i \TDi)(u\f: VOLUME 1. CRANBROOK, BRITISH COLUMBIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1808. XUMBEE <>, THE WARDOGS LET LOOSE TOUW*4^?,:no8IAT18ilEfiiaATION AT VICTORIA j Will tho Noar Fiaturo WUnsao a j Po'itloal All! inc.? Moro Castle Blazes Away Ineffectually i spenWni. on«topi.- iut i. now upper at the United States fleet. | "'"sl""'""'""""" s,lvs """ ""° "f-'!" CHASED A STEAMER BEARING JIN ill!.l. Wnr Formally Doolnr.-ul hy tbo Unltod SttUns nnd All Oubnu Ports Bloekiidcd. WASHINGTON, April 2-\.~Advices received today state- tbat tin- United Stales gunboat Helena lias captured n Spaulsb steamer and crew. Tho value of Lbo prize is placed at J50C 000, WAR FORMALLY DECLARI-ID Houso ForolK" Affairs Commlttoo I Ropo t That; Way. I Washington, April 25-—Tbe following is tbe text of tbe House committee 1 on foreign affairs lo that body: First—Tbat war be and tbe same is j hereby declared to evist, and Ihnl w Ua. ell.te.LltK* April «. InchuUnx Sun-1 .,,ri.isl, fcC|i „„„. b(, „hlbUrf day, between lhe Uuited Stales .""l, „crosst„, ,,„,,. To tue.e refcrenco ha. already been made and some extracts ; given. As to the British policy in Chli {Sun-j . and Spain. Second—Tbat Hit president of tlie United States is hereby directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the government) ami to cull into active service, to such extent as may be deemed neces-wty, the militia of tbe several states of the Union, lo carry the provisions of this act into Immediate effect. emarkableeveiits of ihe end of the ninetceutb century Is tkeclmige in sentiment—n change lu fact of a revolutionary kind—exhibited in tbe United States with regard to tin* relations between the ropubliu and the britisli empire. It may very safely be assumed lhat (lie press of the country, now almost 11 unit as to lhe desimiiiliiv or an entente cordlale- reflects public feeling uml tho opinions it expresses now are in very striking contrast with the utterances on Ilrltain ami British things up to a very ment date. Then tliey were for the most part, if not positively hostile nt least most unfriendly, mnl moro t linn ihls there were at times notions witnessed which spolie wilh ibe proverbial greater sound titan mere wot,I-,. Today this is entirely reversed and the lactsetins dawui igonoitr neigh- bora that an alliance between the two nations is n natural one, and at the same time one of a highly ndvautogeous character, The journalistic issues of each succeeding day present some further con* trituitions lo the general expression of Redistribution of British Columbia Electoral Districts. I EAST KOOTENAY TIIE OAINER THEREBY Lotflflatlon Propound Aflteotlng Both Ledge and Plac ir Mining. [S*.i ilal vii-ioria Correspondence to tlio Unit- MORO CASTLE SPEAKS. Her Guiib Opened ou ihe Uuitod fc-tatoa Float. WASHINGTON, April 25.—At 2 o'clock this morning the guns of Moro ensile were opened upon the United States fleet in Havana ha bor. Many shots were fired inflicting no damages, however. The American 11 ;et made no reply. Meanwhile the wildest excitement prevailed in Havana. A FRUITLESS CHASE. IfTbey RadCnugUl Jim Hill What WoiddThoy Hnvo Dot oto Kim? WASHINGTON, April 24.— The Spaniards sent "lie of their fastest cruisers 111 pursuit nf ihe Atlantic liner City of i'nri', Inn after a fruitless chase of mnny hour! the Spaniard bad to abandon lilt pursuit, , '•Jim" Hill, president of the Great Northern rat bond, is said to have been a passe titer on the steamship. NEW YCRK PROTHOTHD. Sto,;B Taken Regulating Entranoo of Ships to tho Harbor. NKW YottK, April 25.—The war department has issued a seiies of regulations covering entrance to and departure from Now Vork harbor us follows; No vessel «iil he allowed to pass Sandy Hook or the Narrows between sunset nud sunrise, or during that time to approach within three miles of Coney Island, Gedtiey channel, Sandy Hook, or the Narrows, GERMANY'S ATTITUDE. It la Reported To B 1 tho Same aa 1 England's. NUW VORK, April 25.—The latest ad vices regarding the poaltlon ol Germany regarding the United StatcsSpnuisb wai say 111.11 government will uieintniu aa attitude coinciding in many policy of Great Britain. the American critics have spoken very plainly and the combination of hostile powers will derive but scant encouragement f.om whnt has been said. Tbe New Vork Commercial Advertiser in a recent issue t.ikes notice of the Soudan expedition and says with reference to a statement tbat liiitaiu wants the Soudan for herself, and is not conquering it for Egypt: " In one sense Great Britain may expect to have ihe Soudan for ber own, ami iu another sense she does not, and it is iu the last sense that the world at large is principally concerned. If lhe Soudan is again brought under the Egyptian Hag it will be as free to the commerce of the United Stales or anv oilier foreign country as to that of Great Britain, There will lie no ' closed door' to the rest of the world. Everywhere, iu the .Soudan as well as [11 China, and along the Niger, I'bis is wherein she su well merits American sympathy in ber foreign policy." And ihe Urooklyn Eagle, intbecourse of some thought!ul comments upon the present situation of affairs us affected by the Cub n difficulty is equally emphatic and outspoken uu tbe Bubject. It seems to regard the friction between Washington und Madrid as hy 110 means an 1111- mi.\cd evil, us one of i s canaequeucea is ihatthe distance between England and America has heed shortened, and the two \ countries are nearer 10 each other than they have been before. What the Eagle Bays is worthy of tbe tluughlful cons d- eratiou of Canadians. Itsays: "0pon one side of the Atlantic there have been scowls lor lhe other. It is beginning lo look as though they would come lo an understanding which will be a reflection upon ibe intelligence of neither. We have no purposes worthy of discussion by which England ia not animated. The welfare of the world depends largely upon the temper with which we receive friendly overtures from the British Capital. What the Anglo Saxon stands foi i'l the long run he is likely to obtain. It is no misfortune even lo those who appear to lose when he holds more lb an see: i.s to be his own. lie lias shown his fitness to survive. Not without violence to what are among the commonest of all impulses can the English speaking people of ibis continent refuse to re- ■ pou.I. Manifest destiny dictates an alliance ami not until it has been made shall we begin to come iuto what is our own. There are but few distinctions and there .ub Uu ■luiiM hi llffei THB SPANISH F BBT. ilit IYI011- pectal telegram Verde islands, ... believe that To Sell From St. Vine day, April 80, London, April 25- ,\ spec from St. Vincent, C 1 Bays that there la ream the Spanish 11. el will It is quite furiuidal first-class cruisers, tf* two aimed transports, CUBAN POUTS BLOCKADED Liding four bonis and •In Tin We have heard ml, uot officially, but not less , mi that account, and tbe have not been harmonious, ,lo the rest. It is becoming more and more apparent lhat if England and America Bght ii will be for rather than against each other and against tbat which blocksa higher civilization, When that devoutly to be wished lor cnnsuiii- tn&tlon comes, the chances for war ou any considerable scale wilt havebocu reduced in a minimum. Tbon- who think about Inviting n blow will judiciously take the trouble to think agaiu." There is much in ibis winch recalls the timely maxim laid down lu another Amer-1 lean papei not many days ago in which after, like the Eagle, advocating such an alliance, it said that the union would mean "caveat iuuiuIub"—let lhe world _ _ ___ look out. Tins movement in favor of bolwwnibe United States I h'11'' "'■"■'"»* bslwecutlie two paw A Numbor of SpaulBh Morohant- 111 ou Captured. Ni'.w York, April 15,—Sincetbeopeii- j i"K nml Spain the former has established a etrtct blockade of all Cuban pons which up to the present date has resulted in the capture of nine Spanish merchantmen, soveral ol them con lain ing valuable cargoes, TROOPS SUMMONED. United States War Department Calls for Land Foroes. Washington, April 25,—The wnr de- [will do its best—it hns parluient has culled upon tbe United j pHsbed much in this dir Slates volunteer foms for 125,000 men. fast gathering force, in one, tti. I porlance of which can be scarcely estimated. Tons in Canada it Iflofntupend- oils moment, it opens up a vista of possibility s lhat me raseiuatiug lo think up* .ni. We can Imagine the removal of difficulties and ihe freelutcrcotnuiuhiratlo!) of trade and freedom of intercourse in ibe place < 1" friction aud difficulty. We must carefully heed the trend of affairs and do our part in promoting the grent ud iu view. The liberal Government lready acconi- tion—and tbe In the Hospital. For the week ending Sunday, April 2^, the following patients were admitted to the St. Eugene hospital; John Meagher, North Star; Harvey Cum mi tigs, Wardner; Edward Arm-' strong, Henry Peterson, McCifrly-scanip; j The following patients have been dis-' charged. G. I), bang, Dan McLeoud, | Kgati camp; John Hanson; Julius l.eil/,, \ McCarty camp; John Marsh, Reltl's' camp; Loute San ton, Cowan's camp; John Dagganl. 1 The Indian children have all been vaccinated, and the hospital authorities of-{ Ier tbe timely suggestion that it would j be a wise move for the whiles to adopt the same precaution, next century will dawn on a changed condition of affairs In this respect which but a yer or two ago would have been looked on as n dream. H-iVER STEAMERS. Tlio Farrell Again Reported Just ViCToiti \, li. C, April 16.—The specialty Important measure of tbe present session of the legislature, the bill to redistribute lhe electoral districts of britisli Columbia, was introduced by message from the Lieutenant Governor toward the close of this afternoon's session of the local parliament, As drawn the bill consists of 19 sections, inclusive of the short title definition and the section explanatory of tbe fact that it amends the Constitution Act by fixing thirty-seven instead of thirty-four as tlie number of members to be elected, an increase of four in tbe size of the House. Sections 3 to 12 inclusive make tbe requisite alterations in the several districts, while the increase of 4 members is provided lor in the following manner: Vancouver receives 4 members instead of 3, putting il on a par wilh Victoria in the matter of representation. Cassair, which has recently attalued so wide-spread prominence ia connection with tbe development of the mineral areas of the north, obtains two instead of one representative. East Kootenny is divided into two divisions, obtaining a member f.>r each division Instead of one me.-uber for the entire district as at present- West Kootenay is enlarged by the acquisition of a portion of East Vale, and is sub-divided into three divisions, its representation being thereby Increased by one member. Vale, the first of the districts altered, has beeu cut at its eastern boundary. This formerly ran from the 49th parallel at a distance of ten miles fiom tbe Columbia river, northward along lhe watershed. The new boundary starts on the international boundary line, about live miles west of Midway, and runs north to Kettle liver, which it follows to a junction with lhe east fork. It then goes in a atrnigltt line lo where the former boundary of tbe district crosses Fire Valley. From this point the old and new boundaries are the fame. Tlie result is to cut off from tbe Vale district nnd the east riding of V.de a triangular piece which includes Christian City, Cascade City. Grand Forks, Greenwood and Midway, this triangular snip bting thrown into West Kootenay ami the latter district being divided into three ridings. Tbe Revelstoke riding consists of all tbat portion of'.he district lying to the north of a line which 1 asses down Fire Valley, up Arrow Lake and Cariboo Creek, nml from the heal waters of that creek to tbe north nf Slocan Like ami Kootenay Lake, and thence due east to the boundary of the district. Tbe Rossland riding includes the triangular strip taken from hast Vale, and the rest of West Kootenay south of Fire Valley ami west of Airow Lake and the Columbia This leaves for Nelson riding all the Kootenay Lake aud Slocan Lake country which lies east of the Columbia or tlie Arrow Lakes. Kast Kootenay is divided by a line the ceutei of which is at Canal Flat on the upper Kootenay river. Tbe boundary runs due west from ibis point, while lo the east it follows the Kootenay river nnd the Palliser river to Kanamakis pass. This makes Fort Steele with all lhe Crows Nest country the south riding, ami leaves Windermere and the upper Koolcnay lake coiiyny in the north riding, along with Donald, Golden and the other C. 1'. R. town-. On Vancouver island, Cowhichan-Al- berul district is enlarged by running the dividing line between it and Com which formerly turned westward I Nootka Sound, directly northwest thro' the center ol the island, thus throwing all the wesl coa 1 uortb o( Carmauah into Cowhcbnu-Albemi. Nanui'tnoCUy is enlarged by adding what are known as The Five Acie Lots to the city proper, and uinkiug the Chase river the bound aryoniin southerly and westerly side. Tex,ulo and Lastjuitl islands are taken out of North Niiiiiiuiin district and given to South Nannlmo, Couiox district Is only altered hi so far as necessitated by the change in Owliichan-Allieini. Sections 15 to 19 contain the machinery for closing the old voters lists mid Opening new ones in the districts lit. have been altered, The method adopted in iHcj,| Isagnin resorted to, In ordfl entry out which a collector is appointed for each district lhat has b.