Whole Numbei. 63 Nelson, British Columbia, Saturday, May 15, 1897. Price Five Cents THE CITY COUNCIL. OPFEE OF THE CONSUMEfiS' WATER COMPANY. Will Sill tin-. System lor $_������������������<>.���������The Ira- lii-ovrnienl ol' SI reels and Siilc.valliS lo lie ..onliiiiicil. All members wore present at tbo meeting of tbe board of aldermen last Monday night and considerable bustness was disposed of. The committee ou public works submitted a report recommending tbat thc expenditures on streets bs as follows: Josepkinostreefc.S-lOO; Stanley strcet,$200; Mill street, ig2iW; Silica street, $200; tliat the contract for bidowalkiug Hall stieet tie awarded to A. Chisholm: that Bilker street bridge be repaired the whole length and that n_eessary repairs be made on Baker street. Filed. A number of minor petitions relating tc the Hooding oE water were received aud filed. City Treasurer A. II. Clements was grauted a leave of absence of two mouths. The resignations of Policemen 11. A. Winearls aud Jesse A. Bigelow, were road aud accepted. A eommuuieatiou from Mr. J. A. Mara stated tbat the Consumers' Water Works company was prepared to oiler its plant to the city for 85000. It was resolved to ask the city solicitor what rights the company had in the city. A motion carried "to instruct thc engineer to inspect tbe pipes and report at the next meeting. A communication was received from Armstrong & Morrison asking permission to bid ou steel pipe to be used in waterworks construction. An application was received' from Robert funis asking for the position of policeman. A communication from the Tribune Publishing Co , ulV.rcd to print advertije- meuts for the city at the rale of tive cents per nouparie! line of thirty-one ems measure for first insertion and two oeuls per liue for each subsequent insertion. Referred to the finance committee. By-law No. 7, for the prosecution of vice" was read u second time. It provides against the use.of iudecent lan- gunge,-exposure, nakedness in bathing, and ill treatment of animals, Referred to committee ot the whole. Major Houston stated that the expenditure ou street work up to date has beeu 8181.50 for help'' aud 852.50 for tools. Included in this expense is thc culvert on Mill tt.'eet and stringers for three small biidges. The" expenditure for sidewalks has been about SoOO. The city engineer was instructed to establish the grade of Stanley street from Observatory street to the mines road and to submit au estimate of the cost of grading. ���������A resolution passed awarding Alexander Chisholm the contract for sidewalk- ing Hall street at S3.75 per thousand as per his bid. The city engineer was instructed to examine aud "report upou the most feasible -way of making Ward street passable "Ti t"S i 1 icIu_tils"o_t o're po r t" u pon"the-cos t-o ������- a bridge across Silica street. Alderman Fletcher introduced a resolution instruitiug the street gang to repair Latimer street from Josephine to Stanley at a cost not to exceed 8300. The "city engineer was instructed to report upou openiuguptho alley between Silica aud ..Carbonate streels and Ward and Josephine streets. Considerable discussion took place iu regard to the expediency of taking action regarding liquor liceuscs before the license" by-law was passed and became operative." Mayor Houston suggested that as it would be a mouth before tbe by-law could be made operative, it would be well for the couucil to pass a resolution authorizing'liim to receive money aud issue a receipt for same to be applied upon future licenses. He maintained that the government bad no right to issue liceuscs within tbe city limits. A resolution passed authorizing him to issue receipts in lieu of licenses,provided - that the city solicitor approves the same. STEAMERS WRECKED. first, and was washed somo distance upon the reef. Captain Sanborn, knowing the danger his passengers were in, immediately ordered tbe gaug plauk put out ou to the tecf and all the passengers were thus walked over it on to a large rock that protruded some distance out of the water. He also made fast the bow of the boat to thc rocks, secured tho life boat and landed all the passengers on the shore. Captain Sanborn had hardly completed his arrangements for saving hi. passengers . and crew when the Gwendoline, which was not expected until next morning came in sight arouud a bend iu the river. Captain Armstrong was in charge of the Gwendoline. He saw how the Kuth lay on the rocks and also saw it was impossible for him to pass in the regular channel. He attempted to take another course, but owing to the swiftness of the current and the short space of time it was impossible for him todoso. The boat was washed broadside onto the Uuth. The passengers ou board the Gwendoline became pauicstricken, and it was with difficulty that some were restrained from jumping iuto the river. All were finally landed safely and broughtdownto Jennings. Both steamers are total wrecks. There are fully iJOO pas- sengerscampedatBoiinea'sFerry awaiting transportation to theFort Steele country. The" loss of tbe steamers will be a strious blow to that district as it will be July 1 before tbe new steamer, now under course of construction, can be gotten read for service. PADDY MILES CONVICTED The Sad Story of an Unpaid Moi-t- iri-g-e and Unrcciprocated A flections. John Miles, better known as "Paddy," the ex-provincial constable, was sentenced by Judge Forin last Thursday to three months in jail at hard labor and was seut to Kamloops to serve his time- It appears that Miles has a chattel mortgage en the furniture in the Stanley house,.which until recently was kept by Mrs. McDouald. Of late there has been considerable trouble about finances and the rent was allowed to become delinquent. The sheiitf was put in the house and Miles who is a close friend of Mrs. Mis. McDonald has been worried over the probable outcome of the affair.. He drowned his sorrows iu the cup thnt cheers and also inebriates, aud on Wednesday morning went up to see Mrs. McDonald who had takeu rooms at the Si!-, ver King hotel. The lady was engaged at her ;��������� oruing toilet wheu Miles made his appearance. For some unknown reason Miles laid violent hands ou her and she screamed. Silver Kiug Johnson responded promptly to the alarm and, according lo his testimony iu court, lie fouud the lady on the floor with blood ou ber face and Miles iu the act of choking her. The ex-constable was shortly afterwards arrested by acting Chief of Police Ketclium. At the hearing ho told the judge that he did not mean to bo violent and had no intention of injuring the lady. Mrs. McDonald did nob lay the complaint and did not appear against him in the light of prosecuting witness. Judge Forin "in passing sentence said that had she done so he would have sentenced the prisoner to two years imprisonment. He was aware ���������of���������the-close-relationship-existing-be-- tween the two principals and would exersiso such lienieiicy as he consistently could. He directed that the prisoner be confined in jail for a period of three months at hard labor. During the progress of the case the court room was crowded with spectators. A SETTLEMENT PEOBABLE. Tlie Km Hi and Gwendoline; llolh Wrecked in llie Koolenay ltiver. The "two steamers ot the International Transportation company���������Kuth , and -Gwendoline���������plying between Jennings aud Fort Steele, were wrecked ou the rocks in Box canyon on'the Koatenay river, four miles from this place, a week agoyesterday. The swift current swept the steamers .-.on to a reef aud b-.tli went to the bottom with- their cargoes. All the passengers were saved, but not without difficulty. About five minutes past six o'clock, the. steamer Itulh, iu charge of Captaiu Sanborn, attempted to come through' the canyon. The current is very swift and it had previously been a dangerous part of the river, but owing to the removal of rocks there by the company all danger ���������was done away with. - The Kuth had almost passed through the canyou and was emerging into still water wheu a huge log got caught iu the rudder and the wheel and made the vessel unmau- ageble. The captain, realizing the danger he was iu, attemptedcto sieer the vessel to shore, but the log had so fastened itself that he was powerle.s to turn the pilot wheel either way. - The engines were run full speed aslern as that was the only means of clearing the rock, but it was without avail. The log. acting as a rudder.swept the boat with almost irrestible force against a point of rocks nearly iu the center of ihe river.. The boat struck these rocks bow Captain tit y.sln bits .Hakes ii Itciiorlon Hie Dyking Company's Operation... Captaiu-Fitzstubbs has returned from his trip to the Upper Kootenay"valley- He has taken a considerable amouut of evidence in the matter of the dispute betweeu the American settlers just south of the international bouudary liue, and the Kooteuay Reclamation company. His investigations have been embodied iu n lengthy report which he'has forwarded to the Provincial government. The Victoria authorities will, iu turn, send it to the Dominion government at Ottawa. ���������-- Upon his arrival at the scene of the difficulty Captaiu Fitzstubbs discovered that the situation - was ��������� as stated iu the , last issiib of the Minei?." The lands of the squatters bordering on the international boundary line have been flooded by the diversion of water caused by the operations of the Reclamation .company. The damage is not very extensive,- nevertheless, the American settlers have sustained some' loss. The information obtained by the captain will uot be made public until it bas been considered by the Ottawa officials. There is reason to believe; however, that a satisfactory settlement of the claims "of the squatters against the Reclamation company will be speedily arranged to the satisfaction of all parties concerned. It may also be accepted as a fact that the Reclamation company will con tinue their dyking operations. SEEIOUS EEFLE0TIONS OAST UPON ALEXANDER SPROAT. The .teliiig .iol.l Commissioner Holds an Important Inquiry nl. Sir.iv Oenver. OFFIGEES OF THE LAW. The Mayor .Appoints Two Well. Known .lien to Preserve Law and Order. Mayor Houston on Tuesday appointed Seneca G.. Ketchum and Robert. Ince police officers to serve until the noxt meeting of the city council. Mr. Ketchum is well knowD as a newspaper mau. Mr. Ince, whose father was chief clerk of customs at Ottawa, was for eight years, from 18S_5 to 1890, with the Northwest mounted police under commissioners Irving and Herckomer. For four years be was a non commissioned officer. He . has been in detective and secret service | since that time. - Acting under instructions from this minister of mines, acting Gold Commissioner Gopel held a court of inquiry at New Denver last Monday concerning the complaint of Thomas Blench and William Pannell, free miners, against Alexander Sproat, .mining recorder of New Denver. Mr. It. B. Kerr, appeared as counsel for Mr. Sproat, and Mr. F. L. Christie, of Sandon, acted in a similar capacity for the complainants. Blench and Pannell, in tlieir complaint to the minister of mines, affirm that, last August, they located the Big Four, Dyak, Lucknow and Genoa mineral claims at the head of Ten- Mile creek, near a group of claims known as the U and I. Applications for record of the locations were forwarded to the recording office at New Denver and no further attention was given to the matter by these parties until it was discovered last December that the claims had not been put on record. It was known at the time the papers for record were forwarded that a valuable strike had been made on the IJ and 1 group. After the. snow came, Francis Pynian, of New Denver, was sent to locate the Big Four ground. Blench and Pannell further affirm, upon investigation they learned that Pynian had asserted that he was paid $100 to do this work, and further, that lie obtained his information, concerning the defect of record of the Big Four claim, from the mining recorder at the New Denver office. They also assert that they attempted to lay the matter before the . gold commissioner, Captain Fitzstubbs, who refused to listen to tlieir story. In support of these contentions they have produced a number of affidavits. The first is from L. H. Harrison, notary public, stating that on the eighteenth day of August, ISiXi, ho prepared the proper affidavits required by the Mineral Act for recording the Dyak, Genoa, Lucknow and Big Four mineral claims i'or William Pannell and his associates and afterward;; accompanied Pannell to the store of T. D. Woodcock, of Slocan City. There and in his presence thc'.aflldavils and 810 for recording the same were inclosed j'n an envelope and directed to the mining recorder at New Denver, Woodcock agreeing at the time to forward the same. The second affidavit is made by T. J). Woodcock, a hardware merchant of Slocan City. He affirms that last August, he loaned Thomas Blench .