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Exeter Times, 1897-12-9, Page 6THE EXETER, TIMES A PRECIOUS PEARL CHAPTERW. fa,ce of tbe whole world to be mai wife. , What ean do more?" "Marama," said Audrey, "I do not "Nothing," said. Dr. Brooke.1 an know whet you will say, but I have a ashamed of my question. Thereupon the two gentlemen shook eeersit. Mrs. CaIverne wanted to write ds; and that same evening the day eeld tell you ebout it, but I begged of for the wedding wa.s fixed, her to wait entil I had seen you and told you myself." CHAPTER V. It was a glorious evening, and .And- rey had jest returned haute from her %Salt to River View, to the intense de - ligate of both her parents, who had found the rectory without Audrey very dull indeed. There was nothing said during the drive from the station, but Mrs. Brooke looking at her beauti- ful child thought her much improved; there was a deeper light it the dark eyes, new loveliness on the fair young face. When Audrey went to ehange ber dress Mrs. Brooke, with some- thing like a, mist of tears in her eyes, turned to her husband. "You see, Pabia,n, I was right. Our Chita has been away from us, in the van" Midst of the gay world we both areadedand she has come back to us as simpleas pure of heart, as innocent of sout as she was when she left." Ha.ving said this, it was somewhat of a surprise to ltfre. Brooke when her ?Laughter came to her with the frank and candid intelligence: 'Ma.uinia 1 have 8. secret. A gentle- man is coraing to see you next week -• and 1 love him very muen," "My dearest child!" cried Mrs. Brooke, half dismayed, half amused. Audrey nodded her head with charm - ?lig gravity. "It is quite true, mamma. I do not wonder that you are surprised; I am astonished at myself. I have never thought about romance, and. now it ieeams to me that I have never lived • all until 1 loved Roche; and if 1 liv- I your rights. A husband should not al - Every one agreed that it was one of the prettiest we,ddings that had ever been seen -the wedding of Sir Roche Villiers and Miss .Brooke. It took place in the early autumn. The rector and his wife had. both remonstrated about the shortness of the engagement, but Sir Roche had pleaded se hard that they let 'Ain have his way. "1 love A.udrey," he said, "and she loves m.e. I have been lonely and. mis- erable for years -why not let. me be happy now that I have the chance ?, Suppose we do wait as you wish, one, two, or three years; of what use. will it be I" So they consented to the marriage taking Place very shortly. and Mrs. Caiverne was invited. The wedding was 'talked about for years in the countryside. The bride- groozn was most munificent. He had ordered such festivities as people had not even dreamed of- a dinner for the poor, both old and young. Ile made ev- ery heart light on bis weddiug-day: His groomsman was Lord Aldhor- ough, a man whom neither Dr. Brooke nor his wife liked. beeause there seem- ed to be an utter want of heart about him. ale treated everything as ajest; and it seemed. to them that Sir Roche watched bine continually lest he should say something indiscreet. Lady Annond was the only ether friend of his present, and she was seri- ous not to say dull, and. talked agreat deal about woman's duty and woman's rights. She tried to impress . the beautiful young bride with great idea of -her own, importance. Just as Audrey was about leaving, she went. up to her, "1 have something to say to you., neY dear," she whispered, very solemnly "let me beg of you. always to uphold ed a hundred years should never love 7 wl!‘":...s. ta're his own way." . hen Audrey bade her parents fare - toy one else." I well. she laid her beautiful head on, her "My dearest Audrey." cried the rec- mother's breast. tor's lady, "who is it? 1tanmot realize "Mamma," she said, "1 have been a liappy girl -now I hope ttl You were but a child when you left e arn going to a happy woman. How good Heaven has been to mei" "1 know I was a child when he spoke So the newly -made husband and wife drove away amid the tears and to me first. 