- en in any way altered, and distributing collectors are appointed to take charge of old lisis aud distribute the names on such lists among the collectors of the new district) which they properly belong by the fact of their residence within such district1 F'or example, ibe distributing collecti 111 East Vale will lake the old East Vale lists and divide the names iuto two lists, on the first of which will be those who reside in the new district of East Yale— winch list will thereafter become lhe reg ister for Kast Vale—and on the second list the names of those who reside in th ! triangular portion of the district which 1 has been added 10 tbe Rossland riding legrapll of West Kootenay. This Hstwlll hegiv- Operator Hooka at Fort Steele thla (Tues-|eu to llie Rosslaud collector and will dny) morning, that the steamer Farrell form a portion of bis list, the balance of was reporter! a few miles below Wardner. j which will tie made up from the names She left Jennings April 17th, but had to.furnished him by tbe distributing col- tie up on account of insufficient water, heeler who checks over the Nelson and Tlie river is now rnpiply using. j Rcvebtoke lists. When Hiclistsnrecom- L. A, Hamilton, C. 1\ R. land ™*«.i-' ^^ $W n~r° t0 bo P.ubU.i,>«!ln tw siouer, has B low Wardner. ■KAi.li is informed hj'Te idli 11(1011 in the beruiuda: . ■"■"■*"'issues ,>r the Gazette nn'd a local paper. Winnipeg from a provision is also made by which aper- ■lesitiiig to change bis name Crow oue list to another, procures :-i certificate from the collector lhat his name has been struck off a former list, anil on production of this to the collector of the district in which he wishesJtO lie registered and proof tha* he has resided in such district for two months, his name is Inserted iu the Hst. In Cassair district, owing to the number of voters who no doubt have moved there recently, the two mouths' residence qualification is dispensed with. The final clause empowers the Lieut. Governor ill Council to make rules and regulations fur the carrying out of tbe act. The other important legislation of the present week is found in the bills to amend the placer aud quartz mining acts, presented by the mining committee of the house. The amendments lecom- nded to the legislature while they do not contain anv very radical changes, 11 are of considerable importance. Taking first the Placer Mining act, the amendments proposed are few, In the first place il is proposed lo add to section 9 so as to bring it in conformity ih a similar section at present in force in tlie Mineral act. The amendment provides that if a person acquires a pla- claim or au interest therein and it shall appear that the person from whom he acquired title has neglected to lake out or keep up a free miner's certificate accordtug to the provisions of tlie act, the person acquiring the claim or interest may within a month after finding this out, or a month after the amendment becomes law if he has all :ady acquired such knowledge, pay tbe proper fee-, and thus.make his title as good as if there bad been no default. Another section in the proposed amendments is to extend to least s or otherpla- er mining grounds the right now belonging to holders of creel; claims to con- Jnte as many as ten leases, By some mistake last session lhe section giving holders of placer ground a right lo consolidate placer mining holdings, nol exceeding 640 acres as one holding, was lepealed. The committee propose that ibis be reenacted, Th* proposed chauges In the Mineral .-\ct are more numerous, one of the principal features being au Important change allowing fractional mineral claims to be located without confining the boundaries to the rectangular form. The amend- ment provides'.bat "such factional chum need not be rectangular in form and none of the angles need necessarily be right angles nor the lines be meridional and the lines of the previously located mineral claims (whether surveyed or nol) between which tbe fractional mineral claim is located may be adopted as the boundary of the fracTlonul mineral claim." The distinction between a factional and full-sized mineral claim u made by always prefixing the wo-ds"lull sized" or "fractional'" to the word claim. In locating u fractional claim the following provisions ate made; "A fractional mineral claim shall be marked by two legal posts placed as neai as possible on the line of the previously located mineral claims, and shall be numbered 1 and 2, ami the distance be tween posts I and 2 shall not exceed 15a) feet, the line between posts 1 and 2 to lie known as tbe location line, ami upon posts Nos. 1 and 2 shall be written the name of the locator and the date of the location, Upon No. 1 post there shall be written iu addition t« the foregoing, Initial post, the approximate compass bearing of No. 2 post, and as fult a description as possible of the land bounding the fractional claim, "The Provincial land surveyor, when surveying a fractional mineral claim, whether located before or after the passage of this act, may survey such claim so that il shall contain, 09 nearly as possible all the unoccupied ground lying between the previously located mineral claims, as described In the affidavit and by the sketch plan made by the locator when the claim was recorded, provided tbat no side of a fractional mineral claim shall exceed 1500 feet ill length. "Provided tbat wben a fractional claim has been located between previously located and unsurvcyed mineral claims, if when nny such previously located mineral claims are surveyed, auy of tbe posts n( lhe fractional mineral claim are found lo be on the previously located mineral claim, tbe location of such fractional mineral claim shall not be invalid by reason of the location posts of tbe fractional mineral claim may by obtalnlug the permission of the gold commissioner of the district, move the posts of the fractional mineral claim and place them on tbe surveyed line (of the ^adjoining previously located mineral claim." Provisions are mude by which a free miner, if he has finished liis assessment work, within the year, may have30 days more in which to obtain and record Irs certificate on payment oi f 10 additional fee, It is proposed to allow a miner to do several; ears' assessment work in one, and get a certificate for such work to cover, In getting a Crown grant, too, the miner is allowed credit for the assessment work done, the amount of such assessment belli'*-; deducted from the $51*0 necessary to secure a Crown grant. l\i making nil application for a Crown grant the applicant, it is proposed, shall file tbe copies of tbe Britisli Columbia Gazette and newspaper containing the notices of bis application. Another amendment la that au adverse claimant must file a plat made In* a provincial latul surveyor showing Iheclahn, Instead of ns at present, only allowing credit lo be given tor lhe survey ns work OU lhe claim, when such survey is made ! within ono year of lhe record of lhe : claim, an amendment proposes that "two" years be inset ted instead of "one," I At liic foot of the bill, as a lecnmmer,- [ datloil, comes an im* oiianl section, providing that a free minor's license pltnll bo issued only to Itrilidi subjects or thos- who have declared their intention j to hi come such, THAT AWFUL AVALANCHE _ KOOTENAY KORRAL Its Terrible Death-Dealing Powers Vividly Illustrated at Chilcoot I'ass. SCORES-BURIED BY A SNOW MOUNTAIN Pathetic Scnea Encranderod by tho Recovery cf CruBhod and Manyloi Human Forma. ■Special Correspondence,) Victoria.. April 17.—Kclipsing all oth* r home news of the week iu Importance s that of the terrible avalanche winch on Sunday, tbe sd inst,, crushed to death upward of four score lvlondike-lioiind travelers on the Chilcoot trail, "6 of Whose bodies have nt this time been recovered and identified. The catastrophe —precipitated, it is claimed, by the heavy blasting being done by the two tramway companies—occurred at Squaw Hill, just above the .Stone house, and u miles out of the town of Dyea. Here the valley narrows to a width of less th-.ui 450 yards, walled in by sheer and slightly wooded cliffs. Rising from the east of the trail is an almost vertical glacis which is variously estimated to be from i.floo to 3,- 000 feet from base to crown, Wilhin the shadow of ibis majestic cliff on the morning of tbe 3d stood a little colony of teuis, many of whose occupants were sleeping, to be awakened only by the grip of death, to light for life ngaiusta deluge of Ice and snow thai in a few moments bad buried theli canvas village under 30 feet of avalanche debris. Not a few were mercifully spared awakening, being crushed to death as they lay in their tents, with no forewarning of the disaster that was to overwhelm them, Eye-wil 11 esses say that it seemed as tltuUKh lhe entire face of the great white wall had been suddenly detached by some unseen hand nml hmled down wilh frightful velocity on its mission ol destruction, the ronr of the slide being plainly beard several miles away. The men and women who were overwhelmed may hive realized what happened, but tbey bad UOpOSSiblfiOppoitU. nity to escape. The huge waves of snow ba buffeted aud tossed, coffined and graved tbtni in an Instant, befote they could cry .heir agony, and ouly a great silence and a vast mound of snow marked ibe place where human activity bail prey-file ' so short a tune before. Uescue pulies weie immediately or- gauwd, at least 2,000 heing soon at work, and in a very few minutes the first of the vfblims, dead and limp, was utieoveied Some of the unfortunates who had been picked up and carried along by the switt- nioving mass were found only a few feet below the f>utface, but the majority wen; not recovered until the bard-packed trail itself was leached. The bodies were found in all soils of fantastic attitudes, and almost every pallid face bote llie expression of intense terror, photographed upon it by slow death, Those whose liwshad liei-u mercifully crushed o.it at once were easily distinguished by their facial placidity and the undistuibed condition of the snow surrounding them, while the less fortunate ones left traces of their desperate fight to free themselves Irom tbeir living grave, They had burrowed blindly in the snow and fought their fate inch by inch and moment by moment until forced lo abandon hope and yield to death either by exhaustion or suffocation. There were broken limbs and crushed bodies every whet e, but it was very .evident that suffocation vas the chief destroyer. As tbe bodies were lifted fiom the accumulation of mountain dehrisaud laid side by side, a scene dramatic and pathetic iu the extreme was presented Mothers, wives and sweethearts were not thereto lament their dead, but rugged men recognized all that was mortal of acquaintances they had made 011 the sea or 011 the Hail, and there was no lack of sympathy or of reverence in the weather-beaten faces lhat sunouiided the ghastly array. More than 4a bodies have thus far been sent down for burial, while the steamer Queen, due on Pugel Sound on the iStb, lias yet others on board. Tiie disaster has practically ended the serviceable I) of the Chilcoot trail, for ihu present sta sou at all events, as BU avenue for en trance to the Klondike, while as tin heavy tolls on the new Skagway wagon road are a great objection to its acceptance, the star ol the Slikiue route Would seem to be very much iu the aiceudant, The latest news is that steamers will begin operation.-, <;ii tins river by ibe 35th instant, while the Pel ley, Lewis and Yukon rivers haw alsooj euetl full) 4odayi earlier this season linn usual, ww»v 7 f 't-vVw'tVi vv%>v99V»■*•> to give the nlory j an unqualified denial iu loto, The lead- I »-r of [the opposition laughs over lhe I matter, and wonder, bow anyone \ih ; pretends to know the alphabet of P101 ' incial politics should have been so Cod [sli as to print the fonndationltss itorj I PEOPLE AND THINGS, 1 ff , , * VVVVV 'V .'',• W v.- V->VV»V -•','.■• VVV-1 Engineer Cranston was in town a sh-i'tt time last week. Mrs. Donahue, of tbe K--st Kootenay hotel, was a visitor to I-"oi I Steele Friday. Peter Senate, landlord of the Summit bouse,* near Moyie, was a visitor to Cranbrook recently. Mother Superior Conrad and Sister Jackson, from the Mission, were visitors to Cranbrook Thursday, Mr. RayroMs bis purchased a lot on the east side of St. Joseph's creek and erected au office building thereon. The Hamilton Brother's departed yesterday for their Palmer mountain claims and will soon be making tbe rock fly. Landlord Ryan, of the Cranbrook hotel, accompanied by J. H. McMullin as 3 bodyguard, drove to Port Steele Friday. Tbe internal Improvements of the Miner store are being rapidly completed. aud in a few days the first merchandise establishment in Craubrook will be open to the public. Lindsay Crosseti has resumed tri;.