73 v ,/f VOL. I. NELSON, "B, C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1897. NO. 2.2. ���E NELSON ECONOTIIST Issued every Wednesday at the city of Nelson, B. G. D. M. Carle v . Publisher ," SUBSCRIPTION. RATES': . One Year to Canada and United States. $2.00 If paid in advance.. ;. ���1.50. One. Year to Great Britain 2.50 H paid in advance 7. 2 00 Remit by Express, Monev Order, Draft, P. O, Order, or Registered Letter. - Correspondence on matters of general interest respectfullv solicited. . " Advertisements of reputable character will be inserted upon terms -which..-will be made known on application. Only. articles of merit will be advertised in these columns and tiie interests of readers will be carefully guarded against irresponsible persons and worthless articles. EDITORIAL COMMENT. News was brought b}?- the steamer City of Seattle, arrived at Seattle from Skagua\7, that the Canadian officials have issued a notice warning the people at Dawson City that having carefully inquired into the question of food supply for the winter, it is found that the stock on hand is not sufficient to meet the wants of those now in the district, and calling upon those who are not well supplied to move down the river to Fort Yukon where there are provisions. The proclamation continues : " It is absolutely hazardous to build hopes, upon the arrival of boats. It is almost beyond possibility that any more food can come into this district. For those who. have not laid in a winter's supply to remain here any longer is to court death from starvation, or, at the least, the certainty of sickness from scurvey or other troubles. Starvation now stares every man in the face who is hoping and waiting for outside relief." Such a state of affairs has long been anticipated, and now that it has become a stern reality we cannot help sympathising with the poor fellows who find themselves iu a land of gold with starvation staring them in the face. The date ofthe proclamation is not given, but it is evident from the letter of our Vancouver correspondent, that the warning was not given too late to be of service. " Within a few days the river will be closed, and the move must be made at once." So reads the notice, which was signed by Captain Constantine, of the Mounted Police ; D. Davis, Collector of Customs ; and Thomas Fawcett, Gold Commissioner of the Dawson district. sj? The Spokesman-Review appears to have copied a leaf out of the Seattle Post Intelligencer's "Guide to the Klondyke." For some weeks the Spokesman has been preaching a new route to the new El Dorado, and incidentally pointing out the advantages of Spokane as an outfitting point. We have no doubt that the new route has many advantages to recommend it, but in discussing the outfitting proposition the Spokesman- Review is guilty bf gross misrepresentation. Outfits required for the Klondyke are manufactured and supplied hi Canada at a lower cost than in the United States, and the fact that duty is charged on all goods coming into Canada from the United Stattes is an additional consideration. There are two or three, points in the Kootenavs where outfittingr can be done just as-cheaply as in' Spokane. In this connection it may be added that the Kootenays are not going to suffer by. the rush to the Klondyk'e :-the coming season promises to be the busiest in the history of mining here. Some will leave for'the new mining district, but there will be a hundred to take the place of every, one leaving, and the chances are that the ones who come into the Kootenay will be getting considerably-the best of it. The debate as to the relative acts of bravery of the English, Irish and Scotch soldiers on the field of battle has assumed a serious aspect down at Victoria. It appears that the Times took the recent capture of Dargai Pass by the Gordon Highlanders as a text to prove that the Scotchman, as a soldier, is superior to the Englishman, Irishman or Welshman. This roused the ire of several Englishmen, and now comes Archer Martin, a Victoria barrister, with the most incontrovertible evidence that the Scotch have been taking credit for bravery that should rightly belong to the Irish. And more power to your elbow, Archer, say we. You would not be one ofthe Martins of Cro'- Martin if you didn't speak a word in season in defence of the old sod. While you are at it, too, you might mention the fact that Sandy had his square broken at Tamai, and that in evidence of the skill in endurance ofthe soldiers of England, Ireland and Scotland, a company ofthe i8th Royal Irish won the prize of ^50 presented by Lord Wolsely to the company making the ascent of the Nile in the shortest space of time in the Autumn of 1884. As the old song goes : The Scotch and Welsh have shewn They are loyal to the throne, And an Englishman was never known to yield, But give Pat his due and right. He is foremost in the fight. And for honor's sake will die upon the field. This much will be admitted, however, that, next to the Irish, the English, Scotch and Welsh soldiers are the best iu Europe. However, the Times may be forgiven for its unkincl- ness to the Irish if it ceases passing off such mongrel Bowery gibberish as the following -for. Irish dialect : " Private Rafferty : Ye're out a v. shtip, ye gossoon." " Sergint-Casey ; Oiin.de.' only man in the hull rig'mint dat's in shtip begorry.'' If the editor of the Times' German is no better than, his Irish-. dialect he .may not be regarded as such a distinguished linguist after all. On behalf of the C.P.R. an undertaking was, given a few months ago that the compan}^ would give Rossland a service with as,little, delay as possible. Because construction was not commenced forthwith, the press of that : city, backed up by contemporaries who never tire, of assailing the big railway company, heaped abuse upon the heads of the officials, and with a great show of wisdom proceeded to dictate terms and map out the route to be followed. While these worthies were ventilating their so-called grievances, the officials ofthe C.P.R. were quietly perfecting plans for the fulfilment of their promise, and now the superintendent of the western division, Mr. K. Mar- pole, makes the announcement that the construction ofthe line into Rossland will be commenced within a fortnight and completed b}^ April 1 st. Operations will commence simultaneously at both ends of the line���Rossland and Robson. Interviewed on the subject the other day, Mr. Marpole said the route to be followed is from Robson down to -Murphy Creek along the Columbia river, then up Murphy Creek and south to Rossland, getting into the city' around Columbia and Kootenay mountain past the milk ranch. The local station will be on Thompson avenue, near Washington street. From there the line will run back around the Columbia and Kootenay mountain to a point below the mine ofthe same name, where a switchback will be made, and the road will then back past the Iron Colt over the Red mountain, ending for the present near the Josie. The intention is to build spurs from the main line to such mines as may open up and stand in need of railway service. All these details were being quietly worked out while the anti-C.P.R. press were howling. The company fully realize the importance of the Kootenay trade, and are evidently prepared to do their duty towards developing it. The recent fire at the Kootenay Steam Laundry has had the effect of rousing the citizens of Nelson to the importance of taking steps towards preventing a recurrence of similar scenes It demonstrates the fact that Nelson is not prepared to cope with a fire of any magnitude, that there is practically no fire organization, m ssssssajrairasE^^ THE NELSON /ECONOMIST and that for the safety of the city it is essential that every, precaution be taken. The chief of the fire department has been making" a house to house inspection with the view of enforcing little regulations which every householder and business man ought to observe. Pie has found that, in very'-many cases the flues as arranged are a positive saurce of danger, the surrounding woodwork not being properly protected. Tn" such -'cases���some three score and ten to date���he has ordered the use of thimbles or sheet iron, and, where -necessary,, the building, of brick chimne3>s. Prevention is better than cure. It has been found that there is no proper provision niade for the care ofthe fire hose, and one ofthe aldermen '/who went to, inspect the fire hall the other day ibtrnd the rubbers frozen. True, there is,a tower- in which to hang the hose to dry, but in frosty weather ���wet hose will not-dry in it, and frozen hose is worse than useless. W7e are pleased to note that the city council* has made provision for the proper heating of the fire hall. At present there are only i,oqo feet of hose available. This is certainly not sufficient except under the most favorable conditions. An additional thousand feet would be desirable, and without further dela}' a fire brigade ought to.be organized and trained for the work of fighting flames. We are confident our young men would freely respond if called upon. It is reported that 400 ladies are about to leave New York for the Klondyke to administer to the spiritual and temporal wants ofthe gold seekers. Charit\r begins at home, ladies. Of course it needn't end there, but one cannot help thiuk.ing that there will be a very large field for operations in your own big city under Tammanv rule. It looks as if the Cuban insurrection is drawing to a close. A circular issued at Havat'na declares in favor of the-autonomy extended to the Island, and a patriotic appeal is made to the insurgents now under arms to return in peace to their homes. In view of the favorable turn things have taken, further reinforcements of Spanish troops have been stopped. It is-difficult to get any authentic information concerning operations in Cuba. One report states that reinforcements are withheld in consequence ofthe favorable reception of the plan of autonomy, while another asstens the action ofthe Spanish government to a report that the present forces are regarded as sufficient to suppress the insurrection before the rainy season. In either case, however, the indications are that the terrible war is nearino- the decisive point. Dr. Borden, Minister of Militia, sails for the Old Country this week, and, it is said, will lay before the War Office the claims of Canadian militia officers to long service medals. Such medals are awarded to officers ofthe volunteers in Great Britain, and there is no reason why our long service men in Canada should not also receive them. In this country our militia have on more than one occasion, been called upon to take up arms in defence of their country's rights, and have ever displayed their courage and loyalty. There are men in the ranks who. have stuck to7the militia service through thick and thin, and who hold themselves in readiness to respond to any call that may be made upon them. Surely such men are entitled to some recognition. The volunteer officers of the Old 'Country, ������in-the' vast majority of cases, do -.not know what active service is, nor are.'they." lik'ely..