��������� Only Paper Frinted in tne Kootenay Lalte Min ing districts. For Kates of Subscription and Advertising See Fourtf* Page. ftUMBEE 6i. ffELSOEF, BEITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBEE 12, 1891. $4 A TEAE. WEST-'KOOTENAY' 'OKE" SPECIMENS. The following is supposed to, be a. correct, list' ���������of the claims in West Kootenay district from which specimens were collected and forwarded ��������� f6r'the pr'ovinciai exhibit at t he Torotit(> exhibi- tion. Duplicate specimens were collected for the provincial museum at Victoria: HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT. Little Phil, 200 ounces silver, GO per cent lead, T. Mc- '������������������"��������� Govern..- ���������"���������.:��������������������������������������������� ���������������������������.���������:'.���������'. ��������� ���������'���������'' Sunlight, 80 ounces silver, 00 per cent lead, .Columbia Mining Company. Catherine, 38 ounces silver, (JO per cent lead, Andy Jardine. Little Donald, 75 ounces silver, GO per cent lead, Davenport & Stevens. United, 30 ounces silver, 00 per eent lead, Revelstoke Mining Company. Number One, 70 to 140 ounces silver, GO per cent lead, Revelstoke Mining Company. Fourth, 150 to 170 ounces silver, G> C. Howe. Crescent, 40 ounces silver, 60 per cent lead, Columbia Mining Company. Neosho, 225 ounces silver, 60 per cent lead, F. H. Coc. Union, 40 to 180 ounces silver, 40 per cent lead, F. L. Fitch. Tenderfoot, 90 ounces silver, 30 per cent lead, R.A.sh- vvorth. Old Timer, 90 ounces silver, 30 per cent lead, R. Ash- worth. Black Chief, 40 ounces silver, 15 per cent lead, Columbia Mining Company. Early Bird, 21 ounces silver, Go per cent lead, Frank Ernest and others. ���������''Tariff, 24 ounces silver, 58 per cent lead, A.'Pelky. Prince of Wales, 27 ounces silver, 50 percent lead, G. B. Nagle. Libby, 50 ounces silver, 05 per cent lead, McCune & Company. ..��������� ��������� ������ Skyline, 300 ounces silver, Go per cent lead, McCtine & Company. Let Her Go Gallagher, sand carbonates, 300 to<500 ounces silver, 65 per cent lead, Wheeler & McCune. ��������� , Ellen, 45 ounces silver, 45 per cent lead, E. Harrup. IIENDRVX'S CAMP. Tarn O'Shanter, 70 to SO ounces! silver, Montreal Mining Company. *"'' Kootenay Chief, 20 ounces silver, 60 per cent lead, Ains- worth & Company. Blue Bell, 20 ounces silver, 60 per cent lead, Kootenay Mining & Smelting Company. GOAT Er.VKR DISTRICT. Alice, 80 ounces silver, 40 per cent lead,'.King .& Hay ward. TOAD MOUNTAIN DISTRICT. Grizzly Bear, 80 ounces silver, 15 per cent copper, Stada- cona Silver-Copper Mining Company. Dandy, 30 to 300 ounces silver, 15 per cent copper, Dandy Mining Company. Iroquois, 70 to 140 ounces silver, J. E. Boss. Whitewater, ������40 gold, Whitewater Mining Company. Snowwater, $40 gold, Davys & Goepel. Royal Canadian, $8 to ������70 gold, Roy & Dalpy. ILLEGIBLE WA'BT DISTRICT. Crown Point, 20 ounces silver, $8 gold, William Wilson. Young Dominion, 20 ounces silver, ������9 gold, J. M. Kellie. Spanish Fly, 20 ounces silver, ������10 gold, Gallop, Jowett & Haig. Ottawa, 150 to 170 ounces silver, 7.1 per cent lead, $10 gold, Walter Scott. Gold Queen, 20 to 288 ounces silver, 71 per cent lead, ������10 gold, Stark & Taylor. Agnes Knox, 194 ounces silver, 71 per cent lead, Sandy McRae. Elizabeth, 139 ounces silver, 71 per cent lead, mrs. W. Scott. Herringback, 94 ounces silver, 70 per cent lead, Hume & Lamey. Coffee, 91 ounces silver, 70 per cent lead, R. F. Green. Iron Ore, 64 ounces silver, 70 per cent lead, D. Woolsey. Round Hill, 20 to 60 ounces silver, 40 per cent lead, captain McCullum. Yosemite, 20 to 60 ounces silver, 40 per cent lead, D. Woolsey. Goat CaAre, 60 to 80 ounces silver, 40 per cent lead, Scott & Chisholm. Jumbo, 60 to 1130 ounces silver, 40 per cent lead, Corbiri & Kennedy. Sanquhar, 70 to 110 ounces silver, 40 per cent lead, Walter Scott. Oak Leaf, 40 to 400 ounces silver, 40 per cent lead, Jowett & Haig. Mayfair, 40 to 400 ounces silver, 40 per cent lead J. G. Boyd. Dunvegan, 70 to 150 ounces silver, 70 per cent lead, Boyd, Bain & Company. Gladstone, 60 to 1100 ounces silver, GO per cent lead, Ken- nedy & McCartney. Crystal, 60 to 80 ounces silver, GO per cent lead, Corbin & Kennedy. Maple Leaf, 60 to 80 ounces silver, 60 per cent lead, A. McKinnon. Homestake, 100 ounces silver, 40 per cent lead, C. Taylor. Blue Bell, 70 ounces silver, 40 per cent lead, Gallop & Green. Sutton, 20 ounces silver, 40' per cent lead, Boyd, Bain & Company. Stague, 70 to 500 ounces silver, 40 per cent lead, Boyd, Bain & Company. Lanark, 60 ounces silver, 40 per cent lead, Selkirk Mining- Company. Whale, "70 to 100 ounces silver, 40 per cent lead, Boyd & McKinnon. COFFJSESTAIN MOUNTAIN CAMP. \ Copper Queen, rich in copper-, J. M. KelliCi PRAIRIE MOUNTAIN CAMP. ': Myrtle, 50 to 100 ounces silver, $160 gold; J. M. Kellie. Pearl, 50 to 100 ounces silvor, $100 gold, G. B. Nagle. SMAIi'fc -..NIJUttETS OF NEWS. At New York, on the 8th, bar silver was quoted at 973c and lead at,$4.55. . , W. C. McLean expects to have the contract for grading Stanley and Vernon streets furnished in 3 weeks. He also has most of the material for the "Vernon street bridge on the ground.' , - '! Hi J. Edson, late proprietor of the Merchants, has left- Nelson, mourned by a number of creditors. He is supposed to have gone to Idaho; but not to Wallace, the town from whence he came to Nelson. The Dandy Mining Company, by its manager, A. M. Esler, was the first subscriber to pay for one of the telephone company's instruments, and Angus Melntyre the :first;man to pay for a message over the company's lines. Articles incorporating the Windermere Mining Company were filed at the auditor's office at Spokane recently. The object of the company is to develop mining claims in British Columbia. The incorporators are George Pike, Glaus Pahl, Charles G. Schrimpf, Charles Uhdeh, and Adolph Hunter. The capital stock is $500,000, divided into 5000 shares at $100 per share. Mr. Fitzstubbs is in Trail Creek district inspecting its trails with a view of improving them. R. Kirk wood will likely be employed as foreman. Dr. Brown, the dentist, will remain in Nelson till Friday. Those needing his services should note the date. A Rustling Steamboat' Agent. F. G. Christie, general agent of the company that owns the steamers Lytton and Nelson, was at kelson today interviewing our business men and urging thorn t(> hurry through '.-orders for winter goods. 0He claims that the boats of^his line will be able to run between Revelstoke and Robson until November 1st, and much later between Robson and Little Dalles. He was'somewhat surprised when he found that our merchants would yet require over half a'million pounds of goods to carry them through until navigation opened in the spring. The Nelson will probably be pulled off the Bonner's Ferry route for a while, there being no business to justify her running. She may be put on later in the season, if goods are shipped that way in bond. In reference to the complaints of Ains- worth merchants, that their goods were not delivered by the railway company to the boat on wliich they wanted them carried, mr. Christie stated that the captain of the Nelson had positive instructions to receive no freight consigned to the Galena, as his company did not wish to interfere with that boat's business. A Wagon Koad Surveyed. / The tunnel on the Grizzly Bear is undercover over 70 feet, and superintendent Robertson reports the work making good progress. His company are getting in supplies and otherwise preparing for the long winter that is not far oft' on Toad mountain at least. This week A. S. Far- j well completed the survey for a wagon road between the Grizzly ground and and the main road from Nelson. It was found that the new road would be 3 miles long and not. a difficult one to build, the grade being easy. There would be no rock work and but 2 bridges, the longest about 60 feet. It is thought that the road would be open fully a month earlier in the spring than the one built this summer on the north slope of the mountain���������the new survey being on the south slope. A B&undrcd-Foot CJray Copper Ledge. Three weeks ago The Miner reported a strike being made on the Lardeaux by a party of prospectors from Revelstoke. The report is confirmed by private letters received at Nelson, The ledge is said to be fully a hundred feet in width and the4 ore gray copper running high in silver. It is also reported that the discoverers want the government to cut a trail to the find, a distance of 2 or 3 miles. ELECTKIC NACIIINKKY FOMt TOAD MOUNTAIN. While it is asserted that electric mining machinery is in successful operation, the facts do not. bear out the assertion. Electric plants have been ordered for several mines, and one or two practical tests have been made, but, so far, the results have not been satisfactory. If the practical