Bra J Widely circulated and Om advertising medium In East bete-say. TWs is the paper that It rata by the miners, the ranchers, ffcs miiraaders and lnmbermen. ftWlfUon, $2.00 per Annum !��� Advance The Oolden Ar*, Has been appoiated Ike OsMtt* for North East Kooteoay tor Dominion and PreviacM Oo��- crnmcot notice* sal advertisements. Peblisbed by T���� Golou It* Ce., lira., Ur-, : ooiDm.e.xt TOL Till NO. 41. GOLDEN B.C., FRIDAY MAY 12, 1899. ttPi&TKi* THIS IS THE LAST TIME w-serillWaMete Ulk shirt waists as they are getting very low, seme sites aneeU ut, kit if your lis* is here you oan get them at reduced prices for ��Mkl- 1.25 Plaid Waists cut to 75 cents. 1.25 Cambric finish " l.OO. 1.25 Chintz patts. " 1.15. 1.75 Cambric finish " 1.35. DRESS GOODS CHANCE. EDITORIAL NOTES. It is reported that Sir William Van Home ia to become chairman of the Board of Direotors of the CPU. and that Mr. Shaughnessy will succeed him as president of th* road. D McNicoll will be assistant general manager. American fancy Wrapperettes Bicycle serge, navy and Spanish Cream canvas, Blouse cloth Black brocade Amazon *' Wire serge, navy and seal 20 cents 40 " 50 " 50 " 75 " BARGAINS IN SHADES. kstv-f epaqns, > yards long and 37 inches wids, mounted on spring rollers wktw ����� Warrant: Green (only) with ball fringe 75 cents Green & Terra Cotta, tassel fringe 90 " Cream, Fawn, Green, with lace and insertion trimming 1.00 to 1.35 Blags and tassel pulls, curtain chains, poles and trimmings. GOOD GROCERIES ���et inferior goods, bnt the best at reasonable prices. 0'ir cist iners know tkat groceries of poor quality have no place in our store, Fresh arrivals are : Griffin's Hams and Bacon. Creamery and DairyJButter. New laid Eggs. Christie's Fancy Biscuits Finest whole Coffee, ground to order. H. G. PARSON. General Merchant. .Vlijxa'.'.der Block. for a pine Suit and a Perfect pit . . . Patronize . . . J. C. TOM, The Fashionable Tailor. Opposite The Columbia House. 5-4-tc YOU CAN BUY Groceries. Stationery, Tinware, Boots & Shoes, Glassware, Hardware, Gents Hats and Caps, Para- soles, Blinds, Clothing, Umberellas, Fancy Goods, Gents Furnishings,' Neck Ties, Men's Gloves and Mitts, Ladies Gloves, Iron Beds, Spring Beds, Mat: trasses, Pillows, Saddles, Baby Waggons, Whips, Cigars, Flour, Bran, Oats. tpicial Values in Teas and Coffees at C. A. WARREN'S. Kootenay House, GOLDEN. First Class Accommodation for Travellers and Commercial and Mining Men. Baggage Transferred Free. JUi ud Gold Baths. Ullock Se Barry, Illst Pre��rle*erf. The Revelstoke Herald remarks :��� "W. C Wells, M.P.P., for Northsast Kootenay, is busy working for the interests of his oonstitusnts. He is mra-inR the government, to dear out the Moberly trail between Oolden and Canoe liver and to oi.cn It through to Tete Jaune Cache." Mr. Bosteok, M.P., has done yeoman service for hit constituency in regard to C.P.R. townsites, and as a recult of hie representations it is now propossd that the Government, and not the railway company, shall fix the station sites. This will be a boon to the country in slopping the booming of rotten railway townsites to the dis advantage of those already established Mr. Davin has introduced a bill in the House ef Commons to extend the nse of air brakes on freight trains and to provide additional safety-guards against accident to employes. It is also provided that employes injured in the discharge of their duties shall be entitled from the company to corapen satien at the rate of 60 per cent of their former earnings for such time as they may hs disabled, For permanent disablement the employe is to receive not less than four years wages and if killed his family is to receive not less than 13000. We congratulate Mr. W. C. Wells, M.P.P., on the success of his visit to the Coast and the thorough attention that he appears to have given the requirements of the district. The Idler from him in another column relates only to the matters brought under his attention hy the Oolden Board ol Trade, but Mr, WWls p.id full atien lion lo oilier parts of bis constituency and complained strongly about the .eglect of Mi. Gamble. Provincial En giueer, re the bridge over the Columbia at Athalmer, as it should have been put in hand before now. The proposed design of the bridge has, however.been seut to the Marine Department, at Ottawa, for approval, and Mr. Wells witli Mr. Gamble will probably vicit Windermere next week with a view to having the work put in hand as soon as possible. A NERVOUS BREAK UOIYlt. Almost A physivsl Collapse, Hut fonii-le'ely Restored by .South Ainerieini Nervine. Mrs. Geo. F. Qiunkenlnish, of 040 Victoria street, Toronto, -wis gradually breaking down under an attack of extreme nervous prostration. Her appetite bail loft hor; she suflered from insomnia. Here nie her own words as iho wrote them -. "1 took doctor's advice, but received no benefit. I commenced using ,Sonth American Nervine, and three bottles worked a marvellous change iu me. My uppotito came back, 1 sleep soundly, and my general health is as perfect as ever it wss. It is a pleasure to recommend so worthy a remedy." Sew by C. A. Warren. EDMONTON ROUTE TO TETE JAUNE CACHE. What the Dominion Government Geologist says of It.���An almost Impassable Route. '-The characteristics of the route are, thick small timber, the greater part of whioh has been killed by fire, and windfall, frequent bog-holes and deep stioky mud with several bad muskegs, As few persons who travel 'his way ever out a stick if they oan get around or jump over it, It oan readily be understood that, espeoially in a wet season, the so-called trail is all but impassable. The old trail made in connection with the government railway explorations of 1874-76, is still distinguishable in places but is of little service. The corduroy laid down at that time aoross the muskegs and swamps is now in such a bad atate of preservation as to be unsafe fur animals." Dr. Tea Stun'. Pineapple Tablet., at All Druggists, 35. a Rex���SO Tablets. CHAPTER IV. 1. How vain are the complaints ef the thousand, whose stomachs ure tbe abodes of distress I 3. How idle are the lamentations cf those thst suffer dysnepsla? 8. How long���0, how long will they suffer, ere they know the right tiling for ie lief and the core? 4. They diet, and doctor, and try powders and pills���and still suffer the torments, of all manner of ills. b. Why not end all the trouble and be freed from dlstre-s, with a cure for the stomach that never falls ot success ? 6. Heartburn, sour stomach, nausea, sick headache, and all other distress ot indigestion are remedied quickly with Dr Von Stan' s Pineapple Tablets-a single tablet always gives instant relief, 7. Many old cues of dyspepsia are permanently cured with one box of Dr. Von Stan's Pineapple Tablets-60 tablets in a box���85 cents, at alldrngglsts. Sold by C. A. Warrea. BQUSD FOR TETE JAUNE CACHE. NUMBERS OF PROSPECTORS OUTFITTING AT GOLDEN. Departure of Pioneers GOVERNMENT PUT BOATS ON -��� BUSH BIVER. Oh Frl on left ( riday the first party of the si son left Golden for Tete Jaune Cache and other parties will follow rapidly, The party oonsisted of Malcolm Mo Donald and mate, who built a boat at Golden, and, with their supplies, started to take the Columbia river to the Big Bend, and go thence by Canne river, by which means they would get to within 20 miles of Tete Jaune Caobe all the way from Golden by water. The unfavorable news from tbe Cache has not prevented the influx of people that will go in there. Many people wont believe the story we published as te the unsatisfactory results obiniiied. and argue that if it wero no Itood Price and his friends would not want to get back there so soon. Thi) also point, out that it is well-known that placer gold exists in more or less quantities all the way atom.' the great western valley ol the Rockies from Gul en to ihe far north, and that even if Swift Current is no good there are thousands of localities in this valley yet unprospected, in many parts of which payable gold is almost tie tnln to be found, and they point to the facts of Manson creek, Nation river, Omenica, Peace, Parsnip and Findlay rivers, all connected with this basin, in all of which payable gold hus been found in confirmation. People therefore continue to arrange for their projected expeditions to the north and continue to outfit at Golden and get their psi-k trslhs in readiness for the trip. The next fortnight will see 50 men and 100 herses loaded with supplies on I heir way to tbe north. The Government have bought two boats built by F. Bsrthuims for use at the Golden k Fort Steele Development 'Vimpaiiy'�� property at Kinbaskei Lake. ��"d these bonts will be pu! on Bush River for the transportation of the supplies of travellers from Golden to the north. A Combination of evils Bring on that Spring Trouble Known as "Tired Feelings." Paine's Celery Compound Does A Wondrou Work for Every Rundown Man and Woman. "Tired feelings I" Those two words cover a multitude of dangers and perils, and should, when fully comprehended, be taken as serious warnings. "Tired Feelings" result from a vitiated and deranged condition of the blood and nerves, which causes a gsneral weakness of the entire system. Constipation is usually one of the dominant troubles; digestive vigor is lacking, appetite ie poor and sleep is never refreshing. To banish "tired feelings" the blond must bs caleansed and purffied.and tbe nerves toned and braced. This foundation work is easily and quickly accomplished by using Paine's Celery Compound, the worlds famous . ring medicine. This noted reinedy, purely vegetable, pleasant to the tests, is in every oase just what is claimed for it. ltistheone spring medicine that our best physicians vouch for; it,is the great health restoer and strength giver tbat the best people of Canada talk about in the home ai.d on the street. A few bottles of Paine's Celery Compound used during the month nf May, will banish all the troubles that regularly contribute to "Tired feelings" and ill health, If you are nervous, sleepless, have indigestion, dyspepsia, neuralgia, heart trouble, kidney or liver affections, your doctor or druggist will, if asked, promptly advised the using of Paines Celery Compeud. WEALTH OOULDN'T SAVE II IM. Deadly Kidney Disease had him in Its Clutch ���South Auie.iia.il Kidney Cure Snapped the Cord and Made him Whole Again. A young man, a son of one of Canada's wealthiest citizens, two years ago contracted kidney disease by taking a cold plunge in the lake when the body was overheated. Speciali. . could diagnose but could uot euro the malady, and when half the globe bad beeu travelled in hope of help and a cure be returned to his home apparently with but a short time to live, but the printed testimony of the cure of a scbool-boy day acquaintance attracted him io South American Kidney Cure, . He procured it and persisted in its use, and although it was a stubborn case, today he is well and healthy. ������MbyC.A.Warree. W. C. WELLS, M.P.P. HIS VISIT TO THE COAST. A SATISFACTORY INTERVIEW WITH CASINET MINISTERS. Golden to he Headquarters for Communication to Tete Jaune Cache.���Removal of Court House to Golden.--Permanent Constable to be Appointed.��� Additions to Golden School.