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[The News]; [The Weekly News]
BC Historical Newspapers
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.
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' EIQHTH;YEAR. CUMBERLAND, B. C. ��������� WEDNESDAY, JAN.,16 1901. ^T < ZHZA-IiiF! ;PBI0B; (Jail and see if we have your size. - J* ,- . D UBBI'N.\y\\\\^^ iBoots,' Harness ' arid all; Leather Goods soft and . - waterproof. *,. ' . ' FOE SALE AT, <*������ .'���������g'* f^ 2i<?SgggSg^^^i^SeSigSix2Jxi3g&^ gg@2������SSe5p'^S������^:2gSS������gS������. ������llei .0*3 IK: 61 YATES STREET, "VICTORIA; B. C. W 0.;' HARDWARE; MILL AND MINING'MACHINERY, AND .FARMING ''AND DAIRYING IMPLEMENTS ' -roF-ALi/'K.#"!>&���������.������������������ .' ������. .;* ��������� "; ' -. ���������" . "\* y ��������� ~ Agents for McCorraick Harvesting Machinery. Write for prices and particulars. P.' 0.-drawer 563.' ��������� ��������� - ,. Ht I-Afi W YOU ARE D.ESIR0U5 Of increasing your business there is nothing draws Customers like" a Fine Store���������the best advertisement. Let us figure! on New ' Fixtures. Send us a plan and we furnish estimates free of .charge. ,'<SEAUTIFF"L SNOW",. IN THE WEST. - There was ' a chap .who .sonietime ago . ' ���������- ��������� Wrote up' some sweet verses on "' /'Beautiful Snow." * ��������� We thought they weie fine, when' as gaffers at play* We rolled np the snowballs, each- sfift' slushy day. ' When older we got, and w.e had to cut wood, '���������Clean stables, feed kine, .as western boys should, , The' glamour passed off, and we wanted to know- - < . .Where in thunder the beauty was - hid in lhe snow. ���������One day .we were pig killing, brothers and I, ', - " ' ' ",'��������� ��������� There 'w.'.s st.ew-on the ground, ' and lots more iu the >ky ������ iVe wero dress'd in rough clothe.*:,. and the air joeling raw,' . __ Each was buttoned up tight in his ' striped Mackinaw. . Jim's nose shone out red. as each porker he'd hold Jack stamped and ho snorted, "Gee, ' whiz*! aint it cold." Said I, "I'd give something to have" just one show, -> . ��������� To fix, .up- the man who wrote "Beautiful Snow.". _\y:\ As we thus worked and growled, (1 * ���������- - . * 1 ,' ' too'cold for to yarn, , , ' Arranger walked slowly up by . " the old fr-ar-i, ' ." "- , . His htLW&S ciiisp'J h^vhti h*im, his eyos upward rai&ed, Seeintjd 'twas more at tbe'>.ky than at earth that he gazed. His clothes were the best, bis collar was white, Kid glove- on his hands that fitted just right. His hair he wore long, and hi3 face shaven clean Was a slick lookin' guy' as ever LODGES. ., 1 ,' - '������������������ The officers foi:the new. terms of the various lodges in Cumberland are as below: * Benevolence, Kof-P. .CO..: '.'..". .T. H. Carey V. C -..'... Jos.' Walker p ' Jnq. Horbury' M. of W.'.. ;..H. Miller K. of R. and S.... W. H. Campbell M. F...: ......,������. R. Hornal M. E../. J. 1J- S-truthers M. A '. R. McGregor I. G .... . .'. '.-:: W. McKayn 0. G .���������...'. ...'.R. Whyte Cumberland, A. F.& A.M. W. M -.'T. Irwin S. W '.."....'. ..:���������','. J. Baird J. W ..'.'. ..'. . Jno. Thompson, Sac''. ......... L7 A. Mounce r r. Treas..'...' ������������������ T. Edwards S.D ,...,.' ...T. II.'Carey J. D..:, .'T. Hudson J. G....: J". Gething Tyler ' \. . Ii. IL Hudson , Union, T. O.' O. .F. N.''G:' T, Whyte V. G... '...-.W. Whyte. Sec......'. : ������������������ F. '.AV'Anley 'Treas.,...-... C. Whyte W: ' Jno.. Eade ,C ,..'.' A. B. Brown "I. G ..S\ Vass II. S. N.' G J. Bennie R/S-.' V. G.V .'. .R. Cessford - *��������� xj. L. iS. , , . ^ W..M.'.....'.. . ... V.,./..T. Ripley IX M - T. Strang Sec ;...T. Whyte M. of C - J. McLeod T..T S- 0. HargVeave 0. T Geo. McMillan Treas -. . . . A. Armstrong *. PURE QHAPE CREAM OFTAATAR POWOUI CREAM MMM& Highest Honors, World's Fair Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair Avoid Baking: Poivder j containing - alum. They aro iiijurioui to health LOCAL JTEM������V ">urr,ftn������ v u WEJLE W COMPLETE FURNISHERS. VICTORIA, B.C. | was seen. 'Good morrow, my friends, 'lis a beautiful day." We glared at him.&b.ard,_ queried Jimmy, "What say?" ''I merely remarked that the weather i",fl grand." Huliy gee! and it snowin' to beat all the band. "I dun no exactly just right what you mean >> OF- BLANKETS, COMFORTERS, MEN'S AND BOYS' WINTER SUITS, SWEATERS, UNDERWEAR, SOX. MACKINAW COATS, REEFER COATS, MITTS, GLOVES, SNOW EXCLUDERS ARCTLCS. GUM BOOTS, RUBBERS, LEGGINGS, ETC., ETC. New Stock of Mining Shoes just opened up. Our Grocery Stock is complete. All at close prices for the next 20 clays at A Says Jack. "If you'r guirin', you'r ��������� off yor eggs clean." / "Who in thunder air yo, I'd like to know?" Soft he-spoke��������� "I'm the man who wrote'Beauuful Snow.'" Then* we laughed as we shouted: "Why pard! put it there, We ben huntin' and seekin' yo all everywhere."' He puff'd like a turk, 'Ah! then you love the sublime." "Why sure! an' we'll ail have a roarin' old time." Then, we yanked him around through the drifts tor a while; Filled his boots and his shirt and shiny biack tile, Then we thumped him clown hard, just af������ far as he'd go, And we jumped on the man who wrote "Beautiful Snow." ���������W.B A F. S .". N.Strang Cuaabsiland Enc.impment, No. 6- I. 0. 0. F. C. P Jno, Whyte H. P D. McDonald S. W .' D. Nclhst S.. C. Whyte J. W A. McKnigLt Troas R* Cessford Cumberland Grove No. 3. U.A.O.D. N. A... .. -. John Marocchi V. A A. Rocchi "i Sec-. J. B. McLehn Treas J. Tobacco Con 'M. Magnone X. G G. Manincoir 0. G.. 7..... . .������������������'��������� ��������������������������� .Louis Tapclla D. Deputy. - ��������� .Jos. Crosette Genuine, extract of vanilla is soft and mild. Blue Ribbon vanilla ie the only genuine extract of vanillo oii the market. 0 GOOD B.ATH.IWG- AT THE LAKE Two,prominent citizens of Nob Hill made a wager last week as to who could swim the fastest. The coating of snow had no deterrent effect as they .meandered down the hill to the shores of the 'beautiful lake. Crack}" decided not to swim after he .got into the water, to th-- stakes were handed over to the other fellow. The Mayor and Council of that thriving, burgh rubbed down the two Leanders after their warm exertions. 1 I Ducks galore at Courtemiy - flats. ��������� F. Parkes, Ganner and- Hprne got a nice bag two days ago. - . . If you don't like Blue Ribbon ex-*, tracts it is -because you've never ( - tried them. *��������� Complaints are being made that pheasants are being brought into " 'town daily. An example ��������� must be ; made of such transgressors" of the lav, ��������� * ' The heavy snow storm Thuisday, paralyzed business for a ' while. The "City of Nanaimo" was unable to make her regular trip owing to fury of thegale.which raged and she did not leave Union Wharf until 8 p;m. Friday. Friday'morning a. thaw det in and the great' weight 1 x - ',*. f-* ���������~ .*. r of snow caused fears fbr:'the safety of'the Presbyterian,Church,' ancl it was deemed advisable to secure the; i building with iron rois. 4, The Blue Ribbon brand of goods are put up by Canadians. No ! Chineselabor employed. The school guardians thought it better that some of the snow be removed from the roof of that build ��������� ing and impressed Mr. Banks with the cit}' hose, into service. The theory was beautiful but in practice it was discovered that the water water was forced clear under the shingles and into the building, and^ but for the timely discovery of the^ fact by principal Bennett,, the furniture would have bean floated out. The Matron acknowledges wiih thanks the following donations to the Hospital: Mrs. Dr. Staples, magazines; Mrs. MaUhews, fruit' and jam; Mrs. Robertson, bottle of brand)*"; Mr. T. D McLean, magazines and papers; Dr. Bailey, papers; Mr. Simon Leiser, two turkeys; Cumberland News, paper for a year; Nanaimo, Herald; Northern Messenger; Canadian Magazine. Mtts Donald Macdonald, Matron. The new Council is composed o the following gentlemen: Mayor���������J. A. C.trthew, re-elected. Aldermen���������R. Cessford. W Wil- )ard, I. Nicoll, W. B. Walker, all rc-electe'd. S. IL Riggs, B. Mc-llado, new. All were returned by acclamation on Monday. One of the first questions to be considered by lhe new Council will be the lighting of the city by electricity. This is the proper time to decide for or .against the innovation as later on it may be too late,. 4! tatUhLti&~^S&&M!$^L*lX* ��������� A PERSIAN GAZELLE. HP' Xmy. P If* II Wi II m [Jami.] Last, night, when my tired '..eyes, were closed in sleep ' n l.saw the one 1 love and heard her speak���������' , Heard, in the listening watches'of the night. The' sweet words molting from her sweeter lips; Hut what she said or seemed to say to me 3 have forgotten, though, till morning broke, , 1 strove to remember her melodious words. Long, long may Jami's eyes be blest with sleep. Like that which stole him from himself last night, The perfect rest, which, closing liis tired lids. Disclosed the hidden beauty of his love' And, flooding his soul with music all the while, Imposed forgetfulness, irstructing him That silence is more significant of love . Than all the burning words'in lovers' songs. ; ���������R. 11. Stoddard in Harper's Magazine. Qoaoeodooo-uoooeoooo r. -x . - O 0 % 2 o ��������� BY M. QUAD. ��������� r .- ', : ���������> " ������ A HINDOO MYSTERY 1 o 9OOOOO������OOCi������6OO������O0OO For ��������� corroboration' of what I am about to relate I give you tlK._Ha.dara- Inul Gazette of- the dates'of Juue 0._8 nud 24 of tho year -1S72. -In those three issues, as well as in others''later '-on, you will And much space devoted to the case of the man who went by the name of Chilka. . - This Hindoo Ch'iika, y-'ho was about 40 years of'age. came'to the cantonment at Kaidarabad as a peddler of fetiches. ' He had the beaks and claws of birds, the feet of small animals.' the skins and teeth of serpents and the oars ancl claws of tigers'and panthers, lie claimed.that aU his stock had been blessed by a holy man and'that each nnd every article was a charm. The n.'-iive soldier- is,,full of .superstition, nnd the English soldier in. India at least hopes for good luck.- Together tl-ey always buy liberally of thes<������ peddlers. There were charms against death, wounds, sickness, loss'and what' not. and the very cheapest and poorest., '.was <a* guarantee that' its possessor would never be struck by lightning The man had been sellings his gouds foi an hour or so'when a dispute arose THE.HINDOO HAD VAN.SilKD. br-iween him and au English soldier, and he, was ordered off the grounds. As he stopped to argue the matter he was run into the guardhouse to give him a lesson. The prison held four or live, soldiers at the time, but Chilka sat down in a corner and.refused to notice any of them. They turned from him' to their cards, but after, half au hour suddenly saw that ..he was missing. There was but one window, and that was barred. There was but one door, and that had' not been opened: The alarm was given, and an oflicer came ,'jn to investigate. ��������� It was little he could -discover..- The peddler had vanished, .and yet had he been & ��������� ockroac-h there was no crevice he eourd have-used to ���������escape.' The door had been locked, with a sentry on the outside, and the window had not1 been tampered with. "Wheu the officer made his report he -was reprimanded. To square'himself be fell back on the soldier prisoners. Before the affair ended a good many officers were badly mixed up. . It could not be disputed that Chilka had been locked up. It could not be disputed that lie had vanished soon after. No one could say how he had gone, and that was the stick of it. To say that he had melted into a shadow and floated through the keyhole was ridiculing the matter. He was finally reported as having escaped, and it was generally believed that the other' prisoners had somehow aided him. Next day the Hindoo was arrested in the city for .having passed a bogus coin aud was taken to the city jail to await trial. When imprisoned iu the guardhouse xit.tho cantonment, nothing was taken nwiiv from him. When taken to the city jail, he was carefully searched and his pockets emptied." Aside from the fetiches I have mentioned, he had with him a flat stone about the size of an American silver dollar. The color y,ras pale pink, and it was framed in silver and worn around his neck. This stone he had not shown to the soldiers, but the prisoners in the guardhouse remembered . his having it in his hands and gazing at it intently as he sat by himself. He begged liard to be permitted to retain this charm, but it was ia ken away with the other articles. Chilka remained in jail overnight and was then brought' into, court for examination. He denied knowing that the coin was worthless, but as several others'like it were found in his pockets he was remanded torjail to'await trial. He asked for the pink' stone, explaining that it was a'charm against fever. and it was-giyen him. The story of the man's escape from ,lhe guardhouse had reached the jailei;.~and though he laughed at it he at the same time locked the prisoner up in a cell by him-. self. When his supper was carried in. the Hindoo was staring at the stone. Two hours later lie was missing from the cell. It was so utterly, impossible for the man to have left the prison that- the officials stood confounded. Search was made-.for hours, and then the watchman in that corridor was put under arrest. It was asserted that unless he had unlocked the" cell aud two corridor doors Chilka could not have escaped. He made an indignant denial, and,the singular incident,was the talk Df the town and was published in the newspapers. . The* affair would have 'died out in a week but for the recapture of the Hindoo two or three days later. He was seen and recognized in a village about 20 miles away and was arrested and returned to jail. He would make,no explanations. He was offered a sum of money and his free: dom if he would betray thevguard, but lie was silent. No importance was attached to the'pink stone, but it was taken away from him when he was locked up. , For two days the' man was quiet and sullen.-' Then he began to shout-and scream aud rave, and to quiet him the stone was restored. As soon as it was placed in his hands the fellow was like a lamb. It was given him' about 3 o'clock in the.afternoon. The corridor in which he was confined contained eight cells, and in each cell except his th/sre were two prisoners. There was a.'barred window at one end of the corridor and an iron door at the^other.^ A guard sat at this door and had control of the lover'unlocking'all the cells, lie was own brother to the:sheriff. and his integrity could not be impugned. His orders wrere to look into Chilka's, cell every hour, and at 4 o'clock he looked in and found the man apparent-' ly asleep.- At 5 o'clock he looked in, to find the cell empty. '..There had been uo movement to alarm him, and the other prisoners had heard nothing. Before unlocking the cell the*, guard called in the jailer, and never, was offl-. eial so dumfpunded. The Hindoo hadr vanished. But how-could he have,gone in the flesh? There was the guard and' there were 14 prisoners to. back him up. and, though the jailer, was a hard headed man. he was forced to believe in the supernatural. ���������This third queer escape caused no end of talk. Europeans who reside in India see so many strange things that they become tainted with superstition. There were a few who shook their heads and hinted,that the jailer knew more than he dare.? ���������'ill, meaning that Chilka had dealt w *..j him, but the' great majority put rt down that the pink stone was the fetich which had caused all the trouble. ��������� In order to-clear themselves of ridicule the officials determined that Chilka should be recaptured at any cost, and messengers were sent in every direction, and a-large reward was offered. In about ten clays he was found 100 miles away. The first move of his captors was to take the pink stone away from him. ,He was brought back to Tlaidurabad and jailed, and he'was offered .various slims of money if he would give up the secret of his escape. Not a'word of explanation would he make, and for four days he refused to eat or drink. He begged for the pink stone, and it was finally decided to give it to him. The stone had been taken to lapidaries and jewelers, but no one had been able to give it a name or to recall having ever seen one like it. When the charm was turned over to Chilka, he wept for joy and called for food. I-I.e was now taken to a corridor in which, were four cells and all empty. The. only window was boarded up.'two guards were .stationed at the door, aud a cell each side of-the Hindoo was occupied by a'.guard. The j;iiler himself was the guau^ on the inner side of the door. The charm was passed over to Chilka just at supper time. He ate his food and lay down on the straw as if to sleep. At a quarter past G the jailer looked into the cell, and tlie map was there. So at half past and a quarter to 7.. At 7 o'clock he was gone. Smile if you will, but the Hindoo had taken his departr.ro out of an iron cell, with fii.r guards at hand, and not the slightest trace cf him could be found. The guards in the cells bad heard no more ou liis part. His cell door remained locked,' and there was the impress of his form on the straw. You can't say those four men were fools. You can't &e*ry, in the face of all the talk and newspaper articles and affidavits that he vanished on the different occasions as I havo related. Indeed, the public investigations called out doctors, guards, soldiers and attorneys, and they were not men who could be ridiculed. Chilka simply vanished as a spirit. The stone was the charm which accomplished it. Ho was never found after his last escape. The authorities didn't want to tit 5^ him. He was not only a spirit of evil, but his escapes had a bad moral influence on the Hindoo community. You may turn and twist the matter as .von wilh but'you can't'get over facts, and the main fact in the case was'that the fellow, could dissolve his earthly body into nothingness. An Otlcl E.ii1ap"Ii. "In "Antiento Epitaplies."'Thomas F. Ravenshow (lS7Si. says Notes and Queries, this epitaph is printed: .9 m . |L _, i ��������� i ii n ���������iir-fir 1656 Richard Richards. To, the memory of ".ir-. Richards who l.y OangreV'lost first, a Toe. afterwards a I.eff. & lastly liis Life on, the-7th da.v of Aprill. ������ AU! crucll Death, .to .make three meals of one. ' To taste and taste till all was gone. But know, thou Tyrant, when the trvmpe shall call. . -, . n He'll find his feet & stand when thou shalt | BANBURY/OXON. J (all. Tln!-rS������vnB:c Qftrht-lor. ' "1 know' something' I won t. tell." sang the widow ibounU*.-,s little girl, as little girls have often done ever since; marriage was invented. , ', "Never mind, child.'