"d9e50870-b881-4eaf-8657-50d672b99a53"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "[The Economist]"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2011-04-13"@en . "1897-08-18"@en . "The Nelson Economist was published in Nelson, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, and ran from July 1897 to July 1906. The Economist was published by D. M. Carley, and edited by C. Dell-Smith. In August 1898, The Economist absorbed a paper called The Nation. In July 1903, the title of the paper was changed from The Nelson Economist to The Economist."@en . ""@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xnelsonecon/items/1.0183840/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " VOI,. I; -NELSON, B. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST iS. NO. 6. THE NELSON- ECQNOniST Issued every Wednesday at the city of Nelson, B. C. D: M. Capjley ..'..... ..: a .' Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year to Canada and United States' ' $2.00 If paid in advance '.'._.! \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. 1.50 One Year to .Great Britain '.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ' 2.50 If paid in advance ' 2 00 \"Remit'.by Express, Monev Order, Draft, P. O. Order, or Registered Letter. - ,, Correspondence on matters of general interest respectfully solicited. ^ ' Advertisements of reputable character will be inserted' upon terms which will be made known on application. Only articles of merit will be advertised in these columns and the interests of readers will be carefully guarded against irresponsible persons and worthless articles. EDITORIAL COMMENT. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD The Vancouver World is a newspaper that all British Columbians may point\" to with a certain degree of pride. It is fulfilling its legitimate mission as a purveyor of news iu a manner that is eminently praise worthy and enterprising. . When we are overcame with an insatiable longing for the news of the busy outside world, we turn to the columns of the World with a full knowledge and assurance that every event of importance is therein faithfully recorded. If the World exercised the same discrimination and honesty of purpose in its editorial department there would be no necessity for writing this article ; but herein does it prove . itself an unfaithful steward, and falls short of what is expected and demanded from an honest journal. In the course of a short political article, some weeks ago, we took occasion to state that : \"The publisher pi the Victoria Times may be credited with having been the first to unfurl the banner of the Liberal -party to the breeze in this Province.\" The Economist made the foregoing' statement with a full realization of its purport and meaning ; now we will show wherein this paper was right, and incidentally demonstrate that the World was either falsifying or laboring under an hallucination when it commented as follows : \" \"We have to give the sentence an emphatic contradiction, as it is as devoid of the truth as is any statement The Economist or any journal can possibly make. Long prior to Mr: Tempjleman's advent to British Columbia the late Hon. John Robson and John Kirkland, Dr. Milne, and J. C. McLagan, of The World, but for several years conductor of the Victoria Times, had unfurled the banner of Liberalism, as thousands in Victoria and elsewhere throughout British Columbia can attest, as well likewise the riles of the Times. The Economist, if it desires to earn its spurs, as we believe it does, will doubtless take heed to the lesson it has thus been taught and hereafter it should not be quite so economical of the truth and facts.\" If there were so many true and consistent liberals travelling around this Province unfurling banners and with their coats off fight ing for Eiberal principles,\" The Economist would like to be informed why it was that Mr. Templernaai could scarcely secure a mover -and seconder for his .nomination in 1891, when,after \" importuning men who were supposed to be liberals to sign his paper, he had to fall .back \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDson personal friends to secure- the desired object ? Itrinay* have been that some of them, were working at the unfurling banner business iu other parts .of the . Province and were too , busy to grant Mr. Templeman's very reasou- -able request ; but we do know that the impression prevailed that they were too cowardly to come forward and declare themselves. It wras not jealousy that prompted them to remain neutral, for Mr. Templeman had no political ambition, and the writer of this article is in - a position to state that had any one of the men who professed Eiberal inclinations, by. stealth, stepped into the breach, Mr. Templeman would have gladly retired and given them his loyal support. But some had friends holding office whose positions would be jeopardized by an open avowal of Eiberal principles, and others, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD it is suspected, were unfurling banners in the calm, sweet, unbroken solitude of their garrets; or, like Peter, who denied his Saviour, they went to the housetop to pray. We have before us as we write, a paper containing a list of Messrs. Templeman and Mar- chant's committeemen,in 1891, but the names of many who now admit that they were always Eiberal champions are conspicuous by their absence from that list. In 1891, the time had arrived when Mr. Templeman realized that a beginning had to be made, and he offered himself as a candidate in the Eiberal interest for the Dominion House of Commons, and he was defeated. Against him were arra^^ed the strongest political and financial influences in the Province ; but, cheered on by his little band of faithful followers, he fought with that Scottish unyielding determination, that has marked his journey through life, and thus did he emphasize the political doctrines of his paper and give evidence of the