WriOLi. Num..iii. 353- Nelson, British Columbia, Saturday, May 29, 1897. Sice Five Cents TBE CITY COUNCIL. 11 ilis- Bnt there is plenty THK OITY WILL CHASE HAVE LOTS. Colin leal ion I'l' Alil>oll-A New .lail. Tlierc was about 10 foot of iron capping. .Prospectors' have flocked iii ami the creek is pretty well gone over for tnncoof eight miles. j ot ground to go over. t The new stormier, itbout thc eiraplc- T0 PUR- j tion ot which there have been so many conflicting reports, is. at this writing, nearly ready to make'its first trip. The boiler, engines, wheel and all steam connections are in place. The completion of minor details cau be made while the steamer is in service. Sll|M-lilll; Y --������������������ Y :-"���������'���������. 0 Adjourned:, until Monday, Miiy 31,..at ^���������^Jjl/JB- -���������' ���������--j'! ��������� ' ���������" .' '������������������ ?*// '*' / ��������� -' ' ���������''-''���������;''''' Y III<'v/llli:li Strikes.';.. .������������������-.---:.v Some rich strikes are reported from the neighborhood uf Goat creek. On German mountain, between Goat and Granite creeks, they are said to be find-, ing traces ot the richest ore ii Kooteuay.. Yt'.C. Chase has returned from a. visit to his property;' the Muldoou, which he hopes to put on the shipping list soon. He brings some fine;specimens from that section and- regards ;it as the :coming coniitry. ;������������������-������������������*-'. - v-;. '" : " ������������������ "... '..:'.Tlie Lciip.: Vear Mine. '��������� vM-:��������� '.. *���������> A force of men is working on the Leap Year; claim'"'v-bnv. Rover:. :creek driving a crosscut tuuiiel. It is now in lOOfeet, aud they must, go SO feet morebefore the lead is intersected. ' The showing at present is said to be exceptionally good. THE PKOyiNCIAL; JAIL AVhen the Provincial h'^i.lature convened at Lhe last session Lhe Mi.vi.it made a strong- plea for ample appropriations for roads, trails, bridges und wharves in the south riding of AVest Kootenay. The ad vice was entirely ignored and only.$10,000 was placed in Lhe esLimates, while Lhe much less important district of northwest Kootenay received $20,000 for similar pui- poscs. During Lhe past fiscal year WosL Kootenay contributed *$122.!)01 more than one-eighth of Lhe total The returns for amount to nearly trespasser and it remains for ine to see Lhe provisions of Lhe acL carried ouL. Anyone who goes on government land without authority and without its having been set up for sale must take Lhe consequences." Mr. EllioLt said that Lhe question was (lifTerent than in other places. If Lhe government, however, should actually order the squatters to abandon the property before Lhe sale, Llu-y would go off quietly. He saw no immediate necessity i'or action, us in Lhe past many people had gone on land without consent anfl had been given preference righLs at the sales. I le moved an enlargement of the case. Crown prosecutor Johnson opposed the nioLion and said that because Lhe government had permitted these Lhings in Lhe pusL that was nn reason why Lhey should do so in Lhe'future. After some further discussion,.!udge Forin granted a stay of execution for fourteen days, Lhe uiidersLanding being that if the government fails to made anv concessions that the squatters will quietly move oif. Thc intention of the government is to convert the land occupied by XV. T. Steward into a jail site. To He Built Immediately���������Its Location and Size���������Captain Fitz- stiihls as AVarden. YToi'i. is to commence on the uew $10, 000 jail with ns little delay as possible. The I'rovincial government has decided to u .c block 49 for the site. Thc block xii i.uc <.w ju-u .~~~ _. - ... j3 ]iciu. t.he southeast corner of the city entenes, and it was wou by Allen nud ,. .. , . , , , . T .. Dill in the same order as the earlier race I hmits !lna lb bounded by Latimer, which they contested. j Hoover. Hendryx and Cedar streets. The One ot the most amusiug races of the . sketch plans have been prepared at Aric- day was the blindfolded race with wheel-*|t01.ia hnt they nro to be modified and borrows. Two of the contestants ran ii f fairly straight-away race and dashed iuto f be ernwd behind the rope almost before or 'Provincial revenue, the present year will $200,000. Thin journal pointed out that Lhe money necessary Lo properly open up Lhe district for Lhe'year 1S97-S would amount Lo about ������100,000. l-ighL thousand dollars of last year's $12,000 appropriation has already been expended, and not a cenL of Lhe balance will remain at Lhe end of nexL month. The Nelson government oflice has already received petitions for wagon roads and trail.? amounting Lo $75,000 or $59,000 more than there is money to meet the demand. In the meantime, thc government bus noL hesitated to vote enormous sums of money for the completion of the unnecessary parliament buildings at Victoria, Some of tbe most' important petitions that have been made to Lhe government will receive no favorable, consideration. Among these are: A wagon road from Kootenav lake Lo Lhe White Grouse disLricL, $0000: road from Slocan la waters .of 'Ten ilile wagon road from -_hiiri_t- nm. Swan with intent to 'defraud hiin. lie wns remanded until today at 4 p.m. with bail fixed at $1000. ., I'oke lor the Smelter. The Hall Mines have contracted for the supply of 100 tons of coke weekly from the. Union Colliery company of Comox. The first shipments will be made early in July. A stock of fuel w'li be shipped to the Nelson smelter duriug the present summer snlliciebt to operate the plant during the winter mouths. LOCAL NEWS. wagon o tn Llie head- creek, 8-1,000: Silverton up Four I Ina I ami rayiiienl Miule.���������.1 Tramway .,'oiii-i'iifi'alor lo lieTCnill. The final payment for the purchase of the Moutezuma miue, on the south fork of Kaslo river, has been paid by C. L. Webb, of Seattle, and his associates. The uew owners have decided to build a tramway aud concentrator which will bo in operation by October I. Another crosscut tuunel will be drivcu " iu the Montezuma about. 1.00 feet below thc preseut lower workings. "AVhen this is completed it will give a vertical depth ot 500 feet from the suifnce. This will run into the mountain for 500 feet~before theledge is tapped. The sloping ground thus opened up will give added value to the property. Up to the present time there has been about 5(K1 feet of woik down iu the two levels. /.The-vein will average 12 feet in width of an excellent grade of concentrating ore. A winze hns been sunk on the "second level to a depth ot 35 feet, whieh shows up the same grade ot ore as above. At preseut tho bottom of the winze is 170 feet from the surface. -\V. J. Tretliewny, the mining engineer, says in his report: "The miue has probably the largest, ore chute iu the Slocan country, and ylt'ords ' every convenience for economical mining." --��������� . ' ROSEBERY UEWS. PROSPECTING NEAR NELSON. More CTaiiiis ISeiiiit Staked Iii This Vicinity Than Klsewhere. in Koolenay. There were 413 new mineral locations filed for record in Nelson from May 1 to 27 inclusive. Calculated at 50 acres to a location, oyer 20,000 acres of land are represented by the filings. The hills around Nelsou are swarming with prospectors who are branchiLg out in all directions. A majority of the locations recorded so far have been in the Wild Horse or Quartz creek district aud immediately adjacent to ��������� Nelson. A ���������number ot clai i s have,; been staked oii Toad mountain, aud the locators say that thoy have good ground, although it was previously thought of ns being thoroughly prospected. On both sides of Kooteuay river from Nelsou down to Hobson, many new locations have been made particularly in ��������� the neighborhood "of the Queen A'ictoria. . During thc past week, two euteiprisiug prospectors located a ledge, or at least they so report, on the mountain across the-river and directly opposite Nelson. Anderson, Hall, Forty Nine, Bird aud Rover creeks have had a number ot new locutions made on them; In some instances claims have been restaked.. the crowd behind tbe rope cither the crowd or the contestants wore aware of it. The others ran wild aud weie applauded heartily when they landed iu the gutters. The race was won by R. Nesbitt, AV. O. Kaueas second. A spoon aud egg race aud a boot race also proved drawing cards." .Two only of the contestants iu the former carried their frail burden, fiirnsily supported, to the tape in safety, nnd wou with Dill first and Strathern second. > A. J. Dill won most of the jumping] contests. Iu the- ruuning broad jump he cleared 17 feet and one inch; the standing broad jump measured 11 feet 4 inches and the running hop, skip aud jump amounted to :57 feet 2 inches. Th"e���������running-high-juinp-was-won-by- Stropher, who covered 4'feet 9 inches. McLeod of Nelson cat ried ofi' the hou- ors in the pole vaulting with a record ef 9 feet 2 inches. Stropher put the shot 37 feet -1 inches, and A. R. McLennan was successful iu tossing the caber. The baseball game occupied most of the afternoon. Spokane beat lO.slo by a score of 17 to 15. The game was indifferently played. ,. ������ . The lacrosse game was "played under disadvantageous ciicuinstauees. ' Tho completed by .a local architect. The building will probably he one story high. 1't will contain forty cells, and is expected to be amply large enough to accommodate the needs of the Kootenaya for many-ycais to come. Suitable accommodation will be provided for the warden, guards and jailers. The structure will be principally of wood, but it will be built ns substantially as'possible. A large exorcise enclosure wi.il adjoin the the jail. As large a force of men as possible willi be employed to complete tho buildiug as rapidly as possible. Captain Fitzstubbs will very likely act ns ���������warden of the, new jail. THE PERN INCORPORATED. ���������Mile creek, SI0,000: extension nun repair ol* thc main wagon road at Ainsworth, $3000: trail from Kootenay lake up.Dubamel creek to the Kokanee range, $1200; a trail from Koolenay river ten miles up Fortv Nine creek, and the trail from Kootenay lake fo Houser lake, 81.000. - The only petitions that are likely to be favorable considered by the government are: The New IDenver-Tlii'ee Forks wagon road, $S,500: the Crawford creek-SL. Marys trail, SKXh a trail up the norLh fork of Salmon river, ������72; Lhe repair of Lhe old government Lrail from Rykerts,' $800, and a. few inexpensive .works in other localities, The local officials are . in noway blamablo. The - responsibility rests with Lhe government ministers at A'ictoria. The Jliippeniu^s of the, Week Nelson and the Iniiiiediiile Vicinity. in 0- P. EXPLORATION 00,- sillily I'loaleil A Hull Creek rroperly Slocked eon ver t';i|>ilalisl>���������..onluiti.. |'r< .The, Tern .Gold Miuing.anil company.���������'.-.lias, issued a-prospectus'which liy Van. ri-iiiiir Milling disadvantageous _- _ Nelson" team completely outclassed the Kaslos and won the match by a score of 3 to 2. During the eveut, one of the Nelson players was rulled off th.-. field by the umpire, but the Nelson team wns able to win with eight player A tug of,war between Kaslo mere" terminated the day's spi corners iud, ports. all. "CORRESPONDENCE. A Si id ni; Syndicate Sueeess ���������: in London. '��������� ��������� y ���������.���������-.������������������...������������������������������������ - ' -th," 'j. ������������������ ��������� '.; The* Canadian; Pacific- Exploration Limited, has been/successfully floatei 'ilTE^lWTf^Tire^capital'stockiis^fixedsaUS ������500,000.in-El.sliares. The compauy-..-as organized = by Mr. AV. H. Gorbould, who vvas in .this,-listrict last autumn,;;������ '.*', ���������. ���������_'��������� The directors jire:.Lord"Powbi'scourt,:, "chni-iliaii:-.' A/- Jo'sh'un,:j,12 Col 1 ingham Gardeus, Loudou;- I..r..Mcr_eauI;iM.P.",'-ffor. Cardiff;;T. B. Edward's, 87 QuoeiVsGate, Loudon;" Div Tronncer, vieeqiresideut, Imperial Insurance compauy; G. 11. Hay- Wood; -chairman of Yates,:*: I lay wood ���������& "Co., Limited; 'IJ.'Rey, 22;Rue La Fayette, Paris; li. ''.I.... Ghes'yn-Cnllpw, secretary, fliceJof thecompuny:is,88 Canuoii ; London. /.;,''..".;'"' ;/ iy Y ' - ',���������- No mining companies were registered at Victoria last week. C. (.!. Hioiilan, a son of .Mr. Riordan of Lhe Toronto Mail and Kmpire, i.s in Nelson. The steamer Idaho has successfully made a. trip up the Duncan river to 11 miser lake. .> S. E. Mullen", city editor of'the New ' Whatcom .Blade, was a visitor to Nelson last Wednesday. The stockholders of the Cariboo Mining & Milling Company received a dividend of $10,000 last Tuesday. Arrangements have beeu made for a lacrosse match to be played here between I.ossland and Nelson on Saturday,June5. II. N. Coursier of Revelstoke- was in Nelsou during the week looking after the interests of the-Heiutzmau Piano/jom- pany. iselson will celebrate Dominion day in an appropriate manner. The programme of sports and other featuies will shortly be arranged. An unknown man is said to have gone over tbe Kootenay falls last Sunday. He lviTs"_fTippos"ctT"to"have been irpiuspector��������� Tlie body of tbe unfortunate mau has A ItieliiSilver Strike��������� Tlie: Xc.v Steamer Silica ii Keady Tor Service. Rosebery, May 27.���������A strike made on the Silver AVave claim, about two miles from-this town, up AVilson creek, the largest stream that enters Slocau lake,- has resulted iu imparting a lively movement among prospectors'. The indicr.- - tions are .thnt/he'Silver AVave will be a notable property. .Assays from the rich stieaks give 714.0 buuees of silver with a trace of gold. These strcakf, four in number at the present stage of development, are as yet very thin, but during the progress of the tuunel work they appear to be converging. The tunnel is uow iu 15 feet, all iu ore, following the clearly defined granite hanging wall. The lead is IG feet wide. Development woi k is proceeding and after 25 feet it is intended to crosscut the vein to the foot wall.- The tuunel is right at the creek. The claim is owned by F. T. Davis, Samuel Des Champs and Jerry Gognan. THE CROW'S-NEST PASS ROAD. A Canadian I'rolesl. To tho Kditor o���������������Tin-: Minkk. Sin:���������AV itbout any desire to detract from the musical achievements of the Nelson brass band, I must nevertheless speak disparagingly of the neglect of that musical aggregation ��������� to play isS'cou.plcIc and. comprehensive.'. :,The: mines are situated three miles from Hall creek.statiouiou:theNel._ou;& Fort Shep- bard rail way, and ������ is about .13 miles from Nelson.:* The: provisional directors are F/*.G. *. Innes. president ands manager; Robert.;. G/ Tatlow," vicejpresideht; S. O. Richards, .director;,; and: C. C*Bennett, secretary./:Mr. Hai'ry Abbott will join the;-.��������� board"upon;thS expiration of term':'of I The^i provisional directors. /Robert -���������'!.. _ Hed- street ley, M. 'E.'y late ."superintendent of the* ~ Pilot Bay smelter, estimates that there is uow in.sight and available, 10,000 tons of ore,*and that an equal quantity .is, avail- 'iib"le'jwith but little' further development. A''ten,���������stamp/mill with tlie/ necessary vnnuers for. saving concentrates will be 1 installed this summer aud.will be in ruu- i ning order about September 1. Adopt-1 iug ,,'Mr. -Hedley's figures/is a basis iiud ' .allowing two tons per stamp for24 hours, I /" . ��������� ", ... ���������.?.,- -,,,..,.���������;���������,, u,,i i, r ... ��������� m i .oivonn I Ol* 1 \ I Stl'I'C \ 1 lOl'llI]lg 1)111 jthe-met..profits- would be !&i)..-0������, per. .. '".-���������.��������� '���������-,..������������������. >,..-���������"������ mouth/and..'for. ore of "the','value of. 840 ' *";'"' '**'* their-merifs. Ilu per ton. $21,o0f);-per:month. Assavs run from;S9.55^to/i!49.10.in gold." ;, ;; / :THE"SQUATTERSr;'RIGHTS.' " ' ' - - ' ���������'"-.���������' -D'-- I. A Complete The c squatter the city iug r.ii^ini'cis Ivndeavorins to Avoid the ���������011--! sti'itcliou ver Park. The MiNEit is in a position lo slate that there is uo probability of a mining recorder's otlice being established at Park. The matier rests entirely is Deer Col. the inspiring air of the National Anthem during, the visit to Kaslo on the. Queen's Birthday. As a loyal subject of Her Most Gracious Majesty, I have always set apart that one day to do honor to her virtue as. a woman and the commission she holds as ruler of a great people. It was therefore no little disappointment to me to-travel the'whole way to Knslo and back and not once.,be afforded the pleasure of listening to that grand old National Anthem "Gud Save the Queen."' Sousa'a numbers areiweli enough in tlieir way, but not satisfying food fur a loyal British siibject on the anniversary of the birthday of the greatest sovereign that ever ruled over a nation. 1 have yet another complaint to miike, I was led to believe that a match of the Canadian national game--lacrosse would] be played at Kaslo on the 24th. To my j mind lacrosse is the spoil of all sports, i aud it was with regret I discovered upon | my arrival at the Ka3lo Atheletic I'ark I01' that our national game had been sacrificed while a dozen or so hired "sports** from Spokane were permitted to participate iu a very indifferent match of base- j NeNot. ball with all' its attending exasperating * boat ; vulgarity. At length the Spokane men ��������� jail. lie f.m but it was s;x o'clock, and i font "meu tp ham national game who bad.' the jail Policeman k.\ lie is //'?>-_������.*** Wliile Ci-oiim- .Hilies. -...-:; ������������������...' AY/'i-Z-Ramsdall of_ B..tte/>l,oiitau was. iu';lhe,city during the wee heavily interested, in miuiu "situated- in/the AVhile Grouse 'district,;'in I and"-has:recently "succeeded i-rreorganiz/ the the"compauy-'ow ning the Storm King laleiiienl ol' llie Cases'Heard liy .lud^e l-'oi'iit. uses of the- crown vs./ the* ; on government lots within limits 'came-'.up before Judge were' not .rieil on their-merits. 'I He case against ������\V. 1>. liamiiioiul was dismissed as he had complied with the court order and abandoned the property. .. ' AVhen Llie case of AV,.