- with his stage between Moyie, Cranbrook and Fort Steele. He has a good out Tit and it is to be hoped tbat he will soon make it a daily. On and after May ist Tbe Fort Steele Mercantile Co. will carry a large and complete line of building Paper, Cedar Shingles, Sash and Doors, and Building Hardware. The new building recently completed by Mr, Kaake was to have been occupied by a Chinese restaurant, but owing to a misunderstanding between the parties, tbe deal is off. Commissioner Armstrong was in Cranbrook yesterday, inspecting road woik, afterward leaving for Moyie to ascertain what and where road «ork is necessary between the two points. Mr. West, who is interested with Maurice Quain, ou Nigger creek, was in towu recently. He brought with him some galena specimens nnd also some tellurium ore from their claims in that vicinity, The road, for a distance of 30a feet at the west end of the bridge just enst of lown, has been covered with brush, and on top of that is being placed a llink layer of gravel; a much needed impiove- in en t, II. \V. Melton returned to Palmer maintain Sunday from h trip out for tup- plies. He was .'earing a Verv contented looking smile, and thiol.* Palmer mountain and bar will surprise the natives this season. Well, it te liable lo. \V. T, Kaake will soon commence, if he has not already, n new store building, 35x50, two stories the {troba bill ties ate Ibat when it is completed lie will place iu it a general stock of groceries and supplies—something much needed litre at present. John Con wit Jr and party passed through here Thursday afternoon, eu route to Palmer bar and Nigger ■ Creek, where they will prospect and placer mine until satisfied whether that loodily has any riches in store for ilii-m; if uusatinfacto* ry they will retrace their steps and go up the Kootenaj to Tracy creek. Tbe first "show" in Cranbrook oc- cmred last Saturday night iu the Leitch Brothers'opera house, the occasion being a musical entertainment given hy n Wandering minstrel and his wife. The wotk was of the vaudeville order, iiml was up lo the average <*f tbat line. As is llie case in larger and older cities, the '■bald-head low" v. as filled. The stage arriving in Port Steele frnu 1 Golden last Thursday evening had a lip* ' over coming down;one passenger, James ' Urady, having one arm broken in two 'pi ces and two ribs fractured, To add , io bis misfortune and sufferings the scene of the accident was remote from any hub- , Itnlion and the entire party were obliged tb gO iuto camp for the night and dis* patch a messenger to Holden—nearly 50 Crai brook Possrs-ed of Exceptional AdvnntHgee for Installation Of Both Entt rpriete. Almost every town that springs into existence III mining reg OOS starts out with a prospective smelter 10 aid iu lhe atlraciiou of inve-tors for town lots. That few such towns ever realize what is promised in that way, and a less number of their prcmntrs ever dreamed even of seeing their promises to land purchasers fulfilled goes without saying. There are exceptional cases however, aud beautiful Cranbrook is one of them With the powtrful C. I'. R back of it and its statement, over the signature ef onu of its principal officials that "This town is destined to be the smelting, commercial and railway center of Kast Kckj- teuay," it becomes a fact lhat all promises iu lhat line, as well as to Cranl rook being a divisional p iur, will be fulfilled. Craubrook \\\\\ be ibe Great Palls, :,:, .1 tana, of Past Kootenay, B.C. Influences of the same nature that inndcGrea' i':i :■• a smelting chy and principal dtvis.onal point on the Great Northernrailn idare ut work to accoinp i.-h the same result at Cranbtook. Tbe latter place has .he advantage over tbe fo :...■■ ol i*borterdb- tatice Irom gre.,;ci cuala::d '■-.■*'-.; '. sup. p'oes. Kre the passage >-•:' many davs thereal work of selediug a euteltei riic t. r e. powerful lUiehiux company, with whom negotiations have, bt en for some time pending, nil) \k conducted bj Mr. H M. Burwell, Douriition surveyor, who has uow been here about a fortnight. A site with an elevation of about 60 feet can be had rcrtb of town, and *-itu- ated. too, where a*i abundant ■>■ atei >.ip- ply can be lluuied ^0 it fru.*u tbe spr ugs near the tower end I Cranbrook, These spriuys- furnish a large water supply* nearly if not quite equal 10 that furnished by .*-:. Joseph's cieek, and is sufficient to mn a much large: sme'ter than will probably be seen iu P.^st Kootenay for yeara *.o come. Soon after the completion of the survey, those west ic'.trested i:; tiie coo- SUUlttlftiiau ef the tli'erpris; wilt i.st;,c-r.u *'.. <;• est on, be con^jmaiaitd. Wiih se '.: immense and we'i deve'..,'«d -_iopoM:*ons us the North Siar, St. Kugene and many others within a forrf'ed :::'.o a b'^stlirg, hu'tiing, rustli'-g comnrj-dty—a city whose avenues will be lined witb turineiS houses cf every description fiaaked by scores of cottages and i.omesof workingmen Mich as aTe rlwayr, to be found in a smelting, mining, and railway center. Night and morning will be -een the soldiers cf the tm bucket brigade—the breadwinners who are ibe foundation of the commercial supremacy of a busy city—streaming along f' their da ly labors. Tbe> will I be the recipients of a vast payroll, and pay-rolls make bsppy communities end flourishing cities. THS WATEB-WOBKS t URVEV Nearly Completed for a System Able to Supply 10,000 People, j Mr. llurwrll has nearly CnUbedthetnr* I vey for the water-works for Cranbrook. In a conversation with arej-orterf-jr Tiik Ui'.r.u.h tbat gentleman stated a*, hfs opinion a supply of the ptfrest water c«n I be obtained through this enterprise sufficient for a city of 10,000 people. The system will be supplied frcm a storage reservoir 2>i miles from town, at the head of a ravine wl : b I ntue ■• n .i- nral basin. A contour itne i> beii g run and will be cleared of timber; when 61 - ished i* will show tbe WS i-r-k-vvl of lhe basin. The water will have a fall in IbedU- laifce named of 370 ftet, whl ...■..,.:■■ it sufficient head lo make a viry »-i\ice- abU fire protection by the inlrodmtiou of plui v ol vi itmg the nrceu it) ■ I Ure engines fui ihe ptolei ti'.n of properly iu Cnmbiook. FORMAL OPENING. 3t Eugene a Hospital To Be Dedicated Suriday Next Moy '- The formal opening of the handsome new St. Eugene's hospital will occur Sun* day, May 1. at: p. tn , at the Miss on, ^special pains have been takm by [Pother Coccola and In* hsslstanis to ] make this occasion one lhat will be ith interesting-aud entertaining to all who I may attend, and a cordial inviiaiiou is j issued from the Mission to j-,11 who can, 1 to be present. Father Coccola will address the audi- jence, ond there will be singing by the I Mis-ion children as well hs i ,e.i .-.in-Ui.liiei.lal (music by the Indian boys' I rasa band, bunch 11 : ■. nlso be served, but as .-it this ; writing ibe q ie lion Is not fullj deter- ; mined, Tim li; iiai nd 101 othdvlsi 1 - ' bora 10 leave home wiiln -it I reakfasting, 1, i: MINER I Will have in stock in nfev daj III In 1 (or building hardware, including ' building paper, nails nnd a full fi--.-:-. of ' points un I oil 1, in ftet everything kept I Don't forget that Tin-: Hj.kai.d ac* ' ccpts subscriptions, THE CRANBROOK HERALD. HERALD PUBLISHING CO.. : : l»roprieiors. TERMS OF SL'HSCIUPTloy Invariably in ndvauc ■ Ono War Six Mouths |j nn A First-class Job Printing Establishment la connection witli tho bublnraa. Sum- ploa ulioivn, Ask for pries TELEGRAPHIC NEWS, Washington, D, 0„ April 10: Afler a tierce debate the two houses of congress c une to an agreement tils morning at A e'eiock regarding a Cuban policy resolution ami passed a vote ;tu> to ii, joint resolution, recognizing C.iban In-Jcpeu- il Micy am) demanding that lhe government ol Spain relinquish its authority a nl government In ihe Island of Cuba, ai il witli.haw Us land and naval loicea from Cuba anil Cuban waters, ami ill- reeling the president to use the land and naval forces of the Called States to carry these resolutions Into effect. Soon after the piesldeni's signature In aiiixi.il to the joint resolution, everyone here expects it Is the prelude to war. 1'resident MtKluley will notify the Spanish government thai be lias signed tbe resolution ami that the provisions require that Spain shall Immediately withdraw her land and naval forces fiom Ouba aud surrender her sovereignty over the Island. His notlttcailon likewise will state tbat the United States expects prompt compliance with lis teems. Kveryone connected with the administration realizes tbat war Is to be ex peeled as ibe result of the ultimatum uud frum ibis time forth the president and members of the cabinet will act ut a ui.lt In the execution of a most vigor cms policy. The war department today practical y decided that in tlrst call tu arms would be for H0,00l> ineu to on Uk en from the state militia. Spain Will Fight. Madrid, April 10: The terms of the speech which the Queen Regent will di liver at the opening of the cortes tomorrow arc zealously guarded, but It Is said the speech will prove tlrm, convincing aud satisfactory to national sentiments. It Is claimed that perfect unanimity prevails lu Spain in face of war, rather than to yield to ibe demands of tbe Called Slates. Tlie Powers Seeking Peace. London, April 19: Tbe Uome cones- pondent to the Daily Chronicle says: ' Some powers. Including France aud I'aly, are acting In concert with tbe Vtlcaninan tiTort to persuade Spain to abandon Cuba. It Is said Spain Is secretly Inclined to thi.* course, but pre- fe s to wall for tbe outbreak of war In order to have appearance of yielding to I >rce, so as to be justified by public uplnlon, Cuban Independence Recognized. Washington, D, C , April Ui): Cuban resolutions are now tbe law of the land and tbe ultimatum to Spain la an accomplished fact. Tbe president at 11:34 a.m. affixed his signature to the joint resolution to congress, requiring Spain lo evacuate the Island of Cuba after public advertisement of the ultimatum. Judge Day said It would be transmitted ibis morning to Madrid, addressed to Minister Woorford, wbo wbl deliver lt to the Spanish government. As soon as tbe dnal determination bad been reached and It had been started on Its way to Madrid, the Span- i-h miufster was furnished a copy of the paper, The mini.ter, as soon as he read It, made a brief reply and requested his passports. At 3:30 the stale department messenger handed Senor I'o- Io y Iljrnabes his passports, and the minister and his staff leave Washington al 7 p.m. Tbe ultimatum Is uot made public, but It Is understood that Spain will be given until Saturday at noon la reply. At 5:13 p.m. volunteer army bill was passed by the home, it !■ officially announced that tbe United States will not resort to privateering iu case of war with Spain. Troops are Moving;. Fort Sherman, Ida., April 30! Tbe Sixteenth rpglmcut will arrive In Spoil a ne between !> and in o'clock Thursday morning. A special train has just arrived here. All baggage will be loaded tonight, The troops comprising ei. v-'ti cAlcers and 390 men will board i ra In ut 7 a in I. morrow. RAILROAD NEWS. The latest reports from the eastern end of the toad are to the effect that every energy will be put forth to push tbe construction of the road through to Wardner by June 15, or ibe Ilrst part of July at the latest. The question of supplies Is the one under consideration, and the company arc anxious to get tlie steel laid to tbe river at tbe earliest possible moment. It is a stgnlilcent tact, that although hundreds of men uie going to woik along the line, nnnp of ilicm gpt as far west a« Ward tier. Thrv :,*t- all held on the work east of ihis politi, null more are being put on dally. AH the energy of construction Is being concentrated between Bull Head prairie and Wardner, a distance of eighty miles, It is estimated llut witb the ties all In position, the trackiaylng can easily progress at the rate of two and one-half miles a day. Within ten days trackiaylng will be resumed andtt U anticipated that there will be no further ik-lay jn ibe work. A Wrecked Trestle. News has ruach*.U here of a serious accident caused by the heavy trestle over St. Marjl liver near l.elhbrldge collapsing abont two weeks ago. A strong wind was blowing and while a number of men were working upon lhe bridge a portion of the structure gave way, throwing several of them to the ground a distance of flfiy or sixty feet. The injured were quickly conveyed to a car and brought to the Lethbrldge hospital, where every attention was given to relieve their suffering, but three of the men died shortly after tbey reached town. The names of the dead are, Duncan Ferguson, Renfrew; Jacob Thompson, Uevelstoke; A. Boulanger (or Hicux), (Quebec. The Injured are, Uory Camp bell, Glengary; AudrewNordland, Led bridge] John Itreslan, Montreal; James Kenny, Kim vale: Thos. McBlrney, Rev elttoke; Sydney Itlackstcck, The trestle, over 900 feet lorg, collapsed like a pack of cards and without warning, The workmen employed on the upper portion of the