Dressed Lumber Iustic, Flooring, IINGLES, &C, iLWAm ox Hand a Fin.i. Stock or iASH, DOORS BLINDS & MOULDINGS. rrr Grur.A.'rrtKP First-Clam, and PRICES MODERATE. HX-A-Xj okoex solioitib 80 TO THE San Francisco IU jLtw SHOE STOBEI QETTOUR MONEY'S WORTH! Boots & Shoes n M Infant's Shoe up to a Man's B MADE TO ORDER. iiring Neatly Eiecuted- lept Market Price paid for HIDES. JAMES ROUSSEAU, liil-HM KTMIT, Off. lANK 0* IU t. AUDI'S KII'K ACROSS SPANISH UONOVUAli. PART III. (From Llackwood.) cila: E t IX. "Estot iioltaiu; vor con Diot" (I am alone; I fo with Ood).— Spanish Axiom. (Continued.) With thia resolution I buried rarseU in lbs depths of a wide clean harumock, tnd rocked' away "dull care" till tbe eal) for surjifrtr came. 'Tbe lively cbat at Madame'i table ■ttmd fori a while at Itaat to dispel a itndenoy to a despondent state of mind and after tapper I was toa busy in making prrparaiiona for the onward mtrch to rJwrll upon what I had heard; and ■0 night drew on, and in the early morning afterwards I waa fieab, and willing to continue tbe journey to San Pedro Sula. "One word more I hare to say to you," said Madame, as ahe stood with her sister in the courtyard looking at we prepaiationa foi departure. "Yoa may remain at San Pedro Sula, or you may find it wiser to leave it. Now Mr. De Bret, tbe consul at Puerto Cortes, ii an honourable, kind man, and he does banking busineea. You write to him—bt will know how to get your money from England; but, dear lady, do not allow any one but bim to have anything to do with business of any kind for you, whether ycu go or stay. I mean money business," she continued with a knowing waggle of ber head. '■Now I most transact my own little business rvith you," I said. "Let me know what I amindebted to you for my board and lodging." "AhI bahl nontemel" returned Madame. "You payl No, indeed, you won't; I am too glad to see a lady You can settle for tbe mules in the stable; but for entertainment in my house,—no,—never—never. See, too, we are going away; you bave taken o»ly the remnants of food—old pigeons, end of this, wrap of that; no—such is not my usual table for strangers." So' I settled a very modest score for the stabling of tbe mules, and then 'Madame informed ine that she and ber • rtWwould be a night in San Pedro Sula very shorty, on their way to Puerto Oortez, from whence they were to tall to New York. "We shall meet again," ssid Madame Viciorine, "so I shall only s»y au revoir." We issued out at tbe great portal of the shady court into a blazing sun, but we were* ali refreshed and comforted by our rest; and Lui»a wan so frisky that it was difficult to hold her iu. I gave my grateful thanks to both ofthe laoies for their honpitaliti; ami the laat words I heard from the Posmna Victorine were the Hlringent tones of Madame repeating her injunctions as to cau'ion. The macho was so wild that he and Edusrdo were sent on first, and enjoined to keep out of Lursa's sight, as that animal seem'd very much inclined to "bolt"; for she persistently imitated her mate in all his ways, good or evil, and he evidently had come into the world a racing character. Marcos placed the ataid baggage-mule in f'Ont of Luisa, and at a quick trot v.e passed on onr way. Madame Victorine had put down on paper the names of the places wherein it would be best to stop. We hsd left the grand scenery here, but still we passed through some fine country very badly cultivated. At this point my journal runs: "Halted for a few moments, fifteen mild from Comayagua at the bouse of Don Bouiehody Navarro —a sickly man, who iio.pitably gave me soma milk and brearl. This Benur is re*puted rich, but bit surroundings are most miserable. He spoke English having lived in Ooba. The raven got provisions in tht village, so our store ia ample. "Crossed rather a dangerous but narrow river io th* afternoon. I managed the ruule pretty fairly and without help: in consequence Marcos condescended lo inform me that I was much improved in my riding. The fact is tbat Luisa ii getting to know me, and the kindly beast does her best to travel gently. Arrived at a place called 'Quevos.' Here we spent the night; and the house which we had selected was quiet and respectable. It was kept by a poor widow, and it was the cleanest house I had seen. In the evening the woman asked me if 1 would object to joining in tbe even.ng prayerl •'■Object.' I replied; '1 am only too glad to join with Christians in His praise and His worship.' "She told me that tho revolution had swept away the church of the village. The late cura of the parish was dead, anl there was no money to pay another, at tht present Government refused all aid. 'So,' said ihe, *a few of us join in the morning and evening prayer. We will not live like heathens.' The' room was carefully swept out, aad shortly afterwards about a dozen ptr- soni of both asset entered the room and dropped on their knees. A cumin wu drawn aside, and displaytd a imall altar on whieh stood a cross, before it a little vase filled with lovely flowers A few prayers were said, and a hymn wat sung, and then all silently departed. It was a simple heartful service,—truly that of ths two or three gathered to gether in Christ's name." Tbis from my journal, July 25:— "A long ride waa before us on the .following morning, as *• were anxious ..li r'Tia ff? Itftr,„ .„M>. to cross the river Blanco by daylight; and I was told tbat the stream, though vary nsrrow st tbs crossing-point, was dangerous on account of a peculiarly rapid under-current, which it required aome dexterity to fight againit. It was a comfort to bear, however, that a canoe waa alwaya on tba side of tbis stream. It was arranged that we should ileep at Santa Yxahtl after crossing tht Kio Biatsso (White liivsr). Ths Kio Blanco btre it little more than a narrow and deep strait reputed to be very dangerous. An Indian sits all day in a etiooe, t» bt ready to convey pataengers and their baggage to the opposite aide. "The mules and cattle are sent into the stream, and they swim to shore, the brth is veiy refreshing to tbem, as tbey get but scant attention, generally speaking, in the matter of cleansing. However, it it looked upon as a great nuisance to have to take all the baggage from ol the sumpter -mule and the saddles from the others, only lo replace all, twenty minutes later, on tbe opposite side. "The croKSing-place at tbis noint is very picturesque, tbe bank rising to a mound ou one side of tbe path, wbeieon the inteilaced branches of two magnificent tamarind-trees threw their arms 'ar over the water. The lovely ofim- son creeper, Prendcts de Amor (Linkt of Lovt). carpeted the ground in great p ofusion, This creeper has no perfume; but it ia an eirur to auppose that all the wild flowera in these country are scentless. At this ipoi, too, the grsss was unusually soft and grteii;(vi(l at the root of the trees grew a cream-coloured flower, bearing a violet eye, the nair e of which it wai impossible to discover. "Jave the quinine-iree, I had never been able to ascertain the name of iy ahiub or flower from eiihrr Kdu.irdn or Marcoa. The former sometimsa characterised a biid, and he was always on the alert to gtther any edible fruit that might show itself from out of tbe hedge oi thick growing foliage. "Now crossing the river Blanco ia to be undertaken, and lememberini! my experience of the Juan, I look upon the canoe and tbe Indian with the utmost satisfaction. Two Spaviiah herd-men witb a flock of superb oattle, a peasant, with his wife and mule, and lastly, a long string of charcoa -la len mules, attended by their drivem, had convened here from other dltvotlons, and waited to croas the stream. One boutm n' nd one canoe for the work !—it war. lucky that the great proponiun of this a-sein blage could be independent f th" Indian's aid. "The personnel and baggage would cauee fetching au I carrying enough, und of coursH, with so much bu.inesi on hand, there must he » conicmo i n the matter. Ho the men got nut their cigarillos. and wet'wn women, af'ir being dismounted, bowed t'> erch other and exchanged some woi.is, an I Un*n looked about for a sea. under thu tamarind trees. I h.d already r-elecled mv spot, but E'tuardo Intervened, 'Not so near the roots, Senora; there may be anske-holrs about them. Come farther down here, theie is plenty of shade, and the grass s short: there is nothing here wherein a serpent csn hide..'" The trail of the serpents is over it all then. But I remembered that these reptilesare in general very fearfuT of the hur.inn proximity, and the moat audacious culclra would hardly dare to come smeng so many. There was plenty of ahade under the tree, as Eduardo aaid, far away from the roots; and the longing for real was stiong upon me. No wonder lhat so it wa,i in such a place, so cool and secluded,—a «pot, too wherein, for a shorl time at least, we were safe from the bite of insects, and whert myriads of butteiflies of evtry shape and lorru and size served to brighten the scene with gorgeous colour and add their quota of cheerfulness to the hard work of life, round which they whirled and fluttered. We deserved our rest, for all of us had ridden many leagues. However, before 1 seat myself under the friendly tree, 1 must see that Eduardo imiddles Luisa property. The supervision was necessary, as the young fellow had a habit of letting the saddle slip to the ground, pommel downwards. What could become of me should thii most uselul of projections become damaged or broken off at this stage of the journey! I was feeling weaker, so every risk which would Incur discomfort was to be avoided. The saddle was carried in the shade of a shrub, and then I took my teat and signed to the country-woman to come and sit near me. A little brandy- and-wattr in the travelling flask and a few tortillas were all the fate I had to offer Tbis I proposed to share with the stranger, to whiih she readily assented; and on her own behalf she produced some queso, and some dried-looking green fruit. A few slices of r. sated 'plantain lolled up in leaves gave a better turn to affaire, and the final appearance of a bottle of milk was really to thia feast creme de la creme. Tbe men meanwhile unloaded the mules, chattering and gesticulating as they did so. The delight of the animals as their packs disappeared was curious to witness, and our usually staid hag gage-mule gave expression to btr satisfaction by kicking her neighbors right and Itft, and lashing at everything sbe could ley heels on. The firttexcitement of freedom being over, she rolled on the soft aweet grass and then walked among the charcoal mules tnd be-jan deliberately to bits and kick at thero. A s'out from Marcos and a uem.ii '■ uj whack from hit .tick aci.il sa s deterrent, and wiih the objurgatory, "A, inula ledonia'" (') fo I of a uiuletj our fiitnd waa "Chivied" up a bink, and made io wait there until btr turn for the swim should come. This was well for the human as well aa fur Hit animal kind, for t stray blow might have fallen upon tome of us; and it ia well-known that t sick from a mule u far more seven- than a kick from a torse. My companion expresswl the opinion that the ref ac.ory beast had boen bitten by the muro-tly, for it was still running aliout, and rubbing and ki'-k- ing against the hushes. Tho agony .from the bite of this fly is very great r id in passin,' through swamps the insect is sure to be lying in wait. It i; Urge i i size, and lieanraome resemblance to the bluebottie-tlv; generally it makes its attack iear the eye. "I know a little about the matter," continued my informant, 'and I assure you ally will hang about one particular mulii for many leagues after its 'habitat' has lieen passed. A good niul"teer always looks out for this pest, anrl is careful to take ii. off the animal, for not only does it stin,'* deep, but it also draws a good deal of blood." We talked nnd rested for nearly an hour. The Indian who owned the canoe had been invited to land and to partake of the men s rations, and th poor fellow seemed to enjoy most thoroughly the kindness anrl good com panionship which he had fallen in with. The country-woman told me that her husband bred mules on a ranch'- in the interior, and that they were on the way to Santa Cruz to receive the money tor a sale nf animals which he had made to the engineer of the railway works new tliat tajwn. "They would not stop at Snuui Yzahel, us aye intended to do, she said, because they had friends in the interior some miles farther on, and they could reach the plactibefore nightfall. The crossing Wat ellei.ted, but it took a loin,' time, owing to the troublesome current. This wns so rapid, that even pur audacious friend, the macho, point I rank refused to enter the water, and had finally to In* lugged forward by the heiid, and pushed etgereutly from behind, to get bun afloat. When fairly in the water, he refused to oome out, mil amused himself by swimming round the canoe, to the utmost peril ot thai frail transport. The Indian, agileM a monkey, a' a sudden turn leapt on his back; and so, with the help of another man. this wretch was hauled, braying iiird stamping, tothe opposite shore. The observations of .Manns on this occasion are not tit to ba recorded to tsars polite; but neverth 'less, he never laid a linger on the beast War. not. the mihho a valuable ani- innl, and was not Marcos expecting i" sell him well ou tin. ret urn journey.' All being at length happily iiiaiiageci we friends of au boar took farewell of each other, and sped on cur several ways. A few miles' distance brought mv party to Santa Yzabel, which, instead of being n village, as we had expected, was merely a half farm, half hut, lonely dwelling. It was j.ui ticularly rich in grass, and this delighted Marcos for Iris mules' sake. I, on iny part, rc\\ellid in the pure milk, in strolling among the cows, und in haling the air, which here was quite redolent of wild thyme. The woman of the' lunisi was very obliging, but she possessed little where with to replenish our eoiiimiasariut. A tough fowl, and a few l.rldUis which she baked I xpressly for us, were all that she could procure. The uifhl