@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "29842fe2-5a23-4de2-9134-73fbfc1b2ef5"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2015-12-08"@en, "1895-09-06"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/surreytimes/items/1.0083944/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ >a/u 7 Surrey Times. gsssrai ^ lr* "fp 0 i80> *SgggM.,B. 6* W No. 23. CLOVERDALE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SEPTEMBER 6, 1895. Vol. 1. I HAVE BEEN APPOINTED agent for the celebrated Raymond Sewing Machines and in future will carry a stuck oi Uie Lates Styles of Machines, also Needles, Oil, &c, ivo. Prices arc so low and terms so easy that it will not pay you to lie without one. Every Machine Guaranteed. still selling Stoves at Cost. Hardware, 1'iilnls & Oils, Tinware, (li-unltoware, etc. A. GODFREY, New Westminster, B.O. Parnell & Gunn, The Westminster Grocers and Feed Merchants. LOOAL ITEWS. Habvebt is over in this part of the district. Tiik Feasor bridge business is exceedingly Hut these times. Si'iiiiny Timks till the oml of the year for 25 cents cash in advance. Mu. J. Babtom is building n burn on his property just south of Cloverdnle. MONDAY lust was Labor Day, nnd a legal holiday, The harvesting proceeded as usual. Tiikiik will be a special anniversary service in tlie Methodist Church on Sunday next. Rain, rain, beautiful rain I Tho beautiful snow can be dispensed with, but rain is au essential. Tiik Surrey exhibition draws closo, Two weeks from next Wednesday and It will bo with us. Tiik Oddfellows of Cloverdale will bold thoir annual ball this evening, Sept. litli, in the!" hull hero. A large attendance is anticipated, Mas. (imi. Cami'Iiki.i, went to Vancouver on Tuesday, ns delegate to the Sunday School Convention, which is sitting in the termlnial city tliis week. A FEW trout are being taken in the streams here, but tlie usual full run seems to be late. The first freshet will no doubt bring them up from the sea in abundance. FOR FLOUR, GRAIN, CHOPPED FEED BRAN, SHORTS, ROLLED OATS, etc.. TRY YOUDALL & SINCLAIR, NEW WESTMINSTER. Call and see them, and Save Money when in Town. §#* Opposite C. P. R. Station; 807 Columbia St., Westminster, B. C Wm. Johnston, THE LEADING DEALER in all grades of BOOTS AND SHOES. Sole agent for the celebrated English "K" Boot. gSf- OUR PRICES LEAVE COMPETITION OUT OK 81UBT. PUBLIC LUIRAIIV Ut'lI.IIINO, N.Mr Westrhlnster, B. C. B.C. MILLS,TIMBER & TRADING CO. ROYAL CITY PLANING MILLS BRANCH SSI EW WESTMINSTER,. MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN Rough & Dressed Lumber, Latbi BhlltflM. M'-iiMim--*, l'lnln nml Faucr Picket*. Poors, Window, Framci, Hllndfi, Turned Wiirit, e'"., ind nil kiiitl-t of Interior FlnUb. I'lnin nii'i Curved Mtuitols, siore tint* Ottlce PjttlU.il. Fruit fi.ii'1 g'llmon lloxcr. NvMlnnts, Ac. Importcri nf I'lnte, Fancy and Common Window OlUft , Yard* ii::j Vt'nrehoftioi, Columbia Strdot Weit.' R. JARDINE. Local Manager. RICHMOND & CO., DEALERS IN Choice Groceries, And General Merchandise, MAJft STREET, CLOVERDALE, (Corner McLlellan Road); ■joods all fresh and of the choicest quality; New stock constantly Hrriving. Prices down to lowest notch, nn thb basis of "small profits and quick returns." W^ dive us a trial. Cloverdale Blacksmith Shop. JOHN STARR, I'rnotltnl Blacksmith, does light and heuvy. blucksmithing of ail kinds bn sl#rt notice and at moderate rates.. Horseshoeing a specialty. GOOD STABLING IN CONNECTION, Main street, • cloverdale. We have received a copy of the Richmond Agricultural Society's prize list for 1895. The annual exhibition will be held at Steveston on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 13th and 14th. Faldino, the defaulting Supreme Court Registrar of Westminster, who left for parts unknown on August 23rd, was arrested at Spokane on Monday. Hb will be brought buck to Westminster. The last week has brought a change of weather. On Monday and Tuesday there was a light fall of rain, but it has now cleared again, though there is a coolness in the air that reminds one of approaching autumn. Rev. Mr. Habdwick and Mrs Hardwick, of Langley, were visiting yesterday at Cloverdale, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bowell. Mrs. Hall, wife of Rev. J. W. Hall, of Westminster! was also a guest at the parsonage. President Moggridge lias balled a meeting of the Directors of Surrey Agricultural Association, to convene at the Starr Hotel, Cloverdale, on Monday next, 9th inst., at 2 p. m. . The officers are requested to attend without further notice. Mr. Jas. McDonald-, of Chilli wack, was in Cloverdale on Wed nesday, investigating the prospect of opening a blacksmith shop here. There might to be room for two shops at Cloverdale, considering the district to be served, and it is a fact that two in a line of business will draw trade while one will not. The Chilliwack Progress says: J. J. and, Robert Kerr have commenced the erection Of a cream'ery on J. J.'o property in town. This new enterprise will be conducted by the above gentlemen, who will pay cash for thb cream when delivered. They will emplby an expert butter maker, who will commence operations about the 1st of November. Robert goes east shortly to inspect some of the best creameries in Ontario-, and to purchase the most improved machinery Winnipeg, Sept. 8,—An Ottawa dispatch says Hon. Mr. Patterson has beeh sworn In as Lieutenant- Governor of Manitoba. Tlie news excited hut little comment here, as it has been remarked as settled that Sir John Schultz would be replaced by Mr Patterson after September 1st. There ii! much speculation as regards Sir John's future course. Many say he is to receive a Seriutorship, while others look upon him as the next Conservative candidatb for Lisgar. The under- | "binding is lie is to get something. While Mr. Patterson's appointment Is not popular; Winnipeggers will make no public protestation, it apparently being the rule to appoint easterners to high positions here, ex-Governor Schultz being the only exception: Items From Tinehead, Prom an OouuBlniml Ci>rruR|>ouilunt. Messrs. Inglis and Davis, the acting trustees of Serpentine school district aro to be congratulated upon securing a first class teacher for the school for the cm-rent year. Mr. Fraser, the late teacher, whose services had been highly acceptable to the district, could not bo re-engaged for another term, be having accepted a position witli a larger salary from tlie Vancouver school board. In country school districts it occasionally happens that one obstreperous trustee may cause some friction, more or loss acute, in tlie whole district, of which Serpentine experienced a brief period last your, happily soon ended by tlie retirement of the somewhat factious representative to tlie refreshing coolness of a socllro and commodious cellar. Mr. D. M. Robertson, one of our most enterprising settlers, shot a fine bear a short timo ago. Tlie dressed head makes a fine trophy. Mr. Peter Anderson has commenced tho construction of a fine house. Tlie building will bo a handsome one well finished throughout. The crops in this settlement are turning out well, and we rejoice in a bountiful harvest. The acreage is much larger than heretofore. A well has been put down on the Serpentine school grounds) and the pupils have now an abundant supply of splendid water. A peculiarity of the well was noticed in the digging. It would be found partly filled with earth some mornings, although the Bides showed no evidence of having caved in. It must have caved up from the bottom. , a , Langley Township, Correspondence subiikv Timkb. About three miles from the town, reached by a pleasant path through the woodsj there is situated the residence of one of our most improving and enterprising settlers, R. Balfour Esq., of Beaver Park farm, who hus invested a large sum in buildings and making clearings and improvements which are wOrthy of notice, as being in advance of most of those which have been undertaken by others in the Municipality. The dwelling house is a Commodious and picturesque erection with ornamental gables, spacious verandahs and bay windows) two stories in height with basement availuble for storage and other purposes. The rooihS) eight in number) with closets and modern appliances for domestic convenience are well proportioned and comfortably appointed; The heating is effectively secured by hot air pipes distributed through the building) and hot and cold water are provided for use in the kitchen and in the upper flats. The sanitary arrangements are also complete) the drainage being secured by a perfect system bf flushing so as to remove the sewage to a considerable distance from the premises. The water supply is complete at high pressure) and is stored in a largo tank of 1,000 gallons capacity convenient to thb house, standing on a substantial platform ovbr 40 feet in height. A windmill bf the type seen on the C. P, R., is erected about a quarter of a mile from the tank over a natural spring from which the water is pumped into the reservoir. Thus a supply Of tho purest water is constantly available for domestic and farm purposes. The farm consists of the usual settler's area, namely 160 acres of which about 80 have been cleared during the short period of about 3 years. These have been utilized bv the planting of about 400 fruit trees, of which, 200 are the highly praised Idaho pear, the remainder being chiefly apple trees. It is the intention of Sir. Bulfour to plant between jSOOO and 4)000 more fruit trees on his property, which he has in readiness in his nursery. These arc of the most Suitable kinds he could procure, as his aim is tocultivate only the best in orchard and farm that are obtainable. His live stock, although few at present; are of the | highest breeds and among them may be noticed two Jerseys which i lie states produce 2 lbs. of butter ! per dny each, when the pasturage is prime. Of fowl he has specimens of Pekln ducks and Plynlotith Rock chickens, which if exhibited at tlie , shows would be likely to take a [high prize. His farm' buildings I are well constructed and of ample : capacity for tlie purposes for winch they were designed. The large bam 00 feet by 60 feet will store 40 tons of hay and afford besides ample stabling and byrcugo for horse, and cattle. His workshop is situated convenient to his residence and bus the requisite plant for doing such necessary repairs us