���������>'>���������* / M Only Paper Printed in the Kootenay Italic Min< ing Districts. For Rates of Subscription and Advertising Sec Fourth Page. FUMBEE 49. KELSON, BEITISH COLUMBIA, SATUEDAY* MAY 23, 1891. U A YEAE. WORK. ORa*EREI> COMMENCED OK WAGON ROADS. The bids for constructing the Nelson and Toad Mountain wagon road were considered too high by the commissioner of lands and works, and instructions were given mr. Tun stall to begin the Work by day's labor. Mr. Tunstall arrived at Nelson on Tuesday, and after consulting with the owners of the Silver King, appointed Wins- lowHall road superintendent, with instructions to rush the road through as fast as possible. The remainder of the week was spent in getting tools and supplies to the front, and actual work will begin on the road on Monday. About 40 men will be employed the first week, and after that every man that can be worked to advantage will be hired. It is expected that machinery can be hauled over the road by the middle of July. Mr. Tunstall also made a trip to Ainsworth during the week, and when there took preliminary steps towards beginning work on the roads in Hot Springs district. A. M. Wilson was selected for road superintendent, and given full power to expend the appropriation to the best advantage. The present trunk road will be extended to the Number One, thence built towards the Skyline. The appropriation available for the 2 roads is $14,000. One of the bids for the Nelson and Toad Mountain road was $19,000, the other over $22,000. A Practical Mining Man's Opinion. Superintendent Cronin is taking a look at the Davenport-Hussey properties in Toad Mountain and Hot Springs districts before beginning work on any of them. He expected, t p be able to begin work on the Poorman within 2 weeks from Sunday last, the delay being occasioned mainly by the desire of neighboring claim owners to make trial runs of ore at the Poorman mill. Mr. Cronin is of opinion that the people here place too low an estimate on the benefit that the country will derive from the building and operation of the Columbia & Kootenay railway. He said, judging from the results in the Coeur d'Alene country, that the railway will not only make the profitable working of many of the mines possible, but that hundreds of people will now visit the camps on the lake who would never think of doing so had they to travel over wagon roads and trails. A Mill Run that was Satisfactory. The owners of the Wild Cat, a gold claim about half a mile to the southwest of the Poor- man, packed 18 tons of ore to the Poorman mill last week for a trial run. A cleanup was made on Tuesday, the result being so satisfactory that a contract was made the next day for extending the tunnel another 50 feet. Later on a shaft will be sunk on the ground, and if the result of this additional development work is satisfactory, machinery will be placed on the mine and a mill erected near the mouth of Sandy creek. The Wild Cat may yet be a surprise to the "doubting Thomases." J������ A Large -Outcrop, of Mineralized Rock. About 3 miles south of Nelson, Fred Sutter is at work on a strong outcrop of mineralized rock. The ledge is from 4 to 16 feet wide, and apparently runs east and west, the vein matter being quartz carrying gold, silver, and lead. The ground is favorably located for working. The west end stake is within a few feet of Giveout creek, the claim running up the side of a mountain whose slope is not less than 65 degrees. Marks & Van Ness have an interest in the ground, and they intend spending money on it to prove its worth. An Exploring Party in H_ard Luck. A correspondent at Ainsworth writes under date of the 18th : " On the morning of the 16th instant the Idaho passed here having in tow a boat, and 3 men (boys) bound for the Lardeaux. The Idaho returned the same evening, having ?3'T.^y-J'fr''i''''A������uP*yi%''^ Yj-*"* **������������������?_!> rt^*."*--Mft\ii:yiT. left the party at the mouth of the river. These men, it appears, were a C. P. R. outfit, on their way up the Duncan river, with orders to try and reach a point some 15 miles up the river, above the upper Kootenay lake, there to wait for a C. P. R. exploring party on their way through from Bear creek to Kootenay lake, via the Beaver and Duncan rivers. On the night of the 17th a party of 3 wet and hungry men reached Ainsworth in an old leaky boat. These men were the same party that went up iri the tow of the Idaho the day before. After the party had gone up the Lardeaux about 5 miles, they were met with some swift water���������-the boat was dashed against a sunken log and capsized, losing the whole of their outfit. They, therefore, had to return to Ainsworth for supplies, which they obtained from Bob Green. They then left to make another attempt to reach their destination." IMsappointcd. A. M. Esler, accompanied by A. M. Holier, A. J. Seligman, and Peter Larson, all of Helena, Montana, and more or less interested in the mining business, arrived at Nelson on Tuesday, and at once went up to the Dandy on Toad mountain, a property in which they are interested. They expected to find the mountain bare of snow, the Dandy shaft free from water, and work progressing on the wagon road between Nelson and the summit of the mountain. They found fully 2 feet of snow at the Dandy, and the shaft on that mine full of water. Instead of work progressing on the wagon road, they found that the preliminary a^a&ge^ not even been completed. They left for home on Thursday. Before leaving, however, they stated that a force of men would be put on the Dandy within 2 weeks, or as soon as supplies could be packed up to the ground. A foreman will be sent in from the Gceur d'Alene. Machinery has been ordered and will be placed on the property as soon as it can be got over the wagon road. - Changed Owners. The Boulder hydraulic claim on 49 creek has changed ownership, H. F. Keefer, D. McGillivray, R. G. Tatlow, and R. C. Ferguson purchasing it from A. L. Davenport, M. C. Mona- ghan, the Barker brothers, N. Riopell, and J. P. Lamotte. The consideration is said to be $2000. The claim is believed to be a good one, and if worked systematically will no doubt yield good returns on the investment. The ditches are being cleaned out, and operations will be commenced in earnest next week. Vancouver men are thus bound to get in and make a killing in the lake country. Another ^^mmmmmmmmmmksxmtmmmmimiV THE MIUEE: NELSON, B. 0.. SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1891. Main Street, Wright Street, UEJ__3__i3JR_? I3ST Miners' Supplies, Iron and Steel, Hardware, Dry G-oods, Clothing, Men's Provisions, Boots and Shoes, ings, Etc, Etc. . _B_. Having bought the stock and book debts of the late firm of E. S. WILSON & 00., all parties having outstanding accounts are requested to call and settle them as soon as possible. NEWS FROM HOT SPRINGS ."DISTRICT. That all the good things in the Hot Springs district have not yet been discovered is this week conclusively proved. It takes more than $1000 ore to excite Ainsworth mining men, and Canadian capitalists, with less excuse, are apt to take even a calmer view. But it would be affectation to claim that there was not some extra