-- Another Teacher to be Appointed���Chief Commissioner Will Visit Golden. E. A. Hag-oem, Esq., Golden, B.C. Dear Sir,���Before leaving (or Vic- tonal .,'U'iii'il your communication referrrittg to ilie action of the Golden Board of Trade recommending certain appropriations from the legislative ���train for the ensuing year. I took occasion to submit the suggestions conveyed to me while at Victoria, urging upon the attention of the Gov* .'rumour, what I considered warranted ���nv iici ion in doing so. It. must be ���orue in n ind that the appropriations olrendy ramie for roads, trails and bridges cannot be exceeded this year unless possibly under the "Toll Roads Act," and for an appropriation under this there would need to be the strong- est possible assurance of an output sufficient to warrant the expenditure. First in regard :o the McMurdo district road. I have the assurance thai this would be liberally assisted in conjunction with some company largely interested in rhe construction of such a road and it is my opinion that the Board of Trade should submit a proposition lo the Bennison Company, for carrying out this project, i The otliot- evpsuli'inros ss recommended for trails and road repairs can be largely provided fur out of this year's grant and tbe necessary instructions will be given at once b) the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works. The river front improvements at Golden I am assured would be carried out jointly wiih th* Dominion Government and I would urge that Mr. Bosiock bo asked o secure before tlie su|ipl-.niQiiturv estimates are brought town, tln> necessary appropriation for the purpose. This work, however, will, I ii-s i ii?. Ii-n-e tn b'> iHerivd now until next fall, and I may say that the Chief Commissioner and Mr. Gamble nre stroiigli in fa-nr of the improvements beiinr extended eventually to the mouth of the Kicking Horse. Strenuous efforts have been made to oonncct the Tete Jai.no Csr.be district with other constituencies by road expenditures, but the Government fully appreciates that we ha-.-e the only available route and there will be no appropriation other than w*har will make Golden directly tributary to the new gold fields. So soon as sufficient information is obtained I am assured that provision will be made io meet exigencies iuci dents.) totbeopeningnpof this district Arrangements aro now in prog-res for the removal of the public buildliltc to Golden, anil I inn authorized to ol> tain for the Department an estimate of the cost which must be necessarily incurred, Following this a permanent con* stable will be appointed win. ie io h , e charge of the new jail ccomniodatio" as well. I made a strong plea for an assistant teacher to the Golden school and additional accommodation. This I am now promised immediately upon the school resuming after the summer vacation. During my stav at Victoria it was arrangsd that ths Hon, Mr. Carter- Cotton, Chief Commissioner, should visit the constituency early in October, and an opportunity will then be afforded to discuss more fully all matters pertaining to the further development and progress ef North East Kootenay. Regular sittings of a Small Debts Court will be provided for at Goldsn and presided over by two magistrates appointed from the new commission of the peace about to be issued. I am, Yonrs truly, W. C. Wsu.��. MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. ANNUAL REPORT OF MINISTER OF MINES. The annual report ef th* Ministsr ���( Mines is to band, reviewing the tper- ationa of the past year. The report is exceedingly well compiled and got up, and ws congratulate the Provincial Mineralogist, Mr. W. F. Robertson, on tke care and research displayed by hia in his first compilation since assuming office, Tbe illustrations are a fin* feature of the publication, and seme of the photographs taken by Mr. Robertson in this district last year are th* finest that have yet been publishsd in the Province. It will be remembered that Mr. Rnlienson spent most of last season in East Kootenay and a large portion of the report Is taken up with his description of the mining camps of the district visited by him. This portion of rsport is disappointing, as might have been expected from the limited nature of tbe development work. Mr. Robertson is undoubtedly moat conscientious and painstaking in the discharge of his official duties, and we can understand that, with the limited devdopment with which he had to deal, he was often placed at such disadvantage that it was impossibls t* form a satisfactory estimate of a property, especially where it was in th* location, stage, as many of these properties which he visited were found to be. Probably, too, Mr. Robertson bad to depend in aome cases on information which was notes reliable aa it might have been. For instsnee he states there is no mineral visible on the Favorite claim in the International Basin, whertaS there is on that claim one of tbe finest lsads in th* country��� a lead that is known as tbe Bennison lead, on the property ef the Kootenay Consolidated Company, on the other side of the mountain. Assays running from $10 to $600 havs been obtained from the exposures of this lead on th* Favorite claim, so that this official report is most damnatory to this property without just cause, and either from oversight or bad information��� probably the latter, as, ii we recollect aright, the ground was covered with ���uow when Mr. Robertson visited th* property, so that he was probably tan- able to see it hat the exposures were. It is a matter cf regret that Mr. Robertson had not seen the Bennison property, or the Vermont creek property, on both of which a large amount of development work has been done. Among ihe photographs of local interest attached to the report ar* views on thi- Columbia at McMurdo House, pack-trains swimming th* river at same place, falls on Bugaboo creek, hsad of Bugaboo with camp of Governmeet party and the Gold Commissioner in the foreground, th* Duchess on Lake Windermere, th* Delphine pack train leaving tbe Salmon Beds, Thunder Hill concentrator, cut bank at Dutch creek, Burns basin, Glacier at head of Middle fork of Spillimachene, Sinclair Hot Springs, International Basin, Sinclair Pass, Mt. St. Tbomss from Prettv Girl oubl , and views of the town of Fernieand Crows Nest collieries. NEW MINING CO.'Y FORMED. The Certainty Gold and Mining Company has been formed in Quebec, ith a capital ol stock of $1.&00,000. This Company have taken over tb* Certainty group on Fifteen Mile Creek, purchased last season by T. A. Knowlton Irnni John Henderson, and may probably operate also tbe Porphyry and Iron Hill copper claims on Canyon Creek, and the Bluewater property which ia at present under bond to Mr. Knowlton. E. A.Haggen, who examined and reported on the property last fall, and on whose reports it has been taken up, has received instructions to open trail and put in hand development work on th* Certainty at once nnd the work will be placed in charge of Jas Noble, Th* Certainty carries geld and copper ore* and is located on the North Fork of 16 Mile Creek. A complete rang* of assays made by E. A. Haggen showed th* ore to run over $30 a ton, whil* samples selected by Mr Knowlton and assayed at Montreal, ran from l&O to $80 a ton. Tbat Throbbing: Headiiclie. Would quicklv leive yon, if vou used Dr. King's New Life Pills. Thou sands of sufferers have proved their matchless merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches. Tbey make pure blood and strong nerves and build up your health. Easy to take. Try them. Only 25 cents. Money back il DM cured Bold by all Drag gists. A Great Opportunity! We giva awar, absolutely fr** o( cost, for a limited time only. Tk* People's Common Sen** Medical Adviser, by R. V. Pierce. M. D. Chief Consulting Physician to tha Invalid* Hotel and Surgical Institute, a book ol 1008 large pages, profusely illustrated, bound in strong paper oover* to any one sending SI cents in one-cent stamps, to cover cost ol mailing only. Over 680.000 copiee or thi* complete family Doctor Book already sold in oloth biuding at regular prioe of��.��. World's Dispensary Medioal ' !- tion, Buffalo, a. X, tf -tarn. -��-���"��������� ��� ���.I'll,., To Advertisers ind Subscribers. *..* The GOLDEN ERA Is published every Friday i-vouiiiB- Ills Iho licstadvi-rtistagniwiiuiu In lhe East Kootonay district. Sul'scril'tion Knti-s : WW l'**r annum IN il> TWlJiii all n-����**n��ble ��*�� will lie taken, the woprtewre will not bo, responsible Ior auy omission or error In any .avertiKment. All aceoimte to te paid to the Manoeicg Director, or his authorUed agait. from wuoiu ttie compsny's reontpt will De ubtained. AdverSlng rate.: Display ad... (W> per column InoEj Legal ��ds.,10 cent, ner 1 nc for dm Insertion's cents for esch additional insertion*, Heading notices, U cents ner line each Usui, Land and mineral I (Sown Grant) notice, same as Government Gazette fi***. All business eommunlc.tlons should lie addressed to llie Maimgliig DlreMor, and all literary eumuiuiilcatloue, leiter. lor publication or news Items should lie addressed to the hdilor. Corresi-olidenee Is invited on ninttere of public Interest, but to secure publication Slieb lelt mu*t be brief. In the esse of anonymous letters the name and address of tin- writer must be ell* closed, not lor publication, but for the private inloruiatlon of the editor and as a guarantee ol good laltb. Any letter received Inter than Wed- "HUy will havi to stand over IIU the toUowluir Issue. Tie Golden Era Co. Limited Liability. OFFICE, GOLDEN, B. C. 4- ... ' i* ���������VTi,, i i i. 0On. Oltfl refused to recognize iho insurgent Kovcrnmeut. ami figlitlng le lilll lu i��ropre*B��. The commit to-? un thu Doiif-lns Grain bill adjourned for a week to allow the elevator owners to bo lieu n't. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. Friday, May S. Navigation hun opened at Fort Willi am* Ute. Emraa Marshall, tho novelUt, u dead. ltlch wash era vol deposits were found on Klondike river. Miner* ht Dense LnJto are starving ant' Are eating horses aud dogs. Uiiftllltlc* have e-ensed in Samoa un til the arrival ot the commission. St. llegls Indians are gathering lire- arms and more trouble Is expected. Prof. Ivernch spoke on the "Gain in Life" at Manitoba college, Winnipeg. Premier Hnrdy, ot Ontario, from a recuperating trip to City. A largo delegation of Kansas, Iowa and Missouri land hunters arrived in Winnipeg. returned sj per cent. Last year it was raised to 4 por cent., and it is now pre dioted that the earnings will warrant it being raised again to 5 per cent. The figure reached here today, 98J4'. was the highest on record, nearly nine points better than tbe highest of last year. Tho lowest price the stook ever reached was in 1895, when the dividend was passed and the common stock sagged off to 88. On two ocensions it bas been down to 85. advices from orient Euoxville, Tenn., May fi.���As a result of a feud Arthur nnd R. Kittson were waylaid and killed from ambush by Wm. Osborne, in Union county. Osborne fled to the mountains and officers started in pursuit. Obicago, May 6.��� Mi's Julian Dent, grand daughter of General Fred Grant, is engaged to Prince Oautaouzone of Russia, late military attache of bis country's embassy at Rome. General Grant bas confirmed it. Cornwall, Ont., Mny 5.���The door of the safe of the Ottawa and New York railway here was blown off last night and 1800 iu cash secured. It is said tbat men, answering tbe description of Pare and Holden, the escaped Napanee bank robbers, bad been seen in the back country and it is thought the job may have been done by them. Bristol, Eng., May 5.��� Mrs. Emma Marshall, the novelist, is dead. Mrs. Marshall's writings were historical in character, tbo scenes usually being laid in the cathedral towns of southwest England. Among her best known novels are "Under Salisbury Spire' "PenhurstCastle,''and ber latest work "Better Late Than Never." San Francisco, May 5.���The local postoffioe officials yesterday seized some of tbe pamphlets sent ont by Edward Atkinson, vice-president of tbe anti- imperalistic league of Boston. The pamphlets ore addressed to Admiral Dewey, General Otis, General Miller, ind Professors Schurman and Worcester, members of the Philippine commission. Wardner, Idaho, May B.