Quebec morning chronicle, 25 janvier 1898, mardi 25 janvier 1898

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UÜEBEC.TUESDAY, JANUARY r>r».1898.(ONE CENT PER COPY,) NO.18,890.'ll OFFERS UNQUESTION ABLY THE BEST, CHEAPEST & MOST Comfortable Rout©* to the Klondike and Yukon Gold Fields.Steamers will sail from VANCOUVER-Jany.24th, Febf.7th, 16th, 21st, 2ir1.March 2nd, itb, 9.b, 16.h, 21st, 23rd, Wth.VICTORIA\u2014.Tany- 2°th, Mri Slth Febv.4th.6th, 9th, loth, 19th, 20th, 22nd, 24th.March 1st, 6th.4th, 11 ch, 15th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 2oth, 29th.A*k for copy of Canadian Pacific _ GtOXjX) IF OXaXDE^ confainin(?moefc complete information as to routes, rates, etc\t_______ $300 AROHAD CAPE HORV.Spec al Rxcnrroplçp P.M.2.00 Express from Sherbrooke f the lushest «taailty and Parity Made by the latest Proce ucs, and veire«f and Best Machinery, not surpaued anywhere.LUMP SUGAR, In 50 and 100 lb boxes.\u201cGROWN\u201d Granulated.jr-ctal Brand, the flneat tuat c*n ue mode.J&TRA GRANULATED.V ,r/ Superior Quality.0R34M sUGARi.(Not dried k YHLLO V SUGARo.Of all Gradea and Skaadarvi*.SYRUPS.U( a 1 Grades tn Barrel* an< Hal Barrels.SOLE MAKERS Of high class a n:ps, in tins 2 lbs.and 8 lbs MaichV, 189 BISHOP\u2019S COLLEGE, LEMQXVILLE.Lectures in both Facultiea resumed SEPTEMBER 16th, 1897, at 94 A.M.Matriculation Examinations begin MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th, at 9* A.M.Reid Scholarship and a Free Tuition a'va7dçÿ under certain oouuituaa.Calendar* and full information :n application to Rev.CANJN ADAMS, D.C L., Principal; or F.W.FRITH, Esq , B.A., Bur»*r.bishop s college school.H.J.HAMILTON PETR Y.E-q, M.A.\u2018\tEPTE3 W oik resumed SE ;mber Head Master.Ibth, 1897.\t^\tL \u201e For Ngw iLLUaTRATen Cale.ndaks with full infoimation, apply to the HEAD MASTER, \u2022 or SECRETA K Y.B.C.S.Lennox ville.Jul 24\u2019189 Epps\u2019s Cocoa, ENGLISH BREAKFAST COCOA Possesses the Following Distinctive Merits : DELICACY OF FLAVOR* SUPERIORITY in QUALITY Grateful and Comforting to the NERVOUS or DYSPEPTIO NUTRITIVE QUALITIES UNRIVALLED.In Qnarler-Pound Tins WnlT-Prepared JAMES EPPS ft Co., Ltd., Homceo pathlc Chamlats London England.October 5, 1897._tu.th.sq-.&w-Em The Society of Arts OF CANADA.CAPITA lu t»:RI2Œ: A COLLECTION WORTH $2,000 AT THE DRAWING OF Hilt AUGUST, the capital I rir.e, value $2,00i-, wan won by Mr.Napoleon Noimand, of Thiee Rivers.Atthe'saniediawing,Mr.N.Girard, butcher, 2Ô7 Champlain, Moi tr* al, won a nrize worth 8l2i*.Mr.L.Ross Kabold, 1825 Notre Daiho a prize worth 850, an with the superficial product of circles, no circles to exceed the diameter of said surface as cube, also not leaving the very smallest fraction to be divided.\u201cThis is clear enough, I presume,\u201d says Mr.Valin.\u201cStill, let me add an example.Everyone almost knows that a diameter of 12 inches multiplied by itself makes 144 square inches ; these 144 inches multiplied by 12 make a cube, 1,728 inches.Well, these 144 inches, a «quare surface, I cm cover with the superficial product of circles, and I can also reproduce the cubic 1,728 inches by the product of circles, foot for foot and inch for inch, no circle having more than 12 inches diameter.This, I maintain, is the squaring of the circle.The ratio that I can give is a general rule for all surfaces and cubes.\u201d It is not much wonder that Mr.Valin\u2019s discoveries are exciting considerable interest in the United States.phew, Thomas A.Piddington, in the Buis- ! Ifw ! trode Tannery, near Arthahaaka, Quebec.Durirg his mercantile life he never entered | into any transaction beyond his own resnuroni, , and when anything proved unprofitable, him- * self only was the sufferer.\u201d OUEfiiSij DUHLING OL jB TH£ MEDAL SHOT COMPETITION for the Carnival Trophy of 1853, will be played for on 20th .January, in Squad*, commencing at 3, 4 and 8 P.M.C.W.WALCOTT, Secretary.January 2», l>r, can be rented (0 thmk that 1 desire to make ri^ht appear THE AMERICAN GALLON A GUESS MEASURE.We see by some of the American news papers that the attention of the authorities and of the public generally has been called to the inaccuracy of the American gallon and that the originator of the discussion about it is an old Quebecer, who was well known here as a shipbuilder.His name is Mr.Pierre Valin.He is now living in Somerville, Mass.The last ship which he built on the River St.Charles was christened the \u201cWimbledon,\u201d and was launched in the spring of 1865 or 1866 She was subsequently lost in a trip to India.Letters published by Mr.Valin in the Boston daily papers regarding the inaccuracy of the standard wine gallon and also his discovery of a method of squaring the circle, have attracted considerable attention to him and he has not escaped being interviewed.\u201cI read in the Public Statutes of the State of Massachusetts, said he to the reporter who had called upon him for a talk, \u201cthat law was passed in 1894, chapter 198, page 44, that the standard wine gallon say 231 cubic inches, is the measure for all liquors, and is uniform for all the other States.Always having had some doubts about this number, 231, a few days ago, to quiet my mind, I bought a wine gallon measure, had it inspected and stamped at Boston by the chief inspect-»r of weights aud measures.I insisted on having 231 stamped on the measure, but the official refused to do so, saying that he had inspected the galion and found it a'l right, which was all that was necessary.I went home.I measured the gallon as closely a8 could be done, and, after a careful calcula tion, found it deficient of a few good cubic inches.Those few inches, were it possible to add them together, say of milk, wine, brandy, gin, whisky,* beer, oil, vinegar, molasses, cider, aud all other liquids bought by the gallon, in one year only, in a country like ours, having a population of 70,-000,000, would amount to an innumerable quantity of millions of gallons, for which the consumers pay, but which They never get.As a question of domestic economy, I consider that when I buy five gallons and a quart of milk every week, as I do, 1 am being swindled by the State or* the nation, or both, out of gills of liquid sustenance.In case you may bo tempted for be forwarded, as soon \u2022m possible, in writing, to the Seen tary cf th*s Board.N.Lx VASSEUR, Seen tar}'.January 6, 1398.\tAm ^This week, continuation of tiie^re .t winter late andexiraordinaiy bsrga usatZ.Puquct\u2019s, at Joseph street\tt wrong, I give you the following dimensions of the gallon in question: Upper diameter, 4 14 16 inches ; lower diameter, 6 5-16 inches ; depth, 9 5-16 inches.Out of these dimensions, I defy any one to make or find 231 cubic inches.\u201d Mr.Valin offered to prove by practical operation on the spot that his statement was correct.He set the water running into a sink, then he stuck some wedges under the bottom of the gallon measure to equalize the sink\u2019s slope.Taking a tin box 5x4x4 inches actual measurement, the experimenter set the box on top f the gallon measure.That box hold 80 cubic inches.When it was full an dc-and arriving there on the 30tb April, found that country covered with deep snow.His uncle\u2019s occupation was farming, fishing, and lumbering.During that year his mother died, and being a minor, he had no choice but to make Gaipé his abide.That country was thinly populated, and almost isolated from the outside world.He received a letter from Jersey in winter; the postage of which was four shilling» and «ixpenoe.It was the custom theu to dispatch a courier in JauUtry from Gaspé for Qu-bec, carrying the mail* bag on his back.This was a perilous journey, there being hardly any habitation between Gaspé and Quebec for two hundred aud fifty or three hundred mi'es.When sixteen years of age, he thought, if his uncle would allow him his independence, he could, by working aod trading, do something better for himsplf, but when be made the proposal his uncle said he was too young, and o juld not provide tor himself.His answer was, \u2018Give me my freedom.\u2019 Although young, and feeling confident that where others could make a living be could do the same.On getliog hie uncle\u2019s consent, he then commenced the battle of life.He managed, through perseverance and economy, to save a little mon- y each year.At the time he arrived in Gaspé, the language spoken was French, which he could neither speak nor understand.There being no schools, he made use of ihe only means at his disposal.There was a local Methodist preacher from the Island of Guernsey using the French language.Young Withall was punctual in his attendance every Sabbath (and has continued to identify himself with the same church ever since).He commenced by repeating the hymns and Scriptures when read out by the preacher, aud soon acquired the French pronounciation, and became fam-ilar in reading and writing that language.This in after-life became very useful, and to some extent he attributes to it his fiuaucial success.The winter of 1832 was passed in St.Thomas, below Quebec, and between teaching, fishing and '.fading, he began to have a balance to the good.In 1835 he took passage to his native land, the Island of Jersey.After visiting several places in Europe, he returned to Gaspé, having made ao engagement with a Jersey merchant to take charge of his stores aod fishing establishments.In 1837 he look a joint interest in purchasing a large block of land iu the northwest arm of Gaspé Bay.The intentico was to build a saw mill for the lumber trade.The prospect for the future not coming up to his ideas, he sold out his interests.In 1810 he left Gaspé for Quebec, and commenced by opening a provision and grocery store.In 1341 he married Elizabeth, widow of the late Peter Butt, who departed this life iu 1832.In 1333 he married Eleanor, wi low of the late Richard W.Langmuir.In 1350 he commenced taking an active interest in the different institutions conue ted with the City of Quebec ; was elected City Councillor and Director iu the Union Building Society iu 1865 ; was elected a Director in the Quebec Hank ; joined, us silent partner, in a soap and candle factory ; aud was one of the promoters of the National Bank; the Quebec Steamship Compmy ; the Quebec Marine Insurance Company ; the Quebec Street Railway Company ; the Lake St.John Railway Company ; was proprietor of the Quebec Rubber Company ; took an interest in the Quebec Worsted Company ; the Quebec Tow Boat Company ; and was either President or Director iu the above companies until 1884.In 1867 he was appointed Justice of the Peace.Iu 1854 he joined a party of four for the building of two vessels intended to trade between Chicago aud pons on the ocean.These were built by the Messis.McCarthy, of Sorel, one being named \u2018Chicago,\u2019 and the other \u2018Quebec.