A I f VOL. IV, MINERAL ACT, 1891. (FOl'M f.) Oebtifioatk of Impuovkments. NOTICE, Lanark Minornl Claim, Illeoillewnet, West Kootenny District. Take notieo tbat I, N. P. SNOW. DON, free miner's cortilieato No, 4U4UI), intend, sixty days from the dato hereof, to apply to tbe Gold Commissioner for a oertifloate of im- provemonlH, for tbo purpose of obtain iug a Crown grant, of the abovo clniin And further tako notieo, tbat adverse claims must bo sent lo the Gold Commissioner mid potion commenced boforo tbo issuance of such oertifloate of improvements, Duted tbis 28th day of August, 1892 REVELSTOKE, B. C, OCTOBER 1, 1892. THE . MADDEN HOUSE, HUGH MADDEN, Prop'r. Beautifully situated on tbe Lako shore at the entraneo to tbe best aud shortest road to the Sloean mines and New Deuvor, Tho best fishing nud hunting in the district, with grand boating and sketching facilities for tourists aud artists. Ernest Fletcher, CONTRACTOR & BUILDER. REVELSTOKE, B.C. Plans and Specifications drawn np foi porsons intending to build. Seasoned Lumber always on band, Fancy Work, Turned and Scroll Work executed neatly, A fine se�� lection Picture Mouldings Furniture Made and Repaired. Orders by mail promptly atlonded to. Stockholm House JOHN STONE, Puop. The Diuiug-room is furnished with the best tho market alt'ords. The bar is supplied with a choice stock of winesjiquors and cigars, No. 16. NOTICE. A Sitting of the County Court will bo held lit Ilovelstoke on SATURDAY, the 115th day of Ootober, 181)2, at 10 a.m. ,1, KIRKUP, Registrar. Iievelstoke, Sept. 16th, 1892. LOST. Taken from work ou tlio Peterson Hall, on or about September 15tb, a Henry Dixon HAND-SAW, with the owner's private murk. The party in possession will savo further troublo by returning it. ROBERT TAPPING J. D. MoDonald arrived up from the Slooan on Wednesday with some fiuo specimens from threo chums��� tlio Luke Xiow, the Dominion, nnd the .Young Canadian, Tho samples inoliiile galena-silver, gold quartz, anil black sulphides, Assays of ores from the Dominion wont over 201) oz. and Young Canadian 500 oz. per ton. Mr. A. 11. Ilolilieh, who was for 17 years chief analyst to the Wigan (Lug.) Coal Oo, nml for over 7 years assayer at tho Morfa Works, Swansea, Wales, has commenced business as nssnyor in Revelstoke, having taken rooms in Mr. S, Biokorton's house on Main Street. Mr. Holdioh brings numerous testimonials as to his skill and proflolenoy from the abovo companies anil also from some of the highest authorities on mineralogy ami metallurgy in England. REVELSTOKE QUADRILLE CLUB. A Meeting of the Olub will be held in Bourne's Ball on TUESDAY, 4th Ootober, al Eigbl o'olook p.m., for the purpose of electing officers nnil making arrangements fur the coming season. All members are requested to attend, ll. .1. Bourne, Secretary. Kevelsioke Station. Sept. 27th, at The Bah is supplied with the Best brands of wines.liquors and cigars. The accommodations of the Hotel are of the best, THE COLUMBIA IIOUSK, REVELSTOKE. B.C. The largest and most central Hotel in the city ; good accommodation ; everything new ; table well supplied ; bar nud billiard room nttached ; firo proof safe, BROWN k CLARK, Proprietors, FREE 'BUS AT ALL TKA1JSS WANTED. A responsible and reliable Person to take the AGENCY for a Lonu and Trust Company. ��� Por information apply to H. L. Mozley, Manager Vancouver, B.C. LOCAL NEWS. This town, magnificently situated on the Upper Arrow Lake, is the shipping port for the Sloean Mines, is connected with Sloean Lake and New Denver by a good, level trail 18 miles in length, and is bound to speedily become a place of ���considerable wealth and importance, REVELSTOKE. P. McCarthy - . , Pbop. Townsito maps and all information sis to purchase of lots can be obtained "from A. HOLMAN, Nakusp. TIME CARD No. 5. To take Effect June 30th, 1892. Columbia and Kootenay Steam Navigation Co. Limited. REVELSTOKE, B.C. Arrow Lakes and Columbia Biver Route Steamers. Steamer will leave Eevelstoke at i a.m. every Monday nnd 'Ihjiisday for Kobson, Trail Creek and Little Dalles, returning to Revelstoke on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Close couuectiou made with Cana dian Pacific Bailway at Revelstoke, Columbia & Kooteuay Railway at Robson for Nelson, aud Spokane Falls ��& Northern Railway at Little Dalles for Spokane Falls, Wash. KOOTENAY LAKE AUD BONNER'S FERRY ROUTE. Str. Nelson leaves Nelsou for Pilot Day, Ainsworth aud KhsIo at 8 a.m. on Tuesdays and Fiiidays, returning via those ports same day. Por Pilot Bay, Ainsworth, Kaslo and Bonner's Forry at 3 a.m. ou Sundays and Wednesdays, Returning, leaves Bonner's Ferry for Pilot Bay, Ainsworth, Kaslo nud Nelson at 3 a.m. on Mondays and Thuiisdays. ��. Q. CHRISTIE, J. W. TROUPE, Secretary, Manager. W. PELLEW HARVEY, Assayer and Analytical Chemist, Golden, B.C. Mr. Ed. Pioard is now tho smiling father of a bouncing baby boy, A nearly new Raymond Sewing Machine for sale, cheap.���Apply at Drug Store. A nice-looking pleasure boat has been built at the mill and will be launched this week. Mr. R. Tapping Das grown some line tomatoes iu his garden, nine of whioh weighed over 12 lbs. A meeting of minors and others interested in the working of the Mineral Act is to be held at the schoolhouse to-night at 8 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Ladner will preach tomorrow in the Methodist Church, morning at 10.30, evening at 7.30, All are cordially invited- There will be Sunday-school tomorrow afternoon in tho school bouse in connection with the Church of Eugland. All children wolcomo. Mr. Bobt. Tapping has missed a I handsaw from his work at Peterson's CHEAPEST k QUICKEST ROUTE Hal). There is a private mark on it, TO TRW m.T. Mmmrn" ,�����,��.��ii-i* ���- " First-class Temperance House. Boaud and Lodoino $5 Per Week. meals, 25c. ueds 25c. This hotel is situated convenient to tbe station, is comfortably furnished, and affords first class accommodation. OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. Royal Mail Lines, I Meeting of Minors at llie- I elllewaet. A meeting of minors was held at Illocillowaet on Thursday night to discuss tbo working of tbo Mineral Act. Mr, Anderson was called to the ohair and Professor Watson was appointed secretary. After considerable discission, in which all present testified as to tbo present inconvenient and unsatisfactory mode of staking claims, it was proposed by Capt. Banfield and carried nnaui-1 mously, " That a oommitteo be ap- | pointed to draft a petition to the Legislative Assembly praying them to repeal tho present Act and ro- enact tho old laws of 181)1." Tho meeting was almost unanimous in the opinion that the owner of a mining location should have the right to follow his lode in all its dips, spurs and angles. Professor Watson, Capt. Banfield, and Messrs. Fowler and MoArthur will form the committee. ��� ^waLanjJOl nil TO THE OLD COUNTRY . .17 Sept. 24 ��� Oot. 1 . Sept. 14 ��� Sept. 21 . Sept. 28 . Sept. 14 . Sept. 21 ��� Sept. 28 880 up- Proposed Sailings from Montreal. MONGOLIAN. .Allan Line... Sept SARDINIAN " , * NUMIDIAN SARNIA... .Dominion Line. LABRADOR OREGON From New York. BRITANNIC... White Star.. MAJESTIC GERMANIC Cabin $40, 845, 850, SCO, 870, wards. Intermediate, 825; Steerage, 820. Passengers ticketed through to all points in Great Britain and Ireland, and at specially low rates to all parts of the European continent, Prepaid passages arranged from all points. Apply to nearest steamship or railway agent; to I. T. Brewster, Agent, Eevelstoke; or to Robert Kerr, General Passenger Agent, Winnipeg. HULL BROS REVELSTOKE. BUTCHERS and wholesale and retail dealers in beef, pork, etc. $1.50 3.01) .) Silver, Gold or Lend, each.... do. oombined Silvor nnd Load Silvor and Gold Silvor and Copper Silver, Gold and Copper Silvor, Gold, Load and Copper 5.50 Othor prices on application. Agent in Bbvelstok^tiiroooh whom Samples mav de sent: T. LIVINGSTONE HAIG. a OiV/J6.Xi��Jim,i'} BOOTMAKER, MAIN STREET, REVELSTOKE. Boots & Shoes made to order. Harness Leather Kept in Stock. REPAIRING WHILE YOU WAIT, CAUTION. EACH PLUG OF THE o.uu i I Myrtle Navy fi."illl T''' "'"* '������ IS MARKED Ripans Tabulos: ono gives roliof. I T. & B, In Bronze Letters. NONE OTHER IS GENUINE. - ��� - j/aaiUlt lUIU'l. Oil H, and the present holder would do well to return it. Service will be held by the Rev, T. Paton in the Presbyterian church to-morrow evening at 7.30. Prayer meeting at Mr. Paton's house on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Mr. Dick, manager of the typographical department on the Nelson Miner, was a visitor to the Star office last Saturday, beiug on his vacation. He weut east to Bauff Hot Springs, A marriage will soon be celebrated between Mr. W. ti. Phipps, of the Station, aud Miss Slack, of the Hotel Viotoria. The happy oouple will reside in Mr. Fletcher's large house. A very pretty display of vases is to be seen in H. N. Coursier's store window, some of them of beautifnl desigu and all hand painted. A vase is to be given away with each can of the Forest City Baking Powder. A meeting of Revelstoke Quadrille Club will be held in Bourne's Hall next Tuesday night for tbe purpose of electing officers and making arrangements for tho coming season. Members are earnestly requested to attend. Messrs. C. HoJden, J. Stobert, T. Downs and others, who havo been working on the Government trail from the N. E. Arm to Fish Creek, arrived up yesterday in their own boat. The trail is not finished, but the men ran short of "grub." Owing to the melting of the snow whioh fell on the mountains last week tho waters of tho Columbia roso about 7 feet one night this weok aud carried away the framework of the scow whioh was being built on the beach near the Ecboolhouso. Donald, Golden, and Field.