HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1914-3-26, Page 3STREET -GAR MAN'S UTOPIA
TELLING OF TILE CITY WHERE
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Good Story TaLd By an 'Englishman
Who Visited the City of
Calgary.
There is a town where tram -men
smile, and look un life as well worth
while. That sonnets like rhyme, but
I didn't mean it, so don't call me
rude manes.
The City of Calgary, commercial
capital of the Province of Alberta,
never has any tramway disputes,
because the motorsmen and conduc-
tors couldn't find anything to strike
aboral•, even if they felt themselves
bound to conform to fashion, At
•least, this was what I gathered
from the conductor of the "Seeing
Calgary" car when 1 made the
rounds of the they in it a few weeks
ago, says a writer in London An-
swers.
It is a treat) in these days to hear
a snan extol ,his job ; but' that wasn't
the only pleasure I got by .riding
with the conductor. With the help
of a Megaphone, he described the
'objects of interest as the car passed
their, and tacked a story on to
each, telling then well,
As the car started towards Eighth
Avenue, he put the megaphone to
his lips and gave no the opening ad-
dress.
Cars and Their Cost.
"Ladies and gentlemen," he
bawled, "on behalf of the city gov-
ernment, I welcome you heartily to
our fine city. With a view to mak-
,ing your stay with rus as pleasant es
possible, gentlemen have permis-
sion (u smoke and ladies may chew
gum. While you are .enjoying your-
selves in that way, I will entertain
you to the best of my ability,
"We will start with this ear, la-
dies and gentlemen. It is supposed
to be the finest thing of its kind on
the Aanerican continent, and, that
being so, there is n0 finer car any-
where eke, It cost 7,500 dollars,
anti the money was well invested,
for I often take over 100 dollars af'
day on it in fares. I hope to take
something more from each of you,
for you cannot see the whole of the
town in one trip.
"A gentleman has just remarked
that I am a good business -getter. I
hope that every street -car man in
Calgary is that, for we all try to
boost the receipts, because the bet-
ter the ears pay the more wages we
will get. They gave us an increase
of two cents. an hour last year, and
promised us another rise this year
if the receipts justify it.
"11'e are nearly the best paid,
and certainly the best treated, of
any street -car men in the world, al-
though our system -al only started
work on July 5th, 1909, with two
cars running over three miles of
track.
•"At present we have seventy
eight cars and seventy-one miles of
rails. Nine hours tounts a day's
work for us, and the lowest rate of
pay, after three mouths' probation,
IS twenty-eight cents an hoer. In
the second year, a wan gets thirey-
two cents an hour, which rises to
thirty-four cents in the third year,
and thirty-five cents afterwards,
In Winter 9furs.
"As I have said, theee .rapes will
be increased, for our bosses don't
wait to b•e asked for increases if
they coal afford to give 'em. We
pay half the cost of our first year's
uniform, except the winter coat,
which is free from the start, and
after that our working clothes cost
ns nothing. Tho corporation pay
half our sick -•benefit subscription,
and provide us with a furnished
club -house, where we •can enjoy ours
eelvee with a tune on the piano or
a game of billiards,
"And if any man is dismissed, he
has the right to have his ease r•e-
ferred to the arbitration of the offi-
cials of our sick -benefit society.
(.'doctors end motor -men are
sworn in es constables, to give them
authority; over people who don't be-
have themselves in the cars..
"I believe that we are the most;
polite street -car men in the ,world,
too. T will tell you a little story
that: il•leetrates'our politeness, and
when you here heard it I will bet
.you that -yon will also say that our
politeness ean•not be matched any
where else in ,the world,
"The story I ant going to toll yen
hear made a bit of a noise., and ib has
been meanly •approp.r'iated by peo-
ple who have fitted it, to different
plates and outer eireumsta.nces; but
you may take it from nee •that the
realthing happened' right here in
Calgary,
The Paliti Coltlleetot'.
