@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "6c3d4913-6dac-4be2-b1d5-75a23642ee28"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:alternative "[The News] ; [The Cumberland News]"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2011-08-03"@en, "1898-02-15"@en ; dcterms:description "The Cumberland News was published in Cumberland, in the Comox Valley region of Vancouver Island, and ran from April 1899 to July 1916. Published by Walter Birnie Anderson, the News served the communities of Cumberland, Courtenay, and Comox Valley, and was eventually absorbed by another Cumberland-based paper, the Islander."@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xcumberland/items/1.0176468/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note " NO. 274 CUMBERLAND,-B. C. [ P. O, UNION?] TUESDAY'FEB. 15th., 1898. $2.0.0 PER ANNUM. Hi Onion Mmi Market Klon- For the choicest meats we are head quarters. If you have not tried our noted ^sausages, bologna and head cheese, you should do so at once. . Fresh vegetables, eggs and butter, salmon bellies, Mackerel, etc. SHIPPING SUPPLIES; - siiMioisr LBISBR AT AWAY DOWN PRICES. LadJES Winter Jackets, Capes, Wraps/. :';\\ Peltfiailorahd Walking Wajts/1 Blouses and Wrappers. /.' -, - dike OTJTFITTIFG- a. r. johnston & co. nanaimo, b. c. general outfitters for miners going to ,the klondike. . \"��������� steamboat agents. . tickets sold. par. tioulars on appli. cation; , floor '\"> T^bfe Oilcloths Alarg arrived direct Widths and Prices. Stock of the Choicest Patterns just the manufacturers in all from ns The N ivv.-^ Stock'rof es try, Lace Curtains , Art Muslins. Tape Dotted Swiss, and GROG ERIES at LOWEST CASH prices at GVS. HAWK'S REM Drug Store ia The The Combs, Brushes Perfumes, and Toilet Waters. OPEN SUNDAY MORNING FROM 10 to 11 a.m. Place to Buy Good Stock of OPEN ':. SUNDAY EVENING FROM 3 to 4^* WE KKBP NOTHING BUT THE BEST and PUREST DRUGS fob DISPENSATION For your cough try Scott's Emulsion, Dr. Chase's Linseed and Turpentine, or Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Peacey Co. 5 Milk, Fggsy Vegetables. Having secured the Hanigan ranch I am prepared to deliver aily pure fresh milk, fresh eggs, and vegetables, in Union and Cumberland, A share of patronage is solicited. JAMES. REID. ���������Slater Bros' noted shoes for gents at Letter's. Fruit and Ornamental Trees SHllUBS, ROSES.. RHODODENDRONS. GREENHOUSE AND BEDING OUT PLAN US. Agricultural Implements ' SPRAY PUMPS, FERTILIZERS, BEES and BEE SUPPLIES. Most Complete Stock in B. C. NO AGENTS. Catalogue Frbe. M. J. HENRY, 604 Westminster Boad, VANCOUVER, B. C. NEWS FROM SHEEP CAMP. A. It. Johnston &'Co., Furnish, the Best Outfits That Went Over the Passes. Such is the Verdict of all the Nanaimo Boys* The Free Press- is agasn indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Dan Dalley, oar leading tonsorial artist, for the following interesting extracts from a letter received by him from hia friend James Rice/ now at Dyea Pass. Sheep Creek, Alaska, Nov 16th '97* '. Friend Daniel���������I received- your letter te- ' day, and was, '({lad to get it, bat I wish you had got my, other letter, which' would have given you quite a budget of news., I suppose there are a' number uof the boys who - have left here and returned to'Nanaimo who will be able to give you\"all- the news. The old timers in the country'fooled a lot of us when they told us there was no use in trying to get over the passes _in-October or November. ' But they were away off: The country is not so bad aS-s^ne.of-them would have yoa believe.- vThe weather is nice here at present. There is^plenty of snow���������clear and froaty but pot dovvfn to zero yet. Iti������ . one of the best places I was ever in-f-when- it does aOt rain. - 1 have got a, good job.here working for a Tacom.i Company,, wbo are getting on well with their tramway, and.I feel confident .that they will complete is all right.-. lam thinking of going down on the steamer City of Seattle nexc trip, but I hesitate to' leave a good job like this. I will have lots to tell you when I go down. You can tell A. R. Johnston & Co, that all the boys who , got outfits from them had the best on the road, for all the boya were loud in their praise of the goods supplied by Johnston & Co. This is the reason why I would like to return to Nanaimo so as to get my outfit from them. Your old friend Mike King, of Victoria, went through here to take a look at the trail, and he will no doubt tell you all about it. I have seen Walter Thompson, but only for a few minutes. He is not stuck ou the country or the situation. CITY COUNCIL, City Council met in regular session last Thursday night. Present Mayor Mounce, Aldermen Calnan, Kilpatrick, Willard, and Westwood. Mr. Nunns read his affidavit and took his place as Secretary. Minutes of previous' meeting\" read and adopted. COMMUNICATIONS, From Union Water-works Co., asking the City to-take over the street hydrants. The price being $40.00 each. Aid. Westwood moved the communication be/ received and laii on table; seconded by Aid. Calnan. Carried : An invitation to the Council signed by Speaker B. W. Higgins, for the opening of Parliament Building was read; Aid. Willard moved lhe secretary be instructed to return thanks in name of Council, md state why invitation couli not be accepted; seconded by Aid. Westwood.. Carried: From Aid. Carthew, asking for three months absence; Aid. Willard moved communication be received, and absence granted; seconded by Aid. Calnan. Carried. Aid. Carthew entered and took his place. PRESENTATION OF ACCOUNTS. From Thompson Stationary Co., for City Seal, $5.50., FromA.vH. Peacey & Co, for books, $n.oo. From British Columbia Gazette, for publishing Trades j License By-law, $14.00. From Weekly News, for priming, $21.50.; all referred TO SUIT THE MEN, TO SUIT THE YOUTHS, TO SUIT THE BOYS, AND*TO SUIT ' ' THE PURSE. COME AND SUIT YOURSELF WITH A SUIT BEFORE - THEY ARE ALL GONE. OUR SHOES, are going like \"hot cakes' and must be cleared out. ' DRESS GOODS. Blue Black Serges, Cashmeres, etc.. A few Dress ' lenghts left, to be sold, at cost. . ^. ; FL\\NNELLETTES, GINGHAMS, ART MUSLINS,'RED, WHITE, AND CRAY FLANNELS, PRINTS, AND SATEENS. ���������'��������� > - - , C A COUNTER OF REMNANTS FOR YOUR INSPECTION. , . .. McPHEE &. MOORE, to Finance Committee. . .' REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. From Street- Committee recomending sewers be constructed. The sewage- question .was discussed at .length. Aid Willard moved report be received, and as soon as necessary funds were available Boirdof Works be instructed to ascertain probable cost; seconded by Aid. Westwood.-. Carried: Aid. Westwood m -ved, in the mean .time the Board of. W >rks be , impowered to have inch opened from or near'Mr. Nichol's lot'; length and _ost to be left, to the discretion of the Board of Works; seconded by Aid. Carthew. Carried: c ��������� From Street Committee recomending a culvert be made and the street\" gravel- CHATTER. - o���������:���������. ON MONDAY of last week the gentlemen, of the Union Club entertained theic lady friends at the , Club rooms. \"Hearts\", was the amusement and'a most pleasant evening was passed. ��������� ' . In the beginning of the winter I heard many ladies remark, \"it is so dull here,- if we only, tiad a club!\" The members'of the Club most courteously decided to set apart evenings for whist and invite ladies*' Now I,think ;the ladies should entertain the \"Club\" before the-season is over, showing appreciation of ihe thoughtful aliened.-.! Fourth- street '.nd Penrith avenue; j tion recejv-ec| during the winter.' I am con- moved by Aid.\" Westwoud the report ,be received and acted .oni;'seconded bv Aid. -> -r - * ��������� Willard. Car ied. ���������, ' <> ��������� , -������������������' *-i -, ��������� ��������� The r-)'\"g tiiX^Dv-l-w-'was re'id'-for fin.il action Aid. Calp-in moved lt.lie finally ad pieU, signed, ' sc-iied and' printed; se muled by Aid C.utiiew'. Carried. NEW BUSINESS. Bills for six copies of Municipal Clause At. and. City seal were recomer.ded paid: , A tender from Mr. J. P. Davis' to pu' up 100 feet of r.iiling on the bridge By ' Methodist Church for $8.00, was accepted. Aid. Westwood moved the erection of la np posts be left co the Board of Works- to look after; seconded bv Aid. Carthew.' C irried: Moved by Aid. Westwood, Mr. AnderT son's lamp be returned for completion and if it proved satisfactory the Concil buy the same; seconded by Aid. Willard. Carried: The clerk was instructed to procure receipt book,--order forms, stationary, and halfa-dozen files: Aid. Westwood gave notice he would introduce a resolution at next meeting to change the night of Council meeting to first and second Mondays in the month. Ald.Calnan moved the Council adjourn until Monday the 21 st. Carried. R. S. C. For the Best Patterns in Air-t i g h t Stoves, go to the Union Store. UMOU SHIPPIIB. Feb. 7th.���������San Mateo 4,300 tons of coal for S. P. Los Angeles Cal. <������ ������������ ���������Thistle 71 tons coal for fuel. \" 9th���������Tug Mamie 12 toaa coal for fuel u <������ ���������Tug Oscar 132 tons coal for C.P.N., Victoria. ������.11 it ���������Tug Hong Kong 190 tons of coal for Sugar Refinery, Vancouver. -������ 10 ���������Str. Tees 62 tons coal for fuel. ������������ 11 ���������Tug Vancouver 260 tons coal for Victoria. ������ it ���������Tug Lois 213 tons coal for C. P.R., Vancouver. \" ������������ ���������Tug Topic 426 tons for C.P.K.- Toe San Mateo, and Carondelet are due. fident, the members with true manly gal- la������.try-willavo.v .he pleasure of entertaining the .ladies h.is' superceded any trouble arising therefrom. - ' ' ' ,: / * One'young m.ih is willingto wager a' \"Club -formed of the feminine' gender, would not exist a year in Cumberland, \"unless;\" he added \"it was kept alive by rein forcements of new members.\" And I had not the courage, to. deny tbe impudent statement, 'for there is . such unmis'tak- able evidence that he lias grounds fot his belief; and yet it is'simply a verification of an inexorable law of all nature, the sur-. vival of the fittest. In all associations of any merit or' standing\"it is the patient, the wise, the honorable members who' give it prestige, and characters possessing these attributes are not like straws carried hither and thither by every breeze that passes. I will admit many clubs exist every where, which are a discredit to its members but of those ladies and gentlemen do not speak. ��������� * It is affirmed by fashion authorities, brown will be a popular color this spring;' blue ranks second; in fabrics velvet hag been durjng the winter and will be a favorite for spring wear. Pique will be worn much during thesummer,and sashes are almost a necessary accessory to every toilet. Many of tne magazines areshowing designs for bustles and hip pads; the thin girl is going out of fashion and the reign of the plump Miss has begun, ho# long it will last no sage could predict. Awarded Highest Honors���������World'5 Fair, Gold Medai, Midwinter Faif. iftl li ���������Ik I --Ms . -f.-- show will take out \"Blue Jeans\" next' season.- , ., ' i - - - '-��������� ��������� y 'r. . i Mrs. McKee Rankin has been engaged ' for the oast of. \"What Happened to ! Jones?\" w.ill' in a return to burlesque Marie Stndholme America next season tailed \"In Town.\" Hal Reid, known an a handsome man, will play \"Homespun Hearts,\" a ��������� play of his own make, next season. There is serious opposition in London to the publication of plots of playa, Sydney Grundy heads the movement. . Nol Dan , Kum, the Chinese . actress, and her company aro the attraction at the Beach Street Chinese theater, Bos- ! ton. ,, .- . ��������� - | Ritohie,. Ling will* appear with Ver- j nona Jarbeau in De Koven and Smith's new operetta, \"AParis Doll,\" next sea- I eon. , '. Al Canby is said to be arranging for . comio opera in London*, where he may j engage principals for a company of his ; own. ;_ < ' Ernest Lawson will be.seen next sea- j son as Bill Hawes, the schoolteacher, in Stuart Robson's production of '\"The Jucklins.\" , ' ��������� ^ A new play by Walter Frith, called \"The Mills of the Gods,\" will be pro-'\"' duced by Mr. and Mrs. Kendal in Lou- ! don in the autumn. j . TROTTER AND PACER. him, and the Greek child, who thought epondeni's party was crossing a bit of plain tlie Turks opened fire on a nearby house. One would have thought they had opened on the pup, because they came nearer to the pup than they did to.the house. There was some excitement. The stragglers in the road scurried everywhere. Tho correspondent had a bit of trouble with his horse, Which had been hurt in the back by some kind of fragment, and when it was all over he looked around for the pup, the two servants and the other horses, and there,was none. Late that night in Volo a knock came to tho correspondent's door, and as he called out it opened, and the he had been almost killed, dilated on the experiences of himself and the dog. All these'popular, honors the pup accepted with his usual sublime \"indifference. He interested himself in certain surprising physical eccentricities. For instance, every time he tried to run ho fell on his nose. When he tried to catch his tail, he fell on his shoulder. In fact, he was so much of a pup that he. could fall in almost any direction with equal abandon. These maneuvers were also conducted without regard to the interest and admiration of the populace. People do not usually talk about dogs, and so, before he reached Athens, lie was easily the most famous dog in Greece. In Athens itself he was put up at the best hotel, and the honors he received befitted his social position. At present he is with your, correspondent. He has a personal attendant engaged at a fabulous salary. He is well known here already, and his appearance ou the street causes popular demonstration. But he doesn't care.������������������ Stephen Crane in San Francisco Chronicle. Needed Enlightenment. Chef���������Did that missionary agree with you? Cannibal Chief ��������� Well ��������� er ��������� colloquially or gastronomically?