@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "d5a443b6-b290-4aab-ad11-6f054b7467ea"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2013-01-09"@en, "1902-02-01"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xindependen/items/1.0180471/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note " 'jjtglsia.tiye-Ubt'y Mar. ajfll/ III ' >\\'tV i >-.V' ' 5 I i ilv I) h 1 i j 5 i SAVING'S BANK A General Banking Business Transacted. OFFICES���Hustings St. XV., \"Westminster Ave., Vancouver.' D. C. PERMANENT LOAN AND SAYINGS CO. Authorize.! Capital - SW.fOO.OW 6ub-.trlljed Capital - ��� 1,500.000 AvMilKOM-r .... u,u,uuu B II\".ul \"'��<,��� 32] Canibiv Streit, Van. couver, B. C. VOL. 4. VANCOUVER, 15. (\\, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1902. ,) li) TUE CIVIC SOLONS. KxocvtiiW Ald.-elect Skene, who was In Uie audience, there was a full board at Monday night's session of the city council. Among the long Hst of oomimunica.- tkrns gunerallly of a. routine nature, was one from the Tradeb and Labor Council, DWrteotlng against givln-f away or selling any of the False creek fluts, 1jut favoring the leaning of t&e same to bona tide industrial enterprises. Mayor Neelands���Well, as am application wiill oome up for these lands, I will refer It to the-Railway committee. ^^^ Upon motion of Aid. McQueen and Wylie, the petition of One letter-carriers to the postmaster-��cneral foe an Siicren*e of salary was endorsed by the council. C B. Tisdall wrote asking tluit a committee of three from tlie Masonic order be heard In reference to the cemetery-for the lodge. Referred to tiu jboivnl of health. A vrapos-ition from the ward foreran to the effect tihat they should receive tu* Increase of fifty cents a day in iheir wages was referred to the boai-il of ' works. 1 A letter from Uhe Thomson Stationery company, suggesting that the council soiild buy $300 worth of new maps, ���Which would cost the public $10 each. flMJt ithe city only J7.50, was rfcrerred to the finance committee. ' Tbe finance committee's rep��rt wis adopted. Regarding tflie Genuan band, it stated that .the council 'had no power to'prevent it playing on tiie streets, so long as It was not a nuisance. Aid. McQueen asked what was the exa��t position of affairs regarding the provincial government and \"the city regal ding tlie False creek flats. City Solicitor Hamersley roplied that ail wet had been passed and all that ii-ns now needed wis for the iieutenant- 'fiover.ior-'n-couneil to deed them over to the city- . .._, . The government had 'been comniuni- . cated with some three months ago *on the matter. point nient of commissioners to manage eortiil.i portions of city's business. Aid. Wylie���This should stand as a notice of motion. Aid. Brown asked If this was to come before this coming parliament. If it was \"you'll never get to the end of the amendments, which cost money,\" said Mr. Brown.\"- Sometimes you'll get whit you want at Victoria and what you don't wont, too. Let the amendments stand over for a year. There will be plenty more by tihat time to warrant the trip to the government., \"I'll move that the city charter amendments stand over,\" No seconder. Aid. Bethune said'that his amendment alone would save 'the city over $3,000 in aldermanic salaries. Aid. Brawn���You're speaking for ywuraelf. Aid. Cook asked to let this stand over till next Monday night. Agreed. A'ld. Wylie, Wilson and Foreman were appointed supervisors over the coa structlon of tlie library building and to work, wltih the library board. Om motion of Aid. Wood and Aid. Mcdulgan the provincial government wais requested 'to deed over Its portion ot ttiiB False creek flats to the city. eret hospital waa built on the advice of the doctors. Aid, MoGulgan said doctors were never consulted. The motion carried. new The Aid. McQueen ��� spotoe about a sidewalk near the court house, .provincial government will be asked to , build a cement wialk round the squar-s on which the court house stands. Li reply to Aid. Foreman, the oity solicitor stated'that he had aslked the ' attorney-general to take action regarding the street ends over the C. P. R. tr.iok on Gamble, Abbott and Can-all otreets. AU the facts had been laid ���before him, and any. proceedings must necessarily be taken in ble rotmc. If an* answer was; received shortly, Mr. Hamersley suggested that some steps be taken. Aid. McQueen moved, seconded by Aid. Cook, Hint a cheque be drawn for JKJ.OOB, in favor of'the C. P. It-, as ' trayment of t'he Caimble street grounds and the Falrview hospital site. Car '-ried. Tlie notice of meeting of those dl mwtly Interested in dyking affairs sent out by Reeve Atkins of Coqultlnm wis taken up. 1 iUd. McQueen'suggested ttiat as the city cleric was going'to attend, that ���lie represent-the city's Interests-ln-the. 257 acres owned by it In that municipality. Aid. Brown���The city engineer should be sent. He knows all albout dykes nnd fo more responsible. Aid. McQueen���The city 'solicitor would be better than the city engineer, ns agreements might come up. .Tlie Majror���The flrst meeting would only be preliminary. ., AW. Brown���The council should let Ihem see that lt Is tailing im Interest In the affair. Tire city elenk stated that the city BUnnds to lose W.0O0. The tax wu* 11 an acre for 40 yenrs, and the meet In;* ���Vt-attkl consider the government'*- ��>:- tlon In the matter. Tlhe city solicitor was named. Aid. Wood moved, seconded by AM. ���Wylie, that the government be asked to open up Its portion of street lying (beyond Sixteenth 'avenue. Mount Pleasant. CaJrrled. Aid. McG-uigan moved, and Aid. Wilson seconded, a motion asking the legislature to pass an act enconporatlng the proposed new hospital boaod. Aid. Brown���Is. this just asking the govenument or is it an amendment��� The Mayor���It Is just taking the management of the hospital out'Of the hands of tlie city. ' ;. Aid. Brown did not agree with this move. This was\" the youngest city In tlie Dominion, arid such a scheme Should have a great deal more thought than It had received. What was the success of the hospital at Victoria? It had to aipply to the government for aid. You can't expect men to give money to^the hospital, for there were no wealthy men here. This was going the wrong way about improving hospital affairs. They should be put In better shape, that is,, they might. \"I would like to see the subscription paper^\" so'that 1 can see where the money is coming from,\" said the doughty representative of ward IV. You'll get the city. Into trouble if you are' not more careful. It's nice for doctors to send their patients to the hcjpltal for treatment at the city's expense, but lt v_s another matter .providing the money. ��� What are you going to do with the present hospital? NThe city vflU be acfloed to contribute to bhe new hospital just the same. Glasgow and Hamilton found very great difficulties in' running their hospitals on tbe plan here proposed, and the some thing would happen here. Aid. MoGulgan favored the views of Aid. Brown. But wo .were carried away with public opinion. * Citizens had been studying ithe matter and had chrystal- l'ized their views into the resolution. The amount expected . from the city would be $8,000 ' annually. Provincial government would be expected to make the same grant. The building of the hospital was another serious question, and the city would be exipected to pay the lion's share towards the construction. The proposal wis for ithe city to hand over the grounds to sell, but it would be \\-ery difficult to get a buyer. It had been also suggested to turn, the present hospital building Into a Jail. This would save the building of a new Jail. There were a great many more BUggeetions-ti. be_consldered_ and, of -_ fered. 'Aid. McQueen said that the present hospital building wns more like tihe catacombs than a hospital. The people have had before ithem the city hospital site. It was brought up during the campaign and ilt was decided to place ithe control of the hospital under .a board of directors, the same a�� wus followed in other cities. So far ns 'the money wns concerned. It did not matter .what basis it was put on,' tlie city must pay for It, The hospital was Increasing all the time iin expense. A large number of stoves were manted In the hospital; the operating room stove was out of order. Probably it new furnace would be required, 'llie ���people are determined to have a c'- Mige, and voted money to pui-uh-ane th.- Falrview site. No doubt the city would be required to make a grant each and' every year. AM. Bethune said the sooner the city- got a new hospital the better. Outside assistance would never be obtained until a new board was created. Aid. Bethune said he would allow hi' amendment to the charter regarding the doing away with salaries of aldermen to lay over until a full council board. This would cause no delay, as the city solicitor said that the maohine Is now in motloln for amending th2 charter, ft u The water frontage bylaw was re id a first time. The curfew by-law was brought up and at request of Aid. Wood was held over till next Monday. A by-law waa passed Using nomination day in ward I for alderman, February 6th, and eteotloin ISth. Robt. Parfloea was appointed deputy returning officer. Adjourned. - Noved by.AM. Cock,. seconded by Aid. Bethune, thait a; committee be,appointed to draw op amendments to thej'. -Aid. Brown didn't understand where ��lty charter, especially no to the ap-# the money was coming from. The pres- VAINOOUVER GENERAL HOS- KDTAL. The preaimible to the proposed \"act to incorporate the Vancouver general hospital\" states that It ls considered in the interests of the city that the accommodation of the hospital should be enlarged and extended and possibly a new and more extensive hospital erected. And >by reason of the increase of the number of patients, and the probable large increase of business necessary to be transacted in connection with the hospitals of the city, It Is considered that lt would be advisable that bhe affairs and management of the city hospitals should be controlled and managed by a board of governors elected or nominated under an act, specially Incorporating a body for that purpose, and defining the powers of such board. 'The Incorporators o�� the new board are: Thomas IF. Neelands, Campbell Sweeny, David H. Harrison, M. D., Ed- word Cook, Thomas Duke, James McNalr,- Daniel Donaldson, John T. Carroll, M. D., Simon Jolin 'Tunstall, M\". D., Williams Fenwiok Salsbury, Jonathan Miller, Benjamin T. Rogers, Frederick F. Bums, Henry De Ponder, William Skene, and \"such other persons as miy from time to time become members of said corporation, which shall have perpetual (succession anu . W. 10. Potter on Wednesday rpornlng, Jan '.Kith. Under the good care of Miss Wllkcr- son and Dr. Underhlll Mrs. Potter and her wee balm are progressing nicely. Congratulations to the proud parent?. May bneir nevr daughter grow to womanhood and be 'a loving blessing'' to them, and do justice to her mother, faither, God and coqntry. Advertise In The Independent. was allowed to work before 7.30 ln the morning, or after 5 o'clock in the evening, or on Saturday after 2 o'clock, or on Sunday at any time whatever; and the sarnie hours apply to any laundry in which a Chinese person Is working. Provision was made for 'the stamping ci all furniture made dm Victoria with luie makers' naime and address, and whether made by Chinese or European labor. All persons In, charge of boil- el's and steaim engine* .must henceforth hold certificates of competency. Im- poitant as unany of these changes will at once seem to the student of factoi y laws, none of them vie in interest with th erennarkable experiment of appointing boards to iflx wages. The first batch of-these novel bodies was six in number. They were constituted and went io worik early in 1897. Five of the six were elected, aind the sixth was nominated by the governor-in-councll. Each consisted of ten memibers, ��� five for the employers and five for the workpeople, and of a chairman, presumably impartial. The six trades to be regulated were: Balking, men's and boys' clothing, bootmaklng, eflilrt making, underclothing and furniture trades. The ���Functions of These Boards were to fix wages paid to time workers, and If .possible the nates of piece- work;-also-to-regulate-the-proportion- ate number of apprentices and Improvers. This duty they all endeavored to discharge,'-with, as might be expected, unequal success, especially in their Instance, met with little'trouble. They had the good fortune to secure as chairman Judge Slr'llartley Williams. As no piecework was^done amongst the bakers they wiere saved from a common cause of complication. By raising the pay of the men to one shilling an hour, and llxlng the apprentices' minimum at illve shilling a week, they gave an Immediate Increase of 2fl p?r cent, to the adults 'In their trade. Country bakeries were nont affected by thelt determination. Nevertheless, the average weakly wage paid to imen nnd boys In the trade throughout the colony was rmlsed from Cl Vis. ad. for the year 1893 to ��2 ls. Cd. for 1S!��S. and to ��2 ls. lOd. for 1��99. In other words, die average gain for every worker was !>a. Gd. a week, though ithe gain to the men-wns, of course, more,- nnd to the boys less thnn the aierage. As' the law also limited the ���working hours, to fonty-elght weekly, the fortunate bakers' got much more .pay for much less work. Yet very little friction seems to liave been caused by the change, which In 'practice was neither ruinous to employers nor inconvenient to the public. With Uie Clothing Trade Board matters did not mn so smoothly. So minute and elaborate was Its determination that It took nine months to draw lt up, and Its details filled thirty- five pages of closely printed foolscao. The minimum wage for men was fixed at 7s. 6d. a day; that of women at ��1 a- week. - To earn this a workwoman had to be skilled, I. e., must have served iflve years at her trade. An exhaustive schedule of piece .iates was also issued. They weie fixed so as to be u llttlo higher than the time rates, in order that the home-worlkers might have something to meat the cost of sending work to and from the factory, firing and 'other small charges. This benevolent effort to help the home- woiikera was promptly check-mated by the employers, who, finding they could get work done cheaper in the factories, ceased to filve dt) to home-workers. The more fortunate of the home-workers were taiken on as factory hands at the new rate. The rest lost their work altogether, while the board had been digesting its determination, the employ-j ers had had nine months in which lo accumulate heavy stocks made at the old rates of pay. This: they had dole without remorse or ruth, and a cor- lesponding time of slackness followed the proclamation of the new rates, the blame of which was, of course, laid on the Increased scale of wages. The board, too, htid limited the number ocf apprentices and improvers; the proportion was not to exceed one apprentice to every three tuiloresse's, and they were to get 2s. fid. in their first year, rising annually to 15s. in thcir fifth year. A sharp 'reduction In the number employed was the not unnatural result. The employers complained they were not allloued to haive enough of them to fill vacancies amongst the adults. In 1S39.'however, it was shown thait the employers were not employing as many apprentices as the act permitted. Of course, their leal objection was to the . ' > . New Scale of Pay. \" The clothing board, however, stuck 'o Its determination, and gradually t'i. disturbance settled down. More people entered the factories, ithe numiber o: hands in the trade, which fell In 1S98, mone than regained the\" lost, ground in the nexit year, and by the end of 1S99 there was not imuoh grumbling, exce.pi. at the scarcity of apprentices. The average irate of remuneration had increased, in the case of men and boys, f.om ��1 15s. Sd. a week to .Cl 19s. 5d. Amongst ithe women and girls it had gone imp 'from Ks. 5d. to ISs. 6d. Like the olothing board, the bootmakers' board made a had start. It had, too, ai troublesome trade to deal with. The whole of 1S96 was passed by the board ln_ trying to flx a minimum which would not be bitterly objected to either by masters or imen. Its .first proposal was so strongly protested against by the masters that it was withdrawn. A loweied minimum met 'the same fate at the 'tends of 'the men. A compromise pleased neither side, and left the piece rate so much higher than the time rate ithat the story told in the case of the clothing determination may 6itand for the effect of that In bootmaklng. The average increase in waiges to hands of all ages employed In the trade wan in 1889, 4s. 8d. a head. The gain to adults~was~greater.���\"-^ ������ BLAHSJIIIIIS' M. The Vancouver Blacksmith's union ls progressing by leaps nnd bounds, und the good work It has accomplished since Its Institution In fully appreciated by Uie members. Blacksmlthing Is 'he premier trade; In fact, It has more power In the realm of labor than any other calling, and it is ln keeping with the profession tho.t It should leaden every good movement for the amellora- ��� lion of the working man. The blacksmiths very seldom have to go on strike, as their appeals are generally always reasonable, and therefore demand respectful and Immediate consideration. It will be remeinlbered how successful they were In their agreement! with -the Canadian Pacific Railway Oompany a few months ago. The Union and this great Company are ln perfect honmony, and there is every reason to believe that such a happy state of affairs will continue. One very pleasing feature ln tbe work���the meetings are largely attended and tho finances are kept in a healthy condition. There Is a good sum of money ln the treasury, and it mipht be said that the Union has been very generous in giving donations to help along the good work. It was pleasing to hear the secretary read a complimentary communication from Union 168,1. B. of B., San Fransls- co, in regard to the help that had been given those brave fellows in their noble struggle for emancipation from-tyranny. If every good unionist would realise the fact that his own prosperity is largely due to the condition of his brother, he would not be slow to appreciate trades-unionism and re-double his efforts on its behalf. It is a good investment to help those who need our help, and especially a sister union, as we may yet eat of the fruit that is being cored by others, Some time ago deputations were seat A of several of our aldermen in respect to the employment of-members of-the Blacksmiths' Union by the city, but up to the present no change has ta'cen place. When the last appointment was made, a member put in an applied ', tion, but it was passed over. The ap-, pllcant was a. first-class man, has beea_ , ln the city for years, and was bac&edi up by the union, which Institution^ ls almost entirely composed of men who have paid'hundreds of dollars into the city treasury. It is strange ��� that this appointment was known by the union, for no notice of its vacancy appeared ln any of the city papers. It is also worthy of notice ithat a deputation from the union waited on one of these ,Vor- ii . thies who looks after the .waterworks smithing department, with the object - of his joining the union, but as long as _ this fellow is comfortably drawing 'J- grist from the city mill to the amount of three dollars a day, there are small,' hopes of his, or tlie other fellows' con-> version to union principles. What the opinion of the aldermen on this matter1 is is unknown, but one should thinK that their sympathies would be with union labor, and that at an early date they will look irito this grievance and have.lt redressed. We shall see! , OCCASIONAL CONTRIBUTOR. (To be continued.) WATER RATES. For the 'benefit of a large section -if our .readers we reproduce a copy of thr notice posted by order of the civic water coommlttee at the wldket of the water works oflice: ���\"The council has Instructed that Ir future the notices for quarterly rat\"S shall be discontinued. \"A notice will be Inserted In the dnlly papers for two week\" prevlolus ,to the rates becoming due.