��� Ladies of the abovo towns should be on the lookout for Miss S, Graham, who will pay them a visit about the middle of the month with an exten- sivo range of the latest novoltios in Milliuery, Dress Goods, Mantles and Children's wear. The latest cuts in dressmaking; perfect fit guaranteed. ' The public ore often vory unjust, but never consciously so, What they see clearly to be justioo they always approve, It often takes a long time to bring them to soo things as they really are, but in the end their verdict is always right. It was faith iu this Idea which induced the miiuufnctiiroi's of tho "Myrtle Navy" tobacco to stand by their superior brand under every discouragement at the outsot. Tho public verdict has boon rendered at last, and it is emphatically in their favor. Ripans Tabulos oui'fl bad broath, Ripans Taljulesi standard remedy, Ripans Tabules cure dizziness. Ripans Tabulos: for torpid liver, Ripans Tabulos: u family remedy. Alleged Housebreaking at Eevelstoke. Frank Saunders, a young mau who has resided in tlio town about six months, was brought beforo .ludge Tunstall at tho Rovolstoko Courthouse on Wednesday, charged with entering tho premises of Messrs. Hull Bros,, butchers, Main Ki"-��t, ami stealing therefrom uio sum of ij}li)8, on Friday, September 28rd. Siiundors was apprehended on Tuesday morning by Constable J. Kirkup nnd lodged in tho lockup. Judgo Tunstall arrived from Kamloops on Wedoesday morning, and at two o'clock the prisoner, who pleaded not guilty, waa placed in the dock. Mr. John P. Sutherland, manager for Hull Bros., stated that he placid $138 in a cashbox, whioh was locked in the desk. On Friday last be left the shop about two o'clock in the afternoon and worked till about five o'olook at the slaiighter-houso. On his return to tho shop he fouud tho desk broken open nnd tho mouoy gone. The back window was also broken. Saunders had worked for him two or three months in the early part of tho summer, and knew where the money was kept. He suspected the prisoner and charged him with the theft. Mrs. Wright, cook at the Hotel Victoria, stated that Saunders gave her some money to keep for him. She did not count it, but there were two $20 gold pieces und the rest was in five and ten-dollar bills. She spent ten dollars of it, Later ou sho heard of the robbery, and concluded that the monoy sho had was part of what was stolen, and on Tuesday she returned it to Mr. Sutherland and told bim Saunders bad given it to hor. The amount she returned was $70. Prisonor was then arrested. Officer Kirkup and Mr. A. McNeil, testified thut prisoner was without money for some days beforo the robbory, tho latter stating that Saundersou triod to borrow 25c. from him, saying ho was " broke." Judge Tunstall, aftnr ranjiowlog tbo ovidenco, formally committed the prisoner for trial, and ho was taken to Kamloops prison the sumo night. Saunders was reproved by tho judgo for using bad language in court. It is stated that the witness Wright has loft the country, although her destination was ostensibly Nakusp. But as hor sworu evideuce has beeu taken, hor presonco will not bo an absolute necessity. Most likely tho trial will tako placo at Kamloops on the 15th inst., when tho witnesses will bo required to attend, the Revenue Nelson. A great deal of consternation has been caused among the Nelson and Ainsworth merchants by the sorntiny of Iheir hooks by the Customs authorities, who have made the Btartling discovery that tho Oauadian Govern* nient bus been defrauded of upwards of ��17,000 by under valuation of 1 merchandise, kc, imported from the United States. It is said that suspicion had beon entertained for some lime past that thero was a discrepancy between the values of goods | ussing tho Customs and the values certified to by the importers, aud the insignificant ciroumstanoe whioh led . to the exposure was no doubt a bluu- der on tho part of some clerk on the other side, two invoices being attached to a package���one for the trilling sum of about *fl3 nud the other for a much larger amount, the lattter being tho real value, it appears to have beon the custom for shippers on tho other side to alfauh tho false invoice to tbo package aud send the real one to the consiguue by mail. The books of all tbe importers ....... ua Ull LIIO lIUp in Nelson and Ainsworth were examined, with the result that six firms were fined and compelled to pay re. epectivelv tho following heavy sums: $700, $1,800, $2,300, $2,70U, $1,000, aud $0,000, Tale (or head) of a Duck. During tho heavy rain on Monday two very wet and bedraggled pilgrims wero notieeii carving a pas,- Sllffn through tli.) '"aiv-. Ullst Wllleh had shrouded tho streets tbe whole of the afternoon. One of them was heavily laden, and zigzagged a little as ho walked. At first sight they were taken for peddlers, but as lhe wayfarers drew nearer tl.o familiar figure of tho nondescript serenely trotting at thoir heels "gave them away." It waH Morgan and Harry Bourne I They had beeu duck shooting at Clanwillium, nud Morgan had eight hue ducks slung by the neck from the barrel of his gun, which ho carried ou his shoulder, They had bad fine sport and bad left about a dozen or so on tho field (or rather hike) of battle, bnt where the ser** vices of the nondescript came in it was difficult to determine. With another gun they could have bagged twice as many, as the birds were very plentiful. But before reaching tho mill Morgan's ducks wore reduced iu number, While takiu,; a nip of something hot at the Central " to keep out the eohi," Guy Barber adroitly severed the head of one and withdrew it from the bundle ou .Morgan's back, but the sportsmen knew it not until they reached home, Next day Gny went duck shooting, and later on exhibited the results of his prowess iu the shape of a headless duck, having shot the head dean oil', But that yarn was too trauspareut. Morgau recognized tho biro as one of those he brought from Clan William ! .And the severed head, which hud beeu left iu the pack, fitted the body to a " T." " Be sure your sin will find you out, Guy." VV. J. LAW, Merchant Tailor, (Near C.l'.R. Station) It E V E L S T OKIl, B.C. A XnllllV STOCK OF English Worsteds, Scotch and Irish Tweeds and Serges AT PRICES THAT WILL CATCH you. FIT AMI MAKE-IT GUAIUHTEED. A. H. HOLDICH, Assayer and Analytical Chemist, REVELS TOKE, B.C, Nearly seven years assayer nt thc Morfa Works, Swansea, and over 17 years chief analyst to Wigan Coal k Iron Co., Wigan. Assays ami analysis of every description undertaken on tho most reasonable terms. Positively no connection with any mines or works; accurate nnd unbiassed results are therefore ensured. Mr. C. P. Stoess, Nelson, is the authorized agent tor Lower Kootenny, G. TERRYBERRi*, GENERAL BLACKSMITH REVELSTOKE. Wagons and all kinds of Vehicles Repaired. Shoeing a Specialty. PRICES BIG 111'. E. PICARD, REVELSTOKE STATION, Begs to announce that ho is pre. I""''"1 t" make nnd repair all kiuds of mattresses, pillows, ko,, at reasonable \'n'w: Upholstering done on tbe premises. Satisfaction guaranteed. Ultbi.tAi nuitn-unwo idhheui, i. Of all unaccountable things it ought, to bo the most unaooountable that so studious, nay, learned a young man as Quido dorian), clever, ambitious, a poet aud a doctor of laws, should lmvo set all his hopes of happiness upon nobody better than tlio daughter of tho oaanieller, Fabio Vanucei���a girl without a dowry, and unable to read ovon a love-letter. Nay, more : though ho was dead In love With Ircno whon ho lelt his and her native Hari lo puisne his studies at Naples, anil though he was a handsome and amiable young mini wiih no distaste for ploieure, ho came back from Naples to liari deader in love with her than over ! Well, lovo has been answerablo for more mini' louutable things oven than lhat; and it certainly never occurred to the young ad- vocato that there was even a certain lack of prudence [or alawyer without clients to want to marry a portionless girl when that girl's name was Ireno Vami"' i. And, be it said at once, thcrowere mitigating circumstances] as ho, being a doctor of laws, would havo put tho matter in another case than his own, She waB very pretty ; she was vory good ; she was very gentle ; and shs worshipped him to an extent that would have satisfied tlie most exaotlng demands of a vainer man. Filially, they weie in love with ouo another because���in short, because they wero. H had been good to seo her face again, after the long purgatory of absence, tempered indeed hy a letter now and then, but written, as ho knew, not by tho hand ho wanted to kiss sixty times an hour, and not in her own simple words, hut hy the crabbed fingers and in the high-flown stylo of old Ulisse, who had probably composed and written indcnlically tho same letters for her mother ; perhaps even for her grandmother, and for Quldosgrandmother���who could toll? Not Ulisse, for ho nevor told ; ho had written so many love-letters that meant no moro to him than his feo. The real lettor had been the llowers, ono of which Irene had never failed to put inside ���flowers which had inspired a string of slornelli nearly long enough to reaoh from Naples to Hari; a slornello for overy one, with a few epics thrown in. liut thero is nothing perfect. That road from Naples to Ban had really seemed Btrcwn with flowers, as, all the way back, Ouido's fancy painted for him the Iirst meeting after so long a parting in a hundred different ways, and each way moro oliarming in turn than all tho others. Ho of course it was in the one way of which his romance had scorned to dream. Not only, when he had flown up the stairs to the high story where lie hopod to have Ireno -for he knew tho household arrangements-all to himself, did he find her father with her at an unaccustomed hour, and a Btrangor with her father, but ho found something else : a certain chill which ho could not altogether refer to his disappointment at the failure of his carefully laid out plan for a joyful and unrestrained meeting. Vanucei had certainly changed Bomehow, and not���so Ouldo felt���for tho better; and to the stranger the young man felt one of theso antipathies at first sight which somo people believe to bo infallible warnings. The stranger was pale, emaciated, cadaverous to the poiut ul .-.ngtliness; llu looked as if he wero just about to olep into, or had just stepped out ol, hin -rrnve. And this appearance was the more intensified by his contrast with (Juido's healthy youth, the enameller's only two stoutainl too florid vigor, and Irene's fresh grace and charm. Such whs the man's appearance, that, it ought, of right, to have inspired only pity, not aversion. His pointed shoulders seemed almost to meet over his narrow chest; the sockets of his eyes were like caverns ; his thin lips were drawn away from his, darkened teeth and gums; nnd the complex- ion oi his cheeks resembled some gray parchment on which a death-warrant had been plainly inscribed, the signature being only too legibly represented hy a hectic ring round each hollow. Then his hands, limp, waxen and wenk, with long lingers and discolored nails, were alone enough to tell a physician tales. It was not, however, bodily disease that, to Gtti loat least, seem-' cd to forbid sympathy. The man looked��� though the idea might not have occurred to oue who was not a poet���as if he wore be- j ing consumed by his own wickedness, and yet wickedness of so weak a sort as to make one wonder that it should be able to con-1 Biuiie anything. This unwelcome intruder, when Goido entered the room, was just coming to from a tit of feeble yet exhausting coughing, which made the lover's appearance il more distressingly unseasonable, lh- _ ow came into Irene's cheeks an,! t! ���-��� her eyes when she saw whi i iiad i ome again: but that coughing wretch kept farther apart than the whole breadth of It- j aly, which had I een between them 'i 1 today. "Holdup, shnor,"saidVanuc ly but cheerfully. " I., ��� ��� ind a cough are hard to hide. Iron,..- -nor Merrick a dose of wine, and me another; it's empty casks lhat make a noi��e, What! Guido Floriani back igain I rake a dose yourself. And to whose sa hall I drink; Toi 'at,iam Floriai r . loriani, primo< nori ot SanCarlo!or to the tjreai i at Finn ini' It'll be anrn..