���������New York Journal. OUTING COSTUMES. things'just now. One can generalize a little, mentioning the thin goods which are so dainty and cool for the long hot summer days. The fine French percales were rather overlooked in the early part of the'season in favor of the more delicate organdies and fine lawns and batistes, but now one sees many of the prettiest of tho summer dresses made of percale. It has this advantage, that it never changes color and its last clays are just as brilliant as the first. A very pretty and even one might call it a handsome dress was made of percale, a dark blue figure on a white ground. There was a flounce of the same with a Spanish heading around the bottom. The waist',was'in blouse shape and there were bretelles, a yoke and collar, of navy blue linen, with two rows of narrow black velvet ribbon stitched on.' There wero long points of the linen put upon the lower part of the sleeves. Nothing could be neater, and the dress was considered quite nice enough for outing.. - White pique was.employed-to develop another very pretty outing suit. There was a panel at the right side, sewed with ivory braid in the thick quality.1 There was a shirt waist of blue linen, but not so dark a shade as was used on the bretelles of the percale, and a white collar with a heavy blue satin tie. The jaunty little blazer had revers of blue and wThite ribbed pique and w7as trimmed with braid to match the skirt. There are some French brilliantine batistes and some plain batistes,, and both make up into really pretty and dainty summer gowns. A favorite way is to have a light batiste with a red belt and red bindings as narrow as can be to the three or four narrow ruffles around the skirt. The same red trimming is Idded effectively here and there on the Waist. For these pretty and attractive little summer gowns for ordinary occasion there are shown new designs in dimities, organdies, both plain and lace fitriped, navy blue lace etamines, fancy embroidered lappets, French printed or- , FOE THE UTTLE ONES AT TIIE SEASITOEE.' of blue denim, trimmed with four rows of white tape. It should be understood that the denim and the tape should both be .washed , before making. up, as the denim would \"crack\" and tho tape shrink and pucker otherwise. If a little girl'was to be dressed, the same sailor blouse would ��������� be in order, and a skirt made, either gathered or plaited.' Blue denim is an excellent material \"for very small children who have not yet learned to tako care of their clothes. It washes well and is absolutely unlearable and never fades. A very pretty effect is obtained by making it so that part of the denim is right side out and part wrong side out. The wrong side is a pale frosty blue, while the outside is very dark. There is a glossy mohair brilliantine which makes very handsome,. cheap and useful gowns for good sized girls. In dark blue it is very rich, and here, too, the sailor suit is the best design for comfort, as well as appearance. A model of this; kind had a vest front and sailor collar of white linen batiste, hemstitched prettily with drawn work. This can be done, as a sailor collar is always square on the outside. Another little dress for a small girl is of brown foulard cotton with silk dots in bright canary. There were some loops and bows of narrow satin ribbon of the same shade. There was a blouse of tan sateen and puffs to the top of, the sleeves of. the same. The rest of the sleeves and the jacket were of the foulard. It was pretty, but not so refined as the'other suit. For the \"littlest girls\" there are checked silks ,t May Bloom, a 6-year-old bay mare by Patron, out of May Morning,, by Daniel ; Lambert, won the 2:45 class for trotters ' at Rockport, O. . ��������� \" j Reef, by Direct, is a 8-year-old trot-.) ter in Monroo Salisbury's stable that recently stepped a half in 1:06^; in a ' race at Donver. > .- While being exercised reoently at,! Nicholasville, Ky., a 3-year-old filly by ! Pamlico reared and fell - baokward, ( breaking her neck. Tho great brood mare Boadicea, by Hamblotonian, died recently in foaling at the Patchen Wilkes farm, Lexington. -���������Turf, Field and Farm. Trainer John Tildon recently drove Ella Tover the Rod Oak (la.) mile \\ track in 2:11%. Tilden is now in the central New York circuit. Trainer Harry Nethaway has evidently got a fast campaigner in the bay. mare Florence C. At'Rockport, O., re- J cently she won the 2:28 class for pacers j in straight heats in 2:22^, 2:25, 2:22. j Senator A, 2:10, has thus far been \\ given no fast miles by his owner and . driver, Clarence Alexander. Senator A ! is a horso that comes to his speed slow- I ly and is always best the latter end of i the season. ��������������� j TREES AND LUMBER. f i The Spanish yew is a heavy wood,, a j ;ubic foot weighing 50.43 pounds. | \"Doatiness\" is a ' speckled stain ap-5 fearing on the bark or wood of a tree, j \"Brash \"wood is porous, of a reddish ' color, very friable and regarded as a ! sign of age and decay. Luinberrnon say that tho best times of the year for felling timber are midwinter and midsummer., \"Dry rot\" is the putrefaction of the vegetable albumen in wood and can bo prevented only by some process of hardening or extracting this element. The best process of seasoning is that accomplished by placing lumber under i dry sheds, leaving-it entirely open to : ventilation, but protected from rain. f The time for seasoning wood varies ] very greatly, extending from weeks in the case of some timbers to many months ���������. or years in the case of hard, dense wood. ' i i Teoumseh's Bones. The bones of WT^/������z'wrwn'Ul-MiArZU������>'tlit������ Is that anything against medicine? You are-a merchant. There are thieves and defrauders in your business. Is that anything against merchandise? Behold, then, ' the unfairness of charging upon Christianity the wickedness of it's .disciples! We admit some of the charges against those who profess religion. '. Some of the most gigantic swindles of the present day have been carried on by members of the church. There are men standing in the front rank-in the churches who would-, not be trusted for $5 ��������� without' good collateral security. They leave their'business dishonesties in the vestibule of the church as they go in and sit at the communion. Having concluded the sacrament, they get up, wipe the wine from their-lips, go out and take up their sins where they left off.; To serve the devil is their regular work, to . servo God a sort of, play spell. With a Sunday sponge they expect to wipe off from their business slate all the past week's inconsistencies. You have no more right to take suoh a man's life as a specimen of religion than you have to take the; twisted irons and split timbers that lie on the. beach at Coney Island as a specimen of an American ship. It is time that we draw a line between religion and-the frailties of those who profess it. Do you not feel that the Bible, take it all in all, is about the best book that the world has ever seen? Do you know any book that has as much in it? Do you not think upon the whole that its influence has been beneficent? I come to you with both hands extended toward you. In one hand I have the Bible and in the other hand I have nothing. This Bible in one hand I will'surrender forever just as soon as in my other hand you can put a book that is better. I invite you baok into ' the good old fashioned religion of your fathers���������to the God whom they worshiped,, to the Bible they read, to the promises on whioh they leaned, to the cross on which they 'hung their eternal expectations. You have not been happy a day since you swung off. You will not be happy a minute until you swing back. Again, there may be some who in the attempt after a Christian life will have to run against powerful passions and appetites. Perhaps it is a disposition to anger that you have to contend against, and perhaps, while in a very serious mood, you hear of something that makes you feel that you must swear or die. I know a Christian man who was once so exasperated that he said to a mean customer, \"I cannot swear at you myself, for I am a member of the church, but if you will go down stairs my partner-in business will swear,at you.\" All your good resolutions* heretofore have been torn to tetters by explosion of temper/ Now there\" is no harm in getting mad if you only get mad at sin. You need to bridle and saddle those hot breathed passions and with them ride down injustice and wrong. There aro a thousand things in tho world we ought to be mad at. There is ho harm in getting redhot if you only bring to the forgo that whioh needs hammering. A man who has no power of righteous indignation is an imbecile, but be sure it is a righteous in-, dignatiion and not a petulancy that blurs and unravels and depletes the soul. There is a large class of persons in midlife who have still in them appetites that were aroused in early manhood at a time when they prided themselves on being \"little fast,\" \"high livers,\" \"free and easy,\" \"hail fellows well met.\" Thoy are now paying in compound interest for troubles they collected 20 years ago. Some of you are trying to escape, and you will, yet very narrowly, \"as With the skin of your teeth.\" God and your own soul only know what the struggle is. Omnipotent grace has pulled out many a soul that was deeper in the mire than you are. They line the .beach of heaven, the multitude whom God has rescued from the thrall of suioidal habits. If you this day turn back on the wrong and start anew, God will help you. Oh, the weakness of human help I Men will sympathize for awhile, and then turn you off. If you ask for their pardon, they will give it and say they will try you again; but falling away again under the power of temptation thay cast you off forever. But God forgives seventy times seven; yea, 'seven hundred times; yea, though this be the ten thousandth time, he is more earnest, more sympathetic, more helpful this last time than when you took your first misstep' If with all the influences favorable for a right life men make, so many mistakes, how much harder is it when, for instance, some appetite thrusts its iron grapple into the roots of the tongue and pulls a man down with hands of destruction ! If under such' circumstances he break away, there will be no sport'in the undertaking, no holiday enjoyment^ but a struggle in which the wrestlers move from side, to side and bend and twist and watch for an, opportunity to get in a heavier'stroke until with one final effort, in which the muscles are distended and the veins stand out, and the blood starts, the swarthy habit falls under the knee of the victor������������������escaped at last as \"with the skin of his teeth.\" The ship Emma, bound from Gotten- burg to Harwich, was sailing on, when the man on the lookout saw something chat he pronounced a vessel bottom up. Thero was something on it that looked like a sea gull,, but was afterward found to be a waving handkerchief. In the small boat the crew pushed out to tho wreck and found that it was a capsized him and see if he will not save. The flowers of spring have no bloom so sweet as the flowering of Christ's affections. The sun hath no\" warmth compared with the glow of his heart. The waters have no refreshment like the fountain that will slake the thirst of thy soul. At the moment the reindeer stands with his lip and nostril thrust in the cool mountain torrent, the hunter may be -coming through the thicket. Without crackling a stick under his \" foot, he comes close by the stag, aims his gun, draws the trigger and the poor thing rears in its death agony and falls backward, its antlers crashing on the rocks, but the panting heart that drinks from the water brooks of God's promise shall never be fatally wounded and shall never die. This world is a poor portion for your soul, O business man! An eastern king has graven on his tomb two fingers, representing as sounding on each other with a snap, and under them the motto, \"All is not worth that.\" Apicius Ccelius hanged himself because his steward informed him that he had only ������80,000 left. All of this world's riches make but a small inheritance for a soul. Robespierre attempted to win tho applause of the world, but when ho was dying a woman came rushing through the crowd, crying to him, \"Murderer of my kindred, if SUFFERED FROM INFANCY. r THE WAND OF MISERY WAFED OVER MRS. THOM. GREEN. From Her Childhood She Suffered From Heart TrouOles��������� Doctors Said Nothing Could be\" Done for Her, and That Her Death,at Any Moment Would Not Surprise Them. there vessel and that three men had been dig- descend' to hell, covered with the curses ging their way o.it through (he bottom : of every mother in France!\" Many who of me ship. When the vessel capsized, fhave expected the plaudits of, the world they had no means''of esoape. The , cap-. tain took his penknife and dug away | through the(planks until his knife broke, i Then an old nail was found, with whioh I they'attempted to scrape, their way up ' out of the darkness, each one working \\ until his hand was well nigh paralyzed, and he sank back faint,and sick, long and tedious work, the light through the bottom of the ship. A handkerchief was hoisted.' 'Help came., They , were taken on board the vessel and saved. Did ever men come so near a watery grave .without dropping into it? How narrowly they escaped���������escaped - only .\"with,the skin of. their teeth.\" There are men .who have been capsized of evil passions and capsized midocean, and they are 1,000 miles away from ' any shore of help. They have for years been trying to dig their way out. They havo been digging away and digging away, but they can never be delivered unless now they will hoist some' signal of, distress. However weak and feeble\" it may be, Christ, will' see it and bear down upon the helpless oraft and take them on board, and it will'be known on earth and in heaven how narrowly they escaped, \"escaped as with the skin of their teeth.