\" OFFICERS KL.DCTIDD. At the last regular meeting the Mainland Steiumshipiuen's union elected oflicers for .the year as follows: Pust president. F. Hun Is; piesidcnt, C. H. Thompson; (first vice-president, G. J. Smith; second vice-president, J. Hen- nessy; patrolman. R. SpnUord; treasurer, ��. Tofts; warden, R. Mcsto; conductor, J. Donoghue; secretary, G. Noo- nan; imaster-nt-arms, A. Booth. This FROM HARRISON RIVER. ���Harrison being developed In snow, ,the mill has been itemporartly closed' down. Skaters are also handicapped. ..Mr. Anmltago and Mrss Woodward are the prize skaters of this placer- ....Mr. O. Smlrl has quqltcie recovered from his scare' by the bear he encountered not long since. His companions s.iy that he can out-run any ono In the country The shingle mil Is progressing nicely. Mr. Horry Arm liege, of Minnedosa, has relumed to this place and resumed Ills former place as shipping clerk Mr. Gib* son says he w 111 get even with McGiv- eron some .way Mr. Meldrum gave HarrlfOn a cull Monday, ruport- ' ing the dyke building in the Chllliwuolt ���vnilley clotod down for'the present The Harrison Oliver Mills, Timber and Trading Company ls making prepare tlons for a new vsldetrnok for the new lumber Bhedn, whlcih will ibe a mailked Improvement Mr. Arthur You* mans has arranged with the mill company to have lumber delivered on the Fraser above here at his place for a new dwelling. He believes ln getting the case before the bird. John T. Wilson. President of tho Itrotlierhood of Railway Trackmen; of organisation la In a flourishing condl-'St. Louis, will address a meeting on tlon. . ' I Jlomlay night in Union Hall. I, i . '. . r \"j. ���\"&-, \"i i'.V-V' ���vf;> Jy >j/.'i ��� j ' -'-' >rb.'V'Ti'.V i- ' . , ������-. ; ' '-v '--,*,. >>. ' \\ ��� r ' ' ..It- '- \\ .. -^ * . v '. \"______. FOR THE FfRST TIME REASONS WHY MEN MAKE SO MANY MISTAKES IN LIFE'S JOURNEY. REV. DR. lALMMSE'S SERMON la VV.ilLin;: llu* . urllily rll^i iiiiu_t., lieu An 11 nt linj Ni u l'llh-., 1 ,,r lliti ���Ml no >, ( 1'ur^ut il 1 hi-, VI .iy ISoforo\" ��� llu-> .Should, llii-icfuiv, I'olluw llie lliiini) 1 t-udiii�����lt Vluy Uu the Onlj 0|l|>���| tllllll} 3_n1e ui uionliti^ioArt of P.irlliimentof f*.m- iiili, in llii- \\ i ir I'M . by Wnlum It uli, of To ruuio, at tbu Dop'u of ���AKriinlliirc, OlUiwa. Washington, Dec lo ���This dis- couisc is u most unusual picsciit.i- tion of things thu take place in many lives, and lh. T.tlm.ige pleads for inoiuiul intoi pi elation ol human behiiMin 'llie test n, .losliu.i in, -1, \"\\u have not passed this way licietoioie \" In I'lce.nhei, 1SS0, 1 wiulud Uie ri\\ei Joidan, and, although the cm - rent was ,ti<>ng, L was able to be.n up against it, but in Uli' tune ol spnng lieshel, when the Minus on Mount Lebanon melt, not lung hut a. am.iclc would enable jnv one to cross the inei It was at iho dttn- geious spniigtniie that Joshua and the ollu.fi s oi Ins .uni\\ utUicd the xvoitls of mj te.vt to the pco|>le who Woic in a lew houis to cioss, the Joidati About that cio-.sing uc s.ij but little, because on a pic- Mous occision we discoiiisul concerning that piling up oi the w.itcis 'into <.ijst.il haiiic.ide. We only speak) of the match to tin' bunk of the u\\or Xo su .mgei thing ha-s ever ocliiukI in all hi'loij 'I he ai It of the covenant was a brilliant chest ol .icaei.i wood over- laid with gold on the top of which wen1 two WMi-.od Itguii l.uiiig euh oilier lt was me led long and three feet wide 1'oles weie tin list thiouqh the l mgs at the sine, and liy these poles the ,uK w.is lifted 'Plus splendid box w.is to be cm led tluce- qiiirteis of a mile ahead of the hosts ot lsi vel on ihe w.iv to the ciossing 'lhat distance between the l)o\\ and the advancing thousands unit lie Svcpt because ot icv,ioiico 'llicio wis a, sanctity in Ui.it divine t>ymbol that the, must obsei\\e bv keeping off tlnec-qiuMlc's of a mile aw.vy They must twitch that glit- tcnng bo\\ .uul nlluw olheiuisc they would lo'c their \\\\a> nnd not arrive at tho light pl.ice foi ciossing 'l he} had nevei been theie befoie and tliov must be guided Foi that. ic.ison .loshua uitcis woids of my lev,., Ye have passed this wav hciolofoie\" the suboiilinate ofiiteis nt the ���of liicvci cute for the Stnptuies, the 1 liiusoologj of the iiible often inimthuttl into the most fnvolous tonveisaliou and made inn Hi piovok'iu liieveicnte fot the oath 111 torn 1100m 01 custom house in legislative hall bv the conventional and nicihiinital mode o! its adiiiinistiation. liievciencc foi tho holv Sabliath by the 11,11 it is bioken in pleastno extuision and caious.il liieveicnte on tho pait oi clnldien foi then patents, insolence being substituted foi obedience Ineve'oiiLo foi nileit, which induces vile cai toons nnd assassination liieveicnte 111 chinch dining piaym, mcasuiing ofl song and senium bv loid, aitistic or litciaiy ciitu-isni, and in piajei tunc ncitlici bowing the head 1101 bending the knee nor standing as one docs in the picsonte ot an eaithlv niltr, thus showing 111010 lcspcet loi 11 man than to tho King of Kings. We nsk not foi genuflexions 01 en uimflcxions 01 piostiations, but when prajei is of- feieil let us cithci bow the head or bend the kntc or let us 111 some wav piove that wi; aie not lndilTotent In how many places hnve piesumption and foolhatdnioss taken the place of levelence' 'lhat tlirec-qunitcis of a mile between the chest 01 acatia coveted with gold and mounted wnh wings��� a Sjinbol of the divine picscnce���and the 111.11 clung icgitnenls of Joshua suggest a lcvcience that is woefullv lacking 111 social life in legislative hull and leltgious assemblage A fm met went to the wheat- held taking Ins son v\\ 1i.l1 him The child said, \"These stalks thit stand stiaight up must hnve the best giain Those stalks that bend ovei cannot be vvoith anvllnng\" Then the [a- thci lnoke oil two of the tops of the stalks and said. \"Child, that one that bends clear ovei has tlie ifi.im \" It is the soul that bows in deepest lcvctenee which is 1 he- best soul But though Joshua's host obsetv- ed the thi ce-qn.ii lei s of a i.nlc command, tlicv followed the nil;,nud vou will do wed to follow the divine loading, as the path vou tiead now has not yot been tioddcn \"Ye have not passed this wav before \" Mam of you aie surfenng ficin just suili annojanc.es as have not occiii- icd in nil \\ou luslotv Thciehnvo been meannesses piact'ised upon vou or jou have icectved slights 01 vou nie the subject of misinteinictations or you nie in the midst of scic disappointments or tl.cie aie demands made upon vom stiength and time 11101 c than jou can meet 01 some physical ailment is laying siege to youi castle of health or vou are under einbairnssmetits that vou cannot incntion_even to ncniest Mends Y'ou say \"Well, 1 never saw \"anything like this I ncvci expected such treatment as this I never thought it possible to be placed 111 suth entinnstances \" And whcn/^-v^iT say all that you arc oulv/tirjis- lnting the woids of the tc-ct/f into your own plnascologv Jf jjou hud suffcied something like tins befoie, you would have known what lo do, but heie is a flank movement for winch you nie not icady. As you hnve had no experience of tills kind upon which to duuv foi wisdom and ns vou cannot fullv stale all the ciicuinstnnees to nnv I111111n.il ear, go lo God and tell lilm nil nbout it He knows already,but it will iclieve you nnd help you If vou tell lilm. That is what he hns been doing ever since the woild got into ttoublc b.v disobedient behavior on the banks of the Kuplnalcs. It in the lust chapter o( the Bible we see tho gate through which the woes of the woild entcicd, in the thud chapter of tho Bible wc see the opening of the gale thiough which thev aie to bo dnven out Pi onuses by the scores and hundieds and thousands. Sacrifictul lambs foretelling the Lamb of God Rock stneken into gushing floods, typical of the fact that the woild's tlnist is going to bo slaked. rillar of flic hoisted above wilderness march Star of hope over biithplace in a bnrn Sepulchers rent open. Tiumpels of dclivciunce sounded All heaven to take part in the icscue of oui plan et The I'-'i nn God listening wu' ,111 i.ii in wlik'i a wlnspei lc (. t' ���1'iles awaj is as audible as th.-tide 1 We talk abo'it ihe gieat discoven s 01 the a^c the ilecuic powei, t'ic ste.i, 1 powei, the telescopic and unci osiopn [lowel, but do not sa\\ anv- ihing about the discoveries we all mnke vc.ii bv vou and day by dnv. Hume nn smpii-cs all the time It is a new mad we ate tiaveluig \"Ye have nnl passi 0 this wav befoie\" Hut elo-ely allied is the othet fact whicli we hinted at 111 the opining ��� that wo will not puss this wnv, again 'litis is out onlj oppoi tiiintv foi doing eeilutu things that ought lo be done On all sides there aio gnofs that we ought to solace, liun- gel we ought lo feed, cold that wo ought to wm in. kind woids that wo ought to speak, geneious deeds that we ought tu pei fm in All that you and 1 do tow.nd making this woild better aud happier wu must do voty soon or never do at all Joshua and his Hoops nevei came back over tho waj- thej weie intuthiiig towuid Iho missing of the .Ionian 'llie nnpicts of the sandal 01 the bniu feel of each soldier showed 111 what ilnetlion ho was going, but nevei did the impress of the sandal of nnv one of tliem show that he hnd letuiticd We arc all facing eternity lo come Thcic is no icticnt Alcitucss and Itdclily would not, bo so inipoiUint if wo could tiuthfully say. \"1 will bo back heie again The things 1 neglect now 1 will do the next time I lome 1 will bo 1 omen mated, and 1 will ic- suiue mj- eattlilj obligations Having then mot 0 know ledge than 1 have no.v, 1 will dischaigc my eaithlv duties bettci than I inn now disehatgo them I do not give solemn fa lew ell to these obligations and opportunities, but a smiling nnd theeij good- bve until I see them again.\" No we cannot snj' that Theie will bo no new nnd collected edition of tho volume of e.nthl} life Aitei wo make exit from the slage at the close of the lifth act we cannot 10-cnter How many millions of people havo lived and died 1 know not, but of all the human line who have gone onlv seven poisons that I now think of liave lotinned, tho son of the widow of Ziuephath, the voting man of Nam. the inlet's daughter, Tabitha, Kutvehus, hi/aius and C'lnist, Among all tho ages to come 1 do not suppose theie will bo one moio who will letuin to this life, having once left it At this point I ask you to notice the fact that my text does not call attention to the ciossing of the Joidan, but to the wav leading tliuicto Vie ail think nuic'i of oui 1 tossing of tlie Joidun when the 111.11 th of out life is ended, but put too little emphasis on the way that leads to the ciossing What jou and 1 need most to cine about is the iliieetion of Ihe road we aie ti.ivelmg Wc need have\"no fcai of the ciossing if we come to it in the light waj In other woids, wo need not caie about deiilh if our life lias been what it ought to be We will die light if we live light That vvas a gloiious thing that Monlinoiencv, constable of Trance, said when dying fiom his wounds in battle Some ono standing by advised lum to show the some courugo 111 djing that ho had shown dm ing his lifetime To tins ho icplicd, \"Gentlemen and fellow soldicis, I thank vou all vcij' kindly foi your anxious evie and concern about me, but the 111:111 w 10 has been enabled to cndcavoi to live well for fout scot c j ems past can never need to seek now how to die well for a quailcr of un houi.\" What an abstnditj it would have boon for'Joshuv and Ins men to have asked each otlier questions like thoso \"ITow can we cioss tlie Joidun if wo get thcic? Will not the water be too deep to allow us to wade? AVill wo not all be so satiu.ilcd that vve mny lose oui lives b} oxposuie'' How inanv of us tan swim'' Had wc not bettei wait until the annual fieshet has subsided'\" No such folly did thev commit Tl^ weie cluelly anxious about the way thai they had \"not passed bofoie\" uml wue ignoi- nn' of and to keep then eyes on the golden coveted acacia box, w,ng mounted, which was the aik of tho covenant O hearer, stop bothoiing about jour exit fiom stiblunniy scenes' Bv ine giace of God get youi hej.it light and then go ahead If tho Loid takes caie of vou deal on to the bank on this side of the liver, T think jou can trust him to tako jou from bank to bank, fiom tho willows on this side tho stieam to the palms on the other side, from (he last kiss of son owing ones on this side to the welcome, saintly choiubic, sciaphic, doilic on the other side Keep jour eyo on tliu ark, and,'?vviui,cvct betides, you will go thic?tigli_all_iight Ono ISapl'cr nimning Mnsscn.i, the mr.rshal'\"of France, appealed with SOME CURIOUS TRAPS QUEER METHODS USED IN HUNTING FISH AND FLESH. .iSjOOO armed men on the heights ^bovo tho town of Feldkirch. There were no arms to defend tho town and the inhabitants were wild with teiror. Then the old dean of tho chinch cried out \"AIv brothcis, this is Easter Dny' Wo have been depending on our own si length nnd that fails Let us turn to God Ring the bells nnd have scivice as usunl \" Then the bells mng out swoetlly nnd mightily from the chinch towets ot 1'cldkirch, and the people tluongcd to the houses ol pinver for not ship The hound of the bells mnde the enemy think that tho Auslrlitn nimv had come in to save the plnce nnd Massena nnd his 18,000 soldleis ic- tiealcd Bv tho time the hills had stopped ringing there wns not one soldier in sight So put jour tiust In God, nnd when hosts of tumbles and temptations muich foi vottr overthrow ring all the bells of hope nm' fui lh and Chustiun triumph und thi-. threatening peiils of j'out life w'li fall back, and your deliverance will be cclcbiated all up and down tlio skies The God who led vou tin on; h the wny you never pns=od befoie will bo with you at the crc^sings Tho present growth of London's population is 2,500 a month The population of Gieat llutain has doubled \\. ltltm the la-st 08 yeais. The XVay In Which Mnlnj�� Kill SliarLn hy tlio Tlinimnmlii ��� Two Scheme! For Trni>l>l\"Sr TlRer�����Tho P>thon and Ills l'lli Dinner. If you were handed n fish, n dog nnd a stup ot bamboo and biddin to kill n ten foot shark with those etude implements, the odds arc that you would decline the unequal contest. Neveithcless the Ma- lajs annually kill thousands of these voracious monsters by this means without incurring the slightest link. Tiie method Is as follows: The bamboo Ib split Into a strip measuring about four feet in length by one luch in width. Iinv- Ing been well charred nt cncli end nnd pointed, It is coiled into tho smallest possible space and sewed Into the iisliskin. The dog is next Lilled, trussed nnd his Interior cavity refilled with tho dcluslvo fishskin. Forthwith Jack Shark swallows the dog at a gulp, and his doom Is scaled. Three or four dnys Inter, when lie has digested tho clog nnd tho lishskin, the bamboo flies np.ut and gradually penetrates tho grout brute's side with fatal effect. It is not pietty sport, but lt is minvelouhly effective and absolutely safe. Weie you haudcil a piece ot meat, a bundle of loaves nud a pot of birdlime you would scarcely feci }ourself 11 match for a Bengal tlg;r, but the little Beugnl- esonre pinticularly successful in catching Mr. Stripes with these crude implements. The meat is first of all tied to tho bough of a tree tome twelve feet from the giound. The leaves, which are tho size of large pltino leaves, nre next smeared with the birdlini\" and thickly Ktiowu, sticky side uppermost, beneath the bough. Mr. Stripes, perambulating past, smells the bait and makes a leap for it. He misses for tho very good reason thnt it hns been puiposely placed a couple of feet higher thnn he can icach. Again and ngnin he springs for It, and each time he alights upon a fiesh lot of leaves, which stick fast to his huge feet. Now he notices them uud stmts to try to lick them off, with the icsult tlint he transfers them from Ins cluvvs to his face, lie gets impatient, the lime gets into his ejes and mnkes thorn smart, nnd he redoubles his efforts, only to ledouble the number of leaves. Fm.illj he loses his temper nnd, half blinded with rage, fear and birdlime, rolls ovcr and o\\er until ho looks like a jack In the green. Then, when he is no longer capable of rational icsistiince. the wily native emerges and jabs him in some vital pirt. Sometimes, however. Mi. Sttipos is destined for some gie.it menagerie. Then the pioeedme is different. lie is Inst of all trapped b> an ingenious nn.uiKonient of weights anil spiings which eonvott nn in- rocent looking cowshed into n four sided wooden cell the moment he pnsses the threshold. His removal thence is ingenious. A tube of string matting measuring some twelve feet In length by about eighteen inches in diameter nnd strongly fortified with rattans and bamboo is suddenly introduced lengthwajs into tho darkened ceil. Mr. Snipes, who has meanwhile boon stirred up hy countless unseen hands, sees the welcome daylight and leaps madly for It. But although he lias spuing Into the narrow tunnel it in only to hnd the end safely haired. Be> fore he can sny \"Jnek llobiusou\" deft f.ngers hnve hatred his exit fiom behind, nnd lie is sprawling powei loss in a straight jacket which fits him like tho skin of a sausage, liis subsequent trans- poit is merely a question of weight lifting. The wily Chinaman gets some queer sport. He Is a gieat hslierman, and his \"tackle\" is unique of its kind, nis right hand assistants are the eotmorant and tLe sucking fish, or remorn. This latter atrocitv is a la?y creature which attaches itself to nnv object by moans of a natiitnl sucker it has developed at the back of its head. John merely lives an iron ring in the remoia's tail, tics a stiing to the ring nnd drops the firh ovciboiid. Tlie loinnui quietlj attaches himself to the neatest fish, nnd John as quieth hauls in uud out until the remot'i tires of the game. His cotmoiants aie trained from early youth to return nt their master's whistle. John places an iron ring lound tlie neck of one and lets bun -.live for n hsh. Immediately he hns hewed Ins piey he is whistled back to lus master The ring prevents him swallowing the hsh. which John quietly drops into his own pocket. The pioccss is repeated until the coimo- innt tires of it. Then John tiies a fresh bird. In certain parts of India where the snnke pest is a terrible nuisance n curious tl ip is set foi the larger pythons. A small hole a f< w inches In diameter is made low down in n stout wall. On either side of this hole a joung porker is tethered and left to his late. 'Ihe python speedily spots the evternal pig and swallows him. Ho then turns his attention to the internal nmmnl, which be can only-rench by-wriggling the_fore_ part of his body through the hole in the wall. Having swallowed the second porker, the python suddenly realizes the penalty of his piggishness. , Horrible to relate, he Is now much tho same shape as a dumbbell, the thin part of which just fits the nperture through the wall 11:11! the bulging poitinns of which, repre'sentiDc the bwuIIowciI with ers, effectually prevent him moving backward or forward through the wall. At this point it is etiquette to help him out of his difficulty by cutting him in two and so saving the iives of the little pigs. Given a big python, and this spoil can be \\ 1 rj exciting. BJornton** Adttce. There Is a story told of Bjomstjerne Bjornson that, arriving nt a late hour nt the town of Bergen, which wns en fete to receive hlni, lie vouchsafed to the expectant people no liner words of wisdom thin a general recommendation to go to bed In vain they appealed to him for \"song or sentiment.\" The great Bismarck, snid he, gave the same advice under conditions all similar, and what was good enough for Berlin must suffice for Bur- gen. Three years later, on visiting the town for the second time, the mnstcr novelist found a deserted city. Not a light burned In the dismal railway station, no banners wdnil, no ndilresseB were road by portly biirgomusters. In vain Bjornson asked for 11 cab. ���\"I hej have all gone to bed,\" wns tho teplv. And so Bergen remembered.��� 1 j-idon Mnjk AN OVERWORKED PHRASE. author to begone. \"Whole's that Idiot who Insists on Seeing tne?\" he asked of the treasurer at the box office. Then the treasurer pointed to a man standing In the shadow with a roll of manuscript under his arm. It wns noyt, with his newly finished piny, which he handed to McKce, who said to those present: \"It's on me���what'11 you have, boys?\" The Expreulou \"He Took 111* Lire In Ilia Hands.