-to'as long as ���they.are connected"with the volunteers, Dr. Borden has a very strong case to present, and ���will no doubt carry it to a successful issue. It is too often the case that people who are most- liberally endowed.: with this world's o-oods are those who make themselves con- spicuous in their efforts to avoid dues which less favored mortals freely concede to be just and willingly p&Y- . A well known New Yorker with the very suggestive name, Gould, recently passed away, leaving to heirs an estate which the New York City surrogate court appraised, for the purposes of taxation, at the neat little sum of $78,000..000. The foundation of this great fortune was laid b}^ the late Jay Gould, and built up 03^ that individual, how, we need not now enquire. Suffice it to say that the estate has been appraised at $78,000,000 in the same manner as infinitely smaller estates, and with equal right of protest on th2. part of those interested. Now the heirs of Jay Gould step in and say that this is too large a sum to be taxed, and ask to have the appraisers' 'figures reduced. Of course these fortunate beings are entitled to full justice as well as any ordinary tax pa)-er, but except .they have been grievously wronged in this connection few will sympathise with them iu their trouble. ' It is difficult to deal with cases of vagranc3*. The vagrant is a very familiar character in almost every country. Society'could well do. without him, though the extermination ofthe species would deprive humorists and the comic papers of their chief source of supply. A vagrant is defined as one without visible means of support, and that there should be -any such in a new country such as ours is inexcusable. A man ma\r be hard up, and out of employment, but if he has am-' principle within him he will seek employment and continue his search until he finds it. There is, however, a class of men who will not work under any circumstances, but will eat under all. Such creatures are so numerous that laws have been framed to prevent them living upon the industry of others. It is now a fully recognized fact that the greatest punishment that can be meted out to the tramp or vagrant (the terms are almost synonymous) is to make him work. To simply imprison such men, especially in severe weather, is no punishment���in nine cases out of ten it is just what the3r are looking for. Free board and lodging, even in the common jail, is very acceptable. A member of this good-for- nothing fraternity accosted Chief of Police Mc- Kiunon on the street the other clay and solicited alms, stating that he was hungry and home less. The chief took the man into custody on a charge of vagrancy : he was brought before the police magistrate, and sentenced to thirty^ da3^s' imprisonment. , Offenders of this class are confined in. the cityr lock-up, where they have little or nothing to do save to cook their own meals���arid eat them. It is a pity his worship could not have added '' hard labor '' to the sentence, so that the -solitary representative of the Weary Raggles' tribe now undergoing a term here might be able, when set on the road 'asrain, to tell his brethren that Nelson is an undesirable place to visit. This fellow is no novice at his business, as shown by the fact that when he wanted to.be arrested he knew the man of all others to go to. The board of aldermen at Rossland have decided to divide the city into wards for municipal purposes, and there is a proposition in Nelson to follow suite. The Municipal Act provides for such division, but in cities where the ward system 'is- carried out on a liberal scale it has been productive of great evil. Of course in large centres of population it- is necessary that the duties and responsibilities of office be divided, but as 37et, it appears to us, no city.in the Kootenai's has sufficiently advanced ' to'justify more than a couple of wards.' Once a municipality becomes divided up into small sections full justice will not be done to all, while the interests of one ward will be sacrificed to make lavish provision, for another. The alderman with certain influences is the one who gets most for his constituents ; the. less powerful and persistent representative is too often unsuccessful left out in the cold. The evil of" ward grabbing," as this particular species of aggrandisement is termed, is disagreeably apparent in the larger municipalities of the country ; the tendency now is to amalgamate interests and reduce to the lowest possible number' municipal divisions. Where this principle has been adopted good results have invariably" followed. If it be imperative to divide our city into wards, it is contended b}" many that we should have no more than two���one east, the other west. Mr. Sinclair, editor of the Locomotive Engineering, a trade paper published in New York, writes a long letter to the London Times on the engineers' strike in the Old County, in which he sa\rs that during one week, in con- seqence of the troubles, thirty-eight foreign orders were received in the United States for locomotives which, under normal conditions, would have been placed in England. He warns English engineers that, if they attempt to follow the trade which they are banishing to America, they will be obliged to work harder and longer hours than they are accustomed to at home. The blue-book containing the criminal statistics for the dominion up to the end of September, 1896, is just issued, and while it shows almost eveiw class of crime to be represented, it is pleasing to note a diminution under most ofthe headings despite the increase in population. The decrease in the number of indict- ��mai^M^MmMia^^ \Vt4xaiHXU Mwum��W^s��tK*��]U*UmZ*.-ii ���#i*a*tamai&ntuawt'MtfHhato-wvni^^ THE NELSON ECONOMIST I able.offences in i 896 -as, compared with' 1895, was 335, the figures being 7,730 and 7,395 re- spectiveiy. ��� In British Columbia there were 317. convictions in 1895 and 247 the' following year.,. This is a very creditable showing, coh-- sideriug tiie-"-great-'activity in mining during the period covered, and the vast extent ofthe province.- . In Manitoba and Nova Scotia there was an increase . in convictions for indictable offences 'iu 1896,...while all other portions of the dominion showed a decrease. Aniong the recent visitors to Nelson: were Sir Charles H. Tupper and Hon. F. P. Peters, of Victoria, Sir Charles H. Tupper is the most promising of our 3^oung Canadian statesmen, and if'may be that within the course of a short time he will be called upon to lead the Conservative party'. Hon. Mr. Peters, until a few months ago, was premier of the Prince Edward Island government and is a Liberal of the most,, pronounced type. He resigned his portfolio to take up his residence in British Columbia, and will',- when that awe-inspiring institution known as the British Columbia Bar Association, grants him the privilege, engage iu the practice'of his profession in partnership with Sir Charles IT. Tupper at Victoria. Both gentlemen may-be-regarded, as leaders of two. opposing political parties, yoet they have sufficient faith in the hcnesty and integrity' of each other to form a partnership. When such things as these come to pass it naturally induces the belief that here in Canada although we may be the bitterest political opponents imaginable, in business and social!3* we may entertain the highest 'friendship aid respect for the men' who may be so obstinate as to transacted, it is not unnatural that our connection: might.:be regarded in England, as serviceable in locally: helping to direct the operations successfulh'. .Believing; that the intro- , duction of capital for the purposes in view is not only desirable but 'very/ necessary, I am free to'say that my conscience is quite clear in -the matier, -and'further that, if our connection, is of service in' facilitating; the promotion of such companies on a-sound basis/I feel, that we are j ustihed in accepting the responsibility. This is '/my view and that is the position I take, apart from all other considerations as to the richt-of a public man to eneage in legiti- mate private enterprise. Of course, at this distance, we cannot be held responsible for /. every, use. of our names that may be made iii England. Promoters /sometimes take. .lib-, erties they are/ not ��� authorized to do; but when called uoon at the proper, time and place we can show satisfactorily that we acted uoon representations of a/bona fide character and upon conditions that can leave no rocm for aspersions of conduct or intentions. I think-tiiy record in- British Columbia is sufficient warranty of t-ny statement I "may make as to that, and will be accepted as quite equal in value to aiwthing- the detractors cf the government have vaguelv hinted at.'' The Colonist, commenting on its interview with Mr. Turner, takes the lexical ground that-if public men'are to be denied the right of engaging- in legitimate ��� private enterprise, the politicians of Canada, at least those .occupying public positions,'will have to abandon their business interests. think and vote against us. vmaries in Ay lupper and Eon. F. P. Peters represent the highest types of cur colonial statesmen, and their presence in Victoria, where a Liberal is regarded as a rogue, and a Conservative a pickpocket, should, go--a long way in the direction of calming the asperities of political animosities..- Until such time-as an understanding of this kind is arrived at, The Economist will still hold to the belief that a Liberal is not a man should be placed. in whom implicit faith. The Colonist publishes a lengthy interview with Hon. Mr. Turner, in which that gentleman defends himself against the attacks made upon him b3r the Opposition press on account of the British Columbia and Klondyke companies with which his name has been associated After showing that he has done a great deal in the wav of interesting capitalists to invest in TV the province, Mr. 1 uruer says : "My connection with these companies is easiW explained. The names of some of the gentlemen connected with them are known to me as those of repute and high standing, and when Mr. Pooley and nryself were asked to act; on the advisory board, as living in British Columbia, and natural^ more or less familiar with the requirements of such companies, we consented, having satisfied ourselves as far as possible ofthe character ofthe 'company and the objects to be achieved. Mr. Pooler' being a corporation lawyer of experience, and I having a practical knowledge of the business to be Since the'Tribune regards'it. as a personal matter when the City Council is attacked, and advertises itself as the caretaker of the honor of the city fathers, perhaps it would answer the following questions propounded by a correspondent : To the Editor-: Sir, Will you kindly inform the public why7- the grade on Baker street has been raised ? There must be some reason net known to the ordinary fold, as no one appears to be able to give a satisfactory answer. j Why/ are the streets used for laying the 1 sewer pipes and water mains when there are 1 alley's throughout the city' ? Is not water used and sewerage facilities more acceptable near the back of lots, where most required than being compelled to lay, say- 150 feet, of pipes to reach the point where they are-to be used ? Had the sewer pipes and water mains h^en placed, in the alleyr\vays, upwards of 100 feet distance could have been saved property owners. Vancouver has her water mains, sewer pipes, telephone and electric light'poles placed in her allevs. This method should have been adopted by Nelson. The streets of Nelson will for a long time be opened up, untd buildings of a permanent character have been erected. The mayor and board ol aldermen have shown little foresight in matters of great public importance, and the citizens will have to puy much money for their crass ignorance in directing Nelson's public works. J.XOVIRF/A. OPPOSITION PLATFORM. (Adopted October '.)