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NEW YOltK. 20 ...WI ... 21 22 23 07 -. ,,.(J7 ... ..(17 2-H).. ..quiet. 21 .07 ORE SHIPMENTS. Jan Jan, VIA WANETA. 1.10\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdWar Eagle to Prickly Pear .Tun VIA NOKT1II-OKT. 2-13-War Eagle to E. Helena I.c Koi lo Tacoma Le Koi to Everett 550 i:\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdn Hi\" it; . Total. 7481 Tolal Shipment* Since June, 189,1. Nelson Ainsworth Trail Creek (gold ore).. Slocan via Nakusp Slocan via Kaslo Blue Bel to Pilot Bay. TON'S . 1741J . 1700 .15,0711 . 2,\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.ilJ . 1,8161 .20,511 Total. .49,505 BULLION SHIPMENTS. Alreadv -reported since June, 1895,... Jan. -9-Pllot Bay to Aurora \" 20\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \" \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 22 '* '* TONS . 2180 20 20 20 Total. !,240 NEWS OF THE CAMPS. HO0N.DAKY. THE WEATHER. During the early part of the week the weather was mild, with snow, which fell heaviiy on Thursday night. Yesterday was a fine bright day, giving a promise, fit* frosty weather. Today is dull and cloudy with a falling barometer. TIIEBMOMETER. Min Jan\/ 19-Max.. ...40\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 20\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ...39\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 21\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ...48\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd A committee ot three will award the prizes. The names of the judges composing the committee will be announced shortly. o We hope that the practical miners and prospectors who know something of the actual working of, the miniug laws will not be backward in giving us the benefit \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdof their experience. RAILWAY EXTENSION. ROSSLAND AND VICINITY. News has beeu received that the War Eagle machinery has been released by the customs authorities. It will now be sent back to Northport and shipped in over the wagon load. It is expected that the Le Roi company will declare auother dividend the first of next month. The company proposes to replace the present plant with a twenty drill air compressor and other machinery necessary to push the work ahead more rapidly. Work on the War Eagle continues to give most satisfactory results. The No. 2 tunnel' has tapped lhe large ore chute directly under the levels. The continuity of the ore body has been demonstrated by the fact that the chute as now tapped is the same width as above while the ore is said to run somewhat higher iu value. The No. 2 tunnel runs in 700 feet and adds 125 feet in depth to the workings. The amount of ore now in sight is estimated at 15,000 tons, worth over a half million dollars. Other claims of the group are all coming to the front. The tunnel on the Virginia has been in ore for some days. The three cornered fight continues between the Trail Creek Tramway Co., the Rossland Townsite Co. and* the Nelson & Fort Sheppard Co. The Tramway people have begun condemnation proceedings against both companies, \"Work will be begun and all injunctions met with cash bonds\" says the representative of tbe company. Mr. Heinze is after the scalp of the townsite people aud talks strongly__of not only refusing to deliver t'i eight and passengers wi\"thin\"Kbsf-lahd\" but may go further, and plot a townsite tit the tramway depot across the creek. No notice will be taken of the located lines ofthe C. P. R. and N. & F. S.:roads so a big all round fight may be looked for. There is a report to the effect that a charter will. be applied for at the next session ot the.House* for a railroad from . the Columbia river to the Kettle river country. Tha C. P. R. is supposed to be back of the scheme. The route at present' given-is--from the Columbia up - to Rossland and from there west through Coryell's pass at the upper end of Christina lake. On the other side of the pass the Kettle river couutry will NEW DESVEH. l.uturns have been.reeeivedfrom the first\" shipments of ore made from Springer Creek. That from the Howard Fraction showed 103 ounces of silver and $17',- gold to the ton, Lho shipment of about C_ tons giving a net return of slightly over $100, after pay.- ing freight and treatment. The ore from the Exchange also on Springer Creek proved lo bo of almost the same value. C. Murphy while developing thu Two Friends n, claim on Springer Creek in which Mr. Mni'pol. is interested, struck a foot of very rich galena carrying grey copper,,with some high grade carbonates. Col. Prior was introduced and took his seat, on Friday 15 amid prolonged ministerial cheers; Sir Adolphe Caron then read the following statement with regard Lo ministerial'changes. On the orders of the day being reached in the Commons yesterday, Sir Adolphe Caron said: \"Before the orders of the tjay are called, I desire to make a statement to the house,-and I wish to say (hat the statement I am about to make has been submitted to the Governor-General by the prime minister, and I am authorized to state that iu its bearings on the position of the Crown in matters of this nature, it has His Excellency's aproval. Since leference has been made in this house to the retirement from office of certain members of the government, the prime minister has had an opportunity of reviewing the circumstances connected with these resignations, and has satisfied himself that the best interests of the country would be served, notwithstanding any difference of opinion that exists respecting Lhe importance of filling the portfolio made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Angers, by the return to their former positions in the cabinet of those who deemed it their duty to retire on account of that vacancy, the importance of filling which cannot be questioned, as a sufficient reason for the resignation of any member of the government. (Sir Richard Cartwright: Hear, hear.) This view, however, was not concurred in by some of his colleagues, who urged that the -.meeting of parliament with a Quebec portfolio vacant, might seriously imperil certain important measures to be presented during the session. He had reasonable hopes of being able to fill that position up to the very day when^parliament met, and was disappointed that his efforts failed. After the opening of parliament certain members of the government sent their resignations to the prime minister, giving, among other reasons, the fact that having failed to fill the portfolio mentioned, aud also that he evidently intended to go on with the transaction of public business with an inci-mplete cabinet, they thought this, course was too great a departure from sound constitutional practice, (laughter) and so weak, (hear, near,) as a matter ot policy, that they were unwilling any longer to remain members of au incomplete government. (Laughter.) Continuing, Sir Adolphe said: \"Since the receipt of the resignations referred to the objections put forward by the ministers who have resigned have been removed by the-acceptance of a seat in- the cabinet by Hon. Mr. Desjardins,'a gentleman well known and highly esteemed in the province of Quebec for ability and integrity of 'character, and by - the admission to the ministry of Sir Charles Tupper, Bart. (Ministerial cheers.) Under the circumstances,\" and with these objections removed, the ministers who resigned have deemed it consistent with their duty to their country to resume the posts they respectively held in the government. (Ironical cheers and laughter.) Il is gratifying, therefore, to be able to inform the house and country that a ministry has been formed which will command the support of a majority in parliament and enable us to proceed\" with the measures fore-shadowed iu the speech from the throne. The ministry is as follows: Premier and president of privy council, Sir Mac- kenzie Bowell; postmaster-general, Sir A.-P. Caron; marine, Mr. Costigan; finance, Mr. Foster; railways, Mr. Haggart; public works, Mr. Ouimet; interior, Mr. Daly; justice, Mr. Dickey; secretary of state, Sir Charles Tupper, Bart.; agriculture, Dr. Montague; trade and commerce, Mr. Ives; controller of inland revenue, Col. Prior; militia, Mr. Desjardins; ministers without portfolios, Sir Frank Smith and Mr. Ferguson.\" Mr. McKeen, M.P. has resigned his seat for Cape ' Breton in favor of Sir Charles Tupper. * PRINCE HENRY OF BATTENBUKG LOCAL NEWS. 0UB PRIZE 0OMPETITON. NEW NORWAY. easily reached. The importance of such a line to the district can scarcely be overestimated, and the tonnage offered would be a heavy one almost from the opening of the road.\" '\" ASSAULT CASE. The Norwegian colony at Bella Coola is well and thriving. Tho settlers have completed about 15 miles of road be ! and - several miles of trail anel path ;' The case of Walter Sully, charged with . aggravated assault, with. a cleaver, on James McKernan came up before Capt. Fitzstubbs, S. M., Wednesday morning. Mr. J. H. Bowes appeared on behalf of Sully. The case -was opened by a statement from Mr. Bowes that the.plaintiff was willing to reduce the charge to one of common assault. This was not allowed and after a staten-ent from Sully the court imposed a fine of \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd50 iu view of the circumstances. The trouble grew out of some rather persistent bantering on the part of McKernan. Sully thinking the teasing had gone far enough attempted to put an end to the joke and perpetrator. No attempt was made however to show justification for such extreme measures and Sully's escape from more severe penalty rather surprised him. Capt. Fitzstubbs took occabion to address a few words of timely warning to both par ties. ways as well as bridges.\" The population numbers about 200 aud they have an average of 2 acres per head cleared. The thermometer, has only reached zero tw.ice this winter. A saw mill is urgently needed. SIR HENRY CREASE RETIRES. An impressive ceremony took place in the Supreme Court, Victoria, last week when Sir Henry Crease took his formal leave of the bench of British Columbia. All the judges of lhe Supreme Court were present with a large number of the leading members of the bar. Tbe Chief Justice in a very graceful speech referred to the 25 years service which the retiring judge had. given to the country, and congiatulated him on being singled out by Her Majesty for the honor of knighthood. The Hon. D.'M. Eberts Attorney-General on behalf ot the bar made a similar speech. Sir Henry who was much affected replied in suitable terms remarking that he viewed \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd his knighthood more as an honor lo the province than as a personal matter. Dies of Fever on the West Coast of Africa. The deadly climate of the Gold Coast has selected as its victim the most prominent, man' in the British expeditionary force. Prince Henry of Batten burg lhe husband of the Queen's youngest daughter, the Princess Beatrice, accompanied the force in the hope of seeing some active service, lie arrived within 30 miles of Coomassie when Lhe fever struck him. Willi all haste he was carried to the rear and put on board a despatch boat which steamed away towards Maderia, whioh is 3 or _ days steam from Accra. The fever however had got too firm a hold and on Lhe way the Prince expiied. Tho death of Prince Henry is in no way of any political importance but the nation will sympathize with the widowed Princess in her trouble, and it is to be fear.ed that the Queen will feel very deeply the shock of the death of her favorite daughter's husband. Anything that causes our beloved Queen distress hurts the nation. CHUKCI1 NOTICES. Sunday, January 20, 189(5. Methodist Cumtcii, Corner Silica and Josephine Streets. Services at 11 a. in. and7.30 p. m. Evening subject-: \"After a Big Slake.\" Sunday School 2.30 p. in.' Prayer meeting on Friday evening at S o'clock. Epworlh League of C.