*.said the savage bachelor. "You'li get over-that lialVlt .when you get older." - hufamipol:.--. Press. THE MOOR LOCrt. Among the lonely hills,it lies. . Deep, dark and, still, - 1 And mirrors back the changeful skies, The sun, moon, stars, tlie bird that flies, , The,,broad, biown shouldered hill. A- e < ��������� The .world's wide voice is silent here; The cries of men, - - Tlie'sob, the laugh, the hope,- the fear, The1.things, which make earth sad'and dear, Lie all beneath its ken. , ' ' 'And only he who comes from far. Seeking the deep f- 'Communion sweet with sun and star, Knows of the can-..' ancl joys that are ��������� ' In its vast stirlcss sleep. For here tho eternal soul holds speech, Yet makes no sound; With" naught but clouds' which one might reach, ��������� . . Tlie black flood,' the untrodden beach, And barkening space,around. ��������� ' - . i Time and the things of lime are not; The path we trod Ends,'with the world's end here, and thouglic Can neither sec nor dream of aught' Save man's" own heart and God. ' ���������Robert Bain in Chambers'. Journal.' e*������-::-������-s-g)*������vC-0*a*#-x-O*d-::-O-������������������-O*O HE TWO NORAS ������ A "Weird Gtory cf IriGh Lovo. 0> i������BY NORA ^t"1""* uMim C) .������ oi v , TJ: SH.������v.������tt������*������v.������*������*������*0*&*������*������**v.-������ \ ,*. . .... . "Your wife sent for. mo yesterday. Kirwan. She tells,me that you would nm answer the- lfist letter she wrote yon. What is it makes you so unforgiving. .Maurice Kifwan?" "I thought you knew my wife," Man rice Kit-wan said, with his eyes on the ground. "1 know your wife married her father's shepherd's son, but"T know nothing mon-, except that she was the prettiest colleen*" and yon the best piper on the Shannon side." "She said once 1 had piped her down from hor right place." "'Did you-.-'" ''Sure. Father Ilackott. and.it was no fault of mine.' She put the comet hor on me. not .'me on her. and. when 1 saw. she was tired of nie did I not give her till the freedom ' 1 could with a heart and ;' 'half?" "Well, her freedom has not contented her. Kirwan. Your wife is dying." "Nora���������Nora dying?" c "Will you go to her? She -wants you." said the priest gently.' "Aye. I will go," Maurice Kirwan answered, with his eyes still on the ground; "I'll go at onoe. -What's that in the ya:d yonder,', father?" flushing deeply under his tan. "Did Nora send the car for me9 You aro going to her again maybe?" "Yes; we may as well drive to Cash- la un-na-geeha together." "You may drive, father; I'll go to Nora oh my own feet. Your reverence can tell her so when you see her." "I will give her a kinder message than you send, Kirwan," tiuv father si-id severely.-"and I hope to find you more forgiving when we meet at C.'nsiil.-iun. Do un.i delay, <m tlie road, however. \i yi.-u wish to find your wife alive.": "Nora must .wait for me." "Maurice Kir- w.-ni muttered as he took liis way along the Cashlaun road half an hour later. .'���������<"'!od knows I've waited long enough for her. Seven years next Lioll.-mdtido since we set eyes on each other hist, and never a. scart of pen on paper between us since ���������(..od save you kindly. .Jimmy Dolan: a .'me. soft day indeed" (to a passing beg- i-.irl���������"til! now. that is. And the father ; 'ys it's dying she is! And what is it ;.'.*- wants with mo. 1 wonder? Is it to put more bitter words on me? But a dying woman must have her will, and il* she puts a curse on mo it's little I care. My days are none so .hr;rry. now. And how's tho old mother. Poiinell? .And have yon hoard yet from Larry iu Dublin? And (to.-I save you kindly. Mary Coneely. And which road are you going this soft morning'.'" "I'm going my lone." said the old woman he addressed, getting up slowly from her seat on a fallen bowlder. "But it's tin.1 longest road you're going that you've ever goiie yet and the bitterest. I can Fee that much. Maurice avick, though it is no wise woman I am. Co on wid you; ���������j;d on to your fine wi(9-. Maurice avick��������� "Oh. young she is, and fair she is and would be crowned queen, tf the king's son were home again with Kathleen Ny-IIoulahan." The cracked old voice quavered out into silx-mee. ancl Maurice Kirwan took up the song almost unconsciously as he went rapidly on his way. striking off from the highway upon the green, smooth esker that was the nearest path to Cash- laun-na-goeha. Then he remembered how his wife used to sing the' same song in <the days before their ill assorted marriage crumbled . in ruins around their fallen 'liouse of love, and he stopped abruptly. "It's hard I am, as. the father says, to'be singing "my lone and ,she'-lying sick to death. - Never fear. Nora bawn! I'll , sin?; uo more.". . "Who is it speaks? _; Well. Piper of Cashlaun, what's your Will, with me?" , The "speaker, one of two bare footed girls seated in a grassy hollow of the osker, with a measure of blackberries between them, looked up witliftt challenge in hor dark eyes and fhuigxa? berry with true aim at the' piper's heart. "What's your will with nie, Sighile. or with Onoir ���������here?" nodding at hor companion, who .was as fair as she was dark, but who' did not lift her cye.s from the measure of berries.' A blackberry branch lay across her. knees, which sho was slowly stripping. "You walk on tired feet, piper. Iinvc yo danced too .long to -your own music, as Una bawn did once upon a time?" ' , ��������� "No," Maurice Kirwan said dreamily. "But maybe I trod on the hungry grass." /'Or* on the other grass, the sorrowful grass that grows on all. the ' eskers.", said tho girl. , ' ' ���������-, "Maybe I've been treading on the sorry grass all my life, I think," Main-ice said wearily, '.'and the mold ��������� would be merrier walking." - , - ! "That's a guess." the girl said, nod- rding her dark head gravely at him. "And it, may be that the sorry grass grows even on the hills of Tir-na-n'Og. "piper.", "May it be .long, n'vourneen, till you go'there to, find out." "Oh, I have been {here already," she 'said lightly. "And the hills, are' hard climbing, piper. ' But there are valleys, too���������valleys galore and green,,.green aro ���������they. 'Are you,so fired, piper? ' Come,- eat and drink. ���������' Here, are blackberries riper than you'll'find on any. bush within a milo of Cashlaun,, and here is milk for you, iu a ., cup of holly wood for luck." Drink. Maurice Kirwan." " . ". ' , "I. drink." the piper" said as' he gave hack.the empty cup, "and I bless the co\r tnat gave the milk and the baud that milked her;-' * ��������� "Your wife has many cows in her byres, but none yields such milk as this,"' said the dark girl, laughing softly. "Nay, .but sit' down >agaiu. What would you. do?" as Maurice Kirwan stumbled to his feet. ' ' ' t ' ,_ "jiWora,"' he said vaguely, "shame to me for forgetting her!" ���������"Worse shame to you for taking food <and drink of, me without payment," said the dark girl, laughing still, "and my brother's pipes lying' in reach of you all the while." < ��������� "You-have put a- charm on me with yonr milk and berries," said the piper, trying ,to "shako oft* the hand-she hatl- laid on his arm.* "Let me go, for deaths waiting for"me at Cashlaun!" . Vlleis oldc,nnd knows how to wait;"'' said the dark girl, "but you and are young. You are a piper and I"��������� . "You are, not lucky," Maurice Kirwan muttered. "Take your eyes oi������ me and let me go." . "Let him go," said'the fair girl, speaking for the lirst time. "Be kind, Sighile Ni-Gara' aud let him go. He shall pipe for you again." "I-Ic shall pipe," said the dark1 girl al- most"fiercely, "and I will not listen. Yes, go, but I lay it on you to pipe no more for any man's pleasure. "Maurice Kirwan. and I lay it on you, too,' to remember and be sorry that you would not pipe for me every time that you drink milk and break bread. Now you may go and meet death and your wife if the Shcc-yo do not blind you asit'blows along." The fair girl laughed softly. "Sighile Ni-Gara means you less ill than she says, piper," she whispered. "And you need- not fear the fairy blast because nothing can hurt him that has broken bread with the Shee-nu. the fairy people." "I thought you were all dead." Maurice Kirwan muttered blankly as they stepped out together ahx^ig the green ridge of the osker. His companion laughed, and then she sighed. "Perhaps we are," she said, "or is it that you are the ghosts and we are those who live? Are all the airs you ever played dead, too, pi per,* or are they waiting somewhere for other pipes? There was a song once���������how does it go?" She ,was speaking in old Irish now, and, her ���������voice was very sweet. "I was a wind, 'and 1 went before When Fionn aad .-"ergns down to the war; A little gray cloud I was again. And over Clotitarf 1 shed my rain; A little gray cuckoo sat on a bough, And 1 was the bird That a voice am now; ��������� 1 was: a '(hviirn in :i young bride's breast, I was"thi1 dream icokc-d. O'Neill to rest; A soul I was when'1'til-si began��������� Soul of woman and sin of man; , -, Both have; 1 been a-.:d again shall be When th*,' blind sue".��������� She stopped stiii for a moment, for they had been walking very fast, and she swept back the fair hair from her faco that, she might look the better into Maurice Kirwan's eyes, 'which were dark and troubled with slow comprehension. "You will understand soon,'.' she said, "but you must keep aU your, music safe in your heart for Sighile Ni-Gara and me. You must not play it. piper, or it would not be worth our hearing. Turn now. Do you see that smoke? If comes from the chimneys of CaNhl.'inn. 1 have brought you by a path few know of, and now you may go to Nora. Yet stay a moment, piper, and"���������as he put out his bauds impulsively to stay lies- going���������"what is it you desire? My name? Oh, Sighile Ni- Gara calls me Onoir, but Maurice Kirwan may call me Nora. But only once in Maurice Kirwan's life will I come to his call." "When will that, be?" he cried. "Colleen dhas, tell me only that, for Mary's love." But the "fair girl" did not answer, and when next the bewilderment lifted from Maurice Kirwan's brain he was in the chamber where his wifo was dying. Propped up with many pillows, she sat in a. great chair beside the window looking eastward, and all her wealth of yellow hair lay loose around her worn face. "You have come at last," she said, holding out her hands to him with a piteous little smile on her trembling lips. "And, oh, how hard���������but how hard you were to move, Maurice!" "I am here now, Nora bawn." ��������� "And won't you look at me now yon have come? Oh, I have grown, ugly, I know, and I know I look old, Maurice. Do I not?", "Do you. Nora?" , - - "Ancl so do you. But your hair is gray here and there. And look at mine!" lifting in both her bands the wonder of .shining yellow hair that now, was her chiefest beauty. "Look!" Her husband bent his .head and " kissed the yellow ��������� tresses softly. ��������� . , , "Pulse of my heart," he whispered. But Nora stopped the rest of tho eager words on his.lius. "Hush!" she "said faintly. "You don't ,know half how proud and. wicked I was��������� and am now. . Do you know, Maurice, that if I were not dying you would not , be here by me now? Oh, my pride, my pride! It has spoiled our two lives, and we might have, been happy enough. We neverought to have been man and wife, Maurice. I always told you so, Ancl yet"- ��������� " ' ; . "And yet I am not sorry," Nora ma- vourneen." "**" "Not sorry," said, the wife . incredulously, "for all the sorrow I put upon you���������and.all those wasted years of ours? Not sorry, Maurice?" That night the hells of Cashlaun tolled a long peal, and the few that were awake' to hear it said softly to each other that Maurice Kirwan's wife had gone away and,t left her pride behind her. EUit it may be that sho Ayill come again when Maurice Kirwan's sands have- run through, and the other Nora with her��������� the fairy Nora that'he met with Sighile Ni-Gara - among "the green, eskers in blackberry time.���������Black and White. .Measuring a Lielitnliinr l^lasli. A German astronomer has been endeavoring to measure,the'width of a streak" of lightning, and he tells us that the particular flash which allowed "itself to-be so measured proved to be about five milli- - meters���������that is, "one-fifth' of - ail inch- across., There is no known method, of obtaining such a result idirect, and the calculator was forced to depend upon a photograph, whidv, curiously enough, included both ' a building and the flash that struck the building at the moment the lens was uncovered. This'. picture-, was taken from a window of the Ham-" burg observatory,, and as, the distance of the building struck, together , with the ' focal length of the, lens, was, known it 'was not a difficult matter to arrive at the result given. It is not the.first time that this experiment has been tried under much the same conditions and" with,,a similar result. The German astronomer makes the assertion that a Mightniug streak .may be considerably widened by being acted upon laterally by, a str/v>g Wind.���������Chambers' Journal. . DANGER MARKS. *���������.-"������������������ ��������� Chloroform "sliouM "not .be administered to tho same subject .\viee withjn a week 'if it'can be avoided,'because it .has been" shown that tlie elimination of the drug is not completely effected within a shorter period. Carbolic acid, which is so much used as a dressing for wounds and skin troubles, is a 'dangerous remedy. Maiiy instances are known in which mortification, with , consequent loss of fingers and toes, has resulted from the application of cloths moisrened in weak solutions of the drug, and physicians are beginning to cry out against this practice. TOWN TOPICS. New York does not seem like the same old' town unless ,it has on its hands a murder mystery involving suspicions of homicide.��������� Washington St ar. Vt}uts in Chicago highways and byways those nights remind the thoughtful citizen that about the only institution in the city that is immune from the hold up man is a gas ollice.���������Chicago News. While, the looting of four houses by burglars while tho occupants were at church shows. the activity of the burglars, it also shows that a great many St. Louis DeoDle--ro to church.- THE COOKBOOK. To cook turnips daintily a little sugat must be added to the boiling water. The iuiprbvemesft is marvelous. ' Turkish cooks always servo lemons with eggs, thinking that a few drops of the juice sprinkled upon them not only add to their 'flavor, lint decrease their tendency to create a bilious condition. . To make delicious individual peach charlotte rnsse remove the centers from patty, pan sponge cakes, leaving a substantial wall. Kill these with a mixture of sweetened whipped cream flavored with almond'extract and freshly chopped Douches. Inured to 14. "And didn't you almost go mad over the .solitude of that.desert island?" "Oh.'no! Vou must remember that C lived in Philadelphia for four years."��������� Cleveland Plain Dealer. No Offense Meant. ' .Customer���������I. want to get a notebook��������� something that 1 can carry in my pocket to jot down u)y ideas in. Clerk���������Oh, you want something very small, thou? Loiiffing. Oh, to lie down on the fresh greensward Under the blossoming treel To hear the tinkle of distant bells And the hum of the busy beel Oh, to inhale the sweet perfume, ��������� To hear the wild oriole's lay, And oh, to bo free from tho tyranny Of work tor a blissful dayl Oh, to be far from the smoke and the road That burden existence in town��������� To blissfully lie 'neath the dome of the sky And watch the pink petals come down! And yet if I'could lie down on the grass, Out there I will bet you a dollar That a horrible bug or a worm of some kind Would find its way under my collar. "H f. f:*l ������l "-! ar'i'.i. r -siv t r. ijjtt ri.nv r,rr<*nr.r rn; ������\7. n-^ -wh-- *- >'s' ��������� ���������Mum wm c.(,. . /6 I i RK ft-' THE CUMBERLAND NEWS CUMBERLAND. B.C. U FURNISHING THE HOUSE. Here are, a few don'ts ..which those a "bout to furnish a house 'would do well to bear'in niind ir they wish their rooms to-lie not only in good taste and artistic, but well kept, ixweet and clean and. in one coniDi-ehensivo word, thoroughly dainty in eveiy lespeef. Don't overload your-rooms with furniture or pictures. ��������� -Don't ch<.ose elaborately designed curtains, 'bang.Tigs or tablecloths for a room with a Uoral paper. ' Doii't waste your money on a ��������� whole accumulation of cheap bric-a-brac. It only helps/to gut heir dust and dirt; ''' , ' Don't'choose a blue paper and white paint for,a room with a cold���������i. e., northern���������aspect. ' ��������� ' , .' Don't indulge in painted milking stoola , or painted drain .pipes. Don't waste your money on plush brackets, plush cups nnd- saucer holders' or painted tambourines. ' .tf ' Don't drape." your looking glasses with art muslin or. for the matter of that, with anything at all. Don't buy imitations of good things in the way of furniture. If you cannot afford the originals.' do without and content, yourself with .something which' is 'what-it professe.s to be.' ' Don't imagine that a plenitude of furniture means a well' furnished house. It does nothing of the sort. Don't .waste your money on a drawing room sideboard so called. Ancl if you are unfortunate enough to posses---* ono already don't overload- it with cheap china ornaments. '*-���������-, 0 Don't'buy cheap saddlebag, yelvet' or plush furniture.' ' '- Finally, buy'the least amount of'furniture you can 'do with and Jet it bo of as, simple a design as possible., and_ your house is sure to-be well .furnished.-" FOILED AGAIN, 'lie���������"lb takes two to make a quarrel.",' ' ' - Shi?������������������"''Yes; and it's necessar-y that 1 "both, should have more than' a feeling- of indifference for each other."-; HflTPI TUT MM} AT" Montreal. Free Bos. -Am. HIS CHOICE.- - ��������� Weary Bill (ia "heap restaurant)��������� "Say, gimme, a cup pie uv eggs." Waiter���������"How'd you want 'em cooked?" Weary. Bill���������'"What's the cliff in de cost?" ' ' ' Waiter���������'fAin't no tlifi." Weary Bill���������"Den cook 'em on er thick slice uv ham���������see!" SKEPTICISM. ��������� This is imiiappily an age of skepticism, but there is one point upon which persons acquainted with the subject agree, namely, that Dr. Thomas' Eclec- tric Oil is a medicine which can be relied upon to cure a cough, remove pain, heal sores of various kinds, and benefit any inflamed portio-n of the body to which it ia applied. ' c, MINT JULEP. Mr. Bender���������More money, eh? STou must*'think thesh er mint in mc. Mrs. Bender���������By your breath I would say there wore several in-you. ��������� A NECESSARY PRELIMINARY. " ">You arc the queerest man that I was ever engaged, to." , ������ "In what respect?" -"You haven't said a word yet about being "unworthy' of my love'.'