[ h. 1,s'.i7. with notes, by one of them.) The chief plank iu our platform is to get rid ofthe Turner government. We know this is a hard job and can only be carried, out by our persistently asserting that the Turner government���which has only been in about three 3*ears���has squandered the public revenue and the public lands, that it has, adopted a 'system of class taxation and encouraged sectional jealousies between the island and ' mainland Z;.. that Turner has used his public position to promote liis private interests. These statements we must keep.; continually before the public in the hope that they' may have, some effect. We have a difficult task, for we.know- as a fact that under the liberal expenditure in in.-public works of the present "government and its predecessors the -country has advanced more-'in the last five 3rears than it has ever before done in fifteen years. We know that within the last five years nearly three and three-quarter millions of dollars have been expended in roads, trails, public buildings-���, not counting iiew provincial buifdiugs',��� in education, hospitals, agriculture and surveys. We know, too, that by the aid of land grants anol bonuses important railways .-have been built that have caused the development of mines that would, but for these works,, still have been little more than prospects. We know that by this-'wise expenditure the province has been so developed, as .to-double its revenue,'and-by- the careful handling ofthe finances the credit of the province has been brought up from nothing to the very highest point. We know that no change has been made in the form of taxation ; we know that it is alike I for all, and also that the rate is" very low-. We ! know that this government has at all tunes o j prevented sectional feeling., indeed, wculd not i now be heard'of at all unless we, the Opposi- j. tion, .introduced it into our platform. j We know that Turner has been in business j in British Columbia about thirty-five years j and for about twelve years in the government, and the whole province knows that he has never in that time iu one instance used his public position to farther his private interests. .We know, however, that he has at all times used his influence to introduce capital into the province for the development of its resources and the benefit of its people. We know all these things, but we must try to pervert them or we shall fail. Further, we must adopt much of the poliew of the present government and swear it is ours, such as the holding of lauds for small settlers and colonies, holding some control of. rates ou railway lines that work under government charter, the repeal of the miners' license, which the premier states is his policy ; the disposal of timber limits by open competition, the proper scaling of logs and the protection of our forests, the active exploration and suryey ofthe province, and one real thing of our own that no one else has thought "about ���the Mortgage Tax. We really don't know if there is one, but we must say there is, and if we get iu, promise to take it off, as we could easiiv put the rate on laud instead ; and a firmer wont notice if we relieve him of $10.00 on mortgage even if we put $11.00 on his hind instead. Or v.e could add it to coal, because it would not hurt the coal owner. Me can add it to his price or deduct it from the miners' w aires. We must try to stir up Hie sectional cry ag;iiu. This would have been dead but for our friend the Columbian. It may help us in some questions. M K ft i I ������ A M.i ���si n t% m ill : f ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^m^^^^mm^^m^^^^^^^m^ 4 THE NELSON ECONOMIST, MAN PROPOSES. / A/gentleman, who for some good reason��� 'possibly because', he is���; a reviewer���has been condemned to read vast quantities of standard love stories, has catalogued the behavior of the ladies and gentlemen unconcerned in that which is the critical point of a love -story... Something similar lias been done before in the case of certain of the school of impassioned novelists, but never (we believe) upon such a; grand and general scale. Mr. M' Anally,, jun., has': analysed one hundred cases, of accepted proposals, and fifty cases of rejections���a proportion which, we fear, scarcety represents the true ratio of the hazards of love���-and the scale of his operations is so wide and varied that he ought to be able to deduce even from these fictitious examples some rule of right conduct for those who may hereafter propose or be proposed to. It is more pleasant to begin with the hundred instances of accepted proposal ; and first as to attitude. In twenty-six cases the gentleman sits upon a chair or a sofa ; in three he reclines upon the grass ; and this. would seem to indicate that lawn-tennis is net such a pote it factor in love-making as some have imagined, or, at least, that it does not lead red-hot to proposals, as in those bygone croquet da3rs when we proposed mallet in hand. We are glad to"see that the cases of the gentleman going on one knee are oily four, and" "en two knees only two ; a fact which, shows that heroes are finding out that this attitude is both uncomfortable and unconvincing. Writers upon amatoryr etiquette have olebated whether the proposal should be approached gradualU^ or blurted out. The figures before us a��ree with our own opinion in the matter. . Excluding such vague preliminaries as fidgeting, pulling out handkerchief, etc. (4), and standing on one foot (3), there are only nine instances of a formal prelude against sixty-three of a suolden coup 'de main.. There could surely be no better illustration ofthe polic3r of wooing baldly, especially when the lever's declaration contains the assertion that " he cannot live without her " (81 cases !), The fortress now carried, our attention is next turned to the behaviour ofthe surrendering- garrison. Iu eighty-one cases the lady sinks into the arms of the gentleman. This striking numerical coincidence with the figures just previously noticed will confirm the popular i belief in the efficacy of that usual phrase, and ! perhaps, the single case in which the lady pre- j fers to sink into the arms of a chair was due to I that phrase's omission. The disposition of I the lady's head must next be considered. It I should rest on the gentleman's shoulder (26 cases), preferably, on his breast (6S cases): in one case it rests on his knee, but that is obviouslv " another storv." The elasoing of arms round the gentleman's neck is only encouraged by 1 1 instances, which we are inclined to think must have been cases of widows. The gentleman's duty' is now apparent. He kisses the huh' on the lips (67), on the cheek (4), on the hair (to)���probably cases of elderly suitors--on the hands (2), and once " on the nose, b3- mistake." He also holds her hands (72 cases), " v.eor tight " (17). Three gentlemen weep to some extent, nine say "Thank God !" aloud' fourteen have a lump in the throat, five have eyes, calm and clear, seven are deliriousW happy and five say that they, are too full for utterance. Meanwhile, in'-.fifty cases the lady, also weeps, 'silently' 6 and audibly 44, and in-seventy-two. cases exhibits eyes full of love. There are.no rules without eccentric exceptions; we have, Therefore, to acid that in one case, that of a girl under, sixteen, she sneezes ; in one case, that of an el- derl-3' spinster, she struggles not to be kissed"; in three cases, -evidently/.very ��� old-fashioned, she refers her lover to papa ; and in One case, that of a widow, shesays " Yes, but "don't- be a fool !" , / From these happy scenes we must now re- luctanth" turn to the fifty cases'of rejection ; and here it is more especially'that' experience and counsel become necessary.. Of the preliminaries we have no in formation���a- fact which is regrettable, as they might' often indicate how such disasters could be avoided. We duly know what happens after the disaster. In -forty-one cases the lad}' rises to her feet, weeping iri seven cases a.ncl laughing scornfully in two". In only- nine instances does she say that she is sorry, but she premises to be a sister to him 17, or a friend 26, and she hopes that he will find another ii, or at least will always be happy- 13. T; 01 e case she promises to pray for him, 'Sometimes she adds the Information that she loves or is promised to another���-in our opinion a merely useless and irritating atlici)n���out in single exceo- tioual cases she volunteers ret: arks, also c b- jecti������ nable, to- the effect that he is too young- for her, or that he is acting like a donkey*, or that she cam >t u idertake tiie charges of his support; while in one instance of refined cruelty- she asks him if his mother . knows what he is doing. We regret to say that the rejected gentleman's behaviour is scarcely worthy of the lord of creation. Perhaps the best thing" he can do is what he does in thirty-one cases���rush madl>r away* ; and, next best, to say he will go home, of which "we have thirteen examples. In other cases he says he will go for a soldier 1 ; to sea 4 ; to commit suicide 6 ; to the devil 1. Rightly, we think, seven gentlemen refuse to let the ladies be their sisters, and wrongly, four refuse to be their friends ; while with j positive wickedness, the one gentleman who I had the-promise of prayers refuses to be pra}-ed j for. There is very little crying���only two instances of wiped eyes ; though, of course, we do not know what the rejected ones did after thev rushed madly away���but. four rude men sa3' they hope never to see their loves again, and one declares point blank that he will marry another. Curses are creditably deficient���six impersonal against bad luck geuerall\r; nine personal against supposed rivals. HappiL* there is but a single instance on record when the disappointed suitor a [cavalry officer] incontinently proceeds to throttle the lady, and, when her screams bring her father to her help, splits his skull with a handy bludgeon. The conduct of the hands upon such occasions is almost as '' nice "as that of" a clouded cane " used to be in the day's of "Great Anna." Onh' three rejected gentlemen tear their hair���which is out of date, ^specially, now that hair is scarcer than it used to be- but seven pull their moustaches and two pull up their collars���possibby' to help to clear that lump out of the throat ; while one, wilder than the rest," pounds a stone wall with his fist, and