sliuctiite jumped to the adjoining bank, but ol those below none escaped without Injury. Railroad Notes. It Is reported here that Dr. Cordon has been retired. The work of grading Is progressing rapidly through the city limits. Contractor Macleod has taken another contract of three miles north of his present contract, and will be ready to begin operations on his new work next month, Winnipeg Free Press; Commissioner Hamilton, of the C. I*. Ii. land department, has returned from a trip to tbe Bermuda Islands, accompanied by Mrs. Hamilton. . .. There are 500 men employed In the C P. It. workshops at present, the largest number lo the his tory of the company's operations In the west. The payroll for last March was over Sao,uuo, Tbe prospects are very bright for the continuation of the heavy work all year. The C. P. It. will not build their permanent workshops at Revelstoke ai present, but will take down the old supply store and other buildings at Donald and move tbe lumber to Uevel- stoke where It will be used In the erection of temporary shops, Into which the plant of the Donald shops will be moved pendirg the erection at Uevelstoke ot flrst class shops, and there being lined up with the best and most modern machinery. lethbrldge News: A great number of accidents have occurred during the building of the bridges and trestles leading to tbe crossing of St. Marys river on the (Crows Nest line, and hardly a day passes but what we bear of some accident more or less serious. Ou Sunday last Mr. Chas. Savevy, who was driving a team for the Hyssop Bros., bad a leg broken by one of the timbers which be was hauling, rolling against bim. He was brought Into lown and is now in the Gait hospital. Another man was brought in the same day, his leg being broken In a somewhat similar manner. We also heard of two others who fell off the bridge, one alighting on hla head and crushing hte skull, while the other bad bis back broken. Tbey were taken to Macleod hospital. JUD0e~DU0ASr PROMOTION. He Has Been Appointed Judge ol the Supreme Court of tbe N. W. Territories. From tlm Wardner International, Judge Dugas. member of the city court of Montreal, ban accepted the offer of tbe position of judge of tbe supreme court of the Northwest Territories with civil and miliary jurisdiction over Klondike. It Is expected tbat hts honor will leave Montreal In the course of a few weeks. Judge Dugas was a member of the commission appointed to Investigate tbe charges against the managers of construction of the Crows Nest Pass railway, and acting In that capacity, visited Wardner a few weeks ago. FOUNU NOT UUIL.TY. Henry Bernard Declared Innocent By Mag. Istrate Armstrong. From tin* Wnrdner luteruitlounl—■ Last Saturday evening there was a battle royal at tbe Crows Neat hotel at Kill HI ver Crossing, owned by Henry Bernard, George Hood and Dennis Tagney, two men employed on lhe road, engaged in a d'spute with Bernard In the bar room of tbe hotel. The diipute soon resulted in a free-for-all fight, during which, according to trie evidence, Bernard was handled pretty roughly. With clubs the men attacked him, and as he repeated from the room, he commenced a fusllade with a Colts revolver that be bad secured behind the bar. As a result of the scrimmage, Bernard was badly cut up about the head and face, while Hood bad the little linger of bis right hand shattered by a bullet and bis right hip grazed by a second ball. Tagney received a wound ou the head, caused either by a bullet or a blow fiom the revolver. All the parlies were placed under arrest by Constable Maul-Cole, and word sent for Magistrate Armstrong, Charges were preferred br Bernard against the men for assault, and counter charges against Bernard for shooting with Intent to do •jeillly harm. The men were tried tlrst and lined 8!. and costs, Bernard's trial tasted the better part of two days, Attorney Koss, of Fjrt Steele, appearing for the defendant. The evidence, to a certain extent, was conflicting, and the fetllug against Bernard among a certain element, was very strong. Yet the evidence adduced, showed tbat he acted In self defense, and be was dt-clared Innocent of the charges preferred. Mr. Itoss has received many compliments on lhe aiiccest-fut Issue of the trill, which he demnrves for tbe masterful manner lu watch l.e bandied tbe £110, GENERAL MINING NEWS, Prom bho Warduer International— The mm In the llJo has como at last. The Klondike boom li'in broken, notwithstanding the strenuous efforts made by the coast cities and the trans pot'lallon companies. Hundreds ami thousands, who were ready io aacrltico all, and take their chances lu the [rotten north, have heard from the ad vane: guard aud experienced thereby a gleam of sanity. They have changed their minds, and the ships that weie leaving the coast cities loaded to the guards a few weeks ago, are now weighing anchor with comparatively few passei- gers. The goose lhat was laying tne golden eggs for the transportation and outlining campanlcs has suffered a relapse. In other words, the people have come to their sober sense.-., and lohtead of Investing from 81000 to SStWl) In the necessary outfits for a trip Into the Klondike country, where health aud comfort Is unknown, and vast fortunes are like the mirage of ihe desert, ihey have concluded to look elsewhere for opportunities to Invent or work In a mineral country. Many of the people, who have been fully aroused as to the opportunities afforded hy legitimate mining, will cotm to BdtUh Columbia They know that here there Is ample re ward for labor and intelligence In that line, and throughout this proviso, rich beyond compare hi precious metals, no part surpasses th., Kootenays. V.'es' Kootenay has alreidy become famous as a vast dividend paying territory, and now Kast Koolcnay promises to equal the fame of her sister district, If she does uot surpass it. This Is both a poor mon'* country and a rich man's an well. Many shlppus will be In operation this year, and many prospects will develops into mines br- fore the close of the season, ,Tatn there are vast tracts of mineral lands that have never been prospected, where lies un'old treasures waiting far man to claim. The Koitenays Is the earning country. It wilt *oon be known as the best and greatest mining country lu tb world.i' Aud the end will show that the Klondike boom has really been a bene dt to the Kootenavs. KOOTENAY KERNELS. Artistic Job Work*.i p.m. and il a.m, unless accompanied by a i a ent or guardian, Nelson has been designated an the location for tbe hnd registry (>nl:e for West Kootenay. West Kootenay will receive 8(58 000 In the way of public appropriations. West Kootenay has been allotted three extra gold commissioners, with headquarters at Rossland. New Denver and Duncan Like, A school of mines has been opened at Kossland. The Movie Leader plant has been Installed. J 1-'. Smyth Is In charge. As yet, be has given no reason why he spells his uame with a "y," The Kuikonook Searchlight speaks of one of Its citizens as pushes-dug business "tack." That Is all right If he keeps off of the business end of thai tack. ITEMS OP INTEREST. Accordll g to tbe report of the minister of mines, there are employed In the collieries of British Columbia 8-119 men and boys. Of this number, 1717 are whites, 435 Cliine-e, 80 Japanese and 1(11 boys. The average wages for whites Is 8- ISO to git per day, for Chinese £l to $1.-.'."•> boys£| to 83 The total output of coal (or the year 1807 as .si*-.','in;, tons, The new Can id Ian postage stamp possesses a peculiarity lhat te sum -what neat and rcmaikablc. The Qu ten's head, which forms the design on the face Ot the stamp, becomes the head of a typical Arab or O.lenial chief, if turned upside down. It al-o possesses another peculiarity. If yon do not look closely before affixing It to a letter you will have it upside down nine times out of ten. The design Is too obscure.—Kx- change, In tbe death notice of an lufaut, published iu a South African newspaper, the parents of the dt ceased child tendered their hearty thank, to tlie doctor for the brevity of hts bill; to one neighbor for the loan of clean sheets; to a second for runnloc for the iloclur, and to a third for recom nending the tue of a mustard plaster. Tne bereaved parents evidently regard Ingratitude as the blackest uf sins. Canada's ablest living writer on military science Is Mr. J. Robson Cameron. of the Hamilton Spectator, who pa hied his vast knowledge of the sirau-gy of modern warfare while he was carrying bay to Sir darnel Wolseley', horse lu the early seventies— Toronto Telegram. | ■^M^The Herald Office HOPE'S PROMISE. While the life of a man . Movettl smoothly alOJlff. ' And his waika lie apart Frum the Borrowing throng, Ho may coolly decry Faith's "unreasoning prayer" Ami assert, with a calm, Phlloqophloul air. That the grave Is the sum tn humanity's Balm— Thu reproach und reward For Ita pleasures and pains; But Philosophy nc-os Prom the preaonco of Woo Like un ally abashed in the face Of Ihe (06. O, parent wliOBfl eyes Dc-athosa longing revealed In that Blanco en- )>y Death They were silently sealed; O, babO lhat has i-ussed To tin- Presenco abovo, Art thou gone fur all lime From the pressure of love? And thou who wast mom Than all mortuls else dear, Art thou lost to the suul That was em-wiih ttieohere? Ah! 'tis falso; so-'hiKt-i tnrn From the lowly that grieve. Rut the Father sends nope Unto them that believe And their hearts In the yean They thereaftnr abide Are the sweeter because Of i !.>■>■•'!! promise inside. -Frank Putnam, In Chicago Times-Herald. A STREET CHARACTER. "Doc" Home walked into the Alfalfa European hotel feeling as if be were ii returned Kip Van Winkle. He bail been away from Chicago only two months, ami the streets seemed unfamiliar and changed ns lu* eame into the Alfalfa neighborhood. At one corner- where a four-story building bad stood there waa now a muddy exenvo* tion. Tbe hotel front, too, seemed different. There was .something missing or something added, he couldn't tell which. Perhaps the explanation was that he now looked at the old building with .1 refreshed interest. Thore were two strangers seated in the office, but they lowered their papers and studied "Doc" as if he were a stranger. As usual, there was no one behind the desk. The Alfalfa hotel usually took cure of itself—the patrons taking the keys from the pigeon-holes, sotting down "calls" on the state and hunting for mail out of the assortment left by tho postman. "Doc" put bla new tnn-eolored valise on tho floor und removed hts new black derby, bnt with the swathe of crape around It, The day was damp nnd mupcy. and "Doe's" bold frontal was dewy with perspiration. "Anybody nt home?" he asked. The strangers did not condescend to reply, nnd "Doe" felt more than over like n Rip Van Winkle. "Well, if it ain't'Doe!'" It wns the lightning dentist. He flapped "Doe" on the shoulder with n familiarity which would not have been pardoned under other circumstances. "Yes, my boy, back again—back to the old home." "I'm mighty glnd to see you. All the boys have been asking about you." "They're nil here, I suppose?" "No, haven't you heard? Why, sny, 'Doc,* this has seemed like a different pluee since you wont nway. Let's ait down." They sat on the side of the office where a dim daylight fell from the street windows, and the lightning dentist gave "Doc" n long, pale cigar with a red and gold label around it. "Vou beard about tlie banjo man, didn't you?" asked the dentist. "I haven't heard a word. I've been very busy settling the uiTairs of my sis-' tor's estate. I hud a lawyer am) au accountant to help me* but nil the responsibility practically rested on me." "We heard ubout your sister's death. Was it unexpected?" "Well, you go ahead nnd tell me what's happened ben* und I'll give my story later." "Vou know tbe banjo player?" "Tbe one who wrote songs ?" "Yes. Well, he's married—married the week after you went away, She's un actress, and they went on the stage together, He con sing some and play the banjo, and they any she's quite a iliinecr. They act at these continuous houses." "Well, well. Is our other friend drinking us hard as ever?" "Who, the lush? Well, sir, he's trying hts hardest to quit. Then1 waa three dnys Inst week that tic didn't drink auy t li ing but ginger and so me iu'w cider they've got in at the bur. Then one night begot with some fellow, who was here buying a stock of goods, ami lie got uu iiwful skate." "Too buil, too bul, A man of good in- Htiuets, yes, sir. It's too bad." "The real estate fellow Is out on the road, advertising a cough medicine, or something like that. There wasn't anything tlolng In his line here. I th'lnklio owes the house a little inowy," "Docs the drummer ever come in any more?" "Yea; he's been here twice—a dny or two at a time. But we've got twonew oncs, 'Doe,' a bicycle man and a book agent. You want Ui look out, 'Doe.' That bicycle man will sell you a wheel before he's known you an hour," "I don't think so. I huve a friend In the manufacturing business who has offered to make me a present of the finest wheel that's manufactured." "Do viiiiie ii f iniii,.