>li'- ... ,- -,, be mre, " he sal I, with ������ ��� si - I rather nn overdone affectation of hlu . than lie real thing, " I have I >.:,,������ M,'. a dot toi with modeal pr, le, glari t at, Irene, and suddenly aware iit.it her quick-, ened color was i anseii not by hi. swift glance bul In the itranger'sunbridled I liut at the word "doctor" 'in: lattert im-' cd to Guido, "Adootorl Ah! And a young dootorl Then maybe you have heard lomo hing new," he said in lhe ghost of a voioo which nobody could interpret without the foar of breaking it to pieces altogether, " I am an Englishman ; my name is Merrick ��� Albert Merrick. I am a rich man. I have seven thousand pounds a hundred and HOVOnty thousand francs, a year. I'm rich, talented, amiable, not ill-look ing, ami yet i'm a miserable man, And why? All because of an obstinate cold. Yes, you may well look ..' ine. Though I say it that, shouldn't, I don't I believe them ever was a oase like mine, I've bullied your wholo faculty for years. I've consulted every doctor, famous or not famous, in London, Paris, Vienna, Mew York���every where. And they're humbugs, ono and all. Consumption, indeed I I've tried Algiers, Madeira, South Africa, Davos ���places that cure oonwmptlon, So nunc cunt bo consumption, or else it would have been cured long and long ago, I've been advinod to -.ry the air of tho Adriatic, ho gasped, with a sort of leer at Irene. " Bettor ��� bnt you soo I want to get well. It's really important that I should get well. You look too young to ho licit, so you don't know what it means to havo a lot of poor relations, a lot of wretches, waiting for your shoes, It's important I should live to disappoint'em, every one. I want to marry and havo a family of my own. I don't want to feol, when I'm coming here to look at Signor Vanucci's mosaics, that every step would lie the death of 1110. book horo ! I tell you what I toll every doctor I see-: I'll givo twenty-livo thousand francs to the ir.an who will rid mo of this ���cold. 1 expect thoro isn't a doctor iu Europo, Africa, Australia, or America who isn't after that monoy. Thoy say it's consumption, and that's where thoy go wrong. I'll tell you my symptoms, In tho first place���" " Slgnor," said Guido, with increased disgust, and taking advantage of tho other's sudden exhaustion, " I fear thero is a misunderstanding, I am not a doctor of modi- cino, 1 am an advocate���a doctor of laws." " Oh���that all I" said tho Englishman, as if Guldfl woro no longer worth notice and Bottling down if to another stare at Irene, Vanucei began to fidgot a little; for all his geniality, ho was evidently anxious and ill at oaso. "An advocate, eh I all- lawyers' houses aro built of fools' skulls. Faith, you'll find building materials lor a whole street of such houses in llari. By the way, Slgnor Merrick, will you grant mo ten thousand pardons���or oven one will do ���i< I loavo you! I've got to soo somebody about something, and " "I shall be delighted; that is to say, don't mind mo," said Signor Merrick. "Though I haven't got to work for my living, 1 can mako ovory allowance for you poor follows that have to���I can indeed. Tho signorina -vill do to show mo thoso mosaics just as woll." "Then como along, doctor;" said Vanucei. "Oome along. You'ro going my way, and ���yes, yes ; Ireno knows all about everything. You've come just in tho nick of time, Doctor Floriani, to advise me about a point of law. Wo can talk it over as wo go. And cheer up, signor! 'Tis of the sickness a man fears that ho dies." There was no help for it. Guido rather plumed himself upon being a man of .'o- Bource; and indeed it is wonderful how full of resourco wo all are, except just at tho moment when it is wanted. Unluckily nothing occurred to him just then beyond taking the stranger hy the coat-collar and dropping him from the open window into the street; and hefore he had timo to get beyond his first thought, he was himself in the street, his arm affectionately but tightly imprisoned by Vanucci's. " What's the meaning of all this!" he asked hotly. " Who is that scaramouch up there?" "Gently! Business first andpleasurc afterwards, young man. My business is breakfast, and you shall be my guest. ' Scaramouch,' indeed ! Why, didn't you hear him say that ho has a hundred and seventy thousand lire a year? And it's true. My skull isn't a brick for lawyers' houses. I've inquired ! One of the clerks at Dionisi's tells nie they're in a panic at tho length of his credit; why, he drew for twenty thou- s�����.i ijrCj hard cash, in a single hour. But hero's onr yu��� Waiter, a ragout, and the best bottle you have. The very best, mind; my friend is from Naples, where they know. And one can't have less than a ragout when ono thinks of a hundred and seventy thousand lire���a hundred aim seventy thousand lire a year! 'Tis true they're another man's, as yet; but what will be, will be���and who knows?" The close, ill-favored air of the inner room of the trattoria was not in itself provocative of appetite ; but even had Guido brought any hunger with him, it would have vanished before words which had already conveyed a dreadful thought into his mind. Why should Signor Vanucei he taking so intense an interest in another man's money ? Why had that other man���if such a creature could be called a man���been so ostentatiously left alone with Irene? It was surely not to examine mosaics that so feeble a wretch had climbed so many stain, and not, as waa pretty evident, for the first time. Evidently, if he wished to make sure of things, he had no time to lose. " Sir. ' said he, " I do not ye: possess a I and seventy thousand lire a year, winch, inded, is a great deal too much for | inj: iy. But I have an honorable profes-1 sion, which .-nay lead a man anywhere. I haveafairmi .-. ftalent; I havenotthe worst traders; I have youth, strength! . a; ������:. I ,' I i' a Irene more deeply and iiini than ever was woman loved before. 1 wani thing wil r bnt 1 orself, it she. God blcsa her, ia willing to - : in : ' ������ Vanned, hold ��� I gi imp : : igo -:. pended in mi l-air, ��� h bu rise, " Vou re after Irene tool Ah! I "' now. Yes, of I 1 : Ite her sonnets when il e w .��� little girl. I know ; I nse-i to [ei. . ' like that, often ai d oft. n, when I esn't last, it.ore's ���! i .��� ��� Ly gi h ive yon i Napli eh? ', , lush ; if you do that, you ��� I . ,1 y.a..', a n iim!���, .- ��� m'l help us witl i ��� .. vill. i i us, - land thuswl ie, I, very bad. 1 don't know hov il i ' though I ink, mi ov,-r my work ' b in in :���' in the trade md never sol to work wil honl longer thoughl than anybody else would wanl io turn out a bushel ol rubbish, the porvoit ioi 'he day ii i tha I ore sit I, I ibi i Vanu .. tai ing on turnip tops ;, I nogar, ��� hilo < ven > doll lib i R iggii ri, who'll think nothing of ici imbl in a we!, what would take me a ) tr to put my mind upon, la feasting on ilana and champagne, As if gonitis, w lo vail a ph ition, could be oxp i te' to como at a 'pst,' liko lieppo thoro no, lieppo ; il wasn't, you I callod, it Waa inspiration ; but, as you've omi in ��������� may bring another flask; anl better than yonr last, this time, 8o, thns ids How oan things be settlod so that, II i mad marries and dies, his widow may I.e. his heir1" " No I" oxolalmed Guido, starting from his chair. " It Is impossible It is horrible I Irene--lhe wife of " " Ah ! VOIl'ro sharp, you lawyers. Yrs ; I trust, that by lho time this bottle is through, things will ho ripe for my bless ing " " Why, lhe man is al death's door "Andso things must bo done nulokly, Ono may wail, for au inspiration, but not thousaud lire por annum. Congratulate mo, my deir Guido, In avery, very abort time, with your legal help, Irene Merrick, born Vanucei, will bo the richest widow in Italy ���still beautiful, still young. Why ! she will become countess, duchess, princess- even���who knows?" II. " Per Bacco ! if it isn't Guido Florianl I" Guido started at a smart slap upon tho shoulder, as if he wero suddenly rousoil from a nightmare. And, indeed, it was really little less. For he had been sitting in a daze, blind to tho bustling departure of Vanuooi, and to all savo the ghastly vision of his Irene standing before tho altar with such a bridegroom, Fool that lie had boen, to think that a woman could bo won by faith and constancy,���that tho love of a lifo could outweigh a solid lump of lire every year? Howover, tho rough salutation brought him back to tho life that had to be lived with or without Irene ; and ho found himself alono in the trattoria but for one man apparently a few years his senior, with whoso face, though ho could not recall it, ho did not feel wholly unfamiliar. It was nol, however, a face that was easily forgotten���not handsome, by any means, hut, whilo grave and thoughtful, amazincly keen, with brilliant black eyes which seemed to bo everywhere at once, in an anything but comfortable manner for any dusty corner or for anybody who had anything to hide. And thoro was this peculiarity about the wholo face, that theso same eyes, though so full oi light and movement, had not tho sign of a smilo in thom, oven though the lips and tho voice expressed easy good na- turo; their touch of wildness, in conjunction with otherwise homely and commonplace features, gave them the odd effect of belonging to some other man. "What?"ho wont on, with a light laugh at Ouido's evident want of recognition. "Don't you remember SaverioCalo?' " Gapperi!" exclaimed Guido. "Why, to think that you should remember mo after all these years! But I thought you'd loft Bari for good���" "For everybody's good, I hope, And how have things been going on without mo? Not vory well, I should say, if you aro a specimen. You look as if thcre'd been a dozen indigestions in that ragout" "I have not been in Bari three hours, after being away throe years," said Guido bitterly���in anything but tho toneiu which one gretta an old friend. "If that isn't a coincidence I why, I'vo been away six years and back aix hours! And what have you boen doing all this while? Yob, I've been faithful to my first love, who'll be my last���science ! Hero's hor health, in what's left in your bottle. 