""The -ear litre runs .up r, 4:'hill on
the other -side of the•eity.:Last. vin -
tor, when the ground was very
slrpflKrry, a car started front the tole,
leaving the eon duetor bthi,ud, with-
out; the rnk,tor-0i,an tieing aware of
it. The-emitte & •just cleared it by
sitting down on the snow acid, tobog-
ganing down, lint he hadn't gone•
fax befeee he dread err lake en ,a :pa'ss
eenger, es i, Mdy Owned from 0,
side street, eat on him suddenly,
and went along,
"An ordinary scan would have
complained e pane about being need
in that Way; but that ally's luck
was in when site dropped on a
street -ear conductor, because lie
just couldn't help being pulite, and
actually apologised to her for not
being able to take her any further
than the bottom of the hill.
"'I'ni very sorry, ma'am," he
said, as soon as he could get enough
breath •t0 speak; `but you will have
to change here. I ain't carrying
passengers any further,'
"191st building there is one of oto•
most foremost hotels. It is run on
the American, or 'eating -on -eon,
tract' plan, which was a new thing
to an Englishman who put up there
a short while ago. The waiter
brought hint his dinner, which was
on a dozen or so little dishes, more
or less, ranged 'all around Min, and
left him to it. The Englishman sat
looking at the food for about ten
minutes without attempting to get
to work. Then he shouted for the
Waitaki.'
Shifting the Samples.
rr he said, `1 woolly
cannot wait much ilongah for my.
dinnah, If you don't bring it soon
I shall eat your belly samples!'
-"See that big white skyscraper up
there? Well, that's the new Hud-
son's Bay Company store. When it
was opened, you couldn't buy a
street -car tide in Calgary. The
Hudson's Bay people hired the
whole system for the day, and
every body rode where they liked
foe nothing.
"Never heard of anything like
that before, haven't . you? My
friends, there's lots of things to be
seen in Calgary that you can't see
in any other place. '
"Calgary is just 'it' 1"
d+
ROMANTIC 'LIFE O1' CIPRI ANI.
Escapes From Death and Prison—A
Political Ishmael.
Amite -are Cipriani, the soldier of
fortune and revolution, who has.
been elected as Socialist deputy
for Milan, Italy, is now living quiet-
ly at Bandol, on the French Medi-
terranean coast, Ile is in his 69th
year, and shows no inclination to
leave his present tranquil surround-
ings to plunge again into the storm
of Italian politics.
Cipriani fought with Garibaldi
against Austria, and was condemn-
ed to death. Escaping, he wander-
ed in Greece and the Levant, and
then, coating to France, le fought
against the Prussians, He ° next
joined the Commune, and for the
second time was sentenced to death.
This seutonoe was commuted, and
he was sent to Noumea, the penal
settlement in the South Pacific,
which also sheltered Rochefort.
In 1879 Cipriaani returned to
France, and quickly entered upon
an anarchistic propaganda in a now
defunct newspaper. This. activity
brought lain imprisonment, follow-
ed by expulsion from French terri-
tory, and he took refuge at Geneva.
On !tearing that Ms father was
dying he determined to revisit Rim-
ini, his native place in Italy. There
he was recognized, arrested and
sentenced to ten years imprison-
ment for complicity in an old revo-
lutionary plot, The- Italian Gov-
ernment, in response to popular de-
mands, set him at liberty-, but he
was again sent to prison on account
of his revolutionary opinions, -
Once more regaining Ma freedom,
Cipriani again sought refuge in
France, This was about th etime of
the death of President Carnot, and
was a period of great .anarchistic
acbidity, Cipriani was ati once put
across the frontier into Belgium,
bub the Government of that eountry
expelled him within 24 :hours, and
he went to London.
In Loudon this political Ishmael
Sound an abiding place for some
time, but he returned to Franco
and identified himself with bile
tant anarchists and the •anti, -mili-
tarist movement. Twice he was
tried and acquitted.
Forty-five years ago, on the occa-
sion of his first visit to London,
Cipriani made the acquaintance of
an English girl whom be. married.