faith that was in him. As we before remarked, there may have been many Eiberal champions in British Columbia at that time, but: it appears to us that a large number of them must have contributed very materially toward the success of the Conservative candidates. Plowever, by his action Mr. Templeman infused new life into the discouraged Eiberals, and from the insignificant beginning he has made not only Victoria district an exceedingly doubtful constituency, but he has also changed the political complexion of British Columbia, at one time the banner Conservative Province of the Dominion. Once more, we ask, where were . the Eiberal .banner unfurlers, of, whom the Vancouver World writes so pathetically; , at that time?, Still absorbed in the- contemplation of their faith .without works policy? Certain it is,, they were hot losing many hats by throwing them' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD into the air as a mark of their approbation of Eiberal principles. <' :\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \" : \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'<\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD But tempus omnia reyelat.. - The Liberals <\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD in British1 Columbia have waxed strong since Sir Wilfred Eaurier assumed the reins of , power at Ottawa. Where once one Eiberal hand was kept in'Qcomplete ignorance0 of the cunning of its mate, the whole world is now made participators in the joyful intelligence that both hands are worn to the bone through incessant labor in the Eiberal vineyard. They emerge from their hiding:places and smirk and * smile as they relate the wonderful deeds they performed \"that the Eiberal party might '.be saved. In doing so they only earn, the contempt of Conservatives and consistent Liberals., As a matter of fact they possessed neither the ,. influence nor power to advance Eiberal inter-, ests in British Columbia. As The Economist remarked in a previous issue, this \"Lieutenant-Governorship business is not our affair, politically speaking, and we have no desire to participate in the festivities of the occasion, but we stand for fair play;and political gratitude. It may exasperate maj.13^ of the now loud-mouthed Liberals to read about their political treachery. If the late Hon. A. N. Richards, who despite the infirmities of oM age fought by. the side of his friend Temple- pieman, could arise from his grave, and. hear the impudent claims put forth b3r these \"Eiberals,\" it wTould even add to the contempt he entertained for them while upon this earth. It is quite possible that Mr. Templeman may never be called upon to fill the-exalted office of Eieuteiiant-Governor. The Eiberal party has done strange things in its time. In 1878 it sent out a most unpopular Eastern politician to be Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba, by which outrageous action it forfeited all political claims on that Province. History may repeat itself in the case of British Columbia, but that will not prevent the people from declaring that the office belonged to Mr. Templeman by all the usages of political warfare, and resenting any affront put upon them when the opportunity presents itself. Again, Mr. Templeman is an honest man ; but if some of the other aspirants secured the office are they prepared to furnish a satisfactory guarantee that Carey Castle and its belongings would not be torn from its moorings and sold for old junk before their term of office THE NELSON ECONOMIST expired... We are far from saying that they . would carry off the building in one load, for it is,a fairlv substantial structure-; but we doabe- lieve that the Government would be displaying commendable discretion' if it placed a strong guard around Carey Castle to provide against surprises from within as well as outside the castle.,- <- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD - \" \" 4- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD li \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*' The laws of the United States have been .framed with the one idea of everything for Americans, and the people of all other nation- alities, more particularly the . British, are plainly, given to understand that in the enactment and , carrying out of those, laws' the3)r must not evince any undue interest. This condition prevails in the State of \"Washington perhaps to. a greater extent than in\".any other commonwealth of the Union, but California at one time seemed to have a little the advant- . age of Washington in . the alien legislation business. \" We cannot say that we have any, fault, to-find with our neighbors over the way in their almost prohibitive legislation. The country belongs to them, and the}^ certainty should have evervthing to sav as to how their ' affairs shall be conducted. If a man owns a house, he undoubtedly has a right to select his visitors and also see to it that his visitors \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD shall conform to the established rules for the conduct of his household. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD After all, the affairs of a state or nation, are nothing more than the principles of the domestic establishment in an enlarged form. What we do object to, is that British Columbians and Canadians generally have been slow in adopting the rules laid down bv the citizens of Washing- ton and the other states of the Union for their guidance. In Washington there is a law on the statute books that prohibits an alien from securing a good title to any property, even if he has paid his nione}' for it. The onty title that is gocd for an alien to hold, is that secured bv foreclosure of mortgage. Neither can a prospector, not a citizen of the United States,, locate . a mining property ; nor can aliens hold a controlling interest in the stock . of incorporated companies ; nor can the majority of the trustees of an incorporated company reside outside the limits of the United States. To our mind, these provisions should work to the advantage of American citizens. , Moreover, it seems to us, that tfie\' are well calculated to carry out the one great idea of America for Americans, which we understand is the dream and hope of the citizens of the great Republic. Compare the eminently wise legislation of the people of the United States to our own lax methods of doing business, and it will be seen at once that we are far behind in our laws. For instance, in British Columbia, an alien can purchase property, hold a free miner's certificate, locate mining claims, have a crown grant made direct to himself, and at the same time reside in any part of the world. British Columbia asks no man his nationality or his religion. He is at liberty to come here and participate in the benefits of our glorious heritage so lone as he obevs the laws made for the protection of his own life and property. In i municipal matters we have been particularly neglectful in adopting.the superior, methods of our neighbors. 'Holders of property, irre- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD spective of nationality or present or previous \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD condition of servitude, can exercise the' franchise. On festival occasions, such as Dominion Day,- we invite our American brethren to assist in the celebration, and while we smile at' some of them in their picturesque garb assuming full control of the ceremonies, we directly refrain from making any remark that would offend our good kind friends from over the border. j- , ./\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' a ' But this laxity of legislation on our part has its disadvantages. A few days.ago, there was held in Rossland a mass .meeting, to consider* the advisabilitv of checking the .greed of a foreign element' whose nationality' shall be nameless. . It was believed that on account of the. expert duty petition having been printed and circulated from a' printing office, which , with, one or two exceptions, is maimed by an American' crew,,, that it would, earn for it, at least, favorable consideration. ^Such, however, was not the case. The Ross- landers, or at least that .portion of the popula- lation that boast of a home in the land of the proud bird of freedom, turned out and by universal voice turned down that petition. To some'this-may-appear like an exhibition of colossal gall, but-we prefer to give it a harder name. Now for the motive, The principal mines in Rossland camp are owned by Americans and operated by American miners, presumably brought to Rossland camp under contract. To 'aid the American owners an American railway invades British territory and carries ore mined in British territory to an American town, in which the only chance of a British subject owning a foot of the land would be in the form of a plot in a graveyard when he had shuffled off this, mcrtal coil. The legislators of the state of Washington are as jealous of their' rights in dealing wdth British subjects as the government of any other state in the Union, perhaps more so, when dealing with Canadians. The state borders on the most liberal province in the Dominion as regards the treatment of aliens. Naturally the citizens of the state of Washing- ton and the people of British Columbia are closely associated in business affairs. In this Province there are many liberal-minded Americans, and we are pleased to see them here. So long as the}' come here and duly observe our laws, we take them by the hand and call them friend and brother. But the American hog, so'graphically descr.be 1 \yy the 'San Francisco Argonaut and Ambrose Pierce, in the Examiner, would more satisfactorily mark our appreciation of his inordinate greed j bv remaining at home. I ~ ' . ! The Economist is a British paper, printed j in a British country, and is intended to be an j exponent of British fair pla3' ; but we do not be- j lieve in adopting all the prohibitive enactments of the law-makers of the people of the neighboring state of Washington. We are of the opinion thatthe following changes in our legislature would fully serve the purpose of pro tecting our people in their inalienable rights: , We believe,our Government should endeavor to keep within the Dominion the manufacture of its raw products. . We want the people of Canada to become enriched by the wages earned in transforming . the raw material into the finished product.' All Canadian railway enterprises should be owned and. controlled by the British people. This condition is perhaps unnecessary, as the people of the United States are in such an impoverished condition as to be unable to build a railroad, but we, nevertheless, urge it as a precautionary measure against the. greed of the representatives of other nationalities; and lastly, Canadians should insist upon it that railroad. chartp-^s shall be granted only to British subjects. These are a few of the measures we ,,would like to see adopted, but there are others equally \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD as urgent if we are to maintain our rights. Under existing conditions the Ee Roi mine, instead of adding to the wealth of the British Canadian, people and this Province, , has become a means for the advancnient of broken down political adventurers from the' state of Washington, and it would be little, if a 113a loss to the people of Canada if it ceased operations tomorrow. If the ore, after being mined Xsy aliens, is to be taken out of the country, The, Economist is strongly of the opinion that it - would be well to discontinue operations at once.