Morning chronicle and commercial and shipping gazette, 23 janvier 1888, lundi 23 janvier 1888

[" A Sore Receipt For Toaltb, Strength and Joy\u2014Use St.Leon Water.as Follows : y r Dyspepsia or ladisres'lta take with -ir air.a- av>ai- t John Brown, MANITOBAN.2Î.75 Capt Dunlop.CANADIAN.2306\tCapt John Kerr, NESTORIAN.2889 Capt J Irarce.AUSTRIAN.2458\tCapt J Bentley.PHOENICIAN.2125 Capt D McKillop.WAI DKNSIAN .2266 Capt D J James.LUCERNE.1915 Capt W S Main.ACADIAN.931 Capt F McGrath.NEWFOUNDLAND 919 Capt C Mylius.ROSAR1AN.S.r)(;0\t[Bnildirg.MONTE VIDEAN.S5C0 [Bnildinv The shortest sea route between America and Europe, being only five days between land to land.i YKKi\u2019OOL MAIL L1K£ DOMINION LIM; \u2022ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS I Running in connection with the Grand Trur f Canada Pacific Ir.tercolnrrial.and other .Canadian Railways and Steamers - LIVERPOOL SERVICE WINTER SAILINGS.From Liverpool.1st Dec.15th Drc.29th Dec.12th Jan.26th Jan.Steamships.Orkook.Vanoocvkr.Sarnia.Orsg' n.Vancouver.From Baltimore.From J/aiiJcc 24 h Den 7th J-u 21 » t J*\u2019t 4th Vt 1 18th Fen Straff) s.ktpïil\tFrom Liverpool to Ilaltim ore via Dal if ax.\tFrom Baltimore to Liverpool via Halifax\tFrom Halifax to Liverpool.Circassian .\trhnrtdAy,\tl'ueedsy.\t8atU! day.\tDec.22\tlany 10 \u201c 2»\tlaiy.14 ¦'ARMAT1AN.\tlany.?\t\t\u201c 28 Pf LYNESIAN .\t\u201c\t19\tFebr.7\tF'eby.11 Circassian.\tF'eb.i\t\u201c 21\t\u201c\t25 3rd Jan.17-h J&n.3Lt Jan.14:h F*-b.RATES OF PASSAGE! QUEBEC via HALIFAX: Cabin\u2014860 09, 875.00 i,nd 8*5.60 occordir'» to accommodation Return, S115 00, 8f n.Mr.Loi gley, Attorney-General of Nova Scotia.The President of the Association, John C.Thomson, Esq., occupiot the chair, and amongst those present outside the membership of the body wa noticed His Worship the Mayor Hon.F.Langelier, M.P., Hon.Jeaa Bhnchst, ex-Provincial Secretary, Hon.Jehu Hearn, M.L.C., Mr.Charles Laugrlier, M.P., Mr.Jules Tessier, M.P.P., Mr.F.X.Lemieux, M.P.P-, Mr.Dechear, M.P.P., and mauy others.Mr.Thomson introduced the lecture with a few plearant remarks regarding Mr.Long ley himself, and a reference to the subject i f his lecture, and to Uie hold which Mr.Howe possessed upon the atf c'.tons of the pjopie of Nova Scoti».For nearly an hour and a halt Mr.I.ongley held the close attention of his a^ditnc?, while he delivered one of tha most interesting lectures which it has ever li en our lot to he ir under the auspices of the Association.It was evident from the start that tho au lien re was iu for a thorough intcllsctual treat, and that thote who had merely anticipated a historical sketch of Joseph Howe\u2019s life,\u2014wh -re f.e was born, how he lived, when ho was first * lecUd, what measures he iatroduc- d into Parliament, \u2014 A 1 .borer, for drunkenness, was sentenced tn a fine of SI and costs at the Recorder's Court on Saturday.\u2014The Commandant and offioers of \u201c B \u201d Battery have inauod cards for a ball at the G.tadel cn Wedcesday, the 1st February.Seize»,\u2014The revenue officers seized, a day or two ago, in ttt.John\u2019s Ward, tome 200 lbs of tobicco that a fanner of Pointe-aux-Trembles was otleriug for sale without conforming to tho l.W.Lake St.Joh.v Bcttsr.\u2014An order has been leceived iu t>«u from New Orleans for a tub ij Like St.John banter.It was ob tamed fr.m Iberville, by Lake St.John Railway, ami has been shipped to iti destination.It is gratifying to find how far tho reputation of this butter is spreading.LakU OF DONEGAL.TORY ISLA! LlGUl HOUSE.'.\u2019TY D Change in Character of Light an«*.Establishment of a Fog Signa'.IRISH LIGHTS OFFICE.Dublin, 3rd October, U37.rnHE CO MMISSION KBS OF IRISH 1 Li-hf* hereùv gi e Notice that m pursuance of N.tice No.4, w^ned 8th Kabniaiy, 1887, on the 1st n^Unt ti»S White r uoi Light hithert-> ah >wn fro«n To.-y\tijcniitv ot Onnaoral er?amred to a G*vGL i THREE Donegal was changed to ING LIGHT, Bh\u2018>-vicg a group «I FLASHES EVERY MINI TK.The G ouj of FU-h t tccn-y about Four-t»en Seconds, foil v.-^-d by an i.it-»r'-al of about Vortv-8ix S«c cl*.K .rh H -h la-fs about Three Seconds, au i he ip-* * >1 v.t TWO-AND A -HALF S^c n L Du.-:r-; l\u2019i*i inter\\al between the Groups K- tl e«t i ta h * n.ay be observed.\t.Foo Signal.\u2014Dur in ; Thick at* F^xgy Wea\u2019her a F g Siren w U be eoundt; i, g -.irg a Bloat of Five Seconda Every Minute.By order.OWEN ARMSTRONG, Secretary January 23.1888.\t___B House to Let.mHE LARGE FIRST-CLA A Dwelling, No.2, St.Denis Street, Cape, now occupied by R Mitchell, Eacp Pouesaion cn 1st May next.Apply at Office of WES TON HUNT A SON, t»9, Dalhousie Street.L.T.January \u201cJ, 1838\tAm FOTTJSriD, CSATURDAY MORNING, IN PETER O Street, A BUNCH OF KEYS.Owner may have the sama ky proving property and paying for this advertisement, AT THIS OFFICE January 23, 133>.\t___ _____A ^5T.JVC.C.C ONCüiRT -IN- CONNECTION WITH LECTURE COURSE -BY- SEPTUOR HAYDN, Auuted by the following Laoirs :\u2014Mr».Henry Rnavell, Miav Almrr*^, Mi» Woodley, and Mi*v Home, -IN- Y.M.C.A.Building, -ON- left the old chieftain and laid his banner at the feet of Mr.Mackenzie.Hia great ability, and remarkable skill as a debater, his wealth and high moral character made him a formidable \u2019l Catch, and the Liberals received him into the camp with open arms, though there were men iu the tent who could ill keep down the demon of jealousy which mounted high in their hearts, as the renegade seated himself, with a complacent smile, in the second best seat at the Council board, and assumed the role of dictator.Sir Richard, by the sheer force of his ability, made his way to the portfolio, which rumour said, had been denied him by Sir John.But he never succeeded in winning the love of his new friends.Perhaps he did not want their love.Ho used them, just as they were using him, for the good of the general cause, probably.Well, Sir Richard may become leader of the Libel als yet.Ho is ambitious, bold and plucky.He may dragoon his followers with some thing like discipline, and if things go badly, wo may be sure, the rasping Knight of South Oxford will not sulk in his boarding bouse, and hang down his head in des pair.Mr.Wilfrid Laurier is a lovable per-n.He has the grace of a poet, an amiable nature, and on occasion, he can rise to the dignity of the situation.He possesses eloquence, which is almost oratory of the first rank, but his leadership of his party is the most abaurd thing that we have had in Canadian politics, since the fall of Mr.Tajr.lon.His career as leader has been a dismal failure from first to last, and the impression gains ground among his followers, that a change is eminently desirable.To do him justice, it may be said, that the office came to him without solicitation on his part.No man knows his utter incapacity for such a task better than Mr.Laurier himself.And it was pretty generally understood at the time, that he only took the position as a locum ttnens.He has been tried,\u2014sorely tried, we mayaay,\u2014and has been found wanting.Will he be replaced by Siir Richard, or will the mantle so worthily worn in the old days by Mr.Mackenzie, fall on the shoulders of Mr.David Mills or Mr.Patterson ?Mr.Edwak\u2019b fiasco on the Riel question puts him out of tho field, for a time at least.But a new man the Reformers must have, if they desire to keep together the shattered remnants of a party which was once so strong and so respectable.In the meantime, if we cannot help them to a leader, we can at least draw attention to their short-comings, in a most important respect.Mr.Oliver Mowat is frequently named as a possible chief of the Dominion Opposition.The little Premier is a most brilliant leader, and would easily fill the bill, but he will not leave the loaves and fiahes of Ontario, for the cold and pro-the Dominion Beau-meu iiu- pri.oi.cd foi stru ing a sum of mooey fiom the pvrsjn it ui.e M.Lapoiule, Wtiro Lrjught up and pleaded gu Uy.As too money bad been u:l rAuuded, aud there bAug soma extenuating jir.unista'ices iu the cate\u2014it btiug their tir-t ar>pear»nce befoio the Court\u2014on tho earn st plea or the complainant, the sentence ag-ii.at ihom was susptnded.Tub Wrong Kind of a Bah.