are required in the business of the farm, Tbe drainage done on tlie tho land should also be mentioned. Alreudy in the arable portion about 30 acres havo been thoroughly under-drained, and of the romainder the main drains huve been formed und ure in operation. Tlie minor drains arc on an average 30 feet apart and are 2 feet wide and 3 feet deep. Tlie mains are 6 feet deep und -I feet wide and uro constructed and covered in ou the same plan us tlio minors, the planking being 6 to 8 inches thick. Stumping and grubbing the land is going on daily, u capstan witli u wire calilo being the chief power implement employed. The method of treating the reclaimed land used by Mr. Balfour is to prepare and sow it with clover and grain, the object being to fertilize the earth with nitrogenous matter, the roots of the cloVer acting as an agent to this end. In tlie matter of wheat culture, Mr. Balfour has imported the seed of the hard variety from Edmonton, and has this year successfully grown fine specimens of the Red Fife, and he contends that hurd wheat may be grown here in perfection provided the seed is imported and not grown from seed raised in this locution, ub the moist climate hus u softening effect on tho gruin. Other purticulurs of interest reserved for u future notice, not tn encrouch upon your valued space. Surrey Council. Council met in Town Hull, Surrey Centre, on Saturday) Aug. 31, at 1 p. m., all the members present. Minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed. Communications wero read from the following; Depart ment of Finance, enclosing cheques for $79(1 und $800, boing grants from the Government for trunk roads, Wm. D. Johnson, calling attention to Clover Valley road ditch being filled by J. Park's cuttle.— The Clerk wus authorized to notify Mr. Parks to repair damages to tlie ditcli liefore next Council meeting or proceedings will be taken against him. Auliiy Morrison) re. the Draper appeal case; J. A. Foriii) re. Surrey vs. Munn. -Filed. Mrs. Katie George, notice of application to transfer Surrey Hotel licence to her own name. Howay & Reidi re. G. A-. Booth royd's contract.—Filed. Tenders were opened for various work and tlie following contracts were awarded: J. D. Cameron) bridge on township line, for $22 ; J. Connolly) bridge on Hall's Prairie road, $31.50 ; G. M. Thrift, corduroy on Campbell river road, at $1.10 per rod; L. Bryant, two crossings on Clover Valley road near Nicomekl, $9.75. The sum of $50 was appropriated to the Sandel road; Coun. Cameron wns authorized to have the Ten-mile bridge on Yale road repaired by re-coverihg with four-inch cedar corduroyi and also the Serpentine bridge and slough near It. He was also authorized to let 40 yards of gravelling between tlie Serpentine flats and Johnston road. Tenders to be loft nt Coun. Cameron's house on or lie- fore Saturday, Sept. 7, at 4 p. m Mr. J. C. Wilson was advanced $400 oh his Contract oh the Nicomekl bridge. The Stephenson Brothers were allowed Until October 15 to rbmove their fence from Bluckie's Spit mad. The Clferk was instructed to draw an order for $10 worth of groceries at T. it S; Annandale's s'lbre, and give the same to Coun. Burnett for Jus. Wilson if Coun. Burnett is satisfied Wilson is not abii'ing thb trust. The License Board, consisting of Councillor* Hardy and Cameron, 'and Messrs. I). Johnson, J. P., and H. T. Thrift, J. P., meet in the Town Hall on Wednesday, September 11, at 12 o'clock noon. The ! Clerk to notify thb Board of this appointment. | Coun. Kecry proposed to amend the Pound By-law on the following basis : Horses to be charged at the rate of 25c. per day; cows, 25c; cuttle 1 year old and under, 10c; sheep, 10c If snitablo person and premises can be had, the above amendments to be embodied In a pound by-law, If not the Pound to be discontinued, The following cheques were issued : Fred. Jackson, supply for Collector, $2 ; Royal City Mills, lumber for Vale road, $9.85; Gal- bruitli A' Co.) advertising by-law; $(i.50; M. K. Harrington, ucc. con- tract on Clover Valley 'road, $20 ; .1. Armstrong, Reeve;' monies paid to witness for bill, $17.36; J. Appel cutting trees Hull's Prairie road, $1.50; E. M. Camcross, .tuxes remitted to W. Sniilli for use of road to haul gravel, $22.20; E. M.t'imi- eross, tuxes remitted to S. Walker for cutting thistles on Keith estate, $9 ; George Boothroyd, work ou Boothroyd road, $10; .1. Edwards, work on Quible road, $24; Wood & linker, Insurance on hall, $22.50; Howay & Reid, costs Draper appeal, $85 j A.. A. Richmond, salary July and August,$88.50; .1. Crutch- ley, work on White Rook, Wash. Ave, $40; Stanley Richmond, ace. salary as care taker, $3; .1. C. Wilson, ace. contract Nicomekl bridge, $400; E. M. Carncross, ucc. commission, $75; C. S. Corrigan, registry office fees, $3li; G. A. llootliroyd, ucc. contruct Coast Meridian road, $3(1.95; Bank of Britisli Columbia, balance of loun, $1,500 and interest, $55—$1,555. Council adjourned to meet on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 1 p. in. Ottawa, Sept. 4.—The seperate sohools all opened yesterday. Tlie only concession which bus been made lo those who huve been fight- ing against the engagement of Christian Brothers us teachers, is that the Garneau school is to be conducted by Sisters instead oi Brothers. The other three schools, which tlio Brothers conducted, are again under their charge, So that tho trouble is not yet over. It is reported that a mandamus will bo issued by Trustee Moffet against tbe Brothers being permitted to teach in any of the schools, in face of tlio report ui the commission appointed by the government to enquire into the schools. It is stated that .Mr. Justice Crease will shortly retire from lie bench and A. J. McColl, li. C. of New Westminster, be appointed to his place, PreVOST, the defaulting Victoria Registrar, lias been beard irom .it Port Townscnd. Constable M.:- Kennuj of Victoria) is after hire and expected to have liim arrested yesterday. J. C, PnBVOST, Registrar oi liie Supreme Court at Victoria) and W. II. Fabling,occupyingI -imilar position at Westminster, have both "skipped'' the country, takir^u with them il large amount of private funds that they held in tn;.-:. and presumably robbing the government also. The World thinks there is something radically wrong with the Government's methods ot making appointments, and winds' up by saying that the country needs more real talent and lees blue blood. There are few people in this part of B. C. but will endorse the statement in connection with the administration of Pro' vincinl affairs. WANTED. A girl to do «niMl hoti«e*rort Writ* Mjrlug W*§is require] lo MRS. B, HOTCHBMON. Juwi.- tarns Lirtuer. U. C Cows Wanted. Tlio 'iif'er-l •fi'il would Ilko to iMittin two or jthrtv* DOWI tt» Imp 08 »'i»r.-#, er will tfiie » number to wluur r.vcr. IU* plenty of good ■rtftl* | feed nml Will ftlvHUUH beat ••( *.';,- u' " WILLIAM" Methodist Church, ENTERTAINMENT! The Anniversary Social will be held ut the Methodist Chun b, CLOVERDALE, on Tuesday; .-'opt. 10, ut 7.W p. ro of Vocal and Instrumental Muslci Recitations, Readings, etr., may lie expected, Besides local tiilcnt, n Quartette1 from New Westminster with accompanist will as.-ist in ihe programm" Admission, 25c; Children, 10c. HtffMhnttOtl ot clo.-o ol I'rogrunn-m J. P; BOWKI.I.i PiurtHf! SURREY TIMES CLOVERDALE. B. C. BIG STORIES, NOT WINNINGS. Eiaffgeratt'cl Report! of Amounts host and Won i.t tlie Ham Truck, Ouo reason for tho groat popularity of racing nmtJiig mou who know nothing about tlio Bport in tho extraordinary fortunes which peoplo aro BOppoeed to nmko in thu courKn of 10 or UO mlitutuH hy hotting on horses which hnvo a long prioo marked opposite their names, Tho racing editors <>f several of tho morning pflpow are exceediugly oarofal in noting tlm wiuuiugs and Iokhoh of prominent men on tlm turf whon they aro worthy of comment, but thin iH not trim of al) tlm men who git in Iho reporters' stand at tlm trucks. Evory year BOpUi particular man is picked out, and tho stories of his winnings are mentioned day niter day quito un a matter of course, bnt never with nny real notion of Ihe actual fiicts of tho case. McCftfferty, for instance, is commonly credited hy tlm papers with having lauded between Jtjr>0,000 nud (00,OUO on a single race this week, and a few days beforo it wns solemnly announced in tho papers that "Pittsburg Phil" had a rather had two days' racing, but having lauded $05,000 on Candelabra ho was feeling more comfortable. Such winnings as these aro noted usually us a matter of courso in the shape of a footnote or somo small item of news of tho track. Tho inconsistency of these statements is apparent sometimes, eveu to people who huvo no knowledge of racing. When AlcCafferty rode Rough and Ready, for instance, tho price was 60 to 1, and it was stated that McCafforty bet $5,000 of his own and his partner's money on his mount. Of courso it would be impossible to place such an enormous sum of money on au outside horse, as the bookmakers ore too sharp to be caught napping that way. But, assuming that the story is true and that McCatferty had bet that amount of money, his winnings would havo amounted to $250,000 on that particular race. People who imagine that the bookmakers at Sheepshead Bay can pny out $250,000 ou a singlo overnight raco have a lofty opinion of the finau* cial stability of tho ring. It is curious to note how persistently this exaggeration is practiced, since it is apparent to all racegoers that such enormous winnings aro entirely imaginary.