|- |u. .uiviiiir. $,*, n. any KolilciiuimlHHtiiiur or ini-im-l m-order und obtaining n iiiU1lontP(-*ooi| 'or nne tnar, A five miner may obtain n uow cordfleoto toroneltfrl on payingf I. A (neminor'svertlllrato is not lnim.[Tni- Any poinon nrroatpiiny worVlngfl niineiiil el.iilii. Mil ns |l"il Htilulfl null,ml ]j,.,.IIM1. uuvv be ttiiml $25. Mm.* heenniB MiiistutH iififi-n-uHii -j-i-uiil lias la-en IbhuihJ. Should co owner (All to on, up hlaftro miner a cmltoil* tlio Iut mom guui in Ids cu-uwn- era pro rata nccutdtng to tlielr former tiib*r. 1*1 H. A hbnri'lmltlnr in a Joint Block coinimny need nol ln< ii rii'U mini r. A fnii miner mny nit timber ou rrown A free miner mny kill g for Ids own aw at nil Hi'nuuiN A fi-iit minor may ntilabi llvo new milmii ■ upon nrunit 1 uu fiu-ni nFiummio A elnfm may l-nlit-M U vk.ii li.-,, iir lii- wiii I, lii-lngilumj iii tliu mlimol liiiiiiliv.l TaiiiliiiHiH on I'.ii'li mining divmion, nol nil tlio mime vi' 'Imlo, limy |hi Ii. 1,1. nml inurt'tiH i tim hi rein il held U* pili.lmr.ii-. Ijwlmdiprnvt-wl in hiiniclamiiy liolnldll ivrindi-dii. IfldnyH. A tne miner mn.v iidiiiii>iiii.'i'iitii, iibtalli ii.ro.iii Km til Any miner mny, nl llm illm-roltrui of Mm - muni-Hi ■(>, ulriulli ii H.ili-r rit-l.l i.n- n id: .\..iini.-.((.,..,i nny nilurrnl rlniiu nrlnlnr iwl kIi.iII I i,lmivuliln iiuUr, ii, ivrtibiir, Nliined iiml ier No miii.-i-1 Imi] hllffnr from nny net ol ami* nil.n tirriimmlHi-lnli, urdelnyauli llm pan ut llii'liov.'iiii'hjil iifllelalH. Mo Hid III..- i»|im i,.l,.niti..nduiiim Iiml Iiln I'Kanl holder, nm- wil Iiln 111 luniitln* nfler IiIh ili'tilli, nnd an |-y imruiliwl I gold A lillliornl eltilin at lm rtcnnlnl within ir-dajHiillii'liiviilmtl.U-Ailhhi lu milt* ,,l «itll.-.' nl nnmim nmitdtv, Une nd.tin,.mil liny Ih hIIiiwhI fur every mtdltii-lu.l In mil.* or fraction thiiiwif. ANXIAl, labor. Work on eneli mitiiuir.-liiiiii to lhe value of $lnii umi-,1 ti'.li.ii.-i-iii-hicni-fri in dnliiiif record of miinml claim, Alll.lavii Hindu hy llio holder, ni- his .iL-.nl, Hi'lting •>,it i. d.' initodgiabiiii-ni nl tlm wink dune iiiuhI te- flii-d wiih thi> gi-lihni iKxlnnor or iiinhis riH'onler,andi tillitntu nl«oikobtnl I, ami recorded Mi.iv tin- expiration uf pm-h year from i lm ilnie nl record of eni-l claim A bi-tnnhmr linldlni! adjoining eluuiip, uiiiv Milij.-il in IIIIeg;nutlet*ul ha intmninii wilh tn.' unld I'omiiibtilant'r or mtiiliiv rmndi-r perform on uny one ur mure ol*iti:li clnlniK, till the work ht'iiheil lo .'initlij l.lm to a ,,-, liliuiie nf work ful' eneli claim. The annul proviHtnu »ppllea i<> tno nr mora frw minora holding 'ii'joi'iiiigi'lilitnB in ptirtncridlip. In Hen nftibuvii w.,rk llm miner must pny ftUO nnd B«t ri loipl mnl r. enrd I lie Mime HOW Tu l.iir.iTi; a Mim Tlmni'mtiglawn >.f hriii-li roliimt.m nre d.'smiii'il lu nfi'iiiil lhe ill mi thi pruli-i-ti.ui lu miner*, and nlao to uffoid every em nip- ment tn prtwppi'toiH to open up nnd lui-ate mineral prnpeiilea, Timp ufpector whti Iihh I'linml nilliPttd in p'acH iiiimimiirkl.il, i-ltilm by two luual pm-iu, etn-li four Inclna m-untu -uul mil lefldllian fmirft-Hl iihnve Mm irruiiml. These prints me mm il 1 mid il A 1< irnl pi-hi iinn-kul ,,.liNi-nv.'i.vpuxt"inm-l nlso lit-phi.-.-d nil ill-Imle ulit't.' it HOH dlH- "omwl. On Nu. 1 in ist iini-t li,, in< Hriiten: 1 Ini.iiil ,,.,,.. ■J Nitine nf claim. ;t .Nam nf locator, I imienf Ihelunilii.ll. ". Apprnxtinatu iH'iirlng or No,'-' post. 0 UiigMnuidtirt-niltl diilin, 7 Nn tiiliernf feel Inllioilght and nu in Iin.I foot to the Ml nf Im-llllOI! line. On Nu. 2 poal milHl he mill, n- 1 Num.' uf I'lallil, L> NtiniB nf loealnr, a llnlenMimHllnu. The line from Nil. 1 tu No. 3 must lm ■!*■ ItneUy marki'd hv IdnElng trii-u or plantliiir poifa. I .-iiiotiH nmdi'iiii Bnndnv or piddle lioll- .lays are imi fur tlmt leiuon Invalid. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. Southern Eaat Kiotenny. Qnld f.'ommliwioner—J, !■'. ArniBlrong, Fort Steele. Minim.' Itwnwlor-P. M. I-Mwni-.N, Ft. Rtecle. CilHtuii.h IllfllMH'tillH—rilllH Chirk. Kuil.SI.N-l,.; It. I' (iuiduii, Watiliiei- nml Crown NfBl l.iiiidiaj;. —Thoro never yet was an architect on earth who planned a house Unit J didn't cost more than llie estimate j Dominion Cabinet Ministers. CAl'ITAl.-OlTAvVA. According to Prcecth-nee—Ministry farmed 1.1th .Inly. 1800, The Hon, w*i[ id Ullrich, President of the Privy Council Premier, Tlio Hon. Sir Itlelmnl ,l. O-rtwrlplit, K. C M (I., Minister nl Trmloniid Commerce. The II.m. Itlcliant tf. S -i.r.lnrv Slut.' The llun. sir Oliver Unwut, K. U. M.U.. Miiiis'ei-nf Justice. Tlm linn. LoiiIh Henry Duvls, Htlilalor ol Miniiieaiid l-'inheti.*. Tin- Hon, Cr.il Uni. Uord.n, Minister of Militia ami |)afence, The Hon. Win, Mil lock, Postmaster Qeneral. The Hon.fl.vibievA.PiHlier.Min.ARrlculliire. Th.- Mini. .liiM'iih 1 Tnrte. Miu. I'nli. m nrka The Il.m. 1'iliiml It. Dolmll (willmiit pun- foliu.) ' The Hun. Wm. P, Ffeliling, Hin. .>r Finance, Tlm Hun. Andrew Q, lth.ii. Mln sterol Hull- wnyB nml CimiiiIb, The Mnn. t'lirintuplmr A. Gonirrion, (wiih.mt portfolio.) Tlio Hon. Clifton 8111 on, MlnlBb-r of Interior. Eot in the Cabinet, The lion. C. Fitupntrlck, Rollcltor Oenernl, The llun Wm I'-iii-h-un.rmilrull. i fimliiiiis. The llun Sir Ileillitl. .lulvdebulliiliieie. h. I', M (.'.. (uiilrnllel-uf ll'iliin.l He V, llim. (Jlcikuf lIli-Qupeii'Ml'iiv.vCiiiuieiliiiiil IVihi- 1yllnveiliui-..|,r.|,|.|.M1tl,1.. |.:M|iillv. Ilifilt Comnfisalonvr for Canada, Tlie Hun. Sir Dnmild Smiih. (1.11, M.Q., 17 Victoria si not, London, H. W. PruvlnciaMtavcrnmcnt ol II. C. CAt'ITAlj-rVICTOIIIA. I.I.-dnvniinr-The Una UiW llewdliey. PrlrnLabKvn-biry—0»H M. 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II T. Driiki*. Must mn Curator—J. PhbiiIii, Lihrary. Lil.nuiini-- It. K. (losliell, Potto, {■'njietiiitcliilelit—V, S. Hufscy. CommisBion on I'. 0. Money Orders. Effective April i, 1807. On .niters m trie. Uomlnlou ui Cauadai !'"" 1>r„ . 2.«0 DC in erf 2,H)ailu nn to 10,10 tc ■•M '■ III.IHI (ic ; iiMni » au.oo ioo .Vic, m.uu 60.00 00,00 0,00 40.1 -O..MI. :'i" 'tin . .. 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Newfoundland mid Untied States Be tier ounce or fraction iiicreof, (ireai in .urn anil forelmi coiiulrles, 6c net*M ounce or fraction ilicicof, It brI hi ration- Pie fi renin on loiiers anil mall mailer lo in paric a nicies r. rrcKisir-.iimi lime I lie hriMli-.l It, to -.uhlenir-- iiml a ler.-lin ouialned 15 mliiuics prior io mail c.obIiir. Postal Cant*. Por Canada and Ibe United States, I rem each- f«r Great lirltuln, New'onnd and, ami nil t'.iHal Union einintileh. *-'..ei,m eaeh. Ilei I, eanlH iCaiiana milylJ e.iim card, N.-himr itumahi- aiiae&eii m u ).„Htcaiil tin r ilefarert, Hilvain cards can be used nAUlmr l rem manip In I'anaoa, bin ma in umniile I'liinit.. Einvapapers uml Pvriotllcnla, Canada ami United states, \ ceo I for loiincr-m alnxleptnerH not moic itiun I ounce, i-2c lire.ii liriuin ami Posiai Union conntrles l cimii for ■-' iiiuiee".. 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KinpiwH ol i iiin; HiiillnK tor l-lilnn, Mn., llllli.nnil every itina' wwk,, thorntifler, I'limiilinii Anslrnlinii .t,.,mislii|.s ll'nri Mfowern nml Aormiai. Will Fui' lli.m Mnvu unit Allati-iilii, on tin. lntli ol , mon lit. r'or full |inr(teiilnrans t„ lime, rntpe, u{i|il,v to uoareflt lltilti'l ntti'tit, or lo .IAMUsnri.ATI!ll. Ti,'l,l AK'-nl, V„n,„,i,ni orto (1KO Mel. IIIII.V, N. Oi.t I'uH'gr Aitt, Viimuuv Bill,. .li •very <£- The CRANBROOK HERALD has a guaranteed weekly circula= tion of 1,000 copies. As an advertising medium, therefore, it is at the head of the list. Write for rates. THE DREAM SONG. Oh, the drip, drip, drip of the rain, the rain, Th»* drip, drip, drip of the rain; The sweet, nud nous, tha whole night lowr, is Bling In my druwsy brain. in :i dream I rent in the did luniu- nest, Ami my mothor cornea again Ah .-unit' site oi'l Willi a men uh m-ft A-i the drli>, drip, drip uf llm ruin, Tlm ruin, Tin; drl|i,drlii, drip uf thu ruin. Oh, Di.' drip, drip, drt-i of llm ruin, (lie rain, The drip, .trip, drip or the ralnj As it woavoi tno wour of th.' song on tho roof witii tho warp of the found at tho pane, Ami my ilrt-uiii-nlil|i sails with thu l,.i,-py galas Thin ripple ih.1 lm uul, bluo mnln, Whlto 'in- wnvoa, iinft-toHKfd, in my droami Ull' lo-,! .Mid tllO di Ip, drip, drip of lhe rain, Tha diip.iiriii, ifrlp of tho rain. (Hi, th.'drip, drip, drip of tho rain, tho rain, Th.. drip, drip, drip of iiio rain; tilko tin drowsy croon ofUooo in June in thu ions uml Hit-- -..iii refrain, Atul I iinn .ihiiv iiuoiij;ii u golden tmy liy nm Bhoroa uf my castled BimIii, \\ lillu my Haiul grows young lu ihu druum- aong uiiuit Mid l>u> iltlp, drip, drip or tlm ruin, Tlio ruin. The drip, drip, drip of the ruin, -Nixon Waterman, in u a. w. uuiiotin. V [DOWN IN A COAL MINE. BY 11. T. SIISTI ».\, J.ilm I'lnrton ntul" llinun .Vilnius lived in tho kiiiuM village uf Kingston, They were inseparable friends, having been solum l mates together fur some years, nnd when, a few months before my Htory opens, they were both mado orphans un the suine day by a terrible accident in the mines, each found u family depending ou him for support, -Neither shirked this burden of responsibility! Manfully and well, during the long summer montlis, they worked hide by side iu the gloomy caverns of the earth. One bright day in the latter part of April, an incident occurred whioh neither of the two friends will be likely to forget, though they live to be eeiitc- nariajis. A new shaft, some 70 feet in depth, had been sunk during the preceding summer, and a great many miners- John liar ton and Hiram Adams among tho number—were still employed in making excavations. Blasting by powder is by no means unusual in mines; or, in fuet, in any work requiring the .speedy removal of masses of earth, und rook, v On this particular occasion ft blast of more than ordinary proportions hud been prepared, ouly a few yards from the bottom of the shaft. To the barrels of powder was attached a fuse, by means of which it would be fired when the proper time arrived. The miners in the groups were drawn up to tlio sunlight above, until only a few remained in the dusky, half-illumined recesses underground. John Burton had been tho first to volunteer, and, therefore, was appointed as the person whose duty it would be tu ignite the slow match. "Let me take your place," Ilirnm pleaded. "Think of your mother and si'.ler, if any accident should happen, John, you know it is dangerous." "Yes; and I think that a very good reason why 1 should pot let yon take my place." "Then let mc stay with yon," Ilirnm urged, an expression of anxiety on his countenance, a* he thought of his friend's peril, "A vei-y sensible Ideal" John r\- clalmcd, laughingly, "If you stay witli me, the danger will be Increased, bo* cause the bucket will go up more slowly With two than with on.\ Now, nn more arguments, Vou know how ob- situate 1 (tin, and-- Hello! That's tho signal! Good-by, old fellow! I'll be with yuii up above in a few ino* incuts." "ItrinrnibtM", John; bo careful," were Ilinuu's last words, ns he nnd tlio few remaining miners ascended In the bucket, leaving John Darfon fur below, every inslunl growing more indistinct, 111111'! only ihe light iu Mahal could be distinguished glimmering faintly in the darkness, Soon oven (hut dimpi-emed, nml Hiram Adams, looking Vttry, anxious uml discontented, found himself in tho glaring BunaUlilo. nud btepped ont of Die bucket *>n terra llrimi. lie was Iwwndorod by the Hidden transition frqm gloom to light. Then hin oyos ivstcil on the pale, agitated fuee Of pretty Annie Unrton, w ho hud brought Iter brother's midday lunch, us usual, lie \ient 0V6T to llOT and H|>oke reus* ittvlngly, and trlotl to oonvlnoo her thnt thciv WW no i-iiiiw' for uliinn. "Thev have lowered the bucket," lie Mill, presently. "Wnloh, ami you will see the lope jerk twice, llm signal from John Mint it is ready to bo drawn up." The girl eiuleiiviire.l to lm culm, but Sh0 trembled violently. .\u I mlcd nt to fear, a strange feol" Ing of appi'i-hi'iimou, weighed on Hiram's heart, The group of swurthy-visnged minora, who were chatting with wives ntul Bwco I hearts around the opening ot the shaft, suddenly grew silent. It was a moment of suspense for the boy in the gloomy caverns, 70 feet under ground, was then engaged in lighting the slow match. Tito men who were to turn the crank grasped the bundles firmly, and no oue s|X)ke. "Ah!" It was with a sigh of relief that Annie Barton, Hiram Adams and every I person In the crowd saw the rope jerked j will, when they heard a dull, muffled sound, the rope slackened, und— "Oli, heavens." Annie Barton started forward, her face blanched and a look of horror glazing her wldO-opCU eyes. Hiram Adams Btnggorcd as though shot. Then n man spoke: "The bucket has capsized—-struck the partition. The boy tuts fallen out!" Women fall)ted, strong nun greu| weak atul shuddered, us they thought of the explosion that was now ex- ■n'l'ted every moment. The SUSpOtlSO WUS terrible. A boy, I perhaps mangled and helpless, whs lying nl the bottom of tho shaft, uml the fuse was burning slowly toward the mass of powder. "Courage, Annie! I'll save him!" It. was llinun Alliums who sfNike. In a second he had regained his presence of mind, uml now, running his arm through the loop of a lantern, he leaped over the box which surrounded the opening of ihe shaft, crying to the terror-stricken mincrsi "Hold tight till I reatoh tho bucket, then lower me like lightning to the, bottom!" He grasped tlie rope, twined his legs around it, then slid downward. The rough r.)