\" \"The expression 'he took his life ln Ills hands' ulvvnys stiuck me ns being very foolish,\" said a blight young gentlemnn, \"nnd riinvo often woutlined why so many persons persist In using lt when they want to speak of extiaoiv diunry dangers. Now, extraotiliiiiiry dnuger Is one thing nml the simple, commonplace thing of taking one's own life lu one's huuds is an entliely different thing. �� \"I work In a big building. Theie are a steam engine and ti tiuuntiioth boiler ia the basement. Whenever 1 enter that building,0 If they nre running the engine iu the basement. I tnke my life lu in} hands. I get on the elevator on the fifth floor; I take my life In my hands. 1 go out of town; the car nuiy tumblw over a trestle souievvheie. I walk along the street; n sign may fall ou me. I mnke my way ncioss the thoioughfare; who knows but what a stieet car or a vehicle of sonic soit may not lun me down? I cross the river; mny I not suddenly find myself In tho swirling stream aud sinking for the last time? If I walk ulong the stieet. may not a bilcl: or a loosened coiince come clashing down upon mo? There are a row nnd a shot or two on the corner; may not a stray bullet wing me? And so on. \"Pessimism? No. Logic. That's all It just shows the difference between taking one's own life In one's hand and the matter of confiontlng cMiaor- diuaiy danger Theso risks aie oull- naiy, plain, old, everyday UsLs. The llreinnu who dashes Into a burning building to rescue a child, the fellow who grabs the bridle ot a luuavvay hoise, the hero who will plunge Into the river to save some poison who Is about to drown���these aie the persons wlio confiont what I would call extraordinary dangeis, and the woin platitude of saying of oue of these 'he took bis life in his hands' would not fit the case because tlicio would be In tbe net an element of heroism which would place lt much above the common plnce.\"- Odors That Permeate rootUtnffii. A tish deulcr In one of the most stylish pints of New York was deeply hurt nnd budly won led oue da} by tho coin- plutut of one of his big customers tbat u Hue salmon which he had seut to the house for a big dlnuer bad pioved to be entirely uneatable when served owing to a most penetrating taste of creosote that pervaded it, Tho tish dealer leall/.cd, although tbe ehuige was not made dlicetly, that be wus mors than suspected of having sold a stale tlsb tbnt hnd been washed or brushed with an antiseptic piepnrutlon to hide its condition. He know that the snltuou luitl been perfectly fresh wheu he sold It. and for dajs he puzzled In vain over the piobleni. But suddenly he rciuem- beied thnt on thu day the nsb was sent out a tnuk wugoti full of creosote bad stopped liofoie his place and that bis cart, into whlcli the Dsb was being placed, was directly alongside of tbe powei fui stuff. That appears to have been enough to permeate tbo doltcute fiesh of thu fish. . fVooea Morpheui Wllh Plcinrc. \"1 have found a curo,\" said a ph.vsl- olan, \"for a person who Isn't cluouii.il- ly aflilctcil with Insomnia, but who temporarily cannot sleep It ls a curious thing tbat tbe picture of a person jnwulug will almost Invariably Induce sleep. \"Tiy It yourself sonic time If you come ncioss such a photoginph. For the lllo of you you can't help yawning, uftcr a moment, anil persistent gazing nt the sleepy bead will almost Inevitably send you to tbo couch for a nap.\"��� New Xork Times. HOYT'S JOKE ON M'KEE. of lion- the PlnyirrlKht nm] n DIt Pnn With Ilia Maunecr. On ono occasion Manager MeKce was watching n peitotui.mce fiom a box, where he was seated with some fi lends. During the flist net nn usher came to lilm with the information that a gentlemnn was waiting at the door to see him on must linpoitant business. \"Tell him I cun't come out���I'm veiy bus}',\" was tbe answer. The usher letnined In a momeut to say that the man insisted on seeing Mr. McKce, who again sent out woid that It was impossible to see him. The mnn outside''then sent In the message that ho was au author nud bad 11 play that be wished McKcu to read Immediately. This Incensed the manager, who said to tbo usher: \"Tell that fool out there that this is no time to bring a play to be read. Get him out of the place���1 won't see blm. I won't read his play.\" A few minutes later tho usher came back and Iiifoimud McKce that the man utterly refused to go without seeing him, and that be must be gi.inted an Interview, also that be wus quite sure_that_tbe]n^aungcr would not ouly rend bis play, l>urhe_vvould~also_pio- ducc it, aud added that he would bet $1,000 that Hoyt & McKoo would be only too glud to get tbo play. At that McKce became furiously angiy, and, excusing himself to his paity, left tlie box with tbe Intention of petsonully luvitlng tbu uetslstuut For IHU Rcpnlntlon, BBQO. The proprietor of a large dry goods store had decided to tear down the old building and erect a new one ln Its stead. In furtboiance of this plan he wns removing his goods to temporary quarters In another building. The goods weie nearly all out of tho old stiucturo when from some unknown cause It caught Are. The department was promptly on hand and soon bad a stream playing on tho flames, but the merchant was wild with excitement Running up to tbe chief, be urged him to greater baste. \"Never mind the goods!\" be shouted. \"Save the building! I'll glvo the boys a check for $500 for their pension fund If they don't let tbe Are spread beyond that floor!\" \"Why, you're going to tear the old building down anyway, aren't you?\" asked tbe chief. \"Yes,\" he said, \"but do you suppose I want the Insurance companies or anybody on earth to think that's the reason why It caught fire?\" By great exertion the Are was extinguished with little loss so far as the building was concerned, and the merchant was as good as his word.��� Youth's Companion. A Ormit 11 ti il le I nt. Few have nny conception of tho vast amount of food requited for a vovngo acioss the Atlnntic Though the tunc occupied by steamships in the avcinge voyage from Queenstown to New- Yotk is only nbout seven days, U'ook store i.ud stutioneiy shop in the tfack Bay, BoHtou, for nine jenrs previous 'o embarking on tho uncertain sea of publishing books. The most exclusive Buck lhii families were among her tegular patrons. Miss Clark says It was entirely accidental, her going Into the pub- sings of nnitiiinony vvas held to bo a ti.iilor to bis countiy 1'cihaps if I lie I'l cr. nice of Onlaiio had had in i'ii IIimiuqIi a similar expel ienco wu would not now be engaged in a ���'iseie-sion ns to whether or not weddings me going out of fashion ii.nong 0111 peoplo A Toi onto clergyman has latelj declined th.it martinet' is on the decline, and that tho situation docs not fall far short of being nlniining Vanous theories me udviiiieed to account for the phenomenon Wc aie told that it\"costs so ninth nowadtiys to marry und to keep up u respectablo uppoarance that our peoplo defer uniting their foi tunes until late in life, a postponement w liith too often becomes clnonlc. Again, it is said that the stiuggle for existence is now so keen becauso female labor has displaced so many of the opportunities that weie foimerly open to men, that theie aie propoitionately fewer men able to suppoit a family than thero wore a generation ago. It would bo idle to deny that this state of affairs has an impoitant bearing on existing conditions But whether it is the failure of men to marry that has duven women into the laboi maiket, or whether it is the invasion of female labor that is abolishing m.ttiimony, is a very nice and a veiy delicate question Certain it is, however, that an unman ied womnn, unless she is foitunnte enough to ho n capitalist, must become a competitor with male or female laboi of somo soit. It follow* that in propoi tion ns some of our young men fail to grasp the oppoitunities that sm round them, the competition tliey have to meet fiom tins source in earning a livelihood will increase and intensify. To some extent, theiefoie, it may be aigued that the men have the lemcdy in their own hands, always provided that they tan enlist Cupid in their service Ono great dcteirent to matumony in a new country like this is the unequal distribution of the sexes. Our enterprising young men strike out into the West, while the young women as a nile stay nt home Sepaiated as they nie by thousands of miles, the opportunity to foim thoso tender relationships which culminate in marriage is thus denied them It was precisely tins state of affairs that the pioneers of New France had to encounter in the early lustorj' of Canada, says The Toronto Mail They met the difficulty by means of ih^so matrimonial exclusions of which Packman has given us so pic- tuiescnie a lecord X\\c do not think 1'istoiy is likely to icpeat itself in this lespect, for our people uie not so docile or so easily managed as wore the early Tiench settlers, jet somo such movement is necessary to adjust tlie sexes in Canada Natural laws will, of com so, 111 then own good tunc piovidc a remedy, but can we afford to wait for their slow op- eiation? Heie is n pioblem for our statesmen to giapple with Thousands of haivosteis have gone to tho West, many of them to remain there What of the harvcsteis' swccthoaits? If wc aie going to deal with tho matrimonial issue 111 a practical way, theie is the plate to begin. A CEYLON SPIDER. Spins b Web Five Feet ln Dluroeter. Liko WIloiT Silk Far up in the mountains of Ceylon there is a spider that spins a web like blight yellowish silk, the cential net of which Is five feet in diameter, while the suppoiting lines, 01 gujs, us thej- aie called, measure sometimes 10 01 12 feet, and, riding quitklj' in the c.nlv 11101 ning, jou may dash 1 lght into il, the stout tin cads winding lound vom face like n late veil, while us iho tteaturo who has woven it i.ikis un his position in the middle, he gencinlly ctilchiM }ou light 111 t'.f nose, and though he seldom Mtns MENDING POCKETKNIVES. wlien she rogistois nt nn agency het; chance*\" oftuniploj ment are small. It Is said, unlesfllalie states her willingness to provide tbe dress.���New York Tribune. Sotue ltemurkablo Statistics. A compilation mado from the files of a prominent pio-Boer Parisian journal shows some lemaikable statists. It hns repoitud 1,101 battles, tho pinicipnl lesults being. Boer losses ��� Killed, 181 men, including 23 officers, captuied, 300 men and 17 officers. British losses- Killed, 3,18U,1S0 men, including 60,000 officers, captuied, 190,000 men and 8,000 ofliceis. Boer guiiB captured, 14, hoises and mules, 30, piovision trains, 42 British guns captured, 2,160, hoises and mules, 7,000, provision tiains, 813. Decisive Boor victories, 1,094 Decisive Bntish victories, 7. Boer forces puisued by British, 121 miles, British foites pur- sued-by~Boeis���26,118-miles.���Boer gencrnls Killed, nil British generals killed, 71, including live who weie killed threo times, and ono (Genei.il Methucn) who wns killed seven times during tho fust four months of thu war. General Kelly-Kenny had his head blown off in three separate engagements, succinctly desenbed by tho paper's coi respondents; and bo- foro leaving for home General Lord Roberts Intd lost flvo legs and nine light arms. Up to tho beginning of Octobei Lord Kitchener hud been assassinated thico times by his own men in rovongo for the harsh discipline ho kept on enforcing. , When you*ime a strnmer over a'kettle fold 11 clean cloth in several thicknesses and lay o\\ei the tap of the ste.nnei under the cover nnd weight the cover down This kicps in all the steam, and the food will cook nine ii more quickly, making a silting of tune nud fuel. Too Mnch Clotlilnir. Most men'and women 1 wear n 'great deal too much winter clothing Provided good, stout ilannel garments aie worn next tho skin, their duphiatiim in tho case of a health} person is quite uncalled for. A thick vest beneath n thick shirt should be a' superfluity, flow many so regard it? ' < ��� -* ' * 1 ��� ' Above all, be the wenther -wet or line- snow, mm or bull���go out. If you feel seed}, don't coddle {ip nt*home.\"{Jet out into the uir \"Trash nlr'ls life. It is na- tine's own cine'for'conntlesij nrfificial cn'-qihunts such as consumption or cillur and keen ,v> in as near u ' v When wlndowB do pot sh'ive up nnd down easily, rpb a little hard soap'on the Inner casing. ,a, sllvor In Britain. Silver In. Bntnin is legal tender up to 40s , pennies up to a shilling) and fai tilings only up to sixponcci New Lleht on nil Old Pasna��e. The leader of one of the largest Bible classes that meets on Sunday afternoons in Toi onto���a class attended by adults���was recently dealing with the Scriptural admonition against being unequally yoked together with unbolievcis He appeared not to have given the subject much previous attention, and so he floun- deied, but picsently he resorted to the device of cutting the sentence into shoit lengths 101 easy handling, with this edifying lesult \"Be ye not unequally yoked,\" he pondered \"Here is an impoitunt injunction. If, for instance, you dance, although I don't want to be understood as favoring dancing���but if vou do dance, be not unequally yoked, but let the men dance with the men and the women with the women.\" *Tlus enlightened inteiprotation of the Strip- tuics no doubt gientlv interested the grown men who heard it There appeuts to be no limit to whnt\"can\"bo got~out~of tho Bibln by such a process ns this. 1 he Kobo mid Wis. Chief Justice Tnlconbridge opened the Assizes 111 Toronto in full court dress The Bench is certainly a place where n littlo theatncal trimmings can be used to advuntngo 'Hio judge might well adopt the wig Tho wig und gown lemoves the individuality, and makes the judge on embodiment of law nnd justice Without wig or gown the chief is Mr Fal- conbridgo, an nmiabla gentleman and a capital fisherman In a wig and gown his poisonalily Is obliterated, his 'dexterity in throwing a fly is ul- tcrly forgotten, nnd he nppcars a-s tho inexorable nnd unflinching chief Justice. Tho robe is good, now let us hnvo tho wig ���Bobcnygcn Independent. * ' ten or \"1st\"? The crudito editor of Tho Woodstock Kvpicss snvs that Sir Thomas tea ns 'tay\" is tlio 01 Iginnl pronunciation, and tlint \"tea\" is a modern degene.at0 lie calls the English poet Tope as a witness. Thus: Here, thou, great Annnn, whom three realm? obe}, Dost sometimes counsel take and sometimes tea ' Again' Soft yielding minds to wnter glide nwav, And sip with njuiphs tlieir elemental tra. Again: llnse o'er some hook, or trlffe o'er the tei. Or with some music charm dull care away. I'jh liuof, V, i>n- (11.tied. , A C(\"hici a let a pci foi nance, was one evening ict.iinii'i', lo lus hotel in a tab and I e r.g fond ot a joke, he lesolvcd to nivst,.} tabby Wlien the cab stopped he alighted, mid, slipping his hand into his pocket, lie die-w out a linnc'ial of gold 'llcie, tablij latcn,\" '���a.cl ho, tossing a sovcici^i to the man, who still sat on his box Cabby caught���nothing, and ns the coin could not be fourci he accused h.s tare of ' bilking\" him \"Aie you s.nc it is not in your pocket'\" asked the conjttiei Slinping his fingcis therein, he drtvv out a soveloign 'Take it ami le gone \" he said, as ho tossed it to the c.ibhv, who again failed to titth thu (liiMiu coin _s The coniuict thinking the game had gone far enough, now held out a .\".-ski,ling piece \"llete, cabby,\" said ho. \"take this Int 01 silvei it will piovo moie substantial than the gold, 1 assuio you \" Cabby, however, vvas almost petn- ficd with fear Stand back,\" he lonicd \"I know j'ou now, though votn hoofs aie cov- eied witli patent Icnt'ict _ You don t huv 1110, Mi Devil \" And ho diovc lapidlj- avvaj'. ��� London Answeis Sentimental Rcquoiis That Lead People to the Cutler'u Shop. A mnn of an iniuuring tuin whu had lead on the fiont of a eutlei's sltup the sign 'Toeketkuius Ilehl.ided and Ue- hiindle'd,\" nml who lee.iiled tlie fact that wl.cn ho wns n liov he u-ed to get u new blade pur in Minictmits when he bloke line out of lus kn f(. found, upon Inquiry, that hojs still j:it new b .ides put iu knives jiikI ns tin} umiI tn. ln-t th it. us a it'attci of fact, the people win h.ue pjtk- ttkitives iipaiKil ti e iniistl} older poisons .mil that the kniii- .in- lilel} to be v.U- uid for tinn nsson iiiniis. \"I've curried thnt knife foi hftyjeurs,\" sa.vs one geutli nun, aud he hands over a knife that lie's i.it..ed since he wns a Im} uud that lie'i! li ite to lose. Miniv knives lno,i���'lit 111 fur icpuirs are ptt/ed liciuiisc the} .ne gifts, 01 tliey weie bought in sunn fcii(\",-n coiintr.v. or the) just Milt tlie hand of tl.e man that uses tliem, Theie nie ir.ioiis moie or less sentimental n .isons wh.v a man may picfei 'tn keep the o'd knife latliei than dlsciid it fin it new one Tl'cu it may be that 111 some olliei cases the knife is too valuable to be tliiuwii nwaj. So that (iist and hiht and foi one ic.1,011 nud another, ��� out of the vast niiinbei of poiketkulves ciuried. a good mil)} come in to be tut tided. The lentils iiniilt to pneketknhes ore of i vnne-d ilia, utei 'lluj fiey consist, for eviinip'e, 111 the piitti- g is-i of one new* poml side on a pi.nl handled kmft- to lepl.tce it side eiacked 01 Hawed With long use the blade at the in.iged end or the sprng in the handle or tiie met by which the blnde is lie cl 11.1v cot noin so tint the knife bl ule won t tlnse pmpeily, or nta}he the spi 114 is imi lo-iget as it should be, flush with the luck of the- knife. In fact, n g i.tt pmiiv things can happen to a pocl elK'.ife. and of couise the moie blades the I'uie thing, cm happen, hut the ciillet itp.ii s then ell The phiase \"lebl.ideil anil lehtndled\" suggested, of couise. the nlei nf complete renewal, and the tiiqtiiKi wonde.ed if it might not be possible th,.t with the re- psm of a knife 111 11111 pint nud another such a icnewai might occur. Aud the cutler said that nnl onlj was it possible, but that sometimes it netuill} did happen that with biicccssiio lonen lis of its various p.uts the whole knife came sometimes to be cntmlv leuewed, Mill there wns left of the 01 initial knife nothing.��� New York Sun Jn Hi in*- fui rlie Irtilli \"Be truthful,\" said the teacher. \"Always''\" asked the boj' \"Alwavs,\" answeied the teacher \"Novci toll a lie'\" \"Xcvci \" \"Not oven a white lio'\" \"Not even a white lie\" \"Huh.\" eiaculntod the Ind scoin- fullj', \"it's a nughtv good thing for jou jou ain't a boy with my dad for n fatlioi'\" \"Why\" asked the teacher \"Because,\" leplied the boy, \"if you wns my dad's little boy, an' you's heaicl what he said about Aunt Eliza connn' to visit us with her clnldien, nn' Aunt Eh/.i had asked jou if you weicn t all glad to sec her an' you'd told the tiuth, like I cfid, you'd think tlicre wns a plnce wheie your tiouscis was mighty thin aftei dad had finished with you \" , ,11c went back to Ins desk and ns he sat down with gieat caie theie wns nn eipiession on his face that showed the gtcat lesson of tiuth had been, at least in a measuit, lost on him.���Tit-Bits Monkev Hi at the Cnhrjt. A monkej- and, fa cobia fight was witnessed b.v some poisons a couple of dnv> ugo about a mile or two up the OLsooi road at Bangalote A laige nionkev distuibccl a large tobra, which was basking in the sun about���u���huiidi cd -j m ds ���11 onrthi load 'Ihe iniiniiitcd leptilc gave the monkey chase, but he took the matter easy till ho got to a rock While perched theie the snake, wlnti had Lien in close chase ��� <��� 11 <������ I 11;, nlmo't to full length and with open hood darted ut the monkej' But the latter dodged nnd ducked on tlio cle- fersivo niul allowed the rcntlle to stitko foicibly eneh tune ngalnst the stone. This went on for a coiisiclci- nblc time till the snake liy out tt full length bhcdutg nnd exhausted Then the monkc} seized the sn.ikc anil lulibed Us head (lean oir the hunk and afteivunl climbed a lice when the pi 1 sons v.ho hnd witne>scd tho liiloicslim* incoiintoi ticatcd tho victer to Indian coin and sttgai tune ���Lalioie 'liihune CURIOUS MEDICINES. Prescription* Vvlileli Were liiad Early In the Eighteenth Century. The following priscnptions winch were published in 17dl show .1 device of eicdul- lty huully to he exported limn \"the fa- tbet of modem clicuiisli} and brother of the Enil of Coil. \" I'l e book is said to licwiitten hy 'the Ilonoiable H Boyle, Ksq , late Tellow of the Iloyal Society,\" for the benefit of \"those pom Upholders of Families who ctuiot hnd ot fee a Surgeon or a Doctoi.