-ii. on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Pre-uyte-U.-N Chubch. Services at 11 a. tn. and 7 p. in. Sunday School at 2.30. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 8 p. m. Christian Eudeavoi Society meets every Monday evening at S o'clock. Roman Catholic Ciiukch. Services first and second Sundays of Lhe month at Nelson. Mass at 10.3.. Vespers at 7.30. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd AiiiiEi'Ni, B.C To Tho Editor of Tiik Miner. Knowing your desire for any and all information likely to interest tbe mining population of B. C. and elsewhere, the following notes are submitted with the belief that the remoteness of this district will not make them less acceptable. The result of the past year's work work in Alberni district has demonstrated beyond a reasonable doubt the several points in which mining meu are most interested. In the first\" place the desirable metels are here in quantities and shape to possess commercial value from a mining standpoint. They are here in bodies large enough and numerous enough to render reasonable the hope that this section Avill in time rank among the important mining districts of B. C. In the second place a number of the claims are so located that the transpoi- tation problem, always a vital factor iu such matters, presents very few difficulties. In ' many cases the leads are either on or in close'proximity to the shores of the Alberni Canal, aud tbe building of a wharf and putting down of a few rails will oe all that is necessary. Others are located near enough to salt water to reach it by easily constructed roads. Such favorable . conditions will no doubt result in an earlier development than could otherwise be hoped for. Mr. Sutton the government expert, who spent several months in making au examination ofthe general characteristics of this section, has given a very favorable report on whut he saw and more recent discoveries have fully confirmed his opinions. The mineral belt which traverses the district is from 15 to 20 miles wide and of an unknown north and south extension. The floor of this belt is syenite; the country rock dioritic and feldtspathic carrying bands of slate limestone and quartzite. In most cases tbe quartz veins are strong and well defined, presenting good working width aud giving every indication of carrying depth. While a\" few very rich strikes have been made most of tha leads are low in grade and will require a considerable \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdmount of capi;il to put them on a paying basis. The u',_ly claims carrying high grade rock as yet located are on Mineral hill at the head of a small tributary o, China creek. Of these the \"Albert::\" contains the best showing. Two parallel veins of crystalline quartz have been uncovered on this claim. The quartz contains free gold in minute particles associated with small spots of blende. The veins run from 18 to 30 inches in width and some very high assays have been secured from them. These assays were corroborated by a mill test on two tons of the rock last fall. The figures were not made public but it is understood that they ran near the thousand dollar '\".vk to the ton. Unfortunately for the :\/to- gress of the - camp this aud several adjoining claims of almost equal value are tied up by a suit which will take some time to settle. Other claims of a similar nature but of lower grade' have been located iu this vicinity and in several instances preparations are being made to take up development work oh an extensive scale in the spring. On and near the banks of the Alberni Canal the majority of the locations show quite a different class of ledges. There the leads are wide, ranging from four to twenty feet from wall to wall. The gangue is heavily charged with pyrites and the grade is low. Many of the leads will not p'ly to work even with the present improved processes. Others will respond with a fair profit to capital with confidence-enough-to open_them_up.on_a large scale. Tho \"Starlight\" is the only claim located on free milling rock in this section. Naturally it has been the first to secure capital for development and will soon be thoroughly prospected. On Granite and Williams creeks, some nine rr.iies from Alberni and near the Canal, a number of locations have been made. The most promising of these are the \"Star of the West\" with 6 to 7 feet of S10 \"rock, mill tested; the \"Islander\" just now being floated at \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd100,000, and the \"Nevada\" aud \"Lion\" claims. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Further down the Canal a number of locations have been made which will be described iu another letter. . - Chee Chako. coast East from been The dates of the spring sittings of i the County Court are advertised in another column. | Tenders are invited in another column for tbe lease of timber limits up Sproule Creek. Mr. W. A. Jowett left for lhe today and Mr. Pied Irvine went for a well earned holiday. Mr. G. M. Sproat returned Sandon on Thursday having absent for nearly two months. The committee of the Hospital Ball which wtis held last week at the Hotel Phair have handed over $32 to the Hospital trust ees. E. Watts, superintendent- of the Wellington mine, went out to Evei-ut\" on Friday. Four car loads of ore from the mine have been sent to the smelter there. Phil Aspinwall, G. W. Richardson, Dr. Quintan and Sheriff Robinson left yesterdav-for Rossland and Messrs. Byron White, Herrick and A. H. Buchanan went out to Spokane. Mr. George Wise of England will give three lectures next week on the general subject of \"infidelity Challenged,\" A feature of the lectures is that questions and discussions are invited. Particulars are announced in handbills. , We have received the first number of Massey's magazine, which is we believe the first attempt in Canada jto publish a high class monthly at the low price often cents. The work is issued from the Massey Press Toronto and is creditable in every respect. Mr, H. Al. Adams, travelling freight agent for the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, is making a general tour of the Kootenay country in the interests of his company. Mr. Adams is cf the opinion that his company will be able to become an important factor in the freight business of this section. The s.s. Nakusp succeeded in breaking through the ice in the Narrows between the Upper and Lower Arrow Lakes on Sunday last and again on Thursday. The scene is described by J, traveller as being quite Arctic. The river is a white plain, bordered by white mountains.- Through the plain wanders the narrow canal like passage which tbe steamer had cut for herself. A (\"000 volt meeting of the directors was held at the Nelson Electric Light, Co's. power house yesterday. The current became so strong at one time that two temper switches burned out with a flash of blue Hame and it wax found necessary to shut off the circuit with a shovel. Some'important move must be contemplated as two directors were observed going to bank very hurriedly. The Commissioners of the,General Land office at Washington have refused Mr. Corbin permission for the construction of the Columbia and R'*d Mountain railway across the Colville Indian Reserve. The Commissioners are willing to accept tbe map and plot as soon as the President's proclamation, throwing open the reserve is issued, but in the meantime have returned them to Spokane. Mr, R. G. Tatlow came in on Sunday last and left- again on Wednesday He came to Nelson for the purpose of taking over the books of the Telephone Company which will henceforth be kept in Vancouver. It. will be remembered that the local company has been amalgamated with the Vernon Co. An attempt is being made bv a Vancouver Syndicate to consolidate all the several small com - panies that were in existence in In consequence of the dislocation of the mail system of the couutry and of the uncertainty that attends the timo* which a letter will nceupy in travelling- between any two pointn, we have postponed the dale fur receiving the letter- in this competitiou tin Iii the 15th of February. We have much pleasure in anuounci.1 g* that Mn. J. H. liowEs, Banister, arid Mn. J. A. Tuiinek, Meichunt, liav,* consented to 'nctj as judges, Both thes--' gentlemen are well and r.ivorably known throughout the district.- Should tliey.be- unable to arrive at a decision they will' be at liberty to call in a third person to act as arbitrator. - Now is the time for any oue who has-it grievance against the miuing. laws. t,. register his kick\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdiind run a chnucenE getting something for it into the biirgaiii. MURDER AT COLVILLE. : Trial mill Conviction ui'u 11 us La ml and Wily. A trial has just been concluded *)\",-.-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Colville, Wash., which hu3 brought i< light a string ut tho foullest crimes. -\\. man named Niese aud his wife Hut!-,* have beeu convicted of murder lu iv,_ second degree. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-': ' The history of the affair goes bae'; some way. Adolph Niese who is] ,i German came iu America in 1880 ana settled iu Ottumwu, lown, in 1882. Th-i-_ he married a Miss Geisel, also a Geru__ii. .-he died iu 1890 leaving three children. At this time Niese was a well to do mail being the owner of a line residence and other property in Ottumwu, ,': Witluu six\" moutLis oE his wife's death he married Martha Volzj and lived happily with her until 1892 when her sister came to live with them. Nieso became enamored of his sister-in-law and after insuring his wife's life for 850;Hi burnt down nis house ugeth-r wiih ii..* wife, who had just been confined, and Ji\\:r infant. He was careful to remove his other children (by his first wife) and alii the tin box containing the insurant policy ou his wife's life. For this he wti'ri tried for his life aud was acquitted. This was considered as a gross miscarriage of justiueaud Niese was secretly aided by the prison authorities to escape from the town. ' ', \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd He then came to Coville aud married _ his present wife, Hntiie, sifter of his last wife, The new stepmother aided by lie.r husband began a system of crueity towards her step children, which resulted iu the death of a little b.y Adolph. The parents attributed his death to heart disease, and vaiious other complaints, and as a last resort (io account for certain bruises) to his having fallen dowu tlie bank of the Columbia river. The jury however ul the trial nt Colville last Saturday b.uunht in a verdict ol! murder lu the second degree, after being out 23 hours, against both bus-baud and wife. 