.' C. C- 31ICIIAIIDS ,"&,CO. DtVar Sirs,���������A few days ago I was taken with a severe pain and, contraction of the cords of my, leg, and had to "be taken home in a rig. I could not sleep for pain, and was unable to put my fool' to the floor. A friend told me of your MINARD'S LINIMENT, and one hour' from the first'application,' I was able to walk and' the,'.pain entirely disappeared. You can use my name as freely as you like, as I consider "it the best remedy" I have ever used. - CHRISTOPHER GERRY. . "���������Ingcrsoll, Ont. ' Put it-ii. Rlee.iftr. '. "And' now." continued his ��������� angry spouse.- thoroughly a roused.^"'1, am "going to give you anotlfei; piece of my mind. What .-ire. you doing?*' ( * ��������� "1 am turning the other ear." patiently replied Mr Meeker. Once nit-fei... Twice Shy. Ilotel Clerk���������Will you register, sir? Mr. Wttyback���������WilTl dew what? Clerk ��������� Register: write your name in ttiis book. Mr. WnybncU ��������� Well. 1 rutlier guess not. young feller. 1 writ my name ou to a paper fer :i liglitnin, rod peddler oust, an that was enult* fer uio.~������Chi- cago News. Deafness Cannot Be Cured . * -> by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear., There is only ono way to cure deafness, and.that is by constitutional remedies Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of lhe mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. When this tube pels ,nfla>n- cd'you have a rumblirg sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entire!*- close;i deafness is the result, arcl unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing -will be destroyed forever;" nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is 'nothing but an inhumed condition of the nine us surfaces. ' We will give One .Hundred Dollars for, any ease of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that'can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh pure. Send for circulars, Iree. F. J.. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by DrugKi=*ts,'75c. Halls Family iJills are the best. OF UNDOUBTED PEDIGREE.' The professor's granddaughter \yas looking at a naif-tone -portrait ��������� of Prince Albert, of Flanders, and the Duchess Marie Gabriolle, of Bavaria. "Who are these , people, father ? " she asked. ','Thosc xarethe Belgian heirs,", re-' plied the -professor. :'- grand er- ' FRIENDLY" CRITICISM. Artist���������I painted that picture, to keep the wolf from the door. Friend���������Well, hang it,* on the outside- doorknob, and "the wolf won't trouble you. .. ��������� .-Speaking of has-beens, partridges aro among the things that whir. Mr. Thomas Ballard. Sync-use, N. Y., writes: "1 have been afflicted for nearly a year with that most-to-be dreaded dscase dyspepsia, and at times worn out with pain and want of s.'cep, and, after trying alnio.-t everything recommended, I tried one box of Parruelee's Vegetable Pills. I am now nearly ���������well, and believe they will cure iae. I would not. "be witnout them for any money. THE DOMINIE. In Salt Lake City there are t-Toe Presbyterian churches��������� vix. the First, the We.--j minster jhkI the Third Uishop rotter iEpiscopal) of New-York is .sjiiil to know his Bible so well tl'.nt in the liuriy of rap:<l speech lie can find any passage he i-'ipiires just as a musician's fingers can find any key on a piano. Rev. \Vi!li;im Kvei-ett. pas'or '���������n;.'n-,us of the Chi'isli of tin- Nanviiy t.** the n!<l- ext Ca'h-'lic pi-ic*-! in New Y<-"l* c'r-.- t:f not in lite l.nit'-d Stales. F.-i'li r ,1-lvir-, ctt -is going on NT years of age and is ftil*. hale ami h":nty. A man's accusations of himself are always believed; his praises never. There never was, and never will be, a universal panacea, in one tem.dy, for all ills to which fksh' is hen-���������the very nature of many curat'.veo being such that were the germs of other and differently seated diseases rooted m the system of the patient��������� what would telieve one ill in turn would aggravate the' oth.-r. We have, however, in Quinine Wine, when obtainable in a sound, unadulterated state, a remedy for many and grievous ills. By its gradual and judicious use the frailest systems are led imo convalescence and btrcugth by the influence which Quinine exerts on nature's own restoratives. It relieves the drooping spirits of those with whom a chronic state of morbid despondency and lack of n tere.-t in life is a disease, and, by tranquihzing the nerves, disposes to sound and refreshing .sleep���������imparts vigor to the action of the blood, which, being stimulated, courses- throughout the veins, strengthening the hea.thy animal functions of the system, thereby making activity a necessary m-sult, strengthening the frame, and giving life to the digestive organs, which natiiraiiy demand .increased substance���������-"result, improved appetite. Northrop & Lyman, of Toronto have given to the public their superior Quinine Wine at the usual rate,ai d, gauged, by the opinion of scientists, this wine approaches nearest perfection of any in the market. AU druguists sell it. are simply kidney disorders. Thekklneys filter the blood of all that shouldn't be there. The blood passes through the kidneys every three minutes. If the kidneys do their work no impurity or cause of disorder can remain in the circulation longer than that time. Therefore if your blood is out of order your kidneys have failed in their work. They are in need of stimulation strengthening or doctoring. One medicine will do all three, the finest and most imitated blood medicine there is m LA "TOSCANA, ������������ RELIANCE CIOAH FACTO ICY. Montreal BLOOD POISONING FOLLOWS A WOUND IN THE KNEE CAUSED BY A PITCHFORK. Five Doetojs in Consultation Gave the Sufferer but "Little Hope of Recovery ~J^'iF..Sis li'ife'Was Saved. . ' Brockville Recorder. Among the v old, families in the .-township of Augusta, in the neigh-, boring county of Grenville, there is none better known or more influential, than those that bear the name .of -Bissell. The Bissells were among the earliest settlers in the township and have ever, since taken an active part in all -moves, to ' promote its welfare. The subject of ihis narrative, Mr. Silas Bissell, is one df the younger members of. the family, who, some eight years ago left Canada to ' some years ago,left Canada to make his home in the state of , Nebraska. He has passed through an experience almost unique,'and considers that he is fortunate' in "being alive to tell the tale. ' ��������� , , " The story, as' told'in Mr. Bissell's own words, is as follows:���������*'In the autumn ,of 1898 I sustained a serious' injury' through having the tines of a pitchfork penetrate my left-knee,. The wound apparently 'healed, but I did not enjoy the "same health I had previous to the accident, arid it was but a short time before .1 was compelled to take to my bed on' account of ex- crutiating pains in my limbs and stiffness in my" joints. A doctor was, called in, and he lanced' the knee three times, and then told me the trouble was blood, poisoning. He 'treated me for some time, but I steadily grew worse, and finally" five physicians-were called in for consultation.0 My entire system seemed to be affected, and the doctors said the trouble had. reached one- of my lungs and that they could hold out but little hope of my recovery. After remaining in bed for eleven weeks, I decided that I would return to my bid home in Canada. I was so much run down, and so weak that it was' a question whether i would live to reach there,0 but I was,nevertheless determined to make'an effort t,o do so. After a long journey under these most trying .circumstances, I reached my old home.' I was so used,up,-and presented such an emaciated appear-, ance that my friends had no thought that. I would .recover. I continued to drag along in ,this condition, for several months, when, one day a, cousin asked me why I did not try , "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I. was willing to, try any medicine that was likely to cure me, and I sent for a supply of the pills. _ After I had1'been using "the pills for about three weeks I felt an improvement 'in my condition. Frpm that time I gradually grew better; new blood seemed coursing through my veins, the stiffness,in my joints" disappeared, ancl the agonizing pains which had so long tortured me, vanished. I took in. all ten or twelve boxes of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and 1 have no hesitation in saying that I believe they saved my life, for when I returned to Canada, I had no hope of recovery. Mr. Bissell has since returned to his,'old home at Lincoln, Neb., but tho statements made above can be vouched for by any of his friends in this section and by all of the, neighbors in the "vicinity of his old home. Br. Williams' Pink Pills cure such apparently hopeless cases as Mr. Bissell's, because they make new, rich, red blood, ancl thus roach the root of the trouble. These pills are the only medicine offered the public that can show a record of such marvellous cures after doctors had failed. If you .are at all unwell this medicine will restore you to health, but be sure you get the genuine with the full name "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills' for Pale People," " on the wrapper around each box. SAMSON'S FATE. Teacher���������What happened to Samson after Delilah cut his hair? Johnny���������He got fired from the foot ball team. ������*5*$*5'$s^'$*$$^*$$*5i$^s*5s-$s$!'$a, ONE GO OD -TURN" DESERVES ANOTHER.' & a. to t m i a* a. <*.*. >*> fl.. i Stocks and bonds bought, sold and /���������jv carried on margin. Listed $ mining stocks carried BANKERS AND BROKERS. ... 362 MAIN ST., "WINNIPTiG I 9 \f> viz \l> \V \l> \t> \\> \t> ������. lir.HanMyiloil BROKERS, ETC., '������ i| Dominion Bank Bui/ding, Winnipeg- $ Money ".f;iit--at'ilibwest fates, ty St$jcftS"*ana bonds bought and sold. ^ 3K' ������������������ Ita.ilway .and. other farm lands in r* -*2*> Manttcib.i and,N. W. T. for sale. W <& .'*,5������laps.aBd;" folders sent on applica- X& ^.;'tion.'. ���������������������������'���������;. 'f:y. W <*"i'''"V" Gilt coal from Lei hbridge. W 4r ^ruses''quoted to all railway points, f-i* ���������M ���������*'������������������.;��������� ���������'���������.. W Ladies of Canada������������������Sisters: Great Britain takes nearly all the exported produce of Canada. English,/ Scotch and Irish boys produce the, teas of Ceylon 'arid India. Canada consumes eleven million pounds of colored and doctored Japan Green Teas. Green' tea of pure natural green loaf are being introduced frpm Ceylon and India. They are now on Kale with all live grocers. Statesmen see obstacles to preferential trade within the empire.1 You ladies can sweep aside all obstruc-. tion. - : '.���������'-��������� , -* Bring patriotic sentiment on your ���������breakfast table. Your grocer will get these pure teas if you only.insist. The Salada Tea company have placed them iu hundreds of 'stores. Many other leading firms have shipments coming. Only laggards await the juriiping of the cat. Colonist. Probably it is because tho earth is round that so few people act on the square. Very many persons die annually from cholera and kindred summer complaints, who might have been saved if proper remedies had been used. If attacked do not delay in getting a bottle of Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial, the medicine that never fails to effect a cure. Those who have used it say it acts promptly, and thoroughly tub- dues the pain and disease. T.HEY LIKE WALL STREET r-. T - ' aiicl VcCClcvfi of IfirnJ It ii UntxRzizR. \ ove������..ion '"Whit is the best stand for you?" wa* asked of the man who was selling a new .kind oi ponciU His answer was a surprise. "\V.ill.stiwt," he,said promptly. "Y\> all like to set there. -Those brokers w l> buy anything. The fakir it is the fi.'n n'ier' to them. You can be selling tin cuff buttons and studs, a , whole set for a nickel, warranted silver, and they'll conn- along and buy. ' It may lie a .variety of china billygoat,' or 'a. new crawly beetle, or a hair dye, or a Chinese puzzle, or joss sticks, or any old thing, it don't matter what it is. they'll bite. "They are the easiest marks' in town. Eveiy enterprising follow knows that. Pushcart men have also' found it out. One of them the other day had a lot of red cotton handkerchiefs like the negroes down south call bandannas. His stand was down on Essex street;,but ,husino.-s was dull, and he trundled down'to. Wall street. I'refty soon along, came a dtule broker and spied those red handkerchiefs. He got a handful. Another'one saw him and invested. They kept that up for an hour, and then the fellow rolled .iff ah empty'cart. ' What did'tl]-\7 want' with them? I don't know. Neither did I hey. I suppose they were up to a joke. They're .always joking. , ������ ."They're always ou the lookout ofor novelties. The* 'arc especially fond of a , new toy., Those elastic pigs went "like- hot cakes do^ii there. So did summer snakes,'the green, natural, wicked looking kind that fool chorus girls and po! t. cians. Anothvr thiug that had a gseni sale was a handsome looking'' penstaff and pen. 'Pure aluminium,' the seller said. ������i "It was fixed en a nice little card, on which was printed in red letters, ^Warranted by the manufacturer.' ' That.looked and sounded imposing. The mami- facturer 'was very careful to keep his name off the card. Possibly that was because he knew the' 'thing would turn 'brassy,the next day. The peddler found that out and had lto get rid of his stock i:i one day. It wouldn't' keep. -So he tried it on Wall street, and they, eleanrd him out in one morning.- They like purf zlcs down there too. You'd think the stock market would keep them guessing '���������nough. but it doesn't seem to. "The hardest place to' fool people is ou the cjust side down town. ,You can afford to go over there if you've really got a !.ood' thing, cheap���������a real bargain. If you haven't, keep-away. 'They don't have much money, and they're not wasting what they do get. Besides, you can't fool them. They don't, want toys.,-and they don't want puzzles. They lake life seriously. They have a weakness for pociu't- books, visiting cauls written with big nourishes, collar buttons, handkerchiefs, knives and suspenders.' "When you have trinkets and .bare, bold fakes, take Ihem to Wall street. There's where you'll find the fuckers. 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THE WILD MAN.,OF BOllNEO. Percy LoiiKhurst. in 'Wide World Masnalne. Borneo is comparatively little known. Although yurt of it is in the hands .of ' the Dutch, and part under the dominion of the famous Itujah oL Sarawak, most of this vast island,is in the hands of native rulers, who possess more or less independent control of their country. . . . Ad have heard of the terrible orang-outangs that''are found, in this," and the jn;'ghboring islands; liut in the interior Ana the' more ' remote parte of Borneo u..ie exists au animal which has been is, . .."but by few Europeans. To the na- I....S���������by whom it is looked uponf with tx-<:or���������it is known as-the 'T.lai-as," or **n..in-monkey," . . . Marvellous arc the ���������fci.,;-ics told by.the natives of the intclli- ' ge.'.ce, strength, and cruelly of the ''man- lii'oukoy," and those stories, extraordinary as they undoubtedly are, can no more be dismissed witn contemptuous Uisbo- Uet' than can be' the now-proved stories , respecting the African gorilla. . . . Captain By water had beon ca-ptain of one of the trans-Atlantic liners some years ago, and, leaving .the shipping coni- jmny, had, in 18S4 been engaged to take . command of* a small steam yacht, owned by an,English gentleman; who, with a number of friends, intended taki:i: :. cruise of several nfonths in and about Malaysia. One of the party had heard Of the Mai-as, and it had 'been arranged to try and secure a live snecimon for . pros-en..-]tion to the "London Zoo. An uneventful cruise of some.weeks brought the yacht to Borneo, and. steaming up to Sarawak, tho Englishmen landed and, waited upon the Rajah, Sir Charles Brooke,, to obtain his permission before petting out cm., the Mai-as-hunt. Perinis- pion to hunt was readily given; but when the Iia.:.li heard of the object oi' their projected expedition he became so interested that ho .determined to accompany thorn himself.' and so, with fifty f-rulwart Malays as guards and an equal j;timber of Dyaks as beaters, the party . iset out ou their dangerous journey . . . As thoy iioared the locality wherein it was supposed was the home .of the Mai- ax. the "Oynks and Malays spread themselves out in advance1 of the party of l-hiKlishincn, beating the forest, and all thocwhile keeping a s-harp look-out fc the dreaded man-monkey. .All moved with the greatest caution, and the keen, flux-ion'.- faces oC the natives showed that they considered the business in hand t<> he no child's play. Present"1}- a loud fihout from one .of'the Dyaks brought the party up all standing, and with thru" fingers on the triggers of their rifles (for there was no telling how tho Mai-as might resent their intrusion) the Englishmen advanced to where the nativi- had perceived the hideous animal standing at the foot of a tree. Slowly the Mai-as began to climb the tree, in the lower boughs of which could be seen his house, constructed of thick branches cumnngly interlaced. Then began the trouble to Induce him to descend, aud if possible to drive him to*the open country; for in the dense forest there wns hut small .chance of surrounding him and taking him alive, ns the Englishman wished. Stones, clods of ���������earth, and sticks were hurled at him, and then he leisurely descended. As his assailants hurriedly retired he reached the ground and disappeared along ono of the forest paths. For hours the party followed at a respectful distance, until at last the Mai-as ' emerged . from the forest into the open and made straight for a small pond, with the evident intention of quenching his .'hir������t. Silently and quickly the hunters spread themselves out betwen the pond rind the forest: and when the Mai-as. having drunk hi'- fill, turned to go back home he saw his way barred. Then turning he made off at great speed across the open. 'Hard at his heels came the hunters, until the Mai-as caught . sight of .'l solitary palm tree not a milo nway. "Reaching it he climbed up, in spite of a slippery trunk and the ab- ��������������������������� ponce of branches. .About thirty feet above the gmund the creature stopped, and. hn!r!i"'_r p-* by his arms and legs, watched his pursuers,.who. haviii!.-'freed their gnmo, were now engaged in discussing hf-'-v to secure it. Tt was 'Sug���������/ester" that the foe ho cut down and the Mai-as sefin-crl ;,--, it- fell, hut nn tools were at hand, nnd n- n^-., moreover, felt at all Inclined i- .