\" Heie uie a few- specimens: For Convulsions, Especially Iu Children���Take K.iitli-Woims. wash them well in Wlnti-wiin to cleanse them, but so as that thev i'i i\\ not die in the Wine; Then upon hollow Tiles or betw een them, dt} the W01 ins with .1 modei.ite llent, and no fuithei than ihu the}' may be convenient]} teiltictd to 1'owdei: to one Ounce of winch add a piottj Number of Gums of'Amheigiise, both to peifumc the I'owdei (w hose Stent of itself is rauk) and to make the medicine the moie elhca- cious r To Picvent the Toothache nnd'Keep the Teeth Sound ���Let the Patient frequent!} rub his Teeth riiideiauly with' the Ashes that leui.iin 111 Tobacco Pipes, aftei the rest of tlie Boil} hath been consumed 111 Smn.ik; borne time utter, washing (if need he) lus Mouth w ith fair Water not too cold An Uncommon but Kxpoiienced Remedy For Djsiutc111.1l Fluxes.���Take the Bone or the 'linsli of 11 liaug'd Man (perhaps auothei 1u.1v seive), calcine it to1 Wlnti ness. and having piuc'd the Patient with an aiiti'iiouial midicine, give1 him 1 Dinm of this \\M11tc Powder fo��r one Dose, in some good Cordial, whethi'i. Conseive or Liquor A Choice External Itemed} For a Sore Thront���Take Mi li pedes nine, and sew them up betwei 11 the Foldings of u piece of Linnen, and apply tlu m to the Throat in the foim of a stu}, vv Inch is to be kept on all Night ^ Fm an Ague ���Tnke of the Bone called \"Plntella.\" of the Knee of a dead Man, nnd having 1 educed it to line Powder, give of it as mutli as will lie upon a groit or a six-pence for one Dose, in nny proper Conseive, or fit Vehicle.���Lancet. The Indian's Retort. Early in his eiiocr as a missionary to the Indians Bi-hnp Whipple hid jour- nc}ed into the' Iinliin cuttttiy to pteacb a si 1 mon to the nssiuibhd Clttppeways in Chief Good Thiindei's village.' Bishop Whipple had with In in the costly garments of his oflice. wli.ch he wore on such occasions, and it iiuauie necessaiy to leave tliem l.ngii nihil 111 the chief's tepee. _It seems tint me-bisluip had h.s djabts- fit that time ns to the inlieieiit honesty of the nveinge Indivt Hefote leaving he asked, turning in lined '1 hituder. \"Chief, do }uii Until, it will be safe to leave tliem In te';\" \"Novel fiat, hi-liop,\" wis the reply; \"there isn't a white man within tlneo miles of heie.\" v'uriItit-ii i-ailc 11 im Tho mniiinge of lord Tldon wlilch Ins fncnils thought must liave mined him was icallv tlie making of him This has been stated In one wlio should luixc known better than nny one else When Vli'on ie- cctved the gtcut seal fiom ihe Kine and w is about to tctiic he w is ntl- dtesscd bv- His Mniestv with the woids Give mv ic'iiicmbinnco to L.ulv ri'don \" The Ch.inielloi in acknowledging tho condescension, intimated his ignoiaiice of Lnclj- E|- doii's clenn to si.ch notice \"Yes, j'cs,\" the King answeied. \"I know how much 1 owe to Ladv l.ldon I know that you would have been v oui self a countiy cuiate and that she b 1? made vou mv Lord Chancellor,.\" . Tlio .tllRtletoe. Tlle mistletoe is n Diuidienl contnbu- tion to Chiisiinns It was held 111 g i.it vendition by the Pi mils 111 nuiiont 11 ig- innd, ,'iud llie (i.tlmg if it was attended bv sit 1 lining n���il li Mm,: With wend Iik int itmns th\" piust 1. 1 bid the nee nu nil ill tli iui-:li Ine giew nnd cut it nnnv with 11 |,nire nf pun-a gold, no hisu lnil.il Iciti): nllm oil tn tniiili it. As the twi^s fell 1 lit x weie 111, mil liclow 111 n man lie of ^poili^s nluiiut vi. A Wtte Boy. -It's (> o'clock. Lot's go I'i 1st Boy borne Si i 0 -il Rov ���Nit If we go home now, we'll net In kid fei/st.iMn* ont sn late. If we stni till h oclock. wt'il get hii:;���-cd au' kissed fei nut beni' iliowaecl. Needed n Hire Feed. > \"I am suflVw mg fwom liwmn fng. ductal! \" snnl S .npheililo \"Fish is good for that, isn't it'.'\" 1 i .. \"Vci v goyd,\" replied the doctor. \"Suppose }oti begin with a\" medium sizie1 wbale eveiy inoinlitg foi'bie.ikfast.'! v The idea of during piles with a water jet was hollowed bv eiiginceis from (he clam, a small shellfish which bui.ow-s twelve to fouueeu menes into haid sand l'1 ','lld by ll\"u n.nf,,,,. TIIE INDEPENDENT. SATURDAY.. , PEBiRITAiRTl.lsail THE INDEPENDENT. PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTERESTS OF THE (MASSES THE INDEPENDENT PRINTING COMPANY. BASEMENT OF FLACK BLOOK, HASTINGS STREET, VANCOUVER, 11. C. SUBSORU-TIONS IN ADVANCE. A week, fi cents; month, in cents; three months, 35 cents; six months, OS cents; one year, >��1.'.S. ENDORSED HY TIIE TRADES AND 1-iAHOR COUNCIL, TIIE VANCOUVER I^AUOR PARTY AND THE BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL,. SATURDAY FEliltl'AKY 1, l'JIM nels of Horsefly, says the Journal, are 'greater in extent and richer than those In California. In all likelihood there will be a bis rush to the new placer goldfields this spring. The time Is drawing very near when tiie trackmen will 'be expected to present their demands for a new schedule and agreement to the C. P. R. management. Tills must be done by a properly selected and representative protective board, and It' such board is not nlready In existence, not an hour should be lost in selecting and instructing it for Its work. *\\Ve are informed the work must all be finished not 'later ih.in tbu month of March. Lt ROI STRIKE: StTIttO. We extend congratulations to the mineis of Rowland for the niaiily light they fought since July 1st, 1901, culminating, as it aid, in il settlement of the great sti ike at the Le Uoi mine nt C.30 p. m. on [I'rklny hist. Accoulingto the llossland World, the miners received notice from the Kinelleriiien's union of Northport, a lew days previous to the termination ot hostilities-, in whose sympathy thu sti ike at .the Le Roi was primarily culled, that the smellcrmen did not consider that the Ro-'slnnd union could be of Iin ther assistance to ���them by r'.'inaining out, if satisfactory conditions could be received sit tho mines. Negotiations- wihlch had been opened resulted in :i proposal, wliich wns accepted by the union, by a ballot vote on the 2:ird. This acceptance and llie siK- natuies by ihe parties brought the strike to an end, so far as Ihe Le Roi mine is concerned, and by mutual con- Kent nonoof the oonditiions will he ma. Ut Dublic. Negotiations are- being carried on xvlth the other mining companies which it is hoped may lead to a settlement of the strike al all the mines of the camp. Meanwhile the strike continues in force at all other properties from wliich thu men xxere called out. The executive committee advise men working in all outside camps to keep away from Rossland for the present, as there are more union men there than can secure employment until a scttle- -nent has been efl'eoted vvith the other mining companies. PROVINCIAL POLITICS. Next week the liberals, of this province ���will meet in conclave to consider the adoption of party lines in provin- , cial politics, and many hold that the stand then taken will have an important bearirg upon future 'legislation at the Capital City. If\" Party lines, as suggested, are decided upon, there will yet be the same old bugbear of \"ins\" and \"outs\" ns at present. The fact of the whole ^matter Is that British Columbia needs a new party altogether, wilh a clean-cut line of action, moro substantial and robust than can possibly emanate from either of the old fossilized parties of eastern Canada. This is, strictly speaking, a. working- man's province. Hence the only party with a policy or platform that can lift them out of the'political \"slough of despond,\" which this province Is hopelessly head over heels into, is that of the in- 'dependenrt. laibor iparty. T.h$ action of either conservatives or liberals should not deter the independents one iota. The tramway people deserve credit for the-success with wihlch they nut The eighth annual exhibition of t^io Vancouver Poultry and Pet Stock Association closed ye-terdtiy. It was one of the largest and most successful .shows ever 'held In ihe 1'iicllle Northwest. The .indues ivave the bon ot satisfaction. They \\v��.:e: Fur poultry, F. \\V. llitnlicoi-l;; pit game, R. (J. J. Jle-F.ii-lnnc; pigeons, Alex. Van. AYyc-k. .Viimh praise Is due the secreeljrj', J- O. Dixon, .is well as the other oillcers, for llieir un'liring zo.-il and work. the snowstorm. In the State of Washington, cheating at cards is legally held to be Inrc-my. In Montana It Is simply a ease of suicide. A wise copper-head on the Montreal Herald says that the people of British Columbia are so rich that 'they insist upon paying five cents for u two-cent stamp. No mlninc country should have a smaller coin than the nickel. ��� A' smile went over the faces of the B_lde>rmen wlhon the city clerk rend a letter on Monday night asking for per- Tf'-oilon to 'locate a bootblack stand in connection with fh<* Carnegie library ���puildlng. ���'What a. snap In sight: Journalism I have forsaken. No opening for good work. Women fill the U. S. bill with emotional, tommy-rottic, emtio, and neurotic slush, and find peady readers, and may the Lord have sneroy on their souls.���George Hope, In Oeroldton (W. A.) Express. The Ashcroft Journal ls nothing if not enterprising'. Its issue last week ���was devoted entirely to the mining Interests of Cariboo. The ancient chan- CURRENT OPINION���ALL SORTS. 'that both governments have decided to leave the matter to a referendum, requiring 60 iper cent, 'in favor of prohibition Ibefore the .booze business will be shut off. Manitoba Ls not bj- any means a land of debauchery and Ontario ihas the- lowest average consumption of llifuor of any country on earth. Notwithstanding t'liis showing, the prohibitionists, In their mad desire to regulate the habits of others- besides themselves, would drive the dealer in booze Into secrecy, maike him a felon, and make liars, sneaks and hypoe-ivltes of those who patronize his \"blind pig.\" lt really does seem remarkable that In this day and generation, when tcle-ri- tlon -and education ure supposed io rule, these self-righteous people e-in- not keep their hnnils off oilier*, but hi their consuming anxiety to force .��>- briety amd tlie glory of Clod on the un- regenerate will make lavvxs to throw their uiifoi'tumue neighbor Into prison for doing that which education, not force, should teach. Mm not. to do. Sandon 1'ay.stiea'k. I The Store f wifha Purposef t i 9 9 Look ine; backward, the reason J of ihis store's existence (decided * nine years ago) was a uooil one. ? lie iri I., niul wc think wo lnivu pi'uvi.'ii tu sonic extent, iiml tlii'ii: is room in this Sny (or h stent' that sells satisfactory uuiil- ilics on a small intirijiii of ;-roll t. Kroin the very lieiiinniiii; wu wnrkeil (,'tnil to the best of i ur ability) on the principle Unit the tons iliufc buys largest can selli no <0 fUfin&fes ostc 4&vAA!;!v��-i^:(<'}i{��-i{s>^s>>i;s>.i;��^ | ON HIS ROUNDS. f ;!^.!.4._.i^;i{*.K*>K*-!t When I iirriv-ea at Agassiz I met Mr. .). Lennon, one of the gentlemen who represented Uie traiikmen at Montre-il during the late sliilee. To the men, I must say tliey could not have found, from 'the Atlantic to the PaclUc. n better man for t!h:it very arduous nosition he so mbly lilled. At Hoiks I had the pleasure of meeting llr. Davenport, an old subscriber, and was recoived right roymlly by him and the oilier boys located there. 1 did not go across tlie river, where the place is usually called Hope. That place i.s ivory quiet, 'but, on the other hand, the settlement on this side hns been going ahead, so mil oh s-o t'hat new one can get almost anything he wishes for at the general store heie. At Yale I sa,w President Nichols, of (he Yale local, in tlie evening. 1 iput up a.t Revcsbeck 'Brothers' house. This ihotel is one of the oldest and best on the line, having been doing business for the past '20 years. It was formerly run by the father of tlhe present popular iproprietors. Generally opeoiklnir, things at present nre not 'britfk in 'these .pnrU. The weather has been cold the past few days-, in fact it was cold enough to freeze up the 'town water works. the host values is !*'iin;j lo mint ni* tr.itlu. applies today. Iteeaii-i: this Store is tlio largest Dry (looils Store in the city, do nol overlook the fact wo are living to fiet your truths liy of- leiiim you (|imlilivs tlint satisfy at prices you will certainly lie snti-lieil with; for our policy is In -nlisfy our customers, n pol- J iey lhat lias caused us to ex-A tend niir sioic spnee to threo^ I inn- the extent it was _! years * ��� t t dffinAijui if r Jft& /Udw Waif a incite! UH.KECT DHI'.SS R1I4 V031 F.N. 170 o Cordova ? St., Vancou ��� ver.j postmasters and mall carriers.- Sun. -Weekly Barbaric Exhibitions. It is surely time that parliament, even unchir ordinary circumstances, should be opened In a manner bent- ting Its dignity. TVirbtrlc exhibitions of military pomp nre entirely out of harmony witli free Institutions and if the Ungll.sh people valued the freedom which their fathers won for them, they would protest ngnlrort the depreciation of parliament by militarism. It Ib the delight of \"Hoverelgns mid sti teamen\" to advertise on every great state occasion tlielr abiding fnllh In bayonets and dum-il'iims, but every sci'Iouk student of history knows that empires which trust to ibrme force for their .stability must perish sooner or Inter. The power of England has always consisted in the number of good men and women she ban reared and in the strength of the moral posltloln they have enabled iher to hold.���Reynold's Weekly. Prohibition and Prohibitionists. The prohibition agitation In Manlto- Joy a large patronage, ba and Ontario is becoming so Intense j Bend .first rate. Spuzzuju is but a small hamlet, where two section ci-evvs and a regular watch man are located. Also there is a. good school ihere, and a few Indian ranch- eries. The people though are all very contented. North Bend is quite a thriving place, bolng a divisional point on .the gie-it C. P. R. The round house aind extensive .railway yards .malice It necessary for the company \"to emiptoy a large number, of hands. I met Mr. Smith, wiho is an old-timer here, and also Mr. Kelly, another old subscriber. He says The Independent Js without ILs equal ns a w-orklngman's paper in British Columbia. The hotel at North Bend ils run by Mr. Lewthvvaite, who is an expert hotel main. He is well spoken of by his numerous guests. Thu place lias till the conveniences of a. city ihotel, soon as hot and cold water, baths, etc. A splendid dining room is also att.ich- ed, where, the very best is provided on the bill ot fare. You have never \"to~w7ilt for your meals, as willing and polite waiters are ever ready to attend to your Wants. In their work they are equal to amy of our ibest union ones In Vancouver. North 'Bend Is happily fixed for the education of the young folkfl, for 'here 'there In n tlrst-elass sdhool house, In charge of a most elll- cient and .painstaiking 'teiiohur, *Mlss I_ewis, formerly of New- Westminster. Thin thriving town might also be designated aa \"a city of olroroliex.\" The denominations having iplnces of wor- nhlp are the Presbyterians, ithe Church of Kngland and the Roman Catholics, Tlie Indians also ihave their usual meeting plnce. Mr. MoKay, ithe 1'irn- byterhin minister here, Is a young man wiho ihaa rapidly tome to the front In Jils profession, anil now rankR ns one of ithe few ulble preachers on the Pacific coasL Tlie different congregations are good and true, and 'provide liberally for the support of their churches. Mr. Lyons and Mr. Arnolt, both energetic business men, are the proprietors of rival general stores. Both places cn- I like North NOTICM IS GIVEN that application will be mailo .to the Parliament of Canada, at its next sittings, for leave to lncor- PmnUi a company cjilleil thei \"Coast Yukon Railway,\" to construct, equip, and opurnio it liiilvvay ,lrom a point, at or mar Kitimuat Inlet, Douglas Channel; thenco io a point on the Yukon river, thence by tho most feaslblu route to Dawson. WITH I'OWER to construct anil own heals, tloeks and wharves; telegraph and telephone lines; and to generate electric pnwer for he.'U.ing, lighting and motive power: find for leave to collect tolls, and to make trnlfln arrangements Incidental lo ihe said railway. Dated nl Vancouver, B. C, this ilsl d,tv ol January. 3902. . - V. G. JIACDON'ULL, __ollclior for Applicants. SOCIALISTS' EXECUTIVE. The executive meeting of the B. C. ���Sociinllst party met in this city on the 1','th inst. They decided, in view of the fact that so few of the locals have sent in repoils or vote on plaitfoi-ni ind constitution, to extend the time 'till February 1st. As there Is urgent need or getting into ���perin.anelnt shape all locals desiring to vote on these propositions must send In returns hy tint date. Correspondence was received from the following locals: Victoria, Nanalmo, Revelstoke, Greenwood, Nelson, Lndj-smitlh and G. Weston Wrlg- ley, Toronto; J. Cameron, organizer, and Miss Merrill, of Nelson. The secretary was instructed to prepare and have ���published early in February, a complete statement of receipts and expenditure; to write J. Cameron, testifying their high appreciation of his work as organizer; also to write'ito local at-Nanaimo and try to clear up nn apparent misunderstanding. Present: T. 'Mathews, J. Dodd and 15. Burns. Ernest Burns, secretary, 13(1 Powell street Vancouver. Ernest Burns, executive secretary Vancouver, (in a letter lo the Socialist, Seattle, s-aj-s: \"My socialism is of a more elastic quality than that of some ultraorthodox comrades, jviho liave reduced socialism from a iphi'losophy to a creed, and regard the slightest questioning of their tenets and dogmas as heresy of the most outrageous type. We have mow entered upon an era when the iprindples of socialism will have to be applied! to our dally life. Tliis work is right before us and will not commence���as so many of Wie comrades imagine���after some industrial catastrophe 'has occurred ln Which the 'economic fabric ot capitalism xvill fall to ipleces, leaving the 'ground free and clear for socialism; on tlie contrary, we have to grow Into socialism from present conditions, just as feudalism grew- Into commercialism, > ���<���������������������� ����������0���������������������� ������������������� <> a it o <��� <�� it o .. o <��� <��� i> <> o <��� <> <��� <> o <> o o <��� <> <> o��� <> <> o a day���a month, Is the common excuse. It was what tlie captain ot a vessel salel���on returning from itihe ivoynge ho .xvould insure. . But he never caane back. The vessel xvas xvrecleed; he was lost; his family waa stranded, too, financially, by his .procrastination. No other time is equal to the mttsent moment for Life Insurance In cost and opportunity, and no policies surpass those of thk> Union Mutual ln privileges and values. 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CLUBB ��> STEWART, Telephone 702. ��� \" 1G0 Cordova Street. clearing away .the r5bbisirof~bb>iblete socialism on the one hand and'laying the foundatlona for the temple of Industrial democracy wiherever we can find chance to work. This concurrent process of development and decay takes place In all organic life, not excepting the Institutions of society itself. Constructive .practical work in of far more service than revolutionary uir fanning or unintelligent repetition of atoek phrases or revolutionary Jargon.\" 1,11st Sunday evening Mr. J. N. Boult tlelivervd a very Instructive lectuTe before an appreciative .audience at Socialist hall, 1��3 Powell street. The subject was Socialism nntl War.. A friendly discussion after the lecture was participated Iru by Comraxles Akien. of Nanaimo, J. 'Dodd, E. J. Huron and J. Flommlng. To-morrow ovenlng Mr. Ernest Burns will be the principal speaker Ms subject being TU-fomi or Revolution. 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Secretaries are eapeektitr' untfad to send te Ottm repasts. Ml rows (roan any iwsrtter elf aa a��s����*- Mtton \"Ml l�� itfsetrod wfit_ pUstiore. 4 i\\ it ' ' H W$BX3?gtai3agi^ffg3^*!SSWt^^ I . ffATUIlDAY... ., .. FEBRUARY!, 1902 THE INDEPENDENT. I����' I We should think you would. We don't see how any person can set through the 'world -without a pair of Shoes. Tour feet deserve to he mado ���comfortable and you neglect the first sprincliples of comfort If you fail to wear our shoes. THE GOLDEN BOOT STORE, 13 Hastings St. E. A Union Clerk will wnlt on you. Hardware, f Stoves, Ranges, Etc.' 35 Hastings Street East. 0 ���9 lly Smoking 9 I \"Kurtz's Own,\" \"Kurtz's Pioneers,\" \"Spanish Blossom\".! They nre thu best in the land anil made by Union Lnbor in KURTZ & CO.'S PIONEER CIGAR FACTORY I VANCOUVER, 15. C. |> jCBSf~C:xll 'or tliem and tee thnt you get tlieni. 