\u2019 These vessels made voyages direct from Chicago t > Newfoundland and Liverpool, but, being built with centreboards ami considered unsafe, the uuderwrit-era declined to cover them by insurance, and the adventure, not proving profitable, was discontinued- It is believed that these were the first vessels that sailed direct from Chicago to the ocean.In 1384 Mr.Withall left the City of Quebec, and is now a resident of Montreal, tilling the offices of Yice>Pre*i-¦rientof the Quebec Rank, and Director of the Sun Life Insurance Company, the Canadian Rubber Company, the Quebec S eamship Company, the Guarantee Company of North America, the Royal Electric Company, and still holding one-half interest with his ne- SPORTING NEWS.HOCKEY.Hand and Glove With \u201c Puck.\u201d The writer of the following article which appeared in a Montreal newspaper is very likely a bosom friend of \u201cour own Puck.\" The style of writing is so similar, and the language just as exprenive and forcible as his, and for reasons too well known.Here is the paragraph in question \u201cThe game between Montreal and Quebec in the Ancient City was as delightfully foul as only a St.Rochs\u2019 audience can make it.When the spectators hauled McLeod off the ice by ihe neck and poached him on the nose every one felt that Quebec was keeping up its record, and the language howled at the rest of the visiting team was of the vigorous description so popular at the Cove.With this to encourage them the Quebec team started in to use the body and the stick with such vigor that the rink bore a strong resemblance of Donny-brook Fair.Fortunately Montreal had some big muscular fellows on too, so that Quebec did not find it all beer and skittles \u201d\u2014From Montreal Squib*, 22.id January, 1398.crescent* whitewash metropolitans.The Crescent Hockey team of this city achieved a popular victory last night, in whitewashing the Metropolitans, of Sherbrooke, by a score of seven goals to nothing.The match was even a finer one than that of Saturday evening, but was rather one-sided, the Crescents proving too much for their op- Eonents on both rush line and defence.l ithera, the Sherbrooke goaler, got in some of his old brilliant work, being cool and col lected and making some great stops.Stafford and Moe were about the finest forwards of the Sherbrooke team, and Sharpe, McCarron and Copeman put up grand games for the Crescents.More combination was shown than during the Quebec-Sherbronke match The first game was soared by McCsrron in two minutes and second by Sharpe in eleven and a quarter minutes.The third game was scored by Lawrence after repealed shots on the Sheib.-ook* goal in four minutes.After five mioutes play Sharpe scored again.Half time was called without any further score.The first game scored in the second half was by Sharpe io five minutes.After sixteen mioutes more play McCarran scored the sixth goil for the home team.Tne seventh and Lst gam e was scored by Sharpe leaving five minutes to play.Time finished without any further «core.The holne team did a great deal of li ting which t ild against the Metropolitans.The teams were as fol lows : \u2014 Creecents.H.Crp man.H.P.Copeman.C.Nolao.Marquette.McCarran.W.Sharpe.H.Lawrence.Quinn.Murphy.Referee\u2014D.Watson After the match the Creicenta entertained the visitors to a very fine dinner at the Vic toria Hotel, when cover* were laid for 1U0 guests.A sp'eudid time was spent by all preaeot, the Crescents proving ideal hosts while the hotel management saw that the gas tronomical part of the dinner left nothing to be desired.After the dinner the usual toasts were proposed and duly honored.The even* ing was very pleasantly concluded with music, aoug, etc.It is safe to s*y that the visitors will long remember the charming hospitality extended to them, while the Crescents vote them jolly good fallows.BOWLING.The following is the score of the St.Roch\u2019a bowling team of Saturday afternoon : \u2014 Victoria R.B.C.St.Rock's A.A.A.Smith.472 Picard.525 .Goal\t\tSherbrooke.Rothers.Point\t\t\tLomas.Cover Point.\t.E.Stafford, .Forwards.\t\tMoe.$\u2022\t.C.Stafford.\u2022 1\t\tWitty.s, 4.85$.Montreal Stock Market\u2014Montreal, Jan 24 \u2014Canadian Pacific Railway, 883 60 W'i ; sales, 50 shares at 89 ; 125 shares at 88.Ï ; 25 shares at 883 : 10 shares at 89$ ; 250 shares at 88| ; 225 shares at 8$| ; 275 shares at 88J ; 100 shares at SSJ.Duluth Com., 4 to S$.Duluth preferred, 7 to 5.Commercial Cable Company, 182$ to 181 ; sales, 16 shares at 181$.Caole Company Londs, 106$ to 105$.Cable Keg.Bonds, 106$ to 105$.Montreal Telegraph Company, 182 to 178 ; sales, 50 shares at ISO.Halifax Heat and Light, 40 to 36.Halifax Heat and Light Bonds, 89 to 85.Richelieu A Ontario Navigation Company, 111$ to 111 ; sales, 50 shares at 111 ; 50 shares at 111*.Richelieu A Ontario Navigation Company Bonds, 113 to 102.Montreal Street Railway, (old), ex-div., 244 to 243$ ; sales, 550 shares at 213$ ; 600 shares at 243|; 1 share at 245.Montreal Street Railway (new) ex-div., 241 to 249$ ; sal s, 25 shares at 240ÿ.Halifax Street Railway.119$ to 119$ ; sales, 25 shares at 119$ ; 25 shades at 119$ ; 25 shares at 119§.Halifax Street Railway Bonds.108 to 105.Montreal Gas Company, 194 to 193$ ; sales* 150 shares at 194 ; 5 shares at 194 ; 75 shares at 194.Montreal Gas Company, Bonds, 193 to 192.Bell Telephone Company, 177$ to 173.Royal Electric Light Company, 144 to 142$ ; sales, 15 shares at 143$ ; 25 shares at 143>.Toronto Street Railway, 97 J to 97$ ; sale*, 100 shares at 97$.Cornwall Street Railway, 47$ to SO.St John Railway, 130 to 127.Bank of Montreal, 238 to 235.Quebec Bank, 121$ offered.Ontario Bank, 101 to 98.Bank of B N A, 111 asked.Molsons Bank, 205 to 200.Bank of Toronto, 230 to 226.Banque Jacques-Cartier, 98$ offered.Merchants Bank, 183 to 177.Merchant* Bank of Halifax, 180 offereo* Bank of Nova Scotia, 227$ to 210.Eastern Townships Bank, 158 to 150.Union Bank, 101 offered.Bank of Commerce, 139 to 136.Bank Ville Marie, 100 to 92.Hochelaga Bank, 150 to 146.Imperial Bank, 190$ to 1893-Banque Nationale, 95 to 87.Windsor Hotel, ICO to 92$.North-West Land, preferred, 53$ to 51.Canada Paper Bonds, 110 to 105.Dominion Coal Co, preferred, 103 to 107.Dominion Coal Co, 23 to i\u20192$.Dominion Coal Co Bonds, 106^ to lf5.VIontreal Cotton Company, 147$ to 143.Canada Colored Cotton Company, 60 to 50.Canada Colored Cotton Bends, 99 to 96$.Dominion Cotton Company 97 to 95.VIontreal Loan A Mortgage, 145 to 140.Western Loan and Trust, 98 offered.Auer Light, 50 to 25.Montreal Produce Market \u2014 Montreal, Que, Jan 24\u2014Flour receipts 800 barrels.Market steady.Flour\u2014Patent Winter, $4.60 to $4 80 ; Patent Spring.$5.00 to $5.25 ; Straight Roller, $4 20 to 34.30; Extra, 83 70 to 83.9J ; Superfine, $3.30 to $3.50 ; Strong Bakers, $4.60 to $4 90 ; OnUrio Bags, $1.90 to $2.10.Grain\u2014Wheat, No2 Man.Hard, 97c to 99c.Corn, 3ttc to 88c.Peas, 53c to 65c.Oats, 28c to 29c.Barley, 35c t > 37c.Rve.51c to 52c.Buckwheat.35c to 37c.Oatmeal.$1.60 to $1^70.Commeal, 80c to90c.Provisions\u2014Pork, $15 00 to $16.00.Lard, Goto 7$c Bacon, 11c to 13c.Hams.10c to 12c.Cheese.8c to 9c.Butter, Townships, 16c to 18c.Western, 14c to 16c.Eggs, 13c to 16c.Honolulu, Jan.fl\u2014The Executive Council and Council of State met in joint session ye*-terday and voted unanimously that It was for the b.