-;*.���������!< ;\ hand-to-hand encounter with ''������������������".huge animal. At la-*t i' was cWiV",' ti.jjf the Mai-as he inducer-1 (if possible"! to descend from the tree, nnd then. :. '"'er breaking his leg with a bullet to di : ���������'<'������������������> it. to attempt to stun it by a blow on the head, and while insensible to bind it with ' sfrnm.' ropes. T< 'viis bv no .���������inn 1-,j, n s:iti-'f-ietory plav. but t1-r> T^'ifrhV.hi-.nr! were anxious to se- e-i,-e th" b'-'-te if poc-sihlf*. alive. ,\nr] no "thru* method of d 'ing so suggested it- x-elr. TV*: h-M-liifr hn.-i iaettlni], the 'lPyf move *vas to tret the Mai-as down. Ther- .vn<a nofi-;���������-<*- rr, throw at if: and according to the native*.. i(c: srrpn<r*-Y> vps t-r -.-rent .lint it -a-.*.*..] he able to remain i>- the ni-efsenl- pex.if:en fn<* rn fur-ilf--"?;, ,-.?��������� 'vi'-od At n-n'-t-'i '-emnl'ifl hv n l.ri.w r.r ror>0 n yon-.r Af.iJ.iv nTered to f.i;*.,.' ��������� lu. trie. !i������d hv irritafine: the animal 'v fliw.fi'.f f.\ def-fenrl. T>.re'i thloejslv tlie rmionkfs -watched thr v������TiT..r .niiin as. foot bv foot. lie crept in- tho t"ie Hi''1 ".-li.i)| v.-ith'T- -i>%e,M- '-)'-hf frr.f nr i-]}n Afn'-as (who so C'ii- hnd <.'h....- ed no inr--"'->;..ien tn mnv<.) he reiV"- br "���������"-'" ��������������� 1----1 -l- :mn] .���������' .,, tnr ���������.!,���������,.��������������������������������������������� f1|0 hn?f) prno+117.n rf,(.,.nnt -1 ,,:'-1'" "n "-tree. Tho Malar wr,* nfter him. and repented his spo.-n--tbn.-.f "nd nc-iin the My���������* ^rented, while the during hunter followed htm. Afraid that the tree would not bear his ponderous weignt u ue went auy higUei���������xt .....v xineavxj uegiiiuiiig to sway dangerously���������Lhe Mai-as stopped and, leaning do������!., strttclied out olje hand, and with a rigntning-like, movement grasped the iron spear-head. Then he commenced ,to 1-utl, aud hand over tuiuu, hanging on 'solely by his muscular Je^js, he commenced to haul up the wretciied .Malay, who was powerless, the hlow-pipe being at- ta'ched- to his wrist by a strong leather' tnbiiy. l^itlie by Jiltle the powerful brute drew rip the man until, holding the blow-pip*, .villi -one hand, he reached. down wiih the other and wreathed his huge hanu in the tiiick, luxuriaiiL hair of the miserable native, who, paralysed by fear, could do no more cLuiu gaze at the savage face of his captor with terror-stricken eyes. Spell-bound with hou-or, the Englishmen below then saw the Mai-as with a single Mvist wrench the Malay from the, tree and commence to swing his victim back'- wards and forwards by the hair, chuckling nil the time with fiendish satisfaction. Too fascinated with horror to use their rifles and slay the monster or else ��������� kill the man and put a merciful end,.to his sufferings, the hunters watched the, wild man swinging the Malay faster and faster until, .with an unearthly' yell of devilish malignity,- he hurled him down. The wretched man turned over aud over ns lie fell, and came to the ground with', a heavy thud that sent a. sickening thrill through the hearts of the - watchers. They rushed,to the1 spot, but'it was too late���������the man was stone dead. , that effect, "this dancing Dervish of Gen*iIne extract of vanilla is soft and'mild; Blue Ribbon vanilla is the only genuine extract of vanilla on the market. l_0_i_: "Women book-keepers in Chicago' will organize a union with the sole purpose of "securing the eight-hour da.v, waged to be left entirely to the individual. GALLEY NO. TWO. . SEE SEE SEE ' Davey rushing up to Alured, who, arrayed in the Rev. Aloysius's smartest suit of evening clericals, looked extremely well. "Whoever thought of seeing' you hereV" He tried to buttonhole .ilured, but Alured 'abruptly left him, as Geraldine, looking wonderfully lovely in lull ball drew*, had entered upon her uncles arm. Near her stood Mrs. Mantowl, in the centre of a group of county dowagers, looking handsomer than Alured had ever seen hor look���������-and more determined. "Our dance, ,1 think?" said Alured. ' Geraldine placed her hand upon his arm and the couple spun airily away. ., "It is grossly, hideously, improper!" said Mrs. Mantowl, hoarsely. v ' "It's sacrilege���������rank sacrilege!" said "Teter Davey. "Who'd ever have dreamed Cottle' was such a Dear mo!'\ He turned to apoligize to a person upon -whose toe hei-had trodden, and recoiled. "Mercy on" us, Cottle!" he cried,-glanciug from the pale faced, dusty garmented figure of the Rev. Aloysiucs to the gayiy.. revolving personality' of Alured, "are there two of you?" ���������'Where is the scoun ? .Where is mv brother?" cried the Rev. Aloysms "breathlessly. "Point him out lo me! Ah, ther.e he iw!" The agitated young clergyman was about to dash into the midst of the whirling waltaors, when a fierce, denuncialoiw cry "rang out. ancl there was a momentary confusion. The dancers stopped, the band did the same. . . . A circle of curious faces hemmed iu a dramatic group of three persons���������Alured, composed and easy; Geraldine, pale and trembling, clinging to his arm, and confronting the couple the almost awe-inspiring figure of Mri-\ Mantowl. . 'Behold!" she cried, or something ''Ah!" said Mrs. Mantowl. "V-, nil a cie.j;.\iij;ui'b sure throat," said Alured. "was recaJk-d to resume the rector's duty at Mangold Wurzeicoiube. I uuew ijLijse.j: into cue breech! Miidam"��������� he bowed to Mrs. Mantowl���������"you will ���������uu ���������< umlCxSUxUx. cite reason for the lack of hospuaiiL-y with which you doubtless reproached mc in the, matter o- the little wiueooor." . . ��������� "Eh: said the Rev. Aloyshis. "Geraldine, my own!' went on Amred, "if you can put up with the lifelong dc- votiou oi a mere layman, ��������� it' is yours. Laditri and gentlemen , ��������� lie ad*.,'es.-*.u the tittering thiong���������"you will not reruse to dance at my wedding? .Band, strike up!" , * . , And the dance went gayly on. u - " The opening of u new century should be a- spirited au'niiv' * " I don t know why; we'll never live to see the end of it.".���������Chicago Record. , ��������� u ' "Do you devote much thought, to your poems?" asked-the eminent explorer. "Bless your soui, no!" said the eminent versifier. ' "1 have f reached a height where I can afford to let/that part of lhe , work fall' on ' the reader."���������Indianapolis Press. , ' ' . ' te clergyman who flourishes his pumps iu the faces of decency and propriety! Dastard and traitor!" she shrieked, her, black eyes blazing, "I said I would unmask you, and I will! Gentlemen and ladies, as you all know, I was left ten years ago, conjointly with Miss Geraldine Halkett, the Mtepsiister of my husband" '"What," exclaimed Alured. ''Silence!" cried Mrs. Mantowl, sternly. "Mr. Mantowl's large fortune Avas equally dividend between myself and Geraldine Halkett," she rnsumrd. "Money and property���������all w. iu:n . .. d was our own to dispose of at long a������ we continued to fulfil the conditions of my husband's will. But if either oi ���������; ��������� ���������.ai-ried a clergyman ���������my poor Alexis, hated them!���������the greater part of her legacy was forfeited in favor of Peter Davey, my husband's old school friend." "Very well put!" said Peter Davey. "Three months ago," said Mrs. Mantowl, " I was privately married at the Registrar's office at Foxbush Cubbs to Aloysius Cottle!" Geraldine cried out wildly. "I deceived him,-I will own it, about my position," went on the angry lady. "I did not tell him about the will until we had been married a week. When at last it came out, I was surprised and wounded at the change in him. I charged him with meanness, accused him of marry in ;r me for money. We quarrelled and parted. A few days later I had reason fo suspect him of paying attentions to Miss Halkett. Deny it if you can, you twirling clerical teetotaler!" she cried, with a suddenness that made Alured jump. "You kissed her before my face! And when I accused you of your perfidy, you basely fled!" "This is very trying!" murmured the Rev. Aloysius. "Rut you came back!" yelled Mrs. Mantowl. "You came back to insult and defy me���������to pursue the career of infamy which culminated this morning in a bigamous union, contracted before the deputy registrar with Geraldine Halkett." "Then they've both married clergymen, and all the money's mine!" said Peter Davey. "1 followed them, suspecting treachery." went on Mrs. Mantowl. "I saw the entries in the book; I informed the depiuy regiwtrar of the felony that had been committed. . . . Aloysius!" the astonished lady screamed, suddenly confronted by the dusty figure of the real Simon Pure. "Oh, what does it all mean?" "Ah.ysius!" to her n.nvlv I slu-il die!" "The cyplannt.ionV' easy enough," said Alured. '"Ladies and gentlemen, wo r-e ��������� wins! One of us went into the church; tha I'm him!"���������he pointed to Aloysius��������� "'the other stopped on (wide; that'*? me. Eight weeks ago, my brother, on tho eve of departing for the Continent for a brief holiday with a" '. i IN FOUR'DAYS. Will a Vessel Ever Cross the Atlantic in That Time.' it: 5p with pow- sohlied Geraldine, clinging made husband; "explain or Will a vessel ever cross the Atlantic in four days? Will passengers be willing to' pay the extra fare that will be necessary 10 make such a vessel pay?' Is the four-, day liner a mJchanicat and finaiixial pos-' sibihiy? J " ��������� These questions are-.discussed in a,recent 'ist-me of, the Scientific American, aud they are all answered in the aOirma- tive. After- a comparison of previous types of steamship.*.-, the conclusion is reached that the Atlantic will-be cro'ssed1 in tour days by the liner of the near future, 'but tlia't such a vessel will have to be built, ctor reasons oi -economy, upon lines essentially different from those employed in the .construction of the "fast Gimarclcrs, or of the licet runner of the- North Gorman ' Lloyd Company, the DeuLschland. Economic considerations, according to the authority quoted, have determined the lines upon- which the steamships of recent years have been built. The result has been Hie evolution of two distinct types, illustrated by the Ivornia, of the' Cunard line, and the Deub-'chland, of the North German* Lloyd. Cost 'oi construction and of operation increases at a far greater ratio tn.-ui mere speed, and this consideration chielly has delayed the 'advene oi .the" lour-d.iy iiner. ' The' Deutschland, for instance,'couId not-be driven, by increasing her, engine power, to so high a speed a.-* would be mcessary lor the four-day "boat, and it is estimated that if all the ava.lab'.c space were .given over to driving machinery, her shell could not accommodate1 more than one-half of the power required to turns form her from, a twenty-three knot to a thirty 'knot ship The limit* of economical speed, concluded, has nearly been reached lhe present, foim of hull and motive .. er. To drive the Deutschland thirty knots instead of 'twenty-three would re- <juire S-'l.OOO hoive power, or tv, <; and a tjiiarier tinus as much a- she now has. 1) ag.ams I'how the shi L of Liu- Douiscli- hi ud could not accommodate mor- than one-half 01 the machinery necessary I" produce that power by means of Scot h boilers and slow revolving engines. A* very much larger boat would be required for'tho machinery and coal, while it is evident that a larger boat would require more "power to drive it. Increase in power needed, however, would not be directly proportional to the increas3 iu displacement, the longer ship being, ton for ton, easier to drive. If the four-day liner were built upon present lines she would be a vessel Sk*.* feet long, of 87 feet beam and SO feet draught, displacing about 40,000 tons. Engines of 110,0U0 horse power would be required, ancl even if tripple screws were used, the necessity of developing ������57.000 horse power on each, shaft would stagger tho best engine builders. Forty-four double Scotch boilers would be needed, and during each day's run 1,710 tons of coai, costing .l?7,70O, would have to be fed into the 352 furnaces. It'would require 7..30O tons of coal to carry the vessel to Plymouth, and S.*350 tons to Hamburg, the cost of fuel alone being ,$38,000. The ship would need 0,550 tons of coal in her bunkers for a single, trip across the Atlantic. Increased longitudinal strength would be required to counteract "reverse bending" strains;" This would involve -running a longitudinal stiffened bulkhead from keel to promenade deck, and probably carrying steel plating up to the promenade deck. . It is thought that such a ���������vessel will = .never be built, but that the problem will ' be solved not by multiplying engine and boiler -weights,! but by multiplying pressures and speed and by utilizing every refinement of economizers, superheaters and feedwater heaters. The prediction is made that the four- dav boat will be driven by a combination of' water-tube boilers using hot forced draught with fast running reciprocating engines using superheated steam, or with turbines,of the. Parsons type. Reduction of weights and saving of space to such an extent"will' he achieved by this change, it is contended, that it will be. possible to produce, on a displacement not much greater than that of the Deutschland. a. thirty-knot steamer with equal accommodations for passengers. The four-day boat will carry no freight, but there will be accommoda'ions for SO0 first-class passengers, instead of for 450, as on the Deutschland. The maximum receipts for a trip would be S225.000 and rhe actual cost would be $80,000. The Deutschland has earned .$143,000 in fares on one trip at an expense of .$50,000. -o- . TO THE rEAF. A rich lady cured of her Deaf- j nes" and Noif-eP in thp Head by ! Dr. Nicholson'? Artificial Ear i Drum.-", gave $10,000 <o his Insti- ! tute, so that deaf veople unable to I procure tbe K'ir Drums roay have ��������� them free. Add res No. 14517. The NicholpoT. institute, 780 Eighth Avenue, New York, U.S.A. lill^S Mill.:? Kie.fc.sti tefo������*���������*<*& TO , , ' y . & H I P ' j.fflltLAN .��������� FIJI!..��������������� ������������������ EXPORTERS AND IMPORTERS. 200-212 Fisst. Ave, Mom Hi&keapolis, Pwh. 1 Sg'WrHe -for.Our Gipcwlaa- ami S������e-tfae Prteea WePay."1������ } m ���������fcw-ery. pRESh. LaQrZP Be������P iNri-j^-VROviNCE STEAM eer, Ale0 and Porter. A-re'varcl'-bf $o 00 u ::l lu* 'VMd f������- 'infirm... :on ' leading Jo con * !ci/on _ o P^^,Hhold"i,l)rdeJ,yin>:-anv ke��������� bU. njpng lo tins co^an* ' BENRYf.BEIFEL, Manager: REK .���������������������������& CO. Wholesale Wine and Liquor .Merchants r -: NANAIMO, B C i3irect [import 'of Wlnte and McKay, Glasgow Special Scotch Whisky, " Jas. \V.usnn & Co., Dundee, Glen.ivet. .R: McNish & Co., Glasgow, Dr. Special. _ < ' ��������� - Al. Demerara and J-oriaix.a Rum, .*. ; Guineb-"' SioutCmid li-.ss' Ale. French Coan.ics in the very best _qu.iJit.s-.. Port, Sherry, Chircib, Eic, Etc ALWAYS" ON HANl ���������A Carload of - Hiram Walkers " & Son's Rye Whiskies COR-SESPONDENCE SCLIOITE- P, O. BOX 1^= MKS. : PENCSLL:, Nurse, House , ^ cleaning unci Wasliiiu a. n ir ��������� i<-ri ^'������������- * I'll at StlfiOt, (J.i.-iil'erlfKin, B C. ���������M^imMWM (bxt"en:-i..n) LOTS -FOK. .-ALE, . Applj' <0, > ;U W. NUNNS. m lOino r BEFORE BUYING A Gun, . KiPlE, Amrnunitloni Or ar^'thing in'the Snorting L\\}������ CALL AND SEE O.llFEGBNBM, Of Cumberland. '��������� . He.Can Save You Money on all Purchases. HOAC CROWN Fruit and Ornamental 'Tre^xS,- Roses, xShrubxS,'Vines, Bulbs, Hedo;e Plants. Pbr Pail-Plaitinq. 8o,ooo to Choose From NO AGENTS nor commission to [jay. Orders dug in one day;, you get it the next. No fumigah'r-g nor ins-pection charges. Greenhouse plants, seeds agricultural iinplemen',3. eta. Largeat and most com- pI.Tie. h-book -n the province. Sftod for catalogue or ea'i nnd make yonr t<electioua before niacins your ordsira. AddreS3 M. J. HENNY, VANCOTJVEB, B. C. WHITE LABOR ONLY. Eepimait 1 Sandimc. Ey^' "*-*- '~':'^'<}y.'?y���������������������������..;*$f'Lf~''''2,i>:- ��������� VICTOKIA COMOX RO UTB. Talcing" EiFect Tue-sday,' Oct. 16th. ������ . 18GG. S, S. "City of Nanaimo. Sails 'from Victoria Tuesday', 7 a.m. for Nanaimo and Way ports.- Sails' from Nanaimo, "Werlnes- rl.iy 7 a. m., for Union Wharf. Co.mox and Way ports. Sails .from Comox and Union Wharf, Thursday 8 a. m. for . Nanaimo and Way ports. Sails from Nanaimo, Friday 4 a.m. for Comox and Union Wharf direct. Sails from Comox and Union Wharf,Friday 6 p. m. for Nanaimo direct. ." . *" 7 . f'"' '���������" Sails, frdm Nanaimo, Saturday 7.a.m. for Victoria and Way ports. FOB Freight tickets and State roim Apply on board, , , GEO. L COURTNEY, Traffi.ce Manage lack Diamond Nursery QUARTER WAY,Wellington Road HUTOHaiM ft PERRY. 20,000 Fruit Trees to choose from. "Large Asisortment of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Evergaeens. Small Fruits in Great "Variety. Orders by mail promptly attended to. sl2to P. O. BOX, 190. FOR SALE���������Cooking stove (wood burner), also Singer Sewing Machine. Apply to A. H. Mo Callum, Cumberland. B.C.. fl w m m m m m m ym If W I f > ?'.rjp:?r,T.*rrP w.r.n?rK?.r������rr;". ^-^'���������^���������f^'ir^rT^'.'"* *tf ^'*' .���������:..,.> :.,.���������..;,!> 'f ������������������'���������;;���������'<? // NOTIJE. NOTICE is' hereby yiveii .hat'' application \viU be made to the Legislative, Asssmbl/of the province of Bntsih'Col- ,umbia at its next session ('for an Act to consolidate certain mining, leases ,of {\ "round situated in and around Trond ". .Guldi, Atlin Dis-r.ct of British Columbia and more .partjruiarlv, ...known , as the i'Ceni,"'"Lampipan," "VVilf o'the Wisp" , "En-elkardt," "C'.or-.on," "Cousin " Jack,'' "L.1'1.cash ire La'<V,r" \.>,u\* <--," "Pure Gold," ' "Ida,!' "Clifford," and, "Only ClKince,".together with other "adjoining or adjacent -properties that may -heicai'ier he :.c- quiied by the applicants inio one holding "it!, a deiniije thereof, from the Crown ' fir a' perion of 25 years trnm the -hna " passage of the Act wiili a right of nnew.il tor'a further period of 25 year? and thai 'the water'privileges ar.d easements now held or hereafter acquired bv'the ' applicants'and in poriicxilar Jhe right0of(.'i- . verting and using 2,500 miners inches from 4th July Creek, 5,000 miners 'nches from Surprise Lake, and goo miners. / inches .from Moose and Eik Lakes be, "'held, employed; and enjoyed as app'urte- ���������' rant to (he whole, or any part'of the sair! holdings; and toj conf.rm to .the., appl - il - cants and'their'assigns the said .consolidated leaseholds and water-rights, with power,to carry any water that, they may <iiv,ert from "Surprise Lake; through the ^ said Moose and Elk Lakes for the use of applicants and their assigns solely and .with all cither.usual, necessary or inciden- \S ' til rights,'poweis, or privileges' as may II be necessary or incidental 'or con duct i veto the attainment of the "above' objects or anv of them.. ,' . ' HUNTER1* OLIVER, ' Solicitors-for the Applicant's.^ . NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that application will be made ; to the Legislative Assemblv of" the lJr-_:.vii.c." of Hrinsl. Col- Uinb -at .t* iv'xt session for.an act: to ih- coiporalea company with power to COIN s!ruct,aud opera e a railway fro.n the City of "/'������������������ toria thence nonlv-yos'erly to li'p-'ini at or near, Seymour Narrows, '\ nncouvor a land, th-~-i.ee hybrulieor . therwise to the' Mainland of British Co!- 1 mbia tl.enre ni-rh eas-erh alte native.} by ay ofTete leune Cache .or ���������Y>*Iq������" ]j <| P..s* or vicinitv of Fori G-i..'. e or Pine Kiver or Peace River Passes to a.point at or near . th*- eastern enfine'- of the Province and from an\ point on such line to the nonhein boundries of q the Province or to any coastal points thereof, or to any ' mining regions orsettlemcbts in Cariboo, Lillooct Westminster or Cassiar Districts' nnd bi;.rch lines of any length therefrom and with power to construct, acquire and operate telegraph and telephone lines (authorized to. charge tolls, thereon for the transmission of messages for the public), ships, vessels, wharves, works, waterpowers to supply electric. po;wer, light and heat and to expropriate waters ancl lands for all such purposes and for such other rights powers and privileges as are usual, incidental, necessary or conducive to the attainment of the above objects.' E. G.TILTON, On behalf of Applicants. Dated December 3rd, 1900. I ~- ��������� EUEEAU OF PROVINCIAL INFOR- lf MATION. I TN" ORDER that the Government may be in ixjoc-xinxixion f'-* rl^fr'.'"^. inr."*,,T.,.Hr>T. xvifh y-'hi.. ��������� supply those necking investments in th-s Pioviiiet', 1 am instrueied to invite ji iti'-uliir from tinse who have properties j r s-.t . :niel ������������������'no ivv. feel deponed to for- v.u'Ci in:li p.iiU'Hi s.s to this office for the pui'P'ixi' 1 1 qiu:t in. Jn vi'i ������*-��������� ���������' i'-e pniposed early re-organi- satinu ������.f l.v .Agent <-ien'eral's ��������� .Office in Lon don, Kngland, the (.e><irn.)'''ry of having on file a list of i'lirins and other orojierne-i for sa'e, witli full and accurate details, is obvious- Properties submitted may include farms and farm Irnc'.-, inn nutria* or commercial concerns, timber litn.-> water powers, or other enterpi is'es affonling opportunities foi��������� !e^'fcimix*e investment. It is no' proposed to 1 ('commend proper ties to in tending investors, I ml to "afford the fullest access to the classified lists and all available, inform" i-nu������ connected therewith, and to place enquirers in communication with the owners. The fullest particulars are des red not on'y of the properties themselves, but of the localities in which tbej' are situated, and the conditions affecting them. For this purpose printed schedules, will, upon appl icacion, be forwarded to those desirous of making sales. R. E. GOSNEL, Secretary, Bureau of d5m Provincial Information. ' Our fee returned if *we fail. Any one sending sketch and description of any invention "will promptly receive our opinion free concerning the patent^. ability of same. " How to obtain a patent" sent upon request. Patents secured through us advertised for sale at our expense. ' Patents taken out through us receive special, notice, "without charge, in The Patent Record, an illustrated and widely circulated journal, consulted 1 ' n _ r 1 by Manufacturers and Investors. _.,,'' Send for sample copy FREE- Address, VICTOR J. EVANS 4 CO*. ������ (Patent Attorneys,) Evans Building, - WASHINGTON, D.C. NOW IS THE To Advertise ���������. . ��������� IN THE The most' northerly paprr published on the Island. SUBSCRIPTION, 00 A YEAR. ALL KINDS OF DONE AT REASONABLE RATES. ���������E.BB8 M BATCHIM, FKOM HEAVY WINTER LAYERS. Beack Langshans, < $2 per sitting. Black Minorca?, $2 per sitting. Barred ..Plymouth Rocks, $1 per ��������� sitting. ' ' E. PHILLIPS, Grantham. Comox. Espimalt & Maimoj.Biy- . TIME TABLE* EFFECTIVE NOV. 19th, 1898.', VICTORIA TO WELLINGTON. No. 2 Divilj ' A.M ' ' Dc. 9:00' Victoria ��������� ��������� ���������' 9:28 ..��������� Goldstremn. *��������� 10:9 Koenig's. ������������������' 10:i8 Duncuns . - P.M. , ' ���������' 12:1*1 " Nn naimo... Ar.-]2:35: Wellington . No. 1 Sat'urdaj ��������� P.M. I to.'1:25 . " i;5Z . " o.:M 0:lo P.M. 7:11 .. A r. 7:55 WELLINGTON TO VICTORIA. No. 1 Daily. a:'m. De.8:05 ' , - 8:M " 9:52 ....... " 10:37.... '- 11:18 x .'. Ar. 11:J5 y . .'.Wellington. .... Niu'uumo. ...Duncans...' Koetiig's... . Coldstream . Victoria.. No. 3 Sinnrdaj*. A.M. De. 1:25' '" 'l:3sl .<.:... " (i:05- ....... " (":4() ���������" 7.31' .Ar.)S:00 p.m. Reduced ,-ates lo and,from -ail points on Saturdays, and Sundays good to return Mon day. ' ���������' i* ' ' for rates and al information app;y at Company's ��������� ffi'-es. {. A. DUNSMUIR <��������� Gro. h. COURTNT5Y. ' President. Trallio Manager & . WE WANT YOUR ������_ I" Job ppii.)tipg| "i SATISF1CT0T 5S&& m - * ��������� ��������� ' ��������� if// I Have Taken ah Office in the Nash Building) Dunsmuir Avenue, ��������� Cumberland, r and am agent, foi; the following reliable , insurance- companies: The R'oyai .London' and Lan- - cashiie and Norwich Union. I x.'m| pieparcd to accept risks a current rates. ' lam also .igent for the Stunderd Ure Insurance Company of Edinburgh ancl th .Ocean Accidc.iv. Company of England. Please call and investigate .before insuring in any .other Company.. JAMES A BR A MS. $��������� THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR. ��������������������������� ��������� ���������; WORLD-WIDE CIRCULATION. \ Twenty Pages; Weekly; Illustrated. \ > Indispensable to Mining Men. < *, ���������.���������~������������������= . ( .> THREE DOLLARS PER YEAK. POSTPAtD. ( SAMPLE COPIES FREE. ) MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, > 220 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. We have just received a new supply of Ball Programme Cards, New Style Business Cards and a few Nice Memorial Cards. Also some extra heavy Blue Envelopes. Call and see. The News .Job Department.' municipality^of the CITY OF GUIBSELMD BICYCLE RIDERS caught riding on the sidewalk after this date will be prosecuted. By order of Council," ^LaurencejW. Nunns, 'City Clerk. Cumberland, B.C., May Sth, 1900. St3 WANTED i A NUMBER OF PIGEONS fory purchase st!2c Charles Scott,'. QuarterwayiJHouse, Nanaimo, B.C. JASx A. CARTHEW'S livery Stable ' Teamster and Draymen ' Single-and' Double rig3 for Hire! Al-l Orders Promptly Attended' to. , R.SHAW, Manager. Third St.., Cumberland,B.. 'i i*Vy,*V.-'^." ^.'/^y-y^s^xyo^^^^x^W Cmfiherl-and Mote ��������� COB. DUNSMUIR AVENUE AND SECOND STREET; CUMBERLAND/ B. <8. Mrs. J. H. Piket, Proprietress.' c fl . ������������������ When in Cumberland'be- sur and siay at the' Curhberlarid Hotel, First-Class Accoinuda- tion for transient and perman- ''ent boarders. ��������� ' ' ��������� ", Sample Rooms and Public Hall Run in ^Connection with Hotel Rates from, $1.00. to $2.00 p,er day ���������*,*���������'V.!--V.t.<*. *'"xj^:t *i. fcA������-������irt.c'./J-������R������ TRADB MARK������ DESIGNS, COPYRIGHTS tfcfl. Anyone sendlne a sketch and dotwrlptlon ma_r qnick]}-ascertain, free, whether an lnr������ntl������B ��������� . probably patentable. Commnn.oatto������ii ������tri������������l_r confldential.. Oldest assnoy tor socttrlng pataOxB in America. Wa hare a Washington offlo*. Patents taken through Muno <t Co special notice iu tbe , SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, beautifully Illustrated. largest elronlatloa any scientific journal, weekly; terms$8,90 a ?1.60 Bis months.' Specimen copies and ' Book on. Patents uent free. AddroM *&:��������� 3������1 1 J CO.TJRTSNAY Directory. J- COURTENAY HOUSE, Calluxn, Proprietor. A. H. Mo* GEORGE B. LEIGHTON, smith and Carriage Maker. Black OOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOUOO o b o o o c ��������� o o o o o ivory JLISTX) o o o mine o o o o o c o o o I am prepared to furnish Stylish'Rigs and do Teaming at reasonable rates. D. KILPATRIGK. w o o o o o o o Cumberland o ooooooooooo.oooooooo Notice. Riding on locomotives and rail way. cars, of the Union Colliery- Company by any person or per sons���������except train crew-���������is strictly prohibited. Employees are subject to dismissal for allowing same By order Francis D. Little Manager.., SUNDAY SERVICES ' TRINITY CHURCH.���������Services in the evening". Ul'.v. j. X. Wn.LEMAR rector. ST GEORGE'S P.KESI5YTERIAN CPURCH.- S/-..^vici'S at it a.m. and 7 p m. Sunday School at 2:3b. Y. P. S. C. E. meets at the close of evening' service. R.iV.bW.������ C. Dodds, pastor. METHODIST CHURCH.-Services at ihe usual hours morning and evening Epworth League meets at the close of evening service. Sunday School at 2:30. Rev. \V. 1-Ijck.S, pastor' J". JEZj, Is/L leso c General Teaming Powdet Oil, Etc., Hauled. Wood in Blocks Furnished. SCAVENGER WORK DONE 'Sirowr t^ZSt^SS^^ m ������ I'AT' ]���������*��������� w m Wr jsSfs^j������������j������Ba)-������sa������xs������*������>-<Bj>-xxxS*eiiC' ������a������S ������V .^< >x*Jfc.Vj|i.*x^. .^���������'^"gt^\S^. ���������*������-.>Jk ���������"FOUR -A. g WOMAN'S | *������"C#*Mf*t*S������ BY MRS. M. E. HOLMES. ��������������� <*. AV' Author of "A Woman's ,Love," t'_f> f.S> '��������� Woman Against Woman," ^"Jr MV '-Hit Falal Sin," Etc. Ijfc " "j^-c. ."���������xxV.*5*������-x..,*r*K .���������^.^^.���������^���������*^/*������&Zl '''1 hofiril him utter a cry of .surprise ������������������and ;ijarin,'anil saw my father adv.-uace towards him. the irlstol : once m.<re grasped in his hand. I remember, no more, but tihat the spoil which had bound mo 'to tlie place was broken by the co- -of the third num. <> I leaped to my' l'cet, and. without looking behind nie. turned and fled. VI took, no thoughts as to the piir.1i, -or in'wh.it direction my headlong flight /���������was directed; but as I was about to dam aqross an open' space , ,-imoiitf the trees a murmur oC voices caused me to pause and turn aside, but not before I had recosjni'/.ed through the brajvjhes the cloaked figure ot Ixuly Will o ugh by.. Her companion was your fa.ther-" , "My father!" , r ''Your ''abhor. Mr. Percival Ormsby. I hurried away, caring for nothing, ��������� thinking of nothing, but the dreadful horror I had left behind me in tilie ���������'deeper recesses of the .rood; but as I - turned, I heard I-r.dy AYillou&hbif say, 'Time presses! cAr-' [her d'<iy, and. tihe xielp may come too rate!' And them-she 1 nieiilionc-d',someil;hiing" about the' risk she ran in'meeting him without Sir Hugh's, know]edge, but that tlie necessity for her doing so wits great* * ,. ''Row I arrived home is a mystery to me'-now: but: I did-get home some- ' how; and, creeping to my bed, lay troiiib- -"* -ling, awaiting my father's return in an ���������Agony of doubt ami fear-", . 'Silas paused, as if overwhelmed at the memories he had.-conjured up'; and then, to hide his emotion, mse humod- -'.y from his chair. . Cyril' Ormsby never moved, but sat like ������. figure of stone, watching the other, as for some moments he silently paced the room. - ."Morning had dawned, when a heavy U'ootfallj announced my father's re-Sum. '"'I made-no.movement from my room to welcome him; nor did he, as was his custom, seek me: but, for nearly an hour, -I heard him walking up and down the room 'beneath mine, whiuh was his sleeping, cih-ambcr. That 'he was talking to him self I knew, for E could <���������{.tcli the sound of words without being Slide .to . distinguish 'their mc-;u..ing. "Would he never stop that monoton-' oils walk? "I must have fallen asleep from sheer f:: tig-no, and slept for some time, when bis strong voice sounded at. the foot ���������of lino si airs that led to my mom. sum- - .moniug me' to descend immediately. "For the first time -in my life. I obeyed the summons, not only with reluctance, but with fear. "My fault or was xery pale, "and I saw .3by his face and drews that he had not ���������".slept. Very pale, but otherwise there "was no outward show of (he awful fo-r- ' .arc* Mutt I knew he was suffering with- "lie rose as I entered, and advanced -townids me. "' 'Yvhy, Silas, lad, you were not used vc news for i sleeper- TV ind h.ni, down in the ' to be so hcavy yc-u���������'^".t-at news, too- Y.'hat think you ' ci* ...uitting th's farm in a .few days fiom this, and soekinsr a better land, at least for the poor man, across the salt water? You will go. my brave Sikis? -No?* " "1 "will remain here' I replied. 'I *can iior.i���������but do not ask me to go with :;you'!' "'Silas! is it possible that you. too, *will djsert me in my misfortunes?' '"Ho came towards me, and h,ad almost touched me with his hand, but I spiritng back with an exclamation of horror. *" 'Father! father! don't touch me!' ���������" 'Xot touch you? What do you mean?' -he asked- "'I was:out ii: the woods last night!' " 'And saw in " 'I saw you .fDecp Hollow?' "Oh, heaven! I shall never forget the face he turned upon me as I uttered ������������������the.se words.' There was no anger in liis ,l..ok���������simply an nun.terabit despair. "He sank into a chair, and for many minutes no words wore uttered; and when, at last, his lips opened, it. was to titter these words: 'Silas, my life is iri your hands. Von r.i'i;*! not judge me too harshly, my son- L have be.ui ��������� ec rely, sorely tempted*' "No otiter words passed between us that moaning. In the evening of that day, by my father's own wish. I quitted the farm, to find a homo with my aunt, Mrs. Mathewes- I saw my father once again before he left Ens- iard-" "And you heard the accusation .heap- ��������� ed upon others, and never spoke of "���������this?" said Cyril. 'Tut yourself in my place, 'ALr. O.rms- ���������������������������iby, and would you have done so? Your father was dead���������would you have me murder mine?'' Moved by a generous and manly im pulse, Ormsby stretched out liis hand, aud Silas grasped it in both of his. "It is for her sake I have spa ken now; for my suke, deal charitably witih the memory of one who has passed ���������away, and pity :f you cannot forgiv'e." 'J hen, regaining the same strange ���������-���������ivlniness which he had kept so little 'broken throughout this trying scene, Silas drew from his pocket a folded aud lcc-sely written paper. "All that I have sand you will find here carefully written down and signed by myself. You will communicate all ���������yes, all���������to Miss ��������� Pancourt, and, ac- ecrdihg as her juJgment shall direct, to Miss Willoug-hby. , -The one stipulation I make to this, that one_ week sihall b������ ���������permitted to elapse before ,that confea- sion is made public. Before that time lias ekipsed 1 will have arranged to quit this- place, forever*" , No verba] promise was given; but when Cyril again pressed Silas" hands the hitter felt tha*- it was wlui the cordial' grasp of a friend. . The other pa'per which Silas prod-tc- ��������� ed was ..that' .concerning his father's shipwreck and., death- Then the two nien, so different ' in 'Position,".yot' so ' strangely linked together ' by circumstances, drew their chairs closer together, and in a low, confidential tones, talked through a greater portion of the waning nigiht. ��������� , Miuari's Liniment Cures G-arget in Cows.' ' CHAPTER XL. TOO LATE. ' '' ' 1 ' i It was agreed that Cyril .should ride over to Oakwooi.*ri, in the course of the day; and, seeing. Miss .Fan court, communicate to her, under the same restrictions imposed upon him by Silas, the contents oi" the paper he now held' It was also agreed that,Doctor Cameron should be taken into the secret���������a task 'Which Sains, noble in ' his self- sacrifice,' undertook to perform himself. The storm had passed away, and the first streaks of "a-^sickls. dawn were Ansi- ble in the sky as Silas, accompanied by Mr. Ormsby, descended iiifco.tihe co.rnt- yard. They found. Stephen fast asleep among the straw of the stable, and near the horse, which, by his master's' command, had been so .'hastily saddled the previous nigiht. It took some time to rouse ihim from his sleep, a nucli 'longer,time to siiakc into him some glimmering of sense. Thiis being done at last, Cyril bade him .lead the ihorse out of the stable. ' t ' "You bcsin't going ��������� to- ride ��������� ihim- now. surely?"' said the man- "No; but Mr:' Goodcve'- is."- Then turnips to the"' latter,, ��������� he ��������� said, as Stephen sulkily led the horse out of 'the stable, "I insist that you "ride home at once, and take some of .that'rest you so greatly need. I will .meet you to-; moi-row at the hour appointed." at Dec- tor Cameron's; but now, iand always, count me as your friend.'..I' shall never forget the sacrifice you. have made; nor, be assured, will she."- - .'. _'..��������� ."A noble heart!" thought Cyril,' as he looke'd 'after Sila's, as !hc galloped aAvay and disappeared in a bend of the park road.' "A man who, under happier circumstances, would be capable oi! greater tilings." " . ' -' .. It was,still gray dawn when he reached his own home- ~ He was stooping,* down to' insert the key into the lock, when a hando wras laid h&avi'ly upon his shoulder. "'Hush! Don't speak! I have owailed your return since nightfall. It is I, Silas, my son!" Swift as light, Silas turned "upon Lhe speaker, a man in rough, coarse garments, Avitli a felt hat slouched doAvn upon hi* forehead and a thick beard covering the lower part of bis face. Tfhe voice would have been enough to have'proved the identity without the horrified glance which Silas cast upon the stranger's bronzed and haggard "face- He uttered no cry, but reeled back against the door he was about lo open as ono, who has received a stab or a pistol bullet- "Can the grave give up its dead?" It seemed so: for in the man standing bodily before him, with one hand grasping his shoulder, while the forefinger of the other was raised in earnest warning, Silas Goodevo recognized his father! "Xx������ If Continued. Tlio ISi-:'. A r������i*-.t. Snarley ��������� You don't havo lo'he an artist to draw a check. Ynw���������No. lint you have lo be a P.oval academician to m>i it o.ishod.���������Syraou.-w Herald. rtC|l-*x:0������1. "Your faco is faini'iai-"���������, ','S.o is yours���������loo much -so." ���������TV UoUlUlelili:.!. r.lil'"'i.]l. '- FAGGED' OUT.