"c934855b-4d6f-4329-afb5-a2a809e8d520"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "[The Miner]"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2015-11-30"@en . "1897-01-23"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/gfminer/items/1.0081715/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " THE GRAND FORKS MINER.\nt\u00C2\u00A3\nFIRST YEAR.-NO 37.\nGRAND FORKS, BRITISH COLUMBIA. SATURDAY JANUARY 23, 1897.\n'tfe\nPRICE FIVE CENTS.\nW. J. ARMSTRONG & CO.\nANACONDA, B. C.\nateel ranges, Btovos, Silverware, Graniteware, Crockery-ware, Qlaoswaro,\nWoodenware, Tinware, Toilot seta\n-HARDWARE-\nOf All KindB, Cutlery, ChurnB, Sowing machines, Wringers, Washing machines, Window shades, Wagons and Trucks, Furnrco Work, Steam and Pipe\nE? Fitting, Iron Pipe and Fittings, Etc., Etc.\nFirstclass Job Shop in Connection.\n. W.H. FISHER\nHas opened a new\nBUTCHER SHOP\nAnd Solioltaa Fai r Shfere of the Public Patronage,\nA Full Line of Groceries in Connection.\nCarson Lodge I. O. O. F. No. 37.\nT ft 0 P MBETS EVRRV -UTTJRDAY\nX, \Jt Ui X 1 ovening ats o'clock in their\nbail at Carson, B C. A cordial Invitation extended to all sojourning brethren.\nP. B. NELSON, K. fi.\nD. 1). McLAUJlK, N. G.\nChurch Notice.\nPHKSBTTK1UAJ. CHURCH-SoMlees every\nBabbatti in the church ut 11 a. m. und 7-30\np' m. in the school room at Grand Forks. Sab-\nr.ath sohool 10:31) a. in. in the school room.\nAt Carson weekly 2 p. m.\nRav. Titos. Paton, Pastor.\nIt. A. 6H1ADS. J, Al, IMS.\nSHEADS& ADAHS,\n-ASSAY ERS-\nGRAND FORKS, B. C.\nCAMPLES GIVEN PHUM PT AND CAREFUL Al TEN! 1DN\nJ.\nK. JOHNSON,\nLaw and Collecting Agency.\nCONVEYANCER, MINERAL CLAIMS BOUGHT\nANU SOLD, NOTARY PUBLIC.\nGRAND FORKS, - BRITISH COLOMBIA.\nVICTORIA HOTEL.\nGrand Forks, B. C.\nThe Mammoth Hotel of the Kettle River District.\nMRS. A. V. DAVIS, Proprietress.\nSIGHT OLEEK ALWAYS ON HAND, EATES $1.60 AND $2.00 VBh DAY\nNow is the Time\nTo Invest.\nChas.de BlolsUreen OB PL 6, F.Wollastou P L 8\nQREEN & WOLLASTON,\nProvincial Land Surveyors\nCivil Engineers, Etc.\nQRAND FORKS, B. C.\noffice in VanNsss' Addition with J. tl. Feather\nston, assayer.\nONLY WHITING\nThousands Waiting in Spokane For the Eush to\nthe Mines and More\nComing Daily.\nRAILWAY MATTERS\nMuch Interest Felt in tlie Various Combinations of the Different Hallways Which are Holding\nin This Direction.\na l. Mcdonald,\nContractor and Builder,\nGRAND FORKS, B. C.\nPlans and specifications drawn, estimates furnished on all kinds of building. Work strictly\nrlrst-ctasB.\n' ,\J E. STAOHE,\nBath Rooms,\nAND TONSORIAL PARLORS.\nP.IVERSIDE, - - - ORAND FORKS.\nT H. FEATHERSTON, B. A. S. c.\nASSAYEK.\nAnd Mining Engineer. Member ol Quebec Min\ningBoofirty. Mineral Claims Examined\nand Reported on.\nRRIDQE STREFT, GRAND FORKS.\np RAND FORKS HOTEL\n'J\nBarber Shop.\nO'UtraUy Looated. All Work Guumntecd to be\nfiret-ClasB in every R\u00C2\u00ABBpect.\nPETER A. I PARE, \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 - PROPRIETOR.\nOne Hundred Dollars Invested NOW\nWill Buy as Much as a Thousand Next Spring.\nINTENDING INVESTORS\np IOHARD TUERIEN,\nBLACKSMITH,\nCBAKQ FORKS, B. C.\nnoes all kinds of kinds of repairing and\nhorse shoeing. All work gauranteBil.\n[J H. HUFF,\nBLACKSMITH.\nGREENWOOD CITY, B. O.\nDoes all kinds of repairing and horsoehoelng.\nWork strictly flritolass.\nWe have now on sale the following good properties:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nGROUP OF I\nTWO CLAIMS. J\nGROUP OF )\nTWO CLAIMS. \\nOVER TWENTY\nGOOD PROPERIES\nOne-half mile from Grand Forka and adjoining the oelebrated\nBONETA mine. Will bo sold as a group or singly.\nOne mile and a half from Grand Forks, quartz ledge, good\nAssays and an immense surface showing of ore.\nFor sale cheap in the vicinity of the Great Volcanic\nMountain and Seattle mining properties,\nThe Above\nProperties\niWe can honestly recommend as good investments. We oan ge\nyou good claims in any particular section at bed-rook prices,\nLIST YOUR GLHIfilS WITH U8\n\"\u00C2\u00BB.\u00E2\u0080\u00A2<\u00E2\u0080\u00A2%-\nT P. MoLEOD.\nBarrister, Solicitor, Etc.\nANACONDA, B. C.\nBRIDGE STREET RESTAURANT\nBAKERY AND\n- Lunch Counter -\nMEALS AT ALL HOURS.\nHot Cakes and Coffee 10c\nWHJQHT A LUTHER.\nC. SUTTON.\nA.\nBarrister at Law,\nNotary Public, Etc.\nURAND FORKS, B.C.\nORBES M. KERBY,\nWe Offer to Prospectors and Mine-\nowners Special Facilities for Quick\n.Returns as We are in Constant Communication With Capitalists in all\nParts of the Country,\nBr\n-Correspondence Solicited.\n^ McCarter, Johnson & McCarter,\nF,cLi1cCA5TE& *\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 a\u00C2\u00ABnd Pork., B. C.\nSpokane, Washington.\nProvincial Land Surveyor.\nAmi Civil Engineer.\nlimn, Midway\nAssociate Member Canadian\n8oclety of OMl (Engineers,\nDAILY STAGE\nFrom Grand Forks to Greenwood\nreturn.\nand\nStage Leaves Grand Porks 6 a. m-\n0n Saturdays, Tneidayi* and\nThursdays, and on Monday\nWednesday and Friday\nAt 7 0'olook a. a-\nMaine Carson, Greenwood, Anaconna,\nBoundary Falls and Midway.\nEMMERT & SPONG,,\nProprietor!\nSpokane, Wash,, Jan. 18.--[Spocial\nCorrespondence.]\u00E2\u0080\u0094-The effect of the\nholidays has passed away and all linen\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 J business have settled back into thoir\niveryday tut. Every person you meet\nii interested in minus and mining and if\ntalk goes for anything the rushfor the\nmining districts of the reservation aud\nBritish Columbia tlio coming season\nrill exceed that of any previous year.\nThore have been something over 100\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2nir.ing companies incorporated in thin\n:ity during the past two years, all of\nwhich have placed treasury stock on\nthe market for the explicit purpose ot\nleveloping the properties owned by\nthem, aud if ono out of every ton fulfil\nheir promises it will moan the oxpond-\nug of large sums of money in develop*\nuent work tho coming season.\nTho following Btory illustrates tho ox-\n:ent to which the mining fever has taken\nmid of our citizens:\nAmong tho numerous mining brokers\ni-j a gentleman who manages a large\ngrocery establishment. Tho other day\ni telephone order was received from ono\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0f his lady customors who lives in\nBrowne's addition. It went something\nine this:\n'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Hello!\"\n. \"Is this grocery?\"\n\"Please send me two pounds of good\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0utter, 500 shares of JoBie stock, a bot-\nle of bluing, two loaves of broad, 1,000\nharoa of Helena efcoek, a box of\nuatches and 2500 shares of Deer Park,\ndso a list of tho latest mining quotations. Goodbye!\"\nLast year the larger portion of the\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0apital went into the Kootenay and\nSlocan districts; but thia yoar it is gong to be different. Information con-\ntruing tho Kettle river and Boundary\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2rook districts is eagorly sought after\nind any person who can gi ve it always\nlads plenty of listeners among men of\napital who arc looking for a place to\ninvest their money and as Boon as it is\nassured that transportation facilities\nwill be afforded those districts the rush\nwill far exceed that to Rosslaad and\nTrail the past two years.\nSpeaking of railroads it Beetue to be\nihe general opinion among mining men,\nin a position to know, that within the\nnext twelve months the whistle of the\niron horse will bo hoard at loast in\niraud Forks. From those who aro\neiosely identified with Mr. Heinze the\ninformation ie given out that a deal hes\n''een effected between that gentleman\nand the Canadian Pacific railway people, but just what tho deal ii thoy re-\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0'use to state for the present, except that\n\u00C2\u00BBTr. Heinze will bo provided with all\nHie financial aid necessary to push the\nbuilding of his road as fast as the work\ncan bo done. In conversation with a\ngentleman who is thoroughly conversant with tho affairs of the Oanadiau\nPacific wo were informed that that\ncompany was placing itself in a position\nto get its iharo of the Kootenay business by tho establishment of a through\nline to Trail and Rosbland by way of\nS.ocan lake and a now road to be buil t\nfrom the foot of .Slocan lake to Slocan\nCrossing on tho Columbia & Kootenay\nroad. With this connection completed\nto Trail und RoHsland aud the completion of the Columbia ii Western from\nRobson into tho Kettle River aud Boundary districts the Canadiau Pacific aud\nthe merchants of Vancouver und Victoria will havo piactically control of the\nentire business of British Columbia, a\nthiug they havo been wording after for\nsomo time. Further than this he Btatod\nthat representatives of large amounts\nof Canadian capital woro urging upon\ntlio government ;.ho necessity of assisting in tho accomplishment of this end\nand a number of tho most influential\nmemberB of the present assembly had\npledged themaelvos to tho Bupportof\ntho measures that may come before the\nnext legislature granting the neeeisary\naid to build the road.\nOf course thore are those who argue\nthat the first road into tho Kettle River\ndistrict will be the Spokane & Northern\nwork on which will be eommeuced it is\nsaid as soon as tho brdlge across tho\nColumbia at Northport is completed.\nThe road is to be built up Sheep creek\nand via Christina lake and Kettle River\nvalley to tho Forks from which point\nspars are to be built to the different\nmining camps adjoining that town, including those on the reservation. The\nlatest but not tho least is a proposed\nelectrio road road from Spokane to\nGrand Forks. A syudicatoof American\nsi.d Canadian capitalists, a number of\nwhom are eloBe'y identified with the\ngovernment, are said to bo back of the\nheme and au application will be made\ni\u00C2\u00A3&rc3\nB. DEWDNEY.\nCANADA.\nPROVINCE of HR1TIH1J COLUMBIA.\nVICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United\nKingdom ol Great Britain and Ireland,\no.uben, Defender of the Faith, Ac, Ac, Ac.\nI'o Our faithful the members elected Lo serve in\nthe Legislative Assembly of our Province\nof British Columbia at i the Province uf British\nColumbia, to hereby convoke, and by these\npresents enjoin you, and each of you, that on\nMonday, the Eighth day of the month of Feb-\nruiisy, ono thousand eight hundred ami ninety-\nseven you meet (\"s in Our said Legislature or\nParliament uf our said Province, at Our City\nof Victoria, FOR THE DISPATCH OP BUSINESS, to treat, do. act, and conclude upon\nthose things which ln Our Legislature of\nthe Province of British Columbia, by the Cum-\nmon Council of our said Province may, by the\ntavour uf Cod, he ordained.\nIk Testimony Wi-nimur, We have caused\nthese One Letters to be made Patent, and\nthe Great seal of the said province to tie\nhereunto affixed: Witmess, the Honourable Bdoab dhwdnky, Lieutenant-Governor of Our said Province of British\nOolumbia. in Our city of Victoria, in Our\nBald Province, this twenty-ninth day of\nDecember, iu the year of Our Uird one\nthousand eight hundred and ninety-six,\nand in tho sixtieth year of Our Hot-tn.\nBy Oommand.\nJAMES BAKER,\n,. Provincial Seoretary.2\nto the coming provincial assembly for a\nfranchise for the Bame. A bill is also to\nlo introduced in congress at once\ngranting the company a right of way\nthrough the Colville reservation, At\nany rate it is Bate to predict that out ot\nthe humorous railroads that cont em\nplate building into that counti) work\nwill be cotnmencod on at least one bo-\nfore another year rolls by.\nConservative men Bay thore are no\nloss than threo thousand now anxiously\nwaiting in this city to make a rush into\nthe different mining carapa of the reservation aud British Columbia as soon\nas the snow is out of tho mountains,\nand to this number is being added a\nlarge contingent daily from all sections\nof the country,\nGrand Forks has been represented\nIn Spokane the past week by Chas. Van\nNobs, Hugh McGuiar and Mr. Evans,\nall of whom have dono good work in ,\np'acing the richness of tho Nirth Fork |\ndistrict before tho mining public.