-st interests of the annexation treaty, in which this Government secs its sole salvation, that President Dole visit Washington.Born hero* thoroughly conversant with every phase of Hawaiian life, social end political* his p e« sence in Washington cannot fail to influence Senatorial opinion.By te-tlay\u2019s steamer the antLannexationists are to be reinforced by J.O.Carter, a leading lawyer, popular with every one, atid aman of the kindliest disposition.He is regarded as the strongest i f the white antis, and would have gone to Washington with the native delegation save that it was considered more ap-propria\u2019e that a native petition be presented by ua\u2019ivts.He goes evidently to direct the movrlhcnts of the natives, to furnish brains for them, »s it wore, as they are notoriously incapable of leadership! It is a carious commentary on the people that after several generations of education there is no native of prominence in professional, political, cr mercantile life.Mr.Carter was Cne of the princlp ii speakers at the mass meeting at which thft native resolutions were adopted.The maiu points of hie argument were that with annexation would come increased taxation, the labor system would be revolutionized, the Diogley tariff Mould have to be shouldered, and if the rioited States should get into trouble with some other Dation Hawaii rtould surely sufftr.He believes that the present Ooverhlhent is actuated by its fears rather than by its jud^ ment.One of the native flings agdnst annexation U that, whilé flow everybody is honest, and no one thinks of locking lip his house, with annexation will come the crimes of citiliEi-tioo.Annexation must he coming, for burglaries are reported nearly every morning, and there is almost a panic to see that windows and doors are securely fastened.The recent hanging has brought forth fr^m the \u201coldest iohabitane\u201d the story of the first hanging fur murder after missionaries oame to the islands.A block was fastcâed ftbout thirty feet ip the trunk of a slanting cocoa-tree.Through this a rops was run and the noose at one ead was placed about the neck of the murderer.A number of natives grasped the other end and at the word ran off with it, raising the criminal to the block.Just at this moment the Queen Consort Kahumann arrived, attended by a number of chie's.She complained that her arrival had not been awaited and to satisfy her the body was let down and run up again.The Government has decided on the enlargement of the docking facilities of this harbor.It has paid out f15,000 for land, and will build a dock to accommodate Et least twenty vessels.Another improvement has just been completed lo a road to the other side of the islands over the Pali.There is a growing demand for coffee lands, and the talk on the street is as much about coffee as sugar.Land is constantly being opened up and ready purchasers are found.Travellers will be glad to know of the great improvement iu hotel accommodations here.The Hawaiian has been thoroughly renovated and many new features introduced, and a new hotel project is arranging.The pro jectors are on the ground, and assert that within a few months they will have a new house with rooms, table, and service tqual to the best.The New Year\u2019s Eve dance of Consul-General and Mrs.Haywood was the social feature of the holiday season.There were about 300 guests, aod dancing was kept up till an early hour on a temporary lanai by the aide of the house.Many nations were represented, in some cases in the rame individualÉfei\u2019reai-.dent Dole chatted pleasantly with Princess Kaiul&ni.At midnight the lights were put out for an instant, eight hells sounded from beneath the huge banyan tree in front of the house, and the baud struck up \u201cThe Star Spangled Banner.\u201d The extent to which the Chinese and Japanese enter into the trade of Honolulu, their diversified attainments, and their unique use of English are shown by the following, copied from the signs along King and Nuauu streets : For Sale fat chicken turkey Ac etc wash iron Y Via g Tai A Co Shoes Maker Lai Kam Dresses Maker L.Ahlo Dealer in Merchandise Hardware Dry Goods Groceries Rice Ac C F«nk Wo Island Butter C >ld Drink Oto Kumano Carpntr A Buildr Jobing S.Niahi Carpenter A Bildtr, Jobing Yee Hing, Coffin Maker and Carpenter Suochong Carpenter and Coffin Cham Kee Repair Harness Ah Sam, poultry ducks and chicken* banana eggs goldfi-h \"Leong Kee Merchant Tailor cleaned and r* pvired Sing Tal A Co.Merchant Tailor cleaning and repairing.Hou Kee Repairicg and cleaning Merchant Tailor Young Wo Dresses Makir Fook Sing Kee Shoes M^ker Morikawa Practical Horae Shoeing Carriage Cart fixing done Kauka Akamai.Li Akina Sing Mow Fruit Poultry Eggs for sale Sing Hop Vegetable.Eggs Poultry and Fruit* Tom Leong Co.Harness Saddlery and repairing Fook On Co Shoe Manufactory Hale kum-eka kamaa (shoe shoemaking house) S.Iwashita, Watchmaker.All gold plated and repairing can be done promptly here.Chu Hing Kee.Tailor cleaned and repaired K.Oki Gutter pipe chimney lamp stove and repair Wah Lo.Poultry, vegetable eggs fruit and cigars Sam goldfish vegetable and banana for sale Ah Hung.Merchant tailor clothing, cleaned and repaired One Lung Dressmaker.Very fine etitch mg.Hale humuhumu lole.\u2014N.Y.Sun.Sailing Directory Transatlantic Steamers.Line\t| Steamer.American\t1st.Louis-.\u2022 jo\tNew York.do\tPurin \t do\tSr.Paul\t Allan\t\tVu midinn.do\tParthnHininn do\tMon vol inti.do\tCalifornian.\u2022\u2022 Anchor.\tKthiopia\t do\t\u2022\\nelioria\t cio\tPurnessin\t At.Trans.\tMassachusetts Manitoba\t Mississippi-.do\t do\t do\tMohawk\t Beaver.\tbake Win\u2019pen do\tLake Ontario.do\tLake Huron- do\tLake Superior La Normandie Cie Ole.\t Transatlan\tLaChampagne do\tlia Bretaune- do\tLa Oascoirne.Cunard.\tServi»\t Campa/ria .do\t do\tAuranift-.»».do\tLueania\t Dominion.\tLabrador\t do\tVancouver- \u2022 do\tSr 'sman\t Hiut^.Am.\tprctcrin.\tPhoenicia.do do Hoi.Amer, do do If.Ger.Lid do do do do do Red Star-do White Star do do do rersio>« .Pennsylvania-Rotterdam.Ohdam.Veen lam.tt.v.v.v::: I.ahn.F.Bismarck \u2022 Her Wilh.IT Normania.Voordland.Friesland.Kensington.Westernland.Majestic.Germanic .Teutonic.Britannic.Sails- Destination .Tan- Fch.do do Jan.do Tan.Feb.do Jan.do Feb.lo Jan.do Feb.do Jan.do Feb.lo Jan.do Feb.Fei°.do do Jan.do Feb.do .tall.Feb.do Tan.Feb.do ran.Feb.do Tan.Feb.do do Tan.Feb* do do Southampton 2:\ta.9; do IK\tdo 22|Liverpool.2'.M\tdo 5\tdo 17l\tdo 20 Glasgow.12\tdo 2''>;\tdo 22 London.201\tdo 5\tdo 12;\tdo 20' Liverpool.27!\tdo 3\tdo H\tdo 22 Havre\u2022 29\tdo do 17\tdo 22 Liverpool-29!\tdo 6\tdo 12\tdo 2\tdo 12\tdo do Plymouth, \u2019\u2019herbourg A Hamburg.wriiuT terdam.South a mpt n and Bremen do Gibraltar.Naples and Genoa.Antwerp.do do do Liverpool» do do do InteTrdimf pawmngers for any Ocean Steamship Line can do well by calling or writing to the General Steamship Office, 32 St.Louis -treet, Quebec, where lista, diagrams, baggage labels, descriptive matter and general information may be ob ained.Special arrangements for reserving cabins and booking passengers.Money may bo saved by calling at this old established office before looking elsewhere.R.M.STOCKING, General Steamship Agent January 19,1898.\t ap!9-Lm ¦ Turning Over The New Leaf; The opening of the New Year offers an opportunity to turn over a new leaf.The values offered in Dry Goods offers an opportunity to turn over the goods.You want goods more attractive, we want money more abundant.In turning over the leaf and turning over the goods we are all benefttted.We are selling the rest of our AUCTION SALES.BY JACQUES & CO.Insolvent Notice.jSLuotlOXlL fif cale.In the matter of CAS0APEDIA PULP A LUMBER CO.In Liquidation, Maria, Co.Bonaventure.J^OTICE 13 HEREBY GIVEN THAT Friday, the 4th February, 1898, At 11 o\u2019clock A.M., will take place the sale of the following assets \u2018 A\u2014Stock of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardwar0, Provision*, etc.$1,471.17 B\u2014Office h urniture.139.20 $4,610.37 Inventory can be seen at my office and stock examined at Maria, by calling at Andre Cyr, guardian.Sale will be made for each item separat».and conditions of payment cash.Sale at my office, People\u2019s Chambers, 125 St.Peter Street.ALFRED LEMIEUX, Liquidator.JACQUES A CIE., Auctioneers.Quebec, 18th January, 1898.January 19, 1898.\tP,21,25.28,l,3feh-F at half price for the REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.BON-BoNS also going cheap.M DeceWfb »r 30.1897 ¦ BMNURT BREWERY.c2ftaisüiiù, Gsavsatst/ BRANDS OF ROYAL STOUT (PORTER.) Ladies' Costame Cloths.Having decided to give np this branch of oar business, the whole Stock will be offered at prices that will effect a rapid sale.The Stock is of this season\u2019s importations and comprises some of the choicest goods ever offered m this market.The prices are awaV down cost and under.fit.VINCENT 38 FABRIQUE! STR35T September 18, 18JT to COIKZE3 For \"Tortoise,\u201d \u2018\u2018Dau8,\u2019i \"Oak\u201d and \"JewerjStoves.The Cheapest, Cleanest and Most Suitable Fuel for the above and other Hall and Heating Stoves, For Sale at the Gas Works, $4* a Chaldron, Delivered to Any Part of the City TELEPHONE 268.G A3 WORKS, 13th October, 1897.October 14,1897 , Polices of Births.Marrlnge» aad Deaths.BO rents.No Exception will be made to this rule.IDE^TUEÏS Fullerton.\u2014On the morning of the 24th, Mary Alice, voanS\u2019Mt daughter of Robert and Mary Ann Fullerton, aged 3 years.Funeral will take place at 2 p.m., Tuesday, the 25th, from her father\u2019s residence, No.76 Mountain Hill.Friends and relatives are re spectfully invited to at end.tV Montreal and Chicago papers please copy Giguere\u2014On the afternoon of Sunday, 23rd in«t at the age of 54 years.Angele Roussin, wife of F.X.Giguere, Assistant Manager of Simon Peters\u2019Fhctory.Funeral will take place to-morrow, (Wednes day) morning, at 9 o\u2019clock, leaving the late re sidence of deceased.No.396 St.Francis street, at 8.4% to St.Roch\u2019s Church and thence to St.Charles Cemetery.Friends and acquaintances are requested to attend without further notice.WlTHALt.\u2014At Montreal, on the 23rd instant W.J.Withal), formerly of this city, in the84th year of his age.