On the outbreak of the .Franco-
Prussian War 11e left London hur-
riedly and never saw itis wife
,again. His daughter he, found liv-
ing in Paris • 138 ,rears
A Mere ''att.Oder.
A young lady whose beauty is
equal to her bluntuoss in .cenversa-
tion was visiting e'isouse others
other guests were assembled, among
them the eldest sore 0f a rleh mane
lecturer. The balk turned en mah'i
menial squabbles. Said the eligible
party :-"I hold that the correct
thing for the husband is to begin es
he intends to go 0n. Say that the
question is -one -of smoking. Almost
immediately -I would show my in-
tentions by iightiatg a cigar and set
tlietg the question foe ever,"
"And I would knock the thing out
of your mouth l'" cried the imperi-
ous beauty,.
"3)o yore. - lrrYrsw,,r t aj<r]ared the
,young man, "I don't thinie you
Would be there1"
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
MARCH 11 29,
T,essou X.111, -- Jesus the Great
• Troche! G olden '1'e < 1,
ilio. (;. S.
testi :1, --Jesus and the ('11±1d••
ren, --!What •question dict the dis-
ciples at times dispute amazes
themselves? Who did Jesus say
should be the greatest in his king-
dom? What del he ttalce as an ex-
ample of Christian humility 1 1 -tow
did the disciples treat certain mo-
thers who brought their children
to be blessed by ,,Jesus'? \Pleat did
Jesus say of these children?
Lesson IL—The Mission of the
Seventy,—.(nto what district did
Jesus go when he left Galilee'?
Whom dad he send before him?
What were these seventy meal to
do is What was to be their mess-
age 1 What were they given power
to do? V1'hat were they told con-
cerning their reception'?
Lesson III.—The Guest Samaritan.
—What did a certain lawyer ask
Jesus1 I%w <1i<1 Jesus Brake him
answer his <rwn quest ion ? With
what other question did the lawyer
seek to justify himself 1 How did
Jesus answer this questi-on'1. What
is the story of the Geed ,Samaritan?
What admissio ,,..did the lawyer
make at the conclusion of the par-
able? What. dad Jesus bid him do?
Lesson 1V, ---Serving Jesus.—Who
ministered to Te -us as he traveled
through Galilee? Who was among
the women 1 What had Jesus done
foe Mary Magdalene? Where did.
the sisters, Mary and Martha, live?
What types_ofservice did they ren-
der Jesus? Haw did ,leans show
his dissatisfaction with half-heart-
ed service ?
Lesson V. — The Unfriendly
Neighbor.,—What did the disciples
ask Jesus to teach them? Whet
model prayer did he give them?
What quality did he say was neees-
sar-y in prayer? How did he illus-
trate this truth? What is the
story of the unfriendly neighbor 1
What did Jesus sae of Geld's readi-
ness to gore us what we need? What
is Jesue a promise 'to his followers
about -asking 1
Lesson VL—Darkness and :Light.
—What ki•ncl of a demon did Jesus
drii•e int from a elan in Peraee?
Of what did the Pharisees accuse
him ? How did be answer their as
eusation ? By what power clid he
declare he drove .the demons out?
Against what did he warn the man
from whom the demon had been
driven ?
Lesson VT1''-Cihrist':s Hatred of
Shame,—Where was Jesus invited
to dine? What did his host say
When Jesus omitted to wash before
eating? Of what did. Jesus then
accuse the Pharisees? What did
he ut,,ter against •them? What other
class did he include in his dentin -
dation?
Lesson VIM—Faith Destroying
tear. --Of what did Jesus bid his
disciples beware? What did he call
hypocrisy ? What did he say that
sinful men might well fear? How
may Ids .followers be -saved from
such fear?
Lesson IN. --Trusting 3n Riches
and Trusting in God. ---Who inter-
rnpted Jesus in the midst of one of
his discourses? What did this man
request? What did Jesus tell him?