'Sentence was- deferred but it \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd is unlikely that the two miscreants will have any further opportunity of pursuing their nefarious practices. GERMANY CELEBRATES HEK* Twunty-Filili Anniversary. different parts of the province. Mr. Byion N. White was in town on Thursday and left yesterday I'or Spokane, He had been six days so far getting from Sandon to Nelson on his way out. He reports the ore export from Slocau as being completely at. a standstill. The Nakusp line is still running but from Nakusp up to Revelstoke delayed cargoes , of ore are scattered at every point. The Kaslo line was in trouble again and no ore was going out that way. It is needless for us to point., out not only Lhe inconvenience but direct loss which \"mine owners sutler in consequence. THE PARIS BELLE TRIAL. The hearing of this case, the opening of which was reported in our last issue, was continued before the Chief .Justice at Victoria on the Ulth. Shortly, the previous arguments had been; for the plaintiffs, .the Nelson >nd Fort Sheppard Railway, that the claim was improperly*-* located, there being no mineral on it and that if it is legally held defendants have surface rights only so far as their necessit ies for work require. Defendants urge that there is mineral in site' in the shaft and that Lhe claim was located previous to Lhe railway's land grant beihg made. \"Mr. \"Bodwell for the plaintiffs contended that assuming there was a location prior to the railway's land grant, it was not properly recorded and was abandoned by the locators and that at the time the land grant was made the land was unoccupied. After hearing counsel for tbe defence judgment was reserved. END OF'THE ASHANTEE. WAR. \" This campaign has partaken somewhat of the nature of that expedition in which the King of France is reported to have walked up a hill and then walked down again THE SKATING- RINK- The Carnival at tha skating rink which was advertised to come off last. Wednesday was postponed unjil tonight in consequence of the soft weather. The ice is now in splendid condition, Lhe frosts of the last night or two having enabled the management to put a good surface on it.,, It,is said that many, good costumes an* being prepared for tonight and it is expected that the affair will be a great success. Last Saturday the racing attracted a large crowd the events being.won as follows, Men's race 1 mile, 11. Donogli. boys race, half mile, Clarence Goepel. Potatoe race, li. Donogli. A match has been arranged to come off next week between II. Donogli and Sandy Mills. The day is not yet fixed but it will probably be Friday or Saturday. Saturday, January 18, being the 25th: * anniversary of thc crowning at Versailleji of the first Emperor of Uuited Germany was celebrated throughout the Empiie with great rejoiciug. All business watt suspended and the day spent us a public holiday. ;' A great fete w..s held in the White Ball of the Castle at BerJiu presided over by the Emperor in person, and atteuded by the Empress, the Dowager. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Empress, the four eldest princes and nil\" the great dignitaries of the Empire. Thie statues of the Emperors William and Freclerick^'were crowued^witlrlaurelr\" The Emperor read a speech from tlie throne officially declaring the nutional natuie ofthe day. It contained a cruel; stab at France which will uot help tb heal the feeling betweeu the two nation.-''.. It theii proceeded to enumerate 'Uni various blessings the nation had exper- \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ieuced during the past 25 years und referred in warm ternis of eulogy to Prince Bismarck. The Emperor dwelt, on his efforts to maintain peace aud vowed to continue them. This auuounce- meut together with the reference to Bismarck was met with cheers. The Emperor issued a deciee granting' amnesty to offenders whose sentences do ' not exceed six weeks imprisonment or 150 , murks fine. The rescript begins nls<> with the remark that the-Emperor- intends to pardon all military-offenders. - TUB CUIUS WAR. THE SMELTER. The Smelter still continues working like a charm. A slight trouble arose through au accumulation ot copper in the cruicible, but as soon as its presence was detected it was easily dealt -with Geueral Woyler has been \"appointed Governor of Cuba iu the place of General\" Campos. He.-says that the situation in- Cuba is not dangerous since the insurgents have always beeu defeated iu every engagement. .He intends to organize a now plan of campaign. . Geueral Campos is indignant at - bis , removal. He has been gazetted President of the Supreme Military Court of Justice at Madrid but refuses to accept it. The news from Cuba continues to be almost unintelligible- without a good map of the country. .Telegrams nnd letters arrive without sequence and are published just as they arrive. The news in todays paper may have happened a week alter that which appears tomorrow. Only one thing appears certain and.that is that the insurgents are creating an immense amount\" of havoc and destruction and - are actually advancing on Havana itself. They are burning railway bridges and blowing up locomotives and . destroying -*_normous quantities ot Two tons of this stuff were drawn off in j tobacco. If this \"sort of thint; goes on the-question will be not one ot independence from Spain but the deprivation of the world of one of its greatest luxuries, i a choice Havana. . one dav going 98 per cent iu copper. Under careless management this might have lead to-trouble but Mr. Johnson .was perfectly equal to the occasion. The new sheaves for the tramway arrived last week ahd have beeu fitted, REGENT BONDS- The British force under Sir Francis j with the result that the affair is running Scott occupied Coomassie, the capital, without opposition. King Prein pel- yielded at once and accepted all the British demands without demur. The greater part of the foi ce has returned to the coast and has by this time reeiiibarked for England. There- is a general rejoicing among the white residents of The Gold Coast at the bloodless victory. well. In order to get ahead of the srael- j J. E.-Boss ter the tramway will be worked day aud ; Tenderfoot, has bonded Old Timer the United, and Union niiiht for some little time. lt is rumored that the Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway will build a spur into the stm-lter. This would leave the iii-'iiniine some two miles below, the i-ld .tattoo on the hill and come back crossing the town by one of the streets above the school house. claims at Ainsworlh. John A. Finch is evidently impressed with the value of the .claims in the dry ore belt at, Lhe south of Slocan Lake. In addition to the Enterprise and SI-ican Queen, he has now bonded the At lington and Burlington for ..50,00.) paying dowu $5,000 cash. THE MINER, NELSON, B. C, STURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1896. - \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd__IX3C2r-_-4-SI__l______SJi Dade Harkj\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd w.6ddlng By VIOLA ROSEEOEO. {Copyright, 18)5, by American Press Association.] Half a dozen people wore sitting on tho wido veranda (gallery, thoy called it) of tlio summer hotel at Over ton i a. Ovevtonia wns a new coal niining town built on tho fouudation of au old mountain village. When tho whito front gato clicked and tho thin bent figuro of tho coal company's presidentc::mo slowly up tho walk, everybody on the gallery shifted position a littlo as an unconscious expression of (lefu-cnco, and ns tho dignitary drew nearer tho two young meu of tho party ro-o to their i'eot, but though tho apparent difficulty of his movomc-ut might havo s.omcd to sanction such a courtosy they did not offer him an arm ip tho stops. They woll know that tho lolonel would not appreciate such attention. Tho colonel's clean shaven dark faco woro an odd characteristic expression, hecauso his brows weio knit, and his lips and keen blue eyes wero faintly and quizzically smiling. When ho reached tho top of (ho stops, he lifted his broad soft hat to tho ladies and took a look at everybody. \"I've got somo news for you,\" ho said. \"Aw; paw!\" \"Colonel, you'ro a godsend.\" \"Tell us, quick.\" Tho roplios to this bonciiccnt state- in out tumbled over each othor. \"You're all invited to n party, \" said tho colonel, seating himself slowly in tho shock bottom chair a negro girl placed for him in front of tho rest of tho party. Tho excitement of the Indies, young and old, rose to dramatic heights, and even tho young men could not prevent their countenances brightening. A pretty, crinkly hoaded, brown hucd girl, all ribbons and bangles, fell upon tlio colonel bodily. \"Aw, paw,\" sho cried again, \"toll us, is it over at the Alpine House?\" \"Moro likely it'sdown at thocollego,\" said another lady. \"Tell us, colonel,\" said ouo of tho young .men, with' an effort at iusouoi- ance. \"Charley,\" said the colonel to his daughter, who, despite hor failuro to be a boy, had been named for himself, \"get away from my lanio shoulder. Si t down, and I'll toll you ail about it. I reckon nonoof you'd guess in a month.\" The suspenso intensified and in several minds becumo shadowed with doubt as to whether anything so inconceivable could be desirable. \"Ait Harking bas a girl who is going to get married Wednesday night. Ho's going to givo her a big wedding and invites everybody in the houso to\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd The colonel got no further. A shrill vocal storm.broko over his huad, and jio tilted his chair hack against a wooden pillar and -waited i'or it to subside. All his audience were sufficiently interested and .informed iii the affairs of '\" the miiio to know that jnst now an invitation from Art Harkins resembled iu ono way a similar attention from royalty. It had tho force of a command. Art Harkins was a mountaineer who could not reud nor .write, but who, by astuteness, energy, and, as was genoraily believed, cunning unscrupulousness, had actually contrived to get rich, rich not merely for a mountaineer, but rich even in the opinion of the impressive, imaginative and influential bankrupts who formed the majority of the niining company. Harkins was a meinbor of tlie company and a large stock owner, and all tho women in tho Hotel knew that for weeks their various, masculine relatives had been hanging iii midair in somo in-, comprehensible but terribly real busi- \"ness \"uncertainty ,_f ronrwlrich-'only\"Ar.r Harkins could deliver thorn. And now . this homespun diplomat invited them to a wedding party! Tho group on the gallery grew so vocal that feininino rc-en- -orc-hicuts hurried out'of thc house to seo what was tho matter.. Under tho circumstances, after a little bewildered wavering, it was soon agreed that noth- _. ihgcould.be more amusing, more J'uu, moro novel and generally \"delightful than to go to Dado Harkins' wedding. \"And thou,\" said Mrs. Peytco, \"no ono but ourselves, no one that matters, I - mean, need know anything about it. | ., 'Tisn'ti as if wo woro over at tho Alpino House and'had to explain things some way to half tho gulf states.\" Mrs. -Poytoo was u round littlo-bru- netto widow who was of ten culled \"very taking.\" Sho was ;i cousin of Charley Overman's; through Charlny's mother's side of tho houso, and in a very easy go- .ing way,- which was all tho way thay knew, she was chaperoning tho girl. Socially sho shone tho moro for her connection with tho Overmans. . '- Tho colonel was considered an impor taut man throughout tho state, and, moreover, ho was counted charming,, \"a -fiuo conversationist and a good speaker.\" Iu her heart of hearts Mrs. Peytco had como to tho conclusion that it was - most desirable that, he should marry a good wifo, havo somebody hotter than a giddy slip of a girl to take care of him and lot soni'-body get tho good of tho distinguished position awaiting his wifo. Mrs. Peytee\"had\" faith in the future of the mines, and she liked the colonel. ' \" Several ladies among tlio summer col- unists at Ov.rtonia divined thu existence of theso views in Mrs. Peytee's mind\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdby tho power of kindred sympathies perhnp.i\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdalthough she had never confided in them. Charley,\" however, was unsuspicious. Just now she was de voting all tho thought she gave the subjects of love nnd marriage to their moro important aspects as connected wirh herself.' She was in love with ono of the young men on lho gallery, and ho was in lovo with hsr. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd His name was Harry Williams; und he was- tho -on of another ' member of the mining company. It was a desirablo and suitable thing that these two should marry, and as nobody had the least objection or threw the slightest obstacle in the way of their courtship,- but, on the contrary, ns every ono about did what they could, in the modest southern way, to further it, of courso thoir progref.?; toward an understanding wa3 slow. Upon themselves devolved the whole task of mnking tho piith of true love properly difiicult. Charley had firm ideas a.s to the degree of assertive, pevriston.: devotion, displayed regard lo:-s of discouragements, that becumo a man und a suitor, and that perinilied a girl to surrender gracefully, andHai-y had fixed sentiment:' as to tho bad ti.sto and blindness and import inent-o of a man who put himself in ! tho position of a rejected suitor, lt will j ho seen at onco that these yoiuig peoplo j woro both very young, and that thu girl, \\ as is tho caso so often, had a more ro- j inantic, literary and traditional edncu' i tion iu lovo liil'nirs than her lover. Tho insincerity of youth clung about their uotions, and yet it was because thoy r i% ^r\\-v'#W' ml YfW\\ \/fir\/ -... U-i\/\/'f'A - i)J(w \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd_\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd *.fy-'-,--y \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'^cf-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdv \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd; AW '\"li WI v %r^t. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*-?s*3 li! *\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd- ...... .-,'.i----;-\".i\";^;S^H-'i--V-. Mic ml an thc floor. v\/cro so young that they were somewhat governed by thorn instead of following the dictates of their hearts, liko tho wiser .Mi's. Peytee. Nevertheless, thanks to nature's contempt for the theorizing of her children, they had mado somo progress in their knowledge each of tho other's state of mind. Everybody knows that weddings aro contu^ious. Whon Harry that'afternoon on tho gallery listened lo thu discussion of tho coming festivity at old Harkins', ho had what ho took\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdperhaps I hud better say mistook\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdi'or a small but happy inspiration. Ho mado up his mind afc once that 011 that night ho would declaro himself to Charley. Ho would tako her to tho wedding in the only buggy that was to bo had iu Overtouia. Harkins\" placo was two miles from the hotel on a rough road. It was strange if coming homo that night he could not find a felicitous moment for\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdwhat he was going to say and what bo was going to do\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdfor docisivo stops, let us say. An ovening buggy rido exactly suited his ideas of a proper occasion i'or serious lovomaking. He had regretted moro than . once that life on tho mountaiu offered so few such opportunities, but; tho roads wero so bad that iu the public mind only somo definite necessary ond justified recourse t.o travel on wheels. In tho fullness of his heart Harry embellished his little plan with various decorative features. Among other things, ho thought that he would send off at once to Nnshvillo for an engagement ring, so as to surprise Charley with tho promptness of its appearance. No really grownup person, with brains enough to learn from experience, would ever havedared to tempt fate by such crass confidence as this, and a more p.eu- etratingly tactful youth would have known that Charley, oven if she accepted him, would not bo altogether pleased by this particular form of foresight. But Harry wus, in fact, but a boy and one suro to be generally astray as to what men have boon pleased to christen the mysteries of woman's heart, though I dare say, if women had been- managing the world's affairs and literature for the last several thousand years, we should bo hearing just as -much -about-tho-uuf athomablc mysteries- of man's heart, the fact simply being that tho mystery lies in those arrangements of an over inscrutable Providence, by which it is established th ut tho soxos shall bo eternally divided, however appearances may sometimes contradict tho fact, by an impassable gulf of mutual misunderstanding. When Harry was seized with those dreams, ho was so moved by them that ho turned away from tlio agitatod group, laughing and chattering about tho Harkins family, \"and went and stood peering through tho honeysuckle vine at tho other end of tho gallery. Charley called to liim, and ho did not hear hor: \"Mr. H-a-r-r-y,\" cried ono of tho othor girls, \"Charley wants to know what you aro going to wear.\" \"Excuse mo,\" said Harry, coming toward tlicni, but then he forgot to mako any reply, in tho distraction of seeing Charley's brown eyes turned up to his, and nimble to endure just then tho glancing frivolity of the talk ho picked np his hut and strolled down tho walk. Charley i'olt distinctly miserable that she had been snubbed, so she laughed with merry abandon at tho information I that Art Harkins never, under any cir- j cumstnnccs, took off his hat and would i undoubtedly out Dado's wedding supper j .with it on, and then she danced away ; into tho big empty hall, dragged her- I self slowly up tho stairs and crept off [.into au unfrequented' garret In the ! crowded house, this,\" since sho fell in I lovo-aud needed ono, had become her j place of meditation. Sho was ovcr- \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd wrought by cho unaccustomed and star- ; tlihg amouut of sensation her days now !\"brought her, nnd by dramatically pic-' j turing various unpleasant possibilities ; to herself as probabilities, though not i in\" thc Icust-really believing iu them, ' she managed-to.ruiicyc hcrsolf by-a few ; tears, and then she crept oyer to the j ono small square low window that lit ' the place. She sat on the lloor and press- : ed her face against the sh;.- and gavo , herseif up to J'urrhr-r dreaming,'imi; now ; of vague, sweet possibilities, probabilities, sun 'y.' tiurelr!- j There were . house that loo .of ihe gr*-\"*.] yard s _*e s.\"_- ti-rcd by - bi-j rreHisoi'! \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd beneath its shade was : bench. ''\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd' i When Harry found a chancy to drag no other y.'i*ulows iu the cud 1,own into tho corner v. It was shei- g-riip'-vine, and an old garden Mrs. Pcytce to this spot Tor a conflden tial interviow, it was under the delusion that it was invisible to all indoors. He and Mrs. Peytee wero always very good friends, and now, seized with \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd sudden need of a sympathetic ear, it was to her that ho turned. That idea about tho ring tlmt had slipped through his head became fix' .1 now by nothing more or less personal i.jh.:nself or Char- Icy than tho chanco ho saw of making it an easy pretext i'or tolling his tale to Mrs. Peytee. \"Como, sit around by tho grapevine with mc,\" ho said when, turning back to tho houso in his restless tramping, ho mot her in tho yard. Mrs. Peytco was always gracious, and sho took his arm with a flattering air of possession and interest, and dragging her fresh trailing muslins after hor sho sought with him \"tho seclusion of tho rustio bench beneath the shadow of tho grapevine. It was no thanks to Harry's wisdom that ho had not mado a decided blunder in hit' selection of a confidant, for Mrs. Peytee, liko many a better woman, was all but suro to \/hid a man in lovo au odious and tiresome or a noble and gratifying spectacle, according as he was not or was in lovo with herself, but now sho wus moved to an unusual patience with Harry, because sho was suro that tho colonel's eligibility for marriage and in all probability his inclination toward that stato would be much increased by Charley's entrance upon it. \"I want to measure your finger, Miss Kate,\" said Harry, standing in front of her. c \"Mercy on us, what for?\" said Mrs. Pcytce, loaning back and looking up at him with brilliant black eyes. \"Because I_ heard Miss Charley say that you and she wore the same sized gloves.\" Ho was looking down upon her with a pleased fatuous sense of being rather neat in his way of introducing his subject and of shining a little in this early sceuo of tho lovely happy drama he had in his mind. Charley in turn was looking down upon them both from tho garret window. Sho now saw him sit down on Mrs. Peytee's right hand, decidedly close to her, tako a string from his pocket and begin wh_*S proved to be tho troublesome and lengthy task of measuring the- forefinger of hor left hand. Of course it was Mrs. Peytee who took caro that the little task should bo amusingly difficult, and of courso Harry was so innocent\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdin the masculine way\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdthat ho was all unwarii'- ed by Lis conscience of the coquettish character of those delays. From her.window Charley could even seo the shy, happy embarrassment on his face and the quizzical, half languishing glance of the widow.- Naturally from all this she drew conclusions, and inevitably, like most human conclusions, they were erroneous. How natural aud assured her mistake was, however, how littlo it resembled tho conduct so often displayed in the first act of a play by a heroine who sacrifices all ordinary intelligence to the interests of tho playwright, probably only thoso can fully understand who havo some knowledge of tho curious and complicated code* that governs flirtation and lovomaking in large sections of southern society. An exposition of this code would bo interesting, it seems to me, but my present mission will bo better met by simply saying that Charley, according to the ideas in which she was bred, had good grounds for feeling that she had looked upon a more significant sceno than any that had passed between her and Harry, or that, if he were only flirting with the naughty Mrs. Peytee, it was only the more probable that he was only flirting.with her\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffda form of amusement, this, by the way, in which -up-to-somo-rather\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdindefinite -point-he was encouraged by society\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdthat is to say, by the women generally. Such things aro mainly regnlated by women in any society in tho world, and it is perhaps not aside from my story to say that Harry Williams was exactly the sort of young malo creature who never has any clear idea of what are the subtleties of any such code, no matter where he lives. Tho measurement for that fatal ring was hardly finished when Charley turned and flung herself face down' upon tho hard floor. She had- no consciousness of i\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd right to blaino any one. She was conscious only of pain \"and the determination to hiclo it. * Now, poor Charley was blessed or cursed, as you chooso, with an unusual command of feininino powers of dissimulation,,and her natural prido, which was great, was rc-enforced by a social training favorable to its strongest development;: Now, it put her upon a courso '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd of self control and play acting that for tho timo seemed liko to cost her cruelly, although, according to her lights, she was behaving with just, that virtue and discretion which, if southern womon are to be believed, should most endure happiness. She treated Cousin Kate. with deferential cordiality and met Harry, when escape would have been noticeable,with pleasant, elusive, mocking gayety. He felt and.could not understand a saddening change in the temperature, argue against the fact with himsulf as ho would. ; Life in such a place as this is as if I the whole world had taken hasheesh ; and tho ordinary measurements of timo | were lost. Tho long hours in such a \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd household are more .than weeks amid i life's ordinary routine, i By evening the day after she had de- I voted herself to. this purpose Charley ; had contrived to spread a subtle impression of slight but growing weariness with Mr. Williams' society and of au awakening disposition to be interested in that of another young man. The offices'of the mining company gave an unusual proportion of young men to the small circlo of summer visitors at Overtouia. That was its ono great recommendation. In the meantime Charley was begging her father to let her go for a visit across the mountain to the Alpine House, a much larger and more fashionable caravansary. 