Daily Colonist (1900-01-12) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1900-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

CONSIGNED TO US IN ERROR. I

And'Which we offer at greaOy.reaucett'nlteB, as'the-8e,:5i!c!n>ls^(^^^ 2 for this class of g«ods.. Yotf will save inouer.ithbngh, !by,bnyin6"no^;:a8 •

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AN ACROSTIC.

"Uritisli Columbia Not Wanted."

Ilomu! in tliolr f:iltll<a HOW country to s.^i-. Ruggi'd and rough from the East to tUi.' sec;

Intent with their purpose, no hardahlp forbore,

SChe tMilIs with their bones are marked by thc score.

In this onr "Grand Provlnco" they wrought

for Its fiimo; Shall now tli'olr brave sons bear the odium

of Bhnme?

"IIow long Is It slnop thla riuuula of onr^i— Carping for prcsotIgi-V I moan those ill power;

OulraKlng the Tight of a fiilr (;aiial share. Loyal lu'tirls our t.Mu'i'ii'.s l.annor and hard-

shl|)H to boar; tJndfr snch tbraUlom of the "I'owers" that

be.

lladness or method, I would fain lll;>' tn

see

"Uorili'u or Lnurler" giro n Just rcasoi; wli.\',

lu choosing the 2ntl wo got the pass lit. Arc tlie woods back Baat so full of tln' kind!

Noted for riding on the forks of the wind ? 'Or Is It a dod;;e, as elections draw nigh, To scoop with stjch prestige the votes on the fly?

:We'll bear it In mind, from "our east" to the sea,

Aa sons of such forebears would hnve ns to be.

Ko lU-wlll toward tho.so fir whom the die rust;

The tlino may yet come, for the dange;- M not past.

ICacli "Columbian" now feels the depth of

the Hhtmt;

y)ecp in our heart, we resent the otftont.

THOSIAS BARMAN'.

.lantuiry 10, 1000.

NEW CRIMES AND PEXALTIKS.

aSiirty Thousiind Pages ot Ijogislmiau All I.(effs Than Two Yoar-s Ob!..

What wonld Dnico and Solon thing of Bouie ot our laws? asks Hon. Samuel .1. liarrows, In the Forum. Tliey dlil not av.c>-'' on matters of Jurisprudence. Draco staicN US the type of e.xces.slve severity In crim Inal law, anil .SoK.n. though all Ills laws may not cnilurc the modern test, stamls as the father of wlsi^ and Lu'ulgn le^'lslatll^o. Ifut what would Ihese ancient legislators thlnl; after reading, as the writer has done, ;!0,(KK) iinges ot Irglslatuin In the forty-live states—all of it less than two yer.is oUIV Suppose, for iustuuce, that DracD toiik It :ill seriously, and imnglned tliat all rlu' laws we passed were meant to be enforce l. Suppose they really «>ere enforced, and that the (Ireek Ljiw-glver should make a tour of the prisons and jails of the United States, Imagine hlra oaklus a score of con vlcU why they hod been convicted, "i." said on Alabama man, "have l>een sentenced to thirty days for Jumplne oft a train while In motion." "I," said a Ver-ginliio, "rode a horse on the sidewall; through an unincorporated village. In prison for sixty days." " I," other Virginian, ■'killed a partridge i 2nd day of Febrmiry, in (■uml)erlaiid ty, and am in prison for thirt; Bald a Oallfornia woman, "am I neglected to report to

am lodging in JaJl six months at the er.-pcnse of the utate." "It all happens In the cour.so of business," .said ir Jllchlgan-der. "I thought !t was all right to l.'uy an emiity beer botlle stanipixl with tilt-brewer's name.

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