was wretched, and this had the salutary effect of causing us tr. strike our tents verv early on the following morning. A l>owl of milk was iny own breakfast, and it was a chance if 1 could get anything more for many hours, My journal of July '27, may be admissible here:— "Wo rode several miles, and passed some glorious cedar-trees. Here, for the first time, I saw that lovely bird the Cardinal/' rubra which is remarkable for lieingso nervous concerning its own safety as never to build unless it feels itself to be perfectly snfe. It will sometimes choose five or six different places before it finishes its nest. The highest and darkest cedar-tree is its usual habitat, and its song is very- peculiar, something between a warble and a whistle. It derives its name from the splendour of the crest, which is of a brilliant scarlet colour, intermixed here and there with a few tipsof peacock-green hue. The female has no crest, but she is an elegantly shaped bird. "It was the peculiar note of this songster that first drew Eduardo's at tention to our beautiful neighbour. As the ground was soft, aud we had been treading upon a thick layer of fragrant cedar needles, it was possible that there had not been noise enough to startle the bird. His magnificent crest glanced through the back-ground of dark cedar foliage with great effect. We stopped simultaneously; and Eduardo, stepping up to me, said: •Senore, will you lend me the revolver! I can bring him down.' " 'No, Eduardo—it would be cruelty; besides, the bird, would be torn to pieces; don't think of shooting it.' " 'But, Senora, I would like the feathers." " 'Very well, Eduardo, I can only cohmiecial House C'lakks .St., .Niak Doculas, PORT MOODY, B. O say, If you shoot that bird, I will not give you the revolver, aa I bad intended to do, when we. arrive at Han Pedro Sula.'" This settled the matter, and Kduardo returned the little case to the canvaa bag from which he had half withdrawn it. We had never, at yet, had occasion to use this implement aa a weapon of defence, but I had frotu time to time allowed the lad to discharge it; for, by' the generosity of the officer of the Clyde, suitable ammunition had been also supplied with the little case. Eduardo had taught mo ..he use of tbo weapon, and 1 had inorc than once discharged it for practice; but I never was quite happy when handling it, and I rather looked forward to the time when I could safely get rid of it. Marcos was beginning to lie im patient at the delay, and suddenly raised u shout. This had the effect of scaring the birds, one or two of which flew with a shrill cry to sorhe more distant trees. We saw them more perfectly by this uieuns, and thus satisfied I cared little for being peremptorily hurried on by the muleteer. My journal goes on to say that we arrived next at a place called .Matiiohar. Very pretty, but the inhabitants were holding some, races, and this lieing the case, w« could procure neither food nor shelter. These were the most churlish beings we had encountered. Nothing for it but to ride to Coalcar. In another vay Mairobar was re markable: it was hero that we saw a larg" poisonous snake. The reptile literally craivled between the feet of the haggagp-iniile; and Luisa, with the instinctive horror which all mules have for snakes, nearly jumped her own height from nlfthe ground. Thn men drew out their machetes quickly; but the reptile was too quick for them, and raising its crest with a hiss, it glided beneath some bushes. This was rather a narrow escape The night was particularly wretched; and the place ut which we halted was so uninviting, that 1 proposed, as the moon was full, to travel at night. The iiiozns evidently feared, as they always had feared, to travel after dusk, so this was negatived. The result was "I had my hammock slung outside, and made the best of it. Swarms of mosquitoes, and very little to eat and drink." The next entry records a far more pleasant experience. "After a weary ride, we arrived at Santa Cruz. This town is built with some regularity, and is far in advance of many that we have passed. We went lirst to the principal inn. but finding that the proprietor owned a farmhouse in the neighborhood which was on our route, we decided to g.. there. Marcos wanted to linger in the town, so he readily agreed to go to the farm with me and thp mules, if I would grant him and Kduardo leave of alusenoe till nine o'clock in the evening, I agreed to this, ami by three o'clock in the afternoon I was left in the hand? of a cheery Spanish woman, who was wife of tlur landlord of the inn at Santa Crus. It was a great treat to meet with one of to much refinement ns this lady proved to be; and » lieu 1 littd bathed and dined comfortably, I quit" enjoyed the walk with her in the cool of the evening. She was the very description of woman which Honduras wanted, and as WS sat ill the verandah taking colfee I could not help telling her so. "Wc have had many misfortunes ..I lute years, Senora, she said, "and uiaiiv bad examples fnaii those who assume to leach us progress in com incrcial transactions. Just look now nt that Hondu run railway! It might hav'.' made the country: Ah, Senora, wc have to thank the llritish people for ruining our trade and commerce for many yenrs to come Ruin and loss make women hopeless, Senora, and that has been the case in Spanish Honduras. However, we are hoping now for brighter days. America is bringing in lioth labour and money. Yes, I think better times are coming—Ood grant it!" CHAPTER XI. When the hour came round for starting on the following morning. I, for the first time during this journey, evinced the greatest reluctance to depart; for never had I been so comfortably lodged, or enjoyed so much privacy. I could not help saying this much to the padrona, when she brought me a capital breakfast, nicely laid out on a tray covered with fair linen. "Put. off the start for an hour," said she; "your men are languid this morning, for they made the most of their holiday yesterday, and are dispose to rest. 1 will take you round the farm; the morning is cool as yet." We went to the dairy farm, where there were a large number of beautiful cows and their calves, which gave plenty of occupation to four or five lads and girls, who. though poorly clod, looked healthy and bright. Two young women were busy in the laundry, from whence the clean smell of wood-ashes boiling in a caldron to make the* lye announced that linen washed in that establishment would get fair play, and not be be-devilled with chemical soapi and other abominations, the only use of which is to save the necessary hand and arm work of the washer woman (so called), and destroy the material. {To bt Continued.) Mrs. Williams HAS Jl'.vr OPENED THK ABOV* spacious prtriiiitet with a large aad w^H-assortard stock of Dry Goods and Millinery GROCERIES, STATIONERY Fancy Goods, &c A Choice Assortment or CANDIES. Everything New and Fashionable An I spection Solicited and Satisfaction Guaranteed. Terms, Strictly Cash. SHOE STORE. 0,Ci-r.!« tsTHKirr, Pent Moody. II'Ishfs TO tNFOEMTHE PCBIIC IT that he is now thoroughly estah- I in bed in hurjiuess at the Terminus of theC* V. It., and is prepared to make and repair Bout* and .Shoes at exceedintly low rates. DOUGLAS. & D.EGHTON. Saddles * Harness-makers Every At tide In their Lin**- Always in Stock. -HE TRADE SUPPLIED. Front St - YALE' B._C. I^loxxeer DRUG STORE, Mliikav .Street, I'okt Moony. M. HESLOP, - - Proprietor A complete stock of Drugs and Patent Medicines •STFrescriptioiis carefully dispensed. STAGE tsmWt LINE -TO- Port Moody '|'HE UNDEB8IGNBD WILL RUN A first-cliibM Four-Horse Stage! Between New Westminster and PortMoodyfr Ifttving New Wertminstsf every morning returning, will leave I'ort Moody Wtwccn 'A and 4 p. in. These stages po over the new road to Port Moody direct, Mffjing both PatMOnn and freiyltt. JOS. M. WISE. Port Moody SHINGLE MILL DUST FI HU. KT Tlli;0 Tii THK PORT Moody Shi it'ls Still, whtTS the lies* ol Shinffltt oan U- ni>l .it the lowest prii-es, wholtaali "i ftail. A lupplj kspt constantly on hand. JOHN B. TIFFIN. HOOTS & {SHOES IN EVERT VARIETY HEATllORN'S BOOT AND SHOE:, MANUFACTORY. VIC'IOKIA, AT VICTORIA PRICES R. THOMAS, Under Ihe Dew Oddfellows' Hall, COLUMBIA STKEET. (ESTABLISHED 1862.) Fred. Eickhoff OSNEhAL DEALKTt IK GROCERIES Provisions, Dry Goods CLOTHING, BOOTS & SHOES, &C.i &c. Of First-Class Quality AXD AT Moderate Rates- Coiner of Front and Begbie Streets, NEW WESTMINSTER. NOT_|CE MR. P. S. HAMILTON having terminated hit connection with this paper, is no longer authorized to collect aeoonnta or transact any business pertaining to tht Pokt Moodt Gazitr. Port Moody, March 15th, 1884. -a. nam Ct)t fiort 3Hnoi»q (Bajrttf. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, 1884. ME WEEK'S .NEWS. HOME. The "Ooloniat" having ascertained lieyonrl a doubt that Port Moody in the terminus, proceeds to prove that the Canadian Pacific Railroad it—a mistake. "It will not pay ;" and the writer finishes hia leader by saying, "we cannot refrain from producing Crusts uml figures to prove 4c' but he produosai n« figures, no facU. The leader i. mere rant, tven though the statements put forward in it may ba Ntifiad Iry thnt distinguished gentleman, Mr. Cyrus Field, who came In re to buy lots ut Port Moody. "It won't pay." Hut wait until Mr. Field has made hit purchases, and then the readers of the "Colonist" will hear another tune. Tho knife was used last week in a street row at Victoria. A man named Ben Graham cut and slashed the hat and clothes of tlie man he intended to carve ; but the man tore a rail from a fence and gave the carver a severe threshing. On a very late occasion another border ruffian used a pistol, and shot at a man on the street. It is time to tell these fellows that we hang such "sports" without ceremony, and it is time to tell the police that they must do their duty. The Toronto "Globe" says: "Mr. Chapleau has returned from British Columbia The Pacific Coast climate has given him new life. He agrees with Mr. Van Home, who thinks the Heathens have done good service. Mr. Chapleau also says, 'the opium-smoking practise of the Chinese is an abominable vice, quite as bad as whiskey- drinking.' " Comparisons are odious ; and by comparison this French Commissioner cuts keenly. He compares two vices and leaves the reader to infer that British Columbians are whiskey swillors. A servant of the State who pays for a pleasure trip at the expense of the people, should not insult them. His wit is not a sign of wisdom. Mr. Nicholas Flood Bavin, who was sent over with the Commissioner, did not visit the Boyal City with that distinguished wit. Dame Rumor said, "he could not come because lie was—asleep !" But now we know the reason why he did not come, On his return to the East he was interviewed by a reporter of the "Citizen," and said : "I found a beautiful young Celestial maiden in an opium den filling her pipe vith a practised hand as white as snow. I examined her very carefully with very interesting results." The people of British Columbia were born to be laughed at. Nicholas had good fun, but they pay for it. "In a little while the iron horse will be at Kamloops, The process of settling up proceeds rapidly along the line from Port Moody. Barnes & Evans, of the Thompson River Hotel, are putting up a new steel cable across the river; it will be used as a conductor for their new ferry boat. Mr. Kelly, of Cariboo, has purchased a fine house at Kamloops, and will open a bakery and confectionery store. Fifty new farm houses are in course of construction within a radius of five miles, Kamloops the centre. At Port Moody you know nothing of the crowds that are settling along the line and far inland." That is an extract from the letter of a correspondent at Lytton. On Wednesday evening, the Chief Justice, Sir Matthew B. Begbie, went up the river to hold a County Court at Chilliwhack. The great questions to be decided by his Lordship are these: what is the value of thirteen sheaves of wheat destroyed in Tom Muldoon's garden by eleven hens, last July? Was the fence sufficiently high ? Did tho hens Hy over the fence or get in under the bottom rail? We hope his Lordship did not go up without his wig. Such grave questions deserve to be considered solemnly. But a friend at our elbow says, "Stop! no joking." It is a shame to seo thn Chisf Justico employed in that petty court. And so we pause und say, "That is the truth." Tba "Columbian" is made up of mis takes. Last Wednesday morning it announced that Mr. Geo. Black was brought liefore Mr. W. D. Ferris, J P. That is not true. The Island Railway is a perfect puzzle to every man in Victoria who practises the art of thinking. What will he do with it? It would be as well to burn five million dollars as to build it ? Will it take wings ? If it were finished it would not pay for oil ing tlio axles. Indeed, the Island railway is one of the great modern delusions. But the Island is cheap at ten millions. It is the Gibraltar of the Pacific Coast, and Crocker knows it. Giving it away was a great sell. UNITED KINGDOM. The civilizers, with repeating rifles and armour-plated ships, are hovering like eagles round the Celestial land. In i860, IgnatiefTtransferred to Russia the whole sea-board of Manchu Tariarvjand now the Russian thinks he mav take another slice while the French fleet is employed in work of "civilizaiion " A special correspondent of the "Times," writing from Pekin, says: "The French hold the key to China, and it is tbe lever to act upon the Chinese and secure for France an immense increase of trade." The correspondent says: "The native rulers of China rob the unfortunate people Duringjihe famine which devastated a large district a few years ago, the government made no effort to render aid, the Chinese eat each other, and the wolves eat the survivors on the sidewalks. Labor worth hundreds of mil lions is wasted annually in lhe old fashioned system of handwork. Loru Palmerston is quoted. He said twenty years ago: 'An unimpeded, uninterrupted commerce with one-third of ihe human race must be secured. Ever)' body must