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Complete lists of existincMining location* NEW DENVER. 8. C. STT_?E\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdBI_-T\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd^E3S^_DJ_j_S^T,, \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdV\"_A.3SrCOXJ-\\r.E^- 3. o. 126 TBE MOWEU ATKINS WATSON CO., Ll. t^=>WHOLESALE AND RETAIL-^-**\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd VANCOUVBR, A full stock of Drugs, Patent Medicines, Cherhicals and Toilet Articles, Wholesale and Retail. Goods Right. Prices Right. Prompt attention to all orders. THE McPOWEIX, ATKINS, WATSON, CO., VANCOUVER, B. C. 10 AND 13 CORDOVA STREET, 600 GRANVILLE STREET. 417 HASTING8 STREET w Ceperley, Loewen & Campbell, VANCOUVER, Are Prepared lo IatrodueejMlRlBgrropoiil- tlo\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd- -row the Koolenay to ENGLISH AND EASTERN CAPI i ALISTS To handle REAL ESTATE in the new towns and otherwise act in the interests of ownership the B. C. Mining Centres. .The above is'the Only Firm on the i Coast doing Fire Insurance ;Business and having Agents in the Towns of Kootenay. U66) THE DIPLOOK BOOK and STATIONERY CO. limit:e__>- : WHOMESAXE \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Uneasy Sleeps the Man Who.. HasNotGotaGale.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdShakespere. THE BEST MATTRASSES in the WORLD GrALE'S Wire Mattrasses, Over Mattrasses, , Pillows, Combination Iron Mattrasses, The above goods can be put up in very small compass for packing and can be obtained from Messrs. Gale's agents, D. MCARTHUR & CO. Nelson, and CAMPBELL BROS., Rossland. \\ br direct from George Gale & Sons, Waterville, Que. Iron and Wood Got Beds for mining camps a specialty Can be made to weigh under 35 pounds. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd -noh VANCOUVER. B. C. ,- SOLE AGENTS FOB \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Brinamead & No-dl-inier Pianos. Dixon, Boigeson & Oo.'s Slow Owes. Self Opening Bags, Wrapping Paper and Twine. CARPETS I HOUSE FURNISHINGS! SNAPS: BRUSSELS CARPETS at $1.00 PER YARD. TAPESTRY .-, - at 50 CU. PER YARD. UNIONS and WOOLS, 50 Cts. to $1.00 PER YARD. Another lot of those 4 foot Curtain Poles with Brass Fixtures complete for 25c Blankets and Comforters. Letterv Orders Receive Prompt.Attention- SNIPS: OPAQUE WINDOW SHADES. 7x3 feet with Spring Boiler for 50 Cts. i ana -*\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 1 Lace Curtains, 40 cts. up.- - Cheneille Portiers, $2.50 up. Table Linen from 25 cts. per yard to $2. 50, with Napldns to match. A full Line in Sheetings, Pillow Cottons, Etc. cope & \"srOTJisrca-, 137 Cordova Street, Vancouver. 4 1 m !\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-' *** THE MINER NELSON, B.C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1896.\n%ht JRiner.\nTHE MINER is printed oh'Satiirdays and\nwill be mailed to any address in Canada or\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd the United-States, for one year on receipt of\ntwo. dollars. Single copies five cents.\nCONTRACT ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the rate of $3per column inch,per\nmonth...\nTRANSIENT ADVERTISEMENTS- inserted at the rate of rj cents per nonpareil\nline first insertion, and io cents per line for\neach subsequent insertion.. Advertisements\nrunning for shorter periods than three\nmonths are classed transient.\nALL COMMUNICATIONS to the Editor\nmust be accompanied by the name and address ^.pf the writer, not necessarily for\npublication, but as evidence of good faith.\nPRINTING turned out in first-rate style'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdat\nthe shortest notice.\nAddW-SS. ....\nThbMiNii. Printing a Publishing Co\nNELSON. B.C.\nNOTICE OF REMOVAL.\nWe beg to inform the public that\nthe offices of The Miser have been\nremoved from Josephine Street to the\nJowett'Building on Victoria Street.\nA MILITARY PICNIC.\nLord Salisbury's little expedition\nto the west coast of Africa presents a\nsomewhat striking.contrast to similar\npicnics organized by Mr. Gladstone.\nThat gentleman always managed to\nforget something and it took a good\ndeal of management.'. tq make thi*\nthing into a success- At Khartoum\nand Majuba Hill the results are not\npleasant to cbhteiiiplate. The Conservative\" Premier \"put a set\" on to tin*\nlocal monarch at once and so some few\nthousand British soldiers are at liberty\nagain to fight Russia or Germany or\nanyone else who may want to try their\nhand, but they had really better wait\nuntil Mr. Gladstone or someone of\nhis kidney gets into power again.\nAN OLD SORE.\nOn' January 18, 1871, King William\nof\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Prussia wasi crowned Emperor of\nGermany.' The ceremony; which culminated the Union of the Kingdom of\nPrussia*'with' all the smaller German\nstates and principalities took place in\nthe Palace of Versailles where\nWilliam was then residing just after\nthe fall of Paris and the conquest of\nFrance. The twenty fifth anniversary\nof this great historical event has just\nbeen celebrated in Berlin with great\nmagnificence and pomp and also'by\nGermans throughout-the world. It is\nnot likely that it will tend to strengthen\nthe alliance hinted at some week or\n, two ago between Russia, Germany and\nFrance; It will be many a long day\nbefore the.latter two can walk arm in\narm either in the*paths of peace or on\nthe field of war.\nIN THE SAME BOA T.\nWhen- the world was young, that is\nto say when this part of the world was\nin its infancy as far as development\nwas concerned, the main difficulty was\nhow to get in and out of it. I. is not\nso long ago that Mb. Corbin was held\nup as the deliverer of the country when\n-he-built his-railroad-in.froni-Spokane..\nOnly a year ago at.. Rossland the\nopposers of his Red Mountain Railway\nBill were regarded as enemies of their\nrace. In Nelson he was the object of\nthe sorrowing pity of its inhabitants\nwhen he found that his entrance to\nthe city was blocked byarivalcompany.\nHe was always the hero, it was to him\nthat the opening up of the country-\nwas due, to oppose him was to injure\nKootenay. Now things are changed.\nHe is a landgrabbe-, a ..ampler on the\nrights, of free peoples, an invader of\nthe privileges of the free miner and of\nthe townsite speculator (though this\nlast is not mentioned in public.) He\ncau console himself by the thought\nthn-t he hasa.companion in misfortune.\nPrecisely the same things are being\nsaid, and by the same people,.of Great\nBritain. Mn. Corbin and England\n-are* in the same boat. We fancy they\nare both sufficiently strongly built and\nwanned to weather the storm.\nDIPLOMACY.\nThere are signs that the Venezuelan\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffddifficulty is settling itself and the\nserVice'sof the special commission appointed b\ufffd\ufffd the United States Congress\nwill not be required. The process by\nwhich thi, is being effected is one that\nhas served oh more than one previous\noccasion. It is the result of the unseen- workings of diplomacy which\ncome in when popular excitement bas\ncalmed down..\nThere is probably a little give and\ntake on both sides, for which there is\nalways room in these cases; though it\nwas felt that the famous message to\nCongress scarcely left space for any.\nIb is a recognised principle of diplomacy never to crowd your \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd opponent\ninto a corner unless you really want to\nfight. Enough glory can.; be obtained\nto satisfy the most rampant jingo\nwithout committing this irretrievable\nblunder and diplomatists perfectly un-\nderstand'th'e process and its visible and\nand Apparent results. They see the\nvalve through which the energy\ndeveloped can quietly escap*? without\nbursting anything and' they laugh\nquietly in their sleeves while the rampant public tramples up and down all\nround it'with out taking any notice of\nit.\nThe question has beenasked whether\nthe British Government could so far\nrecognise the Commission as to put\nbefore' it evidence in support of their\ncontentions. By doing so it was felt\nthat they would be at once taking backwater on their announcement that\nthey refused to arbitrate certain parts\nof their claims on Venezuela. On the\nother hand it was felt that the Commission could, hardly, be expected to\narrive at any just conclusion on the\nmatter if only the Vene-ii.lan views\nof tlie mutter were placed before it.\nThe\" difficulty found a simple solution,\nlt was found that thc Imperial Parliament was anxious for full information\non this important \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd question. Blue\nBooks and other state papers and maps\nand plans were therefore prepared and\nlaid on the table of the House. Now\nall papers laid on the tabic are public\nproperty. It is therefore quite easy\nfor the Commission to be supplied\nwith the fullest information without\nhaving to apply to the Biitish government for it.\nIt is not unlikely that the whole\nmatter will be settled and diplomatic\nrelations resumed between Venezuela\naud Great Britain before the Commission reports.\nThere is after all a very great difference of opinion on the question of the\nMonroe Doctrine, in Congress \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd itself.\nIn., the House of Representatives a\nresolution was brought in declaratory\n<>f the policy of the United States on\nthis point. Now it is an extremely\ndifficult thing to define the nature of\n.a thing 80 odd years after it happened,\nand when its original meaning was by\nno means clear, '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd It is not to be wondered at then that members of the\nhouse were \"anything- but unanimous\non the resolution. 'Some wan ted--to\ngo farther, some were for curtailing it,\nwhile a few were for dropping it altogether and very sensibly refusing to\nallow the United States to mix itself\nup with matters .with which it has got\nnothing whatever to do and creating\nfor itself an unknown quantity of\nfuture troubles on account of a number\nof rascally republics with which it has\nabsolutely nothing whatever in\n.common,\nNOTES.\nSixteen thousand people at Pittsburg\nhave sighed a petition tor the suppression of the drink traffic. Everyone\nwill cordially - agree- with the object\nthese good people have in view but\nwill pity the waste of time.\nA very ' large number of letters reach\nus from several quarters, particularly\nfrom Manitoba and from the mimnji,*\ndistricts of tbe . western States making\nenquiries about this country. To accommodate these enquirers and also to\nencourage our readers to make use of us\nfor obtaining information of all sorts we\nhave opened a column, entitled 'Answers\nlo Correspondents' which will be found\non our fourth page.\nIn another column we publish a'letter\nfrom a correspoudeot at Alberni. Our\nreaders are naturally anxious to get a\nfair idea of the nature of this camp. . The\nooast papers have painted its riches in\n-uch glowing colors that raining men\nnaturally paid little attention to them.\nSuch accounts do a camp more harm than\ngood. From our correspondent's letter\nwe gather that the field contains several\nvaluable low _grade^ prospeots requiring\nlarge capital to develope~it\"and-tha__t ii\"\nnot a poor man's camp.