\t, Funeral on Wednesday, the 26th instant, at 2 30pm., from the residence of his nephew, Mr.T.A.Piddington.No.1 McMahon street to the M-thodist Church, thence to Mount Hermon Cemetery.tV Please omit flowers.\t- Regarding Trusts.{X.Y.Financial News ) The tendency of the times is certainly to ward the cooceutratioD of allied interests under a single management, and this will surely continue whether we like it or not There s.-ems to be no effective way of preventing ihe formation of trusts.The constitution places a limit to the enactment of restrictive Uws and clever lawyers are always able to find ways of gettiog around the laws that may be passed under the cousiilutiou.The trust of to-day is a different thing in many respects from the monopoly of other days, that was formed for the purpose of so controlling products that an advanced, and in many cases, unreasonable charge was made.Of course the result of these high prices was to induce others to go into the business, and the greater the profit made by those controlling the monopoly, the greater the temptation lor outsiders to enter the business as competitors.All unprotected monopolies have for this reason been of short duration.The trust of to-day usually avoids the mistake of putting the price above the point of fair profit and contents itself at first with bringing about such a consolidation of interests as shall stop the cutting of prices to au unprofitable figure, then great economies are introduced in the methods < f selling, one set of salesmen covering the territory and do iug the work when previously had been a separate set of men for each of the conctroi now consolidated into one.in the same way the office expenses are largely reduced.In the different establish ments it is found that each one has certain peculiar features that give it an advantage over others, these peculiar condiiious taken advantage of and the work so appor-ioned Lhat each part is done at the place where it can be done most economically.As result, the trust is able to, and usually does, offer its goods to the consumer at a lower price than is possible on the part of a smaller manufacturer or dealer, and the sublie are thus the gainers.This result may hard on the small producer who tries to do business independently, but under the rule that \"the greatest good to the greatest number\u201d must prevail, he must stand aside and let those who are able lo serve the public mo?t cheaply, have the field.If the trusts confine their efforts to the lines here indicated, they should not be condemned, but any steps tikeu toward crushing out competition should be condemned in the most unsparing manner.The possession of enormous capital and exceptional facilities is no crime.It, is only when these are mis ustd to oppress a competitor or to extort unreasonable prices from the people that the trust should be condemned.Ligimately conducted, it is one of the necessities of our mo dern civilization.\u201cI dorsa\u2019t reckon dat yoh\u2019s gwinter get you all\u2019s pay fum flat ar\u2019 concern,\u201d said the 1 colored porter.\u201cWhy not?\u201d asked the col ^ lector.\u201cThey have some assets.\u201d \u201cYes ! sur, dey has some.But dey isn\u2019t equal j dah unreliabilities.\u201d\u2014Washington Star.Women as Bankers.( N.Y.Mail and Excess.I The activity and potency of the gentler sex iu the sterner affiirs of life continue to grow ' more and more into evidence.The woman physician has for nearly a geueraiion ceased to be a novel practitioner ; the woman lawyer frequently out-rivals Portia in her proof lhat a Daniel has come to judgment ; the woman merchant is almost ubiquitous, both as capitalist and employe ; the woman typewri er clicks her busy machine all through the business world, and the worn n journalist adds to the vivacity and sometimes to the learning ol that calling.But the occupation iu which woman's intelligence and energy premise to be most newly and, perhaps extensively, enlisted, is that of banking.\t.There are already several banks in this city containing special departments set apart for doing business with women.One of them has its quaiters in a hotel.But now the Comptroller of the Currency has authorized the establishment of yet another bank, also in a hotel, in this city, which is to have a special department devoted to women who do a banking business.What Mrs.Lease may thinkof this departure, it is impossible to guess.Whether she will hold it as another recognition of the financial ability of her sex an ability which most husbands will bs likely to regard as trained rather to draw chtques than to deposit them\u2014we do not know.It may be that Kansas feminine whirlwind will regard this as an insidious effort of the gold standard to establish itself in the hearts of her less austere but quite as eloquent sisters.But, iu any event, the recognition of banking facilities des:gned for the exclusive use of women must be regarded as definitely made.It is interesting to observe that the American woman is not only a customer of banks whose patronage is deemed worth peculiar cultivation.To a notable extent she is behind ihe cashiers\u2019 window, as well as in front.Of the 6.337,114 shares of bank stock held in this country at the beginning of the fiscal year, women owned 1,418,542, or 22.4 per cent of the total amount.That is to say, an average inerting of stockholders of a bank would inolude one woman to every five men, entitled to equal suffrage iu the election of Directors or in the decision of any other question to be submitted to such a meeting.The number of women holding shares of bank stock is eveD greater, being 36 3 per cent of the t >tal There are 499 women employed in National banks in this coun ry, many of them in fiduciary capacities.\t.In all this ttiere need be nothing surprising.Every masculine householder knows the worth of a wife\u2019s financial sagacity as applied to domestic affiirs.History abounds with examples of the thrifty foresight of women.Many a man, engrossed in thought or iu daring schemes, owes the serenity of defeat with comfort to the monetary wisdom of his wife.Thus did Robert Morris, the financial genius of the revolution, find himself rescued from a debtors\u2019 prison and enabled to pass his last days in honorable peace because of the shrewdness of his helpmeet.The familiarizing of women with methods and systems of banking has wide possibilities The jests about how our ladies overdraw their accounts and pucker their brows iu the vain attempt to iiudorstand what that means, or how recently they off>!r to draw their cheque to make good the over-draft, may bi relegated to the limbo of anachronisms.The ubiquitous lady cashier promises to be obscured in her glory by the lady depositor.May she always keep her balance on the right ride of the ledger ! TWO NEW SPARKLING ALE.Put up in.white pint bottles with Crown Cork Seals.What is Sparkling Ale ?It is the most Brilliant, Delicious, Delicate Ale produced from the Finest Canadian Malt, Choicest German Hops, Purest Mountain Water, in the Most Modern Brewery in Canada.Fully Aged and Matured and as Pure and Sparkling as the Finest Champagne, and as much care and thoueht exerci&ed in its production.These choice Beers are put up in the most convenient size, and brewed specially for Family, Club and Hotel use, and high class trade.Oup Motto is : \u201cNot How Cheap, But How Good.\u201d We have already published certificates from \u201cThe Chicago Scientific Station for Brewing,\" and Analytical Chemists of Quebec, certifying to the nuritv and excellence of our goods, and we challenge any chemist to find any impurities or harmful ingredients in any of our Beers, and W« miaruntoe them to be perfectly sound, healthful and nutritious in every respect.\t.we guarantee t ^\tdrinking Public should not indulge in Beers which do not carry a certificate of their good quality and punty fromumm- neichable authorities We invite ins,action of our premises and method- by the Health Board.Ask your grocer or dealer for our goods and take no other, or send a postal card order to the Brewery, which will receive prompt attention.BEAUFORT BREWING COMPANY.City Warehouse 44i St.Joseph Street.Telephone 2369.Put up in pint bottles, with Red Capsule.What is Royal Stout ?It is a Rich, Nourishing Black Beer, brewed from the Finest Canadian Pale and Richest lm> ported Irish Black Malts.A Stout containing more extract of a wholesome character, and being more nourishing than most of the lo-called \u201cMalt Extracts,\u201d which contain mostly alcohol to stimu* late, rather than rich, blood-producing extract give strength and vigor to the system.Specially recommended by physicians lor invalids and nursing mothers.Dricombor 18.18 \u20197.wedfteat 1803 II THE QUEBEC fô-A YEAM& Six Months $1.50.Choice Country Residence ITOIï?.S-AZE/ED_ WW XTEWLY BUILT HOUSE.¦luT htDt -1^1 situate at L\u2019Ange Gardien., [*, aIÜJ n> ar the Church, with garden and pyilpE fruit trees Bath and Closets.site admirable ; occupied by Mrs.Eug.O\u2019Sullivan.AUG.GABOURY, \u2022 .Agent, 98 St.Peter Street January 1L 1898._________Am Quebec Board of Trade.XTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE | IT Corporation of the Quebec Board Trade, to all persons who, by the Constitution of the Board, are not eligible as members, that I they are admitted to the Reading Room of the Board, which is now opened every day from I 8 30 A.M.to 6 P.M., on payment of an annual fee of $5, in the hands of the Treasurer, James Brodie, Esq., 113 MounUin Hill.From forty to fifty newspapers and periodicals are now | received in the Reading Room, from England, France, United Sûtes and South America, besides all the leading Canadian newspapers.The year of the Board expires with the 30th November.