'While he was speaking to smiles, prayers,godowishes and (Sleeve me a new soul. a woman's soul, seemed, of all around them. Lo come to me." It was sunset when the bride retteh- ,, ed her new home. She was barely "But. my dear eland. who is he? prepared to find such a. magnificent and picturesque pile of buildings. "Tlais is our home, Audrey," said Sir Roche. He clasped his arms around his you.ng wife, and drew her to his heart. She wondered to find his lips tremb- ✓ ondering lady, as he rose from her ling with emotion, his eyee full of rowel. "Do you mean what you are say- tears. "Lay your hands in mine, sweet love," mg. Atnirey he said, "and let us pray Heaven to - One look at the sweet, pure face reas- gether to bless our home," zured her; there was no pride. no van- It did ,not ()emir to Audrey, either then or afterward, that it was strange ty, no self-satisfaction there. The fact that there was no publie welcome for that her lover was wealthy and a man her, that no eheering crowds of ten - Df title did not seem to have occurred ants and dependents awaited her, that to her. She remembered only that she no joy bells sounded from the old gray ene(' him. towers of King's Wynne, that no ser- vants were grouped in the hall 1.o re - Mrs. Brooke repeated. the name, ceive their new mis.tress when she stood "Sir Roche Villiers! Audrey, how has in the magnifieent entrance, come about? He must move in quite ,1,11eNe Imsband turned to her, and said: different sphere of life from ours." home!" A gray-heaired oldbutler then came "I should 'imagine so, mamma; but forward and bowed to her. Sir Roche I have given little heed to that. 1 have lookal around hastily. so much to tell you. 'My life is go- f 3111;sit Greyhere." hztlUtz to 'mg to be like a fairy tale; I am? so' hap - few minutes a comely women. wearing py--1: love biro so. When I am with , a. black silk dress and a white, low cap, him everything is quite different, sc.!Ils;raisb°wing before the beau-lifui young bright. so beautiful, I think no one de. ' "I wish you long life, health and hap - else has ever loved any one so much. I hap- piness, y He is corning next week, m lady," said Mrs. Grey; but be says- I. am i 'Audrey thought it strange that she almost afraid to tell you. that he wants should speak toher without looking ' me to marry him very soon." at her. "Mrs. Grey," requested Sir Roleae, "My dear Audrey, is it possible that i will you show Lady Villiers. to her vou are to he Lady Villiers 0 Rowan ? apartments?" eannot believe it. I must tell your 44Lad Audrey followed 'aidj her maid. father at once." "Your rooms, my lady, are in the ' eastern wing," said Mrs. Grey. "Sir Long after their daughter had retired Roehe thought you would find them eze rest did tbe rector and his wife sit pleasant and warm." ap to distuss the unexpected. news. 1 Audrey looked with a eraile into the ' The doctor looked anxiously at his comely face • "The abbey must be very old," she wife's face. • . seed. "Many a young wife has been "What do you think about it, Isabel ?" brought here, 1 suppose." he asked. "A man like Sir Rothe Vil- , "Yes," returned ' the housekeeper, Hers eould marry the daughter of a slowly. "You will see the ph•ture gal - peer; there need. he no limit to his am- lery to -morrow, my lady. Some fair aition. Audrey has no fortune worth faces hang an the walls." Rpeaking of, no influential connections; "And they have all bad these rooms?" why should he choose her ?" said Audrey "Perhaps he loves her," said the mo- There was a moment's silenve, and eher, , gently. "She is very fair and than Mrs. Grey answered: winsome; she has the great charm of "No. I think not. But Sir Roche says purity and simplicity. Do not think I they are the prettiest rooms, my lady. am foolish about my child, but I often That is why he wished you to have fancy she is more like am angel than a them." mere mortal. Perhaps her sweet char- "Have you been here long, Mrs. a-eter has attracted him." Grey?" asked Audrey. But Dr. Brooke was more worldly- "Over forty yeaxs, my tatly. I was vise than the gentle lady whom he room maid when Sir Roche's mother, ailed wife. tbe late Lady Villiers, was brought "1 eannot help thinking," he said, home here a bride, and I bave been 'that there must be something we do here ever since." not understand." "And now you see another Lady Vil- When, some days later, Sir Rothe liars. I hope I shall be as good and as earn% and in a manly way announce(' much loved as the last one." bis propesal to the parents of Audrey, She wondered why the comely face they evsre pleased with his appearance grew pale. end unaffected manner. His proud, "There are burdens in every life, my handsome face won their esteem, yet lady," said Mrs. Grey. • they could not quite comprehend the After this Lady Villiers 'asked sorhe meaning of the sad look his features questions about the servants, and bore. heard, to her surprise, that they. were :Dr. Brooke made a slight errand a all new ones, excepting the housekeep- „pretext for his wife to leave the room. er (Led the butler. It struck her as .As the d99r doseci on her retreating being strange. • . ?orra, the reetor Reaaaaanly to • the handsome baronet. PHAPTER, 14.alebe," 'he -Bala "tell Me, why, when you cOuld have chosen a wife 'dee exalted position did not, affect from the aristooracy of England, you. the character