\" There are others who in attempting to come to God must' run between a great many business1 perplexities. If a man go over to business at 10 o'clock in the morning and come away at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, he has 'some religion, but how shall you find time for religious contempation when,you are driven from sunrise to sunset and have been for five years going behind in, business and are frequently dunned by creditors. whom you cannot pay,'and when from-Monday (morning until Saturday night ' you are dodging bills that you-cannot meet? You walk day by day in.' uncertainties that have kept your brain on fire for the past three years. Some with , less , business troubles than you have gone crazy. The clerk has heard a noise in the back counting room and gone in and found the chief man of the firm a raving maniac, or the wife has heard the bang of a pistol in the back parlor and gone in, stumbling over the dead body of her husband���������a suioide. There are men pursued, harassed, trodden down and scalped of business perplexities, and whioh way to turn next they do not know. Now God will not be hard on you. He Knows what obstacles are in the way of your being a Christian, and your first effort in the right direction he will crown with success. Do not let satan with cotton bales and kegs and hogsheads and counters and stocks of unsaleable goods block up your way to heaven. Gather up all your energies. Tighten the girdle about your loins. Take an agonizing look into the face of God and then say, \"Here goes one grand effort for life eternal,\" and then bound away for heaven, escaping \"as with the skin of your teeth.\" In the last days it will be found that Hugh Latimer and John Knox and Hus������ and Ridley were not the greatest martyrs, but Christian men who went up incorrupt from the contaminations and perplexities of Pennsylvania avenue, Broad street, State street and Third street. On earth they were called brokers or stock jobbers or retailers or importers, ' but in heaven Christian heroes. No faggots were heaped about their feet; no inquisition demanded from them ��������� recantation; no soldier aimed a piko at their hearts, but they had mental tortures compared wj.tlj which all physic;.l consuming is as the breath.of a spring morning. I find in the community a large cluss of men who have been so cheated, so lied about, so outrageously wronged, that they have lost their faith in everything; in a world where everything seems so topsy turvey they do not see how there can be any God. They are confounded and frenzied and misanthropic. Elaborate arguments to prove to them the truth of Christianity, or the truth of anything else, touch them nowhere. Hear me, all such men. I preach to you no rounded periods, no ornamental discourse, but put my hand on your shoulder and invite you into the peace of the gospel. Here is a rock on which you may stand firm though the waves dash against it harder than the Atlantio pitching its surf dear above Eddystone lighthouse. Do not charge upon God all these troubles of the world. As long as the world stuck to God,- God stuck to the world, but the earth seceded from his government and hence all these outrages and all these woes. God is good. For many hundreds of years he has been coaxing the world to come back to him, but the more he has ooaxed the more violent have men been in their resistance, and they have stepped back and stepped back until they have dropped into ruin. Try this God, ye who have had the bloodhounds after you and who have thought that God has forgotten you.. Try him and see if he will hot help. Try him and see if he wilJ_not pardon. Try have died under its anathema. Oh, find your -peace in God. Make one 6trong pull for heaven. oNo halfway work will do it. lhere sometimes comes a time on shipboard when everything must be sacrificed to save.the passengers. The cargo is nothing, -the rigging nothing. After! The captain,puts the trumpet to his lip broke , and .shouts, \"Cut away the mast.\" Some of you have been tossed and driven, and you have in your effort to,' keep the world well nigh lost your soul. Until you have decided this matter let everything else go. Overboard with ' all the other anxieties and burdens. Sou will I have to drop .the sails of your pride and cut away the mast. 'With one earnest cry for help' put your cause into the hand of him who helped Paul out of the breakers of Melita, and-who, above the shrill blast of the wrathiest tempest that ever blackened the sky or shook the ocean, can hear the faintest imploration for mercy. , I shall close thiscermon feeling that some of you who -have considered youi case,as hopeless will take heart again, and that with a blood red earnestness, suoh as you have never ' experienced before, you will start for the\" good land ol the gospel, at'last to'look back, ' saying: \"What a great risk I ran! Almost' lost, but 'saved!- Just got through and no more! Escaped by the skin of my teeth.\" SHOT BY THE' PRINCE. 'After Wale\"? Had Sweetened, the /Woundi They Became a Matter, of Pride. i The Prince of Wales ' is so'impatient - and intolerant of any carelessness when out shooting, assailing with the bitterest invectives any one who is so unfortunate as to have,an accident withhisgun, that - it is rather amusing to hear of his being himself guilty of- the very fault which he regards with so much irritation in others. It seems that while staying with the Earl of Crewe at Fryston Hall, neat \" Pontef ract, during, the x Doncaster races, the Prince, with his host, Lord Londonderry and Mr. Harry Stonor,t went out shooting rabbits. The Prince fired on one occasion so carelessly that the entire charge struck some iron railings, ot fence,when it rebounded into the faces oi five of the beaters, who were \"ranging\" bushes near by. One of the beaters, a burly Yorkshire man, who received the largest portion of.the charge in the face, berated the Prince roundly for his carelessness, asking him, with a number oi choice and picturesque expletives, to turn his gun some other way. However, the Prince treated the men with so much generosity afterward that they now speak of being shot by the heii apparent to the English throne with a considerable degree of pleasure and pride, and are selling the pellets taken from various parts of their anatomy for quite a considerable sum to well-to-do people oi the district. the Opposed Lonff Engraft me nts. \"So you are engaged?\" remarked girl in the buff top-coat. \"Yes, dear,\" replied her dearest friend. \"Charley has asked me to marry him and I consented.\" \"How lovely. When is it to be?\" \"When arc we to be married?\" \"Yes. I want to know the date so I can get my dress for my part as a bridesmaid. You know \"you promised that I should be your bridesmaid when you got married.\" \"It hasn't been fixed yet.\" \"I hope it will be soon.\" \"But it won't be. You soe, I am not very rich and. Charley is poor. We have decided to wait until ho can save enough money to furnish a house.\" \"That's too bad.\" \"Don't you approve of long engagements?\" \"No, I don't, you see-���������\" \"I didn't at first. But Charley succeeded in converting mo. Why do you opposa them? Tell me so I can tell Charley.\" \"Well, you know the fashion in engagement rings changes so. Next year the ring he gives you now will be out of fashion and then what will you do?\" , \"That's so. I'll see Charley at once.\" ���������Chicago limes-Herald. Got Kisrht atNijjht. \"Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.\" Let us instantly crush the beginnings of envy, jealousy and hate in our hearts, never allowing the day to close on a bitter feeling. The hour of evening prayer, when we bow at God's feet, should always be a time for getting right everything that may have gone wrong with us during the day. Then every injury should be forgiven when we pray, \"Forgive us, as we forgive.\" Then every spark of envy or jealousy or anger should be quenched, and the love of Christ should be allowed to flood our hearts. We should never allow the sun Co go down on our anger. From the Herald, Stratford. \"If the making of books there is no end,\" it has been said, and the same ' ' claim,might be set up in respect of the making of testimonials in favor ofDr; '<- Williams' Pink Pills.\" Wonderful as are some of the statements published in the. newspapers as to the oures effested -in >��������� all parts of tho country, fresh evidence proves the half has not been told/ Were it not for a false sense of delicacy whioh a great many people entertain in regard , to such matters, the columns of tho press, would bo literally teeming with grateful ; acknowledgments \"of benefit derived, ' from and permanent cures effected by \"r the use \"of Dr.\" Williams' Pink Pills for -��������� Pale People. It is quite within the mark \",5 > to say that there is no other medicine , ��������� offered the public that can at all com- \" . , pare with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills; and there is not a corner in this wide' Dom- - inion in which their virtues ' havo not;.v',\"- been, proved. A cure which recently came \" to the knowledge .of a representative' of *' the Herald is deserving of being -widely ,.,, known. It is an instance\" of heart trouble' , ' ' '��������� ;���������������������������,* that baffled the skill of a number of physicians, some of whom positively re; .., fused to treat the patient on the ground ; that it was- no use. The subject of the ' ', affliction referred to is j the \\ wife of-a/-' -.. highly,respeoted andk well-to-do farmer in;.'.'), the township of Logan, near the village -;~ of Dublin. Mr.\" arid Mrs.'' Thos. Green/-' are firm believers in'the' efficacy' of Drl-\"1 jV Williams' Pink Pills, and for,very good.ii \" reasons. Mrs. Green has suffered, every- - . ,. thing but death from a weak heart, the trouble . having , afflicted , her since early y childhood. ,On several occasions she has^ been so low that 'it was not' thought'' v possible for her to recover. ' Her greatest '= trouble often1 arose from exhaustion; or al: sudden start, and at .such times.her.heart v .^ seemed to#cease its throbbing and the breathing was fitful and labored.-Doctor's ^'7 medicine seemed to have no effect what- -\" ever. She was advised by one ������physician,s ���������.!,-���������\" that all that could-, be done ! was to keep . ,-\" her strength up, and it was with a view^-\"r<^ to strengthening her /system, and with t . no hope that her heart would be benefitted, that she began the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. She had not been --' taking them long, however, when there. . (; was an unmistakable relief from . the., t trouble that had made her whole life miserable. During the past summer she _ has used Pink Pills'freely, and. has, en-.J joyed better health than for many years , before, and has been able not only to. dp.,, her household work, but also many of the out door chores that fall to the lot of a farmer's wife. The different physicians who have treated her have frequently' told her husband that they would not ' be surprised to hear of her death at any \"'\" moment, but she is to-day a ^strong woman, enjoying better health'-,than she has done for years. Both Mrs.iGreen and her husband feel grateful for the great benefit she has received from the .use of . * Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and spare no words in sounding their praises to. every-��������� ono who enquires what has wrought s such a wonderful change in Mrs. Green's health and spirits. \\ In cases of paralysis, spinal troubles, locomotor ataxia, sciatica, rheumatism,J erysipelas, scrofulous troubles, etc., Dr. Williams' Pink Pills arc superior to all other treatment. They are also a specific for the troubles which^nake the lives of so many women a burden, and speedily^ restore the rich glow of health to pale, and sallow cheeks. Men I oken down by, overwork, worry or excesses, will find inj Pink Pills a certain cure. Sold by all ] dealers, or sent by mail postpaid, at 50c, a box, or six boxes for $2.50 by address-i ing the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.,, Brockville, Ont., or Schenectady, N.Y.j Beware of imitations and substitutes alleged to be \"fust as good.\" ' . -: t '--'/.!���������: '-ii I! I. $J0O Reward $100. The readers of tliis paper will be pleased to, learn that there is at least one dreaded disease j that science has been able to cure 'in all its; stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall' Catarrh Cure, is the only positive cure known to the medical < fraternity. Catarrh being: a constitutional dis-1 ease requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's I Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting direct- i. ly upon the blood and mucous surfaces .of the; Bystem, thereby destroyiug the foundation oit the disease, and giving the patient strength by huildinc up the constitution and assisting na-f ture in doing its work. The proprietors have, so much faitn in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that It fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. ������3TSold by Druggists, 75c. , Behind the Footlights. Major O'Donoghue���������How different you are from most danseuses. You have Witj and mental sparkle. .Others of your pro-] fession usually shine only by their legs. Mile. Tiptoes���������And so many of you������j sex only shln������ on the tops gf ifaelr heausJ i '<-i������tsi|;i^������-\"' * 1;*. v*������v.* - j THE IEMLT SEWS Cumberland, B. C. Issued Every Monday M. Whitney, Editor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION/ IN ADVANCE. QM Year ������200 Six Months 125 Single Copy .' 0 05 RATES OF ADVERTISING: 0uo inch per year 1 $12.00 .. .. month' , 150 eighth col per year 25 00 fburch .I '. 