Of what did he bid. his liearers be-
ware? Whet hasipened In the man
who trusted only in his riches?
\Vlu:re should Jesos's followers lay
up their treasure?
-- Lesson X,—Watchfulness,--What
rind Jesus say should be. the sign of
.the beginning cif God's eternal
reign? What do we know of the
tome of this event? • What then
siliould be our coarstant attitude?
What will be the reward for faith-
'fnlness? What the punishment for
disobedience?
Lesson XI, --The Lawful Use of
the Sabbath.—Whore 4411 •1 Ma !heal
in a Peraean synagogue? How long
had this wotna-n been afflicted?
Who oabuked Jesus for ibis deed
of rncl'ey'1 What were the_ grounds
of his rebuke'? How did 'rt certain
Pharisee challenge Jesus'e a.ttiLude
on the Sabbath question? How did
Jesus accept his challenge? What
did 'Jesus declare wes lawful en the
Sabbath 1 What diel he say of the
9ilrpese of the Sabbath?•
Lesson Xi.T --Lessons by the
Way. -1'o whet diel Jesus compare
the kingdom of Inevee 1 'Flow is
the Kinpdute like the rnn.stard
seed? I -Tow clues it resemble the
leaven ? \\'hat gatestiot did one of
liea•reta-ask Jesus? • What was
Je411s s answer? What kind of see-
vlcc enol he declare Nota insul)ieient
to gain rut entrance into heaven?
Greatly Disturbed,
A reielster vvas greatly diettm'bed
by e.1 car•tain set of wgiinen in his
congregation who eteratebeuly gos-
siped during, service, During Sun-
day morning, at a• given signal, the
chair Stopped abruptly in the mid -
of a hymen. Then one of the Roe -
Ripe, unable to check herself, 'ivas
Marti all over the okurch tartsay, ''1
alwrtiy5 fry mine in lard,"' "As w•e
]snow;" a,nSlprin0ed the minister,
"that slit,, alwa7s fries hers in lard,
we will procee<1 with °the singing,,
The Fashion in Votvel.
A charming gown in blue panne
velvet. The bolero, trimmed with
skunk, is warn over a cheluisette of
fine spotted net. Belt in orange
charnleuse:
S.1(1PPI R FIRST AID TO CUPID.
!las Power to Perform Marriages on
on High Seas.
Very few people are aware of the
power vested in the commanding
officer of a British man -of -wag, or
in the captain of a• British mer-
chantman when. on the• high seas or
in a foreign port, where there is no
British representative, as regards
marriage, providing one or bout of
th.e contracting parties be a J3rilish
subject, says the Loudon Weekly
Telegraph. The scope afforded
either of the eflicers is such as
might be -turned to very good ae-
count by enterprising novelist»,
The captains of His Majesty's ves-
sels are authorized by the lore-ign
Marriage Act of 802 to act as mar-
riage registrars just the same as an
embessaidor, teasel, oe British- Iasi -
dent abroad, a•nd the ceremony may
•take ,place on the high seas 0r en
board .a British plan -of -war or a
''prescribed modifications," These
indicate that the legality of the
marriage depends on the command-
ing officer fulfilling the conditions
of: the Foreign Marriage Act, Which,
with very slight differences, con-
form to the conditions as to age,
consent of parents, false oaths,
residence, and so on applying to
marriages in the United Kingdoin.
Though ne one' can question a cap-
tain's aathor1ty- to nlaa•ry at sea or
on board a vessel en a foreign sta-
tion, if any of the previsions laid
dowel are not fulfilled, a- secretary
of skate has the- power- by means o:f
a Warrant to vary or annul the mar-
riage performed under the act.