of Lady Villiers. She have prefenred to marry my daught- was as simple, kind, sweet and wise as 317 Audrey." she had been in, the rectory. Before "It is not an equal marriage in the lottg the servants almost worshipped eyes of. the world," remarked the rect- Ler; a11thefriends and neighbors to or, "Sometimes -pray pardon me for whom Sir Itoohe introduesea wee were this thought -I ba,ve wondered wheth- ehartned and delighted Atli hex; in zar you bad. any reason for choosing a a abort space of time she became tbe vette quite unknown to the wore the queen. of the country. For e, moment the darit .;ace flushed, Sir Roohe Was delighted; she was to 'and an angry ligbt came into the proud wise yet so sin:tele, so uncortsdotta of eyes, her wonderful, beauty, so humble and "I lay all I have in the worldat anassuming in the midst ofhet 'splen- did surroundings, that he telt he hod 'our daughter's. feet," answered Sir • niche- 'my wealth, my rank, my love, weft 0 treasure of nricelese worth, my heart, Illy I ife, 1 pray her in the Yet et en during the that, two months %eked the anxious lady. "Sir Roche Villiers of Rowan Abbey, am sure you will like him. be is so aandsome. clever and good." "Sir Roche Villiers!" repeated the of her married life many strange things .strucik Lady Villiers in her new home. The first was that one day, when Roche was speaking of the house, and she expressed a. desire to go over it, she fancied he seemed unwilling, Sud- denly, however, he added. "If you would like it, Audrey, 1 will take you myself. It is a, very large house, and yoi will be very tired, I am afraid," "I am never tired when 1 am with you," she said, laughingly; and theys went tegether. First he took her to the ruinedkeen whenee the abbey derived itsname; be Allowed her the ivy-growa arch of what had once been one of the finest windows in England, Then they went over the modern portion of tbe abbey; he sliowe ed her the state -rooms, the grand ban- queting hall, used when kings and queens came that way, the ball -room, the state drawing -room, the old library the bedroom where kings and queens had slept, the picture gallery where the beautiful Ladies Villiers hung up- on the walls. They lingered long -there; Audrey was charmed with the delicate patri- cian faces, and Sir Roche had a history for every portrait. "This is my mother," be said,stand- ing before the picture of a fair -faced lady, whose blue eyes were filled with light and love. Audrey looked up with a smile. "And my place will be next to hers," she said, Suddenly she cried: "Wby, Roche, there Las been a picture here!" His face grew white as death, and then flushed hotly. "No picture will ever bang there but yours," he said, evasively, as he hur- riedly turned away. She looked again at the wall. Assur- edly there had been a picture there; but her womanly tad told her not to speak to Sir Roche about it. They wet to the southern part of the abbey, and there again Sir Roche hesitated. Audrey suddenly remembered what the housekeeper had said. "Where are the rooms that were used. until lately f" she asked. "I should like to, see them." They were large, lofty bright rooms. She preferred them to her own. "I should like these rooms," she said, "much better than nay own." But Sir Itoehe, generally so keenly 'alive to her least wish, now said nothing. Several of the rooms were locked -the best of them, it seemed to her; and as she turned the handle of each Sir Roohe's face grew paler. Lady Villiers returned from her long inspection with a sense of mystery hanging over her which puzzled ber. She was so obedieat to her husband from prin6iple as well as from affec- tion that, if he had expressed a wish that she should not enter the closed rooms La the south wing, she would never have entered them; but he had. never expressed that wish. One day, when he was absent, the idea suddenly occurred to her that she would go over the south wing. She rang for Mrs. Grey, the expression of whose kindly, comely face changed when she heard her ladyship's request. "Fetch the keys, Mrs. Grey," she said; "I wanthto go through the rooms in the southern. wing." In vain Mrs. Grey made one excuse after another. Audrey smiled; she in- tended to. he obeyed. "Sir Roche did say, my lady, that he hoped those rooms would never be un- locked," she said at last. "Six Roche never expressed sucb a wish to me," Lady Villiers replied, laughingly. "You m ill make me think that the rooms are like Bluebeard's close L." And she wondered again wby the housekeeper looked as though some one had struek her a stidden blow. In a few mint -Use more they were standing before the doors of the clos- ed rooms. -Aire. Grey unloeked them I unwillingly. I "They are