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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1914-3-26, Page 3STREET -GAR MAN'S UTOPIA TELLING OF TILE CITY WHERE Tn1 1'Y011K1 US b11,lILI9.:. 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,