With which is incorporated THE NATION, of Victoria, B C. VOL. II. NEI/SON, B. C, WKD.NESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1898. NO. 11. THE NELSON ECONOHIST. Issued every Wednesday at the city of Nelson, B. C. D. M. Carley Publisher .SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year to.Canada and United States $2.00 If paid in advance 1.50 On* Year to Great Britain. ��� 2.50 If paid in advance ." 2 0*0 Remit by .Express, Money Order, Draft, P. O. Order, or Registered Letter. Correspondence on matters of general interest respectfully ���olicited. - - Advertisements .of reputable character will be inserted upon terms wliichwill be made known on application. Only articles of merit will be.advertised in these columns and'the interests of readers will be carefully .guarded against irresponsible persons and worthless articles. EDITORIAL COMMENT. The prohibition plebiscite will be taken on; the 29th inst, and frorn present indications it looks as if the eaiise of temperance will be victorious. Excellent campaign literature is being freely circulated in the interests of the Prohibitionists, while it does not appear as if the liquor men are putting forth any serious fight. It is claimed by-very many that prohibition is impracticable, and those who hold to this view point to isolated districts in which prohibition has been tried without success. There has been consideranle doubt as to how the question will be dealt with in British Columbia, but the agents of the temperance party now declare that there is no longer any doubt on the subject���that British Columbia will declare in favor of prohibition. In a recent interview Mr. Whyte, manager of the Western lines of the C. P. R. said that he hoped to see the Crow's Nest Pass railway turned over to his company early next month. By that time the road will be completed between Lethbridge, N. W. T., and Kuskonook, Kootenay Lake. Regular trains will be run as soon as this is done. Kuskonook for the present will remain the rail terminus of the line, but this will by no means interfere with the pasenger and freight service to points furthur west. Passenger trains will be met at Kuskonook by the handsome and fast steel steamer that is nearly ready for service on Kootenay lake, while freight will be handled by a barge service to connect with the Columbia & Kootenay and Columbia and Western railways. Mr. Whyte was not prepared to say whether or not the Crow's Nest Pass railway will be extended �� west ward to Salmo, Say ward and Trail, but he admitted that the route had been surveyed and found to be practicable. Mr. Whyte said the company fully appreciate all the advantages that might accrue from the construction of a railway along this route. No time will be lost in establishing a service for the delivery of Crow's Ne3t Pass coal and coke to points in West Kootenay. Mr- Whyte said there are many thousands of tons .of coal at the mines ready for shipment and he hoped to see it landed in large quantities at Columbia river points by the middle of next month., Mmb Melba appears to have enlisted in the noble army of those who hoax. A discussion having arisen as to whether a certain eminent violinist then present could, earn a dollar by playing in the street, Mme. Melba took the negative side and. is reported as saying:"I have my own experience to base my opinion upon. Why," continued the great singer, laughing, "we tried just such an experiment last summer at my country home in England; Joachim was visiting us, and a certain celebrated 'cellist, when one afternoon the idea of a great frolic occurred to us. .We put on old clothes and out we sailed, all three, and took up our positions on one of the locks on the Thames, and there we made music for two wh )le hours ; Joachim and the 'cellist played and I sang. And now, how much money do you suppose we took in ? Just 7 shillings and 6 pence, or $1 87!' If Russia is in earnest in her professed desire for peace, she will give Jthe other powers a free hand to deal with the murderous wretches at whose mercy the Christians of Crete have been held. Only Russia's moral support of Turkey made the massacre possible. During the last progress of the Spanish American war we all became familiar with the saying that " Blood is thicker than water," the particular application being to the attitude of Great Britain toward the United States in the war with Spain. There are those who believe the sentiment is that of the two nations concerned, but that it will never be practically exemplified. There is no doubt but that the great mass of the British and American people hold identical views of human liberty. Not everybody is convinced, says the Seattle Times, that Salisbury and Mc- Kinley's attitude will be the same in "piping days of peace" as it was during the days that financiers had to agree in order that fighting men might be had. J. Fred Hi me has issued an address to the electors of the Nelson riding, in which he appeals " for your support as a member of the new government. j) The Ottawa Free Press says thousand? of Tories will vote for prohibition just to put Laurier in a hole. Well, didn't he dig the hole himself ? Didn't he promise this plebiscite when he was in opposition just to catch a few votes? Why, then, should he expect his political opponents. to help him escape the consequences of his own hypocrisy? News comes that Falcon Island, in the Pacific, has quietly slid under the waves and out of sight. It was a disappointing sort of place in which to own real estate, but as the twenty natives or so who had their homes there went down with it, no complaints have been heard as yet. The dancing-masters of the United State.c, in solemn conclave assembled, have formally and finally decided that everything in the nature of hugging shall hereafter be tabooed. This will reduce the terpsichorean art to a very matter-of-fact proposition, indeed. Railway development in British Columbia has been fairly satisfactory up to the present, but if many of the various other lines which are contemplated be .built there will be no cause whatever for complaint. Nothing will more tend to the opening up and development of the country generally than the establishment of railways. Wherever the iron horse has been introduced wonderful development has followed. The latest charter applied for is one to operate a line to connect with the Crow's Nest Pass line at some point between Wardner and Elk River, to run up the east side of Kootenay river to Windermere, where the river will be crossed and the road continued up Toby creek and across the Selkirk range to the foot of Duncan lake, thence up the Lardo river to Trout lake and thence in as direct a line as possible to tap the Revelstoke eS\ 1 j>x0�� THE NELSON ECONOMIST branch of the C. P. R. It is stated that work will be started on the line next spring if a charter is granted. Mr. Bostock has been found guilty of expressing an opinion. In a speech delivered at Boundary Creek, Mr. Bostock stated that it was difficult to make the authorities at Ottawa understand the necessities of this growing country, which leads an exchange to remark, " it is impossible." The spirit that is now abroad in New Westminster is of the type that builds great cities. Scarcely had the ashes of the fire cooled when the citizens began to build new business blocks and new homes, a There is a proposal to dam the Nile. Without being profane, we might state that this will not be the first time the Nile has been d d. Colonies, according to Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, are a very fine thing to have, which words are a rebuke to Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who had no more consideration for England than to turn the colony of Canada into a nation. The Ottawa Citizen has the brightest paragraph writer in Canada, and that is saying a great deal when it is considered that Hon. D. R. Young is still sojourning in this great Dominion. There were only 500 Americans kil'ed in the war with Spain, but the pension list promises to be quite long enough to remind our neighbors of ike pomp and circumstance of glorious war for the next fifty years. Great men in all ages have been noted for their peculiar fancies. There was an old Greek who once had a peculiar fancy for lions; Lord Byron kept a bulldog in his room while at college, but what seems stranger than anything in our own day is the incomprehensible desire of Hewitt Bostock to make a pet of Joe Martin. Mr. Archer Martin, a Victoria barrister, has been appointed to the puisne judgeship made vacant by the elevation of Judge Mc- Coll to the Chief Justiceship. The Victoria Colonist views Mr. Martin's appointment with alarm, and, while it extends congratulations to the new judge and hopes that he may long enjoy his new honor, it refrains from expressing its warm approval. The Colonist says : " The new judge's experience at the bar has hardly been of a class which will cause his elevation to the Supreme Court bench to be regarded as a source of strength to that tribunal. He has youth on his side, and with study and application will doubtless acquire those qualities which are looked for in one who wears the judicial ermine, but it seems a great pity that in appointments to the bench, the hard and fast requirements of political exigency have led to more mature men being passed by in favor of one who is little more than a youth- We prefer never to adversely criticise judicial appointments, but are satisfied that public opinion will concede that less than the above ought not to have been said. The appointment will be very unpopular in the Liberal party. It is doubtless due to Mr. Bostock's influence/' The Economist would like to have seen the appointment come to the Kootenay. We have many lawyers eligible for the position, and we believe that the growing importance of this district from a judicial standpoint emphasizes the necessity of a resident judge. The greater amount of the litigation in the courts at the Coast originates in the Kootenays, and the coat to litigants, traveling to and fro, is very considerable. As we said before, there are many lawyers in Nelson eligible for the position. Mr. W, A. Macdon- ald, Q.C., was spoken of in this connection, and so was Mr. Bowes and Mr. Galliher. However, since it was ordained that a Coast lawyer, and a Liberal at that, was to receive the appointment, we do not see that Mr. Martin's youth should be a bar to his preferment, and The Economist therefore exitends its heartiest congratulations to the new judge. Among the many possibilities discussed in connection with the conquest of the Khalifa is Cecil Rhodes' s-cheirse for steam communication between