another, cooler than the rest, brushes off the dust from his trousers' knees. This last was .evidently not one of the seventeen who declared that life was of no further value. We have exhibited enough of this interesting analysis to serve as a warning and.advice to aspirant lovers. It is the male lover who apparently stands most in need of it. The lacly is decidedly surer of her forecast and action in love's terrible assault. Remember this, male suitors of ���ever}'' estate-���whatever- the method of your approach; whether open and deliberate or sudden and silent, in 87 cases out of 100 records of accepted proposals the lacW " knew that something was coming." FROM THE PROVINCIAL' CAPITAL, (Special Correspondence of This Economist.) Klomlyke���Klondyke, one hears little but Klondyke in Victoria just now. " Monotonous as was the topic a couple of weeks ago, it is even worse since the arrival of thefChry of Seattle with the latest news from the gold fields of the north. The wise acres shake their heads and declare " I told you so," whether they are listening to a tale of woe or the success which has attended some of our citizens who left for the gold fields earW in the 3"rear. It is claimed that there was at least $30,000 worth of gold on board, and while all passengers speak of hardships to be endured, they almost unanimously agree as to the fabulous wealth of the country. Most of the Victorians who left early in the summer have been heard from, but none of them have as yet made their pile. Up to the middle of October nineteen Victorians had reached Dawson, and all were well when last heard from with the exception of Dave Spencer, for' whose recovery but little hope was entertained. A few of the prevailing prices, as quoted by these who have returned from Dawson City, ma3'be of interest: Beef $1.25 per pound, bacon $1.50, flour $80 per 50 lb. bag, coal oil $12.50 per quart, candles $1.25 each, wine $35 per two ounce flask, and everything else in proportion. All sa}T that provisions are veiw scarce at Dawson City, and that thousands of men are pushing down the river to Fort Yukon, where the suppl}- steamers are stranded. Our merchants are making great preparations for the spring Yukon trade, but tney will next 3'ear have a formidable rival in Vancouver. The Terminal City is determined to compete for the trade, and will no doubt relieve Victoria of some of the business she hopes to enjov. There will be very little outfitting clone in the cities on the American side, the customs' barrier being one the Yankee traders gMla���gHiflBH!��IIIM����im^ pssssra^^^ j^5��rj-AMMiB!kaie!SMr*2T:.L X-PJi. if THE NELSON ECONOMIST $' v*/ IF cannot well.get over. In anticipation of the rush big stp.cks are being laid in, and there,is a general activity in trade all-round, to which of course "an impetus is given by the approach of Christmas. Again the question has been raised as to whether it is within the jurisdiction of the British Columbia court to grant a divorce. In the case of Matthews vs. Matthews Chief Jus- ' tice Davie has held that it is not. Six months ago Mrs. Matthews obtained a separation from her husband, and now applied to have that decree made absolute. In the action of Sharpe vs. Sharpe, for nullity of marriage, heard before the full court some 3rears ago, Justice Crease and Justice Gra3^ held that the Supreme Court of British Columbia had all the power conferred on the Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, but the late Chief Justice Begbie:dissented from this view. The majority, however, ruled. In refusing to make absolute the decree in the present instance, Chief Justice Davie gave the opportunity of appeal, and this, I understand, will be taken. People are getting very uneasy as to the safety of James Ba3^ Bridge, and the city0 council have been approached on the subject. The city engineer, however, reports the structure safe���good for another y^ear. This assurance, however, does not give satisfaction, as we must remember that the present incumbent held office before the Point Ellice bridge disaster. The city council do not take at all kindl3<- to the recent grand jury presentment, in which certain local improvements were mapped out for the edification of the board of aldermen. The foreman of the grand jur}', himself an ex-alderman is being prett3^ well abused for dictating to his successors a line of action which he did not himself pursue during his term of office. But our aldermen are a very touchy lot, and do not like to be reminded that the streets are not as they should be or that our sewerage and waterworks S3^stems might be very much improved and 3^et not be perfect. Juvenile offenders figure very conspicuously in the police court records of late. Housebreaking and petty pilfering are the prevailing charges, and when I state that 3'oungsters of ten and twelve 3^ears of age are amongst the offenders, it will be seen that the outlook is serious. ���' ����� i ���wsf The Whitney Operatic Co. was with us last week, and proved a great treat in the comic opera L,ost, Stolen or Strayed. The company is a strong one, and the performance is taken as a foretaste of the good things Manager Jamieson has in store for the theatre-goers of Victoria. We are to have the Calhoun Opera Co. next week. Concerts and public entertainments of all sorts are of nightly occurrence. It is pleasing to note that our local amateurs appear to be better than ever this season. Beacon Hill. LARRY'S LETTER. By all means give the Nelson Wine Co. a call���if you want good liquor. * ,-- Hogan's ALLEY, Dec. 6. Deer Tim,���As I was telling ye last week the dansing saison is on, an' meself is out at parties every noight until morning. A frend ov moine is keeping what he calls a log ������a soort ov history ov himself an' what he does every day, so as to save some chap, the trouble of writing his history when he goes to Kingdom Come. He showed me the log the other day when we were talking ov won ov the danses we was at, an' he had down : " Monda30 noight, danse; Tuesday morning, dause." Wednesda3' an' all other da3Ts was just the same���-dansing noight an' .morning every da3^ in the week. Well, Tim, the chap that '11 have the writing bv the clausing chapter ov that history Tl have lots ov dates to "fill up, ail' whoevir '11 read it Tl be thinking that me frend was a dansing master, an' he's not���he's onlyr a captain. He was telling meself that he alwa3's keeps a log when he's at sa3^ on the lakes, an' that won toirne he had to put down "mate drunk.'- But the mate got even wid him, for the next watch he made the in try " captain sober." Then the3' had a row an', there not frends yet: An' talking ov danses Tim, we're to have a. grate won entoirely up at the Silver King nioine this week. The boys are going to send down sleighs for all the giutl^men an' ladies ov Nelson to go up, an' ye may be sure meself an' Barne3' '11 be there an' that there'll be lashings ov fun. The girls are all dyeing for a danse wid the Silver King. Arrah, Tim, but we had Corbitt an' Fitz- simmons foighting here the other noight, the same battle that they fought at Knrson City. Twas what they calls a variscope���or living pictur, an' twas as natral as the rale thing itself. Corbitt gave the other chap fits for a whoile, an' then Fitz gave it to Corbitt. The knock-out blow was a dais3^, Tim, , an' ye should see poor Corbitt as he lay on the floore ofthe picture wid a what's-that ! look in his face that showed he was bate. Meself 'd sooner see the pictur than the foight itself, for I dont loike to see men tackle won another for the mone3' there's in it. I'd foight for a cause, Tim, as well as any other Irishman, but when it comes to foighting for cash I'm not in it. Faix, Tim, the show remoinded meself of the foight betune Nick Brophy an' Ned Fin- nerty long ago. Ye remimber they fought bekase Nick said St. Patrick was a Protestant. Ned got the worst of the argumint���wid the fists, and when he was carried home he wasn't able to tell what happened him. The doctor was called in, an' he gave a purscription for Ned, telling the owld woman to keep him in a recumbent position. The poor owld woman didn't know the maneing ov the word an' she got mixed���she couldn't tell whether it was Ned or the bottle that was to be kept in the recumbent position, or what recumbent was. When Ned was able to spake she towld him what the doctor said, an' says she " There's not a recumbent in the house. " Cant ye go out and get a loan ov won," sa3rs Ned, say-s he. Out she went, Tim, and axed all the nabors for the lend of the loan of a recumbent, but nevir a won of them eyer.herd of such a thing. Won towld her to go to the blacksmith, another to the carpenter, and some won else to the tailorv It was only when she struck -.the. schoolmaster that the poor 'woman larnt what she was looking for and how to trait Ned. He got over it, anyhow, but he had nothing more to say about St. Patrick's religion when Nick Broph3ywas around. . St. Patrick was a gintleman anyway, Tim, and if he was only spared we'd always have home rule in ould Ireland. Twas a pity when he was banishing the snakes that he didn't banish the breed ov the professional agitator too. What a foiue toime we 'd be having if he did ? But I'll be getting back there meself some of these foine days, for where the spring ov me life was spent I'd loike to put in the winter. " Fond memory ever green will cling Around that hallowed spot. Where happy childhood's days were spent, No matter what��� my lot ; I've roamed the world over since 1 bid those scenes adieu, Tho'other lands be e'er so fair, My heart is still with you. y, I wouldn't care to cock me toes in Nelson, Tim, for in me last resting place I'd only be a squatter. We've no dasent grave3^ard here to bun' our dead in, and more's the shame. Not that we're-dying very fast, but when won is called away���a stranger in a strange country- as the whole of us are���tis nice to think that 3'er poor bones wont be disturbed, and that there Tl be something to mark the spot where 3^e lay. We travel o'er life's weary highway And mark the drear milestones as passed, Till faint and exhausted and feeble We lay down to rest at the last : That others who follow may cheered be By those who've the pilgrimage made, Let us honor the spot where they're resting Lest their works from our memory fade. We're having lots of skating here now, and grate fun it is for chaps what can skate. Meself went out the other da3^ and put on the steels, but the jokers that brought me left me there on the ice and towld me to kick out. I kicked, but that was the last of me, for down I come as flat as a pankake. As soon as all the stars I seen cleared away���an' an astronomer nevir seen more ov them���I began to think it was toime to get up ; but the dickens an up I could get : I was sliding about all over and everybody laughing at me. I sat there, Tim, till the ice began to thaw under me coat tails, an' then I rowled meself in on the snow bank an' got off the skates. When I got up ��� to walk away meself felt for all the world as if I was after getting out of a starching machine. Skating is grate fun for chaps that can figuer about, but tis stiff on the lamer. I was telling a frend of moine about me expairance, an' do 3^e no what he said to me ?