Before this act commanding offi-
cers of men-of-war and merchants
men celebrated marriages on board
under an old act, and the marriage
had. to be confirseed 0n arrival at
the nearest port by the British re-
presentative. there. Where there
was nine, the captain !himself had
to act as consul and confirm his oven
deed,
In the merehant service the skip-
per has even greater powers. He is
not obliged to give a certificate, the
only compulsion on him being the
necessity to "log" the marriage in
his official log -book, where it may
he seen entered b•etwecn reports
dealing With the vessel's victual-
ling, her course, dire, weather en-
countered, the. ships spoken to, and
the many humdrum details et `"writ-
ing up -the lug,"
API'[1:- TREE '131. YEARS OLD.
Is In Virginia and MI Bearing
• ' Good Fruit.
There is an e r1P le tree in Virginia,
g
that is 131 years old-. A short thee
ago 11'. Il'. Goodwin, of Avon, Ne] -
son county, shipped to the Land and
Industrial Deportment of. the South-
ern !railway a box- di 11319131 from
this tree. The fruit is et the cele-
brated A11)omerle pippin variety.
List year this particular :tree bore
eight boxes of apples of commercial
reel 311)'
The Goodwin cmehard is 1t few
miles west of North. Ga.rcton S(altinn,
and in the heart 01 a famous apple
smiley, 81r. Goodwin has in his
cremesl four other: trees of the same
age, They are in; good onuditinn,
and the iarclicebiens are that they
will bear perhaps 100 years mare,
The tree spoken ;of is even eider
than 'Elie farnons ITandy.treo in Pat-
rick count!', which is hearing a•t• (he
0.(,7{.e o£ 100 years, and has a reamed
o r
of 13St harsh is to the s recti. Still
another flumows tree is the'ITall tree
in Patrick county, which haus pro-
_
s
<lrlced as 'nary as 1105 lrirw}rels <f-
,l
no
pl'es in onto season, .Thera apples
have e eommoi'eial value in the mar -
kits that equals the celebrated
Fioo<l'River Valley fruit et 0i'egn•n.
SIDELIGHT ON 'MEXICAN WAR
COSI I1' tt CRA 11..1lii',A11il 01'
1NIs TWO 1113111''.:1.
('oreespoadelll of 140114611 Times
Tells .1 musing' Stories of
Army's `ladies.
"The endeavor of each side is in
most eat,,: to avail the other. A
trail full of soldiers went out to
Tampico to reconnoitre. It sighted
a train full of rebel. Eaueh train
went back.'
Th•ie thetance fs one of many de-
lightful little stories of General
Puerto's army told in the London
Tones, by that journal's special.
correspondent 111 Mexico. a•; lencled in new sewerage
Gilbert could have imagined meth-
1system
t•
ing funnier than a commander Who in and near Vancouver. The mon-
feasters to cha e a beaten enemy e.- will be raised by a sale of bonds.
because it• was di.ntaer time, 1'eL As theresultof an .investigation
ibis actually occurred in Mexico : into the working of the civic staffs
• at Vancouver, it was decided to dls-
r.luue for Dinner." pense with the services of 47 civic
"-1t a email battle in the State employes.
of Morelos the Federate by use of
machine-guns forced the rebels to
retire.. The nature of the country
made it easy for their retreat to be
cat off. But the Federal eo10ne1 citinory for Oriental ,ports.
looked at his watch. 'It is time for At Vancouver a Spanirard named
dinner,' lie said, and told his hu- John Alcaine was fined $15 and
gler to sound the 'Cease fire.' The costs for catching, at Bernard In -
rebels leisurely went away.
After the evacuation of Torreon
General 8funguit was tried by a
Court of Inquiry. The intention
was to shoot hint.. This was his de -
felon :
"How coubd I meet the rebels in
the open 1" he asked ; ' • they fight
in !cute formation I was obliged
to keep my troops together. If I
did not they would melt away. De-
sertion is the idea uppermost in al-
most every soldier's mind.
"Again, how •could I order my
officers to lead their men to the et-
taek 1 I knew their men would
shoot them down as soon as they
got the chance,"
HEIS FROM SUNSET COAST
1f'II11TIIE WESTERN P110PI.F.
ARE 0111 G.