\nTho Mohawk, a claim owned by Peter\nSteep, ot al, iu tho vicinity of tho Volcanic has beon capitalized by a Montreal\nand Toronto syndicate aud sufficient\nmoney will be placed iu the treasury to\nsink a 100 foot shaft and a 50 foot cross\nut, work on which will bo commenced\nas soon as the details of incorporation\nhavo beon completed.\ntn Mr. Smith the Boundary creek\ndistrict has a valuable worker who never\ntires ot talking of tho rich posBiblitios\nof that particular ssction snu tho entire\ndistrict in geueral, the good effects of\nwhich will be greatly feit the coming\nseason.\nMINES AND MINING.\nWhat Has Been Doing in Mining\nCircles the Past Week-R-Bell\nStrikes Ore -Some Meyer's\nCreek Claims.\nUeorg.i Schramer, who owns several\nproperties on Myers crook, wbb in town\non Sunday last and in conversation\nwith a Minor reporter said:\n''Tho public havo no idea of the\nii .dual amount of work that is being\ndime on the various claiuiB iu the\nMyers cresk section Una winter. There\nare over /.twenty properties that aro\nnow being developed iu this particular\nsection, among thorn is the\nGOLD KING\nOf which 1 am a part owner. Tin?\nproperty is a white quartz formation\nand shows a perfectly well defined lodge\nto be at least tifeet wide and extend\ning clear across the claim. We have\ns urteda shaft on this lelgo and aro\nn .w pushing tho work with all possible\nspeed. Assays have .been made from\nsurface croppings of this claim that\ngave us encouragement and a feeling of\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 'ulidence in the Gold King.\nTHE ALICE\nIs also a most promising claim, it\nieajust one mile south of the Hay.'os\ninountaiu. The formation here is identical with thai of the Gold King, work is\nilso being done on thia property in a\n-haft that was commenced on the ledge\nwhich is at least 8 feet wide where the\nworkings are, free gold haa often been\n:'iuud ou this claim.\nTHE JAOKAMOOR\nIs owned by C. W. Clark and others\nvho have sunk a shaft to a depth of 23\nfeet on the big iron cap ledge that runs\nthrough this property, tho formation\nhere being different than tho other pro.\nparties above mentioned. Mr, Clark\n'ias a 100 ton portable Bmolter on this\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2laim with which ho treats the ore and\nit works to perfection, assays havo been\nmade from tho ore taken from tho shaft\non this property that run as high as\nHOO ull values.\nTHE YELLOW JACK, CROWN POINT & LEUOV\nAre owned by a Spokane company\nvho are now working their claimt\nvhich ate all quartz propositions, several\nvery high assays huve boon mado from\niioao properties, the last one runniuga->\nhigh as 801, lfiiu gold.\nR\u00C2\u00BBBeII Strikes Ore.\nJohn Koough, tho original locator uf\nthe RPoll property in summit camp\nwas in town ou Tuesday last and showed us somo very rich copper ore that\nwas takou out of the SO foot shaft on\nthis property. Mr. Keough said the\nvein was strck on Tuesday morning\nabout 9 o'clock and owing to a rush of\nwater into tho Bhaft, work is temporarily discontinued. It appears tho vein\nis several feet wide and thore is no\njuoation but that it ie pay oro.\nThe R. Boll is ODe of tho bast known\niniuosin the Kettle River district, being\nme of tho richest and tho public will not\nio surprised to learn of the new striko\nis it was fully expected. Mr. Koough\nme sent for pumps and machinery ;te\nilear the shaft of its ovorllow of water\nind will likely have everything in work-\nng order very shortly.\nM'AFEli.PRICE.\nTwo Popular Voung People United in\nMarriage.\nOn Wednesday afternoon at tho Presbyterian Church, Grand Pruirie, tho\nRev, Thi.mas Putton united in matri\nmony Mr. John McAfee of Carson to\nMies Price of Xeleon, U. S.\nThe groom was supported by John\nCorkhill, who acted as best man. Mies.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Josephine Porden acted as bride's-maid.\nAftor the cermony the happy couple\npaid a visit to Grand Forki whore a\niiuo wedding cupper was partaken of.\nMr. McAfeo is iu the employ of the\nMcLaren Bros., at Carson, where ho\n'.ind his young bride will remain in tho\nfuture,\nThe MiNEHoxtends tho hand of congratulation to tho young couplo and\nwishes thorn, every [happiness and pros\npority,\nFORCfci' TO BUILD.\nOwing to tho ovorliow of business\nMr, Fred Knight, oue of our most successful business men, has been comi ell\ned to seriously consider the advisibility\nof adding to his restaurant and will\nconsequently build an addition of\n50 feet to tho front of his present establishment at an early date.\nMining Note*.\nPass Creek properties are quito in\ndemand at present, Beveral having\nhanged owners during the past week.\nThe Red Rose, iu Brown's camp is\nlooking well, Bomo rich copper ore\nwas recently taken from the 12 foot\nshsft on this property. It is ownod by\nCollins and Reynolds.\nIt has beer, repotted about town that\nthe Croat Eastern claim, up the North\nFork was at present the object of\nlitigation, This is untrue as this pro\nporty ie iu no way before our courts aud\nas far as wo can lenru is nut likely to be,\nA new coutruct haa beeu let for sinking auothrr LO feet in tho shaft already\nstarted ou the Bonanza claim iu French\ncamp and which is ownod by tho English & French Gold Mining Company.\nTho Bbovs contract was let to H. P.\nToronto who has dono considerable\nwork already on this property.\nR A. Brown is at present doing assessment work on tho Wolverine, which in\nsome little dietanco from the Volcanic\nmountain, on the west side of the North\nFork. Tho Wolverine ie one of the\nlargest properties out side of the Vol\ncanic, in tho North Fork district aud its\nhugo iron cap ledge is producing fine\nore.\nThe Coin property that is situated\nsome three miles north ut Grand Forks\nand right on the Wagon road is likely\nto prove a rich proposition, if one can\njudge from its surface assays, the latest .\nono running as high as $150 in gold\nand 10 ozb. silver. This claim is owned -\nby H. A. Shoads and G, A. Elliot, of\nthis town. ASKED HEAVY DAMAGES 0UIDASSTRU^^ITH P0VERTY\nCURIOUS SORT OF RACE BETWEEN\nDEATH AM) A VERDICT.\nUnspidii Nnrnea Watched Thronarli\nthe Mm.i to Record the Last\nBreath of a Patient.\nThe circumstances under which Captain\nA. Y. Trask, the San Francisco shipowner's case, was concluded In Jud^-j Suar's\ncourt last week, It Is safe to say, will not\nbe duplicated soon, nor have they often\nbeen equaled in tliu past in any court,\nIt was a curious sort uf race between\na Jury's verdict on one hand and death ou\nthe other, with the rase against the dying captain as the stakes In the strange\ncontest.\nCaptain Trask lay dying at tho Good\nSamaritan hospital from a paralytic\nstroke before he had an opportunity .<\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\ngive a word of testimony in a suit for\nJ12\u00E2\u0080\u009EW0, in which ho was defendant. After\nho was stricken, the counsel\u00E2\u0080\u0094Judge Williams and C. B. S. Woods for the plaintiff,\nand Attorney W. W. Cotton for the defendant\u00E2\u0080\u0094stipulated tho admission of certain statements the captain would have\nmade had he been present, and in this\nway the case proceeded.\nAs It was realized almost Immediately\nafter the defendant's Illness that it would\nprove fatal, then the attorneys began a\npeculiar contest. On the one side there\nwere subterfuges and technical hitches\nand skillful Inventions of delaying the\nproceedings In the trial\u00E2\u0080\u0094waiting for\ndeath.\nOn tho other side was the equally as\nskillful efforts to press the trial, and hurry It to a ciosa, and get the jury on the\nverdict beforo the defendant's death. And\nthe defendant lay unconscious all this\ntime waiting for\u00E2\u0080\u0094not the verdict\u00E2\u0080\u0094but\ndeath! Both were against him.\nThe captain was stricken on Monday\nand died on Wednesday morning of last\nweek. The verdict In his case was agreed\nupon at 2 o'clock in the morning and the\ncaptain died at 11\u00E2\u0080\u0094nine hours afterward.\nHad death como before the jury in\nJudge Sears' court had agreed on th>\nverdict, the case would have had to be\nretired against his estate, inasmuch as\nthe proceedings would have been Improper. As It was, the defendant was still\nalive when the verdict was agreed upon\nand reported, and therefore stands. It\nwas for the full amount claimed by the\nplaintiff, J. R. Kelly, and, as is well\nknown, was brought about by the defendant repudiating his agreement to purchase the ship James Nesmith.\nOn Tuesday, when the case was closed,\nthe captain was very low, and was expected to expire at almost any hour. At\nthe hospital the nurses kept a watch,\naccording to Instructions, through the\nnight, ready to mark the minute when thi\ncaptain died. At the courthouse Bailiff\nHill kept tab on the jury until they\nagreed.\nBECAUSE HE WOULDN'T SING.\nWhy a Favorite Maritime AVuh Tuk\nen to Jail In South America.\nOno of (he most extraordinary scenes\never witnessed In a place of amusement\nwas enacied at Caracas, Venezuela, one\nnight last mouth at the opera house.\nAn actor was put In jail because he refused to respond to the enthusiastic \"bra\nvos\" which followed a particularly fetch\ning solo sung by him In a particularly pop\nular production.\n\"Hernani\" was the opera, and that\nmember of the cast who most appealed tu\nihe brilliant assemblage which alwayi\nbows to ihe sway of music there was Sig\nnor Pacini. Ho was the baritone star and\nlast night he received such .in ovation as\noven a De Reszke might havo been proud\nor.\nHe sang and tho nudloao applauded\u00E2\u0080\u0094\napplauded with hands, fe?t and all Its lung\npower.\nPacini was Mred, or something was the\nmatter with him, and he Jocllneu vigorously to sing again. This, of course, was\nagreeable to the management, but tlie\nstorm of do-sire still sounde.l from the\nbody of the theater. It kept up and increased, and the whole building rang with\na vociferously expressed South American\ninclination to hear another baritone solo.\nStill Pacini declined and still the management insisted, and a comp-omlss was\neffected.\n\"Very well,\" sa.id Pacini to tho management, \"if you, as well as the audience, insist upon my going on the stage ;v-j,Un as\nan oneore, why I will go. RaAso the curtain.\"\nThe curtain wont up. and before the audience, suddenly stilted by force of antic!\npation, appeared Its Idol, Pacini. Bat he\ndid not sing. He stood silent a nnmoni In\nthe middle of the stage. Then, walking\nrapidly to the footlights, he said, brusquely*\n\"i have sung. What more do you want?\"\nThen he disappeared in tho wings and\nthe people yelled. Thoy screamed and\nshrieked and sore-amed again, and all tlie\nfervid admiration for Pacini that they had\nexpressed before wis turned Into a vooul-\nly expressed desire Lo hive his blood.\nThe uproar became so terrillc at last\nthat Lhe police Interfered. They told Pacini that unless he appeased tha audience\nby singing again they wouid arrest him.\nPacini, In choicest ha'o-'^spanol, refused,\nand they, exasperated beyond all patience,\nseized him and carried htm off to jail.\nThe audience, meanwhile, kept up iis\nprotest, and when it fully realized that\nPacini was not going to sing again, it went\nin a body to t'hc box office and demanded\nIts money back.\nThe management protested, but finally\npaid out again the money it had received\nduring the evening. It paid It all back\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nevery cent\u00E2\u0080\u0094for every man, woman and\nchild in the theater incontinently departed.\nJust what punishment will be metod out\nto the recalcitrant baritone Is a question.