1 foil in love with her, if you romemher, that day when, not as high as this table, we saw that Dulcamara fellow at tho fair. Uo you remember how I used to operate upon every creature that came in my way, oven tlowr to an amputation of the hind leg of my grandfather's favorite armchair? Well, I've gone through the whole thing since then I've walked the hospitals in Paris, and am now full-blown into doctor of medicine. No I don't tliink of practising in Bari. A physician with a French degree mustn't waste himself on the Adriatic. Perhaps Naples, perhaps Florence, perhaps Rome. I'm ambitious���I must havo a largo field. I have ideas; 1 must try them on all sorts and kinds of men. Imay even go back to Paris��� not much chance, perhaps, whoiegood physicians arc as common as black-berries ; hut think of the cases one sees and studies���tho number, tho variety ! If 1 had but ten thousand francs I'd go hack to Paris, and never leave the dissecting-room. That's the beauty of science, my dear Floriani. When you fairly know her, you'll marry her without a dowry ; and you'll never tire of her, because the more you know of her, the moro there's left to know." Thus he rattled on, without giving Guido a chance of speaking, in a light, quick voice and easy manner; whilo, and especially when he paused at last, his eyes took a glow, as if it was the nonchalance that was skin-deep, and possibly affected, while the enthusiasm, even though expressed half in mockery, was real. "Then there isanother coincidencc,"said Guido, forcing himself to makesoine sort of response to his old comrade. " Wc are doctor and doctor-you of medicine, and I of law.'' " Excellent! And have you yet had your first client?" "No." " Nor I my first, patient! Now this is getting really interesting. Wo wero evidently made for one another. Let's make a bargain. We'll climbone another's shoulders. I'll physic you for your first illness, and vou shall defend tne in my Iirst action-at- law. .And we will dose and defend each other so well, that there will he no lawyer in the Two .Sicilies but Dr. Floriana, and no physician but Dr. (.'nlo. I've a great mind to begin your treatmont for indigestion or love, or whatever's tho matter with you, from thia very hour." " Have you sver studied consumption?" asked Guido, rather grimly, for ho was in no humor for badinage, and all tho less for feeling aa if those uncomfortable eyes ot llr. I alo were reading hitn through and ad consi mption -phthisis i I ? - havo I not indeed "' oxolalmed the young in, his whole face lighting up witii - nt, " Why, phthinis is my passion; It i- a mystery the most fasoinating of ll ia the purpose of my life to - mse, itscourse, ils euro. Why do yon ask���" " Be auee, if vou wanl a patient, I'vo ��� tier tl an myself for you. a pa- . ia offi ring twenty livo thousand nybo ly who will save him from . ., ii "A case of phthisis? And twenty-five id I'm your man. If ho is curable, conaidci him cured. Whore can I I-/ friend? when '" H" not my friend," said Guido, " I '- u . ami for a bettor reason than his being my friend." " And whal is that?" ��� '��� ��� o ho I my enomy, Becanso I want, him to he well and strong enough for me to orosa iwor la with him that la why. i'.' ��� i I don'l want tho diagracoof having for a i ival n lol ol bones held together by n icrap ol skin, Booauao in shoi I because " Ah," ild Savorlo, " I know as soon as I asl my oyoa >n vou lhat you wore In aome sort ol a fevct i and that tl. must bo cither dyspepsia or lovo, I waa ascertain as that there's no dish worth t fit of Lhe Brat and no women Worth a touch of the second. I'll ease! I'lnbrtaou me, my dear Guido I This ia moro than coincidence ; it shall not bo my fault if your enemy docs not livo to put you past even my mending. Twenty-livo thousand liro ! Why, with good luck I shall be ablo to work at phthisis for another tcu years tjcome." (to he i:oNTi.vi!i;i��.) CHEEKS FOE THE CAPTAIN'S WIFE The Slur) of n I'hirJi.v Woman nnd llmr Mir Mil vrd llie Ship. A veteran sailor, Captain Eastwick, do- dares that of all lho women with whom he was over at son, ho never met moro than ona who could reitaln from asking questions in moments of extreme peril and urgency. That one was his wife, and clsowhore iu his autobiography ho pays another tribute to her courageous disposition. He had just ridden out a galo with much dilliculty in the Indian Ocean, when ho wns sighted by two Dutch brigs of war, which Immediately gavo chase. So ordered all sail spread, but his ship was insiilliciently manned and much precious time was lost. Jt was morning, and my wile had como on deck, and stood with my glass in her hand looking at tho two brigs, whilo I had myself taken tlio wheel, so as to spare overy man for the urgent work aloft. They had evory stitch of canvass spread, and wore sailing throo feet for our two. A great feeling of despondency camo over mc as 1 saw this and thought of my young wifo standing thero in front of mo, and of the fate that might bo in store for her. And then to increase the danger, the brigs opened lire, and a shot camo skipping after us, but loll short. In a fow minutes more they fired again, and now it was evident that we should soon bo in range, and I called to my wifo to go bolow. But sho refusod to do so. Another shot camo closer to us than any previous ono, and I shouted to my crew up aloft to redouble thoir exertions ; but they unable to copo with tho work in hand, answered that they wanted help, There was only myself loft who could aid them, and I dared not leave the wheel. We wore sailing close to the wind, and any deviation from our courso might throw all sails aback, and ho our ruin. My wife perceived my extremity. During tho voyage sho had three or four times, by way of amusement, taken a short trick at the wheel. This gavo her confidence for the occasion, anil without a moment's hesitation sho ran to my Bide. " Give mo the wheel Robert," she cried, " and you go and help I I will do my best to keep her head up,'' There was no lime to remonstrate, and indeed her assistance camo liko aid from heaven. With a blessing for her pluck I handed the helm over to her, and darted up the shrouds. As soon as the crow saw what had occurred, the noble example seemed to animate them with new vigor, ann whon I joined them, and was able to assist as well as to direct, we managed to complete the bonding on of the foresail. The shots from the Dutchmen were coming fast and thi-k now, but hope waa in our hearts. Sail by sail wo got a Bplcudid spread of canvas on tho Endeavor, and as each fresh one began to draw, we first held out own, and then gradually left our enemy behind ; and when after an hour's hard work, I returned to deck, we were practically out of danger. Then one of the men took off his cap and called for threo cheers for the captain's wife, and never, 1 think, did any lady at sea receive such a compliment as burst from the throats of these rough men, whoso best instincts had heen appealed to by the brave deed thoy thus spontaneously app auded. What a Friend Is. The London Tit-Bits recently offered a prize for tho best definition of " What a Friend Is." This is the prize definition : Thc first person who comes in when tho.. whole world ha. gone out. The following aro some of the best definitions submitted : A bank of credit on which we can draw Biipplies of confidence, counsel, sympathy, help, and lovo. One who considers my need before my de- servings. The triple allianco of tho three great powers, love, sympathy and help. One who understands our silence, A jewel, whose lustre the strong acids of poverty and misfortune cannot dim. One who smiles on our fortunes, trowns on our faults, sympathizes with our sorrows, weeps at our bereavements, and is a safe fortress at all times of trouble. One who, gaining tbo top of the ladder, won't forgot you if you remain at bottom. One who in prosperity do-.'s not toady you, in adversity assists you, in s ekness nurses you, and after your death marries your widow and provides for your children. Tho holly of life, whoso qualities aro overshadowed in tho summer of prosperity, but blossom forth in the winter cI adversity. He who does not adhere to the saying that No. 1 should come first. A wal eh which boats truo for all lime, and never " runs down." All insurance against inisanthrnphy. An earthly minister of heavenly happiness. A friend is like ivy���the greater the ruin, I lie closer he clings. One who lo himseli is true, nnd therefore must be so to you. The same to day, the samo to-morrow, ilhci in prosperity, adversity or sorrow. Ono who coin bines for you alike tho pleasures and benefits of society and solitude, One who is a balanco in the boo saw of life. line who guards another's interest as his own and neither Halters nor deceives. A nineteenth century rarity. One who will toll you of jour faults nnd lollies iu prosperity and assist you with his hand ami heart ill advenii'.y. Olio truer to mo than 1 am myself, We are lohl Hint lho English of our day is considered by n high authority almost pi fo t, alike for thepurpose of the oralor, th" phlloaophi r. the lecturer, and lhe poet, The purest English is said to be spoken in Um i. nshire. There are four times as many words in our language at there are in the French, yet a philologist estimates that the coinage of now wnids ill onr tongue goes on at the rate of one hundred annually, Prosperous Condition oriheTnin Islands or,New Zealand. Now Zealand is congratulating herself on the exceeding prosperity of the colony. Timo was when any colonist saw in tho English papers or magazines a discourso on colonial indebtedness or extravagance ho know that New Zealand was to he pointed at as the chief sinner. This colony was for many years the shocking example of prodigality and waslofnlness, in whose path thero was no way to escape for many years to conic. Now all that is changed. New Zealand has turnod the corner. Wo wero long on the down grade, but aro now ascending. Othor colonics aro worse than ever we wero, and arc getting berated and scolded, as wo onco did, Wo nro actually pointed at by our neighbors as showing how a colony can recover itself, nnd nfter being almost overwhelmed again recover life and strength. And so when wo seo articles about Australasian financial embarrassments we heliovo lhat our noighhors will probably suffer moro than onrsolvos. Wo aro not, however, disposed to do much in the way rf hallooing, Wo do not led yet that wo aro quite out of tho woods, Our debt is almost as heavy as over it waa, and to meet it we havo to levy taxation that is exceedingly burdensome and tho full evil oil'octs of which we have not yet ascertained. But at all events wo aro not adding lo uur Indebtedness and ovory day wo aro increasing our means of paying. Whilo New South Wales and Victoria are now writhing with deficits and striving to cut down their overgrown establishments our colonial treasurer is in tho position of having to proclaim a surplus. All this has been brought about 'iy soveral good, old-fashioned molhods, which have boen successful in cases of extravagance since the world began and which will be successful lo the end of time, Wo havo stopped incurring indebtedness. We have spent loss and we have earned more. Wo have imported loss aud wc havo exported more. For instance, in 1879 the imports of New Zealand amounted to ��8,374,681, whilo tho oxporls were ��5,743,126. This Bort of thing continued down to 1888, when the imports were .Ki,- 941,1)00 and the oxpnrts ��7,707,326. So that between 1879 and 1888 our imports fell to tho oxtcnt of ��2,4,'I2,684, while our exports increased hy ��2,024,199. In 1889 our imports wero $6,303,863, being a slight increase over the previous yoar, whilo the exports made a bound up to ��9,.'i41,8G4, In 1890 the imports were much tho same as the previous year (��6,260,,ri25), whilo the exports wero ��9,811,720, In 1891 tho imports wero ��6,- 503,849 and exports ��9,811,720. The increase in the imports last year was owing to their progress toward something like th sir normal relative position. Tho slight falling oil of the exports is attributed to tlio de- croaso in our exports of frozen mutton, there having been a groat demand in the colony itself to stock land which was newly being brought into cultivation. BUilDKNED WITH A SURPLUS. And so it comes that our treasurer has I surplus, with which lo meet tho house, ol about ��170,000 after paying off ��100,000 ol lho floating debt. The customs revenue ii. ��1)8,000 in excess of the customs revenue of tho previous year, tho duties being exactly tho same. This shows that the people have beon ablo to spend more freely and aro less straightened than when the pinch first came after ourdaysofoxtravagancc. While we were borrowing money and spending it freely tho work of settlement was almost at a standstill. Work was plentiful in tho cities, and wages so high that men woro actually drawn from producing occupations into occupations that wero nonproductive, At the present time the stir of new sottlo irent on the waste lands is being heard al over the colony, and this heroic work wil, not cease till New Zealand is financially safe and sound. It must be acknowledged that so far as governments have any credit in the resuscitation of ouraffairs itisdue to the Atkinson finance and administration. The land law, too, is exactly the same as has been in operation for the last five years. Last session the proporty tax was repealed and a laud and income lax enacted. It isestimat- ed that these will produce not loss than tht amount now raised by the property tax. With settlement extending in all directions the steady increase of revenue from various sources is a matter of certainly. The colony has no doubt many difficulties still to encounter. In the financial measures of last session, promoted by tho Ballanoo ministry, uro variousprovisiouaexceodiugly objectionable to many colonists and to persons in England having money invested in New Zealand. All those provisions have still to run the gauntlet of next session before they come into actual operation, and wo confidently anticipate that many improvements will be made. As for tho land nationalization theories of tho premier, tbey are disturbing enough in their way. But most of the other members of thc cabinet aie strongly opposed to them, and will not agree to any advance in this direction. Tho feeling throughout lhe colony is strengthened against anything like headlong legislation, and thai feeling, no doubt, will be given eliect to. The Woman of These Times. Woman���with a capital letter���should iy now have cease I to bea specialty. There should be no mo o need of " movements" in her bohalf and agitations for her advancement and development considered apart rom the general good of mankind, than for tlio abo ition of negro slavery in the United Stales, "For what a man"���and presumably a woman���" hath, doth ho yet seek alter!" With the world of knowledge and opportunity thrown open to her, il argues little for her ambition and less for hor ability to gr sp cardinal principles that she elects to build fancies about her reservation, and expends time and forces in patrolling precincts nobody cares to attack. " I am glad the question for disc ssion to-day does not contain the word 'woman,'" said a member of a cd-brated literary dub, "I am aweary of the pretentious dissyllable, and satiated wiih incessant twaddle of ' woman's progress,' ' woman's work for woman,' and the ninety nnd nine variations upon the one string. By this jima wc ought to bn there if we are ever to arrive. I am hall-sick of uoinanhood! i want lo lea human btrng."���[Marion Hariand. Artesian wells spouted in lbeV?a 2,0C9 years before the Christian era. i" ' i* TIIE IW Sill MS. cd lo no great credit. He mado a bad bargain first for thoir passage and on tho way ovcr did not Bhow any special courtesy to Intense Excitement In Vic tori it ?ny .01"** ��r.a"y.additional consideration . 1 - ti for the captains of thc schooners Thero is Over Mil* n.ffll'Hnntled i another causo for complaint. There aro Ollll*;i!,<' ] several small boats from the seized schoou- ers on board the Majestic. The sealing Active Measures Being Taken to Fully mon claim that thesewere given them by m Inform the Qovernmeut of the Facts, j Capt, de Levron, of the Zabiaka, lor uso In case of shipwreck, but Capt. Lorentzen : claims he bought them from the l'.uasians. Itiissinn Niivni tinkers as Peddlers of Canned Oooila���Fcnra For other Schooners, The Victoria Colonist just to hand fur- iiishos further particulars about I ho seizures of tho British .Sealers, The Colonist says : ���There has been no occurrences in connection with tho sealing industry for some timo past whicli crealo.l anything liko the same amount of interest and ex- j quantity of canned supplies ciloinenl as was engendered yesterday when ' pli the Russians confiscate ��!... l-a - ��� Ho has them on board still and intom keep them. ORNAMENTS (?) To THE PROFESSION. The officers of the Russian frigate Zabiaka, from all reports, are not what ono would honestly call ornaments to their profession so far as their senso of honor and decency is concerned at any rate. On board the seized scaling schooners there was a fruit, etc. and the of the complete story oftho soizures of ono fioers actually offered some of it for sale at American and three Canadian schooners by the store in I'otropaulovsky, while others tho Russians was read. Not only, too, was peddled it round Irom house to house en- this the case among tho schooner owners deavorlng lo get cost for it. This sort of themselves, but almost every one was talk ing about tho outrage. At a meeting ot lho Sealers' Association held yesterday morning it waa decided to have a complete statement of tho case prepared in ns briet form as possible and telegraphed to Premier Sir John Abbott at Ot- lawa so that tho Government can have the full facts at its disposal. This was done, and last night the message was sent, so that a reply will probably bo received in courso of a day or two. The sealers hope thai tho Dominion Government will tak conduct may he all right for Russians, but it would bo considered most extraordinary if British olliccrs had been the offenders' FKOM UKITISH IUDIA. Trade Willi Tlbel-Sli-irrsllllon In the City ol Hushi'ilr. According to the estimates furnished by the deputy commissioners of Calcutta, tho total outturn of ten in Assam last year minediatc I amounted to about 00,400,000, pounds, as action and promptly lay the full account of ^"/.P110'1 witl' 89,080,000 reported hy the tho seizure beforo tho Imperial Govern- Jnd'?Vet5 mo?Mon""? ab��ut 81.000,000 ment, so that the lights of vessels flying by the trade returns. The figures in each ,i,��� it.:,���.i. n fi-- iu ��� case are higher than those of 1 SOO, the dif ference varying between 2,200,000 pounds in tho trade returns to 13,000,000 in the estimates of the Tea association. Both the the British flag on thc high seas may ho maintained. The Provincial Government will also lend THE WEIGHT OK ITS INFLUBNOK in endeavoring to have the matter adjusted as promptly and fairly as possible. Yestei- day morning Hon. Theodore Davie, Premier and Attorney-General, gave instructions to have a complete statement made of all the facts and circumstances of the case, these to be prepared in affidavit form and forwarded at once to Ottawa. This prompt action on the part of the Government will assist very materially in enabling the Ottawa Government to deal with the :ase. The Premier, speaking to a Colonist reporter yesterday, said ho thought all that would be necessary would be to lay the complete STATEMENT OK TnB FACTS before tho Ottawa authorities. This would show clearly how the matter stood, and ho had every hope that the Dominion Government would act with promptitude and energy in having tho Imperial Government fully advised. The British Columbia Board of Trade has ilso taken tho seizures into consideration, nnd a memorial has been prepared sotting '���*""' ""���'-"'" This is to bo forwarded at forth tho facts. once to Ottawa, with an urgent request that J���}, an_d_ "�������? expended "for the publio trado and district returns show a large iu crease in the yield per aero, and the improv ment was common to both valleys. Tibet is taking British goods to even a larger amount than it did before the war with .Sikkim. The total value of the trade from tho latest reports, is 3,500,000 rupees and, aa in tormor years the balance ia in favor of Tibet, the exports fiom that country being valued at 2,600,000 rupeos, as against 900,000 rupees of imports. From Bengal the principal imports are indigo, piece goods, woolen goods, tobacco, and metal wares. A curious illustration of superstition which still prevails in Kashmir is tho following : The municipal committee, with a , , - - , , ,. ��� P ., ., ��� ' i- i, i i cherche enough for him. Connoisseurs in view to purify the air, lighted a large num- . . * , ,. ,, , , ,. ��� ��� �� I i c ��� ��� a [ .i precious stones were dehghted to see him ber of sulphur fires in various parts of the ������,jf���. . ,-, . j.-.���.b. , , city, Some of the Moulvis preached that any step to oppose the will of God will excite divine wrath more, aud that people dying in the mohallaliB where sulphur waB burnt would dio as Kafirs or infidels, The result was that within an hour people extinguished the fires with water, and thus EUINHD BY. A FORTUNE. An Kxlraorrilnary Slury. Alexander I'otruch should bo a horrible example to young men. Ho was onco happy pegging away in a hardware shop earning enough to help his father, a littlo old watchmaker, lo keep the family from starving. Ho had no hopes and no ambitions biivo that he yearned, oh I so mightily, to savo enough to start housekeeping for himself. Then he would marry his sweetheart, Sarah Oranitzer, who made neckties, which is to Bay she was a slave. She is thodauglilarof a tailor. Such was Alexander I'otruch when���unhappy day lor him ��� somo one mado him behove that ho had inherited ��3,000,000 from his undo, Dr. Joseph Pot- inch. Tho story was this:���The Potruchs lived at V'ilna, Russia. Joseph I'otruch was adopted by a wealthy nhysicinii, who sent him to college and made a physician, out of him. That shows what can ho done with raw material, After Joseph had graduated his benefactor died, leaving him an nmplo fortune. Willi this he went to San I'Vancisco nnd built up a tremendous practice. He invested his money to such good purpose that it multiplied faster than did the sheep of Jacob of old when he played a little physiological trick on Laban, Dr. 