5000 week, ..lino ��������� 10 , Ixxjal r.otioes.per line 20 Notices of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 50 cents each insertion. No Ac'vertisment inserted for less than 50 cents. Persons failing to get The-News re- galarly should notify the OFFICE. Persons having any business with Tr*E News will please call- at the'office or write. . , TUERDAY, FEB. 15th. 1893. How do the objectors to the Cassiar railway grant, like the subsidy to the Stickeen Teslin- railway scheme ? With the increase in the price of coal comes' an increase in the wages of the ��������� men. That has a square look about it. ������THE fare to Fort Wrangel, Skagway, and Dyea, is altogether too steep. No wonder tbe crews of the C.P.N., steamer , are on a stiike for a share of the exhor- bitant charges. But let us hope there will be sufficient competition before long, to enable those to go who haven't a fortune to start with. Rev. C. O. Brown takes a dramatic way to make his confession to the,Bay Conference. He evidently imagines he , stands in the \"presence of the nations,\" an object of majestic interest. He prob- L ably intends to take the lecture platform, \" but he wouldn't draw half as well as ' Quahcum Tom. THIS is surely the golden age. The earth is being ransacked for gold, the mountain sides opened and the river beds dredged; even the ocean tides are being passed through a screen to gather, us attenuated treasures. The rigors of an arctic climate, the desolation and loneliness of an hitherto untrodden and inhospitable region, the terrors of starvation, cannot keep back the advancing horde. As preshadowed in our despatches last week, the Sanitary Officer has received orders to close all wells in this place. Those who, have not done so before ������h.������uld take steps at one**, to connect their premises with the water main. No well water is safe in a town of this size and one well cannot be closed and not another; sense that,.wine, beer, and spirits strengthen anybody. Then what doe.4 alcohol go for ? It goes to inflame the blood. It goes to arouse licentiousness, to awaken wrath, to degrade manhood, to ruin souls, and to fill this world with beggary and aio.���������Spur- geon. ' A' MODEL TOWN. Hooperfcbwn, Ills., a town of 4000 inhabitants, has never had a saloon. The x ay or receives a salary of .fifty cents a year, the remuneration of each of the conncilmen is half that amount, and no fees are accepted. Last year the combined salaries of the mayor and the city fathers were given fco help a needy widow pay her taxes���������1ST. Y. Tribune. Morestiny; To Ail Guiig Te Special Clondyke Prospecting Boats Made By The Acme Folding Boat Go; Our new No 5 Acme or \"Clondyke Special\" is 16 feet long, 4 feet 4 inches wide, 17 inches deep at centre, and 25 inches deep at ends. With heavy canvas and extra braces it weighs about S5 pounds. Folded, it forms a perff cfcly cylindrical or round package 5 feet long and 10 inches in diameter. The No 4 Acme is 14 feet long, weighs about 65 pounds, forms a bundle 50 inches long aiac ten inches in diameter. It will carry safely S00 to 1,000 pounds. These two boats we recomend especially for Clondyke service! They have been adopted by the Northwest Mounted Police of Canada. We have our thud order for the Canadian Government and a letter from the Comptroller of N. W. M. Police, stating that after a careful investigation, they had abopted the Acme boat, and asking us to hold ourselves in .readiness to supply more of them. Major Walsh, recently appointed Governor of Clondyke, took with him to Clondyke in October, a No 4 Acme for,his personal,use. Ottawa has been besieged by boat builder!*, but the government wanting the best, gave us their orders unsolicited. The governments of United States, England, Canar'a, and other countries, have adopted our boat?, for naval and various interior service. The 21 foot boat will will not be ni .ntifac- tured, as the general opinion1 is sniatlcr boats wili be more serviceable for pr.ij.-pcc:- ing, and can be well sal; en care of. You may float down a river on r. raft, l>nt you want a gnod boat to prospect vu the streams. Take an Acme; gktthkkb q.jk_ic- \"Mf, AND STRIKE IT RICK. Sample boat for examination and tc-al &> the Corner st*������re in Green Block. Catalogue ooutaining .:;formation ;.o< testimonials furnished on appiiroviiou. W. J. CURRY, Aoknt for 1-lRrrISH Cowmbta, NANA.-yiO. B. C. We publish a thoughtful communication from \"Householder\" on the sanitary condition of the place, and the necessity of sewage drains. Drains from ihe houses turned into the street gutters in summer produce an intolerable stench, and the little crumb which runs down through the ravine across the city in dry weather becomes offensive. Let other things go until we can get a sewer���������this is the popular and reasonable demand. ������\" I��������� 0. T. U. WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO P I am sure, dear friends, that alcohol does yon no good; and the little strength that it appears to give you is a kind of bill that is drawn on the next two or three hours to be heavily paid for afterwards. You get excited by the spirit, aud so you jump over the hedge; but when you reach the other side you lie there exhausted by the reaction. It does not do you any real or permanent good, but it may do you real harm. But suppose that it does you good If, by doing what does hurt to others, you get good yourself, you are not therefore excused. I do not think that you will be much hurt by giving up the glass. At any rate, try it A very small graveyard will be big enough to bury all the good people who die through giving up their drop of beer. This alcohol does no good at all. It is of the utmost dregs of superstition to suppose that there NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. Assessment Act and Provincial Revenue Tax. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, in accor- dance with the Statutes, that Provincial Revbnue Tax and Taxes levied under Assessment Aot are now due for the year 189S. All of the above named Taxes collectible within the Comox, Nelson, Newcastle, Den- man, and Hornby Islands Division of the District o Comox, are payable at my office. Assessed Taxes are collectible at the following rates, viz: 1* PAID ON OR BEFORE JUNE 30th,. lS98-rr Provincial Revenue, ������3.00 per capita. Three-fifths of one per cent on Real Property. ��������� '.���������������������������'' Two and one-half per cent on Wild Land. One-half of one per cent on Personal Property. One-half of one per cent on Income. Ir PAiDArrER June 30th, 1898���������Four- fifths of one per cent on Real Property. Three per cent on Wild Laud Three-fourths of one per cent on Personal Property. Three-fourths of one per cent on Income, January, W.B.ANDERSON, 1898. Asseasor and Collector KLOITDIKB; O TJ T IF1 ITS You are going and you want to get the right goods at lowest prices. 'We can fill thai bill. We outfitted nearlv all the men from Union and Vicinity last season, and our Stock to-day is Second to none in B. C Remember-we can give you prices you cannot beat and save you from $10 to $20 in expenses, to other cities. Call and get our prices. We carry everything . wanted in Clothing Blankets, Boots, and Moccossins. ST3S\"\\TE^TEBO rST ������c OO. Nanaimo, B C How to Go��������� When to Go��������� What to Take��������� Where to Outfit. For advice on these all-important matters, and for purchasing supplies of best quality at lowest prices, with suitable packing for the journey, go to the Pioneer Outfitters, of British Columbia. OPPENHEIMER Bros;, U Lhy. IMPORTERS, WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND MINERS' OTTFITTERS 100 and 102 Powell Street, Vancouver, B. C who have had 35 years experience in outfitting miners and surveying parlies. The rri' ' iable information cheerfully afforded. Get our circular and give us the address of your friends to whom we will mail it free of charge'. REMEMBER THAT GOODS PURCHASED IN CANADA ARE ADMITTED INTO THE KLONDIKE FREE OF DUTY. AMERICAN .GOODS MUST PAY DUTY -SAVE MONEY BY BUYING YOUR OUTFIT AT- i BR* arfers. Tents, Sleds, Tobqg-ms. Sic-pi.ig Bags. Whip-saws, Gold Pans, Gold Scales, Shovels, Picks, Axes, Etc.. 'Etc. Also the Celebrated \"^TJICOlsT TELESCOPE STOYI ' ��������� Made of r-ieavy Sheet Steel��������� ������ . Thos,,. Emiip & Go., Jrtd. Write for;Prices. VANCOUVER, a no mfor mat? on. B. C, ,NOTI! !E is heri'by orivf-n> that appJic&no.i wiil be made so Um P..r)i-urieiH of Oanad* ,it the next Session thereof, for an Aob to iucor porate a Compart'\" u> ooustruct, maintit'ii, and operate a Railway or T.-arnw-.-y f;i,m the North end of Marsh Lak.-; tL.et.cu in a North-Easterly dirtccioit'hy the 11,031 feasible route from a point on the hiooGtilh'quii River a distance of about thirty-f 1 ve rrnitss.; and also to construct;, maintain and operate a Railway or Tramway to run on <-ither sidu of Miles Canon and Whitehor>3e Rapids; ail in the North West Territory 'of Canada; together with power to' exapp'ropriate lands and all other powers and privilegea which may be necessary, incidental, or advantageous to the full exercise'.of the powers a- bove mentioned. S F. M. RATTENBURO, For self and otherjaiiplicanta. Dated at Victoria, British Columbia, January 20th, 1898. WA-iN ;ts. AGENTS, Sell \"Klondike Gold Fields\" like a whirlwind. Prospectus 25c, worth ������1. Big pay. Capital unnecessary. Bradlev-Gabretson, Ltd. Toronto. . L. P. ECKSTEIN. Barrister, Solicitor Notary Puiw.ic Onlce:���������First Street. fcnicj., ii. C HARRISON P. MILLARD, Physician, Suiujj;on and ^cco������.check. Orhct-. : Willauu Block, Cumkj:kla.n'i> COUKTENAY HoUhE, COURTENAY. dour-d ul (. ouatiliauoti: Cumjueulano, 10 .0 12 a. .M. Tuesdays ano Fridays. CoUliTESAY, 7 U> 9 A. M. AND P. M. YARWOOD & YOUNG. . BARMSTEK8 and S0LK.1T0HS CERTIFICATES of IMPROVEMENT JULIE, JENNIE B. & STELLA MINERAL CLAIMS Situate in Na.n-aimo Mining Division ov Coast District. Wiiere Located���������Puil- utps Arm. TAKE NOTTICE that I, W. A. Bauer, Free Miner's Certificate No. 91,667, intend. sixty bays from the dace hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before th' issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 26th day f January, 1898. WANTED. Industrious Men of Character. THE LINSOOTT COMPANY, TORONTO. WANTED���������CANVASSERS. \"Queen Victoria: Her Life and Reign.\" hag captured the British Empire. Extraordinary testimonials from the great men; send for copy free Marquia of Lome says: '-The best popular Life of the Queen I have seen.\" Her Majesty sends a kind letter of appreciation. Selling by thousands?; gives enthusiastic satisfaction. Canvassers make $15 to xj4o weekly.���������BRADLEY-GARRBTSON CO., (Limited) TORONTO. WANTED���������A good canvasser. Enquire; afc \"News Office. Corner of Bastion and Connueroial Streets, 'Nawaimo, \"li. C. Branch Office, Third Street and Dunsnmir Avx.at.c-, B. O. '-;..': Will be in Union-thts 3rd Wednesday rof each month aud remain ten days. Society Cards Ispimalt. 1 lianaimo By. COMMENCING TUESDAY 16th, inst, THE STEAMER City or Nanaimo WILL RUN AS FOLLOWS: I. O, O. F. . Union Lodge, No. 11. meets e ery Fr.clay night at 8 o'clock. Visiting breth ren cordially invited to attend. F. A. Anley, R. S. ENID MINERAL CLAIM Situate rs the Nanaimo Mining Division of Coast District. Where Located��������� Phillim A.RM TAKE NOTICE that I, William A. Bauer, Free Miner's Certificate No. 91,667, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder fer a Certificate of Im- piovements, for the purpose of obtaining -b Crown Grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37,must be commenced before the issuance* of such Certificate of Improve- can be any strength in ifc. There ia none whatever. Not only science, but common j ments sonoe, must teach us that. It is arrant non- j Dated this 26th day of January, 1898. If You Are Energetic and Strong, If you are above foolish prejudice against canvassing for a good book, write and get my proposition. The information will cost you nothing. I have put hundreds of men in the way of making mouey; some of whom are now rich I can do good things for you, if you are honorable and will work hard. T. S. LINTOOOT, Toronto. NOTICE. Driving through the new cemetery with teams is strictly forbidden. By order. M. Whitney Dec. 13, 1867. Sec'y pro tern :., ... r-11 ��������� ���������.��������� Why send away for yot.r printing when you can get it done equally a3 well at the News ? Our prices are reasonable, and w������ are now prepared to turn out every uh ing in the line of Job Prtntinq. Cumberland Lodge, A. F. & A.M, B.C, R. Union, B. C. Lodge meets .first Friday in each month. Visiting brethren are cordially invited to attend. \"��������� R. Lawrence, Sec. W.D. OWEN, MASTER, Calling at Way Ports as Freight' and Passengers.may offer: - - ,^-. ,1 - .. ��������� ...������ I. .��������� IW^^������| ��������� !��������� Leave Victoria fori Nanaimo Tuesday 7 a.m.' 1' Nanaimo for Comox, , Wednesday, 7 a.m. ��������� ��������� Comox for Nanaimo, Friday 8 a.m. *'* Nanaimo for Victoria, Saturday 7 a.m. FOR Freight or, Staterooms apply on board, or at the , Con.pany'������ Ticket Office, Victoria Station, Store Street. Esquimalt & Nana mo Railway Company. JSOTICE; TO PROSPECTORS, Miners,' anU Holders of Mineral Claims on unoccupied land within the Esquimau & Nanaunc Railway Companv's Land Grant���������FOR ONE YEAR ONLY from the the date 01 this notice, the Railway Company will sell their rights 10 all Minerals, (excepting' Coal and Iron) and the Surface rights oi Mineral Claims, at the price ef $5.00 pei acre. Such sales will oe subject to all other reservations contained in conveyances from the Company prior to this date. One-half of the purchase money to be paid ten davs after recording the Claim with the government, and a duplicate of the record to be filed in the Company's Land Office, Victoria, on payment of the first instalment. The \"balance ol the purchase money to be paid in two equal instalments, at the expiration of six and twelve months, without int.-rrst. Present holders of Mmeril Claims ..he have not previously niside other arr:inj;e* ments with the Company for acquiring Surface and Mineral rights, are chert-b, notified to at once make the first p;cy nn:nt on their- Claims, as, otherwise ihe> wiil be deemed and treated as M-espa-sirs Lkoxakd 11. Solly. Victoria, T? C. \"| Lantj Commissi'-n/.'p Jun?