\u2014Mr.Nor-quay, the late Prune Minister of Manitoba, will be somnwRut surprised whui he comes to great trial that followed were read tne tnancer 111 which the Courrier du Ca ¦arrayed against the po.r young printer who nculu has translated recent dispatches from hsd but himself to dtptnd upon.He made j Winnipeg.The telegram which was publish-no quibble on ths point of publishing or of ] e.l in >atur.!ay's Cukomclk to the cttect that responsibility, both of which he avowed, and a bill had bien introduo 1*.M , for the p-ircha-e of ths Assets bclorgirg to t\u2019d* Estate a~ folk v .\u2014 St ck- n-Trade, ft;.Joit ph Street fctore.87,0-8 60 Shop Fixtureh,\tdo.\t(P-.\t113.45 Stock-In-Trade, St.Va\u2019ier Street 8tmc.2,320.44 Shop Fixtures,\tdo.\tdo,\t155.25 1 given every A Choice Assortment Electro-PUMWare (BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS) \u2014ALSO- SKATES BOTÜ- SKELETON & SPRING.Tcle|>hoitc No.44.To Messrs.K.S, Williams A Sons, Toronto.These celebrated Pianos are for sale only at RKRMIll) & ILUIRE\u2019S, fe.!H H, SUJllI SrntL UITER TOWN, August 22.1887.T U esday, 24*t h i n St.I bably uncongenial shades of 1 capital 1 Ths Galdea Fle^d»»\u2014Overtars.C.Lava lee.Septuor Haydn.Wellings.Eilen berg.Septuor Haydn.2.Song\u2014Golden Love.^\tMiss Woolley.3.\tMignonnette or Graziosa.Septuor Haydn.4.\tSong\u2014Lullaby.Mrs.Henry Kuweil.NOTES AND NEWS.HI RE AND ELSEWHERE.LOCAL AND OTHERWISE.J U) l (B) (A) Rosas y Arra)a.i (Rojes and Horna).Kideuttue A media noche ( At midnight) Avili.Two Mexican Dancea.Septuor Haydn.6.\tPiano Solo\t.Mie* Home.7.\tSong-A Dear Wifi*.Mrs.Henry Rmwcll.8.\tDer loatige Kciev.-j.8trau»a.Septuor Haydn.OOD SAVE THE QUEEN.Concert will commence at EIGHT o'clock.Admission 40 cents, for parties not having ticket» for the Coarse.ROBERT STANLEY, Secretary Lecture Committee.January 21, 1888.\tC A Great Political Demonstration.The Junior Conservative Club, of this city, is organizing a political demonstration which will take plac?early next month.Prominent members of ths party are to be invited to take part in it.This and the neighbouring districts will be reprerented fully.Eminent speakers will discuss the leading political ! topics of the day, and the event promiees to be a success.Personal Intelligence.The Hod.Mr.Longley returns to Haiiiax by this morning\u2019s train on the I.C.K.Mr.Wm.Stewart, of the Thistle Carling Club, Montreal, arrived in town l&at night for the purpose of actirg as umpire in the curling match at the Rink to-day.The Hon.Senator Robltailleand Mr.J.M.McDougall, of Aylmer, are at the St.Louis Hotel.Don Joté de Navarro, Spanish Consul at Baltimore, is in the city, and a guest of the Hon.Mr.Cbiuic.Hon.Mr.Marchand left town at noon today for his home at St.John, where he in-tends to apeud a couple of days with his family.We regret to learn of the serious illness of Mr.Arthur Delisle, advccatc.He has been confined tn hia home for the past four weeki.from the natu-o of the pr sicution was debar-red from pleading the uutn of tha lib ).But aftsr the prorecutiug counsel had uddresied the jury, he followed in sn adorers of same hours\u2019 length, layingbaro to such cu expect the rotteness of the system cf civic Government by the Board of Magistrates, and plea !-ing his caae with eo much genuine ability snd eloqueucs, that the jury aftjr ton minute J delibiratii n only, returned a verdict of \u201cnut guilty.'\u2019 Howe was curried home on the shoulders of the people end shortly ulterwards the magistrate* resigned in a bidy.Mr.Longley pointed out that no ordinary indivi-dual would have accomplished the great work thus achieved by tho poor young joornsli-t, for any bat an exceptionally gre .c man would have succumbed under the weight of soen n trial, and would have made hn peace w.th the magistrat-s as the lawyers whom he cun-suited advised him to do.The next year ho was returned to Puritainent fur tho city of Halifax.The lecturer dcecrib.d fully the actual condition of Colun ul Government at the tim», and the groat v o:k which Howe bad mapped out for him self, tho task of ob tainmg responsible Oovemimnt for hi* lollow-countrymen, similar t > tl at er.joyei in England, Government lor the people, by the people and of the people.Mr.Longley pointed out what young Uovvu had to contend with, quotid from aitic e* in Ids paper, from his speeches, from hi* addreseea to the electors of Haiiiax botu before and after his election, and laid sp.icial sti t-ss upen his words \u201cI shall try to be a man.\" Thai wi.s the great secret of his success,\u2014a success which* the ta\u2019enied lecturer followed through out in hia most inimitable and interesting manner.Having thoroughly illustrated the nature and disposition of the man, Mr.Long-ley mentioned a number of his more pio-minent characteristics, hia admiration for the fair sex, his sympathetic nature, lus ability to remember nanus and faces, his tact in malt-ing and retaining friends and hia kten sense cf humor.Of the latter, thioe or four capital illustrations were furnished.The lecturer dwelt with evident satisfaction upon the Lve with which Joseph Howo was regarded by the people of Nova Scotia, and gave numerous instances thereof.He was the father of res ponsible Government in the colonies.His change from his old anti-confederats view* and principles in later life to enter the Government of Canada was matter for deep rrgiet, said Mr.Longley.It cost him his Iu Id upon the affections cf his fellow countrymen to a very great extent and tha lecturer thought he was seldom happy afterwards.In 1873 he accepted the Lieut.-Governorship of hia native Provir.ce and died a f«w w-.eks later.Mr.Longley read a few specimens of Mr, Howe\u2019s tx cellcnt verse, and drew from the attractive picture of his life and work, lessons n* great practical utility to young m n in all tank* and condit'cns of iifr.The lecture wa* a masterly iffert through out.We regret deeply our iuabi.ity to treat it at greater length.The peioration was a magnificent specimen of platform oratoiy* Needless tossy it was fnquently and loudly applauded.Mayer Lungtlier rose to move a vote of thanks to theleaturer.He remarked upon Mr Howe\u2019s influence with his fellow-country nieu in Nova Scotia, as indicated by the fact, that, while the other Provinces sent to the fint Parliament of Canada a Urge majority of con federate members, every Nova Scotian but one was au anti-confederate.He referred to the appearance of Mr.Howe in the Canadian Commons and to the lematkabic speeches which ho mads both there acd'at Datroit.In conclusion, His Worship paid an appropriate compliment to the ability and eloquence ol tho lecturer and was lopdly applauded io moving the customary vote if thanks.Hu also complimented the President uppn bi successful efforts in behalf of tho association Mr.W, C.Glbaono seconded tha vote of thanks in a few well selected sentences, amid consideiable applause.The Hod.Jeau Blanohet, being called upon by the President, fallowed in felicitous term* pointing oat some of the lissons to bo learned from the lives of groat men liko Joseph Howe, and congratulating the Association upon their choice of a lecturer and the success ot their lecture course.Mr.BUnchst was loudly ap plauded.Tne Hon.John Hearn was invitai to speak by the President, but asked to ba oxcuied in consequence of a bad cold end cousequvi * parrial loss of voice.The vote of thanks was adopted with unanimity, and amid considérable enthusiasm was tendered the lecturer by Mr.Thomeon.The Hon.Mr.Longley returned thanks t the audience, and ala) to the Mayor and other gentlemen who had spoken &o kindly of him.He was no stranger to Quebec now, for public and private business had frtquently brought him here of late, and he had ulway been received with the utmost kiudntss.H only trusted that the measure of success to which Quebec aspired as a shipping port of the St.Lawrence would be fully realized.H refined with tviJent pleasure to tho pre aence, despite the inclemency of the wcath* r of so large a number of the lair sex, for likt Joe Howe, he was quite ready to admit that he had a warm admiration of the ladies.