$15 for the purpose of paying for the preparation of affidavits of location of four mineral claims and to pay the fees for recording the same. Ten dollars of that sum was placed in a large envelope, was sealed up and addressed: "The Mining Recorder, New Denver." A short time afterward, Woodcock-stateST^he-saw-the -name-of- Thomas Blench iu the list of new locations published in the New Denver Ledge. He consequently presumed that the documents had been duly recorded and informed Blench to that effect. William S. Stubbs, of Slocan City, also makes affidavit in tbe matter. > He states that he met F. Pyman of New Denver on or about the first week in October,-189(5, who stated that he was going to locate the extension of tbe U and I group. In reply tb Stubbs' remark that the ground was -already staked, Pyman replied that the parties who had done so had not recorded the claim, and that the recorder had so informed him. Pyman also remarked to Stubbs, so the affidavit says, that he (Pyman)couldwell alford to tako chances in going up��������� the mountain at that time of the year as he had received SlOO from a New Denver man named McLaughlin to make the location. Thomas Blench, of Slocau City, declares in an affidavit that, in the month of April, 1896, he placed. $10 in an envelope with directions for two . miner's licenses .and, addressed the same to ''Alexander Sproat, Mining0 Recorder, New Denver." He gave the envelope to Captaiu Estabrooks, who subsequently informed Blench that he (Estabrooks) had called at .Sprout's office several times and that Sproat. ia each instance stated' that he had not received the money for the licenses. About . four - weeks afterwards, Blench affirms, he gave Captaiu Estabrooks another 810 and indue time received miner's licenses, one for himself and oue for his brother, John Blench. Atter the last mentioned licenses had been issued and about the mouth of August, last year, Blench received from Sproat some" papers and among them was oue miners' liceuse which was "dated before Sproat issued the second. license, and in the name of John Blench. Thomas Blench maintains that he never received the license that should have been issued to him at the same time. - -c- THE 'I-.QDI..Y. . At the inquiry held last Monday, Messrs. Pannell," Thomas Blench, L. H. Harrison and Woodcock gave, evidence in keeping with the statements made iu their respective affidavits. " The testimony of Francis Pyman conflicted with the allegations set forth in the affidavit of William S. Stubbs. Pyman acknowledged that he had located the Big Four ground under the name of Better Still, but .denied that he had ever discussed the matter witb Stubbs. It appears that while doing some assessment work on claims in the vir-iiity of the Big Four he became aware of tlie value of that property and made, inquiries concerning who owned it. lie was informed that Pannell was the owner, but subsequently discovered that BleuehV name was ou the location post. He h ad the records of the New Denver office searched and was informed that the Big Four claim was-not registered. Pyman denied that he ever received, or was promised, $100 from McLaughlin. He emphatically denied that Recorder Sproat had given him any information concerning the Big Four. The location of thc Better Still was made as soou as a search of the records proved t bait the Big Four was not registered. Alexander Sproat, mining recorder, New Denver, was called upou for evidence. He denied that he ever gave Pyman any information concerning the Big Four mineral claim. Nearly two weeks previous to the time when Pyman started from New .Denver to locate the B������.tter Still, Mr. Sproat wns in Spokane and did not return until a-weik alter the location had been made. Concerning the location papers of the Big Four group which weie' supposed to have been forwarded by Woodcock from Slocan City, Mr. Sproat said he had never received them. By his books, the Recorder showed that he had issued a miner's certificate to A. Blench on May 11,1896. On June 1st, the same year, he issued two free miuer's certificates in the names of Thomas Blench aud John Blench. The certificate to A Blench was delivered a considerable time after it was issued as no one called for it. During that time it remained on a file in tho Recorder's office.. He did not remember and had no meaus.pf telling who applied for thc certificate'. He did not remember ever receiving the ������10 enclosure mentioned iu the Blench affidavit but was uuder the impression that he did receive a 85 bill in an envelope with the name "A Blench" written on a piece of paper. 1 le also remembered that on ono occassion Captain Estabrooks inquired of him if he (Estabrooks) had ever given the Recorder ������10. Estabrooks remarked at Ihe time that he had received $10 and was uot certain what he had done with it. Mr. Sproat denied that he had any interest with Pvman directly or indirectly in the "Better Still." With the conclusion of Mr. Sprouts' evidence the investigation terminated. The matter i.s now beiug considered by tho Minister of Mines. It i.s generally believed that Mr. Sproat stauds completely vindicated. AT QUARTZ CREEK. THE NEW TOWN OF YMIE HAS COMMENCED TO BOOM. The ..line. Mel I in llie Vicinity are Shmiiii;! I'mler Hie llavelopinein Xow IteiiiK Hone. -I> THE HALL MINES. The Blast and Roasting Furnaces Nearly Ready for Treating' Matte ami Ore. The new refining furnace of thc Hall Miues smelter was blown iu two or three days ago aud will be charged with roasted matte today for the first time. It will be recharged every 12 hours aud it is expected that the furnace will be kept busy constantly. Since last Saturday tho calcine furnace has roasted a great quantity of matte. There is sufficient matte on hand to keep the furnace iu operation for some time to come. . The blast furnace is nearly ready to resume operations. It. has been thoroughly overhauled and repaired, and will probably be blown iu next Saturday. The new 2O0-tou blast furnace will soou be ready for the fire. Arrangements are- being made to keep it busy with custom ore. The work of pntting in new cables on the tramway has been complete 1 and they were started to work yestei-dayfi-Th"e-rainc"is-far-nhead-of"the- tramway and no further stoppages are look for. - Another big body ot ore has been struck iu the mine. It is of a rich quality. The mine looks better today thun it ever has before. J. C. -McLcnnau of Wild Horse creek, stales that the hills in that district are covered with prospectors who are making a large number of locations. They aie working their way over the summit and down toward Kootenay Jake aud Sixteen- Mile creek. Ono ihiug that is greatly- needed at Wild Horse is a wagon road aud this will probably be built 'ty the Black Hawk company this year. The Black. Hawk miue has been bonded for ������75,000 upon a 5 per cent, cash payment. It is the intention of the new company to put a force of men to work at once. The Elise has a carload of ore at Ihe Quartz Creek station ready for shipment. The New Victor Mining company has commenced development work and has erected the necessary buildings. Assays of the ore ruu from 870 to SHO. The group is made up of the New Victor, Royal aud Excelsior, and is under the management of Mr. John Gillis. Auother ledge has recently beeu discovered on the New Victor. The Wilcox has a line showing of ore that assays as high as $200 in gold. There are two distinct- ledges of free milling aud concentrating ore which can be traced several hundred feet. The claim is under bond for $-10,000 and is a most promising property. Petril Bros, are doing a good deal of work on the Orange a: d Josie aud both aie shoving up well. They are one-half mile wefct of the Black Hawk. - A hotel has beeu started at the junction of North Fork aud Wild Horse, four miles from Quartz Cieck. At Ymir, the. new townsite at Quaitz Creek, the lots were put on sale aud in two days all the choice business locations were sold at prices ranging from S250 to S-100. In all,.150 lots .were disposed of. Building will commence, in earnest as soon as the side track has been completed. " Postmaster McLeod has moved the post office aud his store to tho new town- site of Ymir and many busiuess men propose to follow suit. IMPROVED BOAT SERVICE. NEW ROLLING. STOOK. The \. Xew Trip lo and From Kaslo in One llay���������The Hound's Terry Itonle. The new time card oftheInternatronal Navigation & Trading company goes into effect May 16. Boats will leave Nelson daily except Suuday" at 5 p. m., and Kaslo at 5:30 a. m. A uew service is to ba introduced aud boats will leave Nelson at* 8:30 a. m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and returning, leave Kaslo at 5. p. m. Uuder this schedule passenger., can make the round trip in a day, either from Nelson or Kaslo. Couneetions will be made at Five Mile Point with the N. & F.' S. railway. The new' timo card also provides for tho establishment of a steamer service^ -between���������Kaslo���������and���������lionuer-su-Fer-r-y.- Boats ..'ill leave Kaslo on Saturdays at 11. p. m: aud arrive at Bonner's Ferry ou Sunday at 11:30 a. in. Returning, boats will leave Bonner's Ferry Sunday at 1 p. m. and arrive at Kaslo, Sundays at 10 p. m. ., COLLECTING TAXES. _fc I". s. Hailway r_irclia.es anil Powerful Locomotives. Three of the finest locomotives ever turned out by the Baldwin works were delivered to the Nelson & Fort Sheppard railway last week and are now in use in the freight service. The locomotives are what is known as ten-wheelers, having six drive wheels aud four truck wheels. [ The weight of these engines when fully equipped is 200,000 pounds each. Four passenger coaches and two baggage cars have been ordered for the passenger department, two of which have already arrived aud the others are expected in a few days. The increasing passenger traffic betweeu here and Spokane necessitated adding auother coach tg the train last Monday. For the present the daily, train will'consist of two baggage .cars' and four coaches. It is expected that auother conch' will have to lie added shortly. Since May 1 two" express messengers instead of one have beeu put ou the run to handle the busiuess. The Cily .Terk i;.v|ierin<-in^ Some IMIII- eiilty in l.ieen .iui_ llu-ines. House-. ��������� During the week.Cily Clerk Seeley has beeu waiting upon all business aud professional1 men for the purpose of collecting licenses, and ^although the mission has not been wholly pleasant, the majority "have met the demand without opposition. There are a" ���������number, however," who dispute thc right of the city to collect licehses from them and the outlook is lhat a number of suits will result. KcaUin;; Koiiiii and l.llir.-iry. " At the monthly meeting" of the hoard of management of the public reading room and library,, held last Wednesday evening, it-was decided to purchase the Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia for the useofsubscribers, Tbis ..is a .somewhat bold move on tin- part of the managers, as the work is a large and costly one, but it is felt, that the usefulness of tin- reading room will be so much increased therein- that the additional members secured will ] more .than makeup the cost. Ladies I are reminded that they can secure all ! the privileges of the circulating library j for the very small payment of one 'r dollar, per annum. .;HI. to the Hospital. The directois of the Koctenay Lake General Hospital society'* beg to acknowledge with thanks the following gifts to the hospital. Three lbs. tea fiom Mr. G. O. Buchanan, of Kaslo: one large checker board, iir. Chas. Lohnier;' SI from Mr. J. A. Ryan, Philadelphia, li. S. A.; $S.('0 from collection-boxes; eighteen night shirts from' the Ladies' Hospital Aid society, and four quarts orange marmalade from Mrs. W. Hudson.' Canada, for the purpose of coining all the gold, silver aud copper currency necessary to meet the commercial requirements of the couutry. To a representative of the Minek, Mr. Turner said he believed that all the people here would be heartily in favor of the resolution, and has written Senator Mclnnes to that effect. Satisfactory l������evclo|>ment. The Greenback ore of the Tramway King group on Toad mountain is showing up well under development and somo fine looking rock is beiug taken out. The minei al deposit is contained in au immense iron dyke which gives nu average assay of S16 iu gold. K. or l������. l.u������lKe. Messrs. McArthur and Eastman are organizing a lodge of the Knights of Pythia*. If terms and arrangements aie agreeable, Alderman Maloue will build a three-story buildiug Lext to the Trec- lQont house, the full top story of the uew place to be used as a Pythian hall. The I'oorman Slocked. H. -Welt.a. J". Kreil Ritchie, .1. I'm. Hmnc, A. L. Davenport and Itobui-t. Kwart have organized llie Poorman Mining Company, for the purpose unacquiring the I'ooi-maii group of mines, six miles from Nelson. The capital stock will he ������2.00.000, of whieh $..0,000 will he paid in for development purposes. LOCAL NEWS. .lul.ilce rroirlainalioii. The last issue of the British Columbia Gazette contains a proclamation of Lord Aberdeen, governor-general ofthe Dominion, appointing Tue.-day The Whitclaw Trading company of Brandon, Man., has bought out the business of Patterson k Steeper on Vernon stieet. They have gicatly enlarged lho stock and will curry on a wholesale and. retail business. Mr. John A. Turner will act temporarily as treasurer of the Kooteuay Lake Geueral Hospital Society dining the absence of Mr. A. II. Clements. Mr. E. A. Crease a nephew of Sir Henry Bellow Crease, has opened un otlice iu Nelsou for the purpose of practicing law'. T. Allen, formerly secretary of the C. & lv. S. N. Co., at Kel_ou, left lastSatur- day on a two months trip to Ottawa, Out. It is rumored that Mr. Allen hns ' accepted th" position as secretary to tho Lillooet, Fraser River aud Cariboo Gold Fields Co. AV. G. Robiusoj has purchased tbe iuterest of F. A. Tauiblyn in the Roytil Hotel and has just completed the construction of au addition that moro than . doubles the capacity of tbat hostelry. On Sunday next there will oe evensong at the usual hour in the Euglish church, but no morning service, the Rev. H. S. Akehurst Being at Kaslo. The Sunday- school will bft held at the usual hour. Jem Hems worth has received tho Humane Society's medal. R.B. Van Horne, son of Sir William Van ilorne, has joiued the C. P. R. survey party now engaged-at locating tlie route of the Crow's .Nest Pass railway. Commencing "May 20, the Chit' mine at Rosslaud will resume shipping ore to the Hall Mines smeller. It is very inobable that the Rossland Stock .Exchange will be disincorporated iu the near future. Brokers claim that the exchange seriously interferes witli their business. City Treasurer A. II. Clements leaves today on a two mouths' trip to hi3 former home in England. He expects to bein London during the calebration of the Diamond Jubilee and may visit Paris before returning to Nelsou. . Herbert Cuthbert has resigned hiH position as western manager of the British Cauadiau Gold Fields and is now engaged in promoting and organizing the Slocau Lake Gold aud Silver Mines, Ld. J. Campbell, who has been so loug manager of Alderman TeetzePa drug store, is about to open up business i'or himself at the new towu of Quartz Creek. - Tbe Canadian Pacific Railway will give the usual rates over tlieir rail and boat lines oir the 2-1 th of May this year, namely, single fare for round trip. ... ���������-"��������� "A sitting of the county .court will be held iu Nelson on May 2G_ It is rumored that the Majestic and Pilgrim claims, owned by "I'addv". .Miles, have; been bonded to Hai-rv Sv- nioii-i, of Calgary, for $:_*),(XK). '" Jasper Phair has purchased the cutler yacht Gladiolus. There is no truth in the rumor that VV. \j.