\nWhatever it is, the usefulness of his company in Caracas has reached its end, and\nthe matter of steamship faros to other\nparts 'has already superseded all speculation as to his probable fate.\nMeanwhile the opera house managers\nhave suspended.\nThronnrhout the Inland Empire.\nLewiston Tribune: The Spokesman-\nReview's New Years edition was a commendable exponent of the industries and\nresources of the city and the district\nwhich It represents. This great daily is\ngiving good news service to the Interior j\nnorthwest.\n'let ure of the I'iliihmih Novel int't-t\nLife at Florence.\nNearly every Chicagoan who has traveled ln Europe has visited the city of\nFlorence and counted his time lost if he\nfailed to see the delightful villa where\nformerly dwelt Mdlle. de la Rame, the\nnovelist known to the world of readers\nas Oulda, says the Chicago Record.\nTo such people especially tliu report\ntha* Ouida Is now reduced almost to poverty proves interesting and among others impressed by the story Is Fernando\nJones, who was some years ago the distinguished and eccentric writer's neign-\nlior.\n\"When she lived in Florence,\" said Mr.\nJunes, \"the authoress was at her best or\nworst, as some critics declare, ln those\ndays when it was rumored that she had a\nnew book in press the fair dames Of\nFlorence trembled in their boudoirs, each\nfearing her time had come, for Ouida's\nmailcluusness seemed to increase with thi\npassing years, and her polished and pois\noned darts were always aimed at shining\nsocial marks. 'Society,' her apparently\nnatural enemy, credited a peculiar motiv-\nlo Ouida for keeping Up constant warfan\nwith ils devotees and declared that when\nshe came to sunny Italy, though no long\ner young, she was still heart whole and\nfancy free. No tender thoughts had ever\nknotted themselves in the woof of her unsentimental life. She was happy; sh\nstudied, read, wrote, petted her 40 faithful\ndogs and her sleek steeds, communed\nwith herself and regarded man simply\ngood material for a clever woman to\nweave into romances for silly women -.o\nread. Rut one can play with fire a certain\nlength of time, and then one is sure to b\nscorched, and Ouida's time came.\nHer Surrender.\n\"She who had traveled the world over,\nhad hobnobbed with the intelligence and\nfascinations of every clime, unscathed,\nwas destined to surrender her stony heart\nat last; and, terrible and illogical to re-\nlate, to an effeminate, languid and lux\nurious son of Italy. At that happy epoch\nin her life the authoress never failed to\nchant the praises of Italy. Whether or\nnot this affection was returned Is still an\nunsolved problem. Her hero, who was a\nyoung marquis, said no. But Ouida stout\nly maintained that his devotion was deep\nand unchangeable, but that alas! her lov\ner was so Inextricably enmeshed in the\ntoils of a married woman, that he dare\nnot approach the adored oi his soul. Ouida\nproceeded at once to drown her sorrows\nin (lowing bowls of Ink and through the\nmedium of a facile pen poured her woes\ninto the willing ears of the public, contrary to the usual methods of her heroines, who had Invariably permitted concealment to gnaw their damask cheeks,\nAll her heroes at once fell desperately !n\nlove with clever young girls, but were in\nvariably fettered by artful married women\nwhom they detested, but to whom they\nmade love from fear or force of habit\nwhile the neglected adored ones were\nslowly dying.\nAn nn \rllst.\n\"Oulda was not contented in those dayi\nin being considered a clever writer only\nShe aspired to fame as an artist and her\nvilla was adorned with creations of her\nbrush. Ouida was rarely courteous and\nwhen she received on Mondays was never\nmore than frigidly polite. She had a\nnovel way of changing climate without\ndisturbing her domestic arrangements to\nany extent. When the comparatively\ncold days of a Florentine winter cam\nmademoiselle removed her household\ngoods to apartments on the sunny south\nside of her villa and to avoid summer's\nheat they were removed to tho cooler\nnorth side.\n\"We had an opportunity of testing her\nkindness of heart where pet animals are\nconcerned. Our landlord and his wife\ntiled, leaving a young family in the lower\napartments of the house we occupied\nThe children had a fine dog, which was\nkept In the rear garden and, whether\nfrom neglect of grief at the loss of master\n.md mistress maintained unceasing lamentation. My wife, who knew of Mdlle. de\nla Ramo's love for dogs, asked the children's guardian whether he was willing to\nsell the howling animal. He consented to\npart with the dog and Mrs. Jones informed Oulda hy note of the circumstance.\nThe great writer came the following day\nin answer to the communication and paid\nan almost fabulous price to the orphans\nfor their dog, which, till Its death, alon,\nwith two score other dogs, was carefully\nfed, housed and exercised.\"\nTHE CABINET OF PRESIDENT TYLER\nMany Heads of HnreniiN ln IIIn Ad\nministration.\nJohn Tyler changed his cabinet officers more\nfrequently than nny president hefore or after\nhhn. Tlds was duo In rnrt to tlie fnct that he\nsucceeded to the heads of departments of his\nchief, who died in office, and quarreled with\nthem, and thnt he boe.ime arrayed afterward\nnpuinst the wlilg party, which elected him.\nlie hud three secretaries of Ktate, throe secretaries of treasury, four secretaries of war,\nthree attorney generals, five secretaries of the\nnavy and two postmaster generals.\nIlls official family included five such national figures as Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun,\nThomas Swing, Jnhn Bell and John J. Crittenden. Tyler tried some of his men ln several\npositions, a practice in which Mr. Cleveland\nhas Imitated him. Abel P. Upshur was both\nsecretary nf state and of the navy, and John\nC. Spencer was both secretary of the treasury\nand of the war department,\nAndrew Jackson nearly equaled Tyler's record In his second term. He had three Becre-\ntarles or state, two of war, two of the navy\nnnd four of the treasury, two postmaster generals and two attorney generals. George Wash-\nIngton got along in his first administration\nwith but one change in his cabinet.\nARE WAKED BY THE TELEPHONE.\nSubstitute* for Alarm CIockH Introduced nt Johnstown.\nThe Johnstown Telephone Company has all-\nnight service at. Its central office nnd. according to the Johnstown Tribune, has established\nfn connection therewith a unique method of\nhelping out those of its subscribers who do not\ncare to trust themselves to get up at a certain\ndesired hour without some outside assistance.\nH Is a call system, something on the style of\nthat in vogue ut the hotels. The subscriber\nwho wishes to wake up at a certain hour calls\nup central and tells the operator, who \"makes\na note nn *t.\" When the set hour arrives, the\noperator rings up the subscriber who made\nthe request. If lie turns over ami fondly 1m-\nnglnes It's only an nlarm clock he is badly\nfooled, as the telephone bell will keep Jingling\nuntil an answer )h turned in to central, giving assurance that the sleeper is awake,\nIn the same manner If a physician Is called\nfor and cannot be reached, if requested he will\nbe notified of the cull as soon as he can be\nreached, and told whence It came.\n\"Chnrfce of the 111* Six.\"\nPortland Tribune: In settling up the Insurance case of the Spokane Mercantile\nCompany, which was burned out in 1893,\nwhen the stock was valued at $75,000 and\n\"nsurance was allowed at $51,000, six attorneys got JRfifil fees out of It. One\nilrm put ln a claim for $15,000, but was cut\ndown to JfiOOO. The charge of the light\nbrigade is not compared wltih the charge\nof tho Spokane big six.\nIt \V\u00C2\u00ABh a Hummer.\nGarfield Enterprise: The New Year's\nedition of The Spokesman-Review was a\nhummer.\nTHE CARE OF FIREARMS\nKEEPING TUB FAVORITE WEAPON\nFUB 1'ltO.U SPOTS.\nGame Uird Give, tin* Iili'U That lit*\ni-. Making Greater Speed Than\nlit* Really Im.\nAside from the pride and satisfaction\nwliich every sportsman should take In\nkeeping his favorite weapon bright and\nfree from spots, Inside and out, it pays to\nkeep a gun ciean, says Jl. 11. Benson in\nHarper's Round Table, *r.-.. residue left\nin the barrel arter llrlng contains acids,\nwhich will soon cat \"pits\" or spots in the\nmetal, and when once started, it Is almost\nImpossible to prevent them increasing In\nsize and number. When badly pitted, the\nrecoil Is increased by the roughness in\nthe barrel. A gun can be cleaned by the\nfollowing directions. The cleaning rod\nshould have at least three tools\u00E2\u0080\u0094a wool\nswab, a wire scratch brush, and a wiper\nto run rags through. Have plenty o'. water at hand\u00E2\u0080\u0094warm If you have it, if not\ncold will do nicely. Put the swab on the\nrod, and some water in a tin basin or\nwooden pall, By placing one end of tho\nbarrel ln the water, you can pump It up\nand down the barrel with the swab. When\nIt Is discolored take fresh water, squeeze\nout the swab in It and repeat the opera-\nlion, until the water comes from the barrel as clear as It went in. If the gun has\nstood overnight, or longer, since using,\nit is best to put on the scratch brush after the lirst swabbing, and a few passes\nwith this will remove any hardened powder or leading. The next step is to 1111 tho\nwiper with woolen or cotton rags, and\ndry the barrel thoroughly. When one set\nbecomes wet take another, until they\ncome from the barrel perfectly dry. Then\nstand the barrel on end on a heated stove,\nchanging It from end to end, taking care\nthat it does not become overheated. By\nthe time It is well warmed up, the hot air\nfrom the stove will have dried out every\nparticle of moisture left in the barrel. If\nno stove is at hand, the last set of drying\nrags used must be plied vigorously up and\ndown the barrel until It becomes quite\nwarm from the friction. Drying Is the\nmost Important part of cleaning, and if\nthe least particle of moisture is left in the\nbarrel It will be a rust spot the next time\nthe gun is taken from its case. The gun\nmay now be oiled, inside and out, with\nsewing machine oil or gun grease, which\ncan be had in any gun store. The woolen\nrags used for greasing soak up a great\ndeal of oil, and should be dropped into the\ngun cover for future use.\nCartridges can be bought ready loaded,\nby hand or machinery, but most sportsmen prefer to load their own, for several\nreasons. They find it much cheaper, and\nthe shells can be loaded to suit each\none's individual notion.\nSflfc Huillllill*-; of Guns.\nIn regard to the safe handling of guns,\nalmost all rules center ln that of always\ncarrying the gun ln such a way that If it\nshould be accidentally discharged it\nwould do no harm, if this rule Is born In\nmind, and strictly obeyed in the beginning, it becomes a habit, and Is followed\nintuitively. The gun may be carried safely on either shoulder, or in the hollow of\neither arm, with a sharp upward slant.\nWhen momentarily expecting a bird to\nrise, and obliged to have the gun cocked,\nIt should be carried across the breast with\na sharp upward slope to the left. This\nis the only way the gun should be carried\ncocked. A breech loader Is so easily jn-\nloaded that there Is no excuse for getting\ninto a wagon or boat, or going around a\nhouse, without unloading. Never hand\na loaded gun to any one who asks to look\nat it. Whenever you pick up any kind of\na gun to examine It, always open It and\nsee if it Is loaded, and the habit will grow\nso that you will do this almost without\nknowing it. It seems needless to say\nnever pull a gun toward you by the muzzle through a fence or out of a wagon or\nboat, yet the violation of this rule Is the\ncause of more accidents than anything\nelse. Never climb a fence with your gun\ncocked.