tests had been satisfactory an electric drill would today be at work on Toad mountain. A. M. Esler, manager of the Dandy Mining Company, was in Nelson this week, on his regular 'monthly visit. Mr. Esler is also manager of a mine in the Coeur d'Alenes, a country in which0, ���������;��������� mining operations are carried on with the most- approved machinery. An electric plant was put in in one of the mines there, but the drills, while not failures, did not work satisfactorily. The 0 makers of the plant claim they can remedy the defect (heating of the drills), but so far have not. done so, their expert electrician not having put in an appearance, although 2 months have elapsed since the trial was made. The difference in the first cost of the electric over the compressed air drill is not ; much in favor of the former; but there would be a great saving in working them, owing to the substitution of wires for pipes. Mr. Esler yet hopes to have one on the Dandy before winter sets in. He reports that property looking good, the ore in the lower tunnel having improved in the last 3 days. While on the mountain he let a contract: to extend the crosscut 100 feet. That -.tunnel is now in 96 feet, and when extended the 100 feet, its face will be pretty close to the ledge. While the contract price ($11 a foot) is higher than the work has been costing, the contract will probably result in the work being hastened." Kecord Keating. Letters mailed in Yokohama, Japan, on August19th arrived at Queenstown, Ireland, on September 8th���������in less than 20 days. The steamship Empress of Japan made the run froin Yokohama to Vancouver in 10 days 13 hours. A train on the Canadian Pacific fan from Vancouver to Brock ville, Ontario, 2803 .miles, in 77 hours 20 minutes. From Brock ville the mail bags crossed the St. Lawrence on a steamer to Morristown, New York. There the New York Central took them and made the run to New York city, 353 miles, in 6 hours 58 minutes���������an average of 54 miles an hour. In less than an hour after their arrival at the Grand Central depot in New York they were aboard the steamship City of New York. In the run to Queenstown that steamship broke all previous records, making the distance in 5 days 22 hours and 50 minutes. A Second Vein Encountered.'' The tenor of the notices posted on the Silver King ground indicates that the owners of that great property do not care to be troubled with visitors, no-matter whether they are sightseers or mining sharps. Even specimens of peacock copper are' not to be taken from any of the dumps, a violation of the notice subjecting the violator to the dire penalties of-the law. The crosscut from- the bottom of the shaft is again in ore, said to be high-grade, which makes the present vein the second encountered in running the crosscut 50 feet or more. Mr. Hall, one of the owners reports the mine looking good. iOttawa Capitalists Looking for Interests. The recent discoveries on the Salmon, to the southeast of Nelson, are attracting attention. ., This week Thomas Watts, who represents Ottawa capital, arrived at Nelson with a view of taking a look at the lake country, and more particularly the above discoveries, the richness of the ore being the incentive. A half dozen locations have been made in the new camp by Jack Buchanan, Mike Landrigan, 0. M. Gething, William Springer, and R. G. Henderson. 5 *" t '''TO THE MMEE: NELSON, E- 0., 8ATFEDAY, SEPTEMBEE 12, 1891. SlWMILk 00. Yard'������������������: At end of Finnic in Nelson. Mill: Two r.iliies-South of Nelson. 'Manufacture if*** 4P* The mill is now in thorough order And Will Out 20,000 feet a Day. Orders for special-size stulf will receive prompt attention. ��������� ��������� . The Kootenay Lake Saw-mill is always ready for business, Lumber��������� good? bad, and indifferent ��������� on band or made to order. G-. 0. BUCHANAN, Nelson, January loth. >ayw MANUI]ACTUEERS OK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION; PBICE LIST (DELIVERED AT NELSON, ArNSWORTK,. OR BALFOUR). No.' 1 flooring, t inch, per M . . ������32 00 No. 2 " 0 inch, " '27 00 No. I ceiling, 4 -inch, " 32 00 No. 2 *' Hindi, " 27 00 Rustic, " 27 00 Select clear, I)D. " ... ; 40 00 No.] common,!), " 25 00 DD, " .....'. 27 00 Bar and counter tops, dear, per foot. 10 KOI'UEI. No. 1 common, perM S90 00 N0.2 " - :..::::���������::::: 1500 ���������Culls,' " . 12 00 Shingles, . " ,. ��������� 4. 50 Bead, panel, crown, base, etc., etc., per foot 2i@10c Mills at Pilot I5ay, Kootenay JLnJke. S. 0. Spalding, . . . Manager St. F. B*S3ae.R������, Agent aft Nelson. BKKMEK, ������& WATSON, Agents at Ainsworth. FAiTfOllS -IMJKLS.:,.OF ' REVEST- YEARS. '.'"'"Perhaps the most mysterious as well as sensa- ���������;.'. tional duel of 1889, was the killing of the crown prince Rudolph of Austria by count Franz Clam Gallas on the 31st day of January. The duel was fought with pistols in a little piece of woods neai��������� Baden,- at a,bout i o'clock in the eve 11 ing, and the crown prince was mortally wounded at the first fire. His seconds were two brothers-in- law of his antagonist, count Ployos and prince Ooburgy who declared that Clam Gallas was -wholly in tlie wrong- in the, entertaininent of long-range suspicions regarding his sister, while the count was attended bv prince Ferdinand Kiasky and prince Tleiritz.: The dying man was at once taken to castle Meyeiling, a short dls-- tauce oif, whei/e he expired before 9 o'clock. A dozen roumntie stories have been concocted concerning the taking ..off of Rudolph, in -which assassination, suicide or, double suicide (of the 'crown' prince; and countess Clam Gallas), have been vvorked- up into heroic chapters. All of these! latter are untrue, however. That the countess Clam Gallas took her own life after she had been advised of the death of the crown prince is generally believed throughout Austria. A ferocious duel was fought with swords at Piedad, near" the City of Mexico, August 4th, 1891, by colonel Francisco Nevoa and Manuel Blanco of the army. The former had general Flores and colonel Rodrigo Valdes for seconds, and Blanco was attended by don Francisco Romero, a famous duelist and a government officer, and don Antonio "Vovar, a deputy and the author of the Mexican dueling code. The "meeting..took place early in the /morning, and although president Diaz attempted to check it, there were 10 rounds or assaults. Blanco was desperately wounded in the wrist, arm, and throat, and; at last was laid out by a thrust through the liver. Nevoa was slightly wounded 4: times.; .''''. ,: '���������'.' .',.'",- May 9th, 1888, James Milbank, an Englishman, and count von Be'irlan- a German, quarreled in Paris over a fair American -.girl.; named Brown, and in the duel which followed the count was killed at the first tire. Baron-, 'von Beulan, a brothei' of the deceased, met Milbank,.July 5th, 1891, in a restaura.ut on the boulevard des Ital- iens and publicly insulted him. This led to another duel, and Milbank and the baron met in the Bois de Boulogne at daylight, on the 7th, and at the first fire the latter fell dead. A desperate duel was fought one day in August, 1886, by 2 girls, about 18 years of age���������sen- orit'as Espinosa and Moreno, employed at the tobacco..-factory- in Seville���������that 'workshop' in front of which the. first act of the opera ''Carmen" is supposed to eventuate. Their seconds were men, who furnished each girl with a'dirk, after'.w'hich they were blindfolded and placed in an unlighted room for half an 'hour and commanded to "fight!" Then the room was locked and the seconds joined the other employees at dinner, after which they opened the doors and found both girls alive, but mortally, wounded. One of the combatants was cut in ,27 different places and was bleeding to death, while the other received severe wounds in 10, and fatal ones in 2 places. The 2 seconds attempted to escape, but.were arrested and sent to prison for 6 months. The girls never spoke after the d(>or was opened, but one of them lived in great agony for several hours. Near Madrid, December 10th, 1890, Captains Romero and Murillo fought with sabres, and both were frightfully injured and maimed for life. Subsequently the principals and their seconds (all officers) were -arrested, and the'.former were dismissed from the army and the latter fined. One of the latter, after paying his fine, challenged the magistrate who fined him, who accepted and received 3 wounds. He again fined the officer, and was again challenged and fought, with pistols, killing the officer at first shot. Quite as good a little, story is that in which, at an aristocratic party in Vienna, a lady dropped a bouquet -and a gentleman following in a waltz kicked it to one side so that it would not be stepped upon, and was challenged and wounded by the escortof the lady who dropped the flowTers, and was afterward nursed by and married to the lacly herself. This is an actual fact. But more humorous than the above is the following: July 7th, 1890, two acrobats belonging to a traveling circus outside of Paris fought a duel in the; ring immediately after the night performance. They fired at each other once, at 25 paces, with revolvers, with no effect. Then .; their seconds declared that satisfaction was complete, and nearly all the spectators quitted the arena Two trained monkeys, however, picked up the weapons and blazed away at each other, andJioth fell dead. In Russian Poland lately a lady became her own champion by fighting a duel with a man , who had spoken disrespectfully to her, although he had previously offered her "his hand and had been refused. Stung by her.