know that on the extension of our commerce depend the prosperity of our country, the accumulation of our capital, the abundance of our revenues, and lhe strength and prosperity of the nation." "The sick man" of Turkey is played out. The biggest sick man on carili 10-day is—the brother ofthe Moon —ihe Kmperor of China. The ~..;lesare gathering to the Celestial feast, and the lion will take his share. I he Captains of several ships which have arrived at Cork and Liverpool Irom the Continent, say, "The whole coast of Newfoundland is fringed wih icebergs, and some of them arc three hundred feet above ihe water." The kingdom of ice in the Polar seas may have been shaken by an earthquake, and it is quite |tossible the next parly of explorers may succeed in reaching the * onti Pole. This continent was at one time under water, and may be ihere again before the President is elected in ihe United Slates. A responsible government is a terrible thing. The Republicans have fallen lower and lower in the estimation of philosophers France is mad; lhe. United States are preparing for the revolution that will save the people from rhemselves; and Switzerland is soaked in whisky and ruled by a low lot of knaves. I he latest telegram to London from Heme, says: "Statistics proved that ihe consumption of al ohol in Switzerland represents an annual return 10 the revenue of 150,000,000 francs. The people of all the Cantons petitioned the Federal Council or Kespons ble Governors to save ihem from the degradation hat attends the crowd of wh s:.y-soaked loafers; and the council refused to recommend res riclive legislation. The repori is just published. The repicsen tatives of lhe people say, "we cannot do wnhuut the revenue, the practice of social drinking brings a cheerful icmper to society, effaces ihe traces of daily labor, opens the heart, and is intimately associated wiih the developemenis of public life. The public house fosters intellectual activity, and is a remedy against misanthropy, egotism, vanity narrowness of ideas, and extravagance o, imrjinalion." Last year three ihousand six hundred andfouneen persons died in Switzerland of madness produci by alcohol I All Europe is astounded by he report ofthe Federal Council, and the little republic would gladly give die Council for a King. A telegram from London dated the 1 Oth inst., says: The Ea/1 of Dufferin has been appointed Viceroy of India He proved at O. awa and in Conslan i- nople, that he is fit to represent the Imperial idea, and he will rule the two hundred and fifty millions of ISrit sh subjects in India with jus ice, and prove to them all that Knglish civilization is a blessing. Before his Lords ip leaves India the whole population wid sing in chorus, 'Godsave ihe Queen." The latest te egram to London from Skirnevic, is dated Sep. 16 h, and says: "To-day the thiee Emperors, in Russian uniforms, inspected the Russian Regiments. After the inspection, the Emperors marched al the head o' the army and saluted the Czar na, who viewed the scene from the balcony of the palace. During the review, the Prime Ministers of the Emperors were in conference." This looks very like a prologue to lhe great play. War is only a game and the condition ol Eu rope proves that it must begin. In a little while we shall hear great ne«s. Indeed, it would be great news to hear that Nihilists, Socialists, Communists, and Invincibles were rammed into great guns and fired at each other. UNITED STATES. The buzz and flutter of fifty millions of people preparing to elect a President, present the mind with strange ideas. Three candidates are in tho field, and if we may believe the people who speak through the press, they are doomed to elect u knave. The evidence presented to the world is very strong against Hut ler, who appeared in the South during the war as a common robber with an army at his back. It is certain that he had to disgorge a part of the booty and that he stole spoons. Blaine, ac cording tothe evidence, is another rob ber who has, without scruple, feathered his nest at the public expense. And Cleveland Reams to bo a littlo on the make, and by no means the owner erf an unstained character. Making a fuss in a preparation to select one of the three knaves reminds one of the title given to ono of Shakspeare's plays. "Much ado about nothing." If the fifty millions are forced to choose a knave, would it not be just as well to get rid of the system of electing and take ft ruler ready-madeaccording to the law of succession. The evidence presented by the people would be sufficient in a Court of Justice to show that the three candidates ought to be in the chain-gang. Two years ago Julius Orambert married a farmer's daughter in France, and in three months after he came to Wood Haven, L. I. Six weeks ago his wife arrived in the village, and Julius was a happy man, delighted to have her once more at his side. On Friday of last week he went to work as usual, and in ten minutes after the wife packed her trunk, taking all his money, watches and rings; she boarded the train for New York, and before Julius returned she was out on the ocean wave, as merry as a kitten and going straight to France. She said, "a lady could not live with barbarians for associates," Truo*love is self-interest after all; and any man that is fooled by fine clothes or high-heeled boots deserves to see female human nature as it is. Richard Tweed, the eldest son of Boas Tweed, the famous New York robber, died last week in a charity hos pital in Paris. He had nt a dime. Ill got, ill gone. The rich Democrats of the whole United State* have filled several bags with twenties and are prepared to buy the independent electors of Maine and defeat the plumed knight on his own land. They wish to prove that he it not trusted at home, and that would be evidence to show that he is not a reliable man. With plenty of money the devil can prove himself a saint in any modem ball of justice. Money is the root of all evil, uud man is the only brute that cau be influenced by its power. Men ought to have horns and hoofs. At Maddington, near Lexington, Ky, on Tuesday last, a gang of Republican roughs fired several shots into the houses of Democratic colored voters. Hy Nichols, a colored man, was killed, and two others wounded. A fellow named Marcus McLean was arrested and iih-n- tilled, but he was admitted to bail. The colored people huve very little chance of getting justice. Their liberty is a mere delusion in "the land of the free and the home of the brave." OUR INDIAN EMPIRE. It often surprises us that tbe English people arc so infatuated ru to allow a seile garrulous statesman, like Gladstone, to wield the destinies of an empire su.-li as that of Great Britain. His ridiculous Utopian notions of humanity, are doing a great deal of mischief in setting class against class—the mob, led by radicals, against the throne p.nd the aristocracy. If the results of this maudlin folly are apparently harmless, they are laying the basis of trou bles in the future when the mob will bo beyond the control of the better classes. The only present hope for tho country is in the prospect of a great war, when the nation will tie compelled to resort to the continental mode of raising armies—conscription—and theso blatant radicals will not be able, as they have hitherto done, to escape the military service of their country. The mob, or a largo portion of it, that marched so gallantly the other day, with a gravestone at its head, bearing tho epitaph of the House of Lords, would bo useful on the frontiers of Afghanistan, defending our Indian Empire from the Russian foe. We have often, in these columns, deplored the insensate folly of the present radical government in abandoning Candahar, We pointed out what has already occurred, the rapid approach of the Russians and their manufacture of the material which is to enable them to proceed still further, viz., the soldiers they find in the Turcoman hordes which they havo just conquered. It appears that Gladstone and his colleagues are now compelled lo confess that they blundered when they destroyed the fortresses of Candahar and left tho unfortunate people of that place to be butchered by the Ca bulese, after assuring them of our protection. Theso infatuated Ministers have discovered the errors of their policy in other parts of the world besides India, and if tho English people would only take time to think, they would discover that this franchise farce is simply tho dust that their incapable rulers aro casting in their eyes, to prevent greater attention being paid to their blundering and incapacity abroad. As our readers are doubtless aware, the Russians, sotting all their repeated assurances at naught, havo been advancing step by step, steadily and without cessation, to the frontiers of India. It is perfectly understood by tho Russian people that the Czar is to possets India some day, and the whole of the present Turkish Empire, and tho efforts of tho Russians to achieve these two objects, will never cease while the Northern Empire is under tho control of the Czars. The impression is growing in England, that a secret treaty exists between Russia and France, and that these two powers are to be allowed, by the rest of Europe, to pounce upon England, whioh is, at this moment, wholly unprepared for such a mighty conflict. From the idiocy of Gladstone, Russia has been allowed to approach to within striking distance of India, and France has been permitted to act like a freebooter in China. Thus, at tho two extremes of our Indian Empire, our two greatest foes are obtaining a foothold. All this could, and would hare been prevented, if we had had a man like Beaconsfield at the head of affairs, who would have spoken as English Ministers formerly spoke, when our empire was in any way threatened. The embecile idea of Gladstone and his radical coadjutors, was simply, that if we would mind our own business, everybody would mind theirs, and let us alone. The idea could only have entered the heads of such men as Bradlaugh and Morly, and people of their class. When we were more like what Britons were, when we defied the world, we created a feeling in the breasts of other nations, that tho recent temporising policy of Gladstone has nourished into strength and made formidable. As a vulgar illustration, we may adduce the pugilist who has won the belt by battering the heads of a great number of rivals. During the progress of his conquests no one desired to interfere with him; but when he becomes indolent and allows people to insult him, and generally avoids combat, his old rivals begin to think that they had been deceived, and that latt experience had made thew fully hit match. Emboldened in this manner, the chances are fearfully against the former champion, for where one may be beaten, the recollection of old grudges will induce two or three to join in his defeat. Thus it is that Gladstone and radical poltroonery lias drawn upon England a weight of enmity, that will require all her power to withstand, and many thousands of her brave sons and much of her great wealth, will have to pay for the faults of our radical government. The coming struggle will be tbe most terrible that the world over saw, and when it is over, more than half a dozen states will have ceased to exist, except as portions of other states. England must come out of the struggle greater than she is at present, and with 11 much smaller number of radicals than now live to do her injury. . I* J3B A CORRUPT AND DANGEROUS GOVERNMENT. The power acquired over certain members of the Legislative Assembly by the present local government, is a real danger for tho people. How that power has been acquired we must leave our readers to guess, when we say that it does not result from any admiration for tho abilities of the Ministers forming the present administration, or any affection for themselves personally. Does anyone suppose that the representatives were so ignorant as not to understand the vile character of the Kootenay bill 1 Will anyone say that he believed any advantage would accrue to the country from ihe 60,000 acres given to Mr. Wright for the Eagle Pass Road? Is it conceivable that they would have passed Mr. Smithe's Land Bill, giving tueGoverumentcarle blanche with all the public property ? Can anything but the most impudent and transparent sophistry be adduced in favor of tho Settlement bill ? Pray what did the bill settle ? has it effected anything but the sacrifice of the Province ? Has it opened the lands in the railway belt ? Has it removed all differences between this Province and the Federal Government ? Has it done anything advantageous to the country ? To all of those questions we con return nn emphatic "No." We can tell our readers, however, what the Province has lost by it. It has lost about three quarters uf a million of money that would have been paid for the construction of the Graving Dock at Esquimalt by the Imperial and Dominion Governments, jointly. I has lost two millions of monoy to which we were justly entitled for delays in tho construction of the railway. It has lost three million and a half of acres of land at Peace River. It loses all its best coal lands, which are given to Huntington, Crocker & Co. Tlie Dominion Government is to give us the three quarters of a million offered to us years ago in satisfaction of our delay claims, and three hundred and forty thousand for the land,work already completed and plant, of the Graving Dock, which money has already been spent. Tho three quarters of a million goes to Huntington, Crocker & Co., or—someone else. So far, wo haveonly recounted theabsolute losses to the Province from tho reckless extravagance, or something a great deal worso, of the Honest John Government ; let us now see what their legislation has been to make any set-off to the sacifices they have made for us- The Attorney General brought in two bills about the Chinese which he himself declared in the House to be un constitutional. Mr-. Smith* brought in the Land bill- a rehash of former acts —with the addition only, of two clauses ; one empowering tire Government to charge two dollars and a half per acre, for land —to anyone not an immediate supporter of the Honest John quartette—where one dollar only, was charged formerly, and a clause which was supposed to give the Government power to sell or do what they please with all the lands of the Province. Then there was Honest John's Educa tion bill, which is wholly unworkable. The people treat it with contempt, and the hangers-on of Honest John, to give the bill an appearance of being all right, carry out the farce with as much decorum as possible. The only clauses of the bill which are carried out in their entirety, are those which give the Provincial Secretary the power to turn the present system of education into a political machine. Thi» then, is what we are getting for the large salaries paid to Ministers who ore corrupt, incapable and possessed of a dangerous power, the result of corruption, which menaces the rights and liberties of the people. Surely our citizens will never allow such, a shocking state of affairs to con tinue. If tbe member* are bribed to vote in any particular way, there it onl***»ne course to pursue ; the Government must be forced from their placet and tbe houae dissolved. 