\nIn learning the art of shooting on the\nwing\u00E2\u0080\u0094and this is the only way in which\na shot gun should be used\u00E2\u0080\u0094the following\nsuggestions may be of some help, but no\namount of printed directions can teach\nyou to shoot. Practice Is the best teacher. Nine out of ten young sportsmen\nshoot too quickly. A game bird rises\nwith a startling whir of the wing (and\nsometimes when least expected), which\ngives the Idea that he Is making much\ngreater speed than he really Is. Beginners are apt to become excited, and throw\nup the gun anywhere in that direction,\nand blaze away with no definite aim. For\nthis reason it is best to begin with blackbirds, rice birds und rails.\nIn almost every shot It Is necessary to\nhold ahead of the bird, to allow for the\ntime It takes to explode the cartridge and\nthrow the shot to the bird. Even in this\nshort space of time a cross-flying bird\nwould be safely out of the shot circle if\nyou aimed right at him. If a bird 'lies\nstraight away from you, neither rising\nnor dropping, you should aim right at It.\nIf Hying straight across, you should hold\nwell ahead of It. If quartering, still hold\nahead, but less.\nMany will ask how far to hold ahead,\nand this Is a difficult question to answer\naccurately, as we have no means of knowing Just how far ahead we do hold. Ono\nmight say six feet and another six Inches.\nWhat might appear to be an Inch at the\nmuzzle of the gun might really be a foot\nIn front of the bird 40 yards away. It\nmust be learned by experience, and when\naccustomed to It the aim will be taken\nalmost Instantly, governed by the direction of (light, the speed of the bird, and\nthe distance from the shooter.\nIt is best to ask permission of tho owner\nto shoot over his land. Tou will seldom\nbe refused, and will frequently be given\npermission to shoot over land which !s\nposted \"No Shooting.\" The land owners\nknow that it Is the lawless hoodlums who\ndo them damage.\nEvery true sportsman strictly obeys tho\ngame laws, and it Is to his advantage to\ndo so, although ln many states the laws\nare practically a dead letter. Shooting\nout of season has nearly killed the game\nln many localities, when It would still be\nabundant If the game laws had been observed.\nI,Ion* Are Left-Handed.\nIt was th belief of Livingstone that nearly\nall lions were \"left-handed.\" He watched\nthem closely, and when they desired to strike\na fierce blow they always used the left paw.\nOnce on a Time.\n\"Once on a time\" iB the favorite phrase for\nbeginning fables. And when a man has been\nonce on a time his wife will find that fables\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 are pretty sure to follow.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Somervllle Journal.\nTHE FRIENDS OF ACCUSED PASTORS\nMany People < Hii\u00C2\u00ABr to Derelict\nPrcucherH After Guilt Im Proven.\n\"There's one thing I can't understand,\"\nsaid a man of the world, to the New York\nSun. \"That Is the fierceness of church\nfights and the ability of every man who is\na preacher to rally to his support scores\nof good people, no matter what his conduct may have been. Once a man gets attached to a church, though he may get\ninto trouble the next week and the nature\nof his trouble may tend to discredit religion, he has the support of these good\npeople. I recall three cases right now.\n\"A minister was called to a church and\nhe had hardly more than accepted the\ncharge when his wife sued him for divorce. She charged cruelty and all that.\nThe members of tho congregation knew\nabsolutely nothing about the merits of the\nease. He was a stronger to them, but\nthey rallied around him, pitied him, sent\nflowers to him, and, figuratively speaking,\ncursed and reviled the woma.ii whom he\nhad promised to love, cherish and protect,\n[hough It wa.s proved he hadn't done anything of the kind. The papers printed columns of the stuff, and every line of it was\na damage to the cause of religion and a\nparticular damage to the church. But\nthese good iieople stood by him and are\nstanding by him yet. If the wife gets a\ndivorce they will continue to stand by him\nand will condemn the woman.\n\"Another recent case that has figured ln\nthe newspapers is of a man Who has clearly outlived his usefulness in the church he\nis in. The church Is in debt. Not enough\nmoney is raised to pay running expenses.\nThe organization has run down. It has\nbeen getting worse and worse ever since\nthis man took hold. This fact is notorious,\nyet enough people cling to him to keep\nhim in the church and to make It mighty\nunpleasant for anybody who says a word\nagainst him.\n\"A third case that has also figured\nlargely in the papers Is that of a man\nwhose character Is well known and who\nhas bamboozled everybody who ever had\nany financial transaction with him. Yet\nhe Is able to hang on, and Is surrounded In\nall his troubles by a crowd of women and\nmen who call him 'dear' and pity him and\ndenounce the men who are trying to have\nhim deposed as a gang of persecutors.\nThese three cases simply come to my\nmind now. If I sat down and thought 1\ncould recall a bookful. Now, unquestionably, this Is all wrong. It Isn't business,\nand it hurts religion. It keeps men in the\nministry who arc wholly unfit to be there\nand are continually bringing discredit upon the church. The most peculiar thing\nabout it all is that in almost every row\nthere will be found on the side of the pastor some business men who would no\nmore think of running their business in\nthe way the church is run than they would\nthink of flying. If anybody suggested\ntheir keeping a malcontent they would\nsay that the man who suggested It must\nthink they were crazy.\"\nTHE ORIGIN OF SAM WELLER.\nSanincl \ ale. nil Actor. SniiptiMcd to\nHave Created the diameter.\nThe great scarcity of the early numbers of the \"Pickwick Papers\" Is not difficult to understand when It Is borne ln\nmind that only 400 copies were printed of\nthe first part, which was published on\nMarch 31, 1836, says the Toronto Week.\nBeforo the appearance of the fourth lumber there was some idea of stopping tlie\nissue, as the expenses were found to bo\nin excess of the receipts. But in the fifth\nnumber Sam Weller was Introduced, and\nthe work at once sprang Into unbounded\npopularity.\nWhile nothing positive has ever been\nestablished on the point, it is held by\nsome writers that the original of Bam\nWeller was a Samuel Vale, who acted the\npart of Simon Spatterdash in a farce\ncalled \"The Boarding House,\" and mado\nthis character a great popular favorite.\nThe odd whimsicality of Vale's novel comparison's Is best understood on reference\nto tho part set down to Spatterdash in the\nfarce. Among his queer comparisons are:\n\" 'i know the world,' as tho monkey said\nwhen he cut off his tall. I am down\nupon you,' as the extinguisher said to tho\nrushlight.\" \" 'Come on,' as the man said\nto the tight boot. I am all over perspiration,' as the mutton chop said to the\ngridiron. Why, here we are all mustered,' as the roast beef said to tho Welsh\nrabbit.\"\nValo introduced these peculiar comparisons In his private life as well as upon lhe\nstage, and from 1830 to 1830 this style of\nexpression became widely popular. It is\nnot unreasonable to suppose that Dickens became in a sense the abstract mlr.-or\nof the time In catching the popular fun\nand embalming it with his choice phraseology. Of course It would be the height of\nabsurdity to charge Dickens with being a\nmere copyist, or for one moment to think\nof Sam Weller as other than an original\ncharacter. Dickens may have borrowed\nan Idea, but ho certainly made no slavish\nuse of it, for the prevailing Sam Valer-\nism and \"the monkey that knew the\nworld\" was in no way on a par with the\nSam Weller comparison. For example, in\ndescribing tho elder Mr. Weller and tho\ntouter as \"walking after him like a tamo\nmonkey arter a horgln.\"\nHOW HE KILLED THE PYTHON.\nSivinw the Mounter by the Tall\nAwiliiHt the Tree Trunk.\nAn East Indian traveler related a curious experience with a python, says the\nBoston Globe. Ho was sitting among\nsomo trees in a wood, whon he noticed a\nmovement In a thick growth of vines\noverhead, and, looking up, saw the form\nof an enormous snake evidently about to\ndrop on him.\nHardly knowing why, ho sprang forward, seized the tall of the snake with\nboth hands and rushed Into the clearing.\nThe snake, which was resting on a mass\nof Interwoven boughs, was taken entirely\nunawares and easily pulled out, showing\na body nearly as large as a man's thigh\nand 20 or more feet to length.\nTo have been caught in the folds of such\na creature would mean certain death, but\nthis ingenious snake taker did not give\ntlie animal an opportunity. He ran on,\ndragging the reptile some distance, then\nmoving slowly ln a circle, soon having\nIt off the ground and In tho air.\nSwifter and swifter he swung the ..d-\neous object, until It was flying around him\nin a straight line. There was a large palm\ntree not far away, and, moving gradually\ntoward it, he soon brought the snake's\nhead against It with a crash that sent\nthe monster, stunned and helpless, to the\nground, where It was dispatched by the\nnatives, Who at first had fled in terror,\nwatching from their concealment this astonishing spectacle, which Illustrated the\ncourage of the white man.\nGood for the Health.\nJenks (who has taken to horseback riding,\nand bounces about ten Inches at every step)\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nAh, howdy do, Blinks? I think horseback riding Is good for the health, don't you?\nBlinks\u00E2\u0080\u0094Yes, indeed. All who see you will be\nbenefited. Lauffh and erow fat, you know.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nNew York Weekly.\nTHE ROGUE RIVER WAR\nJAMES M3AL.Y HIM.I) 30 INI)IA>S AT\nDAT FOR TWELVE HOURS.\nIn TJioae Dayi lie AViim ii I.ml ol Seventeen Trying HIh l-ru-U Milling\non Gnllee Creek.\nWINDFALL FOR A BOSTON WOMAN.\nLeft $:t:>,000 by a Man Who Boarded\nWith Her Two WeeltH.\nFow of those who now enjoy the peace\nand prosperity of southern Oregon realise\nthe cost of It to the pioneers who braved\nthe dangers of the Rogue river war from\n1S53 to 1S57, says the Portland Telegram.\nAmong the survivors of the war Is\nJames Neeiy, now a well-to-do farmer of\nMerlin, hut in those days he was a lad of\n17 or so, trying his luck mining on Galluc\ncreok. Ho 'had line diggings just as tho\nwar broke out and was making upwards\nof $100 a day, when one night his cabin\nwas surrounded by ;10 dusky warriors, who\nwanted to get inside to obtain a lot of\narms and ammunition belonging to Neely\nand his comrades, the latter being absent\nhaving a little time down at tho store\nsomo miles away.\nNeely knew if he let the Indians in it\nwould \"bo all day with him,\" so he refused to open the door, and when one of\nthe warriors got too close he would poke\nthe muzzle of a shotgun at him. In this\nway he stood them off all night. It was\nclear moonlight, and he could see the rascals sitting around on logs, but he was too\nwell fortified for them to try force in entering.\nWhon morning came a white man rushed down the canyon yelling that the Indians had broken out, and the sudden noise\nfrom an unexpected point throw\nthe cowardly crowd into a panic and they\nall scattered for the timber.\nThose in pursuit of the Indians suffered\nuntold starvation and hardships, as th-?y\nwero far away from their base of supplies\nmost of the time, and both food and clothing became terribly scarce at times.\nA llewilderiiiff FroHiiect.\nSultan Journal: Spckane, the inland umpire and the whole state is finely represented by the 24-page Issue of The Spokesman-Review. The map printed, showing\nthe vast territory tributary to the city,\nand illustrating the transportation facilities enjoyed, is a siplendid feature of the\nnumber. A glance suffices to prove that\nin mining, agriculture, lumbering, grazing and fruit growing, the Inland Empire,\nof which Spokane is the center, has a future of almost bewildering prospect.\nAn Ingenious Swindle.\nSome Ingenious rogues ln Calcutta and Bombay purchase favorite brands of liquors in the\noriginal packages. They remove the good liquor, without touching the cork or the capsule,\nan\ntlng taking the agency of the university,\nsays the Anaconda Standard.