—New York Sun. TO MEND HIS BROKEN NECK. BATTLE IN THE HEAVENS. Itrange VUIohj Which n Kanui Chui-ch Member Swears He Saw. In the way of seeing sights and viewing visions a Diekinson county farmer has laid claim to first prize. He has a statement that is not only unique in every respect, but is told with startling attention to detail. H. W. J. Smith, a long timo resident of the county, living seven or eight miles from town, publishes in The Evangelical Visitor, tho church organ of tho Brethren in Christ, printed hero, this week over his own signature and attested by nn affidavit a story of his strange visitation. Ho says that iu company with B. W. Blue, a neighboring farmer, n few nights ago lie stepped out of tlio houso at Andrew Thompson's, three miles from Manchester and 15 from Abilena As they looked at tlm sky, which was clear, suddenly something liko a largo luminous ball appeared in tho northenst nbout 80 do* greis nlinve the eastern horizon. "Is it a comet?" "Is it a meteor?" Tlio questions wero askod simultaneously. "But," says Mr. Smith, "thoro was no time for answer. Just thon it shot westward, meteorliko, about threo degrees nnd immediately returned ou tho samo lino to its first position. Wo had only timo to sny, 'It merits watching, ' when it opened ns a casket with a hinge, presenting on its right n cross— most beautiful, golden, corrugated und furbished, At the left of this was a living mnn clad in citizen's stylo, with a plain crown on his head. His form Was symmetrical, his countenance bright and permissive—a perfect son of man. "The caskot soon closed, and away it went to tho eastern horizon liko a meteor, Thero it oscillated as if for time to INSTRUCT THE GIRLS WOMEN WHO HAVE WON FAME THE EDUCATIONAL WORLD. Tltcj Are Not Yet Nmimrouii, Curlonsly Enough, but Their Number It Steadily lnrrciiMlnB -Some InfurmiiMoii About the An mi tti Arm-* of (ilrl Graduate... Thero nro a number of reasons why some discussion of the college woman, both student and educator, is timely and proper just now. Within tho past few weeks some thousands of young women students—probably not less than 20,000 all told, without considering tho coeducational institutions — havo become illumine and started ont to travel their diverse ways through lifo. Whon, in tho autumn, the colleges shall again open thoir doors to the girls who thirst for the higher education, tho number of students will probably bo at least 126,* TUK LATH MAMA MWIIKLl.. be emptied and refilled, returning on . , . flf con8Jderation the same path to its original place. It i ^ » g fa £ , . „„.. _ opened, presenting a portly man, with | A , ,.?„ ,,,,„ . sword ami scabbard on his thigh, a cross on his breast and on his head a crown of many glittering jewels, like stars. A Young Philadelphia!* Under Treatment at the Flower llupltal. A novel mode of treatment in an attempt to relieve a young man of the effects of breaking his neck is being tried at tho Flower hospital. The patient is enveloped in a plaster cast from the wnist up, nothing but his face being left bare. This is to prevent the slightest movement of tho head or neck while tho muscles and bones are adjusting themselves to their normal relations. Tho subject of tho treatment is George Menge, 10 years old, of Philadelphia. Last January, while ho was exercising in a gymnasium, ho fell from the horizontal bar, striking on the back of his head. Tho physician who was called in said the muscles of the neck were sprained* but after two weeks in bed Menge, although able to sit up, could not raiso his head except by using bis hands. When his head wns unsupported, it fell forward on his breast As he had not recovered at tho end of seven weeks, ho wns sent to tho Pennsylvania hospital iu Philadelphia, whore an examination showed that his neck was broken. An instrument was attached to his head to hold it in place, but no improvement resulted. Three weeks ago Menge started for the Cntskills, intending to return to Philadelphia later for further treatment, but while staying with some friends in Brooklyn ho was persuaded to put himself under tho caro of Dr. William Tod Helmuth nt the Flower hospital. The plaster cast will be kept upon Menge until his recovery, of which the surgeons nro very hopeful, or until the experiment is seen to be a failure. If successful, thu patient will still be able to get nbout with his head in a brace. —Now York Letter. He looked beautiful, but was partly hid den by on obtrusive rider on a black or dark horse. ' 'These were hidden or overshadowed by a haughty woman in costly royal attire, who Boomed to rule over both. Then these wero eclipsed by tho coming of a military leader with sword in right baud, elevated ready to strike, the scabbard cast away, a cross on his right breast and a square and compass on his left On his head was a military hat, the crown blended with tho man's hair. On each sido of the man's head wns a horn, and a cross was erect behind him. Ho stepped out and forth aud began action, never stopping to rest or tuming his back on the euemy. He retreated eastward to within about five degrees of tbe horizon, then begun to advance witb heavy martial tread, liko one tramping tbe wine press and wielding his sword. "About 11:40 p. m. as wo stood watching the phenomenon, blood was seen to stream forth from the casket and spread far aud wide, apparently 200 miles in extent Mr. Blue* who is a veteran of the war, snid it wns like tho blood of the battlefield, only a deeper red. The warrior seemed at times to be in blood to his knees and above. "At 12:15 I retired, but Mr. Blue remained watching until 2 n. m. and says tho warrior was yet parading the skies and was joined by another, who advanced to meet him from the east The casket vanished after this warrior step' ped out Myself and Mr. Bluo saw the first and second scenes. Others saw part of the second. Mr. Thompson and Mr. Blue saw all the second." Mr. Smith adds to his statement, "morally sworn," as he says, as follows: "I hereby certify the above to be •duration is tho order of tho ilay. Last year there woro about i2)t,ooo ut id? colleges maintained exclusively for women, and it is fair to assume that since the sentiment for greater mental culture is constantly gaining ground among the women tho animal iucreaso in tho number of students is not less than 2,000. It in not moro than 40 yoars ngo that any considernblo number of peoplo began to talk nnd think seriously about educating tho young women us well as the young mon in tlie higher branches, and it was not until 35 years ago, in 1801, that Brewer Matthew Vnssnr put tho talk and thought into concrete form by fouuding Vassar college, the oldest and still one of tho greatest colleges for women in all the world, Only those of us who by rights should be gray haired or bnldheaded con recall tlie storm of criticism the new institute of learning called forth, but many who are neither scant nor snowy haired can remember very distinctly that until within the last few years it seemed a strange and somewhat daring thing for a woman to be a graduate of anything more serious in tho educational way than a high school, academy or young ladies' seminary. Some of us who aro newspaper writers remember also how ingeniously nnd with what incisive wit tho funny men of 20 years ngo used to work over nnd over, in alleged new forms, tho accepted joke about tho Vnssnr girl and her chewing gum, and how largely the newspapers without humorists of thoir own used to copy these jokes. It mny seem a little strange, but tho authorities of Vassnr used to worry nbout these jokes quite as much as their perpetrators plumed themselves upou tho iwrpetra- tiou, and once sent out a request, whether formal aud direct or indirectly through the mediumof a friendly journal I have forgotten, that newspapers whose Arbor, Is another institution that did plonoer coeducational work, the university at Oberlin, O., is another, and within the last few years several other coeducational institutions, including Chicago university, great though yet very young, have sprung up, and the doors havo boon opened to the girls by several of the oldor schools. Even overgrown, conservative Harvard has consented, seeing that tho girls will be educated, willy nilly, to examine the •.harming students of Harvard annex, |>w known ns Radcliffo college, and grant degrees, while Columbia of Now York has joined hands with Barnard collego for women, though there is nothing coeducational about the system of either of theso institutions. The late Maria Mitchell, who held the chair of nstrouomy nt Vassar, was one of the first women to fill a more responsible place iu a woman's college, and for a long time she was almost alone. But the number of instructors' places nud professors'chairs occupied by women is steadily growing, though slowly. Five or six there ure now who aro deans, and every one of thom is a woman of not only exceptional attainments, but ouo who is nlso spoken of by thoso who know her as of uuusnal at- traotiveness. Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, who recently rosignod hor place as dean of Chicago university that sho might accompany her husband on nn extended trip abroad, is ono of tho only two married women of nil thoso who have risen to such eminence as sho in the actual work of the higher instruction. Sho was one of tho first to be graduutod from the University of Michigan nftor it opened its doors to women, and after gradual ion she became a teacher of history at Wellesloy, one uf tho most famous of all tho colleges open to women only. Later sho became its president, but resigned that post after six years' service, when she marriod Professor George Herbert Palmer of Harvard. Mrs. Palmer is a vory womanly ns well us u vory learned mid energetic little woman. Her duties at Chicago wero not onerous and required not more than six woeks of her tiino every term. At Wellesley Mrs. Palmer was succeeded as president by Mrs. Julia J. Irvine, a sistor of W. F. Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill, and a graduate of Cornell. She also studied ut Leipsic. Mrs. Palmer hns been succeeded at Chicago by Miss Marion Talbot, who was graduated from Wellesley in 1880, HISS H. CAKKY THOMAS. then studied at the Boston Sohool of Technology, then lectured at Wellesley on science and later was called west to take a professor's chair at Chicago. She is a little woman, but full of energy and of great executive -tbility. The woman's college of Bryn Mawr, Pa., has Miss M. Carey Thomas for its i . „ nn,n« editors beliovcd in giving the girls a j dean. She is about 85, and her college given as penned as seen by me. Others | g™^ ■ m higher X-ation should re- j training, like that of Mrs. Irvine, was may hove seen more or less !»-»*" ! jrniu (rom ropriutiug the squibs, since I received at Cornell. Shealsotook a post .,..._ ua-j ,—i— ,.»„,i„...„ „..j ' graduate course at Leipsie, adding afterward such further training as she could Tho Visitor, usually very conserv ZrZ^rZZntZtoZ^ "">»ifl^ touchers, Htmlont. aud graduate course at Leipsio, adding oft- Hnch mutters, calls attention to the ' .„,„. „_ . . i„.w„rt^„hfnrth«r,r»ininonH«henonld description editorially.