-jNone but Ihos-s who have become fagged out know what a depressed, miserabio f*.elin<r at is. All strength is gone, and despondency hits taken hold of the sufferers.' '1 hey,feel as though there is nothing to live for. There, however, is a cure���������one box'of Pai-melee's Vegetable Pi'ls will, do wonders in restoring health and strength. Mandrake-and Dandelion are two of the articles entering into the composition of "Parnielee's Pills. OFFlCfAL SIGNATURES. Good Recxnn.H. "Why are yon **u , I'nud of Shakespeare?" asked tho acipuiiiuanpp. "RocauSx'." answered. Mr. Stnrmington Hanies. "he is the' ureal, t lip .peerless poet, lhe man who --poke alike to peasant and philosopher ���������mc. moved the world to hiirher omul ion*- 1'esides. you don't have to pay Shal-.e.-pi'sire any royalties for'the use of hi.*, p'.ivs." ��������� Washington Star. ������ SUxTieiettt Elc:������so������. I'Vt /-i^i. <���������-,-'," ��������� ���������-��������� .- 1& f ���������:��������� ,'.-.-';..* x .i. , r. ���������-ii.i T.- ii'i li'*7.s b Vis t-i- , .p*.---.,! " "A ������! ��������� ,. .,|i 'J1,>���������-.* ,"������.-! w Ji , I . ��������� i v., fv-r=rj5*M b..?. \iy i '. tv b*:.,,'.. . 'A -;"--. ��������� '. ���������~fy^B0^ky^y' ^s^ttS ^y-yyy^l^'h mmiw Mrs. Brov/n���������Oh. Henry! Why. oh. why. did you give baby that dreadful driiii! ? Mr. Brown (sharply)���������Because he makes less noise when he has it.��������� King. Tlio fnitJ.irl.tiit Part., "How vni'.ch will yottr oniuiou ia tlda case he worth?" :isi.ed the prospective client. "1 can't tell yon how much it'll be worth," nuswered tbe lawyer who is aceurftoiupd to make tine distir.otious, "but I can tell you how much 1 am co- iug' to charge you for it." His Fir.Nt Ooenii Trip.. "I tell you. t'.iis makes a man appreciate the Broadway cable cars." "How?" "In the cars yon can bans on to a strap." Poor Mutt. Mrs. Browne���������Flo certainly docs live lii<.^..- It seems to nie bis whole tljOUjSht is of his victuals. '"������������������Vs. Mnlaprop���������Thnt's so. He's what you uiii-vlit call a regular ipecac. Clotlie!., Do N'oi Mnko tin- Man. ��������� The ,av*iM"iige man- lias two ;suits of hndprwoa'r. one suit on and'one iu the wash: fw;o suits of clothes, one for every day and one' foi- Sunday: one hat and one,pair of shoes. Still doesn't ho look as well as a woman who has a dozen 'dresses?. Tlio DSss.IiIcm! ^lotornian. ������������������"What was. the matter with that mo- tornu.n t:n;v hnnurlit to .the' hospitai?" "'i'he street car hell .didn't work,-and the ]iasN������Mi'JiPi"s had been punching; bin. with their umbrellas."���������Chicago Record. ' ��������� " ��������� ' ' *-. Minard's Liniment Cures. DijMML- Ii'larriedi-Man-Aiid von are easmed 10 M;ss S'lanUie? "Vonag h'riead���������Yes. 1 watched ho<- ',a wiiii'.o day on'the raib'qad train ami became so iateresied in ber Unit ! fo' lnv-ed ber aji. ;.;j,u an introduption. ami .'.unv.ffc are io be innrried. _ Married Man���������Was she t ravelin;: 'done?, 'Yeans Friend���������No'. Slip was,"with her mother.- nnd her kindness fo her .no.iiey is wb.nt enritarr-d in p. iV.i'iTicd Man-Hut. see will il; in5*. i ci **'.i,.d man. she'll go on being kind to her ���������.aother. Minard's -Liniment -Cures Colds, Etc. , . Wo. !'sp. Cattorson���������Look here, old man! T,ot me toll you how 1 p.ianacce my wife. I always ;:ivp Ikm- money when sho dpos not want it. and when she does I refer to the time'when .1 o'.'fered it to her. ILitlorson��������� That's a tine scheme, but it wouldn't work in ray case. "Why not ?" "Well. I've never yet seen the time whoa my wife didn't want money."��������� Harper's Bazar. Tlie Ri>1ort Proper. The Coiled or���������Hen4 it is Tuesday, and you haven't paid a cent ou that waich. Yon promised to have the money for trie Saturday. "The Youn.ir Man���������Well, it is only Friday by tbe watch. It is that much slow.- D.lf.e.ilt C'oSor Scheme. "The baby has his father's nose, don't you think?*' "Nonsense! .Nature could no more reproduce that nose than she could reproduce a Turner sunset." ��������� Detroit JO*. |.n������l, Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper. Ortpriii of ttie Nesiro Rn.ce. In an article on the britrin of the "nefrrb race in The North American Review" Sir Henry M. Stanley -held that the cradle of this race, as of so many others, was in Asia, whence the negroes 'migrated to Africa, in which continent they were barred from intercourse with the rest of the world by the severe and exclusive Egyptians and by the geographical barrier of tbe Sahara and the Mediterranean on the north and the At- lautie and Indian oceans on the west and east. Sir Henry ende.ivored to show Hie effects on the Africans of the more than T.UUx' years of inbreeding which resulted from this isolation of the race. The writer said: "There is no need to seek for traces of a submerged continent to locate the home of the first woolly haired negro or the clay colored busbman and darker pygmy. Asia is of sullicieut amplitude, provided we allow time enough and take into consideration its varieties of climate, for the strange divergences in the human races to have taken place within it. The continent that exhibits the almond eyed Mongolian, the blue eyed Circassian, the deep black Go'ndas and Bahillas, the dark Paharias, the dwarfish Aetn, the hook nosed Jew and the short nosed Tartar could surely, in the- very earliest ages of man, have produced such contrasts as the woolly haired negro and the silken haired Aryan. But in ail my travels I have seen nothing more wonderful than this���������that, in whatever disguise I have found man. something in him seems to justify the belief that we are all the children of one Father." Worlc Tl������at Has to Be Done by Presidents and Cabiuct Ofllcera. "Cabinet and bureau officers," said a private secretary of' one of the former, "lose a lot of ��������� valuable time in signing their names to official ��������� documents which are' given life Ijy the scrawl traced' sc hurriedly upon them. ' "Ancient official .documents show.thai when George '' Washington signed ' his .name during-the early part of his first administration, he .frequently wrote it 'George Washington,' although his favorite signature and' the one' he commonly signed was 'Go. Washington.' It has also been found on documents writteD "G.'Washington.' Douhts may he entertained as to the accuracy of .this statement, as the almost universal signature known to the public is with his first name abbreviated 'Go.,' but the f.acts are as I state them. .''��������������������������� , . ' "When Mr. Lincoln first entered the White House, he always signed his name in full, 'Abraham!'.Lincoln.' Subsequently he abbreviated his official-signature tc the''A. Lincoln' of familiar sight. "Mr. Cleveland elided one .of his Christian'names before be came to" Washington, and he always wrote 'Grover Cleveland', in full.' ��������� . , , "Tbe president devotes a specified time daily to affixing his'signature to papers of state, and the commissions of army, navy and other officers bearing presidential appointments, and presidential postmasters, of whom there are about, 3,500, changing with" each administration or re-, commissioned, i-" reappointed. .Mr. Lincoln evidently found that it consumed toe much,time to write his name in full, and this is the reason, no doubt, why. he abbreviated it. ' , r ' ,_ "It cannot be said' with exactness which of''tbe cabinet officers signs'his name the most frequently. I believe, however, that it1 is the postmaster gen-' oral. Not only does he affix his signa--:.. tare to the countless official papers of the department in common with his confreres, but he signs, the commissions of all the postmasters of the fourth.',"class; and they approximate 70.000. - ' Sometimes one postohice will he commission-' ed several times during rhe term of the incumbent postmaster general, ami it would not bo far out of the way., to say that he sign's from S0,000 tr> 100.CO0 fourth class postmasters' commissions during his term. ��������� ."Cabinet officers acquire great rapidity in making these formal signatures, and they hurry'- through with it. as it is a' task and blocks other more important work. Messengers stand by the side of the chief presenting the commissions or papers with ono hand while they quickly*, blot each- signature as* made 'with the other."- , ' *' _".'������������������.'?���������'.. ������_ i ' ��������� 'OILS FROM THE WHALE. They Possess Certain ("ti.nl. tica Wliieli Keep Them In Demand. "Whale oil." said a dealer in oils, "is to some extent used as a lubricating oil. but not to a very large extent. ^ When used forlubricating purposes, it is more often compounded with mineral oils, which are cheaper. Whale oil is used for tempering steel.- It is still usedtin,a limited way by some people as an illuminating oil. Whale oil is used for making whale oil soap, used-for killing worms on trees. "Sperm 'oil is a fine lubricating oil. used on fine machinery, large and small. The One sowing, machine oil is likely to be sperm oil. It is used for illuminating purposes in safety lamps in warehouses, because of its small liability to explode, sperm standing a higher degree of heat than mineral oils. It is used as a signal oil on shipboard, for lamps and lanterns and "for slue lights, .and so on. and on steamers for a lubricating oil. For all these purposes mineral oils and lulmicat- ing compounds have more or less supplanted it because of their greater cheapness, but sperm oil is nevertheless in demand for them. There are some other uses for whale oil and for sperm oil, which are still sold to larger aud smaller users by the barrel or the can or gallon. "The desirable qualities for some uses oi these oils, onco so commonly used, make a market for the comparatively small and diminishing quantities of them now brought to sale, even though their prices are higher than those of the oils that have so commonly supplanted them. "There is an oil produced from some part of the head of the whale that is much more costly than either whale oil or sperm oil. It sells in fact for as much as*$10 a gallon. This is watch oil, and it , may be bought of dealers in watch supplies. It is used for' oiling watches and also for oiling the arbors or journals of the wheels of tower clocks. It is not only a fine lubricant, but it withstands cold remarkably well, not .freezing except at an extremely low temperature., for which- reason it is very desirable for such'use in cold and exposed situations." ��������� , y\n General Stm-lc Tnjn. Hole. There is, nothing like old letters ,and ��������� old diaries for bringing history to 'life ��������� i again. What historian lias drawn such j a picture of the hero of Bennington aa I this, borrowed'from'the jourmd of Colonel Israel Angel of Rhode Island? Even the spelling gives color to the truth of the account: "Septr 21st .1780. A Rany morning , but Soon broak away the gentlemen met again this day to Settle the dispute between Barron Steuben and Col Ila/.cn but did not finish ,the business, went to dobbs Ferry iii< the afternoon on ��������� our way back a merry scean happened Genl Stark going to water' his hors at a place Cal I'd The Stole! ��������� mired him, and got him into the mud and mire. ' The Genl . Got out without nney damage Except" bedaubing himself witli 'mud, the adj. gen. allso mired his hors. hut he got nutr without difficulty. Genl. Stark was drawd out by' the Soldiers."���������-Youth's Companion. ', < ' ��������� i i v; Imitation Teeth'. ' At an earlier period in the development of the art imitation teeth were made as perfect as possible,, in respect to both shape and whiteness, so. that their very freedom from blemish often rendered their falsity more conspicuous. Nowadays the matter is better understood, and defects are purposely made in order to contribute to Jllusion. ��������� ' ���������, Rcerl initiation. First Boy'-"-Yinir father must be an'aw-. ful mean man. Him a shoemaker and makiti yon wear them old hoois!" Second Boy ���������He's nothin to what your father is. . Him a dentist. ������>id your baby only got one touih!- . Many a man looks* upon marriage'*as an, institution that 'enables him to .put his propei ty/ iu his wife's name.---Chicago News. ,' N. Helping n Little. When the clays arc hot and.growing hotter ��������� And earth is dry as a .vornout blotter. When the grass is ciirp and the sky'is copper And more than a harden is each grasshopper, When the shrill cieada's redhot voice is A note at whifh 119 heart rejoices. When at every ersicfc the dust is siftii.g: And gasping hens their wings are luting, 1* like to think of the deep snosv drifting; , ' Of trostbouiid pond and icicles brittle; ' - ' ;*- , le helps a little. , * * _ *��������� - ��������� When out on the path the step, is ringing And keen as a whip the sleet is stinging. . . ( When buffalo robes sire heaped to the shoulder" A.nd the '-old moon makes the night seem colder. When a few Ihin leaves on the beeches shiver And dead and buried and gone is the" river A.nd out of the north the Hakes are Hying. ' f I like to think of tlie new hay lying. c Of summer aiis in the branches siyhing, Ot" the hammock at noon where V lounge or whittle; ", It helps 11 Utile. Kill ten]. Superintendent���������What is the cause nil that howling in No. l.Vs cell? Attendant���������He's kicking because his cell is padded with exeeUior instead of hair. rc.ujui. A stretch of landscape somber and serene. A dull, gray sky farreaeljing overhead, A flight of swallows wheeling eastward seen. But from tlie earth all signs of life aie fled. The barren cliffs no movement swift can boast. The fields are quiet with the still of death; The1 languid wavelets softly kiss the ooas-t; Tlie wind has hushed its stillness to a breath. The strangeness born of Bilencp still abounds. And in the woods rest each bird and his mate. Until the shrill, hoarse cry of curlew sounds Like trumpet blast of destiny and fate. Upon the rooks two silent-figures sit, A fair young girl with him who loves her ao. She sighs and shivers; then she yawns a bit- And petulantly say������: "Oh. dear! How slow."' .'������.������������������" A, Si 4 n i !*,i| '#1 ..71 f fir' if-J of Br 1 \ I iV I y ���������\\ i (1 s f Wlie 11 Energy is ' 5 .acKing",��������� Wlien tlie Briunv Gets Tired aiid'tlie NVrves .Stsirve.d and F.xliausted, New Vitality Conies Willi, tlie Use of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. It is when tbe lieu.- f_ begins to fail, when the first symptoms of exhaustion show themselves, that tbe body is most quickly benefitted by the use of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, the great, blond builder and nerve restorative. It lifts failing" men ancl women from tbe border land of nervous prostration, paralysis and locomotor ataxia and refits them for healthful and happy life. Mrs. Charles Keeling, sen., Owen Sound, Ont., writes:���������"It is'a pleasure to tell what great benefits I have derived from the use of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. I am 55 years of age, and for about five years my life was one of great, suffering from nervousness, ' weakness and extreme physical exhaustion. I could not sleep, and hot flushes would pass through my body from feet to head. I consulted our family physician ancl two other doctors, but they told me that about my time ol life I was likely to be troubled in this way. I continually grew worse, and despaired of ever being cured. Dr. Chase's Nerve Food came to my notice, and as we havo had Dr. Chase's "Recipe Book I had confidence in the doctor. I was so surprised at tbe help I received from the first box that I bought three more. They .-built' me right up, and made me feel healthy and young again. They have proven a great blessing to me, and I hope this testimonial will be of help to some weak, nervous woman suffering as I did.' DE, CHASE'S NERVE FOOD Dr. Chase's Nerre Food is prepared in condensed pill form and con- tain's the elements of nature which go to form rich, red blood, strong nerves and firm healthy muscles. It gives surprising vigour and energy to mind and body and gradually and thoroughly re.bui.cis and reconstructs the tissues wasted by over-exertion or disease. 50 cents, at all dealers, or Edmanson, Bates & Co., Toronto. ; >iJ ^���������^.^���������^."���������^..������������������rfwpv/.'^rcr^ l'S'i.������5IWn-^l������|piI1TT.fT?' , r..-.?;���������������������������-������������������ _,~T,./.,t>i^7l .-r ^. ,.rr^ r*r~v;������ / V :<]> 4 EVENTIDE. Up Itrilight ways the cattle slowly.coa.e; 'T.b eventide. Mid musk and balm of dusky calm, , Through.bordered lanes where roses hide, ./Where bobwhites call from meadows wide,' The faroff bells steal soft and low. Like fairy-tinkles come'and go^, Then'die in silence quite away As elowly fades the waning day. The gold hatli paled from out tlie western nky,; ��������� "fis eventide. At pasture bars two ling'ring are, When loit'ring kine make milking late, Chiding for one will surely wait. But one' ne'er heeds when lovers' eyes Gleam bright as stars in evening bkics / And jeweled moments fleeting are When trysting at the pasture bar. The mellow bells grow fainter, fainter still; v 'Tis eventide. ', To Aink that bells at gloaming heard.' Can bring from out forgotten ways, "Voices and forms from' vanished days; '* That dead regrets can rise again .With old time longing and its pain; , That 'twas I'who lingered long'ago . By pasture bars in twilight glow. ��������� ���������Winfield L. Scott in Detroit Free Press. A STORY OF 'WAR IN LA VENDEE. m ���������-:v������-:v#.--#-x-������v:-0::-0-������-������--������:-:"3>:������^-������-'-������ * * - nn iiiiu.ri r.r.111- niirnr ��������� '* * e-x������->:-0->:-#-:v������v:-������-:v������v:-������v:-#-:v������v:-������-:v������v:-������-:-.������ After the town was taken M. Henri a made our house his headquarters. Those ��������� who bad escaped were chased, to'the gates of'Niort. " The Marseillais.threw clown their arras in the streets and surrendered. The night advanced, still they dragged the prisoners into our low rafted room. M. Henri cried with victorious clemency, "Lower 'your arms nnd yotf shall hot be hurt."- The republicans were disarmed and let go free. > I pointed out to the young chief the danger of letting hundreds of rebels wan- - der about the /outskirts, just when his men were thinking of nothing but victory ,aud of going each his own way.. *'You have some merciless enemies." I said. "A.Marseillais'lieutenant named Ripard ,* has sworn that he would kill.you in tlie combat or murder, you afterward on the first opportunity."' On the young chief's handsome^ face there was a; look of childlike astonish- 'ment at Rlpard's hatred. His brow '. clouded at my words, but he dismissed the thought with a shake of tbe shoulders and gave the order to release the rest of the prisoners. "���������V'We must show them that we have more" humanity than they.," he said. ' ,-IJ.e ��������� had scarce finished speaking when there was a tumult outside, and three Vendean soldiers dragged a rough * haired man .into-the room. ..He had cruel, bloodshot eyes: his face was convulsed with-rage ancl hatred. ._ "This rebel has been arrested, pistol - In hand," said one of the Vendeans. "His life and liberty were given him. He made off, then turned and fired on his liberators. We dragged bis pistol from him. , Here it is." And the man placed the weapon upon the table. "To the prison," ordered M. Henri, and. turning to the man, he said, "Your name?" The prisoner grinned savagely. "Take care. My name will alarm you. lam Ripard." 