- T. Steward was called. Attorney defence dosiri. a stav ���������hteeu nines mine. The hiine'-is about ei._ e.istwiu-d frpuv Sanca, buKootenay hike. It has been considerably/developed/the inain,shaft-l-ieing diwn,05Jeet., The or.e said,to yield from '875 to S'200 iu silver, S10:'t*6 $l'i.iii gokPai/d.lO per cent'copper.;- There are abdnt/iO.O.niinei'al locations in.the vicinity ofthe .Storm King. ./Much development work will beidone iir' the AVhile Grouse district during, the summer/ ,'.. ./ /-/-.'/ ���������-;-. ,.v/./: ; lOlliott/foi/the , _���������,.._,, . .. of proceedings" property ' on -the,ground ������������������tliat"-'��������� negotiation's were i'l'Ogress betweeu t.be:si|ua������tci\S;aiid govei'imu:;uL,.aiid if/they, weie .successful for.,the squatters, the crown prosecutor.would;have'-"'ho uccasioii,f's>i- going:ou Cvith,the cases.- -On the otlier hand, if the goveriii'iient.refu.sed'to i-e- 'cede fro nr the stand, it hau.ta squatters- would quietly lands lhey occupied and be no: occasion to ^.-proeci'i .;ases. ���������. ,- ���������. ���������"-. |'., ���������yi-i'n ;in en the vacate the there would I with lhe he ���������Pf! ilvin. sail I sub " Cliaiwd .Villi TjH.ll. - James Grant, a waiter on the steamer Kokanee was arrested yesteiday on a charge of stealing a gold watch and 8.10 350 iu mon. y from AV. P. Sloan of" the squatters have no right on 1 during his absence. Thev might just as well j. M ,jVb() .iml n 1} Campbell rebel.' and put up a house on !,���������;.������������������, V(,sU.r,.ay from Fulls Crook and nay place I gave way Baker, i devotees of the with the minister of mines, wi.-umn, iu_.������.-��������� - - who has completely ignored the repre-1 to leave at seven o'clock were compelled ; took ch sentatious that have beeu made. j to. forgo the pleasure of witnessing a j a hearin Reclariiatiou 'Company's;farm on Kootc-! river.;' The,, alleged-.robbery: look* : -while the boat wa."lying at-the. u , pier. Tiie employesYiql" the 'tteinpted to take- ,the. man up to ht/fuuoUsly .and it"took" le him. . As lhey ueared Iu'c'.)'--'appeared . and charge of him. Grant will receive g.this afternoon. ' ������������������',..-,"*'. "���������'"' Juilge ��������� 1 slantiailv "Tbesi- the land. come un here and put up a house on the court bouse grounds, or as fop that matter, on your owu lot. Asa matter of law. the government land should he us sacred.as private land. Th leaves me no discretion aiu. .. . Lion ju>t bo.w far the government j"1 ! not been recovered. " Mr. C. B. Murray until recently eastern manager, for the British Canadian Gold Fields, hns taken the general management "of the company and will reside in Nelson. C. \V. Wing or the British Canadian Gold Fields bas gone to the Howard Fraction betweeu Springer and Lemon creeks, and is making preparations to ship the product of that miue to the Nel-' son smelter. _-0 The Kighl Ue.v. Monsignop KiiiuiiK'- len of the Koman Catholic Church conferred the sacremen! of confirmation on a number of ehildrenon Ascension day at the church iu this city. N.-.l*\ llagel of Winnipeg is in Nelson looking around, with an idea of set tling here permanently. He. is one of the best known criminal lawyers in Canada. *" '.---j - ('. S. Driimiiiond. of London. Kng.. managing director of the Duncan Syn- ;dieale is in tiie city looking after/the ! development of the coinpanv's pro- , I . - ;. perties. j The Le- Hoi .Mining i*V Smelting i company-of liossland have declared i another dividend of !?2."),()()K). making I $ 1(10.000 iii dividends among ihesioek-. ! liolilers since. October ISO.**). | The govermeut have set aside $1,500 i for the Cariboo creek wagon road, the- j mine owners and proprietors of the town- ! site nt the mouth of the creek are sub- I scribing over S2.O00 addilioual. The I woik will commence at once. 0 ;" Dan Taylor, an old time niining' man of Nelson who has been away i for seven or eight months, has return- led t������i the city, lie has acquired valu- 'ahle mineral interests near A'aneouver reportfil two mile; i inarvelously ricii lind ubcuii-. up that stream. Some fit" e act '' 'n0 "'"-"Is is in the hands ol" an assayer li 'ii ���������. ' und results are expected on ..Mondav 11 l s. . I I ' ques is justified in going behind it. The. 'land goes not belong to lhe premier, nor to th<' legislature. It belongs to the peopie to you and me. Personally suv tbat the sooner,! hese lands ler -for the city Tb(> act isa string- lid all I can take cogni/.aiici might are built on.' the be' and all concerned, one and al ?nt if is the affidavit thai the man is a 1'uesday. A. J. Marks has returned from an ex-��������� tended trip through the states aud says theie.is no place like Nelsou. He visited Denver. Pueblo, Salt Lake. Kausas City and intermediate points and'-declares tbat nearly everybody was talking of Kootenay. A vast amount ot interest is beiug exhibited in regard to this country aud the influx of people will be great. i. 1'HE MINER, NELSON, B. C, SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1897. ^hc Jtlinci. THE MINER is printed on . Saturdays ami will be mailed to .my address in Canada oi the Uni'ed States foi one year on receipt oj two dollars. Single copies five cents. CONTRACT ADVERTISEMENTS in- scriedatthe rale of S3 per column inch,per month. TRANSIENT ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the rate 0/ rj cents per nonpareil tine first insertion, and 10 cents per line foi '-' each iibseqiient insertion. Advertisement* running for shorter periods than three months are classed transient. ALL COMMUNICATIONS to the Editor must be accompanied by the name and address of the -writer, not necessarily for publication, but as evidence of goodjaith. PRINTING turned out in firnrate style at the shortest notice THE MlNIR PRINTING-kHUBLISHINQCO NELSON, B.C. * KT Miners and Prospectors Should wear AMES HOLDEN COS "COLUMBIA," ^ "KOOTENAY," "VANCOUVER" 418) All ot which are Kirst Class Toot Wear. A LODGE MEETINGS. NKLSON LODGE, No. 23. A. V. &A. M. meets second "Wednesday in each month. Sojourning brethcrn. invited. XV. 11. Si 1 aw, Secretary. SATURDAY, MAY 21), 1897. mii.st'be -fought out. on thai basis. A majority of tin; people demand il. The ends of the Reformers would best be served if the .Liberal delegation at Ottawa accepted the responsibility of issuing a call for the convention lhat will bring the parly into active existence. -Messrs. Bostock, Mclnnes, .Maxwell and .Morrison have proved themselves faithful servants of the people during the present session of the Dominion parliament. They have Ibe confidence of u vast majority ol* the electors, and ihe'u-higli political standing and assistance eoiildnot.be used to a belter advantage. II is their duly t.o interest themselves in the matter. Thero is no valid reason why the convention under these auspices should nol be held shortly after lhe prorogation of the Dominion parliament. PROVINCIAL POLITICS. A Rossland .newspaper, notorious for its unreliability, is responsible for a .statement to the effect that an oafch- boun'l secret society has been formed iu British Columbia with a view of upsetting the existing Provincial Administration. Mr. W.B.B.Mclnnes,-M. P.,of Vancouver, is credited with being the head of the order. The story has been widely circulated. Itis needless to say that the statement is canard. No matter how much the Yankee editors of newspapers, in this district may endeavor to introduce A, P. A., Clan-na-Gael and such like politics or> this side of lhe forty- ninth 'parallel,they will never succeed. It is also preposterous to imply that so fearless and esteemed parliamentarian as Mr. Mclnnes would lend his name to such a disreputable scheme. Tho same may be said jof every loyal opponent lo the Turner government. The British principle of "all fair and above board" is too deeply rooted in -Ihii-hearts-and-minds-of-the-eleclors-of this Province to suppoit such questionable methods. Those who now control the public affairs are known to be incompetent, and certain newspapers, conducted by British citizens, have not hesitated to charge them with malfeasance in oflice. Their policy is thoroughly unpopular, and it is only a mutter of little more . than 11 year's lime, when they will be banished from power by the votes of the people. The doctrine of lhe Opposition is one lhat needs the greatest publicity; the Cause has nothing, whatever to gain by secreliveness. Tlie more it is preached .the greater will be its popularity. It. has never been properly set, forth because of luck of organization; hut the lime is not far distant when the leaders of. the Reform Parly of British Columbiu,. which is only another name for Provincial Liberalism, will hold a convention to" complete "n -J - permanent organization and to draft a platform. Tlie leaders of the Reform movement recognize that, n great chrtiige has ink:;:: place in thc political ^'dilation of this Proviiicesincethe lust election. The recent extensive addition io the voting population necessi- 'ates tho adoption of methods that are employed in all thickly settled and civilized countries. 'Public issues aiid conditions have arisen that call for clear and emphatic definalion a.s can only be done by the drawing of party lines. No matter how much the organs of the "Turner government' may dread such :_ movement: no matter how much the ���������'mossback*' element may weakly protest against modern and intelligent political., methods; no' matter how fearful the charter mongers, scheming lobbists, hangers- on und ringsters may be of the consequences, tlie next Provincial election TARIEE REVISION. Minister of Finance Fielding made an important explanation in the Dominion parliament last Tuesday concerning the workings of the new tariff regulations. '.rhe government has experienced dilTieulty in interpreting the new clause ns fco niining machinery exclusively used for that purpose, and has now decided to place u duty of ___*> per cenl. on certain articles, and to specify all articles which are desired on thc free list. Those free for milling, smelting and reducing machinery are as follows: Ore drying machinery, ore roasting machinery, electric or magnetic machines for separating or concentrating ores, blast furnace water jackets, converters forinetalliirgical process in iron or copper; ball grinding machines, copperplates, plated or not: machinery for extraction of precious metals by thc chlorination or cyanide process, monitors, giants and elevators for hydraulic mining, amalgam safes, automatic ore samplers, automatic feeders, jigs, classifiers, separators, retorts, buddies, vanners, mercury pumps, pyrometers, bullion furnaces, amalgam cleaners, .gold mining slime tables, blast furnaces, blowing engines and wrought iron tubing; when imported for use exclusively in mining, smelling, reducing or "refining. The machinery dutiable at 25 per cent, will bo steam engines, boilers, ore crushers, rock crushers, stamp mills," cornish and belted rolls, rock drills, air compressors, cranes.derricks, percussion coal cutters, pumps, N.K.S. windmills, portable engines, threshers, separators, fodder or feed cutlers, potato diggers, grain crushers, fanning mills, hay tedders, farm wagons, slot machines and typewriters and all machinery composed wholly or in part of iron and steel. An important change has also been made in lhe preferential clauses. AVhile the. treaties made by the Home government do'not prevent Canada, from extending a reciprocal offer t.o Great Britain, the provision was made that the governor-general-in-couucil may extend the benefit of such reciprocal tariff to any country which may -be-en titled-to���������thc-same---by-virtue-of- any treaty with Her Majesty, Queen Victoria. The government does not anticipate, requiring this clause, but inserted il in the turili bill for fear of an emergency. ������ The clause relating to combines for the purpose of monopolizing tho sale of"- certain articles has been amended so that the matter may be referred to a supreme, court, judge before action can be taken bv the executive council. The chief duty of the council i.s lo guard against the waste of public money. There nre good grounds to believe that such was not done in lhe purchase of lhe water works. Since, the prorogation of the legislative assembly it has transpired that the Cassiar Central railway land grant-, conceded to Mr. Warhurton Pike, has been acquired by the Transvaal Gold Fields. limited, for $500,000. If-it is true that .Mr. Pike has made, a profit of half a million dollars he is to lie congratulated. 11, is very probable, however, that a portion of this enor- 11111s sum will he shared by those, who so kindly assisted .Mr. Pike, in obtaining the concessions. Mr. Pike has contributed much information fo the sporting world by his writings on big game hunting in the Bocky mountains. If he would only add to his literary productions a full account of how he successfully stalked the legislative fool-hens at Victoria he would be furnishing .some interesting reading. II is eminently satisfactory" to note that some persons in authority are. beginning to lake up the crusade against objectionable literature, in an earnest way. The Toronto Public Library Board has now under discussion a recommendation from the librarian that the "yellow journals*' of" New York, the World and .Journal, should be struck off the local list. Quite recently, loo, a petition was circulated in Victoria, evidently with a view to its ultimate presentation to the Provincial Mouse, which has for its object the securing of such legislation as will prevent the publication and display of indecent illustrations in British Columbia. There are certain newspapers in this Province which might with advantage to themselves and their readers take this hint lo heart and cease publishing pictures senseless as the are revolting. Who wants to see deformed humanity sandwitched in between items of local news? Clean" journalism will only be a inline until such revolting ���������'cuts" are relegated to oblivion.���������Province. Those who control the Kaslo recreation park appear to conduct that institution in a manner that is eminently discreditable to the good name of Nelson's sister city. They are mercenary and discourteous to a degree. Their supposed public-spiritedness and alleged devotion to true sport borders closely on sordidness that is far from praiseworthy. After inviting the Nelson lacrosse team to participate in the celebration of the. Queen's birthday last Monday, lhey did not hesitate to charge the players' the regular price of admission to the grounds. They also insisted on a double fee, from spectators of the baseball game who desired to witness the lacrosse match. Visitors are disgusted at suchhoggish- ness. and citizens of Kaslo have good reason to deplore the incident. Mr. "W. .1. Dowler, of the B. P. Gold Properly company, has endeavored to give 20,000 shaies of slock in tho company to Sir Henri Job* de Lotbiniere in consideration-of Sir Henri 'lending oral sup- The gift TUE. TRICE OF SII VER. The price of bar silver has dropped to a point below tiO, its lowest quotation since the closing of the Indian minis in IS!)I; but there.Js good reason to believe thai the depression is only temporary and tliat very shortly the. market will advance to a point higher than it has been for- tlie past four years. The decline, means a serious loss to inines producing argentiferous ores, and-many low-grade camps are likely lo become scenes of inactivity until there-is a-greater girirantec of profit. It is highly gratifying to know that the high grade galena- mines of Koolenay are being winked al'a handsome profit, and that tbey would continue, to pay even though the price of silver went- 20 per cent, lowei���������a sup.- position not to be entertained .for a moment. his valuable "influence and 1 port to the undertaking.'* was refused in the following words: "If I had the remotest idea of inking ,any shares in your company the oll'or you make me in yours of 22nd inst, would be sufficient to prevent- inc." Ilis to be hoped thatotberinflucn- lial men will follow the example of Sir Henri Joli de Lotbiniere under similar circumstances. successful in his efforts to be a Commissioner in the Trail creek municipality, but his chances of becoming the Chief Executive of this Province are decidedlv remote. That most patriotic Yankee paper, the Kossland .Miner, takes groat pleasure, in publishing a number of verses which treat the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee in a very disdainful manner. Having published a libelous story regarding the abilities nf Mr. M. S. Davys, the superintendent of the Hall Mines-, as a niining engineer,the Kossland Minor.fearing a suit for damages, hastens to make, an abject apology jo "M. S. Davis." There are numerous newspapers that frequently renrjjit articles originally published in this journal without giving credit. The Slocan Cily News has recently capped the climax by copying from these columns an editorial on the Anglo-American Arbitration Treaty, attributing it to the Kossland .Miner. In another column will be found a letter from "A Canadian" who makes a righteous protest against the treatment accorded lo the Nelson lacrosse players and excursionists who visited Kaslo last Monday to participate in the celebration of the Queen's birthday. Mis plea for the encouragement'-of wholesome amatuer sport is worthy of consideration by thc peoplo of Kaslo. rnoFKSsio.x.ii ������a__������s. L. R. HAl-RISON. 1.AKI.1ST1.H, tury Public, Slocan Cily. NO 1,-1 M li. c. L. GKIMMKTT, LL. 11., BAltlUSTKK, Solicitor, Notary Public, Ktc, Sandon <_''l) GEO. A.M. HALL, PHYSICIAN AND SUU- goon. Ollice, linker street, Ii doors west of po.-lollicc, up stairs. (571) ASSAY saycrs to AVar Kugle Companies, Kossland and Associated (351) S NORMAN & CO., MINING AND STOCK ��������� Brokers, Hotel Spokane. Spokane, Wash. Tclcplior.c (j'27. [10;.] ���������\,rAI-ON,McFAl-LANl) & MAHON, LTD., lYl. Mining and Share Brokers, Vancouver, li. O. Members Stock Exchange. 330 IT"! M. SANDILAXD 8, 01.N Kit A I, AG I .XT 2J. ''"ire Insurance and Mining Jlroker, Sandon, H. (J. SOU AND 1'EASI-, - GENERAL and Kow.irding Agents, \Yhol-sate Jobbers in Groceries and Provisions Revelstoke Station. 