--.rejection, he persisted iii maligning her, until she* resolved to put a stop to it by fighting him. Gentlemen by ..;' the score offered to "horsevyhip the calumniator, ;but she declined to permit them. She sent a male friend with a challenge, which was accepted,, and re vol vers were named as the weapons, distance 25 paces; The belligerents met "arid exchanged one shot, and then the' matter was settled by the seconds, although the lady could hardly be restrained from firing again. But the cuhninator apologized fully, praised her gallantry, confessed himself her .'slave, .���������and..promised never again to speak slight- ingly of a woman, be she good or bad. July:19th, 1889, near the avenue St. Germain, at Puteaux, France, uidlles. Zelle Picot arid Marie Voisin met with swords and had a fierce encounter, which'was 'terminated by mdlle. Picot, ..after' being hard pressed, falling into a well, which gave the commissary "of police an opportunity of. lodging a double complaint ��������� one against the young woman for '..dueling and another against the; proprietor of the ground for not maintaining' a. guard around the mouth of the well. [The above"may be" true as regards all the duels except the first. If is now a generally accepted fact that the crown prince of Austria was not killed in a duel, but killed by his own hand. The San Francisco Examiner and the London Times, of the 3rd instant, both publish full particulars of the scandal and/tragedy that resulted in the death of the prince and his young mistress,''baroness Marie de Vetsera. It is even hinted that the cause of the double suicide was the fact t baton the day before, the tragedy the prince had a long and stormy interview withhis .father, in-which the latter implored his son to break off at once the connection with his mistress on the ground of tin-1 doubt that existed as to the paternity of the girl, her mother being the heroine of numerous. Masons.and' adventures and her- name'being for years associated with that of the emperor-himself. When found the crown prince was lying on a bed with his skull shattered by a bullet, and the girl crouched in her night dress on the floor in.one-corner of the room with a bullet through her head.���������Editor Miner.] Will contract for the erection of .stores, hotels, dwellings bridges, etc., and guarantee work finished on time. s:e^so:dt:e]':d lttzmliibieir, always on hand for store fittings, desks, tables, etc. Undertaking attended to. Shop; Cor. Baker and Josephine Sts. r (Successors to It. J. Hilts & Co.) Contractors and Builders, SEASONED LUIV1BER always on hand for store fittings, desks, tables/etc. Will contract to erect all kinds of buildings and guarantee satisfaction. Shop : corner Josephine and Bluff sts. i THE MINEB: NELSON, B. 0., SATUEDAY, SEPTEMBEE 12, 1891. 3 George C. Hunt X Dover Josephine Street, Nelson, B.C. Manufacturing Jewelers DEALERS IN < DIAMONDS SILVERWARE CLOGKb CHRONO AND ALL FINE WATCHES Carefully Repjiircd and Satisfaction Guaranteed, and All Orders by Mail FroMiptlj Atkinh'd to. No, 1 Houston & Ink Building, Josephine Street. Branch Store at Donald, B. 0. Posloflice ; Store,- Nelson, BJ. C. AND G-ENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. ALSO, FULL LINES OF ATE'NT Toilet- Articles and Stationery. 3 AT WHOLESALE TAIL NELSON, B.C. are now settled in their new store, No. 2 Houston'& Ink building, and have on display.a full range of Plain and Fancy Worsted Suitings, and Scotch and Irish Tweeds and Serges. PRICES TO SUITTHE TIMES BALFOUR, B. C. Wholesale,' Retail, and Commission Merchant, Dry G-oods and Groceries. FIVE PER CENT DISCOUNT will be allowed on all retail CASH purchases, of over ������5, on any line of goods. Liberal discounts on CASH wholesale orders. ; CANADA'S .JDITIES AND TOW3IS., ��������� } The following table gives the population of all the cities and towns in Canada haying more than 3000 people, also their population in 1881: 1891..''' '���������'��������� 1881.' Montreal ...,..........:............. 216,655 156,237 Toronto.................. ,:.......... 181,220 96,196 Quebec................:...: .. 63,090 . ':; 62,446 Hamilton.. ...v....;.................. ',��������� 48,980 35,960 Ottawa............,....:............. 44,154 31,307 St. John .......:...;...: 39,179 41,353 Halifax -..................,... .......... 38,556 36,100 London ..,....: ................... 31,977 26,266 Winnipeg^ ................ .,...'.,....... 25,642 7,985 Kingston ...................."..-....... 19,264 14,091 Victoria.. 16,841 5,925 Vancouver ; .:.... 13,685 None St. Henri.......... 13,415 6,415 Brantford.................... i........ 12,753 9,616 Charlottetown .....;:............. 11,374 11,485 Hull 11,265 6,890 Guelph....... ..:......,.....,. 10,539 9,890 St. Thomas r............. 10,370 8,367 Windsor...... ......;.. ..v......... 10,322 6,561 Sherbrooke .............:.....,....... 10,110 7,227 Belleville .;...............,. ,...;.... 9,914 9,516 Peterborough :.-.., 9,717 6,812 Stratford ; 9,510 8,239 Ste. Cunegonde. /:.... 9,293 . 4,849 St. Catharines 9,170 9,631 Chatham ...............:............. 9,052 7,873 Brockville .................... ...... 8,793 7,609 Moncton.............: 8,765 5,032 Woodstock, Ontario...............������... 8,612 5,373 Three Rivers ......................... / 8,334 8,670 Gait 7,535 5,187 Owen Sound :..... <,..."..:............ 7,497 4,426 Berlin ..,..<..... ...;....:. 7,425 4,054 Levis............. 7,301 7,597 St. Hyacinthe ...., 7,016 5,321 Cornwall.. , .; 6,805 4,468 Sarnia ...'.;,.������..-;.............:........ 6,693 3,874 Sorel 6,669 5,791 New Westminster ......... ......... 6,641 1,500 Fredericton.......................... 6,502 6,218 Dartmouth 6,249 3,786, Yarmouth 6,0S9 3,485 Lindsay : 6,081 ffl 5,089 Barrie ....: 5,550 4,854 Valleyfield 5,516 3,906 Truro.......................... 5,102 3,461 Port Hope ...... .................. 5,042 5,581 CollingwOod ...............:......,.... 4,940 4,445 Coburg ...;....'...;.........,........ 4,829 4,957 Springhill, Nova Scotia 4,831 -, 900 Orillia ....................:,.... ..... 4,752 2,911 St. John's.'..,.................. ';. 4,772 4,314 Nanaimo.....'.' 4,595 1,654 Carleton, New Bruriswick 4,415 1,975 Pembroke .... . 4,501 2,820 Trenton V. 4,364 3,042 Petrolea .. !������������������ 4,357 3,465 Ingersoll 4,191 4,318 Fraserville 4,175 , 2,291 Oshawa.......... 4,066 3,922 Lunenburg . 4,044 1,750 Calgary 3,S76 None Smith's Falls 3,864 2,087 Goderich ;"............. 3,839 4,564 New Glasgow. ., 3,777 2,595 Amherst 3,781 2,274 Brandon. 3,788 None Lachine 3,761 2,406 Gananoque 3,669 2,871 Lauzon 3,551 3,556 Dundas 3,546 3,709 Mill End Village 3,537 1,537 St. Mary's 3,416 3,415 Napanee 3,434 3,680 Joliette .....:...... 3,347 3,26S Bowmanville .'..-. 3,377 . 3,504 Portage la Prairie 3,363 None Niagara Falls .... 3,349 2,347 Deseronto 3,338 1,670 Arnprior.. ....... 3,341 2,147 Strathroy... 3,316 3,817 Woodstock, New Brunswick . 3,290 2,487 Picton, Ontario. 3,287 2,975 Brampton 3,252 2,920 Perth.; ���������'..' 3,136 2,467 Cote St. Antoine ...:.... 