'otruoh dii'l and I.EKT HIS FORTUNE to his nephew Alexander, the son of his sister Rebecca, who had married hor cousin, ,\lnr- cua. And Alexander believed this Blory. His father, old Marcus, did not, hut went on, as usual, searching for his fortune through a magnifying glass iu the works of such watches as were trusted to him. But Alexander did believe it, and he had good reason to. The newspapers of lho day printed all about him, The contrast between the humble tenement in which he lived and thc princely wealth to which ho had fallen heir was duly made and exploited. The sunshine whioh fell upon Alexander's house seemed to he moro golden than that which fell on any house in the neighbourhood. Everybody heard of Alexander's luck. Y\ ho didn't admire the young Monte Cristo of the east sido ? Alexander never had so many friends before, The tailors urged upon him suits of clothes cut from the most fantastic stuffs. Re could pay for them when ho would. Dealers in fancy neckties vied for his custom. Furniture men went down on their knees to him. Would he not honour them by ohooslng from their stock to fit out the palaoo ho would erect. The most recherche collar buttons, as they say on the cards in tho Bowery jeweller's windows, were not re- Sr^ ^^^^^^^ ing tho money to maintain it, I'otruch cannot drop the I listen he acquired during that happy poriod when ho thought ho had millions, livery now and thon ho imagines himself rich again and indulges in purchases he cannot pay for. A Land of Much Fertility. MEAL TIME- every step necessary be taken both to protect the sealers' property, and to secure compensation for the seizures already made. Besides this, the Vancouver Board of Trade will also he asked to co-operate. Collector of Customs Milne has made a complete statement of the facts which have been reported to him. This statement also goes to Ottawa to back up if necessary what other statements have been made. The American Consul at this port has been waited upon by ('apt. Furman, of the San Francisco schooner, C. H. White, and the American Government will accordingly bo fully advised. ANXIETY FOR OTHER SCHOONERS. The. sealing schooners owners in this city and elsewhere in the Province have really grave cause for fear. There are nearly 40 of the schooners cither now on tho Russian Coa3t, or en route therefor, and no ono can tell how many of those are seized already, for, judging by what has been done in the case of the Rosie Olson, the Willie MeGowan, the Ariel and the White, all are in danger. Should theso vessels be seized and the officers and men be treated in the snme way as the others were, no ono can tell what the extent of the injury and loss will be. Not only is much valuable property in danger, but the very lives of tho men who aro on board are risked. Even now there may be gootl was wasted. From the lst of January next there will bo a reduction of 50 cents per ton in the Suez canal tolls. The board has fixed the net dividend at 10*if ,r>0ci. per share. As the net dividend last year was 801 75ci,, the increase amounts to 18f 75ci. In accordance with the London convention, the ship owners or customers of the canal are to share in the profits after the payment of a dividend of !)()f by a reduction in the tolls. Tho Aden camel battery, which came into existence some years ago, is doomed to extinction. It appears that the Arab tribes inhabiting the debatable land are now peacefully inclined toward the Aden garrison, though not to their immediate neighbors, so that the Camel battery work is confined to shows and rehearsal when the Bombay commander in chief or some other high official visits Aden ; when, as a rule, the peacefully inclined ount does not shine. It has, therefore, been determined to store the useful little guns of the Camel battery in the Aden arsenal until such time as the playfulnsssof the Arab trilus outside of the Aden defenses may lead to their withdrawal. A Stanee Claim. An American named Webster has made ___ , -1 an enormous claim upon New Zealand some _of them turned _ ashore at Behnng j through the United States Govern-rent, and communications on the subject have been Island, or along the inhospitable coast, to starve or suffer privations, and there will be no means of escape, as the dunces are very strongly against any ship calling there by which they might be brought home, In the absence of further news, the excitement is whetted on the grindstone of anxiety. Thero is no means of communicating with the schooners to warn them of their anticipated fnte, and no way of finding out whether any other seizures have been made, except by sending asteamer over. The Sealers' Association and the owners generally are of opinion that a warship should be despatched, and they will asu Admiral Hotham to endeavor to spare one of the lleet to patrol the " dangerous waters," and, if necessary, to render assistance. CAI'TAIN COX INWON'ANT. Captain J. D. Cox, president of the Sealers' Association, expresses, in no uncertain lar ^m ' * opened with the Imperial Government. Webster's story is that when a young man he came to New Zealand with (1000 dol'ars invested in goods to trade with the Maorics. He purchased from them the right to set up a trading station atCoromandd.and was tho first white man to settle there. He learned tospcak the Maori language, and largely increased his capital by trading in pork, timber, and other productions. Ho bought land at or near the site on which the city of Auckland stands, man to settle ^^__^^_^^_^_ prospered ho increased his land purchases, established a shipbuilding yard, and he claims to be the pioneer of civilizr.tiin in that part of the colony. He asserts that when tho British Government took possession of New Zealand his lands and other property were wcrth ��l,000,000sterling,and that he was deprived of his property by the treaty which the Government of Great Britain concluded with the native chiefs at and was the first whito in that locality. As he property gunge, tho indignation he feds over the occurrence. Ho does not know of anyl hing the scalers can do lo supplement what has already been done by I hem, but, if he had his way, would see that a British warship was at once sent to patrol the waters of the Japan and Russian coasts to protect British vessels against such piracy as that of Russia. "It used to he," ho exclaimed in disgust, "that a vessel Hying the British flag was safe any where on tho high seas and it was tho pride of Ureal Britain that her Hag was respected everywhere. But it seems now that almost anyone can with impunity insult it, and the British flag on a Canadian vessel can be trampled ou with little fear of punishment," One thing of which Captain Cox most complains is that no warning was given at any time of thoaction which would betaken I by the Russians, and there was no way in which the Vontoria schooners could be instructed that thoy were in danger. The lunv procce(iii,g between London and \Vel captain is very much afraid nolhing will be | i:������(L ���:,u . ..: i J-. ���'��� ���' *--���' done lo maintain tho rights of lhc schooners on the high seas, for his experience In lhe past has been that the scalers get scant justice. I'.NTITI.KI) TO NO OBKAT CltKPIT. While the oaptallis and men who were brought buck lo Victoria from lhe inhospitable "shelter" of Petropaulovsky were glad enough lo get away under nny conditions, nnd aro accordingly grateful toCaptain Lur- c',i en. nf llio Majestic, Ic n "i g tin in away, llioy claim that ihe captain ia ontltl* Waltangl. After losing his through the British Government assuming sovereignty over New Zealand, Webster returned to the States to assert his rights. In his petition to the United States Senate he claimed an indemnity of 78,145 dollars for loss am! damage up to January, 1840, and 6,673,000 dollars for loss and damage for land purchased from 183.1 to 1840. The United States Senate passed a resolution to tho effect that the claim for indemnity was founded on justice, and deserved the cognisance and support of the Government of the United States, and the President was requested to take such steps as he thought proper to secure Willia.n Webster a just settlement and final adjustment of his claim against Great Britain. Tiie United Stales Government has proposed to submit the claim to arbitration, and negotiations are instoii with a view of determining whether the arbitration proposal is to be accepted or not. The question will, of course, arise as to whether the Imperial or Colonial Govern- ment, or both, should pay any award which the arbitrators might make in Webster's favour, The Cz&r is displeased at the recent con- Bid in tho Pamir country between the Russians and Afghans, which resulted in the Ainccr appealing lo tho Indian Government for aid. prefer a 17J-carat diamond to a' 1-cara, stone. He bought everything on credit, and his credit waa simply unlimited. He could havo cashed a cheque for a million anywhere on the Bowery had tho prosperous traders of that thoroughfare been accustomed to keep such large amounts on hand, He became TUE HOWLING SWELt of the Bowery���the Clinton street Beau Brummel. His diamonds were thc envy of all the bartenders. His clothes illustrated the best [esthetic moods of the east side tailors. Society welcomed him. Ho was the guest of honour at every picnic, and his presence sufficed to make a target excursion a success. "Silver Dollar" Smith sought to enlist his interests on the side of reform, and Johnny Brodsky was no less earnest that he cast his political fortunes with tho grand old Republican party. Alexander had friends by the legion. He drank champagne so exclusively that he forgot tho taste of water. Speculative mothers with marriageable daughters set their caps for him. Rebecca's black eyes lit up and burned when she saw him ; Miriam's rounded bosom palpitated when he approached her. But did Alexander forget his Sarah, the little girl stitching away at the neckties? Did he grow fickle, rich as he believed himself to be? Mot much. Ho loved Sarah, and wiih the original Solomon ho sang, ".More precious than rubies is a virtuous woman ; yea, than refined gold. Selah." So young Alexander took the blushingaSarah, to the Court-liouso on September 14- last, and Judge Van Wyek made them one. There's no doubt about that; there wero plenty of witnesses. There were two of tho bride's uncles, two of her cousins and her sister Jennie's beau, Harry Marcus. Then THU HAl'l'V LITTLE COMl'ANY went to the Potruclihome, where the wedding feast was spread. A nightortwoafterwards Clinton Street did honor to Alexander. It burstoul into flags, bunting, andChinesclanterns. There was a brass band, and flowers and carriages for overy one. Whatthcenter- tainmeutcostno one knew. What matter the cost? Was not ��3,000,000 waiting for young Potruch in San Francisco? He, indeed, thought that sum represented the cash on handonly,andt)'at there wero