(Applause).The proceedings then terminated.tare to provide for Mr.N.rquay\u2019s admission to tne Bar, ha* been so amended by our con* tauqor&ry ns to make it appear that it is for purpose ot bringing the ex-Premier to the B>r of the House.The Rev.Mr.Blais Tho Rev.Mr.Blais, furmei ly vicar cf the parish of St.Colutnba, of Sillily, and who left las-t fall for the Statu of Michigan, U.S., has recently bien named Cure fui toe parish of d\u2019Alpena of the above State, which is mostly populated by Fretoh Cacadiansand is a very thriving town.We cut>gra*.ulalu our young Quebec priest on his pp iatmeut, also the parishioners of d\u2019Al-no, io socuri.g for their tpiritual instructor and adviser, so Highly a learned and chi-table g.uitLmau, who is widely kuiwn for his p ety aud good works.Advertising \u2014The advertising agency of Mr.S.K.Niles, Boston, has been inexistence under one style looger than any other house in thi* line iu America, Mr.Nile* having personally conducted it for over twenty-five years.Hia excellent judgment and business method* have proved of the high-at value to ins clients ; and his engagements have always bjen promptly mat iu iuJ.Such an honorable record deserves remark, uud we lake pie taure in testifying to the ocr-dial teiationa existing between this agency aud too newspaper publishers of America.vt-oTICE 13 HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be be a V- Company's Office, on Moniay.ttofififoyofFetajiieit, At TWO o\u2019clock P.M., when a Statement of the affairs fciri be sub Bitted, and for the Election of Directors.By order,\t______ WM.W.WELCH, fjeoritary.ü*t January.18hiue« iu the City, comjtriti.nc; a gtovt variety of Silk Muf-(Dra, from 75o to .$ .00.White un i Oolered Silk Handkerchiefs ; F.incv OolorM Silk and Wool SuspeuderH.Si:k and Wo >1 Cuff*.Red, HI le, aud -'au< y T >bo;ganing Stacking' a-d SsuhfH ; Scotch Wool, Vicuna.Silk and Merino Uudf rchdhing *o.l $ Ho-e.Latent De ign* iu Tic , Scarf*.CollnW, Cuffs and White Dre** Shi t«.Ann ota, lie, and Stocking Sup xigtors aud every description of G^ut*\u2019 Furnishing*.AU-o, a nice a s .rtinoijt of Auatnaa Wool Trtvdllin^ Rug*.Liteat Pattern* of Overcoating», Suitings.Trousering* and Vestinj», from the beat lion ea in London and Paris, at JOHN DARLINGTON S, Civil and M' itary Tailor, Cor.Buads and Du Fort Street, Opposite Post Office.December l!).1887.\tapl2Lin TAILORING] TAILOHINCII New Fall and Winter Goods WILLIAM LEE, Civil and Military Tailor, EGS MOST RESPECTFULLY TO IN- mws ii Waterous Engine Works Co.Brantford, Canada.St.Paul, Minn., U.S.A.A Youthful Knight-; rruut.They tell th s story of M.: idi Carnot, uncle of the now President of tl French Republic :\u2014Napoleon Bonapaite, when First Consul, was one day amusing himself ou the banks of the miniature lake at Malmaiacu by throwing stones in the water near a boatful of ladies who were with Joiepbine.The ladies were dressed in rather exp*n*ive summer toilet», and, as the stone-throwing of the magnate caused them great annoyance, they protested.Napoleon, howevtr, continued h s amusement, when a little bey, four years old, who had been looking on, ran up to him and said :\u2014\u201cYou brute of a Fust Consul, will you leave off tormenting tho ladies '\u2022 \u2019 The Consul stopped a* it stupefied, and, on eteing the boy, buist eut laughing.Inc youthful knight-errant was young Sadi-Carnot, who had accompanied his father, Natoleon\u2019s Minister of War, to Mshiiaia.u.What Isfclmperla].It is an article manufactured by an expert chemist after many years of careful study and scientific experiment ; called Imperial Gresm Tartar Baking Powder.Makoe lightest, whitest bread, roll*-, biscuit, cake, Ac.Bold by all gr oesrs.Standard Lifk Assurancx Company of Euiniiuruu.(Establikhkd, 1825.)\u2014The *\u2022 Standard\u201d ranks among the largest compands m Great Britain, aud has agencies iu every British colony in tho World.It-was the first Company in Eaylaud or the American Continent to issue free or unrestricted policies so that policy holders could travel or reside in any pait of the world.The \u201c Stand ard\u201d ha* always been noted for its prompt settlement of claims, thereby making its policies the highest class cf securities to investors.It ha* lately introduced the Reserve Bonus plan, by which the Bonuses to surviving poli* ciss will be largely increased.The present is a favorable time ta icsura at tne Reduced Rata, as all policies taken out now will share in /our full years Bomtses at the next dividend, in 1890.Upwr.rJsof $19.000,000 added to policies in Bonus addition?.Whole Life, Limited Pa>ment, and Endowment Policies issued ; also Reserve Bonus Policies by which profits are largely incruaso 1.Policies paid up io one and five years at Low Rate?.Mr, S.Wilson Drum is the Quebec Agent f r thi* popular Life Company, a* well as for \u201c Tne Travelers of Hartford,\u201d which is the Largest Accident Company iu the World, and uu Agent of the *' London & Lancashire Fire Co., ot Liverpool, England.\u2019\u2019\u2014Offices : 91, Peter iStnet, Female Immigration.\u2014 Tho Women\u2019s Christian Aauciation of this city, at the re-qutst of a number of influential citizens, undertook lust year to work in the direction of eucouraging desirable female immigrants to remain in Quebec.For tois purpose an agent was appointed to meet all incoming immigrant vessels at Levis or on the Louise Embankment, nu l with some success.Until the girls iu question found situations, they were provided with board and lodging at tho roams of the W.C.A.The ladies of the Association could have found situations for fifty more girls.However, the work was quite a drag upon their funds snd only $10 was specially subscribed for it.They are willing to continue it providing due euccuragi-meut is afforded them aud a portion of the cist provided.\\N itti this object in view, a public meeting was called ter Saturday afternoon last at the rooms of the W.C.A,, to which those interested iu the subject or having suggestions to offer were invited.A uuml er of the ladies of tho Aisociation attended, but 10 few gentlemen that nothing definite could be arrived at, nor in fact could any meeting bs held.Mr.Stafford, Dominion Government Immigration Agent at thi* port, was kind enough to be present to afford explanations as (Hover, Fry & Co.EVENING FLOUNCINCS, mm silks ! ZETO.NUN\u2019S VEILING\u2014In Cream, 18c.; Sky, 19c.; Pink, 19c., end Pure White, 2'c.MADRAS MUSLINS \u2014îine quality in White, Cream, Coral, Pink, Sky and Black, only 25o.per yard.PONGEE SILKS\u2014In Cream.Pink and Sky, only 75c.Wide wid b.SURAH SILKS\u2014In White, Cream and PinV, 68c.SATINS\u2014White, Cream snd Sky at 56c.ME3HLIN NETS\u2014These nets are very effective and ars 72 iach?n wide, and only 35c.Colors, Pink, Coral, Sky, Cream.In Black 36 inches wide 18c.per yard.SATEEN^\u2014For Foundation», in same colors as Mechlin Ne'.s, 9&0,, 16c.and 20c.SPANISH LACE FLOUN0ING3-In Black Silk, 30 and 40 inches wide, 9 90^c ; 210 OiiQ ous ielleis February at 90jc to 90îc ; 872\u201e00d bus sellers May at 93^0 to \u2018.'Sic ; 128,000 bus tellers December at 98ic to i/tijr.Parley firm.