���One hundred and fonr prisoners, captured by regulars, are nnder guard in a born tbat baa been turned into a jail for their detention. Among them are many ringleaders in the organization. Most of tbe obief dynamiters, however, are now getting ont of tbe oountry, but their oaptnre is believed to be only a matter of time. Livery and Peed Stables Good Saddle Horses and Rigs of all kinds for Hire at Reasonable Bates Teaming of all kinds a specially. A. C. HAMILTON, GOLDEN, >). C. LAKESIDE . . HOTEL. WINDERMERE. TAYNTON & GORDON, Preps. Good accommodation fot prospectors nnd Freighters. Flrat-claas mealu. er RATES: MODERATE. For information anil full particulars apply to nearest agent, or address ROBERT KERR, Traffic Manager, Winnipeg. HULL BROS & CO., ���Wholesale and Retail Butchers Catt'e, Shesp and Horse Dealers. GOLDEN, B. C. E. A. Haggen, Notary Publio, Mining, Financial and Commission Agent. GOLDEN, B. C. Deeds attested. Parties represented in Police court, Small Debts court and County court. Accounts collected and ��� disputed claims adjusted. Working ar.rl Dividend Paying Mines in various parts of British Columbia. Gold Quartz, Copper, Gold, and Silver- Lead Prospects and Developed Properties on Bond. JAMES BRADY, D.L S. & P. L. S. ..Mining Engineer.. M. Ara'n lust. M. K. AgMit for obtaining Crown Grants, doing annual assessment work, eta. Addr-tfs: OOLDEN. B. C. WANTED-SEVKRAL TRUSTWORTHY lierpiiufi in this statu tu manage our business In their own und near-by counties. It ti mainly o-lHco work conducted at home. Salary straight MMK) a year nud expenses���definite, bonatldo, no more, uolcsw Hillary. Monlhlv (7-5. References Enclocd self-add-cased stumped envelope, Herbert E. iless, Prest., Dept. .V. Chicago. WANTED-flEVERALTUUKTWORTHY persons in this state to managu our business in tbeir own and near-by counties. If is mainly office work conducted at home. Salary straight -iooo a year and expenses���definite, bonaflde, no more, no leu salary. Monthly * ft. Reference. Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope, Herbert E. Hots, Prest., Dept. ,M. Chicago. QALENA AND COPPER ORES PURCHASED. Reports and information furnished regarding mining properties. Slocks in British Columbia mines bought and sold. Haggen's Af say Office is now fitted np. Assays made promptly and carefully. Kales on application. Cable Address i KANAGAN, Golden. Codes in lire: Hoieing & Neal, and Bedford McNtill. JAS. HENDERSON BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, GOLDEN, B. A supply of Building Lime fur sain. Plans prepared. Prompt attention given to orders. Rubber Stamps. Orders for Rubber Stniniw nnd Bails will be received at t' e Golden Em Office and executed ���vltli iniiiniilltuil,'. Tho Golden Ern Company, lilinltwl Liability. THE Independence of Transvaal. London, May 4.���A movement is nnder way to secure England's guarantee for the independence of tbe Transvaal if President Kruger will make concessions to tbe Uitlanders in tbat oonntry. Ibis solution of the Transvaal problem is pnt forth as a check to tbe threatened crisis in tbe Anglo-Boer relations by those wbo believe that armed coercion on England's part to secure burgher rights to English residents in the Transvaal would react to her detriment politically. In lt Dr. Ireland! Montreal, May 4.���The body of the man found drowned at Isle Auz Oor- beaux last Saturday in an advanced stage of decomposition is believed to be tbat of Dr. Ireland, who disappeared very mysteriously on the wharf at Montieal laat Ootober, almost in the pi-esenoe of his wife, tbongb at the time tbere wero suggestions that hia disappearuuee wss by no means accidental. ���eguuantee that these Pluten tnV relieve pain wicker than any other. Put up only in 25c. tin boxes and SIM yard rolls. The latter allows you lo cut th* Plaster any sire. Ev��ry family should have oo* ready for u -unsr- geney. MVH-* unmet"*, limns, Hmtiiu ImnWIollttioal QUEEN'S HOTEL ******** Headquarters for Commercial Men. Two Commodious Sam pie Rooms. Baggage Transferred Free. Hot and Cold Baths, Bates $2.00 Fer Say. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars. UPPER COLUMBIA & Tramway Company, Ll., & International Transportation Co. Connecting with C. P. R. at Golden, B. C, and Great Northern Railway at Jennings, Montana, C. H. Parson, Manager, Money for You .. There is moiiey for you in buying SHOREY'S Ready Tailored Clothing. It will cost you less by the year, and you will be better dressed in the bargain than if you wear any other make. Shorey's Clothing wears well. It holds it shape until the garments are worn out. There is no stinginess of materials. Thero ia no " skimping " iu its workmanship. Thousands of the best dressed men and boys in Cauada wear Shorey's Clothing. Tht Guarantee Card In tho pooket means SATISFACTION OR MONCV RETURNED. <*�� ���**-*-****��� me ������ -.MOB THE GOLDEN ERA. GOLDEN. B. 0. THE BEDOUIN. How Thi. True Child* ot the Desert Gov. Through Life. How dreamily that Bedouin life. -with its uneventfnlness und its fatalism, fitted the time and the placet Here wns a poor Arab who did not know how old he was, bnt be could look farther into heaven than I conld. His mother bad borne him while the caravan was on its way to Mecca. He had worked as a laborer on the Sum: canal, and he had beeu it dog knacker in Constantinople before that. He hnd gone hungry in the wadies uf Iduina-u. and had run as it cameleer li.-ircfcot iu the burning sands of Arabia Petri���. He had vegetated into manhood on the lower stratum of this strange oriental existence, content to believe that life wns an unavoidable curse, witli a drow sy intimntion of eternity in it, always associated with the tinkling of hells, the rattle of ciiatiini-ts nnd tho sweet smell of Beirnt tobacco. Bnt he could see some things thut were beyond my vision, nnd I wondered if this true child of tbo desert, born under indigo skies, of a race tliat had been guided since the days of Moses and Menephtah by the pillars of fire by night, had not preserved some powers of vision that wero common to the primeval man. Ho never lost the true oriental disdain for enterprise nnd contemporaneous disturbance, and he made an engineer feel that his work, seen in the light of the unperturbed stars, wns. after all, an impertinence to a trne pariah.���"Ghosts In Jerusalem," by A C. Wheeler, in Harper's Magazine. Fooled Iir a Gas Machine. A Brooklyn woman, whose gus bills were almost beyond computation and certainly beyond her pnrse, had one of the quarter in the slot machines put in ber flat and anticipated great pleasure in keeping tab on her gas expenditure. Thess machines, by the way, are fed a quarter, nnd when tbe quarter's worth 01 gas is burned they shut off automatically. Toward evoning of the dny in which the machino was installed she wended her way to the slot and deposited her money, but when an attempt was made to light the gas the machine would not register, and the evening light was shed ont of lamps and candles. A wrntby note brought the company inspector to the scene the next morning, and he thoroughly vindicated the reputation of the contrivance when lie unlocked it and drew from the inside three nickels and a dime.���New York Mail and Express. The Wronu Honse. A weather beateu member of the tired fraternity, who had lost a leg und had it replaced by a wooden substitute, stumped his way np the main street of a Lanarkshire village Die other day and paused ut the door of the first likely looking dwelling. Knocking at the door, which was opened by a brisk, businesslike housewife, the man began his stereotyped whine: "If ye please, mum, I lost my leg"��� And before he conld unfold another word of his tale the sharp retort enme "Aweel. yo didna lose it here!" And bung went the door in his face. ���Liverpool Mercury. Minards Liniment Lumberman's Friend Mend Yonr Dlrd'. Leas. Yonng chickens and other birds frequently break the bones of their legs, and if properly attended to these fractures can he easily enred with very little trouble As soon us the injury is noticed the fracture must be carefully cleuu'd and washed with worm water und then wrapped with a bit of antiseptic cotton. Splints are then prepared for the fractured limb, preferably of split elder wood, the pith of which is taken out These splints ure fustened to the cotton with n drop of glue, and held tightly in place by being wound with linen thread. The bandnge and dressing nre left undisturbed for from tbree to four weeks, then the leg is soaked in tepid water nntil the bandage comes off easily The fracture will have completely honied in that time. Canaries und other pet birds can be similarly treated in case ot a fracture of a leg. only the elder splints nie substituted by pieces of cardboard and the liandu'ge is left bnt two weeks on the little winged patients. Keep Minnril's Liniment In the honse. TOWN TOPICS. Now York city demands more bridges, underground rapid trnuslt and uo soft coal smoke. The moon Is not included in this particular list.���Lost Angeles Express Greater New York costs 130,000,000 In salaries nlono. This statement Is In Itself enough to compel the state government to search into the workings of consolidation ���New York World. Jnst think of iti Annapolis get. f 100,- 000 for a government building, and Baltimore, the second port'ln tbe country, does not get a cent. Is It not time we had men In congress who will get something for us.. This Is the worst yet.���Baltimore Amorlcan. BOB AND TOM. Considerable progress is reported In th. Fitzsimmons-Shnrkey Imbroglio. Fits has engaged another typewriter. ��� Chicago Democrat. Itts to be hoped tho universal ponce sohome won't go through until Sharkey and Fttzslmmons have settled a certain Important question.���Pittsburg News. Tom O'Rourko, pug impresario, says, "Sharkey Is the next world's champion.' Wo thought, since there Is no marrying, tbere was to be no lighting there either.��� Pittsburg Press. Sunny Hearted Girl.. Tho best thing about a girl is cheerful, ness. Wo don't caru how ruddy her cheek maybe or how graceful and up to date sho 1b In all respects, if sho wears a scowl she cannot be admired. A sunny little body wbo Is frail in health and has had sorrow that would make many another blue and pessimistic, is the soul of goodnature and extends her cheerfulness to each member of her family, brightening overy one by her sunshiny ways and exciting in all a feeling of admiration and love. Perhaps It is her natural disposition, but. it is surely a quality thnt can be cultivated and one that sliould bo by the yonng woman who desires to please.���Housewife. Milam's 1-ttlMjt Is mat DT Ptyflcinin. PERSONALITIES. Secretary Long is not fond of society nnd generally prefers not to take part in that side of Washington life. Russell Sage has had over 300 children named for him, and to each child has given between (35 and (1011. Joseph Choate has a childlike smile, which he preserves for use in court just before impaling an opponent on nn especially sharp point. Adrian Iselin, Jr., the financier, never wears an overcoat, whicli he believes to be a canseof rather than a protection against colds. Senator N. B. Scott of West Virginia worked at the trade of glassmnker for 13 years, being promoted from apprentice to manager and afterward presi dent of his company. The new Dnke of Northumberland is a very quiet man of D3, a familiar figure in society, tall, thin, with reddish hair and side whiskers. The duchess in a daughter of the Duke of Argyll. Senator Mark Hanna wears as watch charm a gold nugget whicli is wortb several hundred dollars. It was presented to hiin by a nnmber of Metli odist friends who reside in Cleveland. Count and Conntess Boni de Castol* lane have just leased for three years. with the option of purchase, tbe Chateau du Marias, belonging to tho Due de Noailles. Tbree million dollars will be spent in restoring the estate. Jacob Gould Schurman, president of Cornell, who has been made chairman of the Philippine commission, began life as a country grocery clerk, receiving (30 a year and board. He saved money and worked his way through college. Ex-Governor B. P. Flower of New York is a hard worker and a man of regular hours. He is at his desk in Wall street every morning at 8, allows himself jnst IS minutes for a light lunch at noon and does not consider the working day at an end nntil 6 p. in. A. C. Dowse, the president of tiie Massachusetts Press association, bus been appointed chairman of the press committee in connection with the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Maiden, which will be celebrated on May 33 and SB. Sir James Reid, who succeeds Sir William Jenner as physician in chief to Queen Victoria, is an Aberdonian. The post of resident medical attendant is no sinecure, as it necessitates close personal attendance. Sir William Jenner, though nominally the guardian of the queen's health, visited his royal patient but once a fortnight. THE HORSE RECORD. New Orleans will have a horse show in April. Dare Devil, 3-.0D%, will be in Geers' stable for 1899. John Payne will train a public stable at Readville, Muss. Trainer Wallace is working Lottie Smart, 3*.00,y, at Denver. Peter the Great (8), 3:13Ja, now belongs to J. Malcolm Forbes. W. A. Boggs will race Redinda. 