excitement around the Vancouver house when the result of assays made from A. A. McKin- non and W. Lynch's Sunnyside became known. The Sunnyside is a recent location north of and in line with the Number One, and on assays, made by A. E. Bryan, taken a few inches from the surface, runs 1092 ounces in silver and 16 percent lead. The vein is two feet from the surface, shows 18 inches of solid ore. Two men are now at work on the claim, and mr. McKin- non will ship a working test of a ton at an early date. Reports from other properties are equally satisfactory. From the Fourth superintendent Trewarthen reports the upper tunnel now in 10 feet; the face being in a large body of high- grade ore. At the Dictator anew opening has been made on the south end of the claim. Superintendent Sam Lovett with 6 men is now running a tunnel on the ledge and has 3 feet of ore in the face, rich in sulphurets and native silver. W<; W. Sprague is sinking a new shaft on the Tenderfoot at the presumed junction of the United and Tenderfoot ledges. The Columbia Mining Company of Spokane are prosecuting work with an increased force on the Crescent. Mr. Donaldson expects to ship 100 tons of ore in two months. From across the lake word is received that the contractors on the Kootenay Chief have struck the foot wall and are consequently making more rapid progress���������the trouble before being that the shaft was in solid ore. On the Tarn O'Shanter, another east shore bonanza, Jim Brennaud and Hugh Arnold are sacking ore sufficiently high grade to make a paying shipment to the United States. Assayer A. E. Bryan reports rich samples from the boys on Kaslo creek. The ore being a high-grade copper-glance rich in silver. Building operations are quite lively. Contractor Melville is making good progress with "Rory" McLeod's Palace hotel. The progress of the Wilson & Perdue butcher shop is somewhat delayed by scarcity of finishing lumber. Frank Fitch's new residence is completed and the owner is in possession. The Columbia house is building an addition. J. G. McGuigan and J. Martin have got up the frame of a 2-story building which, when completed, will be occupied by J. H. Fink for general merchandise. Doctor Henry and E. J. Adams are getting a more finished appearance on the pioneer drug store. Lack of finishing lumber is keeping Fletcher & McKay's new billiard saloon in check, as is also the case with the Olson hotel. The old Fletcher building is being smartened up by "K. B." Brown, who will open a short- order restaurant. Real estate is firm and finds ready buyers in business men who are not speculators. Joe Striet has disposed of his property on the southwest corner of Sutton and South streets to James Kyle; consideration $900. Mr. Kyle, it is understood, proposes erecting a large wholesale liquor establishment. Two inside townsite lots on Sutton street have been acquired by private parties. The lake is rising rapidly and as yet does not seem effected by mr. Grohman's reclamation works below Nelson. Full dress soirees are now du regie at the Vancouver house. J. L. Rbtallack. Ainsworth, May 19th. - . : An Outcry Against tlie Nude in Art. Sam Davis, the editor of the Carson (Nevada) Appeal, gets off the following good hit on a class of women who will not comprehend the beauties of artificial nature unadorned. Sam is not an artist himself, but is the son of an Episcopal clergyman and married to the widow of an artist. In his youth Sam studied nature in the cornfields of Nebraska, and is as free from guile as an average politician of the state in which he lives: "A great outcry has been raised in Sacra- mentp, California, because the art class of the Crocker school of design has exhibited a picture representing a nude female standing in water. The body is exposed from the hips up. The Bee reproduces the picture, which is a very graceful study of the human figure. Some old hens in Sacramento have proceeded to make an outcry against it and pronounce it indecent. It is high time that the ravings of a lot of nasty old women against nude art be regarded merely as the frothings of lunaticg. God made the figure of women beantiful, and framed the eye of man to understand its beauties. The female figure was the crowning work of the Almighty, and when he finished the labors of creation, he left this legacy of loveliness to the world. Yet there are people so depraved that they see nothing but vulgarity in nude art. When Nature has stripped nearly all the flesh from a woman's bones and dried up her stock of common sense, you hear her raving against nude art. We recall to mind the case of a woman in Omaha, who tried to get the city council to pass an ordinance against nude paintings in the city limits, as she held they depraved the morals of the young. Before they had time to draw up the ordinance she ran away with a colored hackman. Had the ordinance been passed in time it might have saved her." Hutch Boers and the English in Africa. A few weeks ago the imperial British commissioner in South Africa warned president Kruger of the South African republic that the proposed Boer expedition into Mashonaland must be stopped, as the British would not tolerate an influx of Transvaal emigrants. President Kruger replied that he had "damped the expedition," and that the enterprise was not revived. News now comes from South Africa that 20,000 Boers propose to travel north into the promised land, and Kruger has confessed his inability to impede the movements of so large a body. At last accounts, therefore, an immense number of Boers were about to inarch into Mashonaland to found a new Boer republic. The Boers have never been slow about appropriating a large slice of any territory in South Africa. Nearly 8 years ago, without attracting any attention, they stole into Zululand, and be fore the British were aware of what was going on, they had appropriated nearly half of that beautiful country and set up a Boer republic. England had regarded a great part of Zululand as independent territory, but the Boers, by arrangement with the brother of Cetewayo, the late king, acquired a semblance of right which England did not think it worth while to dispute ; and thus today the finest portion of thi'3 splendid country which Cetewayo ruled is in the hands of the Boers. When they undertook the same game on the west frontier of the Transvaal the British protested in such a very lively manner that the Boers returned to their old homes and the republics they founded under the names of Goshen and Stellaland died in their infancy. Today the British have pushed north of the Transvaal, and are sending home most glowing reports of the new eldorado they have discovered. The Boers think they are entitled to share the advantages of the discovery, though they never found out for themselves what a rich and attractive country lay along their northern borders; and so they are beginning to swarm to the frontier for the purpose of occupying a goodly part of Mashonaland. The proposed expedition outnumbers the whites now in the country 10 to 1. It is very certain that the South Africa Company, whose chief factor is Cecil Rhodes, the premier of South Africa, will not permit the prize to be plucked from their grasp in this sort of fashion ; and the British will doubtless offer so decided a protest that the Boers will be forced to relinquish their ambition to extend their domain further towards the Zambesi. AINSWORTH, B. C. Contracts taken for hauling supplies, machinery, ore, etc., to and from mines in Hot Springs district. ALL TEAMING WORK UNDERTAKEN. Ainsworth, Hot Springs District, B. C. Miners' Supplies, Provisions, Tools, Crockery, Clothing, Stationery, Etc., Etc. Persons buying from us will avoid the necessity of paying duty on goods at Canadian custom-house on the river. (Late Assayer for the Anaconda Company, Butte.'Montana ) ASSAYEE and CHEMIST, AItfSWORT.II, B. C. Assay Charges.