2 THE SURVIVAL OF TIIE (By G. It. Maxwell, If. P.) I Some may wonder why I should ,con- - nect Darwinian nostrums vvith indus- .trial nnd social conditions, and >et in my mind theie I.s a connection, and one not very desh able either. We Qiave considered the nature of the struggle for existence. Theie is no doubt about it. Friend and foe of labor and labor aspirations concede ithat point. Whore 'men differ'or .piewnd to dllfer is .11 the point where the question is askel, what shall .we do to mend or end it.' What comes after ithe stiuggle? What is the purpose, or meaning,' or reason, or the end of the struggle? We hear now a large number of scientific voiced shouting with' nil their might, the end - is the suivi'vnl of the fittest. I nsk my, reader's attention to.this Darwinian doctrine. I do so for two reasons: First, bec.Kiuse ire are becoming very , scientific. Science so-callled Is a popular god witli n great many. Anything ihat has the nippearance of being scientific, or that is called scientific goas P among a certain class ol\" mien, ant it is science, science nl Ithe time villi v- them. A passage from a statement o�� Darwin's is of far more value than one ���Groin Mosesi ami a doctrine enunciated Iby the author of t'he origin of species fe believed In..preference to anything taught by any apostle. Yes/ vve are becoming very scientific. The question ,\", now is, what does science say, or what ���do scieniti'flc teachers say? It is forgotten at itlmes, that what is often 'palmed off for science'is as different itroni true science ns plated gold is from tlie pure article- from the mine. .Just aa theologians have not interpret- , ed the Bible might, so the Interpretn- tions of so-called scientific teachers thiave not been always the true teaching of true science.,We are Tjoing bound up. enthralled aTid enslaved iby so-called science. Of course, I mean by that ���simply current day conceptions, Jdeas, notions, and views of science.' With 'i great imnny th'e Bible .either oeoii- .pies a secondary-place or Is regarded .as an obsolete ibook. I wnnt to show the,evident trend .of all this. I want to show that when the race beeoimop . thoroughly and completely permeated 'v\"vviith these scientific notions, that the . best part iin, every man will become atropihled. .That may sound strange, :yet it-seems ito one a true statement. . _ \"What Is the conception of man .tnlight . to-day by scientific imen? Wlhy, miian I.s ���Blmply-held to ibe am animal. Nothing more, and nothing less. The Idea of man Ibeing made after ithe likeness of ���od, or a little lower than the angels, Is iheld to be a pious Action, As I have . .said before, nmike mian a 'brute, think -of him, and speoik of ihim. as a brute, and you -will soon treat him. as a brute. The 'tendency of ull sue ih thought ti.id ���deeds will be to petrify the noble 'fe_>l- Ingn. Rank materialism - ends in killing ull thnt is Ibest and subllmesl ln Uie contents of a, man's nature, and nil _you have left Is a learned or unlearned, a, cultivated or uncultivated brute. When this Ib Thoroughly Grasped, *heni tlhe a/llipowerful, the capitalists will hesitate to do anything for one ��� -who ls born a 'brute and dies a brute. I put the cane strong,' In oil Its roughness, ��o that you may dearly Bee what this soientiflc materialism means, and whither we are drifting. Secondly, this so-called science, consciously or unconsciously, intentionally oi* unlnten- ' tionally, destroys sympathy\" ton those ' who struggle, and reality justifies the struggle with -all tho attendant ovils. We -ire told 'In the name of science that this is a law of nature, and thait ni- ture 'must 'ihave t'h'is .struggle, must have this misery, wieck and ruin nnicng -men and women In order to sucuie the survival of the fittest. \"\\Vo are fiught that theie is such a pio- ue.-s us natural selection, t'hat nature is .always .seeking for a better oi- n. fitionger species, and thait the struggle for existence is the way by which na: ture attains her ends. Xon-I say in nniiiu-cr to all this, Unit if such un ide.i is to be lifted up. anil enthroned' ns the truth In our human life, I see nothing' ahead line a return to savagery. It such tin idea is lo dominate us. It will block the wny towards any just solution of our present social evils. If men will believe lliis, their hands will be- con.e tired, t'lioir heart'; villi become ns haul-as stones, and tho war will go on with more cruelty than ever before. Istar, the non-moral power, will demand, and wull got her 'human sacrifices. The hands of time will go hack. Tho fatherhood of God, and the ibrothcihoort or m:in, will heroine myths, and the old sentiments which used to Bvveeten hum and toil and hu- ���nnn tears will disappear, leaving nothing but brute 'instincts and brute .passions. I hold such teaching' to ibe a f.i-iiiid. a Plrni'm, a, delusion and a, snare. To me it has only to be stated in all its nnlltetlneso In order to he condemned. Men may call It science, 1 call it a vile aibom'inatlon, a ghoulish fancy, a, sannge sentiment, and a brmlnl enthronement of .bruile .power. I_et us now- plane ourselves In the hands- of the evolutionist for a. short 'time, nnd lot us listen to his teaching. Mr. Klclil, in social evolution, say*, this orderly and 'beautiful world Which rwe see around us, is now, nnd'has always been, the scene of Incessant rivalry between all the forms ot life inhabiting it. This rivalry Is not chiefly conducted between different specie*, but between members of the samp species. The plants ln the green sward beneath our feet are engaged in silent rivalry with enc.-n other, a rivalry which If allowed'to proceed without outside Interference, would know- no pause until the weaker were extenmlnated. T.he trees of the forest which, clothe and beautify ���the landscape are In a state of nature engaged In .the same rivalry with ea,\"ih other. Left to themselves they fight out, as .unmistakable ���Records Haive Shown, a stubborn struggle extending over ceiiturles-in-w Iiloli-at-lust -only those fonms most suitable to 'the conditio��� retain their place. Passing' up the scale you see the same flgiht going on. Coming to animal life, the struggle becomes more intense and1 more cruel. We are not touched by .plant life as we are touched by nnlmnl life. In the former the struggle is an unconscious one. In the other It Is fearfully conscious, and vve first become sensible or blood, ]>aln,-.ibltter pathetic cries, hunger, and nil those things which appeal to our sympathies. Prof. Di-utuniond gives us one view of the survival of the '.litest. An\" Island Is wooded from end to end. If we visit it In nutuinn vve mny cocunt a thousand birds; if we visit it again In spring we 'find the number 'reduced to a hundred. Why? The biological answer in that only birds of .the quickest .wing, the most cunning ways, and the strongest imuucle iha.ti surv_yed. In the heart of the island there Is a little pond, wihlch 'has been filled with the winter's rain. 'It teems wiith all 'kinds of life, but as the summer 'goes on, and no railn fulls, the pond begins to dry up, and one by one the-:creatures perish. Among the myriads, of forms of life there are a few curious tadpoles who, because of tlielr having a certain apparatus inside 'or breathing air, survive, .while the others ihave perished. That .is the quiet way of nature by which sihe ���chokes oft those *who are unfit, and preserves the Attest. She ihas. however, rougher methods than this. In a general wny we are told of the war going on. Each goes up and down seeking for whnt It may devour. Tho one Is against the rest. The one thinks only of Itself. The animal will light, tear, kill���lo satisfy its needs. The strong overcome** tho wenk, 'llie cunning gels ahead of'the Innocent. Might Is right. By sotting one life ngulnst another, by filling, so to speak, the animal life vvith u desire to light rather thnn to lliv at pence, to kill! rather than to preserve, nature .shows her method for getting rid of the untMttut, and for obtaining the survival of tlu flttes-t. We naturally now turn our eyes to man. Mun starts sus n. savage��� so we are told. He feels his wants, n ml towards satisfying these he is prepared to .flgh't with any man. You, he says to another, shall st.'iawe ere .1 starve. Hy one way ( and another ha- comes to know the value of land. \"I must haive this, and 'this. Another says I will have 4t, and so tliey fight, the weakest falls, the strongest survives. So land was gobbled up. By one way and another lie comes to see the lalue of 'power, rule, authority, and he says I must have these. Another .says, you won't, and I'll light you for tliem, and so they light, .the weak going down to- Slavery or Death, the sti-ong survives. It's the name with e\\eryt'hlng. Self is the spring, the motive of action. I must look aft?r myself. Every man who crosses this relf i.s an enemy that, .mutt ibe orushed. Sr> blood is everywhere, and strength and cunning'and wcaoons are everything and everywhere. This 'Is the struggle. Out of this struggle, have sprung all despotisms, servitudes, rapacities, debasements of woman, inhumanities to children, oppressions, tortures and cruelties. We 'see the human brute, and science coolly tells us that is nature's way to oUtajn the survival of the fittest. Natuie puts these horrible things into .him, and he but carries out her will as he goes forth, ravaging, torturing and1 slaying. Nature hulls him as' her .perfect man���the fittest to survive. At first ith^ struggle was an individual one-man ag-iin-st man. Then It was a struggle between house and house,'or elan against clan, tribe against tribe. Man was always on ithe side of the strongest and most cunning. Then the war broaden\". The nation formed thiough blood and murder, turns itself against another nation, and so your history, wbile lt tells about the rise and fall of houses, the rise nnd fall of nations, or tlie triunn- ���phant causes of great warriors, in reality \"Js a sad, sad record of man's inhumanity to man. These were rlw days \"when the i\\vea'_c were ci-usihed, when children were Milled, when orip- ples weie led out to die, when girls were sacrificed, and ijvhen women were enslaved. The so-called' scientific man stands by, and ln the blandest of ways tells you the picture Is! not a nice one, but look what nature has given us, .the survival of 'the. fittest. At this point Jt is absolutely necessary Ho see what this phrase means. We must see what it comprehends, so ns to have a 'Proper idea of its worth or woi-t'hless- ness when applied to social conditions. Is it a chord .worth 'preserving in the organ of humanity,\" Some of those wlio haivie turned their backs on Christianity have swallowed this pill, but Is this ��i pill fitted to cure the ills of which we complain? Can It belp lis to solve the problem?. The whole strength of tills phrase lies In the wtord 'fitte3t. What do they mean by the \".fittest?\" These Darwinians tell us plainly what they anean. .They say the__word fittest moral man goes down amd -when the strong animal stands up���that we have nature's darling child? To me you have only to iput the case ln order to see how we nre opt to be humbugged by words and phrases supposed to be strictly scientific. Scientific men may talk as they please about mature, about natural selection, and the survival cf tihe fittest, but this darling mnn who is ever kept In view, this .man who clubs his fellows-, or .stalls, or shoots his brother, this man vv-ho grasps chls brother iby the-tin-oat, irolM hlni, cheats him, anil enslaves him, this man who ta'kos woman nnd mokes God's masterpiece a victim of all his horrible and beastly ,]iu��nluii, Is nothing less than it strong brute, and Instead of being the man -morft .llttest to live, becomes the man we would most desire to see out of existence. Look at him as full of self, ns always-looking out for the main chance, as scheming for his own aggrandisement, a mini of strength, but whose strength i.s a law unto Itself, and who goes forth trampling rough-shod over the rights, the feelings anil tlie interests of others, and well may we t,nw a laeJc n day when the isurvival of thisihideouv monster.is called the survival of t'he fittest. 'Take the strongest man living to-,lay���tiie man who Is fullest of the animal, put that man up against the most Intelligent, tlhe most refined, and the most benevolent man living. No doubt if the.v* fought, the strong man would slay the other, but would amy man in his senses s.-sy that the best man for life, ifor society survived? To go on praising this brute force is highly objectionable, and (to go on praising the triumphs of the brute as tlie triumphs of natuie I*s to me arrant nonsense. The word .fittest means also swiftest. Again no m.in would condemn swill't- ness. It is a good tiling to have, but if I ihave read -Homer aright, the swift of foot vvas not always the .bravest nf .soldieiv.-. Swiftness has many good points well -worthy ot praise, but when you come to estimating human or manly qualities by means of which you come to the decision that the man who has the most of these or the least cf these is the fittest cr the unfutest��� swiftness is not of much account. 8 We nre offering great bargains In oak goods, carving sets and smull sterling goods that arrived too late to open Xmas. Cull and examine them. UAVID&ON BROS. TIIE JEWlLLfRS. t* i,_^'3ga_w^a_^_w__B__i_a__,i 'PHONE 179. P. O. BOX 29C. W. J. Mc^SLLAN & ���oe, Wholusaix Agents fob TUCKET CIGAR CO. UNION LABEL CIGARS MONOGRAM, MARGUERITA, EOUQUET, OUR SI'ECIAL, EL JUSTILLO, Elf CONDOR, SARANTIZADOS, SCHILLER, Corner Alexander Street and Columbia Avenue, Vancouver, B. C. ;'!___8_EBE_^l_3tfMflratf^ Union Directory. i The Mint Is the new saloon at tlio corner of Carrall nnd Hastings streets. Case goods are the best, and the prices 0. K. Seattle Rainier beer, 5 cents. If you want a really good rye whisky at a low prico, our 30c rye is it. Gold Seal Liquor Company, 746 Pender street. Blue Ribhon Tea is padced in Vancouver by white men���are you drinking it ? THE VANCOUVER TI.ADI-.S .VN'D l^ilioi- Council iiiu-cts flrsi anil thiiil Thui-ilny In each month, at 7:'S0 p. in. President, AV. J. Lamrick: vice-picsldunt, P. .7. Kussell: seciotdiy, T. II. Cross: financial MXM-et.iry, J. T. Lllley; treasurer. C. Crowder; sergeiint-at-nrms, C. J. Salter: statistician, J. 11. JJiowne. THE RETAIL, CLERICS' INTERNATIONAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION meets ln O'Brien's Ilall, the first and Ihlid Tuesdays of each month. T. A. Phillip, president: TV. J .Lamrick, secretary, 24S Princess street.1-* JOUEIN'Hy.MlKN BARBERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION, NO. 120-Pi c'sldein, G-. XV. Isaacs; vice-president. Fred Haw; corretpondlng - financial secretary, J. A. Stewart, ,*>1 Cordova. St; recnuler, C. D. Morgan; treasurer. E. (Morgan: guide. ->. A. Bradley; guardian, P. .1. J lennet t; delegates tn T. & L. Council: C. TV. Isaacs and Fred. Hume. Meets flist and third Wednesdays of each niontli ln Union Hall. ci olvS, WAITERS AND 'WAITRESSES Union, Local No. 2S. President, Chas. Over; vice-president, W. W. Nelson; recording secretary, Jns. H. Perkins; financial secretary, R. J. Loundes: treasurer, Wm. Ellcnder. Meetlng*every Fridav at S.30 p. m. ln Union Hall, corner Homer \"id Dunsmulr streets. < Gold Seal Canadian Rye is Seagram's Grand Old Rye. Only, 50c bottle. Gold Seal Liquor Company. Ihe Mint. ; Is located at the corner of Carrall and Hastings streets. The bottled goods are all first-class -and the prices right for every one. Seattle Rainier beer, 5cents. In Seattle the carpenters are getting a minimum wage of $3.50 per day, and in Tacoma -amd New Whatcom. $3. means the strongest. Huxley tells us .thait .the creatures are set to fight whereby the strongest, the swiftest, and the imost cunning live to fight another day. He tells us about nn eminent physician who snld, Stuff, said he, nine times out of ten nature does nol vvnnt to oure the iman; she wants to put hlni In his coffln. Istar has no sympathy with the ends of society stuff. She wants nothing 'but A Fair Field nnd free ij>lny for her darling tlie strongest. No man will say anything against strength. Where theiv Is health there will 'be strength, but a. strong man may he a strong brute, i'ut u strong man, a Ibrute like some of our ���modern pugilists, up against the best type of a man to-day, amd the brute would send him Into eternity, in .a few 'moments, and In sclent-fic iptirasc we would ln the triumph of the strong man leave the sinwlvul of ithe Attest. Is It so? Would any man possessed of ordinary common sense say that ithe man most necessary to -this world, .that the hest man survives; that the Attest man sunvlves���when the Intellectual and VANCOU'R' TYPOGRAPHICALTNTON\". iNo. 2_�� meets the Inst Sunday iu each month at Union Hnll. Pi-p.-.lilent. C. S-. Campbell; vice-president, XV. 3. JlcKav: secretary, S. J. Gothard, P. O. Box lili; treasurer, W. Brand; sergeant-at-iinnis. R. A. Stonoy; executive committee. F. XV. Fowler, J. II. Browne. XV. Rranil, Robt. Todd; delegates to Truth's nnd Labor Council, XV. Brand, Robti Todd. J. H. Browne; delegates lo Allied Trades Council. F. A. Fowler, W. J. Mclvny and a J. Marshall. TEXADA MINERS' UNION, No. 113, \"W. F. M., meets every Saturdav at 7.30 p.m. In Foresters' hall, Van Anda. President. R. Aitken; vice-president, C. A. Melvlllu; secretary, A. Rnpor, Van' Anda, B. R; treasurer, H. V. Price: conductor, P. Burt; warden, John Llnklnter. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS���Beaver Lodge, No. lXt- Meels pecond and fourth Wednesday in each month in Union Hall. President.* V\\'m. Beer: corresponding secretary, E. Tlmmlns, 720 Hamilton street; financial secretary, J. H. McVety, 1211 Seymour street, VANCOUVER FISHERMEN'S UNION\" No. 2. Meets In Labor Hall, Homer stieet the I.i��t Saturday in each month at S p. m. Einest Burn*, pie-sidem; Chas. Durham, secretary, S17 Han-li street. For stomach trouble of any kind take Flint's Dyspepsia Tablets. They cure or you get your money book. Oue box. McDowell, Atkins, Watson Co. When you want to hire a first-class horse and buggy, go to the Palace livery stables. Telephone 125.' STREET RAILWAY MEN'S UNION��� Meets second and fourth Wednesday of each month, in Sutherland Hall, corner Westminster Avenue and Hastings Street at S p. m. President, G. Dickie; vice-president, John Frlzzell: secretary, A. G. Perry; treasurer, H. Vanderwnlker; conductor, Ed. Mnnntns,\"-vvarden. D. Smith; sentinel, T. Dubberlcy; delegates to Trade9 and Labor Council: John Pearey, Jas. Barton, Geo. Lenfesty, G. Dickie and H. A. McDonald. UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS and Joiners���Meets every second and fourth Thursday in Union Hall, room No. 3. President. G. Dobbin; vice-president, J. M. Sinclair; recording secretary, W. T. MacMulIen: ilnancial secretary, II. S. Falconer; treasurer, J. Ferguson: conductor, R. MacKcnzle; warden, J. MoLeod; delegates to T. nnd L. council, Robt. Macpherson, G. Dobbin, J. M. Sinclair. JOURNEYMEN HAKCRS\" AND CONFECTION liRS' Intel national Union of A-merlca. Local No. 4(i, Vancouver, II. O. President. .7.i mi's Webttf-r. vice-president, J. XV. Wilkinson; lcooullng secretary, Murdo iM.'ieLcan, 2721 Westminster Avenue; financial seoietary, H. McMulUn, Toronto Candy Co.; troa��iuei- W. \"A. Woods, 35ri Ninth Ave., Ml. Pleasant; oorresiKHidlncr nccret.ii v* P. R.iwllngs. Barnwell Bros., Granville street; nias- ters-at-al ms, F. Moyles and Fred Bartler delegates to Traded and^Lubni- Council. F. Rawllngs anil C. J. Salter. CIGARMAKERS' UNION ,NO_ 357��� Meets the 5irst Tuesday in each month, tn Union Hall. President, A. . Koehel; vtce-president, P. Crowder; secretary, G. Thomas, Jr., 14S Cordova street west; tieasurcr, S. W. Johnton; sergeant-at- arms. J. W. Brat; delegates to Trades nnd I-ibor Council, J. Crow, C. Crowder, C Nelson. BROTHERHOOD OF PAINTERS AND \" DECORATORS, Local Union No. 13t Meets overy Thursday in Labor Hall. President, XV. Pnvier; vlce-pies-ident, W. Hallldoy; tecordlng socictnr.v. K Crush, 221 Georgia street; financial seeietnij. A- Gothard, 822 Howe street, treasurer, H. MeSorley. JOURNEYMEN TAILORS' UNION OF AMERICA, No. . lT'v-lleei s> alternate Mondays ln room 1, Union Hall. President. F. Williams, vice-president. Miss Graham; recording secietaty, H. O. Burrltt; financial secretarv, Walfred Larson; treasurer, C. E. Nellson; sergeant-at-arms, A. J. Kennedy. ' ���Telephone 1���2���6 for a fine livery turn-out. J. J. Sparrow, Palace livery stables. Drink Red Cross Beer, the beer that's pure, 76c pints, $1.50 doz. quarts. Gold Seal Liquor Co., 746 Fender street. Try a bottle of Eisen Port, the uiin- eliine of California, 60c boitle, at Gold Seal Liquor Co., 740 Pender street. C. Ellis, corner Gambia and Cordova streets, is the place you can get your hair out in an artistic, manner.' Flint's Dyspepsia Tablet* are guarantied to restore falling appetite and correct, any kind of stomach trouble. SO c. bos. McDowell, Atklne, Watson Co. and '-Pay'up your subscription to the Independent, it (Joes not cost you much and you should, not hesitate about giving your support readily to a labor paper. Convalescents need Eisen Port���\"the builder up of the weak\"���SOc bottle. Gold Seal Liquor Co., 746 Pender Btreet. From Their Nanaimo, feonthfleld and Protection Island lolllerles, Steam, Qa& and House Coal 01 the Following Grades: Double IScsieencd Lump, Ruik of th* Mine, Wi��_��d Nut ��nd' 8_MWI����*l SAUDSL H. EOBIN8, Saperlntendrnt. EVANS, COLBMAN ft EVANS, Afents, Vancouver Oity, B.C. DELICIOUS WINE Midk Exclusively from b. C. Fitrrr. FEESH CUT FLOWERS. UNION-MADE DOMESTIC CIGARS. When making a trip around the Park call on WEfc .Innsa Brockton Point a V* WOIBC9 Lighthouse PACflflC LINE World's Scerolc * .'