- 1, 1897. J 2jo H'V-������&*������-������^j^..ii#j'������i ������*#������rww UkiTher >*���������/*/.> - AND ������ 8.1a (SUM!/ Est ab: i$h w en t O. II. Fechner, JAMES ABRAMS Notary Public, Agent .cr> Lite Alliance Fire Insurance CorApa.fiy ol Lon don ana HartSoi'-ci. 1-ne Mioenix oi -,A B.o?id3ngt-w eiadon.of Tor-omo. .g^nt fop the Provincial��������� .iuslciing and Loan:Asso- Union. B.C. ���������iw mx***miw**3V&*vtrmm*'nwm* J\". IR,, ls/L'=!lh'JEl THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR. i WORLD-WIDE CIRCULATION. Hiram Looge No 14 A.F .& A.M.,B.C.R Courtenay B. C. Lodge meets on every Saturday on or before the full of the moon Visiting Brothers cordially requested to attend. R. S. McConnell, Secretary. Cumberland Encampment. No. 6, I. CO. F., Union. Meets every alternate Wednesdays ot j each month at 8 o'clock p. m. Visiting .- Brethren cordially invited to attend. John Combe, Scribe. J Twenty Pages; Weekly; Illustrated. Indispensable to Mining Men. > THREE DOLLARS PEK YEAS. POSTPAID. SAMPLE COPIES FB������f. MINING AND SC1EHTIFIC PRESS, 220 Market St., San Francisco, Cau NOTICE Any person or persons destroying or withholding the kegs and barrels of the Union Brewery Company Ltd of Nanaimo, will be prosecuted. A liberal reward will be paid for information leading to conviction. \"V. E. Norris, Sec'y 1 1 w I -, ill 1 TEETH Dentist's^ extracted for 50c, at the I) 1 I k R- FarmerB Institute Organized. On Wednesday 26th, a number of farmers aud others met at the Agricultural Hall, Courtenay, for tbe purpose of organizing the Institute. Mr. J.J. R. Miller, was made chairman. He said he regretted very much the absence of the Deputy ,M.iniBter of Agriculture, who was expected to be present to organize the Institute. r He went on to speak of some of the objects of Institutes, and hoped that ,������ftoo member would be willing to oontri- jbato their experience, ������nd their private successful methods of doing things, towards the general good. He had been a market gardener all his life, but had not learned all' abou. it; he was learning every day. The' following gentlemen were elected officers:��������� President, A. Urquhart; Vice- President, , Thos. Cairns: Secretary and Treasurer, Win. Duncan. Directors:��������� father Dur and, T. E. Williams, John Blackburn, J. J. R. Miller. - The officers aud directors, then met aud | - decided ou regular and supplementary meetings, dates aud subjects to he diucu������seed, due notice of which will be itiven so soon ������������������ names of leoturers can be obtained from the Deputy Minister ������f Agriculture. Suggestion to City Fathers. Editor The News. Dear sir: Will you kindly allow me a short space in this week's issue to draw the attention of the city fathers to the , sanitary condition of the new City of Cumberland.��������� The public health should be at all times- their first consideration. It cannot be a secret to them, that typhoid fever has existed, close to the , limits of the city since last September. And although the cause is quite apparent and the Medical Health Officer has been apprised of the fact, still no action on the part of the authorities, whose duty it is to look after such things, has yet been taken to remove the cause. Typhoid fever might break out in a nore virulent form in our midst, at any moment; especially so when we consider the condition of the city, the want of sewage drains of any kind and the fact that a large percentage of our people are still using water from surface wells, .vhich might become at any time poisoned with the typhoid germs. - What the city requires, and to which the first money available should be. expended, is,,sewage drains. The main nneshouldbe carried down Dunsmuir avenue, across the railway track into the Trent River. If this drain was construct- ed it would\" allow of a system of city iraina^e which' in time would be completed so that each house might have its lavatoiies and closets connected with it, &nd the water system of removing sewage (the very best) be introduced. Feb. 3, 1898. A Householder. (4.) Any person vending wines, spirits, beer, or other fermented or intoxicating liquor by, retail in any building in use as ' an hotel and containing not less than thirty rooms actually furnished and uesd for hotel purposes, for each house or place where such vending is carried on, one hundred dollars for every six months. <��������� (5.) Any person keeping'a saloon or building where a billiard table is used for hire or profit, five dollars for each table for every six.months. (6.) Any person keeping a bowling alley or rifle gallery five dollars for every , six months. a (7.) Any person selling opium, except chemists or druggist, using the same in preparation of prescriptions of medical. , practitioners, two hundred and fifty dollars for every six months. (8.) Any person carrying on the business of a wholesale,'or of a wholesale and retail merchant or trader, ten dollars for every six months. (9.) Every retail trader, five dollars for every six month. Such two last mentioned licenses to enable tbe person paying the same to' change' his place of business at pleasure but not to carry en business a two places at the same time under one license. (10.) Every hawker or peddlers, twenty-five dollars for every six months. (11.) Every person'who either on his own behalf or as .agent for another, sells, solicits or takes orders for the sale by retail, of goods, wares, or merchandise, to be supplied 01 furnished by any person or firm doing business outside of the' Municipality of the City of Cumberland fifty- dollars,for every six months. (12.)' Every'^person who keeps or carries ou a wash-house or laundry, five dollars for every six months. \" (1.3.) Every person carrying on the business of a pawnbroker, one hundred, and twenty-five dollars for every six months. (14.) Every livery stable keeper, ten dollars for every six months. (15.) .Any person carrying on, on his own account, the business of a banker, at one place of business, ten' dollars for every year. , (16.) Each person practicing as barrister or solicitor, twelve dollars and fifty cents for every six months. (17.) Every person other than a barrister or solicitor, who has taken out a license to practice as.such, following, the occupation .of a conveyancer or land agent, twelve dollars and fifty cents for every six months. (18.) Any auctioneer not being a Government, Officer selling by auction government\"*property. or sheriff, or' sheriffs officer, or bailiff selling lands, goods, or chattels taken in execution or for the satisfaction' of rent or taxes, in addition to any other license before mentioned, ten dollars for every six mouths. ., (19.) Every person who exhibits,a public circus}or menagerie, fifty dollars \" for each dav of such exhibition. (20.) Every person following within the Municipality,'any trade occupation or calling not hereinbefore enumerated, or eSTDe&ler in StoYes and Tinware 0 Plumbing and general Sheetiron work PROMPTLY DONE &rAgent tor the Celebrated Gurney Souvenir Stoves and ���������7-Ranges Manufacturer of the New Air-tight heaters h.w for any violation theieof may be re- 1 covered by way of summary proceedings before the Police Magistrate, Stipendiary Magistrate, or any two justices of the Peace having jurisdiction in the Municipality, and every such penalty may with the costs of conviction be levied by dis trtfss of'the goods and chattels of theperson so violating this by-law, and in case such goods and chattels shall prove insufficient to satisfy such penalty and costs, then by imprisonment of such person for any time not exceeding three calendar months. 6. This by-law may be cited for all purposes, ai the \"City of Cumberland Trades License By-law, 1898.\" . Passed the Municipal Council the 17th day of January A.D. 1898 Reconsidered and finally passed the 21st day of January A.D. 1898 . Signed and sealed the 2lut dav of Jaa uary A.D. 1898. s,V Lewis A. Mounce, Mayor. (l. s.>: ��������� L. P. Eckstein, City Clerk . POK SALE. /���������* \\ Garden, Park, . and Resident. ,l Lots. &��������� The undersigned offers for sale his I >.nd ontV Trent River flats; also lot No. io Nek on district in horn One to Five Acre lots, as pur hasermay require, on the following conditions: One acre lots on water-front, T ent RiWr flats $125. One acre lots on water-front, lot o Nelson district, $100. One acre lots, on Government Iioad $8$. IVI *k Two acre ,Thr- \" lots iree rour Five f< ������< .. *< tt it it it it ii it $150 200 260 300 One-third cash at time of sale, and the balance in two years, with interet at 7 per cent per annum. For further particulars apply to I:. Real Estate, Agent, Cumberland. ���������:;.������ m Cumberland, Nov. 12,1891 ���������ROBERT LAWRl Canadian Homo Journal. The Canadian Home Journal for February is especially interesting. The Canada Club is again to the fore with a description of how a retail store handles Canadian goods. There are three competition stories to be voted upon, and Secnarf writes an interesting tale of \"An Unwelcome Guest.\" Music and poetry are present in plenty, and the various departments af The Journal.are so complete that it is no wonder that it is becoming popular. Every family should be a subscriber to this distinctly Cana- dian periodical. The Canadian Home Journal, McKinnon Building, Toronto. CITY OF CUMBERLAND TRADES LICENSE BY-LAW. A by-law to authorise and regulate the issuance of licenses for the several trades, occupations, and professions therein set forth. Be it enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Cumberland, as follows:��������� I. From and after the passage of this by-law every person using or following any of the trades, occupations, or professions herein mentioned, within the limits ofthe City of Cumberland, shall take out a license therefor, for such period as herein set forth paying for such license such sum.as is herein specified, which said sum shall be paid to the person authorized to collect such sums for the Municipality, viz: (r.) Any person vending spirituous or fermented liquors by retail for each house or place where such vending i.s carried on, one hundred and fifty dollais for every six months. (2) Any person not having a retail license as above, arid vending spirituous or fermented liquors by wholesale, that is to say in quantities of not less than two gallons, for each house or place, seventy five dollars for each six months. (3) Anv person who keeps a restuarant, and supplies beer or porter or wines with meals and not otherwise, seventy-rive dollars for every six months. who enters into or carries on, any contract or agreement to perform any work or furnish any material, five dollars for every six months. Provided ^always that no person employed as a joui neyman or for wages only and not employing any other person or persons, or not having a reyular place of business, shall be subject to the provisions of thus section. (21.) Every express company, gas company telephone compauy, electric light company, street railway or tramway company, investment and loan societys, fur dealer.or,' fur trader, fifty dollars for every six,.months. (22.)'S.Fora license to exhibit waxworks, circus-riding,!; rope-walking, dancing, tumbling or other acrobatic or gymnastic performances, wild animals or hippodrome, 'sparring, boxing, sleight of hand, legerdemain, jugglery, or other tricks, pictures, paintings, statuary works of art, natural or artificial curiosities, tableaux, wonderful animals or freaks of nature, or any other exhibition kept for hire or profit when the same is exhibited eleswhere than in a theatre, music or concert hall, or other building or place duly'licensed, for each day of such exhihi bition, twenty dollars. (23.) From each astrologer, seer, fortune teller, and clairvoyant, fifty dollars for every six months. (24.) Every club an annual license fee of one hundred dollars payable in advance. 2. The licenses to be granted, under the authority of this by-law may be in the form in Schedule C. of the Municipal Clauses Act, 1896\" and periodical licenses shall be granted \"so as to terminate on the 15th day of Jlilv and . 15th day of January and no:'.proportionate deductions shall be made on account of any person commencing business. ������������3. No person shall sell or barter spirituous or fermented liquors by wholesale, or retail without having taken out and had granted to him a license in that behalf; and no person shall use, practice, carry on or exercsise within the Municipality any trade occupation, profession or business described or named in this by-law without-having taken our. and had granted to him a license in that behalf, under a penalty upon summary conviction, not exceeding the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars for every such violation of this by law together with the amount which should have been paid for such licenses, which said amount and penalty shall, for the purposes of recovery under this by law or under the \"Munici pal Clauses Act, 1896\" be held to be. one penalty. 4. All licenses granted under the authority of this by-law shall be issued by the person authorized for that purpose by the Council; Provided always that no licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors shall be issued except by an order from the Board of License commissioners. 5. Any penalty imposed by this by- ��������� NOTICE. XToticeis hereby given that application ���������^ will be made to the Legilative Assembly of the Province of - British Columbia, at its next Sesaion, for a Private, Bill to incorporate a Railway and Colonization Company to build, equip, maintain and operate a line or lines of railway from. some point at or near the head df steamboat navigation on the Skeena River; thence by the most feasible route to a point at or,near the Yellow Head Pass, or in the alternative to some point on the eastern boundary of the Province of Brit ish Columbia by way of the Parsnip River, with power to extend the said Hue from the starting point down to the mouth of the said Skeena River;- and also to authorize and em power the company to build from time to time branch lines to farming lands aud to groups of mines and concentrators from any of the above mentioned lines of railways sucb i)ih,.ch lines not to excoeed thirty miles in length; with power to build telegraph and telephone lines, and to equip and operate the aaiu railway and its 'iranuhes-, and in erect i.n.l n.auit&.jr al! necefsany worksf->r the ^eiic-rat:ou and tiMUHiii&flio'i ot electricity or (.tower nithin' th<-. ur������ * of th-j o^< ratio.