2:0714, this coming season. Knapsack McCarthy will race Dan Cnpid, 3:09}4, again this year. Cleveland announces officially tbat she will ignore the antihobble rule. The Des Moines (la.) Leader says the kite track there will be in line with a good fall meeting. And Planet's (2:04?.i) new owner has changed hia name to Borough Park. "Alas, the pity of iti" It waa for Hon. Charles M. Reed of Erie, Pa., that Ed de Cornea 1-ought the beautiful Wilton mure Rubber. 3.16M* John Martin ot Buffalo has bought the fast pacing mare Hillsie, 3:33'4, by Hill Boy. of Bloomington (Ills.) parties. Next season bids fair to be the busiest ever on tho harness turf. Dates for over 100 meetings have already been claimed. A. H. Merrill, the well knewn New England starting judge, has bought the pacing mare Gipsey M, 2:18^, by Macbeth. The Philadelphia pacer, Carl Brown, 2:13}-J. by Indiamon. vyho recently injured himself severely, is reported all right again. Tom Grady will race him. John Hogan, long superintendent nt Stony Ford, is now filling 11 similar position at Hon. W. C. Whitney's new thoroughbred establishment near Lexington. ���Horse Review. BelllK l-isact. "Do you moan to tell me that the mom- bers of our legislature will bo ruled nt the bidding of any ono niunf" "Well," answered tieiiutor Sorghum, "they're getting rutlicr particular. I must say tho man's got to bid protty liberal. "������ Wiislilngton Star. Cure canceR No Knife���No Plaster. DIPT. W. N. ABBOTT, MYRON MA80N MEDICAL CO., 57T Sherlioume St., - Toronto. AN ARTFUL GAME. A Clever Swindle Which tVn. Sne- cenafiilly Worked In Purls. Swindling is us monotonous us ethics or muthematic-s, antl the various wuys and means resorted to in the last decade of the nineteenth century for obtaining possession of other people's money were matters of common knowledge in the Egypt of Rameses the Great. But the Parisian police now affirm that a nev** departure has been mude on tbe banks of the Seine. And this is how it was worked: An office wus hired in 11 good business street by the inventor of the trick, who uasamed the title of somebody and company, chemical agents. Being convinced advocates ot* women's rights, tbey employed Bonie members of the fair sex, who dressed in the height of fashion, nsed the most fashionable perfumes and then visited singly the best npothecaries' shop. One of these fair, false emissaries would stop her cab at the chemists, eoine in uud, taking ont her purse, ask for another bottle of Dr Beaumont's elixir. "Dr. Beaumont's what'/" said tlm yonng man behind the counter. "The elixir. Don't yon know?' "No; I am afraid I never beard of it.' "Oh, how tiresome, und my poor rheumatic husband will bo so disuppointedl Are yon sure it was not here that our servant bought it before?" "No, ma- dame; it was not here. Where is it sold wholesale?" "It is sold wholesale, I think"��� And here the lady showed tho ticket on the bottle. "It costs 8 francs." That same day the chemist bought the elixir wholesale, laying in it fair stock of it, and meanwhile many of the confreres were doing likewise. But, as nobody called any more on the obliging chemists to bny the elixir, one of the curious confraternity analyzed this specific which was supposed to relieve rheumatics. He found thut it was at least perfectly harmless, consisting of water colored by coffee grounds. The police were then let loose upen the ladies and the chemical agents, but they had all moved on, leaving no nddreBs They are said to havo netted about 10,* 000 francs by the trick.���London Telo- graph. The lamp trust and the ell trust will make it rutlit-r ililTlcult for our future presidents to acquire nn education In the log cabin from now on���Chicago News New York is now locking horns with a Dairy trust. Any one who has the price nf a cow nud pays his water license sliould be able to compete with a milk and water monopoly like thut.���St. Louis Ilepublie A Sufficient Income. "What do you consider a sufficient In come?" earnestly asked a clubwouiuc across the table the other day. "Always a littlo more than you have,' dashed bock a fair philosopher, with a smile.���Woman's Home Companion. Port Mulgrave, June 5, 1897. O. O. RICHARD'S k CO. Dear Sirs,���MINARD'S LINIMENT is my remedy for colds, etc. It is the best liniment I have ever used. MRS. JOSIAB HART. satisfied. Opulent Father-in-law���What ails you, George? Since yon have married yon seem to have lost all your ambition. George���Well, you see. sir, I reached the height of my nmbition when I became your son-in-law.���Harlem Lifo. Poetic. Squelched. Weary Watkins���Oh, that I had the wings of a bird I Hungry Higgins���They's less meat on the wings than they is on any other Uie*;e.���Indianapolis Journal. $6.00 10 MINUTES -ftitb **> Qam Siekl* * Tool Orindoj- Grinds a 6ft Slokle 10 the meat perfect bevel ���nd keeneit edge: t,tioA% heel and point end op- Ifuilte ildn ot ft Mutlun ���t olive, li adJuiUtil* tnr all work, atone oael- up and down, sickle retnaiu itatlonery. Vou cannot bun TOUT knives, a* the wheol U coniUnily enlft- me-. in 3 mlnntei 7x11 rcpla*--* a flat Corundum itone, e#2, whii'li KHti.ii! pli.w pi-lnt'!, tin** ahoveli, dlica, axe* aad ill klMi{*firt'Ml*qiiluker than anyuiat-lilne nude. TbaOom Grinder will lava Jt* cmi-ln your lilackimlth'a bill lu tbree iiiiiiiilm. The itonpi are made or Corundum, and we guarantee Uujiii tn In-st ,' vt-mri with proper UMjre. Price (j-OOwlth 1 K1..kleSt av **fiur &&/ ^ua^xU^^u^ Can-t GetAway- STEPHENS8 PAINT PURE READY MIXED BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES, NEW AND SECOND-HAND, BOWLING ALLEYS AND SUPPLIES. Large catalogue free. THE REID BROS., S6t King West, Toronto. HIGH, GRADE P10WS, SEEDINQ JUUHIIES, t-arrlagfa-i, Wagons, Ban-on*., Windmill.; to. OOOKSHUIT PLOW CO., Winnipeg. made -villi MANITOBA ���*���*-���-���-������ LINSEED OIL. For inside aud outside House Painting, Floors. Ceilings, Walls, Roofs, Elevators, Granaries, Metal or Wood. Reliable Paint for all purposes. I Sold by UP-TO-DATE Hardware Dealers. MANUFACTURED BV G. F. STEPHENS & CO., WIMNIPBO. LUCAS, STEELE 4 BRISTOL Clrcl. Tea. Imp.��.,..fOr.c.rl.s fclJJjggS. ffnt8 DS. Hamilton,Out. L.S.* B.Splce. Instruction given by mall to those ivlio can-1 not attend college, "full particulars un niiiili- eatton to G. W. DOXALU. Nee. j Winnipeg Uuslutfts College. ! And yon Can't Get Awny from the FACT that WHITE STAR BAKING POWDER Is What Yon 01*00*1- to uie BECAUSE of IT'S PURITY " STRENGTH " CHEAPNESS. 96 CENTS PER LB. CAN. THE DYSON-GIBSON CO. IV. N. U. 210 Canada's Greatest Seed House (lib) S^BnfGps' TrfMB*0 SwedeTurnip ft01 rt T*E ��i ^Brigcs 'UAina. ^IbROHTO.OiT. A GOOD TURNIP CROP' Means Wtll-Fed ' Stock. GROWERS' favorites: SS "JUMBO" Swede Grows handsome, laniard -shaped roots, of a purpllsb-crimson j color above (round, yellow beneath; Hands welt out of ground, \ frows roots of slant also. Prlca (post-paid) J lb., ioc. ; lb., i;c.; i lb, 24c.; for 5-lb. lotl and over, 31c. lb. STEELE. BRIGGS' "SELECTED" Swede For over ten years the favorite with best {rowers; even, handsome shape and a great cropper. Many tons of seed are re- quired annually to supply the demand for this tine variety. Prlca (post-paid) J lb., ioc.; | lb., 15c.; lb., 34c.; for 5 lb. lots j and over, 21c. tb. ll^-^irtafP.. ���PlOIAL NOTIOK.-Steele. Bricgt' "Jumbo" and , ^^-^S^^^^^\At\a. "Balaotad" Swedes are aold In aaaled pack area f i*^T-7z?=z&tzjg3 "UTU only (j lb. and 1 lb.) as sbowa lo accompanying illustrations only (* .u. ��.��� . .-.,����.. always bearing tbeir name. STEELE, BRIGGS' 5��. EXTRA SELECT TURNIP SEEDS < FORCIBLE POINTERS Whatever crop yon grow, success or failure is largely governed by the seed used. Successful growers always use the best Seeds Obtainable. All seeds have a value, which varies according to the care and selection of stock in producing them ; indifferently grown seedscost less toproduce and permit of bein;; sold at like low, "cheap" prices���Like produces like* The labor necessary togrowacrop with " cheap " seed is the same as when using the best teed���then why incur unnecessary risk by using "cheap" seeds? THI BEST CROPS ARE GROWN FROM Steele, Briggs' Seeds BE SURE THAT YOU GET THEM WHEN BUYING ���^ftStSSr ASK FOR THEM 1 ENSILAGE CORN LARGEST STOCKS OF BEST KNOWN VARIETIES Mammoth Cuban 2�� ��fig Yellow Dent Cora j*"���*;^,; season bas yielded 3J tons of eats per acre, and ripens In most parts of Ontario. Price, J bush., 45c.; bush., 85c.; 3 bush, and over, 80c. bush, i bags, 15c. each. i EARLY HURON YELLOW DENT CORN One of Ihe earliest dent varieties in cultivation, a strong grower, stalks and ears of good size, small cob ��ith deep grain, productive. Price, J bush., 60c.; bush., 90c.; 3 bush, and over, 85c. * bush.; bags, He. each. sGardem FlowerS First Prize VEGETABLES and FLOWERS DROWN PROM Steele, Briggs' Seeds You ean get Steal., Brljjs' Famous tardea and Flower Sesdi tram your Resident Merchant, er send for then direct. THE BEST SEEDS THAT GROW. Newest & Best Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, Flowering Roots, Vines, Roses, Small Fruits, etc. S����� If you have not received one, send your name and it will be mailkq fsbc. Mention this paper. When ordering, pleas, send money by Express Money Order, Postal Not. or Registered Letter. All orders receive best care. The Steele, Briggs Seed Co LIMITED ��� Toronto, Ont. To Advertisers fad Subscribers. The GOLDEN ERA Is published every Friday i-vi-uliiB* 11 i�� IholH-tf .���u.vi-rtlainif ini-dluiu in "ihe East Kootenay totrtot. SulisorlptlonRatesi *M.*��inr annum in au* T While all rw��*iii��lile cere will lie taken, the proiirlM.ra win not be remonrtlile lor toy Sr&loaormormanTtivtsiiitmait. AS accounts �� be paid *---i--w-*--wi---**��i-*^..--*,-*i-��i-.-���''���-*-���*.���. '*,-**-*< I London, May 5.���Among tboso presented to the Duke of Connanght at Friday's levee was Lieut. Col. J. 13. Maclean, commanding offlcerof tbe Dike of York's Ro*, al Canadian hussars,of Montreal. Ho was presented by Gen. Sir Ev��leyn Wood, V...0 Philadelphia. May 4.���Tbe Portuguese hark, Industria, Oapt. Concalves, which sailed from Philadelphia Jan. 16 for Lisbon with 136,080 pillions of refined oil, ia mining, and ia Believed to have foundered at sea, witn all hands lost. ^WE PRINT"3*$3 LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS, STATEMENTS, ACCOUNTS, CIRCULARS, BNVELOPES, HAND UILL8, TICKETS, TAGS, CARDS, POSTERS, LAW BRIEFS, BANK WORK, LUMBER BOOKS, BILLS OK LADING, ELECTION TICKETS, DRUGGISTS LABELS, DOCUMENT WRAPPERS, RECEIPT nnd DELIVERY BOOKS Sand us Tour orders. That is what we are here for. Tbe Golden Era Company, Lihitkd Liability. ADDRESS: UOLDEN, B. C. Livery and Feed Stables Good Saddle Horses and Ki'gs of all kinds for Hire ut Reasonable Rates Teaming of aU kinds a specialty. A. G. HAMILTON, GOLDEN, '). C. LAKESIDE . . HOTEL. WINDERMERE. TAYNTON & GORDON, Props. Good accommodation foi prospectors nnd Freighters. First-elan*, mealu. ��r RATES: MODERATE. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY t f tf (tltlf tf *f tttflf ��M f t ft THROUGH BATES AND QUICK TIME TO DAWSON CITY AND ATLIN. CHEAP BATES TO Europe via MONTREAL AND DIRECT STEAMERS. ALSO VIA NEW YORK. QUICKEST ROUTE TO ALL EASTERN POINTS ALSO TO PACIFIC COAST AND KOOTENAY. For information and full particulars apply to nearest agent, or address ROBERT KERR, Traffic Manager, Winnipeg. E. A. Haggen, Notary Public, Mining, Financial and Commission Agent. GOLDEN, B. C. and this was followed by the same dividend in 1800,1801, 1802, 1898 and 1894. In 1804 the dividend on the common stook was 2% per oent per annum, and in 1895 it was 4 per cent. In 1886 and 1889 the dividend was 8 per cent., while in 1896 and 1897 it waa 2'i per cent. Last year it was raised to 4 per cent., and it is now predicted that the earnings will warrant it being raised again to 5 per cent. The figure reached here today, 98>a', was the highest on record, nearly nine points better than tbe highest of last year. The lowest prioe the stock ever reached was in 189S, when the dividend was passed and the common stook sagged off to 88. On two occasions it has been down to 85. advices from orient Knoxville. Tenn., May 5.���As are- snlt of a fend Arthur and R, Kittson were waylaid and killed from ambush by Wm. Osborne, in Union county. Osborne fled to the mountains and officers started in pursuit. Chicago, May 5.���Mi's Julian Dent, grand daughter of General Fred Grant, is engaged to Prince Cantaouzone of Russia, late military attache of hia country's embassy at Rome. General Grant bas confirmed it. Cornwall, Ont., May 6.���The door of the safe of tbe Ottawa and New Vork railway here was blown off last night and |800 in cash secured. It is said that men, answering the description of Pare and Holden, the escaped Napanee bank robbers, had been seen in the baok conntry and it is thought the job may have been done by them. Bristol, Eng., May 5.-���Mrs. Emma Ma-shall, the novelist, is dead. Mrs. Marshall's writings were historical in character, tbo scenes usually being laid in the cathedral towns of southwest England. Among ber best known novels are "Under Salisbury Spire" '' Penbnrst Castle,'' and her latest work "Better Late Than Never." San Francisco, May 5.���The local postofflce officials yesterday seized aome of the pamphlets sent ont by Edward Atkinson, vice-president of the anti imperalistic league ot Boston. The pamphlets are addressed to Admiral Dewey, General Otis, General Miller, nd Professors Schurman and Worcester, members of tbe Philippine commission. Wardner, Idaho, May 6.���One hundred aud four prisoners, captured by regulars, ore nnder guard in a barn that haa been tnrned into a jail for tbeir detention. Among tbem are many ringleaders in the organization. Most of the chief dynamiters, however, are now getting ont of tbe country, but their capture is believed to be only a matter of time. Independence of Transvaal. London, May 4.���A movement is nnder way to secure England's guarantee for the independence of the Transvaal if President Kroger will make concessions to the Uitlandors in that oountry. This solution of the Transvaal problem is put forth as a oheck to tbe threatened crisis in the Anglo-Boer relations by those who believe that armed coercion on England's part to secure burgher rights to English residents in the Transvaal wonld react to her detriment politically. In lt Dr. Ireland! Montreal, May 4.���The body of the man found drowned at Isle Aux Cor- beauz last Saturday in an advanced stage of decomposition is believed to be tbat of Dr. Ireland, who disappeared very mysteriously on the wharf at Montieal laat Ootober, almost in the presence of his wife, tbongb at the time there wero suggestions that his disappearance waa by no means acol dental. HULL BROS & CO., ���Wholesale und Retail��� Butchers Cttt'e, Sheep and Horae Dealers. QOLDEN, B. C. Deeds attested. Parties represented in Police court, Small Debts court and County court. Accounts eolletted and - disputed claims adjusted. Working ar.rt Dividend Faying Mines in various parts of British Columbia. Gold Quartz, Copper. Gold, and Silver- Lead Prospect* and Developed Properties on Bond. JAMES BRADY, D.L S. & P. L. S. ..Mining Engineer.. M. Am'n Inst. M. E. Agmt for obtaining Crown Grant*, doing annual assessment work, etc. Address: QOLDEN, B. C. WANTED-SEVBRAL TRUSTWORTHY tieiToiiH In this stall' tu manage our business In their own and near-by counties. It Is mainly office work conducted at home. Salary Htraiglit MHK> a year and expenses���definite, bonattde, no more, no less salniy. Monihlv (75. Reference. Eucloed self-add' eased stumped envelope, Herbert K. lies** Prest., Dept. AI. Chicago. WAKTED-8EVEKAL TRUSTWORTHY persons In thin state to manage uur business in their own and near-by counties. It Is mainly office work conducted ut home. Salary straight tfttf) a year and expenses���definite, bonaflde, no more, no lets salary. Monthly j75. Reference. Enclose self-addressed stumped envelope, Herbert E. He��n, Prest*, Dept. M. CblcsgOi GALENA AND COPPER 0RE8 PURCHASED. Reports and information furnished regarding mining properties. Stocks iu British Columbia mines bought and sold. Haggen's Aesay Office is now fitted up. Assays made promptly and carefully. Hates on application. Cable Address : KANAGAN, Golden. Codea in we : Moreiug & Neal, and Bedford McNeill. JAS. HENPERSON BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR, GOLDEN, B. A supply of Building Lime for aal*. Plans prepared, Prouipt attention given to orders. Rubber Stamps. OrdcrB for Rubber Stumps and Seals will be received at t'e Golden Era Office and executed with promptitude. The Golden Era Company, Limited Liability. THE QUEEN'S HOTEL Headquarters for Commercial Men. Two Commodious Sam pie Rooms. Baggage Transferred Free. Hot and Cold Baths. Bates $2.00 Fer Day. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars. KEHM tm Vt-pnnatieikallhctt Plutcn -wUl relieve miii quick**? than any other. Puttie only la 25c. tin bora ud ��L00 y-udroll-*. Thtlttta allow, you to cut the Pluttr any tlu. Every family should have one ready tor an emergency. MVM4UMMININ-, umitij. HwniM. "Nmn-rflalutlM. UPPER COLUMBIA Navigation & Tramway Company, Lt, & International Transportation Co. Connecting with C. P. R. at Golden, B. C, and Great Northern Railway at Jennings, Montana, C. H. Parson, Manager. Money for You .. There is money for you in buying SHOREY'S Ready Tailored Clothing. It will cost you less by the year, and you will be better dressed iu the bargain than if you wear any other make. Shorey's Clothing wears well. It holds it shape until the garments are worn out. There is no stinginess of materials. There: is no " skimping " iu its workmanship. Thousands of the best dressed men and boys in Canada wear Shorey's Clothing. The Guarantee Card In tho pocket means SATISFACTION OR MONEY RETURNED. . ikk ���- iii Mi mm THE GOLDEN ERA. GOLDEN. B. G. THE BEDOUIN. How Thu True Child*oi the D��-il Gpe. Through Life. Row dreamily that Bedouin lite. -with its nneventfalness und its fatalism, fitted tbe time and the placet Here was a poor Arab who did not know how old he was, bnt ke conld look farther into heaven than 1 conld. His mother had borne him while the caravan was on its way to Mecca. He hud worked us a laborer on the Suez canal, and he had been u dog knuckei in Constantinople heforo thut. He liml gone hungry in the wadies of Muuiu-u, und had rnn aa u cameleer barefcot iu the burning sands ot Arabia Petri*���. He had vegetated into manhood on the lower stratum of this strunge oriental existence, content to believe that life was an nnavoidable cnrse. with u drowsy intimation of eternity in it, always associated with the tinkling of bells, the rattle of castunets und the sweet ���mell of Beirut tobacco. Bnt he conld see some things that were beyond my vision, and I wondered if this true child of tho desert, born nnder indigo skies, of a race that had been guided since the days of Moses und Menephtah by the pillars of lire by night, had not preserved some powers of vision that wero common to the primeval man. He never lost the true oriental disdain for enterprise and contemporaneous disturbance, and he made an engineer feel that his work, seen in the light of the unperturbed stars, was. utter all, an impertinence to n true purinh.���"Ghosts In Jerusalem," by A. C. Wheeler, in Harper's Magazine. Fooled liy a Ga. Machine. A Brooklyn woman, whose gas bills were almost beyond computation und certainly beyond her purse, had one of the quarter in the slot machines put in her flat and anticipated great pleasure in keeping tab on lier gas expenditure. Thess machines, by the way. are fed a quarter, and when the quarter's worth 01 gas is burned they shut off automatically. Toward evening of the day in which the machino was installed she wended her way to the slot and deposited her money, but when un attempt wus made to light the gas the machine would not register, und the evening light was shed out of lamps and candles. A wrathy note brought the company inspector to the scene the next morning, nnd he thoroughly vindicated the reputation of tbe contrivance when lie unlocked it and drew from the inside three nickels and a dime.���New York Mail and Express. The Wroai; Home. A weather beaten member of the tired fraternity, who had lost a leg and hnd it replaced by u wooden substitute, stumped his way up the main street of a Lanarkshire village the other day and paused at thu door of the first likely looking dwelling. Knocking at the door, which wus opened by u brisk, businesslike housewife, the man begun his stereotyped whine: "If ye please, mum, I lost my log"*��� And before he could unfold another word of his tale the sharp retort came "Aweel, yo didna loso it here I'' And bung went the door in his face. ���Liverpool Mercury. Minurds Liniment Lumberman's Friend Mend Yonr lllril'a Lea., Young chickens and other birds frequently break the bones of their lege, und if properly attended to these fractures can be easily cured with very little trouble As soon as the injury ia noticed the fracture mnst be carefnlly clean il and washed with warm water und then wrapped with u bit of antiseptic cotton. Splints are then prepared for the fractured limb, preferably of split elder wood, the pith of which is taken out These splints are fastened to the cotton with u drop of glue, and held tightly in pluce by being wonnd with linen threud. The bandago and dressing are left undisturbed for from three to four weeks, then the leg is soaked in tepid water nntil the bandage comes off easily The fracture will have completely healed In that time. Ciiuarii-a and other pet birds can be similarly treated in case of a fracture of a leg, only lhe elder splints me substituted by pieces of cardboard and the bandage ia left bnt two weeks on the little winged patients. Keep Minard's Liniment In the honse. TOWN TOPICS. Now Vork city demands more bridges, underground rapid transit and no soft coal sniolco. The moon Is not Included In this particular list.���-Lost Angclim Express Greater Now York costs 136,000.000 In salaries nlono This statement Is In Itself enough to compel thu state government to search Into the workings of consolidation. ���New York World. Jnst think ot Iti Annapolis get* $100,- 000 for a government building, und Baltimore, the second port'ln the country, does not get a cent. Is It not tlmo wo had men In congress who will got something for usl>. This Is the worst yet.���Baltimore American. BOB AND TOM. Considerable progress ts reported In the Fltzslmnions-Shiirkey Imbroglio. Fits has engaged anothor typewriter. ��� Chicago Democrat. It Is to be hoped tho universal peooe scheme won't go through until Sharkey and Fltnimmons have nettled a certain Important question.���Pittsburg News. Tom O'Rourko, pug Impresario, says, "Sharkey Is the next world's champion.' Wo thought, since them Is no marrying, there was to be no lighting there either.��� "Pittsburg -Press. Sunny Hearted Girl.. Tho best thing about a girl is cheerful, ness. Wo don't care how ruddy her cheek muy be or how graceful and up to date sho is in all respects, if sho wears a scowl she cannot be admired. A sunny little body who is frail in health and has had sorrow that would make many another blue and pessimistic, is the soul of goodnature and extends her cheerfulness to each member of her family, brightening overy one by her sunshiny ways and exciting in all a feeling of admiration and love. Perhaps it is her natural disposition, but it is surely a quality that can be cultivated and one that sliould be by the young woman who desires to please.