\nThis institution, which is located near\nHelena, was opened six years ago and It\ngives special promise for the future, as it\nhas the largest Protestant church in the\nstate behind it and many friends and patrons of Lhe church. Last year 143 students\nwere In attendance. It owns 200 acres of\nsplendid land surrounding and near the\nbuilding, which cost $50,000 and Is modern\nin all of Its appointments. The indebtedness incident to establishing such an institution, which has grown during lhe\nhard times rather than decreased, was\ncovered by the trustees at the last annual conference of the church with a\n$50,000 issue of bonds. Mr. Mills has already placed $21,000 of these and been\nvery successful in the general work of\nagent, the balance Mr. Nutting is expected to dispose of besides representing the\nInstitution throughout the state. It is\nunderstood that he will make his headquarters ln Rutte for some time.\nOUT FOR FREE TEXT HOOKS.\nHelena Trades nnd Labor Council\nEndorMCM House Hill No. 1.\nThe Trades and Labor council of Lewis and Clarke county is out for free text\nbooks, says the Helena Independent. In\na resolution passed yesterday by the council, the bill introduced by Representative\nShiffelbln, of Silver Bow county, providing for free school books, was indorsed.\nThe resolution, which was signed by P.\nM. Barso, president, and M. H. Rupley,\nsecretary, was:\n\"Resolved, That the Trades and Labor\ncouncil of Lewis and Clarke county\nheartily concur in the provisions of\nHouse Bill No. 1, on free text books in\npublic schools, and wc respectfully ask\nthe honorable members of the fifth legislative assembly of the state to give\nthis (House Bill No. 1) their earliest und\nkindest consideration.\"\nENORMOUS SHIPMENT OF APPLES.\nMure Tim n Four Tim cm uh Much\nF l'it It Exported iin i.nsf Yenr,\nAlthough the apple export Beason is only\nabout half over, already several hundred\nthousand more barrels nf apples have been\nshipped abroad than during the whole of any\nprevious season, says the Boston Transcript.\nThe total number of barrels shipped last week\nwas 164,656, and the entire number shipped before that, since the opening of the season In\nAugust, was 860,041 as against 189,106 barrels\nshipped in the same period last year. A large\namount of the exports, however, in spite of\nthe caution given to shippers at the opening\nof the season, has been of an inferior quality,\nand the prices have in consequence been low.\nOwing to the bountiful crop, only fair prices\nwere anticipated at any rate, nnd had the\nshipments been of first-lass average quality\nand well packed, the returns to the shippers\nwould have been af. least satisfactory, it is believed. But the result of indiscriminate shipping has had a tendf-ncy to depress the foreign\nmarket.\nInformed.\n\"So Mr. Skinner has failed!\" exclaimed the\nman who always makes himself at home.\n\"Yes, Htih,\" replied the colored man who\nwas employed around the store.\n\"Do you know what his principal liability\nis?\"\n\"Yes, sub. fif many mo' folks comos 'roun'\npesterln* him he's liable ter buy hlsse'f er\nrailroad ticket an\" let 'em settle up de business de bos* way dey kin.\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094Washington Star.\nTlie New AVomnii Defined.\nThat was an interesting competition for the\nbest definition of \"the new woman\" which wns\nconducted recently by an English newspaper.\nThe prize went to this saying: \"A fresh darn\nnn the original blue stocking.\" Among other\nsuggestions were: \"Six of one and half a dozen of the other.\" \"One who has not yet attained to be a gentleman.\" \"Man's newest\nand best reason for remaining single.\" \"Man-\nnishness minus manliness.\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094New York Tribune.\nAt the farmers' institute for Atlantic\ncounty, N. J., held at Ham m on ton, Hon.\nF. E. Dawley, of Fayettevllle, N. Y.f\ndelivered an address on \"Poultry Keeping and Profits to be Derived from Egg\nProduction.\" Mr. Dawley is the director of the New York state farmers' institute, and one of the most successful\ngrowers of poultry In this country.\nThe following is taken from a synopsis\nof the address in the Poultry Keeper:\nMr. Dawley said that in New York\nstate the broiler business has been practically overdone, and egg raising has\nbeen found more profitable. The cold\nStorage system, he said, has knocked\nthe proiits out of fresh killed broilers In\nhis state, and just so long as people can\nbe convinced that cold storage \"improves\" broilers and makes them superior to fresh killed, Just so long will the\nbroiler business in New York state be\nunprofitable.\nBut egg farming, If done ln the right\nway, i.s always profitable. There are\nfarms in New York that receive from\nthree to live cents a dozen above the\nmarket rate selling to dealers. The secret was In putting up strictly ftrst-class\nfresh eggs, In fancy egg boxes, plainly\nlabelled, so as to advertise the farm.\nThis plan he thought was worthy -he\nconsideration of all. New York farmers\nhave no use for the \"gift crates,\" as\nthey simply show eggs for sale without\nadvertising where they are from. Mr.\nDawley advised selecting a breed of\nfowls that has been bred for egg production for generations. Work the same\nprinciple that they do with cows\u00E2\u0080\u0094\"dairy\nhens, not beef hens\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094that's tho idea.\nNo one had a higher regard for fanciers\nthan he, said Mr. Dawley, as they certainly brought fowls to the highest standard, accomplishing grand work, which\nis not equalled by the breeders of any\nother stock In America\u00E2\u0080\u0094not even excepting the breeders of two-minute\nhorses. Yet with all that, he knew that\nmen who bred birds for high scores seldom thought much of the utility mark.\nHe did not believe that scrub fowls could\nbe made valuable\u00E2\u0080\u0094he favored only thoroughbreds.\nFor big egg production, where eggs are\nalone desired, he said, we must look to\nthe Minorcas, the Leghorns and the An-\ndalusians. Where eggs and broilers arc\nto be combined the Plymouth Hocks and\nWyandottes would give the best of satisfaction. Where poultry culture is to be\nan adjunct to other farm work he\nthought the American class were superior.\nAs the part of New York state ln which\nhe lived was very cold, he found the American fowls gave him the best returns.\nOne great Item ln their keeping was\nthat from his early spring hatches he\nwas able to dispose of enough of his\nmale birds, as broilers, to pay the cost\nof raising the pullets. In his experiments with Leghorns In that line, he\nmerely got enough money to pay for the\ncost of growing the cockerels for market.\nHo does not believe In keeping hens after they are 30 months old. He hatches\nin March and April and sells as roasters\nIn July, after they have had two full\nseasons of laying. He has found that\nwhen these fowls, at that age, aro well\ndressed and prepared for market, they\nwill bring more than what it originally\ncost to grow them.\nTHE FRUIT IN\nLINCOLN COUNTY.\nReport hy IitNpeetor Nenl of the\nSixth DlNtrlct.\nSince my appointment as Inspector of\nthe Sixth district I have inspected 18\norchards and one nursery, and found\nnearly all of them ln line condition, free\nfrom pests, except the green aphis and\nsome shot hole fungus, says Robert Neal\nof Wilbur in the Northwest Horticulturist. The scale has been reported in a\nfew places, but I failed to find any alive,\nand I have my doubts about there being\nany in Lincoln county.\nNearly all of the orchards are young,\non new land, and havo been well cultivated, consequently have made a big\ngrowth, and were full of sap when the\ncold snap came ln November. 1 think\nthe peach crop has been damaged some\non young trees, but on older ones the\ncrop will be good unless we have colder\nweather later on. The most promising\nfruit district In Lincoln county Is on\nte Columbia river, six miles below the\nSpokane, at the mouth of Hawk creek,\nknown as Orchard valley. Some three\nyears ago L. S. Bailey and Dan Layton,\nwho owned a large tract of land there,\ndivided it up in 40-aere lots and sold it\nto parties who have again divided their\n40 acres into two and 10-acre lots and sold\nto others. The valley is now dotted over\nwith houses and young orchards.\nThe Orchard Valley 1 rrlgation Company have constructed a ditch two miles\nlong and have tapped Hawk creek, and\nhave an abundance of waler for all purposes.\nin my judgment the most profitable\nfruits to plant are strawberries, peaches, apples and pears. With a good selection of varieties and proper cultivation any one can succeed. There is no\nmystery about it, as some think; just a\n\"get up and go\" nt the right time is nil\none needs, and I think those who try\nearnestly will find fruit growing the most\nhealthful, pleasant and profitable of any\nfor which man tills the soil.\nIT PAYS TO SAVE THE BEESWAX.\nOne Good Way to Melt the Combs\nWith Ordinary Appliances*\nIf care Is taken to look out for all\nscraps of wax, cappings, and pieces of\ncombs that for any reason are rejected.\nIt will make a pretty piece of wax in the\ncourse of the year, says the Iowa Homestead. If a solar wax extractor is used,\nof course It can only be used when the\nsun is shining and the weather warm,\nmaking it impossible to render any wax\nexcept In hot weather. But there may bo\nmore leisure for it now, and on one account cold weather Is desirable. In melting up old black combs, the cocoons in\nthem absorb a large amount of wax,\nwhich is lost. To prevent such absorption, soak the combs thoroughly in water,\nso that tho cocoons already filled with\nwater can take up no wax. But you'll\nfind a hard matter to soak the combs full\nof water unless they are broken up line,\nand If the combs are not made brittle\nwith cold, it will be Impossible to break\nthem up. So It will be seen that cold\nweather is to an extent needed if you\nwant to melt up old combs. After the\ncombs are broken up fine, they may be\nsaved till hot weather for the solar ex-\nonce, of course after soaking. One good\nway to melt combs in winter is easily\naccomplished with only Ibe ordinary appliances to hand in every household. Take\nan old dripping pan\u00E2\u0080\u0094of course, an entirely new one will do as well\u00E2\u0080\u0094split open one\ncorner clear to the bottom, and you have\none of the best wax extractors. Lay in\nthe material from which the wax is to be\nextracted, and put the pan in the oven\nof tho cook stove, with lhe door left open,\nand the split corner of the pan projecting\nout. I'ul something under the inside of\nthe pan, so as to raise it up. then as the\nwax melts it will run out of the split corner of the pan. To catch the dropping\nwax set any vessel convenient, and it\nmay be well to have in Ibis vessel it little water so the wax will not stick to the\nbottom.\nIS\nI III\nHANDICAPPED\ned States Dairy Product nnd\nEuropean Trade.\n\"Honesty Is the best poliey\"-so the old\nsaw runs. It is not a very ennobling motive-hardly creditable to any one, but\nstill, as it is better to be honest, if we can\nmake men honest only as a matter of policy, says New York Farmer, let us do so,\nrather than do nothing in that direction.\nIt Is not many years since the United\nStates was a very much larger factor in\nthe European trade in dairy products\nthan is the case today. The demand for\nour goods was almost unlimited. Today\nour trade there Is a mere ghost of Its\nformer greatness, and it will hardly again\nreach the old hish-water mark.\nWe have lost the trade by dishonesty.