\t___ N.LkVASSEUR, Secretary.January 8, 1898.\t________ Ana To-Day\u2019s Sales.\u201cNERVE CROQUET,\u201d (The latest and beetjof garni | for old and young.) PILLOW FIGHT, The most laughable and (X citing of new games.IB OO ISIS I SHAKESPEARE, in 4 vols.20.THACKERAY, in 10 vols.26.BULWER LYTTON, 13 vols.25.NEW YEAR CARDS, BOOKLETS, GALEN JARS1 THE LATEST AND BEST.Parses, Card Cases,! |Diarles,!Portfolios* (Frederick the Great.HENTYJS WORKS] With Moore inConmra| L March on London.p.j.Tvoy, 107 St.John December 2L 1897R Street, novl6-Lm A.L\u2019Hote\tJ.B.D.L égaré L\u2019HOTE & LÉGARÉ, \u2014MANUFACTURERS OF\u2014 e Wines and Vinegars of Wine \u2014SPECIALTY OrTj PORT WINES, SHERRY and WINES FOR CELEBRATING MA8S1 Office : 6&7Sault au-Matelot Street Three if 75cts SIR R.H.MEADE DEAD.Purest and Rest for Table and Dairy ào adulteration* {Sever takes.COLONIAL UNDER SECRETARY AT THE TIME OF THE RAID.The death took place recently in an hotel in Belfast of Sir Robert H.Meade, G.C.B., late Permanent Under-Secretary at the Colonial Office.\t,\t,\t\u201e ,\t.Sir Robert was a brother of the Earl ot Clanwilliatn.He w.is the first person to inform Mr.Chamberlain of the surrender of Dr.Jameson and his force, an 1 he bore a large pirt of the worry at the Colonial Office in connection with the raid.\t.Ho was an M.A.of Exeter Collige, Oxford, and entered the Foreign Office iu 1859 as junior clerk.In I860 he was attached to Lord Dufferia\u2019s special mission to Syria^ He accompanied the Prince of Wales during the latter\u2019s tour in East Germany, and was given the post of Groom of the Bedchamber to his Royal Highness in 1862.Seven years later he was appointed Assistant Uuder Secretary at the Colonial Office.He was Pritish delegate to the West African Conference in Berlin in 1834, tied Under-Secretary of State at the C olonial Office in 1892, retiring through ill-health 1897.Sir Robert was sixty-two years of age Death was due indirectly to suppressed gout from which he had been suffering for years .the: .Quebec Gazette (WEEKLY) Established 1764.$1-A YEAR-SI ALWay ïSZ&ih*.J.B TELEPHONE 295 December 1 Fm WANTED\u2014INDUSTRIOUS MEN OF character.The LIN SCOTT COM PANY, Toronto.December 28, 1897\u2022 ddw-tf Advertising Rates it Office of Publication.January 11,1698.ON AND AFTER THURSDAY OCTO-her Ttb, 1X97.Trains wil\u2019 run to and from St.Andrew StreotT^rmlnun,Quebec,as follows: k.cave Queoec 7 30 A.M.For Roberval and Chicoutimi, Tuesday and Thursday.7.30 A.M.For G rend Mere, daily except Sunday.4 15 P M.For St.Raymond, daily except Sunday,\t.\t.\t.7.00 P.M.For Roberval and Chicoutimi, Saturday only.Arrive at Quebec 9.00 A.M.From St.Raymond daily cept Sunday.8 40 P.M.From Chicout imi and Roberval, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.8.40 P.M.From Grand Mere daily except Saturday and Suuday.10.30 P.M.From Grand Mere, Saturda only.Excursion tickets to Grand Mere on Fatu days, $1.50 First Class, $1.00 Second Claa Three hours at Grand Mere.Tickets for sale hy R.M.Stocking, opposite St.Louis Hotel.j.' G.SOOTT, Sec\u2019y.and Manager £LEX.HARDY, Gen.Frt.& Pass.Agro D&watfer 2,1897» D.LEGARE, COMMISSION MERCHANT] FLOUR* GRAINS, AND SEEDS Also, the only Agent for the AHERH AN and CANADIAN PATENT AGENCY CO.SILVER LIVE STOCK POWDER, 80 LARI NE, COLLIERS PNEDMATIQÜR9, 8ULFHO-NAPT0OL, Etc J.B.D.Legabe, Sole Agent for he Dominion.5 & 7 SauD-aw Matelot Street, QTxxnaxio.October 30,1897.\tLm Australian Meat Go/s EXTRACT OP BEEF 1 tBost or t> S^ORHV*: \u2014ttseto: by-\u2014 British War and India Offices.:-FOR SALE BY- Wholesale Druggists :\u2014 W.Brunet & Co.; Dr.Ed Morin & Co^ Wholesale Grocers :\u2014 Nat.Turcotte A Co., N^ Rioux A Co., Lan» glffis & Paradis, Whitehead & Turner, T.Lc Droit, J.B.Bedard A Bro.and all first-claa] Re ta Grocer and Druggists, ctober 28,18978 CHRONiCIi^, nciisoort nOMSCOM ngo-ctn.oR ti> tWSOON MC»1300^ w£?ru«:y sun» in** WHY PUT OFF Yon are buying tea to-day, buy MONSOON Indo-Ceylon Tea, It is absoiately pure, not an admixture of China and Japan.lWUt)-0C* HOOSUOU ¦UMHM UOOÇMU »u «Tir*** H005W0M WCIKUCW WOOSMOW J anuary 2fi.1^98.fflli ICS BRIDGE.Mr Albert Elected Malouin M.P.Two Children Badly Burned.The Tail Initially am the lee Bridge\u2014Qnebee ProtettaaC WlBirr\u2014I\t\u2014 ok pi tee fiom her Ute residence to ft-.Purist\u2019* Cnureh.A large and representative numb r >t|mourners attended, showing the high esteem in which ihe deceased lady was i eld.The chief mourners were Me-srs.T.W.S.Dunn, C.J.Dunn and Albert J.Ducn, her sons ; Dr A.A.L*n-thier, son-in-law, and W.Horan, brother-in-law.Amongst those present were F.Car-bray.M P.P., the H >n.Charles F.tzpatrick, Solicitor-General, M jor Dunbar, M.A.Hearn, Q C., Mij^r Liurio, Lt.Col.Evan-turel, Messrs.Archibald Miller.J.Vincen', Eug.Drolet, S.Connolly, Jos.Timmony, D.B.Murphy, Jos.Drolet, H.V\u2019erret, Rod.Audette, I.P Dery, C*pt.Dcsnoyers, W.Menard, de L Pallet, Dr.Delaney, A.B.Van FeLco.P.Mj\u2018P»v, J.Snarples, P.Ma- louio.G.Prendergaar, p.B.Cis-rruin,Etienne Taché.Jules Guneau, E li».Laliber é, Art.Turcotte.Aldermio Leonard.4^- Malouin, 4reo.Poston, E.M.Lennon, A.C- Scott, F.X.Pareof, S.Grogan, G.R.Macdonald, Ernest Alleyn, H.Scaveley, Dr.Larocque, W.D.Baillairgé, J.Gallagher, R.H.Mc-Greevy, Alp Geoereux, J.Leonard, Dr.Hitnard, F.Roche, M.Vianez, Char.Smith, Art.Dery, Chas.Deguise, Captain W.H.Davidson, Amos Colston, J.A.Dionne, M Boyce, Ovide Picard, H.J.Carbray, J.Mor-gan.St G Legeodre, C.S.Powell, L.N.\u2022Leclerc, J.8»*ard, P.V'.McKnight, J.Timmons, J.Piper, J.Horai, J.Bryson, P.L.Targem, F.D.Tima, Geo.O\u2019Furell, Ed Foley, J.P.Thomas, G us.Rinfret and many .others whose names escape us.The Solemn Requiem wa- ,'vlr'brated by the R- v.Father Booia, R\u201cv.F% «\u2022> McCarthy, deacon, ami LVoods, sub-deacoo.There was a large at-xendanc' at the service.Amongst the clergy nr.**?Q\u2019 wre the Rev Mr.Carneau, of the Cardinal\u2019- Palace, and Rev.Messrs Mathieu and T.Paquet, of the Quebe* Seminary.Amongst those who signed the mortuary register were the Ho«.Charles Fiixpatrick.M P F lix Carter**, M.P.P.» B* Malouin, Prothooo ary, M.A.Hearo M Boyce, Alex.Miller, G.Prcndergast and P.B.Murphy.The remains were interred in the family lot at St.Puiwk\u2019s Cemetery.A large number of mourners went out to the grave to see the yemain* pl**d in their Uet resting place.Tara HalL The eleventh week of the Frost k Fanshawe Company was enthusiastically inaugurated at Tara Hall last night by a grand scenic production of the sensational comedy-drama taken from the memories of the order cf morel persuaders of Indiqua entitled \"White Caps.\u201d There were many startling climaxes and comical situations, and the several specialties were repeatedly encored.Miss Mabel hrost, Mrs.F.H.Frost and Mr.A.L.Fanshawe kept the house in roars of laughter from start to finish.Miss Mabel Fros*, as \u201cDaisy Gibson,\u201d the heroine of the play, acquitted herself most admirably.Miss Flora V.Frost, in the double role of \u201cMother Howard\u201d and \u201cMrs.Gibson,\u201d showed her versatility in a pronounced way.Mrs.F.H.Frost, as \u201cKatie Mc-Shane,\" was an ideal Irish girl.Iu fact the whole company were perfect in tbtir respective parts.The several military corps of the city coutribute a benefit to this popular organization to-morrow night, and no doubt a large business will greet them.The same play will coutinue to-night and to-morrow afternoon and night, and Mr.Fanshawe s drama \u201cRed Flash\u201d will take its place Thurs day.Quebec Protestant Ministerial Association.The usual fortnightly meeting of the above Association was held in the rooms of the Y.M.C.A.on Monday at 10.30 a.m., the President, the Revd.John Alexander, in the chair.There was a large attendance of pastors.The Chairman read a suitable Scripture lesson, and the Revd.A.T.Love, B A., led io ao appropriate prayer.The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and confirmed, after which ihe Revd.D.Tait, B.A., was called upon to read his paper on \u2018The Reformation Doctrine of the Bible,\u201d in which he developed the thought that the Bible was more than an infallible guide as to doctrine and moral*, aod that the one great aim of the Holy Scrip ures was to bring man into living, conscious fellowship with God through faith in Jesus Christ.He also emphasized the use of the Scriptures as a means of direct fellowship with God, and answered the question \u201cHow are we to know (hat the Bible is the word of God ?\u201d He dealt with the subjective rather than the objective evidence.It was an able presentation of the subj-ct and was very much appreciated and intelligently discussed by the several pastors.The revd.gentleman was awarded a very hearty vote of thanks for his excellent paper.At the next meeting, February 7th, at 2 30 p.m., Prtf John Sharp, M,A., is expected to read a paper on Hail Caine\u2019s recent work, \u201cThe Christian,\u201d which a: present is a subject of interest.The Alleged Wife of Ratcliffe, | the Well-Known Actor.Fxamined in Court, Rev.T.Dewitt Talmage Married Again\u2014Murderer Holmes Said to Be Alive\u2014The Big Cotton Mills\u2019 Strike-The Rush to the Gold Fields\u2014California s Jubilee Festivities.New York, Jan.24\u2014Caroline Ravenhill, who declares that she is the wifi tf Edward .Ratcliff.