Cape Town and Cairo. When one considers that Le would have 800 miles of railroad from Bu'uwayo to Tanganyika, and 360 miles of navigation on that lake, and at leapt 800 miles of rail and water journey from Tanganyika to Lado, at the head of the navigation of the White ISale, and then 1,000 miles from Lado to Khartoum, and that all this 3,000 miles is through a wilderness inhabited by savages, and most of it a country of fevers, and many hundred miles of it along the White Nile uninhabited, the difficulties are almost insurmountable. Commercially the project is absurd ; strategically it is unnecessary. ��� . . There is every indication that British Col umbia is just entering a period of unprecedented prosperity, especially in mining; and anything that will tend to retard this progress and development should be cried down. It is the aim of The Economist to give particulars of mining as gleaned from the most reliable sourees, and whether these be mere prospects or well-developed properties we shall at all times be happy to note their progress. We are convinced that a great deal of harm has been done in the past through exaggerated reports which interested parties have managed to get into print, their object being to give a fictitious value to prospects of a very doubtful character. Such a course has done the country a great deal of injury. Misrepresentation has in some instances been carried to such lengths as to lend a touch of humor to the prospectuses which just now we have in mind. The unprincipled parties who indulge in this extravagant flotation invariably manage to boom their stock at a considerable distance from the " mine"���the farther away the better���and when the actual condition of things becomes known, as eventually it must, the guilty ones are nowhere to be found. There is no reason why mining should not be conducted on a strictly legitimate and honorable basis���the same as any other branch of business. There is, of course, somewhat of an element of risk about mining generally, but the risk is by no means as great as is supposed. Legitimate mining in this country has proved profitable���it is the excessive spirit of speculation or gambling that has brought failure. The broker and speculator have* practically succeeded in getting the major portion of the investments. It is therefore the duty of all interested in Briiish Columbia to expose worthless concerns wherever they know them to be put on the market. If a few of these bubbles of speculation had been punctured in time much loss and misery would have been saved to the investing public, and capital would today be more in evidence. It is pleasing to note that greater care is now being exercised���that the owners of promising properties are showing a willingness to participate with the capitalist in the risk, and tha.t the result is proving beneficial all around. There are plenty of strictly first- class openings for capital in mining in this province, so that fancy pricesi for questionable prospects are uncalled for and unnecessary^ It looks as if a more solid basis has been arrived at, while the freedom and extent with which eastern Canadian capital is being invested in British Columbia is one of the best evidences that the people have confidence in themselves and in their country. It was announced at Monday's meeting of the City Council that tjie new cemetery was now, or would be in the course of a few days, ready for business. This is welcome news to the survivors of those interred in that ill- adapted plot of land which has been doing service as a burial ground for years past. The ground is swampy, and as there is practically no control over it, the graves are irregular, and generally speaking, badly kept. Early this summer interments were made but a couple of feet under the surface, and graves were dug on what has been mapped out as the public highway. Now that a cemetery site has been secured and partly cleared, it is to be hoped that due attention will be paid to it. The board would do well, instead of trying experiments in the management, to secure copies of the rules and regulations which govern old-established burial grounds, and apply them here. No doubt some of the local churches and fraternal societies will be looking to have some of the ground specially reserved, and now that the graves can be ���secured more attention will certainly be paid to them. "A1 ��� ������.. The Vancouver Board of Trade has put itself on record as censuring the Provincial Government for not sending an official representative from British Columbia to watch the interests of this province at the Quebec conference. There is no other portion of th* ;^3Ai>v?^ T^^^s^-T^-.-.w���._ ^n, T_ r 3. ��� THE NELSON ECONOMIST n' Dominion whose interests in the proceedings before the commission a)e as great as those of our Pacific province, and hence it is the more to be regretted that we are not represented there. In the absence of such a repre ��nta- tive, the public bodies have been sending communications to Quebec, in the hope that they will receive some attention at the hands of those entrusted with the responsible task of bringing about a better understanding and improved trade relations between Canada and the big republic to the south. The Vancouver merchants have forwarded a memorial embracing their views; They express themselves as opposed to the free entry into Canada of lumber manufactured in the United States, while no similar advantage is granted Canadian manufacturers. On the subject ...of wrecking they object to reciprocity, and also express the opinion that" the coasting trade oT the province should be conserved as far as possible for its own citizens, and thus aid in the construction and operation of a merchant marine flying our own flag ;" that the sealing industry has been hampered by regulations all tending to the abolition of pelagic sealing by making the trade unprofitable to any but the United States lessees ; and that, as regards salmon fishing, a weekly dosed season should be arranged for Puget Sound, so as to psrmit a fair proportion of parent fish to a-cend the Fraser for spawning. While the Vancouverites do not seem in favor of thorough reciprocity in all matters, the mercnants of Buffalo are circulating a petition calling for a reciprocity treaty, and pointing out that Buffalo, being the terminating point of the important Canadian railways, would be sure to benefit from a free exchange of the products of the two countries. So far our friends to the south have had the best of us in all their trade arrangements, and it would be just as well to keep a close watch on our good uncle while treaties are around. A Simcoe, Ont., dispatch announces that " the body of a man named Smith was found in the bay at St. Thomas, badly bruised." The announcement can cause some anxiety to the Smith family generally, nor is it calculated to minimize this natural grief to learn thot the body was badly bruised. It would be more satisfactory if the Christian name of this particular Smith were given. Can it be our old friend, John Smith ? On Darcey Island, some few miles from Victoria, is a leper station, or lazaretto, which has been a source of trouble^and expense to th�� capital for a number of years. Now and again the death-stricken island has quite a large colony, but once an unfortunate is brought there it is to die. So far Occidental science has not discovered a cure for the dread disease, which fortunately in this province is confined to th�� almond-eyed sons of the Orient. Indeed a cure is not attempted : it is simply a matter of furnishing the lepers with food and shelter until death releives them of their sufferings. Dr. Frazer, the medical health officer of Vic toria, visited the lazaretto recently, and he reports that the lepers are in a pitiable condition. Only three or four of them are able to do any work whatever, and the weaker ones are suffering for lack of attention. This is a pitiable condition of affairs. Leprosy is the most repulsive of all diseases, and as the Chinese believe it to be contagious, they will not approach a sufferer. Hence the unfortunates have to be taken care of by the "foreign devil," as they speak of their Christian white brother. Dr. Frazer suggests that arrangements be made for the transference of the lepers to Tracadie lazaretto, where there are nurses and medical attendants. The City Council of Victoria have been trying to make such an arrangement for years past, but without accomplishing anything. Polygamy is not tolerated by the laws of Mexico. The Mexicans do not say to the Mormons : "You shall not settle among us," but they decree that'-" a Mormon who wishes to take a second wife must present a certificate, sig;ned by his first help-meet, to the effect that she is willing ; and he must also have the express consent of the second wife and her parents." Ana In is rule works well. Such certificates as those called for are very seldom obtainable. ^ The steamers Oscar and Maud were tied up at Vancouver the other day, the one with 1200 cases of powder and 300 cases of dynamite on board from Departure Bay, and the other with three carloads of powder from the Telegraph Bay works. Considering the awful fate of New Westminster the danger-laden steamers were given a wide berth. The Martin guillotine is falling with monotonous regularity these days. First the aristocratic head of Hon. Forbes Vernon falls into the basket with a dull, sickening thud ; then less distinguished office holders become victims of Joe Martin's political "snickersnee." The latest victim is a Miss Woolley, stenographer in one of the departments at Victoria, and the circumstances under which this young lady was dismissed are peculiarly distressing. And the end is not yet. There are a horde of hungry office-seekers to be pla- cited, and places must be provided for them, no matter how much the public service may suffer. Hypnotism is nothing very new now a-days. It is claimed that everyone possesses, more or less, the power to hypnotize, and that the knack is by no means hard to acquire. The number of "professors " on the road who will put ore to sleep for a consideration, is dangerously large. These gentry give the most objectionable exhibitions. One of them is at present favoring Vancouver with a visit, and to draw the crowd he places a man under hypnotic influence and then exposes his victim to public gaze for a day or two. A morbidly curious crowd gather around the window in which the hypnotized man is on show���in this instance a store on the principal thoroughfare in the city ���and make things lively. The "professor " was brought before the police magistrate and ordered to rouse the victim from his