\nShakespere mentioned that the\ngentle rain from heaven had a habit of\nfalling alike on the jiist ahd unjust. The\nBoers of the Transvaal evidently copy\ntiature. They rob the Uitlanders\nwheth _r republican - Americans or\nmonarchical Englishmen with a rigid\nimpartiality which is worthy of, a\nbetter cause. In spite of this some\nlittle sympathy with the poor oppressed Boer has been exhibited by certain\neditors across the line, ostensibly\nbecanse the Boer is a republican. But\nthen these editors have never been in\nAfrica-.\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdorVenezuela for that matter.\nThe afTairs of the Canadian Postofiice\nas administered in this province are\narranged on some system to understand\nwhich both common sense and logic nre\nuseless. When our connection with th\ufffd\ufffd\nC.P.R.- to the north brenks down onr\nmails are sent out by Spokane. So far\nso good. It will scarcely be believed but\nit- is nevertheless true that the mails for\nEastern Canada and Europe, instead of\nbeing forwarded straight on towards\ntheir destination from Spokane are sent\nback to Seattle, and thence up tlie main\nline ot the'C.P. R. at Mission and come\ntrundling, along past Revelstoke some _\ndays after they leave Nelsou. They ought\nto b\ufffd\ufffd. almost in. Toronto by that time.\nWe suppose that the Postmaster General\nis too bucy-intriguing for office to attend\nto his Department. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nsecession and other forms of disloyalty. But once let there be the\nslightest insult or menace to. our\nEmpire and her sons spring to arms\nfro iii all quarters of the globe. Petty\nquarrels are forgotten and strong men\nstand shoulder to shoulder ready to\ndefend their flag. In far Australia the\nsame spontaneous move was made as\nin Canada. Flying squadrons-are good\nbut the unswerving love for our\nnation that actuates us all is better.\n' The Berlin correspondent of the\nLondon Times strikes a strange chord\nin his remarks. about the German\nanniversary. He says; '.'Can it be\nsaid that the heart of the Germau\nnation responded yesterday with the\nsame enthusiasm or that in many\nminds the splendid memories of the\npast were uot to some extent dimmed\nand marred by disappointed expectations and uneasy apprehensions. The\ndeath of the two Emperors has made\nroom for a soverign of a strangely\ndifferent type, of whom all that can be\nsaid safely is that in this year of his\nage and in the eighth cf his\nreign his chief characteristic is his\nyouth.\" He then proceeds to comment on ' the absence of Bismarck and\nother great nobles from, the'festival\nand concludes that \"the fete partook\nmore of a state pageant than a national\nfestival.\" The deduction to be drawn\nfrom this is tha^ Germany is getting a\nlittle tired of William and his freaks.\nThe correspondent of the great London\npaper could not express this in so\nmany words but he says so pretty\nplainly in* that mysterious writing\nthat can sometimes be seen between\nthe lines.\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd'Statute\" in The Province is veiy\nzealous for his pets the legal fraternity\nof the coast cities. Some time ago a\nlittle whisper reached'us that these\npoor innocent lambs with that simplicity for which they are famous began\nto cast about for a means to gobble up\nall the. mining business that properly\nbelongs to our local practitioners without taking the trouble to come for it.\nWe pointed out at once our opinion of\nthis course. It was no doubt unkind\nof us to impute such motives to this\nimmaculate flock and the bare idea of\nanyone being so utterly lost to all\nsense of what is owing to the dignity\nof the Victoria and Vancouver Bar as\nto do so was a terrible \"shock to Mr.\nShepherd Statute. The presumptioua\noutsider must be made to eat his words\nfor daring to cast words of disapproval\nat his inoffensive herd. The very curls\nof their snowy wigs would stand on\nend at the bare idea. They must stand\nwith Caesars wife. Now this is all\nvery well. Where there is smoke\nthere is fire. It is very possible that\nno actual resolutions on the subject\nare recorded in the minute books of\nthe Bar Association, but we have in\nour possession a letter from a correspondent whose confidence we are\nbound to respect, warning us that\nthere was. indeed ground for our\nremarks. Until this correspondent\ninforms us that he was mistaken wt\nprefer to remain in the position we\nhave taken up. Judge Spinks by the\nway in his letter to The Province does\nnot deny the facts but simply^ says\nthat he was unable to find the friend\nwho had given him the information,\nleaving it t.o be inferred that he would\nsee him and write again.\nWANTED.\nTEACHER for tlio Waneta Public School.\nDuties to commence on Feb. 1st, 18%.\nJ. H. NOLAN,\n(270) Secretary to thc Board of Trustees.\nO-O TO\nTHE BON TON\n.FOR FRESH\nEASTERN OYSTERS\nIN ANYSTYUE.\nOpeii-from-1-pr-m\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdto -6 a-m*\nMISS ___*- \"M*- _D\"Cr\"E,_5''_r,\nI-KwritlKTKKSS. \"\nSIMPSON'CO.\nDEALERS IN\nGroceries, Feed, Farm\nProduce, Butter, Cheese,\nEggs and Poultry. _ \" ' '\nA Few Car Loads\" of\nTimothy Hay for Sale.\nITELSOIT, IB. C.\n(52>\nSIMI'SOt \ufffd\ufffdV CO.. I'roprlHor*-.\nOur readers will remember that it\nwas stated last .week, that the Emperor of Germany in correspondence\nwith his' august grandmother the\nQueen had'endeavored to shuffle out\nof the position which he had so hastily\ntaken* up on'Transvaal affairs. The\nGerman press was simply wild when\n.the substantia, of these \\ letters was\nprinted in the English papers. and\nstrenuously denied \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd their \"existence.\nBut it has come out that the letters\nwere perfectly an then tic after all. It'\nis explained that the Emperor did not\nexpress his regret for having sent the\nmessage to the Transvaal, bt.t.for the j\nway it was received and commented\non in England;. ...... '\"'.-.\nOYSTERS!\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd IN ALL STYLES\nAT T. BOOTH'S\nTROPICAL\n*- \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd u\nFrE-TTIT STORE,\nBAKER STREET NELSON.\n.A Larxc Stock of I'lpes and Cigar*. -'\nBRANCH HOUSE.\nEi-M. HERRI-} & CO.\n. .OMMI-SIOX MERCHANTS.\nA feature of the recent.war scare\nhas been the spontaneous burst of\nloyalty that arose from Canada. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd As\nlong'as peace reigns and people have\nnothing , particular to think about\nthere are plenty of persons who attract\na momentary and unenviable notoriety by talking' of separatfoh and\nDEALERS IN\nCA-1FOK.MA AMI WASHINGTON'\n..H-t ITS AXD VEGETABLES\nKUTTEK, Ef'\ufffd\ufffd'S AXD I-OM.TKY,\nII AY, (' HA IX, JKE\ufffd\ufffd I*tt aud 311 LL FEED.\nJOHN HIRSOH,\nProvincial Land Surveyor.\nOfi-ici':\nNELSON AND ROSSLAND, B. C.\n140\nMINING .MACHINERY!\nFOR SALE.\nTwo new English Portable Engines,\n8 and 12 horsepower, wood burners.\nOne Stationary Engine and Boiler.\nOne, Engine and Boiler for Steam\nLaunch.\nGalvanized Tanks, Mining Tools,\nSteel, Iron, .etc.\nDelivered at Victoria\" on wharf.\n. Apply to 1IEIST.ERMAN & CO.,\n75 Government St.,\nOpp Bank of Montreal. \"Victoria, B.C,\n(179)\nPage Ponsford Bros.\nBasting* Street, Vancouver. II. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.\nDIEECT IMP0ETERS OF ALL HIGH-\nGLASS ENGLISH MEN'S\nc FUENISHINGS\nSuch as Christy's Hats, Dents\n& Fowne's Gloves, Dr. Jaegers\nCartwright& Warner's Underwear, Scotch Rugs, Flannel,\nMatting and Crepe Shirt\nTrousers, etc., etc.\nMAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.\n_ 130\nJAMES MOWAT,\nCARPENTER and BUILDER,\nTSTELSOlSr, _3- C\nPlans, Elevations and Details drawn to order.\n,,Orders left at Turner & Kirkpatrick's\nVernou Street, will receive prompt attention.\n-'. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 1261]\nNOTICE.\nLevi Strauss9 Overalls.\nA Large Importation of those Famous\nGoods direct from San Fiancisco just\nreceived. i\nBlue Denim Overalls, Blue Denim Pants,\n. Engineers' Overalls, Blue Denim Jumpers,\nBlue Denim Smocks, Blanket Lined Jackets,\nand the Latest Thing Out\nNO. 2 COMBINATION COAT.\nThe only Store in town earring a Full\nStock of these Unrivalled Goods.\nA. T. GARLAND, BAKER STREET.\n\"VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AT\nJ_l the next session ol tho Parliament of\nCanada application will be made by the Nelson\nand Fort Sheppard Raihvay Company .(or. an\nAct authorizing the said Company to construct,\nequip, work and maintain a telegraph line and\ntelephone lines along the whole length ol its\nrailway and branches, and to establish offices\nfor the transmission of messages lor t he public\nand collect tolls for so doing and generally do a\ncommercial business as a telegraph or tele-\nphono Company and for the purposes of erect\ning and working such telegraph and telephone\nlines the Company may enter into a contract\nwith auy other Company or may lease any of\nthe Company's lines or any portions thereof. .\nBODWELL & IRVING, \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nVictoria, B. C.\nSolicitors for Applicants.\nVictoria, B. C, Nov. 18th, 1895, (216)\n\"VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that appli\nJ_M . cation will be made to thc Legislative\n\"Assembly of-the Province of British Columbia\nat its next Session for an Act to incorporate a\nCompany for the purpose of constructing,\noperating and working deep tunnels, drifts or\nshafts, for thc purpose of exploring for, discovering, working, getting, acquiring and\nacquiring and recovering minerals situate in\nblind veins, ledges or lodes in the Districts of\nEast and West Kootenay, Yale and Cariboo, in\nthe Province of British Columbia, and for entering upon and acquiring lands for such purposes and for collecting tolls for the use of such\ntunnels or workings by otlier persons or companies engaged in mining and for acquiring\nsuch water powers or privileges as may be\nnecessary or convenient therefor, together with\nsuch other powcis or privileges, rights or\nincidents as may be necessary for or incidental\nor couducive to the attainment of the foregoing objects or any of them.\nA. E. HUMPHREYS,\n(2G5I\nApplicant.\nNOTICE is hereby given that application\nwill be made to the Legislative Assembly\nof thc Province of British Columbia at its next\nsitting for mi Act to amend \"The Vernon and\nNelson Telephone Company's Act, 1891,\" *\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd_ as\n-to enable.-the.company_lo_consti'_uct__telephoiie_\nlines anywhere on the mainland of the province\nand to amend the schedule to the said Act relating to the tariff or charges of thc said\nCompany. .\nWILSON & CAMPBELL,\nSolicitors for the Company.\n'Vancouver, Dee. 10, 1895. (255)\nNotice of Application for Liquor License.\nThe undersigned give notice tkat they in\ntend applying to the Stipendiary Magistral-, of\nthe District of West Kootenay for a retail\nliquor license for their hotel at Sandon.\nJ, W. SWITCER.\n.. C, B. McCLUSLV.\n,Sandon, Jan. 18, 1S!W. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd (275)\nNotice of Application lor Liquor License.\n-I hereby give notice that thirty days from\nthis date I intend to apply to the Stipendiary\nMagistrate for a license to sell liquor by retail\nat my hotel, known as thc Home Restaurant.\nJOE BTURGKOX.\nJan. I, 1896. <2\ufffd\ufffd\")\nNotice of Application for Crown Grunt.\nrilAKK NOTICK that T. .1. Lcndrum, as\nX a_.nt.for il. S. Ilowardnnd Louis Grune-\nwuld, has tiled tho necessary papers nnd made\napplication for a Crown Grant in favour of the\nmineral claim \"Ohio.\" situated in Ihe Ainsworth Mining Division of West Kootenay.\nAdverse claimants, if any, must filo-thcir\nobjections with mc within GO days from the\ndate of this publication in the British Columbia\nGazette.\" \" *\n_\\\". FITZSTUBBS, -\nGovernment Agent.\n* Dated at Nelson, Jan. 8,1896. [268-11.1,61\nNotice of Application for Crown Grant.