- ' The suicide of Henry Swyny, after shooting a woman with whom he had become infatuated, again brings up the question as to the causes of self-destruction. It cannot be said that Sw3rii3^'s death left a painful impression on the community, for by his\" associations he had removed himself from the circle iu which congregate respectable members of society. His death only serves to revive interest in a subject that has puzzled the brains of philosophers\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDself-destruction. There can be but little doubt as to the cause that prompted Swyny to take his own life. Although a married man, he had become infatuated with a dissolute woman. Being iu love with a woman is a form of mental aberration with which \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD the most of us have been afflicted at some time or other, but.we will, assume that what affection wve had to devote to the general fund of love was. lavished on some honest, respect- able woman;''any' other love is unnatural and is a most acute form of the tnakuly. Love is noth- ing but the abandonment of self; the merging of the self in another, and anything- more distressing than it is while it lasts it is difficult to O . . .... imagine. Thesudden transitions from heaven to hell, the rapidity of the ascents and descents, are too much for the endurance of some, and in a condition of darkened intelligence, they seek refuge from the tyranny in death -bv their own hands. Like liquor, or opium, love is a stimulant which first lifts to the seventh heaven of happiness and then prostrates to the lowest depths in reaction, and while in this condition the victim ma3r end his own life or that of some one else. But there are other causes. Grief over financial difficulties is a prolific cause of sui- HBRHHB THE NELSON ECONOMIST cide.. Constant irritation of the brain nerves, until that organ ceases to perform its normal functions, is the only explanation that is consistent wdth. the character of many who. have taken their lives. To say that the3^ were sane' is equivalent to saying that they %>ere despicable cowards, whereas their lives and characters are a complete refutation of such a charge. . It is not possible \"that a sane, man who fully accepts the orthodox doctrine of rewTard and punishment will deliberately enter into what he believes is an eternity of suffering, in order to escape the vexations and sorrows of a comparatively1 few 3-ears on earth. Omit- ting the religious aspect entirely,, and assuming\" that there' is no life beyond the grave, the sane man who premeditatedly kills himself, leaving a helpless wife and children to struggle with the heartless world, is a contemptible character at least, tie,lacks the manhood to fight life's' battles; and calmly transfers to those .whom he has sworn to love and respect all the troubles that he has sneaked out of and many more that did not confront hima Most cases cf suicide c are undoubtedly due to insanity or cowardice. . There are rare cases in which men, whose going or coming wTould not create a ripple in life's stream, drop out without being honored . by a sigh or a tear, leaving no void in the world's great throng. Such cases may be due to neither of the above causes. To the poor, tired brain, however, come fantastic phantoms and queer delusions\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthe raven tapping at the mental chamber door, until there is no escape except through death. But those who possess a clear brain and a fair share of true manhood will combat \"the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune\" and fight manfully to the end, bravely confronting all difficulties and arising again when they are cast down; and although many of these valiant warriors may never gain a permanent victory, they'will have at the end the satisfaction of looking back upon a fight honorably contested, and they can gracefully pass out of life, leaving no heritage of shame or burden of sorrow upon the innocent souls for whose condition, whatever it may be, they are largely responsible. A correspondent writes The Economist to find out what this paper thinks of the $2,000 salary recently voted by the City Council to the mayor. Really, we think, the Council were.very generous in their disposal of city funds, and it is our unbiased belief that they have provided liberally not only for the present mayor, but also for his successors in office for air time to come. No doubt there is a great deal of labor incident to the the administration of the duties of the mayor; moreover, we would not detract from the, splendor of a faithful performance of the duties of this exalted civic dignitary, but it may be open to question if a mayor at $2,000 per annum is not an altogether too expensive a luxury for this city even with our present prosperous condition well considered. The case stands thus : Ma3^or Houston was elected without a condition of salary, and his position differs from that of a paid emplo3^ee of the city in that he cannot be discharged until his term of office expires. No doubt there are many who believe that we should have the ; best mayor the market affords for $2,000, but the great difficulty is that until -the ' present mayor's term of office is up, the citizens- will be compelled to pay him his salary, without being consulted as to whether or'not he is the best ma3^oralty material that could be possibly secured for the price. In other Canadian towns and cities they do not seem'to experience much difficulty in securing first:ciass men for the .office and the salaries are considerably below\" what we are going to pa3' our maiyor. Of course this is a high-priced town, and aii3^wa3^ it will.look imposing in print to see the name of the' His Worship the Mayor with a $2,000 , salary attached to it. Realty we should sup- . pose that, metaphorically speaking, it, would make the \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD neighboring cities of- Rossland and Kaslo turn green wdth envy-, not to speak of the humtliating position in which it places Victoria and-Vancouver. And as an immigration document the legend may read all right ; but will a, majority of the ratepayers contemplate the handiwork of the City Council in silent admiration. We would like to hear' from \" the people of Nelson\" on this point. Apart from any other consideration of this : matter, we are strongly of the opinion that' the City Council has been just a trifle too liberal in their disposition of the funds of the municipality. A public office is a public trust and the same econom3r should be practised in the administration of municipal affairs as is usually applied to the management of a private enter-, prise. We are far from thinking that there should not be any remuneration for time given to the city, but $2,000 for a mayor seems a little steep\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDconsiderably more so, than is commensurate with the nature of the services rendered. Others may have a different opinion. They may be right and The Economist altogether too penurious. Certainty there is not much money required for entertaining purposes, and it appears to us that $1,200 would have been just about the right salar3a In committee of the whole His Worship fought for $1,500, but the Council had a higher appreciation of his services, so the3^ struck a $2,000 gait and won in the face of all obstacles. The petition now being circulated for signatures, requesting that an export duty be placed on certain ores, is not getting the number of names that it would were more activity manifested in its circulation. The enthusiasm that characterized its first presentation to the public has waued, and now no one seems to care whether or not the object for which it was started is gained or defeated. It is doubtful if, in any event, much could be accomplished D3r'such a petition\". The Dominion Government is conversant with all the facts and will probably form its own conclusions in the matter. At the last session of parliament the government adopted legislation that will enable it at any time to thwart the machinations of men of the Pe3-ton stamp. It is well known that the placing of the smelter at Northport is nothing more nor less than a move on the part of Col. Peyton to acquire ! certain political power, on the other side of the line, and when this matter, reaches the ears of the 'Dominion cabinet his object will in all probability be ' defeated, and by drastic meas- , ures: We observe with' some degree of alarm, that0 the,Hon. Joseph Martin will transfer his political operations from, the province of Manitoba to British Columbia. Mr.' Martin is'a man without whom this province could struggle' along very well. He is a disturbing element no matter where his lot is cast, and if Man- tqba. desired to mark her friendship for British \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Columbia she should have sent us a blizzard and kept Martin, at home.\" We would suggest that immediate steps be,, taken to bind Martin : over to keep the peace while in this province. Messrs. Durant, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'McArthur and McCrea have, prepared a petition to be presented to the Governor-General-in-Council regarding the proposed export duty 011 ores. The Economist takes exception to the' \" plain statement of facts,\" and we believe that we can prepare a statemeut that would make interesting reading for the Governor-General-in-Council, and which we may feel constrained to forward to Ottawa. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD . Dr. Duncan, secretary of the Provincial Board of Health, has.completed his labors iii Nelson. During his visit he made a careful study of the sanitary condition of the city and while arrangements for health preservation are not all that they should be, the doctor expressed himself surprised at the amount of good work that has been done already. With His Worship the Ma3^or, he made a trip to the new reservoir and ascertained all facts connected'with the source of our new water supply. Dr. Duncan's visit to this city will no doubt be prolific of beneficial results, as he will make certain recommendations to the local government touching on the needs of the city from a sanitary point of view that will no doubt be acted upon immediately. The investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Hen^ V. Swyny demonstrated at least two facts to the satisfaction of The Economist. The first is that Coroner Arthur is one of the most intelligent of the men holding similar positions in Canada. His examination of the witnesses was careful and with the main object in view of disclosing everything that would tend to reveal all the circumstances surrounding the death of Swyny.'' In this he was ably assisted by Chief of Police Wolverton, who had investigated the whole matter with the greatest care. Like Coroner Arthur, Chief Wolverton must be complimented and commended for the intelligence he displayed in connection with the investigation. We have received a cop3r of \"the Province map of Klondyke.\" It has been carefulty prepared and will no doubt throw much light on the geographical situation of the new found region of gold. THE NELSON ECONOMIST A COMMERCIAL MAN'S ADVENTURE. aa j . * I,' * {!m ii 4 . 1. ,!. ' t\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \" > J the Ten years ago found me not with the snug business I now possess, but. employed as. a commercial traveller in the. grocery line.. My duties frequently took me to B\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD: , .and, if I am to tell my, story truthfully,. I must rsay that I-was at that period of my history, to. put it mildly, no better than I ought to have been. The life of a . commercial traveller is one , fraught with very great temptation, and I was < not always strong enough to keep my feet put of the briers that then beset my path, with '\" which1 statement my readers will readily agree . when they read the strange incident I am now agoing to relate. -It was six o'clock on an autumn evening. The streets of B-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD were swept, with rain. I had had a tolerably successful day, and there reposed in my pockets the