3,076 8S4 How to Kiss Graeef silly. It is quite out of fashion to struggle and say: "Oh, now, you stop!" when you are going to be kissed, writes Clara Belle. Presumably, if you don't intend to allow yourself to be kissed, your manner will not. suggest the notion of kissing you to the man. Few men will try to kiss a girl unless there is a chance for success. Besides struggling musses your hair and crumples your laces and breaks the flowers you wear, and leaves any number of traces by which girls can tell just what has happened. It's much prettier to just pretend the last minute that you don't know what is going to happen. In this case you never lose the kiss, as you may if you do the "struggle" act, and it is much more satisfactory than a kiss after a struggle or during astruggle. You can be awfully "surprised" and gasp "Oh! ���������how���������how dare you," and clasp you hands over your face and say "Go away" when he tries to soothe you, and "I will never speak to you again," and "I hate you," and all that. It is just as effective as before the kiss, and just as pretty and all that, and it does not muss your hair so much. The proud and haughty method is very satisfactory if you choose the right man. Yoii should let the "cold moon" shine full upon your face, and with your lips "curling scornfully," you say: "You would not dare," and look him steadily and scornfully in the eye. You must be sure to choose a man who will not be scared to death at this and wish himself at home. The right sort of a man will grab you instantly. Then you can do the "contrast" act, which is very effective, turn meek and mild and "half timid" or do the tragedy queen business and leave the gentle act for later. Now all men don't go in for "taming" girls, and all men don't go in for catching the coquette, and all don't fancy teaching and encouraging shy girls. The trouble with most shy girls is they adopt their method and stick to it right through. You should always change your method with your man. A Thousand Miles on Horseback. A man named Brown, who hails from u^ar Portland, Oregon, drove 100 head of horses all the way from Oregon to the Hagwilghet valley, near the headwaters of the Skeena river. The animals were sold to the Indians and brought high prices. He was accompanied by his wife, who rode the whole distance (over a thousand miles of wild country) on horseback. Brown reports having passed through some beautiful valleys, suitable for farming and stock raising. He left Oregon early in May and reached Hagwilghet valley in July. Acted Wisely in Changing Her Name. A lady in St. Catherines, Ontario, whose relatives in England reside near those of the family of Birchall, who was executed in Woodstock last fall for the murder of Ben well, has received a letter in which it is stated that mrs. Birchall was married there within 6 weeks after her arrival home from Canada. . F. Teetzel & Co. DEALERS IN OIHIIEIMIIO^-I^S-, PATENT MEDICINES, TOILET ARTICLES, ETC. WHOLESALE I&EALEKS IN CIGA'KS. RAYMOND SEWING MACHINES IN STOCK. Coi\ East Baker and Ward. Streets. AND CHOICE TOILET AETICLES AND PATENT MEDICINES AT Dr. Arthur's Medical Hall Corner Stanley and Bluff Streets. A Specially Fine Assortment of Flavoring Essences insr stock. S? 'i/'" JssssmmBSBS^aB^ssmsmim. m^mimwvwjwmtmmsmmmasfGBSi THE MINEK: NELSON. B. 0., SATHEDAY, SEPTEMBEE 12, 1891. / The Minek is, printed on Saturdays, and will be ���������mailed to subscribers at the following cash-in-advance rates: Three moiiths $1.50, six months ������2.50, one year $4. Contract Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of ������3 an inch (down the column) per month. A v special rate for advertisements.of over 2 inches. Transient Advertisements will be, inserted for 15 cents a line for the,-first insertion and 7 cents a line 1 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 must be paid for in advance. Advertisements of less than 12 lines will be .counted as 12 lines. ': ".'... Birth .Notices free ik weigjht, of child is given; if ."-.'���������weight is not given..-������1 will be charged. Marriage announcements .will..be charged from ������1 to $10��������� accord- ing to the social .standing of the bridegroom. Job ���������Printing in '���������good style at fair .-���������rates. Cards, envelopes,; and letter, note, and account papers kept in stock. .���������'. .;.;���������''., Letters vro the -'Editor' will only appear over the writer's name. Communications with such signatures as "Old,.'Subscriber," "Veritas," "Citizen," etc., etc., will npt be printedjjii anyconsideration. Address all Letters : The Miner,. Nelson, B. G. EJ>BTOBMAL KKHIAKKS. It cannot be^ain'sayed that the recent census ��������� I' ' "���������������������������.. ' : .. ������������������ " ��������� of Canada was disappointing, and especially so to the native-born .Canadians���������a people that cannot; be cliarged with lack of self-reliance, whatever their other shortcomings. They can-' not understand why it is that thousands of im- inigi-ants land on our shores every-year and so few of. them remain to become identified with the,country; thev cannot understand why thous- and's of young Canadians, emigrate to the United States as soon as they reach their .majority-, and why so few of these young emigrants return dissatisfied with the republic and its institutions. Some attribute it to one cause and some to another. Some attach all the blame to the National Policy, claiming that it is paralyzing .and pauperizing the country; yet they cannot explain why it is that the. people who leave Canada emigrate to a country where the protective systern isvsti'()ngly eiifrenched.������ Some attach the blame to the rigorous climate; yet the climate of Canada is equally as salubrious as that of the states and territories of the republic whose populations are largely made up of Canadians.' ���������While the above-mentioned causes may have some effect, yet their influence is certainly small. In the older provinces, as in the older New England states, the young men long for the opportunity to get away from irksome duties or labors, for which they receive small compensation. This longing, coupled with the desire to see. the world, takes them to the western states; states whose areas are large and whose natural resources are of grea.t variety, and whose people, speaking the same language, are not en- tirelv st rangers to them. These together with the fact that wages are generally 25 per cent higher in the United States than in Canada, are the main reasons why our population has not increased as rapidly as it should. As it is with the native-born Canadians, so it is with the immiT grants who land .on our shores. Tliey soon learn that the eldorado they hoped to find by crossing the Atlantic is farther on, and they go farther on; but always in the same direction ���������to the south. Then, in regard to immigrants, it is difficult to determine the final destination of those who land at Canadian ports, thousands of them merely being en transit to the United States. Instead of crediting Canada with S50,- 000 immigrants in the last 10 years, one-half that number would be nearer the total of those who landed intending to make Canada their home. Then, again, may not the system of government prevailing in Canada have something to do with the emigration of the native- born element? The average young man likes to take part in governmental affairs; likes to vote, to hold office, and be a power in the land. In Canada he can vote once in a while for a member of parliament or a member of the local legislature or a member of a town or township council; but he has no voice in the selection of the thousand arid one executive officials. But once in the United States and naturalized, he can vote early and often, hold office, and wield an influence that often is a power in the state of his adoption. Low wages, a narrow home restraint, and political restriction have more to do with the smallness of the increase of our population than the National Policy and the rigorous .climate. ���������'\'v: ' ..������������������������������������. : ������������������ ,.'''���������'���������' The latest reports 'from Ottawa are that Lan- gevin, the boodling minister of public works, has asked that his resignation be accepted. Of course it will be accepted, with profuse regrets, by premier Abbott. Thus are the people educated to condone official dishonesty. If inr. Langevin had been suspended from office during the investigation of tlie charges made against him,' and. promptly arrested as soon as the charges were'..substantiated, the people would in time belie ve that t he laws are in tended for the ���������official thief as well as for .the't;private citizen who filches property that does not belong to him. The "Vancouver World, in announcing the fact that the Canadian Pacific steamship Empress of Japan lowered her former record in crossing the Pacific ocean, says the "noble vessel" steamed through the narrows at Vancouver at the rate of about 15'knots an hour. The "noble vessel" made that record only to land on our shores 27 saloon passengers, 16 second-class passengers, and 237 Chinese in the, steerage. A "noble" enterprise indeed���������peopling our province with heathen Chinese. ___ Governor Colcord of Nevada warns people against rushing to the newly-boomed Pine Nut mining district in his state. To begin with, the ground'in the vicinity of the original discoveries has all been staked out, and there is nothing yet to prove that there is gold under these locations. There are still plenty of .