—Abilene Cor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat A BABY WITHOUT EYES. It Has Two More Finger*, HoweTfjr, Than Are Generally Given to Little Girlfl. A wonderful bit of humanity has taken np its abode at IS4 Orchard street. tho parent, of students alike und greatly damaged tho iustitntiou by reducing tho attendance at the college. Today the pnhlic needs uot tc bo furnished tbo figures I hnvo quoted to uu- get at Zurich. Miss Thomas is on exceptionally pretty woman as well as a tireless worker, whose efficiency and cuthu siasui seem always to be at the highest derstaudthatcollcgoedncatiou for girls J level, and who appears to have corollas como to stay. Everybody accepts it ' pletely mastered the difficulty of per- now, and the Hitnation !h taken advan- ; forming her duties according to a rigid toge of by members of all classes who system, a problem, by the way, the VULGAR THIEVES. Suspicion That There Are Such Among th* Selects of llrltlsh Aristocracy. Tho gratifying announcement is mode, says a Loudon correspondent, that "nothing WM missed" after tbo groat garden party givou by the DnkoofSaxe- C'oburg at C'lnrcnco Houso, at which a dozen princes aud tho whole fashiona- blo world were preterit Ono would havo thought tho announcement scarcely necessary, hut it Rooms that somo guests at these royal gatherings ore acenstomod to appropriate spoons, forks and such liko trifles as sonvonira, This is uot theft, but loyal enthusiasm. Tho same explanation of tho disappearance of private property at the stato ball given at Buckingham palace hy This littlo girl baby was born on Sntur- can afford it, except those of the class mastery of whioh^ by either raon^ or day without eyes or optio norvo. thut, with tho full consent of the rest uf As if this unfortunate condition of the world, arrogates to itself tho title of affairs was uot enough, the baby is af- "sooioty." Of lato years even genuino dieted with moro fingers than is usually moiety girls have not been entirely un- given to mankind. From the little finger of each hand is nn extra finger of perfect shnpo and size, and excepting that it points in au opposite direction to tho other fingers is apparently formed to romain for a lifetime. Iu all other respects tho littlo girl Is healthy, weighs eight pounds and is as pretty and well behaved a child as could be fonnd anywhere Ita parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jnda Grossman, llvo on tho third floor at 154 Orchard street. This is tho eighth year of thoir married lifo, and during that timo threo children havo been born, who havo all died Tho eyeless infant was examined In the Post Graduato Medical hospital yestorday by Dm F. F. Royling and Charles A. Tama before a class of SO students. It was conclusively proved that the child has no sight whatever, tho causa being tho arrest of development beforo birth. Dr. Lander, who is nttondlng tho child, has boon searching old medical manuscripts for records of similar canes, bnt the ouly success ho IMS. ALICE HILL-MAX I'AI.MKIl, known iu collego hulls, though they aro uot by any means as yet tho dominant factor youug men of high social eonnoc- tious have boeouio iu somo of tho leading colleges for mon. Tho coeducational idea mado little coiuniaudof tho queen seems scarcely n.w mot with was tho finding of n more neadwuy so far ■" tue higher training -pplicablc The royal plate was fouud „ „. «n old French natural his- a™"-n"1 f0"'" *™« "ft"* the girls' o bo intact, bnt quito a considerable , , . Btmwu ot „ caHowhoro a male wUeg" hud got woll started. Cornell '■"-'■"■ '■■■ ' '„„„,, WB1) bom witmra, OTng,_NoT, niiivorsitywasonoof the pioneers. In the words of Ezra Cornell, ita founder, it was designed from the first to bo "an Bad Habit, or sleeping. institution whero any person cat. find P-rsons can easily got into bad hnbihJ ; Instruction in any study." Thero wero of Hlecplng Just as woll as eating or i no sex limitations whatever in that drinking. When tho healthy body has bold, briof ontlino of the university's lets and the like Tho missing Jewelry was diligently sought for by tho ballroom sweepers, supervised by court ofH- cors, next morning, and ono or two small things wero found, but all tho really valuable artioles aro still unaccounted for. Only two explanations, both saddening and humiliating, aro forthcoming. One is that thero are vulgar thieves In the IJrilish aristocracy. Tho other Ih that professional robbers, disguised us York Herald. had its required amount of sleep, it nn ..ounces tho fact hy causing the sleeper to awake, aud if from habit or desire more sleep Is taken nt that time it is an excess, just tho same ns overloading tho stomach is nn excess in eating. Insom- dukes or diiehcsscs or what not, gained Ilin ur .lopitwcss ran vory ofton be admission to the sacred precinct, of tracwi ^ impairment of the digwrtive Buckingham palace. j organi.—New York Dispatch. Beopo, and though sometimes Cornell male undergraduates declare they do not like tho idea of being placed on tho same piano with tho girls tlio latter rejoice in being "ooeds," study as hard or harder than the boys, behnve a great deal better, and oftentimes qnlto outrun thom in attainments. Tho University of Michigan, at Ann woman denotes thorough education, whether received iu college or not The youngest of these bra-'ny women is Miss Emily James Smith, dean of Barnard college for women, which is conducted in affiliation, so to speak, with Columbia college, Now York. When Miss Smith took the position, it was agreed that she should thenceforth be known ouly us Miss James Smith, but somehow the old fashioned woman'• name of Emily has stuck to her in spite of tbe decision. Her father was a Justice of tho supreme court of the state of New York, and she was educated at Bryn Mawr, Girtou college, Cambridge, England, and the University of Chicago. She is a rapid workor, but sho will not apply herself for more than six hours a duy, wherein she shows great good sense. Sho is a pretty woman. The oldest of tho womon who are deans is Miss Agnes Irwin, who, in 1894, was called from Philadelphia, where for SO yoars she hod conducted a school of her own, to be doau of Radcliffo college, as the Harvard annex ia now termed. Miss Irwin is 114 years old, aud of all tlie deans Is tho only one not herself a college graduate. She is said to be vory well educated, however, though as all the instruction atRodcliffe will bo supplied by the lecturers at Harvard her work as instructor will be very light In fact, she was avowedly ohosen rather to "give tone" than to teach, and that she will do admirably. She is a greut-granddnughtorof Benjamin Franklin. Tho president of Radcliffo is Mrs. Louis Agassi*, widow of the colobrnted professor, bnt she Is not practically engaged In tho higher iustrnctiou. M. I. Dkxter. AN ODD LITTLE STORY A ROMANCE THAT ENDED IN TRAGEDY IN OLD NEW YORK. A Dael, a Girl's Transferred Affections and Two Sod Deaths—The Accidental Meeting In the Society Library and the Coincidence of a nook's Title and Author. Thoro is uu odd story connected with tho Now York Society library, whioh is fully as interesting as tho personality of its patrons. Tho chnrtor of tlio institution was granted in 1773 by Goorgo III, ond in thoso days it was a placo of rosort by tho fashionable people of the town. Somo timo nftor tho war had ended a young Englishman, who had boon an officer iu the British army and attached to General Howe's staff, visited tho library to whilo away an idle hour. Ho became absorbed in his book and did not notice that bo was being closely watched by a man who snt near him. When ho uroHo to go, ho wns followed to the door and tapped on tho shoulder. "Pardon mo," snid tho stranger, 'but woro you not a soldier in his majesty's army boiiio years ago, and wero you not engaged in a linnd to hnnd encounter with nu American who... you left for dead on the field of honor?" "I remember tho circumstances perfectly, " wns tho reply. "What do yon know of it?" "I nm tho man with whom you fought and I have to thank you for thiB," pointing to an empty sleeve. "Ono of uh had lo sutler," was the reply. "I nn. aware of that, " answered the other, "and I can forgive it, but I cannot forgivo or forget that yon took from mu something more precious than my arm You robbed .no of my ufllanocd wifo." The story may bo briefly told. Tho American woh engaged to ho married to a beautiful girl, the daughter of ono of New York'H most prosperous merchants. She was good and truo, nnd tho day for tho marriage had been not. Ono dny her lover quarreled with tho Englishman in a placo of public resort. Tho mon wero strangers, to oaoh other. A challenge followed, nud it was agreed to moot tho next morning at daybreak on the Jersey shore and fight with rapiers. Tho American went homo to arrange his affairs and iu the oveuing called on his intended brido. His un usual seriousness aroused bor fears, aud sho beggod to know the cause Tho young man, after much entreaty, told what ho was to do on the morrow. Tho young wouinn swooned, und when she recovered found that her lover, fearing that be might be dissuaded, had left her. Sho at once dispatched a worthy servant to visit tho various publio honses—for there weren't many of them —and learn, if possible, tho place of rendezvous. Tho quest was successful, aud at 7 the next morning, after a sleepless night the girl was at tho mooting place, bnt too late to interfere. Tho duel hud already taken place, and her lover lay wounded nigh unto death. He was taken homo nnd nursed back to lifo and strength. Some months later the young woman met tho Eugishman at a social gathering. Sho did not know him, nor did he know her. The young man fell desperately in love. In less than a month tho maiden's heart had changed, aud her affections were transferred. When she gave up hor engagement ring and told tho old lover the name of tho new one, ho shocked her by the statement that tho Englishman wns the man who had so nearly killed him. There was a great revulsion of feeling. Tho girl became ill, brain fever ensued, and she died. This was what tho American referred to wben he met tho Englishman in tbo old library bnilding. In his excitement he had carried a book which ho had picked np unwittingly with him, and, overcome by tho remembrance of his wrongs, dashed it into tho faco of his enemy. Tho assault was so sudden that tho Englishman lost his balance and fell. His head strnck tho wall, and he became unconscious. Tlio