! LOWEST RATES. BEST SERVICE. T�� all points ln Canada and the I'ntted 8tatM. TUB FASTEST AND BEST KQCTPI'BD THAW CROSSING THE CONTINENT. aitLiMss son jamm and chiha. Empress of India Dec. M Athenian Jan. IS Empress ol Japan Jan. 27 and every four weeks thereafter. SAILUIB TO* HONOLULU AMD AfSTBALIA. Aoranfl Jan ]��� Hoana Feb. 7 Miowera liar.7 and every lour weeks thereafter. For further particulars as to tine rate) el apply to E. J.COYLK, JAMES SCLATB A.O.P.A. Ticket Ajent,' Veaoeater, B. c *B Huntings Bt, Vancour��t,B.C_ '������,.;��� A;** <)..-.��� ���'\".'.'7' DANGEROUS FISHES. THEY ARE NOT ALL CONFINED TO THE SEAS THAT ARE SALTY. The AlllKixtor tinr !��� Ono Freuh Water Species Tlint Is Feared lu tin- South���A Mystvrlona Milliliter That Inliublta a MIchiKiin Luke. So fur as any danger from tlio game Is concerned, fresh water'llslilng has always beeu looked upon as about its safe as any sport lu tlio world, nml the fresh water tish lias gone on record as harmless and nonroslstnnt Hut there nre Instances now anil then when the llsh turns the table?.. Tlio liiluiblinnls of Osceola couuty, Mlcli., who live In the neighborhood of Luke George, nn iulntid water about three miles long. arc nlmost superstllloiisly afraid of a certain llsh that Inhabits that lake. .No one knows what sort of Hsh It Is. nml opinion locally Is divided as to whether It Is a elant iuuskollunge or a sturgeon. Spearing parties had now and then reported seeing a very,large llsh without being able to strike It, but no one gave credence to the talcs until one night several years ngo, when a pnny of sportsmen from Chicago went ou the lake spearing in charge of au olil resident named Armstrong. Armstrong was the only one that returned to tell the story. He said the party was spearing In shallow water when they saw an .enormous llsh that resembled an ovcrgrowu pickerel. Two of the Chicago men were standing in the.bow, and at llrst supposed llie flsh to be a log. Then one saw his mistake o* and struck with all his might. The tish gave a dart that made the boat jump as though a steam engine were pulliug It If tho man had let go of the spear, all would have bceu well, but he hung on, and tho flsh gave a mighty uop to right angles with the boat. The man still held to the spenr, with tho result that the boat capsized, and the men found themselves standing In mud and water up to their waists. The light went out when the boat tip- get, and, the night being dark nnd cloudy, not one of the party had nny Idea of the direction to be pursued in reaching shore. The shallow water occupies a large part of the lake, and they could wander In any direction without being able to tell whether or not they were ucarlng shore. Armstrong said afterward that nothing could equal the awfulness ot the experience that .followed. They made their way In ono direction after another and wandered round and round, going half way to their knees In mud at every step. To make matters worse a cold, ���teady, drizzling rain began to fall. They wero soon numb to the marrow. Then one of the sportsmen dropped without a word, and no one went to his ���-��� help. Little .by little the three thtit remained were separated. Armstrong says he himself became unconscious after a time and remembers nothing that happened until he was roused by feeling solid ground beneath his feet and finding that the water was more shallow than it had been. Up kept on and fell upon tho shore. Then 'on bands .and* knees ho crawled to camp and gave the alarm. Search was ', nt once made for his companions, and their bodies were recovered.- Since that time the big flsh with a scar on his back has twice or thrice been seen by spearing parties, but they have passed it by. There Is one species of llsh ln the south that Is feared only ./little less than Its salt water contemporary the shark. This is the alligator gar. It grows to enormous size and has a bill hard and bony and much broader tbau ..the bill of theicommon gar of northern waters. One who goes out upon the lakes of Louisiana nnd Arkansas will soo them jumping and splashing like .enormous trout.: Their usual food consists of flsh, and they not only make endless trouble for those who go fishing with minnows, but have been known to round up and tear to pieces .bass .which the sportsman has hooked. -Bathing in the lakes Is considered dangerous. A negro was sitting ln the stern of a boat on a lake near Helena, Ark., letting his feet hang over the stern, when ���a gar grabbed him by one leg. The : man hung to tne boat until rescued, but his leg was horribly, gashed. The ���fls_rhave-been\"known to\"attackin like manner negroes who went, swimming In the Mississippi below* New Orleans. One spring tho writer was visiting a , rice plantation on the .'.'lower coast\" of the Mississippi when' an old negresi came walling to the house and said her flve-ycar-old boy was dead. Be had been playing at the edge of a bayou and Was lying on the bank extending his nrms )nto the water-when a gar came witli..!a; rush .and, grabbing the youngster, by the arm; pulled him Into 'tbe'water. A youug negro with a shotgun .was standing near watching for rlceblrds. He ran to the bank. The ;llsh. found It had undertaken a bigger task than It could well manage, aud a wild struggle was lo progress between the gnr und the dying child. The negro shot the llsh, but the child died beforo lt could be taken from tho water. \"POP GOES THE WEASEL\" Kxnluiuitlun of the Old FmiilUnl* I'liruau lu the Olil Sou;:, hk Sltiitf by tliu Lulu Mt*. \"Joilj\" Jaliu _Sunli. \"Jolly\" John Nash, one of th�� lust of tho old-fashioned music hull singers, died Oct. Kith at 8 Huclon ltoud, Kulhiini, aged 73. John Nush litis been before Ihu public for many, uiiitiy yenrs. lie began in a small wny,null was louring the provinces in the sixties with a company known us *Mr. Jolly Nush uud puny. In 1871 he became chairman und most popular singer ut the .Strand Music Hull, which stood on the site of the Guloly Theatre, now in turn doomed to demolition. Thu entertainment fulled, but Nash's reputation wus mil injured in tho least. Uo records in his ingenious recollections thut shortly uflcr- wnrils he had the honor of 'appearing in private before iloyalty, singing \"Tho Merry Toper\" nnd \"liuck- cty Jaclt.\" Later successes wero his laughing .song���a real side-splitter���unci \"Now and Then,\" in which he commented on tho social delinquencies of the late Mr. Biggin- anil others. The lloyal wns perhaps the hull in which he was most appreciated, but it was ut the Tivoli that he took his benefit in 1890 on retiring from the boards. The Englc, or Grecian Saloon, in the City Itond, inspired thnt immortal ballad, \"Pop Cloes tho Weasel.\" Why a weasel .should pop is a mystery that . has bullied all the efforts of the naturalists to this day. Mr. Henry Hcymnn, 170 Now Bond street, W., writes: in your very interesting obituary notice, on Mr. \"Jolly\" John Nnsh your con- tributoi\\nuotes the old song, as per above heading, and snys: \"It has always remained a mystery to naturalists und others why a weasel should pop.\" If you will'allow me to explain tho meaning oi the term I think it will be perfectly clear to all nnd sundry why this docs happen. The word weasel, in the slang of the period, meant the family plate, or something of equal value, therefore tho jingle: Up and down tlie City Road, In and out the Englc, That's the way the money goes. Pop goes the weasel. It' stands to reason that after tho wild expenditure of careering up and down the City Road, paying the adr mission and concomitant expenses in the Englc, the best means of replenishing the purse, was to \"pop the weasel,\" anglicc, pawn the family jewels or plate. It strikes me as a greater mystery why such a song ever took the town, though wc have in Inter days Iind equally insane and idiotic ditties,; to wit, \"Ta-rn- ra-boom-dc-ny,\" and others, , which most of your renders will, no doubt, be able.\", to'call to mind.���London Telegraph. O'fl Knffllnli I.nw A^uliiHt CoT��rnd Muttons One of the Inst surviving of the old Engl ish sumptuary laws,; now almost forgotten, but considered of great importance in maintaining one brunch of ShcHield trade,' was that directed against covered buttons. The town dealt largely in horn buttons of different kinds for common wear, as wcll:ns in metal: and plated bottons for the bettor class of coats, waistcoats and gaiters. From 1720 to tho end of the century the town annals show that there was considerable though fitful zeal, under, the statute of 8 Anne, against the vendors and users of covered., buttons. In 1791 a tailor wns convicted in a penalty of 40 shillings a dozen; for setting covered buttons on a gentleman's waistcoat, and tho wearer in a like penalty for appearing in a garment thus, adorned. General action was taken against oflcnders by tho. master and journeymen button- makers '������ ot Sheffield as late as 1802, but tho magistrates gave so \"little encouragement to these prosecutions that the law, though it long remained:1 unrepealed, fel 1 from. that time into desuetude. BIG LIQUOR BILLS. Some Surprint-* in llciceut stutlstles of tho Urlllih ltnuril ot Triitlc. Tho liritish Bonn! ot Trade recently issued some interesting statistical nm tier with reference to the production nml consumption if alcoholic liquors in ilm United Kingdom, l'Vimce, Germany tint! the United States. The figures iiru likely to .sm prise people who arc .iiifiiuiilinr with tlio subject The ftilliiwini; tallies ure compiled from returns i-erriveil from the United .States in 'rt-'l'.i; with one exception they cover llie returns ut .1900 iu the other countries iiunieil, uml the llrst of them litis to do with the governmental revenues from nl- cohoiic beverages: United Kingdom Kronen (icTiuuny United States''... Net rev. Prnpor. to rnuii tux tot. nnt'l cm drink, revenue. .SI7.*��7ii.i>00 :til]ii'i < t .IBO'H.IX'O v.i per ���* . i:',,7l\".IKIfl IS per ft . WMHiS.UOO ill per ct It . will be seen that the liritish Government collects a'greater revenue, by about S12,000.000, from alcoholic linuors thnn France and Germany combined, and about SS.- 000,000 more than the \"Jni'.ed States. The consumption of wine in the four countries is ns follow*- Total eotisiiin., I'or nil. tiiitlniis, t'allmn. United Kingdom ...... iri.SKi.HOO !).31) Franco' DKUiW-OOO 25.40 Ucrnmny ��l,(-:n.000 l.'r> United Stutes 25,310,000 . 0.33 This serves to prove U'ui Tit.nce is maintaining her old reputation ns tho greatest wini.'-amsuming country in the world, while it fails ; to show that-Americans are making as much headway as supposed in changing from the so-called heavy to the so-called light drinks. ' Que of the most .surprising of the tables, however, is Unit covering tho consumption .. of beer, the United Kingdom leading tho United und falling not so very far Germany. Totnl coti.siun.. pn lions. United Kliurilom (1000) ,_,2'.)S,\"nG00!) 31.7 France (WOO) ...........l.KJS.HU.lHiO . ti.a Gr-nminy (1S599) 1,5-!\".S7S,()00 27.5 United States (1890) .... U'H,210,(XK> 13.3 The per capita consumption of beer in the United Kingdom is greater by about 4 per cent, than in Germany, while it exceeds that of Franco by about 25 per cent, and that of the United States by about 18 per cent. Belgium and Bavaria, it seems, are the: only countries in the world that exceed the United Kingdom in the per capita consumption of beer, that of the former being 47 gallon**, of the latter 54 gnlIons per. head. Tho table relating to spirits has another surprise to offer: Total States behind. Ter hd. Billions. consum.,. Per I'd. gallons, gallons. . 45tSOO,000 1.12 . 78.452,000 2.02 107.100.000 1.04 1.06 United Kingdom (1000) France������' (HUM) Hermit nv (1000) I United States (1S00) , 81,000,000 Contrary to the popular idea, Germany takes the lead as the consumer of strong drinks, although the per enpita consumption is slightly greater in France. The Uni'ed Stntes falls liclow, or rises above, the: United Kingdom, as tho case may be, in this table, and, notwithstanding tho reputation of Americans ns whiskey drinkcis, they consume n less quantity of ardent spirits per capita than any of tho others. Tlior;Klni;'n Stuto Currlage. King Edward's state carriage is worthy of a. detailed description. It was made for George III. nearly a century and a half ago, from '.���.���.tlio design of Sir. William Chambers, the distinguished architect. It weighs no less than four tons. The '������ panels wero painted by Cipriani, the door-panel^ being embellished ' with the Royal ~A mis,' inti-ue heraldic colors. On each side panel appears tho collar, of the Order of the Garter, with .the figure of.St. .George and tho: Dragon.'. A little upright gilt ornament, in tho design of which the rose, thistle andishamroclc-iaro^inti-oduccd.ii-.uns round tho roof, on which are represented the crown and sceptre. The hammer cloth is .in'scarlet with heavy gold fringe and tassels. A centro ���\" panel of . dark blue velvet bears the Royal Arms in gilt: relief. The curringc is over 12 feet high, 8 feet 4 inches broad, and,tho, .rear wheels over'0 feet in diameter: 'It contains a large amount of glass and ��7,000,.. was\" 'expended in1, it's construction. ��� '\"' ' - ' - \" The Right of Detente. In the course of a trial nn English Judge Is reported to have said: \"The laws of God and man both give tbe party nn opportunity to make his defense,'If he has nny.: .1 remember to. have heard It observed by a very learned inula upou, sticb an occasion., that even. God. himself did not pass sentence upon Adam before be was called, upon to make his defense. 'Adam/' Kiiys God. 'whi'ie art thou? Hast thou omen of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?' Aud the same question waa put to Eve (ilso.\" To l'rfivent Cnlliiloua nt .^en. dipt. Brinkworth , of Gloucester, England, hns designed a curd which is to 'bo' used in' connection with fog signals. His idea is to havo a schedule'of signnls which will Indicate the way a vessel Is moving. Ho has compiled a list of these signals corresponding to the various, points of tho compass, to' which-the card answers as a key, so that when a vessel blows a certain signal a glance at tho��� card.will give .her direction, and tho commander.o' a vessel hearing it; can act accordingly. The system now in.use of simply blowing long bln'sls . is very, unsatisfactory and confusing, since It gives ho indication of the course of the approaching vessel. Bis Crops of.Wood.^ .f ' '^ Russia produces 240 milllon'poiirida of- .wool a* year,, tho I recorderor - * Europe; England comes next,\" with 1G0 millions;-���'������ then , Franco, with\" .126. millions. Australia m-oduces 420 millions, and tho United States 320 millions. .London's Severest Whiter. The great snowstorm, when tlie Thames .was frozen over for nearly four months, occurred in. 1083-84. The frost continued without intermission: from December to February, snow coming down almost continuously, so that some parts of the country were well nigh impassable. To add to the discomfort a bitter oust wind Mew all the time. Ships anxious to enter the port of London were obliged lo remain at the mouth of the Thames, and the crews suffered great privations. Provisions were dear, horses and cattle often' died of cold', and .scarcely...-.1-'*-bird lived through the winter. - , Tho: citizens - of; London, however, resolving on having some profit .out of the extraordinary wenther, built a regular, .colony., on the icebound Thames. Shops, taverns, coffee houses, booths .ior dramatic representations, printing offices and similar buildings sprang up like magic. Tho winter was probably the severest'ever known in England, though the following one of 1081-85 wns famous for its extreme cold.��� Ion- don Tit-Bits. '- .���'!������_-��� WHEN BABY PRAYS. ���When hnlv by hor crib nt night Unfolds her little hands to pray- Dear Utile hands so soft and white��� I listen while the sweet U[>�� nay! \"Now, I 'ay nie down to s'eep, 1 p'ay the Ixml my soul to teep\"; And, listening, .veins are liiiekwiiiil rolled��� And the pnst Is as il tnlv untold. And. standing by my inotlicr uilhl��� Ilenr mother, with .vunr linlr of whito��� Again I am a llllle child. And say again, us yesternight: \"If I a'ould die before I wntc. I p'ay the Lord my soul to lute\"; And half It seems in liuliy's plon The olden faith conies back to inc. Ah. mc! I know my faith Is hut A phantom of the long ago: Yet, when my Initio, with eyelids ahnt, ltopi'iitH the words I used to know; \".Now I 'ny me down to s'eep, I p'ay the I/ml my soul to teet,\" Some way, aoine way, the world-doubt* Ilea; The old, swoon fnlth conies hnck to me. It cranes .ignln, tho old, sweet faith; It ls my own, It Is my own, And doubt has fled, the gloomy wraith, llcfore n baby's words alone: \"If 1 s'ould die before I Wntc, I p'ay the Lord, my .'soul to tato\"; So, for baby's lisping plea, My thanks, dear I/ord, my tlhnnks to Tin*. ���A. J, Wnterhouse. SrntlUli t_nriU'in:r��. Lord Rosebcry's romnrk in Edinburgh that Scotland has produced tho greatest gardeners in the world recalls a rather cynical saying of Dr. Johnston on the subject of Scottish gardening. At Mrs Terale's one evening lloswcll remarked that England, was indebted to his native land for one things is about all the good gardeners in the. south were Scotsmen. Johnson thereupon observed. \"Why, sir, that is because gnrdeniit on a rocl; or on the ship itself. When Illjden Dloil. One moro literary landmark i.i being wiped ofl the map of London. This; time it is the house in' Gerrnrd stroct.-Soho.-in-wliich-nryden���died. Even now the pickaxe is at work. The street itself, from which 1 ���'��� this monument is vanishing,\".'has''historical: associations, One house, : now used tis a telephone exchange, had Edmund Burke us a tenant. Lord Mohiin,' the duellist, and Lord Lyt- llcton lived in Macclesfield House,'th tloton lived in Macclesfield���;���.: Houso, tho residence of Lord Gerrard,.afterward Earl of Macclesfield. At tho \"Turk's Head,\" too, the famous Literary Club used to hold its meetings, frequented by Dr. Johnson, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Burke and- other great figures. In a little while, houMvur, Gerrnrd street will bo liko any other London thoroughfare, a thoroughfaro and nothing'moro, ' Skill'In Mllklni;. ' ��� In milking'flic hiinds should be kept dry. If not it is impossible to prevent drops of milk from constantly falling from . Liium , into the ii pail, .says Farm, Field . and' Stockman. The pail should be held close to the udder., so ns to expose tho'inilk' to the air as little as possible. The further the streams fall and the more they sprny, the more dirt and bacteria they collect. Contamination from tho foremilk must bo avoided, by discarding the first few streams drawn, or less than a_gill in all.. This entails little loss, \"as tho first milk drawn is always poor in butter fnt, and if it happens to >bo badly contaminated, as is frequently tho iase, much injury and trouble may be saved. An Impudent Dog. One dny Bonn Xn��h joined some,fine ladles In a grove and. asking one of Uiein who was crooked whence she o:i mo. she replied. \"Straight from London.