very dusty cad dirty, my lady," she said; "for, a; you. see, Sir Re -he will not here them totiehed." The dust of years, it seemed to Aud- rey, lay upon them; yet tbey were beautiful room.' -large, lofty, light and ; rnagnifieently furnished. She saw /30 aliens of preeervation; the bookcases, wardrobes, and drawers had evidently been quiekly emptied, some pictures also had been. hurriedly taken from Lha walls. the vases and jardinieres still hell the withered dead leaves ea what had been blooming flowers. There was something most sad and pathetie about the rooms; on the mantel -piece of one lay a little gold watch that had long ceased ticking. "This was Lady Villiers' watch with- out, doubt," said Audrey. (To Be Con t in teed.) A SERIOUS MATTER. Did you hear of the split in • the Chnrch of the Extended Invocation/ asked Fosdick. No; 1 haven't beard, replied Keediek; what could it be about? I thought the members of that church were the most united in the city. They have alevitys borne that reputa- tion. but there is trouble enough there now. What for ?" The members decided to give their pastor a bicycle, and, after the money ha.d been collected. the question of what make of wheel I get came up, and, you can easily imagine the rest. HIS FAREWELL. BrownSailorJack leaned o'er the To bid his lass adieu; She wept because relentless fate Must part the pair in two. Heart, up I my lass! • he said; don't cry! •0 But like a bonnie bride, Just give your jack his laat good - Tee, tart she faintly cried. ,A.N UMBRELLA STORY. A gentleman calling at a hotel left his umbrella in the stand in the hall with tbe following inscription attach- ed to it;' Vale ilibbialla belongs 'LE a Eam1 who etaa deal a blow of 259 emanate Weight. I shall be back in ten min- utes. On eturning to seek his property he feeend in its place a card thus in- scribed: , Stbis card has been left by a man who can run twelve miles an hour shall not come back. ROW TO SHIP POULTRY. DRESSING, PACKING AN, SHIPPING FOR THE BRITISH MARKETS, Bulletin issued bx tIte lionteniou Depart' meet of Agriculture - BOUM 1Joeful Watt for the Beginner in the Busluess- !night Reach Large rroPortieles li Properir conducted. The. exporlation of turkeys from Canada to Great Britain is hardly yet past the experimental stage. Most of the shipments have been sent more as an occasional venture than as part of a. regular business. One importer of poultry in Great Britain says; "Ev- erybody thinks he is qualified to pack and Oil) poultry; whereas, as much as any other article of food, it requires the skilful bandling which can be giv- en only as the result of experience." It will be prudent for a beginner to send only small trial shipments early in the season, and thus open up a trade which can be enlarged as it is fou.nd profitable. • If turkeys be prepared, packed and shipped aecording to the requirements of the British markets, they will, un- doubtedly, meet a good demand and secure prices et nal to those of the turkeys imported from France and other continental countries. The price varies from year to year, and also at different times of the year. Wholesale the range of prices may be from five pence per pound, up to nine pence and over per pound, for the finest qual- ity of birds in the best condition. TIME TO SHIP. The demand is usually good from about the 1st of December to the let of Maxch. The reception of poultry in the British markets is affected by the condition of the weather much less now than formerly. Cold storage fac- ilities in thci several cities of Great Britain enable the handlers to guard against deterioration from mild or birds. tweather on the arrival of the de. For the Christmas trade birds of large size command a relatively high- er price per pound them small, ones. Cock turkeys of the largest size should, be marketed before Christmas. The demand for ben turkeys continue un- til Maroh. PLUCKED OR WITH FEATHERS ON. There is still some difference of opia- ion among- importers as to whether turkeys should be plueked or sent in the feather. Those who have received turkeys with the feathers on, report that where they have been properly prepared, cooled and packed, they have been landed in excellent condition and have fetched satisfactory prices. On the other hand the majority of im- porters recommend that turkeys should be plucked and sent in cold storage chambers, but not frozen. Particularly in the London markets, as one dealer expressed it, "Turkeys with feathers on are things of the past." The fol- lowing paragraphs of direct hest ruction have been prepared in the hope that they will furnish the information re- quired. by farmers and those who pro- pose to export poultry. FOR TURKEYS TO BE SHIPPED PLUCKED. 