\nTAKE NOTICE that A. S. Farwell,'as agent\nfor George Harman and Wilbur A.\nHendryx, has tiled the necessary papers and\nmade application for a Crown Grant in favour\nof the mineral claim \"Henry,\" in the Hendryx\ncamp in the Ainsworth Mining Division of\nWest Kootenay District.\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Adverse claimants (if any) must file their objections within 60 days from thu dato\nof the first appearance of this Loticciiv thu\nBritish Columbia Gazette.\nN*. FITZSTUBBS.\nGovernment Agent.\nNelson. B. C. Nov. 19, 1S9.5. , (241. 2:1-11-5,) \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\n-KKTI-'I-AT.'S OF IMPROVEMENT.\nI TURNER. BEETON &\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd CO. I\nt\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd*-*-\n| A CAR LOAD OF\nI ORE BAGS\n1 JUST ARRIVED.\nM . \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd$\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\n| Write for Samples and Prices.\nif NELSON, B.C.\n_3._\ufffd\ufffd^r_^^^^^^^^^^^_^_^i\nRIESTERER'S\nBREWERY *\nMILL STREET,\nNELSON, B. C.\nIs now able to supply the town and district with\na first-class quality of Draught and Bottle\nDraught Beer at 50c. per gallon.\nBottle Beer _.t $10 per Barrel.\nORDERS CAST BE M2F- AT HliMKH'S IS.KI'U.. . tj TJTpQrpTVRTrD T)_-_ .\nMAIL OBUKBS fKOni'TLV ATTE.MIEII' TO. XI. IIIXjOiXliV*jXl> S-T0l)*\nWAGON 8 and\n* BOB-SLEIGHS\no\nBEST CANADIAN MAKES.\nOre, Lumber and General Purpose,\nWEITB rPOI. PEICB .LIST TO '\nG. PRIOR & CO., Up.\nKAMLOOPS, _B_.C rn\nPARTIES CAN ALSO APPLY TO .\na. b; GRAY, NELSON, KOOTENAY'AGENT\nFor\nE.\nALBION IRON WORKS Co., LIMITED\n-EJST G-I_rsrT-r]E!_R s.\nIIION FOUNDERS, BOILER MAKERS. * \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ' * \" \ufffd\ufffd\nMANUFACTURERS OF MARINE AND\nLAND ENGINES, BOILERS, ETC.,\nFISH CANNING AND MINING\nMACHINERY, HYDRAULIC GIANTSi\n_* \" * * PIPES AND SINKING PUMPS, FOR MINE.-\nFrench Ranges, Stoves, Grates, Etc. .\/\nSOLE AGENTS FOU HE.M.Y K. MOUTHIX'TO.VS STEAM Pl_ll*li AND l.N\ufffd\ufffd-E-_M\ufffd\ufffdL_. ft\nKOCK DIMM, CO.'S STEAM DOCK nHII.U*.\nNo. 6 Chatham and 71 Store Street.\n\ufffd\ufffd\nj\nNELSON\n229)\n0 B C-\nJ. M. B. MIXE-tAL. CLAIM. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd i\n_. I\ni\nSituate in thk Kelson* Mining Division* of j\n\">Vkst Kootenay Distkict. AV.-iere Located\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdToau Moun'taix, '. I\nTAKK -.\"-TICK thai I. Henry E. Croasdaile, ;\nas aKent for the Hall Mine-1 Limited, free '\n! miner'jic'cniricate Xo.. GL073, intend, sixty days i\n'\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd from the date hereof, to apply to the Gold i\n| Commi'-.-ioner for a cOrtificat'e of improic-\ni merit.-, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown,\n' grant of the above claim.\n! - And further take notice, that adverse claims .\nj must be f,ent to the Gold C'ommi.-.-,ioner and\n! action commenced before the issuance of _uch '\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Certificate of Improvements. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\nj Dated this 2nd day of October. 1S35. '\nEEXRVE. CKOASDAJLEI\nP. 0. DRAWEE 12\nVICTORIA, B. C.\n(205)\n(21&-23,11. 5)\nM. R. SMITH'% CO.\nBiscuit Manufacturers.\n\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdWBITB FOE PEICE LIST.\nVICTORIA - B. C. 2i2)\nij THE MINER, SATURDAY, NELSON, B. C, JANUARY 25, 1896. 1 r 1 r j-* ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. G. W-, lio\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdiua, Ass:i. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdFifty cents in advance. T. G. W., Toronto -To reply fully to your note would tako a lon^ time. We may say as far as cliancps out here ate oo'j-eru.d there ;i:'o plenty i'oi- everyone, wiici iior lie can briny brains, money or lrju.-.Oi- lo the market! L. K. B., Skasjit Co., Wash. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdIt is j possible thai during the cotning.snmaiei' ' \"work may be commenced on a'railroad from Robsou to I'lo.slaLid. the Crow's Nest Pass Kouir, extension of the Nakusp & Slocan aud otlier works. Notice of Application fur r_i(|iior License. I hereby givo notice that IhirLv davs after this dale I intend to make application for a licence to sell wines and liquors by retail at the Royal Hotel. _ TOM BOOTH. Nelson. Jan, 21,IS!).). (->7s) NEWS OF.' THE VVOK'LJ). Tin* Irish Anifri-iiii ;.l.;iiik al .Minneapolis hiis suspi'iulud payiu.iil. About 150,000 feet of'Jogrf wore lost in the Siiiil.oini.Li Creek, Wash., during the lecent freshet. Professor Andee,. of Sweden, is goiug to make an attempt to i.ach the North Pole by means of a balloon. The membeis of the committee of the Reform .League, who wore arrested in Johannesburg arc bciufj tried ibis week. An ugret'ment has been signed between i'Viiri-. and Eii^lanil relative to certain teniibi-y in Siam. A neutral ground has been agreed upon. The British . Admiral I y. is culling for to-ders for 10 third class cruisers to be completed within the year. They are lo be armed with quick-finn-,' gillis ofthe lalest pattern. In spite of the iniinei-oiis liade union troubles in England during the past twelve months the inaiiiilicUiiing _ and building interests of tin* country au* in a better condition than, they have been at t his season for the past live or six years. A furious storm rag.rLiii Portland and alli'.long the coasts of Oregon and Washington at the end of last week. Trains on the Southern,'Pacific were delayed and coast steamers were unable to put to sea. General Harrison expresident of tho United States is about to *o-on1or the bonds of matrimony. It will be General Harrisons retirement from llie Presidency. . The .lady to whom he is now engaged is Mrs. Duirmick a uiec** of his late wife. The Geueral is 02, his fiaucee about about -12. It is nimorcl that, the \"Uitlanders arrested in the Transvaal will be fined __k000 each and that the leaders will get five years imprisonment iu addition. They will probably however bo liberated as soon.as quiet is restored, aud banished from the country. Affairs in the Transvaal lire still far from settled. Very considerable animosity is shown by the Boers towards the English and Americans. Armed bauds of iSoers to tbe number of 1,01)0 strong parade the streets of .Johannesburg to show ihe Uitlanders what they are made of. Sergius Stepnial th_ noted nihilist leader und 'author who has been for some years resident in London was recently killed while crossing a railroad track. It is said of him that, while in Russia he was fivu times drawn by lhe secret section of the Terrorist party to execute vongenee upon government officials, anil that each time he carried out his deadly work so skilfully and secretly th.il no suspicion ever attached to him. NOTICE. A. SITTING OF TIIK COUNTY COURT of I.ootenay will he holden at, Nelson on Saturday, the-.'HI li day of Kehrnary; at lCaslo on Tuesday, I he Hnl day of March, and at, I toss- land on Tuesday, the JUth day of March, lS'.NJ. T. II. OIl-'l'lN.' Registrar. Nol -on. li. C'.'lJIh .laiiuary, ISM!. |'277| Nelson Hyfiranlic Mil NOTICE OF MEETING. special gene:: the Nelson Jlydraul W. MEETING OF .* lining Company (blinked), will be held at tlio Company's office in the Town of Nelson, B. C. on thc7th day of February next, at the hour of 11 o clock in the forenoon. Important, meeting. By Order G. W. RICHARDSON, Secretary. Nelson, 13. C\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Jan. K). (_OT) NOTICE. IjK.\\si-_ oi'Ti.Mnisit Limits. Wkst Kootenay. NOTICE. SEALED TRNm-.ltS will be received by tin lion, tho Chief Coiiiiiii_..-.ioner and Works up !.> iiuon of Lauds f Tuesday, 3rd March next, from i.ov.- acres, foi- lho purpo-e of enUui*; timber therefrom, subject io the provision* of the \"Land Act\" andaiuendmcnis thereto. The limit is situated in -Sproule Creek Valley, about one mile north of the Kootenay ltiver, below tho Columbia and Kootenay Railway Cro.ssinp,-. The competitor oH'crini; the highest cash bonus will be entitled lo a \"lease of the premises for.: lorm of lwunty-one years. I''.i_h lender must be accompanied by a cer- li!i<_._ bank che(]iiu to cover the cost of t.hesur* vey, SS7II.50. lhe lirst year's ri'nlal. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd21U.t)0, and lho (uiionnr of the bonus tendered. The cheques will beat onco returned to unsuccessful competitors. XV. S. CORK, Deputy Commisf'ioiierof Lands and Works. Lands and Works Depart monl, Victoria, li. C, llth January, iSflO. CiTO) In the County Court of Kootenay, Holdcn at at thc East Crossing ofthe Columbia Kiver. In the matter of John D. McMillan, Deceased, and in thc matter of the Ollicial Admin- trator's Act; dated thc 22nd Day of October. A. D. 1891. Upon reading the allidavits of Robert. McDonald, John D. Moore and John McPhco, it is ordered that James Ferguson Armstrong, Ollicial Administrator for the County Court, District of Kootenay, shall bo Administrator of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of John I) McMillan, Deceased. And that t .is order be published for sixty days in thc Nelson Mixkk newspaper. (Signed) WM. WARD SPINKS, J. GOLD, SILVER and PLATED WARE WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, EARN PIANOS, SEWING MACHINES AND OPTICAL GOODS. THE BEST OF EVEET UNE AT JACOB DOVER'S, BAKER ST., NELSON. -*-TO-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd- Hunting, Survey, Prospecting PARTIES AND OTHERS \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd THE NEW. FAST\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd STEAM LAUNCH \"FLIRT\" Can be CHAETERED by day or week on reasonable terms. Oiders sent trough the pursers of the steamboats Nelson or Ainsworth, with whom arrangements can be made, or by mail or telegraph to C. W. Busk, Balfour, will receive prompt attention (19) S. S. Alberta WHY IS YOUR SKIN SO ROUGH ? __= Because you are using domestic soap instead of =5 H THE BEST IMPORTED SOAP, ~\" 3 3 MAIL CONTRACT. NEWS OF THE DOMINION beat The Canadian Curling teams the American team u. Diilulh. Plans., are being prepared by the Minister of. Marino i'or an .expedition to Hudson.-'Bay. Uobert Gilmore a wealthy citizen,of Toronto who is recently'dead left $15,000 to charities.\" Sir Charles Tupper will still administer the affairs of the High Commissioners office in London during his retention of the Portfolio of Finance. Ore-it distress prevails in parts of \"Newfoundland. At Portland ' ii is reported' that hundreds of people are t_tai-ving-owing\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdto-t he-fail ore-of- [he- frozen herring\" industry. The correct returns of the Manitoba elections give the Greenwood govern-- jnent ill) seats, Conservative' Oppositionists 5, .'Liberal independent. _, Patrons 2. The election in Dauphin \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdwas to1 take place on Tiiiu\/sday Just. ... vpinions on Trust. \"It .is much harder toy examine and judgb than to tako up opinions on trust; anil, thereforo, tho far greatest part of the world borrow from others thoso which .they entertain concerning all tlio affairs of life and anil death.\" Hence it proceeds that men aro so unanimously eager in tlio pursuit of things, which, far from having any inherent -real. good. aro varnished o'er with a specious and deceitful gloss, and contain nothing answerable to thoir appearance. Hence it proceeds, on tho other hand, that, in tho tilings which are called evil, there is nothing so hard anil tcrriljlo ;is tlio general cry of tlio world threatens. Thus tho .multitude lias ordained. Hut tho greatest part of their ordinances aro abrogated toy tho wise. \"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdBolincbrooko Spokane Fails & \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdNorthern R'y. Nelson .& Fort 3 h\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdpp__. !!?U?