rloher millions waiting for him in his undo Joseph's bonds, mortgages, anil promises to pay. The autumn waned, tne snow Hew, Thon it became known that Alexander Potruch's rich undo had never existed, and that the fortune was as unreal as the undo. Alexander's friends fell away from him ; he ceased to be au east- sido lion. Ho descended at one jump from champagne to beer. The butchers, who had beenseniling him lid-bits, cut him j nino tailors shrieked in chorus for the money he owed them. The furniture men would not give him a bed-tick on credit, and the goms that hud illumined his shirt front and gleamed on his fingers were lost in the envoi nous recesses of pawnbroker's safes. The. tradespeople tried to have tho law on him for obtaining goods under FALSE PRETENCESi for taking the things that they themselves had almost forced on him, But Justico Mil- broth���oh, second Daniel I���decided lhat I'otruch had up to that timo done nothing that placed him in tho law's grasp, liut worse, and sad to tell, tlio love of Sarah, Alexander's wife, disappeared with his shadowy millions. Sho forgot that ho had Btuck to her faster thnn the magpio when ho thought he was rich. She brought suit against him for absolute divorce, alleging that during his fashionable whirl ho forgot his marriage vows. Surah must have felt ashamed of herself, for sho wroto her husband a letter asking him to consent quietly to a divorce. He replied, declaring that ho would rather be sentenced lo prison for lifo than to part from her. To somo men that might seem tho choice of two sentences, but not to Alexandei. But Sarah was inexorable, Tho suit for divorce is now pending; although thoro are people who say thai Sarah, in forgetful and forgiving momenta has con- doned any marital Crimea of which hor husband may have been guilty. Bul here's tho i Winners I'se:! to he I'nlcn nt IO I.i Tlie Morning, It is believed by somo that it (I he word din- nerlsprings from a corruption of the word dixheures, indicating tho limo at which, in the old Norman days, this meal was taken. The more idea ot having dinner at the barbarous hour of 10 o'clock iu the morning would, in all probability, send a modern chef into a fit, yet it was at this early timo thai persons of quality, both in this oountry and Franco, partook ot tho meal. Frolssart mentions wailing un-n lht Duke of Lancaster at fi in the hi ternoon, after he had supped, and, during the reign of Francis I, and Louis XII, of France, fashionable people dined from 10:30 and supped at the latest at 0 in the evening. And again from a Northumberland Household Book, bearing dato 1:">12, wo loarn lhat tho family rose at li, breakfasted at 7, dined at 111, supped at 4, and shut the gates at II p. in, Speaking generally, though tho dinner hour then, as now, was later in Ibis country than in France, Louis XIV, did nit dine till 12, while his contemporaries, Cromwell aud Charles IL, took the menial 1. In 1700 tho hour was advanced to li, nnd in 1751 we find that tho Duchess of Somersot'B dinner timo was 3. In 1700 Cowper speaks of 4 o'clock as the then fashionable time. After the battle of Waterloo fi p.m. was the timo at which tho beau mondo took their substantial meal, while at the present day many of the nobility do not dine until 8 or 9 | so we sec through 400 years tho dinner hour has gradually moved through twelve hours of the day���from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. When the dinner hour was so early, often no previous meal was taken. The Romans, in the timo of Cicero and Augustus, took an early breakfast, from 3 to 4 in tho morning, a luncheon at 12 or 1, and at about 3 o'clock the coma, or principal meal of the day, corresponding with our dinner. Concurrently, we read of some not dining until sunset. A Roman dinner at the house of a wealthy man consisted chielly of threo courses. All sorts of stimulants to the appetite were first served up, and eggs were indispensable to the first course. Among tho various dishes wo may instance the guinea hen, pheasant, nightingale, and the thrush, as birds most in repute. The Roman gourmands held peacocks in great estimation, especially their tongues. Macrobius states that they were first eaten by Horlensius, the orator, and acquired such repute that a single peacock A I'liltnl glutei (.insula Ap-irrrlaflon of Ciiiiudna I'ralln). It may not be inopportune in connection with our great Northern oountry and the "Canada Western Railway " to direct public attention to the opinion recently expressed by so intelligent and reliable an authority ns James W, Taylor, United Stales Consul at Winnipeg for the last '-'1 years, who has made a special study of the Canadian Northwest, and gives expression to tho following opinion : " That the parallelogram Inoluded between the longitudes of liKI and 170 west of Greonwich and latitude 60 degrees to 70 legrees is identical in climate and ns rich in resources as an equal area in Europe, included between llie same meridians of latitude and extending 00degrees east und liidegrccs west of Grcenwloh. The European parallelogram inoludea England, Ireland, Scotland, Denmark, Norway. Sweden, Belgium, Holland, ond most of Germany und Russia in Europo, and is represented by the cities of London, Liverpool, Dublin, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Nijni-Novogorod and Archangel. Over all the territory included in the North American parallelogram, tho opening of spring occurs at tho same timo almost to a day. It is known by the test of experiment that wheat can bcgrjwn as far north as latitude (il), and by far the finest wheat which I have ever seen came from Fort Vermillion, on Peace river, in latitude 50, longitude llu*. Wheat, barley, oate, peas, all the grains and vegetables, are successfully raised at the mission stations throughout this region, und the farmers of Manitoba have had greater average crops per acre for many years past than the American farmers in Minnesota and Dakota. "The causes for this remarkable extension in the Northwest of cereal production are, first, the continually decreasing altitude, the influence of the warm wind of the Pacific blowing tnrough the low mountain passes of the North, and the fact lhat tho long summer days of higher latitudes give a vast deal more of sunshine during the growing season than is the case further south, while lho cold winters prevent the development ol insect pests which are so injurious in milder climates. The causes are certainly sufficient to explain the fact so well demonstrated by experience, that all grains are produced iu the greatest quantity per acre near the northernmost limit at which they will grow. CANAOIAN WATERWAYS. " Within five years from the presenttime at the present rate of progiess, and within three years if the work is hastened a little, there will be a clear channel for vessels draw- j ing 14 feet of water through Canadian terri- n- ir | Hlg 14 ie was sold for 50 denarii, the denarius being tory aM the ,va,. from Laj**��� Superior to the equal to about eightpenoe-halfpenny of our! DM ��.-.'������ money. A ROMAN FEAST. enormous Sums Spent lo I'rovldc a Single Dinner, As exemplifying the pitch to which Roman epicureanism was cai ried, and indicative of a truly barbaric nature, a dish cons'a- ting of the favorite songsters of the air was requisitioned at immense cost to satisfy tho inordlnato cravings of one of the Emperors. Ono can hardly avoid the reflection that such a being must have been extremely unluneful. Six feet of water iu tho Erie Canal and two transfers of freight can no more compete with 14 feet of water through tho Canadian canals and no transfer, than a wheel-barrow can compete with an express train. The canal boat carrying '200 Ions, drawn by mules at the rate of lour miles per hour, can by no possibility compete with the steamships carrying 2,000 tons, propelled by steam at the rate of fourteen miles per hour. And while the United States farmer lias held his o��-n fairly well against the semi- civilized wheat growers of India, I do not see how he can hope to win iu competition with men of the samo race, men just as _, ,.- , , .- .,, i intelligent, with a climate no more rigorous The liver ota capon steeped in milk was, ������-,*, absoi, at lciut a9 fel.-ile M(i��ith trans thought a great delicacy, and of solid meat, ^^^" -���- ^^^ pork appears to have been most relished. The staunch Roman who did not take his pleasure homeopathically, reclined during dinner on a luxurious couch, his head resting on his left elbow, supported hy cushions, portaticn facilities immeasurably superior. The great plains of tho Canadian Northwest aro unsettled now, but when jnce the conditions of soil and climate which there exist arc supplemented by facilities for trans- ,, -. . , ���*'.. .��� -""""!'I portatibn not surpassed, if equalled by Snetonions draws attention to a euperb [hn8e of other region, I believe the ??" E��� i\�����?. ?d.^ea!"Vaga"t^er?' I Canadian Northwest will settle up with a race of hardy, intelligent and prosperous people, and will become the granary of the world. He who can most cheaply reach the markets of the world can control the in which his meals were partaken, constructed liko a theatre, with shifting scenes changing with every course. The amount of money often expended by the wealthy Romans on their sumptuous meals appears fabulous. Vitelline is said to have spent as much as 400 scstertia (about ��4,228 of onr money) on his daily supper; and the celebrated feast to which ho invited his brother cost no loss than ��40,3,10 I It consisted of 2,00*1 different dishes of fish and 7,000 of fowls, with other equally numerous meats. His daily food was of the most tare and exquisite nature ; the deserts of Libya, the shores of Spain, tho waters of the Carpathian Sea, and even the coasts and forests ot Britain, wero diligently searched for dainties to supply his table ; and had ho reigned long ho would, observes Josephus, havo exhausted tho great opulence of tho Roman cmpir.i, By tho way, we wonder if these happy-go- lucky Romans ever sulfercd much from indigestion. Of one thing we are certain, that iu ordor to render the bridgo from one feast to another loss tedious, an occasional resort was had to the persuasivo powers of an emetic. The extravaganco of these times was indeed so boundless that to entertain an Emperor at a least, unless you wero a Crcosus, was to encounter almost certain financial ruin���literally to bo eaten up, One dish alone at thu table of Ildio- gabalus has been known to cost a sum equal to ��4,000 of our money. A Cholera *3trioken Town, A correspondent describing Baku, ordinarily ono of tho busiest and pleasantest places in lho Caucasus, says :���" Only a month ago a busy and bustling town, il has now becomo a kind of ruin. Vou hardly meet a man III the streets���all the people hido themselves away in their houses for fear of taking tho cholera, and you only seo markets of the world. ^^^^^ "The day