���"That cuts no ice." Faix if it didn't cut ice it thawed it, an' I was so num for a whoile that, 3^e might ov kicked me there an' I wouldn't feel it. Coasting is another grate game the3^ve got here among the gossoons. The3' lies flat on a little bcord wid two turn-ups upon it, an' go skimming clown the hills, endangering there front buttons. Its all grate fun for the 3'oung chaps, and if it wont develop there chests it '11 purvent them from getting corporations. Now, Tim, that's all the news I have until next week, when ye '11 heeragin fromyerown ould frend, Urry Finn. 1;$' K-7K m\ -ti If ��7Bp m m if !.'S If rf: II !�� 1st 7* ���:>��� il km h ii.'I p:$ mm m-: ���; mi ��� >5.!?.l j7:0'7. hv. [Si:' '���!��� m. p -i if* p-t ,-��� keasnaBgfmssErEMitWG^^ THE NELSON ECONOMIST. t CROW'S NEST PASS. ������'������ (Special Correspondence of The Economist.) The steamer Nelson is now making regular trips to the Landing, Goat River/carrying large quantities of supplies for the road. On her last trip (Monday) she had on board a carload of powder. Work on the road has hardly started in earnest yet, but several small contractors are busy building camps, preparatory to commencing work. ������Welch is the only one who has a good winter camp, and is five miles from the Landing by wagon road, This road is nearly .finished to Moyie Lake���distant 70 miles���-there being about 12 to 15miles to Construct. Dave McBeath has charge of the works and is camped about 60 miles from the Landing. He is at present laid up with gout and confined to his cabin. There are about 300 men at his camp, and they expect to have the road completed to Moyie Lake in about a week. Brewster has eight miles clearing right of way. His camp is about two miles beyond Welch's, and consists of two tents. He has a crew of seven men. McLeary has five miles beyond Brewrster and Murphy has five further On. No one can get more than five miles at a time. The laborers receive $150 per day, out of which is deducted $4.50 per week for board, 50 cents a month hospital fees and 50 cents a month mail. There is considerable rock work to do and unless the various sub-contractors get a move on them it will be a matter of surprise if the rails reach the Landing in 12 weeks from now. O'Neill & Cowan have been awarded the contract for driving a 600 foot tunnel at Moyie Lake. They, are now on the road with their outfit and will commence operations in a few da3rs. THE CITY COUNCIL. Ma3^or Houston presided over the meeting ofthe cit3^ council on Monda3^ afternoon, when the following were present : Aid. Hilbyer, Malone, Teetzel, and Cit3' Engineer Mc- Culloch. The chief of the fire department reported that a wooden addition has been made to Traves' butcher shop coutrar3' to by-law. The chief was ordered to have the building removed. The city engineer reported that the amount of rock excavated b3r W. C. McLean & Co. was 125 cubic 3'ards. There has been a dispute over the exact measurements. A cheque for $125 was issued in favor of the contractors. A bill of $119.95 was received for furnishing six iron bedsteads, chairs, etc., to the fire hall, and was ordered paid. The pouudkeeper put iu a bill for $7 for poundage and feed of three cattle belonging to Mrs. McLeod, which he had been ordered to release. Aid. Hilbyer thought that Mrs. McLeod should be made pa3r the fine. The ma3ror said that her cattle had been so frequently empounded that she had no mone3r to pa3r in the present instance. It was a-case of keeping the cows or letting them out, and he ordered the latter course. The pound-keeper also reported that during the month of November seven horses and eight cows had been removed from the pound without payment of fees, and a bale of hay had been stolen. He asked to be compensated for these losses. Aid. Teetzel thought an example should be made of the parties who took the animals out. Aid. Malone explained that the fence around the pound was broken down, and that there was no means of keeping animals in. The matter was left over. The mayor submitted the following statement of accounts :"' RECEIPTS. c Proceeds of Debentures.......... .-... ^P.OOO 00 Licenses.. ...... ; .. 58 20 Fire Department..,. ��� ������ ��� ��� 200 00 Water Rates. ...... .... ..... .. 7 1,748 50 Interest. .. :....... 312 92 Dog TaxLicerise.. .........-. 216 00 Fines .. ...... .....-.' ........;............... 1,044 65 Real Estate Taxes..... 1,579 70 Road Tax ... 832 00 Sidewalks.. .. 41 50 Miscellaneous .. 8 81 LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL. Total. $61,676 27 DISBURSEMENTS. Sidewalks. :..... ....... $ 4,257 05 Plant and tools. 227 26 c Printing and Stationery ... 991 33 Salaries...: ...- 3,917 39 Fire Department 1 667 84 Streets :.'...'.' 3,909 29 Waterworks ..-.' 30,712 44 Special Police......'. 56 35 Interest/.... v ....... .;. '.- 1,372 60 Lock-up..... / '....- 2,221 48 Health 293 95 Legal Expenses '..'.... 437 50 Dog Tax Licenses.:. ... ........:.......,.............. 33 35 Jail. -.'. 74 35 Sewers '.'. 7,771 25 Sinking Fund ,. 900 00 Miscellaneous , 499 28 Balance Bank of Montreal.... / 2,833 66 Total. ... $61,676 27 . The aldermen present were appointed a committee to make ar.angements Tor the organization of a fire brigade. Aid. Hillyer suggested that the government be requested to reserve some ground within the municipality for scoool purposes. The rmwor thought the government might be called upon to build a public hospital. The present hospital might then be converted into a school house. The jail site originally proposed might be used for the hospital. The wage account for work on Langle3^ and Silica streets amounted to $471.50 was ordered to be paid. Bills amounting to $1038.85 were passed, and some routine business having been disposed of the council adjourned. ^ Patrolmen Hampton and Powers of the Rossland police force, have resigned rather than undertake the duties of jailer in addition to their regular work. Victoria enjo3^s a wonderful immunit3' from fire. There were but four calls 011 the brigade last month, and the total loss is estimated at $1,240, which is covered 03- insurance. The city council are considering a proposition to insure the lives of the firemen. Possland is agitating for a wagon road to Cascade Cit3^. It is proposed to utilize the Dewdne3?' trail as far as practicable. By the building of such a road the merchants of Rossland claim that the3^ would secure the trade of the Christina Lake district, which now goes to the xAmerican side. There are but 400 registered voters on the Rossland voters' list, exclusive of license holders. Freshets have washed out many of the road bridges on Elk River and along the Moyie, south of Palmer's Bar. Ten four-horse teams were in Golden last week to take down a lot of powder to be used in rock-blasting at Moyie Lake. It is expected that by the end of the present month the telephone line between FAort Steele and Swansea 'will'be completed. The Albion Iron Works Co., of Victoria, has ou frauds a contract for a steel river steamer for the C. P. N. Co. for the Stickeen route. "ey. James A. Harvey and H. W. Herchmer, have left Fort Steele for Victoria to undergo examination for admission to the British Columbia bar. The Morning Glory stamp mill is all ready to start work. Some splendid looking ore is being taken out of the mine and the people cf Vernon are predicting great things for it. The machinery.for the steamer which Capt. Sanburn is going to place on Moyie Lake has arrived at Golden. The boat will ply between Swansea, Mayde Chy and other points on the lake. A double wedding took place at Revelstoke last week, when J. Edwrards, of Donald, was married to miss Adair, and the bridegroom's sister, Miss Edwards, was married to C. Holton. Sir Wm. Van Home has received a gift of magnificent china vases und plaques from the emperor of Japan as a token of his appreciation of courtesies extended by him to Marquis Ito during his progress through Canada last summer. The ice jam at the Kicking Horse, which threatened to flood the town of Golden, has been broken, after a week's hard work and a liberal use ot dynamite. The efforts of the townspeople were backed up byT a staff of men hired by the Government Agent, and also a big gang of C. P. R, emplo3Tees. The Government of British Columbia is.offering a reward of $250 and the City of Nanaimo $500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever broke into the city treasurer's office, in Nanaimo, on Thanksgiving Da3^, and destn^ed the assessment rolls, besides mutilating other corporation books and documents. The American customs officer at Nelson, Wash., is stopping all Canadian horses from crossing the international boundary line on the ground that the animals "may be" suffer- idg from the glanders. It looks as if this is done in retaliation for the action of -Veterinary Surgeon Heckingbottom, who orders all horses corning from Marcus to be quarantined. The recent outbreak of glanders among the horses at Grand Forks has been traced to Marcus. The Nelson Wine Co. sells only the purest wines and liquors Trv one bottle. ���Hwnmmmi^mmmmm -^^���ari^WTO^^ sj��3��wi a iwu^ff ���� THE NELSON ECONOMIST. ]X &li MINING NOTES. The Canadian Queen, on Cariboo Creek, is showing up well. /An important strike is reported 'from/" the Snowslide claim, near Ymir. First-class machinery is to be put in at the Nickel Plate mine next spring. .'<../ A large ore bod3^ is in sight in the drift from the main tunnel in the Iron Colt. A four-drill compressor has been introduced intothe Slocan Liberty, near Kaslo. Negotiations are pending for the sale of the. Bryan/and Maud S. in the Waterloo camp. There are ioo tons of shipping ore now on the clump of the Porcupine, on Porcupine Creek, near Ymir. .It is reported that?a seven-foot ledge of solid ore has been, struck in the Jubilee, at Ymir, at a depth of 27 feet. -.-���:.,.-'.