|M- cut his hands, but he did not feel the pain. Down, down, like a flash he descended through the darkness—down to his helpless friend and to the match which was slowly but surely burning ita way toward the powder. Thank heaven! He has reached the bucket! Anot he, instant he has reached the bottom of the shaft! In he too late? It is time for the explosion- hush ! A cold jH-rspiration broke out on every brow. There was an awful silence down below and silence up above. Annie Burton tried to pray. The agony of suspense was terrible. Men could hear each other's hearts beat iu the awful stillness. Would the end never come? How- was it wilh Hiram Adams? As he readied tlie bottom, one glance told him all, His friend was stunned anil senseless. He leaped from the bucket, and the light of the lantern showed him the pluee where the fusee bad been laid. The glimmering little line of fire was within an inch of the train of powder! Another second and there would be a Hash, nn explosion louder than thunder, und then the. walls round about would be shattered Into a thousand fragments. Oue little inch of the fusee stood Imv tween two human beings und u fright* ful death. With a cry the boy sprang forward. He pressed his smarting hands uponths Inst particle of the burning match, and ho lay there for a moment with clenched teeth and suspended breath. Theu he arose. i Huzza! The fusee was extinguished, amid he and his friend were safe. He lifted the Insensible form of John Barton into the bucket and gave the signal to lm drawn up. ' What a thrill of joy mn through every heart when the watchers In the sunlight saw that welcome Blgn, How the men worked at the crank! Bow long the seconds seemed, while the buckets ascended up, up. up! until a cheer such as men never before uttered burst from the assembled miners, when they saw, rising out of the earth, the figure of 11 Iran) Adams supporting his insensible friend. "lie is not dead—only shunned," were the young hem's first words, when gentle hands relieved bim of hi-.bnrdcti.uiil men crowded wound him with loud congratulations and women kissed him in the exuberance of their Joy. ltut when Ilirnm saw the glad light I.Mip Into Annie Burton's eves, and tlie warm. red Hush suffuse lier cheeks— when he marked the silent U>k of speechless gratitude she gave him- he fill moro than rewarded for his net of heroism In rescuing n friend from death, The senile! lo my story Isa simpleone, Besides u broken arm and a tew ugly bruises, John Barton sustained no serious injuries, and in a few days he was unci- more himself, Both he nn.I his friend received lucrative clerkships ta the office ot the com* pnuy, and a few years later, pretty Annie Barton became the wife of Hiram Adams, the preserver of her brother's life. And so ii happened thai reit her of the two friends hnd reason to regret the fearful peril the; encountered when, on one memorable April dny, ihey were brought face to face with death down iu a coal mini'.- -Golden Days. SOME PLURALS. We'll begin with u box, and tin- plural la boxes. Hut the plural uf ox should lj..> uie.ii, nut axes; Then une fowl is a goose, t.ut two are culled B0C80, Yet Uie plural uf mouse should nevor bo met He. Yuti may "nil u lone mouse ur u whole w st uf mice. inn tlie piur.it uf house is houses, not Idea lt tha plural of mun in always called mi ". Why shouldn't the piumi of pan bo called pent ■uw lu tlm plural may be oows *>r km, Hut u lio blno. Ami Die -.Iiiih I of vow Ih if repeated ia never called - ver vino, ir i speak of a foot und you show nn- your feot, Ami I give yi.u a boot, wi-uhi u pun be culled boot? if une in h tooth, mid u whole set aro teeth. Why Mi,,.iiiih.i the plural ur booth In- called booth? If the HluKulurtJ tills un.1 the plurul la these. Sltolllll lhe plural uf kins ever he nlok- iiuute.l 1,1-i.se? Then UHO may be Ulut und three wuuld he those. Vet hut iu tho plural wuuld never be hose, Ami the pluml uf eat Is cats, notcose. We sp. ak uf a brother, uud ulao of brethren, Hut thuutfh wu nay molher, we never any niultireii: Then the iiumcullne, prouuuns aru tie, his umt him. Hut Imagine the feminine she, shls und shim. So the Knglleh. I think you nil will agreo, Is tliu ijiji-eleiil lunguugtj yoli ever ii Id Hue. --c'uiu mon wealth. THE PASSION FLOWER. I BY B. 1»E LUNA. An nlil llci-onl. . Sonic of the. antiquities, of this country which Hnd their way Into the museums ure rivaled lu age by a living creature nt the /.oo. It is au ntllgatotr terrapin, or Mississippi snapper, whose l.'.ll pounds of flllbstanco have been af- comulntctl Inn Itfetlmoof Avocenturtcs or more. At lenflt, that i.i what the wl- cnlists calculate, nnd they say thai there te no reason lo doubt that it was paddling nround as a Mule turtle iu the Attasiastppt when Do .Soto flrst gazed upon the river. The giant terrapin measures about Ave feot from snout to tip of toll, cud during it.1; residence at the Zoo it hoe grown not n particle, It Is too lazy to move about much, and so nature has endowed it with special facilities for catching food. When hungry It lies fn tbe water with Hp mouth wide open, and the bright little red tongue looks so much like, a wonm that it serves as a bait to attract fish, on which the terrapin feeds.—Phlladel* phln Ill-cord. u\lce- . ,. „ _ , , —Paloiu-e, Woah,, Is short of wood, lhe nmtoh had been applied, John 'sj, unprecedented affliction, ami ear would be with them in a few momenta, ■ ](>a(jH of .timber are being shipped in and all would hear the muffled, rum- j fmm neighboring'place.i. What never bling sound of the great explosion in ' before has been known there, coal Is be- tlm depths of the. earth. | Ulg fei] to „,,. flrM lu „ie p|l (fl A flush of color roeo to Annie liar- ]u,, station. ton's cheek and llinun Adams felt his f' - —— . heart beating rapidly and his breath —Thu ludy manager of one of the B'VG3 ,l Movant. She, tkawloredi she, coming In short gaapa. i leading Insurance companies iu Call- i whose kwwa ho had once begged for. The men ht the crank worked with a toroJa receives £8(000ayear, |Ah, well! Soon it would beovor.Roou The gardens are tangled, the ruins are old aud gray, hardly one stone stuudlug above another. The bells are silent und covered with moss, liven the gravestones which murk the reatlug-plaecs of the dead are dull and dark; the names being almost illegible. All is quiet, all is and, ull ISidesertcd.Ettve iu one place, where, climbing ou a broken areh glows in unwonted luxuriance the. warm brilliance of the passion flower. A thing of life amidst thn universal death, a thing of beauty amidst the desolation. Quivering iu the wind, burning iu the sunshine, whispering in the moonlight. It springs from a grave apart, from all the rest, a grave scarcely recognizable as Btieh, save for the fallen stone, upon which can lie faintly traced one word—a word whicb once drove tbe city mud, u name which lives in song and story, the name "Chonita." The peoplo shake their headsover the tale even now, and in the soft moonlight evenings the dark-eyed maids lighlly touching tbeir guitars, sinjr wiih tender pathos of Chonita. Chonita. ihe wondrous dancer, the beautiful, the guy. Never were eyes bo dark and tender. never were lips so red, never was siren more bewitching. With her dainty feel she danced into tbe hearts of all who saw lier. The whole city went mod, Men died with her name on Uieir lip-*. Still .she laughed mid danced. Crutl? Heartless? Yes. lint, till! the most beautiful thing on earth. The young maids bated ber, for tJietV lovers forgot them after one look into her dark eyes, The mothers cursed her. for love of her meant death lo tbeir pons. The prlesta feared her, for. to them, she was tl»' very Incarnation of evil; the devil who tempted their dis- tUples to sin. Yot what cared ChonitaV Tears, prayers, curses, (dike Ml unheeded on ber rosy ears. One smile from ber lips und she net at naught all priestly leocWngs. One glance from her eves and the teachers themselves could not resist her. Dance on little feet! Over the hearts of men, miywlierc, every when1. In all of Mexico there te btit one Clionltn, and life is short! Dance on, dance on. the waves ore not more light. Soon will all In- over. The music, the passionate pleadings, tho cry from a thousand adoring hearts; "Braval brnvai Chon- Ua! Chonita!'1 Soon Uie curtain drops, the lights are out, all Is silent. Not for thy beauty, thy wondrous grace, tllj cruelty, do Ihey remember thee. Nol these the burden of the songs the.lark lyed maidens sing ah, no, Clionltnl Tine day there came to the eily liim, wentChoulta, fdf love's sweet sake, Disguised un bis servant, her lovely face darkened with dyes, her beautiful hair cut short, (Ju-ough aJl the |uird times l hat came a|ie followed him, Her little feet that hud danced no merrily rested In the HtllTUps night niw| day. Many u time her life stood between him. Many u time hue |iand, once covered with jewels, showered upon her by the passionate pons of her native Uw»d, turned aside their Hashing swords |est they should hnrm 1dm. Naught did si*) cure for peril or privation. All would slwi bear, though reared like u ■ tender flower. Only ti) lie near him, to look U|»n him, ven If till unknown. Only to hear from Ids lips tin' carehiHs pra.it;.• a master ohe uouhl tell him. Then lie would know how she loved hint. Then nlw would be happy. Wait, wait! Alas! aJasl Cluniita! Already, tliough she knew it not. he hnd forgotti u ber und the days gone by. Already there luid cropl Into ht-i heart a lovo moro i nre, more holy, a maiden of hi., own land luul won him wiih her gentle ways, Amaidunwhom. whon Texan should be tree, he would call his wife, A maiden with eves mm bin > hi . uii. t hud i trodden loved i' Chotii the brief tlm for a lilUi- i would hold I tlie littlo Ih patient, ii cdutely. Mc hud never renllj ire; ah, nol watelicd him jealously, In t; id | race, when the war an- lulled lis fury, sbe s hoe e for hours before iec covi red with vlncp, rll lier eyes bunicd. All for love's Bweel enlte. Ah, Chonita, love is cru.-l! Many Imvedled otll fortliec! At last alio saw the uu.i.l. Saw him linger and kiss lu-r ut the door, while llio silver moonlight flooded the gar den, '1 lie days were never the same nfter lhat. The noisy camp wearied ber. All, she lunged fur the old olty! She longed for tin- lights, tlie music the applause, tlie roses showered al her feet. .She longed to dunce fiercely madly; lo dance till her brain should reel, and she should fall exhausted, unconscious. Patience, Chonita; soon comes the end. There came a nigh I of horror. At In-st the nails were down, and over the fallen stones poured the Invaders, Into the thickest of the light sbe followed lilm. Many times she threw herself between him and tbe flashing ditntJi. Many n time hor hand was stained with the blood of those who had kissed it. Many a time she forced back the hungry steel that threatened him. Weary and wounded, ull, ull for him, hoping thai shot or shell would still licraebin>' heart. Chonita, Chonita! who would know theo now',1 Suddenly she Raw In the hands of her counUymen the maid he hcid hissed, lie could not reach her, und ihey were dragging lier away. Chontin's eyes glowed. If she were gono thu old love would return. Bhe would kneel at hi- feet, show* him lier wounds; nh, sutoIj' then be would remember. The devil whispered in her heart, and for u moment she listened willingly. Thensht' saw the anguish on tlie face she loved', THfc SONG OF THE GUN. i-llght, The furnaco was white with iteel a When my new-bom spirit i _ In u molten flood nf the war-goii'a Mood, in a passion uf (Ire ond flame 1 looked o'er tiie deep from tt lofty steep With u HtroiiB heart full of pride; Like u Kiiit alone on Ida stately throne WhOBO Word no man denied. My thunder spoko from the battle smoke, When ih. waves ran crimson rod, And heroes diod hy my iron Hide, Till iin- foreign footmen iieu, The sentence of doatll wan In my breath. And many a hJUi. went down— Oh, iiu- gun ii lord of tho feeble sword, And gruutar is his renown. Now ilm ions grass hides my rusty atdes, Ami round mo tin- children play; Hut i dream by nlghl of a last meat finht, Bro the trump uf the Judement Hay. por mon must flfthi in tho cauflo of right, Till tho lime whon war shall cease; Ami ()i>- Bong of tlie gun will m-'er bedonu. Till ihe dawn of lasting peace, —n. v. Tribune. SHE RODE FOR FUN. Ill' WILLIAM 11. t.VMl JKIV and with one last despairing look, she .sprang forward. Fiercely she fought them back, freeing their captive, She dragged her to a place of slu lier, and standing before her defended ber with tin1 fury of u lioness until help could reach the in. Waa it for this ahe hod left Iter home? Was il for tills she luul followed himV Waa it for tills she had suffered? lier eyes were blinded, she grew dizzy, her strength faltered, Courage; they iut coming! A dozen hands are on her; cheery voices eouiuI in her ears; strong amis sup|K>rt her. Too Intel too late! Iteyoud tltolr praise or blame she lies wounded unto death by those wbo would have died for her! Farewell, Chonita.! Little feet, dance no more; thou must In* quiet now through all eternity. Lips, thou dost not feel the kisses of anguish which he, knowing all too lato thy faithfulness, showers upon thee, Fyes, lliou canst not raise thy .lurk. Cringed CUrtalnfl to hv the tears he sheds for thee. Ah, Chonita! low lies thy head! Never mure will the- old city ring with thy mime. Never more will ihv laughing face lure men to love theo! Yet in the soft moonlight evenings shall be sung the story of thy love, for thou wort faithful. Not for thy beauty, thy won- drotui grace, thy cruelty, do thoy remember thee, but f.»r thy death lor love's Bweetsakc. Sleep well, Chonita! Radiant, beautiful as herself, there grows on the grave of Cluuiiia. tlie passion flower, Never drooping, never fading, year by yenr it climbs higher under liu- cloudless skies, "lis the soul of tbe maiden, which, not pure enough U> enter Heaven, wus yet, by virtue of her love and faith, saved from eternal punishment. The nun und tbe south wind kiss it lovingly, and Its beauty Is nnourpnssed. But some day the blossoms will wither and fall io the ground, Then will lhe soul of Chonitu enter Heaven, and her sins be forgiven her.