���������Gold, silver, or lead, $1.50 each. Gold and silver or lead and silver, $2. Copper, $2.50. Silver ard copper, $3. Gold, silver, and lead, $3. Gold, silver and copper, $3.50. ���������'������������������������������������(,-it- ���������..������,.i-_l.s} .-' --������������������!.*��������� r.*-������\ i'-jiaV **-,."iJ1Pi. .\J.,.\��������� it.i&..*'X- ;v>,t'>:.--..;,v.v'-yi.i.1. . _���������'>.���������.-* .���������/,������*������,Hvif' ^-^���������_3������_4_3S^*_36_^sP#l^^^&_������ Jvft'.fu_v--l il.-JJ-.iL THE MIMEE: NELSON, B. 0., SATUEDAY, MAY 23, 1891. DO NOT IJSF POOR MATERIAL in buildings when first-class OLD IN OS are for sale in any quantity by the SLSON SAWMILL CO. ������a5'd; At end of Flume in'.Nelson. Mill: Tivo Miles Sou flu of kelson. Builders concede that the lumber from our mill'is ALL OF FIRST-CLASS FINISH, both in the rough and dressed. Parties ordering any of the above material from us will have the same delivered promptly in any part of Nelson. :������ r_ AND STOVE-WOOD cut and run down the lumber flume, and sold at low prices. The Kootenay Lake Saw-mill is always ready for business. Lumber���������good, bad, and indifferent ��������� on hand or made to order. GL 0. BUCHANAN. Nelson, January loth. s-sa ny * MANUFACTURERS OF OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. ���������"..��������� PBIOE LIST (DELIVERED AT NELSON, AINSWORTH, OR BALFOUR). _&E������ESSEB*. No. 1 flooring, 4 inch, per M . $32 00 No. 2 ���������"��������� 6 inch, ��������� ". 27 00 No. 1 ceiling, 4 inch, " 32 00 No. 2 " 6 inch, " 27 00 Rustic, " 27 00 Select clear, DD, " 40 00 No. 1 common, D, " 25 00 DD, " 27 00 Bar and counter tops, clear, per foot. ..' 10 ROBFttlff. No. 1 common, per M. $20 00 No. 2 '" " ^.... 15 00 Culls, " ��������� .:..... 12 00 Shingles, " 4 50 Bead, panel, crown, base, etc., etc., per foot .2J@10c Mills at Pilot. ESay, Kootenay Lake. G-eo. G-. Bushby,. . .. . Manager coi\sui. Ewer, an 'vmimGATmi'. ass. The concensus of opinion.is that the American consul stationed at Vancouver* made an ass of Jhimself at a recent banquet in that town, in refusing to join in the singing- of the British national anthem, "God Save the Queen." The following* from the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the leading Republican paper of the northwestern states, expresses the views of nine-tenths of the native-born citizens of the great republic: "The United States counsel at Vancouver appears to be an unmitigated ass. There are enough of this sort of people in the service of other govern nients just now, so that we can vv ell, spare any of our own. The time has passed when-this- country needed or desired to assume toward other nations the 'trid-on-the-tail-of-me- coat' attitude. We are not obliged to maintain the position of bumptious self-assertiveness which brought much criticism and deserved ridicule upon us in the days when we felt that we had to give concrete evidence in someway that a citizen of the United States is just as good as any crowned head, and mostly a great deal better. ������������������'..* -*������������������' '...*' Any one who has happened to be in Canada on��������� *I)ominion day,' corresponding to our Fourth of July, and seen every hack carrying the American flag on one lamp and the Union Jack on the other, while the stars and stripes were just as prominent in the general decoration as the insignia of Great Britain, is forced to the conclusion that the people are less sensitive on these points than we would be under similar circumstances. That a representative of ours should, on an occasion like the arrival of the new China steamships, offend these kindly people by attending the festivitiesonly to assert a sham and spurious sort of surface patriotism is far from pleasant to us. It is clear that our consul at Vancouver needs some employment more suited to his peculiar; temperament." Boxing tin equal led as an All-fifconsid Sfceveloiper. There is absolutely nothing in the way of recreation so beneficial in every respect to a boy as j boxing. As an all-round developer it is unequalled; not one of the boy's muscles remains inactive���������back, stomach, legs, arms, are all called upon for vigorous service. The best feature in its recommendation for boys is the very thorough drilling which the disposition of the boy must undergo. If a lad is quick to lose his temper boxing will cure him ; it will teach him that no one who lets his temper get the better of him will become an expert sparrer; it will speedily convince him of the absolute necessity of keeping cool and in entire possession of his wits in order to sustain his efforts and avoid defeat. The boxer who cannot control his temper is practically at the mercy of a cool skillful opponent. One cannot spar successfully and become flustered. A boxer must ever be on the alert, his wits constantly alive looking for an opportunity of assault; he must be able to act instantly and with cool deliberation, as distinguished from wild, undirected action. He need do no running to develop the muscles of his legs or his lungs ; these/are all continuously in action. Caprivi, flic <������ersiian Chancellor. Caprivi made his reputation as a, general of ability long before the crisis happened which called him to the head of the state department. His manner is characteristic of a great man as well as of a great soldier���������simple, direct, courteous, and, where possible, conciliatory. His face is curiously like that of the great chancellor whom he succeeds, bat has in it ���������"far more of the human and engaging; less bull-doggy, though not less plucky. To include the prime minister in a list of the country's generals would appeal' odd in England or with us, but in Germany the situation has nothing eccentric in it. Bismarck, to be sure, never held an active command, but all through his life as a civilian official he.manifested a far greater desire to appear in the livery of war than to rest his fame on his achievements in the cabinet. Caprivi may or may not prove greater as a general than as a minister of state, but, in the event of the next war, no surprise need be felt if we read his name gazetted as commander of a mobilized army marching toward St. Petersburg. Canadian Pacific Railway OUR NATIONAL HIGHWAY. Through Passenger Service from Ocean to Ocean. ISTO CHAHSTGES. LOWEST FARES TO ALL POINTS To secure quick despatch and lowest freight rates > Kootenay l,alvc Shippers will be eori- suiting their own interests by shipping by the The Columbia & Kootenay Steam Navigation Company's STEAMER "LYTTON 99 leaves Sproat's Landing- for REyELSTOKE every TueH- ��������� day and Friday, making connection with trains for *. g |0yEO3NrT^?,aE^_.Z_,. (^jTOEonsrTOi '8,1 ST. ^^TJT____ 51ch:icago, VANCOUVER, NEW WESTMINSTER, VICTORIA, AND 'ALL' POINTS EAST. Por rates, maps, time-tables, etc., etc., apply to any agent of the company. ROBERT KERR, D. E. BROWN, Gen'l Fr't and Passenger Ag't, Ass't Gen'1 Fr't & Pas'r Ag't. Winnipeg, Manitoba. , "Vancouver, B. C. THE COLUMBIA & KOOTENAY STEASV3 NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED,, THE STEAMER LYTTON will leave REVELSTOKE every'Monday and Thursday at _ A. M. for Robson and Little Dalles, connecting at the latter point with the Spokane Falls & Northern railway. llctnvninx, will leave LITTLE DALLES every Tuesday and .Friday at 9 A. M., arriving at Robson between 3 and 5 P.M.,and remaining from 15 to 80 minutes, then proceeding to Revelstoke. F. G. 