1. -Fast the birds for twenty-four hours to empty the erop and intestines. The fermentation of food in tha crops and intestines will wholly spoil the birds Cases are reported 01 turkeys arriving in England with the erops filled v. ith Indian corn thee' were so much decomposed as to be unfit for human food; and were a total loss.. 2. -Give a small quantity or water just before killing. The birds should be kept quiet. Dealers say that the birds are frightened or emcited they will not keep well and the quality will be inferior. by "wringing the neck" and and not lay knifing or sticking. One dealer says the easiest and best mode of killing is by the dislocation of the neck. This manner of killing is gen- erally adopted by English and Conti- nental poulterers. It is done as fol- low -Grasp the legs of the bird in the left hand, and the head of the bird in the right hand, the back of the bird being upwards, and the crown of its head in the hollow of the hand. Hold the legs of the bird against the left hip and the head against the right thigh or knee. In this position strongly stretch the head, at the same time bending it backwards so as to sever the head from the spinal column. As soon as the head is separated from the neck, the bird is killed. It ina.y work convul- sively for some time, but that should net stay the de -feathering, which must be proceeded with at once. 4.---Pluok at once while still warm. Feathers should be loft on the neck for about three inehes from the head, also a few feathers on' the tail and tip of win'gs. Do not tear the skin in plucking; and do not under any, circumstances dip the bird into water. 5. -Remove the intestines from the rear. Care must be taken 'not to break the gall bag. All the rest may be left inside. 0. -Some dealers recommend break- ing down the breast bone by push- ing it over to one side with the tro thumbs, the bird having its back liras - ed up by the knee. If a "breaking- dawa stick" is used, it should be a round piece of wood; and the flesh over the breast bone should. be covered with O cloth' to protect it from being nut- tilated valien the bone is struett, 7. -Twist the wings to the back of the bird, A string, which, however, shoote, net encircle the body may be used to keep them in place, Boon! as th'e feathers are off, hang the bird up by the feet to cool. Do not lay it down or hang it by the head. The blood should drain towards the head and become coagulated there. One dealer says: "Lay the birds on their breasts on a setting board, pres9- ing the rumps square letting t he heads hang down until the body is set, when the birds will always retain their Plunap shape." 9.-Clean1iness is necessary. The feet and. legs of the bads should be clean also. 10. -The bird e should be thoroughly • cooled, not frozen, and they should be icnogld throughpaekedi n ase andthroughbefore be - 11. -The cases should he shallow, only deep enough to bold one layer of birds. A size recommended is a ca,se six feet long, by twenty incites wide, by from seven to eleven inches deep. The top, bottom and sides may be of lumber one -haat inch thick, with itnhetheesnd.eenantred otnh: isntorben&tring piece 1.2.--laack in any one case only birds of oearly the same weight, graded to within two pounds. In no case should any bird be lighter than the ahl.iegahvtieesstt iweight,weight znIierkbeeadvonr tthheanpactkilL 13, -Pack the cooks and hens in sep- arate cases. 14.-Itiark the cases at both ends plainly. The marks at the top of the left hand corner of the end should show ctobeeksnolLmr hbernso.f birds, "d whe- therThe marks at the top of the right- hand, corner of the end should show the weight of single birds, the gross weight, the tare of case, and net weight of birds. For example:- I2,el'ielosaks,10 to 12 lbs. Gross weight 6ms Tare 24 lbs. T. Stands for turkeate Net weight 192 the. For fowls; G. For geese; D. For ducks. 15. -Wrap every bird neatly in pa - Per. The head of each bird should be tpetrraPtPoedabwseirthb aanqyuabnitoiotd. yof thick pa- palpp.-inSprtebaed baosttrnoniof all qalatabteityoasofeN.V0011- that be not obtainable, use a small aqnuaaactlietayn.of straw an tbe bottom of the case. The straw must be quite dry 17. -Put paper on tbe bottom and cltyloepaunonfdstethrrea birds to keep them clean. A small quantity of woodpulp or dry with teads at one side. 18. Pack the birds with back down, put 011 top, direct- Itvheui:o3rbover. 19 -Put from twelve to twenty-four bards in' a ease. Every case should be packed quite full and close, to pre- sviednet ddnierminaggetrfanromsitk. necking about in- . 20. -The foregoing direetions are only for Mails which are to be kept bcoirodls.continuously. They cannot be shipped safely as ordinary cargo. 