Progress of the Great 1Yest Told
in a Few FOinte4
Paragraphs.
Prince Rupert, B.C,, is to have e
I eeiro-Eleetr•!e system of its own.
The first floating wharf ever built
by the Dominion Government has
been constructed at Hallett's Land-
ing, opposite Harrep, B.C.
The Hudson's Bay Company has
let eontra.ets for its new depart-
mental store in Toronto. The octet
will be over a million dollars.
More than two millions will be
FROM ERiN'S GREEN ISLE
'1I?W'd 13Y 11:1.11 ii'ROM t91.
LAND'S SHORES.
Gappenings 1n (hc Emerald Ie10 Of
Interest to Irish -
Bien.
A very bad outbreak of typhoid
fever has 110<urred at lielburbot,.
C.'oarnty Cavan.
Dr. Michael Ahern has resigned
his position as resident medical offi-
cer of Cork Union.
Michael Scanlon, Iiilialoe, hos
been elected clerr'rt of the local ('lava
Petty Sessions Court:
Major Edmund A. Mansfield has.
died at Bar•rettstown House, New-
bridge, at the age of 80 years.
The foundation stone for a 110yr.
Nationr] Hall in Bainbridge, has
been laid by Rev- John Iiu<tney,
P.P.
The residents in the town of Bal-
lyeonnel have agreed to promote an
A liner which recently left Van-
couver took $120,000 worth of farm- town'
ing implements to Siberia, and The extensive flax seutth mills of
$200,000 worth of electrical ma- William !toss, at i)ungnven, were
damaged to the extent of nearly
$2,500 by fire.
Martin Belly, farmer, of :Mile!
ery, near Geashill, was killed by a
fall from a cart while going home
from T1t11amore. -
Councillor Myles Keogh, surgeon
dentist, leas been appointed govern-
or of the Incorporated Dental. Hos-
pital of Ireland,
At the South Tipperary County
Committee meeting, $1,000 was al-
located as subsidies to the C'lonmel
and other !deal shows,
Mr, G. C. Gunning, of the Por-
tadown branch of the Belfast. Bank,
has been transferred on proanotion
to a new branch at Pettigo,
Four people were seriously in-
tured in a boiler explosion that in-
curred in the kitchen of the 'North-
ern- Counties Hotel at Coleraine.
Daniel Farrell, while oiling some
machinery in a threshing mill at
Strabane, was drawn into the ma-
chinery and instantly killed.
The 1Vil.iiant Vincent Wallace
Memorial Committee in Waterford
has decided upon the erection of a
statue to the famous eom.poser. -
Notwithstanding labor and poli-
tical troubles, the value of Irish
land.eontinues to increase. Twenty-
five acres recently fetched $4,300.:
The Croon! Guardians have
unanimously elected Dr. \1', Heel;
dermann, .Ballyneale, Medical Offi-
cer of the Union and Dispensary
District.
The outbreak of typhoid fever,
which occurred at Swords some
weeks ago, has showed 110 signs of
yet abating. Diphtheria has crow
broken out, -
Dr. O'Farrell has been appointed
medical officer of Bagnslstown Dis-
pensary District, and also medical
officer of Bagnalstown Hospital.
A number of men employed by the
Limerick County Council have
struck work at Gibbinstow.n
Quarry, owing to a disagreement nit,
to wages, - -
:Tames Henry, of Killyeurragh,,
('ouksiown, who recently passed
away in his 92nd year, was the old. -
est Metht:dist lay preacher in Ire-
land,
At Ballypatriek, five miles from
Thurles, Patrick Roan, a farmer,
aged 35, .a well-known hurler, was
kicked to death by, at horse in !lis
stable,
Damage estimated at . several
thousands was caused by a fire in••'
the granaries and business prernises
of Bannatyre <. Company, at 'Metall
Kenneth. -
__.-._-.-.-d'_
Camp Followers.