'CHRISTIE,''Agent, l_EYELSTOKE,< B. ���������. DEALERS IN G-EOCERIES AN D SUPPLIES FOR PROSPECTORS AND MINERS. BALFOUR, located as it is at the outlet of Kootenay lake, will be easily accessible during the season to all the mining districts on the lake.. . PRICES REASONABLE AS AT AINSWORTH OR NELSON OF THE KOOTENAY LAKE DISTRICT, And Others Whom if. May C'oiiceni and Interest. During my trip to the cast last winter, I made arrangements with manufacturing'firms .and others for (lie establishment of a, W33C>!LEtf.UJi': BtFSH^'BCSS in this district. A consignment of samples���������about 15 or 20 cases���������will be hero about the end of May ; and merchants are requested for the general good of themselves and the district to defer placing any further orders till they have seen niy samples and obtained-quotations. C. W. BSSiSK, Kairoiir, B..C. FOOT OF W,*M������ STREET,.' ISaIiAS STEVENSON, Proprietor. Boats to hire by the hour or day at reasonable rates. Boats built and repaired. B E 73^W^4^^^ .���������, ___..-,--, _,, "^^It^Fa^'-ji^^wri'S-w&s^smBiini & THE MINER: NELSON, B. 0., SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1891. The Miner is printed on Saturdays, and will be mailed to subscribers at the following cash-in-advance rates: Three months .$1.50, six months $2.50, one year $_. Transient.- Advertisements will be inserted for 15 cents a line for the first insertion and 7 cents a line for each additional insertion. Twelve lines of 9 words each make an inch. All advertisements printed for a less period than 3 months considered transient and ihnst be paid for in advance. Advertisements of less than 12 lines will be counted as 12 lines. Birth Notices free if weight of .child is given; if weight is not given .$1 will be charged. Marriage announcements will be charged from ��1 to $10-���according to the social standing of the bridegroom. Letters to tiilo Editor will only appear over the writer's: name, (vommimications with such signatures as "Old Subscriber," "Veritas," "Citizen," etc., etc., will not be printed on any consideration. Address all Letters!:: The Miner, Nelson, B. C. EIHTOKIAt- REMARKS.. Now that there are 15 children of school age residing at Nelson or in its immediate neighborhood, steps should be taken to have a school district set apart and a school opened. The proper way is for the parents of the children to petition lion. mr. Robson at Victoria, who will direct the s.u per in t end en t of ed ucatio.ii to take ac t io n in the matter. The laws and regulations governing the public schools of the province are liberal and in no sense sectarian. Therefore, there is no need for the parents of any particular sect to take steps for the establishment or contribute towards the maintenance of a sectarian school. A committee of the trades and labor congress waited on sir John Macdonald at Ottawa on Monday last. Among other demands was the exclusion of Chinese. The committee pointed out the fact that 80 per cent of the accidents in the coal mines in British Columbia were caused by the ignorance of the Chinese employed therein. Sir John, in replying, said that it would be inopportune to make the law more restrictive unless Canada was threatened with a Chinese invasion. As a matter of fact, half the arrivals paid the tax and stole across to the United States. Since the American government had passed the Chinese exclusion bill, its relations with China had been strained, hence Canada should take advantage of the opportunity to secure the vast carrying trade between Europe and the east and west. Accordingly, sir John Macdonald, prime minister of the Dominion of Canada, is only too willing that a province of the Dominion should be a sort of rendezvous for Chinese who wish to smuggle themselves into a country froni which they are by law excluded* and that country a friendly neighbor of the Dominion. Apparently, he is also willing to force an undesirable class of people on one section of the Dominion so that another section of the Dominion may thrive. Sir John would burn his neighbor's barn to roast his own potatoes. ;_. The bringing of charges against a member of his cabinet as well as prominent officials of the government is likely to present a hard question for sir John Macdonald to answer. These charges have been widely bruited abroad, and seem to have been pretty generally accepted as well founded, at least by the opposition. When absolute dishonesty is added to the charges of extravagance, bad management, and corruption, which have distinguished sir John's administration, the narrow majority by which he now holds power is likely to disappear altogether. Some controversy has arisen regarding the the actual time made by the Canadian Pacific steamer Empress of India on her recent passage from Yokohama to Vancouver. One authority, by adding the "day gained" in the trip from west to east and-subtracting the difference of time between Vancouver and Yokohama, makes her actual time 11 days 6 hours and 2 minutes. This is fallacious calculation. The vessel left Yokohama at 6 P.M., April 17th. It was at that moment, 12:28 A. M. of April 18th, at Vancouver. She arrived at Vancouver at 6:30 A. M. of April 28th, consequently her actual time was 10 days 6 hours and 2 minutes. A man may be poor but not shiftless or lazy, but let him take to drinking and he will lose all self-respect, sense of manhood, or desire to work and become a lazy and shiftless vagabond and plunge himself and family into a hopeless condition of squalor and wretchedness. Those who are affluent or in moderate means reduce themselves to poverty by drink. Those who are poor only make themselves poorer and in hopeless, misery. Any person who has had the opportunity to observe the practice of drunkard-making will testify that that he can hardly recall a case where poverty has made drunkards, but he will testify to numerous cases where drunkenness has made paupers. Late Australian advices give, the synopsis of the constitution for the proposed federation of Australian colonies, which" was prepared by the convention that closed its sittings April 9th. The constitutions will be submitted to a. vote of the people, and when accepted by, the 3 colonies as it stands, for