-'men to rush to new diggings on small provocation. The Pine Nut district is not so remote-as to make its prospecting a great under-taking, and hopeful miners may not starve there, but many may leave places where they are doing fairly well on a wild goose chase. . Jj. Jjj. JuJ-jJuXiO, X . VJ INING ENGINEER AND CHEMIST, Author of "Practical Organic Analysis," the "Iron Ores of the World," etc.; expert in the "Bluebird Mining Suit" (Butte City); NELSOX, 15. ���������. Will examine and report on, or superintend the development of, mining properties in West Kootenay; advises on the treatment of ores, and furnishes specifications of mining, milling, and smelting plants. ASSAY ���������BIAIUJB<:S : Gold, silver, or lead, $1.50 each. Gold and silver, or lead and silver, $2. Copper, $2.50. Silver and copper, $3. Gold, silver, and lead, $3. Gold, silver, and copper, ������4 ; and so on. Physician, Surgeon, and Accoucheur, Office: Stanley Street. Barrister at Law, Solicitor, Notary Public, Etc. Office, Victoria street, Kamloops, B. C. (A. M. Can. Soc. C. E.) CIVIL ENGINEEE AND AECJHITECT, TOLSON BVIJLBMtffi &EJLS������N, IS. C. W. j. WILSON. W.PERDUB. & P PROPRIETORS OF . ..AT. NELSON AND AINSVOETH. Will contract to supply mining companies and,steamboats with fresh meats, and deliver same at any mine or landing in the Kootenay Lake country. D STABLING \ AT NELSON, where saddle and pack animals can always be hired, and teams obtained for job teaming. ��������� MAEZE: COITTEACTS with merchants for hauling freight to or from railroad depot and steamboat wharf. NELSON OEFICE AND MARKET, PROPRIETOR OF THE RAL and stabl: JVear Corner East Vernon ami Mall Streets, .'NELSON, B.-'Q. -���������'-V.���������������������������-������������������ Will undertake any work or contract in which pack animals or teams can be used. Will furnish SADDLE AND PACK ANIMALS to parties Who wish to examine mines and claims in Toad Mountain district. WILL 0ONTEACT TO CAEEY PASSENGEES and baggage to and from hotels ; also, freight . lo and from steamboat wharves and . railway depots. CONTRACT TO GRADE LOTS IN NELSON, Stove and Cord wood for Sale. Just arrived at Robson's bakery a car-load of Ogilvie flour. To, insure ready sale, it will be offered at a;low price. For sale at bakery on Bluff street and at Robson's store on West Baker street. T. PIONEER PAINTER AND DECORATOR. Address : Nelson Hotel. Plasterers and Bricklayers Win Contract for all Kinds of Work. Materials furnished and estimates given on application. Agents for the sale of LIME. Address all communications to Nelson, B. C. ��������� '.���������������'< (j .'.i ������������������'. i.-W.H7&*.-XI- ?7!^i^^^1T^^^^ mmmw^^w^mmmmm^^^^^^^^^^^^^m^^^^m THE MINEK: NELSON, B. 0., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1891. 5 Dealers in Dry G-oods, G-roceriesv Provisions, Canned G^ The stock is full and comnlete in every Department, and the public will find it to their advantage to call and inspect Goods and compare Prices, ������������������v-:v Main Street, REVELSTOKE. 9 and 11 East Vernon Street, NELSON JtfilttKKAL CLAIMS RK&OKBftBI) A$l������ TKANSFERREO AT NELSON, TOAD MOUNTAIN DISTRICT. Friday, September 4th.���������The Acme, situate on Willow mountain about 15. miles in a southerly direction from the town of Nelson and about 5 miles east from Salmon river; John Buchanan and William Springer locators. .The. Noonday, an extension of the Acme; Michael Landrigan locator. The Red Cliff, situate on Willow mountain and about i mile southeast of the Acme; It. G. Henderson locator. The Pay Rock, situate on Willow mountain and parallel with and about 500 feet distant from the center line of the Acme;CM. Gething locator. Saturday, September 5th.���������The Crown Point, situate on the north side of Kootenay river opposite the mouth of 49 creek and about 2 miles from said river, being a northwest extension of the Jersey Lily; John McKiiion locator. The Caledonia, situate on the north side of Kootenay river opposite the mouth of 49 creek and about ��������� 2 miles from said river, being the northerly extension of the Peterboro: John McKinon locator. The Sunset, situate about 10 miles northeast of the town of Nelson on the north side of the west arm of Kootenay lake about 3 miles from said arm; William Chase, Joseph Whaleh, and John Lawrence locators. Monday, September 7th.���������The Louisa, situate on the north slope of Toad mountain, about li miles west from the Silver King and adjoining the west end lines of the mineral claims Gem and Last Chance; It. K. Evans locator. The Peterborough, situate 10 miles below town of Nelson and about 14 miles north of railroad track; William Moore and William Graham locators. The Empress, situate on Toad Mountain, about one mile southeasterly from the Silver King; John R. Cook and Nathan Lay locators. Friday, September ll.tli.���������The Monitor, situate on the north side of the west arm of Kootenay lake about 2 miles back from said arm and about 10 miles from the town of Nelson; Isaac Holden locator. The Pomiiiioia Voters' List. To the Editor of The Miner: The Karri- loops Sentinel reports an interview with mr. justice Walketn anent the Dominion voters'list. The judge intimates that he has received very little assistance in the work of making up the list. Lest those who have requested me to send their names should think that I have neglected to do so, I wish to say through The Miner that I have sent to the judge all the names of which X could get track as heing eligible. I have no doubt that many are yet overlooked. I understood the judge to say, that before finally closing the list he would hold a court of revision in Nelson, and that he would add the names of belated applicants; also that foreigners desiring naturalization could be accommodated at the same time. The elevation of the member for our district to the gubernatorial chair* or to the cabinet, or the dissolution of parliament���������all of which are probabilities���������would bring on an election in the district. In which event (unless, of course, the election should be run, as it was last winter, by the returning officer alone) any public-spirited citizen would regard the right to vote as better than $'10 in his pocket. Notice of the date of the session of the court of final revision will, I suppose, be given through all the local papers. G. O. Buchanan. Nelson, September 10th. Fine Potatoes. The Miner has all along contended that there are many small areas of land in the lake country on which vegetables could be grown, and its contentions are frequently backed up by the actual vegetables. G. H. Andrews, who is engaged in prospecting and doing assess ment work on claims near Nelson, puts in his spare time gardening. This spring he planted a small patch of ground, near the railway depot, in potatoes. The result of his labor is as fine a lot of Early Roses as was ever exhibited in any country, many of them weighing over a pound, and one fine specimen weighing 26 ounces. B NOTARY PUBLIC. REAL ESTATE 'AND MINES CONVEYANCING. Town lots, lands, and mining claims handled on bom- mission. Conveyancing documents drawn up. Correspondence solicited. Office: No. 13 East Baker Street, NELSON, B. 0. Hamber, Tnynne, and Henshaw, Real Estate, Mining Brokers, AND Insurance Agents. Water Street, VANCOUVER. West Baker Street, NELSON. Estate Corner Kjiker and Stanley Streets, MEX&ON, B. C. FOR NON-RESIDENTS A SPECIALTY. RExWS ���������OLLE���������TKD. DEISTS ���������OLLEi'TEI& John Houston. Charles H. Ink. Houston & Ink, BUY AND SELL Town Lots and Mineral Claims, ON COMMBSSIOK. Have now for sale 2 of the best hotels in Nelson ; choice Baker street corner and Vernon street inside lots ; lots in Ainsworth; and mineral claims in Toad Mountain district. Office in Miner Brailding, Nelson, B. ���������. Canadian Pacific Eailway OUE NATIONAL HIGH WAT. Through Passenger Service from Ocean to Ocean. LOWEST FARES TO ALL POINTS To secure quick despatch and lowest freight rates Kootenay Lake Shippers will be consulting their own interests by shipping by the The Columbia & Kootenay Steam Navigation Company's S.f.csiiiier .JLYTTOUT leaves Robson for Revelstoke on Tuesdays and Saturdays on arrival of trains from Nelson, and makes close connections at Revelstoke with trains for VANCOUVER, g rGVE03STTi?;E!^.xJ:, * f TOROITTO, ST: PAUL, OBEIOAG-CV AND ALL POINTS EAST. NEW WESTMINSTER, VICTORIA, o 1-3 < 1; 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'l Fr't& Pas'r Ag't. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Vancouver, B. C. Landscape Photographers, WEST BAKER STREET, NELSON. Views of Nelson and all the most interesting scenery in British Columbia. Dealers in Steel Engravings, Etchings, Photo- Gravrires, Archotypes, etc. Picture Mats and all kinds of Framing done to order. To the Merchants of the of the Kootenay Lake Country, and others whom it may Concern and Interest: My stock of sample goods, consisting of the following lines, is now open for inspection, and I am prepared to receive orders for any amount. Fine clothing of all sorts, (under- and over-), boots, hats, (over 100 different, including men's, boys', and girls'), towels, ties, braces, blankets, carpets, mats, needles, thread, cotton, buttons, etc. Prices will be quoted to merchants f. o. b. at the nearest wharf, thus saving them all trouble with custom or freight agents, and so forth. Special inducements for cash payments on large orders. Call and see the stock before ordering your fall supplies, and I think you will be pleased. A small stock also on sale to retail customers. CHARLES WESTLV BUSK, Balfour, B. C. >,1 F^r^W���������^7s!FF?