\u2022 urn firm ; mixed western, fs February at 7 424 5 March, at 7,50 ; May, at 7.65.Short Rif s\u2014sellers Februaiy at 7,524 ; sellers March, 7.65 ; sellers May, 7,80.Cash quotations were :\u2014No 2 spring wheat 76^0 to TT^c.No 2 rod at 83c to 834c No 2 Corn at 48j'c.No 2 Oats at 30ic Mess Pork at 1-1,20 to 14,25.Lard closul at 7,45.Short rib* sides, 7,55.Dry salted shoulders, at 5,90 to 0.C0 ; short clear sides, at 7,90 to 7,95.Receipts\u201415,000 brla Hour ; 18,000 bus wheat ; 73 000 b-n corn ; 70,000 bus cats ; 4.000 bus rye ; 36.000 bus barley.Shipment*\u20141 l.QCO brU Hour; 38 000 bus wheat ; 51,000 bus -nm ; 71,000 bus «.atci ; 3,000 bus rye, and 2,000 bus barley.COMMERCIAL.Kcportcü By f E, Slaurabna A C o.86 & 88 ST.PETER STREET.Jany.21, L8 5.Olxlosaiio TkdC«.xrls.ot*=*.\t\tF eb.i\t' Marti\tMay.\tOpeniug.\t! 76^\t1 77 i\t33* WHEAT.\tHighest .l.owori\t\t77 767\t773 779\t83i 83 \tClosing\t\t76i\t77g\t83* \tOpening.\t484\t4S*\t530 CORN.\tHighest.\t487.\t48i\t\t53* \tLowest\t\t484\t48j\t\u2022\u2022/j a \tOloring\t\t48Ï\t4SÀ\t53J \tOpeniuG'.\t7.42\t7.60\t7.72 SHORT\tilighost.\t7.52\t7.65\t7 82 RIBS.\tLowest.\t7.42 1 7.60\t\t7.72 \tClosing\t\t7.52 j 7.65\t\t7.80 \tOpening.\t14.17\t\t14.55 PORK.\tHighest.Lowest\t\t\t\t14 65 \t114.50\t \tClosing\t\t14.17\t\t\t14.60 \tOpening.\t7.45\t7.47\t7.65 LARD.\tHighest.\t7.45\t7.'0\t7.67 \tLowest\t\t7.42\t7.47\t7.62 \tClosing\t\t7.15\t7.5S\t6.90 Young Ladies' Journal FuR FEBRUARY, Oxxly Sf3 ooxa-tw.I\tI\tj .Uj>ening.jHighest (Lowest.[Closing, i 933 914 85i 90i £bXcaxrls.ot.Stocks si o = XI 0.IS.A (Jumcy .Can.Pacific.Con.Gas -.Cen.I\u2019tw.Can.S«>ntb.C & St L pfd.Del.* Huii.\t.De!.L.* W .Erie .N P R.W L.Hocking Valley.L u.A XA»h.loike Shore.Mich.Central.UK AT.i.-J il® a ¦,o~ 763 314 53f 77i 3! 4 533 - 107 107 .129S 129 1 SI27i .50 \u2022 24J .61 .(-2Ï .82f 761 ! 77i 31 ; 3U 53ï 5SÏ ioci iôii 129J 129^ 27 Ï 27* 43] 434 fO 51 24J 245 61\t6l| 92ÿ 92| 82ï 83A N.Y Cantial N J Central.Noi*h Pacific.N.P.Prel.- North-West.N Y A N * .* ftnxba.F.D.Or.Trans.Org.Ry.l\u2019aufic .Vfsd., Reading.R & W Pt.nt.Paul.Texas Pacioe.UuioD Pavfi:.Wabash.Wabash (I\u2019fd).W.U.Tel.A.C.O.P.D.NOTICE.Any of the aL-'O Stocks can be bought or sold at our office, at ¦.ricas as they arrive by wire.Deal from 10 shares upwards, on as low a margin as 81.00 per shore, upwards.All trades can be concluded and settlements obtained immediately on the spot ; or.wa aie prepared to deliver scrip to investors after 48 boars\u2019 notice, and payment in full.Boots and Shoes.Leslie\u2019s Popular Monthly, Harper » Monlbly, Centcry, Scribner, 4c.( Ac.200: intew\" i>j ov r-x^s :2oo The boot and shoe market remains about the same a - last week, and manufacturers are busy with orders now on band.The number of buyers are on the incr ase, and thev are p aomg s-ime additional - rd?rs.The volume of trace has steadily increased since the first of the vear, a* will be reen by the shipments.^ Mad orders continue t * be received from the Southern and Mid tie districts to a considerable extern.The seven wea her West has a grea deal to de with the present trade, no doubt interfering with it to a certain extent.Tins, however, will be only a temporary ob*truction, and will no doubt, end in an increase of orders from those districts All factories are busily engaged ou first orders for spring delivery, and they will look for duplicate orders during the next month.In women\u2019s grain goods the order* are liberal, and work is being pushed in order to keep up with hurry orders.Women\u2019s fine lines are having a go* d call and there is a fine showing of order*.Lynn ! aod Haverhill factories are being pushed for the early delivery calle t for.The general condition of the whole trade is good and dealers are meeting their bills with reasonable promptness.The New England jobbers ace having a good trade in aizing-up orders.Rubber boots and shoes are active for sorting up orders.The factories have abmt finishel uu their orders and will now turn to lawn tennis aud other livbt line*.The advance for next season\u2019* lines will be firmly held by tie factories.-B< stwn New York Pashi n Baz *r, Yount* LaditV Journal, Brace n.Harpers Bazar.T.J.MOORE A( o., Y.M.O.A.BUILDING.January 19 18*8.\t»pl20 SContreal Stock Market\u2014January 21.First [Board rtink M- utreal.2184 to 2181; sales, 1U0 shares at 218$ ; 75 shares at 2184 ; 125 shares at 218j.Ont «ru- Bank, 115 to 110.«an \\vi' du I eup o, 104 to 102.M leon\u2019aJL'ank.140 to 133.*' »r>l- of T-:r*-.n\u2018 o, 197 to 190.Merchant\u2019s Bank, 123 to 122 ; sales, 2 shares at 1221.Union Bank, 95 to 89jf.H-»:k ef \u2022\u2019f-mnie-ee, 112 t,> 111.Federal Bank, 88 to 80.Id uteal T«tegiai>b Company.93 to 92.Nirih-Vs\u2019^at Land Company, 6)s to 57s Gd.Richolien and Untarii» N'avi&atiou Company, 39J to 39J ; sales, 125 shares at 394.* City Passenger Railway Coin pan v.230 to 2$).Montreal Ga* Company, 212 to 211 ; sales, 250 shares at 211J.Canada Pacitii- Railway, 61^ to 60/.Notices of Zt'rtLB, Moirlacce, and Deaths 50 cents.No «eoppt.-un will bo made to this rule.HI AMI f AGE.On tho 21st instant, at the Cathedra1., bv the Lord Bishop of (Quebec, as-isted by the Roid.H.J.Petrr, B.A., Henry Baring, third son of the late Robert Hare P.wel, E q., ot Philsdel* phia, U.S.to Edith Ehzab th.eldest daughter of K.H.Smith, E*q., of this city.DEATH.Ye-teiday, at her residence, Mrs.Elizabeth Allaire, wife of Mr.Francois AIU re, and mother of Mr.L.N.Al aire, of this ci'y.X3T Notice of funeral in cur next Lsue.834\t84\t834\t84 77S\t784\tni\tTbi 464\t4611\t40*\t46jj 108)1\tL082\t108)\t108* 3\u2018ri\t374\t362\t371 39i\t394\t39\t39 404\t41\twd0r newer ranee.A marvel of p if tv, tren-rth and wholeeomenpes.More \u2022 - momie» than the ordinary kinds, and cannot o sold in comoetition with the mnltitoce of lo v test, short weight alum or phosphate ponders.Soid only in cam.Rotal Bakiho Iotvdto Co., 106, Wall St., N.Y.if -roh 4.\\n*!.\tI»no The Century Magazine.w Love\u2019s Calei-lar A young >etr\u2019s freshcess u.the nir.A apriug-Ude color to the wood ; The flowers in spring-time meet are fa:r And li'e in spring-time m< st !¦?good ; For why Î\u20141 will not let you hear Until the summer is a ce .r.A summer aM of burn ng 1 ghts With crm.soi rose», |>a-sion red, An l ran ml g t for t*'e n t whi\u2019eirg'ts, And j isnrm- fl wee., swret, dew f.d ; Wl y h is ¦ a h ro e a ('oobîe stent ?Yo i m»y divine whin t i< »pent.Au'u-i n w th shi ni yellow sheaves And g.r.ieryed'he rude fare so h!-a:ti y otF-red, tl e b'lded p rk and ranerkriiu*.and the delicious bread baked on the ralt for which the voyageur cooks are so fatn< us.\u2019lo which Lilly Macdonald, who has just cornu up.adds, \u201cYts, dear, all but the saueikr .uf.\u2019\u2019 \u2019ITH THE NOVEMBER, 1**7.IS*UE Tue Cbntcbï co nm-mces its thirty-fifth v- l ime with » regular circulation of almost S 0,000.I he War Papers an 1 the Life o\u2018 Lin-c la increase! its monthly edition by 100,000, 1 '.e Utter history having rscounted (.he events of Lincoln\u2019s eaily years, and siven the neejs-sry survey of tho po itical condition of the » untrv, reaches a new period, with which bis se.retarei we-e roost iat mitely acquainted Under the caption Lincoln in the War, the writers now enter on the more important pirt of thsir na-raiiv*, viz.: the eady yeirs of he War and President Line >ln's pare there Ln^ ISuppIementary War Papers, fo\u2019lowiag tha \u2018 bittle spies\u2019' by discinmished generals, wul de*criue interesting features of » my He, tunnelm* from Libby Prison, narra tives of pe-sontl alve-jturo.etc.Gen -ral Sher it-aa will write «u \u201c.The Grand Strategy of the War.j Kuman on Siberia- Except the Life of Lin-oln and the War A tide1, no mire important series h *s ever been undertaken by Thü CZSTURT th »n thu of Mr.Kennm\u2019s.With the pre - ious preparaion ot four > ears\u2019 travel aa^l study in Russia an Sioena.the author uaderto k a j mraey of Lv C00 miles f r he special investigation here r quired.An introduction from the Russian liia ster ol the In'.eror adtnit ed him to the principal nine* and pris ns, whore he be jame ».quaint id with tome three hundred ï>t»'0 \u2022xies.