- Iligginson, of Now* Westminster, has been appointed Gold Commissioner of this district. Lo succeed ('apt. 1'itz- st.ubbs. Mayor Houston icceived a telegram fiom Premier Turner last Thursday concerning the proposed recreation gounds: "Correspondence with- the C. 1'. R. Co. todav in order to arrange an exchange of land/' <, , " - Count Alex. Wachmeister of Norway and Hoc. Wm. A. Cheney of Los Angeles arrived from San Fraucisco last night. ^ sef-om a dav 1 dav of ..'une to In The I'nlilir Af-oiiiil_. city council has audited p, aud ordered paid the following claims: It". A. Winearls, $32, services as policeman for Apii*. -R. A. Wiuearls.-S2a..S3, services as policeman for May. Jessfi Bigelow, $15 20, services as policeman for April. J:.-s>e Bigelow, $2:j.5:5. services as poiiceman for May." Seeley. $20, services as clerk for April.'' The firm of Morris, McLean & Co. has been formed. The company is composed" of Lee Morris, late of the C. & XV. railway; N. A. Mackenzie, of Mackenzie it Co , Rosslaud; AV. C. McLean aud R. E. Lphiou. The business of the company will be civil, mining and hydraulic engineering. The Minek is iu a position to say that the report published iu a Rossland paper that the.Pilot Bay smelter will be blown : in Juue 1 is false. J. T. Wilkinson, the undaunted re-, presentative of that political hermaphrodite, the Vancouver World, flew into town during the* week. Wilkinson is known in the classic columns of the only government organ-on the Mainland aa ."The Mau on the Wing."* He makes money for him.elf aud his wiper where almost anyone else would starve to death. -.t , . ,,,, , .- , - , He is now ou his wav to the eastern pio- ! on May 1*. lhe resolution reads as foi-. viuce<. Mt] expccts ifJ make Fereral ^|n. lows: jntr jgjti^ before returning to Vancouver. Resolved tliat iu the opinion of the j If success attends his efforts as a mineral House, it is both desirable and expedient i expert and company promotor as has that the government should at the earl- I been the case in his career as.a canvasser , iest possible date, establish a mint in ' and fanner he will achieve great things. the twenty- observed as' a day of general thanksgiving and rejoicing on the occasion of the Diamond Jul.iieeol" I ler'Majesty, (Jut-en Victoria. A CANADIAN MIHT- Sen.-itoi- Melnlie- Will Introduce a ISilI to IMalili-Ii One. Mr. John A. Turner has received a Iet- j ter from Senator Thomas R. Mclnnes of i Ottawa, asking if.J.he people of the this i district are in svirfpathv with his resolu- j tiou to provide for the establishment of a ] Cauadiau mint which he will introduce The resolution reads as foi- iHE MINER, NELSON, B. C, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1897. %\U Jftincr, THE MINER is printed on Saturdays aim will be mailed to .my address in Canada oi the United States fo> one year on receipt oj two dollars. Single copies five cents. CONTRA CI ADVERTISEMENTS in- sertedatthe rate of $3per column inch, per month. TRANSIENT ADVERTISEMENTS inserted al the rate oj /J cents per nonpareil line first insertion, and to cents per line foi each subsequent insertion. Advertisement* running for shorter periods than three months are classed transient. ALL COMMUNICATIONS lo the. Editor must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as evidence of good faith. PRINTING turned out in firs, -rate style at the shortest notice Address The Miner Printing* publishing Co NELSON. B.C. * Miners and Prospectors Should wear AMES HOLDEN COS "COLUMBIA," % "KOOTENAY," "VANCOUVER 118) All of which are l-'irst Class K00L Wear. /VV LODGE MEETINGS. NKLSON LODGE, No. 23. A. V. &A. Jl. meets second Wednesday in each month. Sojourning brethern invited. W. 11. Shaw, Secretary. SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1S97. THE PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE. After a session of exactly thrde months the legislative assembly of British Columbia" adjourned last Saturday. The session was unnecessarily prolonged owing to the government's clumsy custom of neglecting to prepare the business it had .to introduce until parliament had convened. Thc electors are not satisfied with the result of the deliberations of their representatives. While the public have abandoned all hope of obtaining a capable and businesslike administration from those iioav controlling the affairs of the Province, the belief prevailed to some extent that Mr. Turner and his associates would proceed with more caution in tlieir credit- ��������� wrecking and outrageous policy of squandering tlie "heritage of the people. The Premier may have started out with the intention of doing right, but there is now little doubt about him being simply a tool in the hands of the Victoria Kinir. jret, which is another name for the Hritisli Pacific scheme, is a pernicious p'ecc; of legislation. It. is as bad as Lhe Usqiiimalt-Naiiainio, the Nakusp- ���������Slocan, Victoria-Sidney, Sliuswap- Okanogan and Cassiar Central robberies. The only hope that tho public may have in the matter is that the promoters will nrver be able to interest sufficient capital to build the lino. In that event the subsidy will not be paid. The Water Clauses Consolidation Act, the. Companies Act and the Act providing I'or tin: appointment of an inspector of metalliferous mines are the few of the seventy-seven government measures passed that meet with general approval. In amending the Mineral Act the right's of those merely employed as laborers in and around the mines have been totally disregarded, the government having decided that they shall continue to pay the discriminating annual fax of $5 I'or the privilege of working hard. In other inspects the Act has been improved by the interpretation of several vague clauses. Tho amendments wero introduced by a private member and not by the government. The incorporation of the towns of Nelson, Kossland and Grand Forks a.s municipalities was forced upon the government at the last session. Had it not been for the most emphatic representations on the part of those communities it is questionable whether the legislature would have taken up the matter. A noticeable feature of the session was the increase of the number of lob- bists at lhe Capital. Encouraged by fche successes of other charter mongers and schemers, numerous strange adventurers were on hand with all kinds of wildcat proposals by which tbe public treasury was to be emptied for their especial benefit. Not a few of these individuals have advanced their plans beyond the preliminary stage, and may hope for better luck at the next session, provided the present government remains in power. It was. plainly demonstrated during the recent session, that unless he recognized the demands of the British Pacific and B. C. Southern clique he would be banished from oflice"and the leadership of his party. He has succumbed to ' their threats, and i'or a, short time will remain the figurehead of the government. He has'lost the confidence of the countrv and can never expect to regain it until he makes a more deliberate stand for sound legislation. _ The organs of the ringsters may well say that the session was productive of much. good. For the few who have schemed to rob the Province it has been as satisfactory as could possibly be. expected. Over l,r>00.000 acres of public'domain have been given to charter mongers. Of this enormous area. 700,000 acres, "including the right to all precious metals, are given to a- . syndicate which proposes to build a railway less than one hundred miles long in the rich mineral district of Cassiar. Among otlier measures included in the "adequate railway policy*' of the government is.the Act authorizing the granting of a subsidy -of $-1,000 per mile to certain proposed railways. These comprise a line from Bute Inlet to Quesnelle: one from the Coast to Pentiction and another from Pentic- tion to .Boundary < 'reek. The two last mentioned enterprises.are Avoithy of some encouragement as they will be the means of developing a rich mineral and agricultural district. The Opposition, however, opposed the bill because no provision was made whereby the Provhiccjiiwould obtain interest in the roads or voice in the method of their operation and management. The aid givei> to the Butte Inlet-Quesnelle pro long, clever, paign against it in the. senate, only, bring, by the records of the London Stock Exchange, only lv. The whole forty stocks referred to in tho paper named represented' one year ago an aggregate speculative value of ������121,- 000,000. At the time the figures in question were made up their market price was only ������.2,000,000, or a little over one-third of the amount for whicli they could have boen sold a year ago. The whole exhibit i.s a striking commentary on the tendency of speculative movements to carry stock market quotations to un inordinate height. The Witwatersraudt gold region, in spile of all llie political and other dampers on its enthusiasm, is still the most active gold producer in the world, and is likely to continue to do so whether the British or the Hours are the ruling factors in South Africa. At the same time, the rise in the values was excessive, and the reaction that has taken place is a healthy one. THE ARBITRATION TREATY. The Anglo-American arbitration treaty has been killed by the jingoists of the United States senate, and the worthy efforts of the high-minded British and American diplomatists who drafted tho measure will count for nothing. That the treaty had the warm support of the great mass of the people there can be no doubt. Influential bodies all over the Union passed resolutions urging upon the senate its unconditional ratification. The press was almost a unit in its favor, and such newspapers as were not for the most part veiled their opposition under a demand for careful scrutiny of its details. A further proof of the���������'strength���������of���������its���������popularity is. the fact that even after the and bitter cani- 20 of the SS members of that chamber voted against it, and that it barely missed the two-thirds vote required to ratify it. . The Anglophobists. have accomplished their purpose "and inade abortive one of the grandest efforts of civilization. Tiie treaty was a sign of union between Great Britain and the United States. It would bo regarded by both parties fo it and by the world generally as a rapprochement, if not an alliance, between the two great Knglisli-spcaking powers. A feeling in the public mind that the United States and Great Hi-ifain were united in the bonds of friendship would often stay confidence when nothing else would. Above all, the sentimental ell'eet of the treaty would be that of a guarantee to the solid business and financial interests of tlie United States that the moiithings of the jingoists would never raise trouble between the two countries. i- MONE rTA R Y CO NEE RENCE. Tho comment of the English and Kinopean press upon President Mc- Kinldy's bi-metallic commission does not presage developments that will lead to an international conference, and it is not to be expected that anything cm be accomplished with each country separately. The only result will be that President Molvinley will be able to point at their labors as redeeming his ante-election promises, and there the matter will rest so far as the republican party will try to do anything looking towardst.be rehabilitation of silver. By most of the European papers the appointment is recognized as simply a little political play on the part of the president, who of all men is in a position to thoroughly understand the temper of foreign cabinets on the subject. The idea that the commission will lead fo any material results is held up to the keenest ridicule. 'Ihe London Times says that the commission will undoubtedly have a good time but that if America wants free silver she will have to procure it for herself at her own risk. If silver is ever remonitized internationally it will follow only as a result of the rehabilitation of silver by the United States. It would be the apatheosis of folly, the negation of common sense, to suppose for one moment that England and other European countries, profiting as they arc on a gold basis, would agree to inflict losses on themselves until absolutely forced to do so by the United States. D 0MINION PARLIAMENT. So far the present session of the Dominion parliament has been a busy one and many important matters have received prompt" and statesman-like attention. The Manitoba school question; thc revision of the tariff" and the definition of a policy appertaining to the construction of canals in thc eastern pro vices are matters that have been expeditiously, and to a great extent, satisfactorily disposed of. Tho country has yet fo learn full particulars of the government's intentions regarding the construction of the Crow's Nest Pass raihvay; however, there is good reason to believe that the conditions by which the road will be built Tuid^perattrd^^iU^sluirtly^ie^iirirdrr known. The probability of government, construction, ownership and operation is decidedly remote". The general surmise is that the line will form a part of the C. P. 