they cannot amend it, will be sent to the imperial parliament. If ratified by that body, queen Victoria will proclaim a day when the commonwealth of Australia is to be established, and will also appoint a governor- general. On the latter's arrival, the Australians .will proceed to form a ministry and elect a parliament. The constitution provides that the federation shall be known as the Commonwealth of Australia, and the colonies shall be called states. The legislature shall consist of a senate and a house of representatives, to be called the parliament,, and shall be in session at least once every year. The governor- general shall be appointed by the queen at a salary of not less than $50,000. The senate is to be composed of 8 members from each state, chosen by the houses of parliament of each state, and are to be chosen O c- " ��� ��� ��� ��� for 6 years, one-half of the members to retire every 3 years. The president of the senate is to be in all cases entitled to a vote, and when the vote is a tie the question is to pass. The representatives are to be chosen by the people of the several state j, each state to have one representative for every 30,000 people, but the minimum number of representatives for each state shall be 4. The speaker is to be elected by the house, and when the vote is a tie the speaker is to have the casting vote. The life of the house of representatives is 3 years. The members of both houses are to receive an allowance of $2500 per annum, and the usual penal clauses are provided to meet cases where a member is under disability to sit. No senator or representative is to hold an office of profit under the crown, but ministers are not to be compelled to offer themselves for re-election. Probably, when they have read a recent decision by a magistrate of Kinkiang, China, Canadian bankers who have been thinking of establishing branches in that country will change their minds. It seems that a young Celestial, an inveterate gambler, whose . brother was a wealthy banker, squandered his own means and then forged a number of notes of large denominations, purporting to be notes of his brother's bank, and put them in circulation. When presented at the bank for redemption, being palpa ble counterfeits, payment was of course refused. Then the infuriate holders bombarded the establishment, seized the manager and carried him before a magistrate, who held that in appearance the false notes were so much like the genuine as to deceive ordinary people, and therefore the bank must honor them, which has forced the bank to suspend payment and go into liquidation. The forger, on the other hand, has not been prosecuted, but has been left unmolested in the enjoyment of his ill-gotten gains. So it is made to appear that forging is quite an innocent amusement in China, while banks are bound hot only to redeem their genuine notes, but also any fairly clever imitations of them that maybe counterfeited. Banking on such conditions would seem to be not by any means a mild form of idiocy. Fully a month of good weather was lost before beginning the work on the Nelson and Toad Mountain wagon road; but nowothat it has commenced, it is to be hoped that it will be rapidly pushed to completion. Every man' that can be worked to advantage should be employed, and the government plainly shown that the mining men of this section mean business. A number of ordained ministers of the gospel have visited the Kootenay Lake country with the view of building churches at the centers of population, the churches, of course, to be built by money contributed by the people who live here. As yet no churches have been built. This is not because the people are ungodly, but because they, have better uses for tiieir money. The proposition of mr. Mills, a member of the Dominion parliament, to annex New England to Canada will meet the approval of the New York Mugwumps, who daily bewail the fatal mistake of a century ago which made the United States a nation. Outside of them it will hardly assume, the importance of even a joke. As will be seen in a news item appearing on the fifth page, mr. Mara is already taking action on the free admission of mining machinery question. He should insist that all machinery used on mines or in reduction works be either admitted free for 3 years or the duties be collected as on other goods of like class. Half-way measures are only a source of annoyance and worry to both mining men and government officials. _ . ' Ex-president Cleveland has many admirers among Canadians���the reason therefor is hard to understand. While admired by Canadians, the leaders of his party in the United States are not particularly fond of him, now that the campaign of 1892 is near at hand. Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, one of the broadest-minded men among southern Democrats, is against him, and gives his reasons as follows : "It is 1884 repeated. In 1884, as most of " you know, I wrote the tariff plank in the plat-r " form of the national Democracy. It was "called a "straddle," that plank, but you re- " member that we went to the country on it "and triumphed. It met the emergency. In "1888, when the party met again, senator Gor- " man and others wanted another straddle. I " told then) no : that four years had wrought a "great change; that the time had come to " speak out : that the message sent to congress " by the president and the Mills bill demanded " an utterance. We did speak out and we were " beaten. You know as well as I do what beat " us. It was not that wTere not on record mm. RSKK WTiHiM ���."1l,.1..,'!\7T!?,T'-r:iK;r���!: W" ���,'r''|J��7__3i'","'r 'TJ''W/-T-JTr7,T>W".'.'." .-���������?���;���-���������!;���ir^jriJ ���.,._- i),','iv.->n ^mn^wv^n.,,. ��� ���_-1lu ���..,,.-,.., . ..,.���., ,,-,., ,_. , L.tti'i _-j_-i-#i'.}i iiiMl��>.~r\"ty,*M, . >* j.-j.-. 'ynnilr . ������.Ira.?. ./V-'J.-Si *." ic. i-�� ..^ ten��� -i ��� .M,--.' P"."l rf\- ��J-* ..'FT1. ��i t .-���-�� i ���-�����.'��ift i-.Si i.s . ..'�����- J. ���.* -i\ >v V*. .iV^Sn ������ Civ/��*. ";i'I:..iwr- ���-."��� .s J*.-'ir.** \3.. ���Oi^��J.*^U..\.vL.Vi:lv<_V:2j.-:>!f~-.,-:X.v,A*i;K__A;^_'._.^^ *Mir-i*B\jt. &2ra!i tKzmmmmmwimi mw THE MINER: NELSON, B. 0., SATUEDAY, MAY 23, 1891. 5 Dealers in Dry (roods, Groceries, Provisions, Canned Goods, Hardware, Etc. Miners' Supplies a Specialty. The stock is full and complete in every Denai'tment, and the public will find it to their advantage to call and inspect Goods. ���������������������������"', and compare Prices. ain Street, EEVELSTOKE. 