slumbers -���which he promptly did. Here endeth the first lesson. Among the possibilities of the near future is a British-Columbia-First party, to be made up of the disaffected of both old parties. The programme of the new organization is to take a hand in the federal and provincial elections. The result might be more interesting than would appear on first thought. A late number of the Kootenaian contains a letter from Hon. J. Fred Hume to one Mrs. Thomas, apprising that lady of the fact that a trial would be built immediately up Goat River to tap the White Grouse country. We are anxious to learn if the Hon. the Minister of Mines is heavily interested in claims in that section. Moreover, if such be the case, will the claims of the Hon. J. Fred Hume be benefitted by this trail. These questions should be answered by the Minister of Mines. Some days ago Mr. C. A. Gregg, of the Victoria Times, was interviewed by a reporter of the Nelson Miner. In the course of the interview, Mr. Gregg is quoted as follows : "Refering to provincial politics, Mr. Gregg considered that the Turner party had" absolutely collapsed, their defeat being much more complete than the election returns would indicate. It has been known for some time that Colonel Baker is leaving the province, and now Mr. Turner has thrown up the sponge. The ex-premier has leased his house, and is about to depart for the old country where he will in future reside. There is no doubt about this, as Mr. Turner has himself authorized the statement." This statement rather surprised Mr. Turner's friends here, and many were inclined to accept it as truth, believing that no one would dare to make such an announcement without having authoritative information. Of course Mr. Gregg was credited with having exclusive information on the point, as no one else had heard that it was Mr. Turner's intention to abandon British Columbia politics. It now transpires that Mr. Turner had never authorized that statement, and the following telegram to The Economist yesterday seems to demand some kind of an explanation from Mr. Gregg : Victoria, Sept. 20. To the Editor of The Economist, Nelson : The statement of Mr. Gregg about myself, as published in the Miner, is false : the rest of the statement is about of the same character. J. H. Turner. The matter now resivles itself into a question of veracity between Mr. Turner and Mr. Gregg. Mr. Turner says he is going to remain in British Columbia and Mr. Greg?, who is a most astute politician, contends for the reverse. An intelligent public will probably conclude that Mr. Gregg has been conversing through his Bombrero. imiMiiaimux'MBkHWLKWJAiiuaMminiun amgjmMSB^BBW^^ THE NELSON ECONOMIST. MINES AND MINING. The lead is from 5 to 6 feet in width, and recent assays show 6^ per cent values. /It is estimated that there are over 1,00 men . now working in the mines within five miles of Sandon. Some good copper-silver ore samples are be- i ng taken out of late finds on Toby and Horse Thief creeks. Louis Herman of Kaslo, has taken a contract to sink 100 feet on the Iroquois mine, on Hidden creek. < . .. .������,���.. The O. K. property has not yet been sold, although some would-be buyers have been looking at it. It is understood Mr. Sandiford has thrown up his bord oh the Mollie Hughes. He3 wanted more time and the owners refused to give it. C. W. McArthur, who has the contract for building the stamp mill for the Canadian Pacific Exploration company, owners of the Porto Rico mine, reports that the work is progressing nicely. Frank Guse has just returned to Rossland f om Sullivan creek, where the claims St Pai 1 aid Belcher are situated. After sinking down through about 12 feet of decomposed m itter, the ledge was exposed 15 feet wide. Two new tunnels have been started on the Maud E. and Worlds Fair on the Noble Five group. The new work is on the main lead, which this year has been uncovered a distance of about 2,000 feet, on the west side of the the mountain. ���I. T. Brewster of the Carnes Creek Consolidated Mining company, operating on the Rosebery, on Carnes creek, says, that the company intended to make a trial shipment of 10 tms, probably to the Hall Mines smelter at Nelson, this month. A heavy stand for a cut-glass fruit bowl, made out of more than 500 Klondike nuggets s )ldered together, valued at $2,000, will be presented by Yukon miners, many of whcm have just arrived at San Francisco from tie north, to Capt. Constantine, of the Northwest Mounted Police, on his return to British Columbia. Work is still being pushed rapidly ahead on the tunnel on the Humming Bird claim, at Boundary Creek. There is now on the dump b3tween 60 and 70 tons of mineral which would stand shipment if railway transporation was available. An average assay of the rock now being taken out is said to run in the neighborhood of $30 in all values. The second payment on the Slocan Boy deal has been made by J. L. Retallack. This mine was bonded several weeks ago to John L. Retallack for $50,000 and a 10 per cent, payment was made at the time. This second payment was also 10 per cent. Mr. Retal- lact received a cablegram from London advising him that the deal is going through without a hifcn at that end and authorizing him to make the second payment.���New Denver L dye The Dundee concentrator will be completed and ready for use within a month or six weeks. The Faller and Evangeline, situate about three miles up White Fish Creek, a tributary of the St. Mary's River, is showing up well. R. B. Wood the first superintendent of the Ymir mine, recently returned from the Klondyke, is inspecting property on Sheep creek, near Salmo. W. H. Sandiford has secured control of the Condor, Baltimore Fraction, Iron Mask and Sultana, a Four Mile group, and intends to fully test the property. At the recent meeting of the Dundee Mining Co. it was decided to install a 17-drill compressor plant and to enlarge the concentrating mill. There are said to be some 24000 tons of ore in sight. A. J. Marks has shipped 300 sacks of high grade galena from the California, which will go to Aurora, Illinois. At the end of the month 300 sacks more will follow, making upwards of 40 tons in all. E. Croteau was in Ymir from the Dumas last week. Work is being pusheda^n thetur- nel at the 100-foot level. A crosscut has. been run in the hanging wall and another ledge five wide has been found. Walter Blanch field and George Walker have returned to Ymir from Sixteen Mile creek, where they have been driving a 35-fdbt tunnel on the Cariboo Head. They report that properties on Sixteen Mile and Midge creeks are fast coming to the front with good showings. The Methow Group Mountain, four miles from the Methow river, in the Okanagan country, consists of seven claims. The tunnel is now in 200 feet with three feet of solid ore in the faos. The ore is of shipping grade and contains a high percentage of nickle as well as gold and silver. Capitalists, for the last two months, have been seeking investment in the mines of the Fort Steele district. The Hall Mining Company, of |West Kootenay, have bonded and are operating five promising properties. The Lone Star and Equator on the East Fork of Wild Horse Creek, Blue Grouse On Sand Creek, Wasa and Mammoth on Wasa Creek, and the Big Three Group on Horse Shoe Canyon. The Fort Steele Development Co., have bonded the Moyie and Queen of the Hills, on Moyie Lake, the Minnie M. and Tiger on Trac}- Creek.���Fort Steele Prospector. The Fort Steele Prospector says : One of the most surprising and interesting developments of the past week has been the find of rich gold quartz on Boulder creek, which promises to be richer than anything heretofore found in the district. The quartz is of surprising richness, and small samples when panned give large returns in gold. The location of the new discovery is on the west side of Boulder creek about 2\ miles from Wild Horse, and not over 7 miles from Fort Steele. The ledge is visible for about 400 feet on the surface, and the ore chute has been followed for a distance of 150 feet. The ore is a sort of por- phyritic quartz, carrying high values in gold. The Fort Steele Prospector reports that a 100 foot ledge of solid ore, averaging $50 to the ton, has been struck on Sullivan group. August Johnson of Nelson, has taken a contract from Wilson Bros, to sink a shaft on the Canadian Beile. Day, and night shifts have been employed. Lemon creek has some good placer diggings: The Nothern Belle, in the Jackson basin, has 30 men at work, and its hew concentrator will be in operation next month. The Silver Cup in the Trout Lake district is turning out very well. Payments from the Selby Smelting and Lead Co. give $12,- 321.95 in respect of 124 tons recently treated. The White Goat located on the South Fork of the St Mary's river has a vein 10 feet in t width with a good showing of copper ore. The owners will run a 50-foot tunnel during the winter. In drifting at a distance of 40 feet from the bottom of the vertical shaft at the 170-feet level of the old Ironsides^ Ore carrying high value wasstruck. The old Ironsides is one of the leading mines in Greenwood camp. o Since the system of liquefying air has been simplified and cheapened, says the Western Mining World, its uses in. an industrial way have been widely discused. In noway is it likely to prove more beneficial than in deep mining, where heat must be ^overcome by some artificial means and the pumping in of sufficient supplies of fresh air becomes a problem. With ample supplies of liquid air. cheaply manufactured, the temperature of the deepest mine can be satisfactorily regulated, the evaporation of the wonderful cooling medium supptying necessary oxygen to purify the air. The problem of following ore veins into the bowels of the earth will be solved by liquefied air, and sub-ter- restial existence will take on a new aspect. Deep mining under the new conditions promised by science will mean a thorough test of mineral veins to a depth now undreamed of by man. The imagination cannot grasp the possibilities of liquefied air. Although there are no tin mines of payable value on this continent, yet it would be as well if prospectors in the Kootenays would be on the lookout for specimens of the ore. Possr ibly they have walked over and without even dreaming of it, immense riches. The supply of tin ore is limited, and tin comes next in value to silver. For the edification of prospectors and others the Leader gives the tech- nicnl description of the mode of occurrence of tin ore. Cassiterite of tin-stone, is usually found in veins in granite and ancient igneous rocks (plutonic series.) It contains 79 per cent, metal tin. It occurs in brown crystals, grains and masses, very hard, high lustre, brittle and often as heavy as galena. Power- brown or brownish-gray. Wood-tin is the uncrystalized fibrous form of cassiterite, and is much like dry wood in color, appearance and structure. Stream tin is the float ore, in the form of gravel or sand, and it is obtained from the beds of streams and gravel bedt^.