'Tl. system, "and that Mr. Laurier and his fellow ministers will propose liberal assistance by the Dominion.' This will not be given unconditionally, AVe have the assurance of the Hon. A. G. Blair, minister "of railways and canals,-that no railway will be allowed a'monopoly through the. Pass, and tho public may rest assured that their rights will be preserved in the niatfcrir. otlier ways. Since attaining ollico the popularity of the I liberal party has increased to a remarkable extent." Its leaders have given evidence of their ability to administer the affairs of the country in proper and businesslike manner, and by their manifestations of true Cana- dianisin have won the confidence of the people. If -Mr. R. P. Rithet, IM.P.P., ever succeeds in raising sufficient money to construct the Bute Inlet and Quesnelle railway from sources other than his private bank account he will deserve credit for being the. greatest rustler in British Columbia. Mr. G. B. Sword. M. P. P., deserves tho thanks and congratulationsofe very elector in the Province I'or the effective work he did during the recent session of the legislative assembly. The parliament liuildiiigsat Victoria will cost nearly $1,000,000 before they are ready for occupation. i'i:.������ri.S!.i������������\._ii <:._i-i������s. JR. HARI-I.SO:., ])A1.I-1STI-I( _J. tary Public, Slocan Cily. NO- 151 MI, Gl.lMMl-TT, LL. 1. 11. (J. . I3AI-IVISTI-I-, Solicitor, Notary Public, ICte., Sandon (I3-. G. l.O.A.H. HALL, IMIYSICLW AND SUIt- I' kuoii. Ollice, Maker street, 'A doors wesl, of I'o-lollleo, up stuii-A (.")71) VSSAYING. IIOUB1N8& LANG. AS- sayers to War ICagUi and Associated Companies, Hossland (''."il) O NORMAN & CO., MINING ANI*) STOCK O* Brokers. Hotel Spokane. Spokane, Wash. Telephone (>_7. [105] -\/TAI[ONT, i-IcKARLANl) & MAHON, LTD., JjA. Mining and Share Brokers, Vancouver, li. C. Members Stock Exchange. 3.'S0 TH M. SANDILANDS, GI-XI-l.AL Jli_ l''ire Insurance and Mining Sandon, II. C. AG I. NT Broker, 500 SII-BALD ANI) I'l.ASK, G1.NK1.AL Commission and Fowarding Agents, Wholesale Jobbers in Groceries and Provisions Revelstoke Station. C'O'J) LION Kb C. 1SA1-KI<\ Mining Broker of the Victoria Stock Exchange of British Columbia. Ld. Lbty. Ollice, 32 Langley street, Victoria, IJ. C. 371 FS. ANDREWS. NOTARY PUBLIC, ��������� Conveyancer, etc. Solo Agent for Hie Canadian Fire Insurance Co. Real Estate and Jlining properties I'or sale. Slocan City, B.C. (511) GKO. SIIEDDEN. STOCK AND SHARE Broker, Victoria, B.C. (Member of the U. C. S'.ock Exchange of Victoria.) Clients interests carefully guarded and settlements promptly made. Shares at latest quotations. 355 ROOMS TO RENT. Three nice furnished rooms to rent. Apply to (III 0. WATERMAN. PRIVATE BOARD. PERSONS desiring a permanent and quiet Hoarding place, cither by day or week, will lind it at. the Woods' Block, on and after April 1st. (57S) M RS. G. II. WOODS. Board and Room I'or man and wife. Apply to SIRS. A. XV. CRITTENDEN, (filll) ' Stanley Street. ni_.l-.l-. AWI-STS. W. J. G. PICKSON. REAL ESTATE, COMMISSION AGENT, . MINING BROKER. BEALEY BLOCK, BAKER ST. __sr_Ex_-30__sr, _b. c. [335] W. A. JOWETT MINING & REAL ESTATE BROKER IXSIKAMJK ami ���������-. .'--..I.'.IISSIO-- A--KXT. j VICTORIA ST., NELSON. B. C. Joseph A LUMBER! Bay Ward LUMBER!! All kinds of Rough and Dressed Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Mouldings, Sash and Doors. ^���������-^PROMPT DELIVERY TO ALL POINTS. WRITE FOR PRICES. PILOT BAY, B. C. Nelson Shoe Store Cheap for Cash! A Full and Complete Line of Spring Goods just-received \VE HAVE A FULL LINE Ol** PROSPECTORS' SHOES Ou hand at nil times. Give us a call and satisfy., yourse W. H. GRAHAM, Proprietor. (584) NELSON, 13, or prices. C. Lawrence . . . Hardware Co. Headquarters for Miners' and Builders' HAED vt^ABE A Full Stock of Graniteware and other Kitchen Utensils. Prices Furnished on Application. (10.,) GIVE US A CALL. PROMPT ATTENTION TO LETTER ORDERS, TEL. 21. E_A._____.E-R. STE33ET. LARGEST and most complete stock of CROCKERY lover brought into Kootenav. Dinner Sets, Tea Sets, Toilet Sets, etc., in Staple and Fancy Goods. A. C. Buchanan & Co. P. O. Box .17 "' Telephone No. 10 Nelson, Salmo and North Fork. 4S2 VV. P. SLOAN, ���������** i__ci__sri_[sra-" ^.a-Einsra? 4_o!it It Ivor, II-I..I- -reck. Suiter lllstri.t iiii.l Summit Creek t_r<>i>erllc. u speelnlly. Properly tm line of ..row's Scut I'ns.s Itnll- i-oiul, lociilcil mi jKn.-il ltiver, ou list. Correspondence Solicited. KOOTENAY, RIVER, B. C. P. O. ADDRESS PORT HILL, IDAHO. 473-5-12-fi W. PERKINS & CO. MINING BROKERS, REAL ESTATE AGENTS. 4U Vears Kxpciiciice in ..lining. K\|ier- lenccil l>n>s|M'i'.lurs I'liruislicil ou Short .Votice.- ..lint's Kxpeiled iiml Reported on, linker Street. Opp. ������'��������� rt K. tniid Ollice NELSON. WEST KOOTENAY, B.C. 172-5-12-1* - Pianos! Pianos! SEWINQ MACniNeS ���������o Jacob Dover's 249 ���������SOUTH AFRICAN MINING STOCKS. The shrinkage that hns taken place in South African mitring values has been enormous. Its extent is but little known on this side of the ocean. . The London Economist, in a recent issue, however, throws a strong light on the question. It publishes an article devoted to the matter in which the market price paid for the shares of some leading Band miuiug properties and tbe aggregate value of their capitalization in the first \vt_ek of April, *]S!)7, are contrasted with the market prices u year ago, and the aggregate values of their entire share capitals en the respective dates. The list shows tho y.--._Uest possible divergence.. Fvist ll-.iml. for instance, which was l_-._ a year ago is now 2J-: (���������olileiihiiis Deep lias fallen from II j. t<> :i\: Knight's West. Hand shares-then 11}. arc 2v. and Modderfonleiu i'l shares, which in April, ISMi, were celling at 111, The American railway companies are devoting much attention to the ti.msportalion business of this district. The Northern Pacific people have issued a handy and useful folder that contains much information "concerning what they are pleased'to "term-the "Spokane-Kootenai" mining country. It is now in order for the Great Northern to published a pamphlet on the resources of the iMinneapolis-Kainy River district/and for the O. H.&N. Uo. to commence advertising the shortest, route to' the Portland-Cariboo gold fields. RELIANCE MINING EXCHANGE Mine-Ineoi'itorators and Brokers Mill I'uicliiise or Fiiriiisli Money lo Develop ������;oo(l rrnperlies. First CIsihm Connection.* in Eastern Cities and London. M'rll _��������� us before pliiclnji your properly - 315 4.316 ROOKERY s_E?o_B_:-A._[sr___-:, - ���������W-A-S-H**- Tbe election last week of .Mr. A. S. Vedder to succeed the late iir. Thomas Kitchen as representative of the Cbilliwack district in the Provincial legislative assembly i.s an emphatic expression of public disapproval of the Turner government. The Dominion ��������� government . has decided to oppose tbe incorporation of railway companies witlibut some certainty tliat the charter holders are prepared to go on with the undertaking. W. J. TWISS, MINING, REAL ESTATE ���������BROKER.��������� INSURANCE AND GENERAL " COMMISSION AGENT. FRONT STREET, - KASLO, B. C. Y550) - ��������� . JOHN HIRSCH, Provincial Land Surveyor. ., Office: NELSON AND HOSSLAND, P. C. ARE YOU A MAN? If so we can interest you to the extent of DOLLARS and CENTS. Drop into the P. 0. Store and see how it is done. cr. _a_. c___vi_l:_k:_e:-R, NO'S. 18 & 20 BAKER STREET, (���������3) NELSON, B.C. 1JSTCOEPOEATED THE 1S70. NOTICE. Notice i.< hereby jjiveu tlmt sixly days after date T intend lnu'pply io the Chief C'oiiiini-siori- W) fit-gist rn> of Joint Stock Coiiij-anies. Notice of Application for Liquor License. ���������"���������pAICE notice that, T, Thomas Flynn, willapply ���������lr- -to -thfi-Stipendiary-Magihtnito-of-West- Koolenay, thirty days after date, for a license to sell liquor by retail, at, the Koolenay Hotol in the town of Quartz Creek in said district. THOMAS FLYNN. Dated-at, Quart/; Creok, Ii. C, this ailli dav of April. 1S!)7. > (BIT Notice of Appicalion for Liquor License. TAKE notice that f, E. M. Pelcr*. will apply to the Gold Commissioner of AVest Koote- -'nay, II. Cr thirty days afterdate, for a-license tc sell liquor by retail at the I'etro Hotel on the Norlh Fork of Wild Horse Creek in said district. K. M. PETERS. Dated at "Wild Horse Creek, Ii. C , this Hid day of May, 18!)7, - (Clu) FOR SALE An established business on l.akei' street for sale eheuji. 018 Enquire at Tub Miner. G. D. CURTIS '^fJT] ARCH IT 1= C TESEP=*J 023 OVKK THOMSON"*' HOOK STOKE. REAL ESTATE SNAPS- Two splendid bargains in l.esidenec Property within one block of" Post Ollice. Good buildings and particularly desirable for "��������� parties wanting homes conveniently located. "Must be sold at onco for cash. Applv. . ANDliEW JENSEN. (G:JG) Opposite Bridge on Baker St. NE.LS0NJ_.OTS. NOTICE. Having appointed \V. J. G. Dickson local agent for addition A to the town- site of Nelson, intending purchasers of lots or parties wishing information, plans or price list of the addition will please applv to him. i<������ F. C. INNES. Music Lessors Mrs. Morley is prepared to receive U pupils for Piano, Violin or Organ. -Apply at Thomson Stationery IV* .Store, .\eI_sou. 127 020 REWARD. LOST.���������On Tuesday afternoon April 27th, between tho sandpits located midway between Nelson and the Nelson lcknon. linker St. SLOGGETT & -WATERS Practical Miners, Contractors and Prospectors. Developing New Property a Specialty. Address in care of Miner office. 009 FOR WilS ai CIGARS ABDBESS 511 California Wine Co. NELSON B.C. W. H. PHIUPPS, SEAL #���������#'_# ^ ENGRAVER Die*Sinker and Embosser. 583 30i Douglas Street, Victoria; B. C. FOUND. A new place to send'your laundry after April the ist. The Kootenay Steam Laundry will be thoroughly equipped with thelatest improved machinery and experienced help. Whitcher & Cleland - Props. ' ' ��������� NKISOX, I-.C. (.._.)) ��������� Exchequer Gold Mining Company, Limited. A limited amount of treasury stock now .on sale at io cents per share. Enquire of A. H. Kelly, Baker street, two doors west of Bank pf Montreal. . 51:1 COLUMBIA & WESTERN RT. Time Table No. 4. To take .fleet Keb. I, 1S97. KASTBOUND. No. 4 passenger (daily except Sunday) leaves Rossland J:00 p.m Arrives at Trail 5:00 p.m No. 2 passeni?er,(daily except Sunday) leaves Rossland 7:00 a.m Arrives at Trail S:U0 :t..iii WESTBOUND. No. 3 passenger (daily except Sunday) ' Leaves Trail _Szl_5 a.m Arrives in Rossland 1_:WJ a.in No. 1 passenger fdialy except Sunday) ���������Leaves Trail 5:1.5 p.m Arrives in Hossland " 7:00 p.m. Connections made with all boats arriving and departing from Trail. Gcneiai Offices: Y. 1VGUTELIUS, Trail B. C. General Supt, Kaslo & Slocan Railway TIME CARD NO. I. MINEES and PROSPECTORS Going to Goat ltiver or Wliitu Grouse Mountain mines will lind it tn tlieir interest to got their supplies at tlio Pioneer Store at Sanca. A complete assortment of Groceries and Miners' Supplies always on hand a'L reasonable prices. Satisfaction Guaranteed. (Ii2i) TXJGhS KASLO ALLAN LKAN, - Master. -A-XsTID RED STAR A-CAJ,P1&r. Are prepared to do TowinK. etc., and can be Chartered by Kxciii-sion and l'rospectini; 1'ar- ties. Scows furnished. l'*or further particulars apply on board stunners or to, 0. "W. WEST, 0, T. STONE, C. W. BDSK, .j'**'') Nelson. Kaslo. Balfour. WHEN IN KASLO STOP AT The Olyfjipic I... .MIS I'l.ASTKl.Kll IX IIAKIf FIMSII. NKWIA FIIKXISIIEI.. 455 STRICTLY FIRST CLASS R. S. GALLOP, r.op. FRONT ST., KASLO, B.C. Hotel Slocai) Oldest and Most Reliable in the City. EDWIN CUMMINGS, Proprietor. RATES: $2.50 Per Day. Headquarters For Commercial ^Travelers ant> flMntno (IDen. First=Ciass in all its Ap= pointments. Cor. A Ave. and 4th St., KASLO, B.C. (3.-.1) KOOTENAY LAKE SAW HILL Nelson Office and Yard FOOT OF HENDRYX STREET. Builder, are invited to inspect my stock of Rough and Dressed Lumber, Shingles, Laths, Doors, Sash; Mouldings Turned Stock, &c. ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. G. O- J3Uchai)ai| 113 id Trail Go,, ll Strs. Internationa] and Alberta ON KOOTENAY LAKE AND RIVER. Time Card in ell'ccL February 1st. 1S!)7. Daily except Sunday. Subject to change ��������� without notice. Lv. ICaslo for Nelson, Ainsworth, Pilot Bay, Balfour, Way Points 5:30 a.m. Lv. Nelson for Kaslo, Ainsworth, Pilot Bay, Balfour, Way Points 4:40 p.m. Close connection at Five Mile Point with all passenger trains of the N. &, F. S. R. li. lo and l'roin Northport, Kossland and Spokane. Lv . fAr Northport 12:30 pin. *\ Ar Kaslo -| " Kossland 8:25 p in. 1- Kaslo 5:80 a in , l " Spokane __^00_pjiiij ��������� 8 p. 111. Lv Spokane 7:00 a 111 Ar at Kaslo 8 p in Lv Kossland 10:80 a m ' Lv Northport 1:27 pin " " " Through tickets sold at lowest rates and baggage checked to all United States points. ��������� 81 GEO. ALI-XANDKI., Gen'l Mgr. ICaslo, Jan. 30, ISO". Head Ollice at ICaslo, B.C. Going East? If you are Do not Forget Three Inptai. Poinls FIRST���������Go via St. Paul because Ibe lines to tbat point "'ill aUbrcl you the best service". " SECOND���������See tliat tbe coupon beyoiul St. I'aul reads via the "Wisconsin Central because tbat line n_al-.es tbo closest "connections witb all the trans-continental lineiie tering the Union depot there, and its service is fiist-class in every particular THT1.D���������For information, call on your neighbor and friend, the'neniest tirkel agent, and ask for ,1 ticket via tbe "Wisconsin Central lines, or address Jas.'C. Pond, or Gko. P. Hattv. Gen. Pas. Agt, General A;:cnl. ' -Milwaukee. '-'Ilj Stark St.. Wisconsin. (570) Portland. Or. IA PA BATES, $1.00 and $1.50 Per Day. Fine Assortmcnnt of ".VINES, LIQUORS AXD CIGARS 50S 0.1. GOODWIN, Proprietor. GoinoWest. Daily Going East. Leave 1.00 a. m. Kaslo Arrive 3.50 p.m. S.3G a. ni. South Fork " 3.15 p.m. ": 9.80 a. m. Sproule's ���������' 2.15 p.m. " 9.51 a. ni. Whitewater . " 2.00 p.m " 10.03 a.m. Bear Lake ��������� . 1.IS p.m " 10.18 a. ni. McGuigan " 1.3 p.m " 10.30 a.m. Bailey's " 1.21 i>.ia " 10.39 a.m. Jnnction '��������� 1.12 p.m Are. 10.50 a. ni. Sandon Leave 1.00 p.m Subject to change without notice. For rates and information ppp y at the Company's ofllces. ROBT. IRVING, R. AV. BRYAN. 