9 and 11 East Yeriion Street, NELSON, ���������" in'a manly, intelligent way. We had a Mug- " wurap nominee who could not even carry his "own state. I am not any more to blame than the "rest of you that he was my nominee; you "know w7hat the situation, what the pressure *���������* was as well as I do. It is history now, and we "must all share the responsibility together. " But to the future. There has come up another "question that, confronts us as the tariff did in " 1884. It is the silver question. I have no ap- *'prehension about the tariff.;. We will adjust "that question. It is what we��������� will' dp about "silver that confronts us. My advice is to let " silver alone, or if we have to allude to it do so "in a way that will not antagonize the world. " We can declare for a coinage and to an extent "that will. meet.'the needs of the country, we "can be conservative, we can keep within "bounds. This is my view as an individual ���������" Democrat. And I urge its consideration upon " you gentlemen and Democrats who are listen- ���������" ing. You cannot with safety antagonize the " monied centers. You know the east will be '���������' against us in this matter. The free or unlim- " ited coinage of silver is a mere shibboleth. " For God's sake let us let it alone, and try and " elect onr ticket in 1892. If we do not carry ."the country then you may look for the force " bill and everything else that bodes evil. Elect " a Democratic president and congress, and sec- " tionalism is dead forever in this country, and " that is what we want, to kill out sectionalism. "Once in possession of this government and we "will deal with silver and all other questions so " honestly, so broadly, so patriotically, that we " shall challenge the judgment of the masses, " and in the providence of God. we'shall rule this " country wisely and well." A <������oo3. Gold, silver, and lead, $>3. Gold, silver, and copper, |_ ; and so on. NOTARY PUBLIC, Mining Broker, Conveyancer, Etc. Agent for mineral claims; crown grants obtained for mineral claims, and abstracts of title for same furnished. Office at Ainsworth (Hot Springs), B. C. Barrister at Law, Solicitor, 2-fotaiy Public, Eto, Office, Victoria street, Kamloops, B. C. Physician, Surgeon, and Accoucheur, Office: Stanley Street. Dental fillings, guaranteed for one year, neatly and carefully done in gold, amalgam, or cement on Tuesdays and Fridays from 2 to 4 P. M. N. HOOVER still has a few more cases of CONDENSED MILK for sale. THE MINEE: NELSON, B. 0��������� SATUEDAY, MAY 23, 1891. OTEL Cor. Baker arid Ward Sts. NELSON, B. G. H. & T. MADDEN Proprietors. The Madden is Centrally Located, with a frontage cowards Kootenay river, and is newly furnished throughout. Vernon Street, near Josephine, NELSON, B. ���������. SODERBERG & JOHNSON, PROPRIETORS. THE HOTEL OVERLOOKS THE KOOTENAY its guests thus obtaining splendid views of both mountain and river. ;T.HE T -A. "B LE , is supplied with everything in the market, the kitchen being under the immediate supervision of Hugh Madden, a caterer of large experience. THE BAR IS STOCKED WITH THE BEST brands of beer, ale, wine, whisky, and cigars. Corner West Vernon and Stanley Streets, NELSON, B. C, ONLY TFO-STOEY HOTEL IN NELSON. The International has a comfortably furnished parlor for ladies, and the rooms are large and furnished , newly throughout. THE TABLE IS NOT SURPASSED by any hotel in the Kootenay Lake country. A share of transient trade solicited. THE SAMPLE-ROOM IS STOCKED WITH CHOICE CIGARS AND THE FINEST BRANDS OF LIQUORS. PROPRIETORS BSALFOIIflt, IJ. C. FLINT & OALLOP, Proprietors. The BALFOUR commands a fine view of the Outlet and Lake, and will be kept second to no hotel in Hot Springs district. Balfour is easily accessible to the mines in Hot Springs district, and is in the center of a large area of mineral country not yet prospected. It is also within easy distance of the Kootenay Lake and Pilot Bay sawmills. TRAIL CREEK, B. C. W. R. I������4>IjXTON PKOFI__ET������K. The Gladstone is the best kept hotel in the Trail Creek mining district, its proprietorbeing a caterer of experience. The table will always be supplied with the best of everything obtainable. The bar is stocked with choice liquors and cigars, including Hiram Walker & Sons' pure rye whiskies. Good stabling for animals. THE ROOMS are comfortable in size and newly furnished. THE TABLE is acknowledged the best in the mountains. c ansm IB^IR is stocked with the best liquors and cigars procurable. No whiskies sold except Hiram Walker & Sons' celebrated brands. "The ���������-Finest-Hotel in Toad Mountain District." E SILVER K Corner West Baker and Ward Streets, NEXSON, B. C. JOHNSON & MA HONEY, PROPRIETORS. The Silver King is a new building and furnished-.with new furniture from kitchen to attic. The table will not be equalled by any hotel in Nelson. .Headquarters for Miners and Mining Men. HOTEL AND EESTAUEAN"T. 'OPEN ������A������^ AND' NIGHT. Eooms and Sleeping Accommodations for .30 People NO. S3 EAST BAKER STREET. IHT. JT_ EDSODST J"_ ST1^TID___.__^ PROPRIETORS. Prospectus of the Kootenay Lake Telephone Company, Limited. The Kootenay Lake Telephone Company, Limited, a chartered corporation, will erect a main telephone line from Nelson to Ainsworth, via Buchanan's sawmill and Balfour, and branch lines from Nelson to the mines'on Toad mountain and from Ainsworth to the mines in Hot Springs district, with central exchanges at Nelson and Ainsworth. The capital stock of the company is divided into 5000 shares of a par value of ������10 each. Of these, 250 paid up shares have been apportioned to the promoters of the company for defraying the expenses incident to the procurement of the charter, which leaves 4750 shares to erect the company's line. The estimated cost of the proposed lines is ������7000. To raise that amount 2500 shares are now offered subscribers, subscription books to be opened at Nelson and at Victoria, and payment-to be made as follows : $1 per share on subscription; $'l per share on June 15th, 1891, and 50 cents per share on July 15th, 1891. If more shares are subscribed for than placed on the market, then the shares shall be allotted pro rata. The subscription books of the company are now open at the oflicc of Houston, Ink & Allan, Nelson, and at the ofhee of Bod well & Irving, Victoria. JOHN HOUSTON (president), R. E. LEMON (vice-president), J. IS. WALSH (secretary), CHARLES H. INK, Nelson, B. C, April 29th. Provisional directors. The Alberta & British Columbia Exploration Oom- C pariy, Limited, (Poreign). Registered the 22nd day of April, 1891. CERTIFICATE OP REGISTRATION. This is to certify that I have this day registered "The Alberta and British Columbia Exploration Company, Limited," (Foreign), under the "Company's Aci, Part IV, Registration of Foreign Companies."' The objects for which the company is established are : 1. To apply for and obtain any legislative or other powers necessary for the construction, maintenance, and working of any railway or railways, British, colonial, or foreign, and to negotiate for and endeavor to obtain conventions, charters, subsidies; grants, aids or other assistance in furtherance of such objects or incidental thereto. 2. To undertake the construction and establishment, and the management, maintenance, and working of any such railway or railways, either itself or make them .over wholly or partly to other companies or persons. 3. To take contracts, British, colonial, or foreign, and execute them either itself or by sub-contractors. 4. , To undertake the labilities of any company, association,partnership, or person. 5. To aid any body politic or corporate, or company or association or individuals with capital, credit, means, or resources for the prosecution of any railways, works, undertakings, projects, or enterprises. 