— Leslie's Illustrated Monthly- . 4 Dm-lliii; lu HuiiKury. The. criminal court nt liiidn-Pesth had to deal with a case of offense against the dueling laws on the part of two young engineers, Ignu/ Reiner nml l Ltchlblau, who were each sentenced to three days' Imprisonment, allowance being mndd for "cxtj}nuat|ng circumstances," The couple had como lo blows, und, following Uu- fashion if tho times, they determined lo wipe out tiie insult !nblond, Relnersenl blcht- blau a challenge and the seconds arranged for a duel wilh pistols ou the moat stringent terms, The affair did not come nil', however, for l.iebtblnu wnited a couple of hours before the appointed time on tlie police superintendent of eighth dhlsloii and gavjKWJn porintendent calmly Ustc-HK9^ the "brave champion's" detail^ reportj and then quietly oliMTVed that he already knew all about the miftier,..")fO'tv is that?" "Why, simply l*oaW your opiHineut was here only an slDur niro wltha similar statement."—I'estlVnplo. A I'rntty Ten Cloth. A tea-cloth a yard square is made from |*u,l.i bluo linen ornamented by HenuiHwuiei* lace braid In cream' white. Theso braids are laid on the stamped design nud sewed down along the edges, The. design itself is n wide band iu conventional figures that extend di- ngoiuilTj- across the cloth in leaves and flowers. Tho samo design Is used in the corners, ISaeh side the band thero ts appllipie.il a wide ban.! of Torchon lace in a beautifully open pattern. The same lace is used as n frill round thci cloth. The design would bii pretty for n bedroom stand-oovor if worked on pale i-Tce.n or canary-colored linen.—N. Y. Post, "Mynsmola JlmVue; amulo-sklnnoram I: The lirst time 1 went courting 1 felt rutbt-r shy; I stood undor the rain-spout till I got wet cloan through— (Then Sal muck her head out o' the winder an' k:ij*h— Mini! Como lu out u' lhe ruin.') Says l-'My old girl, 1 don't caro If I-' " "Jim," suid I, breaking* iu upon bis ditty, "what was the yarn you woro going to tell about tho time you engineered that Knglish hunt Ing- party through the Hear 1'aw mountains?" Wo were riding* along the trail, which stretches Its serpentine length at tho feet of the eternally grand old Rockies between Forts McLeoil ami Calgary, Oil a bright, warm ai'ienioon iu January, When they have a "chiuook" out there, Rportlng in its rude, boisterous, yet withal genial fashion, through the deep defiles of lhe mountains from over thu Pacific, with a rumble like Niagara at u dislauee and a force which makes you button your coat up tightly tokcup it from blowing off, tlie snow soon vanishes, even iu midwinter; uml tho thermometer jumps from "10 below" to "temperate" so suddenly that you wonder if the sun bus not wheeled himself several degrees out of his normal eour.se at such a season, or the breath of mi approaching prnlrle-fire is not fanning your cheek. The singer gave the wnd of tobacco in his jaw u twi.st with Ills tongue uud aimed an amber jet. ut a "bulldog" on bis horse's ear before turning upon me a pair of glistening eyes, with black points set iu saucers of milk, u short, Impudent nose uud a rather weak mouth, round the corners of which lurked a musing smile. Then, after a pause, he said: "Oh, yes. Well, Llttlefleld was the chief of the outfit, an' he bed his wife along—tine, spankin' woman, good to look at. There was another Englishman—a great shot—called Wells, an* a nigger cook—u big, slasliln' buck, but with no rno'e sand in him than a pusillanimous jack-rabbit. Lord!—how we did scare that poor critter! His teetb used to ehitter like u squirrel's; it's a wonder he didn't shake 'em out of his big woolly head. 'Fraidof his own shudder ufter night, an' he'd make one any time, even if it was pitch dark, he was so infuii'il black. You might as soon git this here buzzard-head I'm n-rldln' to stand on one log as coax t hat nigger to mosey outside the flare o' the camp- fire after sundown fer a pail o' water, TTr fer any other pu'pos', fer the matter o* that. You see, he was a 'pilgrim' —never been on a lay-out o' this sort afore, an' he was that blamed tender u goat would nibble him. "Hut, I b'lecve, to talk Christian, I waa purtly re-sponsiblc for his being so extruy-ordinary skittish. Ile sta'ted, oncet or twicet, fer water after night to a crick quite handy, sho'tly after we went into camp. 1 jest stopped oil 13 puces into the pines nu' let n 'Yee-ow' or two out o' me,an' Jumbo, he throwed back hiB ears,an' yelled—tee-rlflic, 1 tell yen—on' come prancin' up to the camp- tire—jest techin' high Bpots, you understand—with bis two Bighters btickia' out like tho knobs on tbe horns of a ornery freight-ox, shakm* like a sick cow in north wind, au' deru a pail in sight. "After that a Quaker meetln' ner a cyclone wouldn't, budge bim; an' if you asked him to put a tree between him nn' the blazeaf ter dark he'd w*eep like a wolf. An' that woman! * * * .No—she didn't laugh none—o-oh, no*ol" Aud Jim lay buck in his saddle, nnd sent a peal echoing up among tbe fi-ot-hills whieh shook the few lingering traces of -soft snow from the branches of the spruces. That Jim was n "mule-skinner" does not imply that lie was expert at removing hides—In toto. .Simply thnt he belonged to that select bunch of frontiersmen whose superlative boast is that they can drive or ride "anything that wears hair"—that lie wns [mst- master in the emft of teamsterlsm. He adjusted the pistols in his belt. gnvo u forward tilt to his broad-rimmed buckskin bat and a hitch to bis fringed leather "chaps," and kicked hisblg'jing- ling Mexican spurs against his cayuse's flanks before resuming; "Hut I was n-goln' to tell yeh 'bout Mis' LITfleld. She was a mighty fine woman, as I said before, an' well put up —fond o' out-o'-door sport, un' of ridln' in pi-rtic'lar. Well, oue bright, warm niornin' LITfleld an' Wells went oil bunliu', an' I got orders (I was teamster an' guide to the outfit, yob know) to move camp across tho 'Divide'—about 20 mile—in the meantime. So, nfter breakfast an* the dishes lied been wiped, we packed up the outfit nn'struck camp; but it was well on in the day before we pulled out. ".Now, Mis* LITfleld lied a spankin* bay boss specially fer her own use, I liedn't no objections to lier rldin', of oo'sc—not commonly. Butyehknowlt ain't jest nice to be rollin' down il blamed, co'kscrow moitnt'In trail after | dark, on' gettin' into camp late, r.r.' hevln' to plant yer tents an' square things out, out yvr kindlln' an'git yer water by cat-light, au' wait till nine o'clock, mebbo, fer yer supper. This was what happened different times through Mils' LITfleld. She alters wanted to 'ride' when we shifted camp, an' fullered the wagon on her buy boss. It was unde'stood that when 1 was goin* too fast or bed got fur in the lead, she Mould wove her baiujkerehcr', an' I wa.s to slack up or Btop till she ketched tho wagon. So l jest natterly 'lowed I'd give her a song-an'-daiice, hevin' a pretty smart day ahead o' meanVantln' to git into camp early. Consekently, I fold the nigget-—who rode with me— not to look back. "When we sta'ted, of eo'se, the. fust ten mile or so was up-htll mostly, an' 1 eoilldll't travel extra fast; so it was 'bout two when wo hit tho summit, nn' everything bed went lovely. Then W0 lied a littlo 'hand-out,'nnd the descent, begun. "I didn't lose no time. The mules Stepped outgny—iiieu-poppin' the buckskin among "em oncet an' awhile jest to keep 'em chee'ful an' In good humor; au* the hill—well, ebain-lighinin' eould go down—with brlte-bin*. 1 hedn'twent n p rent ways when I beerd a fur-oft call —like, a coyote got astray. Jumbo Shifted kind of uneasy like, ou the seat, ami BqUinted sideways at me; but 1 was n whlstliu' 'The Gal with the Travail Train,' und didn't see, nor hear nothin', of co'fio, Pretty soon the nig- , ger he couldn't set peaceful an' on- , concerned no longer, an' stealcd a look belli ll'. Then ho leaned fornird, 'Ui Ills ban's 'tween his knees, an' chuckled to bissclf. 1 paid no manner of notice. Now he screws round again in bis »'nt, chuckles an' twists a little harder. squints at mo sideways again, and says: "'She's ii-wavin', Jim.' " 'Set still, you blamed, black-breast* ed sand-piper,' says I; 'let 'er wave.' "lie wus tol'abul quiet fer n. sho't space—while you might cut B pipe o' teiliaeker, inobbe. The calls sounded pretty faint now. Far back up tlie rocky trail, I could ketch the clear, sharp riiii; of her hose's hoofs—'pit-c- pall pit-e-piit! plt-e-pat!'— remind In' mi! soiiiclhiu' o' one o' them gals from the east down in Benton chassayin' up an* down tbe room in a new-fangled war-dance they call the 'Rtishtn' polkay.' "Jumbo's head swung nroutid again on its pivot. He squirmed an' twisted an' chuckled some more; the fun was too fast fer his ornery, woolly scalp, an' he bust out: '"Dab she waves, Jim. Now—now! she waves. Dab—dab! she's a wavin". Xow—now! she's a-waviu', Jim. Now! she waves. Jim—Jim —Jim — sbe waves. Jim—she waves—she waves! —ihe waves!' "Here he throwed out his wings— undulatin'-like, and very takin', and winds up iu a. loud 'Yah! yah I yah!' —doublln' hisself up nn' contortin' an' rollin' round on tlie seat till I tbougbt lie'd drop out o' the wogtn. He was tho most extropulbuscoon I cversee— that's right! 1 tried to kick him under the seat—but fact is, I was a-laughin' at him till I was uighnon campus Memphis myself. '"Plt-e-patl Pit-e-pat! Pit-c-pat!' come from far back iu the distance, "Xow I tommenoed to pull in my mules. We were gittin' pretty well down the slope, on' a few miles more would fetch us to the camp-ground. (I bed changed 'The Cal with the Travail Train' fer 'The tlul I left Be- bin' Me.') It was still middlin' early in the afternoon, an* mighty bet. After awhile I got my team down tou walk, an' before long I heerd the boss' hoofs comin' clostcr. "I turned around an* watched her as she come up. Say!—I've eat canned lobsters—but you'd oughter seen that woman's face! . . . Whoosh!—to sta't a lire fer the pu'pos' o' toastin' a baunuek while she wer* round an* that color lasted, n.s the poet says, 'wer* on- necessary.' But that wa'n't all, neither. Sbe wns niad clean through—as a sage hen wlthn brood o'young'uns; It stuck out in pints ull over her. Au'yehrould see where the tears bed left marks on her cheeks—through the dust; un' her hair was like a shower-bath on her shoulders. " "How could you be so mean, Jim,' she says, " 'Well—you see, mum—er—this here ah—blamed bill Is so confounded ornery pu'pendie'lor — uh — I couldn't hold 'em uji—'pon honor I couldn't!' "Of eo'se I guess she didn't b'leeve me hn'dly, but what, could site say.' We traveled pretty slow the rest o' the road to camp. I did feel tarnation mean, us well as sorry for her, an1 that's right! I wanted to kick myself, to make myself feel—er—ah—oncoiufort- ahlc. I bed half a mind to make Jumbo do it. But, then, he was a nigger, uu' didn't know nothin'. "Well, LITfleld got his leg broke sho'tly after, an' that bu'at up the expedition—got into a wrestle with a grltzly a ii* took second money. He left his boss an' went close to git a good pull, but the bear was only wounded an' charged. He waltzed with him. I reckon it 'ud 'a' been all day with LITfleld if Wells he.ln't been nigh; he wns a dead shot, yeh know. As it was, he got out of it with a broken thigh an' a gash iu liis hip from the bear's claw yeh might cache a Husk in. Sous soon us he could bo moved we went into Helena, an' they left there fer England. . . . "Eh? Oh, the woman! Why- well, she rode with me on the wagon after thai, wben we moved camp—jest orner- ly didn't care to much as look at a saddle fer more'n a week. When she shook ban's an' says good-by fan' I was real sorry to see tho last Of her), she looks nt mo an' smiles, an' says: An' Jim, next time we come to Montana lo bunt, try an' pick i,s out, n spun o' mules that aJut so hard to "hold ip," Will you?' "An* I banged piy head like n denied idjut un'suid I would,"—Sau Francisco LEGEND OF THE AU SABLE. Horn-man Crossed the l bantn at Mglit mi m Stag-Is Strlnser, To the lover of curious scenery the Adlrondacks present an infinite variety. The region abounds In lakes, large and small, surrounded by mountains or embowered in forests; uml the rivers which And their way between the mountains seem, in some places, to have cut their way through, leaving the sheer precipices ou either hand to mark their pathway. The most famous of these gorges is the Au Sable chasm, which is not far from where the Au Sable river flows Into Lake Champlaln. The galleries, caves and castellated columns attract thousands of tourists yearly; but 70 years ago it was comparatively unknown, In those early days the precipitous cliffs were spanned by a wooden bridge, over which tne farmers had to pass on their way t>» Au Sable Forks, 'fhe bottom of the chasm at this point was a sheerdeseent of 121 feet, lu those curly days the pioneers were not .