261) Traffic Manager. Superintendent. MAtAtA������A������AtA������A������AtAtA������A������AJ? H>S>3&S&S������S'$"S'_t>&S'i_'>__>_^ Jl W lj I WITHOUT i Ihoops^J W That means a long Sff M/ lasting Pail. \W ill) Its many qualities Vf/ tyjr are unique. ^/ yty The price makes ������t $ rt> available to all. rty $ * ."-UJIATED FIBS__V_-:" ; ������S K__I3, TUBS, PAHS, _-__.____.;, ___._.. kjjf MAfA^fA.AWi?A.K"?vX5A^ mmmmmm������ TWO OLD LOVERS. .' .MARY IO. WILKIN'S. Leydon was emphatically n villago of cottages, und each of them built after one of two patterns; either ��������� the front door was on tho right side, in thc corner of a little piazza cxtonding n third of tho length of Hie house, with tlio main, roof jutting o.e:: it, or the piazza stretched across the front, and the door wus In tho centre. The cottajses wero painted uniformly white, and had blinds of a bright spring- yreen color. Thero was a little flower- giirfpii in front of each; tho beds wero laid out artistically iu triangles, hearts, nnd rounds, and edged with box; boys'- lovc, sweet-williams, and pinks wero tho fashionable and prevailing (lowers. Thero was a general air of cheerful though hum bio prosperity about tho place, whieh it owed, and indeed its very r.\ist?ncc also, to tho three old weather-beaten liool'-and-shoo factories which arose stiunrhlr and importantly in cho vory midst of the natty little whit3 cottages. Years hsforr, whon one Hiram Strong put up his three factories for tlici manufacture nf the rough shoo wlijch the working-man of America wear, ho hardly thought, he was a'.so gaining for himself the honor of founding Leydeii. Ho oho.so the site for his buildings mainly because they would be easily accessible to the raihvay which stretched to the city, sixty miles distant. At first the workmen eam<* on tho cars from tho neighboring towns, but alter a while they became tired of that, and one after another built for himself >, cottage, and established his family and his household belongings near the sceno of bis daily labors. ��������� Ho gradually Leyden grow. A built bis cottage like C, aud B built bis like D. They painted them whito, and hung tho green blinds, and laid out their flower-beds in front and their vegetable-beds at tho back. By and by camii a church and a store and a postofiice to pass, and Leyden was u full- fledged town. That was a long time ago. The shoe- factories " had long pissed out of tho hands of Hiram Strong's heirs;���������heliiiii- sclf was only' a. insmory on the earth.' Thc business was not quite as wideawake and vigorous as when in Its youth; it droned a little now; there was not quite so much bustle and hurry as formerly. The factories were never lighted up of an evening on account n������ overwork, and thc workmen found plenty' of time for pleasant and salutary gossip over thoir cutting and pegging. But this did not detract from tho general ehcerfi'.lnos and prosperity of Leyden. 'lho inhabitants still had all the' work they needed to supply the means neces sary for thoir small comforts, und they were contented. They too had begun to drone a littlo like tho factories. "As slow as Leyden" was the ��������� saying among tho faster-going towns adjoining theirs. Every morning at snvon the.. old men, young; men, and boys, iu thoir calico shirt-sleeves, their faces a little ��������� pale��������� perhaps from their indoor lifo���������filed unquestionably out of rhe back doors of tho white cottages, treading still dcepr-r the well-worn foot-paths stretching around the sides of the houses, and entered thc factories. They were great, ugly woodpn buildings with wings which they had grown-in thoir youth jutting clumsily from their lumbering shoulders. Their outer walls wore black and grimy, streaked and splashed and patched with red paint in every variety of shade, accordingly as tlie original huo was tempered with smoke or the beatings of the storms of many years. Thc men worked peacefully and evenly in the shoe-shops all day; and the women stayed at, home and kept the little white cottiges tidy,' conked the moult, , and washed the clothes, and did tiie Rowing. For recreation the men sac nn the piazza in front of Barker's store of au evening, and gossiped or dismissed- politics; and the women talked over their neighbors' fences, or took their sewing into their neighbors' of an after- '~uoon; ^i���������'������������������ =���������^-- = People died in Lpydon as elsewhere;, and here and there was 11 little white cot- tago whoso narrow' font-path leading round to its back door its master would never tread again. In one of these lived ���������'H'Wcrv Martha Brewster and her daughter K.iria. Thoir cottage was ono of thoso which had its piazza across the front. Every summer they trained morning-glories over it, and planted their little garden ' with the (lower-seeds popular in Leyden. Thero wasnot a cottago in the wholo place -whose surroundings were neater and gayer than theirs,"lor all they were only two women, and two old women at' that; for Widow Martha Brewster was In the neighborhood of eighty, and her daughter, Maria Brewster, near sixty. The two had'lived alone since .Tacob Brewster died and stopped going to tho factory, somo fifteen years ago. He had left them this particular white cottage, and a snug little sum in tin sivings-bank besides, for the whole Hrewster family had worked and economised all their long lives, Tlio women had corded bontu at .home, while' the man had worked in the shop, and "never spent a cent without thinking of itover ni<:ht. ' 1. Leyden folks all thought thar, David Emmons would marry Maria -Brewster when her father died. "D.ivid can rent his house, and go to live with Maria and her mother," they said, with nn affectionate readiness to arrange matter's for them. Bud he did not. Every Sunday night at eight o'clock punctually, thc form of David Enimon.;, arrayed in his be������t clothes, with his stiff whito dickey, and a nosegay in his button-hole, "was seen to advance up "the road towards Maria Brewster's, as he had bein seen to advance up the road townrds Maria Brewster's, every Sunday ni_:bo for the last twenty-live years, but that was all. lie manifested not the slightest intention of carrying 0:1c people's judicious plans- for his welfare and Maria's. Stic dill not-' s=eem to pin:- with hopi* defefred; people could not honestly think there was any occasion"to pity her for her lover's tardiness. A cheerier woman never lived. .She was literally bubbling over with jollity. Kimud-fucstl and black-eyed, with a funny little bounce nf her wholo body when she walked, she was the merry feature of the wholf place. Her mother was now too feebl?, but M;.ria still corded boots: for the factories as of old. David Emmons, who wns quite sixty, worked in them, as lie had from his youth. He was a slender, iniid- faced old man. with a frimre of gray yellow beard around his chin: bis h^a-l was quite bald. "��������� Ye irs ag.-i he had Iven handsome, lhey said il.ut sninpliow p_>n- plB had always 1 litghe.i at hiiii a little, a-thoiigii thoy .4H liU-.d liim. "Th������ -lowest of all ,the sl'i-.v 1. ���������ydenites'" out-ider- cailtxl liim, and even the-"slow I__>'ydeu- ltes" poked fun at thi3 exaggeration of tlifimsplve.s. It was an old and well-worn remark that it took David Emmons an hour to go courting, and that he was always obliged to leavo his own homo at seven in order to reach Maria's, at right, and there waa a standing joke that tho meeting-house passed him ono morning on his way to the shop. David heard the chaffing of course��������� thcra is very littlo delicacy in matters of this kind among country people���������but ho took it nil in good part He would laugh at himself with thc rest, but there was lomcthing touching in his deprecatory ���������way of saying sometimes, "Well, I dou't know how 'tis, but it don't seem to bo in my mitur' to do any other way I supposo I wns born without tho faculty of gitMii' -along quick in this world. You'll havo to git behind and push mu a lcetlc, I reokon." Ho owned his littlo cottage, which was one of tlio kind which had.tho piazza on tho right sido. Ho lived entirely alono. There was a hulf-ucrc or so of land -beside his house, w>hinh lie used for a vegetable garden. After and beforo shop hours, is tho dewy evenings and mornings, he dug and weeded assiduously between tlio green ranks of corn and beans. It Daivd Emmons was slow, his vegntn- blcs were not. None ot tho gardens. In Leyden surpassed his iu luxuriant growth. . His corn tasseled out and his potato patch was whito with blossoms as ' goon as anybody's. Ho was almost a vegetarian in his diet;- thc products of his garden spot were liis staple articles of food. Early in the morning would the gentle old bachelor set his pot of green things boiling, and dine gratefully at noon, liko mild Robert Her- rlck, on pulse and herbs. His garden supplied also his-sweetheart and her mother with all t.he vegetables they could use. Many times in the courso of a weefc could David have been seon slowly moving towards tho Brewster cottago with a basket ou his arm well stocked with tho materials for an innocent and delicate repast. . . But Maria was not to bo outdone by her old lover in kindly deeds. Not. a Saturday but a goodly share of her weekly baking was deposited, neatly cov- .ercd with a whito crash- towel, on David's littlo kitchen tabic. Tlie surreptitious air with which tho back door key was taken from its hiding-place (which sho well knew) under the kitchen blind, thc door unlocked and entered, . and the good things deposited, wa������ charming, although highly ineffectual. "There goes Maria with David's baking," said the women, peering out- of their windows as she bounced, rather more gontly and cautiously than usual, down the street. And David himself knew well tho ministering angel to whom theso benefits were due when ho lifted the towel and discovered with tearful eyes tho brown loaves and llaky pies���������tho proofs uf his Maria's love and culinary skill. Among the younger and more irrever ent portions of tho community there was considerable speculation as to the incidu of courtship of these old lovers of twenty- five years' standing. Was there ever a kiss, a tender clasp of tho hand, thoso . usual .expressions of affection between sweethearts? Some of tho moro daring spirits had eyf-n gone so far as to commit the nuni- fest impropriety of peering in Maria's parlor windows; but they had only seen David sitting quiet and prim on the little slippery horse-hair sofa, and Maria by the table, rocking slowly in her littla cauo-scatcd rocker. Did Maria ever leavo her rocker and-sit on that slippery littlo horse-hair sofa by David's side?., -They never knew; but she never did. Thero was something laughable, and at the same time rather pathetic, about Maria and David's courting. All the outward appurtenances of "keeping company"' wero as rigidly observed as they had beon twenty-five years ago, when David Emmons first cast his mild blue eyes shyly and lovingly nn rod-cheeked, quick- spoken Maria Brewster. Every Sunday evening, iu the winter, thsre was a flro kindled in the parlor, tho parlor lanm ��������� was lit at dusk all the year round,-and Maria's mother retired early, that the - young people might "sit up." Tho "sit- ~"ting'ui>"\vas~iio~very"'~forinidnble���������affair* ~ now, whatever it might havo been in thc first stages of the courtship. The need' of sleep overbalanced sentiment in theso old lovers, and by toil o'clock at tho latest Maria's lamp was out, and David had wended his solitary way to his ow.i home. c Leyden peoplo had a seo the weildin' if they wasn't spry." Then there "had been hints concerning a certain pearl- colored silk whicli Maria, having a good - chance to get at a barg dn," had purchased" sdiim twenty- years ago, when ��������� sho thought, from sundry remarks, that David was coming to the point; and it was further-intimated that' the silk bad been privately made up ten years since ��������� when Maria had again surmised that tho point- was about being- reached. Tho neighbor went home in a state of great delight, having by skillful manoe.uv'cring actu.'illyobtaiued a'glimpse of thc pearl- colored silk. . . ��������� It was perfectly, true that Maria did noli' lay David's tardiness in putting the Important question very much t> heart. She was too cheerful, "to j busy, and ton much interested in her daily . duties ta fret much about anything. There was never at any time much of the sentimental rlcmcnt in ber composition, and her feeling for David was eminently practical in" its nature. She, although the woman, bad the stronger character of the two, and there was .something .| rather mother-like than plover-like In her - affection for hini. It was through tho ,. protecting- care which chiefly characterized her love that the only pain to her camo from their lon;: courtship and postponement of marriage. It was true that, years ago, when David had led her to think, from certain hesitating words spoken at parting one Sunday night, that hu would certainly ask tho momentous question soon, hor heart "had gone into a happy flutter. She had bought tho pearl-colored silk then. - Ye.ir.s after, her heart had fluttered again, but a little less 'wildly tbis time. David almost asked her another Sunday night. Then she had made up tho pearl-colored silk. S-iiu n������ed to go and look at it fondly ,.and admiringly from time to time; once in a while she would try it on aud survey herself in tho glass, i'HE MINER, NELSON, 13. C, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1897. was some- Maria stood old "figure rdown ; the and imagine herself David's bride���������a faded bride, but a happy and a beloved one. She looked at the dress occasionally now, but a little sadly, as the conviction that she should 'never wear ic was forcing itself upon her more and more. But. tho sadness was always more for David's sake than her own. She saw liim growing an old man, and the lonely, uncared- for lifri that he led filled her heart with tender pity and sorrow for him. She did not (.