1302) SI1.BAL1. Commission I" ION EL C. I. AltF-***, Mining Broker of the _J Victoria Stock Kxchange of British Columbia, IA. Lilly. Otlice, 32 langley street, Victoria, li. C. 371 FLKTClIEIt S. A.vnill.\VS. UARIMSTKIS. Solicitor, etc. Sole Agent tor thc Cnini (linn Fire Insurance Co. Real Instate and Mining properties for sale. Slocan City, B.C. '���������*>") G. OUH. HURXI.T fc CO., l'ROVINCIAl T anil Dominion Land Surveyors and Civil Kngineeis, Nelson, li. C. Room No. 1. Thomson & Co.'s Book Store. over (ill GEO. SHEDDEN. STOCK AND SHARE Broker, Victoria, B. C. (Member of thc 11. C. Sock Exchange of Victoria.) Clients interests carefully guarded and. settlements promptly made. Shai cs at latest quotations. 335 PRIVATE BOARD. 't. Joseph A LUMBER! SaijWard LUMBER!! All kinds of Rough and Dressed Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Mouldings, Sash and Doors. ^~-T>_aOMPT DELIVERY TO ALL POINTS. WRITE FOR PRICES. PILOT BAY, B. C. Nelson Shoe Store Cheap for Cash! A Full and Complete Line o Spring Goods just received WE HAVE A FULL UNE OF PROSPECTORS' SHOES On hand at all times. Give us a call and satisfy yourself for prices W. H. GRAHAM, Proprietor. (1384) NELSON, P.. C. Lawrence ... Hardware Co. Headquarters for Miners' and Builders' HAED 1FAEE A Full Stock of Graniteware and other Kitchen Utensils. Prices Furnished on Application. im GIVE US A CALL,' PROMPT ATTENTION TO LETTER ORDERS, TEL. 21. _B^A.I__:������*_R STREET. LARGEST and most complete stock of CROCKERY Mver brought, into Kootenav. Dinner Sets, Tea Sets, Toilet Sets, etc., in Staple and Fancy Goods. -'" 1 A. C. Buchanan & Co. P. O. Box 47 Telephone No. 10 0 Nelson, Salmo and North Fork. 182 U - *" _: ~~^W^M-g_������ IS OUR NEW STOCK OF SILVERWARE WHICH JUST ARRIVED PKItSONS desiring a pcriitiincnl and <|iiiut Boiu.liiiK plaee, either by (lay or week, 1 will Iiml il. nl. tlio Woods' lilack, on and after -A-i.ril-lslr^-(:_7S.���������=*���������"��������� *MltSr'G.-H.-\VOOU_*.- Jioard iiml liooin tor man and wife. Apply to MHK. A. \\*. t'UI-TI-NDl-N, (i;:il) Stanley Street. ..ll.\I---_. A-JESTS. ���������'The amendments: lo the .Provincial Mineral Act, passed at the last .session of the. legislature, necessitate that all mining companies ohtain now licenses on or hel'm-e June !.l) next. Failure on the part of a company.to comply with this provision will lie equivalent lo tlie loss of all title to mineral ground except if is held in fee simple. Hereafter, instead of being $.*> per annuii1, the license for a mining company will he $50 when the nominal capital does 110L exceed SjilOiUXM). and $1.00 for all companies with a greater.j nominal capital than $100,000.' i The ni'.w conditions went into effect on the Sth inst. . ... - W. J. G. DICKSON. .REAL ESTATE, ��������� COMMISSION AGENT, MINING BROKER. BEALEY BLOCK, BAKER ST. _N"_B-C_SO__SI*, B- C. l'S3_-], W. A. JOWETT MINING & REAL ESTATE BROKER l_.S_il_.__.-E ami --- at ltiver, on list, .'orresp'iixlem.v .Solicited. KOOTENAY, HIVER, B. C. P. O. ADDRESS PORT HILL, IDAHO. 47:5-5-12-0 ���������s-E-E-'erEr-^fcr Syrup Pitchers Tea and Coffee Setts Soup Tureens JACOB DOVER. ���������WATCH _R_E_P^__.I_RX_tSrC3- _A. SPECIALTT. 211) ALTERATIONS: -ALTERATIONS The l.xtensive Additions to our Promises are now complete and everv Department is overflowing with Bright, New Goods. " Anything" and -everything' thai :i man might wear. Prices" Right at llie . . ' _jP. o. st-girie. W. PERKINS & CO. MINING BROKERS, REAL ESTATE AGENTS. 4(������" Years Kxperieiiee in .11 ini 11K. Experienced rrospeefurs Furnished on Short .Notice. Mines Exported and Keported on. i;aker Street; Opp. V..A H. Laud Oilice ' NELSON. WEST KOOTENAY. B.C, _72-5-12-U : Keport has it that Mayor-Scott of 11 keeping with business principles. I Rosslaud is trying-to turn down John ; f such an opinion would have been _Kirkup for the position of Police and ��������� ft" such an o| disadvantageous to the company so much the better for the city, ft is the opinion of the .Mixi.i: that the city would have made a better bargain had this been done. The anxiety manifested by the company to sell as quickly as possible bears out litis asseition. License Commissioner in order to make room for Hon. T. Mayne Daly. Another rumor from Conservative j sources at Ottawa i.s to the effect tliut: Mr. Daly will be the next Lieutenant- - lf v0. Governor, of I.ritish Columbia. Tlit* | write'to W. J, TWISS, MINING, REAL ESTATE ���������BROKER.��������� NSURANCE AND GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT. KASLO, B. C. I FRONT STREET ! fo5.) ex-minister of the interior maj he! 015 Heintzman Pianos. ���������want a rich toned Heintzman, H. N. CorsiEis, l.evelstoke. JT. ..A.. Gr-IXj_K:__E]_R, (1 NO'S. _ 18 & 20 BAKER STREET, (2) NELSON, B.C. IJSTCO_R]PO-R_A._r__������-I_) 1670. T_HZ_E Hudson's Bay Company, FORT GARRY MILLS, WINNIPEG. Many people claim to sell the "best Flour. "We do not make claims, "but only ask the favor of a trial. Onr Hungarian is acknowledged "by all unprejiidiced people to be the best value in Canada. THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY BAKER STREET 5U5 NELSON, B. C- THE MINER, NELSON B. C, SATURDAY, MAY 29. 1897 CIIUJK-Il NOTIUKS. Sunday, 29th May, 18<)7. Onuiion of E_.g_-A_.ij. Matius 11 a.m. Even -Song, 7.80 ��� p. m. every Sunday. Holy Communion on 1st and 3rd Sundays in the mouth, arter Matins; on 2nd and <_tl- Sundays, at 8a.m. Sunday School at 2.SO p. m. ri4i_SDYT.-_.-A>. Oiiuncii. Services at 11 "o. in. and 7.30.p. m. Suiidny School at 2.30. ���Pi-aver meeting Thursday evening at 8 p.m. Clirialiiiu Endeavor Society meetB pverv Monday evening ut 8 o'clock. Roman Catholic Cuuncit. Mass at Nelson on first, and Inst Sundays in the mouth. Sandon second Sunday and Kaslo third Suuday. M l'.Titoms'L' Ciiuihju. Comer Silica and .la.eplu'ne Streets. Services at 11 a. m. iind 7.30 p. m. Sabbath School 2.30 p. m. Prayer meeting ou Friday evening nt 8 o'clock. Epworth League CE. Tuesday at 8 p.m. U1.I. ST.-.]? JIINI.IIAI. CLAIM. SlTUATU ��� IX Tl115 A INS WOK TlI M INING DiVIS- 1 ion oi.' tiik: Wkst 'Kootknay Distkict." .Vlll-RK I.OCATKI)���NKAI- TIIK MOUTH OK ��� '". SeiiitoKOKu Chkkic, Kootknay Laick. r| .AI-K NOTICI. that 1, lt. K. Croasdaile, . L -notingas,agent for. Montague S. Davys, True Miner's Certilicate No. ('S.20'2,. intend, (il) days from date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Cci'tillcateof improvements for the ]iur|J(i.so of obtaining a Crown Giant of the alioyc claim. -'" .--. ': And further take notice that action," under section 37, must be commenced- before the issuance of such Cei'tilleate of Improvements.. : IT 10NT11 YE. CI-OASDA1LI.. dialed IhisTthday oMvIay,,l_.!)7. ���-,, (Oil) ASI'l-X -dlNl.UAb CLAIM. SlTUATI- IN THK XKI.SON JIlNTNCi DIVISION 0|.' W'llST* KOOTKNAV" 1I1STU1CT. ." /WllEKH TjOqATKii���On tiik Kast Store and About Two Mu.ks Krom Tin-: Sounun ok Koka- NUH CliKKK. TAKI'* NOTICI. that I, Charles Moore, acting as Agent-for Patrick AV. George, Free Minor's Certilicate No. I>5S05, intend, sixty days from the 'dale hereof, to apply to the Mining ] Itecordcr for a certilicate of improvements, for the purpose ,'of obtaining a Crown grant of the above uliiim,'.. ... ;���"���/" ',Y And further lake notice that action, under section ,'17. must he commenced before the issuance of such certilicate of improvements. ;���'���/..' :' CMlAlir-l.S MOOI-IO,Agent.' ��� Dal-athisothdayoC May, 1807. ; =.;' (IBS) ; "cEl.Tlli'ICA.T-- OF THI_ IU-GIST RATI ON yY'Y'Y" Oil. A FORl-IGN .COMPANY.' :.>.': "Cojii-.i-ii-s Ac'r,"PAK'r IV.;'AND Ajikndixg jYY".\-i-.. '-Y =������ ^ ������'-:Acts. ��� '-/������///../:,,;���//'/;/. ���While liroiise ..liiiiiu; Company" (I'oi-eign) '.':_���';; Registered fhe:0tli day of.March, IS!)..- '���' If IlKRI-HYjci-ltTIKYthat I have this day registered y tim ���'W'hit.o X!rouse Mining Conipniiy" (Foreign),., under the "Companies Acf.","l'art IV.; "Registration of foreign Companies," and amending Acts. - Tlio head ollice ofthe said Conipniiy is situated at Ihe City of Spokano, in the stale of.Washington, U.S.A.'.';;v /'���->'. .'.'��� The objects for which the Company is osl.ab- lishedare:���;' ��� <;'..'[������ '���":- To work;': operate,, buy, sell,' lease, locate," acquire, procure, hold and deal' in mines,, metals;; mining and minerals claims of every kind, character aud description, within -the . United yt.at.es. of America and the '..province of Hritisli Columbia,���Canada:"' To carry on and conduct a genoral mining, smelting and 'milling business: to purchase, acipni'e." hold,: erect., operate and 'control cleLric light nnd. power plants for the. purpose of mining and treating ore, -ores, and for thc '. purpose -of furnishing lights and creating ''power." for all purposes; to... bond,, buy, lease, locate, and hold ditches,-Humes, and water rights; to construct, lease, buy.' sell, build, or openilu rail roads, ferries, tram ways, ou, other means of ^transportation, for the purpose, of :, transporting oro. ores, mining and other lnat-er-- 'ials;.lo own, bond, buy,-sell, lease, iind locate timber and timber claims: and .finally to do everything contusion..-proper, and requisite for Ihec'arfying out. of the . objects and purpose., aforesaid, in their fullest.and broadest sense, within the territory aforesaid. ^ , VT'ho capital stock of the said Company is one million dollars, divided 'into- one million shares of tlio par -value of one dollar, each.. Given under-'my baud and seal'of .ollico at Victoria, Province of British Columbia, this 6tli -day of March, 1S!I7. > - ''"������ .'" ��� *' -=' :[i..s.|../ --= ''.;���::��� S; Y. AVOOTON, ((iffij - "' Megisti-iii of Joint Stock Companies': Notice of Application Fop Litiuor License. TTTG-S KASLO RED STAR ALLAN1* LEAN. Master. A. C'AMPHKLL. ��� Master Are prepared to do Towing, etc., and can be Chartered by Kxcursion and Prospecting Parties. Scows furnished. For .further, .particulars apply on board steamers or to, cw.wr.ST, (___.j'."v."B olson. 0. T. STONE, Kaslo. C. W. BUSK, Balfour. Notice of Application For Litiuot* License. TA1-I_ NOTICK that 1. Andrew l.ringgold, will apply lofhe Stipendiary Magistrate of West. Koolenay, thirty days after date, for u license to sell liquor by retail at iny Motel at t.'reiglilnwn, on North Fork in said (listriel, AN'nitl.V.* IHUXGGOI-I), Dated at Nelson, H. O., this lirst day of May, IS'.).. -, <(!_.. Notice of Dissolution of Co-partnership. THK partnership heretofore existing lie' tweenA. If. Cleinonis and'A. K. Lott, doing business as proprietors of the Merchants Hotel, Maker Street, Nelson, Hritisli Columbia, under the firm name of Clements & Loll, has this day been dissolved by-mutual consent.. Witness: fA. IL CLKMKNTS. .Ikki-kiwon Davis. \A. K. LOTT. Dated Nelson, Hrifish Columbia, April 30, 1S!)7. The business will be continued in future by A. IT. Clements ami If. J. Martin formerly of Regina, X. W. T. 630 NOTICE. NOTICK is hereby given, that sixty daysl from date hereof, I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the following described land, situated in the Nelson Division of. West Koolenay: Commencing, at a post at the south-west corner of Lot HOI" Group 1 West Kootenay; Ihence west SO chains; thence south 10 chains; thence east SO chains; thence north II) chains to the point of commencement, containing 320 acres more or less. III.N1-Y J.. CllOASDAlLE. Dated Nelsnn.|ll.C, Sth Marcli, 1897. (574) NOTICE- ���^J"OTIC_I<_ is hereby ^iven. that, sixty days 1_N from, date hereof, we intend lo apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase tho following described land, situated in the Nelson Division of West Kootenay: Commencing at. a post at lhe south-west corner of Lot HOI Group 1, West; Kootenay; thence west SO chains; thence north SO chains; thence east SO chains; thence south ��0 chains to the point of commencement containing 1110 acres more or less. THE HALL MINES Ld. HDaled Nelson, B.C., Sth -.lurch, 1807. (573) NOTICE. ASS1.8SMKXT ACT AXD PHOVINCIAL UI-VENUE TAX. TAKE notice that I, Thomas Flynii, will apply to the Stipendiary Magistrate , of West Koolonayfthirfy days after date, for a - license io sell liquor by-retail, at the Kootenay.Hotel in the town of Quartz Creek in said district. . . ������'' "��� ��� .v '.���'���. '.'�� .THOMAS FLYXX. ."'."Diili-d at Quartz Creek, li.C, this 20th. day of-April, lSi)7.' ' ..: >��� .: ��� ' ((.17 Notice* of Appication foi* Liquor, License. 'TAKE notice that I, E. _\l. Peter*, will apply to -llie Cold Commissioner b�� .West Kootc-= nay, B. C, Ihirfydays after date.' for a license to soil liquor by retail "at tlie'l'etre Hotel on , the North -Fork of Wild Horse Creek in said district.-'.'.." ' "" V " ' ��� ,'*'���-'* - "' ������ ';.'"��� ' ���< ���������..��� ...;���-��� '.'���'���'- '"".'���'��� '.-.-��� E. M. PETERS. - Dated at Wild Horse Creek, 11; C ^ this :i;d day of Jlay, 1817, - ��� -- s (IKlu) Going East? If you are Do not Torget MDortaut Points Ml-ST���Go via St. Paul because tbe liues to tbat point will ailbrd you tbe best seryiee. SECOND���See tbat tbe coupon beyonu "St. Paul reads; via tbe Wiscousin Central becnuse tbat Hdc makes tbe closest connections with all.tbe trans-continental litiese tering tbe Union depot tbere, and its service is lirst.-class in every particular TFII1-D���Eor information, call ou your neighbor and friend, the nearest ticket ageiit, and ask for a ticket via the AVis- copsiu Central lines, or address: Jas. C. Pond, or Guo. S. Uattv. Gen. Pas. Agt, General Agent, Milwaukee, -210 Stark St.. Wisconsin. (570) Portland, Or. NELSON_LOTS. NOTICE. Having appointed W.J. G. Dickson locul 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. 100 ' F. C. ITSNES. Music Lessors Mrs. Morley is prepared to receive pupils for Piano, Violin or Organ. Apply :il Thom,on Slatibiifry (Vs Slnrc, At-l.sou. ..���'.������'��� 127 Mi I.SOX DIVISION OK WEST KOOTKNAY DISTKICT. N' OTICK is hereby uiven in accordance with the statutes, that Provincial Kevenue Tax and all taxes levied under the Assessment Act are now due for the year 181)7.-. All of the above named taxes collectible within the Xel- siu Division of West Koolenay, assessed by me, are payable al my ollice at, ICaslo, K.C. Assessed taxes are'collectible at the following rates, viz :��� Four-fifths of one per cent, on the assessed value of real estate other than wild land. Three-quarters of one per cent, on the assessed value of personal property. On so much of the income of any person as exceeds one thousand dollars the following rates, namely: Upon such excess when the same i.s not more than ten Ihoiixand dollars, one and oncqiiarter of one per cent; when such excess is over ten thousand dollars and not more than twenty thousand dollars, one and one-half of one per cent.; when such excess i.s over twenty thousand dollars one and three quarters of one per cent. Three per cent, on the assessed value of wild land. If paid on or before the 30th of June 181(7: Thi-cc-lii'lhs of one per cent, on the assessed value of real estate otlier than wild land. One half of one percent, on the assessed value of personal property. Upon such excess of income when the same is not more than ten thoosand dollars one percent; when such excess is over ten thousand dollars and not moro than twenty thousand dollars, one and one quarter of one per com..; when such excess is ovor twenty thousand dollars, ono and one half of one pc cent. Two and one half per cent, on the assessed value of wild land. Provincial revenue tax 83.00 per capita. O. O. DENNIS, Assessor and Collector. Ivaslo, H.C., Jan. 20th, 1S!)7. 527 _. -NOTICED Notice is hereby given that sixty days from date hereof, we intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the following described land situated in the Xelson division of West Kootenay. Commencing at a post at the south-west corner situated in a hay inedow about 10 chains south from foot of mountain and about 12 chains noi-th of Heaver Lake; thence north 80 chains, thence east 80 chains, thence south 80 chains, thonee west SO chains io point of commencement, containing (140 acres more or less. E. imOADFOOt. J. OST1X. WM. MoAHTlIUU. .Dated Salmo, 20th April, 181)7. (012) KOOTENAY LAKE GENERAL HOSPITAL SOCIETY All persons contributing $1.00 per month or $10.00 per year will .be entitled to receive the full benefits of the,Hospital; in addition the $10.00 subscribers will secure thc privilege of voting at the annual election of directoi s. . A. H. CLEMENTS, Treasurer Nelson B. C. August 14th 1896. U19) BUY vour own WALL PAPER Make your own t-lioii.c and save llie lln9liter's I'oiiiinissiiiii ' BUY DIRECT 25 per cent off, Paper Borders, net Ingrains, 35c. roll net. Largo slock of new pattenis - 0 Thomson Stationery Co- NOTICE. The business of thc Xelson Sodawatcr Factory, has been purchased by K. P. Whalley, to whom all accounts aro payable. All debts and liabilities incurred by the company prior to May the 15th will be paid by W. S. Ashpitel. WA1-T1-U S. ASIllTI'l-L. C-18 1_. PKKCY WKALLKY. Dated at Nelson this 15th dav of May, 1S.I7. Notice of Application for Liquor TAKI. notice that I, Walter Trotman. will apply tothe Stipendiary Jlagistrate of \\ est Kootenav, thirtv days after date, for a license to sell liquor by retail at I leer Park, in said district. WA1-TKK TUOTMAN. Dated al, Deer Park, II. C, this l'Jth day of May. 1��_7. ������'' - ieatiou For Liquor License. rpAKR NOTICK that T, W. A. McLellan will 1 apply to the Gold Commissioner of West Ki-otenay, H. C. thirty .days after date for a license to sell liquor at retail, on my premises Lots 1 and 2, Ulock 11, town of Ainsworth, B.C. \\T. A. McLKLL\N. Dated at Ainsworth, B. C , this 2lst day of April, 181)7. (��13l Notice of Application for Liquor License. Take notice that I, Adolph Lapointe will apply to the Government Agent for Wesl Kootenay, thirty days after date, for a license to sell liquor by retail at tho Grand Central Hotel situated on lots 23 and 21, block 00, in the town of Nelson, B. C��� in said district. ADOLPH LAPOINTK. Dated at Nelson, B.C, this 20th day of April, 1887. (610) (362); T.IJIITEU NELSON, B-O VICTORIA HOTEL If bound for Europe Or desiring to bring over friends or relatives from Europe, do not forget to ctvll on the nearest Cimadi-in Pacilic Ry., agent for tickets and any information desired. WM. ST ITT. Gen'l Atlantic S.S. Agent, Winnipeg. 