8*Jcb a mockery of Government is a disgrace to tbe people of this Provinoe and wiil do the country a groat and lasting injury.— Guardian. THEY WANT THE MONEY. We learn from the last report of the Municipal Council, that Honest John has returned a flat refusal to the re (juest of our City Fathers for the lots, which by some hocus poeus, are said to Wong to tbe Government. His statement that the Government could not give them if they would, is the merest nonsense and could only be asserted by a man like Honest John, who is perfectly regardless of what the public may think of his truthfulness or honor. Hit plea, no doubt, is that the proceeds belong to the general revenue; but it would bo very easy to defer the sale and allow our corporation to buy them at a fair valuation, only paying for them as they were required. If the Government, in view of the lots being required for city, and hence public improvement, transferred the lots to the city as they were utilized, it would not be a very great stretch of Governmental prerogative, because the public lands are given for various public purpose*, from time to time, and we know of cases where they have boen given for strictly denominational purposes, which certainly have not the claim that sites for a public school or a town liall.could hare on the general government. We may here state that we are still unaware of the manner in which the Government bases its claims to the lots, since federation. But the honest John Governmeut appears to have no other thought or care than that of soiling every inch of land they can lay their hands upon, to turn it into money. In certain cases they are extremely generous ; they give to Mr. Wright for bis clever lobbying of the Kootenay bill, sixty thousand acres of valuable timber lands, under pretence of his making a road, whieh can never be worth anything to the country. But when the Municipal Council asks for a few lots on which to build public schools and other conveniences for the people of this Province, they are flatly refused. The fact is that the present Government cares nothing about the people or the Province ; they only think of how they can rake and scrape the money into the treasury so that they may have the pleasure of spending it. —Guardian. HOMER $ SON, Importers, SHIPPING and COMMISSIOff MERCHANTS, FRONT ST., NEW WESTMINSTER. CD. II ami, E. E. IIa»» RAND BROS., Heal Estate Brokers, CONVEYANCERS, INSURANCE AGENTS, tee. POBT MOODT PHOPKHTY A SPECIALTY. Colnnrbla HI.. Opro.rr. PiwtulTi.. , SUw WlsTluxaiEa, B. U. HOffSE & EICKM, Land Surveyors REAL ESTATE BROKERS, ACCOUNTANTS, AC. OFFICEi Front Street, New Westminster, Opposite 0. P. N. Co.'t Wharf, r. 0. box 61. HOWCE & RICKMAN ■' ■ OFFER FOR SAUK Valuable Town Lots! IN EVERY PART, AT PORT MOODY! TOWN1 AND SUBURBAN LOTS AT NEW WESTMINSTER. FARMING LANDS ON FRASER RIVER AND ELSEWHERE. TOWN LOTS at PORT HAMMOND LOTS ON TOWN8ITES AT HAS. TINGS, GRANVILLE AND ENGLISH BAY. PIONEER stor: QDJSKN 8TW5*X, POKT MOOD1 M'^tmftmn SPRTiV&STOf Just Receired *|* B| Casimeres. Diagonal! Broadcloths. SUITS MADETO ORDE From $20.00, at Short Notice, Good Fit Guaranteed. DressmaMng & Milliiier DEALERS IN Hardware, Paints and AT FACTORY PBIC -8 "|H7 E ARE PREPARED TO CONTRA! them' line, tt BOTTOM PRICES. with parties building, to jnij them with nil material in the sbove-Jia Orders by Telephone or Stag, attended witb prompt jess. o Auctioneers AND auks™ roa SINGER MACHINE CO NOTICE trr tr P ot Ull III Ira Ni 1 Iln Co Ih 'lis 0(1 ,war woi Mr deb H. f»f Tim ■ na Or* tbtl Willi M| \\V„| Ireail last whei » Rob. Ts mtki their to thr tcoa' and il 1oat< thst W Ii tee f street Stroel iislsc I'm "i Po onth •wil *-. Ci "issts "illlrt Uutoi P*. H. 'Hlbc »srdsr "ussed, I IHE nNl>W{SIONl^i*^trtfo*lr wits £?" tl ea tu intinaite that at) osrtttandisg ** "•> counts duo him mutt be paid before the 16. ^ pj of .September nut. If not paid prior to tbi &,( 0| date, tbty will be placed a« the bands of lawyer for coUeotioa. F. F. NfiU-OK- Port Moody, Aug. 28, KM, NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GlViar, THA aU atwuntt doe to th« titt matt bt settled up by the 15th of lirpts next. Otherwise tUpt will bt take* '< lnnI their collection. • j. rot t JOHN MCTRRIir, tr. [,„,•,* Pott Moody, Aug. M, MM. <*■'•? mt '•Him ftbtor., (intra! !<*»dt« Coil Whlyr *» eo.| ■eekst! Wonl bin tfjie #«t Jiloobq i%.tt. 8ATURDAV. SEPTEM javojt* uoo»*r. lilaid t■ ale ttttr t MotsI. j.4 wtataaa list.« Ss i- i ,r laarat Ta-tla)'. * *nu»trar«. IOr. r Fn«|klir>U trrlTM ttsrjr KrMt.. ■T traraterarr daiarday laTSpsa Si.ja.ui rmiain ntsrln, tolas vltkoX Uriels, al ■Ull««t .rMraltekttt in eoJS, arltl be ui.jei I rtatloai saiettt ■ esastl u 11 Attorn tV 9 a»uu. Th. .i-t. Ms., UW. h> l.k. MsVrt - B. Grant Is now handling, tab tnd retail, the celebrated "T. * L." F»oitVicioau.-Thiitnnier"i>uiismoir" arrival from Victoria do Tuesday evenlne. with a cargo of general freight, .she Ult again tht aame evening. Truss will be a weial dance aud liouie- wamiag at Mr. Oto. Tltpjnpsun'. new real- isrtui. an Uondar evening Ther.- la* good road from the railway to tiie house, starting at Mr. Wiatettutt't large building. Thk yacht "Lotoi," of Seattle, which left Port Moody on the 4th initant, wat misting for eight da/a, and grave feari were entertained tbat the had been lost. We are pleased to learn that the arrived safely in Seattle a few dayi ago, hiving been becalmed off one of the islandt in the Strait, of Kn. a. Tbi government tteamer "Sir James Douglas' arrived at Port Moody on Wednesday evening, having on board Lieut Governor Cornwall and family and Premier Smithe. Tba Hiitinguishoaf party left for Anhcroft hy Thursday morning's train, which wat delayed uetrly two boura for their convenience. Bsv. Mb. Alls* writea that on aacount of the pouring rain on last Saturday afternoon bt wat aot able to fill hia appointment, but expects to be here next Sunday. He was doubly disappointed because he had a Very ire sermon which he thought would be tp- prtciatad after tuch a bug rainy action. TirriN'a tbiafle mill it ruoning to its full capacity, and orders art coming In faster than tbey can be filled. Aliout the ead of next week it ia expected the sawmill will also be in full blast, aa a large force of men are at present employed ia ratting up the machinery and shaftings. Thi Island Railwa't.—It is ita ted by a Victoria paper, on what ii said to be good authority, that the contract for a 20-mile section of the Island railway will Ire let in a few dayt. Thie section is un the Nanaimo end of the line, and the work will be pushed forward aa rapidly ts possible. Mr. C. D. Rand, the well-known real estate broker, of New Westminster, hit formed a co-partnership with Mr. It. Lipsett of Victoria, and they have opened an office on Government Street, in that city. We are pleased to an Mr. Rand extending hii connexion, and wiih the new firm much success. Sdmiiay'sSikvick.— Itev. Mr. Allen failed to connect on Sunday, tnd the meeting wat taken in charge by Mr. .lames Orr, who delivers*, a. »h»r« but impreearve exhortation. Some singing waa indulged in and tbe audience disported. Suiidty school was held st the usual hour and was well attended. The day was very disagreeable. Quits Cokbkct.—Onr ancient morning contemporariea are at present engaged iu a discussion aa to whether investors in Port Moody property should be reimbursed or compensated for loss they may sustain in the event of the terminus being located at some other point further down thn Inlet. It will Ire toon onough tu ductus such a proposition when the change has really been made.— Victoria 'Timet. Railway Noras.—- The track is now laid ten miles beyondSpence's Bridge, hut regular trains do not run Beyond that place A gauu of men are doing repairs on the bridge st Pitt river... .Ned Austiu has been ev- ouerated from all blame in connection witb Ihe recent collision st Squakiim Lake, and lias relumed hit old poet at tbe lever of the Nicola Conductor M unset hai been removed. Ma. WHiTTAKtt, of Port Moody, claims tbat his evidence in a case before the County Court in New Westminster on Thursday last, was not correctly reported ill the "Guardian.''- Ha) has paid four instalments instead of two at stated, and hat been earning up .wards of |70 per month, instead of $6fi. One would infer from the evidence publiihed tbit Mr. Wbitttker wished to avoid paying the debt, when the exact opposite ia the case. He only aaked for time, and the privilege of paying in monthly instalments. "As Ootiidbb's OriHion."—The Victoria "'inset oopiea from the Manitoba Mountaineer, •rr article showing the great superiority Of Coal Harbor ortr Port Moody, and' states tbat tbe editor of tht Mountaineer spent laat winter in Wustniiiiiter, for Iii. health, and certainly ought to knew whereof he tpetks. Well, the editor of the Mountaineer is a low • Inailed chap named Galhraith, who ;ienl Iwt winter (for hit health) iu the cellar whence the Columbian ia issued, and we art quits sura hi never taw Pin t Moody ; but it is not at all surprising that he should imbibe Robtoaian ideal on terminal subjects. Thi proprietor! of tht Caledonia Hotel are Baking inbstantial iinprovemeu.: imam! their premises. The roadway from the house tc the railway crocing ia being covered with • coating of gravel taken from the tide fla :, Uld it is the belt material for making roadi •ait can be -found. It is a shelly substance bat paoks at hard at granite, and can be nd in such quantities, and to handy, that •nr future city should possess the finest treeta on the mainland. That portion ofQneen r'roet between Clarke Street and the railway I also being put in good order far winter. I'IBSONAL,—Mr, Louis Cartier, who came 1 Port Moody with Dr. Langis a few oaths ago, Has gone to Victoria, whence r will sail thia evening for Ssn Francisco, r. Cartter Iui made many friends during . stay in Port Moody and his departure ill be regretted We regret to announce at owing to tht IHneat of her father, Mrs. ■ Heslop hat decided to return to Auatra- She expects to sail the latter part of tober, tnd will probably remain away up- irdi of a year. ' Mrs. Heslop will be much ■ted, especially at onr social gatherings, th io many of which the haa been identified ring tht past year. . Plo.vir.it Gons. —We regret to state t on Saturday evening, Mr. George •on, formerly of ChlUtwiok, and an old •tralian and Cariboo miner, auddenly ex >d as ha waa about to go into supper at Cosmopolitan Hotel. Mr. Gibson waa st 50 yean of age, unmarried, and waa ily respected by all wbo knew him. He engaged with Mr. Watson's locating ;y tad earner the Kamloops sick a few QjUlsX NhdSIi,—Tht Iseu continued wet wntber haa had a demoralizing effect on the Clarke roul, and if some ttepa are not taken to -ta.-el it, in two month, it will be impassable. It's true, there ii a man con- etautly employed ou tiae road, but he is not furnished with the proper material, for road- making, .shoveling mud int.. a mudhole it a nitre na* to of. time uul money. W hat i. needed is a horse and cart, so that gra'-el may Ire hauled upon tbe road. There ire convenient deposits of gravel along the Mid. ■ml in additional expense of (ISO or film would make the I'larke road one of the Ult in the district We hope the Government will see fit to attend to this matter. ''Road Cosxtsii-iiov— We letni from a gentleman »bo lately returned from the Kagle Pan, that tbe toad party, under the stMtrgstte su|>eriiiteiideiice ol Wright, not- wlth.itndlng incessant nine, hid reached a point about six unlet from tlie Colurnhu nver, MJthat iticotiipletioti »i!l In: tffei ted in a month. The lakes are cniased by means of large scows capable of couveying tin: lar<'-.t freight wagons and horses. Considerable travel hai already set in from the eut, and it it reported thtt several I'lii'lrcd rriuii, at present working on the railway line iu the Roeky Mountains, wi'l make British Columbia their home, as soon as operations terminate on the approach of winter. Tim mud passes through a licit a magnificent timber, consisting of hemlock, lir, birch, cedar and white pine, and affords in certain localities, scenery of the most striking character. Inland Sentinel. Thi Bridoe Rivkr Gold Mines.— Raim have interfered with the working a good deal hereto, but the niinert tre now at vaork in real earnest taking out good pay, and in apite of all rumors nays a correspondent of the "Columbian,' it is going to be a good camp. They have found diggings iu the banks. Amongst irnne of the lucky men are J. R. Willams, Kelson ft Newton, McGreggor 4 Vader, Kiley, Walter * Man, WaJsworth ft Rutherford, uud many others that are doing well, and an- perfectly satisfied. There are many men who ieftdisgu.it.