^^ Tr^fT^, '. '1 ,-y r, t vi ��������������� ._���������>',' jr"1"^ -,'���������.������������������' .'JEBfiB^ilTOfeM^MM^M^^ 6 qp *.'J THE MINER: ; NELSON, B. 0., SATUED -A...V- -CX J- , SEPTEMBER 12, 1891. TIMBER LEASES. Notice is hereby given that 30 days after date we intend, to make application to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to lease the following described tracts of land.for lumbering purposes: Commencing at a pointy across the Lardeaux river, opposite a post on the west side where the trail and river meet, about 18 miles from the mouth at Kootenay lake, thence south along the river from said point 2 miles* more or less to the end of the timber, thence east 20 "'chains more or less to the mountain, thence north and vvesl in a lawful manner along the side about 4 miles, thence west 40 chains"���������more or less to the river, thence along the river 2 miles more or less to place of commencement. Also commencing at a post on the trail about:( of a mile .down the river from the first large creek, called '-'Cascade.creek';'' thence west 20 chains more or less to the-mountain, thence along the -mountain north and west, iii a lawful manner, about 2k''miles, thence east 40 chains hi ore "or less, to the river, thence south along the river to place of commencement. Also commencing at a point-1, mile down the river from Cascade creek, thence west 20 chains more or less to the mountain, thence south ��������� 40. .chains,' thence east 20 chains, thence south 20,chains, thence east 20 chains 'more or less to the river, thence northoastalong the river to place-of commencement. JOSHUA DA VIES. PilotiHay, August 21st, 1801. W. P. SAYVV'ARD. Notice is hereby given that 30 days after date we intend to.make application to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to lease the following tract of land for lumbering purposes: Commencing at a post near a ������small creek and the Lardeau trail, about ������ or ������ of a mile from the river, through the trail, thence west 40 chains, more or less to the mountain, thence north 40 chains, thence west 20 chains, thence north 40 chains more or less to the river, thence along the river southeast to a point due east from the starting point, thence west 40 chains more or less to place of commencement. JOSHUA -DAVIES. Pilot Bay, August 20th, 1891. W. P. SAY WARD. Notice is hereby given that GO days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to lease the following tract of land for lumbering purposes: Commencing at a point on the Lardeaux trail, near mountain, GO chains north of the north line of " the Columbia & Kootenay railway'block No. 9, thence east 120 chains more or less to G.O. Buchanan's limit, thence north SO chains, thence west 20 chains, thence north SO chains, thence west 20 chains, thence north 80 chains, ' thence west 20 chains, thence north 80. chains, thence west 20 chains, thence north 80 chains, thence west 20 chains, thence north SO chains, thence west 20 chains, tlience north 80 chains, thence west 120 chains, thence south 80 chains, thence east 20 chains, thence south 80 chains, thence east 20 chains, thence south 80 chains, thence east 20 chains, thence south 80 chains, thence east 20 chains, thence south 80 /chains, thence east 20 chains, thence south 80 chains, thence east 20 chains, thence south 80 chains, thence east 120 chains to place of commencement containing 6000 acres ���������' more .or less.' W. J. MAC AULA Y. \ Nelson, B.C., July 20th, 1891. Notice is hereby given that 60 clays after date I intend to apply to the Chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the the following tract of land for lumbering purposes: Commencing at a post on Lardeaux trail near Summit creek, thence south 160 chains, thence west SO chains, thence north 40 chains, thence west 80 chains, thence north 40 chains, thence west 80 chains, thence north 3 miles to Lardeaux river, thence 3 miles along bank of the river, thence south 2A- miles to place of commencement; containing 7000 acres more or less. Nelson, B. C, July 23rd, 1891. W. J. MACAULA Y. Notice is hereby given that 60 days after date we intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works to lease for lumbering purposes the following tract of land : .Commencing at a post on the east bank of the Duncan river, about ? of a mile above the big flood-wood jam, thence south about 40 chains, thence east 30 chains, thence north 45 or 50 chains, thence west 30 chains, thence south to place of commencement; containing 130 acres more or less. , JOSHUA DA VIES, W. P. SAY WARD. Pilot Bay, Kootenay Lake, B. C, August 8th, 1891. Notice is hereby given that 60 days after date we intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works to lease for lumbering purposes the following tract of land : Commencing at a post on the east side of Duncan river near a mountain, and about 2h miles south of the east fork near a small creek, called Bear creek, thence south along the mountain 100 chains more or less, to end of timber, thence west 20 chains, thence north 10 chains, thence west 20 chains, thence north 40 chains, thence west 10 chains, thence north 30 chains more or less to the river, thence along the river to place of commencement; containing 260 acres more or less. JOSHUA DAVIES, W. P. SAY WARD. Pilot Bay, Kootenay Lake, B. C, August 10th, 1891. Notice is hereby given that GO days after date we intend to apply tothc chief commissioner of lands and works to lease for lumbering purposes the following tract of land: Commencing at a squared tree at the foot of a mountain, on the east side of Duncan river, about 3.!- miles south of the east fork, thence west 10 chains, thenodsouth 20 chains, thence west 15 chains, thence south 20 chains, thence east 20 chains, thence south 10 chains, thence east 20 chains more or less to the mountain, thence north along mountain to place of commencement; containing 1(50 acres more or less. JOSHUA DAVIES, W. P. SAY WARD. Pilot Bay, Kootenay Lake, B. C, August 10th, 1891. Notice is hereby given that 30 clays after date we intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to lease the following described tract of land chains; thence west 120 chains, more or less, to meadow lands; thence north 30 chains; thence west 20 chains; thence north 30 chains; thence east 40 chains; thence north 20 chains, more or less, to the section line of 35 and 2 of the Kootenay Valley Land Company's survey; thence east along the foot of high banks and .boundary of said company's lands 120 chains, more or less, to a point clue north of initial post; thence south 20 chains to said post at place of commencement, i - DAVIES-SAYWARD CO. Pilot Bay, July 1st,.1891. ' per J. C. H, Notice is hereby given that 60 clays after date we intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works to lease for. lumbering purposes the following tract of land : Commencing at a point about J of a mile"up the Duncan river.from the mout h of East Fork on the east side of river, thence northwest along said river 2 miles more or less to end of timber, thence north 10 chains more or less to the mountain, thence east and north along the/mountain 2 miles more or less, thence west 40 .'chains"more or less to the river and place of commencement; containing 600 acres more or less. , 0 .. JOSH UA DAVIES, W. P. SAY WARD, Pilot Bay, Kootenay Lake, B..C, August 12th, 1891. ���������-" Notice is hereby given that,60 days after date we intend ��������� to.apply-to,the chief commissioner of lands and works to lease for lumbering purposes the following 'tract ..of land-: Commencing at the mouth of the east fork"of the Duncan river, thence south along.bank of river about 2 miles more or less to end of timber, thence north and west along the .'mountain' about 5 miles, thence east to the river 20 chains inore or less, thence south along to place of commencement as per map ; containing 1060 acres more or less. JOSHUA DAVIES, W. P. SAY WARD. Pilot Bay, Kootenay Lake, B. C, August 12th, 1891. Notice is hereby given that 60: days after date Ave intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works to lease for lumbering purposes the. following tract of land : Commencing at a squared tree at the mouth of the stream called East Fork of the Duncan river, thence east 20chains, ���������thence south 40 chains, thence,east 10 chains, thence south 60 chains, thence east 10 chains, thence south 40 chains, thence east 20 chains more orjes's to-the'mountain, thence south along the mountain 40 chains more or less to end of timber, thence west 20 chains