1 trembled. M. Henri looked at the Marseillais and said quietly: "Well, Ripard, you are free. Go!" . "No!" replied tbe man sullenly. - "I know that trick. 1 am unarmed. As soon as I am outside I shall be shot down by your soldiers." "My word is my oath. You shall not go unarmed. Take your pistol." M. - Henri pointed to the pistol on tbe table. ' . The man Jeered. "Do you know that it is loaded?" For answer M. Henri took the pistol and held it out to Ripard. The prisoner snatched it from his hand, stuck it in his belt and,- looking at tbe young chief with an evil oye, said sullenly: * "Where do you expect me to,go? The houses are full; there is no straw. The country is unsafe. If you are afraid to keep me. kill nie. for lam worn out. 1 cannot drag another step." ��������� "Soit!" said M. Henri. "We aro no longer fighting. There is a capitulation. If* you do not know where to go, you. may .-stop-here.''. ..���������''* I trembled at tbe thought of harboring so dangerous a guest and raised a hundred objections. We had not even a chair to spare. "At least." said M. Henri, "he shall share my room. The bed is big enough for two." I was dumb with horror. There was a painful silence, broken by Al. Henri begging me to take the torch and. show Ripard to his room. The man watched us narrowly. A drop of blood hanging from the corner of his eyelid rolled down his cheek, leaving a ghastly stain upon it. I walked first, showing tbe way up tbe steps, but my heart beat fast, and the torch trembled in my hand, throwing weird'shadows as we went. Inside the corridor I opened the ���������sleeping room door and placed the ligbl upon the chimney. The grin on the Marseillais' face froze my blood with horror. 1 lingered, hoping to find a chance of whispering to M. Henri to disarm Ripard or, at any rate, to lei one of the men sleep in his room, bu1 he had forgotten about the pistol oi was obstinate in his idea, for he cut me short, saying: "Good night! A demain. I am worn out with fatigue." And to hasten my departure, he com menced to unfasten his coat. I went away in despair, leaving the door ajar behind me, but I heard M. Henri bid Ripard close it, saying that they would,sleep more quietly. I trembled at,the haste with which the man obeyed, double locking' the door .behind him. In the anguish that possessed' me I bad a mind to cross the corridor upon which their room opened, to get a ladder, and climbing up, to watch them through the narrow oeil de boeuf, window placed high in the wall, but my courage failed. - Still I could not abandon onr guest , to the mercy of hll enemy.1 ' M. Henri's, Veudean soldiers shared my fears, but they, dared not disobey -the command. "When M. Henri says a thing, he meaha it," they said, but I persuaded one of them to place his mattress across the door, begging him. to spend tue-night there, ready to break in at the first alarm. This' done, I, retired, but I was still- uneasy. Though I threw myself dressed upon my bed, I could not sleep. An hour passed wear- 'Hy by, then another; the suspense became unbearable. Unable longer to suppress my fears, 1 took a ladder from a lumber room at the- end ������f the corridor, placed it noiselessly under the oeil de boeuf window'.' cli-.ubed up and looked into, the room. Tho light was still burning, 'though the bouse was plunged in silence. ' , M. Henri was lying on the side of the bed nearest to the" wall: and Ripard, having placed the light upon the table near to the head of tlie bed, was standing motionless-beside it watching the sleeper's face. . I'could not see his expression, for his' back* was'"'toward me: He remained thus some minutes, debating-perhaps, whether theo serenity of those noble features were not a ruse. The, young chief's shirt was open at the neck, showing a medallion attached to a silver chain that reposed upon his breast. His breathing was calm and regular, his lips half open in' a smile .that betokened a, peaceful and happy dream. Ripard's right, hand was half hidden in the shadow of the table. I could see that it. held the pistol, his finger upon* the trigger. .He seemed to hesitate. Then raising his arm slowly he aimed straight at the sleeper's heart. I was petrified with horror. My .heart ceased, to beat...-A cry of terror 'and anguish died away, in my throat. Still I watched, powerless to move, as in a dream'. And Al.'Henri slept on, smiling and breathing peacefully, unconsciously offering his warm breast to the ��������� cold * muzzle that was menacing him. "In that awful moment I felt the cold shiver of death upon me. 'Ripard'maintained his murderous aim, still he did not fire. He sighed deeply, ' his hand trembled. Then he lowered the pistol with a furious movement, turned and stepped backward' from the bed. He was hideously pale, his eyelids trembled. lie shook his bead, placing his hands before bis eyes as though chasing soma hideous vision and noiselessly pliced the pistol upon the table. I waited uo longer. I scram-, bled down the ladder, stumbled to the door of M. Henri's room, woke the Vendean snoring upon tf:e mattress and iu breathless baste bid him to force the lock gently that the Marseillais should not hear. Tho soldier drew a kuife from liis pocket, and. though he handled it adroitly, the work was long and difficult. At,last the lock gave. I flung the door open and stood dumfounded upon the threshold. Side by side M. Henri and- Ripard were sleeping as children sleep. theirf breasts rising and falling with the same regular and peaceful movement and'much tbe same smile upon'their lips.���������Translated From tbe French For St. Louis Star. ��������� Tlie Uarz Peasantry. The Harz peasants are an honest, thrifty lot. very independent and proud. but also full of religious feeling, and a book might be written ou their beliefs and customs. At funerals, births aud ���������marriages every act is invested with '.meaning, and a !egei:d or proverb is quickly brought forward to combat skeptical doubts, ('.oilfathers and godmothers to tbe number of 24 sometimes accompany.'the'baby to the baptismal font, and little gifts are .exchanged and refreshments of sausages, cake, boor and brandy-are served before and after tbe ceremony. The young girls wear wrontlis, from which they pick .lowers to give to the young godfathers, and these in turn present thorn with an orange or lemon,"-whiclr they carry in their hands. They have a curious superstition that the child will die if it receives the name of either parent, and this is only done when they wish it to bo the last baby in the family. A grand supper of chocolate, soup and roast pork, with preserves, is served after the baptism, and the festivities end with, a dance. Everything begins ancl ends, with a dance in the Harz mountains, and their balls begin at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.���������Catholic World. ,told to do, Math.'v, 4S. Here is a good thought.,.Tames iii. 2. pan,we do it? See Job viii. 20. The trouble with people is this, Jer. xvii. 9. See what is said in I Sam. xvi, 7. If it were not for this, we would "all be lost. Cannot everybody be perfect if they would see 'What is-said, I Cor:'x. 13? Here were two good'people. They tried Luke i,' 13-16." W*hich shows that there are jewelers in Iowa whose time is not entirely occupied with business cares.��������� Jewelers' Circular Weekly. Both Bail. James' McNeill Whistler .'was once painting a portrait of a distinguished novelist, who, was extremely clever, but also extremely ill favored. When the portrait was finished, the sitter did not seem satisfied with it. "You don't seem to like It," Whistler said. i The sitter confessed that he did not and said in self justification. "You must admit that it is a,bad work of art.'" ',���������'''.���������'��������� "Yes," Whistler replied, "but I think you must admit that you are' a bad work of nature."���������Argonaut. A. Story of Two Newspaper R Men aud a Woman. ��������� BV CARRIE GLARE NOTTINGHAM.' 1 ���������J Wainwright sjuarpenod his pencil viciously. What fiend had prompted Hel- muth to assign him Dixon's, obituary? lie continued to sharpen his pencil until there was nothing left but a stub. The next stroke of'the knife would have taken a bit of his finger "when he caught himself with a start and jjave a harsh, metallic laugh. Then he gathered up the little pile of cedar chips and graphite flakes and put them in the wastebasket. *'- ; Why should he not write Dixon's, obit-, uary? He could afford to be generous Short Credit Man and tlie Bible. A jeweler in Iowa, writing a jobbing house that questioned his credit, quoted, "What is* not of faith is siu," conveying the inference that the jobbers were sinners. The house replied, "Faith without works is dead" aud "There is none perfect���������no, not one." They are now sorry they replied in kind, for this is what the next mail brought: "See what Gen. vi, U. says about a perfect man. See what avc are and give him a good one, for hevwas glad that Dixon was dead; riotously, intoxi- catedly glad of it. Now hecould breathe -freely once more. He had grown.hag- gaiH and worn during the weeks that Dixon's life had hung in the balance. He had feared that Dixon would get well. He could not remember haying feared anything' so much before,- and he had been afraid of Dixon himself for almost a year, afraid'of his manliness, bis intelligence and his big,' warm heart. - He had been even more afraid of these than.of his handsome person, and Dixon had been a striking figure'? Wainwrjght noted- with satisfaction that .already he Avas-thinkiugof Dixon in tho past perfect tense. Ad hour- ago he would have said. "Dixon-is'a striking figure." Strange that fair hair, a pair of blue eyer< and,attractive,ways joined with the best intentions can almost make a demon of a man sometimes. That was what the combination seemed to have done to Wainwright���������that is, to his soul- His manner was still conventionally correct. But tlie natural savage in him was growing mightier every day ancl was straining more insistently at the chains of civilization, an inheritance with which generations of refinement had loaded him. He- had long ago ceased to care whether it would be right to kill Dixon. That was all over now. Providence, that mysterious and omnipotent agency that thwarts so many plans and sets at naught so much endeavor, had been on his side this time and had mercifully removed Dixon. Wainwright was weak and faint from the snapping oi" the strain and revulsion of 'feeling, lie felt sorry for Dixon. He could remember now that he had been fond of him before this thing came between them. It was not that he ever bore him personally any ill will, but only that Dixon had been so horribly iu the way. Yes, it did seem too bad for Dixon; everything to live for and yet to die. But Dixon had been brave about it. When they had .told him that it was the end, he had not seemed to care, and the look of contentment was not a mere momentary uplifting, but had staid on his face. Wainwright* had not seeii him, but those who had said that even in death he smiled, as if when entering the valley of shadows he had seen a light beyond. It was a consolation to his mother, but something���������" wonderful and mystifying ,tn his friends. ���������-.Perhaps' it puzzled Wainwright more ��������� than any one else because he knew that Dixon loved Elaine Pierpont. Dixon had told him so himself and thus planted the seeds of murder in his heart, for with Dixon loving hoi-she would in ���������time love him. That was a foregone conclusion. No heart could withstand that love compelling personality. Everybody loved Dixon. Without exerting himself he was irresistible. Therefore.'Wainwright reasoned; if Dixon set ���������himself to win the best lovo of all his success was inevitable. With Dixon out of tlie. way. however, he would take his own chances with the rest, and he would not fail either. Elaine must love him. He would make her. be thought fiercely. Rut about the obituary. He would be just, and do his best with it. Dixon had been generous and brave, and he would say so. Dixon had been high minded and pure and upright. He would put tlAt in. Dixon had been as handsome as a Greek god aud as warm hearted as a child. He would tell that too. Dixon had been a scholar, but unostentatious. He had been accomplished, and he considered that his accomplishments were- for the benefit of his friends. He was so affectionate that he regarded all the world as one big family arid did his best to be a universal brother. None of this should be left out. He had been afraid that some time he would be impelled to stab Dixon in the back, and he was so glad that typhoid pneumonia had spared him this temptation that he laughed for very joy as he got out a fresh pencil and sharpened it properly. He wrote the title "Justice to Dixcm" almost unconsciously and then shuddered at the grim truth and glaring impropriety of it. Hastily he tore up the paper and began on a fresh sheet. He need not bother about a title anyway. Ilelinuth would attend to that. lip would concentrate his whole effort upon the subject matter. He could recall (so many lirtle anecdotes which showed the, lovable nature of the man, so many bright say'ngs that were trifles in themselves, but all told for noble living. They would m-'ike the picture more vivid and lifelike. Dixon's friends should' see the grandeur'of the man as perhaps they had failed !������������������������ see it in his lifetime, for they had ha.I him at too close range. '* It was no ordinary obituary that'Wainwright was making. A transformation' had come over him. His face, was pale; his eyes-blazed; his breath was short, lie had become an artist in love with hi������ theme, and it was a part of his soul "'twas giving to Dixon.. He worked a-x if his whole previous training had- been ,t > this end. He criticised, condemned.''iv vised, as if .he were some one euti.ely apart ' from .his creation, an impartial judge. , ��������� ' When the article was finished. lie ictl- ,ized that he had done far more th.in 'write-1 a sketch of,Dixon. With'u th"' short limits of newspaper u.quir,������u.-nts he had produced a masterly work i-f a:t, and he felt a strange exultation as ho handed in his copy and went home. ' II . had not known oof ore that he wus.clc. or., He scarcely could believe, it n ���������**.,-.-." By morning he began to wonder if L.i- work really were so good as it hail seemed the night before, lie hurried down to 'the office, buying a paper on the \v. y. but was too nervous to read it. ������������������Wainwright,, I say," llehnutb gre-t-ed .him huskily'; "forgive inc. hut i di.'n'. know you'could do anything so 'line. I. was even mean enough to remember af.- er I,had .given you the,assignment that I hail thought you were jealous of Dixon nnd to wonder if his memory* would not fare better in 'other hands." . f . - Helmuth "openly' wiped his eyes. "Forgive me."he repeated.' "We all feel that way about Dixon���������the way you do���������but there, is not another,.'man on the force who .could have said it as you have." And one by one the others as they met Wainwright wrung his hand. * Presently people began to condole with him on the loss of Uixou.��������� They* feared that the anxiety he had suffered dur.n; Dixon's long illness and grief over the bereavement had undermined his health. They urged him to try a change of scene and said they hoped that some time Dixon would know * what a friend he was. Wainwright began to dread outstretched hands and looks of sympathy. He fo'.! that he was living a lie, and yot how unspeakably brutai it would be to tell the truth. < * ' *��������� ' -The only-consolation he found .was a new sweetness in Elaine Pierpont's manner.- The ��������� possibility of failure to win her was something lie had not permitted himself to contemplate* since -Dixon'.*- death. _ But "this added gentleness gave him encouragement and a certain degree of peace. ��������� - *��������� He would tell her all about it some time. She would forgive and pity. She must forgive., because it was 'lovo of her that made him hate Dixon. Besides. ,it was not Dixon the iyan that he hated, but Dixon the obstacle. He loved her so intensely that 'it must atone for everything, and in imagination he fell her arms around his neck, and her cheek pressed his in sympathy. ��������� In imagination it was so easy to tell her his love and to ask for hers that a torrent of fiery words fairly choked him. In reality it was so hard that ho finally wrote it and then waited feverishly for her reply. It was ages coming, ho thought, though really it could have come no sooner. " 'Dear Mr. Wainwri'irht.' Why didn't she call me Hul?" he wondered with vague dread. -> Dear Mr. Wainwright���������If Bertrand Dixon hail lived, I probably should have. been 'your wife. Whether it would have proved a. mistake or not, of course we shall never know. If 1 loved him. 1 did not realize it. He asked we to be his wife, and 1 refused him. I refused on your ar-comit. because I hoped that some lime you would tell nv that which you have written today. It was net that I really supposed you ever would. It ������:i- only that, so long as I knew of no one else possessing your affection, 1 could not help clie:'is!ii:i;> a little hope. Now that tlie letter I used to loot; for has come, it tenches me deeply, but not as- I had supposed it would. Since his death I lia.o had a strange experience. Perhaps it might be called a heart awa'cuminr, and it is to you that I owe a knowledge cf what I have lost. 1 did nut realize his worth nor the singular sweetness of Lis spirit till I read your tribute. Then with overpowering force it came to nie as a revelation. I wish "that I might !et him know- of my "aval..-. 'em'ng. if only just for a single inomc-nt, but I can on'y wait. When we no longer see through u glass darkly, but face to face, perhaps I i-an tell him and also let--him know t.'iat it was .you v.-ho taught me my mistake, llow he would .hies.-, you for it! 1 know that he loved you, for ho told itu*. so, and that he believed you were his friend. 1 do not think, however, that he realised your fiietKl- *ship.hnd t'ne quality of. immortality, and'surely that is the trait 'that gave your words of hiir theit surpassing beauty. Willi all tlie grief that it l'iu>. brought mc I am truly grateful that you made me know how blest 1 was among women. I appreciate the honor you would confer upon me, and I could i.ever place .