554 KOOTENAY HOTEL ��� On .'c a ripple camo to land,. \ " In the golden sunset burning��� :V Ijapped against a nil'i ten's hand. :. Hy the ford returning. -��� Dainty foot and gentle breast������;-. '���' Once across be glad and rest. "Maiden wait," the ripple saith: : ,-_!.' ���"Wait awhile, for lam Death!" _ . "'Whero my lover calls I go��� v ��� Shame it were to treat him coldly��� "Twas a fish that circled so, .,������-'.'��������������� , Turning over boldly." Dainty.footsand tender heart. Wait the loaded ferry cart. - '"Wait, ah, wait!" tlie ripple saith;',.'.,���"���. '���"' Maiden, wait, for I am Death!-1 ����� "When my lover calls I haste��� '-���'*"�� _ Dame Disdain was never wedded!" " Eipple���ripple round her waist', Clear the current eddied. .., .; . no so ���������! Lund & Peterson, Props. Vernou Street, Nelson, C. C. GOOD AOCOMMODATIvONS, First Class Hat in connection. Transient rates reasonable. .582) j FOR WINES anfl CIGARS _A__D_D_R-ESS 514 California Wine Co. NELSON B.C. W. H. PHILIPPS, SEAL # * * * ENGRAVER! Die Sinker and Embosser. 583 39i Douglas Street, Victoria, B. 0. FOUND, A new place to send your lau'ndiy after April the ist. The Kooten.iy Steam Laundry will be thoroughly equipped with the latest improved machinery and experienced help. Whitcher & Cleland - Props. KELSON, It..'. (520) Exchequer .Gold ..VUning "^^ Company r ti m ited. "A limited amount of treasury stock now on sale at _/_. cents per share. Enquire of* A. H. Kelly, Baker street, two iik>-��r_. west of Bank of MontreaL 513 COLUMBIA & WESTERN RY. ,1897: Timo Table No. 4. To f .vkc ellcct Feb. I rjASTHOfUNU. No. 1 passcnKcr'flaily exreept Sunday) leaves Itossli-rnl 1:00 p.m Arrive _ r��t Trail - 5.00 p.uv No. 2 passenKor (daily ��axcept Sunday) leaven Uossiand -. ":0fl a.m Arrives at Trail...'.....-'.......... S'.u. a.m WISTIIOUNU. No. 3 passeiiKei- (daily except Sunday) Leaves Tr_��il _ Arrive�� in ltosslanc* No. 1 pKsseiijcrfdialy except, Sunday) T-caves Tr_iil :.:��5p.m -.rrivcuiaUO-shmd ".OO p.m Connec'tiohs made with and departing from Triiil Gexioral Offices: .Trail U. C. ?J. V. G_*TI-UL"S, General Supt, Kaslo & Slocan TIME CARD NO I. GoiNaWEST. Leave ��.00 a. in. 8.30 a. m.. ". 9.30 a.m. 9.51 a. m. "'* 10.03 a. in. " 10.18 a. in; '.'':10.30 a: in- Daily '; Going Kast. Kaslo Arrive 3.50 p.m. South Fork " 3.15 p.m. Sproule's ���' . 2.15 p.m. Whitewater " 2-00 P-m Bear Lake . ' 1.18 p.m McGuigan . " 1.3 p.m Bailey's " 1.21 p.m 10.39 a.m. Junction ...���"' ; 1.12 p.m Are. 10.50 a. m. Sandon �� T.cavi* J.00 p.m Subject to change- without notice. . For rates and information . ppp y wt.-.tfce Company's ofllces. K. XV. B". tYAN. Supei inteddent, UOBT. IRVING, 261) TialBc HanaKer. Foolisli heart and faithful hand. . "I". Little feet thattouched no land. ,; Faraway the ripple fled, . ^ *; :Hipple���ripple-rrmining red! "':...'. ��� ,;. '".'.;���'���'-���'��� ���Translation. ; "Kespect tlio aged!" lb -was a thick voice���ainuddy voice thaf would have made you shudder���a voice like something soft "breaking in* two.1 There was a .'quaver inifc, a creak arid a whine. "Respect the aged! Oh, companions of the Kiver���respect the aged!" ���Jspthing could be soon on'the broad beach pt'.tiie river excepta little fleet of'-square'-' sailed, wooden-pinned barge's','-loaded with . building stone, that had just come under J tlie 'railway ..bridge, and were driving down streai'nV They put their; clumsy helms over to.avoid.tho sandbar made by tho: scour o�� the bridge piers, and as they, passed, three abreast, the horrible 'voice began,again:/ -'; ['\..'Y) ������:. ""���''J:Y. :l.:-.\'~Y. "Oil, Brahmins of the Eiver���respect the aged and infirm!':';- -. - Aboatman turned wlierc'-'he sat oii tbo\ gtuiwalo,.liftedup hishand, said something' that was riot: ;a blessing, and the* boats crejiked on through the twilight." The broad.; Indian Biver, that looked more like a cliain of 11 tita lakes"than^^ a stream, was as sniboth-��� as glass, reflecting the sandy-red sky in midchaivciel, but splashed with '/patches of yellow and ���_��� ������'.;. / ; ' "To heiir is one ..thing; to know is an- othcr,V,:said the jackal, whohad a/very fair knowledge of.proverbs, learned.by listening to men/round the tires of aiievenin;.;.-" ; "Quite,true. "So, to mako. sure,.!,took care.'of that ���phi'ipy /whiles the dogs- were busy elsewhere."; _... ���'"-..'" "��. ''- - .'���....��� "���; f* "They.were very-busy," said fhe/.jae*kal., "Well; Lmnst not-go to the village hunt- 1 %&*" :������',. on the other hand, tlioiighT would by nieanssny this to his'noble face,';'he"is ,,wi,se and so virtuous���as I, alas! am not���" '."AVhen the jackal owns he is gray how black .must the jackal /.be;" "muttered tho adjutaiit, who could li'otj see what/was /coining.:" ���"���,.;...���-������".. ���:." Y.'. ' c Y' '''���/'/��� ���'.' "That his food never fails, and: in coiise- ���qnence���";���'���;���': -;���-'���'.���,/';"' ':���-:. yYy-:,Y] There was a soft grating sound as though , a boat had jusb touched in shoal; water.- j The jackal spun round quickly and faced i (itis always best to face) the creature he i had been .talking about. It was atwenty- j four foot crocodile, cased; in what looked, I like treble-rivited :. boiler plate, studded I and keeled and crested; the yellow .points of .'his upper teeth,; just- overhanging . his beautifully fluted, lower ;jaw. It was the bluiit-nosed , mugger of Mtigger-Ghaut, older than iuiy man in the village; who had given his liame to the village;;the demon of the ford before the railway bridge came ���miirdcrer,* mat)eater and local fetish in one. He lay with his chin in .theshallows, keeping his place by/an almost invisible rippling of his tail, and .well the jackal knew that one stroke :of that sametaiiin the water could carry the mugger up tlie bank with the rush of a steam engine.!/ '���_ "IX THE HOPES' OF SWEICT COXVEnS.-TIOX.'' ;"AuspiciotislySmet,/ Protector "of the1 Poor," hefawned, backing: at every word? "A.delectable voice was; heard, and.wc came iii the/hopes, of sweet ..eony.ersat-oi*. JMy .tailless presumption, while ;waiting foere,led me, indeed, to; sjieak.of thee,,' It is wiy,hope"* that nothing wasoi'd-heard," .. Saw, the jackal had spokeu_j ust to lie Ksteied to,:for he knew flattery was:the ljcst "way.p.f getting things'to eat, and the nniggea'-knew that the jackal had spoke/ foi- this.ewJ, and the jackal know t/.at ttig mugger kaetvf and the mugger knew that thp jackal k��r-w that the mugger knew, iiiidso they waits all; very -contented'to-/ ;gether. ���'���/..:"���',���_: . -.��� \ Y} Y;Y ., The oldrbrute -pi__>5j_ed and, panted and. ���gruntedup thcbauk,-'j'w..mbling: "Kespect i-he aged andinrirm!" aniji ^il the time his little."icyps burned like ,c.-fajs iiiuler the heavy ihornyeyelidsiion the iop vof his 1 triangular Jiead, ashe shoved ���Ins .bloated, Ibarrel body Along betweeu his .oxutched Ileg*.. ThSn he settled down, and,''iiccjfs- itfttticd as the jackal 'was to his/ways., be (could uot;;help starting, lo'f the liundret^i ttiinie, w/teii he saw exactly bow the 'U.Hi.g-- jguriiuut'jited a log adrift on. the bar, ll? Iliad e.ven.taken pubis to lie at tits,exact" aingle-rt inatv.rally stranded log won Id milky ������wsjth' the 'witter", havi ug regard to the - ctl c- ���Jxeit of tlie-SBiwoii'iit'the time and place. AllttSjis waspuNSly inechanicai, of course, l)ec.��i;u.i(-- the miigg_>.r had come ashore for plea-S'iiiw!; but a tcnoeodilc ,is never quite full, fl-ad'if" the jaekiil bad beeu deceived by ( thelikeBjiss he would ]u love me-,; and;., that ^S.s 'tn'tyvkingjoiny m/u for nothing, clii.ld, that the village bears my name, ahd 'lie who watches long,' as the.saving Is,-'shnlll at last have his reward'.'"" , "I have watched loiig���very long���ncnrly all my life, ai'id my reward has been bit_-s and blows," said the jackal, "lio! ILo! Ho:" roared the adjutant, "la August whs lho jaek.-l burn The ruins fell in September : 'Now such a fearful Hood as this,1 Says he, '1 can't remember '.'" There is some very unpleasant peculiar- ity about the adjutant. At unc-Ttaki times he suffers from acute attacks cf lho fidgets or cramp in his legs, and tlion;:h ta i.s more virtuous to behold than any of thu cranes, who are all immensely respectable, he. flies oft into wild, cripple stilt, war dances, half opening liis wings and bobbing his bald head up and down; while for reasons best known to himself he is very csireful to time his worst attacks with his nastiest remarks. At the last word of his song he came to attention again, ten times adjutanter than before. The jackal winced, though he was full three seasons old, but you cannot recent an insult from a person with a beak a yard- long, and the power of driving it like n javelin. The adjutant was a' most notorious coward, but, the jackal was worse. "We must live before wc can learn," said the mugger, "and there is this to say. Little jackals are very common, child, but 'such a. mugger lis I nm i.s not common. Kor all that I am not proud, since prtde is destruction; bur, take notice, itis Fate,and iiridnst his fate no one who swims or w.TTks or runs should say anything at all. I am well content with fate. With good luck, a keen eye and the custom ot considering whether a creek or a backwater has an outlet to it ere you ascend, much may be done." r "Once I heard that even the Protector of the Poor made a mistake." said the jackal. "True; but there my Kate helped me. It was before Iliad come to my full growth��� before the last famine but three (hy lhe liight and Left'of Gunga, how full the streams used to be in those days'.) Yes, 1 was young and unthinking, and when th'; flood came, who so pleased as 17 A littlj made me very ..happy then. The ��� village was deep in flood, and I swam above I hi- ghaut and went l'nr inland, up to thorite lipids, and lhey were deep in good mud. I remember also a pair of bracelets (glass lhey were, and troubled me not a little) that T found that evening. Yes, glass bracelets; and, if my memory serves me well, a shoe. T should iiave shaken oil! both shoes, but I was hungry. I learned better later. Yes. Aud so I fed and rested me; and when I was ready to go to the river again the flood had fallen, and I walked through the mud-of the main street. Who bus J? Came out all my people, priests and women andcliildren, and I looked upon tliem with benevolence. The mud is nor u good place to fight in. Said a boatman. 'Ciet axes and kill hini, for be. is the mugger ot/the ford.' 'Not so,' said the lirahmiii priest. ���'Look, he is driving the flood before him! lie is the godllng of the village.' Then they threw many flowers at; nie, and by happy thought one led a gnu; across the road." "Mow good���how very good is goat;" snid I >ie jackal. "Jl.airy, too hairy, and when found in tlio wati*!-' ljiorc than likely to hide a cr.os.-i Hbnp'cd hook, jhjt, that goat I accepted, and wentdowu lotheghautin great,honor. Later, my Kate sent me the boatman who had desired ro cut oil' my tail with au iix_. Ilis bout.grounded upon an old.shoal, whiclj you would not remember." "We are not all jackals here," said (,h�� adjutant. "Was it the shoal made whera tlie stone boats sank in the year ofthe "great, drouth���a long shoal that stood three "floods?"'���"��� -'A' '".;'��� '���.'���'.'',.;"." ���'-���': ���;���'';'; ':; ���,''.'���������.; '".: "There were two," said the mugger, "an -'���upper and a lower shoal," -,:������.-;-. , /,/:,/" '"���'.'Aya, I forgot,; A channel divided tliem jjud later dried up again," said the adjut- iaj.itj-syho prided himself on-his memory. c "On the lower shoal my wellwisher's craft grounded,. J le was sleeping in tiie bows, and, half awake, leaped over liis' ' waist���no, it/was no more than, to his knees��� to push oil./ His empty boat went on and touched again' below tjie -nexy reach, as the river ran'vtheiil " I. followed, because I knew men would run out to drug Ht?asliore?"i all boats arriving 1. ���"So ityVW alike tv-my "Sonwi are as. 1 eaii a.vb.oat vpoles. a_j��ui,-ire as fat; :is ytaing ja-doy M-rt."-;..; y '...���.* .,- ���_-A!i,.sha_-ie_r _di(f..��*be jacka ir,i��t_>.rt, tdof ]-Ct;.(i_-.n arc all WW.". '"..',/' '���'"*_ - :*"!'' .,.;'���' ::..:"..'" ' ,."'������. /,:���.-,/';, 't'Xay, tliere, ans'-sayy great dUi'erences^ iudeivl," ���tliuj'.jn'.igsfsr, aiiswered, igcntly,. Others,. i. ;Nuvi!ri ^vo-nldTOd.: -Men; women aii'd-(.'liildreii~i:, have no fault td'liud with theni..' Aiid re-" uiembeT.tjhihl, he who rebrike.s tlie world' is rebuked by tin: world." ;" -. . -, -.- ��� ,, '��� '-J'Tattt-3'V is^worsethau an enipty tin i::ui"" iii the -3-!ly:/-..l'_iit that: which .viKhnve just liearc? is wisdoiii," said the ,i.ijutaiit, briiigiiig .iown iiiie foot. :, ������'���-' _;,. / "Consider, tliqugli, tlieir" ingrat'ituO.,-to' this excelliiiit one," began the jaekal, jiyu- 'deriy:': *''*:".-������. ;."...'���'.'.' ��� ���'./: * "-.-Y . .������"'..��� -o" i/'Xay! nayriiotingraticudv:!," theinugger slid. "'They do not thiiik'for.others, tliat"\ is -.-ill.c, Ihil, I, 'have -nol iced,.iying at iny station''��� below;the ford, that Ihe^stairsiof' the new bridge are cruelly hard t6,;cliiiib, both fpi^pld people and" young ���'-children.. The .old/indeed, are.not so wortisy of eon"-' sideiation!'but. \. am griev/ed���I. -ani/truly /gr'H.'ved���on��aci��unt of the children.;, Still,'' 1 think, iii a, little while, when the newness of'tiie bridge has woriiaway, we sfiall see my people's bare liro\vii legs bravely splashing through the ford: as before. ''Then'" the old rmugger .will be honored .'agaii-.'\ ���'���/''��� '*':- Y\-Y-y-Y��' /;/:.,';��� . ��� *'(y "-Y"But- "surely I saw- marigold/ wreaths ���-floating off the-edge offheghaut onlythis aiooii,'!, said ihe '.'uljutaiit/ /.Marigold Avreatlisare asigu of.reveretice all Jiidia *;over.".: ���.. ���yY^-Y.\vY\""'Y ���' ; *' �����' ' ' \ 5 - "An errbr^aiV.err.or.; Ifc-'wastlie wife of the swectmeatseller. She, loses.heru; eye: sight ycar'by .yeiir, nndi'ciin'not tell.a log . "And did tliey doso?" said tlie.jackal, :t. little awe stricken. This'? was hunting on a scale that impressed him.;, Y. ,/ "There and lower do.wn they did.,, I.woiit 'no further, but that gave me three" in one :/lay��� well-fed inaiijis c(bo:itmeii) ,itll, and, s'_;?_y;cept in the case of the hist, never aery ;tp,warii those on the bank."., , ; -'���',,: , Ali.-noble sport! Tint wli.'it/cleverness ' .:et;awiiile/" And "so therCj; ^n. jhe--theinugger of the ghaut. Isaw --���I Hotel Slocan Oldest and Host Reliable in the City. EDWIN CUMMINGS, Proprietor, RATES: $2.50 Per Day. HeadqUair^ers .For Commercial traveler!:* ant) flDinino fll>cru $1.00 ^ 81 J��Per i>a7., First-CIass.' in aJI its Ap= ! pointments. Cor. A Ave. and 4th Stl, r��ASLO, B.C, ' <551) Victoria Street American and European Plan EMPLOYMENT OFFICE IN CONNECTTOJX KA.TES, "Fine Assortinenn'j of WINKS, LIQUORS AISD CIGARS') oOS 0. P. G00DWIH, Piaprietor. , 'ingvir scraps . .. ., truly \'.v,os a blind puppy in that slide?" ��� ���,: >, " "It i_< here," said:r!ie:idjutaiit-'s(|uiutiiig j ���iverhis beak atjiis fuliiioiich. .;"A small i thing; but .acceptable now that charity i.s 1 dead.in the world." .'���./'./'"..** ;'. ..',.."','.��� '���������( "Ahal The world is iron in these;days,'' J wailed the jackal..,, Then his restless eye ! caught, the least possible ripple on the i .water, a nd he wenfon quickly: .uI_iif��.. is | diai'd for lis all,'and Idpubt riot that 'even/; our'exce'lleiitniaster, the pride of -the .ghaut j and the envy ot*the'rivers": ' ;��� "A liar, a flatterer and a jackal 'were all I hatched out oi tlie .siu.no egg,-' said thcad- j jiitant to iiobody in particular: for he ivni i rather a fine sort, of liar on his ow'n.ac- j countw-heuhe took thetrouble. , "Yes, the Knvy of the irtver." the jackal, j repeated..raj-:"uig his, voice. ;";Kvcii he, I.' doubt not, linds tliat since the bridge has beeu built i:opd food is niore scarce. Hut the mistake when she threw the garland, for I was lying at the very foot of the ghajit, anal had she. taken another step I ���could have shown her some little, ditTeir ence.'. Vet she. meant well, and we must consider tlie spirit of her offering." .''What good are marigold.wreaths-when oneisonthe rubbish heap?" said the jackal, hunting i'or Heas, but keeping oue wary eve ou his I'rotector of the Poor. "True, but, they have not- yet begun to make the rubbish heap that shall carry me. Five times have I seen the. river draw back from tlie village arid make new land at the "foot of the street. Five tiiiies have I seen the village rebuilt on the banks, and I shall see it' built yet live times more. I am no faithl_s��, lUli-hunt- ing iravial, I, at. Ka-i to-day and 1'rayag to-morrow. ;u the saying is. but the. true . and constant watcher of the lord. It is /}ii calls 'clie otlier ^Brother,'���-.. ' and tliey go 'to uihrk out the boundaries of ] the new land. Tlie innggcr hurries with , "t-ji-jii from point to point, .shutlling very low tlirough the mud. Now they begin/to .quarrel!. Now'they saydiot. words! Now, they pull turbans! Now, tli'ey lift up tlieir lathis; (clubs), and at'last one falls backward in'the mini, and the other runs. 'Vi'hen he comes back the disputeis settled as th* iron-bound -bamboo of the loser witnesses. Yetthey are not grateful .to the: mugger. No, they cry 'murder,' and their families fight with sticks, twenty a side. My people are good people���-upland .Tats��� ZMalwais of the Het. They do not give blows for sport, and when the fight is "done the��oJd miigger waits, far down the river,; ought of sight; of the village, behind the Kikar, scrub /yonder, c Theii come, tliey down, my broad shoiildered Jats���eight or nine together under the stars, hearing the, dead man upon a bed. They are ��� old men,' with grey beards and voices as deep as ,, mine. They, light, a.; little fire���ah! how. .'..well I know tliat fire!���and they drink tobacco, aiid tlicy nod their heads; together . forward in a ring, or, sideways toward;the dead man upon the bank. They saythc Knglisli law will come with a rope for this matter, and thatsuch a man's family will be ashamed, because such a man ..must be ���.'