\"* ol rhci :-aid(J.>Q7������Mii}i ''O'l p'-w.-rto build mail''am una I'pei^-c ������hi.vu, dock ������mu st.-xi'iiboat.-v, 8i.u-.miil!>, aud acquire wvter 01 n'ilegcs; -0 construe: anrxi-. di.met>, etc for unut'oviug and inorfcaemg the. water privileges, aud txiirii-.ke 1 rat he ox other arrangements with railways, steamboats or other compauies ami for all otht.ru.uaI and neces- *arv uowers, rights or privileges for the purpose of a railway aod colonization comuany. BOD WELL, lfctVING & DUFF, tjolioitorp ior Applicants. Victoria,B.O.. 2-ith November,A.D 1897. oc70 NOTICE Notice is hereby given that application will be made to the Parliament of Canada, at its next Session, for an Act to incorporate the Pacific and Yukon Railway, Navigation and Mining Company, .for the purpose of constructing a raijway from a point at or near Pyramid Harbor, near the head ' of Lynn Canal, or from a point at or near the International boundary between Canada and the United States of America in the vicinity of Lynn Canal, thence through the Chilkat Pass, thence to Dalton's Post, on the Alaek River, and thence by the best feasible route to a point below Five Finger Rapids on the Lewis River; with power to vary the route as may be necessary or advisable; also with power to receive from the Government of Canada or other corporations or persons grants of land or money or other assistance in aid of the construction ef the work; to build telegraph and telephone lines; to exercise mining rights and powers; to construct roads, tramways, wharves, mills, aud other works necessary for the Company; to charter vessels for the same purpose upon the lakes and rivers in or adjacent to the territory served by the said railway; to erect and manage electrical works, for the use and trans mission of electrical power, and acquire and make use of natural and othor water powers for that purpose; to maintain stores and trading posts, and to carry on a milling and smelting business, including the erection of saw-mills and smelters; also to enter into traffic and other arrangements with other railway and transportation Companies; to issue preference stock and bonds, and with all such powers, rights and privileges as may be necessary for the purpose of the undertaking. KiNGSMiLL, Saunders & Tokrence, ��������� Solicitors for the applicants. Dated at Toronto, this 26 day of November, 1897. . -00W runtledge Bottling Works DAVID JONES, Proprietor, MANUFACTURER OF v SODA WATER, LEMONADE, GINGER ALE. Sarsaparalla, Champagne Cider, Iron Phosphates and Syrups. Bottler ot Different Brands of Xager Beer, steam Beer and Porto Agent for tho Union Brewery Company. KEQ BEEB SOL3D.FOR CASH CI, LjT ' - COURTENAY, B. C. ���������a - ���������1 ��������������� D.STRlC DRiECTpRY; GOV'T AGENT Assessor and Collector.���������W. ii. Andkii.su>', Office, Union, re-:deiue, '. 'iho roM-tu Uuior nlbo passes ih outjh it. 11 hns aiceniral i>osi(i(.ii. Here i������r������. t.\\.o 1 olc.3, 01.. flr.'it c'.i.t,s store, a saw mill x(w,i-vaii;nu)-kt. post oiJJce, bhoys, etc. Itis .< favoi in- pi.-, co 101 rtsln 1 men and hunters. ��������� . C O U Ii T E-LNJA Y .!'��������� 1 .'ed to . ble pates. Mc- pirectory. COUBTEKTAY HOUSE, A. H. Galium, Proprietor. B.IVER6IL-S HOTEL, J. J. Grant, Proprietor. GEORGE B. LE1QHT0N, Blacksmith and Carriage Maker, j I am prep furnish stylish R and do Teaming; At reasor. Kilpatrick, ' Union, B. C x also X Horseshoing and GENERA): Blacksmit ting. J* A. Car. hew architect and -CT3sriO>T, I U2LDKP, GORDON COMOX. COMOX is a'vill.ige beautifullyflocatedlon'.tho bay of the same naiae, in Comox District. A Practice Range, Mess House and Wharf, have lately been established on tlie Sand Spit, which forms tho harbor, by the naval authorities, and hero some one of Her Majesty's Ships is to be feund two-thirds of the time. Here is a poet ffice. two hotels, two stores, bakery, ete. The cenery grand, and good hunting near. Tne City of Nauairao from Victoria calls here on Wednesdays, anddeparts Friday mornings. COMOX DIRECTORY. H. C. IiUCAS, Proprietor, COMOX BAE3.RY, Comox, B. C. Pianos x> -AND e>4r Oriai^s' REV. W. HICKS, UNON, B. C HAS ACCEPTED THK AGENCY FROM the BERLIN PIANO and ORGAN CO., Berlin, Ont., to SELL THEIR HIGH CLASS INSTRUMENTS IN THIS DISTRICT. THESE INSTRUMENTS ARE OF SUPERIOR TOUCH, TONE, AND TUNE, AND ��������� HANDSOMELY FINISHED IN VARIOUS DESIGNS. PRICES VERY MODERATE. Single and Double ���������at��������� MURDC OK'S . LIVERY. /{.igs to let U-. Seasonable: Prices Near Blacksmith S UNION, op, 3rd St. B. C. I YEARS' ! ���������ERIENC8. TF ADS MARKS* ,iC8IQN8������ OOP iHilQHTS ** Anyone lending a iketch be ���������. dtecriptlon mmf quickly ascertain, free, whetb . an lBYeotlontf probably patentable. Comxm <.-eatlonB stitotly confidential. Oldest asency 1< .naemrin* patent* In America. We have a Vf ��������� i/������mgtpn office^ Patent* taken through Jtfi. ;i A Co. ~~~ special notloe in the SCIENTIFIC AFRICAN, eircnteUo* Deaotlfnliy illustrated, any scientino Journal, w $1.50 six months. Specimen i TAB 981(0 4fM������t ,->ptos and uJam J3oox ON IPathvts sent fret, AddreM MUNN A CO. 361 Broa4wa>, Ke>( Subscribe for The News $2.oc pet annum NOTICE.���������All subscript :oa in aid oi tbe Fire Brigade and itB applin ices, should be paid to Mr. Frank Dalby. ,���������/ If oar readers have any 1 ual news oi Ul tereBt, we will be pleased t> insert 8ttn������ te he looal columnf if brooqht to tbo offlw*. 1 vS!| it t i *i--������^ 4/ - > :.\";*������������������ '\"'���������''j'in'sriswrt-.t.-\"- ' v r i l!-' L I Subscribers who do not receive their paper ree- nlarly will please notify us at once. Apply at the office for advertising rates. THE EEWS. UNION. B..O. ;The Week's Commercial Summary. HARDER THAN A DIAMOND. a! New The net gold balance of the United States treasury is $140,588,000. The stocks of wheat at Toronto are . .;,;,;'55,700 bushels, against ,141,000 bushels >��������� ,\"' ''���������'���������year ago. The earnings of Canadian Pacifio for the first week of August were ������487,000, ,��������� ' an increase of $64,000. , The visible supply of wheat in the j United States and Canada decreased 164,000 bushels last week, and, the total is now only 17,650,000 bushels, as against 46,429,000 a year ago. The amount afloat to Europe increased 160,000 Imshels last ��������� week, and the total is 12,400,000 as against 18.240,000 bushels a year ago. The total visible with amount in transit to Europe is 30,050,000 bushels as against 64,669,000 bushels a year'ago. At Montreal tho trade situation shows ' little variation for the past several weeks. There is, however, a feeling of moro con- fidcnce.'in the future apparent in a good .\" . znauyVquarters, and an expectation of a fair autumn trade, with gradual general improvement in business conditions. No complications have followed the three wholesale failures of last week, and general remittances are qualified as fair. '7 The 'large amount of money going into : -dairying sections for cheese, should help matters in this respect. General wholesale-business at Toronto this week has been fair. A large autumn trade};i&>;almost a certainty. The heavy hay^orpp and large yield of grains in this Province, combined with good prices, l by months -covers not--quite four years, 'it'isk'nbwrfthat in every month of 1893 failures were larger in amount. In commercial disasters, therefore, we go back \"'at once;; to ,1892, the most prosperous iryear on record, for a monthly ..return as favorable. In one month (September,1 1894) the aggregate of defaulted- liabilities was but $700,000- larger, and the ��������� amount of trading liabilities was nearly 1700,000 smaller than last month. In no month of which there is record were the manufacturing liabilities smaller; and ' while July, is not ordinarily a month of numerous or large failures, the returns cannot be regarded as less than extremely favorable. Here and There. There's a good Winning at cards. deal besides luck in The' record breaker way through life. tries to beat his The Iceman enjoys his cold snap during the hottest weather. \"i -Everybody has a calling acquaintance with the telephone girl. It is better to have sold never to have sold at all. at cost than The man who borrows trouble back to every one he meets. pays it When the sermon is long and dry \"man wants but little hear below.\" \"Pretty is as pretty does\" is a consoling motto for homely people. very No wonder we hate to pay the hotel clerk good dollars for poor quarters. A tramp does not consider a warm bite a desirable snap when a dog gives it to him. Hating selves and hurt.- others is like pinching our- expecting them to feel the A. French Chemist's Discovery of (i Kind of Crystal. , Henri Moissan, the distinguished French chamist who created a sensation e few years ago' by producing small r;hite diamonds in his eleotric furnace, i3 now credited with another interesting achievement. This later piece df work, while- perhaps not quite so star- , tling as the other, will probably prove of more practical benefit to mankind, and hence a source of greater revenue to M. Moissan. Hitherto the diamond has been con- - sidcred the hardest thing in nature. The closest approach to it until recently was made by the ruby. Something half way between them in this respect was discovered only two or three years ago by. E. C. Acheson of Pittsburg, who was experimenting with an electric furnace for an entirely different purpose. He, too, was trying to make artificial jewels and succeeded in getting a lot of small crystals which were neither diamonds nor rubies, but were harder than the latter. They were composed of 69 parts of silica' and 31 parts of carbon.' Technically tho substance is a \"carbide of silicon.\" The discoverer, however;- gave to it the name carborundum and is now manufacturing about two tons of it daily at Niagara Falls for com- - mercial purposes. It is used for the same purpose as emery. Moissan's new product is a\" carbide, of the rare metal titanium. The proper materials having been deposited in a small crucible made of lime, an electric current of large volume and low voltage isturned on, a. temperature of 4,000 or 4,500 degrees F. is developed, and then the stuff is allowed to cool. The resulting crystals are said to be harder than diamonds, which now take the second place. Carborundum comes next, and the ruby drops to the fourth rank. The carbide of titanium'is as much harder than carborundum as carborundum is harder than emery. The latter two are only good for abrasive service��������� that is, they' are employed only for grinding and polishing other very hard substances. ^ It is probable that carbide of titanium will have a much more extensive use.. There are many rock cutting drills which consist of a tube in one edge of which are imbedded brown or black diamonds. M. Moissan's new product will be both cheaper and more efficient than these. It may also be substituted for real jewels' in watches, delicate balances and in other mechanism where small bits' of particularly hard material are needed as bearings. The discoyerer has applied'for patents on his invention in this country as well as Europe, and it is thought probable that the French academy will award him a certain $10,000 prize offered some time ago for a satisfactory substitute for black diamonds. Titanium, when pure, is white and about half as heavy as iron. It is almost impossible to buy any because there is no demand and consequently no production. However, it is not so very scarce. An oxide of titanium, found in the form of small black stones that give a red mark, is picked up in some newly plowed fields in Pennsylvania' and sells for $4 a pound. The metal is frequently found in combination with iron, but has hitherto been regarded as a nuisance because it renders an ore refractory. A recent writer says, \"Millions of tons of iron ore in Virginia and New York are made worthless by the presence of 5 or 6 per cent of titanium.\" ���������New York Tribune. noblest houses of Europe, the peerage dating from 1606. , Its great ancestor, Sir John Lyon, feudal baron of Forte- viot, was son-in-law of Robert II of Scotland. When Sir John married the Lady Jane Stuart, the king's second daughter, he obtained by royal grant the thanedom or lordship of Glamis. The family history is closely connected with the vicissitudes of the royal Stuarts and the house of Albany, but in' spite of the extinguishment of so many historical1 Scottish families that of Strathmore \"has stood against the waves and wear h- ers of time.\"���������Washington Post. ��������� The Chinese Wall. The Chinese wall is the most extensive fortification in the world. According to the surveys made within the last few years, this wall is 1,728 miles in lenght, reaching from the Gulf of Pe-cho-lee to some distance past Soo-Choo, on tho confines of Turkestan. This remarkable, structure passes up steep mountains, down into gorges and ravines, crosses rivers, valleys and plains, seemingly re-, gardless of obstacles. It is 25 feet thick at the bottom, and 15 feet at the top, and from 25 to 30, feet in height, with flanking turrets or towers 35 to 40 feet high every 200 or 300 yards during its entire length. The exterior walls are of well-cut granite blocks; the interior is filled with earth and stone,'and the passageway is paved with bricks 1 foot square. Its erection was begun in 211 BiC. and it was designed to protect- the northern frontier of China against the savage tribes of Siberia. .tiff Yukon ^ Klondike i Illustrated Ga^eteer Parties who intend going-, to the Klondike Gold Fields or investing in Stock Companies operating in that country,, should send and get the YUKON & KLONDIKE GAZETEER *se ^ '. A Golden JTloor. King George II was once invited out to dine with a wealthy and eccentric old duke who possessed more money 'than ho very well knew what to do with. Upon this occasion, ' wishing to impress his majesty with the immensity of his riches, he had the floor of the dining hall paved from end to end with sovereigns, the head^being up. ' Each coin was stuck in a mixture of lime, which soon dried, leaving the,precious \"tile\" securely fastened. When the king arrived and was shown what had been done in his' honor, his amazement knew no bounds, and it was with difficulty he could be persuaded to set foot upon the golden floor.