���- Rossland Lrader. S!13S$;.Sig|i^ .rrcA'M^-'-.,.ui.'i��wii.-.-^jH..Ai...:-a..y.. ��� ������ �����.����������� i -....��������� .,.���-���, -,���^_ THE NELSON ECONOMIST /Oi MINES AND MINING. All the properties about Silverton are reported as doing well. Considerable develops ment work is going on. The Essex and Edinburgh, on Wakefield Mountain, are being worked. A Toronto syndicate has bonded the properties. The Mystery on Alki Creek, has a lead about 12 feet wide, which has been traced over 1000 feet. The ore is, a copper pyrite carrying gold and silver. Operations are being actively pursued on the Wakefield, on Four Mile creek, and it is expected that during this winter the mine will be a regular shipper. The final payment of $15,000 has been made on the Pothook group of claims, at Kamloops. The claims pass to an English syndicate, of which Henry Croft is the head. Fred Oliver of Rossland, has put ten men to work on the properties recently bonded by him from the Boundary Creek Mining & Milling company, in the vicinity of Greenwood The Comstock, on Fennelle creek, near Silverton, will be a regular shipper this winter. The property is well developed, and a wagon road from Four Mile creek is nearing completion. The King Soloman group, similar to the properties in Copper Camp, contains large badies of rich copper ore. It is crown granted, and new development operations are being Commenced on a large scale. THE ASSIZES. Special assizes were opened in the Court House, Nelson, yesterday morning ��� by Mr. Justice Irving, when the following grand jury were sworn in : H. B. Thomson, foreman ; John A. Turner, G. E. Martin, C. St. Barbe, R. Campbell-Johnston, J. A. Irving, H. Selous, T. Madden, H. M. Vincent, R..E. Lemon, A. R. Sherwood, G. Bigelow, T. Gray, J. Hamilton and J. F. Weir. While the grand jury were considering their bills, his lordship heard a number of chamber applications. True bills were found in all cases except that of Regina vs. Kane. A Swede, named Oleson, was indicted for having, on August 4th last, robbed one Eric Strand of $130. John Elliott prosecuted on the part of the Crown and W. A. Galliher defended the prisoner. Evidence went to show that Strand had drawn $150 from the Bank of Montreal, and he and the prisoner proceeded to drink. The prisoner, when he met with Strand, was dead broke, but after the money was missed and he was arrested, he had five $10 bills on the Bank of Montreal, one $5 bill on the Bank of If you contemplate matrimony call on Lewis & Dervin for the wedding cake. British Columbia, and $4.25 in silver on his person. The evidence, however, failed to saddle guilt on Oleson, who was consequently discharged. J. Lawson was charged with the larceny of a cheque from one M. McPhail. The prisoner said that he found the cheque in question and turned it over to James Scott to have it cashed. Scott tried to cash it in Nelson, but payment had been stopped at New Denver, on which bank the money was made payable. The prisoner was found guilty,'and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with hard labor. Scott, for complicity in the crime, was sent to gaol for three months. This morning a jury,was empaneled to tr}' Thomas Fitzgerald for the attempted murder of a man named Hayes. The occurrence took place at the new town of Brooklyn, on the 13th July last. Fitzgerald stabbed his victim in the neck, inflicting injuries so serious that his life was dispaired of. He then gave himself up to the police. Hayes recovered, and left the country, his whereabouts at present not being known. John Elliott prosecuted, and W. A. Galliher defended the prisoner. The evidence went to show that Fitzgerald arrived in Brooklyn on the day of the occurrence ; that he was drinking heavily ; that there v/ere some angry words between him and some men in one of the pa loons ; that Hayes was not one of the offenders, but that he was so badly cut with a knife that his life-.was dispaired of. An tjffort.was made to prove that Fitzgerald was irresponsible for his actions, as he was laboring under ao hallucination' that he was being pursued b}r a number of. men who wanted to kill him. The prisoner was put on the witness stand and made a rambling statement. He said that a number of men had accused him of insulting a 'female attendant.at the Anderson House, and threatened to do for him. He left the Anderson House and went over to the Exchange so as to avoid them. When going to bed Hayes entered his room, with ah axe in his hand, and threatened to do for him. Prisoner reluctantly admitted having used the knife. The prisoner was sentenced to twelve months with hard labor. LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL. The assize court has brought many people into the city this week. Husband���Maria, wake up quick 1 The house is on fire. You save the baby. Wife���Oh, my bicycle, my bicycle! Husband���Come on; I carried that out first. The keenness of Gladstone's collecting eye, even in old age, the Athan&eum says, may be inferred from the story told us by a bookseller in Brighton. On one of his last visits Mr. Gladstone paid a visit to our informant and took up a nice book in an old French binding. " What's this?" he said. " Oh, it's a book from the library of Catherine de Medici." " But there's no fleur-de-lis in the top lozenge/' retorted Mr. Gladstone without a second glance at it. A large number of capitalists have arrived in the city during the past few days. The Cosgrove Family appear at the rink tomorrow and Friday evenings under the auspices of the Baseball Club. The weather has been particularly favorable for building operations. The new buildings now in process of construction will be all completed before the autumn rains set in. Another case of accidental death is reported from the Silver King today. A miner going in before the eases from a shot had cleared away, was overcome, and before assistanoe arrived, died. Hon. J. Fred Hume was today declared re-' elected by acclamation as representative of the Nelson riding in the local legislature. There being no opposition, the proceedings were very tame. The Victoria police have notified other towns to be on the watch for a man of 25, height 5 feet, 8 inches, dark camplexion, small mustache, hard hat and dark clothes, who has been passing forged checks and who is wanted on'four charges. The Rossland Leader reports a splendid strike has been made on the Jumbo, situated on Spokane mountain. At a depth of 350 feet a large body of ore has been exposed of iron and quartz, mixed with tellurides and free sold. The directorate have decided to start work on No. 3 shaft at once. Steamers from Skagway and other points north are becoming more crowded every trip. The Seattle and Tees on their last trip had as _ many passengers as they could possibly handle, the Tees having 40 and the City of Seattle 209. It is not known exactly how much gold came down, but it is thought to be in the neighborhood of $200,000. It is reported from Sicamous that R. Robert Dent, 'alias Dr. Roberts, alias Dr. Bartlett, who is described as " forger, swindler, fake parson, quack doctor and general confidence man," is operating in that district. The fellow was sent to New Westminster for a year in 1897 for passing bogus cheques in'Vancouver. It was hoped he left British Columbia when his term was up, but scarcely a month has elapsed till . he is found again at his old tricks. J. E. Hooper, of Sicamous, has reported to the police thrt. "Dr. Roberts "had victimized him and a number of others in the district by bogus cheques. R. T. Lowry, "editor and financier" of the New Denver Ledge, is in the city. Mr. Lowry is out for a holiday and has found it. He thinks Vancouver is one of the most cosmopolitan cities that he has seen and admires the progress which has been generally made since he inspected the water off the C. P. R. dock in the early epring. When he brushes off the dust of the Slocan mining district in Vancouver, he will go to the effete east and visit his old home. In Toronto he will endeavor to convey the impression that there are other mining camps besides the Trail Creek district, and that the Slocan is worthy olj| watching.���Province. Wb&3��$W. m p _m THE NELSON ECONOMIST. LARRY'S LETTER. Hogan's Alley, September 14. Deer Tim,���I had to cut me last letter short " bekase I was left in the dark, the same as everywon else does be these noights thats de-; pinding on electric loights. Of coorse yeknow what elecrick loights is loike, Tim. They're of two soorts���-won what they, calls the "ark loight, bekase they say it was invinted be Noa at the toime ov the flood to keep the animals in the minagery from foighting in the dark. The other sodrt is called the ihcandasent, but where the dasency comes in, as we get it, in Nelson, meself doseh't known. The ihcandasent loight is for all the world loike a hairpin in a sodawater bottle, an' it;was invinted to protect people who blow out the gas. We have no gas to blow out in Nelson, so whin we're left in the;'dark, we've got to loight lamps an' candlee. But tis a quare thing, Tim, to have to pay for loight ye don't get, an' to run the risk ov brakeing yer neck getting home in-the dark. Only for the intilligence ov the parrots an' other sions an' tokens ye couldn't make yer way about at all at all. The Bogustown burd when she hears anybody coming, sings out, " Addition A : change here for Bogus- . town, Plume Addition, the. Brewery, Milk- ranch. Hurry-up I" An' then if she has toime she sings the little varse I towld ye about the other week : If you'd keep yourself from dangers, Hurry-up, He has no respect for strangers, Hurry-up,. Don't be charmed by bis bellow, Tho'he tries to make it mellow, As he's not a trusty fellow, Hurry-up. You can't afford to scorn - ��� ��� Hurry-up, ' ��� He'd impale you on liis hornj Hurry-up, . Just you run-with all your might When he hovers witli-in sight, You'd be nowhere in the fight, Hurry-up. An' tis ten to won that ye.wont hear the owld bull bellowing hisself on his noight rambles. Bogustown Polly is a grate burd,. Tim. She has another new song : ~ - It's no use to grumble and sigh, It's no use to worry and fret, . It's useless to groan or to cry, ��� Or. fling yourself dowrn in a pet: You ai never be wise or be great, '��� If you bluster like bees wlieu they swarm ; Tis folly your woes to berate, And pitch like a ship in a storm. Don't get iii a tantrum and shout When obstacles rise in your path, And don't, let me beg of you, pout, By way of displaying your 'wrath ; Don* t butt out your-brains jaist to spite Borne fancied injustice of Fate. F'or Lime will set everything right, If you only have patience to wait. The blustering wind cannot chill The lake, though he ruffles its face, J3ut the frost,, with his presence so still, Locks it fast in a silent embrace, So you may win fame beyond price, And conquer the world with itsipelf, If only you'll heed this advice, And first learn to conquer yourself. The Baker Street burd is improving too, I'm towld, but I haven't heerd her sing for a long toime. But she gives a big whissel now an' agin so that peeple may know where they are besoides in .the dark. In the east ind ov the to*vn ye heer the pianneys going all noight, in the" Wfst ind ye heer the trains shunting, if ye w 11 1 o ,,nth ye knuvv you've <;ot to < & l,x- hill, an' if ye go north ye know you'll be going down hill, so ye see, Tim, that Nelson isn't the most unconvanient spot to be in darkness. The worst ov it is, Tim, that we've got as much for to pay for being in darkness as other towns have to put up for getting loights. There's a frend ov me own,, Tim, that's going to get married to a yung woman he never seen in hisloife, an' he didn't get to know her at a dark; seance or thro' a matrimonial agincy naither. 