\nWe have labored with a zest that is seldom equaled in honest trade, to sell filled\nchoose for a genuine article and hog-butter for its model, the genuine product of\nthe dairy, it is hardly fair to use the\nword \"we\" In this matter. Nino-tenths\nof all this rascality and rottenness came\nfrom Illinois, that home of hog-butter\nand filled cheese, and it is there today\nthat the apologists for the frauds are\nfound In greatest abundance The blot is\none which should be wiped out. Filled\ncheese has received its quietus\u00E2\u0080\u0094hog-butter needs the same legal status in Illinois\nand some other states that it has in New\nYork and some of our neighbors.\nWhen these two swindles are so handicapped that their.profitable manufacture\nwill be impossible, our trade abroad may\nbe restored to us and the consumption of\ngenuine products at home be largely Increased.\nTHE\nKo 1\nAGITATION FOR GOOD ROADS.\nlie Work\nProlitnhle\nProniiNeM\nReMiiltN.\nA capital object lesson to the farmer and the\ndweller in the country Is tlie state of the roads,\nsays Spirit of the Times, before the frosts\nconn- or the snow falls deep enough to make\nsleighing good. The average road at that time\nIs a sea of mud. through Which the best teams\ncannot draw half a load, and if the farm !s\nonly a moderate distance from the railroad\nstation or grain elevator it takes a day to\nmake the journey. As for driving for pleasure\nthat Is out of the question, If a fanner has a\nfew hundred bushels nf wheat or corn the\nmarket may be rising and he may want to realize, but he can only cart so much per day,\nand the had roads not only make him do double\nwork, but it lakes him twice as long to do It,\nand he is at the same time using up Ids teams\nat n double ratio. The financial loss every season through bad roads is almost Incalculable,\nNo public work at the present time promises\nsuch Immediate profitable results. In many\nsections It would lead to an Immediate? rise\nIn tlie value of real estate, which would more\nthnn pay tor the cost of the road.\nTREES IN AN lit l{ IG A TED ORCHARD\nhint Th em So That Those Itequlr-\nIng the Least Will Get It.\nSet the trees In an Irrigated orcnard so that\nthose requiring the least water will receive tbf\nlenst, and vice versa, says the Irrigation Age.\nThe cherry needs tho least and pears and apples next, in tho order named. It Is well to\ngive apples plenty of water the first season after planting. Give the gooseberry, strawberry\nanil currant plenty of water. Tlie blackberry\nand grape will do nicely with little.\nHave a care in irrigating carrots and parsnip--:, as they are ruined if water is near them\ntoo long. Hoot crops give the best results by\nbeing sown on ridges from three to five inches\nhigh. This method insures a larger and finer\nroot,\nThe continuous soaking of land nr crop is sure\nto result In injury. One cubic foot of water\nper second will cover an acre one inch deep in\nan hour.\nRemember that wherever water can ho obtained there trees can be made to grow. The\nIrrigated farm should be the most beautiful.\nA patch of sweet corn makes one of the best\ncrops to grow to commence feeding hog* intended for nn early market.\nIn market gardening don't try to grow too\nmuch; the result Is always poor vegetables anil\nhalf a crop.\nOne cubic foot of water a second is the\nsame as seven and one-half gallons every sec-\nend, or 460 gallons In a minute.\nDon't try to farm more acres than you have\nwater for. Give Irrigation a fair chance.\nIS CHARGED WITH FOUR MURDERS.\nMan at GJhHoa City, 111.. Wanted li>\ntlie \\ is( .sin Authorities*\nWord has been received at Kenosha.\nWis., by District Attorney A, K. Buck-\nmaster that tho man recently arrested at\nGibson City, III., on a charge of murder.\nIs the man wauled for the murder of\nMrs. [Catherine Mohr of Somors, seven\nmiles west of there. The communication\ncomes from the sheriff at Gibson City,\nwho enclosed a photograph of a man\nknown at Kenosha as Fred Lang, but under arrest there as Fred Harlmnn, alias\nFred HoeMman.\nThe morning of September 21 last John\nMohr. son of Mrs. Katharine Mohr, came\nto Kenosha to buy groceries. When he\nreturned at 2 o'clock in the afternoon he\nfound his mother lying on her back on\nthe floor, he head suspended by a small\nrope from a door latch. It was thought\nto havo been a case of suicide at first,\nbut the coroner's Inquest revealed that\nthe woman must have boon murdered.\nThree other murders were committed in\nIllinois in exactly the same way.\nThe photograph received here has boon\npositively Identified, and tallies exactly\nwith the pictures Lang left among friends\nin this county. All his victims were German women. Just prior to tho murder\nof Mrs. Mohr he was wanted by the authorities on a warrant sworn out by Mrs.\nSchram of Pleasant Prairie on a charge\nof attempted assault.\nHank Notes for One Penny,\nAbout the year 1888, to facilitate some pecuniary arrangement tn the parlor of the Bank\nof Kngland, a \u00C2\u00A36 note was altered by striking\nout the words \"five pounds,\" substituting the\nwords \"one penny,\" and appending an official\nsignature. The unique note almost Immediately became of value as a relic, was subsequently\nsold for $10, and has been preserved to the present day.\nVimltnH Vanttatiiia.\nFrances (who is 13 and tall for her age)\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nOh, dear, I wish I were n dwarf.\nHenrietta\u00E2\u0080\u0094Why, the idea! What makes you\nsay such n thing?\nFrances\u00E2\u0080\u0094Thpn, perhaps, mamma wouldn't\nobject to taking me out with her once In awhile\nwithout mailing me call her \"Sister Jane.\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094\ntractor, or they may be melted up at Cleveland Leader.\nANOTHER SN^E STORYi-^f^^HZ^^^\n* '\nISSERTS\nI II AT If 10 SAW\nSEIU'ENT.\nHark ill Color, A |,|i:i ri'ti 11> Senlclos*.\nmill ih.* Mounter Wuh Provided\nWilli it Ion I iiiiioiiH PIu,\nAt :i meeting of the Natural History society at Victoria, li. C, the other evening,\nno paper was read, hut a number of subjects of interest to the society were discussed. The most Interesting topic under\nconsideration was the well-worn one of\nthe sea serpent. In this Instance the evidence was of an authentic character, and\nimpressed the members as worthy, at all\nevents, of being carefully weighed and ol\nfurther Investigation. Mr, Ferguson, at\npresent ln the city, who, with Mr. Walker,\nwas on a prospecting trip to Queen\nCharlotte islands, saw the animal with his\nown eyes, in June of 1895, these two were\nln a boat ln waters adjacent when il was\nseen at a distance ui' 200 yards, coming\ntoward them. It presented a rather\npeculiar appearance, which naturally attracted their attention and aroused their\ncuriosity. A portion of the body in an\noval shape appeared above the water, but\nwhen within a few feet of the boat the\nbody was straightened and the head,\nwhich was small and serpent-like, and\nneck, were raised about live feet out of\nthe water and In that position passed by.\nImmediately after the former position was\nassumed, and in that way the creature\npassed out of sight.\nMr. Ferguson, who by request was present at the meeting lust night, related circumstantially the details of the strange\nmeeting and described very fully the general appearance. Although when tin\nhead was raised the monster appeared to\nlook at them they did not see its eyes; Its\nbody was perhaps a foot and a bail' in\ndiameter at Its largest point; its tail resembled that of a doff tisli and moved\nvertically in an undulating fashion; and\nin length the serpent was fully 25 feet, if\nnot more. It was dark in color, apparently scaleless and had a continuous lin. Mr.\nFerguson made a pencil drawing of it in\nhis note book at tho time, which lie exhibited last evening, and also read the\nnotes he had taken.\nHe and his partner, Mr. Walker, are\nwell known, and then, is no circumstance\nin connection with their narrative or no\nconsiderations of a personal character\nwhich would in any way tend to discredit\ntheir statements. They had not made\nih.-h discovery publicly known heretofore\nfor reasons that would actuate most men\nof good judgment at the present day, as\nsea serpent \"yarns\" are regarded wi... a\ndistrust not always flattering to those\nwho promulgate them. However, several\nmembers of the Natural History society\nhad privately heard of these gentlemen's\nexperience and took the opportunity ol\ninviting Mr. Ferguson, who was in the\ncity, to attend the meeting, which after\na good deal of persuasion he agreed Io do.\nNeedless lo say, Mr. Ferguson's statements elicited a good deal of discussion,\nand the fact was brought out that ihe Indians had many stories respecting lhe existence of a sea serpent in that locality.\nThe matter will have further consideration.\nBACKWOODS JUSTICE IN INDIANA.\nIgnorant \"Mimislrnti* Mas nn AemiH-\nliitt Tilt Willi City Law .vers.\nM. C. Hamill and John All, two leading\nattorneys of Vigo county, encountered a\nnew phase of the law the other day,\nin a justice of the peace's court In Pier-\nson township, near Terre Haute, Ind. I'm.\ncase on trial was a replevin suit, involving the possession of an antiquated gray\nmare, and on every technicality the conn,\nSciuire James Sheridan, ruled hy the stat-\nutes of 1881. As these have been largely\namended and revised by later acts, his\nruling occasioned objections from both\nsides. Lawyer Hamill ventured to inquire\nIf Plerson township was 15 years behind\nIn everything else, as it was with the\nlaw, and this aroused the justice's wrath.\nHe retorted that the commissioners i'ad\ntold him to go by the books of his predecessor and, as the acts of 'SI were ail\nthat gentleman had bequeathed him, lie\nwas bound to lie governed accordingly.\nHe added, however, that the commissioners had also seen lit to provide linn\nwith a copy of the Nicholson law, iVhloh\nwould be brought over from his residence\nif the lawyers so desired. l,:uv-r Hamill\nsarcastically remarked thai lie did am\ncare to try a replevin suit under the Nicholson law, and the court promptly tinad\nhim $10 and costs. These proceedings so\naroused the risibilities of Mr. Hamill's opponent that at this juncture he felt son-\nstrained to laugh aloud, and the squlro,\nInside himself wlili anger, also Imposed\nalike llncon him. Lawyer Harry Thompson, who was assisting Mr. Hamill, .did\nout of the back door in haste lo escape\nthe squire's win III. To add lo lhe dls-\ncomilluro of Attorney Hamill, ihe Justice\nruled against him. and refused to certify to the upper coui'i a copy of the 10-\nplevln bond. Mr. Hamill Is now preparing\nto Institute mandamus proceedings.\nLIGHTS AND SIDELIGHTS.\nmil.I.\nSIUlli.il.\nWe had a New Year good an\nDecember sweet nnd kind;\nThe weather man llaa gently\nHut we should bear In mind\nThat farther down along tin* bill,\nWhen spring's sort months unfold,\nThe weather, mure than likely, will\nHe\nDog\nGone\nCold. \u00E2\u0080\u0094Chicago Kef.ilil.\n* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\"Did you complete the story yen were at\nwork nn?\"\n\"Yes,\" replied Un* litterateur.\n\"Von were In doubt as to Us conclusion. Dili\nIt have a happy or an unhappy ending?\"\n\"Unhappy. The editor refused to print It\"\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Washington Star.\nFend Wife\u00E2\u0080\u0094What are you worrying abol lids\nevening?\nHusband (a young lawyer)\u00E2\u0080\u0094An Important\nease I have on hand. My client Is charged Willi\nmurder and 1 can'l make up my mind whether\nto try to prove that the deceased was killed by\npome other man or Ih still nllve.\u00E2\u0080\u0094New York\nWeekly. _^______\t\nV Worrisome Worry.\n\"My wife was rather worried when 1 left\nher this morning.\"\n\"What was the trouble?\"\n\"Well, she had been Worrying ah.ait some-\nthing or oilier last night, ami this morning she\ncouldn't remember what It was.\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094New York\nTribune. \t\nAll in tho Looks.\n\"llobber claims to be a great man to look\nahead.\"\n\"That may be true, but he Is an Infernally\npoor one to go i head.\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094Detroit Free Tress.