���. Clarke & McGinnis have bonded their interests on Cariboo Creek to Burns & Co. of Toronto, for $50,000. H. L- Simmons has secured twenty7- acres near Nakusp on which it is proposed to build and operate a smelter. Another shipper has been added to the Rossla.nd camp, the Lily May sending its first two carloads of ore to the smelter. Negotiations are said to be in progress for the purchase of the No. 1, on Red Mountain, I337 the-British-American corporation. At the 375 foot level on the War Eagle, a bod3^ of ore between fifteen and twenty feet wide, and assa3dng $25 to the ton, has been struck. The Cariboo Mining Co., Camp McKinney, has declared its seventeenth dividend, $16,000, making a total of $189,000 paid in dividends to date. In the face ofthe workings on the Colona, near Rossland, some large stringers of copper ore have been found giving values as high as 60 per cent in copper. The trustees ofthe Good Hope Mining and Milling Co., at their meeting in Rossland on Frida3^, decided to increase the capital stock from $500,000 to $1,000,000. A large force of men is at work on the Santa Rosa group, across Big Sheep Creek from the Velvet, and a tunnel has been commenced to tap one of the four leads on the propert3'. The Nebraska Girl, between Bear and Porcupine creeks, and owned b3r the Wild Horse Gold Mining Co., will soon be a shipper. As work proceeds the ore bod3' improves in value. The announcement is made that after February 1 st all the ore from the Le Roi mine is to be treated at Northport, the smelter there being already in an advanced state of completion. Work on the Hexahedron and North Fork, on the north fork of the Salmon river, has been suspended temporarih'owing to flooding. Several properties in the district are being actively worked. T. M. Gibson has resigned the superinten- dency of the Black Diamond mine at Ainsworth. Capt. McDonald, managing directar, and Maurice A. Bucke, consulting engineer, will have charge until the new superintendent is appointed. W. G. Mitchell-Innes, manager of the Golden British Columbia Development Company, has left Golden on his.,way to the Old Country7 Fie takes with him iooolbs of ore. from the Pretty Girl claim on Toby Creek. in Windir- mere Mining Division in order to have a smelting test made. PERSONAL. LOCAL NEWS. The Nelson Wine Co. sell only liquors which they can recommend. * A court of the Knights of Pythias was organized in Nelson last week, with some sevent37 members. Sleeping accommodation for .six . men has been provided at the /fire-hall, and acall will be made for volunteers for a fire brigade.. The collections in the city churches last ���Sunday have been handed over to the Kootena3' General Hospital, a very deserving institution. Chief of Police McKinnon has suspended Patrolman McLeod for engaging in a fight. The matter has been reported to the Police Commissioners, by whom the case will be investigated. :' Invitations are out for a dance to be given at the Silver King mine on Frida37 night A large party will leave town for the scene of festivities in the afternoon. Arrangements on this occasion are on a more extensive scale than ever, and the read is in good condition for sleighing. The new reservoir has been tested and given satisfaction. It will hold one million gallons of water, and when the system is completed there will be an ample supp^- for all purposes. Some dela3' is occasioned b3' the non arrival of certain fittings, which were ordered some months ago. The completion of the Slocan branch of the C.P.R. to Slocan .City was celebrated on-Monday last, when the first passenger train was run over the road. Excursion rates were given from connecting points, and were largely availed of. The people of Slocan turned out in their strength to make the occasion a memorable one, and liberalh-' extended their hospital^7 to visitors. There was a banquet in the evening, and a variety of entertainments during the da3r. Nelson was well represented on the great, opening da3r. Colored maps, showing the government lots , to be sold I337 auction at the Courthouse on j Wednesda37 next, have been placed in the hotels and prominent business places in the cit37, and one thousand copies of the catalogue are being distributed. The sale is attracting the attention of many residing at Rossland and lake points, it being conceded that Nelson is a most desirable place of residence. The sale being without reserve or an3r restrictions, and the terms liberal, it ought to prove ver37 acceptable to the general public. Maps can be seen at the government offices at Rossland and Kaslo, as well as Nelson., where catalogues can be had on application. Win. Braclen, of the Pilot Bay smelter, is, in tOwn. - ' -���;'��� John Keen, of Kaslo, '. was in Nelson on Saturday. ".;'���' D. R. Young,: of the Slocan City" News," paid Nelson a visit last week. H. A. Jackson, of the Great Northern Rail-, way, arrived in Nelson on Friday."������ G. A. Mitchell, of the Northern Pacific Railwa3r, is registered at the Phair. R. Marpole, superintendent of the Pacific division of the. C. P. R. was in town last week. Mme. -Frances Graham, who was well known in the English musical world as the principal contralto in the Carl Rosa Opera Co., and later.still in Paris as one of the few English singers who have had the privilege of singing at the Conservatoire and at M. La- moureux's concerts, announces a concert here for Tuesckiy night,. December 14. Mme. Graham, who in private life is Mrs, Brougham, is now making her first public appearance in British Columbia.���-Victoria, Colonist. YMIR. V (Special Correspondence oIThk Economist.) Frida37 evening, December 3, the Ymir school Christmas entertainment was held in the school. Those present were entertained with a first-class programme I337 the children. The special feature of the evening, however, was a drill by 12 girls, which was well gotten upanci -very prett3', and reflected g'reat credit on Miss Green, the teacher, who trained the children. It was the unanimous opinion that the entertainment was a complete success. The programme was as follows : Chorus���Welcome... .School Recitation. 7..;........y, Lizzie Klavano Song���-The Pretty Moony ; Infant Class Recitation : Dick Keefe Instrumental / Kneeland Family Recitation���Somebody's -Mother Jenny Webb Duett .Jean and Bessie ("lark Recitation Fred Orome Recitation ?,.... Miss Keefe Dialogue���When we arc Men. ..Five Hoys Reeitation Polly Webb Comic Musical Sketch Mr. Hunter man Recitation ; Miss Greene Reel tation D. Keefe Chorus���Maple Leaf School INI GRM1SSION.. Drill 12 Girls Recitation lack Keelson Song- Infant. Class Recitation .lean Chirk Song Hilda and G wynne Xeelson Recitation : ...... Delia Webb Solo Rev. J. Hicks Recitation Mabel McLeod M usic, Kneelands Recitation : Flossie Moore Duett Delaney and Buck worth Recitation M . Keefe ('bonis Infant Glass Recitation Hershberger M usic Knee la nds God Save the Queen. Gamble & O'Reiliy are suppling hard and soft coal at the lowest possible prices City Engineer McCulloch, having inspected the waterworks flume, is of the opinion that there is little danger of it freezing. There- were no indications of ice along the whole line. The still waters of the reservoir were frozen over the other morning to a depth c 1 four inches. The Nelson Wine Co. caters for high-class family trade. * i '���ft!/! i'7i> sy 1 m. ���:.m, m p- !ii IP' hi '���;���: lift? ���fi-i m ll It mm fll^iVJl m till If - '���'��� a --I ili'fl Ii!;., ' III III! tin f I7vs i fii 1 it! j 3'. * ��� i ��� : 8 THE NELSON ECONOMIST WOMAN'S KINGDOM The corset, declares a writer in the Pall Mall Gazette, is the root of moralhy, self-respect and health. It braces up the moral energies as much as it does the physical. Of late, doctors are becoming enlightened enough at last to own that a civilized woman's body requires stays, just as much as she requires a house to live in, and a varied regime that would simply have horrified her primeval ancestors. Of course, if women choose to abuse the benefits of the corsets, and, instead of reveling in the support and the gentle firmness of outline which prevents petticoat strings, buttons or other details of underclothing from hurting the tender flesh, strive to attain the wasp-like abomination of a sixteen-inch waist, they are to blame, but not " the innocent corset. But much depends on the corset. The chief matter is to see that the lines are kept as long as possible. The corsets that spread out suddenly above and below the waist convert a "woman into something resembling a pilgrim's gourd, and are of the kind which has given rise to the grewsome tales of livers being cut in two by tight lacing. Corsets, should never be worn of anything but satin or brocade. They not only last longer and keep their shape far better than the humble and unornamental ones in coutil, but the fit of a bodice is entirely different over a silken corset. The silken '' friend ' 'is lighter, softer, more pliable, and every- thing slips over it as if over a skin. But let those of our feminine readers who respect their appearance avoid the corset ofthe middle-class French novel���the corset of black satin which helped to cover Bourgetwith ridicule in the eyes of Parisian mondaines when he described as part and proof of the riotous luxmy of the heroine of " Mensonsres," a corset de satin noir ! ugly corset; ugly in suggestiveness, and way it seems to the woman in two. It is the only its economic uglier in . the eye to cut a A suggestion which, its author claims would save many a broken heart among the sensitive and many a breach-of-prornise case among the mercantile, and. would considerably lighten the labors of the police courts and law courts is thus made in an English paper : " My suggestion is that every married man and every married woman should have a circle tatooed round the left hand in place of, or as well as, the wedding ring. This would be a sign that could never be taken off or effaced, and would, therefore, leave a lesser margin for the treacheries and tricks of bigamists and other great and small offences against law, society, and individuals. To make this proposition practical and distinctive, of course certain rules would have to be made. For instance, ari}^ unmarried man or woman tattooing their third finger to be heavily fined. Every widow and widower to add a distinguishing star to their ring. Ever}' married man or woman disunited by law to have a bar of erasure across their wedding ring, and those who marry two or three times to add the extra circles accordingly. The operation of tattooing could, with all rever- ance, be peformed by an expert in the vestry after the church service, or at the registrar's office for those who go through only the civil cer- mony. This tattooing may seem a return to barbarism, but our much- wanted civilization hss introduced such numerous aids to deceit, that a safeguard and a warning, such as a tattooed wedding ring, would become a practical preventive of much sham, folly,��� and wrong m&p Private Bills. Excerpt from Rules and Orders relating Private Bills. to 5 J 11' '���' " �����- -AT��� All kinds of Watches, Clocks, Spectacles and Eye-glasses FOR SALE CHEAP. All Work Guaranteed Eyes Tested Free of Charge, OPPOSITE SILVER KING HOTEL, BAKER ST., NELSON. Rule 59. ������ - ALL APPLICATIONS for Private Bills, properly the subject of legislation by the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, within the purview of the " British North Ameriea Act, 1867, " whether for the erection of a Bridge, the making of a Railway, Tramway, Turnpike Road, or Telegraph or Telephone' line;, the construction or improvement of a Horbour, Canal, Lock, Dam/elide, or other like work ; the granting of a right of Ferry ; the incorporation of any particular trade or calling, or of any Joint Stock Company; or otherwise for granting to any individual or.individuals any exclusive or peculiar rights or privilege's whatever, or for doing any matter or thing which in its operation would effect the rights or property of other parties, or relate to any particular class of the community, or for making any amendment of a like nature to any former Act,���shall require a Notice clearly and distinctly specifying the nature and object of the application and, wherethe application refers to any pro-, posed work, indicating generally the location of the work, and signed by or on behalf of the applicants, such notice to be published as follows :��� In the British Columbia Gazette, and in one newspaper published.in the district affected, or if there be no newspaper published therein, then in a newspaper in the next nearest District in which a newspaper is published. Such notice shall be continued in each case for,a period of at lerst six weeks, during the interval of time between the close of the next preceding Session and the consideration of the Petition, and copies of such notice shall be sent by the parties inserting such notice to the Clerk of the House %o be riled amongst the records of the Committee on Standing Orders. 