���Housewife. Minard's Liniment is osed Iiy PMcians. PERSONALITIES. Secretary Long is not fond of society und generally prefers not to take part in that side of Washington life. Russell Sage has bad over 300 children named for him, and to each child has given between $35 and $100. Joseph Choate has a childlike smile, which he preserves for use in court just before impaling an opponent on an especially sharp point Adrian Iselin, Jr., the financier, never -wears an overcoat, which he believes to be a cause of rather than a protection against colds. Senator N. B. Scott of West Virginia worked at the trade of glussinuker for IS years, being promoted from apprentice to manager and afterward president of his company. The new Dnke of Northumberland is a very quiet man of 52, a familiar figure in society, tall, thin, with reddish hair and side whiskers. The duchess is a daughter of the Duke of Argyll. Senator Mark Hanna wears as a watch charm a gold nugget which is worth several hundred dollars. It was presented to him by a nnmber of Methodist friends who reside in Cleveland. Count and Countess Boni de Castel* lune have just leased for three years, with the option of purchase, the Chateau du Marias, belonging to tho Dnc de Noailles. Three million dollars will be spent in restoring the estate. Jacob Oould Schurman, president of Cornell, who has been made chairman of the Philippine commission, begun life as a country grocery clerk, receiving $30 a year and board. He saved money and worked his way through college. Ex-Governor R. P. Flower of New York is a hard worker and a man of regular hours. He is at his desk in Wall street overy morning at 8, allows himself just 15 minutes for a light lunch nt noon and does not consider the working day at an end until 6 p. in. A. C. Dowse, the president of the Massachusetts Press association, has been appointed chnirniiin of the press committee in connection with the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Maiden, which will be celebrated on May 33 nnd 88. Sir James Reid, who succeeds Sir William Jenner as physician in chief to Queen Victoria, is an Aberdonian. The post of resident medical attendant is no sinecure, as it necessitates close personal attendance. Sir William Jenner, though nominally the guardian of the queen's health, visited his royal patient but once a fortnight THE HORSE RECORD. New Orleans will have a horse show in April Dare Devil, 3:09%, will be in Goers' stable for 1809. John Payne will train a public stable at Readville. Mass. Trainer Wallace is working Lottie Smart, SiOOJi, at Denver. Peter the Great (8), SiUJ-f, now belongs to J. Malcolm Forbes. W. A. Boggs will race Redinda, 8:07ij, this coming season. Knapsack McCarthy will race Dan Cupid, 2 :U9,'4, again this year. Cleveland announces officially that she will ignore the antihobble rule. The Des Moines (Ia.)Leader says the kite track there will be in line -with a good fall meeting. And Planet's (3:04%) new owner has changed his name to Borough Park. "Alas, the pity of iti" It was for Hon. Charles M. Reed of Erie, Fo., that Ed de Cernea bought the beautiful Wilton mare Rubber. 3:16M. John Martin of Buffalo has bought the fast pacing mare Hillsie, 2:33,'4, by Hill Boy, of Bloomington (Ills.) parties. Next season bids fair to be the busiest ever on the harness turf. Dates for over 100 meetings have already been claimed. A. H. Merrill, the well knewn New England starting judge, has bought the pacing mare Glpsey M, 8:18}{j, by Macbeth, The Philadelphia pacer, Carl Brown, 2:13,'j. by Indianmn, lyho recently injured himself severely, is reported all right again. Tom Grady will race him. John Hogan, long superintendent nt Stony Ford, Is now filling n similar position ut Hon. W. C. Whitney's new thoroughbred establishment near Lexington. ���Horse Review. Belnic Hxaet. "Do you mean to toll me that the mom- hers of our legislature will bo ruled at the bidding of any one niunr" "Well," answered .Senator Sorghum, "they're getting ruthcr particular. I must soy tho man's got to bid pretty liberal. "��� Washington Star Cure canceR No Knife-No Plaster. DII>T. W. ��. aBBOTT, MYRON MASON MEDICAL CO., 577 Sherbourne St., - Toronto. AN ARTFUL GAME. A Clever Swindle Which \Va* Sue- cemifnlly Worked In I'iu'Ih. Swindling is us monotonous as ethics or mutheuiatics, nnd the various wuyi and means resorted to in the last decade of the nineteenth century for obtaining possession of other people's money were matters of common knowledgb in the Egypt of Rnmeses the Great. But the Parisian police now affirm that a new departure has been made on the bank; of the Seine. And this is how it wall worked: An office was hired in a good business street by the inventor of the trick, who assumed the title ot* somebody and company, chemical agents. Being convinced advocates of women's rights, they employed some members of the fair sex. who dressed in the height of fashion, used the most fashionable perfumes and then visited singly the best apothecaries' shop. One of these fair, false emissaries would stop her cab at the chemists, come in and. taking out her purse, ask for another bottle of Dr Beaumont's elixir. "Dr. Beaumont's what?" said the young man behind the counter. "Theelixir. Don't yon know?' "No: I mil afraid I never heard of it.' "Oh, how tiresome, and my poor rheumatic husband will Im so disiippointedl Are yon sure it was not hero that our servant bought it before?" "No, ma- dame: it wus not here. Where is it sold wholesale?" "It is sold wholesale, I think"��� And here the lady showed the ticket on the bottle. "It costs 8 francs. (' That sumo day the chemist bought the elixir wholesale, laying in u fair stock of it, and meanwhile many of the confreres were doing likewise. But, as nobody called nny more on the obliging chemists to bny the elixir, one of the curious confraternity analyzed this specific which was supposed to relieve rheumatics. He found that it was at least perfectly harmless, consisting of water colored by coffee grounds. The police were then let loose npen the ladies and the chemical agents, but they had all moved on, leaving no address* They are said to havo netted abont 10.* 000 frant-B by the trick.���London Telegraph. The lump trust nnd the all trust will make it rather tlillicult for our Intuit presidents to acquire nn education In the log cabin from now on.���Chicago News New York is now locking horns with a Dairy trust. Any ono who has the pride nf a cow aud pays his water license should be able to compete with a milk and wntei monopoly like that.���St. Louis ltepuulie A Safllotent Income. "What do you consider a sufficient In conic""" earnestly asked a clubwoman across the table tho other day. "Always a little more than you have,' dashed back a fair philosopher, with a smile.���Woman's Home Companion. Port Mulgrave, June 5, 1807. O. C. RICHARD'S & CO. Dear Sirs,���MINARD'S LINIMENT is my remedy for colds, etc. It is the best liniment I have ever used. MRS. JOSIAH HART. Satisfied. (I Opulent Father-in-law���What ails you, George? Since yon huve married yon seem to have lost all your ambition. George���Well, yon see, sir, I reached the height of my ambition when I became your son-in-law.���Harlem Lifo. Poetic. Squelched. Weary Watkins���Oh, that I had the wings of u bird I Hungry Higgins���They's less meat on the wings thun they is on any other l*ic-:e.���Indianapolis Journal. $6.00 10 MINUTES ���Ufa . Owa Blckl. & Tool Oiindej- CrlndsaBft. Slokla tu tha moit -perfect l��ve 1 and keenest ��ft��- grind! heel und point Uid op. pMita ildM of. tectum ���t met. It adjuiuiil* (nr all work, iton-a -and- late* up and down, ilcUa remains atatlonarjr. Vuu cannot bum tour knivFH, ue tb* wbeol Is coniUnUf iQlft- 2 tnlnntdi j��u replace a flat Corundum mods, 1x2, -���utH kiIihUpinpoint!,cultivating shovtli, dlica, axwaad ��l! kliuli of tii-rtl* (-ululttT than any mr-u-hlne nude. The Oam Grinder wilt nve lu cn��.ln y<"ir I'Uckimith'e Mil In thrw iiKniilm. Tlm itoiiM are made or Corundum, and we jpiWantM lli-iii to laxt S <>nr�� with proper lunge. Price ��.0U with 1 Klnkle Htmie; tfilb wilh Mi- khs ftnilTt-jl HtonaatUohtnenU; ���7-fiw complete with :i-Stone attachment*, Including Etw Gum- int. Secure our agency. Your nelghl-on wil) all purchtM. nti-| we will wi'it-jit. their not-M from yon If good in parmeDt. aud Qtmiile vuu to r ke verv large profile repraienung tt, Vi* refer you to the Nu-Jonal bank, Chicago, ar uy eouer- dal aiiniity. Addm*, CANADIAN' BftANCI CHICAGO WXCU. * M-T'Q OO. 825 aad SB9 Terk St., tonflom, Oat. Factory :M to 45 RauUalfh Stmt. Chlcafo, 111. E. Cartly Parker MEMBER OF THE STANDARD MINING 12 ADELAIDE ST. E., TORONTO. EXCHANGE. ALL STANDARD BRITISH COLUMBIA, ONTARIO AND REPUBLIC BXOCKS DEALT IN ON COMMISSION. I am offering some attractive money unikim; st.icks Just now, lt will pav you to keep lu touch with me. CODES: Bedford *l[c*-ielll'-i. dough's, Morelng & Ni-uls. "3 3.fi*.'; Oold Platod. *:',6*i; NVkuI, fl.52. Thaw prow cover everytninffj uil goods guarantied as advertised. Sta t; ir ml nml style of frame-straight temple or around ear oi-oil lose. On receiving your or^ or,one losing 52o, we will send you your glumes s.iMy paeked. post paid, vou remit balance in one week if satisfactory, o per cent off club, or three ur mum WINNIPEG OPTICAL SPECIALISTS CO. 493 MAIN STKHET. OrtMl/t TUMA/ 7lAU6��%rtf ^t At/ 4tnAs (LftAL* +/L* ius t+i^xU^^u^ Can.t QetAway- STEPHENS' PURE READY MIXED PAINT lit (or linaril's Liniment and tate no otlier. The winners of the sewing machines In tbe Hoy al Crown Soap Co.'�� competition for tho.weok ending April 29th are as follows : Winnipeg, Mrs. E. A. Stutter, MX! Ross Street; Manitoba, Thomiis H. Slnok, Iialdur; N, W. T., Mra. John F. Mownt, Prince Albert. The Royal Crown Soap Co. will continue this competition, giving away three machines each Monday until further notice. BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES, NEW AND SECOND-HAND, IIOWLINO ALLEYS AND SUPPLIES. Large catalogue free. TEE REID BROS., SM KIiii* West, Toronto. HIGH GRADE P10WS. SEEOINO MACHINES. Carrlagfcii, Wiik��iis, Harrow., Windmill.; tc. COCKSllUTT PLOW CO., Winnipeg. Mlllli, Willi "IIAMTOIIA ""i*-"**"*"*"*"*��� LINSEED OIL. For inside aud outside House Painting, Floors. Ceilings, Walls, Roofs, Elevators, Granaries, Metal or Wood. Reliable Paint for all purposes. Sold by UP-TO-DATE Hardware Dealers. lUANDFACTVltED HY G. P. STEPHENS & CO., *wiisr*ixri*p*Bo. LUCAS, STEELE k BBI5T0L cirei. t.��. Importer, of Grocerle. fctJgggS, ffTlte IS, Hamilton,Ont. L.S.* B.Spice. Instruction (riven by mail to those who cannot attend college, Full pnrtloulars on annll- oat-ton to G. W. i>o.\.Yl,l>. Sec. Winnipeg Buh1u��hd College. And yon Can't Get Away from the FACT that WHITE STAR BAKING POWDER Is What Ton OUGHT to une BECAUSE of IT'S PURITY " STRENGTH " CHEAPNESS. 26 CENTS PER LB. CAN. THE D7S0N-GIBS0N CO. Canada's Greatest Seed House "TfftlfJO SwedeTuRNip up $1 ��BB%ccs step��- VbRONTO.Onr. A GOOD TURNIP CROP Means Well-Fed' Stock growers' favorites: S8P "JUMBO" Swede Grows handsome, tankard-shaped tools, of ��� purpllth-irimson j color above ground, yellow beneath; stands well out of ground, frowa roots of riant also. Price (post-paid) J lb., tee.; lb., rjc.; i lb , 24c.; for 5-lb. lots and over, nt. lb. 8TEELE. BRIGGS' "SELECTED" Swede For over ten years the favorite with best growers-, even,hand- 1 some shape and a ureal cropper. Many tont of seed are re* Julrcd annually to nupply the demand for this fine variety. '���ic* (post-paid) \ lb., ioc.; \ lb., 15c.; lb., 34c.; for 5 lb, lets j tnd over, 21c. lb. ���PKOIAL NOTICS.