. hanged in the great square of the jail. Then say the frieiids.of; the dead: .'.Let hiiii hang!' and the talk is all'to do over again���once,7 twice, twenty times in the long night. Then says/one at last: 'The fight was a; fair fight., Let us take the', blood money, a little more than Is olTered by the;slayer, and ;we will say no more about it.'; Then do they haggle over the blood money,: for the dead was a strong man, leaving many sons. Yet before A in-, ratvela (sun rise) they put the fire to hini a little, as the custom, is, and .the dead mail, conies to me, and he says no more about it. Aha! my children tlie mugger knows���the imiggerknows���and the "Maiwall .Tats are a'jgo'od people.',' ������" /''���'���." "��� "They are too close���too narrow in the hand for my crop," croaked the adjutant. 'They waste not the polish on the cow's hqrii, asthe saying is;find, again, who can glean.after.a ^lalwiii?"; ..���'""���.:. '"'��� ���/.'������"Ah, I���glean���them,".said the mugger, :simply...//:./'���' /,/;,-;/������/'?/��� ��� / "'���-,; a, ������;'������' . "Now in. Calcutta of theSouth in tlieold days,", the adjutant went: oii, "everything was thrown into, the streets, and wc picked arid chose. ./Those were dainty;seasons./| , Now they keep/their .streets 'as'.-clean as the outside of / an egg, and niy people went away. To be clean is one thing; to dust, sweep and sprinkle seven; times a day ; wearies the very gods themselves." ..-'���' ," ...-' "Therewasa down country jackal had it from a brother, who told me...that in Calcutta ofthe South all the- jackals: were as: /fat as otters in the rains,'?: said the jackal, his/mouth -watering at tlie'bare thought of ���'it.'"'-. '/'"/;/���: ://';V ���//:/';'���������;',/!- ./.;/;" '\.fYY"YY .'..'': "Ali, hilt .the" white races are? there���tlie English, and they bring dogs .from somo-. where down the 'river, in boats���big fat- : dogs���to "keep; those same jackals lean," said the adjutant. ';'.:';-/ ;; '-They are, .then, as hard hearted as these ;/people?;.; ,,I might. haviT known.; Neither, .earth, sky, nor water shows charity to a .jackal. .1 saw the tents of .a: white ^fnce last season, after the rains, and.I also took a new yellow bridle to,eat. Tlie white faces do not dress their,,, leather, in the propei/way/ clt made"ine very sick.'* ",���-���. "Thatswas better than my case, "said the adjutant. "*.V]ien,I-was hi niyothirdsea- '; son, a young and a.hold bird,! wentdowii to the river where thebigiboats come in. Tlie boats .of the Jiriglish. are" thrice as ;big asthis village.''/ ,;/:../-,/;;//: - "He has been as far as DelM, and says all the people there walk on their heads,", muttered,the jackal;,/The mugger opened? his left eye and looked keenly at the adjutant.- -:,'.// ���,���/;. /-/���-. ./������"It'is true," the big. bird insisted.; : "A liar lies only when lie hopes to be believed. /No.one who had not seen-those boats could.; .believe this,truth."' ���'," , - ., , "That'is more reasonable," said thc mugger. "And then?", ���,,"-"J.'.. "'*"' "From the;,insides of this boat they were' taking out great pieces" of white: .stiill", which turned to water in' a/little while. and the rest they swiftly put into, a house /with thick walls/; But a boatman, ..who laughed,^took a piece no larger thana . .small dog and threw it to nic. I���all-avc - adjutan ts���swiil Iow wi thout reflection, and that piece I ^wallowed as./iti: oiir" custom. -"Immediately' I. Avas afflicted with an ox;- /eessive cold that,/-beginning in iny crop, ' ran down to tlieextremeend of niy toes, /anddeiiriyeibme even of speech, while the boatmen laughed at liie.' Never have 1/ /'felt such cold. I daiice'dlu niy grief aiid - amazement till/I coiild recover my brea_l.li, ; and then I "danced ;iuul * ''tried, but... against.'' the*"falseness of this-world; aiid the boat- iiienderiiled mc till they "fell down. The ; chief wonder of tiie niatter, setting aside ithatmarvelous coldness, was- that, (here ��� .wis nothing at all in niy" crop wheii I had . finished my laiiieiitings. ,; -'/ / 'A,./ - Tlie adjiitaiit_liad"d(jiie;,iiis .very best to "describe , his, feeling,, after, swallowing a seveii-pbutuhluinp of ice;bfl* an Ainericaii' ]'ce-i.|iip,,iii the days before Calcutta niade ���her ico by machinery; but, ' as he did.not kiiow what/ ice was, and-as the niugger pine from below, whero "the steam dome seelhed rather like, ii bullock's hump. I'M���yes, a .new kind of bullock," tlio mugger repeated ponderously,, to- make himself quite sure in his own miiidj.-and "Certainly it is a bullock," said Hie jackal. "Aiid again it might be���-" began the niugger pettishly. . '' "��� ''Ceitainly���most certainly," said: the jackal, without .waiting for the other to finish/ ���/���'/'', ... '.'';.' YY. ,/'/. > "y\"hat?": said tiie mugger angrily, for lie could feel that the two knew more than ho did.' What might it be?�� I never finished niy words. You said it wiis a.biil- .lock." '; ;,,.:/,..//;_../., "It isanything the Protector of the Poor please/.' I ainhis servant���not tlie servant of.the thing that crosses the river." "Whatever it"is, it is white-faced work," said the 7 adjutant.7, "And," for /my own part, I wouli) not clioosc'a place sonear, to it.to iieout iipoii as this bar is. "��� ���--' ��� "You do.not know the Kjnglish as I do," said the,, in rigger. "There was a white-' ,l*;ied; here /wheii the bridge was built, and he'wo.ild take a boat, iu the, evenings aiid '.shuffle hisl'eet on the bottom hoard, aiid .vhisper: 'is lie here?/ Is he there? Get ine my gun.' I" couldhearhim before I could see him���each sound that he made��� creiiking_and.piifling and rattling his gun up and doyvn the river. As surely as 1 had picked up one of his workmen, and thus saved great expense in,wood for. the, burning, so surety would he como down to the" Ghaut and shout in a loud, voice that lie would hurt me, and/rid the river of me���tlie in rigger of Mugger-Ghaut! Me! Children, I have swam under the bottom of his boat for hour after hour, and heard; hini fire his gun at logs; and when, I was "well sure ho was wearied,! have,, risen by liis side and snapped niy jaws in his face. "When ..the bridge was finished'he. .wont away. .All the "English "���''. hunt in. tliat fashion, except wheii they are hunted." "Who hnuts the white faces?" said the jackal.; "���/"./ ���;. *��,_. ,;. "No one now, but I have hunted them in niy time.'" ���'.;��� '���';; ',., / /"I remember a little of that hunting., I was young then," said the'adjutant;,', clattering his beak significantly, ���"".-. ,"I.was weliestahlislied here,'' continued the mugger. ���.'���"M'y. village was being buildedfor the third time, as I remeinber," wlien;iiiy cousin the, gavial brought me woril of rich waters- above : Beiia.rcs. At first I,would not go, for my cousin, wlio is a fish eater,/does, not always know the good from the bad;. but/I heard niypeopie talking,in tlie evenings, and what they said made ine certain" , "And what did tliey say?" the jackal '"asked.'/,,'"': ""/;���'.';"-/ ;��� ������/'���/���'" /"They said'/enough" to* "make inc,sthe: niugger of Mugger-C'-haiit.,1''���leave, water;, aiid take to iny feet. I went by iiight, using tlie littlest Ktreamsas they served ine, /but it was the beginiiiiig-Ofthohot/weath-, er.and ;ij! streams /were low." '['���������'/cfa.sed dusty roilds; Iweiit through tall grass, I climbed liills''���"���in.; the:, nioonlignt./ Evqii ; ..rocks did I climb,1 children���consider this well./ZI crossed the tail of "Sirhiud the vaterless, before I could find the set of the little i7i vers that flow: Gundaward./:.^: was .'ii month's jouriiey I'rofn niy own ������people7 aiulcthe river tliat ^uknew.//That ;was ^marvelous." :;./::/:"'';,//,���. '/What food, by the/way?," said -the jackal, -who,; kept his soul in . his. little stomach, aiid was not a bit impressed' by the uiugger's laud travels., ;.,//. ..-/ "Thatwhich I could liiid���coiisin,"- said the niugger slowiy,dragging-each word. / No.v you do not call a nian a cousin in Jiidiaunless you,think,,you can establish some kind of blood-relationship, arid it is only in fairy tales that, the mugger ever inarries a jackal; tins' jackal knew-',::fp'r 'what roasoii'lie liad been suddenly lifted, "into the mugger's family circle.. If,tliey "had heerialoiie he/would notrdiave ciired, but: the adjutant's eyes twinkled with iiiirtli,atthe tigly jest. /:;//;//:/ ./ "Assuredly,";"" father, I might have, known;" said the jackal.; A. mugger does not care to be called a father ',6f jackals,. and the in ugger of /.Mugger-Ghaut said ns much Hilda good deal more which there; is no usein repeating. .������'��������� /"The Protector of the Poor lias clainied kinship!������������Howcan I remember the precise degree? Moreoyar, we eat the same. fo.bd. lie lias'siiid,.it",'ii.vns the jackal's reply.'." rhat niade riiatters" rather, worse,/for ____]��_ly_i_]___^^ niugger niiist liaye eaten his food oh that; land-niarch fresh, aiiihfre.sh:every day, instead of keeping it by him,till it was iii a fit and proper .condition, as "eyery self-re^ ,specting niugger and inosfwild beasts do ; -when they can/Indeed, one of the -worst terms of con tempt aloifg:;,the:ri yer beds/;is "eater of. fresh in eat.',?' It is about /as/l.ap; as calling'a/ friend in- cannibah" would bo. iiinoiig human beings. /Somekind of si.iv-. ages tliink the same way, too.';.../ .//���_/ .;/��, "That food was eaten ^thirty ./seasons .!igo,'.^s:tii1.the adj ut lint,'--- quietly. "If/we talk,for;thirty,seasons more/it,will .never; come back./, '.fell lis ,now what7 happe*ied - 'wheii the goodwa'ters were "'reached ..after4' that most wonderful.land journey. Ili.we,. listened io the howling of everj/jaekai the businessdf the town, would stop, as the saying is." : '"Y'y'i ���'-'"'.. ',',/'" Y 'flic niugger must Iiave beeii grateful for the interruption,' because he went /on with , n rii.sli: . ': ,.". *;-,; .'>'/_ ������ "���������;-/' ���'"','���*'" '\.'_.-'".- /"By.tlu; 1 tight and Left of Gunga, when 1 clime there nover did Isee such waters." AVere they better, then,, than the."big and the jackal knew rather less, the'talc ' fl()lM (jl- ,!isl Mll!i(m^ wlIl, tlie iiicklly missed lire. ., ��� '"-Better! "Thill .Mood was no more than "Anything," said the mugger, shut tjng ' B)inM en,n- tlvil veiira_a !l:lI1dful "of inytlnng is possible; (in)wiied strangers, some., chickens, and a his left eye again, that come'sout of a boat thrice the size of MiiULCcr-'Giiaut. My village is not a small one." 1 !'; . There was a whistle overhead on the bridge, and the I)elhi Mail slid across, all the carriages gleaming with light, and the , shadows faithfully following along the river. It clanked away into -the dark : again, but the mugger and the jackal were "so well used to it that they never turned tlieir heads. - "Is that anything less ���wonderful than a boat thrice the size of "Mugger-Ghaut?" said the bird. "I saw that built, child. . Stone hy stone I saw the bridge piers rise, and when the men fell off (they were wondrous sure- dead bullock iu muddy* water/ with, ci-oss currents. But, the season I /think, of,' the river was low./sinooth and, even, and/as the gavial had wiu-iiud nie,,the deadiEiig- lish came-* down 16u6hing "each, other.; -* I got niy girth iu that season,"my,girth and mydeptlr* l'"roiii-Agra; ;by Etawah and faces���alive! They -were,.as I..remember,'"' women, lying under"' ft cloth . spread over, sticks, arid cvyiiigaloud,/, There was never a guii fired at.us watchers of the: fords in those days. , All tiie grins were /busy else- . where.' Yi'e couidliear them day and night in/viid,/com.:.;,: and going as the wind shifted.;'' I rose up. full before the boat, because 1 fhad never seen white faces alive, "tliiiiigh I kniiw theiii well otherwise. A naked white chiiii kneeled, by the side of the boat. nml. stooging over, he must needs try to 'trail his hands in.the river. It is ii pretty thing to.see how a child likes, running water. 1 had fed that day, but"there was a, little i; n filled space within me. Still, it was'i'or sport, mid not for food that I rose at fhe'ehild's hands. They were so clear a .mark that. I did- not even look when I closed: nnd they were so small that thougli: jiiy jaw ra.i'ig true���1 niii." sure of that���llie child drew theni ..up swiftly .unhurt; .'''���'Tliey- lui; ;t have passed..between tooth and 'tooth ���those small white hands. I should have caught''!!im crosswise at* the. elbows,-. but, as J said, it was only for --sport and desire to see 'now things that I roseatall. 'i'liey,,. ovieri out one after .-uiother in the boat, aiid ��� ]iiv.'ii'!'ifcly I,rose again to watch tliem. 'I'he ho:i!'.A.'a;-i too heavy to push over. They were only 'women, .biifc lie who trusts,a* \vonian will w.-dkoii iluckweed iri' a pool,'7 as t/(. saying is; and by the Right and/Left .of Cuiiga tliat is truth!" -. / ''(Jr.ce ii woman gave'inci'some dried skin' front a fish,'''said tlie jackal. "I had hoped lo get,her baby, /hub horse .food, is better ..{'iiiin t,:e kick of ii horse, as .the saying is. A\:d, \yhat'did the" woman do?" "Lhe: .'.'red iit me with a short grin of a kind 1 have, never seen before or since." Five7 limes, one .iii'ter another" (the niugger ..must have met with an old ..fashioned"re-: veil ver): '���and 1 stayed bjicn ������ mouthed; aiid gaping, niylicad in the smoke. Never did I see such a thing, /five times, as swiftly as I wave my tail���thus." .'"'/��� The,jackal, who had.been.'growing more and more i iiterested in the story, had jiist time "to lea p.'back as the tail swung by like a scythe.. ��� "Not before the fifth shot," said themug- ���ger, as though he had never dreamed of stunning oneo!.' his listeners���"not before tlie fifth "sliiit did I sink, and! rose in time to hear; a thief of a boatman telling all those white women,.-that ,1 was riiost cor- tai.iily deaiir- One bullet had.gonc inidor a neckplalto. of mine. I kiiownot if itisthere' still, for the i-eiison I ciiiinot.turn iny head. ���Look.'ii.iid see, childf It will,show my tale ���. . "..���������������., ���, p'. y..: . ��� .o is true.;'. . . / "/ ���., ' .^ . ������,. v .Y "1?" said thejfickal, .'.'Shall au-eater of old shoes, a bone cracker, presume to.doubt tlie word of.tlieKnvy of: the Biver?: May niy tv.il lie liitUin ofc by "blind puppies if the shadow of stiih"u thouglit have crossed my humble niiiiih .The Protector of tlie poor lias'condescciided to inform. lne,ihis. .slave, that;Onc_; in Ins life/ho ihMS_been' woundeilliyawoinan.7" 'i'hiit is siifiiciciit; :nrid,i:,will tell thejaletoalf:niy*children, asking for no proof.",, : / ; / -///"���/ //"Oyeniiiich; civility is sometimes lio bet-, "ter than overmuch discourtesy, for, as the .saying is. one win choke a guest witli turds: /] do "not .'desire tliat iiiiy children of, thi he should 'know that the Mugger of ���jMugjger- ; Gliaiib tookhis/oiily wound from a woman'. ThcySviil have riincji 'else to/think of if tliev get tlieir living as' niiserablv as tlieir' -father;" /'. ,/'''���/���'���" -.'��� ���;*:;:���'���"��� ;7;-'"- ;:,. ./' "It is "forgotten long ago! It was never said!: There never was, a white woman! Tliere wasno boat! '.-Nothing whatever happened at all!" //��� .���-.,,,;,:,,/,: ,,..,,, -., . 'The jackal waved-liis brush to/show liow, completely everything was wiped out of his : memory and sat down with an air. "Indeed,' very many things happened;"" ���said ..the in rigger, beaten ill liis second attempt that night tp geiithe. bettor of.' his -.friend. (Neither bbrenialice.however. ICat and be eaten was fair law along the river, and the jackal came iii for his share7: of plunder ,wh oii the in ugger ,I fad', 1 iri ished ';i liieal.) "T left; that' float/ahd' went tip stream; and, when Iliad reached Arrah ; and the back waters behind it, /there were no niore (lead Knglisli. The river was empty for a while. *> Theii cairie one or two dead,/iiiredcoats,/but of one kind nil���, Hindoos arid Purbeeah..���then'" five or six abreast, and at hist,,, from Arrah to tlie i North beyond Agra, it was as thougli whole villageshari ".walked into the, water. '. They e_.iiue.out of/ little creeks one nl'ler ;aiiotlier^;is*the^legsacoine*doVv.n*iii���th'tf ruins.'"- When.tiie- river rose they;rose also in com panics I'roin.tlie "shoals! tbey Intel rested,, upon; s and "��� the * falling flood dragged them with a it, across ' the : !iclds'���. aiid .through the jungle by the, long haiiv,:,All,nigl.it, too," "going,north. 1 heard the guns, aiid by day the v'shod; i'eet ���bfiiien:crossing fords, and that noise whicli, ill heavy; cart whcelmiikes on sand under water; and.every ripple brought forth dead.7 /At.hist eveiuIZwas afraid, fori said, .'If this happen to'ine.n bow shall, the ..mugger of v -Nliigger-Glniut escape?���' TlI'ero .yere iioiitsi, . too, thatcaine up behind nie.without sails; : burning continually as; the,;cotton djoats ! sometimes.burn, blit neversiiikiiig." ���'���%. [.. _/"Ali,!'':s:iid; the .adjiitant^,/"Boatsrlike .those come to Calcutta of the south,, 'I'liey are taliand black, they beat:up the; water behind tlieiiywith ;i tail, and"tliey���^" _ / :.."Are;thriccas,:big as,- niy/yilhige. /My boats were low arid ., white"; they beat up i lie water-on either side of them, and were. a no larger than the bouts of one who speaks truth shqiild be. Tliey ���"made irio^; very afraid, aiid I left water and .went'hack/ to this, niy river, hiding by tlaj' and walking the broad waters by Allahabad.'' . "Oh,��the eddy that set under the walls of the. fort at Allahabad!" said tlie adjutant. "They came in there like widgeon to the reeds, and round and round' they swung���thus!'' lie went off into his horrible danco again, while the jackal looked on enviously. He naturally.couid not remember the footed for the most part-but when they' ye!lr oC \he """'"i* ll"f-v w,trt!' diking fell) I was readv." After the lirst-pier was , a,w,lt- 'J''e mugger continued: made they never thought tolook down the ' . 'Y es, by Allahabad, oue lay still in the .stream for. the body to burn. 