57. No Petition for any Private Bill shall be received by the House after first ten days of each Session, nor may any Private Bill be presented to the,House after the first three weeks of each Session, nor may any Report of any Standing or Select Committee upon a Private'Bill be received after the first four weeks of each Session, and no Motion for the suspension or modification of this Rule shall be entertained by the House until;; same has been reported on bv the Committee on Standing Orders, or after reference made thereof at a previous sitting of the House to the Standing Committees charged with codsideration of Private Bills, who snail report thereon to the House. And if this Rule shall be suspended or modified as aforesaid the promoters of any Private Bill which is prd- sented after the time hereinbefore limited, or for which the Petition has been received after time, hereinbefore limited, shall in eitner case pay double fees required as herein mentioned, unless the House shall order to the contrarv. Any person seeking to obtain any Private Bill shall deposit with the Clerk of the House, eight days before the opening of the Session, a printed copy of such Bill, a copy of the Petition to be presented to the House, together with the notices published. At the time of depositing the Bill, tiie applicant shall also pay to the Clerk of the House a sum of three hundred dollars. If a copy of the Bill, Petition and notices sliali not have been so deposited in the hands of the Clerk of the House, at least eignt days before the opening of the Session, and if the 'Petition has not been presented within the first ten days of the Session, the amount to be paid to the Clerk shall be six hundred dollars. If the Bill shall not pass second reading one-half of the fees shall be returned. 60. Before any Petition, praying for leave to bring in a Private Bill for the erection of a Toll Bridge, is received by the House, the person or persons intending to petition for suen Bill shall, upon giving the notice prescribed by rule 59, also at the same time and in the same manner, give notice of the rates which they intend to ask, the extent of the privilege, the height of the arches, the intervals between the abutments or piers for the passage of rafts and vessels, and mentioning also whether they intend to erect a draw-bridge or not, and the dimensions of the same. 61. All Private Bills for Acts of Incorparation shall be so framed as to incorporate by refer- ance the clauses of the General Acts relating to the details to be provided for by such Bills : Special grounds shall be established for any proposed departure from this principle, or fo'r the introduction of other provisions as to such details, and a note shall be appended to the Bill indicating the provisions thereof in which the General Act is proposed to be departed from. Bills which are not framei in accordance with this Rule shall be re-cast by the promoters and re-printed at their expense before any Committee passes upon the clauses. 65. All Private Bills shall be prepared by the parties applying for the same, and printed in Small Pica type, twenty-six ems by fifty ems, on good paper,'in imperial octavo form, each page when folded measuring 10>| inches by 7% inches. There shall be a marginal number every fifth line,of each page ; the numbering of the lines is not to run on through the Bill, but the lines of each page are to be numbered separately. One hundred copies of each Bill shall be deposited with the Clerk of the House immediately before the first reading. If amendments are made to any Bill during its progress before tiie Committee on Private Bills, or through the House, such Bill shall be reprinted bv the promoters thereof. Dated 16th November. 1897. THORNTON FELL, Tax Notice. "Unpaid taxes within the municipal, limits of the cities of Nelson and Rossland." ' " As provided by the Speedy Incorporation of " Towns Act, 1897, a rateable portion of the " real estate taxes within the municipal limits "of the cities of Nelson and Rossland for the " year 1897, is payable to the respective muni- " cipalities. In order that the Provincial as- " sessment roll may be closed, in so far as re- " lates to property assessed within said cities ; " notice is hereby given that unless all arrears "of taxes due and payable on said property " are paid to the undersigned at Kaslo, on or "before the 30th day of November, 1897, the " lands and property against which taxes are "then unpaid will be advertised for sale in ac- " cordance with the provisions of tax sales unfertile Assessment Act." John Keen, Assessor and Collector. / Dated this 4th day of October, 1897. Assessment Act rovmcial Revenue Tax. Nelson Division of West Kootenay District. NOTICE is hereby given,'in accordance with the Statutes, that Provincial Revenue Tax and all taxes levied under the Assessment Act are now due for the year 1897. All the above- named taxes collectible within the Nelson Division of West Kootenay, assessed - by me, are payable at my office, at'Kaslo, B. 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. So much of the income of any person as exceeds one thousand dollars the following rates, namely, upon such excess, when the same is not more than ten thousand dollars, one and one-quarter 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 is 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 dav of Ju ie, 1897 : Three-fifths of one per cent on the assessed value of real estate, other than wild land. One half of one per cent on the assessed value of personal property. Upon such excess of income, when the same is not more than ten thousand dollars, one per cent,; when such excess is over ten thousand dollars, and not more than twenty thousand dollars, one and one-quarter of one' per cent.; when such excess is over twenty thousand dollars, one and one-half of one per cent. Two and one-half per cent, on the assessed value of "wild land, Provincial Revenue Tax, $3.00 per capita. John Keen, Assessor and Collector. Kaslo, B. C, 2nd September, 1897. NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT. Clerk, Legislative Assembly. Pursuant to the "Creditors' Trust Deeds Act, 1890," and amending Acts. Notice is hereby given that Malcolm Mc- Lachlan and Alexander McFarlane, o.f Hall's Siding, in the District of West Kootenay and Province of British Columbia, merchants, individually, and as partners comprising the partnership business of McLachlan & McFarlane, have by deed dated the 9th day of November, 1S97," assigned all their personal estate, credits and effects, and all their real estate to William Waldie, of the city of Nelson, in the said Province, book-keeper, in trust for the benefit of their creditors. The said deed was executed by the said McLachlan, the said McFarlane, and' by the said Waldie, on the said 9th day of November, 1897. All persons having claims against the said Malcolm McLachlan and Alexander McFarlane, either as a partnership or against them personally, are required on or before the 16th day of December, 1897, to send to the said William Waldie, as trustee, full particulars of the same, duly verified, together with particulars of any security held by them. And notice is hereby given that after' the said 16th day of December, the trustee will proceed to distribute the assets among those creditors whose claims have been lodged with him, and that he will not be responsible after such date for the assets so distributed or any part thereof, to any person or persons, firm' or corporation, of whose debt or claim he shall not then have received notice. A meeting of the creditors will be held at the law office of Macdonald & Johnson, Baker street, Nelson, B. C, o'n Wednesday, the lstday December, 1897, at the hour of 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Dated at Nelson, B. C, this 12th dav of No- ber, 1897. Macdonald & Johnson, Solicitors for William Waldie, the said Trustee. Four-Crown Scotch is the best tonic for nervous debilitv. The medical profession recommend it ; $1*25 per quart bottle at the Nelson Wine Co. * 0 tw ^MMB^BMMIl^^ THE NELSON ECONOMIST. m SHORT STORIES. There is a good story of Charles [ ?Sr ^ Warner, who was depicting on the ��ati2er ' boards a powerfully pathetic part. He was made iip marvellously to look starved to skin and bone, tottering on the verge of denth from starvation, gasping for breath and weak from emaciation. Still, he had on his finger a flashing diamond ring, and the sarcastic gallery reproved him for it one night. At the crucial moment the hero faltered out in'agony to the gallery : "Good heavens ! if this fails,c what shall I do ?" The answer floated down unexpectedly������; from. the top seats: "Pawn y'r ring, Chawlie !" It- spoiled the scene. grandmother, mother,' rny 'mother ; my mother's father, my, grandmother's father, my great-grand- s father, my ��� "'father,.''.'' At this point the captain declared himself perfectly satisfied, and the ship was delivered into the pilotage' of Pat, who carried her in with perfect safetv. . ; '�� normous um u rs a riees E ��� V*. T S s A Mark ham, the following Ont.j lad}' gets off "A Mark ham lady in a hurrv to go to church took from her dark closet . What she thought to be the dolman. She hang the garment over her arm, and did not discover until she had thrown it over the back of the pew in front of her in church, that she had brought a pair of her husband's pants by mistake. She and her ladv companion laughed so loudly that they attracted the attention of the entire congregation, and no one but themselves understood the cause of the fresh burst, of enthusiasm when the choir led off with " As Pants the Heart." The preacher was having a sort 'of test meeting by asking the congregation questions on their conduct. "Now brethren," he ^aid, "all of you;, who pay your debts will please stand up." In response to this there was an appar- e ltlv unanimous uprising,". "Now," said the oreacher, asking- the others to sit down, "all those who do not pay will please stand up." One man alone arose. " Ah, brother," said the preacher, " why is it that yon, of all this congregation of brethren, should be'so different ?" ��� "I don't know, parson," he replied, slowhr, as he looked around over his freinds and acquaintances in the meeting, "unless it is thai I'm not a liar, and 'cause I can't get what the people round me owe me. j 3 A vessel from America was at one time off the coast of Ireland in a heavy storm. She hoisted the signal for a pilot, and in the course of a couple of hours a rough man made his appearance saying in very broken English that he could take the vessel into the harbor. The captain had his doubts as to the nautical lore ofthe pilot, and asked him if he could box the compass. Poor Pat knew only in a general sort of way that there was a certain jingle in boxing the compass, and if he began the work iu English he would get the northwest and northwest by north, and west nor'west inextricably mixed, so he told the captain he could do it in Irish, and began in the unknown tongue : " My grandmother, my great- ammi.iii ��� n in. ����� Vs? H B-H"��" te X'SVtAS GIFTS. '! C. f K EL pa mi P ElKfl'ti Opened under new management vervthing' .First-Class �������� f\ MEALS '.FROM- GIVE Mi ill! * t *. 