-Steele. Brifgs' "Jumbo" and . "Soloctod" Swedes are sold In Malod packages I only (& lb. and 1 lb.) as shown lo accompanying illustrations always bearing their name. STEELE, BRIGGS' EXTRA SELECT TURNIP SEEDS* "TJSSSr ASK FOR THEM 1 FORCIBLE POINTERS "Whatever crop you grow, success or failure is largely governed by the seed used. Successful -growers always use lhe best seeds Obtainable. All seeds have a value, which varies according to the care and selection of stock in producing them ; indifferently grown seeds cost less to produce and permit of being sold at like low, "cheap" prices���Like produces like. The labor necessary togrowacrop with "cheap" seed is the same as when using the best seed���then why incur unnecessary risk by using "cheap" seeds? THI BEST CROPS ARE GROWN PROM ... Steele, Briggs' Seeds ... BE SURE THAT YOU GET THEM WHEN BUYING ENSILAGE CORN LARGEST STOCKS OF BEST KNOWN VARIETIES < Mammoth Cuban Yellow Dent Cora Tha heaviut ear producing variety, with a favorable season has yielded 3} tons of ears per acre, and ripens in most parts of Ontario. Price, J bush., 45c.; bush., 85c.; il bush, and over, 80c. bush.; bags, 16c. each. i EARLY HURON YELLOW DENT CORN One of the earliest dent varieties in cultivation, a strong grower, stalks and ears of good size, small cob with deep grain, productive. Price, J bush., 50c. * bush., 90c.; 2 bush, and over, 85c. a bush.; bags, 15c. each. FAMOUS Garden! FlowerS First Prize VEGETABLES and FLOWERS (MOWN PROM Steele, Briggs' Seeds Yea can gel Steele, Brljgi' Famous Qirdm ud Flower Seels frem your Resident Merchant, or lend lor them direct. THE BEST SEEDS THAT GROW. POR A OOMPLITI LI1T OP Newest & Best Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, Flowering Roots, Vines, Roses, Small Fruits, etc. SEE OUR CATALOGUE.. If you have not received one, send your name and it will be mailed free. Mention this paper. When ordering, please send money by Express Money Order, Postal Note or Registered Letter. All orders receive best care. The Steele. Briggs Seed Co, LIMITED Toronto, Ont. TBE GOLDEN BRA, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1891. SS WeHP; Who St Satisfied. Almost i* every day K some made to order derotees yield to the hard sense p-ropoeitton ia our stock ef Shorey's... Ready Tailored Clothing. Fabric, style, fit, and tailoring guaranteed. Why should a sensible man not profit by it ? These good* an always oa hand al G. B. MeDermot's, GOLDEN, B.C. LAKE & CO., have opened as GENERAL MERCHANTS, At ATHALMER (Salmon Beds) t* -ft m Full Stock of Miners' Supplies, General Stores and all Gamp Requisites. A FORTUNE. In the event of a itrokeof good for tune you can win M0.00O Marks. The payment of the prises is guaranteed by Government. 1st drawing, June 32 Ian an Invited to participate inth ���hsiMt ef winning Inttho grand trawlngeof prises ntraa-M kyth. .tut. of Han-bum in which 11 Millions 849,825 marks aarelf have ta be won In the eeurse of these Advaktaorou... Drawings, which contain according to-. the prospectus only 118,000 tickets, the J following prissi will be forthcoming, vlsi rhe HlOHSST PltI7.*B will he event, 500,000 Marks. Premium of 3M.O0O Marks, ll'riie of J00.000 Marks. 1 Prise of 100,000 Marks. I Prizes of 76,000 Marks. 1 Prise of 70,000 Marks. 1 Prise of 65,000 Marks. 1 Prise of 60,000 Marks. I Prise of 55,000 Marks. �� Prist* of 50,000 Marks. 1 Prise of 40,000 Marks. 1 Prise of SO.U0O Marks. SPrites of 80,000 Marks. S��Priaesof 10,0011 Marks. M Prises of 5,000 Marks. 108 Prists of 8,000 Marks. MB Prises of 2,000 Marks. 812 Prises of 1,000 Marks. 1518 Prises of *H0ttor\u. WPriteaof -*5 Marks. 140 Prises of 200 Marks. 36952 Prise, of >�� Marks. , 99M Prisee of 134, IM, 100 Marks 9SM Prills of 73,46,11 Marks, taallW.llWprises which must be subel. WON ia 7 drawings within the space of a lew months. The highest prise of 1st drawing imounts to Mk. V>.000, increase In 2nd. T��in��: to Mk. 55.000, in Hrd Mk. 60,000, 14th Mk. 65.000, in 5th Mk. 10000, in thMk. 75.000, in'7th Mk. 200,000,and agctfcer with the PremiumolMk. mOOO , n the most fortunate case to Mk. 500,000. } Th* official eost for participaUou iu the* Irtttw* drawings amounts to H $4.60 for a full tieket. S {|.M for half a ticket. 1.18 for one quarter of a tt-fket. ' Half reap qaarter tickets will entitle to"i saeaalfresp. one quarter of the amount,'! ��oo hy the resp-setive number, named oui the ticket. i The stakes for participation in th. foi-* owing drawings, as well as the exact'j iri-M-table, ar* indicated in ihe official j ireapwtus, which I send ou demand gr*-,t I* ui advene*. The prospectus in also * it gratis with (vary order. After the, ttnaglshall forward t* every ticket*/-, Ider tht official list *f th* winning^ MR. BARBER'S ESCAPE A Montreal Citizen Baffles a Dangerous Enemy. t A Severe Balferer f rom tlluililer Olaeas* ���Coald nad no Relief till hu tried Duda'. Kidney Pllls���Ther Oared blin. Montreal Aprial 24 There ar* few people in Montreal who hat* not known the auony of bladder trouble. Thia complaint attacka four out of every Hive persona, and unless it is checked in time, it lends to more eeri- ona, and dangerous conditions, auch aa inflammation of the bladder, stricture, etc. "Weak or defective kidney* ar* the cause of bladder troubles. The one way to net rid of bladder troubles, to cure them for all time, therefore, is to strengthen and heal th* kidneys. Thia likeeverythingelse, iseasy todo, if you take the right wny. for there ia only on* way to do it. "Cm Dodd'a Kidney Pill*. Dodd's Kidney Fill* ar* th* oily known remedy that can restore the kidney* to complete health. Thousands hav* proved this fact by experience. All who have don* ao, *p*ak in th* aame terms as Mr. John H. Barber, of thia city, who nays: "I suffered for two yean with bladder and kidney troubles, and could net nothing to give m* relief. "I Buffered more than lean tell, till I began using Dodd'a Kidney Pill*. I used only a few botes, but tbey made me a strong and healthy man. "Dodd'a Kidney Pills ar* worth their weigt in gold." Dodd'a Kidney Pills are sold by all druggists at fifty c*nts a box, six boxes 92.50, or sent on receipt of price, by TheDoddsMediciu* Co., Limited, Toronto. rhe *-��?*�����* aad forwarding of�� th. Assents W.n �� concerned will have my spf.ci a l' . ttthow rtOMFT attention, aad with th*'J| net* afcMlate s*ere*y. Mi Dank-netei by B��*��l��; it-OIBce-erdere. 8ma" be sent bypostagi mnslWaaeee at Haaey ean be miutol >F*Mi[ms Hank-nates by Bos-I"*.' er JBKrer by Posi Uftice^rdert Small j accountof th* approaching drawing"-*) fthe prises, please address th< Ises," please 'aSdress tHe orders j Italy in all confidence direct to SAMUEL HECKSCHM, Sen- B*nk*r, / mt ���������tbarg. -Hen-May. 7*1 a2��,m6,��,��,S7,J3 Spnln'a tireatent Seed. Mr. lt. P. Olivia, of Barcelona, Spain, spends his winters at Aiken, S. C. Weak nerves had caused severe pains in the back of his head. On using Electric Bitters, America'* greatest Blood and Nerve Remedy, all pain soon left hiin. He says this grand medicine is what hia country need*.. All America knows that it cures liver und kidney trouble, purifies the blood, tones up the stomach, strengthens the nerves, puts vim, vigor and new life lut: every muscle, nerve and organ of the body. If weak, tired or ailing you reed it Every bottle guaranteed, only 60 cents. Sold by all Druggists 1 Advertise in THE BRA. A Frightful Blunder. "Will often cause a horrible Burn, Sonlrl.Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the best in the world, will kill the pain and promptly heal it. Cures Old Sores, Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boil*, Felons, Corns, all Skiq Eruptions Best Pilt cure on earth. Only 25ots. a box. Curt guarantttd. Sold by -all Driggittt. 1 LOCAL AND GENERAL. Hon J I Tart* is very ill. E. A. Haggen offers for sal* first- class farm lands in Columbia Vallsy. C. P. R stocks are booming, and are up to 3HJ, the highest quotation yet realised. The cribbing of the upper eide of the Kicking Horse at Golden wants attention before the high water. We hav* received letters from as far aa Fresno, California, . asking for information about Tete Jaune Cache, The Trustees of the Ooldtn School have applied to the Department for an assistant teacher on account of th. increase in the school attendance. Mr. Hennelly, of Victoria, lias joined the crew of the Upper Columbia Navigation Co., at engineer, for tht coming season. The recent rise in silver brings It to 66 cents, the best price for years past. This is good newt to owners of galena mines. Th - bill authorising the construction of in railway by the C P B Irom Oolden te Fori Steele has passed the House of Commons. F. A. Mulllioland has gone to Montreal in connection with the floating of Haiwatha, a new mining proposition at Camp McKinnty. Mr. Beattie hat given notice in the House of Commons of a bill to make eight hours the legal day of labor in Canada. Miss Lang has keen very successful in dealiug with lots of the new town- site of Athalmer, having already disposed of 60 lots. fl. B. McDermot has purchased the stock of Msnuel and Ruttan of Douald and it will be removed to Oolden for disposal. Th* concert in aid of St. Paul's church,Columbia Hall,Mondsy May 15, promises to be a great success. A few more good seats for sale. C A Warren and C H Parson are appointed License Commissioners for North East Kootenay, and J Stirrett is appointed Chief Licensing Inspector. Mr W C Wells's new sawmill at Palliser has been run to test the machinery aud -worked satisfactorily, Th* mill will start regular outtiug on Tuesday. The Columbia River Lumber Co's new oawmill at Oolden stalled up on Monday and is running smoothly. We shall publish a description of the new plant in next issue, The rumor is revived that the Oolden smelter is about to be operated��� this time by Montana parties who are interested in shipping mines at Windermere. Messrs Skelton and Brewster, pro prietors of the Russsl House, have dissolved partnership, and the business will liiti erto be carried on by J. I. Brewster. There is to be another election for Banff constsituency. Dr.Brett offered Mr. Sifton that if he would withdraw toe election petition he (the doctor) would resign and take the battle over again, and this has been agraed to. The C. P. R. have acted in a public- sprited manner over the freight for the fire engine recently imported from the East. The Company have handed to Mr. Haggen a cheque for f90 refund of freight on account of the engine. Mr Deane M P P has drawn the attention of the Government to the fact that the C P R are deducting the in- com* tax from th* amploycs wages, and the Government says it can look after this collection itself in future. The mining companies operating at N.lson have fixed S3 as the wag. for miners for the eight-hour day, and if the miners dou't accept, the mines will ba shut down. The proposition seems a fair and reasonable one. If there is any information to warrant action in regard to Tete Jaune Cache as a goldtield the Minister of Mines informs us he will attack it to the headquarters of the uearest Gold Commissioner whicli will beat Oolden, T. Tedd, of Field, hat l��en appoiated administrator of tb* estate of the late John O. Todd, of Kaslo, and J. F, Armstrong administrator of the estate of A. G. M. Spragge, in place of the late W. G. Neilson. Mr H E Foster expects to have the steamer Selkirk launched in the course of a fortnight. He is having her fitted up splendidly and a trip on the Selkirk will be one of the treats ot the season for Mr Foster's friends. Tht Upper Columbia Navigation Co have had the Hyak and Duchess thoi- oughly overhauled for tht season'* traffic. The latter is one of tbe finest and most comfortably fitted boats ply ing on the rivers of the Province. Messrs Print snd Owens started out from Golden yesterday, and it is understood thty intend going to Tete Jaune Cache to stake some quartz claims. They- went by canoe from Golden and will make an all-water trip cf it to within a short distance of the Cache. An application hat been made to tht Court at Toronto for tha examination of the Hon. Joseph Martin, Attorney- General of B. C, in connection with tha eltttion petition againtt Hou. Jot. John Drydtn, of tht Ontario Ltgit- lature. I hare been a sufferer from chronic diarrhoea ever since the war and hav. used all kinds of medicines for It. At latt I found one remedy tbat hat been a success st a cure, and that it Cham- berlaiu'a Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. P. E. Oritham, Oaart Mills, La. For sale by