'There; again, slack water and let twenty tro hy to pick I saved much trouble. There was nothing ' one: and, above all. the English were not strange in the buildingof the bridge." ��� ���; cumbered with jewelry aud nose rings and "But that which goes across, pulling the anklets as my women are nowadays "' roofed cars! That is strange," the adju- ] tant repeated. delight in ornaments is to end with a rope for necklace, as the saying is. All tlie 'It is. past any doubt, a new breed of bid- ! muggers of all tie rivers grew f.-it then, lock. Some day it, will not be able to keep | but it was my fate to. he fatter than them its foothold up yonder, and will fall as tin; \ nil. The news was tliat' the Knglisli were men did. The old mugger will then be ; being hunted into the rivers, and by the ready." i Bigbt and Left of (Iiinga we believed it The jackal looked at tlie adjutant, and I was true. So far a.- I went south I believ- the adjutant, looked at the jackal. If there ed it io be true, and Ifc went down si ream was one thing they were more certain of ; beyond Monghyr and the tombs that look than another it was that the engine was ['over the river.'". everything in the wide world except a bul- . "I know lhat place.- said the adjutant' lock. The jackal had watched it time aud "Since thu��e days Monghyr is a lost city, again from the aloe hedge by the side of Very few live ihere now." tlie line, and tiie adjutant had seen engines j 'Thereafter I worked up strtam very" since the first engine ran in India. Now j slowly and lazily, and alinle above Mt.'ng- the mugger had only looked up at the en- hyr there came down a boatful of whit* /"TITEN''-"A" -NATIVE;-WITH/AN AX GUT : v^ ; /���"���Ol'F TIlKaHOlIICAD.''; '-/ by/night; "when: If could not/find little streains to help me.".-��� I c;iine''to niy village again, but I "did hot-hope to see any of my peoplethcre;' Yet/they were plowing and sowing and reaping, and gning ;to and fro in "their: fields as quietlv/ as their own .cattle/*'" -"""/",', "���./",V/, .-.. ������ '���' '/Was tliere still good/fdod iu the river?" said the jackal;// , /;,/, ���/���".;/'. "' "Alore than I had/any desire1 for. 'Even -I���and I do not cat. miid--evenT was tired;' and, as I reirieiii.her; a'little f right ened at, this eon-jtant coming down-of silent ones. I'heardiiiy-peoi)lesay.in my /village^:that all the English were .dead, but .thoge;-that came face d<>n:n with the current were not KiiglislCns my "peoplesaw. "Thenmy people saw it.was best to say -'.nothing-at all, but to pay the tax and plow the land.. 'After a long tiriie the river c'.eared, and those thatenme down itjiad been clearly drowned by tho floods, as I could' .veil see;, and, though it was so easy,, then ,to get, ��� food, I was heartily'" gild of it". , A/little killiiighere and there is no, bad thing��� ibuteven the' niugger is -sometimes 'satisfied, as the saying, is.",:��� ������ . "Marvelous! : Most: truly niarvelo:->," said the jackal. :",I have become'...":;���_ through merely liearing about so niucli good eating; Arid afterward what, if it be permitted to ask, did the Protector of the Poordo?" ''":���""��: . "Isaidto niyself���and by the Right and Left of Gunga I .locked my jaws oii that vow���I said l would never -go roving any more. So I lived by the ghaut, very, close to my own. jieople, .and I watched oyer 'theiii year after year; and they loved mo so much that tliey threw liiarigold wreaths at my head whenever they saw it lift. Yes, and my Fate has been very kind to me, and the /.river is good enough to respect my poor, and infirm presence,".only." j./- ,,r . /���-���-��� , ., > -,-,,��� "No one is ali'r'liiippy from hisbeakto his fail,',' said the. adjutant, .sympathetically. "What does the mugger of Miigger- Ghautiieed more?" '���'of'Thiit little white child which I did not get," said the mugger, with a deep sigh. "He was very small, but 1 have not forgot-, ten. I am old now, but. before' T die it is niy desire to try oneiiew thing. It is true 'they are a heavy-footed, noisy and foolish people, aiid the sport yvould be" small, but I remember tlie old.days above Benares, and if thechild lives he will remember still. It may be he goes up-' and down the bank of some river, telling how he once passed "his hands between the teeth of the mugger of Mugger-Ghaut;,, and lived: to ; make a' storyof it." My Fate has been, very kind,. but that "plagues; me. sometimes hi my dreams���the thought of the little white child ,.in the bows of that, boat."./ �� ' He turned stiflly. aiidshuflled to the top of the sand-bar; while the jackal drew back with the adjutant, to the shelter of a tree stranded on the end nearest7 the railway bridge/ , // ,��� ~ "Tliat, was a ])lcasant nnd profitable life," he grinned, looking iip'.;.hiqiiiring!y at the bird who towered above hini. "And not once, mark you, did he think (it to toll" .me where"n niorsel 'might liave.beeu left along tliebanks.. Yet I, have told hiiiia hundred times of "good things .wallowing down stream. How true is the saying, 'All tlie world forgets the jackal ntid/tho: barber when the news has been told!' Now'; lie is goiiig to sleep. Arrl.". ; / '"���' / 'tllowcaria'jackal limit witli a in ugger,'' said the.adjutant, coolly., "Big thief and little thief.'; It is easy to see who/gets "the pickings.''; ;/ /.'.; , ::./,:��� /;���."'/:'/,' /; The jackal turiied, whiniiigiiii patiently,, and was, goirig ;_to curl himself up* iuider -thqtree trujik;wdieii,he,s;uddenly,ccHyereil aiul/lookeil,/; ii]> through tlie /draggled branches at jthe bridge abbyy'liis licad. /, :''What,no'>y?". saidfheadju tan tjOiieiiing: hiswiiigsiuieasily. ,,���--,-;' .- YY. /::/ ."Wait till we see: The wind blows from us to tiieni, but they1 are not:'looking for us-���those two nicii."///;/,/ .".-/. -������/..* %: "Men, is it?; My office protccts;ine/; All Iiidia knows I a in sacred." Tlie adjutant,,': beiii.g a. first class scavenger, is allowed to go where he pleases, and so' thlsbiie never, flinched/7- ,:"'������.'���'��������� .���'���' : ,'T am not worth a blow -froiii anything greater than an old shoe." said tlie jackal, and/listened ..again. / "Hark to that footfall!" he went on. "That was.no country leather, biit the."shod foot of/a white face. Bistenaga in! Iroii h its i ron tip tliere. , It is a gu n. Priend, those heavy footed, foolish. English are coining /to. speak with the. mugger."/,, ; />. ,���/'.���������'���. ���///, .<*. / ;'"7;: ���'���������: 3 "AYarn hini, then. He." wiis, called .Pro-'' tector'of the Pooy by some/oiie iipt'.unlike.c a starving jackal but a little tiiiieiigo." " ; "Bet^iiy cousin protecthiscnvii liidc. /He, hns.told ine agaiii'mid again/tliat- there is; nothiug'to.fear from the white faces.* They must bo white faces. Not ii villager of the Ghaut would dare to come after hiin. See,; I saidit wiis agun. Now, 'with good litck, we sliairfeed before-dayliglit.;He caiiiiot" hear well oiit of water, and���this time it is , not a woiiian." . / ,"? A shiny -barrel'glittered for.ti' niinute in the liioonlighton the girders. The niugger was lying on the^sand; bar-as still as his: own shadow, his forefeet spread' out a lit- t-leHdsdicad=droppedi-betweeirtlieni7^siibfiF=: ing like a-j-iiiugger:"'/,:. ;'/, ���,.: ,���". ������.'"��� A voice (in tlie .bridge, whispered:'' "It's an odd sjhot���straight "down," almost���but.. as safe as houses. Better try. behind the neck.'.-'""Golly, what,a brute! Tlie villagers will beAvild.if he's shot,: thougli.,, He's the, deota (godling) of these parts."// / ^ ".Don't careliii" rap," iinotlier voice answered. "He took aboutfifteeii of niy best coolies while the bridge*was building, aiid it's about tinie he;was put/fa /stop to. /I've' been after Jjhiiiii it; boat for,weeks; '-��� Stand by >yith theMartiiiiiiS! soon- as,I've/giveil, hi m both -Jiiirrfils of this.;1--^ / / :��.���-,: "-Y-��� 7~/ ,/,"Aliiul tht' kick,*;tiien. A "double, four," bore's no. joke.",//'/" ,. / i -'//": /"That's, for hi iri to decide. Here goes!",,:, "There was ii roar like the so.iiiid.of. a small c'aiinon-(the liiggest sort of elc-"" ]>haht rifle is not very dUl'crent front .irl.il- Iery),aiid adoulilestreakpf llaiiie, followed by the stinging crack of wii Martini, whose loiig bullet niade /nothing of a-croeudih/s, plates. : Butthe explosive bullets .did.the work. One of them struck jiistbehincl I he mugger's neck; ;a hand's breadth tothe left. of the backbone, while the otlier burst a little lower dowiiQ at tli(? beginning ofthe tail. In ninety-nine "cases out of a, hiiii-< dred ii mortally wounded crocodile c/Tn" scramble, tiff for deep waterand. getaway; but the niugger of jMuggei'rGliaut .was, literally broken into --three'������pieces. .Tie7 hiirdly'inoved his liead^beforetlfe lift we tit out of liini, andhejay as fii.it as'the jackal/ -"Thunder and lightning!'-'Lightning:;ind tliuiider!'-' said tlie liiiserableTittle beast.*' ."Has tiie thing that pulls tlie covered ciirts over tlie-bridgejtuinbl'ed at last?" / �� /; j ""It: is. nOihioreithaii a" guii," said: the, adjutant,, though Ids; very taii ���fiVatliers, quivered, "Nothing more- than 7a %un. He is certainly' dead. /Ilere. coine. the white-faces." ,/,'.. - ;/.- , .~..'Y v. ������'������' :"' Tlie .two Englishmen'had hurried down from the bridge and across to.tlie;s"and bar, wheretheystbodad miring tlie length of the liiugger/.Theiiii native with an ax cut olf the big head, and four; men/ dragged it acrossthespit/ "������:���" /"././.. ;i'* / / /; , : ''Tlielast time that Ihadniy/haiid in "a mugger's mouth," said one of the.Eiiglish- nieii, stooping down (hewas the man who had ...built the bridge), "itwas .when I was' about' 5years old���coming down the river by boat to Monghyr. I \vas a '-mutiny baby, y'kiiow,. Poor mother was in the boat; too, aiid she often told me how she fired dad's old pistol.at the beast's bead." :-, - "Welh you've certainly h.-id your revenge on the chief of the clan-^even if my gun has niade your nose bleed. Hi, 'you boatiileii! Haul that head up the bank and we'll boil it for the skull. The skin's too knocked about to keep. Come along to bed" liow. This was worth; sitting up all night for, wasn't it?"/" . ' ".::." ""/',/,"// Curiously enough, the.jackal and the adjutant made the very saine remark not three minutes after the men had left. . : / RUDYAKD KIPLING. the Mcdowell atkins watfok go., lid WHOLESALE AND RETAIL-Ss=S VANCOUVER, B. C. A full steel, of Drugs, Patent Medicines, Chemicals und A nicies, Wholesale and Retail. Goods Right. Right. Proinpt attention to all orders. Toili i i ]'rices i the Mcdowell, atkins, fatson, co 10 AND 12 CORDOVA STREET 417 HASTINGS STREET ' 127 VANCOUVER, B. Ci IIMI- or pinole Goipiir to Me ore; WILL HANDLE M. of flecldc .team cr Horse Car Railways WILL ED1LD Waterworks or Float Bonds ol Sams. ���#/ Manhattan Investors & Securities Co.. Ld. 17 and 19 Broadway, New York City. 37!) m %onbonmu ment LIMITED LIABILITY A Company formed to acquire, develop and work the "London" Group of Mineral Claims, situated in-the Ainsworlh and Slocan-Milling Divisions of West Kootenay, Urilish Columbia. The Company is incorporated under the British Columbia "Companies' Act, 1890," and amend.rig1 acts. CAPITAL���$150,000.00 in 600,000 shares of 25 cents each, of which 360,000 fully paid shares will be allotted to the .vendors in part payment of the purchase money, and 200,000 will be available for work-- ing capital. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. - Oliver T. Stone, General Agent, Kaslo, President and Treasurer. Hamilton Byers, Hardware Merchant, Kaslo. A. Whealcr, Barrister-at-law, Kaslo, Secretary. BANKERS^���Bank of British Columbia. OFFICE���Kaslo, B. C. The Prospectus can be seen at. the oflice of \V. J. G. Dickson at Nelson, or at the office of O. T. Stone at Kaslo. ' 435' Headquarters for ELECTRIC LIGHT SUPPLIES. DYNAMOS MOTORS ENGINES BOILERS WATER WHEELS FIRE HOSE WATER SUPPLIES CHANDLIERS Estimates given and contracts entered into for the entire systems. _._> ^ Call on or write W. T. STEWARD, Box 20 470 ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, Nelson, B. C. HAS RECEIVED A COMPLETE STOCK OF WINTER and 5PRING GOODS TWEEDS, SERGES, WORSTEDS, Etc. PRICES TO SUtT THE TIMES. SUITS $25.00 AND UPWARDS. COR. BAKER AND WARD STREETS. oo NELSON, BiO. ICECREAM! ICECREAM! . ���AT THE ��� VIENNA BAKERY RESTAURANT Foi' tlio Very Best Jlenl at the Most Besonalilo Pi-ice ours is the place. Every description of Lunches put np to order.' AVe are now prepared to furnish all kinds of Fancy Cakes, Vienna Tarts,' Lady Fingers, Afaceiiroons, etc. AVed- ding Cakes a Specialty. . , delivered to any pari of the town. Also a fresh supply of Fancy Candies. 031 * R. HURRY, Proprietor.. MEATS I _]Sd:____DA_TS I A BUTCHER SHOP has been opened in connection - . with the store, with a large stock ot choicest FRESH MEATS.' Groceries, Provisions, Hay and MINING SUPPLIES, ETC. _��) Great THE MINER, NELSON B. C, SATURDAY,: MAY -2$. 1897 ]JP=KiS?S_S__^=^^i-i=iKJv *: =���������="^ft=������? ._.* ^ft^^^LV-W^sA -^____WSs____-l^j| i!-������ *5������|| |j lhe ( JHineiv 1 !| ^Iclsoit, EQcst J\ootcnanr fivi.is-i (Hoi.in .but. ��������� I 1897 .^THE*CJ LEND AR :���������-���������-. * 1897 II ill s M T w T F S l*s M T W T FJ3 s |m T W T F D S M T w T r s Hll j!! X y. X X X 1 2 X X X X 1 ; 1 . X X X X 1 n -.. 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Itlucbiiil Jiruee Caledonia Con California C. & C Celtic Qucon Centre Slur ('olonim -'oiimmmlcr Crown I'oint Deer I'ark Delueoln Delaware I.astern Star Kntorprise Krie Kveninf,' Star (ieoririn (ierlriiilo (iianl. (iiilden Drip (.iuhlen Queen (Ireat, Western lliittio llrown Helen 11 it'll Ore Homestake Idaho Imperial Iron Horse Iron Mask 1X1 Independent ���������losie '���������Iiunlio Knight Templar... Kooteimy-liOiiilon .. l.o lloit 1/ilyMaj- .May Mower jVIonitii Jlonte Cristo Morninij Star Nesting Northern Hello Novelty O. I. I .do Alio., I'liiiiiii.*. . I'ooriimn lied Mountain-view K. 10. Uo lied i'oint Kouhester Kossland, Ked Jit,.. Kossland Star St. Klmo SL Paul Silveriue Hoii'n Cross _fcW con Sultana Trail Mining Co. Union Virginia .-. War 1-asdot West, I.c Koi White Hear Vomit? Hritisli Am'n AlKSWOItTII. Dellie Kllen " 1IOUNDAUV. Old Ironsides.. f.AMl' mckisnky: Cariboo 1 ���������" Ul'_VKI_STOKK. Orphan Hoy Sl.OCAN. Alamo Cumberland Dardanelles Grey Knslo Idler Kootenay-Coliiiubi; ���������Jl iuuCsuiarrTT-rr-.-.-.-^ Noble Fivo Con Kainhler Con Ueco Slocan Star .-'. Sunshine ���������Wonderful Washington NOKTH I'OItT. lted Top 1'ur Value Price. 3oo,ooo 1,000,000 1 1,000,000 7..o,ooo 'V>on,oou 1,000,000 i,.'ioo,ooo 1,000,000 (ioo.ooo 1,000.000 500,000 2,300,000 iiOO.OOO 700,000 ..00.000 1,000,000 000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1.000,000 1,9on,ooo 000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 l,ooo.uooj iioo.oooi ���������2,:)O0.ooo! 000,000. I,ooo,000 1,000,000 l.ooo.ooo (ioo.ooo ."ioo.ooo 1.000,000 500,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 5oo,ooo 1,000,000 1,000,000 ' 7oo,ooo 500,000 5oo,ooo 1,000,000 ,.00,000 5oo,ooo (,000,000 Too.uuo 1,000,000 1,000,000 000,000 1,000,000 l.ooo.ooo 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 l.ooo.ooo aoo.ooo 000.000 1,000,000 2,5oo (ioo.ooo 500,000 5oo,ooo 500,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 Tao.ooo 1,000,000 1,000,000 Soo,ooo 100,000 r .TOO.OOO 50,000 1,000,000 750,000 1,000,000 loo 1,000,000 1.200,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 00,000 1,000,000 1,600,000 1,000.000 _ I i I 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 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 1 00 1 00 1 00 I 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 ' 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 5 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 . 1 00 1 00 I ob I 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 I 00 1 01 1 OC I 01 1 on 1 00 1 OC 1 00 loo 00 1 on I 00 . 1 01 1 or 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 CO ������ 1 (Ills .? 0 10 0 12 0 10 ,0 Oil 0 2| (I JO 0 1(1 (I 05 (I 10 I) (Ki 0 07 0 0:11 0 23 0 15 0 -III 0 1!) 0 03 0 12 (I 20 0 20 0 1)5 0 o*. (I Hi I) s 0 15 (I 10 0 Hi I) 20 (I 7 I) 7 0 51 0 (Hi 0 05 0 20 0 12 12'. 0 (Ki 0 50 0 55 (I 5 0 10 7 II.- 0 11 0 15 - I) IS.', 11.. 0 05-- 0 OS" 0 10 0 2. 0 25 0 OS (I 05 0 71 0 12. 0 OS 0 10 0 2(1 0 15 0 10 0 15 0 10 0 211 0 10 0 01; 0 10 0 1!U 0 20' ,-. 0 U7 Oil'! 0 71 0 OdJ 0 45V ��������� 0 08" Golden West anil Invincible���������Ii Gallagher to same, |. Same claims���������Wm Telford to same, 1. Same- Chas Wullrofb to same, 1. Same���������Albert Jeffreys to same, \. Sampson. New Springfield, and Wonderful Fraction���������W C Jones tothe Milicr Creek Minim; Co. Divide���������Dan JlcLeod to G A Connors, 1. May 12- 'White Swan���������David Whitley toClms Sundi- soir. I. Piekup-J I Sullivan to Klla llrown, 1, 8200. May IS��������� , Norway���������S L Goldberg to Thomas Lacomb, \. Norway���������Oscar Sampson to same, J. Richmond���������Sum XV Kay to Thomas Wall, 1-12 Richmond, Starview, Knipire, Watson, and i in Summit���������Same to Geo Gooderham. Santifco���������C II Doutrhton ami Joseph Hedges to \V I_ Belt. SoOOi). Rauman ia Flu���������Peter MeNichol to Henry McKay. .J. Uunliiigdon���������D D McGillivray and JO Todd to Andrew .laeobson, ., $125, Good Hope���������Jenny Knapp to Michael Landrigan, -,. Same���������M Landrigan to Andrew J Murphy,,1,. May 11- Knglc Feather���������Nathaniel N Franklin to Win Glynn, \. ��������� Uig Timber���������Chas Chambers to A T H.y- wnrd. Sunrise and Jlascott No 3���������Peter LcClair and A 11 Hliimcnauerto the Sandon M &M Co. Memphis and Coronation���������Chas lirand and .las Smith to A Farini, 4,81175. Caroonute��������� Ira \V Mlttck to John Shannon. Ucssie��������� Win II Ryan to Josiah Fletcher, ... May 15��������� , .- Knipire���������Alex Stewart to John McNeil, J. Keho No 2���������Chas lirand to John Tinling, :.. Hillside���������Jas Smith to same, I. Iron Cap-"Max Heckman to thc Maritime KxploraLion Co, SSOOO. Jlcmphis and Coronation���������Chas lirand and Jus Smith to G A Farini option. ., $15,i:l0. O ikland���������H 11 Pitts to K M Sandilands, \. Defiance���������L A Thurston to F G Carlislic, 850. Defiance���������W 11 Willis toL A Thurston. Mariner, Magnet, Kdison, 1' Q and O V���������XV J Giirbutt to Mary Loyd, J. Same���������Same to Alex G Hamilton. Meteor and Ottawa���������Chas Holl'iran to K J l.yor. 1.12. Cultus���������Same to same, _,. Meteor and Ottawa-Same to W Jl Slutw,l-32. (Dividends paid to date are as follows: Le Koi, S:i2.'),000; War l.agle, $187,000; Cariboo, ?110,000; Idaho ������20,000; Slocan SUir, $350,000; Reco SIOO.OOO; Humbler $25,000. Alamo, Cumberland and Noble Five have also paid dividends. , Kiixlu. Jlay II- Hoston and Cuba���������J K Itighani to Henry Cl oft, $1200. 