sum of $200 which v I had collected from my firm's, customers. Having nothing particular to do, and the torrents of rain absolutely prohibiting all open- air enjoyment, I went to the hotel I was staging at, and although I had already drunk during'the afternoon more than I oug;ht and much more than I needed, I called for a-further supply1 of brandy, and while sipping it was joined by a stranger, who seemed eager to enter into conversation with me. Nothing backward, and with .tongue fairly set a-wagging, I talked too, and I believe that before many moments he had ascertained that . I had $200 belonging to my employer in my possession. The brandy finished, nothing would satisfy my new found;friend but that he should take me to the theatre, where the well-known play of \" Drink,'' was being performed. I remember well how, half-tipsy as I was, I shuddered at the realistic portraiture by' one of the artists of a victim of delirium tremens. I remember how the horrors of drink were delineated, and I was sane enough to remark to my companion : \"'6. Bosh ! The3' are overdrawing it ! \" <' Certainly,'' he replied, '' they are over- drawing it. But it's only play. There are drinking bars here ; they are a reality. Come, let's go and get something.\" So we went and/'got something,\" and, to \"'cut a long story short, when I left the theatre, leaning on the arm of my friend, I was help- lessty intoxicated. . t. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD The next thing I knew was this. The rain clouds had rolled away, and fitful gleams of moonlight revealed to me the fact that I was in a strange room, lying on a strange bed. Two o'clock chimed out from a neighboring steeple. Sobered with fright, I .raised.\" myself, and then, quick as a lightning flash, came the thought\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDmy money ! My clothes were thrown across the bottom of my bed. I searched my pants' pocket; the gold was there. Then I heard voices in soft conversation coming up from below. Noiselessly I opened the bedroom door and listened. \"Sure he's all serene?\" queried one voice, to which another responded, \" He won't wake till six, at the earliest.\" \" Very good,\" said the first voice. \"Mind if he wakes while you are doing it- sentence was punctuated by the unmistakable click of a pistol, and I shivered\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnot from the, cold; ., - \"And at'six. or. seven, or whenever he does \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD wake,'' continued the voice, \"tell him you picked him up drunk in the street and carried him in here out of compassion for safety, and you will easily convince him that he was robbed out of doors. But mind, I have done my part in plying him with drink and in decoding him here ; see you do yours in grace- fultycrelieving the poor fool.of his money.\" Here acstep on the stairs warned.me to close the door, and I got back to bed. Hearing the knob of the door turn, I began to\breathe heavily after the fashion of a drunken man, and the next instant shading the candle with his hand, there appeared the form of a strange man, who was peering fixedly into my face. Satisfied apparently wdth .his examination, my visitor searched my pockets, pounced upon the gold, of course, and quickly, transferred it from its erstwhile resting-place to\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDwhere do you guess ? He went to a birdcage, which now for the first time I observed hanging up, drew out its sliding door, quietly emptied my gold into it, replaced the slide and\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDundressed and lay down beside me. He was soon asleep, and hope sprang up within me; but, alas ! of all the light sleepers, he wasthe lightest. I ever knew. Whenever I moved he appeared to be on the alert; it was impossible to crawl out of bed without his being conscious of the fact. Besides, under his pillow I knew was. the pistol, and, in despair, I had reluctantly to rest on as cam and unconcerned as I possibly could. All wakeful I passed,that horrible night, and the slow hours dragged on interminably. But at length a project presented, itself to my now sharpened senses, which project I put into execution when six o'clock struck. \" Failure,\" said I to myself, \" means simply death ; success means a saved reputation with my employers and a vow of strictest sobriety.\" Everything being perfectly quiet, I simulated a gradual waking up, and my first yawn opened the eyes of my bedfellow. The second had the effect of raising him from his recumb- ent position in the bed, and when I slowly and painfully awoke he was, bending over me, all solicitude. Daylight was now stealing into the room. \" M3^ poor fellow,\" exclaimed the assiduous one, \"how do you feel now? You will wonder, no doubt, at being in my bed, but the fact is you were ill last night, were you not ?'' \"111?\" I said, \"ill?\" and put my hand mechanically to my head. \"Well, I think I must have been ; my head does ache so !\" He smiled, and replied, \"Well, my dear fellow, not to put too fine a point upon it, I found you last night in the gutter, just a little bit the worse for liquor, and two somewhat disreputable-looking men who were with 3rou asked me if I could manage to look after 3-ou for the night !\" I expressed nry profound thanks to m3' good friend for his unselfish kindness, but he modestly waived them aside, saying depreciatingly: ' 'Duty, sir, duty ! I, cannot neglect a genuine case of human suffering or danger without some attempt, however slight, at succor.\" I thanked him again. , \"lam ill,\" I said. \"I had too much brandy yesterday.