\u2019, the actor, arrived on the Ame :can liner \u201cSt.Loni**,\u201d from Southampton .esterday.She has come here to pnss a charge of bigamy against ihe actor in marrying the daughter of Pe er DeLscy.The Ravenhill woman stated that she had the marriage certificate which united her to Ratcliffe in August, 1883, in England, with her.She stated that she had never heard of the womau in l)irb>shire, who wrote the other day to District Attorney Gardiner, slating that she thought her daughter was also married to Ratcliffs.I he Ravenhill woman was inclined to doubt the story.The District Attorney\u2019s office took charge of this alleged wife of Ratcliffe.She is the daughter of a fishmonger, is 32 years old and tolerably ood looking.Ratcliffe was arraigned in the ^olice Court later iu the day and confronted by the Ravenhill woman.She positively identified him as the man whom she mairied in England in 1883.Cross-examined by counsel for Raichffe, she admitted that she lived in England sii.oa then with a man named Chonlin and had borne his name.The case was adjourned, when Ratcliffe\u2019s alleged ife said she would produce the marriage certificate in Court.REV.T.DEWITT TALMAGE MARRIED AGAIN.PiTTSBCRG, Pa., Jan.24\u2014Rev.T.D*witt Talmage, the noted divine, of Washington, and Mrs.Elmora McCutcheon Collier, of Allegheny City, were united in marriage on Saturday at the McCutcheon residence.No 47 Irwin avenue.The wedding, which came a great surprise to the friends of the couple, was on account of a recent death in the family, an extremely quiet affair.Mrs.Talmage is forty years old.Dr.Talmage, who is now sixty five years of age, was mar ried the first time in 1859.His wifs was Miss A vet y, of Brooklyn, She bore him two children.She was drowned in the Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, in the early sixties.He was married the second time May 7, 1863.His second wife was Susan C.Whit&emore She had five children.She died at Dans ville, N.Y., in August, 1895.She left her husband $100,000.MURDERER HOLMES SAID TO BE ALIVE.Chicago, Jan.24\u2014The Times-Herald publishes to-day a Sensational story told by Robert Lattimer, a resident of Englewood, Lattimer says \u201cH.H.Holmes was never hanged in Philadelphia, May 7.1898, as the newspapers reported, aud as the people who witnessed the alleged execution believed.Un the contrary, as he always declared he would do, he cheated the gallows, and is to-day alive and well, growing coffee at San Parinarimbo, Paraguay, South America.I have good reasons far my belief.Within the past few weeks letters have been received from him by a certain railroad man who was intimately acquainted with Holmes while he lived in Englewood.In those letters the man who received them was given instructions about semo badness Holme* wauled him to transact, and the whole story of how he escaped hanging was related.\u201d Lattimer claims that by the assistance of his spiritual advisers aud others a dead body was substituted on the scaffold for Holmes, who escaped through a trap door, and was carried off in a coffin.THE BIG COTTON MILLS\u2019 STRIKE Boston, Mass., Jan.24\u2014The second week of the big cotton mills\u2019 strike began to-day in the principle centres, with both sides apparently as firmly determined to hold out as at the ioauguralion of the contest.No attempt was made to open the gates of the big corporations at New Bedford, Biddeford or Lewiston.THE RUSH TO THE GOLD FIELDS.Portland, Ore., Jan.24\u2014The steamer \u201cOregon\u201d sailed for Alaska last night with 450 passengers and 1,250 tons of general merchandise and baggige.Fifty head of live stock was also part of the cargo.No less than 300 people who applied for passage were refused and hundreds ot tons of freight were lying on the docks waiting transportation to the gold fields.The demand for lum b?r is enormous, but steamships refuse to carry it, preferring to take less bulky freight.CALIFORNIA\u2019S JUBILEE FESTIVITIES.San Francisco, Cal., Jan 24\u2014California\u2019s jubilee festivities, which will last a week, were begun to-day.The city is gaily decorated with fltgs and bunting and on every hand are displayed large portraits of James Marshall, who picked up the first gold nugget in California in the year 1843- Thu city is crowded with visitor* from all oyer the State.Cross Delicious BLEU GROSS vttm BLEU CROSS BOOK-BINDING, TPT ¦ A TINT TMeradii.Livery & Eivard, Kwcates anu Parliamentary Agents ttanque Nationale Building QUEBEC.TASCHEREAU & PACAUD, ST.JOSEPH, BEAUCE.Linieuk Taschereau, Q.C, J.I.Lavery, LL.B.Acccste Pacaud, A.Rivard, A.B., LL b.October 20, 1897.\tLie »\u2022 *a* .AND, Blended Tea BLEU Cross In a,L Package.FANCy FIIRST OL^SS GKROOIEZRS January 13,1893, PRINTING.anG-tuAthur THE TALK OF THE TOWN.City and District Gossip in Brief.Get on a pair of shin guards.Chinic\u2019s.Get them at Medi»val Students.We find a Paris scholar complaining of the disorder* of the school* and expre**ing fear of personal violence, aod a student at Toulouse writes that a certain P., against whom he had been warned before leaving his home in Narbonne, had taken forcible possession of his room and so disturbed him in hi* work that he would like permissiou to go home at Easter.At Orleans a youog man plead* for help from hi* father because, hav-iug quarreled with a certain youth, as the devil would have it, he struck him on the head with a stick, so that he is now in prison and must pay 59 liviei for hi* release, while his enemy i* healed of his wounds and goes fr.-e.That the praoks cf students were not always severely judged we may perhaps inter from the letter of a professor of law at Orleans to a father at Bcaanuun iu which it is said that while no doubt the man\u2019s son G, was one ot a crowd that had sung a ribald song on an organ, the matter was of no importance, as the young man\u2019s geucral record was good aod he was makiug excellent pro* gress in law.Naturally, too, the examples of parental reproof have something to say of the evil* of the time, particularly gambling and riotous living, but in general the formularies refLct the more virtuous side of si u lent life, ant for a more adequate p.rtrayal of its vice and violence we must turn to the records of Courts, the Gollsrdio literature, aud the vigorous denunciations of coutemporary preachers.\u2014American Hi*tor-ical Uevitw.TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.\u201cCHRONICLE\u201d DESPATCHES CONDENSED.Mr.Fred.Dale, until lately Sherbrooke Agent of the Grand Trunk Railway, died there on Saturday night.A colliery accident near Moos, it is announced in a special despatch from Brussels, has resulted in the death of 17 persons.The Mark Lane Exprès says that the total cereal acreage of Russia is 200,000,000 acres, an increase of 400,000 acres over 1896.The Rev.H.G Barrage, retired Anglican clergyman, recently residing at Hatley, P.Q., was yesterday found dead in his barn.It was semi-officially announced yesterday that the Italian Government has caused to be presented to the United States Government)* proposal for a Meaty of commerce.There were bread riots at Gallipoli yesterday eveniog.A mob broke the street lamps and burned the Governor\u2019s residence and local olub house.Thirty-nine arrests were made.Shortly after midnight Saturday one of the largest warehouses of the old Hurricane Springs distillery, n -.r Tahoma, Tcnn., was destroyed by fire.Nearly lO.(XX) barrel* of whiskey were burned.Loss $75,000.After seven week»\u2019 struggle with typhoid fever and its after etf-ctr, Mr.\\V.J.Clark, the well known London barrister, died shortly after 3 o\u2019clock Sunday morning, at his home on the Wort Icy Road, London Soti-h.A meeting of the Executive of the Dominion Artillery Association will be held in O.tawa on Saturday next.The meeiing will be held in the office of Lt.-Col.Cotton.A number of important questions will come up for cousidcratiou.Pipers ot Darg&i.NOT \u201cTHE COCK O* THE AFTER ALL.NORTH\u201d Almost as Bad.\u2014Mrs.Lady\u2014And so you are a veteran, are you?Tramp\u2014Yes, lady.I\u2019ve had lead in my system inOre'o once Mrs.Lady (ioterrog.)\u2014Bullets?Tramp-No, lady\u2014biscuits.- A letter has been received io Aberdeen from a young offi :er on duty on the North-West frontier of India, in which reference is made to the pipers at Dargai.The offuer has seen Pipers Findlater aud Milne jn hospital at Riwal Piudi.The passage in the letter runs as follows ; \u2014 \u201cFindlater says he was not playing \u2018The Cock of theN irih,\u2019 when he was bowled ov» r.He was playing \u2018The Hai ghs o\u2019 Cromdale,\u2019 the charge tune of ihe (Jordons.\u201cHe wa* fini hit by a bullet on one of hi< boots, but was not hurl.The next bullet knocked off the end of hi* chanter, and the third went through hi* legs, and, as he says, brought him to the ground.He is getting on very well now.He is a line broad Scottic, and it was quite a treat to hear him talking.\u201d \u201cThe Haughs o\u2019 Cromdale,\u201d which, as it now appears, P per Findlater played at the famous charge, is one of the best kuown strath-epeys, and is a characteristic pipe tuue, superior to \u201cTbs Cock o\u2019 the North,\u201d The new embroideries have been received at Faguy, Lepinay k Frere.