--d with the mil es and said tbere was no gold. One cose in point; a man gave away bin claim and sold his sluice boxes for jl a set, and tbe pur- chanra commenced to take out good pay almost immediately, continuing to do soup to lost advices from there, Ont thing looks well, the miners do not tsk for credit, they bring the dust with them to purchase their supplies. The cropaare ail cut, a far yield and big prices. New whest ia being brojght forty miles to this place. Things in general are healthy.—Cor. Victor'a Times. Port Moonv ah seen in Ki.iii.and.— The following is from the Canadian OazrUc o* Augutt L'Htb, the most reliable paper in England, on Canadian affairs:—"No confir in; run has been received—and we strongly suspect that none is forthcoming—of the rumour given last week that the terminus of the Canadian Pacific Itailwav is to be removed from Port Moody to Coal Harbour. We disbelieve the rumour because the relative merits of the two places—they are only about eight miles apart—were fully gone into by all those who had the right to ave a voice in the decision before a decision was given in favour of Port Moody. The former is, it is true, a fow miles nearer the actual ocean; but, in point of economy, it is much cheaper for the vessels to come to the railway than for the railway to go to the vessels. But the one is an open roadstead, with poor anchorage, and would require an expensive breakwater, while the other is a naturally protected harbour, 'the one has little or no level ground in its neighbourhood; the other, with a small outlay in dyking, wouhl possess ample area for the terminal faojiities required by a vast' system of railways. Tho liuo already is at fort Moody; to carry it nn several miles farther to Coal Harbour must necessarily cost a considerable sum, for the expen'diture of which we are not at present aware nf any sufficient causo. We arc, therefore, inclined to surmise that the rumoured change rests more on land speculators' mriiiieiivres than ou fact." The AKHONAirTs.— The ballooniits in scarcli of the slcy terminus of the 0, P. K., mentioned in lust week's Gazette, have been heard from. After having Port Hammond they proceeded up the line till above Emory, and here one of the tno tell overheard, from leaning too far out to see thu remains of a boom he left there some years ago. He was picked up, badly mangled, but still alive, and at last reports was truly repentant. Tbe other two journeyed on and reached the moon early next morning. The man stulioned there said his country wouldn't do for a ter- miuus, as it labored under the same disadvantages as Coal Harbor—lack of fresh water and population. Ho advised them to pass ou, merely lemarking to honest .lohn that be needn't send the "Columbian" any lunger, as ho was taking the I'ort Moody Gazette anrl to got all the reliable information going. From the moon they iniled on tn Mari, and found that gentleman in perihelion and on hii muscle. lie nunouncod that they couldn't planet to ring in any bogus terminus on his sphere, or on his sword either, for that matter, and they'd better move along if they didn't want to ace more stars than their contract called for. Consequently the tourist! did uot tit up, but pitted on to the next Ita- tion—tht Milky ^'ay. Here they found the person who supplies "pap" to the "Columbian" and "Colonist," und honest John laid iu a large supply ; Mc. sampled the mixture, and declared it food fit for the gods. Not being accustomed to it, however, he soon became unwell, and was relnctantly compelled to turn over a large contribution to 1 itcea, which they relished mightily. Venui wis tat ndxt-point gained, but on t.tir object being learned, that lady announced tbat ihe liH'ln t lost any terminus, and didn't want to find una; Port Moody was good enough and near enough for her, and they'd better skip, for if Vulcan came home from the shop and found them a-fooliu' round, he'd mash 'Am with the big sledge. Not having any time for a game of "old sledge" just then, our auronauts set sail for the Pleiades, where they received bnt a cool reception from the seven sisters. These laities said they had got along for tome time without a terminus, and guested they could stand it a little while longer, but if they found their business required one they'd move to i'or- Moody and buy a block of lots on the Clarke property. By this time onr travellers wero becoming tired, and were juat about to give up in despair, when honest John was struck by an idea and knocked silly for several minutes. After being revived and questioned, be said it would be a great scheme to locate the ter- THE .SIEGE OF POiiT MOOUV. To the Ldltor Qaiette -. Tht long continued liege of Port Moody ("/'ok Admiral "Columbian") has hitherto and ia yet regarded with calmness and some degree of imuseiocnt by the citizens, who have the assurance that it is fortified by the hand ol Nature against tire strongest entmy Hor..--.er, tbit last editorial of the IStta inst Mem. to be tlie "atra* that hint I the camel's back;" not that there it auy probability of it doing any Ittiary to Pert stood*, hot of tbe estimate be (ed. Col.) put. on the inihJie intelligence. He insist, tbat Mr Van H' me and Mr. fTlilttnktik both i.id tbe teiiniinis would go lol-ajal Harbor, and the,, la}». "The lierfeet agreement of thr K>iit|.uieM i,i re>|*'t to the eilensiou should ntisfy ever) body on that point.'' He baa quit arguments, aud now implo es the incredulous people to lielieve. Well, Ic ne consider what hinji. T»o gentlemen assert the same thing. Whit l remarkable cuincideiioe this is, especially when oue of these gentlemen hss no more tuthority for making such assertions than tbe editor of the "Columbian,' and the otlier (Mr. Vim Home i could not have said so, even ii it was extremely probable, til! it was first passed at a meeting of the ilireetorate of the i'. I'. Jt, Syndicate; then afterwards ptofll a of the said exteu.iot, with maps uf surrounding country, would require to be deposited witli the Ilomiiiii'ii Government and sanction given by tbat Government. Again, wa arc told that the lloiniiinuj Gov:- -iiment surrendered the lands West of IV t Moody to tht local Government, a few mo'itbs ago; also that tbe "syndicate had thought long ago of extending the railway to Coal Il.-.rbor,' and that the only trouble now was to provide lauds for terminal works at the last-named place. Now these are three extraordinary statements to come together in the same column. What weak, imbecile statesmen these Federal ministers are, and what shortsighted, forgetful fellows are President Stephen nnd hi-; a sociates. Their n smory has b i ;oinc very morbid; they neve,- thought of reminding tbe Dm : [on Government that they were going tt ext ,d tlie marl to Coal Harbor till the land wus given away; for, recollect, there is prov' ion in the contract between the Government and Syndicate, whereby the latter can get all the land they require for railway purposes at the termini of the main li ie, and likewise for branch lines and branch line termini, provided such 1" id is vested in tbe Government. But they have let all this slip; they have fo: gotten the lilreral provision in their contract, and are now obliged to apply to thn local Government for land for terminal purposes. How let us consider the natural advantages of botli places in one or two respects: Any person taking the trouble to look at I e map, or of goiti?; there • id inspecting for himself, will find thst the little peninsula (which is from 300 to 350 yards wide ut Granville) between Coal Hubor and False Creek is hardly Isrgo enough for the C.P. II. yards, (including yards for side-tracks and stock-yards) and the other terminal works. Therefore, in the event of the terminus being tbere, the greater part of the city would unavoidably be south of the False Cree :. Just imagine the citizens navigating False Creek (which is from oue to one ami & hulf miles wide) with rafts to and from the railway station, and getting their consignment of grinds by this perilous method of navigation. Tin* one condition is enough in itself to prove that a city of any importance cannot lie situated there. It is a well-known fact tbat a city at any otlier place on Burrard Inlet but Port Moody, cannot be well fortified. Tbe only mound tliat could be utilised Wing in the viuiuity of Moodyville, which is from three to four miles distant from where Vantfuter would be situated; and thnt would be of no use', for the enemy could throw then-shell, in across the narrow point of land from Knglish Hay without coming through tbe first narrows at all. So helpless Vniiru/urr (which would bt the key to the Pacific Province) con! I be laid desolate in a fow hours, before our w-nr ships could steam out of the North Ann (naval. Btatiun) to the rescue. The adaptability of Port Moody in these respects is unquestionable. The North Arm of the Inlet has no rival as a fume nnval station on tbe Pacific coast; there is uo other suitable place on the mainland; and just im- iiied lately east, or on the Port Mi orly side of the Xortli Ann, the inlet narrows to less than oue mile, at which p"int there are two Government reserves, one at the point of land lying between the North Arm ami Port Moody, and tbe other nearly opposite on the • .Un i--rde of the inlet; h tb of which arc admirably situated and elevated, and most perfect .itei for fortresses. "Oh," but sonre people say, "what hns tbe Ftdtra] Government to do with it; it is all to be decided by thu Syndicate." Ves, tlie Federal Government his all fo do with the locating of tht future metropolis of tbe western part of the Dominion uf Canada, ami wiao admiuiatratron on this matter is the the greatest boon the Syndicate could receive. It is a question which involves national interests. V. ith regard to this queiunn, the Federal Government is not only responsible to the people ot this country, but to the Imperial Government. Yours truly, A Vktebn Stavkr. Port Moody, Sept. Hi, '84. -M1NKKAI. UH,*, ON THE CASPIAN. Mobmso Adeertisrr, Aug. 19. The "exploitation' of mil .ral oil and naphtha on the welt shore si the Caspian, » here it hat been used aa a fuel and a means of obtaining artificial light for thousands of years, occupies just now aoonai lerable ipacc in the newapape-r Pies* of Kngland; and no doubt the tune is coming w ben Western Asm and Ki.t.rn Ec-,,,*. „,|| get ,)] ,)„ ,,,, ,h,.v mod from Baku Inttttd ol Irom Penn.vlvinia Bntit Ita mistake to .up;s,se tiu-orl'i-r , iB mg iata ".mtneic: (ur the tint time. It has betO cx|.oif d Iran the I'auca.ns by caiavan, ai.d r.-ally tbo thtafl (rata goat' .kins to tanks on Iwird stein,,-:- anl on r.rlwry trucks ii • matter f detail rather tban ' principle, Hut what should interest Englishmen quite ai much as the deielopm.-ut of tb. ai ,»ntly known ind, lor long, taptr- slitioi.slv regarded depu.itt on the shores of ti" I | ran Sea, is the discover) of the aame sort ol oil, i.i better illuminuting quali y, iu tin c .uiae of n rovlof the roads and making Dm railroad leading from Sind through Biluchutan rn the direction at least of Isiidahar. 'line di.civery bul. fairt ■ pay in a very ihort tune ill the cost of making the railway which the present t..neminent abandoned U soon la il came into "like, and Iras now resumed in such bot haste. And the Government of India seems tu be wisely dcterini ied thut it aud no nu re private speculators snail reap the benefit of "the find." It has lent to America for plain, Whioh will be ou the spot before the end of tlie year, aud though ii will probably not go so far us to work tho deposits as a Govern nieut in inaptly, it will open them out to Companies with adequate capital. There i. an immense opening ni India for earth oil, not meiely as an llhiininant, hut aa a lubricant, and we venture to predict th tin a country iu which timber has become so scarce,and in which coal is found so sparsely, earth oil obtained from the Liluclii border «ill be. used as a fuel for machinery to a i ur esampled extent. Tl us there will be a great market alrnort on the spot for the pro The lawyer, of Mme.Patti and Marquu da> JCiui hive trranged that tbe latter shall join I with 1'atti in au application to tire I'ivorce | Tribunal, which, it is now expected, will | give its assent to their legal separation Tbe Freeman's Journal intimates that Mr. George O. Trevelyan, Chief Secretary for Ireland, will ejected Baion Carlingford it I.ord irivv .Seal on the retirement of the litter. The ability of a human being to exist for SlMKITOf IHK rUiit-iGX I'llKSS. Cjueeu Victoria has gone to Balmoral. The Czar .tailed for Warsaw aoou after midnight on the Hud hut. Hii arrival at Warsaw lias not been pasto*a*4ai. It ia re[K,rt*d that Prisot Biamsrck will leave Varzin for Berlin preaeutlv in order to ac. "icpany Kmperor William to'Warsaw, Tlie Eaeteni /elegrapli Crania; hss given li'.tic; that the land wires to T,eii Tan, an I Pekin are interrupted. J In: Etnptror Prtoeii tneoeh rill meet tbi 11**»| perioal without natural 6od hat been Cau at Skieruevic in tin middle of tl.ia'agsin demonstrated in a recent instance, ne,inn Kuqieror William wil] not be pr.». - which has been investigated with much in tfJt I terett by the Austrian doctor.. A peasant Notwithstanding the cholera scare t'.e «im.n lo.t ber wty in a Bohemian fore-t, Mat it de-e-nbed as being io many places i ■1'rd wai unable to return to her bomt. She wtiider-I m.iiy mile, sud st length sink I »n ixlraustcd, snd waa ueconscioui and .cable to respond when ber iieigbbori went through tbe forett looking tnd railing for her Parties of villagers continued to search ■ I in vain, and at the olid of a month 1.'. Ilussian imrwriil oider, the delivery of iJ'1 hops of finding her alive waa abandoned th. i works , ,| li.iilirferent author., native and |''" thi -forty sixth day after bbe bad been Ion ign. to libraries and public read.,.