is near at hand when American farmers must meet such competition as they never met before, and such as few of them have over dreamed of." Such an opinion is full oi hope for tho future of our great Northwest, tho Peace rivor, Pino river nnd Chileotin districts. Although our commerce may be hampered for a time by United Slates canal restrictions, the foregoing quotations point very clearly to the time when Canada will lie master of the situation with a dear water route from Port Arthur to Liverpool, and with full power to regulate the charges on foreign commerce passing through the Wei- land and other canals belonging to her. It Wouldn't Work Both Ways. As Mr. Gatherwool and his friend Small- wit wero strolling along the riverside, Smallwit exclaimed, " I'll bet you a shilling that you're on tho other sido of the river." " Done," replied liatlierwod. "Well," said Smallwit, "that is one Bide, isn't it'.'" " Ves replied I is friend. " Then you must bo on the other," " Ha, ha," ejaculated Gatherwool aa ho handed over the coin, " but horo comes Brown ;" he began, " I'll bet you a new hat that you are on the ether side of tho river." " Right you nre," replied Brown. " Well," proceeded Gatherwool, " this ia ono aide, isn't it ?" " Ves," replied Brown. " And that is the other ?" " Ah," replied Brown, " but I am not on that sido." ., , ., - i I ��� .,��� ��� ' ",���* I " Beaten again," exclaimed Gatherwool; through ho open windows ho police offi.! j ,,,���, he f bflUl ahim am, ^ ends conducting sick people to the cholera stations. . . . The dreary look of tho n , ,, ��� T���_ ,���, deserted streets is varied only by an occa- 0d*7 the M(m U^M' sional funeral procession, but oven this is llle>' v''ero ' wn�� had gether omitted." Half the population havo j bcen aw��y for SCimo >'e!'-1'8' left the town ; few persons enter it; and trado has practically stopped. If this is tho state of other all'ected districts, the Russian Administration must Lave tnougb ou ils hands. She Was All Sight She could not darn hissooks or sew A button on his coat; Sho could not make a decent shirt To fit his manly throat. But what cared he if she had not A talent to unfold ? For when ho married her she had A hundred thousand cold. " She's teaching school." "And Kate?" "She's dead." "And Frances!" " She's in a store." " Let's see, there was a Jennie and Harriot, too, wasn't there?" "Yes." "Jennie was the brightest ono of the lot, wasn't she'" "Oh, no'���in all seriousness���"that was Harriet; Jennie got married." And not one of tho half dnjaitt~i^-Xi'e,vXJ>imm uaaaadalMaMHaaaaf Cfye Uootcnay Star tl. licGutchoon, Proprietor, R. W. Nurthoy, Kditor. SATURDAY, OCT. 1, 181)2. NAKUSP ITEMS. [prom our own correspondent. | Nakusp, Sept. 28tb. Everybody is waiting the outoonio cf tbo tendering for tbo wagon road. A number of red tape officials have been hero during tbo past week, but tbey havo issued nothing doiinito. Many of our citizorm are beginning to think tbat wo shall bo compelled in tbe end to follow tho exnmplo of tho Kaslo people and mako the road ourselves. Whether it is tbe fault of tho Govornment or tbo oompany is not known, but thero seems to be a good doal of fogoyism somewhere. The longer tbo construction of the road is delayed the longer will onr building bucm remain in tbe background. If there wus a certainty of tbe road going through tbis year we should soon hear tho din of hammer and saw and soo tho tall fronts of business blocks and private residences roaring themselves ou the beautiful slopo forming tho towusilo of Nakusp. A large number of Naknspiuu Hot Springs tourists have returned home looking fresh and invigorated after a thorough course of hot water. Thoy claim tbe springs to be a grand place to recuperate, but one aud all have the same plaint���"Why don't the owner of the land, or somebody who ���wants to make a pile of money, build a hotel for tbe accommodation of the hundreds who are constantly visiting that popular resort ?" A party, headed by Dr. Thomas, lef here yesterduy morning to visit a plaoer claim five miles north of Trail Creek. The claim has been tested before, and proved to be fairly rich in gold. Great hopes are entertained of tho success of their mission, It is reported from a most reliablo sonroe that a gentleman crossing tho trail from Kaslo to Now Denver ono day last week found it covered with snow to the depth of 18 inches. It is a pity our Kaslo friends cannot discover a low natnral pass to the mines. Many people who have been over the Kaslo ronte say that if the intondod wagon road from Kaslo to the mines is carried out it will cost an immense sum of money to keep it open moro than six months of the year for teams. We are moro fortunate in having a low natural pass to Slooan Lake, with no snow and none likely for somo months to oome, Among the departures tbis week the most notable was that of Mr. and Mrs. Phair. They left on Monday trtr tht.iv l.ntno in Ilamlon, Mono, Mr. .Phair's many friends regret tho loss of such a popular and free-hearted friend, Anothor social hop took placo last week at thoLeland Hotel. Duffy's music was first-olass, nud the happy 3miles of those who attended went to show tbat all hud u pleasant time. -��.���, LARDEAU NOTES. Messrs. P. M. Walker, Hugh Ross, If. W. Robinson, and Andrew Parks arrived up from tbo Lardeau on Wednesday's boat. Thoy bring the sews of a fine discovery of mineral by Mr. Thomas Home near the head of Lardeau Creek, wbo has named it ithe "Homo Ledge." It is from 20 to- 30 feet wide, with au iron cap. Nine olnims nre already located on it, all showing excellent mineral They are:���CaoinliaD Girl, by It. ii. Korne ; Iron Horse, by J. N'eagle ; Celtic, by Archie MoDonald ; Horna Silver King, by T, Home; Ulack Horse, by 11, t onnell ,*��� W. Cowan ; Centre Star, bv T. Edwards; Xorth Star, by F. B. "Wells ; Rob Roy, by H. Ross; and Highland Chief, by L. McDonald. Tbe creek cuts the Rob Roy to a depth of 20 feet, and the faoe of the rock shows solid gaier.s 2D feet in width, the remainder beiug hematite iron and quartz, which is believed to carry a fair percentage of gold. Samples have been sent for assay, and the returns may be expeoted early next week. The lo- oators feel satisfied tbat they have a grand prospeot, Messrs. Walker, Holden >v Downs havo had several offers for tho Silver Cup mine, ono, wo understand, in tha neighborhood of $20,000, bnt they are inclined to hold on to thc proporty. Mr. Parks recorded a claim on Thursday, called tbe Haley, near tho hoad of Haley 'reek, wbioh ho says shows up well, the ledgo being 30ft, in width and oarry ing gold and silver, He brought samples, Eli Carpenter and partner havo iDoated three claims on the west shoro of Trout Lake. Itlpans Tabules purify tho blood, G. H. Williams, l.'l-.'v'KIM'il'l-., CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST A new and complete stock of ��BUGS, PATENT MEDICINES, Toilet ArtlcleH, etc., etc.- At reasonable prices, Mail Orders promptly attended to, FIRST CLASS CIGARS, BAJWOHD Setoo. .Mai him.- IN I toi ia SMITH and BRIGHAM, Merchant Millers, Moosomiu, Assa. BRANDS!- "HUNGARIAN PATENT," "STRONG BAKERS," "STRAIGHT BAKERS.'' Dealers in all kinds of CHOPPED FEED, OATS, BRAN, SHORTS, CHICKEN FEED, ETC. Prices givon Sacked or in Bulk. The finest quality of OATMEAL and CORNMEAL can be obtained in any sized sacks. Quotations cheerfully furnished on application. Special Attention given to the British Columbia Trade. OFFICES:- Moosomin, N.W.T. and 25 Spark St. Ottawa, Ont. The MaoArthur-Forrest CYANIDE PROCESS WILL WORK YOUR REFRACTORY ORES. NO SMELTING. NO ROASTING. NO MACHINERY. CHEAP AND EFFECTIVE. TIME AND LABOR SAVING. The time for trials is past. Immense success in South Africa and over all parts of the world. Plant for experimenting on ores up to one ton is now working*. . FOP. FURTHER PARTICULARS APPLY A. J. COLQUHOUN, THE GOLD & SILVER RECOVERY SYNDICATE, GOLDEN, B.C. Look Out! Ask for Prices I Examine Cooils 1 H. JST. Coursier's IS THE PLAGE TO BUY CLOTHING, DRY GOODS GROCERIES, HARDWARE, yMn, mu, AND Miners' Supplies. MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING \ SPECIALTY. CAREFUL ATTENTION GIVEN TO MAIL ORDERS. BOURNE BROS. Eevelstoke Station Post Office. DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, BOOTS & SHOES, GENTS' FURNISHINGS. FLOUR. OATS, SHORTS AND ALL KINDS OF FEED. Stoves, Tinware, Crockery, Glassware, Carpets. Doors, Windows, Builders' Hardware, Paints, Oils, Varnishes- HIKERS' AND SPORTSMEN'S SUPPLIES. WALL PAPER, STATIONERY, Etc. CHRISTIE, BROWN k CO.'S BISCUITS AND CONFECTIONERY, Bakery in connection with Store. Messrs. 0. B. Hume & Co., Revelstoke Station. GENERAL MERCHANTS. GROCERIES PROVISIONS BOOTS & SHOES P LOU It PEED & OATS AMMUNITION HARDWARE CLOTHING MINERS' TOOLS CENTRAL HOTEL. ABRAHAMSON BROS., Prop's. Charmingly situated on tlie hank of the river, on the principal Htreet, olose to the post-office aud Government buildings, and nearest to the Steamboat Wharf. First -class Table, good Beds, Telephone. FIRE-PR00F SAFE. 'BUS MEETS ALL TRAINS AND STEAMERS. NOTICE. ��� I'l TTNOS of the County Court of Kootenay will be held at tbe follow ing places, viz.: At Donald on Wednesday, the 12th day of October, 1892. At Revelstoke on Hatdbdat, the 16th day of October, 1892. At Nelson on Ti ebday, lhe 18th day of October, 1892, Uy command, JAMES RAKER, Provincial Socrotary. Provincial Secretary's Office, lllh Soptomber, 1892. J. E. WALSH & Co., FREIGHT k COMMISSION AGENTS. Clearing Charges paid on Freight for Sloean Lake. SADDLE HORSES AND PACK TRAIN. Hav and Grain for sale AMD General Commission Merchants. Passengers billed through from REVELSTOKE TO HEW DENVER IN ONE DAY, For Coupon Tickets apply to Mr. CONEY, C k K. N'av. Co. Consignment of Butter and Eggs received every week. MINERS' AND HUNTERS' SUPPLIES. ILL KINDS OF FUSS BOUGHT AND SOLD. Railway Men's Requisites. GOODS LOADED ON CAR AND STEAMBOAT FEEE OP CHARGE. Furniture & Undertaking. R. HOWSON, Has a large Stock of Household Furniture, Coffins, Caskets, Shrouds. &c. REVELSTOKE, B.C. BARBEE -THE- Jeweler AND Kootenay Lake HAW MILL, Q 0 BUCHANAN, PROP. LUMBER .AIM'S AT NELSON BALFOUR AINSWORTH KASLO Large Stocks on hand. Preparations are boing mado for llm Great Building boom of 1892, llipttti Tubules tor liver tioubli a Optician All orders by mail or express promptly attended to. ? JtEI'-UltliNU A SPECIALTY. All descriptions of gold and silver. W. A. JOWETT, Notary Public T. L, HAIG, Notary Publio, JOWETT & HAIG Mining, Timber and Ileal Estate Brokers and General Commission Agents. Conveyances, Agroomonts, liilln.>r Sale, .Wining Bonds, eto,, drawn up. Uonts and Accounts Collected ; .Mining Claims Bought und Sold ; Assessment work on Mining Claims Attended to; Patents Applied for, Etc,, Etc, IW nilli, LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE AOENTS. FnU iiii Townsite of Revelstoko for Sale nnd Wanted, Agents for Mining Machinery, Eto, REVELSTOKE, II. 0,