21. -Do not export any old, tough 22. -Every bird should show a good plump, white, broad. breast. FOR TUR10EYS TO BE SHIPPED IN FEATHER. A few of the importers in Great Bri- tain still speak well of turkeys which they have received with feathers on. The following directions axe suita- ble for that method of shipment: - 23. The birds should be fasted at least twenty-four hours; and all oth- er directions in regard to the keep- ing of the birds quiet and clean are equally applicable and important. 24. For killing the fowl should be sus- pended by the legs, when an incision by a sharp knife should be made in the roof of the mouth. The cutting should be made lengthwise, across and deep enough to reach the brain, This is held to be a painless method of killing, and no evidence of mutilation can be seen on the outside. Care should be taken to prevent the feathers being soiled by blood. 25. The head should be wrapped in! thick 'paper to absorb any blood and to prevent it from taking on a dull and damaged appearance, 26. Immediately after killing, the birds should be hung up by the feet and left to become quite cold before being packed. Such birds are not to be drawn. After they are thorough- ly cooled. through and through, they should be peeked in air -tight barrels or boxes: 27. The head should not be put under • the wing but should be laid in the mid- dre of the bank, where there is the least amount of flesh. 28. The birds should be sorted accord- ing to size and the cases should be marked, on the ends indicating the number of birds, whether cocks or hens, and the range of weight. GEESE AND DUCKS. Geese are in demand in Great Bri- tain for a longer time alter Chriet- mas than is usually the ease in markets on this side the Atlantic. It is not pro- bable a profitable trade of large volume can be developed in them in the near future. The supply of ducks, chickens and fowls in Canada is hardly yet sufficient for the demand of the Can- adian home trade. Where trial ship- ments of geese and ducks are to be made, the following points should he observed: - 29. The geese and ducks should be fasted for at least 24 hours before he- ing kibled. 30. They should be killed by cutting in the roof of the mouth. The cutting ahould be lengthwise, across, and deep enough to reach the brain. 81. Al] the feathers should be phick- ed. off except on the tips of the wings. They should not in any case be dipped into water, and the down may be left on. • ,e 32. The entrails may be left in, 33. They should be packed about ten in a case: Birds of small size are not wanted; anything under nine pounds in geese is negleeted. CHICKENS AND FOWLS. It is recommended that they be pre- pared. In the same way as the turkeys which are to be plucked. The dealers recommend the breaking down of the breast bone by pushing it over to one side with the'thumbs, the bird having its bank pressed up by the knee. A "lorea.king-clown" stick, or knife, should be used only when the dresser is net able to break with the thumbs. The wings should be twisted under the bank, and the legs also should be • tucked under the back. READING CHARACTER. • Dribbler -1n my opinion, a man who writes an illegible hand does it be- cause he thinks people are willing to puzzle over it. In other words he le a chunk of conceit. Scribbler -Not always. Sometimes a man writes illegibly, not because he is conceited, but le:cause he it mod- est. aloteue 7 What about" A FROI BRITISH COLUMBIA. EVENTS IN THE MINING COUNTRY TOLD IN A FEW WORDS. lemono 1011.41{ el News Reeordeti 1. "The Prorbice," of Victoria, - Perclinte% aid Soles of glices-Aceitlems are Frequent. A new hotel is being erected in Lill- ooet, • The Golden Curlifig Club hes been re- organieed., 'Rossland is anxious 'to negotiate an additional loan of $19,000, The townsite of Rosebery hits been sold to an English syndicate. The new church at Nelson Will not be built until next apring. Nanalmo people hope before long to be supplying Japan with coal. AD the titock of the Halcyon Rot Springs Association has been sub- scribed. Hugh McLeod was nearly killed by • oave-in at the Bee° mine last week. The charge of forgery againet J. M. McPhee, of Kaalo, has been dismissed. A. W. Logan has sold the Black Prince claim in the /Yrurdo diatrict for 82,000, The threatened scarlet fever epide- mic at Kamloops is now thoroughly un- der control. It is understooxl the Pilot Bay smel- ter will he blown in the uourse of a week or ten days. A new town site is being surveyed about two Mlles below Edison, on the west side of the river. The Hall Mines smelter at Nelson, received three carloas of ore from the War Eagle last week. John M. Burke is predicting a full- blown