^ r.oie Uxtt, tjht waa discoiiicd by o.cideiit. Tbe ia strictly prohibited, us well as of ei"nt poor woman was still alive, but was iu t Husaiau newspaper.. pitiable condition. She had subsisted ta- Tue Countess IV La Torre was fined the | tireiy by sucking dew from the leaves a other day, at the rate of ten shillings a dav, 1''.V eating grass. When found, she was for keeping ill cat. and dogs on her prenii- Mrroandtd by t number of half fain si.td The j 'oxei, evidently awaiting her death. The relations between the Vatican ai 'be near Paris a. h'fthy a. a reeking -. Mi ' harle. Manby, builder ofthe Aircn Manbv. tbe tint iron statasMT which eier went to sea, died lately. He had been Secretary to tha britiah College „f l.'ml hug,. ses in Pembroke square, I^rdon ueighbors considered it a nuisauee. .Several French papers announce tbat the real object of the King of Sweden's visit to England was to settle the preliminsries of a marriage between his saeottd son, Prince Oa car, and the Princess l.-.m-. of Wales. Queen Victoria lias pretty well recovered from the accident to her knee, although she cannot walk as she did, and the loss for so long a time of lier usual active exercises has had an unfavorable influence on lur health. Chi lera is mining the Parisians and making the fortune of the London hotel and boarding-house keepers. Altogether there were 14,000 more visitors in the gay citv in July last year than in tbe same month this year. Ten anil fifteen year oid girls, who are ducts o.' the petrol um springs of the Biluch j Afreat singers at then- work, earn twelve cen and Paths i borderland. lor a day's work of seventeen hours in t. But wc must lo.,k a little further. The , "'"' factories of I ,.lv; by a frugal system an runt of capital that hoi recently been!. - v ml nt Ma'i near 'Jaku has led to .e working o," air ther and rich deposit in tiie is nd of L'iielekcn. also known for many year . Now the w hole country south of the (jeor ian Caucasus, anil stretching away to the H'-ulii Ku li, is very much the s me. Limestone, primary rocks, con-jomerate, and hideous des rts of sand very sparsely watered, are common to the north-west, fr .tier of India. Similarly there is throiwh-! to Prinot ismtrck the design to create a po out re whole region a notable saltncsi even ; litical blockade against England by of the powers, un- iro-operati'iu tbey expend only one-ball 11. daily income, and so manage to lay up mo ;e in tiie savings banks against a rainy day. London'Truth" asserts that Baron'Car- lingford, Lord Privy Seal, will shortly resign his Cabinet position and retire to private life. The coiuliti i of Iris health leads him to coiitempla i '.! i: step. It is r ohoble that his successor will he I.ord lloselier y. The "Xorth German Ga-ette" attributes ness even : re only where it is I. "'lnK in the running water, de iv d from springs in the lini stone or from melted snow-n. As it is on the Caspian shores so it Is on the 8hor sk desert south nf Candahar, mill iu the Ksch-Gundava desert south of the Bolau Pass. Tile dc e-t in the et ; of Pi , connect! g the two are likewise s It deserts, formerly covered with inland seas, like lhe C ipian, but now dried up as the Caspian is s; id to bo dwindling, There is thus good reason to believe that mineral oil exists at greater or Icsh depth throughout the whole region, hut of course it will only pay to work it near rail or water nulition le. her egotistical policy of colonial extension is aba loned. Se. FbADOISOO, Advices *by the steamer City of Tokio, f..irn Hung Kong, are to the effect that the German Ouvea*nmentiaanUin ; in its :. injects who are in the Chinese service. Lieut. Haginclever, instructo • in the torpedo school at Wei-I e-Wei, on the northwestern coat of the province of Chang- 'Tung, lias been ordered to resign. The English employees of the Chinese Beet have resigned. The Journal del Dials is publishing ca -iage, 'lliu Indus, however, is as good j series of articles in which the French naval a silent highway as the Volga; we have, thanks to a political necessity, a railway as close to the oil springs lhat have Ir/eii found as the Poti-'Tiilis-Baku line is t-i the Caspian springs; labour i- even cheaper towards India than it is towards Hussia, and on the whole thore seems every reason tn believe that Russia and America can both he met an i beaten in thu oil trade in the bazaars of am. svstein is subjected to merciless criticism. The writer declares tLat the French fleet is totally inefficient for a great war. It is believe 1 that Admiral Cimrbct, with bis licet, is near Hainan, out of the track of passing vested, und that he is engaged in making such repairs to his ships as the engagements at Koelung and Foo-C'liow have rendered necessary. The attack on Keeluug two hundred millions of fell'iu-aubjects in | w-ns prompted by the deure to obtain posses' Hindustan, if oil can be carried at a Profi sion of the c al mines, which would prove from Baku hundreds of miles np tbo \\ olgu, extremely useful to the French in case w anrl even then along the Russian railways, j was declared and the neutral ports closed, it can sorely he with equal fauiiity carried The Chinese 'rostrated this scheme by flood- hundreds nf miles up the iniiu*, ami from J ing tbe mines snd destroying the pumping the Imlus Valley Railway to the Punjab and mtchintry. 'The Government denies that the Barorla ai'ri Central Indian linei. When the : Flench licet is again shelling Keelung. Government hna shown tbat the oil exists | An.'ther illustration ol the prevalent dvna- iu paying quantities near to cheap transit mlta'fright in Europe is furnished from Aus there will he no lack tf capital tu carry onltria. Two men, supposed to he anarchists, Par Gave Him a Dose.—As O'Donovan the works on the most improved principles, j were srrested at Pesrh just as they ware I was taking his leave Iiumas complimented republic of lost* Kica have Wen rupi M. Vslfre, the Papal Nuncio, wbo waa i to proceed to t'otta Pica, haa been orde remain in Home. 'file London papers are making pri is for reporting the progress of I i\\ olstlty't campaign in the Soudan. A the correspondents who have started or »r. about to start are Mr. I'earce of the Lail/f Seies, Mr. J. A. Cameron of the Standard, Mr. .Melton Prior of the JlluslnUtd London Mens, anrl Col. Burleigh of the Daily Tele- ■jri'iih. These gentlemen are old war corre- spondente. Mr. Cameron wu with Baker Pasha in his ill-fated attempt to chastise EI Mahdi alter Hicks Pasha's defeat, -and for some months Csmeron was missing and was supposed to he dead. .Mr. Priors illustrations of African war scenes have been familiar features of the llliistraied London A' at for some yeors. Co1. Burleigh has seen ai_ much campaigning in Egypt as Gen, Wolseley himself, and especially distinguished himself by sending the news of Gen. Wolseley s victory st Tel-el-Kebir to hit paper twenty-four hours ahead of all com- petitors. flespite the sneers of military men at the reported success ol (,'apt. Ilcnard's halloon- stecring apparatus; the French War Office has been warned that various- Rtropean Governments haft sent confidential amenta trr Men.Ion, where Capt. Iienard'a experiments have been marie, to discover the secret ol his invention. The French officials have i-rie i orders toarrett all suspicions-looking oh ervers, ami threaten to treat them as spies. A number of weddings iu high life are arranged to take place during the autumn. The grandest of the approaching nuptial events will be the marriage of Lord Stafford t" Lady MJJJIcent, daughter of the Barl of Rosslyn. The bridegroom is the-cldest living son ami heir of tire Duke of Sutherland He is :|.'I years old, was formerly a Lieutenant in the Second Life Guards, and is new a member of Ptrlimtnt for .Sutherland county. Tbe bride is only 17 vein's old, ind is as lovely as she is youthful. The guests will include some of the highest nobility in Kngland, and, as the Prince anil Princess of Wales are to bo present, invitations to the wedding ire eagerly sought. Farl Spencer has notified the 'Town Council ol Limerick that unless they agree to levy ratesforextra police duty within a month tb" law- will be rigorously enforced. A called mee.uig of tbe Council passed resolutions disregarding ths Lord-Lieiitentnt's notification. A committee was appointed to frame a reply to Karl Spencer's note. Jt is expected that if tiie Council continues its resistance the arrest and imprisonment of its members will follow. Ami that it duis exist in vast quantities no one who has compared the geological maps nf the Caspian shore ntid ol Western Pennsylvania irrtli tb -so of our Biluch protectorate can well doubt. ks ago. Ho was attended by Dr. Tun- I on Saturday morning; he teemed worse hie head appeared affectasi. The deed Was » native of Ireland. Death •d by congestion of the brain. His •»! ta charge nf undertaken Gordon took place from tha Cosmopolitan minua ou a comet, because then they could always have a tale ready-made, and it would be thicker than some qf the tales in recent issues of the "Columbian." Mc. raised an objection, and said Coal Harbor waa just aa good a place as a comet for a terminus; in fact, he d been chasing the dtimgaatcd terminus Jong enough, and didn't propose to speculate in cometary corner lots—not this season ; "in fact," he said, "you can't comet over me that way, c'ohii, and I'm going to let out gas and drop on Port Moody like t ton of summer squash." With that ne polled the string, and the balloon began to jail so rapidly through space that the man in the moon, who Had got himself pretty full that nigfit, lost sight of it entirely, and we may look for its arrival here at any moment. A CHANCE TO "BUY AN ENGLISH TOWN. Recently the Doecaitlo estate, comprising Bottreaux Castle, building sites, farms, meadows, orchsrds, At,, in all 1,000 acres, and nearly the whole of tho town of Botcastle, in Cornwall, with the harbor, quays, and minerals on the the land, was offered fnr public sale at the City Auction Mart, Tokonhotisc yard, hy Mr. K. Fox (Meaen. Fox k Bouitield), who stated that the history of Boscastle was that of tho boundary of tbe border land lo hotly con tested between tho Saxons and the Celts, and as eafly as the fifth century it was u der the sway of King Arthur, the ruins of whose castle crowned tbo hill top of Tiutagcl, close by. Among the title deeds in the present vendor's possession was a confirmation under the great seal of Queen Elizabeth, dated Feb. l'i, Ifi83, of the grant by Edward II. in 1312 of all the markets ami fairs of Bottreaux Castle, the ancient seat of the Norman French family of Bottrell, or Bottreaux, who settled here in the reign of Heury 11., and fought among the rebel barons against Henry III. in 1264. The sale included a a moiety of the advowson to the rectoriea of Forrabury and Minister, both with their churches on the estate. The bidding, which commenced with an offer of £30,000, did not advance beyond £55,000, which was below the reserve price and the property was not told. The "Times'" Foo-Chow despatch reports the city and European settlement quiet. The English Vice Consul has returned to the Pagoda under a Chinese guard. The Consul wiil soou return. The Chinese are repairing their dematitled forts. Order is only maintained by the presence of the British aud American fleets. The Chinese merchant fleet sold to the Messrs. Russel cn.isted of twenty-six steamers, aggregating 23.544 tonnage. Tbe company was started 12 years ago, and was under the patronage of Li Hung Chang, who obtained loam from the Tbe work of deepenUgthe WellandCsnsl to ?T.er,nme,">: ^"ho'n ih±c?I".P^y "Is.io A law.-ui*. orttitaMiiiiL.'Siinio.-.iriJii'.'L'Ir'Ni'.-iits of the roiiia-iti-* a*- ,v**ll na of the hhnirt Was ju.it come to ;iti nod, if tlirru l»* uny fiinliiy ' pduibla in liti#itiiin, ami especially in liti- fffttiotl over n pecuniary prize of largeexfent. The Utftwfll and teatament of tho Via mte Kuinart the former. He was a man ut s, dii',' hu iuesa capacity iu npile of many eccentricities, lie deaired toa<'.>pt a child named Marie Kiboldi, aud hnd her oducated in a convent. There is aome myatery as tothe manner in which he Itccauie ac-juainted with what he styled 'Weii/ont du miracle," but it appears that Marie waa one of three children of Italian extraction, and that her mother, by reaa* \\ of the direst poverty, transferred her when about three yeara old to the care of the Vtconite de Briunmt, hy whom ahe was brought ap. Of her two brothers ono became a weaver at Farnworth and another followed a similar career at Bury. When the Vioomte made his last will he was unable formally to adopt the girl as his heiress, but he evaded the difficulty by leaving such of Hia property as was available for the purpose to his brother in trust for Marie Riboldi, who thus, in becoming the heiress of about eight million francs, nret learned the true story of her parentage. An interesting and amiable trait in her character is that she immediately took steps, which were successful to trace her brothers in order that they might have a portion in her prosperity. The Vicomtesse de Iirimont and the next of kin, the Vicomte Catmlle dTnfreville, naturally did not re-jard the testamentary disposition of the deceaaed aobleman with favour, and a vigorous fight was made against it. The case was carried from court to court, although the task of invalidating a document executed by leaving n train which had come from Vienna. They Fad in their puaaessioo a mylterioui piece of meehanitm, which they guarded j uitb great care, and which was aaaumed to | be aome new My}-- of infernal machine. The | two inspect! and their baggage was put upon another train nnd taken luck under a heavy 1 guard to Vienna, There they were exam in- \\ led before a magistrate, and it turned out that their "infernal machine" wns .mly anew j stylo of conking apparatus, It is ■*, new. | faugled Btovi of their own invention for burn- , • ing mineral oil. I At the laat drawings of thu National ! : Lottery In Spain the empl »yees charged with j tha detaila id the bu-dnesi forgot t i pul in ■ the urn a thousai i numben. the Govern ment annulled the drawing and another on the following da, It h that an [adit Ido d who had been a i him ou his French, saying that he a oke the language well for an Irishman. ''.Ve are BOtall uncivilized there," said ODmovan, *'aml I ain proud to meet you and to tell yon how much you arc prized iu my country. It is yeara since 1 made the acquaintance of one ot your family there, I became very intimate with bim, and I am indebted to him formany hours ol delightful enjoyment," "Oui or my family? This is astonishing. Iii- er heard of any of them who went t> Ireland. There moat be aome mistake." "No mistake, 1 assure yon. He is*-well known there and a groat favorite." "You have let my curioaity on lire. Name him, pray.' "1. oonl UonC Cri ito ' The I'.midcd off bia seat, dured °augbt 0'Don ran in hia anna, hugged him ,! .jj to his broa breast and Idaaed him mi La cheeka. Then, holding bin. back from him. player, without any luck, tor twenty-two '" looked at htm with a; with yeara, won one of tbeblgpriaea, and [ai i Wumpb and^la^aaa, and eAlaimed: ■ fou solable, He means to ine the Government •v,-ll^'r* '"> cMld.tha •>'sh •■"■ r1"1 un* KoUadffold iaroadi by easting an togol oi braaa, and ■.