-.kilted in the art of bridge building; and -**- one night, when a tierce storm thundered through the mountains, tlie bridge was swept away, with the exception of the main stringer, a beam of aUnit f inches square. The bridge was never rebuilt, and another road to tlie little village of Au Sable Forks was utilized. The old stringer, however, still stretched across the cliffs above the Aa Sable chasm. Due pitch-black night, about ten years after the norm that hud demolished the bridge, a stranger drew u| his horse In front of the taveru at Au Sable Forks. ,*t was about ten o'clock aud the top-room was w*ell-filtcd with villagers, drinking, smoking uml playing cards. The entrance >•( a stranger caused the usual commotion, aud as he sat in one corner eating a hastily prepared BUpper he was the cynosure uf all eyes. After the meal tbe host, ns was the custom, engaged the stranger in conversation. "Dark, nasty night outside, Air?" "Yes. pretty black." "Have any trouble iu finding your way?" "Oh, no; I used to live in this neighborhood 80 years ago." "So? Well, you'll find things prettj well changed since you left." "Yes, I expect so; tbe old bridge is still standing, though; and I am giod of that, for I helped to build it." "The oid bridge?" questioned tba tavern keeper, aud everyone in tbe room looked up in amazement, "Why, yes." rejoined tbe stranger. "the bridge acrefs the cba*m down the road a half-mile." "What! arc jon crazy?" shouted the host. "There is no bridge across tlie Au Sable; there has been no bridge there for the past ten years." "Hut you are mistaken, my friend: I rode my horse across it not three-quarters of an hour ago." '•Impossible, sir; I tell you that tlie bridge blew down Un years ago." "Again I tell you. my friend, that I rode across it this very night," was tlie imperturable answer. "It was too da: i: for me to eec, but I heard the clatter of my horse's feet o.-, Th*> planking, and the noise of the water in the chasm be* low." The argument waxed warmer and warmer until the stranger said that they would wait ur.til the next morning, when it could easily be- w-ttle*! if there was a bridge or not He made a wager with the landlord that it v as still standing across the chasm. The next morning eery man, woman and child in Au Sable Forks was at the chasm. Sure e-nouyh, in the soft sand of the road there were footprints of ;i horse, ar.d the trail Ird from ibe stringer across the chsim np to tbe- tavern porch. One young daredevil walked across the narrow stringer snd mado a startling discovery. There was a similar trail or, the otber side! The stranger hid told the truth. In the darkness of the night his horte had crossed the chasm or, a single beam. Hut that is not the strangest part of the story. When that forenoon the stranger rode down to the Au Sable chasm to settle hU wager with the keeper of the tavern and he saw the perilous path over which he had traveled the night before, it in said thai he was stricken with a trembling that never left his limbs until death, and that within the apace of oo seconds hi.* hair turned from a jet black to thee, lor of the driven snow.—-Chicago Tlmts- Herald. Illi.-u matl«ii>. Persons afflicted with rheumatism sometimes find the following simple remedy efficacious; Mix a handful >.f mustard with a little cold water. Stir it gradually Into a quart of boiling water, l'ut large cloths Into the mixture and wring tlo-m out, keeplngtfa m aa hot as possible, Apply them to tbo Inflamed parts and Wrap hcavj flaniul over them. As f.ist as Ihey become aid renew them. This remedy should be used when the joints are Inflamed and for temporary relief. K! !iimatlsm requires the promj-t attention ol *i physician and medic i.e.-; which are employed to act upon the conditions tlmt cause the disease. No local application is likely to effect a permanent cere. The root of the dlSbaso lies deep In the system.—N. V. Tribune. I Argonaut. ' What Women Are Wearing*, Smooth-finished cloth, with a surface like satin, te chosen for tailor-made gowns. The first hats shown at leading milliners are black, large and heavily trimmed with ostrich feathers. Shirt walstsofsllk have fitted linings. They will be ns fashionable an aver. Cashmere waists will also be worn. The long crinkly sleeves of gniize, ohifTon and crepe, which are fashion- able this season for all house gowns, from the matinee to the froek for ballroom wear, area bum to the thin-armed women.—Chicago Record. I Al MffffiJ^^ OOK •8—fc H THIS TOWN IS DESTINED TO BE THE LTING, •?• COMMERCIAL, hnd RHILMHY CENTER OF : EAST : KOOTENAY. ^s ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• As a Site for Smelters it has exceptional advantages, being the Divisional Point on the Main Line of the Crows Nest Pass Ry. and the most central point on it for the principal mines of the district, viz: The St. Eugene group and Sullivan groups to the north-west, the Wasa group to the north-east, the Wild Horse group to the east and north-east, the Dibble group to the east and south-east, and the Bull River group to the south-south-east. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, MAPS AND PRICES OF LOTS, APPLY TO L. A. HAMILTON, R. Land Commissioner, Winnipeg, Man. V. HYDE BAKER, Local Agent, Cranbrook, B. C. B. 0. Land Investment Agency, C P. Victoria and Vancouver. . ,. . .. . . . .,.,.. ^H*Hia^-44- -Co i4h«-®-®^«-®: j£^£i^^ •^H3-<-*-«iv-®- Anglo-Saxons "knocked seven bells out of 400 of their opponents, Tbe battle continued until the French- Gcrman-Hussion officers reached shore ■ ml begged foi qnn tors for theirsailo s, The iron ore deposits of Great Bri are almost exhausted, and North Ai lea now has n new field in that in dustry. Corbin-s bill fo* the construction of Kettle River Valley Railroad, was feated in lhe House of Commons at tawa, April 15, by a vote of 64 lo The re-nit is hailed with approval by adians in general, but is u soiirseof j» disappointment to tbe Boundary —a country with great mineral wi and many mines in an advanced s development, but absolutely shut from ore markets from lack of trans tation facilities. dlstr 1 age New Mining Law, Among other proposed amendment! Ibe mining law, is the following: "livery person over, but not under, eighteen years of age, and every j>int slock company, shall be entitled to ull the rights and privileges of a free 111 ner and shall be considered a free mi upon taking outa freeuiiuer"scerlificite: Provided however, thnt no alien siall he permitted to record a mineral chlui unless he has previously, aud iu accordance with the provisions of the net regulating the same, declared his inteti to become a British subject; and Crown grant shall be issued upon pny mineral claim recorded after the passage of this act, to auy person other tin n 0 British subject. A minor who shall become a free miner shall, as regards his mining property and liabilities c< ed in connection therewith, betrente.l of full age. A free miner's certificate sued to a joint stock company shall issued in its corporate name. A miner's certificate shall not be trunsf. hie " THE POPULAR ROUTE TO ... . EAST KOOTENAY! The large and commodious Slcnme rs NORTH STAR J. I). FARRELL ®* • *'' CAPACITY ; : : One hundred passengers and hundred and fifty tons freightt, Will 011011 tlm tiAvigatlnti sanson on th Kootenay Itlver from JENNINGS, MONTANA -ON IIIE- OREAT NORTHERN RAII.W For Ml point, In Kast ICootonny About : April 20tfc I'A-sseiiRornnil freUtlil rates address iiIim' hj-f'i-i ns Joaulngs, Montum* FORf S'l'Kl'.l.K MERCANTILE Furl Steele or Warduer, B. C, CO INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION KOOTUNAY RIVER TRANSPORTATION Last Friday night the passenger.-! on the steamers Kokanee and International enjoyed au exciting race between the two boats, says the Kaslo News of the 8th. The Koka'iee had been unusually delayed at the various ports hy freight shipments and was nearly an hour he- hind time in leaving Woodbury Creek, where she had been loading on a large quantity of freight. Just as she was getting ready to leave the landing, the International which h-d been overhauling Iter, came In about four lejigths behind, and gave chase. The Koknnee, however, not only managed to keep ahead but widened the distance, until she arrived In port at Kaslo four minutes a :ead of the International, having covered nine miles in just 30 minutes. Received, an Answer. Rossland ni.d Trail Hoards of Trade recently sent a joint communication tc Vice-President Shaughnessy of the Canadian Pacifip railway, pointing out the advantages that would accrue lo the railway company, as well as to Rossland and Trail, if ihe Crows Nest Pass road were diverted south and west from Koolcnay lake and brought to Trail hy way of the Salmon river and North Fork, instead of via Nelson, They have received an answer from Mr. Shaughifeafcy which does not concur with their suggestions. SURGEON TO C. N. R. NOTICE IjR. HUGH WATT, n. it Wales nud 11. W, l-firsoua hereby trlve | ^ notice that sixtv days after iluw ivo Intend tu to apply to Hie (lilef Commissioner ot Lands ami Works for permission t<> inircliiiso ■'■-" acres j Constracllon camp-} frqin Cranbrook to Ward- ur land situated lu Bast Kootenay district mnl ucr ami Mission hospital, ihMcrlbod as rpllowai Cnnunciicitin *.t 1 post sot will he at Cranbrook every Monday nfterfiuon ul the KiUtlHVCSt corner of l.ol .0 ii. I, tlieiico I atk| m* |,e,. |iSi.ltc.l ;il the iTaiilirooK hotel. we-UO chains. 111-*!' u north *-■ clialiH, llieuee ( _., -- r,--~ ,-"— ' enn in dii-his, thenou south su elwliis 10 placo -»f TH £ \\ £R ALD coimiiQiii'eincnt. iStUNKOJ Dafeti'Mn rob 20, (!. II, WALES. W. II. IMUSONS. costs but the small sum of $2.00— Canadian or American moiiey— for 52 weeks. .Suh-crihe for it. An onlfil passed through here last week to operate a Moyie river placer for thi Messrs, McViltie. of Fort Steele. Divisional Headquarters LIVERY AND FEED STABLES CRANBROOK, - - - J. H, McMULI.IN, BRITISH COLUMBIA : PROPRIETOR. TEAMS AND SADDLE HORSES FOR HIRE. The best possible attention given to care ot animals while in my charge. WAHlli VA'Dft I have on hand a supply of seasoned, wood. IV \t\JU I AHU cut to stove lengths, which will be delivered on order at reasonable price. W. T. KAAKE & CO. CliAXBROOK, B. c. Contractors and Builders -AND DEALERS IN- WINDOWS, DOORS, SASH AND GLASS Plans Drawn and Specifications Furnished for any Kind of Building. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED PROM INTENDING INVESTORS ANU BUILDERS. We guarantee expedition and lirKt-clnss work on nil jobs undertake*!, ii. G. L. HILLIARD... General Blacksmith CRANBUOOK, 1*. 0. \ -. -::- HO^SE SHOEING, MINING WORK I AND GENERAL REPAIRING '■ ' WAGON WOOD WORK PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 'A ■ a>4> **-.»-♦ ■• ! J. H. SIBBALD • CRANBR00K, li. C. Plans and Specifications Furnished on Short Notice.') If you contemplate building call on me. I may lie Hide lo give yon an idea or lwo that will save you money. Prompt worl; and satisfaction guaranteed, CO. 1 «##******#S«*,**S>»^ I The Cranbrook Lumbar Go.1 I Saw and .. Planing Mills.. AT= CRANBROOK, B. C. All kinds of Rough and Dressed Lumber, Dimension Timber, Shingles and Mouldings... IN STOCK OR MADE TO ORDER. PRICE LIST: Dimension Timber, 2x4 to 12x12 up to 20 feet lonj;......... ,f 16 00 per M " " over 20 feet long Up to 30 ft. add 50c, per M for each additional 2 feet. " " over 30 ft. lotiR—prices on application, Rough Lumber, 12, 14,16 ft. lengths 16 00 per M Surfaced '' 12,14,16 ft. " ao 00 per M 6 inch T. and G. Flooring—No. 1 26 00 per M 6 inch " " " 2 22 00 per M 4 inch " " " 1 28 00 per M 4 inch " " " 2 24 00 per M 6 inch Rustic '• 1 26 00 per M 6 inch " " 2 22 00 per M 4 inch V joint or beaded ceiling—No. 1 :S 00 por M 4 inch V " " " " " a 24 c» per M Ship Lap— all widths 22 00 per M Mouldings aud finishing lumber, casings. -Stc, prices oti application, ABCH'rl LEITCH, Mnnnuor. •,***>+•*-**--**+*•-*-*•+*•*>* * The Cranbrook Hotel Ryan & Morrison, PROPRIETORS. • (.,•• • •♦♦••••••'«) 11.11*1$