constables came and took him away. Whon the attendants rushed out to see what was the matter, thoy pioked up a book. Ono of thom looked at the title page and saw that it was called "The Fate of the Inconstant" and its author, whose namo was not unknown, was the mother of the girl who had Jilted tho American. The English officer was so seriously injured by the fall that his mind became impaired, and ho died some years after In a private retreat for the insane. New York Mail and Express. Hark I From the Tomb, Several Egyptian harps have been recovered from tombs. Iu some tho strings are intact and give forth distinct sounds after a silence of 8,000 years. The Mountain Laurel. It is certainly strange that American gardeners havo paid so littlo attention to tho mountain laurel, Kalinin lutifolin, as a decorative plant Probably there is not one laurel planted in this country for every thousand rhododendrons and azaleas, although the flower, of Ihe laurel are not loss beautiful. Indeed somo good Judges consider them more beautiful than tho flowers of any other American shrub. It is, moreover, au easier plant to cultivate and ranch less particular about soil and exposure. Ono of the reasons why it has boon nog- looted no doubt Is that it is a common, nativo shrub, and another is that it is not always an oasy matter to procure well grown plants. Young plants can bo dng up iu the woods, bnt thoy require some care aud cultivation In the nursery beforo becoming well established. Now, however, small plants covered with flower buds con be obtained from Dutch nurserymen by tho thousand at What seems a ridiculously low prioo. At this timo of the yoar uo othor shrub is ■o beautiful in tho northern states. It Is ono of tho host subjects to plant on tho borders of natural woods or in othor half wild situations, as it ondures tho shado of overhanging trees and does not suffer from drought. Its value as a decorative plant should he better known and more often insisted upon.—Garden and Forest A BABY'S FACE. Boat a Woman Brought Comfort to a Mother's Aching DreaBt. Sho had been hanging around ths place for a week or more. The policeman who traversed thnt boat had ordered her away onco, but sho was there again tho next day, looking at the photographs on exhibition Just outBido the entrance to the building. "What aro you doing aronnd horo again?" ho asked gruffly, somewhat nettled that his first reproof had not been hcodod. "Didn't I toll you yesterday to stay awoy from hero? Dou't yon know you are liablo to bo arrested? You don't look vory well, you kuow," ho added half apologetically, touched by tlio appealing look in tlio faded gray oyea. "Tho nrtist'll soon bo mining » row. You'll hurt hie trade. What do you wont horo anyhow?" "Thnt," she snid wistfully, pointing to ono of tlie photographs in tho fine collection. Tho policeman looked. It was tho pictnro of a baby. It looks liko my boy," sho Haiti tromnlonsly. "Don't you suppose I could got ono of them? It wouldn't bo any harm to ask, would lt?" . Tlio polioomun's harshness had vanished. Perhaps the reniemliranco of baby hands gone out of his own lifo softened his heart, ntul ho answered kindly: "No, it won't. Come on, I'll go with you. We'll seo what wo can da" Tlio fashionable Walmsh avenuet.rlist was visibly surprised when tho couplo entered his studio. "Sho wants to nsknfavor of you," said the officer, pointing over his shoulder to tho woman In rusty black. "I guess you'd hotter do the best you can for hor." "H'b about tho plett.ro down thero on the Street," she proeeedetl timidly ill atiswor to tho photographer's look of Inquiry. "I've heel, coming here lo look at it for 1 dou't know how long. I couldn't stay away, for, as I told him a moment ngo, it's just liko my boy. You see, I never had his picture taken. I couldn't afford it. I kept nutting it off and putting it otr, thinking thnt some timo I would havo more monoy, anil oven after ho got sick I neglected it for I couldn't beliovo I'd loso him." She stopped. "Well?" qncstionod the artist. "But they sent for nto to como to tho hospital ono night, and thoy told mo ho wns dead. Tho first thing I thought was, 'And I haven't eveu a picture of him.' So over since theu I'vo bceu looking for a fnco liko his. I'vo examined every photogrnph and every fancy picture I camo across, bnt I never found anything resembling him hut this. You havo ouo up here, too," shofiaid, arising aud standing beforo n dainty faco looking down at lier from its place npou the wall. "Tho likeness is perfect. Tho samo large, earnest eyes, tho samo long lashes, tho samo curve of brow and cheek and tho snmo bonny smile. Ho was bo pretty, my baby was. I wish I bad that picture. Do you suppose I could get it?" Tho policeman had walked to tho window and wns watching the throng on the street below. Tho artist coughed and shaded his face with his bauds, and the shabby, prematurely old woman gazed longingly at tho pictured face before her, "It's an unusual request," tho artist commenced doubtfully. "But you won't refuse to grant it," a low voico interrupted, and its owner stepped through the doorway from the inner room, whero she had boon preparing for a sitting. "I hoard what you said," she went on, aud tho sweet face was transfigured with gentle sympathy ns sho clasped the hand of her unfortunate Bister, "and I waut to tell you how sorry I am that yonr baby died. That is my boy's pictnro. You can huvo the photograph, and yon can seo him. Evory hour I thank God for sparing him to mo." Tlio bit of cardboard on which wero limned tho featnres of n child resembling her dead baby was given to her, and thu woman, whoso heart hud yearned for yeurs for n glimpse of a faco liko her boy's, went out ou tho Btroot again. —Chicago Tribune. He Wanted the Latest. The other morning a man wont into a niusio store and nsked for "Ave Maria" "Which ono do you wont?" askod the olork. "Oh, I dou't know whose lt is," he said. "Givo me tho best one." "Well, wo havo one by Gounod, Liszt Luzzi, Mascagni, Millard, Cherubini and Duleken—nny ono is good." "Gosh," said the customer. "I didn't kuow there was ho many. Give mo Jorry Boouo'a" Cherubim's woh handed him, but about noon ho came back dissatisfied. "Tliis is uo gootl on earth," ho said, "I can't make head nor tail to tho tunc " Gounod's "Ave Maria" was then given him, but II o'olock brought him back again. "It wasn't 'Ave Maria' at all I wanted," ho explained, "ltwas 'Sweet Marie.' "—Iudianapulls .Sentinel. Highest and Lowest States. According to tho recently annonnoed results of measure.nenis aud calculations mado hy tho United Statos geological survey, Delaware is tho lowest state, Its elevation above sea level averaging only 110 feet. Colorado is tho highest, averaging 0,800 feot above tho sea, while Wyoming Is a close second, only 100 feet lower than Colorado. Iu minimum elevation Florida and Louisiana disputo for second place after Delaware, their average elevation boing, for each, 100 feot. Taking tho United States as il whole, our country lies slightly nbovo the average elevation of the hind of the globe. — Youth's Companion. Mo Words to Waste. Mother—Mrs. Blank has given yotl some cako, and you haven't even said thank you. Small Son—It's bakor'o.—Good Nowa Y? Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report I Powder Absolutely pube IT WAS THE IRONY OF FATE. Tlio Cirri,'* I ft Volte Made Trouble In tin' Lambkin litniily. "1 dou't Bee why wo cim't go to tho opera like other people," pouted Mrs. Lambkin, as sho and her fiponse wore waUdughomo togethor, "Wecould, I'm euro, if yon didn't look upon Wugnor as u mortal enemy," "Myouly objection to him is the fact thut ho souds you to Bleep and then won't let you stay thoro," replied Mr. Lambkin, Then, basely anxious to change the subject, he remarked, "I do beliovo that is Mrs. Fitzjnues in another now gown." "No doubt. Hor husband in so gen* eriiii.s to her. Why, isho tolls mo that thoy woro al tho opera last evening uud expect to go again tomorrow," "indeed. Alt, by tho way, didn't you toll uie thnt .vim thought Dick Norooks uud Miss Efilo had quarreled?" "Very likely. I notice that Diok is particularly touchy whenever grand opora Is in town." "Ah, indeed. By Dm way, how should yon liki' lo call at your mothor'ts this evoning?" "Very much, if anybody W1U likoly to bo nt homo, Mm of courso thoy will ull go to the opora," "Urn—ah! I've just remeinhorod that tliis is church evening, Suppose wo go. Wehuven't been to evening church siuco wo wore first married;" "Impossible, Goorgo. I should be nshumed to have any ouo kuow that I was well enough to Im out after night and not at tho opera, People would be) suro to nay that you aro stingy, audi would rather die than cause such remarks." "Fact is, Endora, I'm as anxious as yon nro to go to tho opera, but moucy is too tight. I hud to mako a payment today and I doubt if I havo a dollar in my pocket. Nover mind, wo can have a nice long evening at homo alone, can't we?" "Humph! Wo aro suro to be alone, for evory living soul wo know will be at tho opora." "All the better, my dear, Just step In here with me a moment, will you? I havo uo cigars, aud 1 don't want to have to go out for anything tonight. Yon seo, I dou't keep many cigars ou band now that money is so scarce." They went into the store, and Mr. Lambkin selected his cigars, while his wife stood by. Ho felt anxiously in his pockets for small change, and finding none took a bill out of his notebook, and glancing warily at Mrs. Lambkin bunded it, all crumpled up, to the clerk. After all that it did seem the irony of fate which mado that individual call out in stentorian tones to the cashier, "Twenty-five from 20, pleusel" And Mrs. Lambkin was still talking about it when they reached borne.' Ml»» Willurd'HTitle. Miss Frances E. Willard Ib now Dr. Frances K. Willard, since the Ohio Wcslcynn university has conferred npon ber tho degree of LL D. A telegram announcing tho fact came to the great "welcome meeting" to Miss Willard in New York and was rapturously received by tho audience. This i& "a year of jubilee" for tho Ohio Wesleyan university, being its semicentennial, Tho university is coeducational, and its president is that able aud faithful advocate of woman suffrage, Dr. Busbford. It was a happy coincidence—or was it pro* meditated?