At some gun -trials near the capi-
tal the generals' daughter came
forward to fire a charge ; then his
wife was urged to show her cour-
age, then his sons made likewise
It was more like an afternoon tea
party than a serious piece of mili-
tary business.
General Huerta, cannot be accus-
ed of neglecting the material com-
fort of his mese, Whatever the
day's march may be, au little army
of s•olderadas (camp followers) must
be en the camping ground before
the mon arrive, to rig up shelters
and cool: meals.
U seportsivanlike Nebel.
There are boys as majors, and
colonels of thirty. Even among the
aged generals a young man of
thirty-three has forced his way.
Two more stories:
The stra•tege/ns of an active gen-
eral like Villa, who is the beet sol-
dier the rebels have, nee resented.
He is net considered to be "playing
the game." In a club one day a
M:exieap complained of the trick by
which Ju sroz was taken. Villa
seized the railway, piled his omen
into trains, forced the telegraph
operators to announce these as
freight trains, and 'turned his
troops out in the city before the
authorities had any suspicion that
they were on the way. "Shame -
full" the Mexican declared.
Another day the Times writer
asked a Mexican war correspondent
who- had been present ab a small
fight whether .the ]federal loss was
heavy; ''Very," he :aid, and then.
in horrified tones added, "thee
killed a colonel,"
D11'FEll ilNT WALES.
Country Mau and City Stan Use a
1)i114,retit Method of Walking,
Country people and the dwellers
in cities have different walks ac-
eordlug to Dr, Felix Regnault,
The city man uses Short steps,
holds his body erect, keeps his legs
straight, and •sln'ilces •tile pavement
sharply with his heels before pet-
ting down the rest of his foot, The
country anaury Makes a longer stride,
he leans forward, keeping his kneea
bent, slides his foot over (Ise
grotul<l, and 14141115 - 11±5 weight upon
the whole sole at 0noe,
Each method of walking has its
own merit.,
The conartry mate's method ena-
bles hint t0 get over 'greater- dis-
lenses without fntigue if the road is
fairlyeven, '1 f, howeirer, it is rough
or broken he at once and instinc-
tively adopts the anode et tire city
auan,
'T'eacher's Reply.
The principal of a college Was lee.
tiring leis staff of teachers upon
rH'i<:iency, "What,'' he demanded,
"would be thought of a glove -maker
wlsc at the close of season f+i0nd
ten per cent, 411 hi- stock artnr'ned
beoatyse' it fell Below standard re-
Trir'enrents1 .Why , should we re -
noire
91111'e a One Immired per cent, effr-
cieney from the glove -maker and
only ninety per cent, of 11 teacher I"
"Betutuse," responded a teacher,
"the can soled his kids!"
let, a crab less than six inches at
its greatest diameter.
in the police •court of Nelson, B.
C'., it wee held than pigeons kept
within the city limits constituted a
nuisance, and owners were ordered
to remove. them or be fined..
Fire Chief Davis of Victoria has
been a fire fighter for 25 years, He
was started on St. Valentine's Day,
in Toronto, in 1889, and has been
with Victoria four years,
Charged with attempting to de-
fraud the public by eolleeting funds
to form an alleged lodge of Free
Masons, John Gateman, at Vancou-
ver, was fined $200 -or three months
hr jail.
Mrs. Roy Taylor of Vancouver
w'ro'te to the papers there objecting
to the city giving $500 to the bon -
spiel while, so she said, there were
4,000 destitute and workless people
in the city.
Two creamery companies in Van-
couver were fined $50 and costs
each for selling butter which con-
tained more than 16 per cent, of
water, being an infraction of the
Inspection and Sales Act.
A Vancouver Italian burglarized
a vacant house there, in broad day-
light and in plain view of a, police
station. A conetable saw hint and
arrested him just as he was, coming
out of the house with stolen goods.
Nelson, 13.C'„ has reduced its gas
rates to $1.90 per 1,000 feet, There
is a minimum charge of $12 per ari-
nrtna and a meter rental of 15 Penta
per month. Vancouver's rate is
$1.50 per 1,000, and Victoria $2.
ll.. Whittington, of Victoria, B.