■• Idle tins is f-tiii hot pouring n\\ ou ita thin layer of gold alloy, Tht ingot, A YOUNti Ultd.'> Km'AI'K IN mH'th sea im.anpn, LHE n I wns never paid a h ghei qam pliment in my life dd is forced between >tc*'l ' Ihl-. until a long, thin ribbon fa produced, of j which the proportion of gold and brass le the aameaanftbt Ingot. Tha percentage of gold | is reduced as low .is two .um three per cent : Tht following is the aajbttaace of a eon- Tins rolled (.-old is uned 111 iiiakiiig cUm* "..'i. n with an "uld trader" l*t*een bracelets ami watch obalna, and rusts but IQueenaland aud aome of the 1'olyDenau little more than brass. It ween from one to [groupa : There might be -tome forty schoo- ten yeara. It conveys au idea of the lucrativeness ui high places in Kngland in "the good old day*" that in lo'lM the then Attorney*-ieneral stated in the House of Commons that the late Lord Kllenborough had refused $400,00(1 for the oflioo in his gift of Chief Clerk of the Court of Kiiig's Bench. When Lord Kllenborough heard that it was vacant be was on horseback, and, alighting, he wrote in pencil on hia saddle his son's appointment, the groom being witness. The place—a complete sinecure —was worth 8.*-o,000a year. Pans tradesmen begin to utilize adence for advertising purposes. A late nc.ico reads: "Tea anil coffee contain tannic : id, the essential part of oak and hemlock; 0k contains albumen and tibrin iu the ., an atom of leather. In a lifetime a man thus eousnmes a hundred pairs of hoots, but no man could thus consume the elegant and scientific footwear only to be found at.r) Rue de "••*• go out on au average in the course of the year to aome part or otlier of the South Seas. Money ia not yet und-ratood by moat nf the islanders, though they arc Beginning to tako particular notice of it. What they generally get is tobacco, pipes, calico, Anton* canaxea. faiivee, kn, Sometime*., loo, (fancy the "boys" we get are sold to us by others who have captured them, and are glad to get something for them. In a few instances we pick up people who are running away fmm enemies. This is not common, but I remember one case. Two boats wrre lying off an island in tho usual way, the first eloee by the beach with the "cover" boat a little way behind it, when a beautiful young woman plunged off a point of rock into the surf, ami, after diving under the heavy breakers, reached the smooth water and soon had hold of the gunwale of the first boat and sprang on board. In make and shape she was one of the finest specimens of the human race I have ever seen : her features small and exceedingly regular, lier eyes almost black, with long lashes, and she had beautiful A Fiji correspondent writes to an Knglish hands and feet. Her hair waa all shaved, paper: Often, while sailling among the I with the exception of one tuft of long hair 'quite on the crown ofthe head, which waa , , , \\ ■ ] • qilietiiiL* in? n-uit, ur w.ieuiei mtn iiu so a man of shrewd business capacity and in / o , . "-v i j . , ' - i „„j „ from natural causes laaqueetion the answer iinivii'iii.>,. nt .i . ..,!nn *>ntprtntit«ii nnn nr- I . ... _ ... . ..». iSouth Sea Islands, I have passed flocks of birds, principally terns and whale birds, resting in vast numbers on the sea. It is remarkable that, however rouirh the sea may lw at the time, yet where the birds rest there is not a ripple to disturb them. This must be caused by oil, but whether it is purposely deposited by tbe birds with the intention of quieting the water, or whether they do so a uniform depth of fourteen feet will be pro ceeded with at once. The whole work of increasing the depth from 12 to 14 feet will coat about $1,000,000, and there is an appropriation of 1250,000 now available for tbe work. The remaining fTW.OOO will be aaked for at next session of Parliament. This completed, -lay morning-and wi-a conducted with [ocean going vessels can ascend aa far as Port PJmark of respect tor the deceased.- I Aurther at the head of L*ke Sunerior, J700 tf-fctertfeef. J miles from Burrard Inlet. debted 2,000,000 taels, ($3,000,000). Their business waa mainly India aad China ventures to .London and San Franciaoo, but it proved a failure. The sale of the fleet has ended one of the moat Important atepe in tbe industrial progress oi the Chinese empire. tW For artiatic monumental work apply to George Rudge. "Victoria Marble Works," Pouglaa Streetj Victoria. pursuance of a design entertained and ex pressed for many yeara might well have seemed hopeless. And so it haa proved, ior the Paris Court of Appeal haa tbis week decided that the clearly expressed intentions of the Vicomto de Brimont shall be carried out. The way in which fortune haa thrown wealth and prosperity into the lap of the*e three young people will help to prove— what needs no proving— that the age of romance has not yet passed away. The Prince of Wales was present on a recent occasion at an audience given by Queen Victoria to some of the Ministry. "I believe," says Labouchcre in the London Tridh "it is the first time that H. R. H. hss been in attendance on such an occasion ; and the incident may, perhaps, be taken as a sign that in future he will devote a closer attention to public affairs." to which I think would iuterest many of your readers." The Boers-en-IIallc (newspaper) has a despatch from Liverpool, saying that advices from Africa announce that two of the flagstaffs erected on the Gold Coast by Dr. Nachtiga.1, the German Commissioner, have been cut down. One of them was cut down by an English official. The other was razed by negroes of the Togo tribe. Gen. Buchner, the Provisional Governor oi the Cameroons, was insulted by the negro--, and obliged to take refuge in a German factojy. The Vatican has forwarded to the French Government a note upon divorce, in which il declares that divorce is contrary to the doctrines of the Catholic Church, and maintains that it haa the right to prohibit divorce to the adherents of the Church. An encyclical ia about to bo issued upon the subject, addressed to French Catholics. rolled up tight in a small tuft. She was in a perfect state of nudity, and as ahe* eat there unabashed, with her hands raised to her head arranging her tuft, she waa the. most graceful creature I ever saw, 4 White sitting in the stern sheets of the boat which was fast distancing the ehore, ahe was casting anxious looks back to the spot from which she had leaped, and of a sudden her beautiful eyes brightened up, and there was a smile that bad some sort of devilment in it playing over her face, caused by her having caught sight of her pursuers, three in number, with bow and arrow in hand. The foremost of them went down on his right knee, and the girl motioned, the men to look out, and before he eould take bis aim the boat's sail was ran half way up the mast, and was a protection for all in the boat. The sail had not been more thr-n a few* minutea up before several arrows pierced it, and atnek there. Ibis was a signal for the boat's crew to seize their Suider rifles, and the first shot cauaatl on* man to roll over, and the others instantly took to the bush, and no more was seen of them. We landed our fugitive safely on the ship's deck, and she was supplied with clothing, and a. on apparently at*horae with other female recruits on "board. - Pall XoAl G*i.eUto I ll I f i 1< DOMINION l'i; w COMPANY. (LIMITED) RichardSt., NewWestminster Manufacturers and Dealers in all kinds of Rough # Dressed LUMBER! Shingles, Laths, Pickets Doors, Windows Mouldings Orders from the oiintry Promptly Filled, cf quantity and cost of material for building carefully prepared free of charge. FIRST-CLASS Grain-Edged Flooring A SPECIALTY, o—— A. MENNIE - - - Agent PORT MOODY. Weeks -AND- Foster, ESTATE -AT- PORT MOODY. :ra. o. OFFICE: ith the N. W. & P. M. Telephone Co. Lots offered in every portion of the town- site; also a few desirable Estates in the immediate vicinity of P >ody. Notwithstanding the enortnoua attendance at the Health Exhibition in London, the receipts have, up to the present, only just covered the coat. Profit may now be looked for. A successful attempt haa been made to introduce fresh springbok meat from South Africa into Kngland. "It was the most delicious meat," writes a corrtep-miit-nt, "that any of us had ever tasted, It-aing very far superior to Kiiglinh venison."' Hut tliat is not very liiyli praise. Solutions uf chloral should be kept in dark glass bottlea. Sunlight decomposes it into chloroform. The change is not easily perceived, aud has caused a uuinber of accidents in the past five years. An electric horse chronometer has been invented. The movement is controlled hy a current o|wi.«d and closed by tin? breaking out of an almost microscopie OOMM wire stretched across the track. It is said to it cordto the 1-500 of a aecond. It in not neceasary for the force of an epigram that it should Im* strictly true. Lofd Kaudolph Churchill being asked what he thought of Irving said : "1 don't know that 1 Bhould call him a great actor, but he is certainly a curioUB one. He ia always Irving on the atage, and alwaya Hamlet in private life. Jurubeba, a drug that U quite popular in Brazil, has been recently introduced into the United States. It belongs to Solatium or amto family, and is aaid to possess all the virtues and none of the vices of mercury. Or. Carvaldoof Kiode Janeiro and Dr. Do Champa of Paris call it "the vegetable Mercury. A correspondent of the London Standard states that at Grenada last year he heard Signer Tamberlik sing in the character of Manrico in "II Tiovatore," and give the celebrated " Ut de Poitriue" with almost the same amount of spirit and vigor as he did at Covent Garden thirty years ago. And this in spite of hid 64 yeara. Japanese magic mirrors are in the market. These are mule of fine burnished metal, and when lightly breathed upon disclose geometrical patterns, landscapes, or faces. Their manufacture is a secret, but ia believed tn consist iu welding the pattern in one kind of steel or iron upon a plate of a different kind. One which reproduced faces, sold at Philadelphia fur SI 10. Wood pavement is to be given up iu London, and the old McAdam system restored. The former is said not only to have failed to realize the expected advantages, but has led, according to Prof. Tyndall's report, to serious affections of the eyes and lungs; that is, by continual watering, the wood became saturated with street filth, aud then, under the influence of the hot sun, gave forth a pernicious species of dust. A census was recently taken of the swans on the Thames between .Southwnrk Bridge and Henley. Tho total numl>er of swans was 267 and cygnets 63. Of these the Queen claims 176 swans and 46 cygnets, the Vintners' Company 48 swans and P.!cygnets, aud the Dyers' Comnany 43 swans and 5 cygnets. The mandibles of tho royal birds were marked with a diamond, the Vintners' witb two 'i nicks" and a couple of "V.s," and the Dyers'with a single nick and other distinguishing embloms. The terrible operation lately submitted to by Lord Wilton has directed attention to maladies of the tongue. One of the most extraordinary cases was that of Thomas Forder, at Winchester, in 1824, who was apparently in every reapect healthy until within about twe.ity hours of his death, when he complained of a soreness on his tongue, which gradually swelled until he was suffocated. A post mortem failed to discover any cause, and the verdict was: "Died by the visitation of God in consequence of a sudden disease and enlargement of tho tongue." It is interesting to know, remarks the Pall Mall Gazette, thnt so long ago as 1848 express trains had arrived at a maximum speed which has not since been exceeded. Below is the copy of a card issued at that time as a memento of tho pace of a Great Western train between London and Didcot. The pace here chronicled is at tlie rate of 67.95, or, allowing for storting and stopping, more than sixty-eight miles an hour. We doubt if many of our present expresses are timed to run at more than fifty mile-j au hour: "Great Western Railway broad gauge engine Great Britain, which accomplished the fastest journey on record, namely, from I'addiugtou to Die it, f-3,1 miles, in47 minutes. The train was the 9,t «x press to Bristol, and consisted of four carriages and van, and was driven on May 11, 1848, by J. Michael Almond, driver; li. Denham. fireman." The annual festivities in honor of St. .lames were on the point of terminating on Sunday, July 17, at Santiago, iu Spain, when a tele* gram was received from Komc hy the Arch- ishop, announcing that the Sacred Congregation had declared the bones found aliout four years ago under the high altar of Santiago Cathedral to be truly i hose of the ipostle, Spain's patron saint, ineffectually sought for hitherto since they wure con* oealed, from fear of Moorish raids, in tho foundations of tho cathedral in the year 1100 by Gelmire/., the first Archbishop, N. and magnificent festivities are being prepared at Santiago to commemorate tho event. Ono day last month a man in working man's attire knocked at the gate of a prison in Lyons, and laid to the janitor: "I am a Marseilles man; juat tell me, is it true that the cholera never cornea to Lyons?" "Poiwbly,"aaid the janitor, "but what have 1 to do with that? If this is all you