more or less to the river, thence north along the said river and timber to place of commencement as per map; containing 560 acres more or less. '"JOSHUA DAVIES, W.KSAYWARD. Pilot Bay, Kootenay Lake, B. C"., August 12th, 1891. LAND NOTICES. Notice is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following tract of land: Commencing at a post marked J. L. R., about 2 miles south of Ivaslo creek, Kootenay lake, and about 200 feet south of a small creek there situate, thence west 40 chains, thence north 40 chains/thence east 40 chains, tlience south following the shores of the lake to the initial post; containing 320 acres more or less. JOHN L. RETALLACK. Ainsworth, B. C, August 16th, 1891. : Notice is hereby given that 60 days after date we intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase the following tract of land: Commencing at a post on the lake shore on. the north side of Schroder creek, Kootenay lake, thence northwesterly along lake shore 20 chains, tlience south 20 chains, thence west 20 chains, thence south 40 chains, thence east to lake shore, thence following lake shore to point of commencement. J. C. HOOKER, GEORGE G. BUSHBY. Ainsworth, B. C., August 18th, 1891. Notice is hereby given that 60 days after date we intend to apply to the- chief commissioner of lands and works for leave to purchase a tract of land as follows: Beginning at a post, marked N. W. corner post, on the west shore of Kootenay lake about S miles south of the Lardeaux river, and about A a mile north of the mouth of Schroder creek, thence running south 40 chains, thence east to lake shore, thence following lake shore to initial post; containing 160 acres more or less. , JOHN A. WATSON, Ainsworth, August 18th. JOHN A. WHITTIER. Notice is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase 160 acres of land, situate in West Kootenay district, and described as follows: Commencing at a post marked F.F., S. E., planted on the west shore of Kootenay lake about 2 miles south of the month of Kaslo creek, thence west 30 chains, thence north 40 chains, thence east to the shore of the lake, thence following the meander ings of the shore of the lake to the point of commencement; containing 160 acres more or less. Nelson, B.C, July 1st. FRANK FLETCHER. Notice is hereby given that sixty (60) days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of kinds and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of land, situated in West Kootenay district: Commencing at a post marked N. E. corner post, placed on the west shore of the Lardeaux river near its ��������� mouth, thence west 40 chains, thence south 40 chains, thence east to the west shore of Kootenay lake, thence north following the shores of Kootenay lake and Lardeaux river to point of commencement; containing 160 acres,- more or less. Ainsworth, August 3rd, 1891. S. H. GREEN. Notice is hereby given, that sixty days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for, permission to purchase 320 acres of land, situate in West Kootenay district and described as follows : Commencing at a stake marked H. S. N. VV., at southwest corner Lot 207, on the east shore of Kootenay lake, thence east 20 chains, thence north 40 chains, thence east 20 chains, thence south 30 chains, thence west 40 chains.more or less to the shore of the lake, thence following the shore of the lake in a northerly direction to the point of commencement. Nelson, August 6th, 1891. HAROLD SELOUS. Notice is hereby given that 60 days after date we intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to purchase a tract of land described as follows : Beginning at a post marked southwest corner post, situate at the northwest corner post of Johns and Anderson's preemption, about 1 mile north of Goat river and about 1 mile east of Kootenay river; thence east 60 chains; thence north 60 chains; thence west 60 chains; thence 60 chains south to place of beginning; containing 320 acres,,more or less. ���������;" ��������� J. W. DOW, Ainsworth, July 20th,. 1891. J.H.WRIGHT. Noticejs hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the chief commissioner of lands and works for permission to buy a tract of land described as follows: Beginning at a post marked northeast corner, post placed on the west side of the Kootenay lake at the mouth of the Lardeaux river; thence west 20 chains; tlience south 40 chains; thence,, east 20 chains, to the shore of the lake; thence following the meanderings of the lake shore to the place of beginning; containing 80 acres, more or less. Ainsworth, July 15th, 1891. R.F.GREEN. APPLICATIONS FOR CROWN GRANTS. Notice is hereby given that Edwin Jay Kelly, as agent for the LcRoi Mining & Snielting Company (Foreign), has ...filed the necessary papers ancl. made application for a crown grant to the Le Roi.mineral claim, situate on the' left slope of; north fork of Trail creek, about 5 miles west from Columbia river. Adverse claimants, if any, will forward their objections to me within 60 days from elate of publication. N. FITZSTUBBS, gold commissioner; Nelson, B.C., August 29th, 1891. Notice is hereby given that J. C. Rykert, for himself and others, has filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of a mineral claim situate in Hot Springs camp oh Kootenay lake, and known as the Danira. Adverse claimants, if any, will forward their objections within 60 days from date of publication. N. FITZSTUBBS, gold commissioner. Nelson, B. C, August 27th, 1891. , ���������- (_; -^ : _ , : ��������� . ��������� : , : ... Notice is hereby given that J. C. Rykert has filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of a mineral claim known as the Highland, situate at Plot Springs, north of Cedar creek, (Kootenay lake. Adverse claimants, if any,.;will forward their objections within 60 days from date of publication. N. FITZSTUBBS, gold commissioner. - Nelson, B.C., August 27th, 1891. Notice is hereby given-that, sixty (60) days from the date of this notice we intend to purchase the mineral claim "Gladstone" from the province of British Columbia, under the provisions of section 35 of the "Mineral Act, 1891." Said mineral claim is situate in Hot Springs mining division of West Kootenay district, and, contains 19.8 acres, more or less, as per surveyor's plat placed on No. 2 post of said claim. JOHN HOUSTON, certificate No. 39502. CHARLES H. INK, certificate No. 40044. Nelson, B. C, July 18th, 1891. . -��������� -":'-'"-':"."";":~���������"~���������^ Notice is hereby given that sixty (60) days from the date of this notice we intend to purchase the .mineral claim '. "Garfield" from the province of British Columbia, under' the provisions of section 35 of the "Mineral Act, 1891." Said mineral claim is situate in Hot Springs mining division of West Kootenay district, and contains 10.5 acres more or less, as per surveyor's plat placed on No. 2 post of said ��������� claim. JOHN HOUSTON, certificate No. 39502. CHARLES H. INK, certificate No. 40044. Nelson, B. C. July 18th, 1891. Notice is hereby given that sixty (60) dajrs from the date of this notice we intend to purchase the mineral claim "Cultus Potlach"from the province of British Columbia, under the provisions of section 35 of the "Mineral. Act, , 1891." Said mineral claim is situate in Hot Springs mining division of West Kootenay district, and contains 11.66 acres, more or less, as per surveyors plat placed on No. 2 post of said claim. ' JOHN HOUSTON, certificate No. 39502. CHARLES H. INK, certificate No. 40044. Nelson, B.C. July 18th, 1891. ..'...���������'' Notice is hereby given that sixty (60) days from the date . of this notice we intend to purchase the mineral claim "Telephone" from the province of British Columbia, under the provisions of section 35 of the "Mineral Act, 1891." Said mineral claim is situate in Hot Springs mining division of West Kootenay district, and contains 16.8 acres, more or less, as per surveyor's plat placed on No. 2 post of said claim. JOHN HOUSTON, certificate No. 39502. CHARLES H. INK, certificate No. 40044. Nelson, B. C, July 18th, 1891. Notice is hereby given that A. H. Kelly, as owner, has ' filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of a mineral claim known as the Royal Charter, situate on Toad mountain, west arm of Kootenay lake. Adverse claimants, if any, are required to file their objections with me within., sixtv..days from date of publication. N. FITZSTUBBS, gold commissioner. Nelson, B. C, 1st August, 1891. Notice is hereby given that L. C. Kramer, as agent for the Empire Consolidated Mining Company (Foreign), has filed the necessary papers and made application for a crown grant in favor of the mineral claim known as the Dictator, situate about 2 miles southwest from Ainsworth, Kootenay lake, B. C. Adverse claimants, if any, will forward their objections within 60 days from date of publication. N. FITZSTUBBS, , Nelson, B. C, August 22nd. Gold commissioner. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. The firm heretofore existing as Fletcher & Co. is hereby dissolved. All debts due the firm must be paid to G. B. Wright, and all claims against said firm must be sent to G. B Wright for payment! JOSIAH FLETCHER, Ainsworth, August 20th. G. B. WRIGHT. APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE. Notice is hereby given that 30 days after date we intend to apply to the gold commissioner for a hotel and liquor license for the Halfway house, Ainsworth. MORRISON & SHANNON. Halfway House, Ainsworth, August 27th, 1891. mm ������1 THE MINER: IfELSON, B. 0., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1891. Corner West Vernon and Stanley Streets, NELSON, B..C. ONLY TWO-STORY HOTEL IE 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 HI OTIS!! EAST VERXON STE6 BET, -VE A It IJ A LJL THE GRAND WILL BE CONDUCTED IN GOOD STYLE . AND AS IT FRONTS ON THE OUTLET IT IS ONE OF THE BEST SITUATED HOTELS IN NELSON. THE DINING-ROOM IS NOT SURPASSED BY THAT OF ANY HOTEL ON THE LAKE AND THE BAR WILL ALWAYS BE STOCKED WITH CHOICE LIQUORS AND CIGARS. HANSEN & 'BLOMBERG, "���������PROPRIETORS. tii The Finest Hotel in Toad Mountain District." Corner West Baker and Ward Streets. NELSON, B. V. JOHNSON & IV8AHONEY, 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. THE .SILVER, QUESTION. The Miner maintains that the silver question is of as much importance to the people of British Columbia and Canada as it is to the people of the United States. It therefore quotes the following from the Salt Lake Tribune, which should be read with interest: "A year ago congress made a compromise: and performed just half its duty, by passing a law that the governinent should buy or use silver to the amount of $4,500,000 per month. At that time silver was worth 97 cents; three weeks later it was worth $1.21 and strangely enough wheat in Chicago and butter and all the products of the plantation and the,farm advanced in the same ratio, and so vital was the influence at work that even the Bibles in far off India advanced in the same ratio. Was anyone ruined by that advance? Was the financial fabric of the country "shaken to its very foundations" by it? The golclites, fearing the inevitable, made frantic efforts. They got in three and one-half million ounces from Europe and ten million ounces from Mexico and stopped the advance. If they had not hurried, in two weeks more silver would have been on a parity with gold in London, New York, and the world around, and the two metals would have been equalized. Would that have everlastingly smashed things? The whole cry is but an appeal to the ignorant prejudices of men. The wisest financiers declare that there is not gold enough in the world to make a foundation from which the trade of the world must be measured and reckoned; that there must be either an increase in the money or there must be such a slowing down as will cause universal panic ���������and. infinite loss. There is nothing else to use except silver, and the only thing needed in addition to what we have is that silver shall not be kept the vassal of gold; that the restrictions upon silver shall he removed, until when a man contracts a debt payable in specie it shall be understood that silver is just as good money and just as honest money to pay that debt in as'gdld. And with that done, the inflation which has been going on for 15 years will be removed. Gold will be-worth relatively Jess, when measured by property, and now the work of men which results in a loss will result in a little gain. When that shall be done, the money which is now hoarded in the cities will be seeking investment in the country. Capitalists will no longer loan to cities and to the government money at 2 or 3 pet'cent per annum, because in legitimate business they can make a good deal more than that; and the congestion, the stagnation, and the unrest which fills every business man's mind with apprehension now will be removed, and the metropolitan press of the east will be the stillest set of newspapers on the money question that anybody ever saw. A t-atccliisiir for Use in Public Schools. Question���������What is the name of your country? Answer���������Canada. Q.���������What is its form of government? A.':��������� Constitutional. V Q.���������Has it a good constitution ? A.��������� Theoretically it has. Q.���������Why theoretically? A.��������� Because practically it has had a severe strain, which is always bad for a constitution. Q.���������What is the nature of this shock? A.��������� Well, its head has been run against a "cross- wall." Q.���������Anything else? A.���������Yes: it has had a terrible "dredging," and been nearly pumped dry in one or two "graving docks." Q.���������Is that all? A.���������No; it has been terribly worried by "Jack" Arnold's "bronze dogs" and in other ways it has been dreadfully abused. Q.���������How has all this happened? A.���������The men in charge of the constitution have been more anxious for place and pelf than principle. Q.���������Cannot these men be changed? A.���������Yes: if the people choose to do so. Q.���������Do they not? A.���������They have not so far1. Q.���������Did they know what was being done? A. ���������They must have had a shrewd suspicion. Q.���������Why, then, did they not turn the rascals out? A.���������Because the men cunningly gave many of them "pap" and "hoodie" and they consented that they should stay. Q.���������Did not these men know that evil was being done? A.���������Yes; but they would rather" wreck the constitution than hurt the party. Cor. Baker and Ward Sts. NELSON, B. C. H. & TV MADDEN Proprietors. ''":;. The Madden is Centrally Located, with a frontage cowards Kootenay river, and is newly furnished throughout. T ZE3I E V.TA.BLE 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. Vernon Street, near Josephine NELSOftVB. ���������. ��������� PROPRIETOR. THE HOTEL OVERLOOKS THE KOOTENAY its guests thus obtaining splendid views of both mountain and river. THE ROOMS are comfortable in size and newly furnished. THE TABLE is acknowledged the best in the mountains. THE ZB^IR, is stocked with the best liquors and cigars procurable No whiskies sold except Hiram Walker & Sons' celebrated brands. .���������East Baker Street, \eIsou, Is one of the best hotels in Toad Mountain district. and is the headquarters for prospectors and working miners. The Table is not Surpassed by that of any Hotel in the Kootenay Lake country. At the Bar is Dispensed Fine Liquors ancl Oiga-rs, and the bed-rooms are newly furnished. JIAMtKK *i' Tit B^BB, BJ'S ritOI'ltlETOlEK TBMSIL, 85. i\ TOPPING & HANNA Proprietors Stoves, Tinware, Etc. iVO. 3 USTOX.'aK IXlt ISSjOCK, NELSO&V- ALL KINDS OF TINSMITHING DONE TO ORDER. THE kootenay Safe Deposit Co. , 3Nr:E:E_.so:N\, :b_ o_ Transacts a private banking business; ��������� Allows interest at best rates on amounts of .������1 upwards ; "Receives articles for safe keeping. .GEXEKAL AtiENCY London & Lancashire Life Insurance Company, ���������-KilEtfC'IES ' ��������� ' Sir Donald A. Smith, chairman- Accident Insurance Company of North America, ������15 a week, |3000 oh death, for 25 cents a day; The celebrated Taylor safes. 'CORKESIMINOEM'S Vancouver���������The Bank of British North-America; Spokane Falls���������The Bank of Spokane Falls. ���������IHAS. E. T1YLOB, Manager. THE CGLUMB5A & KOOTENAY STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. THE STE1MER KELSON will leave NELSQN oh Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays for AINSWORTH. On Tuesdays and Fridays at 6 A. M., and on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 4:30 A. M., oncwhich days she will go through to BONNER'S FERRY. THE STEMLEE LYTTON will-leave Revelstoke at daylight on Mondays and Fridays, arriving at Robson same days. Leaves Robson on. Tuesdays and Saturdays for Little Dalles, returning same days and proceeding on up river to Revelstoke.' ; Close connections at Robson with trains for Nelson. F. *;. OIBiJSSTflE, Agent,, KKVELSTOKfi, :B.. ���������.' Jas. McDonald & Co. i i , ��������� . | SeisoBi and Kovel.stoke, j carry'full lines of all kinds of furniture for residences, | hotels, and offices. Mattresses made to order, and | at prices lower than eastern and coast. They are also agents for Evans Pianos and Doherty Organs. ���������V"'-io.ii.i-isr ��������� tea.o.h: ikme^ 'NELSON, IS. ���������. Music furnished for dan ces, parties, and receptions. Leave orders with Gilker & Wells, Postoffice store. NOTICE. A session of the assize court will be held at Nelson on Saturday, October 3rd, 1891,.and a session of the county court on Monday, October oth, 1891. T. H. GIFFIN, registrar county court. Nelson, B. C, September 10th, 1891. \o. 4 NELSON STOKE : / Ions ton. tSi 'ffiiSi Rikildiiig-, Josephine Street. Meals, 25c. Table Board, $4 per Week. Board and Lodging, $5 per Week.