—that ono of tho women graduates ehose "Francos Willard" for her graduating theme. Tho Western Christian Advocate says: "The great honor of LL. D. sought illustrious subjects—Frances Willard and Bishops Warren and Thobt.ru Tho foremost woman of her times, Frances Willard, is tho first woman to receive this degree from an Institution of tho high rank of tho Ohio Wesleyan. Wo congratulate both tho houor givor and tho honor bearer." THK KKYNTOXK OF TIIK AIU'II HERE'S TO SODAl In the ed'firo of honlUi l« vlfor, wnloh means not meruit inniontor energy, but an tQtlve dls- dim we id to* vitrloim fuiu-ilonitof tl.« body, • cii iin lift.', -ili-iii, secretion o> ihe bile, the ai> tion •>( tit' li wu ■, the cluiilritliiu of the blood. No hunt m»ro arttve v or tlioNiuinl? cotiirlb* titi■<• i niii."I i i-rfiiiiii-iii'i' nf tht'st- full" ilmiii'i' itv-imn.-.t tniile mnl rug a It mr, nttitr'i -ititiiiiH'li Hitler*. Tin- ri'fiilt of Id Hi-ill In -tn IIK'Ii, liiKi'lliiT With me hum'i* OlllOipUSfietl tbnt Ibt) ti'iiiii" nf life i ■ )>u UK htft" Kibi'iinl- tint (ilio lit Inylnii ill, ii ■ .ii,- nt vllRlllj HKHlnst thu inimiil tHlilf ■ !r • Ij * « lui'li "i'l hku ■ rtk.s ii| the system i< fiirufyinK intlUDUPO of tb« lllitvr-i ctnisti- - ri'liilili -iili'iriiii'il AtJHlmtf IiiiiIhtIh 11 ■•IK Hill ■! '*in rill I'liiiiii -iiifiruii'n -iininm nuiiHriH, irimj Miin-jf trouble. Appetite end ci'li tmiiuivi' 'hroiifili It* ilM'.nilil It protect* tb.- system iiKuiimi thu effeuu of eoias and "Doynfl think ihnl Dllokeni woulddccolvo » filuniir f 1'ini'n'unt Nmiiimii hh friends W nl-1 helleu' n ivi>nl hu wiy*." When tbo mercury 1ms risen, 1 liko to bear tbo Ilzzln Ami I lavu to boar tho Hl;-zln of tbe soda water mill. Ob, thero is music In Ita nli,j*fi. And a mom'ry to It cIIiikIii Which oftentimes Ih brinjcln thoughts that linger with muBttll, 'Tliont*btHof ifeotarand vanilla, Strawberry ami Harimiiarilln, Though ta of ftoda thnt would fill a boy with visions of delight, Ami, though many years huvo fleeted Blttco the juveniles I treated, Tltero's tt sentiment deep Bunted that good soda's out of night. Let nther* prate of whisky That mukuH a fellow frisky, Butnleolnil Is risky sluir to monkey with at all. l/'t stngeslruek guys make merry Ovor mugs of Tom and Jerry, Sing tbu praise of Kllen Terr)*, Miss Lang- try, I'aiilino llalli Lot Miiili-l.t dtllles tOUoll irlnmma To tlio health of buxom hitw*, Hut iodn quite stirpassesah the drinks that mako men light. Ii'«n beverage that's olioorln, Untirotcnl loue appearm. To bumaniiy otidenrln-aye, It's clearly out or fight. -Michael .1. Donnelly In SI. Paul Globe. PRINCE AND POET. KoimtTliliigftat the Klstoildfod Which Made Knglisli Visitors Vory Weary. 'Aftor 000 yoars tho Prince of Wales comes homo." So snug Lewis Morris iu an oilo road boforo tho royal visitors to tho oiHtcddfod at Carnarvon. The odo was read in English, and tho Prince of Wales audibly protested to thoso around him that tho chronological statoinont referred to was not quito accurate, as he had been in WaloB boforo, though certainly not in a public manner. However, tho odo was fairly good, and as it was in English and lauded the Prince and Princess of Wales in the fulsome fashion that might have been looked for from an expectant poet laureate, a versifier who aspires to succeed Tennyson, thoir royal highnesses thoroughly enjoyed it and graciously accepted a bound copy of it Lewis Morris ranks as a Welsh bard, but ho was the ouly one of that mystio and, truth to tell, somewhat ridiculous body who wore the clothing of nine teonth century civilization. The others wero deeked out in quaint garments and Drnidical trappings and were evidently the cause of violent delight to the Princess of Wales as she and her husband sat among them on the platform in the eisteddfod hall. The Sun reporter who attended the gathering is now sorry ho did so, as he has lost all veneration for bards and a good deal of respect for the eisteddfod institution itself. Welshmen thoroughly enjoyed the whole business, but to the English visitors, royal aud plebeian, it was wearisome work listening to a long succession of bards reciting poems in an unknown tongue. The poems, in their translated form at any rate, proved in nearly every case to be sad doggerel. Bard Eos Dar, however, created much appreciated diversion by siugiug or chanting in fine style a "pcnillion," which he subsequently turned into English.—London Cor. Now York Sun. LEAVES ITS HAftK —evetT one nf the pnhifttl Irregularities and weaknesses that prey upon women. Tbey fade the face, waste the figure, ruin the temper, wither you up, make you old before your time. Get well: That's the way to look well. Cure the disorders and ailments that beset yon, with I)r. Pierce's Favorite i'rcscrlp- It regulates nnd promotes nil the womanly lunct.0118, improves digestion, enriches the blood, dispels aches nnd pains, melancholy and MrvOUIIieW}, brings refreshing sleep, and restores health and strength. OFFICIAL RED TAPE. The Remnrbablo Jonrnvylngr. of » Light* Weight 620 <.(.ld]>lr of ft Brooklyn Wi.timti Who Indulge! Her Manlu to oilier-.' Ktiibarrassmeiit. A curious mania has como to light recently in Brooklyn through tho continued 'KiiflVrin-K of its indirect victims. A woniau living in one of tho pleasant residence portions of the city has been annoyed now for nearly threo years by tho persistent uppenruueo at her house of delivery clerks from tho well known shops with C, O. D. parcels for her number, but not her name. The packages are always addressed to Mrs. Hor* ton, with tho street and number of the woman who is not mid novor was Mrs. Horton, nor has any ouo of that name ever lived at tho address indicated. Tho parcels are always O, O. D. and aro of various merchandise. One after* noon last week a large basket of crockery, packed in excelsior, was unpacked iu her basomont area, whilo tho maid brought up to her mistress tho C. O. D. bill. Notice has been given to different stores of tho transaction, uud shopkeepers havo been requested not to forward that com hi nation of name, address and C. O. D. element, but at irregular inter* vats they continue to come, eluding tho watchfulness of tho delivery depart* ment Lato at night aud early in tho morning thtwu mysterious packages ap* pear, aud, though they aro always promptly returned, there seems no way to stop them, Tho only plausiblosupposition is that tho mythical "Mrs. Hor* ton" has a mania for shopping that her purse does not afford menus to satisfy, but which is thus relieved at tho expense only of time nnd trouble to othor persons. —Now York Times, Another Italian Hank Heandal, Another bank scandal is threatened in Italy which may put oven the Banca Kmmiim Into tho shade. Tho rumors of fraud, corruption and bribery, upon a huge scale, in connection with the Credit Mobiliere, which have long boon current, huvo now taken a moro con* creto form, n group of shareholders hnv- iug formally presented a petition to the tribunal at Turin, bringing tho gravest charges against Signor Frasoasa, niana* jrer of that hank, and demanding a judicial inquiry. Should suoh un investigation bu authorized astounding revelations will follow, for Krascasa is believed to huvo had In his pay sumo leading politicians In Rome, including ministers and ono ex-premier and nearly overy journalist of repute or influence in Rome, Turin, Florence, Naples and Venice, spending millions of lire an* nually In subsidies sad for concessions. IIOITT'S SCHOOL. Nowhere are boys better cared for and mure thoroughly taught than at IIuittN School, Burlfngame, Wan Mateo ei unity, Cal. Tbe sehuul is in charge of Ira 0. Hnitt. I'll M., and wid reopen August (Jtii. —8. F. Chronicle. Photographs of the Moon, The photographers of tho Paris obsorv- atory have just finished for tho Academy of Sciences tho clearest viow over secured of tho moon. They have photographed hor surface in sections, which lit, making a great imago 5 feet in diameter, Tho work is so perfect that •wns, forests and rivers would be per coptible if they existed. HOW'S THIS I We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any Rase of Catarrh that cannot be cured hv Hall's Catarrh Cure. F.J. CHKNKYACO., Props., Toledo, 0. We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out auy obligation made hy their firm. Wist & Tbuax, Wholesale Druggists, Tu* ledo, O. Wai.iunu, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly npon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price, 75c per bottle. Hold by all Druggists. Testimonials Free. After Solemn Msu Over an Empty Cofflo All Adjourn to n Banquet. An np to date disciple of Charles V of Spain has held at a village of the Yoiiuo department, in France, a kind of dress rehearsal of his fnneral while yet in tho laud of tho living. For tbe past year gravediggers and masons hod been engaged in preparing the gentle* man's tomb, and he had surveyed the work with loving care. When everything wus ready, he had a handsome marble slab put up, with tho date of his birth and the list of his titles and distinctions, winding up with the comforting assurance that ho "hod been a good father and a law abiding citizen" inscribed thereon. On his ninety-fifth birthday all his friends and acquaint* ouces were invited to the rehearsal of his funeral A solemn burial service took placo at tho church, and bis empty coffin, placed undor a catafalque and surrounded with wax candles, received an anticipatory blessing. To oheer np his guests, whom this lugubrious ceremony must havo somewhat depressed, ho then bado them repair to bis house, whero a grand banquet took place, at whioh the beadle, the choristers and tho priests who are to officiate at his real funeral were presont Each guest pledged his word In a bumper of champagne that if ho woro still living at the timo he would not fail to "assist" at the funeral ceremony of which the re* hearsul had just been gone through. Tho real event may not come off yet awhile, for this Imitator of tho famous emperor is still quito hale and hearty in spite of bis 90 summers.—London Telegraph. Piio's Cure for Consumntion has saved memanyadoctor'sbill —B.iF. HAanv.Hop- kins Place, Baltimore, Mil., Deo. 2, WM, HOW TO GKT WELL. I'hp Kadamii Microbe Killer. Advice free. 360 MorrlMM St., Portland, Oregon. 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It was a pictorial advertisement that went to tbo right spot, and the spectators took note of the fetching styles and then went their way, determined to go and do likewise at the nearest fashionable resort.