'Twas looking after a brother ov her" own she was whin she found the other girl's brother, an' whin he sees her he wont know her from Eve, only that her portrait is more modern, ov coorse, an' that fashions have altered a. good d ail since th e furst fashion pi ai ts wor published in the Garden :oy Eden. Well j it all happint in this way, ,'Tithi' , Me frend an' the yung woman's brother wor great chums, but the brother left for parts unknown, an' the sifter wrote to rne frend about him; Since they couldn't foind the missing won, me frend pro- mist to be a brother to her until he turned .up. That was a cuple ov years ago, an' he hasn't turned up since, so they're tired ov the brother an' sister arrangement,- an' they're-- going to git married. Larry Finn. CITY COUNCIL. At the weekly meeting of the City Council on Monday afternoon Mayor Houston-presided. Aldermen Gilker, Madden, Hillyer and Malone were also present. There were-no reports, from the standing committees. ' \ Tenders were opened for the laying of sewer pipe on Cedar, Park and Vernon streets. . The contract -was. awarded ��� to. the lowest bidder, Campbell & Deacon, who undertook to do the work for $728.-. . Contractor Thompson handed in a tender at 3.15 o'clock, which, after some consideration, it was decided to open. The price named was $745., A petition was received from "the residents of Silica street, asking for an extension of the sidewalk and the opening up of the alleyway, so as to be passable for teams at block 26. Referred to Board of Works. G. 0. Hodge wrote, complaining of the surface water at his premises causing considerable trouble.by flooding. Referred to City Engineer. The residents of block 70, Vernon :street, asked that a sidewalk be laid there, and pointed out that several, residences had been built in the vicinity of late. Referred to Board of Works. The City Engineer reported that he expected the new cemetery would be ready for use in the course of a few days. He had cleared off a couple of acres, and the roadway was almost completed. Aid. Madden remarked that two or three bodies had been interred in the old cemetery last week. It was decided to notify the public that from and after September 22 all interments from the city must be made in the new cemetery, and that -burial permits be procured from the City Engineer. A telegram was read from the mayor of New Westminster, thanking the council for their prompt and liberal action in affording relief to those in distress consequent upon the big fire. The mayor read a report from Collector Ward, setting forth that there were arrears by consumers of electric light amounting to $393.55, and water rates were $614 behind. Aid. Madden suggested that all parties ^not paying should have their supply cut off. a A: resolution .was passed notifying ^defaulters that if the arrears be hot,paid in: before September '30a;their supplies will be forthwith ..CUt off.-., a ':���'���-.," �����-. ,:,:..;. .,-���.' ;-'a a^.': '"-.-..'A-- , ' ,' - . .' a . a . a ��� o ��� ,��� ' ., ' A letter awas read from ex-City Solieitoia Elliott, stating that he could: riot a at present comply with the mayor's request that all papers and monoys in his possession belongs ing to the city be handed over".} As; soon, Mra Elliott 'said,.-..as his claims were settled by the city he would hand over everything. He averred that he had been treated in a most shameful manner by the city council, and added that his bill of costs would cover more than the amount retained by him. He woulot be quite willing to hand over to the city's. legal representative a marked cheque for the' sum in his possession, pendingoythe/-:taxing-/of- his costs. If such a settlement could not.^be, arrived at he-rhouarhtait best, in the/ interests of the public that: the matter should-beinves- tigated in open court, so'that, the citizens- might see who was really acting.': in 'their interests. ��� He was paying more taxes than any alderman, and consequently had a more lively interest in the welfare of the city. Aid. Hillyer a Has he paid the money back ? V The Mayor: No ; he refuses. Aid. Gilker : But he talks about a marked cheque. That might be the simpl��st.r.way out of it. '���-:'��� " Aid. Hillyer: That's all: poppycock. That letter is a disgrace. The Mayor : Why should we let him turn our money over to another solicitor ?.; If we let him do that there will be another bill of costs, and then that solicitor will, hand;it over to another. That is a small and measley way for any one to act towards the cityr, especially on the part of a man who has been, paid for everything he did. He had no more right to take that moneyr out of court and lodge it in his own name than I ..would have to take money out of the safe here. There are aldermen here who contributed more in a public spirited way than all the lawyers in Nelson put together. I don't think the lawyers of Nelson contributed $50 between them to any public spirited movement since the town was started. But there is no use in chewing the rag. The matter wan left in the hands of the ' mayor. The mayor announced that the arrange-^ ment to supply the Hall Mines with water was not feasible. They tried it with permission one night and without the next, and the result was that the reservoir was almost run dry. A number of accounts having been passed, and routine business disposed of, the board adjourned. l> &S41-' A THE NELSON ECONOMIST. i^Hne^ Li very arid Feed Stable Pack and saddle horses furnished on shortest notice Telephone 67 Open day and night. < KELLY & STEEPER, props. Ask for Queen Automatic Refrigerators Lightning See Cream Freezers*^" Pails made of Best Virginia White Cedar, with Electric welded wire hoops ritan Wickless Oil Stoves NELSGN HARDWARE CO. when you order matches. Then L. you ..will;, be sure of having the best. 3 Tinsmith ing Plumbing AND *"�� SOO-PACIFIC LINE DIRECT and SUPERIOR SERVICE ROUTE To Eattern arid European points. To Pacific Coast, China/Japan, and Australia points. TOURISTPARS Models of comfort - . - Pass Revelstoke daily to St. Paul Daily (except Wednesday) to Eastern points CONNECTIONS: Doors, Sashes and Turned Work, Brackets arid Office Finings. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Prices Reasonable. THOS. CRAY. Nelgort, B. C, To the Public ���a ' . ^ To Rossland and main land pointi Daily 6:40p.m leaves ^��� Daily NELSON-arrives 10:30 p.m. We beg to inform the citizens of Nelson that we are now in a position to supply all kinds of bread, pastry, etc., on shortest notice. Free delivery to any part of the city. Nelson Bakery, Lewis & Dervin, props Josephine Street Heating Nelson. Photographers VANCOUVER and NELSON Near Phair Hotel, Victoria Street Nelson. Kootenay Lake���Kaslo Route. Str. Kokanee. Except Sunday Excapt Sunday 4 p. m. leaves ��� NELSON ��� arrives : 11 a.m. Kootenay River Route, Str. Nelson: Ex. Sun. jh^ gjin 7 a. m. leaves ��� NELSON ��� arrives 10:30 'p. m." Makes outward conaection at Pilot Bay with str. Kokanee, but inward such connoction is not guaranteed. Steamers on their respective routes call at principal landings in both directions, and at other points when signalled. Slocan City, Slocan Lake point* and Sandon Except Sunday ^ Except Sunday 9a.m. leaves ��� NELSON ��� arrives 2:20 p.m.! Ascertain Present Reduced Rates. Full information from nearest local aeent or from GEO. S. BEER, City Ticket Agent, Nelson, " KOOTENAV LAKE SAW MILL W. F. Anderson, Travelling Pass. Agent, Nelson, B.C. E. J. Ceyfe, Dlat. PftB��. Agent, Vancouver, B.C. G. O. BUCHANAN, Proprietor. Orders Promptly Filled and f Sash & Doors Satisfaction Given. Nelson Mouldings, Yard, Foot of Hendryx Street. \ Turned Work. Lumber, Lath, Shingles. JOHN RAE, AGENT. LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL. T. W. Gray, of the Nelson Saw and Planing Mill, has assigned for the benefit of his creditors. Among those registered at the Phair, last raght, were W. G. Blackstock and G. E. Good- arham, of Toronto. The Dominion Express Co. have volunteered ^o carry all parcels or money consigned for the relief of the sufferers from the late fire at New Westminster, free of charge. The majority shareholders of the Le Roi have filed notice of appeal against the decision of Mr. Justice Irving, dismissing W. A. Carlyle from the receivership. The appeal has been fixed for October 5 at Victoria. ,-OA. W. McFee, an officer in the Salvation Army, who was here with the Salvation Marine Band, and who enjoys considerable celebrity as a musician, has taken up his residence in Nelson and will work for Theo Mad- son, the tent manufacturer. One of the children attending the public school had a very narrow escape a few days ago. The little fellow, while playing around the excavations for the addition to the school- house, fell into one of the deep holes, and was taken up unconscious. The hub and hub contest, at Rossland Labor Day celebration, was won by the team from Nelson, and the prize of $150 and the championship of the Kootenays thus secured. The wet test would probably have fallen to Nelson, too, were it not for an accident, one of the team coming to grief in the run. A runaway team caused considerable commotion at the east end of the city on Monday. The horses took start at the Hume Addition, and galloped at a mad pace down Water street, narrowly escaping collision with other vehicles on the road. They were pulled up near Gray's sawmill, when it was found that no injury had been sustained. The polling stations in the Nelson riding for the prohibition plebiscite, are as follows : Nelson, Court house ; Silver King Mine Canteen ; Hall's Siding, Algonquin Hotel Office; Erie. N. & F. S. Railway Office; Ymir, Stanley Hall ; Waneta, Custom House; Procter's Landing, Outlet H >tel; Kuskonook, Barber Shop Corner Kootenay Ave. and 7th St; Kootenay Boundary, Custom House (Ry- kert's). The friends in town, of whom there are not a few, of Paul Johnson, late superintendent of the Hall Mines smelter, will be pleased to hear that he has been promoted in the service of the great smelting firm of Googenheim Bros. Instead of being in charge of their smelter in Mexico, he is now general superintendent of their great smelting and refining works at Pueblo, which are said to be the largest in America. So widespread has been the sympathy for the sufferers by the New Westminster fire, one is reminded of that old aphorism, one touch of Nature makes the whole world kin. Among the first to goon the subscription list. were the C. P. R. for $5,000 ; James Dunsmuir, $1,000, as well as free use of railroads and steamboats for relief party. Turner, Beeton & Co., who lost a stock of over $25,00.0, only partly insured, were among the &TBt to go on the list���for $250. "gum ���^..