\" \"Confound me. madam,\" said he, \"then you must hnvo been warped by the way!\" She soon, however, hnd ample revenge. The following evening he joined her company and, with a sneer and a bow, asked hor If Glie knew her catechism and could tell him,the name,of Toblt's dog. \"Ills nemo, sir, was Nash.\" replied the lady, \"and an Impudent dog he was!\" Province Polarization. Tho polarization of the human body can bo proved by 'allowing a strong current to flow through the body from one end to the other, the hands being placed ln two baslus connected with the poles. : The hands arc'.then dried and placed In two other.baslns of .water connected wltlr the wires of a delicate galvanometer. A current In the reverse direction to the original one Is then found to flow from the body. . .Johnson..on Poverty. Poverty, iny dear friend. Is so groat an evil and: pregnant with so much temptntion and so.much misery that I cannot but earnestly enjoin -you to avoid It. Live,on .what you havo; live If you can on less. Do not borrow cither for vanity or pleasure; tho vanity will cud ln shame and the pleasure lu regret. Woman'* Intuition. Toss���Sho snys she can't understand, why people'call him n flatterer. | Jess���She does, cli? Tors���Yes; 1 guess It's because be never said anything flattering to her.! . Jess���More likely ho did sny eouie- .thing flattering, and she's trying to mukc herself believe he was In earnest. soys A Precocious Vonnsater. Tommy���Mamma,: the teacher It's wrong to wound anything. Ills Mother-rYcs. dear. Tommy���Well, pnpa wound the clock Inst night.' ' , To'koop boys,off the street cornora furnish them with a room .to their Ilk- lug and. make their boy friends welcome to It. In Holland no landlord has the power of raising the rent or of evicting a ten- auL Text of the Leanon, Ex. xtv. 13-37. memory Ycrars, 1U-10���Goldcu Text, Kt. xv. 1���Commentary Prepared by Uie Kcv. D. 1U. StraniH. ICopjrrlght, 1001, by Amirlcin rrt.s .relation.] 13, 14. \"I'Var ye not. Sinii.i *iill and sec the salvatlou ot the Lord which He will shew to you today. The Lord shall light for you, nnd ye shall hold your pence.\" We ore (liven the choice of a Christinas lesson from lun. I.\\, T-7, but as thu burden of that lesson Is Isriici'a deliverance and future glory with but two or three sentences ;referring to Ilia coming iu wiilt'for thu Lord more than they that watch for tlie inorii- lug (I's. xlix, 14; xxx, Ii: cxx.\\, (ll. Dan- icl emtio out of the lions' den victoriously, nnd his enemies were cast In nnd perished in the morning (Don. vi, 1U-24I.7, It lyns In.the morning,.watch, after the disciples hud been tolling against wiml and waves all the night, thnt Jesus eiune to them (Mark vi, 4S), and IIo will' cume again In the morning. ���, A'engi'iuief I'lipim His enemies and ileliveinin'e for His people.nre often ussociuteil as in Isa. xxxlv, 8: ixxv,'4;'lxili, 41 and llie tir*-t linllelu- inh in Scripture Is found In just thnt association in Ps, ,clv��� 34. 35. Vl'Iius the Loii7 saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw that grent work Which tbe Lord did upon ti��o Egyptians, and the people fenrcd tho ��� l.M'd nud believed tho Lord and His uerv- iiit Moses (verses 30.81). m THE INDEPENDENT VANCOUVEr., B. C. A QUICK WITTED BURGLAR. Tommy Wallace** Adventure With a San Francisco Danker. Tho notoriety ot Tommy Wallace rest! chiefly upon his theft of Toby Rosenthal's painting, \"Elaine,\" whllo It wns on exhibition In San Francisco In March, 1S75. With thiee confederates Wallace got into the basement of the building In which the pnlntlng was being exhibited and, cutting the ciinvns fiom Its massiv* frame, rolled it up and escaped. Returning to Kan Francisco nt the expiration of his term, Wallace one night liroko into the home of a banker. The family hnd just returned from tho theater, nnd Wallace was standing In tha lower hall when the banker nnd Ilia wife suddenly , appeared upon the landing above. Wallace might have escaped by dashing out of the front door, but this would have been an exhibition of weakness uiiworthy of the true burglar Buch as he prided himself upon being. With rare coolness and presence of mind h�� awaited tho couple, who, unconscious ot his proximity, were descending the staircase. When the banker reached tho hall, Wallace emerged from tho shadow and confionted him. \"Who are you?\" Inquired the banker In alarm. \"Silence!\" snid TVallnce in a low voice. \"There are burglars in the house. I am a detective In search of them.\" \"My God,\" shiickcd the banker's wife, \"wc shall all bo murdered!\" \"Not while I am hero to prevent it, madam,\" replied Wallace,' with a bow worthy of Gentleman Dick. He paused a moment, then went to the door and opened it wide. \"Kindly stand on the porch,\" he snid, \"wh' I search the house. I will let you know when to enter.\" The hanker and his wife obeyed tho command und in the next instant they stood shivering in the cold night air with the door locked behind them. Wallace cntcied the dining room nnd wns ransacking the bidebonrd when a servnnt burst shrieking into tbe chamber! Disgusted with this display ofeweakness, which threatened disaster, Wallace drewia revolver and' promptly shot her. This silenced her, and, taking up his booty, Wallace -leisurely left tho house. The banker and his wife, alarmed at > tho sound 'of the shot, implored blm to tell what had happened. He answered that the burglars hnd mnde their escnpo after wounding the servnnt ghl, who hnd .foolishly nttempted to stop them. Five yenrs lntci Wallace wns convicted of this crime and sew need to Sun Quentin prison for twelve : nrs.���Chm-lM Ultich in Alas- Ice's Magazine. A woman's whole face is sometimes sard to be her fortune, but some men get through solely on their cheek. Honolulu dwellings have a curious feature in tho provision made /or lighting the exterior as well as the interior. Electric lamps are set in the masonry of the walls, thereby throwing a reflection both inside and on tho lawns, where the residents spend most of their nights. Yo\\ir F*a.ith will be as strong as ours if you try Shiloh's Consumption Cure and ours is so strong we guarantee a cure or refund money, nnd we send you free trial bottle if you write for it. SHILOH'S costs 25 cents, and will cure Consumption, Pncumouia,Bronchitis > - and all Lung Troubles. Will cure a Cough or Cold in a day, and thus prevent serious results. It has,been doing these things for so years. S. C. Wems & Co., Toronto, Can. v^ Karl's Clover Root Tea cares (odlgeitloo Thero are others than cornllclds who have ears and hear not. EVen the selfish man will not ask for more than his share of trouble. At all seasons of tho year five o'clcok in the morning is tho coldest hour of tho 2d. A woman thinks bhe is becoming used to lousiness when sho has learned to bo suspicious of every man she meets. Minard's Liniment Cores Garget ls Cows. A misfit docs not always mean a fit that a young lady had. I was cured of a bad case of Grip by MINAKD'S LINIMENT. Sydney, C. B. C. I. LAGUE. I was cured of loss' of voice by MINARD'S LINIMENT. CHARLES PLUMMER. Yarmouth. I was cured of Sciatica Rheumatism by MINARD'S LINIMENT. Burin, Nlld. LEWIS S. BUTLER. 0 Outside of tho preachers, of course, most of tho people who havo conscientious scruples against games of chance aro tho ones who have bad luck. Minard's Liniment Ceres Colfls, Etc. Tho unexpected cannot happen to the man \"who is always expecting it. There never was, nnd cover will be, a universal pnnucea, in ono remedy, for ull ill, to which flesh is heir���-tho very nnluro of many curatives being such that were the germs of othor and differently seated diseases rooted in tlio system of tho patient��� whnt would loliovo ono ill in turn would aggravate tho othor. Wo have, howover, in Quinine Wine, whon obtninnblo in n sound, unadulterated stato, a remedy for many und grievous ills. By its gradual and judicious uso tho frailest systems aro led into convalescence and strength by tho mfiuenco which Quinine exerts on nature's own restoratives. It relieves tho drooping spirts of those with whom a chronic stnto of morbid despondency nnd lack of interest in hfo is a disease, and, by tranquilizing the nerves, disposes to sound and refreshing sleep���imparts vigor to the notion of the blood, which, being stimulated, courses throughout tho vein\", strengthening the healthy animal functions of tho system, thereby making activity a nccessaiy result, Btronglhoning tho fmrno, and giving lifo to tho digestive orguns, which naturally demand increased substance���re- fult,improved appetite. Nortlirop&Lyman. of Toronto hnvo given to-the public tlielr superior Quinine Wino at tho usual rato, and, gauged by tho opinion of scientists, tlu- wino approaches reorott perfection of any ir tho market. All i4-\"'-' ��� *-\" \"i.. Minard's Liniment Cnres DMemser. If a girl really loves you she will sit out Uio evening in the back parlor with you rather than put you to the expense of taking her to the theater. llllillL) COMMM AT PARIS. CANADIAN rRODUCT WinCII WINS MUCH FAME AT.Till: CHEAT EXPOSITION OF 11)00. Though Not Entered As An Inhibit Dodd's Kidney Pills Continued 'lhelr Victories Aiming the WI- tors to tho Clny Capital- Returned Canadian Commissioner Tells a Personal Experience. Toronto, Dec, 11.���(Special)���Mr. J. G. Jurdine, ono of Canada's Commissioners to tho Paris Exposition, has ictumcd to his homo at 305 Crawford street, this city and is full of interesting stories of his experience during his stay in France. Ho wns Impiessed with the superiority of things Canadian when seen nlondsidc the products of the world. Everything from Canada was \"genuinely good,\" and while in .somo cases other exhibits might be more \"showy,\" none were more worthy. Mr. Jardinc returns, if possible, a more enthusiastic Canadian, and this is in part at least due to the fact that while In Paris he was very much bcncfitc-d by tho uso of that groat Canadian tonic, Dodd's Kidney Pills. His woik wus very trying and mado great demands on his health and strength, but he sajs . \" During my stay in Paiis I found Dodd's Kidney Pills invaluable, relieving Backache instantly and toning up my system generally.\" Even in medical lines Canadians abroad havo no reason to be ashamed of their country, for no remedy in tlie world has ever been so quickly recognized nnd ''given a foremost place among known curatives as Dodd's Kidney Pills wherever introduced. The experience of Mr. Jaidino with Dodd's Kidney Pills in Paris, the home of some of tho. greatest medical scientists is significant Ho was not alone in Ins enjoyment of the benefits of this'great tonic, for many of his acquaintances were using the same medicine, among them the secretary ,to tho Canadian Commissioner, Mr. Aug. Dupuis, who is an enthusiastic believer in Dodd's Kidney Pills. Gulxot, Thlem nnd BUmnrclc One day I was Invited to dtaner with the Count of Enzonberg at the residence of Prince *on Bismarck ln Berlin. The count, n former charge d'affaires in Pnils, was a great collector of autographs. After a repast the count exhibited a sheet of paper on which GtiUot and Thiers had affixed their signatures. \"It Is very Interesting,\" said Prince von Blsmnrck. \"Allow mo to show this to uiy wife.\" (She was blck In bed at that timo.) In a fow minutes the chancellor returned, aud, returning tho sheet of paper to tho diplomat fiom Wtirtteniborg, he ndded, \"I hope that I did not spoil lt ky writing something on It.\" Hero follows what was written on tho paper: 11/ lorn life bu taught me thit It Ii neceuvr to lorut.e a good ileal and target nothing. GtTUOt. A Utile forftethilnns does sot diminish the iln- cerlty ot forglvcnus. Till[in. My o��n life hm taught nie that I have a great deal to (otget and a great deal (or nliieli to be forgives. V. IlmnittcK. ������x~>*:~:*-:~:��x~:~^ V I\" ' ��� A MUSIC FOR THE HOLIDAYg] | Our Sir. Hntchor b now in tho oast solectlng a stock of pianos and organs for holl. s ��� T%\\-,o'J?.1t*!,5,1;^.-'oluc_'?n,V11.lwolar':S,,lu'^boro(tho '-'test stjlou of tho WIL- V * XdAMb FlAliOS fiunea for thoir pure, full nnd lubtms tone. Oar now stock will be- *��* gliitonrnvonboutDec.lstnnd itwillbowoilforthosointorfetod tocnll oarly. Out- ���!��� of-town custpmoH will rocoivo our bost attention ond nil enquiries will be promptly ���*. angered. \\\\ o send cntnloguo and prlco Hit on rociuost. Wo hundlo-sovoral different A tnul.cn of orpins nml will bo plonsed to quoto pricoi dolirorod enywliero. Wo havo a J number of good mkoiuI hand org.ins und piniios, in Good rcpuir, somo ns cood as now. t at vory low pticos. lour credit is good with us, uo matter \\ihoro you live : t : : : ft* FORRESTER & HATCHER: f Y. M. C. A. Bit, Portngo Avo., Winnipog. Eldrodgo \"11\" Sowing Machines. I ���!��� \" -������������-������������������������ ..______. - ���i 4\\ A TEAMSTER'S STORY. SUri'KISKI) GKEATI/V 1-KOM A31IIMA AND KIDNEY TKOHBLKS. ^ Spent Some tune in a Hospital and Almost Impoverished Himself Buying Medicines Without Bench!��� Again Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Ciuo After Other Medicines Pail. When a man is cocksure that his baggage is checked through to Heaven it is no use to aiguc with him Pulo, ilekly childron should uso Mother Staves' Worm Extorminator. Worms aro ono of tho principal causes ot suffering in children, und should bo oxpollod from tho si stum Somo of the people who would rather light than cat are.not at all fond .of fighting, but they nre dyspeptic 'Parmeleo's Pills possess tho powoc of acting spociftcally upon tho disousod organs, stimulating to action tho dormant onorgios of tho systom, thereby removing disease. In fact, so groat is tho power of this medicino lo clounso und purify, that diseases of almost oiory name nnd nature aro driven from tho bod). Mr. D, Cnrswoll, Cnrswoll P.O., Ont., writes : \"I hnvo tried Pnrmoloo's Pills, nnd And thorn an oxcel- lont medicino, and one that will soil woll.\" The pessimist groans that ho has not a friend left in the world, and the optimist tries to comfort hun with the suggestion that hc(iiught to that none of his friends aro loft S0Z0B0E.TT0QTH POWDER 25c Sonic people claim that it is Ihcir object to elevate tho stage, when as a matter af fact they only went on tho stage to givo themselves a lift. Hollowny's Corn Curo is a snociflc for thp removal of corns and warts, Wo havo uovor hoard of its fulling to romovo ovon tho lvoiso kind, Somo people who claim never- to havo had a rival in love havo never been in lovo with anyone but themselves. ' It is not the generous man that gives you his word and.then breaks his promise. Choloru and nil summor complaints nro so amck in thoir action thnt tho cold hand of oath is upon tho victims boforo thoy nro awnro that danger is near. If altackod, do not dolay in getting tho propor inodicino. Try a doso of Dr. J. D. Kollogg's Dysontory Cordial, and you will got immodtnto roliof. It acts with wonaor. fui rapidity, and never fails to effect a curo. S0Z0D0NTfortheTEETH25c ,'-�� ___________.���' Don't worry, there will always bo trouble enough to go round., :. -,;.- __ , ,. It is as useful to know what not to say as it is to know what to say. Street Car ArciOont,���Mr.=Tliomas Sabin says: \"My oloven your old-boy had his foot badly injurod by bolng rua over, by n car ou Iho Street Hallway. Wo at onco commoncod bath* ing tho foot with Dr. Thomas' Eclcctric Oil, when tho discoloration and swolliug was removed, and in nino days ho could uso his font, Wo nlwujs kcop a botllo in the houso ready for any omargency. , - i * \" ' .Every man believes that ho is exception to somo rule or other. ��� A physician mentions the case of a man who could be made to dream about any subject by whispering about it in his car while he slept ; and it is ,a familiar fact that persons who talk In their,sleep will frequently answer questions if spoken to softly. ; i. . , Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury, ' ns morcury will suroly destroy tlio sonsoof smoll nnd completely dorungo tho wholo sjstem nhon entering it through tho mucous BUrfnco.. Such nrliclos should neier bo ucedozcopton proscrip* tlons from roputiiblonli>sicians, ustho diuutigo thoy .vi11 do Is tenfold to tlio good jou can pos- ibly clorlio from them. Hull's Cntnrrh Curo, mnmifnctiiied by F. J. Chouoy * Co.,Tolodo. O, contains no niori-iiry, nml Id takon internally, acting illruclly upou tlio blood ami mucous sur* fncosof tho bj .stem, In buying Hall's Cutank Curo 1)0 sure yon got tho eoniiliio. It ls tukon internally, mid nindolu Toledo, Ohio, by 1', J, Cheney & Co. Testimonials froo. ' ' gild b\" Druggists, prlco 75c. por uottlo. ull's Family I'illsuro tho btuU . t , i A man is^ never jso bad that ho might not bo worse, or.so good that he might not bo bettor.' Minard's Linimsnt Cnres Diphtheria. Nothing cools oil a married man's Jove so quickly 'tis \"cold breakfasts. . . t , Even tho detectives do not; dog a, man's footsteps until they get a 'point*.*' 7 - \" R-1 ' Idea* of News. , Justice John M. Harlan of the United State supremo court, when a pinctlc- Ing lawyer In I_ou1svlllo,~once tried his hand nt newspaper;work, taking the place of a personal friend, then editor ot tho Louisville Commercial. The jus- tico got along all right,wrltiug edltori- hls, but had Idea3 as to'news that woro nt variance with those of the city editor. _ ��� ,' One of the reporters v had written n clever neeouht of n iiinii'wlio had fallen from the fourth story of a building and escaped 'without:serious Injury. It ���initio a story t6t 'about a column in length. With a proof of the article ln his hand the tompouiry editor came to the city editor niid said: \"Mr. Smith, pleaso''have this story cut down. I can't see anything lu it that makes It worth that space.\" \"But It's tho,'star' story at the day, Mr. Hnilau,\" gasped the nstonlshed news num. \"I think It's a remarkable story and well worth all tbe space given to it.\" i i : ��� ', ' i \"I don't,\" said Justice Harlan. \"If a man had jumped up** four stories, it would certainly hnvt been remarkable, but even a fool could fall down four stories, or half a dozen, for that matter.\" ' , When Frenchmen Wore German*. The name of Prance Is derived from tho Pranci, or Franks, a people of Cer- iiinny -n ho seized tlint pair of the fciuintry nearest the Rhine and settled there. Later on they subdued Tarls and made that the royal seat of their increasing empire. The oiigin of other geographical names is interesting and will servo to enlighten us when we read of, for instance, Hihcrnla for Ireland, nihernla Is said to be derived from a Phoenician word meaning \"farthest habitation,\" there being no country known to thi'in west of Erin. , Portugal obtained its name from Porto, the haven or port wheie the Gaul\" landed their stores. This is Oporto, called by the Portuguese 0 Poito (the port). The town was gl ren as a dowry to Teiesn when she married .Henry de Lorraine, who styled himself Eail of Portugal because the pliice was kuow.'i as the portus Gallorum (the port of tlie Gauls). The name was dually extended to the whole country. Russia took Its denomination from the Rossi, or Russi. a people of the south of Russia, who possessed themselves of the country in the declining da,vs_pf_tho_Greok_eiiipIro. jjulngjhe predominant Inhabitants, they Imposed their name on all the rest. From the Recorder, Halifax, _ST.S. Mr. William Cochrane, a well known teamster, who lives near the Halifax Polo Grounds, is one of those who willingly bear testimony to the curativo powers of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. A rcpoiter of the Acadian Recorder who had heard of Mr. Cochranu's sufferings and subsequent cuic, called at his home, wlien he gave an account of his experience substantially as follows .