-online her kind oilices to the. Saturday baking. Every wi*3k liis little house was tidied and set to rights, ami hi= mending 'looked after. Once, cm n Sunday night, when she spied a rip in his coat, that had grown long from tlio want of womanly fingers constantly at hand, she had n good cry after he had left and sho had gono iiilu her room. There was something more pitiful to her, something that touched h'.-r heart more deeply, in that rip in hor lover's Sunday coat than in all lior long years ol waiting. As tie; years went on, it times with a sad heart that und watched thc poor lonoy moving slower than e vet- street to his lonely home; but the heart was sad for him always, and never for herself. She used to - wonder at liim a little sometimes, though always with the most loyal- tenderness, that ho should chooso to lead the solitary, cheerless life that ho did, to go back to his dark, voiceless home, when he might be so sheltered and cared for in his old age. She firmly believed that it was only owing to hor- lover's- incorrigible slowness,1 in this as in everything else. Slie never doubted for an instant that lie loved her. Somo women might have tried hastening matters a little themselves, but Maria, with thc which is some times more inherent in a steady, practical nature like hers than in a more ardent one,'- would have lost, her self-respect for evor'if' she hud done, such a thing. So .she lived cheerfully , along, corded her boots, though her fingers were getting stiff, humored her mother, who was getting feebler ahd more childish every year, and did tho best she could for hor poor, foolish old lover. When David was seventy and she sixty- eight she gavo away "tiie pearl-colored silk to a cousin's daughter who was going to be married. The girl was young and pretty and happy, but she was poor, and the silk would make "over into a grander wedding dress for her than she could hope to obtain in any other way. Poor old Maria smoothed the lustrous folds fondly with her withered "hands before sending it away, and cried a little,' with a patient pity for David and herself. Hut whon a tear splashed directly on to the shining surface of tho silk, she stopped crying at once, and her sorrowful expression changed into one of careful scrutiny as she wiped tbo salt drop away with her handkerchief, and;, held the dress up tn tho light to be sure that - it was not spotted.' A practical nature like Maria's is sometimes a great boon to its possessor It. is doubtful if anything else can dry a tear as quickly. Somehow Maria always felt a little difference towards David after she had given away her wedding dress. There bad always been a little tinge of eon- She turned nervously before the thin mirror, a tall, heavy woman, sleek gn.y. hair.;. Her gown wis.of alpaca,, made in bygone- vogue. narrow pipings held sway:and a 1 sciousness in her manner towards him, a littlo reserve and caution beforo people. But after the wedding dress had gone, all question of marriage had disappeared so entirely from her mind, that the delicate considerations born of it vanished. She Was uncommonly halo and "hearty for a woman of her age; thore was ap parently much more than two yoars difference between her and her lover. It was not only the Saturday's bread and ' pie that she carried now and deposited an David's little kitchen table, but. openly and boldly, not caring who should see her, many a warm dinner. Every day, after her own housework was done, David's house was set to rights. He should havo all the comforts ho needed in his last years, she determined. That they were his last years was evident.' He coughed, and now walked so slowly from feubleness and weakness that' it * was a matter of doubt'to observers whether he could reach Maria Brewster's before Mdn- ���������ilay-o veiling; = ��������� :���������" One Sunday night he stayed ajittle longer than usual���������the clock struck ten before he started. Then _ he rose, and ��������� said, as he had dono every" Sunday evening for so many years, "Well. Marin, 1 . guess it's about time for me to be goin'.'" She helped him on with his coat, and tied on his tippet. Contrary to his usual . habit he stood in the door, and hesitated -a minute���������there seemed to be something he wanted to say. "Maria." . "Well, David?"- "I'm gittin' to be an old man, you know, an' I've nllers been slow-goin:; I couldn't seem to help it." There has born a gnod -many things I haven't got around to." Tlio old cracked voice quavered painfully. ."Yes, I know, - David, all about it; you "couldn't help it. I wouldn't worry a bit about it IC I "wero you.'' "You don'tlav up anything a'^in "me, Maria?" <: "Xo, David." "Good-night Maria." She held the lamp at tho. door till the patient, tottering old figuro was out of sight. She had to wipe the tears from *' her spectacles in order to see to read her Bible when she wont*'in. Noxt morning sho was hurrying up ~ ber housework to go over to David's ��������� - somehow she felt a little anxious about him this morning���������when there came a loud knock at. her door. When she opened it, a boy stood there; panting for breath; ho was David's next neighbor's son. "Mr. Emmons .is sick," he said, "an', wants you. I was goin' for milk, when he rapped on the window. Father nn' mother's in thar, an' the doctor. Mother said, tell you to hurry." The news had spread rapidly; people knew what. it meant when they saw Maria hurrying down the street, without her. bonnet, her grey hair flying. One woman cried when she saw her. "Poor thing!" she sobbed, "poor thing!1'" A crowd was around David's eottag-- ��������� when Maria reached it. She went "straight in through the kitchen to his little bedroom, and up to bis side. Thc doctor was in the room, and several neighbors. When he saw Maria, poor old David held out his hand to her ; and smiled * feebly. Then he-looked imploringly at the doctor, then nt the others in the room. Tho doctor understood, and said a word to ��������� them, and they filed silently, out Then he turned to Maria. "Bo quick," he whispered. She leaned over him. "Dear David, she said, her wrinkled faco quivering, her gray hairs straying over her cheeks. He looked up at her with a strange wonder in his glazing eyes. "Maria"��������� a thin, husky voice, that was more like i . a wind through dry corn-stalks, said���������i high, ���������with lilac!: when i.ng������r-. ing fondness for crinolines lurked in /'till skirt breadths. j As she wheeled in critical half circle.., ,'��������� the gill at.her sidepulled and patted th . alpaca folds straight, the old <,woin.iu /observing this'process of adjustment.'wit/i .11 look of: helpless . anxiety, her 'elbow.- > lifted.' , ������������������ ������������������' :'' "I won't know; a thing to say," she argued. '-> . '. i Y"-" "Oh, mother! lipn't go -to '"worrying "' again. You won't have anything "lo say. i He'll do.tlio' talking. You just sit ujl and listen. Ilore's your.-hemstitched hiin'dkor-.-, chief with' tlie initial. I'd .bold ,it;Jik_ '���������' i' this.'.' She 'drew* tiie stiff linen into shape., ;;holdiiig4t at the center .with an iissiiinp-/ .tion (if carelessness.;- ": " /���������- j ! '..' A. caudle du the bureau with its rest- ' j less brush of flame painted in tlie, oval : . glass a -.sketchy picture 'of '"tlie room, the i wiling of'which lifted like ii tent.;. A spot; 'of rich blue deepened in. .the.'-homespun", j bed cover. Yawning darkly under, tlie J j low side wall was. a little hide-bound ; trunk, the'dimensions of which ..were ex- | actly reproduced in tlie creasus of the', ulpaciv ikirb!'"-'.r;-.-; ���������'".--'������������������:���������.��������� ������������������:.! "You look mighty, nice," said tlie girl, i stepping away, her hand ������������������ judiciously'/ poised on her hips.- She was young, with.' ii peachy'face in round cheeks .of which.- certain .Jit.tie- 'dimples ; were furtively . tucked. "'Her hair,,, of.the faint brown , which is.shot with silvery reflections, was delicacy" (.oiled'' awkwardly,; "ii.. '"-it it" had only" lately bee if coiled at all, and still yearned to lie. in the,hanging braids of childhood. "I hope.my collar is even," .reflected tlie, other'woman. :'v .������������������'��������� . ..'-,'������������������''.'������������������ *\ "It isn't that I care for'myself, Lizzie." | I ain't cared to dress> since���������your father j went away., I .wouldn't think it looked just right. But William's 'maw is rale dressy. I saw her once". ut.-->church.-;. And so .1 want to .'pear just, as I know haw. Only I do "hope, I'll never hev to go through any such doin's again! I do so." . "The girl slipped:out a low gurgle.: of laughter. "'���������._���������,. ,"I don't reckon, you will," she: said, "seeing "Im the only '.daughter'- you got. I don't look, to lie asked for morethah: once. Hush!."; Oh";mother, there's liim* knocking right now!", ���������'".; ../'"You better go to the door. Give"; me'_: the caudle* I'll light you down."; '������������������...// *". 'The old woman, seeming to./gather resolution of /despair, stepped heavily on'���������_ the first .step/of.,the, narrow" stair. -Lizzie held thoJlaringTtaper aloft^with; :a: slink-r ing" hand.,/;sSuddenly" sho caught /her mother's sleeve." /:.':���������'/.'''"'���������'_, ������������������'/,?'/ .>>/ ''Don't say:much about,.father: ; / Will knows he ain't here.'' She hungbreath-' less "iii .the shadow,.of the/staircase, listening :to"tliedittle,,biisble of;, entrance just, below*. ":A young ������������������mail's voice stammered: ���������out ii-greeting./ _ . ������������������/������������������-'..'.���������-.������������������_���������/������������������ ;":o'. Right-cold night," die said./"' -Reckon _ "we're going, to have '-"real: ���������.,' Christinas ;weather by next week." *j .-Lizzie, hanging against the deal easing, heard the ^sitting-room _ door - shut." From within "a low murmur of talk; came. The girl, wild-eyed aud Hushing, /crept'down;the 'steep, stair|,:: slipping into mi room .across the bit of entry. /������" .";;,/ ''������������������'���������?��������� A.young/fcllow /whose, boyish face-re- ���������luplicated in acless delicate tone her o>vn piutc and white tints glanced up from a book../; / '"./ /./;. ",: ' ���������������������������*' ���������' ':.' '.../���������- ������������������.; '"Keep calm;-Lizzie," he said";teasing-. "ly.. ''You look excited. I reckon: mother .will say yes. You told her to say yes, .didn't you?.."--.I-;expect slie'll be easy: on him���������a. nice young man likeWill ...Haley;: Only: thing is she may forget ��������� what, you told her-���������"he drew up, warned by the /tremor of his sister.' lip: that this heart- stirring 'moment.was not a time for jest. '. It occurred to liim for the lirst: time how: little she inust be to him in" tlie future/this pretty:' sister of his,- cvvhose ways were appointing in the room across ..the hall./-'0,;"-', - 'Y".//; Y '���������'../ i:'\ >���������'''..>,..:- ?Y. ; ."-l-I'li'hate'to see .you niarry,Jjiz!",.he LexclaiiWHlj^ hard,for her. She's only.-got-us two. Ami" slie's had a fearful lot'"������������������-to /puti/'-iip with. 'Fatber-r-' .'_.;.' :��������� :. ._ '.: ��������� ������' -Y Y"..'".:",: ;;',"��������� ' ��������� ,- "She wouldn't like to haveyou breathed ii,word"against him;'; Ed.'',/She started iis she spoke.' Fter;iiibther Avasr-ptisliing; at the door.". She camcyin groping a little/ /' - '.'Go,,.Ijizzie,'i:slie Paid,- in,_ unlabored voice". 'VI'll''give you to0 hini.'..' He���������rhe's ])o'ful foiii'to' you.; ,:;Ho'll/ make "you a goodinan." '; ./":// '"."..- j-0-'..:.. ''"' ���������**".. ,: ���������.���������;���������". And as the girl flung toward her, im- .. -,.__ ..t on' you���������go/on.'/ "Shutting"tlie "door 'upon the girl," she satdown-heavily. ._ L;../. -.- pulsively, she made out-to smile. "Don' you mind me, daughter.-He's waitin' oi swung" himself oyer the tliNsholcl, deoliir-'; ing an intention cf leaving forever a family so -unworthy a ('".tiler's devotion". The fannly itself believed tlie calm which i'ol- ';' lowed liis going would be . ;:s lleeting'iis'! tlie odor of rye v hlyh' hung .Upon Iii; nienaee. But '���������as days lyngtheiied and no / stumbling foot, sounded'after night��������� ��������� tipdii ���������! the door stop, it I -eg iii to seem as if 'tlio | old man's threat'hnd not been nieruly .". laetie;:] device. , | ; 'l.'lav huniiiii growths he lias tr.iiiipcd | . on I e:;;an to lift, / tliemselves, daring to j li'esheii in the simshine. But; they never ' ' put; intoovertshape the satisfaction which enlivened tbt'ln. " Al ���������'������������������'/;".' /������������������ | j : "Maybe if I'd ���������been different to what 1 , w.i!-'���������'more stern-like and pushing���������your i father ������������������'wouldn't ever hev give way" to "i ! drink," hreatlied "Mrs. Hicks, staring int,:i I -:the:fire. '''/-":// YY.\ i "No one. could have been any kinder ' than you was,mother.",-. ..:'/��������������������������� :" Iw.-is rale, short; t,;i hiin the night lie, "went,:.Ed;' You raid some things,'too, that���������oh, de;;r! I ain't- resigned to think maybe he's cold 'iind hungry!": '_ !; ..Ed. pocketed Ills hiiiuls witha suddim sense of gloom. " . .It was not, ii pleasant fancy.'1 lie haled to think even a stranger's dog mighfcbe nbroaiL on" a night when black sides /housed a howling wind and barren troes "wi'inig their empty'hands to'the' stress of it.' ' -'_,;: ..-..i-y: "- ' In spite of himself he sei-ine'ib'to,, seo a / leaning old shape "buffeted: by that raw 'sweep.: Its; gray beard mocked by "bleak ��������� giisf-s.'���������' The cheer of;, the rag-carpeted : 'kitchen upon which u series of dark'pictures cainett and, went,, pictures always of / the si'.ine aged figure, bent with a bviiileh ! of'slui-meful years. It; stretched out feelilo .hands,'-'begging;''broad' of a.hard-faciHl farerin "a, city, way. It crouched "for : sheltjr'in some noisome door." It looked i from prison liars,'it; slept in hedges, ,iiihv;%'s ;wifch the peculiarn pathos uiiim :it of sins long past and bitterly atoned. I Lizzie's soft laugh rang-out in the hiill, j There was a .whispering..