-.,������.,^,.������.- .JL.-... j. , ii ��� .i i.iji i m.mi-r-T-T^r-j-K-tr".��� s-rrrrsr-. ������ f.-r.rrrrr.-rTT-T'^rrrr-^r^ry' -V-'MK -wmrrfKr!?-.v"F*ftyrvzf?zaiiivwii? w.v>3rzrnzr. erne ���v.-w-��'X-?ragg��g^r^A'-.:j.-.>s>..iti -J^y-tz\.r.M.: tl..-.^L��./Tj^>'...t^.iJ!g? 8 THE NELSON ECONOMISE u) III h I* ! PI I I p 1 It V I YMIR. (Special Correspondence of The Economist) An important 'strike was made within the past few days on the Tamarac* a rich body of high grade ore being encountered at" the ^200- foot level. Prof. J. C. Garvin arrived back here last Thursday from Alaska, where; he had been- reporting on a large free-milling proposition���one similar to the property being operated by the Treadwell cdmpany. The property is situated on Douglas Island, and the report was made from jthe Walters' Company, Spokane. "'"���.," Last week a disgraceful ^escapade of a supposed respectable young man occurred white under thie influence of'liquor. He attempted to gain an entrance into the'rooin of a young lady of-irreproachable character during the night tifnej but was frightened by the young lady threatening to shoot. Tn his endeavor to escape, I=am informed, he fell into an empty piano tpx, and since then he has enjoyed the illustrious title of " Piano Box ." Should such a thing happen again it will 'probably cost the young man his liberty, as action will certainly be taken. W. H. Corbould, general manager Canadian Pacific Exploration, Ltd., is expected here from England this week. - Rev. A. W. Sheppard will leave for the East next Monday to resume his studies at the Presbyterian College, Montreal. His "successor ha? not yet been named. a a, ,^ A carload of compressor machinery is here from Chicago, consigned to the Dundee:Gtoid ;Mining Go, About 20 men are employed about the Enterprise. The force will be increased and the property probably worked on a more extensive scale when J. A. Finch visits it this week or next. The serpent smiled affably. "Have an' apple ? " he insinuated. The mbth- er of the race shrugged her shoulders. "Not this Eve," she rejoined; "s'm'- otherEve." "This," mused thertempter, with a dazed look" and & slight shiver , " must be the woman's version Ah, yes," Wanderer���" Yes, lady ; a few^ years ago Iwas just rolling iri wealth.'.' Kind- hearted" housekeeper ���'.'/ Poor man ; here is a,quarter. Rum did it, I suppose ?" Wanderer���"No'm. Religion." :Kind-hearted housekeeper���* 'Religion? Wanderer���" Yes'm; I was one of the most successful burglars in the country; but I got religion and couldn't work at me trade no more. Thanks.." To-preserve the health the medical profession are unanimous in declaring that Joy's Bread is an essential. Enjoy, good' health, and use Joy's Bread. LAND RECISTRY ACT. Largest Tent and Awning Factory in British Columbia. . ��� Shoes and Rubber Goods "and General Stock of. Miners'Supplie 6r1p&SITEPOSTOFF/Ce, NELSON. B.G. ._...! FRED X SQUIRE, MERCHANT TAI LOR. High Class Suits Made in , ��� '��� A .' -'���- > ������ a ��� ,...;./ Latest Styles. th< Magn ificent Line of Scotch Tweeds and Worsted, and West of England Trouserings, Suitable for Sprinjy wearj JL special feature of Fancy. Worsted Sitings '.. . CR A^FORE^ B 'A1&-- (Special Correspondence of The Economist) Z Last Saturday Dr;,Hicj^v Mr Nichols and Mr. Cooke came in on the steamer^elson^ hay higaj pst ref turned from Teslfn- lake. They took out an outfit of grufe and went into the St. Mary's countsrjr������ fbr a few weeks' prospiecting, shooting and fishing. / On the 10th, F. Wheeler (Great Northern Railway), Mr. Munn (K. & S. R.) and Col. ShaitH came in on Fred Coyle's launch, atid made a quick trip up to the Black Prince group on Sawyer creek on Wednesday. Messrs.. Brelich and Greaves came in on Fred's boat and made a trip up to Hooker creek to expert some claims. On the same day Mr. H. Roy- (of the Silver Hill mine, on Canyon creek) and Mr. Gosselin came in and went up to the mine, and reported things to be: better : than ever. Mr. Roy told me that the ore he took to Rossland from the mine created quite a sensation there. The steel rails for the tunnel track will soon be going up. The Mawdsley boys are kept quite busy with their pack train and saddle horses. The trail ii kept quite hot with the traffic. We are now prepared to deliver bread, cakes pastry, etc., to all parts of the city. Lewis &. i;ervin, Baker Street. Nelson. In the matter of an application for a duplicate of certificate of title to lot 1 (one), block 10 (ten), town of Nelson, notice is hereby given that it?s my intentional the expiration ofone month from the first publication hereof, to issue a duplicate of the certificate of John Roper Hull to the above lands, dated the 10th day of March, 189 , and numbered 15,950a.. - < . - - - . P. Y. -WOOTTON, Registrar-General. Land Registry Office,.. <���< - Victoria, B. C.-f 13th September, 1898. WANTED. FRED. J. SQUIRE Baker St., Nelson, B, C. _u. On Baker Street, rooms suitable for Photographic Studio. Apply, with particulars, to "Photo," Economist Office. CERT8F1CATE OF SRflPROVE^EMTS. "Hillside" mineral claim; situate in the Nelson Mining Bivision of West Kootenay District. ������... ��� ... . ��� .a " .;^^ Where;located:���On the east side of Giveout creek, "and J.s the .eastern extension ���of- the ^Bodie^t'clai-m^.d-n-To'aia-Mountain. - ;Take notice.that I,.A. G. Gamble* Free Miner's Certificate Noa 13592 A,> agent for Edward James Bulmer, Free Miner's Certificate No. 20639 A, intendj sixty days after date hereof, to appl^;to;the Mining Recorder for a certificate of impro^mehtsi afor the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim. _ Apd further, take, notice that, action, under, section 37, ;must be commencedbefore the issuance of such cert.ificatfi_of.iinproy-em.ents.. _ ��� Dated-this 10th day of September, 1898; - - - a ... A. G. Gamble, Agent. will you roast oyer a hot cooking stove during. this warm .weafeheifa whshaweciwi supply .you with a coaj oil stove which willr save -youf temper as well as your pocket?t You.can.do Anything with ttiftm. , We have also a fine line of house furnishings on hand. ��� r i �����'��� ��� rtt. !, ���-L *ij. ;..nl. .,.; t . DENTIST Mara Block, Baker Street, Nelson Special attention given to crown and bridge work and the painless extraction of teeth by ocal anesthetics. :���' . . . ,.;;; .......... FROH YOOR GROCER. j^hen you buy ���. ��� .aaaaaaaaa a OKELL & MORRIS' aAAAA:aaa.Aaaaa\ : .^KEl-E:"^"^ ' you get what are pure British OolumbiaT Are vabsolut^ly toe ��� > fruit and sngar, and your money is left at PUREST AND BEST .home. ' , ....... ..; -:a;,- '<.-���>��� a a ^*a ������ -az-a ��� --aa. ��� ..���������-* GEO. L.l LENNOX BARRISTER and SOLICITOR LAW OFFICE Baker.Street, NeSson We are direct Importers and Wholesale Dealers in r ��������� ������ ��� ->.--.: :���������: ���*'���-.'���..���-��� 'M,-,A.. , ������-. ���-v'-- v'' M : A; 0 AH the leading brands always in stock. GOOD BATH SMOOTH SHAVE AND HAIRCUT AS YOU IvIKK IT, GO TO THE two doors east of the Post Office. W. J. Morrison, Prop. THE NELSON ECONOMIST : ���'). ���At>. A Fine Table. A wealthy lady who is fond of experimenting in household affairs recommends a breakfast table of Mexican onyx. It never soils and nothing can scratch, stain or injure its brilliant surface. It can be used without a tablecloth and in warm w��ather is much more comfortable than a table with a lining and cover. Another thoughtful housekeeper recommends for a table cover the finely woven and gayly colored mats made by the Malays of the Philippines and the straits settlements. They, are strong, elastic and durable and are composed of a hard, cane fiber, which is nonabsorbont and unpleasant to all insects. The finest quality is expensive, costing from $10 a square yard upward.���- Margherita Arlina Harum inJSTew York Mail and Express. ��� ; The Age of the Mirror. a A.n ingenious archaeologist says that the oldest evidence of civilization is the miia ror. The Japanese and Koreans discovered the art of making one from iron at least 2,500 years ago. This; long period is dwarfed by the. Chinese record, which shows that mirrors, large and small, made of brass, copper or silver, have been in use in that land over 4,000 years. De Morgan found a mirror that seemed to date from the .second dynasty in Egypt about 5,000 years ago, and the latest investigations in��� the civilizations of Akkad and Nippur' show that the belles of those half forgotten countries used to admire themselves in glasses of some sort or in burnished metal at least 50 centuries before the Christian era.' ' Kotice of Application to Purchase Land. asixtydays after date I intend to 'applyto the Chief.Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purcliase the following described unsurveyed. and unreserved land, viz.: Beginning at a post set on the. south bank vof Kootenay River about 2% miles west of Nelson, and marked "E. C. Arthur's Northeast Corner," thence south forty chains, thence west forty chains, thence north forty chains more or less to the Kootenay river, thence east, following the rueanderings of the Kootenay river, to the point of beginning, containing one hundred and. sixty acres more or less, a July 30,1898: E. C. Arthur. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. "Second Relief" mineral claim, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay District. a Where located : North fork of Salmon River, about twelve miles from Erie. Take notice that I, John A. Coryell, as agent for J. A. banch, Free Miner's Certificate No. 1674.\, intend, sixty days, from the date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for a certificate of Iraproreraents, for the purpose of ob- taining.a Crown Grant of the abOTe claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 9th. da.y of August. 1898. -John A. Coryell, Agent. . CERTIFICATE OF ,ISWPROVEIVSEKTS "Grand Union" mineral claim, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay District. . ^ Where located : North fork of Salmon River, about twelve miles from Erie. 1'ake notice that J, .John A. Coryell, as agent for R. K. Neill, Free Miner's Certificate No. 494SA, intend, sixty days from the 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 9th day of August 1898. John A. Coryell, agent. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROV NENTS. "Big Bump" mineral claim, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located : Salmon River, North Fork, about twelve miles from Erie. Take notice that I, John A. Corvell, as agent for the Big Bump Gold Mining Company, Free Miner's Certificate No. 130S1A, intend," sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the raining 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 9th day of August, 1S98. John A. Coryell, agent. IN THE COUNTY COURT OF KOOTENAY HOLDEN AT NELSON. Notice is hereby given that on the 28th day of February 1898, it was ordered bv His Honor Judge Forin that James F. Armstrong, Official Administrator of the County of Kootenay be Administrator of all and singular the goods, chattels and credit of James V. Rossie deceased intestate. Every person indebted to the' said deceased, is required to make payment forthwith to the undersigned. Every person having in possession effects belonging to the deceased is required forthwith to notifvthc undersigned. Every* creditor or other person having any claim upon or interest in the distribution of the persona] estate of the said deceased, is required within thirty days of this date, to send by registered letter addressed to the undersigned, his name and address, and the full particu lars of his claim or interest, and a statem ent of his account and the nature of the securit}' (if any) held by him. After the expiration of the said thirty days, the Administrator will proceed with the distribution of the estate, having regard to those claims only of which we shall have had notice. Dated at Nelson, this 12th day of July,a898. J.F.Armstrong, a Official Administrator. CERTIFICATE GF IMPROVEMENTS. " Belief Fraction " mineral claim, situate in the'Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay District. : Where located : North fork of Salmon River, 'about t we fveihiles from Erie.- a '.-'-".'��� ' Take notice that I, John' A. Coryell, as agentc for R. K. Neill, Free Miner's' Certificate No.c 4948A, intend, sixty days from the date hereof,- to apply to the raining 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 9th day of August, 1S98. John A. Coryell, agent. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. " Star Shine "''mineral' claim, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay disr trict. Where located : North fork of Salmon River, about twelve miles from Erie. Take notice that 1,-John A. Coryell, as agent for R.. K. Neill, free miner's certificate No. 4948A, intend, sixty days from the 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 9th day of August, 1898. John A. Coryell, agent., CERTIFICATE OF''IMPRdVEMEMTSa: v'" " Canadian Queen " mineral claim, situate in the NeL, - . 1 . ' 4. . X-..A a-.", TjOf- f"]<-! For the next fifteen days we will clear the balance of our summer goods at a discount of 25 per cent, consisting of summer dress goods, ladies' shirtwaists, organdie muslins, ladies' silk gloves, straw hats, parasols and other summer goods. A complete stock of clothing, boots and shoes, hats and gent's fur nishings at reduced prices. The Brick Store Wagon work and Blacksmithing in all its Branches. The rearing of H. A. PRQSSER, Manager. Lake St., Opp. Court House. NELSON, B. C :.%miwa.-wiviBma Hungarian, xxxx Bakers, Strong Economy, Superfine, Bran, Shorts, Chicken Feed, Chop. kj\\\ > �� ��� %m Hour Mills company L> i B i 1 �����>& trong, 0. b. Wy Be C Give this Flour a Trial before passing an opinion. THE NELSON ECONOMIST. 11 WOMAN'S MIRROR. Wbe "Goddess of liberty." Miss Anna Williams, the "Goddess of liberty,'' whose profile is on every silver dollar, lives in Philadelphia. In the early part of 1876 the treasury department secured, through communication with the royal mint of England, the services of a clever young designer and engraver, George Morgan. After completing the ;esign for the side of the coin upon which ne represented the American eagle his attention turned to the other side, and, being too much of a realist to be satisfied with a product of fancy, he determined that the head should be the representation of some American girl. Mr. Morgan was introduced to Miss Williams and was impressed by her beautiful face and studied it carefullya When he told her what.he desired, she promptly ^refused. Her friends, however, overcame her scruples, tend after five sittings the design was completed. It was accepted by congress, and the silver dollars'have been pouring from theminpa all these years adorned with the beautiful face of a Quaker City maiden. She carries herself with statelihess, and the pose jf her head is exactly as seen on the coins. She is slightly below the average height, is rather plump and fair, with blue eyes. Her nose is Grecian, and her hair, her crowning glory, is golden in color, abundant in quantity and of wonderful light ness of texture.���Zero Bliss in Housekeeper. consideration for iiuulity and length of service, and employ no children under 14 years old. The XJrely Desserta A traveled American once had the felicity of sitting down to a Japanese dinner at which were served such dainties as melons, ices, fruits and sea frogs. There was, in addition to these sweets, a covered dish, into which at the beginning of the dinner a bottle of wine had been poured. When the sea frogs and other dainties had been discussed, the cover of this dish was removed, and a number of sand hoppers, hilariously intoxicated and jumping about in the wildest manner, was presented to the gaze of the astonished American guests. The lively dessert was caught by the Japanese, with little bamboo sticks and eaten with great gusto. Sherbet Powder. Fruits That Mrs. Bom Commends. In The Ladies' Home Journal Mrs. S. T. Horer writes of "Fruits as Food and Fruits as Poison' 'and names the kinds allowed ?m her own table. These are "fresh figs, dried ones carefully cooked, guavas canned Without sugar, guava jelly, orange marmalade made by spci&l home recipe, dates both raw and cooked, with almonds, persimmons, bananas cooked and an occasional dish of prunes with the skins removed, blackberries and dewberries, slightly cooked, strained and made into flummery. The objection to the latter fruit, however," she says, "is the addition of starch and, sugar, which is prone to fer- ��� mentation. All fruits, whether cooked or j raw, should be used without sugar. It must be remembered that sugar in no j Way neutralizes an acid. For this an ' Alkali must be used. Sugar sprinkled over an acid fruit masks the objectionable and severe acid until it slips by the 'guard keeper,' the palate. Once in the stomach, however, it regains its own position and grants the same to the irritating acid." Hub the rind off two large fresh lemons on half a pound of loaf sugar; crush the latter to a line powder, mix it thoroughly with four ounces of carbonate of soda and four ounces of tartaric acid, then pass the mixture through a fine sieve into a perfectly dry warm bottle and cork tightly. If stored in a dry place, this powder will keep good for almost any length of time, and a teaspoonf ul stirred into a tumbler of water produces a most refreshing drink at a moment's notice.���Saturday Post. Injury to Teeth. Much injury is often done to teeth by \asing improper tooth powder. Powdered chalk sifted through muslin is approved by all dentists and should be used once every day. The toothbrush should be used after every meal and floss silk pressed between the teeth to remove food lodged there. This method will usually leave the teeth from decay till old age. It is the custom in some families to rinse the mouth With warm aromatic water after eating. Old Dunlugas House. Mrs. Flora Annie Steel's Scotland home is Dunlugas House, near Banff. It is also the old home of Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty, who could trace his pedigree from the creation. The neighborhood of Dunlugas has a peculiar interest in India, for it gave birth to the famous piper Findlater, who played the slogan when the highland troops stormed Dutfgai. ���- Women Braver Than Men. The question whether women are more Courageous or whether they are constitutionally less sensitive to pain than are men has recently been raised by The Fortnightly Review. Doctors and dentists all j over the world agree that they bear pain With more fortitude and in most instances submit to painful surgical operations with more bravery than does the so called stronger sex, from whom more endurance is to be expected. A woman who will scream at the sight of a mouse will undergo every variety of dental operation with courage and facility. Dr. Evans, the celebrated American dentist of Paris, gave it as his experience that women swoon under the dentist's hands much less frequently than men, and the general testimony of surgeons in hospital practice is to the same effect. However, doctors disagree as to whether this is due to superior bravery on the part of women or Whether they ar�� physically insensible as compared with men. Women of Servls* It is stated that Servian men do not marry for love, but to secure an additional worker for the household, so very young men marry women several years older than themselves, as girls are less experienced in housework. In the lower and middle classes women are always helped last and may not sit down unbidden in the presence of the men. Hnm&ne Merchants,, According to a writer in Harper's Weekly, the Consumers' league of New York . 