\" I must have a hair of the dog that bit me; I must have a nip now. It is the only thing which will put me right. If you have any brandy in the house, for Heaven's sake, sir, bring me a dropT' :\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD He hesitated a moment, then rejoined : \"Certainly; lie there, I'll be back with it in a moment,\" and,disappeared. Much quicker than I can relate it, I sprang, up, went to the birdcage, drew the sliding tray, transferred all the contents into my handkerchief, and thence into my coat, pocket, finally replacing the tray. Not a moment too soon was I back between the sheets, for in an instant my good Samaritan arrived with the brandy. I drank and professed to be much better: I dressed, so did he. Would I breakfast ? No! I. most reluctantly asked to be 'excused, being in haste to catch the first train I possibly could ,back to town, and I pointed out to my noble host that either breakfast or that train. must of necessity be given up: .Would he forgive me' if I felt compelled to choose the train ? I searched in my trouser's , pocket for my money; gave a start of surprise, shrieked out: \"They have robbed me, those villains\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDrobbed me last night !\" and simulated as ably as I could a most woful expression of grief and despair. My good friend sympathized deeply with me. He invoked maledictions on the head of anyone who could be base enough to rob an unfortunate stranger, and with a generosity unparalleled, he pressed upon me to accept, seeing I was penniless, as a temporary loan if I liked, the sum of five dollars. Do take it,\" he urged ; \"it is, you know, more blessed to give than to receive. I am not rich myself, but a few dollars in the cause of philanthropy I shall not, cannot miss.\" So, -with renewed assurance of indebtedness, I wished my estimable benefactor adieu ; told him- I should never forget him as long as I lived (here I really was speaking the truth,) and departed. What the locality was I knew not, but I wandered, nay rushed on and on, until I saw a sleepy-looking Jehu, whom I bade drive me with all possible speed to the station. The train was just starting, and I jumped into an empty car. Hastily I untied the bag and scanned the contents. Lq, and behold\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD! I found that I had swept the birdcage clean, for when I counted the money there were $1000 in gold and five $10 bills, making the very respectable total of $1050. Now I am happily and peacefully settled in life, and when round the fireside at night I am called on for a story nothing delights me better than to tell my tale of how the trappers were trapped. Melton Prior, the famous war artist, has been through fourteen campaigns. Louise\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"The bishop looked rather cross, didn't he?'; Isabel\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\" Well, no wonder; every one of the bridesmaids had on bigger sleeves than he had. THE NELSON ECONOMIST. SHORT STORIES, The late, Justice Bowmen's definition of a \" search for equity \" was \" a blind man looking in a \"dark room for a black hat .that isn't; there.\" a The Rev. Robert Collyer, while at the breakfast-;table of one ,of his friends in the countiy near Boston, was asked by,one of the family : \" Mr. Collyer, do you enjoy as good an appetite as\" you have in years . past '?\" To which he replied : . \" My ,dear, if I lose the appetite I now have, I hope no poor man will find it.'' Frederick the Great's father was in the habit of kicking the shins of those who differed from him in argument. One day he asked a courtier if he agreed with ' him on some discussed point. \"Sire,\" he \"returned, \"it is impossible to hold a different' opinion from a king who has such strong convictions and wears such thick boots.\" In the biography of Dr. Hawtrey, a famous English school-master, there is a; description of his unkempt appearance, with a comment which has been greatly quoted. It is said that he was scolding, for being late at morning lesson, some boy who replied that he had no- time to dress. \" But T can dress in,time,\" said the doctor. \"Yes,\" replied the 1003^ \"but I wash.\" Women are now admitted to lectures at Edinburgh University, where they sit on the front seats. Recentty eight women ' were attending Professor Tait's lecture on the geometric forms of crystals. _ \" An octahedron, gentlemen,\" said the professor, \"is a body with eight plane faces. For example \" \" Look at the front bench,\" broke in a man from the back seats. Paul Louis Courier, when bitterly assailed by a French professor, quietly remarked : \"I fancy he must be vexed. He calls me Jacobin, rebel, plagiarist, thief, poisoner, forger, leper, madman, impostor, calumniator, libeler, a horrible, filthy, grimacing rag-picker. I gather what he wants to sa3r. He means that he and I are not of the same opinion, and this is his only way ofputting.it.\" The late Frank Buckland, the. English naturalist, was once walking near Tenby, and met a boy carrying a basket of poisonous fungi. In reply to a question, the boy said they were for his own and his grandmother's supper. Buckland told him that whoever ate them would be likely to die, and advised him to throw them away. '' No,\" said the bo3V '' I won't do that ; I can sell them at the hotel.\" When Lord Chesterfield was in his last illness, and his death was only a matter of a few weeks, his pfrysician advised that he be taken for an eas3^ drive in his carriage, and he went out. As the equipage was proceeding slowly along, it was met by a lad3a who remarked pleasantly to the great invalid : -\"Ah, 'my lord, I am,glad to see you able to drive out.\" \" I am not driving out, madam,\" answered Chesterfield ;. \" I am simply rehearsing my funeral.\" ' ' . a \" A German,sportsman once said to a-well- known Scottish baronet : \"Talking about dogs with keen scent, I have one in Germany that will compare favorably with any you have in 'England.\" \" Very -- remarkable dog, I suppose ?\" tyawned the listener. \"I should say so. The day' after I left home, he broke his \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD chain, and, although I had been. awa3Afor hours, he tracked.me and found me merety by scent. What do you think of that?