1 U���������Edward Hcckcr to John Jlinor, 1. Mayflower���������T J Lcndrum to James Mun- roe, J. Jlay 15- Jlcnona and McGregor���������Franklin JIallory to 1- F Hoylis, 1. $170. Prospect, Park���������Scott Thornbury, to Henry Croft, S1250. Kldorado��������� Thomas Jlclrose to Henrv Croft, $1250. ' ., .. Jlount, Ararat���������Duncan JIcLellan to.K J Hudson,!.' Montciiiimii and Jlexico���������1) J Munn to C L Webb, \, mm. Same���������Chas Uossiter to same, $5H)0, Same���������KiHvard Hcckor tosaine $5(KI0. \'or,i Crux.���������L L Patrick toCL Webb. Jlonlezu 111a and Jlexico���������Jo eph Helhering- ton tosaine. $5000. Montezuma. Jlexico, Vera Cruz and Hueniia Vista���������C L Webb to Kaslo Jlining and Jlilling company, $1,250,00(1. Hlack Diamond and Little Donald���������T JI Gibson to Frank State. I X L���������II A Cameron lo Dugald K Cameron,! Jlay 17- Rossland���������lolin L Puree tol) K Cameron, H- Honner Jline���������A O Jloorers to Fred Londin,!. Orellamme���������Uobert Williams to Minna Iloei- cher, J. I lay break���������Kd Dowd to Isaac Waldron. 1. U and A-J W Rogers to Chris M Field. Lost'Parapise, Hidden Treasure and Easter��������� LA .larnagain to II Cuthbert,' bond, $12,000 before January 1st, IS18. Twilight and Twilight No 2���������James VOtl to William White,. B. C. IN MINING TRANSFERS. Where no consideration is named in transfers the nominal euni of SI is to be understood. .Nelson. May 22- Swiss, Herne, Highland Chief���������A Dick and A II Jli'Kcnzie to .1 S C Fraser. transfer of option. Gold Hill-.! A Turner to .1 Holm, ... Hazel R-R XV Damp to J JlcLeod, 1-7, $.*>0. Jlay 25- '"'"..'' Hustler, Antonio, Shamrock, Alexandria���������C Johnson to W Freeland. \. Right-It Hunch claims J. -Jlainmotli���������KT 11 Simpkins to K H Stanley, .'. for asscssiiient work. -'��������� . Jlandalay-J Crunloy to P O'Hnra. " Jlonte Cristo���������A TToney-to.I W Thornton: Same-J W Thornton to Atlas M & D Co, 1,000.000 shares. Genoa���������K P Lowe to T XV Spelhiian. 1. Comet���������T XV Spellman to Kl������ Lowe, i. Huby���������K S Davies to J II Uann'on, 1. $25. Toronto, NilDesperanduin, Drill���������.1 Gore and T GrcysoutoTorontoSalnnn Kiver G JI Co. Wiilhalla���������G -W Peterson and .1 Burn to AT Toncy, J. Jlay 20- Hed Blanket. Cariboo, Drumloud-J Jl Campbell to J li Sutherland, 1-12, S2U0. Hlack Flag, Kmbolite���������F Sohrcr ir and W II GarlocktoAHackett, i, $5. , - Hlack Fox���������A S Carpenter to same. ������5. 'Keblc���������W- deV L Jlaistre to A. St G Hani- mersley, 1, SKK). .- - Flying Squadron-H II Jlarshallto 1������ B JIar-* shall. - i' . Hopeful���������F Jl Davies to K Ranger. }. $50. . - Silver Jacket���������A L Dolan to 1) H Jlor ison, ;-;, -WW. - Jlay 27-' Annie S. JohnS���������11 Burke to A Scliinittcr, .. lUiiny Day No 1, Kainy Day Xo 2, Cdinille No 1 -11 A JrcCIure to () W Itcdfonl. Ottawa���������F S Hobbs to J It Simpson. 1. Montreal���������F J Hard wick to same. -S'UO. Ottawa���������Same to same, SIOO. ' Shenango���������T.H French to A Erickson, 1. Venango���������A Erickson to T H French, i. Salmon Star���������J Bergman, .1 Lmidblad'and C W Anderson to J Jl alone, 1. $.iKi. . Pat, Alaiuo-J Philbert to O Wair, J, $.300. Jlay as- Imperial���������S K Green to R Jl Perdue, \. Iron King���������T J Alexander to It JI l'cidue. ]. Maggie���������S Gowley to.A Jlatheson, A. Kl Capitan, Adjoiner, Copper Chief. Falconer ���������A L Anderson to P Arm.-trong, 1-U, ������1U0. FALL IN THE PRICE 01 GALENA MINES SHAKES. EiiKllftli Smelling CuBiiiiiiii.'H In OiM-rale In Ko.������leiiuj��������� ltnriinto ".VII1 Invest in TIiIh UKIrlct. UoxxIiiikI. . . May II- Simuiiersidc���������Thos Gee to James Holden, i. Francis K���������A K White to John Dean, .',. Francis K--J0I111 Kilkeimey to Edgar Charles and John Dein, J. Gold Republic and Conductor���������J W B Mc- Garrey to J P Gleason. Little Bess���������W JI Dunn to A E Phimmcr. May 15- *** . Gold Dollar No'3���������John Lane and James S Hilcy to Ida K Morris, 1. Same���������Ida U Morris to XV C JlcUan, 1. '. , Roehcsier���������Jaines Wnlkcr to Chas Hayward." Syracuse���������Chas Van Ness to Chas Hayward. Charleston, Bloomer, Baltimore, Porcupine- Fred W Meyers to George H Green. 1, .-Bloomer, Oneida, Kathleen, Habbit Foot and Anna L^rGeorge 11 Green to Michigan Gold Jlining and Development Co. Charleston, Baltimore, Porcupine and Kill a ���������Same lo Baltimore Gold Mining and Development Co. Jlay 17- . - Black Prince iind Aberdeen F���������Joseph W Campbell and Angus JleN'eil to J N Leo, Ollie K--J0I111 Tuttlc to Nils Thompson. . Better Times���������David Henderson to J P Gleason and W 11 Hrinker, Jlortis and Luclla���������W Price and Win Fanar to Charles lvliue and Thomas Gaiver, i. Ha Ila���������W I) Campbell to Curtis Stromin- ger, >,. ��������� -, " n May IS��������� . . ' _ 1'' Mot In r Lode���������Louis O Garnett to George Dozois, i. . - John and Gaunt���������Same tosaine, \. Same ].'Mother' Lode I���������Geo Dozois" to F W Godsal. c Ida Jlay���������A L Beaton to V W.Godsal, J. Gold Finch���������George Jloore toll D Jlorkill. Isabella, Belleville; Big Four and Rio���������J Harrison to K Crowe, J.- ., H C���������PhilipCreasortoHobertHunter. Jlaguakata���������Fred Lange to Jlrs Aggie Po- rpiin,-,. " ��������� ��������� PROSPECTING LEMON OEEEK. Seiv J.piivcr. Jlay 11��������� Paniher���������Wm Kerr to Jno L White, i. While- Swiin���������Lawrence Gallagher to Aaron's Hod JI Jc D Co. J. While Swan���������Alex Long to same, t. The Country Kclwccn \clsoii and Slocan _'iljJJOvi'rruii by I'rohiteclors. Slocau City, May 2G.���������A very large number of prospectors, impatient to get into the mountains at tbe headwaters of Liemon and Cedar creeks have gone out and camped along the snow line ready to advance as the snow leaves. Some who have retained say that but little work can be done until the middle of June, or later. There will undoubtedly -be a rush iuto the great area bounded by the developed sections, Ainsworth on the east, Sandon on the north and Lemon and Springer creeks on the west. It is practically an unexplored conntiy. Jolni Kiplinger5 the local representative of the Cam pbell-McCrae development company of Hossland has made a strike of steel galeDa three miles lip the east side of the lake. Recently he discovered some iloal and after a long and laborious search he fouud the lead. At this wilting the vein hag not been prospected sufficiently to determine how wide itis, but the specimens he brought in are very fine. l.Ai/ric Chamiit-RS, London, E. C, May 12. The Stock Exchange hns already be- guu to anticipate hu early cessation of war iu Greece and as matters political look less omiuous iu the Transvaal, the markets are ulthgether better. But I have to chronicle a sharp fall iu Galena Mines to about .$2.50, aud Vancouver Syndicate's are flatter at $20 or $25. Hall Mines are also weak at 85 or less, although this company has just begun to resume the publication of monthly smelting returns. However, as our public is recognizing that this is (he best property we have listed here at present, I do not anticipate much further decline in price if any. The Pioneer Development company is in evidence just now, having published three reports from its manager. Iu the last he mails that water has begun to come in badly, but that he anticipates the vein will be giving a total length of at least 12,000 feet in the Campbell, also "in any case, I am under the impression that we have as much length of vein as the biggest mines in the district." WEAKNESS IN SILVER AND COITEIS. Owing to American, selling bar silver is down to below 28d per ounce standard, which is about the worse we have seen since the cloaiug ot the Iudian mints in 1894. The outlook is uot easy for silver, producers rxcept those who can produce cheaply, but a recovery may be looked for later ou. Copper is also much (latter at A*48 per ton, due to a record of imports last month from the United States. Iu April, Europe consumed 19,000 tons of copper but fully 13,000 tons or GO per ceut. of deliveries were sent here from America, and this fact has for thc present cieated a bnd impression. SMELTERS. Several private companies have Been formed lately with.capitals mugiug from ������30,000 to ������40,0C0. These kind of ventures are more easy to float than otheis of larger dimensions. Many of the .x- ploraviou companies are devoting their attention to the smelter question, and it is probable before long that thc smelters in active operation at Trail aud Nelsou will have several formidable competitors of English brigou. There is one large company now beirg formed to erect a smelter and refinery in tbe neighborhood of Vancouver- and it is being brought along here.' under such auspices that should the political outlook be iii any way brighter at the time of issue, Ihis project will be sure to receive ample support. THE NEW CANADIAN TA_.I_.__'. The British Columbia Review published in its last issue a letter from lhe Right Hon."Jo8eph Chamberlain urging Euglish manufacturers of mining machinery to direct their attention to your gold fields. This enterprising paper has disseminated ibis communication broadcast with the' result that your province. has beeu more widely advertised during this week than at any other period in its history. I understand thai, our London Chamber of Commerce will reply to Mr. Chamberlain to the effect that iu the past it -has been-a-questiouof,freights.and-duty, but that the new tariff will undoubtedly help the home industry. HARNEY BARNATO AGAIN. - There seems to be some truth in llie rumor that Rarney Barnato has decided to push further west in" his search .,for reliable mining properties, lie has already sent out engineers of great standing to tbe Rainy River district ::nd another representative, has been .dispatched to. West Kootenay. His name has uot yet transpired but I hope"to give it you in my next letter, as it will be otherwise impossible for those on your side 10 ascertain who's who. OENEllAL NEWS. The London Share and Debeuturc corporation are interesting themselves in your section of British Columbia, ami if they decide to take hold of it"extensively theiinportnnce. of this step can hardly be exaggerated. A syndicate has acquired a new, process for treating low grade .H ossland ores. -I have seen the prospectus but J am not at liberty to divulge the piuticiilars. Meanwhile those flotations which I have mentioned to yon recently, among others the Waverley or a sub-company of llie Gold Fields of -British -Colaiiibiii, will shortly" be laid before the public. Mr. H. G. C. Curry of Nelson lias arrived in town. . I understand that he is staying at the Primrose Club, St. James. 1 hear tbat underwriting is being done in London for the capital of a company which is formed to acquire the J umb.i and several .other well kucwu Rossland mines. At the same time a move is being made towards Rat Portage by several well known people here.' Captain Robert Adams of Montreal bas left here on his return to Kootenay. It is expected that he will vis.it London again in the near future with the intention of floating another and bigger proposition. Summer Opening. French Pattern Hats. New designs will be placed in our show room each week latest nioileU in Skirls. Novelties in Tuylor and Fancy Waists. Artistic creations in Sleeves. Coats and Capes. juts. k. Mclaughlin. (53S Josephine street, below Baker. NOTICE INITIAL POST. Notice is hereby given tlmt. sixty days from, date hereof, wc intend to apply to thc Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the following described land situated iu the Xelson division of West ICoot- eniiy. Commencing at a post at the south-west corner situated in a hay meadow about 10 chains south from foot of mountain and about l*J chains north of Heaver Lake; thence north SO chains, thence east SO chains, thence souih SO chains, thence west. SO chains to point of commencement, containing 010 acres more or less. K. HHOADKOOT. J. OSTIN. WM. Jl'AllTIIUll. Located this 20th dav of April,.18-7. Dated at Salmo, 20th April, 1SII7. (I!12l anfl Trail Co., Ld, Steamers "International" and "Alberta" on Kootenay Lake and River. Time Card in effect Jlay Kith, ISA". Subject to change without, notice. Five Jlile Point connection with all passenger trains of N. & V. S. II. It. to and from . Northport, Kossland and ^ . Spokane. Ticket sold and baggage checked to U. S. points Leave ICaslo for Xelson and way points, daily except Sundays, o.'IO a. 111. Arrive Northport I2.1:. p. in.: liossland 'S:I0 p. 111.; Spokane li p. m. Leave Nelson for Kaslo and way points, daily except Sundays. 0:00 p. in. Leaving Spokane 8 a. in; Itosslanil 10:30 n. in.; Northport 1:.*>0 p. 111. New Service on Kootenav lake. Leave Nelson for Kaslo, etc., Tues., 'Wed.. Thurs., Fri., Sat.. S:_-0 a. m. Arrive Kaslo 12:H0 p. 111. Leave Kaslo for Nelson, etc., JI011.. Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri., 5:00 p. in. Arrive Nelson 11.00 p. 111. Bonner's Ferry and Kootenny River Sen-ice. Leave Kaslo, Saturday 11:00 p. in. Arrive ltouudtiry. Suiiday 7:00 a. m. Arrive Honner's Ferry, Sunday lL.IQn. in. Leave Honner's Ferry, Sunday,.". 1:00 p. 111. Arrive Houndary, Sunday, , f>:00 p. in. Arrive Kaslo, Sunday ' I0:(Ki p.m. Close connection at Honner's Ferry with I rains Fast hound, leaving Spokane 7:-i0a. in. and West bound, arriving Spokane 7:00 p. in. - Kaslo, 11. C��������� 15th May, 1S1I7. SI GKO. ALKXAXDKH, Gen'l Jfgr. WHEN IN KASLO STOP AT The Olijippic K.>.-...S I>I-._STI----������I������ IX H.iltl* FIKISII. XKWIV tlHtX-SIH-lt. 455 STRICTLY FIRST CLASS K, S. GALLOP, Prop.. FRONT ST., KASLO, B.C. A. C. EWART AEOHITEOT Clements and Hillyer Mk - Room 5 f4. Nelson, B. C. DIRECT ROUTE -TO- CAMP. FORT STEEL wmf, \ NELSON and LARDO Steam Navigation Company Commencing Jlond.iy lOlli Jlay, 1S!>7.' Steamer Ainsworth will leave Kaslo, 11! C , every Monday and Thursday at '.I a. 111. for Honner's Ferry. Idaho, connecting with Great Northern Railway on Tuesdays =iini Fridays both to and from Spokane and Kustern and ���������Western Poinls. Steamer will return from Honner's Ferry at 1 a. 111. on Wednesdays and Saturdays, arriving nt Kaslo same evening, so as to make>inick connections wiih Trail Creek and Slocan Mining districts.1' This route is the most direct for the 1-ort Steele Jlining Camp and makes close connections at Honner's Ferry with lhe Upper Kootenay River steamers. First-class Passenger and Freight accommodations. - ' fi'.'7 KASLO, B, C, VICTORIA, b; C. NELSON, B.C. Mr. Herbert Cuthbert Promoter antl Organizer Of the j-locsui -.������-.<���������.Jolil A Silver Mine, Lil., and of tho Itrili .li <':i.inler cent less tlian listed pi-ice. Apply at .Mixkk ul.ico. NOTICE. The Cheapest Place to Buy the BEST BOOtS AND SHOES -IS AT THK- NELSON SHOE CO. Wc have thclaryest and best selected stock of Footwear in'the city unci would like lo have vou see our lines. Trv us. 576 The Nelson Shoe Co. Opposite Hudson's Bay Co., Baker Street. _J^T_E_LiSO_)__T Planing Mill! DOORS, SASHES and TURNED WORK, BRACKETS and OFFICE FITTINGS SATISFACTION G-UARANTEEp. PRICES REASONABLE. THOS. GRAY NELSON, B. C. ROYAL HOTEL W. Q. ROBINSON, Proprietor. Accommodations more than .doubled by newly constructed addition. Hard finished rooms, electric lights, hoi and cold baths. BEST TABLE IN THE CITY. Everything First-Class Stanley Street - duo - Just above Silica M. pes Prisay & Co* Grocery and Provision 3\i_i:B3iioi3:^3srTS CEOCKEET -A._N"I_i GLASSWAEE. A Large Stock of Sashes and Doors for Sale Cheap. :sr:EJLSo:_i_sr_, - - - ��������� - ib. c. M. R. SMITH $ CO. . Biscuit Manufacturers. VICTORIA - B.C. (212) ~e^C ITT RAT IE S^^ Silver, S ...0 Silver ami-noltl,'Sl.DO' Silver, lead,' Kohl iVi 1 tl copper, $2.00 Gold,.. 100-Copper, I.OO Silver; lend ami gold l.GO- I am-prepared to-make accurate-and reliable assays upon ores at the fnllowintr'rale.s: Si (.; Ores may be sent by mail Gr express and all. charges must be prepaid, in full.' The charges' for life assaying must also accompany the sample. Money .furnished to prospectors lo develop their claims for an interest, in same. Claims bought and sold. Good prospects stocked. Prospectors are invited"to correspond with hie. -" '(>o.S WALTER J. BROWN NELSON. B. C:- SAW HILL Nelson Office and Yard FOOT OF HENDRYX STREET. P. BURNS & CO. ' O - Wholesale and Retail Meat Meixliants HEAD OFFICE NELSON, B. C. . Branch! Markets in Rossland, Trail, Nelson, Kaslo, Sandon, Three Porks, JXew Denver and Slocan City-. We are prepared to supply consumers with, all kinds of Fresh and Cured Meats at reasonable prices. Orders by mail to any branch .will have careful and prompt attention. 530 Notice is heix-lij' RivL-n tliat Mxty "lays .il'tvr j date ! intend to:imi!y t'.i the Chief Oomii.ir-.-ion- ' er of Lands antl Works for ]ieMiiiI( KS, IUK.IMI MIKKT STI'.KL, ..ElXKItS' SIIOVKIJi. .VIKK I-.M'KS, -MANILLA l_������rl_S, l-l'.VLniTI. I'I'SK AX1> ..--'Ji. SOLE AGENTS FOR THE CINNABAR MINING. CO.'S QUICKSILVER. Writ*: for Quotations. Cable Address. "Dunn.1 Ct. 0< pUchaijaij ii- ! {*:,:���������>) "V"_A_lsrCOTJ^rEK. IB. c. I THE MINER-NELSON, B. C, SATURDAY, MAY 29, 189?. .__ . ... ~ -ni-irnnr "r nyii h i maj NEW LOCATIONS. Xelson. May 10- ira/.iil K���������II H 3initli utat, nn Hidden ck, Hiin i e X & K ri IJ.v. .lessie I-'���������Same, same. . Ijorena���������Same, same. J Copper Clown--,) liiihamel, J Perkins, n side Koolenay riv, 7 mi I'm Xelson. Walei'loo--W JJelaney, n side Toad nitiulj Liini Chance. Iiikcriiiiin���������(I Davies, n side Tonil ml. adj Waterloo anil Kmily. Uliio (irause -Wm Jlellonald, .1 T Downcv, Q.uai'l.z ek, 11 mi s e Tennessee. Old Crow-Same, I mi I'm (������11:11./ck, '1 mi w iliiliy claim. May ���������-"_- Hlack Hear���������I Morgan, s side Moulder <'k, '2 mi fm Salmon riv. (..olden I'ot.