���������London'Standard. The Gazeteer is very extensive, abounding in Photo Engravings and Maps, and gives the most reliable information as to routes, outfitting points, climate, etc , It, also contains Wm, Ogilvie's complete report to date on the Klondike country's indescribable, wealth which so astounded the Ottawa authorities. By Mail Post Paid for Fifty Cents. Stamps Received. ADDRESS ********** Though tle<. An American Prince Consort- Next to Mr, Perkins of Syracuse, who married a Spanish infanta, Mr. August Jessup of Philadelphia has oome nearer to rubbing shoulders with royalty than any other American of the male persuasion. His wife, who has just died in France, to whom he was married in 1890, was a daughter of the Earl of Strathmore, of one of the oldest and IS THE PLACE TO ATTEND if you want either* Business Education or a course in Shorthand. THE BEST IN CANADA. Handsome Annual Announcement free. Address- C A. FLEMING. Principal, Owen Sound, Om CAN BE by wearing THE SILVER TRUSS. The simplest and best fitting- truss in the world. The SMITH MANUFACTURING CO., Gait, Ont. - Box 701. 4*44-fW IN TWO WEEKS We begin the publication of another serial story by a popular author. <������ Watch for it. Tell your friends about it. Do not miss the opening- chapters. It is one of the best stories of the day, and you will be interested in it. <& .a* Just two weeks. A splendid story. Popular author.. $ FARMERS, } I DAIRYMEN J 3? And Their Wives '> i-TV ��������� ��������������� ik. Drop os a post card, and get fr������e XjX ota* booklet on HI \"INDURATED. FIBREWARE\" \\fcl It costs nothing, tells all about 3J Indurated Fibre Pails, Milk Pans, *fc Dishes and Butter Tubs, and 3^- will put money in your pockets. I The E B. Eddy Co., \\������ LIMITED. _T������ HULL, CANADA. C T. N. U. 120 Splendid Equipment and Good Solid Work ���������Have placed the��������� s������u>- OF TORONTO, At the top. It has more teachers, mora dents, and assl'aCB many more young man and women into good Dosiflrons than any other dap,. adian Business Sphpol. Getpartlcmare. Ehn* any time. Write W. H. SHAW, Principal. YoB������e and Qerraffd Streets, Toronto. ., ctr. ,y.^i-J9. y,'jt~ ~ scfMS^MWAjMESai ig^aiitmuti^^iu^iM^^^m^^^ ly*���������''���������'��������� The sows are excellent mothers and grand milkers, and, as might be expected from their great length, are well able to raise large litters, which they usually produce:' 'Their- precooityv and fecundity are truly.^wqnderful. Seldom does a typical Yorkshiresowproduce less than a dozen pigs at a litter, and this is a very strong point in their favor. It is not of the slightest use for the breeders of some of our old established varieties of pigs to write to the papers and point out the antiquity of their breed and give the opinions of a few breeders of that variety, question is: Are the showyard winning pigs of the day those best suited for conversion into bacon, or are they so formed as likely to prove of value- for crossing on the common pigs of the country? The bacon curers say they are not. The United States exports $40,- 000,000 worth of bacon to England annually. This important trade is, then, worth fostering, and the sino qua non for the continuation and increase of this trade is the production of such pigs as\" meriOjfelname of thei ''English\"bacon hog.'?������^^iS. Macdonald in Country Gentleman. ,���������5 v.*To .Tell\\a Sheep's Age.,-;.���������; In an swer'.to. a ^question, 'asking how to judge a sheep's age from its teeth Mr. Joseph E. Wing writes in The Breeder',-^Gazette: ��������� S'-% \"*. ���������''^-y'-: Age canhdtbe determined/with pre-: cision by this means. Periods of dentition vary a few months. In general tlie lamb has his eight small teeth for from 12 to 16 months. At the end of-this time ho cuts two large teeth, as at Pig. 1, when he is said to have \"a yearling mouth.\" At something less than ill Points the Exhibitor Must Look After to Get a Premium. The first and most necessary thing in the show ring is to have a horse with marked individuality ^and the very highest type of ������tbe class he represents. His pedigree may be all that could be desired, but here pedigree is not the test. It is tbe best horse that gets the honor. A fine looking horse of no particular breeding, but which knows how to handle himself in the show ring and is all right as an individual, will oarry off the ribbon over those, of splendid breeding, but poor individuality. There seems to be an art in showing horses that all do not have by any means. In- our county there is a farmer who is a natural horseman who always has a few extra good ones to exhibit, and while they are in the \"pink of perfection\" he knows just how to manage to make them outshow all other. There is no doubt but one can \"talk\" to horses through the lines. This the famous Gleason and all experienced horsemen admit, and this man ,oan so enthuse his horses with his own spirit that they put on their very best manners and show np beautifully. Quite a number of times' I have seen1 horses beaten in their class,' and the owner would engage this farmer to drive the beaten animal in the sweepstake's ring and oftentimes the beaten horse would, beat here. In an expert's hands the horse looks full of life, comes down the\" stretch with head up, eyes flashing and looks as if he were delighted with his work and means business and -is sure to attract attention and admiration. But, on the other hand, if he comes stumbling along looking carelessly about and puts no vim into his work, he is almost sure to be beaten. Many a one goes into a show with an animal in poor condition, oftentimes blemished and with very little training, hoping the judge, will not seethe blemishes and excuse the other, points. This is very foolish^ That curb may be the result of an .accident, the little white speck in the eye due to a blow, and neither tho result of an inherent weakness, but, it takes too long to explain all this, and in the meantime the judge ,-has tied the ribbon oh another horse and called next. In the show ring is a poor place to make excuses for not' having horses in good condition and not educated as'show stock. JVlany a good horse is beaten by one not worth half the money, simply' because he was thin in flesh, fat and \"big fat\" at that covers a multitude of sins in the show ring, and it is perfectly useless to go in without it. This may be all wrong, but it is the case, and we must govern ourselves accordingly. It is not entirely wrong either. A horse that will-not take on flesh and get slick is not a well animal. If he has a poor digestion, he is not fitfor track or road work, because he cannot stand it, and if he is to be used as a sire he is almost sure to transmit the weakness; hence we see that a fat, slick horse is a well one at least. No blemished horse should be allowed to compete for a premium of any kind. The simnle IAny auirnal competing for premium ._o ������������������- - ��������� I should be first passed upon by a competent veterinary surgeon before being permitted to enter the 'ring, and the driver should show the judge a certificate that the horse was all right. In such classes as require written or printed pedigrees to make animals eligible to the show ring these pedigrees should be examined by those who are more likely to know and appreciate them than the judge. Size is quite ah important factor in the show horse'whether it be the draft, general purpose, coach or roadster. It is not always -; the largest animal that should or does win, but everything else being equal, the larger horse will. win. ���������Except in ponies the ideal horse ispne large for his kind, up headed,.stylish, full of vigor and with the ability to move along, at a 'good gait:���������Mrs. W/ W. Stevens in National Stockman. Its First Appearance in Europe and Introduction'Into Canada. When: a leper was picked up in the streets of Paris a few days ago and carried to the St. Louis Hospital it was I S- tiOUb\"tlfiaa- xmn* ou orous oatSt-f^ Z*l I *a,*<\" fk fourself question tion, not only as to his fitness, but as to yours, and then, if you give him the I found that six leprous patients did not exhibit as much concern over the matter as the average man might expect, says the Globe-Democrat. The fact is, leprosy is not so rare as we have been taught to. think, and throughout the civilized, world the disease is vigorously alive, claiming' victims every day \"of the year and in-' creasing its hold in certain countries J with alarming rapidity. , Norway is said to be the most leprous country in ' Europe, and it is estimated that over 800 are suffering from it there, while in Sweden the progress of the disease has been so rapid in recent years that there are 4G2 victims of it. In Spain and Portugal there are numerous leper hospitals, which are never without patients, and in Turkey and tho Ionian Islands it gains ground annually. There are over 600 lepers in Crete, and the latest statistics show that there are 10,000 lepers in India. China; Japan, Hayti,' Trinidad, Guiana, Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay, Tonquin and Indo-China are all infested with leprosy. But when we come nearer home we find that the disease has made alarming progress in certain quarters. , The oldest leper colony in this part is located at Tracadie, in the Province of New Brunswick,, Canada. Here probably occurred the first death in'North America from leprosy. It was nearly- sixty-five years ago that a woman died in Tracadie of^a peculiar disease, and was buried by a missionary priest of the Roman Catholic Church. The physician who attended the case went to Europe shortly afterward and visited all of .the foreign\" hospitals ,to find a parallel, case, but he was unable to find any one suffering' from the same malady, i While visiting in Norway he saw several lepers, and upon .his return to Canada he unhesitatingly pronounced the strange case of the dead woman to have been leprosy. But the strangest' part of the story of how leprosy started in that country was rovealed later. One of the four fishermen, who carried the body of. the dead'woman to her grave was in his shirt sleeves at the time and the sham edges of the 4, v.- ��������� i.'*������: . ;��������� ..;\"Dr. Legrain, in ,a recent0 work r upon 'Social Degeneration and Alpoh'oiismj'' has published an account'of the descend-' ant's of !250 drunkards-that he- personally has traced. * This, work shows conclusively, that in such families a,.very large number.of the children''die 'young, 'and'that the families rapidly die out; that epilepsy, insanity and other nervous disorders are extremely-common. ' < '.'\"Before leaving this part of \"my'paper,\" it may not be out of place to express the opinion that I consider the influence of alcohol upon the brain of infinitely greater importance than its influence upon tho circulation or upon other parts of the body. And it is on this account tiiclc I regret that'??we'*>lfave, so' far as I know, 'to look to;,'Germany' -for ��������� workers to elucidate the faction .of, alcohol and other drugs upon\" the mind.*-..-,;* \"In England it.is; true that 'we have heard of the watering^-of\"0 geraniums by diluted solutionsJ*jof alcohol!;* and uf at- tempts^to accustom 'water-fleas to\" live in weak spirits and n,ater;,ib.iiti wo hear- that neither geraniums nor^water-flea's flourish. All this, howover, is remote from the problem in hand, and tho skeptical person is not convinced by deductions drawn from'such experiments. The work done by Prof. Kraepelin and his pupils in Heidelberg promises to be of very great , importance. 'Unfqrtunaately for us, his book.detailing'h'isexperiments and researches into the mentaKphenom- ena produced by alcohol and other drugs has not been translated into English. \"Kraepelin has summed up his conclusions as to the action of alcohol in his .'Psychblogische Arbeiten.' )JHe states that experiment has shown thatjthe- ideat;thq,t aloohol strengthens has. arisen ,from self- deception. * \"Alcohol only facilitates the discharge of motor impulses, and does not make them more powerful. If there is any strengthening effect, any increase ��������� of power, it is very transitory, and is I quickly followed by a pronounced diminution, which takes some time to disappear. He goes on to say: 'Moreover, the powers of conception and judgment are from the beginning distinctly affeoted, although we'perceive'nothing of it. ' The aotual facts are exactly tho opposite to the popular belief..\" I:; must confess that -my own experiments, extending over more than ten years,'and the theoretical deduotion s therefrom have made opponent of alcohol.' \" The observations of Prof. Kraepelin agree exactly with experiments undertaken sevei-al years ago by, the writer, which clearly show that aloohol even in moderate doses diminishes the acuteness of all the perceptives, and the ability of i;no huain ������_\"+X.' .rtrt/V^ww i4~i^'��������� *��������� ������������������- ��������������� i ! X 'uA'*y^:yrii;j&'rt* :-.v.v.-.--*---vf.j-.'?a ,i Story From the 'Wlld������ ot) h.' -v>h.-V 't. , Montana. ' 'B'en, whose boy 're you?\" was thick and husky. \"You'rh, pop.\" ������ \"An\" who's, the, best shot ports, Een? Tell these fellers.