\u2014Liner ala.Nihilists, and other?,\u2014and lue s ries wdl bo s it .rtlin«' as well a* accurate ¦cveUt on of the exile sy-teai.The many illus-trati ins by the art,et an l uD ito^rapher, Mr.Ce-irge A.Frost who accompanied the author wil add greatly to the value of the articles.A >ovel by Eggleston with illustrations will run through the year.S lortt a >ve s will foil w by Cab a and Stock t >n.Shorter he: iom will aype r every month Wiscellaueous Features rriL cimprise several illmtrated art e ei on Ira-i nd by C i \u2018re.» !)?K»y ; papers touching »he f.Id of the Sunday-rJchool Less-'in.ill str^ted b/ E.L.Wi son ; will Wi.tern life, ty Theo-d re Rco-sevelt ; the English Cathedrals, by l ici.wn Rensselair, wuh ilm trations by I\u2019inoell ; Dr Buck lev\u2019s valuable pipers on jlre^ms.3.ir tuaiism.and (Clairvoyance ; essays in cr ticism.art, trave and biography ; poem cartoons ; etc.By a tpedü o(fer the numbers for the past y ar icootaioing *ne Liueola hUt >ry) may be locucol with the year\u2019s subscription rom November, lfi'7.twenty-four issue» m al, for $i.0i.or, wit i he last year\u2019s numbers hand tomely bound, ^7.-*0.Tublisbed by! THE CENTURY COo 33 East 17th Straet, New York.No mbar 25 1R*7 Sir John at Earnsclifle.THE HOME AND SURROUNDINGS OF THE CANADIAN PREMIER.(Frcm the London World's Series of Celebrities at Home.) Where the cliffs rHe up abruptly and overhang the river, ues bug in a grove o?atunted pine, hangs E.rusvl ffe, such a \u201ch'me on a mil * nooe»t R brrt Burton would have deemed suitable for a \u201cnobleman\u201d of hie own day.Ti uly favored the spot, perhaps the meat favored of the many lovely hahing-p\u2019aces around the capital, to one a1, l-aat who loves tte tugged beauty of the Canadian for>st, whos^ dark-green fringe spreads bey.n i the silvers » eep of the water at th) foot of the c iff, and is sw .llowed up in toe purple haze t:.at ever hangs like a vc 1 over the Hull nnuotains beyond, till it dissolves at eveni .g into the melting pink and yellow and purple of tha: Canadian sucset glory whose tender brilliance n > pan can describe.The hou e itself is of grey st'rie, its outlines broken and vari-d by poetic gable and hospitable arch.Tr.equiet peacetumebs which surrounds it seems to hai irv oisebetter wi h Sir John Mac docal t\u2019s book-loving tas'es that the fashionable buatie of \u201c3 indy Hi 1.\u201d the Mayfair of O tswa.where stands the homo presented to him by his admirers and friends.Perhaps it was for this very reason that tne noise of tne city was exchanged for these quiet sodtudes, a goodly tramp\u2014for Canadians are by no means enthu-ia-t c walkers\u2014from the surrounding dwellings in the neighborhood.With nut a bnvf delay, we were shown into toe welt-furmshed library where the Prime Minister or Canada spends his leisure time AMONGST HIS WELL-LOVED BOOKS.As ho rises to greet us we are struck with the resemblance to the lata Lord Beaconsfield which has struck so many before.A remarkable man truly, and for nothing more, perhaps, tnan for that wonderful gift of accoin modatiug hi nacif to his company cr his po«i-ti id, which ne siems to have caught, with his teatures, Irom our own great statesman.Full of work as he always is\u2014lot with him, at lea t, no office can be a sinecure \u2014he h never-heless always rea ly fi r a few minutes\u2019 gos-s,p upon co upiratively unimp irtaut topics, tie rcceivts u- wnh old-fashiom-d courtesy, for Infants and Children.\u201cCastor 1» ^ go well adapted to children that l recommend it as superior to an jr prescription known to me.\u201d IL A.Aaciren, M.D., Ill So.Oxford St., Brooklyn, N.Y.Novembe- 4, 18*7 pipe of the yet unpractis\u2019d fong-thrusn.And in the sweet suofli neef nappy Aprd days his voice chimes in like the lilt of a swinging chorus, when, with music from a hundred throats, The quivering air thrills everywhere.One rippling sea of song.London Daily News.Literary Notices.LUE AND LA IK R.On the lines employed with such ccnep'-cuous success in \u201cSelf Help\u201d and \u201cChiracter,\u2019 Dr.Samuel Smiles presents the public with an.thcr admirable book, entitled \u201cLife and Labur.\" Like all of this notable writer\u2019s When Woods are Bare.In these dull days the wo dlands wear thi ir least attractive drcis.The brown and faded tu-sels linger late upon tbe larchts ; a few fi-ry sprays of bramble cling abcut the tangled thickets ; festoons of bryoi y, shorn if their dark foliage, wander here und them an oog the bushts, and hang their chains of rubies in the wintry sun.But the red tresses of the beech lie thick on all the slopes with the glow of a rich sunset ; the last Laves of the oak have fl ated gently down in drops of golden rain ; the spoils of elm and sycimore, loosened by the frost and scattered by the storm, are spread over the earth like the pall of some barbaric chieftain Among the leaf le-s tr< es the children of the forest, who all the summer long found a safe asylum in the greenwi od, whose very presence was hardly noticed in the quiet auiumndays, now make th> mselves plain enough to the least observant of wayfarers.There is a stir of wings in all the tree-tops.The thickets are haunted by troops of eag ir and industrious foragers.On the ground >s the rustle of innumerable tiny feet turning over in quest of insects the bmwn and yellow leaves.One of the plainest to he seen of all the company is the jay.In the spring-time ho is shy and qui t, mding himself far aloof in the green depths of c'pse or underwood, or ameng the shadows of an unfrequented orchard.His voice is rarely heard.He flits silently away at the approach of danger, aod his bright wings are seldom seen beyond the limits of his ?over.In the late summer, when household cares are over, he and his family leave 'he the shelter of the woods and j in the clans in their raids upon the ripening grain.In the winttr these parties are by voice and dress qni(e a fea ure of the wood.The white tail-coverts of the jay and the dark p'umage of his wings and tail make him a strinking object even at a distance as he flits in his lively way from tree to Lee.Seen near at hand, the colours of his gay attire proclaim him what he is, one of the most beautiful of our native birds.There is no idea now of vanishing in silence.One of the party, suspickus of danger, sounds a note of alarm.The harsh s :ream is taken up by each in turn until the whole glade is in a tumult.Then the noisy crew retire dtepi r into their sylvan haunt through the thi-ik undergrowth of ash saplings which rise like a mist among the trees Les-frequently mtic d, because less com-men and much soyer and quieter tnan the jay, our three resident woodpeckers are much more eaeily seen now among the leafl ss t branches.Tne lesser spotted\t»» I ftad di(l not give up in despair h ip* not so rare as it is often thought to be., mj have d*ine /neo tll0 ,a ,j Gould even said that it might be tuund in al- '\t^ most any large group of eims But from its h-aOit of frequenting the topmost boughs it is probably often passed by unnoticed.The green woodpecker, although a recognised woodlander, is more partial to scattered t'm-b r than to the deptos of the forest.His home lies rather among the grey wilderness of ICastorfa cures Colie.Constipai ion, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, KilLs Worms, gives sleep, and promolee digestion.Without injurious medicatio\u2019-.Tms Ccntai'h Co*paw, 77 Murray Street, N.Y.m V.f ft W Rackvd bt IN'CMXRABL* Pangs, restless by , day, s'e -; 1 :s* -*1 night, nr nu uurelre^hed in the nu'n mg, without appetite, and pr-ter d by varying and p.erplexing symptoms, tho dyspep-| tic takes indeed a gl -omv view o\u2018 huu an existence.For him the zest of liio seems gone.Heartburn, oopre-sit.n at th :-itof the 'tomach, and lhe attendant unnoy 'i'c ¦\u2022 ¦>: c ndip.tn n and bid UHn''s¦\u2022, coj\u2018v ion to render hun utter\u2019y | wretched.But them L, if he will but take \u2022advautege of it, a reliable source of r* iof fron all thi* mis\u2019ry.NoBTHrop ft Lymsn\u2019s Vegetable r.