C„ had a plaster round his neck in
which was a, quantity of radium,
which had been placed there by a -
doctor as a cure. While walking on
the street the patient lost the rad-
ium, valued at $500.
John Durham!, at Vancouver, was
found guilty of padding the pay
rolls of the West Coast• Granite
Company: Before sentence was pro-
noun -cad on him it was found that
he was also a bigamist. Three years
in the pen was his portion.
On an average, in Vancouver,
every month of 96 working days,
232,000 people ring up "Central" to
ask what. time it is, This is 8,923
times a. day. To supply this infor-
mation it costs the B. C. Telephone
Crmrpany $3,500 a year in salaries,,.
Another of B,C.'s :pioneers i»
dead, in the person of Henry Wain.
Bore in Kent 88 years ago, he went.
to Victoria in 1850, on the <tee.asion
of the first attempt of the Hudson's
Bay Company to colonize Vaneee-
ver Island under its grant (roan the
C'r0wm,
Officers of the unemployed bureau
in Vancouver were refused 'the right
to !told concerts on Sunday even-
ings in order to raise funds to 'help
those out of work. They said they
would hold <oneerte,, any -how,
charging no admission, but talking
up collections, which they o'tnhm
they have a right to do,
EVERYBODY 1..1:11 G714D.
gis(r'ale 0u(Witted. By ;i Clever
Irish Witness.
An Irish wile -sees was. being exam-
ined as to his know'leclge of a shoot-
ing affair. "Did yon see the shot
fired 1" the Magistrate asked. "Nor
gar; I only heard it," "!.hat evi-
dence is not satisfactory," replied
the Magistrate asternly. "Step
down:" The witness proceeded to
leave the box, and' directly his baste
eas turned laughed derisively; The
1Iagiistrate, indignant at this eon -
tempt of Court, .risked him how he,
dared lo laugh in the Colrr1+1110111.
''1)1<1 yo11 See MO laugh, 3111' Bo-
ner ? "No, girl but I beard yon."
'"Chltt evidence is not satisfactory,''
said the witrnees tiritii a twinicle err
his eye. At this (v,'ryhr,d,v l'irrghed
oxaept the Magistrate,
COUNT EARNS 43 -CENTS A DAT
13111 Slays Be Is Gaining Experience
Tn. Lumber Business.
Judgment summons day in ,the
county court briugs forth eche
thctically huteureus excuse» says '
the Victoria, ILO., Times, "A farmer •
Genian count with a univesaity
education in English appeared fn •
dingy overalls to explain why he
had not laid ar debt of 45, He had
1 $
very little work he said, and Itis
centimes sinee the debt was 0071-
treated had averaged in the neigh- _
berhood ("if he estirur5Led Curr -cot -
l3") of 4e. cents .e day. He hoped W
be able to pay off' the ferie before
long, as les wait establishing himself
in the wood business in 1?isltkua,rci.
Street, At. present he yyaa ksing
nn0noy.
"Bet if you have no money, how
e:in you lose it?" asked Frank Frig --
gins, connect for the creditor.
"CC'annot a man contract debts?
replied the debtor, The, count ex-
plained t<r the (-mild drat, he bad' 41,
ln•ospeet of ctnothOr job which would
yield hire $30,
"''Chen why (]rani you do that in -
:stead as r. .r iu with s r a •
f l ecce <l g with the lu ni}. et
business, at wliielt you are lusting
money 1" iequir- COMM' -
"3 shalldo so it , .le'r rl'e; . .
tie a 14tYr7r
Mont at, which -I lean underta1ke ±4
o.
wil(h tltcs rent�est r<,sasihl(. <± r n-
1, 1 0 r
oar y," replied the <'vilnt, eel g'
that in Lelumber h e.i ea<
he WW1
;milting es leri .!lee evern • if to wee
ll' 1 r 1 K aa+
losing rr1M171- y,