\" The man's dull-eyes fixed ���������, themselres, on the boy. The little ( fellow's,. face lightened up, and he answered, looking round\" defiantly:��������� ' * My pop's '.the best - shot in < - Montan- .py.\" . A,'silence fell over vhe crowd, and something of pride gleamed from tho -whisky-dimmed eyes, of, old .,-Billman. ���������, The he said, handing the boy an applo: ' \"These,fellows 'low I'm no good, Bon, an.' I'm just goin' to do our Willy'um -Tell,act, and show 'em that Jim Billman kin draw'as fine a bead now as - ever he could.\" ; ' Billman patted his son's head with a trembling hand, and the boy drow him- ' , \"' \"self proudly as he took the apple' irom' ' '''\" his father. , \".Go over to that .tree, Ben,\" com- - mnnded Billman, at last, and tho boy walked with a fearless step to the place indicated, turned, his back to tho tree, removed his, hat, balanced the apple'on ' his head,; then placed his hands behind \" ' him.'1 There was not a quiver in his faoe, not a shadow of fear... His father .whom , h? loved,- and who loved him, was the marjksman.\" \".Old Billman raised Kis g'ua to his\"should'er.' The weapon ' shook in his-nerveless hands-like a reed. ,Uttering an imprecation,,he,lowered the gun and .brushed his.sleeve across his , eyes, tried again} but still without\" success. \"I know what's'the\"'matter,'\" 'he 'muttered, and took a drink from a bottle in his pocket. \"Now, then; all right, Ben?\" - ��������� . ,,������������������...,, i ', n . ,, < - ; '\"Airright, pop..\".; ' . -:.; ' ' / ���������** ��������� ;.A short moment\"'the gun\" trembled in' * u V* <-, -4Billman's hands and then��������� ' ' k ������'<,4 'Sp'rmg! v . ' - - ' f It was.a strange; dull sound,\" not \" the crash of a bullet through oakt more like��������� \"-,'-' , Alas! the smoke had .cleared away, and l the boy was lying-in a lifeless heap upon ' A'.' the-ground���������killed by his drunken father J A cry as;of a wild beast, a rush, and old Billman had tbe - bloody ��������� 'forini. in<������ his arms. \"Kill me!\" shrieked the old man, rocking to and fro,.\"-kill-rue!\" ' But the miners passed silently away one by., one, and left the old man alone with his grief and his dead.'���������Deetroit Free Press. -. Ki. I* HI -.���������';*'������,!i S^ like but ^l ,������������& '1 How to Clean and Curl Feathers. White or light-colored feathers'roan be washed in benzoin'without losing their' curl or color. They should be swung in the air until dry.\" Another plan for white feathers is ..to. wash them in warm water and castilo.soap, rinse three,times; to remove fully all the soap,' pass through a warm solution of oxalic acid 'and *hen lightly starch..; Dry in.a<.warmroom.- by k lightly beating each feather against .the , hand or near the\" fire! To curl \" ostrich feathers have a dull knife with the top hoi'owed out near the .point if'you are going to make'' a business, of ,it. Hold your feather 'over' V fire, but not\" sufficiently near to scorch it, shaking'it gen % tly until warm. Then, holding the, feather in the left'hand, place the fiber of the feather between'the thumb and knife edge and (draw ifc along, quickly, ? curling the end only. If feathers are ,damp at , any time,j the curl may ba retained by'\" holding the hat over-the fire and waving - it until dry. Then place in a oool room' for the fibers to stiffen. ' Feathers may also be curled over a knife held near a hot flatiron, .the fheat;, making .the ourl more durable.\" A'little, blue in the water in which.' white feathers are washed im- '\" proves the color. m \\- ?2������ >/*_*. WX: ���������**v/ me an Dick. . He Hadlt. Cora���������What \"did you say when expressed \\i desire to kiss you? Dora���������I told him .that I -supposed ha wad just mean enough to have his own way. ~ ������������������������������������ i- \" . .��������� ,. -������f the'brain-to .'.reoeiye' .impressions ^and'to' transmit !impulses;^wo\"'onnces df'bfahdy1 lessened a'young* man's'lifting capao'Vty51 more than-25'pbr cent,.,. Science gives no countenance to:..fehe u.se'of-,,.alooholj: even in the greatestnifid^ How Girls Should Consider Proposals. \"My.dear girl, when a man asks you to become his wife ,you ought to put some questions to yourself,\" writes Ruth Ashmore to girls on \"The Profession-of ��������� Marriage,\" in the Ladies' Home Journal. \"Satisfy yourself that you love'this man well enough, not only to be happy with him,, but, if need be, to suffer with him. Decide for yourself if this be the man of all others in. whom-you will find your ideal companion, for companionship means as much in.marriage as in friendship. Then, you must think of the future. Ask yourself, too, whether this man brings out in you all that is best, whether he provokes that which is little and mean in you, or whether he you into making light of that good. ��������� Decide whether this one with whom you would be grow old;': whether this man to whom you would, without I.. v.���������x. ,,wMxk., (iiuiiuuu xioai submit questions that trouble your piques which is man is the willing to is the one hesitancy, con- The Proportion of Honest People is Very il ���������'''���������.'.Smnll. '���������\"��������� The^bther day a reporter put?' an innocent and inconspicuous; little ; advertisement into a daily paper announcing that he had found a pociietbook containing a considerable' sum of money, which he would be pleased, to return to the owner if tho latter would call at a certain place During tho next four days the reportor was visited by 318 persons, of whom ai7, on being asked,1 if .;��������� they had lost a red morocco pocketbook' containing some visiting cards and postage stamps, a newspaper clipping and $185 in oiish, replied that they could -not tell a lie���������they had. The 318th person, an elderly woman with a thin nose and a mole on her chin, thought there was nearer ������200 than S185 in the pocketbook, because she had $330 when she got to;town, and the purchase;;, which she, made (a complete list of which she recited with great earnestness) came to a very little, if anything, over $26. . '.\"���������'��������� ���������The reporter was compelled, ,in the in- ierests of strict: veracity, .to state that he hadn't found any such pocketbook'. The experience which he gained during those four days convinced the journalist that appearances are very deceptive, and that j many people who seam poor���������or even penniless���������are in the habit, whenever they take their walks abroad, of carrying considerable sums of money with them. To Make Blackberry Cordial. Take very ripe berries and put them in porcelain lined' kettle on back' of range Let them come to a boil, stirring occasionally to crush the berries.' When the ���������gjuice' seems to be extracted, take froin'the fire and1 when cool enough/ to j?handle strain through a jelly' bag. ?To \"���������each'-*gallon of juice add 3 pounds of cut sugar. Take a good handful of stiok cinnamon, one of whole cloves,, one of allspice. Tie these up ��������� In'a piece of bobihet or mosquito netting and put in your kettle with juice and sbgar. '��������� Boil until it ia a thick syrup, remove-from the fire\"and when cool; take out tne spico bag and add to each gallon of,syrup ono quart of good, old brandy., Bottle, cork and seal and it will keep well and improve' with age. The quantity of spices given for blackberry cordial in this recipe is intended for three or four-gallons of juice. If less is made, a smaller quantity of spioes will ��������� be.sufficient, but ��������� tho whole spicos are much better to use than the ing purer and stronger. km ground, bo- One reason why so many couples view matrimony in a different light after they are married is-because they turn the gas up a little higher. The Gibraltar Portress. The greatest fortress in the world is Gibraltar. The height of the rock is over 1,400 feet and this stupendous precipice is pierced by miles of xgalleries in.-the solid stone, portholes for cannon being placed at frequent intervals. The rock is perfectly impregnable.-.-to the shot of an enemy, and, by means of the great eler. vation, a plunging fire can be directed from an enormous height upon a- hostile fleet. From the water batteries to.a dis-, tance two'-thirds up..the rock one tier .. after anotlior of cannon is presented, to the enemy: A garrison of from 5,000 to 10,000 troops is'-maintained, witb pro- visions and ammunition for a six months': ��������� siege. In 1779 the clebrated,siege lasted three years. The fortress, was successfully, clef ended by '7; 000 British, and attacked by an army of over 40,000 men, with 1,000 pieoes of artillery, forty-seven . sail of the lino; ten.- great floating batteries -, and great numbers at smaller boat*. For months over 6,000 shells a day were thrown into the tower. '$ c ������^X FAKMEBS' ZNSTI1T7TE. Thr.- ������-K . 1: te ��������� gpMkpt fat tuooew,\" by Mr. J. J. B. Mi. J-'tv. M.mdfll to lead in discussion v ki tames of speakers have not been - tfid from the ���������uuy.H.ic.Ki.m, outwiii before the meeting, if received iu The directors extend a cordial invitation I tc .11 the farmers and their wives, also to all who may be interested io institute work to attend and make this the first regulat Mating a saccess. Passenger List. CITY o������ NANAIMO. Feb. 10th, 1898:��������� Mr. Plaut* H. Murdeok, A. Crawford, Btsr: tha Crawford, Gtrmtn. Mr. Jeffrey, B^rt- rtok, 9. L. Thomai, Shaw, A. Andetson, \"J Mwrga-i, Mia* M-iK-Jty, ELirv. Florie, P. 1am, R Y**e'P. Berry. Mi i- S-.n *-.-, A. M ��������� KttWey, A-\\ioC*Uuu), A. Grant, Mrs. Grant, T. Tobacco. J\". Ablins, Ms. T. Herno ati.i ���������iiild. Dr. Millard, Mr Smith, B Oiwtord, D. Jones, J. VV. MuKenzie, J. W. MoJann, S. Mc-Kalrej. MOWBY WANTED.- Wanted to borrow oft a-good ranch $800. Enquire-for particu lars at Thk Nkw* Or kick. I, i V. l.Ji LOCAL flea Henry's new ad' '. '.'Where was Moses ' when-the light went ;���������**���������*������������������ ���������������������������'������������������ ;��������� rJWirty yeara ago gold was discovered in California.' Three Siwash law breakers were taken to Utaaaimo jail, last boat. Several attempts. were made to ' get tele-'- - grama, for this issue bat proved futils. Rev. Mr Tait filled the Presbyterian pulpit \"Sunday r the Rev. Mr. Dodds being ill ... . ._, ' ������������������'- ' : Memorial. Service for the late R-Oand James will be held at the Methodist Churbj qaxt Sunday night. <-.Tnt Council met iu the new City Hall - last week, at the'corner Duhs'iriufr aveiriie ' ajad Third* street. , ' St.- .Valentines day was a dismally rainy hot afforded the banal fund'of a ute- ���������Qt for the young people. >' \\ TwbNbws comes out on, Tuesday agai;., tba cbantts being made necessary on accotUtt of tbe boat coming on Wednesday. Mayor Mounce and our City Council r*������ ' oaived invitations to the opening of tho n*>w Parliament Building at Victoria. The Morton Bros., who lived on Geo. G-. MoDanald's farm, Comox, left suddenly not loam ago'without so mach a. tine Settlement are iu love with a certain ; young lady and it appears they conld not -permit this state of affairs to last, so they had a fistic duel over it. One had his Bhirt torn off and what damage the other receive if tbe reporter didn't learn. Farewell Social* -\\ On Friday the 11th, there was an 'nform- aj farewell social at the Methodist Church, \" in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Brown. There were qnite a number present. The pnw- \"consulted of Bongs, readings, and recitations. Cake, taa, and coffee were served. Rev. Mr. Hicks made a few remarks, in whieh-he expressed regret at the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Brown, especially Mrs. Brown, who has been one of the moat active Member of the church, she being secretary ������f ���������-. Lilies' Aid, member of the Choir, SadSp ���������>'-f^ Lfl\"������?n--. ��������� Mr. and Mrs. Brown expect to make the - fatuf������ homo in Foi't tiiinpiiou. ������. S. C. KLONDIKE BOAT SUNK. The Island) t brought the sad umwh of tbe osb of a boat o niiusj <\\o-vn f-om Klondike and .supposed to be the Sierra Nevada, Seventy five paaaengera and a heavy cargo of gold are reported to have been aboard. Particulars conld not be o! tained- PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Gus Hauck went to Vic- toria on Thursday. Mrs. Myers, who bought the Hethering- on fata; haa returned from the Ea>st with her ohildren. Chat WxjbsUr, Jas. Webster, and Robt. Dinsroore left for Klondike last week. Mrs. B. Westwood, daughter, and Miss Laura Abrams went to Vancouver on Thursday. Mrs. Leinhardt was a passenger down on Thursday's boat; she ia going East. Father Drrand of, Comox. has gone for a month's visit to Wellington, ���������Mr. M. Whitney, editor of this paper weu'. to Vctor.a on Thursday, on a short bus handsom - volume, of th������ Canadian Yukon; another of KootenaJ. District. The title page is beautiful desinged, having a branch of maple; thcicaves are gorgeoua iu their autumn coloring, the right upper corner lie'uih.\\v. Ar. Victoria | 12.07 | 7 ^ Lv. Nanaimo for Viciorlii. . | 8-1C |. 3.SJ5 . Lv, Wei.ingtou for Victoria | 8.U5 '��������� ) 3 25'\">-.. ,- - '���������������.���������' - For rn'ics and information hvji.j- at Coin- l>imy',������ ofllCxja. A. DUNSMUIR, JOSEPH 1IUNTKR. PreHidoi't. Oen'l &upt. . U.K. PRIOR, . Hen Frt'ischt. and Pasn^naer AK. FOR SALE.���������My house and two lata la tho village of Courtenay. K. Grant, Union. FOR SALE, RANCH-One mile nnd ������ half from Union, eontains 160 acre* and will be dibpoeed of at a low rigur*-. Enquire of JamksAbbams. For Salk.���������The' dwelling house and lot oh'M������rvport avenue belong ing.to Mr J. S. Kendall. The hou.se-isii.storey, well built, wood well of water and garden Lot is full size. Will be sold at a bargain. Apply to M. Whitijey, Nkws Office.; \\/ ��������� M O N E Y to loan upon improved',- real est.-.te. L. P. Eckstein. ,\\/ 6^0' .'. ^ a and a-hal two of imfo's Men's Shoes for a ������011 want a 9 fit lon^e >~n.?
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