\nbeen a -jood deal of gossip\n:\u00E2\u0080\u0094 made by Dr. Charles\n, J ,k ur, ,\u00E2\u0080\u009E h|a Tllailk\n, '\"\".hat there are at least a quarter of\na pillion unfaithful husbands and wives\nin the community. The minister, however\nIs certain that he did not overestimate\nthi matter, says the Philadelphia Record.\nIn his sermon, Dr. parkhurst, among\nother things, said;\n\"The love between husband and wife is\nkepi true in some cases by the possession of children, but I have learned\nenough to know that In the case of any\ncouple that might present themselves before nn- to be married I would not at any\nrale of premium Issue an Insurance policy on their conjugal felicity good for\nmore than live years, unless on the contingency of offspring or on the basis of\ni heir common faith In God.\n\"If a lady goes to the store and buys\nan article that she is sure is marvelous-\nly cheap, and can not understand how\nsuch a piece of band made goods can be\nproduced at so pitiable a figure, she knows\nIf she knows anything about the world\nshe lives In, and the industrial conditions\nthat prevail, that some poor girl in somo\nsickly back alley lias been half paid for\nher w..rk. and she, the elegant lady going\nshopping in her carriage, gets the benefit\nof li. This city is full of this, and so\nIs every other city. She does not kill tho\ngirl outright, hut she helps to kill her by\nInches.\"\n.Mrs. Elizabeth li. Grannls, president of\nthe Social Purity league, thought Dr.\nParkhurst erred in placing the number\nii a quarter of a million.\n\"Then air more than that,\" she said,\n\"and Hie most of them are in the upper\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ircles of society.\n\"lb-re is society running around to savo\nthe miserable 40,000 depraved women in\nthe city. What are they compared with\nthe more than 250,000 married persons who\nare no better than they?\n\"Dr. Parkhursl tells us about these\nthings, and they are all true, too, but he\ndocs not prescribe any remedy for them.\nI do not believe what he says about there\nbeing no faithful love without religion ot\na belief in a Father in heaven. I have\nseen too many cases wtiere there bis\nbeen faithful love without religion. What\nwe want Is some one to preach and carry\nforward a law on the subject.\n\"There is not the semblance of a law\nprotecting marriage In the state of New\nYork.\"\nHE TACKLED THE WRONG MAN,\nA Farmer Didn't I,ike the i'iikHIni'*)\nMethod of Training;,\nIndeed, men do strange things while\nfixing themselves for auhletlc contests.\nOnce a party of us went out to Mission\nroad to visit Joe Goddard, the Australian,\nwho was preparing for his meeting with\nJoe McAullffe. Goddard had a bushmau's\nideas of training, and one of his schemes\nwas the jumping of a rope, just as schoolgirls dolt. He explained how it helped his\nlegs, and went inside the quarters and\ngot his ropo to demonstrate. He was\njunrplng away on lhe gravel, and evi-\ndently getting great satisfaction out of It,\nwhen wc were all surprised to .hear a\nvoice from the roadway:\n\"Well, of all the blamed fool things\nfor a .crowed man in do! Jumpln' a rope!\nWhy, if I had a boy half :us big as you\nfhat'd do thai I'd lick him half to death.\"\nWc looked around and saw a gnarly old\ntruck gardener sitting ou his wagon and\ngazing our way with disgust on his face.\n\"1 s'pose you call that a. man's game?\"\nlie snorted. \"Why don't ye play leapfrog or crack the whip an' be done with it?\nII I had time I'd git off an' give you a\ngood fatherly thrashln'.\"\n\"You would?\" cried Goddard in surprise.\n\"Well, now, you Just get off and try it.\"\n.in.l lie went on jumping.\n\"Blamed if 1 don't,\" the gardener re-\ntcrted. \"It'll do ye good\u00E2\u0080\u0094a big, overgrown lummix like you jumpln' the rope!\"\nlie approached Goddard, and Lhe latter\npicked him up and threw him high in the\nair like a ball, catching him gently as ho\ncame down. Then the prize lighter juggled him and fanned his face with him\nand did various tricks with him, always\nbeing careful not to hurt him. Afterward\nhe tossed him up on top of a nearby straw-\nslack, from which, after muoll labor, tho\nInterrupter withdrew himself and again\nappeared to us.\n\"You don't care If 1 keep on this childish game of jumping the rope, do you?\"\ninquired Goddard.\n\"Mister.\" said the gordencr, \"you can\njump the rope all you know how. I'm\nmighty glad I didn't tackle you while\nyou was playln1 drop-ihe-handkerchuf.' \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nChicago Record.\nLOSSES BY FIRE IN LARGE CITIES.\nlie-ports tor 1890 Indicate a Material\nDecreiiMG in tin* ltocoriln.\nRecords of the lire losses In the various\nlarge cities of the western states show .1\nureal reduction as compared with previous years. In Chicago, although tho\nlire patrol records are not yet completed,\nil Is staled that Ibe hiss will be several\nhundred thousand dollars below those of\ntlie previous year. HI. I.mils will show\nan Increase of something like J100.0IH) for\nlhe 12 months ending December 81, or a\ntotal of about $900,000. In Omaha the to-\ni.il losses w.re $83,068, with \u00E2\u0080\u0094.\"\". pence; John Hancock, 7 shillings: Napoleon, \u00C2\u00A31, and Joseph Bonaparte 7 shillings. An autograph of Dickens brought C2; Carlylc, S shillings, and\nTennyson, 9 shillings. r.\nGRAND FORKS M1NEK.\nLOCAL NOTES.\nF. II. MrOAKTf'.R er on payment 0/ TWO\njjllRrn a yoar.\nDlipUyad AdTeitUoinflnti Yl an Inch per\nmozitn.. A liberal discount n-1 lowed on Iotik\n\"ontrsctfi.\nTrMicUnt Aflv\u00C2\u00ABti\u00C2\u00ABemouti 20 cents \u00C2\u00BB lino flrat\ninierCL-i] and in cent* a Una tor each additional\nInsertion\nluteal or reading matter notices 25 cents each\nInsertion.\nJnh I\u00C2\u00BBni:tln\u00C2\u00AB nt f'tur rate*. All aeoouatfl fo\ninb ir-wit nnd adrertlslngpayable on thellrht of\nP, n. McOAiriiuA Bon.\nbiich month.\nBATURDAY, JANUARY 23, L897.\nA SUBJECT FOR TMOUQHT.\nThe provincial legislative assuniliiy\nwhich convenes at Victoria on tho 8th\nuf next month will 1)3 uskod for\nan Aot incorporating tlio (.'ascuds Water,\nPower it Llolit Oompany, Limited with\npower to appropriate and use water from\nBoundary creak, Kettle rivor un 1 tho\nNorth Fink of the Kettle river tia tho\ncompany may see lit, for th*> purpose of\nestablishing water works ami supplying\nwater for mining, domestic, manutactu\nring aud all other purposes to the inhabitants of too to.vnbites of Midway,\nAnaconda, Greenwood, Grand Forks\nand Cascade. City in Yale district; ale;i\nfor the right to use water from tho Kettle river near Cascade City fur the purpose of genorating electricity for the\nsupply of light, heat and power to the\ninhabitants, cities, towns, mines, smelters and tramways within a radius of\n10 miles of tho townsite of Grand ForkB.\netc., etc., etc.\nTho lirbt impression ono has nf a proposition of thia kind is that it will be a\ngrand thine for the peoplo residing iu\nthe various towns covered by the pro\nvisions of tlio act asked for as it woulJ\nl0 feet in hid tunnel, on\ntho above claim, he is working now in\ncopper ore which assay3 high in gold.\nIt ia reported that Andy Hamilton\nhas sold tho lOloxie, in Summit oamp.\nThis is a well known property, havin.\nconBidorable work done in the way of\ndevelopment, there being one shaft sunk\nto a depth of liO feet while another i\u00C2\u00BB\n:jl) fact down.\nMessrs. Kelly and Russell, who have\nboen in town for a fow days with a view\nof investing, left town on Monday last\naud will return in i few weeks time,\nwhen tin-y will likoly invest iu some\nNorth Fork proportioa which they have\nalready teen,\nMr. Colin Cottaiu, of Portland,\nOregon, wan in town on Monday lasi\nand remainod a couple of days. Ouring\nhis short stay ho visited some of tho\nwell known properties on Observation\nmountain, being much pleased with\nwhat he saw.\nWilliam Mader, our genial butcher\nhas on dosplay in his shop, without ox-\ncaption, some of the finest beef ever offered for salo In Grand Forks, Tho beet\nwas raised by R. R. Gilpin our customs\nofficer and epsakB well for this sec\ntion aa a smiting country.\nEzra Meeker, of the Tadotna ledger,\nwho has taken quite an intereBt lately\niu the mineral reaourses of this section\nis at present in Uoealand aud is e.~pect-\ned here very shortly. Mr. Meeker is\nboing instrumental in bringing considerable coast capital into this section.\nHarry Naoh, one of ihe original\nowners of the Boulevard group arrived in town a fow days ago and haa\nbeen along with Wm. Moore busily engaged in building a cabin on thia property and prepuiring to start work on\nBonds of Electric, Steam\nor Horse Car Railways\nmm PLACED AT SH0BTE8T H0TI0E\nPersons having mining or other Properties that will\nbear investigation, can hsve a Company promoted, or\nsoil them, by addressing\t\nMANHATTAN INVESTORS & SECURITIES CO., Ltd.\n17 end If) Broadway, New York City. London offices:\u00E2\u0080\u0094Chiswell nouse, No.\n130 Finsbury Pavement, Loudon, E. C, England.\nthe Taeoma property, which i. une of Iwhich 1 ,ato1* mad\u00C2\u00B0 ran a8 hiSh aB\ntho group of five claims and on which Ko0'n \"\"ld aml ~2. P6r oent c0P*,('r'\nthe work just finished haa been done.\nThore will be a dance Monday eve.,\nFob. 1, in tin school room. The object\nof this dauco is to wipe olf the little\ndebt that remains on the school furniture, everybody should patronize it and\nthus help the school along.\nDr. Smith of Montreal, was an arrival in town the first of the woek. After\nlooking over tho town the Dr. has\ndually decided to locate hare and wiii\nbuild himself au office at once. Ho is\na graduate of the famous McGill college\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0md wili doubtless do well.\nLaRue Perrine, formerly of Manly &\nAverill's establishment, has resigned hi-i\nposition. In losing Mr. Perrine the\nlinn have lost a most efficient nnd pop.\nular employee, and wo hope that he wid\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2till remain among us, and not think\nof seeking hie fortune elsewhere.\nDon't forget to secure a ticket tor\nlite dance, that will come off on Mon\nday evening, the 1st, of February.\nPhe price is $1.50 exclusive of supper\nwhich is o0 cents a plate extra. The\n'ickets are on sale 'at Dr, Hep worth's\nDrug store, acd Manly & Averill's.\nWm. Giitridge, who his spent most of\n..ho winter hunting and trapping in th i\nDh'ristina Lake district, returned o:i\nTuesday from a two weoks tour through\nthat section, Ho reports game exceed\nugly scarce in that section this winter.\nIt in hia intention to make a trip up\nS-ass creek with a 'dew of hunting aa i\n\"rapping along thia creek.\nL. S. Hen ricks, ono of our heal con\ntractors has secured the contract for\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0.-[lairing Mrs. J. Hutchisons resident'-\ni.id will commends work immediately\nMr. Henricka ia formoly of Taeoma.\nWash, and has beon here for several\nmonths, ho haa through his good work\n-nanship established quite a busines-\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2mil has secured several large contracts\n'or the coming season.\nFrank Truax made a trip to Eureka\ncamp this weok and reports things\nlively iu that section. Ho Bays that n\nrich strike has boen made on th\niiopublie property in that camp. The\niwners, Messrs. Clark and Ryan, hav\nstripped the ledge on this claim for\niver 1000 foot and havo recently hat:\nt-isays made from tho surface cropping-\nwhich ran as high aa \u00C2\u00A732,50 ill free\ngold. Mr, Truax predicts that some of\nthe richest properties in this soction\nire in what ia now known as Eurikn\ncamp.\nWith su:h assays which are merosur*\n| face assays and added to'.this tho immense\nsurface showing that this Herdy mountain poBSOBBes, there is every indication\nthat several of thsse properties will turn\nout tn be mines. In thia event this\nmountain will be a very valuable appendage to Grand Forks, situated as it\nis onlv 3'.j unleB from tho town.''\nKETTLE RIVER MINING DIVISION\n'{ecords of Mineral Locations for thi\nWeek Ending Jan. 12.