came for get about your business." "Pardon me. I want to relieve my conscience." And then he proceeded to explain that ho had been condemned, in default of appearance, to eight months' imprisonment, but dreading above everything the cholera, he wiBhed to undergo hia sentence in a town supposed to be exempt from its ravages, and hence came to Lyons. His papers were all in order and ho was accommodated. A certain French connoisseur waa a great admirer of Greuze'a paintings. An old woman waa to act the part of the housekeeper toa suppositious man, whose portrait has been painted by Greuze. This man, who was dead, had willed to his old housekeeper— such wis the story—a legacy of $125 per annum on condition that she kept this portrait in nor possession. When the connoisseur was told all thia he became, of course, impatient to he the owner of the unattainable picture. The only means of acquiring it that he could think of was to offer the proprietor double the annuity that he supposed ahe waa receiving. She made the sign of the cross to preserve her from temptation, and immediately thereafter foil a victim to it. Then covering the picture, ao that ita ap- perance might not strike her with remorse, she delivered it to the tempter, who discovered, too late, that her son, and not Greuze, was the painter. The Voudoos of Louisiana—those negroes who still make the eve of St. John an orgy of weird incantation — were recently viewed at the funeral of a negresa, one of the queens of Voudoo. In a shanty ahe lay in fantastic garb. On her head was a garland of bay leaves, while about her neck a dead snake waa twined. The fitful light from u bunch of resinous pine cast a smoky glare over a hundred nogroea, who, with joined hands. Bat on the ground and swayed their bodies back and forth to the rhythm of a monotoua droning aong, ever and anon letting out an unearthly scream. Then came a mirch by torchlight to the grave. The torches were dashed to the ground, and the dance above described waa repeated with such vigor thia time that before it ended many of tbe dancers had fallen to the earth from aheer exhaustion Then tb* clotho oi the dead wrnnat, .ere thrown into the pruve, one iprmcr'i; .»ta time, some of them being torn I m two before being oast in. Sir John St. Aubyn, who owns St. Michaels Mount, at the Land's End, England, haa erected a great mansion there, being very proud of tbe possession, although the area is so scant. He keeps his horses on the mainland, which at a very low tide can be reached by a causeway, but at high tide quite a heavy sea sometimes surrounds the Mount. A Madrid correspondent writes that on a recent occasiou the Mayor of Madrid had to resort to an uuheard-of proceeding iu the aunali of bull fights, in order to keep the King and royal family from hearing dis- agr«eable remarka. He ordered the music to play during tho whole fight, or rather the six fighta, aa generally aix bulla are killed during au afternoon, one being despatched before another enters the arena. 'i'he Chinese have what ia termed a kite festival on the ninth day of the ninth moon Sometimes the kites resemble serpent* thirty feet long, at other tunes a group of hawks hovering around a centre, all Iwinu aiiNpcnded bv a single atrong cord, but each kite moved Ly a separate line. Sometimes the kites are cast adrift under tbe belief that they will carry away with them all impending disasters. The old story of tho telegraph operator in Hyderabad, who telegraphed the central office "Tiger jumping about the platform. What shall I do? waa illluatratcd by the experience of a atatiou master on thn Calcutta Railway laat month. A large and apparently very hungry leopard came into the waiting room and approached tlie ticket window, 'lhe railroad man barricaded him- self in and remained a voluntary prisoner for five hours, when the leopurd left. It waa afterward shot about a mile from the ata* tion. The second Duke of Wellington might, had he been ao minded, have played a dbtin* gnished part iu life. He wrote excellent letters, conversed with ease and versatility, aud was an admirable raconteur. But he waa five and forty years old whim his illua- tratioua father died, and from that father neither he nor hia younger brother, Lord Charlea Wellesley, ever received justice. The Iron Duke was neither a good husband nor a good father. He regarded his sons as youths of very mediocre capacity, and gave them no encouragement to enter public life. "He always treated us ns duffers," hii" eld- eat sou has often been heard to exclaim. A very extraordinary diamond of no less than 457 carats haa been shipped from South Africa and sold by a Loudon (inn to a syudi* cate of diamond merchants. The color equals, if uot excels, that of the finest ludia diamonds, and in the opinion of competent i'udtfea it will cut to a perfect and lustrous n illi'iut. Iu drop shape it will weigh as nearly as can be estimated about 220 carats, or in lozenge shape, briolette, about 300 carats. The brilliant will therefore, exceed iu weight all the historical diamonds. The Koh-i-noor weighs 10G carats, the Regent of France 136 carats, and the Orloff, which was cut for weight, 10u carats. In size, color, mrity, and quality it isexpectod to prove to *e the most marvellous stone evor known. Meissonier tried to hoax his gardener the other day. Do you know these seeds?" aaked the painter, showing the man a packet of dried herring roe*. "Yea," waa tho reply, " they are those of Polypus tianhnm, a very rare tropical plant." Meissonier smiled sweetly, and asked the gardener how long they would take to grow, and he aaid promptly "fifteen daya." "Then plant thein," said the painter. He told the story to a number of friend* and invited them to dinner to see the donouement on the fifteenth day. As tliey were aitting at thoir wiue the gardener Bent a message to the effect thnt MeisBonior's plant had that m ruing sprouted. "Oh." said the painter, "this it too impudent, but let us go and sec what the fellow means." They went, but the laugh waa against Meissonier when his gardener led them to a little bed screened from the t-un, and lifting a plans bell, Bhowed four rows of red herrings sticking iu the ground. There is at present in a certain city in Italy an aged woman of humble origin, who possesses marvellous powers off clairvoyance. She has been consulted by persons of high social standing, and on more than one occasion by royalty itself. She hns no power of mesmerizing others, being simply a medium. Her visitor places his hand in hers, when sho immediately becomes clairvoyaute, and in tliU stale rf-curately describes his state of health and business, frequently making startling re.elotions. In the event of any ailment she prescribes herbal cures, often with powerful effect. Persons at a distance send a lock of their hair with u fee, nliii-lir-die holds iu her hand, and bo places herself en rapport with lier patients. The foreign papers seem to have full faith iu her powera. Quite recently the National Gallery of Kng'and, under the conditions of an act of Parliament, yielded to ita Celtic siiter in Ireland four pictures painted by Lrmdseer, Wilkie, Mulready. and Ktty, and now In., parted with no fewer than five from the brush of Turner. Whoever in the future desire* to aeethe celebrated "Venice," which givee in a haze the Canal of the Ciudecca, the Dogiuia, and the Church of Santa Maria doll;; Salute, must make a pilgrimage to Mcrrion Square, Dublin. With it have gone the aame master's "Richmond Bridge,1, "Kegulus Leaving Rome," "Lake Avernus," and "The Walhalla." During the twenty-four hours preceding the excecutiou of the officers lately convict ed of mutinous conspiracy in Spain all the stores were closed and the balconies draped in black. The venerable Archbishop went in full canonicals, followed by thousands, to the Govemor'a residence to implore mercy for them. Large placards hung everywhere inscribed: "Pardon for Major Fernandez and Lieut. Vallea." The extraordinary interest their case excited consisted in tbe fact that the court martial had condemned them to prison for life in chains, but the Government objected to the sentence aa too lenient, Bent all tbe judges (officers) who compoaed the court to pnaon for two months in a fortress for pronouncing such an inadequate (?) sentence, and had the men executed. Passing conditions have developed in London a somewhat ghastly literary taste, and the favorite reading there is found in certain records of Herodotus, Boccaccio, and De Foe. AU about the plagues of Athene, Florence, and London is read with a morbid interest. It looks as though history will repeat itself in more aspects than one should the emergency which many predict arrive. They are talking of camping out in case of an epedemic, and of late the white tents have thickened by the Thames aide, and are to be seen dotted all around suburban London, especially in and about Kpping Forest. Thia, of course, recalla the plight of the merry company who prepared themsalves for the worst by narrating the Docameron, and brings to mind also the colony who fixed themselves in the East London woodland when cockney waa dying at the rate of 20,000 per day. Remarkable revelations are reported at a recent meeting of the Medical Committee at Marseilles. Experience has shown that cholera will rage during two consecutive years in the same place. It haa been ascertained that cholera made its appearance at Marseilles last year, a case followed by death having occurred at the hospital, inaroom con taining numerous other patients. The disease made a good many victims. The Mayor, who waa immediately advised of the fact, proceeded to the hospital. Energetic measures were taken to prevent further contagion, and in order to avoid panic in the town the Mayor solicited and secured the silence of all persona aware of the facta. Tha chief surgeon, two house surgeons, a warder, and two Sisters of Mercy took an oath to divulge nothimv*. which nath was strictly kept til! the whole proceeding waa made knowu fto the M-adlersJ Committee. ELGIN HOUSE, UPOIfcT MOODT. UVUtf l'V'Slf l?V HAS NOW COMPLETED THE BAR AMD TV :TI. 1 ' 1 i") 1A Ta M. 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BROWN BEGS TO INFORM THE RESIDENTS OF NEW WESTMINSTER AND VICINITY that l.s ii constantly .reliving from Europe shipment, ol chuiot Wines, Spirits, Liqueurs, ENGLISH ALES, London and Dublin Stout, WHICH HE WILL Sl'PPLY IN BOND or DUTY PAIIH£ft IN QUANTITIES TO SUIT PURCHASERS. Caledonia Hotel HEAD OF PORT MOODY. R. B. KELLY, Proprietor, HOLLOWAY S PILLS Tbit Great Household Medicine ranks among the lead ing neoossanes ol Life These famous Pills purify ihe BLOOU and act most powerfully, yet soothingly on the LIVER STOMACH. KIDNEYS an1 BOWELS, gl.lns; mire, rucri'j, »u vljoi In these grail Ms IN HPRINOSO. LDE. Thrt «rt constantly rer"nimsi"lmi a- t ni*tr failing remedy io th ease, when lb. coiisnlmion. Irani »Lme>.T ctute, hit srt- cwut inip.ired or weikened. 'Ihry sre *ou- ileifnlljr i-fflcacioui in til ailment, incidents to Fern.lei of all agtt; and il a GENERA. FAMILY MEDICINE, tn nninru.Hid. Its searching and Healing Properties sre known throughout the World. Fur the cure ol BAD LEGS,Bad Breast OldWounds.Sores and Ulcers. - Ii !• to infallible remedy. II rffeetnilly nibbed on tht neck and cl est, at salt Into mitt it Curea til) E THROAT, Uronohitlt, Coldt, Coughs, sud even A.s'l IIMA. For Olsedulai Swellings, Ab», enrea, I'ika, i'istolas, GOUT RHEUMATISM. AndtTCr. kind of FK1N DIKEAr-E, it ha ne.er beeo kuown lo fail. The I'illa aud Uiutuitnt are Manufacture.; il; st 633 OXFORD STRKET LONDON And sre so'd by all T"Ddors of Midi ines rbrouglionl ihe ci.ilij.-d world.with dineritu» fnr uae in n moat • very augiitge. Ibe Trade Marks of tlitae Medicines ore -•■triatiiaii in Ouawn. Hence, toy en. ihniuglie.ni tbe Ilritirh Poteeseious w • rot, keep iht AintriesD tJouiittrlrili fo» wit, wil. '.e prosecuted. HJ~Piirch.ee's should look to lb- lab. in 'h'- I'ma and Holes. II theaddrei. it no a33, 'iiloril Street, London, they us ipnri LUMBERXtm ®. liell, R BROS, ft CO., KEEP A FULL ASSORTMENT OF Rough nnd Dresned LVMMEat JOSEPH WINTEMUTE, Aokxt. Port Moodg MEAT MARKET MURRAY STREET. THE PROPKIETOE OF THE ABOVE HOTEL takes pleasure in announcing that the House is now completed with every convenience for the traveling public. THE TABLES are well supplied with every article in season, and THE BAR is provided with a well-selected Stock of LIQUORS AND CIGARS- THE BEDS are well aired, and THE STABLING is extensive and the best of Feed alwaya ready for Horses. It may be well to remind visitors that this Hotel is within a few minutes walk of the Railway Wharf and Station, and just at the Terminus of the New Road, now in course of construction. QUESTS may depend on receiving every attention and a hearty welcome from the undersigned, whose long experience is a guarantee of everything being comfortable and satisfactory- J. T. SCOTT, Manager. Keeps cnnitantly on hai,.' a atock of first-class FRESH BEEF. Veal and Pork,| Cobn'd Beef, Etc. Fresh Vegetables IN SEASON. A CALL RESPECTFULLY 80LICITKP KYLE HILTON I M PORTtRS —Alto— Wholesale Dealers in GROCERIES Provisions, Liquors, etc, FRONT STREET, j NEW WESTMINSTER B. C. J. H. PLEACE k CO., —I11P0ETIBS AND DEALIB8 IH— IIARDWARR, STOVES, RANGBS PUMPS. 1*0 PIPE* AND FITTIMsV MMMT& @tLS. «©. Al.Ju COTJNTBY ORDRfM PKOtaPTIaT KTHOtrriaO. COLL" MBIA NT., MSW W'^TMINbTW NEW WESTMINSTER Soda-water Manufactory ALEX. PHILLIPS k SON CAN SUPPLY THK CITY AND VI UNITY with Sodi witer (plain in sweet), Ginger Baser, Ginger Ale, 8art»p» rills.; Lemon, KsipbetTy, tad all otfi. Syrups; Ettenee of Ginger ; Cock-tail Mil tares, ete. Ordbim mom ra* CoinrniT CsmiroU EXKDTsV, COLUMBIA ST., NKW W-fflTMIlfSTKl NewFalUSroods! Wm. ELSON, j% The Cash Tailor! Lrrroie SQTt*»«,H*fw'Wwrriei Hat opened out b<* now nrvraw (sTS ATUar tasr I"""@en, "Published by P.S. Hamilton from 1833-12-22 to 1884-03-08; by L.A. McLerie from 1884-03-15 to 1884-11-15; by F.B. Logan from 1885-05-02 to 1886-07-28; by J.K. 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