- She wits hid-- i ding her lover good night. : .: .:// I Ed. sat with his head in his hands. His. ������������������mother stared into the fire with a'" gray :^,hii'sed..:. thu: young :-inaii. J'Dead���������huddled imder the clqilsof a pauper's .grave." The "idea, carrying a/weighfe of compunction, ringed a new glory.rotind old,Hick ?s''.'-' brow..... '���������' I wish to the Lord I hadn't spoke to-him like I did thenight .lie left," mused '��������� liis ."son. .'���������/"-'���������-:"v';:'i .' /''������������������"; '-v "; ������������������:���������,,/: ';���������"-���������"-;,:':>'"'-".-���������'.'.' /': Oiv Chri.sfciiias evo Lizzie had "gone;: to somo* -neigliborliood; festival /: with \her; lover. Ed" coming in'late from the store "was liaiiging his /overcoat behind the* ���������'door;'. His mother stood shaking a dipper- ful of corn, over the blaze. '. "-,_"::. ; "You set riglit dowu aud ''.eat tins while it is hot, Eddie./ "'l ..never sec corn "popV'.l.ike,it does���������white as cotton." //,;/ Ed. stretchedhis liaiids, over /..the stove, watching the/leap", of;the corn flakes. }'������������������' Mi's. Hicksbent ii glance "of inquiry toward the house front: : ::. - " :������ " :'.-' That /wasn't a stop, "was it?'' /���������' she Ae- bated.���������-"��������� \'-:"Y ������������������..-���������'��������� ������������������������/'-/������.-./ -ij'-:.-/;/ ���������';���������'-������������������:'; i-.;,-'A riip tliundered upon"tho door panel. ."'Soino of tlie boys���������"/said Ed;-"I lialf- promised tolqok iir ou the candy :p.ulliiig ;it Howe's,.t6-night'. Reckon "they've conic to-^-" he flung the door wide. % / / ?; /-/ ���������-. It .disclosed, a/parallelogram- of, snow- white earth,. rippling, -.along .its upper part with star-facetted gray sky. /- ;A bare sapling at the gate, the glow of a Christ-* mas tree in a window oveivthb way, v its branches , specked' with ? fire>. nnd,giiudy - with tinsel, the rings mid clamorof/a sleigh full of'young folk: passing / in tihe,: street-���������all this made an indefinite '"-scttl-, _i n .r._ ntutbiffi u;n re- r .ii _th h,step.-'//^^_^���������it^l ; ���������-. It, was/not a "' bowed, /wretched figure/ i:with holliiSv^eyos'und'.blowlng". strjiii'ds'of asheii hair. "*" It>w,is iiiean etiojigh,"in its-, ragged clothes, a limp.hat jamnied.over. its -brow, but;despite these signs of fallen fortunes it stood'upright .iiiuVTO.tundj the mottled red of,its, puilTy'- cheeks, rea'oliing- out and rimiiiing.its heavy *noso; in scarlet. \. ������������������-'"-"���������':.������' ������������������=���������' -,,: '";-/fv;f "���������,./.> '/"���������������':'.'������������������/.;".' . In ;t!ie hanging, ������bibulcius inoustticlies huiig. the/old Bohemian - air. -The.' oyes": rollicked..: T,he unsteady "knees .liad. sfliue- thing: jaunty, in their advance. >.- :'"/;/* i/.ther ain't sick, or in..'w.iut ordead.- He,'s come home." . ."'..-,' / But there was no prayer, in her heart lis she lay at Lizzie's side, listening /to the girl's uneven, sighing breath,. When she wokeinthe liiorning it was witli a Konso of surprise that she hi.it, .-h pt even h little, hnd been abb for an hour or two' ������,o bind slumber upon her paining'eyes. It was ii full day. Lizzie was /"heady up and gone down stairs. " Across the panes a- siiow heaped l;eec!i- braiich contorted itself like a stem ill., rough coral/- Behind it she saw a blank sky which seemed to her to wear tbo very look she felt her face iissiiniiiig.oa look that must hide all hint of doubt.ihd fear. ;; Slie got up with fallerlng Jciiees. li was Christinas day, when, the, measure o! joy is full, so full that even the wretch e of earth may web their lips at its (lowing briiii.":She went down stairs. They appeared strangely i-'tebp, a.:venturous descent for one whose, eye. took a suggestion" of unreality from their/veiy slope. .-Lizzie was. setting the t.ible. Her lashes glinted up a' "nioriiiiig glance as her motheraiiiliitched 0the/ door. Then she averted themquickly, witli a look ut her brother: -��������� ��������� ..������������������:.'������������������'./. "Your father ain't .upJ'.'o said Mr... Hicks feebly, Hearing the stove. "Make the coffee strong, Lizzie._���������.lie likes, it strong.'! ' '- * /./'Mother," /.said _Ed. . suddenly.^ "I--I, bate to "tell, you!���������-spoiling /your'': Christ-, mas! but^io's gone,"father has���������" ���������/-"Gone?"'" .��������� ' <������������������; ':;'"������������������,-���������-:,������������������'���������,/ ":: :"Y*es'm.",' /;.'.'��������� "Oh just out sbin'erj!: He'll: be in: against; coffee boils.'," ������������������'���������," cShe broke off, shaking, searching Lis face for contradiction. , "No, nianiiiiy. He won't be:back. He's ���������well, lie's, taken my overcoat���������an-l "sev- "enil little things of mine:���������ofcoursj '. he'i. welcome to 'em���������but he's gone for good." His voiee.rang with a. stifled joy. Lizzie's eyes, beamed under their covert lashes. / In her mother's .counfc-inance struggled.ii feeling that broke at the lips in a sliort sob. =V\-y;<_S;:_i\.., ���������jtvvp'-'- Thcy T.lvu in SoiiUievn lSi-uy.il mill Dauvc Ill>|-|II>I|>L-S. Iii Southern Onizil is :i littlo liii-il that, conius as> noiir to hokiint? h rogul.tr <������u-- koy ''hoc-down"���������;i miiistrol sou;r anil danco���������as it is possible for birds to do. It is culled thc. "dancing bird" by the- natives. It is n tiny bluo bird with a red crust*. Mornings and evenings .the little follows gather in a group of n scoro cr i so on a smooth, sandy, or gravelly spot, or at least a spot that is free from grass or any obstruction. Then one of the males Hies to a twig somewhere overhead,, and begins singing in the jolliest jig- voice imaginable; and immediately the hirds begin to step in perfect time wiih the. song, and twitter an accompaniment, and more than that, move their wings Jl time with thc music as they step about. Akin to this dance is one 'where there is but a single dancer on the lloor at a time. The liird is known as the 'rupicola or cook of the rock, also a Brazil bird. Ijike the little blue bird, it selects a smooth, hard floor as its dancing place, and there must lie plenty of bushes about, for it does not seem to like spectators. About this kind of platform the birds gather, some on the ground and some on (he bush. Then all sing, except one, who gets into tho center of the lloor, and there leaps and gyrates in a most comical fashion until exhausted, then he staggers olT{ bnt another instantly takes his place and repents his performance; and so 'they go on, if undisturbed, till everyone of them -hiisliad-his-lling :���������^ Don't feel so bad, mummy!" cried lhe young man. "There's no nicer fellow anywhere, than Will.' Well fixed and all. Tl.' could have had his pick. H/s never bed eyes for any one else but I Ax since be settled'here a year back. She's" 'as sweet us a pink, bnt, mother, we've got nothing. And then folks remember��������� well, you know father oftentimes���������" The woman at the hearth listens .with n quivering chin. " "I'm not-saying a word against him, mother." "Don't you', Eddie!".. " I ain't, mot her."' "Because 1���������Kddie. he had his fault?, but he was rale good-hearted , when .he was himself.'' The son'set his lips. '" "And since he went oil" I've often studied that maybe I wasn't as patient as I ought to have been. I wake up nights and get to studying over us being com- f'terble���������you with a good place in the store and .Lizzio to many well���������when maybe ho's 'out a roof to his head ! it has been three years since he left.���������T reckon he's aged a heap." There was a high wind rioting outside,' muttering contempt upon the low roofs of the village, and. communing in sharper notes with the stripped tree tops. It had an almost human accent, varying from a wild cry to rhe confused murmuring of t"i feverish tongue. The sounds ol* it gave a strange-significance, to the woman's words. -Ed's face took a somber cast. His father's figure recurred to him, clothed for the once in some thin shroud of sentiment. Practically reviewed, it was the figure of a man who, in deserting his famil.v.liad conferred on it a deep and lasting good. A tall man, as his son remembered him, with a rollicking air in his long, gray moustaches, a disreputable uncertainty in the texture of his i slouched hat. and a varying thickness in ,,'-? his voice. _, i His soil recalled the night of the old I' j man's departure. There had been a ! stormy scene. Unable to wring tribute i from his wife's empty purse, the master of the house had strongly expressed a lack of satisfaction in his family ties. lie had "Maria, I'm���������dyin', an'���������I allers meant to ���������have asked you.���������to���������marry me." Tho prodigal had como.home. lie en-' tereil tho house with a step of ainiiible, assurance, anticipating the fatted calf with a tolerant nostril. Uo had dolled the willows of exile for holiday green and his manner was that of ono who*' realizes a certain delight in forgiveness. "Yes,.I'm back," he conceded, making himself at ease in the rocking chair. "This time of year a fellow feels like .he owed something to his family, even if they ain't treated" hini just straight. I never was a man to cherish ill-feelings. Forgive and forget is my motto. Veil, Kd. you're a big boy. Looking line, .���������.'bur's Lizzie*** Cute little trick, that! Heh? 'gone out.' Well, I'll be here when she comes in. A man's place is with his folks. I'm going to bury bygones." His wife, browing tea, holding up Ifrwul to toast, was moved with anguish that her heart had given .no othor token of joy and gratitude than might bo encompassed in a cold sinking. The prodigal, unaffected by the silence, tho.. spasmodic remarks, the llushings and i' palings of the two who plied him with remorseful attentions, rambled cheerfully on. At ia of the clock ho announced himself "dead on his feet" and'ready for bed. ���������.'��������� Just on the stroke Lizzio came, calling out some word to young Kaley as he shut the gate. ,, She came in. all the pretty color going swifty from her cJieeks, all the; frosty brightness quenched in her eyes at sight of the iiassy figure greeting her in a jovial tone'as daughter. The three people who were left in the room when tiie new comer had yawned himself off to Led. stood dumbly looking at and away from each otlier. Lizzie's face, white as a. white rose just unhooileil, struggled with tears. "Will '11 lx������ here all day to-morrow," she breathed. "He���������he's never seen father."' Kd. wheeled round, holding his lips in. Their mother, enfolding them in a look of prophetic love, saw what shame, what possible di-comfituro and ruin lay for them in the dark face of the future. ��������� Hor lips trembled, and the water stood' iii her eyes. "It's late," she said. "Let us renieni- ber all we got to bo grateful for. Tour \ : ���������:_ Wlie-V a'good ntaiv s .7cars..:oii .ct^wet Hay . it's:lucre tiiciii/ likelyKl-C'/p-'ofatii-y conies; ;frb-n,Z.wy_*-.--^"';^ : The'shoe tliat piuclics spoib the temper,/ ::irrit-ite_./tl-G:?iicrvcs, iinpairs di-/ gsstipn, anci-obGciires the'-iieriy -suiisliine-ofjifc.-v// /. / ��������� ��������� ��������� % '// /'Success drs faii;ufc:*:i:_ .life: oft linges; -.poiiTaTi-iaii"';- luopd.at. i critical/inomci-ts,: .and the' v/ay his feet'feci' E^oractimeii^sways /dcstin}v./::.:���������';/, ,'//'--:~:.// -<-. A pair of'. Slater Shoes' \inay., ainconsciously save a fortune'^ but can't cost more than $5.50."/ '".,-��������� .';. It'.s cheaper to tliroiv aiaeYy���������"��������� '���������"'Yf&liffi /;ashoethathur-S.������^ .and inarlc this���������n_>-��������������� "Slater,^/Q )' ,v' Shoes'' need lio breaking in. Yf\ A/tag on each pair tells jiist wliat^leather it is '���������made '.of��������� 7 . liow it -will, affect the feet^-and tlie wear it,. /' will, or will W-^give, according"to uge.';,*"// : YY. -The makers name and price stampeda "011 the ^ sole profecte*;^ai---St imitations of ' /Goodyear Welt, '���������and ehsurcs/.lyalue'."'i-"V*?0'.: ;t__tne:td'the wearer.'yV/$3-5o,M-5oI]$o-5o -Y Y ^5* It hnd to fit tlie shoe.!, Chipmunks. Only recently have chipmunks been classed "as game and appeared in the markets. They have sprung at once into popularity, and the demand is at present considerably greater than the supply. .i.piueures declare that they lire far superior toany othor variety of squirrel, and that, cooked like .terrapin, they even como near equaling that dainty. Chipmunks "are not protected by the game law, but they are not in- good condition for shooting before the middle of September or the 1st of October. Later, when the nuts begin to ripen, thoy,become finer in flavor and bring high prices in the markets. Hunting these lively little follows is by no means easy. -Kind at with a shotgun from a , distance of ..() yards they will dodge, the, charge.- Only rille hunting is productive of a full bag. A jJiJ-ciiliber magazine nrm .is tho'best. Professional hunters who make a specialty of this game use air guns of extrr. power, carrying a BB bullet. The advantage, of this arm is the absence of noise. . Chipmunks may be cooked in many ways. AVhen two-thirds grown (hey are obest grilled fricasseed - like frogs. When older they may be fried a la-Maryland. One well-known chef recommends that they be cut in small pieces and used as a substitute for terrapin. Chipmunks bring from 20 to SO cents a pair, according to size. Most of those usr-d in Now York are shipped from Pennsylvania, West Virginia and "Maine. Some come from Xew Jersey and Long Island, and a.fow from Missouri. The full-grown skin, . dry tanned, is worth from six to eight cents in the fur market. , --IM-KIt ct WKIIS, Sole Agent), lor Nelson. Cm -Utl-I-N l-KOS., Aiicnls ul Knslo. A Ci-usude "T Courtf-sT. William W. Clay of Chicago has started a crusade' of courtesy by issuing the !ol- lowin'g circular: "Thc co-operation of the men of Chicago is earnestly solicited in a crusade of courtesy. The tendency of men and boys to retain seats in public conveyances while women and girls are. compelled to stand is growing to such an extent that even the presence of elderly and feeble women is gradually being ignored. It is liclieved that the attention of the average man need only lie called to this state of affairs to impel his aid iu eradicating this growing and humiliating evil. It is also believed that due courtesy shown to women in this respect, regardless of r,go or personality, will bo elevating in its effect upon men in hrouder channels than mere street cav conduct.'' HAS RECEIVED A COMPLETE STOCK OF WINTER and SPRING GOODS TWEEDS, SERGES, WORSTEDS, Etc. PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. SUITS $25.00 AND UPWARDS. COR. BAKER AND WARD STREETS. 