6. To prosecute and execute, directly or by contributions or other assistance, any such or any other railways, works, undertakings, projects, or enterprises in which, or for the proscution whereof, or on the security whereof, or of any profits derivable therefrom, the company shall have invested money or embarked capital. 7. To buy or otherwise acquire and sell on its own account, or for a commission all kinds of property, real and personal, moveable arid immovable, and to manage,,develop, mortgage, sell, dispose of or otherwise deal with all or any part of the property of the company as may seem expedient. ������������������ 8. To take or otherwise acquire and dispose of shares, stock, debentures, bonds, or other securities in any other company, British, colonial, or foreign, and to pay or agree to pay under any contract to be entered into by the company, or for services rendered to such company or this company, in cash or in such stock, shares, or debentures or any , part thereof. 9. To re-issue any stock, shares, debentures, bonds, or other securities with or without the guarantee of the company. 10. To purchaser or otherwise acquire, settle, improve, and cultivate lands and hereditaments, British, colonial, or foreign. ..11. To purchase, hire, construct, or manufacture any rolling stock, machinery, or plant. ������ 12. To develop the resources of any land and hereditaments by building, planting/clearing, mining, or otherwise dealing with the same, and to subscribe out of the funds of the company towards any purpose calculated to improve or benefit such property. 13. To stock lands and to breed and deal in cattle of all kinds, and produce and to colonise the same, and to aid and encourage emigration. 14. To make, provide, maintain, and carry on, use and work, or contribute towa.rds the making, providing, main-' taining,'"carrying on, using, and working any such railway or railways as aforesaid, and also tramways, telegraph >������������������ lines, canals, reservoirs, wells, aqueducts, roads, streets, piers, wharves, and other works which may de deemed expedient for the purposes of the company, or contract with others to do the same. 15. To promote or concur in promoting any company or corporation, whether British, colonial, or foreign, and to acquire, hold, and dispose of shares, stocks, or securities of,, any such company or corporation, and to pay the expenses of the promotion and underwriting the capital of any company or corporation so promoted. 16. To mortgage, with or without a power of sale, and otherwise deal with all or any of the property and rights of the company, and to raise money in any manner which may be thought advisable, and partly by the issue of debentures or debenture stock, charged either in themselves or by a covering deed upon all or any part of the company's property, and to lend money and to negotiate loans of every description. 17. To procure the capital for any company in any country, but particularly in England or Canada, for the. pur-, pose of carrying into cfFect any objects of any company formed for the purpose of agriculture, or for acquiring or working mines or colleries or other purposes, and to issue the capital of such companies and to subscribe for, purchase, dispose of and otherwise deal in the shares, bonds, and securities of such companies. 18. To sell the undertaking of the company, or any part or parts thereof for such consideration as may be thought proper, whether payable wholly or partially in cash or in shares, stock, or debentures or other securities of any other company, British, colonial, or foreign, now formed or hereafter to be formed, and to distribute any of the property of the company among the members in specie. 19. To make, endorse, accept, and execute promissory notes, bills of exchange, and other negotiable instruments. 20. To exercise all or any of the powers given by the "Companies Seals Act, ISo't" and the "Companies' (colonial) Registers Act, 1883." 21. To do all or any of the above things in any part of the world, either as principals or agents, contractors or otherwise, and to procure if thought necessary, the company to be constituted or incorporated as a corporation, or its nearest equivalent, in any country or colony whatever. 22. To do all such other things as arc incidental or conducive to the above objects. The capital of the company is ������20,000, divided into 200 shares of ������100 each. > The place of business of the said company in the province of British Columbia is situated at 21 Bastion street, Victoria, in the said province of British Columbia. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed my seal of oflico this 22nd day of April, 1891, at the city of Victoria in the province of British Columbia. (Signed) C. J. LEGGATT. Registrar of Joint Stock Companies. L. S. :;��������� .V.,.-,: 8 THE MINER: KELSON, B. 0., SATUEDAY, MAT 23, 1891. Gles s Tocer arici *r ��������� 'll gs-ancto! r Dealer; SONS' Corner sephme Streets, ain Street, Beyelstoke, B. 0. SniALL -NUGGETS-. OF".-NEWS. The frame is up for the railway hotel building at Robson. As soon as the track is laid from Sproat the new town will be made headquarters for the company. The arrival and departure time of trains is not yet known. F. E. Hutch ins will be the agent at Nelson. On May 6th there was posted in Victoria a letter addressed to Nelson for a party at Balfour. On the oth a letter was posted at Victoria, addressed to Kootenay, Idaho, for the same party at Balfour. The latter letter arrived in due course ; the former has not yet come to hand. The writer of both letters left "Victoria on the 12th, arriving at Nelson on the 16th, and Balfour the same day. Mr. Fletcher, what is the matter with your slow-geared mail routes? But, then, you dont care a cuss as long as you draw your salary. "' Nelson is putting on airs. Last winter the chins of the boys were scraped by a blanked dull razor in the hands of a man who, during the summer months, had been engaged in whipsawing, lumber. Now thejr-can choose between a lad3r artist from Fairhaven, a smooth 'un from Donald, and a quicker-than-lightning manipulator from Bonner's Ferry. ��������� - ' Four 20-lot blocks have been sold in the townsite of Trail at an average price of $35 a lot. More could have been sold had they been surveyed. A. S. Farvvell is making crown grant surveys of mineral claims on Toad mountain. The Dandy, the Democrat, the Haymarket, and the Iroquois are among those already surveyed. . ' The town of Trail has a corner on twins. It is the only town in the lake country that can boast of twin babies. But not satisfied with the babies, the people of that "town now boast of tvyin bears and twin fishes. The fishes are a curiosity, the bellies being united from the gills to the tail. When in the water the back of one is toward the surface, and the back of the other toward the bottom. Besides a general store and a hotel, Balfour now boasts of a boat-building establishment. Hereafter there will be no need to send east for Peterborough canoes, as that class of boats will he made a specialty of. Within an hour after the announcement appeared in The Miner, Hume & Co. had sold the 6 Peterborough canoes they brought in last week. H. Selous took 