\nlanuary 1: Bengrauf, Kimberly oamp, it. Well;\ntind J. 8. Harrison,\n'anuary 2: Prospective, fruct., Deadwooil\noamp, J. Frnnk.\nIlreat Hopes, fract., Detulwoo.I, J. c. Haas,\nlanuary 5: Napoleon, I. A. Dinsmore.\nHenriatta, W. \V. Curler and Leo. Neff.\nChristmas, i. A. Dinsmore.\nEmpress, Wm. Saiuia.\nMary June, G. B. Stocking,\nJanuary 7; Welcome, Hardy Mt., Wm. Saiuli*\nNew Alaska, Provicenoe oamp. Otto Dillicr.\nJanuary!!: Gold Oro, Grand Forks J. .M. lira\ngrave and G. 1'. Minis,\nlanunry II l'aseoe, near Kock creeu, V. II\nCarey, \Y. H. conkle, K. Donald,\nbinuiry i-i: No. o, Central oamp, R. Wood.\nNorfolk, Iract., do., M. J. M. Wood.\nKing Solomon, PjovideuCe oamp, \u00E2\u0096\u00A0!. A. Slack\nTrue Bill-, seatt'e camp, J. K. Jlrown.\nFountain Head, Grand Forks, J, M. liar grave\nCBSTIFICATES OP WORK,\nJaiiiuir-- 0: Gold King, R. Watson.\nClifton, I.. F, Williams,\nbiuuary U: Sunrise, Thos. Hardy.\nT1UN.SFI-RH.\nOcoembor ::0: White Rose. ', iut\nrosier to T, Hardy.\nDecember 81) Glen.void, Ji bit\nbind to .'airy Garland.\nGreat Eastern, ^ int., R. If urray to J. Pugslsj\nEmpire. S int., Alex. Cmon to Joe Celinas.\nIlar.pm Hala. \2 int., G. Itiler to W. Giudweli\n'miliary'.!; .Snowstorm, all int , 1'. W. McGregor to F. E. Lucas.\nLittle Chief, all hit , R. Wutson to J. B. Hero\nsiers and .Jno, Dufour.\nJanuary 5; Robin Adair, '., int., E. Titiworth\nto Hotelier.\nMother 1 o le, % int., W. W. Gibbs to Boundary Mines Co.\nTip Top, M\\\ Mlvestor K., )i int, G. W. Kpcnci\nto ].. Ostrosii and P. W. Dillon.\nJ. ctR., tract., H int., Jno. Rogers and H. L.\nJones to Ostroski & Dillon.\nAlta, % iut, C. N. Mardon to Ostroski, Dillon\nJanuary 6: StauSsnl, Yi int., H. Schmidt to J.\nJ. Murphy,\nRattler, all Iut., F. R. Launty to J. J. Murphy.\nRattler, \i Int., J. J. Murphy to L. Archibald.\nJ. li. Dc\nJus. Sin her\nHIQH ASSAYS,\nH. A. Sheads, assayer of this town.\nin conversation with a Miner reporter\ntne other day Baid:\n'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2I have made some very encouraging assays from mere croppings taken\nfr.oni the various properties around\nGrand Forks, some of them being from\nHardy mountain \u00C2\u00A3ro\u00C2\u00A3ertiee, one of\nMINERAL ACT 1896.\n(Form f.)\nCertificate of Improvements Notice.\nSEATTLE MINEEAL CLAIM.\nSeattle Mineral OUtiitt, Bltuate In the Kettle\n(liver Mlutug Division oi Vale District.\nwhere looated\u00E2\u0080\u0094In Brown's oamn on the west\naide of lhe North Fork of Kettle rivtr.\nTAKE NOTICE that I, F. Wollaston, actingai\nagent for the Seattle Mining & Smelting\nOompany, (Foreign), free minor's certificate No.\n07,445, intend 00 days from the date hereof, to\napply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate\nin' improvements for the purpose oi obtaining '\u00C2\u00BB\nCrown Grant of tlie above claim.\nAnd furtuer take notice that action under\nBee tion 87 muBt be commended before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements.\nDated this 20th day of November, 1S90.\nF. WOLLASTON.\nNOTICE OF APPLICATION BOB PRIVATE BILL.\nTOWNSITE OF GRAND FORKS\nNOTICE IS HKREBYQrVEN that application\nwill be made to the Uegiitlative Assembly\nOf the Province of British Oolumbia for an Act\nIncorporating the Inhabitants of the townsite\nof Grand Corks, in the Osoyoos division of the\ndistrict of Vale, an a municipality, to define the\nlimits of said corporation, with such provisions\nof the general municipal acts now in force in\n(he Province, and such other provisions as may\nbe applicable,or necessary or expedient; and\nwith such further provision as will enable R\nvote to bo taken, at the time fixed for tlie finst\nelection, lo deter ml no whether the ad airs of tho\ncorporation shall, subject to tlie provisions of\nthe Act of incorporation, be managed by an er-\neoutive of three commissioners or by a mayor\nand live aldermen. FRANK HIGGINS,\nSolicitor for Applicants,\nG. B. Stocking,\nEXPERT WATCHMAKER.\nBeet Mainspring in the World.\nFully Warranted.\nWatch Repairing'is Mj Specialty.\n All Work Warranted.\nCORNflR RIVKRSIDB AVK. AND BRTDGE STS. QRAND FORKS, B. 0\nCERTIFICATE OF THE REGISTRATION Of A\nFOREIGN COMPANY.\n\"Companies' Aot,\" Part IV, and amend\ninq Acts.\n\"The Keough Gold and Copper Mining\nCompany\" (Foreign.)\nRegistered the 25th day of November, 1896.\nT HEREBY CERTIFY that f have this day reg\n1 istered \"The Keough Gold and Copper Mining\nCompany\" (Foreign), under the '\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Oompauicn'\nlet,\" Partly,, \"Registration Of Foreign Companies, ' and amending Acts,\nThe he.id office of tho said company Is situat-\ntil at the City of Halt Lake, State ol Utah.\nU.S. A.\nThe objects for which the Company Is established are:\u00E2\u0080\u0094To purchase, work, develop and\nmanage the R-Bell lode mining claim, the\nAspen lode mining claim, tho Delamar lode\nmining claim and the Remington lode mining\nclaim, all situate in Yale Mining District, British Columbia, and to acquire mines, mills,\nreduction wcrks and such property real and\npersonal as may be suitable or convenient for\ncarrying on a general mining and milling business; and to operate, buy. sell or exchange,\nmines, mills, reduction works and nil propert)\nnecessary or convenient to the business,\nThe capital stock of the soid Company is two\nhundred thousand dollars, divided into two\nhundred thousand shares of the parvaiueof\none dollar each.\nGiven under ray hand and seal of oflice at\nVictoria, Province of British Columba, this 25th\nday of November, 1896.\nfa, h.| B. Y. WOOTTON, ,,\nRegistrar of Joint Stock Companies.\nNOTICE OF APPLICATION f 0B PBI-\nVATE BILE.\n1RAND FORKS TOWNSITE COMPANY, LIMITED LIABILITY.\nNOTICK IS IIBKKHY IMVKN Hint application\nwill Im* made to lho Leglstlativ. Ammbly\nat the Provlnoo of British Columbia nt its nrai\nii'Mion for an Act to Incorporate tho Urumi\nForks Towtulte Company, uinlted Liability,\nWith DOWOf to appropriate*, lake, anil iw\nfrom the North Fork .it Kntiio River, and Manly\nnroek, at points above the townsite of Gran.l\nPorks, Osoyoos Division of Kant Yale Dlstrlc,\nbo much of tlie water as may ua uoewwary for,\nninl lo iiillizii the water ho diverted for, tliu following pui-pohi'H, namely] of genc-ratlu>*\nelectricity nnd of supplying the name within\nthe illalrict hereinafter mentioned either for\nelectric lighting, motive power, telegraph, telephone or other works; of supplying water to\nconsumers a\u00C2\u00ABn motive power for haul ing, pumping, lighting, smelting, drilling, or for any\nother purpose for whifjn.lt may be applied or\nacquired! of supplying water for domestic, min\nlug, manufacturing, and other purposes to the\nminers, smelters, operators of tramways, and\nInhabitants of the townsite of Grand Forks and\noi a strip of territory not exceeding six miles in\nwidth on either side of the Hon Hi Fork of Kettle\nRiver and not exceeding in length twenty-five\nmilee above the said townsite of Grand Fork\nalong Ihe line of tho North Fork of Kettle Kircr:\nand with power to Construct and maintain\nbuildings, erostious, dams, ditches, flumes,\nraceways, or othor works ueoessary for carrying\nout the above purposes, or any of them, or for\nimproving or Increasing the said water privileges; and with powor to enter and expropriate\nlaud for a site for power houses, aud for dams,\nditches, raceways and reservoirs, and for can-ring tho electric onrrent nndergvoscd or overhead and for such other works as may be\nnecessary and for the bidding thereon of mills,\nmanufactories, or any erection for the purpose\nof carrying on auy Industry; and with power to\nerect, lay, construct and maintain buildings.\npipes, poles, wires, appliances or eonveuiences\nnecessary or proper for live generating and\ntransmitting of electricity Bid power; aud with\npower to oonatiuot. equip, operate and maintain tramways for the puinose of sarrylng\npameogere or freight ln the dlatrfot above mentioned; aud with power to maintain and\noperate a telephone lytuui In the said distrlot;\nand wltb power to do all suoh things as ar* Incident or oonduolte to tits attainment of the\nabove objects. i\t\nDated at the City of Victoria this \u00C2\u00BBth day ol\nDecember, 18D6. HDDTBR A DUVP,\nIMgenta for B-uiton4 Wart,\n,-SolloMori for the appUoonta.\nWILLIAM MADEft\nWholesale and Retail\n:BUTCHER:\nAU Kinds of Fresh MeatB at Live and Let Live Prices.\nI ALSO HAVE SOME NICE CORNED BEEF\nAND ALL KINDS OF SAUSAGES.\nSecond Street Grand Forks, B. C,\nH.W.RUSSELL\nHouse and Carriage Fainter,\nPaper Hanger,\nand Kalsominer,\nGLAZING OF ALL KINDS\nOrders Promptly Attended to. Estimates Furnished on\nAll Kinds of Work. GEAND FORKS, B. 0.\nBUILDERS\nShould carefully consider\nthe cost ot material, and\nby figuring, find out that\nall kinds of\nRough and Dressed Lumber\nShingles, Lath, Etc,\ncon bo purchased at the\nGrand Forks\nSawmill\n0HEAPEB THAN\nA.NYWHEEE ELSE.\nFIREWOOD $1 FEE LOAD.\nC. K, SIMPSON, Proprietor.\nHEPWORTH & CO.\nA Full Stock of Toilet Articloa\nAlways on Hand. Also a Well\nAssorted Supply of\nSTATIONERY\nAND WALL PAPER.\nSURGERY IN REAR\nOF DRUG STORE\t\nAll Roads Lead to Carson.\nED. DRISCOLL,\nDealer ln Qeneral\nMERCHANDISE,\nCarries a Complete Line of\nGroceries,\nDry Goods,\nClothing,\nBoots and Shoes,\nAlso a Full Line ot\nHarness, Saddles, Bits, Spurs,\nEtc., Etc.\ns-r-REPA RING PROMPTLY ATTENDED T0-J9\nTHOMPSON'S\nSTAGE LINE,-\nMANLY'S NEW BLOCK. CRAND FORKS B. C\nNOTICE\nThe best wire spring in the world is\nmade in Grand Forks. I also do all\nkinds of fine furniture and other\nREPAIRING.\nRUBBER STAMPS,\nind Seals. Agent for tho host makes of\nSowing machines. Also the Hummer\nbicyclo.\nJ. W, JONES. GRAND FORKS, B. O\nCOUNTY COURT NOTICE.\nNotice Is hereby given that a sitting ol the\n(lounty Court ol Yale will bo held\nAT MIDWAY, ON MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1897;\nAT G1UND FOKK8, WED., MARCH 17, 1897\nAtthe hour ol eleven o'clock In thrlorenoon\nreBpectivoly.\nBy oommand, W. Q. McMYNN,\nQoTernment Oflice, Midway, B. C. I D. R. C. C.\nJan, 4th, 1IB7.\nNOTICE.\nT1NDSR8 WANTItn.\nTendon will be received by the undersigned\nuntil January the 15th 1097 lor the conaruotion\nol an Irrigating ditch and flume from Boundary\ncreek to Midway flat.\nPlans and specifications can be seen at the\noffice of the Midway Company, Midway, B. O.\nand the office of 0. 9. Cosieiton, Vernon, B. C.\nThe lowest or any tender not necessHrlly accepted. A. K. 8TUAET,\nAgent Midway Cempany, Ltd.\nMWWay, B. C, Deeember 5, UM. ', ,\nThe\" time lor receiving tenders is further extended untllJan. 81.18W\u00E2\u0080\u009E\t\nJan. 9,1897. ANGUS K. STUART\n-FROM-\nCarson to Curlew, San Poil\nand Eureka Camus.\nLeaves Carson and Nelson on Tueeeay and\nFriday. Returns Wednesday and Saturday\nmaking connection with Morrison's Stage Line.\nEDWARD THOMPSON, Proprietor.\nWE HAVE\nLumber\nOF ALL KINDS.\nalways on Hand.\nFat Mm and Terms c-all oa or address,\nMANLY & AVERILL-\nGrana Forks, B. C.\nETHEL GERTRUDE DAHL,\nTeacher of\nVIOLIN. BANJO, MANDOLIN AND GUITAR,\nStudent from the College of Music of Cincinnati!, and pupil of the d Is tiugulsh td Master and\nViolinist. Chas. Baetcns of the Brussels Franco-\nBelgian School of tho Violin.\nOFFICE HOURS \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Monday, Wednesday,\nThursday, Friday and Saturday, 2 to 5 p. m.\nMAIN ST. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 GRAND FORKS, B. C.\nGID R. PROPPER,\nDRESS MAKER, (\nGRAND FORKS, B. O.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ni\nAND ALL KINDS OF;JOB WORE.\nORAND FORKS MINER:"@en . "Newspapers"@en . "Grand Forks (B.C.)"@en . "Grand Forks"@en . "Grand_Forks_Miner_1897-01-23"@en . "10.14288/1.0081715"@en . "English"@en . "49.0311110"@en . "-118.4391670"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Grand Forks, B.C. : F.H. McCarter and Son."@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/"@en . 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