00 B.O. NELSON, ICE/CREAM! ICE CREAM! AT TIIK ��������� . VSEftlNA BAKERY RESTAURANT For tlio Very Host Meal at the Most Resonnblo Price ours is tho place. I-Vory .Icscriiition (if Lunches jnit up to order.- "Wo aro now pi-eparod to furnish all kinds of Fancy Cakes, Vienna Tavts, Lady Fingers, Maccaroons, etc. Wedding Cakes a Specialty. ��������� - - Fiii-sriesT _b_r,_e_a__id iisr TO"w_isr delivered to any part of Lho town. Also a fresh supply of Fancy Candies. f������l " ��������� : R. HURRY, Proprietor. I'-iiiOcroas .MIriiJ. - "Weight," said the summer lecturer, "is in direct proportion to destiny." ��������� "My!" .said the summer girl, "what a weighty mind Chollie Spiridletop must have!" t MEATSI _M2_E!^_.T ���������A" BUTCHER .SHOP has been opened, in connection with the store, with a large stock ot choicest FRESH MEATS. MINING SUPPLIES, ETC. ..09 THE MINER, NELSON B, C, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1897 spl ���������jl ��������� " " ~ ' ������������������_! ,;i _k ������ . -���������V i l i^ - 1897 1 i D M T W T F sl _ M T W ii.*-..?! I r I,, i ���������i,���������i _i _ i ��������� i.__ RtLT N,i____ 1 "T. i ��������� s M T W T F S X X X X X 1 _! ;. 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Albert;. Heavor Mig Throe Unite Jlrit. Can. Gold(i .lei ll. C. (.'old King... Jilucbiril Uruco Caledonia Con California C. & C Celtic -Jnccii Centre Star Colonna Commander Crown I'oint I leer I'ark 1 >cltu-.olii Delaware Hasturn Star '. Kiileriiri*e I.i-iu Kvcning Star licorgia Cert nub; Cianl Holdcn Drip CoUlen Qucon Croat. Western jl.ittio Hrown lluleu High Ore Ilouiestiiku Idaho Imperial Iron Horse Iron Mask I X r. Independent .Ionic .luinbo lCnigltt Templar��������� lCootonav-London .. Le lioil bilj-31ay Jlayllowor Moiiila Jlonte Cristo Jlornin;.; Star Nesting Northern Uelle Noeeltv U. K Palo Alto Dluenix I'ooriiinu Itud Mountain-view It. K. bee Kud foint Ituchcslcr Kossland. lied Jit., ltosslaml Star..:.... St. Kline St. Paul Silverinu Sou'n Cross& \V con Siillaun Trail Jlining Co.. Union .Virgin in War Kiiglcl West, Lo lloi White Uear Young Hritisli Am'n AINSWOinil. Dellie Kllen UOUN'OAl-V. Old Ironsides No. of Shares Soo.ooo 1,000,000 1,000,000 75o,ooo !i, Soo, 000 I'ar Value I'rico. CAMP MCKINN10Y Cariboo I iti:vi;i.si'OKH. Orphan I!oy s 1.0c AN. Alamo ". Cumberland Dardanelles..: Grey Kagle Idler Kootenay-Colmnbia Minnesota "... Noble-Five Gon.-.- J{iitnblcr Con Keco Slocan Star Sunshine Wonderful Washington , _ N'OIITIII'OUT. Hod Top... 1,000,000 ���������2���������"ioo,oooi 1,000,000 lioo.uoo' l.ooo.ooo ."100,000 2,000,000 noo.ooo 7oo,ooo uoo.ooo l.ooo.ooo 000,000 1,000,000 '1,000,000 1,000,000 l.ooo.ooo 000,000 1.000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000.000 000,000 2,000.000 000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 L.ooo.ooo (100,000 000,000 l.ooo.ooo 000.000 1,000,000 1,000,000 000.000 1,000,000 1,000.000 "00,000 000,000 000,000 1,000,000 000,000 000,000 1,000,000 7oo,ooo l.ooo.ooo 1,000,000 000,000 1,000,000 1.000,000 1,000,000 1,000.000 000,000 000.000 1.000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000.000 000,000 000.000 1,000,000 2,ooo Gdo.ooo 000,000 000,000 000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 Too.000 1,000,000 1,000,000 Soo.ooo 000.000 00.000 1,000,000 75o,ooo 1,000,000 loo 1,000,000 -1.2oo,ooo 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 50,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 l.ooo.ooo ������ 1 S 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 I 00 1 00 I 00 1 00 I 00 I 00 1 00 I 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 I 00 I 00 1 00 1 00 I 00 I 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 I 00 ���������1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 I 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 0 00 1 OO 1 OO L 00 I OO 1 OO 1 OO 1 OO I OO 1 OO 1 OO 1 00 1 OO nl 00 1 00 1 00 L 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 I 00 I 00 I 00 1 00 I 00 loo OO 1 OO 1 OO 1 Ol) 1 OO , 1 OO 1 OO 1 00 I 00 1 00 1 00 ,-C 1 Olis ������ U IU () 12 0 10 ,0 OH 0 0:1 11 10 (l ID 0 07 I) 10 ' 0 m; 0 07 0 0.JV 0 _.j 0 17 0 Hi 0 IS 0 0:1 0 12 (I 21) 0 20 0 II.") I) 01) _0 111 I) 8 0 lo (I 11) 0 If! 0 12 I) 7 (I 5 (I Oil I) 7i 0 Oo I) 20 0 -12 12'. 0 (It! 0 it; 0 j 5 0 0 I) IU 7 25 0 2U 0 11 U ISJ- u 11 (I 051 U OS 0 10 0 :i 0 211 U .VI 0 s 0 (il 0 12 0 (IS 0 10 0 2(1 0 15 0 07 () 15 0 10 0 20 0 10 0 Ofi 0 101 - 0 21 U 1U1 0 07' MINING TRANSFERS. Where no consideration is named in transfers the nominal sum of tl is to be understood. Pnllioii������ie and Wyeocoinaeh- to Jas N lilack and D It McLen Xcw Denver. April 27-- \ndrewTunks lennan, J. ������100. April 28- Athv������ No :i���������Joseph Kraiiz to Alex Sprout. Amos Thompson nnd Chas XV Alywin, J to each ���������fSoo. . Suitiina���������l'etTGourdroux toll Hl'itts.?300. Jlny H-.Ios H Martin to II II I'itts. J. Siuilaiia-ll II I'itts to Jos IJ Martin, i. i'liutanii���������Sumo to .Fred Lemieux, \. Sligo-.) F Foley to Jl MacXicol. _-__!. Clyde and I vangural���������Jas Beard to P S Sher- nin. i S10O. Wildhorso���������*W II Bcnnlicn to Thomas La- conibc, V- JJnlraida���������J \V Lowes to Uobert Allen. ������. April 21)- Sulluna���������Chas Uoll'man to 15 1, Ueer, fii-21. Dexter���������Jas Heard to I* J Sherrun, !, $200. Monitor���������V, B Foote to Slocan Monitor Min- ing Co. I. Monitor���������Jas A Grillith t.osame. J. ltoscdale. Flower and May���������Charlotte Henderson and J 11 Gray to Uobt A Cunningham, ������I5,0C0. Hit; Cedar���������John S Parker to A C I lay more, ?250. Kai-ly Uird���������llosinus Mulile to J S C Kraser, SHXK). April 30- Mh-er Kiiifj; No 3���������Alex "McDonald to Win Tlionilinson. .|, S225. J lustier No 2���������S J Ucutar to Wm Sudrow, ",. l'lnrly Ilird-J-; S Uabb to Albert Allen, 1 s;5t;.r_!_. Wild Jim���������Jas Boyd to It A Bradshaw, 1. May 1- Glasgow���������K J Dohie to Robert, Williams, J. Reliance and El Azhar-Robt Williams lb K J Dobie, ,������. May 3- Ruby Jlay -John Pierce to AN Shaw, J. Silver Boll and Hustler���������Duncan ltlrvinc to Win S Drowrv, |. Same���������XV S Drewry and I' J Hickcy to Jas A Lindsay, ... SUO00. Same���������Duncan H Irvine, AVm S Drewry and P J Uickey to Jas A Lindsay, |. Same���������Bruce Craddock to I) It Irvine. Same���������John Urydcn to The Silver Hustler Jlining Co, :}. Same���������Duncan 11 Irvine to John Brayden and Silver Hustler Jlining Co i. TO REMOVE SQUATTERS LAW APPLYING TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF HELS0N. An Acl _K->|ii'cliilly lMr..-le c_3-_____A.ss"Wr7__.T?,-Ei!. Doors for Sale Cheap. A Large- Stock of-Sashes and Lo ^.ELSOiN"- WI. M. R. SMITH % GO. Biscuit Manufacturers. -;^BirT_E-iiF0_R-PB-ie_E--JL_ESTr--* VICTORIA * - B.C. (2.2) Ciiui-I Milling Kuiiilx. At this season ot the year mauy mining districts, says Jhe Engineering aud Mining Journal, are realizing forcibly the .-.disadvantages aud costs of poor roads. We liei'r continually -of work delayed and dilliculty in obtaining supplies because the roads are impassable. A dirt road badly made in the first place, and kept up ' badly���������or not at all���������is! always an expensive affair to those who are obliged to use it, aud is suffered to exist generally because very few realize | how much money a good road wonld save. for them. The movement for better' roads has had good effects in many parts of the couutry and its further extension is very' desirable. Of .course there are districts whieh must suffer on account of their location, which makes road building very costly, or because their traftic j is too small to warrant th^ incuri ing of j much expense; but there are many. where a united effort could secure a J greater improvement in this respect.' Iu j many raining districts alt.o, road material > is plentiful, and the cost of making go'id highways would not be great. The | addition of 500 pounds to the average. load of a team mav not seem very im-j portant by itself, but'it may make a very i members of parliament, namely: Cols, considerable dillerence in expense in the i Domville, Tisdale, Trior, Tncker " and course of a year. "We have iu mind a j Tynvhitt. Lieut.-Col.' O'Hrieu, es-M. P.. case where the outlay of ������5,000 o:i a road i by the owners of a quarry was repaid io ��������� tliem iu less than two years by the saving i in expenses; and a member of the firm��������� l-.iiii' lliiii."_C U~T_ rt A T E S-<*__- am prepared lo make Silver, Gold... $ .f)0 I.OO accurate ��������� ib;; Silver and gold, -SI.00 nd reliable assays upon ores at thc owiny rates: Copper,. Ores may be sent by mail full. The cliartrt-S for the S2.00 . 1.50' an interest in Prospectors 60S" I'ri-iiiicr l.nurR'r ..lioo.es (lie Military Aides W.10 Mill Accompany liim. A telegram from Ottawa says: The pre- ! mier has decided on the list of ollicers I whom he will invite to accompany him to England as his personal staii'. next month. "Included in the list are live with a will. Coi. the Ilou. .1. M. GiDson, provincial secretary; Lieutl-Col. Aylmer. Ottawa; Lieut.-Col. Munro. "Woodstock: Lieut.- Col. 1-iiilaud: Major lleibert. Moureal: Lieut-Col. Mason. Toronto; Lieut.-Col, White,.Quebec: Lieut.-Col. Laugworth. Prince Edward Island: Lt. Coi.������..regory, Victoria;* Dr. (*.. *W Wilson. Montreal: Capt. llarrv Pate. Ottawa: Lieutenants Courtney and! IWec, It, Mj| College. _. railroad; bntnearly everyone can j Possibly :i Winnipeg officer may receive a decent road .if It goes* to work I an.ippoinlment 011 the stab of the .hu:- Silver, lead, gold and copper, .....:. 1.00 Silver, lead and "gold or express and all charges must he prepaid in assaying must also accompany the sample. Money furnished lo prospectors to develop their claims for same. Claims bought, and sold. Good prospects stocked, arc invited to correspond with nie. WALTER J. BROWN meson, h. c. p BURNS & CO. Wholesale and Retail Meat Merchants HEAD OFFICE NELSON, B. C. '; - Branch Markets in Rossland, Trail, Nelson, Kaslo, Sandon, Three Forks, New Denver and Slocan City.1' We are prepared tp supply consumers with . all kinds of Fresh and Cured Meats at rea- _- sona'ble prices. ~ '' ' Orders by mail to any branch will Iiave careful and prompt attention. 530 Thos. Bui 111 %' Co., L'd. DEALERS il IN MINERS1. BUCIIITES' Al MILL SUPPLIED, who was at first opposed to the espen li- ture���������said afterwards that no one payment by the firm brought iu a more direct or belter return than the $300 or $000 ii year it cost to keep the road iii gvod condition. "Sot every mining district can have have I.._l_ AMI SUEI-T __r..>X. .IIIXKKS' PI. KS, MINKKS'SIIMVKLS. .VIUll I.OrKS. dy.viiiiti: rrsi: ami t:\vn, ISA IS .--WI SIIKI-T S-TKKL, MAXILLA BOrES, SOLE AGENTS FOR THE CINNABAR MINING 1 ��������� i ilee regiment. ('33) CO.'S Write for Quotations. AT.AJSrC'OT--' QUICKSILVER. Cable Address. "Dunn." ,, V_E_R^ _B. O- 1 THE MINER NELSON, B. C, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1897. (Continued from lil'lli luifjo.) MINING TRANSFERS. Where rio co.isidcra.tion is named in transfers tlio nominal sum of $1 is to be understood. .VelMWi. May 7��������� Lililo Oeoi'Ko, A.'ron, I'Iiiiil-I. Comet--.! C Dunlop mill 1* W Ciilisoii to T,l llniii-itii, A, for $..,000 worth of work. 'i'riinii|ili���������A ..'liitlolloT I) Caviuiiuitth. -May S��������� Xelson, Hryan. Kiimiysiilo���������\V Dui-gli to T AVilson and K H Topping. ���������'��������� SI00. Linnuss-C Haynolds li) I. (! DiillV and .1 1) I'utlor. Alinjwuiiip���������-.1 II Walker lo A SpniiKonlioiwr and.lA Nollerfleld, J, lo .1 lirywn and \V Jl l-uitcli, J. Kli.0 Fmclinn���������J 1? Kiehardson lo (! *..' Smitli. 1. < londhopo~l{ 10 IMU.-her lo T Gallon, S1.000. Manila Wa.--hingloii-!rame to same, $I,(_0I). Jlay 10- fiootl Hope-..' tl ..linns to !���������' W Jleslo- wood, 11. Deer Trail���������-Shmulo same, 2. Seattle Chief, Uruni, llritiMi Thundei-er���������It luce claim J InlurcM. Hard L'p���������A.lulion lo A Kuiisciiu, |. Jlay II���������Lucky Three���������K Nil* to .1 T Price and A Hui'Kess. Jlnril Up���������A Jnlloii to IC Morrison, ... ������750. Turk���������J Dorsey to J Powell,. $30 down, $550 -June 15. .May 12- Niipoluon���������H Poiriur.lo A Locnvcr, !; 810(1. . .Tin Cup. Mori-ia���������T A Gossett to If .1 Williams nnd 11 Stride, assignment as security for loan. at John, St Mary, St Joseph, St Ann-J 31 Mcl.voy lo H J Williams, mortgage ������113, A. Jv .1!, and A Lineoln���������Jl C Monaghan to"K C Ilooekh, !.. a Same���������W 31 llutlcdgu to same, A. 3Iay l.'j��������� AN'alhalla���������J Buron and G .AV l'eterson to J Schuyler, I-. Tacoma���������E'J Gratton to K T If Simpkins. LonoStar, Swift, Dcerlly, lUyrtl.���������F J Krueger to F Khlors, J. Same���������Same to Geo Kreisser, J, Georgina���������J Latraves to F .) Sullivan, ������:I00. Stemwinder���������A Macdonald to H W Chapman, J. Gold Cross���������J Duhamel toTI J Wilson,.',. Stewart and Comfort���������1) K McDonald and S L Banter to E J Hudson. Stissie Georgo���������T J Jones to AV K Lasoe. Same���������AV-E Lasee to C C and J Jlining & I) Co, 1)00,000 shares. ItoKSlull.l. 3Iay 7��������� ' Noven���������Christ Johnson to John Larson. May 8- , Venus���������Alexander Wilson to Kobert JleVit- tie,