���������Same, ssiine, Silvei'slrad���������II Anderson, same. ' Ada Mnnil���������J I* llnrliolllc, on peak Mushy ml. .1 !���������' II���������Same. I mi s \v Salino. -- 1011a���������Same, I mi s w Salmo. Daisy 11��������� W ]tiiriniii(;liiiiii, adj. Kiln, 1 mi w Salmon riv. i,)rphan lioy-C-.J Dilter, e fork n fork of Salmon riv, (i mi I'm .Salmon riv. Second llcst���������II A I'ros-ur. ',' mi n Salmo. May Flower���������) O Nelson, .1 Syeen and 1' Larson, sside Sheep ck,:j mi e Salmun riv. Day Light���������Same, Mime. Mountain Chief���������iiunc, :| mi n Slicep ck, jl mi e Salmon riv. Annie l-'axon���������A Modigh, _���������' l'ortur, near Porcupine ek, 1', mi fm ry. Mountain View���������.)" II Mcl.linly, s side s fork Salmon, li mi c Losl ek. l-'airview���������Krcd Adie, at l_o*t ck, w side Iron mt. Silver Star���������KMoFarlane, 0 L Urciiiner, Wild ��������� Horse ek, adj Wellington. Surprise���������J McAlman, A McDonald, on Granite mt, across thc lake and iniinei-iiil,,'"' opposite town of Xelson. Keystone���������C A Jleginbottom, It L l'ocoek, n side Korty-nine ck, est n of Champion. Champion���������JGoodlad, n slope ofs fork Porcupine ek, .i mi e N & h'S Ity. Hig Itosy Extension��������� Same, same. .Hemisphere���������D Cameron, same. Hull'alo���������.Same, same. I..ig Itosy���������l) Cameron, same. Minnie I! Fraction���������li Cameron, .1 11 Hrcin- ner. Wild Horse ek, adj Exchequer. I'ort Townsend���������J Adams, J L Lynch , .J mi n Moulder ek; Hmi w Salmon riv. Tumi M���������Same, 1 mi s Mall ek; 1 mi w Salmon riv. Cricket���������Same, same. Fargo���������Same, same. May -Jo- Golden Fleece���������W S I'olool, | mi w, n fork Salmon riv, i mi s Salmo. Iron���������.1 OGognon, A mis w Salmo. lone���������L 1' Davis, Baltic nil, -1 mi s e North Fork. ������ .lay Gould���������M Cliarre, e side linulder ck ad i Nellie Uly Xo 2. White llor.se���������.) Morrigean, west, slope mt I'roclor, 1 mi fm mouth Salmon riv. Silver Tip���������.1 Wilson, on Mig ck, opp mouth s forkSalmon riv. Kclipse���������11 Green, \ mi n Wild Horse ek adj Dinner liucket. Helen���������H Green, same. Jlay Flower���������A Long, het. Hover and Mini cks. Iron Mask���������Same, s slope Kover ck, A mi fm forks. a Primrose���������Same, het I!) and Hover eks. Iron Hand���������S Hawkins, same. Huby���������K S Davis, 1 mi I'm Hall siding, 1 mi s w Gold Mug. Areola���������J C McLennan, ,1 Gillis, e side Wild Horse ck, A mi c of Avalanche ck. Yukon���������N Mrosseau ct al,.. mi s w Salmo. Kdith���������Same, same. Karly'Uird���������Kl Hanson, 11 Kyle, 2 mi silver Park. Golden l.i-glo���������C Monroe, A Monroe, 1.1 mis e Hall Si.linR. Catherine���������Sumo, same. Nelson���������Same, same. lilth of May���������Same, same. Allameda-H .lolmsoii, PA Nord, C W Peterson, 1 mi e Salmon river. Cumberland���������C W Peterson, at Lost ek on Marble mt. Great Mogul-J W Ruddy, II Shaw, 2ininp w side sfork Wild Horse ek. Queen of the Ilills-H Shaw, sonic. Hartford���������M Killeen, !l mi above Deer Park. Norwich���������A A Deem, J mi above Deer Park. Ilockville���������P Cullen, on Doer ck, il mi from Lower Arrow Lake. Nancy Jane���������W Koote, 2A mi s e Halls siding. Nip and Tuck���������HF Foote, same. Sunshine���������C French, near head Stewart ck adj Porto Uieo. Moonshine���������Same. same. Porcupine Star���������W ,1 Noble, :'| mi s Porcupine ok, IA mie N & I'" S Ity. s Ada Mary���������JI IJ Taite, w side Cottonwood " lake adj Star. lllanclic���������XV A ]J Danicll, liovcr ck2niin Whitewater mine. Hattie Axe-KF Phillips, n sido Wild Horse ck, oini fin N&FSlly. Hudson���������K J Hudson, I) A McKenzie head Wild Horse ok. New York���������D McLennan, Wild Horse ck, C mi fin N& FS lly. ' Lo;-. Nevada���������Same, 8 mi fin head Wild Horse ck. May 2G- NellicHly���������F Adie, on Iron nit at Lost ck. Pearl���������J Koss ct al, A mi n w Salmo. Columbia���������O Stelling, n side Wild Horse ck 81 mi fin M* & P S lly. Little Annie���������C Kennedy, IA mi s North Pork Duiilnp-J A Hensen, H nii w Salmon riv, i mi s w Salmo. Dartmore���������Same, 2 mi s Salmo. Alice L���������(1 11 Linklater, e side Salmon riv, 1 mi s Sheep ek. _;.__, ti-ilroy^_i.L(!arnii,_nii_JIiLr-hle_,!nt.1.ad.j .Cumbers- land. .Monarch���������I) McDonald, P Adie, on Hen Has- sen mt A mi fin Craigtown. " Pirate���������J Wilson,, on' .Six Milo ek, 2 mi fm Salmon riv trail. Millie Fraction���������P H Peterson al, Lost ek on Iron int. Tiger-Same, A. mi n of mouth north fork of Salmon riv. Alta May���������J II Selienek jr, onToad int, n side Hall ck, :i\ mi w Hall siding. Mig Pour���������J K Johnson, same. Jubilee���������G A Huginbottoni, It L Poeoek, bet, e fork Anderson ck and X & PS lly and ."I mi fin Nelson. Alberta���������J McPherson, 'I mi up Porcupine ek adi Ida. Lotlio Stewart���������M Slew-art, J McDona'd, 1 mi up Porcupine ek; Arbutus���������M Stewart, I! mi up Porcupine ck adj Ariel. Ariel���������J McDonald, same. Houghton���������M Stewart, same. Quiucie���������J McDonald, .-nine. Lady Stewart���������M,Stewart, same. Franklin���������J McDonald, M Stewart, same. IlicKloy���������M Stewart, same. Hancock���������M Stewart, .1 McDonald.same. Calumet��������� M Siewan. same. Oceiilo���������J McDonald, same. .Vbberline���������A Florin, P Cherho, on C & K liy 7 mi fm Nelson. ' "- l.lkhorn��������� J T Nelson, head wesl, fork Anderson ck. Lena���������A L Sanvie, A mi n Qtnuiz ck.. Norden���������0 Hoe, 2 mi up Sproule ck. Norway���������Same, bet Kagle and Sandy cks. Vandeidecken���������P Tarry, K L Thayer, i mi w Kootenny riv,.'! mi below Slocau crossing. ���������, Silver Prince���������P Tarry, J Crawley, same. .-" Jolly Hoy���������P Tarry, K L Thayer, same. . Holden Gulch���������Same and J Crawley, same. " ".Io.-,ephine���������P Tarry and K L Thayer, same. Onward���������Thaver, Ciowley, same." Goodenough���������I' dullivan, n side Kcotcnay riv. a mi fm 111 mi post C & K Uy. . - Pour'Jlrolhers���������J Michacly et al on Qnarlz ck, 41 mi fm Vmir. ��������� Kentonr-Same, Clearwater ck, 1 mi fm X R P S Ky: Silver Wave���������S J Mate, HJ mi n c Deer Park relocation of lilack Hawk. > " .Morning Star���������Same, 2 mi n Deer Park. Ocean'Wave���������J Ainsworth, w side Deer ek, 2j mi fin Deer Park, Mountain Lion���������:i mi e Deer Park. Northern Light���������P A Mate, w side Deer ck 2A mi n Deer Park. -Diamond Jubilee���������P Perkins on Morning mt 1! mi fm smclteradj X Hay. King Copper���������Same, on C & K lly, 7 mi fin Nelson. - '������������������ Copper Fraction Same, on Toad mt w fork Give Gut ek adj Star of West. Valentine���������P Sevier._n e side e fork Wild Horse ck S mi fm Ymir. . Tezegane���������A Cecillion, same. La .luive -Same, Mime. Curio���������Same. same. Chicago���������I) N Campbell, W G Almas, D \V Cameron. Porcupine ek. (������ mi e N i: P S Ky. May 27- - Quartz Peak���������D N Campbell, XV G Almas, same. - - Ontario���������Same. same. Jenny���������W McArthur, Mu.-hy mt, 1 mi w of n fork .Salmon riv. Golden Nugget���������II Noll, same. Oregon���������P I' .Martin, same. Winona���������I) M Shea, het Bear and Porcupine cks 2 mi e Salmon riv. Thomas���������T U Thomas, XV Plannigan. opp Whiskey ck, on :v side north fork Salmon riv. Fairview -It Marklc, ���������'>!��������� mi up n side Wild Horsfek. Mabel���������A E Storv, I 'orcupine ck, Cmi.-N & PS Kv. ii Little Johnie- J XV Hazard, IA mi n Hall sid- inz. Grouse -G XV Stailbrd, 7 mi up .= side Poreu- pine ck. Gold Drop���������Same, same. CliflV���������I Decelle.-', A mi o Anderson ck. i mi s X & F S lly. Contact -A W Milbr.-.udt, 7 mi up s side Porcupine ek. SI. Mary���������Siuio. same. Great I le.-_pi_.--F I loihl, bet Kalino and u fork Salmon riv,', mi s e N'& F .S lly. Central Star- S A Hosandor, on Murnl, Pass, betSix mi ck and Arrow lake. Jlay 2S- Clippcr- J, Caiioiiica, Sheep ck adj White Slar. Viclnry-ll .McAlphin, saina. Ilainbow- 0 J Itiishton, J l>: Powors.on divide bel Porcupine anil Hidden eks. PrudMuc-.l McNiiniani, P () lii-ino, s ������iih; Wild llorse ck, 7 mis Ymir. Gerald Mac���������Same,same. Kureka V, K Peachey, al. Little Dei r Park. Iron Mii'.k���������lt Lowry, s side Porcupine ck. V. mi fm N &PS Ity. Lillle Jack Same, same. Alto���������Same, .same. While Lily���������Same, same. Tyco���������A Mathosun, on Salmon riv, a nii se Hall Siding. Maggie���������S Gormlev, ,'l mi up w side Wild llorse ck. Knierald ������������������Same, same. Hose H -II u Poster, 2 mi n Hall Sidiir.;. W____MKU__a_______k. PRODUCE OF THE MINES. -U-TURNS FOll IM? UP TOUATK. OUF, EXVOUTEn. Prom Slocan via Kaslo 10.SIIA Slocan via Nakusp 2,I'I2A Kossland via Northport (..KM** Hossland via Nelson ;'>2 Tons " 20,11,.) Total Value: Through Xelson Cusloni House.? 1,I'.I7,(!".."> II I'c.clsloku (Xauusp)... 2:i2,lto.i:."i Average value per ton, ������72.S(ili 1.13ll.77IJ.IMI I'l.ODUOK OP SMKI/rKUS. (Shipped) TONS Nelson (I lull Mines) Matte ,.S2 Trail Smelter Matte 2t(l.'IA :i I.'.V, Tola I value, SLo'Il.-liiflS " ���������' of ore and matte exported, ������:i,(UI,2:i:i.01 PADDY MILES EELEASED. OKE SHIPMENTS. lie is i.ilirralcd lioni Kiiniloiips .fail on , IliiUras . .ii'iiiix I'roreeiiiiius. j L'x-cjonslnhlu John JMiles wlio wus sen-1 teuced to tliree monlLis in jail nt Kum- j loops, wns released from custody tliis' week on im order of tlie supremo court; at Victoriii, where nn nppliciitiou for n | writ of Imbeds corjnts wns lnnde iimi ' sustained. The allidavit upon which the application was bused, set forth that Juditu I'oriu of the county court hud committed Miles for three months when the statutes expressly provide Unit the term of imprisonment lor simple assault shnll not exceed two mouths. The whole proceedings were quashed and Miles was set free. The recent prisoner arrived in ' the city last Thursday and received lhe congratulations of his friends. - It is understood that ".Paddy" will devote more attention in future to liis mining interests. Kcliiiiis Since l.asl Week. VIA ICASt'O. lliilh to Kverett liulli to Pueblo. Col Whitewater to Kverett... Xo I " VICTORIA, 13. C. .*- LONDON, England. TURNER, BEETON & CO. Wholesale : Merchants, : Shippers : and : Importers Knofriiiiv l.inucli, Nelson. I> .0. DEALERS IN ��������� LIQUORS CIGARS DRY GOODS CEMENT Pabst Milwaukee Beer TENTS ORE BAGS DRILL STEEL DRAIN PIPE BLANKETS CARPETS RUBBER BOOTS FIRE CLAY Flour and Feed Total value. gli.Rli i. Average value per lon, ?.">...'ilfi. VIA NOIITHI'OKT. Ko Itoi to Tacoma. I.o Koi io Kverett. Total value, ������12,020.10 Average value per ton, S2!).17''. MATTE AND BULLION". (Shipped.) Trail Smelter IM.ntte] Ii0 Iii Hll III \->T 210 202 101 METAL QUOTATIONS. .1 Xnrrow l-.M-apr. I'lissenfjers over the Canadian I'ncific last Monday report that the whole train came nearly being dumped in thc Illccillewaet river, about three miles this side of Revelstoke, through- the collapsing of some piles in the trestle work over the river. The courageous act of the engineer iu throwing wide the throttle and mukiug a dash to cross was thc means of lauding the long train with about 150 passengers safely across the biidge. May. NKW YOBK. Ill 27 2S .liOi ; Sii.vKu...i;uj....i.tj ...mi ; (liar) Lioad. .. .3.121...". 12.1... .12'.-. ....12.', G. D. CURTIS S4=JAROHITECTF=fc: (i2.> OVl_l_ IIIO.MSOVS' ItOOK _>toki:. .M:i|) ol'Stilmoii l������i.sfrit-l. .. Messrs. Field, Hobbs & ��������� Co. of I.oss- laiul, B. C, have issued a map of Salmon and Wild Horse districts. It"is complete and comureliensive and show.", as far as possible, the lccutiuus, crown grants and lhe claims upou which work is now beiug prosecuted. Trails.wagon and rail roads are also indicated. Accompanying the map is an index -giving the names of 1,20j mineral claims. RELIANCE MINING EXCHANGE Mine Incorporators and Brokers Will riiri-liasc or liirniNli l|i>ii<>.v lo l������e- i velo|i <:ooiiei-ll<>s. I'ir.l <:iass <:oii- iiecliiiiis in ICaslt'i'ii Allies anil l.������ii������l������n. M'riic iis licfori. iilaclng your |irrl.v 315 &. 316 ROOKERY SI3OIC_A._ISrE, - -W^A-SI-I- JOHN HIRSCH, Provincial Land Surveyor. Ofkick: NELSON AND HOSSLAND, B. C. no BEST BEEAD :JN THE CUT Asjk your grocer for A. ii. Slewurt's Hreail. Coliiiiihiiin HaUcry, rear Thomson's Hook Store. Goods delivered to any part of I he citv. (iali JOHN McLATCHIE Dominion and Prtfvincial^r_| , -Land-Surveyor- 649 NKLSON, B.-C. HARNESS ������������������''-AND r���������. SADDLERY I'nek lliii-ness. Pack Straps, Tun in Housings,' Whips, Hruslios. Combs, 1-Jits. Ilai'iioss Oil, etc. liepniring a specialty. Orders promptly al,tended. L. POGUE [Ci-j-M W'anl St.. opp. Court, ilouse MA!A?A.AWS.A������A������A������A������A_A(? f lAPAIL I WITHOUT IHOOPS^ si/ That means a long lasting Pail. Its many qualities are unique. The price makes it iU available to all. w MINERS and PROSPECTORS CioinK to Coal liivor or White Grouse jlountain inines will liud il, to their interest tn net. their suppliusnt the Pioneer Store at, Sanca, A complete a.-fcortniunt. of (Iroccries iimh Miners' Supplies always on hand al, reasunahlc prices. Satisfaction .'uarnnteed. (Ii27) FOR SALE, BAKER ST- Two Lots witb Three Stores BAKER ST. One Lot with Two Stores. VERNON ST. Several Lots (Fifty foot frontage) 403 W. J. <;. Dickson. Kaker St. Hon sp -Bai 11 tin g Paper Hanging A. EN STEAD, WARD ST., . 651 - Opposile Steam Laundry MORTHERN-~ IN PACIFIC-RY.- THE FAST LINE SUPERIOR SERVICE THROUGH TICKETS TO all, points in the United States. and Canada Dn.i.cr Coxnkction with theSpo- .-kanc Falls ;intl Northen. Rv. rsl f THEE B.EDDY CO'S ������ INDURATED FIBREWARE $ kii PAHS, TUBS, PAHS, DISHES, ETC. f M WANAtAtA������A������AIA������A������A������A|/ FSI'OKANI'*: TIJAI'NS No. 1 AVest,.... doiiiii-l No. 2 K-ist,.... Tiekols to .lapnn and (^liina via. Tacoma und Northern Maeiiie S. S. Conipniiy. . ,-.S:25 p. in. ..-.7:00 a. 111. We_have been appointed Sole Agents for the GURNEY STOVE AND RANGE COMPANY -OF HAMILTON- And have jnsl received direct from the factory a car load of theso Stoves, consisting- of Steel Ranges, Grand Union Motel Stoves, Family Cook Sloves, with or without.Reservoir, Small Square'Cook Stoves, 7 or S. A Full Supply of G-raniteware and Tinware All of which we are quoting' at prices lower than we have ever before been able lo do in lhe Koolenay country. Wc make a specialty c( Miners' Supplies and Prospecting Outfits Oiin-yiiitf everything in the shape of Powder. Cups. Fuse. Steel, Hummers, Picks, etc. Full Line of ('HOCKPl ION. BRICK BLOCK, Cor. Baker nnd Josephine.Sts. 01!) JNO. A. TURNER & CO. The Fern Gold Mining: and Milling Co. LIMITED LIABILITY CAPITAL. $200,000; In 800,000 Shares of 25c. each. HEAD OPPICE, VANCOUVER, B. C 1-^ ��������� r���������% _r~ f\ "T" ^>r^ ^ '���������'. <*'. IXNKri, IVesiclcnl. iiml Milling'ni? Director. U.S. II1(.'IIA1I1).S, lliri.rlor. Ulntv I UnO! Hour. (i. TATIXm*. Vi.t. Prusiilcnl. C. C. HKN'NKTT, Sociclnry. THli FliRN is a well developed Mine, with enough ore now in sight to supply a lo-stamp mill for two years. The value of this ore has been ascertained by milling and smelting quantities in a practical manner, and it runs from $10.00 to $300. pcrton. Five tons, taken from an open cut on the surface and milled al lhe Poorman mill near Nelson, gave a return of $61.00 per lon in free gold, and showed a value of $50.00 per ton in concentrates, making a tolal value of $111.00 per ton. , The tunnel at main level, which is in 400 feet on ledge, cut this same rich ore al a depth of about 100 feet below the surface, and now shows continuous rich ore for one hundred feel, which runs from $32.00 to over $300.00 per ton. The Mine is proven to a depth of over 225 feel. The profit on ore now in sig'ht should be suflicient to pay Iwice the capital of the company.' 300,000 shares of the slock have been subscribed for by an underwriting syndicate, which guarantees all thc cash required by the company, and arrangements are now being made lo equip the Mine with a 10- stamp mill, which it-is hoped will be in running order in August. Onlv 100,000 shares will be offered to thc public al par, an'd a large number of these have already been applied for. The Prospectus- contains full information,'and will be furnished on application to the brokers. - ������ BEOKEES: F. C. INNES, t GEO. W. HAMILTON & SON, Vancouver, B.-C. ,;(,; 24 Sacramento St., /Montreal, P. Q. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY .A-lSTr) SOO PACIFIC X_I_ISr3_-!_��������� The most direct route to All Points in Canada-������������������ -^p^- United States and Europe. Purchase through tickets and have your baggage checked to your desli- . nation without charge. ' ,.' e THE ONLY LINE- Operating Toni-ist Ours' to Toronto, Montreal nnd Boston without ehanijji'. Also Through Tourist Oars to SI,. Pnul'daily. Magnificent Sleepers and Dining Cars on all Trains 'Trains leave Nelson every Tuesday, Thursday and ('Saturday. Call on nearest agent and procure an Annotated Guide, which gives full informal ion. - " . ' o <,, For Tickets and full pnriionliirs ns to rates, time, etc., apply to nearest 0. P. It'. nirent or to GEO. S. ttEEU. Ticket Afjent, Nelsou. ������ II. M. McUREGOl.. -" QEO. McL. Bl.O'.VN, TnivelinirViiss. Agt.. XcKon. *' : Dist. J'nsa. Agt.Vancouver EAST w Ba'iWA" WEST TIIK SURVEYOR'S CHAIN MADE IT THE SHORTEST TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUTE. II Is I ho Mos! illu.lcrn in K.|iil|iincii(. It Is III). ll-UVic*lKHll_ u lit .'iirlc I'liiii. For information, time cards, maps and tickets apply to agentsof the H. F. & N. and its eonncctioiis, or F.I). GIBUS, (j'eneriil AKuiit. spoiCane, wash. -0K- A. 1). ClIAltl/ruN. ��������� . - . ' Asst. (ienl. l'iiss. Ajrc.nt. No. 255 Morrjson St., Corner of Tliirtl I'orllaml. OrcKO". j Xcr AVrilti for ni-w map of the Koote- '��������� nay country. . ;"):5I THE WIIITELAW TRADING GO.. - ��������� 1 ' St: I'aill. MI1111. E. C. TRAVES, Manager. NELSON, B. C. ������������������gggf5 The Kaslo Branch was opened on Monday, March 15th. .__2 mm REFRESHING ������L*S UUUJU -a-nelson soda water factory-a- All kinds cif Carbonated Waters. . Orders delivered prorhptly. G20 "���������������. 0_ EOX 88 Spokane Falls -