\u2019iscovknY ami Dyspkptio Crue is, as its name imivrts, n b tauic prepa'ftl ion, re from mineral pdaon.and an all soffident rem edy for ind'gesticn in its ;no-t o.stinftte form.It not on onrichr-s the bl m i by enabling th diyostive oigaos to convert the food received into nutriment, hut deonrnî» it by incraasing the action of the bowels r.nd ki o.' s, the natural outlets for its impurities.But while it but never forces, Na*uro, invig rating as well purifying and regulating the system.It work, the new kook appeals to our best sym- i relaxes the bowels, it never dors no violently pathies, and throws a flood of light on the and with pain, like a drastic cathartic.It aids, smuggles and triumphs of mankind in its varied relations to progress and activity.Dr Smiles inga aller In this volume we have him at his best, for heathy bile into the natural channel, brides though most of the early chapters were pre- exiling it from the circulation.Expérience pared many years ago.the work as a whole, has proved that this *tandpular writers ; and i'listr-sted ovprrso sf-e \u2022 a ar is ic and literary finest Tne K u-ori l Dspa-tme its are c n-dacted by Georgs Will'aM Ccrtis.William DBANidOWBLLS.ailOHAaLES DfoLBY WARNER HARPER\u2019S PERIODICALS TTosax* ¦ HARPER\u2019S MAGAZINE.4\t00 UARPER\u20193 WEEKLY.4\t00 HARPER'S BAZAR.\t 4\t00 HARPER S YOUNG PEOPLE.3\t00 » Postage Free to all tubseribert in Ou United Mates, Canada s own tnikieg.Nevertheless, no lung was more certsia than that he would su ceed.From thedaywnen, as a young Dwyer, he defended the American sympathiser.General Von Snnlrz, wno was aigediu rp to of him in 1839, he was a ma k-d mania his profts*ion, and a Montreal piper of teat date predidted for him a arctr wi ich he has more than fulfilled ioc?.Elected for Kiogit m in 1844, be has deutifie i hiinadf ever since with the|>iliti-cal giowch of the couoiry he has Cone so mu-h t > ra\u2019se from a group of insignificant colonie* to her present position amoug na-t on*, and for twenty-nine years has led the Conservativs-pirty.and, with but a brief interval, the Csoadian House of Commons itself.Although a Conservative, the three measures by wr ich posterity will judge h s mministration are measure* of progress, and, in a sense, of reform, embodying as they do the three great principles of religious liberty, land retorm and the unity of the Empire.The secularisation of the clergy reserves involved the dieestab-ishment of a Cnurcfi which had no excuse for existence a* a State Church, and at the same time pa: au end to countless complications as tithe intention of the gran's, which the lioera! p inc.ple of commutation of existing rights might have proved a valuable precedent in tne ca*e of the Irish Church, aod may yet help to a solution of our own Establishment difficulties.Tne ab dition of tne seign > rial te-u e relieved Canada of an incubus w i se tnan any In land has ever borne, while the construction of tne Ccnadiaa Pacific Rail way is an achievement of which any states man might be proud, most of all one with sir John\u2019s own views cpon imperial FEDERATION.These he gives us freely as he talks.He believes that the fu ure of the whole Empire wi l te a great Federation of the Colonies with the Moth r Country, aod a speech of bis io 1861 w.ll give his views more clearly than tne mere recollection of passing fragments of ootivariation.\u201cI hope that for ages, for ever, Canada may be united to the Mother Country .\t.\t.There will thus be formed an im- mense conf-Mltratim of freemen, the greatest coi.federation of civilised and intelligent men tnat has ever had an existence on the face of tne globe.\u201d As a speaker, Sir John Macdonald is extremely effective, although, or perhaps be cause, h:s oratory is apparently quite unstu died.But if the rolling peiiods an! de-dam atory phra*es are conspicuous by their ub seoce, it is bt cause the matter ol his speech is to him all-important.He sees clearly, and expresses what be sees io plxin, straight f.rward language, the clearer, perhaps, be cause of it* occasional absence of rhetorical finish.Bu-, even so.upon great subject?Wien the future dei'inus of the Province, the future glories of the Empire warm his blood the Canadian Premier rises to sometning wh ch, if not absolute eh quer ce, is as con vine mg, and perhaps mi re effective.At such times his influence ever an audience ie CNEQCALLKD CERTAINLY IN UI3 OWN COUNTRY and hardly mr passed by the great speakers of curs.Iu fact, ihe secret of the immense hold which he poss sue* over the aff étions of the people, as well as the fascination which hr society has for even thecisual visitor, lies not only io the intense personality which is one of his charms, but in the conviction, which is borne out by a study of his career, that he is in earnest iu all he does, and that th s esrnest-res* is direced, not towards individual aggrandis.men', but *o furth- r the best ii ter eats of hi* < ountiy.Twenty years ago a Par liacneotaiy writtr *pfcke (*f the union and ad vancemeot of the Province being due to \u201cw.iat may read like paradox, his enlighterl pnnci pl-s or Con-ervative progress,\u201d aod the de velopment of these principles has gone on steadily ever since.When we rise to go, Sir John accompanies us across ih«* lawn and points out the quiet charms of the situation.\u201cYou»*», below ns here the stream is quite clear.A little further b'oad-leaved chestnuts of the solitary copse.On the shoulder of the hill up yonder is a clump of feathery larches, among whose green spring shadows the shy ringdove weaves her c v-rless nest.Farther on along the bill-s de rhe the rugged outlines of the grey limestone rampart», in whose re-c s ei rockdoves breed, and among whose ancient yew trees the bold kestrel mukes her home.High up in the west, their groat wings d»rk against the saffiun of the wintry sky, a pa'ty ot herons drift slowly out to fish among the moorland ditches.All at once, from ths dim shadows of the wood yonder, where brown waves of bracken clu*t-\u2018r round tie roots of stalwart beeches, and bright fungi hang like colourol lamps about tho moes grown tree stumps, comes the cry of a woodpecker.The next moment he sweeps down from hia cover to the tall sycamore that stands like an outprst on the edge of the wood.Scattered gleams of sunlight flicker on the golden stem as the branches sway gently m tne wind, As a sylph o' the air had traced thorn there, And then dashed them away with her wing.Tho bird alights half-way up the tree, his figure nharply outlined on the rare December blue.Clinging with powerful claws to the trunk and supporting himself with the stiff featnera of his tail, he peers into the chinks in search of injects ; or, swaying his whole bîdy to add força to the blow, he splits away the bark wi:h h;s strong beak, or digs deeper into the soft wood where it is beginning to decay.The sunshine glows on the gold and green of his forester\u2019s livery, and touches with an added fire the vivid crimson of his crest.Now he looks up to answer the hail of some brother of the craft, And his jovial shout peals gaily oat, Like a stave of a drinking song.There is a stir of .footsteps on the leaves.He stops his work and waits as still as if carved-in wood.A dead stick snap* under an unwary footUep.Iu a moment the bird glides behind the trunk, and climbing higher up watches from behind a branen the movements of the intruder.The steps draw nearer.The w odp cker sweeps silently away from the other side of the tree, skirts the long, tangled hedgerow, and shows for a moment like a ,e» n of «old ere he vanishes »moog the grey shadows of his favounts orchard.There is a hole in the stem of the old pjllard ash in the hedge y nier that may have been h>s nest.Many birds make their homes in holes in créés ; but the green woodpeukcr cuts his out for himself, generally in the very heart of