\t21 Sleighs, skates, pucks at the Chinio Hardware Company.Hockey sticks, best in town, at Chinic\u2019s branch store.\tK A woman applied at the central police station for protection last evening.To buy embroideries ge to Faguy, Lepinay k Frere.It is to your interest to do so.^21 The police reported two arrests last evening, a mao and a woman, both of whom were charged with drunkenness.The shop which claims to have the finest embroideries is that tf Faguy, Lepinay k Frere,\t21 On a Fever-Stricken Ship.EVENTFUL VOYAGE TO WEST AFRICA.Trade Books, Business Ledgers, THE BEST POSSIBLE WORK IN CONNECTION WITH THIS BRANCH OF THE BUSINESS.GIT V OF QUEBEC.City Clerk\u2019s Office.Tenders for Serge for Firemen\u2019s Uniforms.Quebec, 21st January, 1898.PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Pealed tenders, addressed to the undersigned and endued \u201cTender for Serge,\u201d shall be received at the Citv Clerk\u2019s Office, untd TUESDAY, the 8th of February next at FOUR o\u2019clock P.M., to supply 175 yards, double breadth, or 3c0 yards, single, ndigo Bine Flannel Serge (more or le-s), such flannel to be delivered on or about the 25th day of February next (1888).The Fire Committee does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any of the tenders.For more information add ref s to the Chief of the Fire Brigade, office No.1 Station, Fabrique street.AUG.MALOUIN, Secretary Fire Committee.January 22,1828.The well-known firm of Messrs.Campbell k Brodie have leased a pirtion of the old Botterell factory from Mr.Pulley.Commencing on Saturday, the 22udl we will offer at a great reduction all Ymr light goods for ball toilets, etc.Faguy, Lepinay k Frere.\t3 What would you think o* a landslide in prices ?Wait another week \u201cLe Syndicat de Quebec\u201d has a great surprise io store for everybody.Mr.E.Lafontaine has been awardrd the contract to carry the mails between Quebec aod Levis.The price is two hundred and fifteen dollars for one year.The Chinio Hardware Company are showing at their branch their usual fine slock of high class sporting good*.Rifles, ammunition, hunting knives, axes, blankets, etc.Just received 60 New Graplio-pbones at $12 and $15 complete, and 800 Oolumbia\u2019s newest and best records, at 60 cents eacb, at Duquet\u2019s.\t** It is reported that the St.Lawrence k Maritime Provinces Railway will ask power from the Federal authorities at the next session to construct a railway line from Rivier j Ouelle to St.Francois, on the Temis-couata.The Late Professor Huxley.II18 HOME LIFE.Mr.Leonard Huxley contributes to the January number of The Century Mai/azine some glimpses of the home life of his father, the late Professor Huxley.They illustrate his great love of children and his power of interesting them in nature aud winning their sympathy by mingling in their sports and pastimes.When his own children had grown up, his grandchildren appear to have taken their place, and among these the most constant of the companions of his rather rare hours of leisure was one who has been rendered famous by a distinguished novelist.A DEFIANT GRANDSON.Spirit and determination in children always delighted him.His grandson Julian, a curly-haircd rogue, alternately cherub and pickle, was a source of great amusement aod interest to him.The boy must have been about four years old when my father one day cameio from the garden, where he had been diligently watering his favourite p'ants with a big hose, aod said \u201cI like tfiat chap, I like the way he looks you straight in the face and disobeys you.I told him not to go on the wet grass again.He just looked up b >ldly straight at me, as much as to say, \u2022What do you mean by ordering me about f and deliberately walked on to the grass.\u201d The disobedient youth who so charmed his grandfather\u2019s heart was the prototype of Sandy in Mrs.Humphry Ward\u2019s \u201cDavid Grieve.\u201d When the book came out my father wrote to the author \u201cWe are very proud of Juliao\u2019s apotheosis.He is a most delightful imp.and the way in which he used to defy me oh occasion, when he was here, was quite refreshing.The strength of his conviction that people who interfere with h;a freedom are certainly fooli&h, probably wicked, i* ouite Gladatonian/\u2019 Next spring, however, there was a modified verdict.It was still \u201cI like that chap ; ha looks you straight in the face.But there\u2019s a falling off in one respect since last August\u2014 he now does what he is told \u201d Happily this phase did not Itac too long.to the autumn he writes io me \u201cI um glad to ear that Julian can be naughty on occasion.There must be something wrong with any of my descendants, even if modified, by his mother\u2019s notorious placidity, who is as uniformly good a« that boy qied to be.\u201d THE PHILOSOPHER CORRECTED He was generally the first of the elders down of a morning, and it was eminently refreshing to hear the sound of his voice as he gave a cheery welcome to the grandchildren whom he woul I find downstairs, p'aymg with the wonderful box of stone bricks that lived at Hodeslea, or looking at picture books.\u201cYou must spare me one of your b -ys for science,\u201d he used to say playfully, for they were both wide awake to all their living surroundings, and delighted in books on natural history.Miss Buckley\u2019s charming \u201cLife and Her Children\u201d is really responsible for the following incident\u2014My father wa epeakiug at lunch of the fact that until you come as high in the animal kingdom as monkeys the male pirent has no affection for In* young.Suddenly a little voice broke in trom the side of the table-\u201cOh, yes, grendpater.There\u2019s the male stickleback builds a house and looks after his young ones, and the mother doesn\u2019t care for them a bit.\u201d A Mean Old Man\u2014' Arabella,\u201d said old Billyuns, as he fipished his dinner.\u201cI am goiug to ask you to do me a favor.I want to give your young man, Mr.-Mr.you \\Vharshi*name\u2014a message from me, \u2019 Ara?holla blushed and looked down at her plate.\u201cTell him,\u201d the bluff old millionaire went on, \"that I don\u2019t object to his slaying here and running up my gas bills, but that 1 do want to register a kick against his carrying the morning paper away with him when he leaves.\u201d Afier that Mr.Willingtun went home earlier.\u2014Cleveland Leader.After Show Hours\u2014The Circassian Princess \u2014Are you ready to so home ?The Two-Headed Girl\u2014Wait a minute.Are my hats on straight ?\u2014Detroit Journal.The fever-stricken steamer \u201cFrutera\u201d has reached Liverpool after her voysge to Weat Africa, which has probably proved the most eventful she has ever made.She has been brought to Liverpool by Captain G.G.Pender, her own commander tCaptain F.A Shaw) having been left behind in Grand Canary.Of the orignal crew who sailed in the vessel from Chatham only about three were able to come in her to Liverpool.The \u201cFrutera\u201d had the two gunboats on board which the Government are sending up the river Niger ; these were in sections, and were taken out in the holds of the vessel.After discharging the various* sections at Warri, the \u201cFrutera\u201d left on Novembar 14 for home.Fever had visited the steamer before she sailed and increased as the voyage progressed.First one and then other officers and crew were stricken down with the malady, Captain Shaw also being among the number.The enfeebled commander, officers, and crew did what they could for each other.An able seaman, named Richard Collins, of Liverpool, was found on the morning of November 29 lying on the \u2019tween decks dead, havinw^evidently got out of his berth and craw W^o the hatchway, where he died.Fortunately the engineers kept free of the fever, and CHIEFLY BY THEM the steamer was brought into the port of Grand Canary.Captain Shaw, though very ill, managed to get up to direct the course of the ship, and it was a moment of gladness to all when the harbour of Li Luz was reached.The captain and nearly all of the crew had Lp be removed to the hospital, aud a new cottMander, officers, and crew were sent for tonngland ; the engineers were able to coutinue in their vessel,\t\u2022 The chief and second officers and Mvao of the crew were sent home in one of the African steamers, and have arrived in Liverpool, but one or two others were left in the hospital at Grand Canary, including Captain Shaw.These latter, however, were all doing well when the \u201cFrutera\u201d sailed, and weve cx pected to start for England shortly afterwards.Australian Insect-Bating Birds.The plentitude of insect life io Australia, fostered by a bright and sunny climate, would speedily become intolerable but for the provision made by Natqre, writes a Colonial correspondent,' iu the form of myriads of insectivorous birds, who»e pie?sence is always welcome to the farmer and the orchardist, affording some degree of certainty that rapidly ripening crops will not bs seriously injured by the incessant attacks of these insidious and almost iuvisible f ies.In New South Wales many of the more useful kinds of bird migrate during the winter months to the northern, or semi-tropical regions of Australia, returning at the beginning of spring.Not a few possess a beautiful plumvge^nd several, contrary to popular belief, have a considerable amount of melodious power.Among the best known birds are several species of night jars, swifts and swallows.The night jars are generally met with