2, one for himself, the.other for his friend Tolson. There is a report to the effect that the railway company people have asked the government to allow them to expend the money appropriated for improving the streets of Nelson, the railway people to contribute an amount equal to the government appropriation. The people of Nelson very naturally object to any such arrangement. The railway people, as joint owners'-of the townsite, should bear half the expense of such improvements, but there is no good reason why the disbursement should be left entirely with them. Somehow, the people of Nelson are distrustful of the railway people, and the latter seem to be only too willing that this distrust shall be intensified. The people of Nelson are pretty independent, and they will not stand any nonsense from government officials or sharp practice from the railway company. Mr. Kellie, take notice. The contract for erecting poles for the Kootenay Lake Telephone Company's main and branch, lines has been awarded to Monaghan, O'Ray & Kennedy. The contractors will start at Balfour and work towards Nelson. The poles are to be 25 feet long and planted 4 feet in the ground. The contract price is $1.25 per pole. Part of the wire and instruments was shipped from Montreal on the 14th. More than half the capital stock ottered has already been subscribed by residents of Ainsworth, Balfour, and Nelson. On this trip mr. Tunstall was accompanied by T. J. Len- 'dru'm and John Scoley. Mr. Lendrum will be the mining recorder and constable at Ainsworth and mr. Scoley the constable at Nelson. The latter is a full-grown man and the boys had better be careful how they fool with him. After spending 2 full weeks in the whirl of business in a live town, Frank Teetzel and Fred Hume have gone back to Revelstoke for a needed rest. The boat building at Bonner's Ferry for the upper Kootenay trade is ready for t he machinery; but like that for the boat building at Little Dalles, no one seems to know where the machinery is. J. S. Bennett of Kamloops, census commissioner for the Yale census district, arrived at Nelson on Tuesday to appoint enumerators for the Kootenay Lake country. A. Fletcher will count the inhabitants of Trail, Robson, and Nelson, and the neighboring mining deistricts, while A. R. Hughes will do the same for Ainsworth, Balfour, and Rykert's custom house, and the adjacent mining and sawmill camps. These gentlemen should be treated courteously and receive-prompt answers to the questions they ask, as the information is in no instance to be made public. R. A. Bainbridge has sold his. interest in the Kootenay limekiln to E. J. Duchesnay. ; N. Hoover has started a brickyard at the eastern limit of the townsite, and has several thousand brick molded. He claims that the clay is of superior quality, and that the bricks will be the finest ever seen in the province. Personals: W. McCraney of Vancouver is visiting the lake country- Mr. McCraney formerly represented Hal- ton country, Ontario, in the Dominion parliament. He now says that neither political party has any use for independent men. R. Strathern arrived from Donald on Friday and will have charge of Hunt & Dover's jewelry store at Nelson. W. J. Pace came in from Vancouver with D. McGillivray to help the latter carry away the profits of his Nelson real estate speculations. J. Z. Choate, who superintended the construction of the railway bridge across the Kootenay and the railway, wharf at Nelson, left for the coast on Friday. Mr. Choate is undecided whether to engage in growing peaches at North Bend or wheat in north Idaho. Gorman West is down from the Silver King for a short rest. The boys at the mine say Gorman is the best cook in America. J. H. Fink, mayor of Ainsworth, took a run down on Tuesday to consult with'the;-mayor-"' of Nelson, but did riot find that official at home. "Billy" McLean and "Jack" Gibson came over from Sproat this morning. The one left a maid in tears, the other found one wreathed in smiles. J. W. Reade returned today from a first trip to Hot Springs district. He reports too much water in that camp to allow of an intelligent report being made on its mining properties, but says that the camp promises to be a good one, as the country appears to be well mineralized. J. H. Howarth, a watchmaker and jeweler from Pembroke, Ontario, has opened a shop on East Baker street. The third in town. At last, "Jim" McDonald has arrived at Nelson with that stock of furniture. "Jim" promised to bring it last summer; but then he has lived so long on the main line that he has become a little slow-geared. The stock is on , exhibition in the Houston & Ink block on Josephine street. Fine line of American boots and shoes at Lemon's. Carload of crockery and hotel supplies very cheap at Lemon's. Carload of stoves and ranges very cheap at Lemon's. Kcal ffisiate Transactions. This week transactions in Nelson real estate were confined to sales of a few Baker street business lots and to one or two building-condition residence lots. J. B. Old of Butte, Montana, purchased a 30-foot lot on West Baker street at $50 a front foot, and R. GvTat.l6.wof Vancouver one at the same price. N. W. Aldons bought a Bluff street building condition at $425.. EKopcs to Make a Trial'Trip in Six Weeks. Two carloads of machinery have arrived for the new boat at Nelson, and will be placed in position by engineer Patterson of the steamer Lytton. Mr. Stephenson has the wood-work of the cabins well advanced, and hopes to see the boat make a trial trip within 6 weeks. PjicJie<8 * Down. The 2 Huntington mills that were on the Cottonwood Mining Company's property, 4 miles south of Nelson, were packed down to Nelson this week, and will be forwarded over to the Whitewater mine on Hover creek. LAY-OVER Notice is hereby given, that in consequence of the prevailing high water all alluvial mining claims situate on Hall creek, in the District of West- Kootenay, will be laid over until the 1st day of July. G. C. TUNSTALL, Nelson, May 21st, 1891. Gold commissioner. NOTARY PUBLIC. REAL ESTATE AND MINE'S. : CONVEYANCING. Town lots, lands, and mining claims handled on commission. Conveyancing documents drawn up. Correspondence solicited. v Office: No. 13 East Baker Street, NELSON, B. 0. Postofnce Store, Nelson, IS. C. AND GENTS' PUENISHING GOODS. ALSO, FULL LINES OF Toilet Articles and Stationery. TRAIL, B. C. TOPPING & HANNA............ Proprietors tittml tabic; ������ood l>e������ls ; Hi as close liquors. ; BCA&FOaJR, B. C. ZBO^_T IBTTIILIDIEIRS.. Hold your orders for Peterborough canoes until you scr- specimens of our work and obtain our prices. NOTICE. Genelle Brothers, lumber manufacturers of Tappen Siding and Sproat, beg to inform the people of Nelson and vicinity that they have arranged to open a lumber yard at Nelson by the middle of May. They will undertake to furnish lumber of every description, either rough or dressed, at low figures, and will guarantee to give satisfaction to all purchasers. Sproat, May 9th, 1891. NOTICE. O. B. Benson, of the Elete photograph gallery, hereby gives notice that he will remain in Nelson but two weeks longer, removing thence to Ainsworth. Nelson, May 23rd, 1891. r'aPj'S m^^i^Mmmmmmms^m^^MSM