'ates as fair dry goods houses those in which equal work gets equal pay, irrespective of the sex of the worker; in which adults get at least f6 a week, paid weekly; in which fines go into a funa for employees' benefit, and in which cash girls get at least #2 a week. The hours of a fair house are from 8 to 6, with three-quarters of an hour for lunch and one-half holiday a Week for two months in summer. Fair houses also comply with sanitary laws, provide seats for saleswomen���as required by law���use employees humanely, show Special Distinction of American Women. Mrs. Amelia Gere Mason writes a paper on "Club and Salon" for The Century. Mrs. Mason says: It will, I think, be conceded that the special distinction of the American woman does not lie in her intellect or her learning. Brilliant gifts and attainments to a certain point may indeed be exceptionally frequent, but they have often been equaled, if not exceeded, in the past. It lies rather in her talent for utilizing knowledge and adapting it to visible ends. 'To a combination of many talents has been added one to make them all available. It is essentially a talent for ''arriving"���in other words, a talent for success, either with or without intellectual ability of a high order, and consists largely in a keen insight as to serviceable values, with a marked facility for catching salient points and using them to the best advantage. The result is that no women in the world have so much versatility or make a little knowledge go so far. ���S"or Milady's Closet. A good idea for hanging up dress waists, where one has plenty of closet room and mon�� closet than drawer accommodation, is to take the cheap wire or ���-ooden frame that can be bought for a fow cents and cover it with inexpensive ribbon. The ribbon must be just wide enough to cover when around the frame. Line the ribbon with a layer of cotton batting not quite as wide and sprinkle with your favorite sachet powder. Then sew the ribbon over the frame, letting the seam come in the least conspicuous place. The ribbon will retain the odor for a long time and impart a delicate perfume to the waists hung upon them, while the frames hold th�� waists in much better shape than if they were hung upon two hooks. A careful woman who always hangs her waists upon frames declares that it is the only true method of keeping them in perfect order and condition.���Exchange. Is This Right? One of the first women employed by the government at Washington as a shorthand writer was Mrs. Isabel C. Barrows, wife of the congressman from Massachusetts. She was considered an expert, yet the head of her department advised her not to draw her pay in ,.person, but to receive it by mail and alwars sign her receipts "I. C. Barrows,'' as the pay would probably be cut down as soon as it was known that she was a woman. The ruse succeeded until she in common with other employees was called on to take the "ironclad oath," to the effect that she had never borne arms against the country and never would, when her sex was discovered and her salary immediately reduced. ���Woman' s Tribune. Tbaekeray's Fink Sonnets. It has been noticed that Thackeray, was fond of putting pink bonnets on such of his lady characters as were to be specially fascinating. The eternal (and infernal) Becky wore one, the mushy Amelia wore one on her wedding tour (very probably on her second one also), and the dashing Beatrix also set off her beauty by this means.-���Exchange. The French Don't Bafee. In France no family makes its own bread, and better bread cannot be eaten than can be bought at the appropriate shops. No family does its own washing. The family's linen is all sent to women who, making this their sole profession, put it up with a care and nicety which can seldom be equaled in any family. Individual freedom the Rale at Vassnr. ' At Vassar the student is winning greater freedom in her domestic life, for the system of self government throws the responsibility in regard to the order of the com- j munity upon the girls. Certain cardinal rules are submitted by the faculty to the student body. If approved, they are adopted, and the police force appointed to carry them out is made up of students. The . change has 'brought greater freedom of l speech and of action to the students, and the old gulf between the governing body and the populace is being bridged over.��� Margaret Sherwood in Scribner's. Baby Stare Has the Call. It is a sad but incontrovertible fact that, when it comes to marrying, the baby stare has the call o^er the spectacles of wisdona, and an ability to look sweet over the faculty of knowing how to do something useful.���Dorothy Dix. A coating of good shoe polish willr act like magic in renovating a leather belt. Spread the belt out flat on an old newspaper, coat every part, buckle and all, evenly with the polish and leave to dry till morning. A second coat will still further improve the belt. To save fuel on ironing days cover the Irons on the stove with, a large sheet iron box to which a handle has been fitted. An ��Id tin bucket, boiler or deep dishpan can be used instead if fitted with a handle. If I could have my wish, no war should ���ver be declared except by a majority vote of the whole nation, and on that question every wife and mother should have the right to vote.���George T. Angell. TOTAL DAILY CAPACITY, 8,200 SBLS. mm hung OGILVIE - MILLING - COMPANY G. M. Leishman, Victoria, Agent for British Columbia. W. R.JACKSON & CO., Commission Agents,Del mo nlco Hotel, lay the market odds on all important events. Starting Erice commissions executed atest betting received by cable Temple Building, Victoria. Metropolitan Building, Vancouver. 70 Bassinghall St., London. General Shipping & Insurance Agents. Commission Merchants. Forwarders and Warehousemen. Lumber Merchants and Tug Boat Agents. Orders executed for every description of British and Foreign Merchandise. Charters effected. Goods and Merchandise of every description Insured against loss by Fire. Marine risks covered. Life, Accident and Boiler Insurance in the best offices. Risks accepted. Miners' Outfits insured. Loans and Mortgages Negotiated. Estates Managed Collected. Debentures bought and sold. Klondike and Rents GENERAL - RINANGIAL 12 THE NELSON ECONOMIST $��� �� *'! 5 j" I /; 3 K l 59 S-.-4 0 ^ $ ^ PS? ft !'K. f ' Kb; te Liquors - Wines Cigars Beer Tobaccos Carpets Mattings Dry G-oods Boots and Shoes Tents Cigarettes Cement Rugs Curtains Flour and Feed Drill Steel Ore Bags Plaster Fire Clay- Teas Etc KOOTENAY BRANCH Victoria, B. C, Vancouver, B. C, and London, Eng. "NELSON, B.C. f* SMOKE THE CELEBRATED RIAR PIPES, C/) til a, la. O C/) We fro in ( 'HI ; : t Ck do not guarantee to satisfy every taste a snigiVbox of cigars, but we are sure we ���JHtisfy every taste for cigars froir our W. A. Th TWILIGHT. ineral Water Btill in the west a berry colored bar Of sunset glooms. Against it one lone flr ' Darkens deep boughs. Above it, courier -Of dew and dreams, burns dusk's appointed star, '..like fairy bombs exploding in a war Twixt elves and gnomes the fireflies flame, the chirr a .��� Of cricket wakes, and each green chorister Of marsh and creek lifts a vague voice afar, And. now, withdrawn behind the woodland ���-belts, aa A whippobr.will, where, with attendant states Of purple and silver, slow the great moon melts Jnto the night, to show me where.she waits, There at the lane's end, by the old beech tree; Who keeps her lips, sweet as a flower, for me. ���-���--��� ���Madison Oawein in Chap Book. Refreshing Summer Beverages. Kolafe, Celery Sarsapaf- ijla and Iron. Ginger e, Etc., Etc. . Before biding a Piano OR Oi^gtxi VICTORIA VANCOUVER NELSON Go to Painton's, the ART & MUSIG CO., NELSON CLUB HOTEL Corntr Stanley and. Silica Streets RATES; $i per day and up. -������:.. Schooner Beer, io cents E. J. Gurran, Proprietor Up a Church Steeple. Two riggers in a western city a few years ago performed a feat that for daring and steadiness of nerve equals anything on record. Repairs were necessary at the top of a very high church steejple. There was no way to reach the spot from the inside, and the riggers procured a number of light ladders and lashed them, one above the other, to the outside of the steeple. The topmost ladder, however, was not high enough to enable them to reach the desired spot, and as the upper part of the steeple was too small to permit the proper lashing to.it of a ladder a daring expedient was resorted to.' One of the men, carrying a pot of melted solder, climbed from one ladder to another until he had reached the last one, and then, bracing himself, he raised an extra ladder that the other rigger had brought up in his hand and leaned it against the steeple. Then the man below grasped this ladder and held it eteady while the man above mounted it *o the point where his work was to be done. He began the work at once, and all promised well till suddenly he jostled the solder pot, and the fiery stuff ran out and fell over the hands of the man who was holding the ladder. But the brave fellow did not move. With a presence^ of mind and a courage worthy of a monument he maintained a firm hold of the ladder until his companion could come down from his perilous perch.���Philadelphia Times. (Incorporated 1869.). CAPITAL PAID UP, $1,500,000.00 - RESERVE, $1,175,000,00. Head Office, = Halifax, Nova Scotia. Antigonish, N.S. Bathurst, N.B. Bridgewater, N.S. Charlottetown, P.E.I. Doreester, N.B. Fredericton, N.B. Guvsboro, N.S. Halifax, N.S. Kingston, N.B. Londonderry," N.S. BRANCHES: Lunenburg, N.S. Maitland, N.S/ M'oncton, N.B. Montreal, P.Q. do West.End. ��� ��� = do Westmount. Nanaimo, B.C. Nelson, B.C. Newcastle, N,B. Pic'tou, N.S. Port Hawkesbury, N.S: Rossland, B.C. Sackville, N.B. Shubenacadie, N.S. Summerside. P.E.I. ���Sydney, N.S. -St. Johns, Nfld. Truro, N.S. Vancouver, B. C. Victoria, B.C. Weymouth, N.S. Woodstock, N.B. & A General Banking Business Transacted. Sterling Bills of Exchan ^ . Bought and Sold. Letters of Credit, Etc., Negotiated. ^ Accounts Received ��h the .Most Favorable Terms. a ��� .... ^ Interest allowed on special-deposits and on Savings Bank accounts. ��� ^ ^SK ��� BRANCHES "IN BRITISH COLUMBIA : What One Big Gun Can Do. A shot from the 16 inch gun designed for the defense of the New York harbor developed an energy of 54,320 foot tons, and the shot bored a 16^ inch hole through 20 inches of compound steel or iron plate, 8 inches of iron, 20 feet of oak, 5 feet of granite, 11 feet of concrete and finall}r buried itself in a siat> foot wall of brick niasonrv. ��� nanaimo: nelson; rossland, Vancouver, victoria. ! w A Savings Bank Department has been estab- I lished in connection with, the Nelson branch of t this bank. t Deposits of one dollar and upwards received, I and current rate of interest allowed (at present X 3 per cent per annum). 4 ��� ^ ��� ��� GEORGE KYDD, Mgr. Nelson Branch, f ^4%>4t