all druggist! Henderson Brot, Vittoria and Vanctu- TW. Church of England ttrvicts next Sunday. May Uth, Mattint and Celebration of Holy Communion at 11 a. m, at St. Peter', churoh, Donald Evensong and sermon at 7.30 p. m. at St. Paul's church, Oolden. Th. offertories at both places will be giv.ii to ths Society for th. propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts. Although Messrs. Duschesnay aid Marpole were prepared to recommend a license at Field, and support one being granted to Mr. Alton, it now turn* out that th. head officials at Winnipeg are strongly oppoaed to any inch litenie being granted, and tht C. P. R. will therefore reaitt any efforts to obtain it. Fred Holliday, who is ont of tht Oolden party who put in the winter prospectiug Swift Current Creek at Tete Jaune Cache, has been ill with ecurv.v a great deal of th. time, and it now being brought out in a weakly stats. Plunkett, anothor of the boys In the carnp.hat gone up tht Fratar to where Frank Fulton is located witb a view of prosptcting there. The water in .th. Columbia rivtr it now rising slowly and Capt. Bacon itt ont thit morning witb tht Hyak and a icow laden with sawmill machinery for Athalmer. Th. Company1! ���bed it blocked with freight waiting for trantportation, and largt cargoes for up-river points art also arriving on the C.P.R., so that the season promises to be a very busy one. The first sittimi of ths County Court will be held at Golden this month. Among other cities set down for hearing are two aetions remitted from the Supreme Court. Stewart and Co. of Vancouver,vt G. B. McDermot, disputed claim for fruit, G-. B. McDermot vs H. Atchison, oo snore account, H. G. Parson vs J. C. Gree ie, claim for gas machine of which defendent refuses delivery on ground that it it not up to representation. Many old soldiers now feel tbeeffectt of the hard service they endured during th. war Mr. Oeo. S. Anderson, of Roitville, York county, Penn.. who saw ths hardest kind of scirvice at tht front, is now frequently troubled with rheumatism, "I had a severe attack lately." he says, "and procured a bottle ef Chamberlain's Pain Balm, It did ao much good that. I would like to know what < ou would charge me for one dozen bottlet." Mr. Anderson wantsd both for his own us* and to supply it to his friends and neighbors. as every family shtuldhave a bottle ot it in their home, not only for rheumatism, but lame back, spraint, swellings, cuts, bruises and burns, for whith it is unequalled. For sale by all druggists Henderson Bros. Victoria and Vancouver. THE TOWNSITE OF DONALD Purchased by tbe C.P.R., not a Orant from Dominion Govt The following letter addressed to H. Bostock, M.P., by the Dominion Government, adds an interesting chapter to the history of Donald and shows that tht C.P.R. actually bought tht townsite as private property : Dear Sib.-In reply to yonr letter of th* 17th instant, reqursiing to be fully informed of the particulars relative to the acquisition by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company of the land upon which the "Donald Townsite" was surveyed and laid out bv the Government of Canada; I beg ra say that as far back as the 28th Oct *��� ber, 1885. Mr. Higginson, late Crown Timber Agent for British Columbia, reported to tho Department that lis hud received several applications for tbt purchase of lott in thit townsite, but had refused to entertain them for th. reason that tht land lay within the boundar- ies staked off by the Railway Company. In July of 1886, Mr. Drinkwater, Secretary of the Company, wrote to the Department that many of the squatters on tht townsite were of a very objectionable character, and it would be very desirable that his Company should control the whole of thi land adjoining and comprising the townsite, On September the 16th of the same year, the 1st. Hon. Mr. White, then Minster of tb. Interior, wrote to Sir William Van Home that he was prepared to give to the Company ao much laud as it was entitled to under Clause 10 of the Contract between the Company and the Government; and in addition to sell, upon such terms as might be agreed upon,subject of course to tbo Company arranging with the people who bad looated upoo the property, tuoh furthtr arm at that Company might deein ntoMiary to giv* control within that ana. The term* agreed upon wire that the Company should pay at the rate of (2,50 per acre; and having had tbt area surveyed, embracing tha townsite of Donald, tbey subsequently paid tht purchase money in the following proportion: -88 acres wire granted f rat us Right of Way and Station Grounds, and 501.97 acres ware paid for at tht rate mentioned. Tht patent issued to tht Company on tht 26th Aug. 1887. Wk.eplng V.agh. I had a little boy who wm Marly dtad from an attack of whooping cough. My neighbori recommended Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I did not think that any medicint would htlp him, bnt afttr giving him a few d.ses of that remedy I noticed an improvemtnt, and one bottle cured him entirely. It it th. best cough medicine I ever had in tb*house.-J. L. Moore, South Bur* gettstown, Pa. For silt by all drug- gilts, Htnderion Bros. Wholesalt Agents Victoria and Vanw.vtr. WINDERMERE. (lYssa *tr Own CtrrespeWtat.) T. H. Taylor, P.L.S., com pitted th. tnrvty of Windtrmn. townsit* on tht 24th inst. R*v. Mr. Young, Presbyterian clergyman from Oatari., has located htrt for tht tummer. Sinclair Craig will ahortly ttart work on thi "jap group" Bouldtr Creek. J. M. S. Fairbairn, C.E.,and P.L.8. will open an office in Windermere at an early datt, R. L. T. Galbraith, ef Fort Steele, accompanied bv Rev. C. A. Procnnier paid us a visit. Fred West came down from th. Union group and reports the mine work ing will. Stave Wilton, owntr of a vsluabl. group ot upper claims on Toby creek, it spending a well earned vacation at Lambert's ranoh, H, O'Donaghey, the well-known miner, who hat bttn very ill foi th* past thnt weeke, is recovering tlowly. O, A. Brown txpects to retime work on bis group of claims on Toby creek early thie month. Thi Athalmer law mill will bt optr- atiig skortly, Windermere town lot! are being disposed of at good figures very rapidly. All the Windermtre bloods art rt- cuperatlng at th. Sinclair Springa. It it understood that Columbia City will be surveyed at aa tarly date. Wm. Routledge. cf Toby Creek, rt- portt that th. an.w ii disapptaring vtry rapidly in the hills. Messrs. Hart and Fuller's pack train came in in tke 1st inst. from Fort Steele, O. A Brown resumed work on the Brown group, Toby cieek, on th. 5th instant. A meeting of the Windermere mining association was held on tht 3rd. R, R. Bruce, C.E., ii expected back at an early date. Messrs. Galbraith and Santo rt- turned to Steele on May lit. Samuel Brtwer, of Fairmont Springs, hat beta confined to the house for some dayt, but it reported to be mending tlowly. The Episcopal Church will be removed from Donald to Windermere during the latter part of May. H. F. Collett, owner ot the towntite, hat kindly donated two lott to tht Epitcopal Church. It it reported tbat a Sherbrooke, Que., company, intend building a large hotel at Windermtre, at an early date. The Lakeside hotel, owned by Taynton k Gordon it having an unusual large trade this season. The boyi art both popular and art always sirs of tbtir than of the hotel business. Ben Abel, owner of Selkirk city, spent Tuesday 3rd inst. in town, and registered at tbe Windermere hotel, Mr, Abel has in Selkirk a very promising townsite, situated between Horn Thief and No. 2 ereeka. J. S. T. Alexander, barristtr, solicitor, etc., will probably open an office it Windermere at an early date, ROUND ABOUT THE MINES. Mr, Egan hat bonded tho Big Chief on Boulder Creek to an English syndicate for 1100,000. A mining engineer who has visited Kamloops rtporti that th* Pothook claim ba* a v*in of copper 600ft. wide A new Itrik* has been made in th. War Eagle, 6 feet of iron-eopper ore astaying (60 in gold having been discovered. The following alaimt havt been located recently, and ihow the enterprise of the locators in finding mineral though th* country is covertd in mow: Mar. 28, Snow Shoe on Spruce Tret' creek, by John Henderson; April 11th Good Hope on 16-Milt crtek by E. A. Haggen; Ap. 97th Oood Luck on 16- Milt creek by G. C. Knowlton; May 6 Summit, by John Henderson, on sum- rait between Carbonate basin and Copper Creek; St. Paul by J. P. Peterson, Dominion, by Mary A. Dainard, and Sealer by M. Dainard, all on Carbonate basin. W. McNeish hai instructions from Htary Croft, M.E., t. put on mtn to clean up the Hidden Treasure, so that ha can decide on th. development work to bn done there. Mr, Croft will vitit tbt mint at an tarly data. SraiKE AT OrTKItTAlL. J. Dolmagt informs us that in doing development work on the Otttrtail for the Canadian Development Syndicate, ht found a ltad of high-grade galena ore oarrying about a foot in thiuknttl of lolld ore. The discovery was made on tht Quebec mineral claim, and the tyndioata now intend doing development work wuh vigor. Thty hiv. already driven a new tunnel thii n ton for a ltngth of 40 fttt. It haa long bttn known thit a good lead pf high-grade argentiferoui galana exiat- ed in the Ottertail district, and it was jutt a question of finding it. Mr. Dol- mage hopes that he has made tha long looked for discovery. If io th. find it a most important ont, at I ht location it olost to the C.P.R track and is con- stqutntly on. of th* mott.convtnitnt proptrtiM in th.cuntry for th. transportation of or*. Tht Hall Minea Smtlttr will takt all the galena and oopper orti tbat oan lw got in tb* district. TEAM OF TOR-TUBE Helped in a trie*, and Permanently Cured Persistent use of Dr. Agnew's Ointment will eradicate almost every kind of skin disease. No ms ter how long standing or distressing, it allays irritation with one application. It's thi quitktst curt, known, for ecui-as aad salt rheum, and will cure blind, bleeding or itching pllee il from 8 to 6 nights. S��HRyC.A. Wariw. em -ANO- ���, *P^ .,*f"-> ��4^ mmim FURAWOOLCa. Expartcr* and b^wli-re* MO te 208 nrat'A*-.*%: *'-?,, MINNEAPOLIS, - - Wm. ���hlpraenta SolloHed. Writo f#f Cimtita*. Notice. NOTICE is hereby given that P. P. aid Fred Kimpton have applied to me fcr an hotel license at Athulmer.better known as the salmon I3sds,under the provisions of 'Liqu.r Licences Act," 1899, and that I skill Musid' sr th* said application at my office fa ibe Court House at th* City of Victotieettk** hour of ten o'clock in the lerenoon of thar iOtaitytt May, A.D., 1899; F. 8. HUSSKT, t 6np*rinteed*nt, Provincial Tenet. PmaBfal Police Department, Victoria, B.C., May 3rd, 1899. Notice. NOTICE is hereby riven that Messrs. Brewster and Skelton, of the Russell Hou*. Oolden, have applied to me fer a reMsral of their hotel licence under the pro.iiionsof th. Li-jnor Licence Act," 1890, end that 1 shall consider the said application at my office In th* Court House at th* City of Victoria, at th. hour often o'clock of the forenoon of the SStb day ef May, 1899. f. s. westm. Superintendent. Provincial Police Department, Victoria, B.C., May Sid. 1899. Columbia Valley First-class Farm lands FOR SALE. 257 acre* at. Windermere, frontage to lake, good agricultural land; wall watered. Extensive range. 643 acres, prairie and meadow, will watered. Oood hay land. Bunch grass range. Apply to E. A. Haggen, Golden. A. W. Palmer, Chemist Se Druggist, FIELD* B.C. Athalmer Lota now for ial. at M��D*raaM'l Hor*. Far t*rm* apply t. C. D. Lang, Agent E. J. SCOVIL, Mining Broker, Real Estate, Notary Public, Conyeyanter, and General Agent, WINDZRMEBB, l.t. CoaaisrosoiHcn Solicit!*. MINERAL PROPERTIES opened np by Ih* DIAMOND COKE DRILL, on taty ttrmi by contract, ���rpart payment m*iv*d in share* if d**ind. Af- ��lyt. M. A. ������CI��*Er'f. Mini** Agtat. ��1.Mm, Furniture For Sale MCLVoice Parlor, Dining Room, Bed Room and Kitchen furniture, Carpets, etc., Kawoombe Piano- fap*- riffht walnut) in perfect condition, for aale cheapt House to Rent, For particulars apply to D. Ms Rae, Era Office, Golden,��B.C. -***��. -A. -ri^M