���\"He had for many years been a constant suf- fetcr from asthma, accompanied by tui aggravated form of kidney tiouble. The latter trouble caused sevcio pains in the back and loins, and at times his sullcrlngs were very acute, lie said ho had almost impoverished himself in buying medicines of all kinds, but to no purpose; the trouble continued and seemed to grow woi.se as the jeais passed. JIis. Cochrane said that she had fre- Hiiciuly seen her husband choke up and fall to tlio iloor as though dead, and ho would havo to bo woiked with and rolled around before ho would revive. A lew years ago he spent ten days in tho Victoria General hospital. Tho doctois then thought that tho pains in the back wero due to over-exertion in his business as a teamster, but gave limi no material help. After leaving the hospital, he used bottles and bottles of medicine, but failed to find a cure. A neighbor of his, Mr, Lowe, whoso wife hail been made a well woman after years of sickness, by the use of Dr. Williams' Pink,Pills, advised him to try them. Ho used a couple of boxes without appuient result, and felt somewhat discouraged, but Mr. Lowe advised hun to continue the uso of the pills, and before the third box was finished, he began lo improve. ' Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have been a godsend to mc,' said Mr. Cochrane ; 'they are the only medicine I have taken which seemed to do ine any good. I had one proscription from a doctor which tost nie ��1.73 a bottle, whicli like many other medicines I took, wns just so much money wasted. I havo used eight or ten boxes of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and can say that bctorc I began their use life was an intolerable burden. I have reason to be thankful that I followed the iriendly advice that urged mc to use this medicine.\" ' Most diseases have their origin in poor blood or weak nerves, and it is because Dr. Williams' Pink Pills make rich, red blood and .strengthen the nerves that they have met with such success in curing kidney trouble, ihcumatisin, paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, .anaemia, nervous prostration and kindied troubles. See that the full name, \"Dr. AVilliams' Pink Pills for Pale People,\" is on the wiappcr aiound each box. If'm doubt, send direct to the Dr. Williams Medicine Co , Brockville, Ont., and the pills will bo mailed post paid at SO cents a box, or six boxes for ?2..)0 dtiCf JCcJkff' sUfittrf^tM -maj- atone, &uns ��� ' SMMHi a_^___________o��MMau^ 2&< Jrik' sums- fetefiuU aJttwf if. MEMORY'S PRANKS. It is a wonder that poor old Procrastination docs not set up the kleptomania plea ��'f--y} ���> i It occasionally happens ' that a man's-best friend is tho ono who assists him homo. A Street Titrable. A little girl stood at a window blowing soap bubbles. Beneath stood a little boy, and ns she blew bubbles toward him he tried to catch them. They broke and disappeared on nil sides, but the two laughed aud'kept up tho game.'she smiling down and he gazing upward eage.ly. VRehold, a parable!\" said a man to a woman. \"The eternal relation of the sexes! You blow beautiful bubbles down'lo us from your height, mid we weary ourselves In trying vainly to cnteh lliein. ' Poor Utile boy!\" The pair played nnd laughed In the sunshine until the boy grew tired. He called out \"Goodhy!\" gayly and ran away to piny with otlier boys and girls In the street. The girl looked after him wistfully, a shndow on her face. She did not care to blow bubbles any more. She leaned out lo watch him. and as she did so she tipped ovcr the howl of soapy water. She looked very lonely. \"Behold, a parable!\" said the womnn to the man. '.'He has tired of the game; not she. There ls uo other little boy to blow bubbles to, and If there were sho has no pretty bubbles left to blow. ' Eternal relation, of seres! Poor llttlo girl!'-- ,-> < ��� , You may talk about people being generous to a fault, but if they are arc the chances aio that the fault is their own. i , Whj Do We Remember Certain T1iIhk�� nnd Koiscl Others? The \\agarics of memory nro some of the most iuteresting of those connected with the hiimau uilud aud body. Why do wu forget certain things and remember otheis? Myriads of these Irregularities are as jet unaccounted tor. Perhaps not even the cleveiest metaphjsician will ever accouut for them. Piofessor James reminds us how something which we have tried in vain to tt'tall will atterwaid, when we have gUun up the attempt, \"sauuter into the mind,\" as Emerson says, as Innocently as If It-had never been s>um- nioned. Again, bygone experiences will revive nfter'yeais of oblivion, often as the rfsult of some cerebral disease or accident. Such a case is the one quoted by Coleridge of a youug womnn iu Germany who could neither read nor write, but who was said to be possessed of a devil because, in a fever, she was heard raving in Latin, Greek and In an obscure rabbinical dialect of Hebrew. Whole pages of her talk wore written dowu aud were found to consist of sentences Intelligible in themselves, but not hnvlng the slightest connection with one another. To say that she was possessed of a devil was the easiest way of accounting for the matter. At last the mystery was cleared up by a physician, who traced back the girl's history until he learned that at the age of nine she was taken to live at the house of an old pastor, a great Hebrew scholar, nnd that she remained there until the pastor's death. , It had been for years the old man's custom to walk up and down a passage near the kitchen and read to himself In a loud voice. His books were examined, and among them many of the passages taken down at the young woman's bedside were Identified. The theory of demoniacal possession was abandoned. ��� Youth's Companion. PIre Anionic iuinfft Nation*. According to Pliny lire was a long time unknown to some of the ancient Egyptian tribes, and when a colobi.ited astronomer made them acquainted with that element and how to produee.it they were wild with delight The Persians, Phoenicians, Greeks and so.oral other nations acknowledge that their ancestors were once without the comforts*'which fire bestows; the Chinese confess the samo of their progenitors. Pompanion, llola, Plutarch aud other ancient wrltersispeak of nations which, at Uie time when they wrote, knew not the uso of fire or had Just recently learned lt. ' ' The Inhabitants of the Marian islands, which were discovered In 1551, had no idea of fire or its uses. Their astonishment knew no bounds when they saw it applied to wood, most of them taking it to be some kind of an animal which the sailors had brought with them and which must be fed on wood. Write us a Letter. If you have any need in the jewelry line, however small,\" just write us about it. Our Catalogue contains photographs of many hundreds of our choicest pieces, and will be sent you free. We guarantee safe delivery ���prepay charges and cheerfully refund money if you so desire. DIAMOND HALL. Established 18S4. Ryrie Bros., Yontfe and AdoIeJde Sts, TORONTO. illoway & Champion BACKERS AND BROKERS TS/INSIPEG. Writo to us for prices of SCEIP, Got our List of Lands. Stocks and Bond3 Bought and Sold. Wo can furni'h tho enact umount of Scrip for any payment on Dominion Lands, Do not pay cota. ��� . JAMES HODD ARTHUR ATKINSON* HODD & ATKINSON ' Flour niul Gr.iin MercliaiitR, Room 212 G rain Eicbanno, Winnipeg. *' Wo are bu>ors o�� wheat for December and Jan. nary shipment from western points nud iu stora Fort William or Duluth. Our Mr. James Hodd ha. ing a lon_i nnd �� ell established export Flour to correspondence w ith HODD & ATKINSON. ��� ��� . _ ipoi. trade, wo spociullydosirocorrosjioiidonco\\uth millers. \" .-..T..,.~., One is often reminded that con- sctence-niKl nn ularm-clock-are���very much alike. Wo get so used to botli that we do not mind them. Jt seems natural for a man to take something to whet his appetite when he is dry. A good memory is useful in that it permits of you remembering what to forget. ' In his YcKotablo Pills, Dr. r.irmolco hns pivon to tho \\ioild tlio fruits of lung <.oentiiic research in tho ttliolo realm of medical science, combinod with new nnd vnliriblo discoveries novor beforo knoiwi to mnn. for dohcito nnd dobilitntcd constitutions, I*'urmoleo's Pills net liLo a charm. Taken in small doses, tho effect is both n tonic nnd n stimulant, mildly exciting tho socrotions of tho body, giving tono und visor. Poverty frequently brings a change of landlords. ' ' '' _Vaccinnt_ion_yylll_not_kccp_a_thIof_ from taking things. The best opportunities are thoso we make for ourselves. Tooth Powder 2S Good for Bad Teeth Not Bad for Good Teeth Sosodont Hq-ald 23o. Lrfurtf* K_a their joining the union, which is one of. the branches of, the helpers' union lately organized. Tflie -Victoria Barbers' union 'liave -elected ofllcers as follows: President, Geo. Wood; vice-president, A. E..Whit- talker; corresponding and .finanolu.1 secretary,-John Gropp; recording secretary, John Wilson; ��� treasurer. L. JJbertffl guide. H, C. Hairsine; guar- \"diari, ftrseph, Bruce. ��� percentage. The industry Is still Somewhat demoralized, and prices for the .product ore low. But conditions are improving, and, as consumption is steadily Increasing, the 'Industry will soou be on it sound and profitable basis.. ' ' . ,.:'.'��� The Japanese mechanics, who have been 'lining the iplaces of. the strikers at the Union Iron Works in Sun Fran Cisco, have in turn been called out by their own organization,.;knowin as the Japanese Association, of Amenica. Portland, Oregon, has been having some dillloulty in the courts to settle the question of tihe .right to! carry a boycott ��� tanner., The Portland , judge, however, concedes to the workingmen tihe night to .protect his interests. The* Union; Printers';'Labor;Club of San Prancisco has presented Mayor Schmltz .with, a series of resolutions heartily endorsing 'Ms administration to elate and wishing .him God speed for the future. ;..'7;-7\"J'- .7 y-'i'Xy'y President Shaffer of'the Amalgamated ; Association of Iron ' -.Workers, declared tin a recent (iddfess that his oii'i jranizaticm went liUiV tiie recent strlkS ..with'a reserve, fund of $72,000 and spent $500,000 Yin. 'tlie7fight.'���' ��� \"It .will go into tihe next contest. with' $100,00,0 in tha treasury,\" wasi Ills' declaration.' . . , 7 The-Retail Clenlcs of 'Seattle liaS'e entered upon a systematic campaign .to unionize t'he: town; * They.have adopted the .'method of placing- union- store .card's' in the:windows of such stores'.as ernipl6y\"uni6n .cleylvs only, so that It will no longer'be necessary to, ask a cleiik to show,Wis luhioh'card, and wa3k out if he has none..; -.. .7 ���:[The demand for shingles is;the greait- est ever\" known 'at -this time of: .the year,\" ooupled 'with' a great scarcity. Prices are stiffening: daily arid there ���la\"every iprospect of : 'higher ; prices throughout 'the year than\"obtained last year, which was .the most satisfactory year in.the shingle trade for a number, of; years,���Portland Tlmberman. : The board of control of ithe Texas penitentiary - has��� decided���.to buy 2,500 acres of cane land and set the convicts lit. work on it, thus removing convict competition from, other industries.. /When Father Rode the Goat. The house Is full or nrnlcn. And .mystery 'profound; We do not dure to nun about Or imako the slltshiust sound; We leave the bis piano shut And do nol strike a note; The doctor's been here seven times .Since father rode the goat. lie joined the lodge a week ago- Got In at four a. m., And sixteen 'brethren 'brought blm home, Though he says lie brought them. His wrist was sprained and one H��lg rip ���Had rent his Sunday cout- ' AMERICAN. ��� ;.. The Kansas Supreme Court .has sus tained the eight-hour la'bor law. The American Federation of Labor -��iOH--numbors-ovei-_J,000,0C0_.uieiiiben_. The wages of trainmen and switchmen on the 'Baltimore and Ohio''have Sheen raised 8 per cent. The 'San Francisco Labor Council lias tdecled ofllcers 'for the ensuing six months, the election bslng held yester- fl��y. The San Francisco Bakers' Union has u. membership of over 700 and are in..-'.- ing,the expense of their strtke by assessments Instead of drawing from their, treasury. The Carpenters' Union ot ��� Portland, Oregon, have given contractors notice lhat after April 1st tliey will demand ��m oigiht-'hour day nt a nnlnlmum wiv^e t>f 13, with 50 cents for overtime. The Typographical \" Union of' Sun a-'ranelsco la mill contributing 2 per cyit of the earnings of eaoh mi'inbei- to the .support of the Iron Workers on t>trlke. Thla means nbout,tl'10 weekly. In the California fields a,Q5.r> wells were completed during 1901, iv.ho.-je dally production Is given at 36,071 barrels. This gives an average idlaily pro . auction of over thirty^two .bairreks per well. Only G0S failures to find oil were reported during tbe year,' which, con- Bldering the nature of t'he development wperaitlons In tbat etate, ��bowg a low * ' FOREIGN, An agitation .has been started In Glasgow with the view ot obtaining for Scotland a right of appeal to the House of Lord�� in workmen's compensation ' cases, us in England. ArPorlobellonrgrwit 'Scottish shunting yard���which, from ithe., number of accidents, used to be called 'Wie butcher's; yard\"���there ;is a flourishing branch of the Railway Servants' Society. Over .C8,000 is paid annually to widows land children. John Molloy died ithe other dny In Wexford, Ireland, nit the age of 101 years. The deceased, a -quiet, Inoften Htve 'man, was remarkn'hle all hlB life for hla temperate hmblls and lt to ani Interesting fact that oatmeal porridge formeil his staple diet for t'he lairt forty rears. According to the Board of Trade returns Just Issued, ut London, It up- peara that the .number of Irish emigrants lost year tviis :t!),I94, as compared wltih lllj.aori during 11)00. Of these 35,-624 went to the United States. LSIT to British North Amcrlcui 1,232 to Australia, 882 ito the Cupe of Good, Hope and Natal, amd 20!) to other places. Church rioting 'lh Uhe ''Lewis, Scotland, has been renewed. Ladt weak a force of Ave constables and itwo of- ifloera visited ,'the ^district wihere the Cross Free Churdh Is sltuiited wiltb n view of forclnfe 'open. ,ihe , churdh, of whioh the onti-Uiilon party bad !refus- ed to give no 'the keys. 'The officers,) inuu rum. ���,.-, ��u........ There must have been a llveh- time. When;father rode the goat.\" He's resting on the couch to-day And pnictlclng his signs��� The hiiillng sign, the working grip, And otlier monkej- sh'lnes, He mutters passwords 'ncath his breath, And other things he'll quote��� ������'��� They surely had nn evening's work When father rode the gout. . . - He.has a gorgeous uniform.. ���'���:.���:������. All gold, and red, and blue, A hut with plumes and yellow braid. And golden badges, loo. A sword ot finest pollshtd steel, ; Tltlt set-with precious stones: He says this paraphernalia ;' All came from Pettlbone's. Thls'goat he leads what \"Teddy\" calls .' ��� A very strenuous life, Makes trouble for such candidates ������: As tackle hlra In.strife. ���- But.somehow,- when wc mention;It, Pa wears a look so grim', ..;'.:.' We Wonder If pii rode the goat .. . ; Or, if, the goal rode him. ,:; ��� -��� '. ���'..\"-, ,���Blacksmith's Journal; : it Is well for a youhg womnn to haive (j,1 chtuperone;until she can call some cliatl toer^owTi'yy::''':yyyyy ll _ ���������'.-���'' \".The R-eason Wlii'.;;;' ..;Why will the'-boys; of the.Flftli-be very; tired on .Aiprii 1st. 19(12? :BecaU3e they w-ili'just ihave .fli.ished.a'.March ot .31''days.; 'xx.y.x'yyy *���.; 'Scene': Vancouver.1 -Day: The; Sabbalh. ; 'Policeman: (to jovial ��� couple) :-7-Tak' care, If ye go on like that I'll hae .to arrest 'ye. ' -First ���. Merry Man������Wbyj' .we're.'hot:even whistling. ��� Policeman��� ���No. .but ye're 'looking as happy as If it were ''Monday!;.\" ;.; -���-. Might 'Havo Been .Worse. \"Poor ���b'ye!'' exclaimed 'O'Hara, con- . doling 7yithCassIdy,w-ho lhad (been injured 'by -a.-blast;;\" ''tis tough liickteh ���have yer hand ��� blowed off.\" .''\"Och! Faith, It .might 'ave bin'Wors=e,\" replied Cassldy; \"suppose oi'd bad me .week's wage In lit at.the time;; 7. \". -...'.'��� I - 7.7 , The ���NOble7Six;;Hundredi., '\"Papa,\" 1 said. Young: Canada, ivlhose knowledge ��� of; ihistory is as yet somewhat limited. \"Wbat did it mean at BalaclavaAvlien that British olflcersaiid 'Oharge for the guns!'.-?'.' \"It meant,\" soiid the load 'father, a.bsent-mindedly, \"tbat It wasn't a cash transaction.\"��� Toronto Star. '. A Little Hero. At Chicago on Friday the La Strain hotel, .seven storeys, Was, practically destroyed by fire. Sixty women and children were In the building. About half of them were on the top floor and were thrown into a piinlcv Otto Bela, the elevator boy, however, succeeded In making several \"trips through the Kinoke uml llnmco and carried all ot them to safety. The lust per-son-out of the building was a paralytic, whom the elevator boy carried to his car, and later Into the street, amidst a roar of applause from the spectators. -Mistook the Tnble Cloth for His Shirt. A. bashful young man of Gruntsvllle was Invited out to dine last Monday evening. He was very much agitated. Ho sat opposite a mirror and discovered tlint he had forgotten to comb his 'hair. Then he dropped his foi CO. 10* and 106 Cordova Street. Trunk Store 127 Hastings St., 0|��|��. Wm. Bath's. Flowers for the Coronation. ~In\" the\" bulb-srowliig-dlstricts of-Lln- colnshlre huge, quantities, of lilies of the vullcy are being planted in view of the demand tor these blooms as the coronation flower. So. gneat has been the demand for bulbs for .planting that one dealer in 'England lias already received am. order for fourteen millions ot them. ���Munt Marry Their Job. The employees of the Desert News, the ori?ii.n of. .the Mornvon church In Salt ifiike oity, were much stn.rtli*) last week when the management sent forth ab edict Mating tbat \"all muile employees of the News, who were not married on or before ithe 30th of June next, would bo .requested to 'hand In their resignations.\" 'It Is estimated that tihe order will affect about CS employees of the paper. 'MUNICIPAL' RAILWAY IN COLOGNE. The city: of Cologne -has municipalized its street railway, not waiting' for the franchises to expire���tlie hut of which 'would not have!fallen-iln until 182'!���but buying1 . out the company through.-a caxefully.'conducted agreement. .The cily authorities appointed in ISO\" a committee to '...'ascertain'���-\"on wbsit terms the company., would dispose of tihe property. A contract was finally agreed upon, the most Inleicsiinft 'terms of which are given below:- The city of Cologne vvas to pay to the Street Railway company: (1) An annual sum ot 1,000,000 marks ($238,000. from January 1, ISO!), to June 30, 1913, amounting.:in . all to ���\"' 14.500,030, marks ($3,451,000); (2) from. 1903, 23.COO marks ($5,050) for e.ich year, until June 30,' 1913. All 'the lines .passed, without any Indemnity other than that specified in this! contract,1 Into the possession of the city. The city took possession of all real estnite, buildings, and accessories used by the company. The actual cost In the town, thera- fore, including, the cost of'.any.'buildings they might subsequently \"take over, was, in round 'figures, lG,500,ft.O niai'lB ($3.&_.7,C00>. For the conversion of the existing lines into electric traction and for the laying of one of two new lies, the city granted an appropriation of 18,000,000 marlts (J4,2S4,000). The overhead wire ss'Btemwaa decided'on, amkll one;!section -was oiiened for. traffic on October i:th. c In 1S9S the clear profits amounted to l,O28,H00 marks ($244,600), and as the profits haive lnereased regularly It is hoped that in 1014 ithey \"will amount to 2,380,000 imairks ($566,400). The fares charged at present aire: Marks. -Yearly-ticket.*., gnod.on all . KELLY, DOLIOLAS & CO. WHOLESALE GROCERS, Cordova and Water Streets, - Vancouver, B. C. [flS^ Headquarters for Domestic and 1m- > ported Cigars and Smoking Sundries. ove* Wc have a. complete line ot the FAMOUS \" OXFOIID \" .STOVKS and RANGES, 'in metal or steel. Thoy are in all sizes and styles and have every ]io��-'ililii contrivance I'or lmrkinu\" cooking simple' and easy. In 'the Kange and Stove world THE \"OXFORD\" 13 KING. They always look well���wear well���woiik well���rcook well and cor.t little. TtANGES from $23 up. STOVES from, $12 up. K. e* BUCHANAN & CO. CROCKERY AND HuCsi: rrilSIMUXf.b, ' Telephone 9-1-1. -lii!' Hn^tltiE- Wri\"*t. ��AV��Y THEATRE McDonku, it Simpson 1'ioprlotor.*\"- Ai.r. 1'. James Singe Miiuiigtr. i Week Commencing Monday, Next Artistic and Refined Vaudeville. EVERY ACT A TEATURE. Citizens of Vancouver a Prosperous New Year_^> +++4y*M>M>M>4>-<> M>M9^.M>MiM^a> i I. i I Wishing the ,. H0NE 783. , SOLE AGENTS.. Steam Laundry Phonb 346. 910 ��� 914 RicUAnns 8t Downtown Office, No. 4 Aucadk. WHITt MHP ONLY. .1 -������ _'l For the n��xt 30 days you can geta��ult��ft�� your own'price at \" ' the: acme To lnlroduco out new ��yntem of taUtilH V>- ��� , (oreourF��H8WckanlTte. T Oaaraft Sti'- O LT H^Uo��J_ Cirtt.'rJ."@en, "Print Run: 1900-1903

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