bloora in Fort Steele next spring on the advent of the C.P.R. Lem Chung, o Chinaman, committed suicide in Nelson the other day by tak- ing an overdose of opium. W, T, Thompson, a traii newspaper man, intends golni to the Yukon in the spring, by way ot Ashcroft. The rumour that a vestibuled aleep- er is to be run on the E. & N. Rail- way, ia said to be without foundation. Nanairao was thrown into a great state of excitement this week ley the appearance of a live deer in town. An additional water system is be- ing laid in Sandoz, which it ia clainx- ed will enable the town to fight ay fire that may come. The new waggon road from New Den- ver to Three Forks has been completed. The road is five tulles long and. cost 88.000. Ainsworth is to have a Miners' Un- ion Rospital, to be maintained. by monthly assessments, The building is now in the course of erection. A skeleton found at Sooke River re- cently, is supposed to be that of Joe Godfrey, who disappeared in July last. Godfrey is a no,tive of Guelph, Ont. The business men of Kaslo have or- ganized the Duncan River Improve- ment Association, for the purpose of building waggon roa,ds and. otherwise opening up that secton of the country. A Grand Forks despatch says that smelters and refineries, each to be of 100 tons capacity are to be erected. at Grand Forks and Midway by an Eng- lish syndicate, which W. C. McDougall, a well known mining man, formerly of Roseland, has organized. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Goldfields of British Columbia Co., held in London, Mr. Grant -Govan, ac- cording to the cable report, said that the Legislature of British Columbia was the most generous in the world to mining companies, for it refuses them nothing. Nearly all the ore rained .in the Slo- t ; can is sent to the 'United States for . treatment, despite the feet that it costs 022.50 per ton for transporta- tion charges and treatment, while in addition to this a duty of one and. a half per cent. is collected by the 'Unit- ed States on the lead in the ores. The Midnight Claim near Golden has been bonded. to Dan Mann. The rich vein of carbonates found on the North Star has been struck on the Midnight. •The Nelson City Land and Improve- ment, Company has obtained an injunc- tion to prevent the corporation pro- ceeding with the construction of the waterworks system. In doing some excavting at Nelson, Contractor W. C. McLean ran into a four foot ledge showing copper and iron which he has staked as the Klon- dike claim. Wm. Dickson, a, drill sharpener, and Wm. Sarecault, a miner, were killed at Alberni. on October 23rd, by a dy- namite explosion. A blacksmith shop was also blown to pieces. An infant child of W. H. Pegram, manager of the Kamloops branch of the Bank of British Columbia, was choked to death last week by swallowing an India rubber sucker, which lodged in the throat, As yet. no authentic figures have been received of the clean-up at the Fern stamp mill. It is given on good au- thority, however, that. Cho. ore being treated is ,tiveraging over $30 to the pari eiN henaineefetteln fromexpothe ii exports entered e ed el; tthhee year to October 16th, amount to 44,- 345 tons valued at 06,394,517. These exports are inade up of copper matte from the Hall Mines smelter, silver - lead ore from the &man and gold bill - lion from the Trail Smelter. • NO TIME. A lank, awkward countryman, pres- ented himself at the clerk's desk in a city hotel, and after having a room assigned to him, inquired at what hours meals were served. 'Breakfast from seven to eleven lunch- eon from eleven to three, dinner from three to eight, supper from eight to twelve, reeited the clerk, glibly. Jerushel ejaculated the emint ry- man, with bulging yea. 'When am T a -going to git time to ,,ee the town ? TALES OF A MARINE MAR. Nearly crippieti ay Oyster await seven Feet Hoek - Pearl iiinkier'S Flab& 'with Tbolnas Goodenow, an Engl,nebman. nearly 70 years old, but With; the, strength and constitution of tieraan of 55 years, is now in Nova Bootle. Elei claims to he an old marine diver, who I1WS worked for years on the bottom of the ocean for an English concern called the Colooial Wrecking Compony. From England he went to India e.nd helped work up a sunken steamer. in whirl was a half million in gold, for the ernnaeat. Than the company sant him to Mexico, and. for ten years be work- ed in and around Mexican veataka. "The narrowest escape 1 ever had," fetid he, was in the Indian Ocean. Ws had gone down to rip off the copper work Of a barge. and as the ground around the sunken ship waa particu- larly smooth and white-eaudy, we took a walk. One hundred feet from the side of the 'vessel we found an immense sevenot hy es t oyster, rl :tbetbah5tre 1st bgfolds ehl 1. a oItotftlywealisfiotir wie11:;04wIre,7: greeaetdrgme1theshell, ar01, or rathelel, dI rv:atlodoekt:drraliki: th a pearl. It was leas titan two feet from ed. to seize it. My companion pow what I was thinking of and, took bold of my shoulder. But 1 bad already readied 0011tria:great el arm. salheilialled me be,* so that my lead -covered arm struck tite edge 1t Imp A FLABB, quicker than I ever saw a shark jump, the shell closed, The arm escarps& but the end of a, heavy iron bar Which I could not lift out of water wati caught iinuxthaetsheli fulllaenndgtfhlaotntenteh: gWroeuyijdu.mitat ed baok so quick that I fell over and. I lted reached my hand into tbat horrid trap I doubt not that it wetted have been token off. at work,, bo toafInntdimane pnliierlddelkenwere tiersi suddenly saw four of them fail flat and lie upon their backs an the sand. Tenhdeyetaerohhad e nothing /I y in the way of clothe al mknaifineedinquitie, .tailnedY ohnerdltbookingthlveiitia z.tabltrig6b attrteea'I:v aver tyro minutes sometimes. thought it strange that they fell down and re- ; grew mor o ha. dvosabetweentina . m m laa: atah ewt) sun.( horror, a great sbark lying len feet above my head, slowly fanning the wa- tie:xl"linlol'ofituhtthhietsuhrrtiLike the others I f gpr:eat fins. Its belly was a streak of white of a ere y hoe y he um rt down flat, though more froni.tenx ha % Polley. It wits the first one I had seen, ‘- and it made me sick of my lasie "The creature left me and seam with great .313,9e and gra.e lo wtere. fwo Indians lay upon their becks. it, fell down in a swoop ana trie.1 .s •oop and auspitfreonninip tihne,, &holt stoainw eannedfaia1 :,,tnel, a stout, swarthy fellow, whom 1 ;eel greatly admired on shore, curt v .er and draw his knife. As Ste ea. ed over him. [be In Han rose with 11 e knife on his shoulder ant , lunge 1 it into the breast of the fish, and 1 ell fell flat again. The monster e'ted :ke a hen, with its head cut off. it 'nem - ed and. plunged about, and in a tee; little while went off. The %di., ' a ; all risen to the top of the water when they saw the stab. and in nervous ex. citement, I rose, too. As they took off ray helmet, 1 saw a few yards fron•1 17. boat the great shark lying on its Fide and spurting blood." " Did you ever find any rieh treas- ure?" we asked. "Yes, much of it, but it belonenti ee-a the company. Once 1 did make, a find that 1 believed ti ould prove to he SOMETHING OF INTEREST could it be locate,' again. In 1859 a small coast:ng vessel went ashore on a small roar, 196 miles wait of Key West, and I went down to tozate it. The craft lay on its side in a round. hole in, sixty-eight feet of water, and had fallesi batik froin au overhanging rock on which it had struck. We could, only work three hours in the middle of the cley because. it was Ho t'ark in the hole that we had to have the sun right overhead. 1 hatir't been down there half an hour before my compan- ion came climbing over the wreck and. tugged me over the rail. Re pulled/Ile off into the slatdow and:pointed at what looked like a great box thirty feet square, but which proved to be the stern of an old veesel. The snakes were climbing over it and a great, piece of carat was attached to it. I think it was very old, because the ancient can- vas which hung dismantled on its side was of a make older than any t ever aa saw. 1Ve climbea upon its deokeeed 7) found mR any things that ieke-a -Tf-- the vessel had sunk by accident, for some old boxes and stuff lay about. A knife was sticking into the stump of ' the mast. and hanging to it was a small plied iron box, very rusty and old. We pulled it off and carried it ou.t of the water. Tn it we found NO woeth of old gold ooin of English and Dutch mints. We agreed together that we would keep quiet end return some time and make a haul. of the ancient wreck, ' but afterward, though we returned in a small schooner, we could neverelo- °ate the' spot. Of course, there might not have been anything in the wreck, but somehow I always felt that there was. It was the only wreck that 1 came upon accidentally in twenty yeaz.s, so you see treasure ships do. nottle about like reeks on the bottom of- the sea for divers to pick up." TIY_E PLACE FOR 11151. Is there any chance for work herd ' asked the tired wanderer over the back Cence, and kee.n auxiety was departed on Aso his'hsa 'nfee.raa'snotturea s ft e • o f work i it‘fe`t, ee tt) • , 'nen, I'll winter here, mum. -..-- COLEMBITS' MISTAKE, Tearher-Did Columbusknow that be discovered a new continent? Class --No, he thought it was India. 'reacher -Correct. Why did he think he had found India? , }hash t Boy -i F;',0 -se it War,' '0(1,1.14' he inhabi tan ta W as '1In3iana.