after dusk, when they are extremely active, capturing considerable numbers of insects WHILg ON THE WING.The swifts are most plentiful during hot weather.Among the swallows the bottle swallow is remarkable for building in communities, constructing retort-shaped nests of mud under the eaves of house*, the shelter of an overhanging rock or riverbank, and occasionally in the hollow trunk of some Urge tree.Hundreds of such uests may be seeu underneath the capping of the stone piers of the Urge railway bridge crossing the waters of the Nepean, at Penrith.The Australian bee-eater is a beautifully plumaged bird, but |much disliked by apiarists, by reason of the havoc it creates in the vicinity of their hives.The sombre wood-swallow is another bee-destroyer, and when killed is eften found gorged with its victims.When these birds arrive in spring, also immediately before their dtpirture *t the close of summer, they have a peculiar habit, when roosting at night, of clinging to each other in large clusters.The diamond-birds are very useful, as are the shrikes, popularly known as magpies, which periodically destroy enormous quantities of l&rvæ and insects, especially grasshoppers, caterpillars, and gruhs.The mud-lark or peewit, little magpie lark, with its pleasing song, HARMONIOUS THRUSH, and whip-bird, each represent various descriptions of insect destroyers, as does the bell* bird, of wnich there are two species, that found near the coast having a cease ess and somewhat monotonous note, like a shetp-bell ; the other, common in the in'an 1 portions of the colony, possessing certain powers of ventriloquism, aud, when perched up >n the upper br-nches of some lofty tree, uttering note* not unlike the solemn lolling of a bell, hence its name.The male whip-bird, frequenting the scrub and brush near the co.ist, also the fern-clad gullies of the mountain range*, has a loud note, resembling the cracking of a stockman\u2019s whip -, the misnamed brittle bird has a rich and varied song\u2019, with which not a few residents in the Sydney suburbs are familiar ; while tHe rose breasted robin, frequently met with in thefil iwarra district, is one of the moat beautiful if Au»?traliau bird*, There are other species, such as th\u201c sc ifletr breasted robin, flame breasted robin, ai.d black arid white robin, each of which pos este * a dainty plumage.Among other birds are the blue wren, chestnut-backed warbler, superb warbler, red-throat, tomtit, ground-lark, sky-lark, and grass bird.The cheeiy notes of the latter, also those of the reed-warbler, may frequently be heard during ll:e night.Several of the msect'ealing bir 1*, in addition to the possession of EXQUISITELY HEAUTISUL PLUMAGE, have rich melodious notes, which ofreu impart a sense of pleasant animation to the long stretches, occsd inally scores of miles in length, of bush or forest.In addition to those already named, should be mentioned the rufous-bird, which is famous as a mimic and a ventrih qui*t.ft may sometimes be heard imiiating the liotro of many specie* inhibiting the same district, but prudently conceals itself among the deUsu foliage, thereby adding to ihe pei-plsxiiy ot its hearers.The biishrUrk is oqn of the most pleasing of Australian feathered songsters, aud may often be heard siuging a) night while flying slowly ab>ut high m the air, more esp'Cially on bright moonlight nights during the summertime.Numerous other species might bo na&ed, all valuable for their insectivorous instincts, aud, by the beautiful coloring of their plumage or the richness of their notes, Imparting an additional charm to the Australian landscape.Poster PriDiiDg in all Colors ! Three Sheet Poster, Two'Sheet Poster, One Sheet Poster ALL AT REASONABLE RATES May be Procured at the Office at Short Notice « CITY OF QUEBEC.City Clerk\u2019s Office.Tenders for the Making of Summer Uniforms for Firemen.Quebec, 2Ut January, 1898.PUBLIC NOTICE IS HE.tEBY GIVEN that sealed tenders, addressed to the undersigned, aod endorsed \u201c Uniforms for Firemen, shall be received until TUESDAY, the 8th cf February next\u2018(1608), at FOUR o\u2019cloek in the afternoon, for the making of fifty (10) Summer Uniform* in Serge, for the firemen.Ihe Serge and Buttons shad be furnished by the city.Each tender shall contain a sample of the lining intended for the uniforms.As the city supplies the Serge and Buttons for the making of such uniforms, the tenderer shall give two securities for the amount of Serge delivered for said uniforms.For more ample information apply to the Chief of the Fire Brigade, Central Station, Fabrique street.AUG.MALOUIN, Secretary Fire Committee.January 22, 1898.Fine Printing of all Kinds, Both Languages, in Catalogue, Commercial, Society and General \\ PRINTING.Printing For Manufacturers, Wholesale Dealers, Retail Merchants, Insurance Companies, Steamboat Companies.Railroads, Lawyers, Societies, For all Purposes And of Every Description.Style Al.Prices Right.dob Department.TELEPHONE 45.Japuary 24, 1898.CORPORATION OF QUEBEC.City Engineer\u2019s Office.Tenders for Carters\u2019 Numbers, etc iBmj obt-A-Hstjeid i CITT Quebec, January 18tb, 1898.PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that scaled tenders, endorsed \u201cTender Carters Numbers, etc., and addressed to the undersigned, will be received up to TUESDAY, the 25th instant, at 4 P.M., for Carters\u2019 and Traders\u2019 Numbers, etc, requirpfl during the fiscal year 1& 8-1899.Tenders must be made on the printed blank forms, and endorsed in tbe printed envelopes, which will be furnished to intending contractors, on application for the same at the City Surveyor\u2019s office, and the Road Committee will not entertain any tender that is not made on the said blank forms and enclosed in tbe s*id envelopes.Tenders must be endorsed on the outside of the envelopes, with a certificate from the Oily Treasurer of the necessary deposit as security for the contract.Each tender shall be subscribed to by two responsible parties willing to secure the execution of the contract.Each tenderer shall deposit in the hands of the City Treasurer the sum of $50.00 to be confiscated by any one refusing to sign the contract.The Corporation does not bind itself to accept the lowest or even any of the tenders.The contractor to nay for drawing up the contract, and supply the City Engineer with a certified copy thereof.W.D.BAILLAIRGE, Asst.City Inspector.January 19, 18£8.OITY OF CoiTTEBIEO CITY HALL, Quebec, January 5th, 1898.\u2022 / MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.Municipal Election* for all the Ward» of the City of Quebec.PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the Act 51 -52 Vic., oh.78, as amended by subsequent Statutes, tbe nomination of a Candidate or Candidates for the office* of Aldermen for each of the seats Nos.1, 2 and 3, in each of the Wards, for all the Wards of the City of Quebec, will take place on MONDAY, the FOURTEENTH day of FEBRUARY re»t.1898, being the Second Monday of February, 1898, between the hours of TWELVE of ihe clock in the forenoon and FOUR o\u2019clock in the afternoon, at the office of the City Clerk, in the City Hall ; all requisitions for candidates must be in writing and signed by six or more electors duly qualified as such ; and inca in each Ward respectively, there shall be a \u201cPoll-House\u201d/or eadk tuo hundred elector» fc* the election of an Alderman for seat No.1, or for seats Nos.2 and 3.A person who is qualified to vote for Aldermen for seat No.1, and for Aldermen for seats Nos.2 and 3, shall, however, only count as one elector.H J.J B.OHOUTNARD, Oity Clerk.January 6, 1898.Current Literature and Field Flowers, The regular price of CURRENT LITERATURE alone for one year is §8 00-^25 ornts a copy.To every one mentioning this advertisement a sample copy will be mailed free.FIELD FLOWERS is the most beautiful book of the century.This wonderful work comprises 17 of the best known, more beautiful and pathetic poems of the \u201c1\u2019oet Laureate of Childhood\u201d\u2014Eugene Field.As a souvenir cf respect entertained toward* Mr.Field by the highest art talent of the land, it has been exquisitely illustrated\u2014a noble contribution from thirty-six world famous artists.FIELD FLOWERS is published under the auspices of Mrs.Eugene Field and with the approval of the Monument Committee for the purpose of creating a fund to be divided equally t et ween the family, of.the late Eugene Field and the fund for the buildifck of a monument to the beloved poet of childhood.But for tbe grat-.iitous asssist^nce in getting ik out FI ELI » FLUWER> would cost easily $1.00.We are glad to have made arrangements to assist the good work by giving One Copy pf FIELD FLOWERS and a Year\u2019s Subscription to CURRENT LITERATURE for $3.00.31 00 of ever} sub-erption received will go directly to the fund.THE CURRENT LITERATURE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 62-54 Lakaykttk Place, New Yobk.January 22, 1898.Quebec \u201cMorning Chronicle,\u201d Printed and Published by JOHN T.B, FOOTE, Editor and Prop\".|e(x>r, at hitj .Sieaui Printing Works, Mountain HilL Subscrip'fhn DAILY, 83.00 per annum.Quebec Gazette, SI per annum.ahvehtisements.Ten Centa per Lme tirer inserticp, and Five Cents for each subsequent.Ten Cent* per Line for each inseitipu in Special N tIce Column or over Editorial.Advertisements requiring alternative insertions, such as twice or three times pej week, Eight Cents per Line."]