a livi-.g t C).He doe», it is tru-*, make plenty of snullow, irregular cuttings in rotten wood n Heart h of the grubs and beetles that burrow iu the soft material ; but the excavation intended for a residence is cut round and true at the opening, and sometime* descends two Let into the solid timber.Nest, in the ordinary sense, there is none.The exquisite ivory eggs are laid on a bed of chips at ths bottom of tne hole.Exceptionally powerful muscles are provided tor the beak which has such work to do, and it has been observed that when the woodpecker strikes a blow us eyelids close at the same moment.This curious sympathetio action, which seemed to have escaped the notice of writers on ornithology, is evidently to pro tect the eyes from lying chips.The bird is extremely shy ; it is not easy to wa*ch the i peratioo of nest making.It would be in tcresting to clear up the vexed question whether the chips are or are not removed from ths ground under the hole so as to avoid discovery.Prof* s*or Newton states that hs lias never known it done ; but many occupied nests have been found from which all traces of the wi rk had, from some came or other, disappeared.The birds, in such cases, may have been prompted by painful experience or f-indy'radit on.Few birds use their nests for »ht Iter after the young have flown ; but woodpeckers appear to sleep in their holes as a regular thing, and in some instances they return to tne same tree to breed ye*r after y ar.One ea»e i* on record in which a pair oi these birds, or tneir descendants, tenanted the same hole for thirty year* in succession A no1 her hole builder, bat in a different style, is the nut hatch.He select* a hollow ie*dy-inado, and it the entrance is too large for his fancy he reduces its sizt by plastering it up with mud.Not, however, like thehoru hill Mr.Wallace writes of, who imprisons his mate in her nest with a rampart of mud feeding her indeed, but keeping her thus in custody until her one chick is safely fledged What experiences of heartless desertion tnere must have been to have brought matters to such a pass as this ! Tho nut-natch is even mere of an acrobat than the woodpecker, for he seems to run down a tree with greater ease that up it ; and when he alights on a branch at some height above his nest he positively appears to trickle into his hole.Hs is pretty bird, both in his drers and manners and when in the winter, emboldened by the scarcity of foid, he even joins the spar ro*s who fl xk round the door for crumbs\u2014not uufrequ-ntly driving all other birds away\u2014or, clinging in graceful atM tudes to the dark fol age, he plunders the yew-tieeof its brilliant fruit, hie charming « ay?render him an ever-welcome visitor.But < f all the dwellers in the wood by far the most numerous and most easily ssen are the titmice.A party of long-tailed tRs, as m>ny a* thirty strong, fly from bush to bush across t >e underwood.Their skirmishers search among the few last leaves that linger in the tree-tops ; they investigate every crevice of the rustling ground.They keep up a continual chatter as they go ; their fluffy little round bodies and strangely long tails singling them out plainly enough from the rest of the buey company.They are everywhere at once.The wood is alive with them.And all tho while there swing from swaying boughs or rockiug pine.tops the other members of the clan\u2014the greit tit, with his bold and brilliant colouring ; the blue tit, with hia smait blue bonnet ; the marsh tit, and the coal tit, with their neat aud quiet tints.They are a merry crew, gifted with blithe and musical voices.And among them all the great lit, in particular, is the lyric toet of the spring.In the early days of January his clear sonorous call rises above the shrill treble of the robin, ao a n p iru-r of ore ot the d dly pipers was sent ' to interview a laay who had chanced to wit-i-es* the affair f o n hcr p ireh.Tne reporter found hires icmely rericent about the affdr.He had s.eii retie nt ladLa be ore, however, as some tneo might have , no i ersnn ebsll be entitled to vote fer Alde'inen and C mncillors at theGene.-al Municipal Klectisns which will take pi ice in the month of April next, or at any special election frcm the first day of April next to the first day < f April, 18S9, who shall ' nut have paid bis A-eessments f >r tbs current ' fiscal year, and a'rei rs of taxes other than water r-tes, before nx of tha clock in tho afternoon of tbc Twentieth day of January, 1888.By order, L.A.CANNON, City Clerk, December 9,1887.CORPORATION OF QUEBEC.CITY TREASURER'S OFFICE, Quebec, 2n i November, 1887.YQTJJFL N1 OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT unless the Taxes for tha current year are paid without delay, the accounts will be banded over to the Recorder\u2019s Court fer colli ction.j All the accounts due for sidewalks will also ; be hauded to the Recorder\u2019s Court if not paid {immediately.By order, C.J.L.LAFRANCE, City Treasurer.November 3, 1*87.Children Cry for Pitcher\u2019s Castoria.Till* B»T Practical Art fczine Business Maxims.No man is wise or just to himself who undertake* to do busines* without availing himself of the advantages of advertising.The press i* daily more and more becoming a nece-sity, and it* usefulness as an advertising medium is as constantly increasing.To be out of the newspapers, where everybody axeks for information on every subject, is to be forgotten.Continual, persevering advertising, if the subject be adap c l to the wants of the public, is sure to be sum eseful.If you want to do business you must tril the people what you have to sell, and ketp telling them.When yon can t*ll hundreds of thousands of people at the same time and invite them to ca I, what is the usi of trusting to the chance cails of a few hundreds ?A man who attempts to advertise without knowing about the newspapers best suited for his purpose is sure to waste his money.GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.City dor lx.\u2019» OtGoo.OITy H-A-LL, QUEBEC, 26th Sept, 1887.PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all persons having Tree* on the pub lie Streets olv-tructing the light from Electric, Ga* or Oil Lampe, are hereby requested to remove all such obstructions, also to take down or displace all Sign Boards or other objects interfering in any manner whatever with the proper lighting of the City Streets, otherwise legal treasures will be adopted against all such liereons to compel them to comply with the provision* of ths law in that lespect.By order, L.A.CANNON.It saves much labor for busy people who : September 27 1887.have no time to go over the various reviews and :-* \u2014\u2014-\u2014 '- m igaziues, but who still wish to kesp them- Olty ZEdxxdxxoox*\u2019» Ofitloe.«elves well informed upon the questions ot the , day.\u2019 \u2014 The Advance, Chicago.ROYAL IM IAHCE COMPUf FIRE AND LIFE.CAPITAL, £2,000,000 Stg And Immense Reserve Funds.Absolute Securit; 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tbo quantity uf water to be paid foi being invariably basod ol.tbo dications of a metor put in for the very purpose o recording tho exact quantity used, and so pu in by ana at the expense of the Corporation, and on which the party for whom it so pu it, or on whose premises it is foun to be charged at the rats of 10 p.c.per annum of be cost of said hydrometer or rental thereon aud to keen the same in repair ; or the said 1C% may be collect able every six or every throe months or quarter ly, that ie in two ori our payments o install \u2022 ments, as the Oornorrttion may decide.OHS BAILLAIRGE, City & W VV, Engineer.April24, 1886.For 810.'0 Thb Living Agb and any one of the American $1 Monthlies*(or Uarper's Weekly XO Dealer or Bazar) will be sent for o year, postpaid ; or, for $9.50 Tua Living Agb and the St.Nicholas or Scribner's Magazine.Address, LITTELu & CO., Boston.December 5.18*7- JNT O \u2018J X O XJ .Batcan in Firewood Sien and Others.UNDERSIGNED DRAWS 1888.THE UNDERSIGNED DRAWS THE attention ot interested parties to the ol lowing By-Law passed by the City Council the 5tb March last :\u2014 1.That after the passing of the present By Law, all cord-wood, sold in the City of Quebec, shall .sold by the cord, half-cord, third or quarter ci a cord.LJ -, V» f-v\t\\A/\tUK/ i 2.Tha the standard c>rd of ifiie wood shall ilSLC IJ & V b VV GG FV î y.be eight feet iu length, four foal in height and three feet or two .uid CLrt C feet in depth, Wellington, Emery 4 Black I^ad jvlii.3, :ondon Christinas Pantomimes\u201d ( Alite in Wonderland, etc.) ; John Burroughs will write \u201c.Meadow and Woodland Talks with Young Foht.