—-Boston Herald. Try Gkrkia for breakfast. A Good Appetite Indicates a healthy condition of ths i*ys tern nnd the lock of it shows that tin stomach and digestive organs nn weal- ami debilitated. Hood's Nar-aparills ha- wonderful power to tone and strengthet these organs and to create an appetite By doing this it restores the body tr health and prevents attacks of disease. Hood's Sarsaparillr is the only true hlood purifier prmn ncriily beiore the public eye today, U\\r\\r\\r\\'a Pillc the after dinner pll ho nOOQ 9 THIS family fathartlc. Sto*. and COLIC are fquickly CURED with Pain-Killer. Cramps may assail you at any tune, without warning. You are at a complete disadvantage—so sudden and violent is their attack— unless you are provided with a sure cure. 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These engine* are acknowledied br oiport en Sneer* to be worthy of ntgbeit commendstlon r ■Implicit;, hlsh*gradematerial and RUperlor ivorkmaniblp. They develop tbe full actual bone power, and run without an Klcetrlc Hpnrk Battery; the urn tern of Ignition li ilmple, tnes- peiiHire and reliable. For pumping outfit* for Irrigating purposes no better engine can be found on tbe Fsolflr Coaai. For bonding outflta for mines tbey have met with hlgbeet approval. For intermittent power their ocotiomy is ua questioned, AMU OMRY C -HAMDUOTCRID BY- PILMER < REV TYPE FOUNDRY. PORTLAND, - ORICON fV* Bend lor atUlofu., Irtifioiil Eyu ElistioStoskings Trims... Oratohit . . . Writ. I., Pile..... WOODAHD, CLARKE t CO. ..Fortlsnd. Oregon „ rtn-Ut.. .. 1 iM-MHMMwithiiinrrlMic.il. Take m- •Ihcp klmi. Refute MMOwhM ■ All plllt IBpuicbouit doim, pink -rrappeM,are JaMerMl ••nlrrMiB. At Dracfi"* ■. If. In iiamni *->r ■•artl-ilira, litlrMpUl*. «n4 "Keller t.r taaSI**." •■ Wt. t>> t+tmr 10,000 T«tlnmnlili. S.me Paper. Ht,.* br all Ural It 1IIK llbMiKK VUKjeitAh CO.. mtSl MrbIIm*. fiiu.tDri.PHit. p*. "HE THAT WORKS EASILY, WORKS SUCCESSFULLY." CLEAN HOUSE WITH SAPOLIO ASK YOUR DRUOaiST FOR • the best • POR Dyspeptic,Delicate,Inffrm and AGED PERSONS * JOHN CARLB * SONS. N.w York. * TO THE SICK Radam's Microbe Killer Is tho only known remedy (hat will destroy thu Microbe In the Hlooii without Injury lo the ■VHtem. MlliliiiiHt'f tii'diile testily to Ita wonderful cures. BV REMOVING TIIK (.AMBIT (TltKS A Lb HUMAN IHSKAHKH. Prion, mii per Jar. 91 |ior llottla Advice Iri'f. Write for circulars. Radam's Microbe Killer Company 1310 Market If., Un Fnncisce, Cal. .1(10 H rriaon tUroet PflltTLANIi, Oil, Orders filled to auy part of the country by eiprttfi FRAZER **& HIT IN THI WOULD. WHEn«as IUw..rli,.tiu.mt.B.ramiiur|«sB*lt«otu.ll) millMtln, two botes of .nr olhur lir.inl. rre. Irom Anlm.1 nils iikt »hk uknuink. B-OK. HAI.K BY IIRKUOM AND Or~WAIIHINIITON HKKVHANTBI-B-n .lid DMl.rs KeiltrallT. Ely's Cream Balm ('It»oa.s the Nual Puumi, Allay. Pain and Inflammation, . Kc.tor'B the Sen... of Ta>t* and Brmll. Heal, tho (tore,. '.ftiffiiaNuam DR. GUNN'S IMPROVED UVER PILLS A MILD PHYSIC. OlffllJU. P.OR AJDOM. A-nfrYf-montoltlMhowaliaaoncliriBi DtetMMd fn In .It 11, TOM pllhi supply wliiil (UsjMtm Uofs 10 nsSe l» rsaaMft Tbg c;"" HMdHbt, Hbbiw tti* !-;>i'- ntul il-iirlhr)C.iriHil«*lni.t-*tt»«rtli»uo.*mrtlin Tits- Mrittter irrlpa dor mmk Tn eotitlnro m, me, H'll iticiI r-mlilr) frtw, nr *,filll hot fi>r! *-. K-iM -nrfff mii-i... inISANKO MUD. Cu.. 1 IhIwl'^i..*.Ft* If. P. N. II. No. 007-H, t. N. n. N.i HK4 :QPffiPiSI il'v.'il use the Prtatun.* IiK-uliiUrs e Broutler*. Make moucy while othcra are wasiin** time hyulilpr'x••■sirs. talalojjtells.ill Blmiit tt .und descrihrs every aMkleiiffitrdfur the, poultry buslocH The"ERIE" mecliaoically the 1'-t ^wheel. 1-rettie^troo.U!. 9We are rantic CosM Af*rnta. Dicvrte eat*> logue.malled free .jtvsjsj fyidescrlptton.prI«-i,i'tc.1AOBNT-iw**iTr-n. PETAtUMA IHCOBATOt CO„Ftttlama.CH- Bhahcb WOW, Ml a Mala St., i, iti-if'1. -\\. Uii |, 1 lil •KOAttfl K--I. A Idrcss iPm:i-«I ll.-.-l.t a c. Doiiaran, '..ti. Aal. Pnruina.ur.iKo It* _ »en». (len. Ai't.^vHiile Wii-h. r.«. im-ii,(,fn. AKi..-,.ifc ti .Wm*|i. No dtiKl; roek'hallnst ira<-k; rim- *c ..,n Miser sleuptiiK ami dlnlna Btiai buffi t ttnmtj cars fsrnlh luitrlstkleiiwrs; new .qnlpmrnt. MRS. WINSLOW'S H%W • TOR CHILDRIN TKIVHINQ - Par ■Kit- *t ■)• VfflM••'•• «"' «'»■!•■ hstila. V MM «rA.«-/..*T.-*-.— Si;iEKEY TIMES l i published ovory Friday evening, at tno oilio KtngStreeJ, t'lovordaloi by GALBRAITH & CO, etiBaoTtiwioN ritii'E--(modollar per i'eari six Muuths, llfty touts. ADVERTISING RATES : Transient Advertisements, tun cuius pet Hue eaeti InuortHm. Noupivet] moasuremont— equal in twolve Uuos to theltioh, Short notleos of lost, found, etc., ouu dollar for throe iuburtioiiH. Deuths, births, uml mttrrliigoi, fifty cents for onu mum [mi. Kree to suhtorlbore, i\\iiiiiiH'n:ini mlvertli-gmentj at greatly rodueoil juices, which win ].!.■ inudo known (jihii>|jI1- cutlon. Quarterly oontraoti. Ail.lru.v- all coimiinulcalloiui to why our fanners should not be able to lutltl up their ond under the new conditions. In the long run, outside competition will prove a benefit, for the establishment of our farms on that basis will be permanent, and what has been felt us a coming hardship will have been left behind forever. CLOVERDALE, SEPT. 6, 1895. AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS. The tail-end nf the harvest yel I remains lo be taken oaro of, but il may truly lie suid tlmt tlie croii ot British Columbia for 189S has been gathered and will soon be ready for market. In yield and sample the return of grain is the best produced in this country during recent years, the orop of fruit has been prime, und roots and vegetables are at least fully up to the average. Our farmers arc to be congratulated, therefore, upon the results of their labors tliis season. The next important consideration, and it is a very serious one, ■is the question of the probable prices likely to rule for the various marketable commodities of the farm. It must be admitted that the present outlook is by no means cheering. At the very beginning of the season tlie two staples of hay and potatoes arc already selling at bottom prices, and in other lines dealers do not hesitate to say that if quotations here aro not patis- factory to them they will go abroad for supplies. No one can blame these dealers, especially in tlie present stage of business competition, when tbe most careful buyer lias; ■all lie can attend to to make ends meet, and when moreover it has become a confirmed habit of all classes of tbe community to buy Where they can buy cheapest without regard to home interests. It follows, then, that Britisli Columbia farmers must make up their minds to enter into competition with their fellows east and south, and no longer seek the higher prices which have heretofore ruled on this coast. The Change comes suddenly, and all too soon for many who are but poorly prepared for it, but there is loglo in the old saying that "what Can't be cured must be endured-." j Tlie causes of tlie changed con- i flition of the market on tliis coast tire to be sought in tlie very thing; that people have constantly clamor- J cd for, and that is "progress," of which we are now experiencing th* hardest period. A few years ago the population of li. C. was too small to invite any considerable sliip-i incuts of produce from the east, while the territories south of usj like ourselves, had none to spare.' The few ranchers scattered over •lie coast district, cultivating little patches in the woods, anil supplying commodities not otherwise available, could almost fix their own price, and the income realized supplemented by occasional jobs (if teaming, mail making, etc., provided an easy livelihood. But with the increase of population the Country has outgrown tin- infantile Stage, and her people are obliged to take a long step up lo the front. 1'h.o fanner Is nol alone in having his old methods amended) for the population of B. Oi is now large enough to engage active competition in every line of trade ami Industry. The remedy is In take the bull by Ibe horns, accept the new conditions! and valiantly endeavor lo be i-ipial to them. The tlvc-acre patches are no longer of nny use, and the old employments scattered amongst many are scarcely appreciated, The rancher must iniike up bis mind to look at home for employment, and to farm extensively enough to insure a living Income at prices current, .Mean- lime, however, be has the advantage bf the cost of freight from Ihe east, nnd of freight and duty ft'bin the south. The home-grown 'Itpply of produce la not yet by Uny means in excess of the home 8Krflltnd| and there i. nn reason. It looks as though the abolition of Catholic schools in Manitoba would prove to be of inestimable benefit to the Catholic population of Canada. From their very organization it was well known that tho Catholic schools of Manitoba were conducted with marked Inefficiency, but it was hardly suspected that the same Inefficiency was and is a characteristic quality of the Catholic schools of Ontario and Quebec Late investigations, no doubt inspired by the Manitoba school troubles, have brought to light the fact that tho great majority of Catholic schools in eastern Canada are conducted by incapable teachers, whose method of teaching is an educational farce. The investigations have been conducted by Catholic authorities, so that sectarian jealousy is in no Way responsible for the surprising reports that have been issued, showing the deplorable condition of affairs that has long existed. Tho complaint has been made that under the Protestant school system, children are being educated beyond their station in life, with a consequent tendency of inducing them to shun labor as something mean and degrading. The length to which this may go is a source of uneasiness to many, but if the Catholics of the community are content that their children should grow up in ignorance, then the solution is simple indeed and the next generation of Protestants will look to'the Catholic population for a supply of hewers of wood and drawers of water. APPLE CULTURE. We mentioned Inst week that we had been making inquiries regarding certain matters connected with apple culture, and that we would this week submit to our readers the substance of the information obtained. We shall now proceed to redeem that promise, preferring) however to write in