_-__! AllRtillHpSSi Daily (Except\" Sunday) Between ?po_;ane and-Ko-thport. Tri-Weekly Eetweon \"Northport and _Te!son. SEPARATK SEAL-iO TENDERS, addressed to tliu l*os;,innsler-Gencr.il will be received at Ottawa until noon, on Friday, 28Lh Fubruary, for the conveyance of Her JIaiostv's Mails, on proposed contracts for tour ye'ars.'iii each cast; each wav, between Nelson and Hailway Station (O. i>. lt. Hailway), Nelson and Wharf (cit,y),X6lson and Railway Station (N. & F. S. Railway) from thu 1st, April next. The conveyance to be made on horseback or in a vehicle. Printed notices continuing further information as 10 thc conditions of proposed contract may be seen andblank Conns of Tender mav bc obtained at the l-*osL Ollice of Xelson and at Mi is oflice, _p E. II. F LETCH EK. Post Oilice tnsinector. PostOflic. Inspector's Ollice, \\ Viutoria.January 3. 18.16.. \/ (273) The creditors of John D. McMillan, lute of Kaslo city, in the District of Kootenay. Free Miner, Deceased, arc required within sixty days of this date to forward by registered letter addressed to James Ferguson Armstrong, Ollicial Administrator, Donald, IB. C. full particulars of their claims and the securities (if any) held by theni. After the expiration of tiie said sixty days tbe said administrator will proceed with thc distribution of the said estate, having regard to those claims only of which he shall have had notico. Dated at Donald, B. C, this 2nd day of November, 1895. J. F. ARMSTRONG, C2i2, 23,11, 5) Ofllcial Administrator. nelson division of west kootenay District. Kaslo &' Slocan Railway- TIME CARD NO. I. Goixo \"Wnsr. Leave !).()6 a. m. -.:i(i a. in. \" !>.:\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd; a.m. \" !>.:\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd- a, 111. \" 111.03 ii. m. \" 10.18 a. 111. \" J0.30n. in. \" 10.3!) a. 111. Arc. lU.uUa, in. Daily Going East. ICiis-lo Arrive 3.50 p.m. Sonlli Fork \" 3.1. p.m. riproulu's Whilewatcr Hear Lake Mcduigan Bailey's J unci ion .-illldoil Leave 2.15 p.m, 'J.OOp.m. l.lSp.m. 1.33 p.m. 1.21 p.m. 1.12 p.in. 1.00 p. in. Subject to change without, notieo. For rates and information apply at the Company's olliccs. ROBT. HiVINO, (2(il) Tralllc jManagor. AV. H. ]\\IcGRAAAr, Superintendent. WANTED Men With Money to Come to Nelson and -Make Money. Thewi-_.iii'__openings\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdfoi'-coiiiinencing- .-Business or .for Partnerships in several lines. SAW MILL BUSINESS. IRON FOUNDRY AND MACHINE BUSINESS, SOAP MANUFACTORY, STEAM LAUNDRY, HARNESS MAKER, ETC., ETC.. ETC. Information will be cheerfully given on application to W. A. JOWETT, VICTORIA ST., NELSON- Leave 7.30 a.m. NELSON Arrive 6.15 p.m. Trains leave Xelson for .^ii'i!:.-!!-!* evoiy \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd_Mo.\\*da_, Ursdnepdai\" atul I-'i:ri)^y. returning leave-\"pi-knii-* Tijhsijav.s. 'I'iiujo-oavs ' nud .Satukdays ot 7 a. m.. ai.il nii'lrinit close connection by K.S. Nelson with all Kootenay Lake points. Passengers for Kettle Eiver ami Iiound- jiry Creek, connect at Miirens with stage on ^Mondays, We.lnesilays, Thur-stlays a-d Fridays. Passengers for Trail Creek mines con- uc .1 at Northport tvitli stage Daily WHOLESOME 12 Ounce Can l.old Jur S> Cento. I.ari-'o..: !loi\/:;imI in i'.iiiail;i. 1213) \"XT OTICE is hereby given, in accordance _13l with the Statutes, I hat Provincial .Revenue Tax and all taxes levied _nd*\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdr the \"Assessment Act\" are now due for the.year 18JK1. All the above-named tuxes collectible -within the Nelson Division ot\" West Kootenay are now payable at niy oflice. Assessed taxes arc collectible at the following rates, viz: If paid on or before the 30tli June, 1896: '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd' One-half of one per cent, on real property One-third of one per cent, on personal property. Two per cent, on assessed value of wild land. One-half of one per cent, on income. If paid after 30th June, 18!W\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Two-thirds of one per cent, on real properly. One-half of one per cent, on personal property. Two and one-half por cent, on assessed value of wild land. TJirco-fourtlis of one per cent, on income. Provincial Revenue Tax, $3.00 per capita..' O. G. DENNIS, Assessor and Collector. January 2, 1896. (2ti!)| . 3 3 ^ which is Cheaper, because it Lasts Longer and 8~ gives Better Satisfaction. % THREE OAKES FOR 50 CENTS g: of any of the following varieties at theo Nelson 3 E: Drugstore: \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ^ Si OTTO OF ItOSK, WHITE KLYCEBISK, MUSI- DKEK, VIOLET, ;_g \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd_j WILD KOBE, HELIOTROPE, WHITE CARBOLIC, ^g &-\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd PEAKS' liXSCESTED, BUTTERMILK, PERFUMED PUMICE, ,-\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd ^ COLD CREAM and GL.CEKIKE. tiLTCERIKE and CUCUMBER, i-3 g And many other varieties of the Best English and ^ \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd American Toilet Soaps. Try them and be convinced. __| I NELSON DRUG STORE. I GILKER % WELLS. _m:o_r_b 3srE\"w aooDS. WEST KOOTENAY DISTRICT. ALL PLACER CLAIMS AND MINING Leaseholds legally held in thc District may be laid over from 15th October, 1895, to the 1st June, 1890. NAPOLEON FITZSTUBBS, -Gold CominisBioner. Nelson, B. C. Nov. 23. 1896.. . (215 FERRY\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdWEST KOOTKNAY DISTRICT. SEALED PROPOSALS, properly endorsed, O will be received by thc Honourable Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works up to noon of Thursday, 0th of February next, for the right to main tain and operate a ferry across the Columbia ltiver at Trail, and within a limit of two miles above and- below that place, for a term of tive years from 1st August next. Proposals must give a description of the sir.e and hind of boat intended to be used, thc mode of propelling thc same, and the various rates of toll proposed to be collected, and give tho names of two persons who ore willing to execute a bond for #500 to secure tho faithful carrying out of the contract. The competition will be on the rate of tolls and the amount of bonus to be paid to thc Ciu'crnni-nL annually for the exclusive privilege of operating a ferry. A certitlcd (-liccpio io cover the amount of the tlrst year's bonus must accompany the proposal. All ollicers of the Government, with their animals and freight, to pass free. XV. S. GORE, . Deputy Commissioner of Lands and Works. Lands and Works Department, Victoria, B.C., Uth January. 189(1.' (271) NOTICE. Legislative Assembly. PRIVATE BILLS. The time limited by the \"Rule- of the Ho_s< for receiving petitions for Private,Bills will expire on the Uth day of February, J896. Rills must be presented on or before the 13th day of February, ISUd. Reports from the Standing Committee on Private Bills will not be received after the 20th day oflFcoruary, 18!K>. If any ot the Rules above referred to are suspended, the Promoters of all Private Bills taking the benefit of such suspension of said Rules will be required to pay double fees. Dated this 10th day of December, 1895, THORNTON FELL. (272) Clerk Leg_ilati-e_-<.se___ly. SUITS! SERGES, CHEVOITS, TW-SE-DS- 1 \/ PANTS The Finest Goods and the Latest Styles. A Special Line of Boys' Clothing. S0P33OI-A\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdJ^ TOTHJ1 T0RjlVJ__.E. We hold the largest stock of Cigars in town. Our own brands\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd-'-La Progression\" and \"Pride of the West\"\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdare splendid value. Call and Inspect. ^ .&C.KEB & WELLS> NELSON AND PILOT BAY. SPECIAL FOB 30 DAYS\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd SUITS, TWEED, FROM $27.00 UP. . SUITS, FANCY WORSTED, $35.00 UP TROUSERS FROM $6.50 UP. - - - A LINE OF ENGLISH WHIPCORD- $10, USUAL PRICE $13. OVERCOATS JN PROPORTION.^ FRED J. SQUIRE, Merchant Tailor. COR. BAKER AND WARD STREETS. 90 CANADIAN PACIFIC BAH-WAY __k.isrx) aoo pacific route. Stirht ill QiiC-Ht Rente to Pacific Coast and Eastern Points. St. Paul, Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, St. Louis, Kansas City, Buffalo. New York. -R____?__:S T-_C_B LO\"WEST. Most Variety of Routes, Bail and Steamers. Leaves Nelson Tuesdays and Fridays at 11.30 o'clock, making close connections with Transcontinental trains at Revelstoke. Before buying ticket elsewhere see or write nearest agent. J.HAMILTON, H. K MACIXXNELL, GEO. McL. BBOWN, ARent. Nelson. Trav. Frgt. and Pa* Agt.. Nelson. Dist. Pass. Ant. Vancouver TEA! TEA! TEA! We know you have tried many times to buy Good- Tea and have failed again and again. You have never tried our Tea in ONE POUND PACKETS. We are modest and do not like to tell -what the Governor-General said in praise of the Tea at the Phair Hotel. It was ours. Hudson's Bay Company, BAKER STREET, NELSON. LEAVE KASLO for Ainsworth, Pilot Bay and Nelson Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 8 a. m.; Tuesdays. Thursday and Friday, at 7 a. in. LEAVE NELSON for Pilot Bay* Ainsworth and Kaslo Monday, Wednesday Thursday and Saturday at 3 p. in.; Tuesday and Friday at 4 p.m. Closo connection is thus made between Lake points and all outgoing and incoming trains of the C. P. R. nt Nelson. Thc steamer is newly equipped in ever}* par ticular, is lit throughout by electricity, and contains bathroom and all modern conveniences for the comfort of passengers. The above schedule is in effect; 10th May, 1895 subject to change. JAS. WAUGH *\"' GEO. F. HAYWARD Purser. 34 Master COLUMBIA & KOOTENAY STEAM NAY. OO (LIMITED) TIME OARD No. 8. In Effect Monday, Nov. u, 18W. KKVKLSTOKE KOI 1l.-Slei.uifr '\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdKnhiiKp- Leaves Wigwam for Nakusp and Robson Monday_> and Thursdays at 7 p. m. Leaves Robson for Nakusp, Wigwam and Canadian Pacific Railway points on Tuesdays and _ ridays at 6 p. in. Connection is made nt Robson with C. * K Ry. for Nelson and with Str. \"Lytton\" for Trail Creek and Northport. . TKA1L cbi\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd;k>bobso.\\ boutc. St earner \"LyttoB.\" Leaves Trail Creek for Robson on Tuesdays and Fridays ut 10 a. in. Leaves Robson for Trail Creek on Tuesday, and Fridays nt 4 p. in., connects at Robson with Str. \"Nakusp\" for Nakusp and Revel stoke and with C. Ac K. Ry. for Nelson and Lake points. SOBTHrOBT-TBAII. VHf.W BOUT* Steamer \"|.jtto\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd.\" . Leaves Trail Creek for Northport on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Soturdars at 8 a. m. . * Leaves Northport for Trail Creek Mondays Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at I Connects at Northport with S. F. & N Ry for Spokane. ' * St-LSft'.VI.A-W BOtTI..-'-Str Ne!.-*.\" Leaves Nelson, for Kaslo, Sundays at 4 p. in.. Tuesdays at 5.30 p. m.. Wednesdays at 2.30 p. in., Thursdays at 5.39 p. m., J ndaj;s at 2.30 p. in.. Saturdays at 5.30 p in: Connecting on Tuesdays. Thursdays und Saturdays witfi N. & F. S. Ry. at Five Mile Point for Kaslo and Lake points. Leaves Kaslo for - Nelson, Sundays at 8 S. m.. Monday- nt 3 a., m.,. Wedues- ays at 3 a. m\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Thursdays at 8 a. m., Fridays at 3 a. m., Saturdays at 8 a. m. Connecting on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays al Five Mile Point with N. tc F. S. Ry. for Spokane. Connects with Columbia & Kootenay Railway at Nelson for points north and south. The right is reserved to change this schedule at uny time without notice. For ticket-, rules, etc., apply at Company's office, Nelson. T. Allan, * Secretary. J. W. Tboup, Manager M0RTHERN IN PACIFIC R, R. R Pullman Sleeping Cars, Elegant Dining Cars, Tourist Sleeping Cars. \".\" . \/ST. PAUl - MI-NEAPOLH _, D-L.TH TO FAK4.0 (iBA-vD. row.*