\u201d etc., etc.Mrs.Burnatt\u2019a short serial will be, the editor savs, a worthy successor to her famous \u201cLittle Lord Fauntleroy,\" which appeared in St.Nicholas.Why not try St.Nicholas this year for the young people in the house ?Begin with the November number.Send us $3.00, or subscribe through booksellers and newsdealers.THE CENTURY CO., 33 East 17th Street, New York November 25, 1887 fillXETTS powdered THE UNDERSIGNED GIVES NOTICE that be will strictly cause to be executed the f'rilov ing provision!» of the By-Law passed by th° Corporation cf the City * f Quebec on the 16-.h April, 1*66, intituled \u201cA By Law for preventing accident by nrt \u201d :\u2014 6tb.No person will have, keep, sell, or fabricate.in it : raw or refiued state, in any building or place in the said city, anv petroleum, earth, or rock ( il, benzole, napt-he.kerosene or com oil or ocher combustible fluid, of wbat nature or kind s- ever, in any quantity exceeding five barrels a.most, and on condition that snob quantity be contained or deposited in iron tanks well closed, or in isolated stores or buildings well ventilated and expressly adapted for that purpose by means of elevated\tor otherwise., so as to effectually prevent these articles from overflowing or escaping from th places wfierein they are kept or stored.6th.No person shall fabricate or store any of the articles mention1 l in the preceding section in any wooden budding, or wooden building cio-ed with brick, o\tbuilding covered with shin Jes or otbet ./ ,od, within the limita of the said city, unless the said articles be kept in iron b xes or tanks well closed, or 7.b, No person shall fabricate or store any ot the articl-s mentioned in the above fifth section in any quantity exceeding that mentioned in the said section, in any bnildin\tdistance of at leas - onu hundred feet of an other building, and aniens it be separated from other I buildings by a stone or brick wall of bj eu than ten feet high by at least twelve inches ick.8th.It will not be necessn./ .hat the said building he surrounded by a wall, as t is mentioned in the next preceding section, is such building '*e at a distance of more than three hundred feet from any other building ; but none of (be he ein above enumerated article* will in such case * be kept or stored in any other part of such L lilding than the ground floor thereof, ard in no other higher story thereof ; and there must be no means of communication from tb« said buil .ing to any other building or store by means of a canal or sewer of any description whatever.9th.A ay person desiring to keep, store fabricate any of the articles mentioned in the said fifth section in a larger quantity than five barrels n u t give notice thereof >n writing to the Fire Committ?e ; designatin in the said notice th^ building or place wherein be desire* to keep, : tore, sell or fabricate the said articles, and tne manner be intends doing so.The officer appointe aforesaid, shall visit and examine\tand will report in wr ing to the Fire Committee if the places are out conformably to the provisions of the present by-law.On this report, the said Committee shall grant or refuse the permission asked for, according as it may see fit ; bnt such permis ¦ion will nave to be approved by the said City ouncil And the laid officer for such visit examine tion and report, will bave a right to exact and receive for the said Corporation the sum herein after fixed.Such permission, and that mentioned in the above-mentioned section, shall remain in force from the day that it will have been grantea by the Council until the first day of May following, and will be annually renewed on pa .ment of $10 to the said City Clerk * who will sign the said permission.10th.The otficer appointed as aforesaid by the said CouncU, besides the duties already prescribed to him by this by-law, will make, from lime to tin e, a visit and examination of the place* wherein any of the articles mentioned in tho fifth section of the present by-law will be kept, stored, sold or fabricated, to assure himself of tbe eiecntion of the foregoing provisions, and he will prosecute, without delay, ar.y offender against any one of tbe said provision*, 11th.Any person who shall refuse admission to the said officer, or to any person appointed by the si id Council, into a heese, building, oi place wherein any of tbe articles mentioned in the afon said fifth section, or oppose, or resist his maki .g the visit and examination in any of the cases wherein such visit and examination are prescribed by tbe present by-law or shall use abosn-e language to him, or shall wosanlt or ¦trike him, wul incur, on conviction, a penalty not excei ding twenty dollars.PHILII'PE DORVAL, Chief of ths Fire Brigade and Fire Inspector.Oitt Hall, ) Fire Ins; ector\u2019s Office, > Quebec, 4th Dec., 1886.j December 8, 1886, oonjF*om^a.TioiNr.CENTRAL rZRR STATION OITY HALL, Quebec 8th Dec., I PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tha.when it becomes necessary to turn off tbe water in certain localities, for mprove-mente or repairs, a Bell will be rung in th» said Streets, some hours previously, to notify tbe oocui xnts to take he necessary precaution according ly.PHILIPPE DORVAL, Chief Fire Dept.December 29,1886, 99 PERCENT »URE8T, STRONGEST, BEST.Ready for um* in any quantity.For making Soap, Softening Water, Disin-feoting.and a hundred other uses, A can equals 20 pounds Sal Soda, Sold by all Grocers and Druggists, Z.W.GILLETT.TORONTO.O tnb 21 18871 Royal Military College OF CANADA Kingston, Ontario.fllHE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE IS X esta dished for tbe purpose of imparting a complete education in all branches of t tary tactics, fortification engineering anu general crientitic knowledge in subjects connected with, and necessary to a thorough knowledga of tbe military profession, andfoi qualiiyini; officers for command and for appointn ents._ (a) In iddition, the course of instruction such as to afford » thorough practical scieqt fic and eonnd training in all department which ars essential to a high and genera modern einoation.H(b) Tbc Civil Engineering Coarse om plete and thorough in all branches.(c) The obligatory oonrsc of surveying such as is required for tbe profession Dominioi.Land Surveyor ; the volantar course of surveying is that which is reqair for Dominion Topographical Surveyors.Metric latiou Examination takes place June each year.Candidates must be ov fifteen and under eighteen years of age preceding 1st of J anuary.Length of College Coarse, ocr years.Font c immissions in tbe Imperial Regu Army are awarded to graduates annually, Board aud Instruction $100 for each consisting of ten months\u2019 r sidenoe.For particulars apply to the Adjuta General of Militia, Ottawa,\t\u2022 \u2022 \\ Deoembe 1886.Lm Printed and Published by JOHN FOOTE, Editor and Proprietor, »t Steam Printing Works, Mountain Hll Subscript ion :\u2014DAILY, $6.00 per WEEKLY, $2.00 in advanc AhVKUTIHKMKNTS Ten Cents per Line first insertion' Five Cents for each subsequent Ten Cents per Line for each insertio-Special Notice Column or over Edi.t Advertisements requiring alternate tlous, -inch as twice or three times week Eight Cents pe Line*/ "]