*���������:;> high a value upon the s-aine olfer made by any one else, but you tiiu.it sec the impossibility of niy ever hocoming your wife, wedded as I am to so sacred a memory Aiiec-tionatcly and sorrowfully yours. Ei.ai.vk I'rnrtrosT. Wainwright sniped in a meaningles*. way. Mechanically he drew Ids hand across his forehead, then pressed th lids down over his staring eyes. So tha'. was why Dixon had smiled tit death��������� Elaine had refused liim. But no; it was all just a mistake. It must have beer, he, Wainwright, who had died and been c.'ist into outer darkness, while D'xnn still lived, to possess his own. Of eours:-. it was only fail- that it should be an��������� n<> | more than justice to Dixon.���������Bachelor ,i ijab.-s io i\etv y.orfc. lie nnd been refused a number of times, but with a persistence worthy of a better cause bej, continued to bore bis official friend. Finally be was supplied with the magic pasteboard, and without looking at it he wont to the railroad station and paid for his seat in tbe parlor car. When the'Conductor came along, the lawyer, who, by the way,' is a man' of rather imposing appearance, was reading a paper and with the nonchalance supposed to be second nature to those who never pay their carfare' held out bis, pass, never even glancing at the-' conductor. That official took the pass-, read it carefully, looked at the holder of it and then examined the puss again with considerable care. The lawyer,, noticing that the conductor seemed to. be giving tbe pass more than ordinary- attention, stared at the official with a manner that indicated that be might at. least be a director ancl asked with considerable warmth, "Anything-the matter with that pass?" , ' The conductor looked at bis questioner in a quizzical way-and then said, "No: the pass is all right, but you are certainly the best dressed pauper I ever saw." ������ tr # Hoiv Moody Go. Out off It. Many wero the interesting experiences belonging to the first Northfield conference called by ,D. L. Moody. Ono especially shows Mr. Moody himself in his varying phases. It was the conversation hour at noon, and about 100 men * were sitting under tbe teuton' Round Top " -' Mr. Moody, leaning sturdily against, thectent pole, led the meeting. Suddenly there came from ,hinv the plump* question, ������������������Brethren, how many of you have so .grown iu grace that you can .bear to'have your faults told?" r Many bauds went "up. Quick as a flash, but neither sharply nor insult^ in'gly, Mr. Moody turned to a young -minister and said: - '���������Brother, you have spoken 13 times iri 12 days here and perhaps shut out 12 other good men from speaking." ' It was true. The young man had been presuming and officious. He had bold up his hand, but be could not bear ��������� ..to be cbidden, aud now be stoutly-de- '"fended himself, .only making matters, worse. Then another minister broke- fort h and berated 'Mr. Moody for bis- bluntness. The latter blushed,,but lis-', tened^until the reproof was done. Then, he suggestively covered- bis face and' spoke through his'lingers. "Brethren, I. admit the fault my friend charges me with; but,'brethren. I'did not-hold up, .my band "���������"Youth's Companion. ��������� .-, '. , ^ . . j To Cure Insomnia, ��������� An English physician of distinction gives these suggestions for cure of insomnia: In cases where the patient sleeps for an hour or two, then wakens- with- a start and cannot go to sleep again tbe physician recommends that a hot water compress be laid,on tbe abdomen.. When one cannot go to sleep on retiring and ' is unable to dismiss t*"ougtits that nave occupied tne day, it ix. advised ttiat the patient keep bis t't.^t' iu water .as hot as be can bear v cc .xifortably for ten minutes before going to bed. He should then put on a pair of thin cotton hose wrung out of cold water nnd over those a pair of' woolen ones. A more powerful remedy; is a mustard si La bath, with the proportion of a tcaetipful of mustard to a gallon of hot water. ' lie should remain- seated in the bath f^om 10 to 20 mUK1"' ntes. In many cases a reclining bath, in tepid water is useful as a sedative" - O* h .' >*���������. . Tlie Funniest Story?' Sir Wilfrid Laurier once said that he considered the I'oMowing the funniest story in tbe world. Do you agree with him? A gentleman was ODce being taken over an idiot asylum. -He asked an attendant how they know when au idiot wtis considered to be sufficiently restored to sanity,to be discharged. ���������'Ob." said tbe attendant."it is easily managed. We. take them into a yard where there are several troughs. We turn on the taps and then give the idiots buckets to hail out the water and empty tbe troughs- Many of theij. go on bailing away while tbo tap keeps running, but them that isu't idiots stops the tap." S.i!.������9e<anx'iit Etctleetlon. "Oh. what a beautiful water lily!" No sooner had tbe maiden uttered these words than Archie Sixcap resolutely waded out'after it. lie sank in mud up to his waist at once. ��������� But he didn't get tlie lily. It*-was still yards away from him and in deeper mud. "Fools rush in." be muttered savagely to himself as he turned and began slopping bis way back to shore, "where angels have too darned much sense to tread I"- A "Well DresNed I'nuper. In all large cities there is a way of getting rkl of undesirable persons by means of giving them a "pauper's pass" to some city to which they want to go. It seems that a lawyer who is quite well known about town and who, like many other persons, is not averse to traveling on a free ticket bad made several requests to a certain official for Another ICintl. "Auntie has a fit every time she sees a new wrinkle." "Does she'/, Now, I .thought wrinkles came only where thee wasn't a lit."- Too IS.fcrli For Him. "I see by dc papers," said Brother Dickey, "dat dese railroads is gwine ter give excursions ter de eclipse or de sun. Now, de trouble 'bout dat is, ef you should happen ter fall off atter you get up dar, you'd never know jest whar ter light!"���������Atlanta Constitution. 3^"������r;-'i*7: m im.t:; m f ������ miy .. ' x' ���������������: 81 ���������ffiijj .1 Ii THE CUMBERLAND NEWS ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAY. ' Subscription, $2 a y ar,( in advance. [Wi. B. BnDerson, jBWtor. ' T~*"'iTTT l~l 1 ��������� '--" ^f.KST Advertisers -who want their ad " kangred, should get copy in by t12 a.m.-day before' issue. / Sabdoribera failing to receive^ The '** HYvra regularly vri\\ confer a raver by ��������� noti-' yin.2 ths offioe. Job Work Strictly 0. O, D. ,i Transient Ads Cash, in Advance. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16, 71900 ' WE WAJKfT, SXOHS MAILS. The overland mail on Saturdays $ - eeems to be a thing of the pas.,. "Why a good and kind government .oi .he Canadian Dominion attempt to force a mail by land, over a read which will take some years and ' j������:nch golden treasure to put in a1 " ci, i ��������� d i t io n th a t will en su re -speed y' 'travel at'any Eeason of the year, w:>on a grand vaier way ��������� exists ���������*��������� i ���������that i.My;..e used v.r.'u.i.ly on' any " ,! day in the year is beyond our corn- preheiiaion. 'But one thing we , ' ^know��������� - v - We .Want More 'Mails.' o Now please don't say. "Oh well,. the Well. Coll- Co. put in such a high tender that tbe Government can't .pay it.",. It does not matter- , to us whether the. Well. Coll. Co. or any one else carry the. mails. The ��������� service must-be $pa id for, and by '������������������'', i* . . the Government's not paying it, we\ are slighted and neglected * to an' _'",. extent next to ^criminal. But��������� We Want SVlore Mails. ���������Ji we stand together and make a . great b������g, squI raising, body- raitl- ing kick perhaps some raw headed Swede in the great,and go--d Gov- ejnmeiit Vaygback in Ottawa will Otee thai there is a place in the tail- end of the worldly cornet called Comox, and that actual people, real men and women���������to say nothing of the kids���������live there, and that they can all say��������� WE WANT MORE MAILS. 1% ia a dfsgrace, and an injustice o. the worst type, that this District with a country population of at least a thousand souls, and a town ditto of nearly double that, is only* getting one mail a week. It is supposed-to be bi-weekly, but the Saturday overland is dead. Can it "be wondered at that we say��������� We WANT.MORE"jMA!LS? Where is our Mr- Smith anyhow? Let somebody who is in the inner ring bring the matter before him aB a starter. We did not vote ���������for him, but it is all right. We are now speaking for. those who did and they were in the majority fr..m ' the look of things. Let him-know that WE WANT MORE MAILS. And the telegraph service is another peach of fib eraId hue! Sixty miles of line, besides a part of the one in Alberni, with only two men ' to look after it and it running through a, country that piles full of fallen trees, broken limbs and other incidentals of a "like nature at every blast ot wind. Take last week fwr iriF-vtahce. Mr. Hudson went to the en .1 of his line and repaired it after a Biorm. There was a break on the other man's beat at which place he tried Nanaimo without any result. Returning to Jumberland, he found y-m that tbeie was still no - current. Went over the line again, found all intact and the break' south of him still unrepaired after three . days. Tried Nanaimo again without re- suit, -showing that there was ,a break further south stil. -Nodoubt the man on a tie south end was up r I f * O to his neck in work on the Alb'erni line or the Lord knows where: Ceylon Tea is the -finest tea ' in the world. Blue -Ribbon Tea is*, the finest Ceylon Tea in the world. -&- Follow'W aro,the officers of the C. &--U. Free Reading Roomb:, Hon. President, Hon. ( Jas. J7)nns- muir; President', Mr. L. Mounce,' M.P.P.; Vice-President, Mr.' P. Thorburn; Treasurer, Mr.- Geo.' Clinton; Secretary, Mr.*F. Ramsay. Executive Comrni ttee - - Messrs. W, B. Walker, Dave Walker, John Matthews, And. McKniaht, J. Ben- .nett, Harry McCarther, Dr Staples Jas. Car the.v. , ' VACCINATION, 1901. ��������� A recent arrival' was paid the customary visit'by the public vnc- .cinator as he was lying in his berth on 'the steamer at tho wharf in Na- -naimo. ''Can I be done on the leg,'- heenquirecl- "Yes, certainly," answered"th3 obliging doctor. The, che cha'ko thereupon thrust one of those members out from under t'he blankets.���������It was made of cork. ��������������� : : o WHAT ONS'WOaCAN THI3TK3. , I Time is sorrow's best friend, , _ It is a greater theft to s'eal repu- ation than to steal .diamonds. You can generally count, on-th*-- woman whom dogs -never gr.jwl at, and that children arc not afraid to "go to." Some people pray for their daily broad, and then grumble if they don'.t ������.et pound cako, , One bouquet to the,, living is worth a dozen laurel wreaths on' the coffin of the dead. Plantlngr Walnvta. . In the eastern part of Kansas and In .other sections whore there-is plenty of winter moisture walnuts -Should bo planted as soon as gathered in Uit> i - ' places where the -trees are to grow. A well prepared seed bed should be provided. The ro.-*. mcy be laid out in any convenient r-iKun.-r, The nuts should be covered l\'������ to 2 inches deep and left undip;.-.si������������������.-*] until the young trees need cultivation nest spring. The hulls should not be taken from walnuts to be used for seed, for the rotting hulls 'Sold moisture well. To prepare walnuts for planting .In drier.regions select a spot in the-garden or other mellow ground where it can be frequently drenched with water. Place the walnuts in a single layer in a lied. They may be placed closely side by side, but should nowhere be' two 'deep!' Cover with l"1^ to 2 jnches of soil. As cold weather approaches saturate the bed thoroughly with water and keep it wet. Under these conditions Jack Frost attends to cracking the nuts, and the warm weather of next spring will sprout them. As soon as the sprouts start.lake the nuts carefully from the bed and plant them where the trees aro to stand, covering about lis-deep, as in the bed.���������Kansas Farmer. Alfnlfn la Setr York. Five years ago we seeded an acre about the nth of May. The ground was in good condition, and wo sowed 30 pounds of seed without any other crop to protect the plants. We cut the piece three times the first year, getting a large load at each cutting. The second year we cut it four tinius, cutting about six tons of hay. This year the dry weather did not affect It in the least. We cut the piece three times, while the timothy next to the alfalfa did not cut half a crop. We genorally make the first cuttings into hay and then use the other cuttings for soiling. We have at present three acres and expect to sow two or move acres the coming season. We find that it does best on sandy or loamy soil, says a New York farmer iu Country (-eutlemori. ' CORPORATION OF CITY OF QUIBiEMD Financial; Statement for 1800 ' . _ RECEIPTS. Balance from 1809 S ' 59 -r>0 Road Tax '.." 2G-J- 10 Sidewalk I' 1 '4-������>0 Raal Estate Tax ....'.'".. 1029,80 Trade Licences ". 1552 50' Scavongering Tax '. 4-74.00 Dog Tax. 7 .'. r 28.00 ��������� Total.' ' j ,.$3411.89 ���������J EXPENDITURE. Crossings ' $ 14.60 Election Expenses ,..'. 27:70 Roail-THX Refund '., '. 18.00 Flat, tor Hull ��������� ' 14-25 Donations��������� <*, 24M. May Sports.' '. 25 00 Relu-f of Mafeking .. -. 10.00 .Sundrios;. '....: . : ��������� 19.65 A adi tor'a Fee, '99 lO.'OO Oftice account ". ,��������� Pren-ium and Clerk's B'-ud.. ������ 6.00 Aclv������rt.ising ' : .40.75 St.ree.tB *,... ..'..:..: 142 60 Liwhiiing and Geu, Work 803.75 Sidewalks.'...: ...'. 7.'. .. ' 315.16 Fire Department 7 445.43 Bad clue U.& O.W.Co. on hydrauts 160,00 Tooi3 .: '- ���������' 1������50 Clerk's Stlary ' .240 00 Refu.id Real E.taro.'. 1. ' 1r3",60 Drains . , '��������� . ���������' 513:04 Nails 7..".....'....,......'. o. 46 50 Scavougering.'...,.. ..'...' ��������� -^ ��������� ��������� 477.50 Sal. iu Treasiuy " 39.66 -Total '��������� $3411,89 ASx-JBCS. 1901, Jan. 1��������� By Balance.,.- $ 3������.68 Nails on Hand ' .\ 8.90 BaI. due on Dx=c lyiXJ^irena.-.ring 45 00 Sidewalk Tax due ' 26.00 i ... ���������- -Total..' .-.$119.56 . ��������� ������ ��������� I hereby certify tbe above statement to be correct, having examined all books and vouchers. ������������������*.,' HENRY F.PULLEN, Auditor. Cuaiberland. Jan. 10th,te1901. . NOTICE. e NOTICE ic! horeby given that application will be made to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of'British Columbia, at its next session, for an Act to incorporate a company with power to construct, equip, maintain and operate either a standard oi narrow guage railway for ' the purpose of carrying passengers and freight, including all kinds of merchandise, from a point in Wellington District, thence northerly to a point in Comox District, Vancouver Ieland, situate on or near the 50th parallel of latitude on or near the east coast of Vancouver Island; thence northerly through Sayward and Rupen Districts, to Cape Scott, ��������� Vancouvor Island, or to some other point at or near the north end of Vancouver Island; wilh powor to cCon6truct, operate, and maintain branch lines to the coast on either side of Vancouver Island and to other points,, and all necessary roads, bridges, way?, and ferries, and to build, own and maintain, wharves, docks, saw-mills, and coal bunkers; and with power to build/ equip, own, maintain and ^operate steam and other vessels and boats, and to operate the same on ' any. navigable waters connecting with the said railway Lines or branches thereof; and.with power to build, own, equip, operate and maintain telegraph ancl telephone lines in connection with the said railway and branches, and to carry on a general express business, and to build and operate all kinds of plantri for the purpose of supplying light, heat, electricity, and any kind of motive power; and with power to acquire water rights, and to construct dams and flumes for improving and increasing the water privileges; and with power to ex- ��������� propriate land for the purpose of the o .u.pHny, and to acquire land,- bonuses, privileges, and other aid, from ai.y Government, Municipal Corporation, or other persons or bodies corpora ted with power to .easd ami to connect and make Liaflic and other arrangenien s with, railway, steamboat mid'oiher c*;m- panied now or hereafter to- be incorporated'; and with power to make waggon ro.id.-3 io' be^Uned in the construction of such railway.' and in advance of the .-unit-v-and to levy .aiuVcollect tolls from all persons ���������using and on "all fieight passing ��������� over tho said rail way j _ and such roads,, branchec, ferries,--wharves and vessels owned or built by tho 'said Company, whether . built or owned before'or after the construc- struction of the railway', and with all other'usual, necessary or incidental, rights', powers and privileges as, may be necessary or conducive to ' the attainment of the above-objects or any of them. 'Dated at Victoria, B.C. this'27th day of Decern ber,. 1900. ���������' ��������� ', CREASE & CREASE, j9t6 ' 'Solicitors for the applicants.' FINE Job Printing . - :.- DONE AT��������� The lews Office. L Oolumka Flouring . ; ���������'��������� Mills'Ciinipaiy..' , EN DERBY',' B. C. HUMARM, : .f'ffll STAR, ; IHlATLITS.xo-io, STEOSB BAIEES. *V (LIMITED.) Agents, -��������� Victoria, B.C' {f ��������� ���������yoii Wai]t a jwi..,tMwl>*r.i.'iiori*r���������'" 'Vririfmmjuuuai������ui>ta xJ ��������� '������������������ at %[AL:F-PRICE :' . " write to THE ..WHITE HOUSE. yiCTORIA, B. C. 67-GOVBENMENT S i . HENRY YOUNG St CO.. are closing cut the 'Department and are selling their Jackets' and Costumes-reciardless of cost. " <*��������� ,. $8, $10 and $12 Jackets are going for, $2 50. A jug on the; stove to keep warm with safety if you use our ASBESTOS MAT. Price io cents. FOR SALE AT THE��������� RIDGE Our aim is to give the public the most for their money. The best goods at lowest prices in all Departments. Boy's strong nailed Shoes at $1.50 and $1.85 per pair, The-balance of our diminishing stock of Rubber Goods, Gum Boots, &c. at very low prices (no old or inferior stock in these goods to offer). All this season's Rnbb.ers;' Our 35c, Ceylon Tea in bulk is? equal to most packet tea retailed at 50c. Dhvct from the Soap works���������3 tons (6,000 lbs.) of Soap, Sunlight, Tar, .Blue-MoUU-d, Yellow,4 lb. bars, including a line of American Toilet Soap I *���������������-.���������������>. on't miss your deer. BEFORE BUYING YOUR GrUIsrS -AJSTD _A_ZvdIIS^:XJ^s| ITI03ST GET OUR PRICES. As we carry the largest stock in 3- C, and 3**oi"ir cheapest freight is from Victoria. Repairs by first class workmen. JOHN BARNSbEY & GO. vfl W m a pi mi m m y /��������������� 115 GOVERNMENT S VICTORIA, B.C i.; nra ran
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