the first per- soiij thus avoiding editorial formality. The following is submitted with the understanding that it hears only upon apple culture in the Coast district, and it is to be understood that the information has been gathered from sources that comprise the best fruit authority in this Province, on the strength of which discussion is invited hy competent men) by the Fruit Growers' Association, or by the Horticultural Board. The editor now proceeds to write as an or- churdist as follows : At tho time I set out my little orchard at Cloverdale 1 was, like most people, but little acquainted with the adaptability of special varieties of fruit to this climate and soil, i selectedi for the most part, varieties that hud been a joy to me when 1 was younger than 1 am now, nnd never doubted but thut one variety would grow us well us another. Of apples I set out it) varieties und assisted them to grow. Everything went satisfactorily enough till the time of fruiting i-iimci and theu something happened in a number of cases thut wus not satisfactory, The finl break wus iu the Traiisi-eiidunt und Yellow Siberinucrubs. .lustnboiit the lime they should huve blossomed, they blighted, scarcely any fruit formed, the leuves mostly came off, and the trees heeumc the ,vniwiliest things imaginable, though thoy kept on growing from the ends (if the branches. This was the llrst matter I set about investigating. I chose the Transcondiiiit crab to operate upon, and soon discovered that all the neighbors around me had hail the sniue experience with this tree as I had, that il blighted as had on the Jubilee Fruit Kiirm at I.miner us with me, and that Air. Sharpe was struggling with the Mime difficulty on the experimental Kami ut Agnssiz. The liability 10 disease being settled, the next move was to Hnd a remedy. After due inquiry I have found u remedy also, It is this: If the tree is mall, dig it up nnd burn il ; if it is large,top-graft wilh a more reliable variety. Now: il is believed that by persistently spraying this tree Irilh lite *BM)e*lt* mixture, tt I may be kept in bearing, though I eveu thai is not certain at this writing ;■ but it is agreed that it would be a mistake to take all the trouble and risk when another crab, quite us good for commerce und by many esteemed equal in every way, may be grown with confidence and will yield reliable crops of good clean fruit without any special trouble at all, The name of that preferable crab is the Ilys- lop, and at this date it is the best crab of them all for this const. Others arc being tested ; the Hyslop has been tested. While the foregoing criticism has been mainly of the Transccndunt crab, it is intended to apply to all trees that are subject to blight. Dig them up or cut them off, and start fresh with a variety that is known to be free from blight; and on no account be so silly as to set out a tree that has proved a failure, if you know it. I note that some of the local nurseries catalogue the Transcendant as a desirable variety. It may be in the Upper country ; it is not on the coast, and local growers need to look to it that they do not deceive their customers after the manner of the tramp tree agents.' A little later iu the season my apple trees made another break. This time it was a black spot that appeared upon the newly-formed fruit of some of the varieties, twisting them sometimes nearly wrong- end-to, and dwarfing the growth. As a sample variety of apple tree liable to this destructive disease, I selected the Snow appHS (Fametise) and investigated this matter along with the blighting disease. The information obtained is the same in both cases. The best remedy for the black spotting of the fruit of the Fameuse tree, is to dig it up or top gruft it. Tlie same holds good of ull other varieties subject to blnck spot, und the sooner one frees his orchard of them the better. There are, perhaps, a few varieties of apple of so choice quality thut one is willing to taken good deal of extra trouble to grow some of them even though they manifest u tendency to spot, nnd thnt is nil right when u person deliberately undertakes the contract lo pleuse his humor. But there is no money in it while there ure ninny excellent varieties, for home of market, thut can readily he grown without extra trouble and without risk. In regard lo the Snow apple) those who should know assert tiiat, at best, it is of inferior quality when grown in tlie coast climate. The remarks above in regard to nurserymen may be understood us applying to the sale of trees that grow spotty fruit. Xo one likes to discover that he hus purchased poor goods at full price, und it does not help the mutter uny to have to labor nnd wait three to live years to muke the discovery. By the way, in order that no local nurseryman may he suddled with my mistakes, I ought to say that I purchased my trees from an Ontario nursery. Now, lo hummer down what I have detailed above let me put it this way: 1. No one should plant nn apple tree that is subject to blight, or that grows fruit subject to black spot. 2. Anyone who has «tlch trees planted, should dig up or top-graft without losing any more time, labor or land. i). Nurserymen should abolish from their lists trees that ure known to he unadaptetl to the country ; or if necessary publish two lists, one for the coast district and the other for up-country. For myself, having perfect faith in the source from which I obtained the information here given, I shall proceed next spring loregruft the following Varieties: Transcen- dant,8lbsrian and Gen>Grant crabs; Fameuse und Twenty ounce apples; Easter lleurre pear. I shall abide with Ihe Qravensteln apple because I consider it worth a struggle, WHAT TO PLANT It will be in order now to consider what nre the best Varieties to plant for market, This is a large question, and not lo betreuted wilh the same conlldence al when dll< cussing whnt not lo plant. If I was setting out an apple orchard today from my own limited experience, whether one acre or twenty iii-res, I would plain two Varieties only, namely, Duchess of Olden- j burg for early and Ontario for late. Hut as it would never do to overlook the experience of ho qualified !a mnn ns Mr. T. A. Shnrpc, of Ihe ' Experimental Furm at Agnssiz. who cultivates over 800 varieties nl apple, I would bo guided by him in lubstitullng Illusion Pippin for Ontario. I would occupy the bulk {of my land with tbe late variety, because I lived nearly twenty years in Manitoba ami I know tbat It is apples thai will keep that the 1 people (here want. At the late farmers' convention I at Agassis, Mr. Sharpe recommend* led four varieties of apple that in his judgment had been sullicicnlly lestcd in this climate. They were : i Yellow Transparent) DflontM ol Oldenburg, Wealthy, and Illusion Pippin. Trees of these varieties may be set out with perfect confidence. They will commence to bear early, yield constantly, and neither blight nor spot. They arc all of excellent quality in their season. Tlie Yellow Transparent, ripens in the fore part of August, and is u poor keeper, consequently not a desirable variety to grow in quantity. Lastly, an investigation of the most desirable season to plant fruit trees, goes to show thut the spring is the best. Tho ground should be thoroughly prepared in the full, the trees ordered, and everything in readiness to proceed with the setting out ns soon ns the trees arc to hand in the spring. In the above I huve been (renting of fruit mutters upon information gained from others by private inquiry. Points were nt. issue tbut greatly concerned me ns a fruitgrower, and no doubt greatly concerned many others, and it seemed to me that tho time had arrived in this province when these issues should be determined. You have the result. Other matters w'ere subject of inquiry) but these ure not pressing, und I nm disposed to discuss them on my own responsibility upon occasion, J. F. G, Tut! Vancouver World says B. C. fruit is being sold in that city nt prices thnt scurecly leaves margin enough to pny for nailing the boxes together. Further, thnt the C. P. It. tuxes the industry $100 a car for shipment to the North-west. The first calamity is of course a consequence of the latter. And so all the money and land of the Canadian people (hat was so freely given to secure a good servant in the Canadian Pacific Railway, hus resulted only in placing over us a tyrannical master, who bleeds us, and bleeds us, und bleeds us I To Sunday Schools. .Any mm wf-hfu;* tooxcluuitfe Sunday BoilOOl I. I.r.trn'ii, ;■ t'li'i! mltlruai, HU twill taUiUtlt I'fts- byterlnti tuudny uotiool. ciuvcrdiUo, FOR SALE. I'lir .Hiilc, two froo 1 mil -li onv,- mid ii yoked, •oven your old workiui* oxvu, null broluu. Uneau tor dish, MUUUKtUliK lli.u.*i. Hall's I'ruirfc. NOTICE. I intend tn upi-ly for Itta trnusdr of tlie i.iM.-.-t- ui tjinruy Hotel nittiiit.il i.t Miutii IVett* (iiliiiiur to tiiu iir.mu ut Kiiii'! timiriro nod now Hold Ly JOHN QEORGK. An.;. Utb i\\>:>. Black Currants. Tlio underi-lf-nod has iuvcmI hundred younv Muck Cumint bn-lios moro than lit* H nblu tu not out, nml wilt iIIi-ioko nt thorn nt vory low NiV- lu qiuiiilltli's in Mnl iMircliH-i.T. tt 1)1 tnlkU |iotutova in IXtthtniC, Him*., t ntriint- nre tho itiu-t rullnblcof nil trilli .■roil", nrnl tit i rcucut iirlcei will nroduco ffiOO |>er ucrn if properly ciiltlvtB.od. 3. K.tlAMlltAlTII. Surrey Tlinoiolllc-", It SECOND STREET GROCERY. johnson & Mckenzie DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF 7 Choice Family Groceries & Provisions. TEAS, COFFEES, ETC., ETC. Uefl assorted stuck in the City ut tlio most reasonable prices. Goods tloUvorod to all parti ol tho Olt/i Whnrt'i nnd U'mlui, with qulok desniitoti und treo ol uh \\tno. All orders by Dial) or tulo|>;( ni.it'T ni nml forkmnninto Kiiiir.ivititf ol Iii»cri|'tiumii»p,:cinlty, Al.KX. JI.YMll/rOK, Proprietor. P. I). Ilox IU, M. J. HENRY, Nurseryman and Florist. i lll'Ki:S 110011 AMI SI'II.-KIIV: 00-1 Westminster Bond) Vancouver,] Pi Oi AdilloM-MI- I'l '.»»Biil. V.BMBTflf 11. C I I Finn AcoUrhtttlsed slock of Treesn Pldntl, Vines, Shrubs, RofW, Bulbs, oto., etc., Growing on my own Grounds. 1 tnportprof ChlQfMand UpM MIIIm. axiIIm 'I..-1;. I i ni end Oniiimoiitnl Ik in, ll'iiliiii'l ! Hull-, .U. IVfilrr Hi nml Mnttufiiotirer of .U'rlrulturnl Iroptiraontr- wo lllffi nnd .Hii|t|»-' Proprietor*, am. iTock Rtbi-Wnni*, ^ , ■ IihUt ''.(■.iis "ml tin- ,vi,il