1 G 2 C U*i J?fnn JfCll 25 CENTS UP. A CAL ���-, ^^N, Prop. ^propria Compare My Goods and Prices before Making Your Purchases. aru ana 5o ic smit " rna a tor Uomesuc I an urnoses ntracts e o ft Hid 25 Years' Office Ward St Practical Experience. near Court House. Nelson', ii". 0 ication to RSHAW, Vernon St, Telephone No 35. :Q . J fl Sot tnpa ned Work, Brackets and *< p ��� lilxj^ H J Li J I IQUi. atisfaction Guaranteed. Prices Reasonable. ? A large number of business lots for sale. Also business blocks on Baker, Vernon and other streets. Residential lots and houses for sa!e in addition A and other parts of the city. DEALERS IN Baker Street, Nelson. ana Dressed Lun t*^ ingles, t er, Etc. as rs, '"BAKER STREET, In ])rcmises lately occupied bv A. McDonald & Co. NELSON, B.C For Oysters in any style, Clam Chowder, Short 'Orders. The best Coffee in town. Next to Tremont Hotel, Baker street. s ''^S^ f.% Washing and Ironing ver}r good. Clothes called for and delivered. Laundry���Victoria Street^ Rear of Fire Hali. ��� WINNIPEG, MAMiTOBA. Wholesale Dealers in Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Apples, Poultry and Cured Meats. The largest handlers of these goods iu Western Canada. All warehouses under perfect system of cold storage. Full stock carried at Nelson, B.C. For prices write or wire P.J. RUSSELL, Mgr Nelson Branch Parsons Produce Co. r < Si 7- 111 ���m ���?{����������� ���11. -If: It tiS:i'< ? '���* J: WiP: m I V.' ���awairt^CTc^anraragstasE^^ '^t0iir^^^^^^^^W^M$^i^M$t^^M^i IO THE NEESON ECONOMIST. MUSIC. ttena \ .:...{ m earts ) Mr. G. R. Robson A sacred concert will be given in the Episcopal Church to-night. The programme, which wei|give below, promises a very goocLreper- toire ���'���: Chorus���Praise Ye the Lord. .The Choir Solo���The Holy City Mr. Lennox Duett..............Mesdames Davys and Goepel Solo���Thou Art Passing Hence. .Mr. 0. Newling Solo���Ave Maria (Millard).'.......... .Mrs. Troup Solo���Eternal Rest. Mr. H. B. Perks Instrumental String Quartette ...... Chorus. .Sleepers Wake.(St. Paul) .Choir Recitative���Ye People Rend Your Hearts Aria���If with all Your Hearts Quartette���One Sweet, Solemn Thought.... Mrs. Painton, Mrs. Smith, Mr. Robson arid Mr. Parkes. Solo���Consider the Lillies..Mr. R. M. McDonald Solo���The Good Shepherd .......Mrs. Goepel Solo���Calvary...........-........... .Mr. Mclntyre God Save the Queen���Solos by Mrs. Goepel and Mr. R. M. McDonald. Quartette and Chorus. Accompanists���Mrs. Morley and Mr. F. J- Pain- ton. It is not often that such a programme as this is presented to the Nelson public, the names of the participants being a guarantee oi an excellent entertainment. In the Supreme Court of British Columbia. In the matter of the Winding Up Act and in the matter of the Nelson Sawmill Company, Limited. The Honorable Mr. Justice Drake has by an order dated the twenty-seventh day of September, 1897, appointed Hugh R. Cameron, of the city of Nelson, British Columbia, to be Official Liquidator to the above named Company. Dated this 6th day of October, 1897. E. T. H. Simpkins, Deputy District Registrar at Nelson, British Columbia., Owing to our steady increase of trade, we have been obliged to add to our already well assorted stock, another consignment of Tweeds, Worsteds and Irish Frieze in order to be prepared for the winter trade. Notice of Application to Purchase Land. Sixty days after date the undersigned intends to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to purchase the undermentioned tract of land, situated south side of Kootenay River and on the east bank of Sandy Creek ; post planted about twenty chains south of Kootenay River marked Northwest post running 40 chains south,, then 40 chains east, then 40 chains north, thence to the starting point. 160 acres more or less. David McCreath: , Nelson, September 1st, 1897. Notice of Application for Certificate of improvements. U. B.���L. 2018, G. 1���Mineral claim. Situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located:���About one and one half miles west from the Nelson and Fort Sheppard railway at Hall's water tank. iake notice that I, W."A. Macdonald, acting as agent for W. H. Sherrod, Free Miner's Certificate No. 81993, intend sixty days from date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further take notice-that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 17th day of September, 1897. .-���������'. W. A. Maci onald. Overcoats a Special Good Goods and Prices Right. gl o. ;robb, :: -:; ^ Opposite Queen's Hotel. MERCHANT TAILOR. usic Lessons. Mrs. Morle}' is prepared to receive pupils for piano, violin or organ. For terms apply at residence, Silica street, or Thomson Stationery Co., L'td, Nelson. T. S. Gore. H. Burnet. J. H. McGregor E, BURNET �� CO., Provincial and Dominion Land Sur= ^ veyors and Civil Engineers. Agents for Obtaining Crown Grants and Abstract of Tiile to Mineral Claims, &c. NELSON, - - - British Columbia n.'.j MM'T'f.f'ii.: r <*j Is fast becoming a social as well as a mining and business centre. The many social, political, church and club banquets held the past few weeks attest this fact. The fine glass and chinaware so conspicuous at most of these functions was furnished by Messrs. Kirkpatrick &. Wilson The largest dealers in these lines in the district. They also furnish the choicest teas, coffee and groceries. Will open in room next , Spokane & ��� Northern Railway office, on Ward Street, on November 20. roorie SE SH Wagon work and Blacksmithing in all its Branches. eison Blacksmith Co- H. A. PROSSER, Manager. Lake St., Opp. Court House. NELSON, B. C X'MAS. NEW YEAR Three carloads of Dressed Poultry have left Ontario, direct for our Kootenay markets. They will arrive December 15, when we will be in a position to fill all orders for Turkeys, Geese, Ducks and Chickens, either WrHOLESALE OR RETAIL, at reasonuble prices. Orders can be placed at any of our Brandies now, and they will have our prompt attention on arrival of stock. We will also have a large assortment of Prime Beef, Pork, Mutton, Cured Meats, Fish and Oysters. Mailorders a Specialty . Branches at �� ROSSLAND SANDON TRAIL THREE FORKS NELSON T^ASLO SLOCAN CITY High Class Suits Made Latest Styles. n the A Magnificent Line of Scotch Tweeds and Worsted, and West of England Trouserings, Suitable for Spring wear. A special feature of Fancy Wrorsted-= Suitings ��� ��� ��� ��� peoial Values in Typewriter and Office Supplies. Canada Drug and Book Co., L'ti Baker St., Nelson, B, G. LATE OF H. BERKS & SONS, MONTREAL. _ . _y lYlcKillop Block, Baker St. f| All work guaranteed or money refunded. Latest laehinery and everything up to "date. Sight tested ���ee. Complete assortment of spectacles, eye glasses, liners' glasses, etc. TOTAL DA8LY CAPACITY 8,200 BBLS, "OGILVIE'S PATENT HUNGARIAN" will hereafter be known under the brand, "OGILVIE'S HUNGARIAN." Branded Blue. "OGILVIE'S STRONG BAKERS" will hereafter be known under the brand "OGILVIE'S GLENORA." Branded Red. \11 these brands have been duly registered in the Government Patent offices, and any infringement of the same or refilling of our branded bags with flour will be prosecuted according to law, as each bag of flour is fully guaranteed which bears our registered brand and sewn with our special red white and blue twine. In thanking vou for vour patronage in the past, and in soliciting a continuance of your favors, we take this opportunity of informing you that " OGILVIE'S HUNGARIAN " and " OGIL- VID'S GLENORA " have been established at a high standard, manufactured under special process, securing the right combination of properties gluten and starch to produce the highest results in baking. " In placing our new brands upon the market we do so with the assurance that your most profitable interests will be seryed in securing you the finest quality of bread. No expense is spared in the manufacture of these special brands of flour, and our prices will at all times be ot as low a figure possible consistent with the superior article which we offer. Yours truly, G. M. LEBSHftflAN, Victoria, Agent for British Coiumbia. ..������iL.i.uM��.iuWMMMMUiL1MjujJjUWMmi^ ' U"- ;J ..x? ^T��^ >"e"f '^ ���� J-~\**"\J?* '"���*?"> ��"T?' V*^?* *****/**>i "V /1"w**' V .";"* THE NELSON ECONOMIST ii Under instructions -from- the Hon. Gv artin, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, m '���%'���:���',; .11 i f'% ��� ll- ii m '$���'������'��� '-I lis -fi H 1 #^ B*ft I- pi *?S1 mmm> ffi ������.>?<'aft^";is** Tg7^jmes5ft|TTttqri-1*"***,:'J=*J ���rj'lJ^'JtrTTBTtir^,Tt,,tT^'J.tJB*g* ,'t��M<.!imiiLi.L Mina?awwaggMU*lf!lJllW* ij-ii'-'Jil P yi Situate within the Municipality of the City of Being the remaining Lots unsold at the sale held on the 7th day of October, 1897. ALL the Lots will "be sold WITHOUT RESERVE,.and no values will be placed on any improvements. Squatters having improvements on any lot, who may not be purchasers will be allowed FOURTEEN" DAYS' time from the date of sale to remove their improvements. Sil'-ii'.'l -������3 . W'^.l fell mil i\w ill til Ul TERMS OF SALE���-One-third Cash ; one-third three months ; one-third six months, interest on deferred payments at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum. :'.!'.'." il m 'da CROWN GRANTS���-Five dollars each at the expense of the purchasers. �� if -g -t��ft -& W NELSON, Kootenay, B. C., 23rd November. 1897. See Maps y amMiMiiimiMmMiM 12 THE NELSON ECONOMIST. Whiskey Try Corby's i ��� Ai Li DISTILLER, Belleville and Corhyville, Ont. London, rng., Victoria, B. C. NELSON, B.C. mfoia. Agents for Manitoba Produce Company, Gold Drop Flour, Wheat Manna, W. J. "Tendray's Soaps, M. R. Smith & Co's Biscuits, Etc. , B. C. P.O.'Box 498.. ESSiSsa �� �� ~"--""���^w.^iwr/y. *^���."i^-.- r"' .^.r^T^^^rr^-r-.���.-.^��r.Tir.-^T:;^-r-. Z.TSZZZZJ&tZ��AC �� i in I ! ���35 "Itff .a &d3 *s��2?l��s -J, PI \S2TtSiJ Li S Hungarian, Jv J*v .A. J\. Strong Bakers, Economy, Superfine, Bran, IS**** Shorts, Chicken Feed, Chop. pass &*S Li Cm ���*Ja^? V tse ra ^4j*��t �� The Okanagan Flour Mills Company, Lt'd, Armstrong, B. G. ER, BEETON. & CO., AGEMTS, WELSO: Give ibis Flour a Trial before -passing- an opinion. (TWO DOORS FROM CORNER BAKER ST.) Will keep a full line of Ladies', Gents', Misses' and Childreus' Boots, Shoes and Overshoes, which will be sold at bottom prices. Special attention to making; and repairing. "3���"^ ������uii.iiji^Limuii.MmiMawaMiMaitBMBMlimm^^ ""TO**"���^^