\" \"I think 3^011 ought to take a bath.\"1' replied .the' Caledonian,'turning calmty away. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' : In one of the leading-journals of Montevideo the following advertisement .appeared recently: \"A very rich -young woman would like to -marry,a young\"man' of good family. If necessary, she will pay the debts of her future husband. . Send . answer, with, photograph, to. I. M. ,iCat the. office of the Journal.'' '\" The 'iii- ,- serter of, this' announceaae 111 wns no ether than one Isaac Meierstein,'-. a merchant tailor, who, had just set. no an establishment in Monte- video. By thistplan he procured photographs of many undesirable customers. Major Eomax, of\" the United States army visiting in Canada soon after the war of 1812, was entertained in Quebec bv the officers of one of the royal regi'nents. After dinner, spaech.es and toasts\" being- in order, one of the British officers having imbibed too generously of the champagne, gave as a toast : \" The President .of the United States, dead or alive.\" The toast was accepted with laughter. Major Lomax rose to respond saying :. \" Permit me to give as my toast ' The prince regent, drunk or sober.' \" The British officer sprung instantly to his feet, and in angry tones demanded : \" Sir, do 37mi intend that remark as an insult?\" To which Major Lomax calmly replied : '' No, sir; as the reply to one.\" It is said that Charles Wesley was sometimes easily annoyed, and on one occasion, at a conference, he became so irritated at the prolix remarks of a speaker, that he said to his brother; ; \" Stop that man speaking. Let us attend to business.\" .\" But the offender was relating his religious experience, and though it was at so. great a length, John Wesley evidently thought that no one had a right to interfere with it. He was therefore allowed to continue, but the moment came when Charles could contain himself no longer. \"Unless he stops,\" he whispered to John, \"I'll leave the conference.',' By this time John was enjoying.\" the man's simple story, and he only turned and whispered to some one sitting near : \" Reach Charles his hat !\" Henry Joy, born in 1767, was calied to the Irish bar in 1.788. He was. a good lawyer, as well as an able advocate. He had a very good-humored, insinuating way with witnesses as-well as juries, and was'happy at retort. In 1827, when Pluuket was made Chief-justice of the. Common; Pleas, \" he was succeeded as., Attorney-General by Joy. In 1831,,. on the retirement of; Lord Guillamore (Standish .^ O'Grady), Mr. Joy became Chief Baron of the Exchequer,. and held \" that' high \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD/ office until' ; his death,-which took place, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD near Dublin, on June 5; '1S3S. Chief Baron Joy ' was\",, an- impartial \" and humane administrator ' of the law. He was repeatedly pressed, to enter parliament, but'always declined. His name presented' an obvious subject for Lord Nor- bury's. wit. An attorney,: named Hope, ^ prayed his Lordship to wait a' few moments' for his leading Counsel, Mr. Joy, who was unavoidably detained and would presently attend. His Lordship's very small stock . of patience soon exhausted and he said, \"We can wait no longer\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD .0 ' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD '' ' Although Hope told a flattering tale, And said the Joy would soon return,' \" and directed the next case to be called on. In .1782, while Napoleon was 011 a visit to his folks at Ajaccio, the officers of the garrison had received from Paris a new mortar- which the3r were trying on a mark fixed on Aspreto, a rocky point opposite the city, and across the , harbor. They could not hit the target to save their lives. Napoleon said to the spectators: \"They will not succeed; their method is all wrong.\" The officers.'did not hear this remark, but after many trials, noting the smile on the young officer's lips, one of them said, with a touch of irony iu his voice : \" Monsieur, you are laughing at us. Do you desire to give us a display of your superior knowledge ?'' Napoleon replied courteously : \" I' am very far from laughing at you, but-1 do not approve of your method ?\" \" Will you show us your method?\" asked the officer, with a sneer. \" With pleasure.\" \" Bonaparte loaded'the mortar carefully with his own hands, quickly measured the distance of the target with his eye alone and touched the fuse. \" Allan accident!\" cried the officer who had challenged Napoleon to try his skill. \"He couldn't do it again in a hundred times.'.' \"Do you desire me to attempt it once more?\" asked Bonaparte, with the same ironical smile on his face, that was destined to aggravate so many enemies among the crowned heads of Europe.\" \" S'll vous plait,\" said the officer. Napoleon again lighted the fuse, after personally loading the mortar. Again he hit the mark. Then, without waiting for further permission, he tried it a third time with the same result. The garrison officers apologized for their impertinence, and inquired if he would tell them in what respect their method had been at fault. \"With pleasure,\" answered Napoleon. \"You simply had too much powder behind the bomb. Try it yourselves with less powder, and you will succeed.\" The first experiment showed that he was right. THE NELSON ECONOMIST I [,v LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD 5; AM '! i' in I ^ -i. ; I S. F. Mcintosh and wife returned to Victoria to-da3r. _, Mrs. H. MacGregor returned Monda3' from \"a visit to the coast. J. B. Wilson, general merchant, Kaslo, was in the city this week. J. Haddock, of the Eureka mining claim, was in the city this week. - o Charles Wright, late purser on the Kokanee, has left for the Klpndyke. Mrs. W. A.,Macdonald left last evening for a week's outing at Balfour. In the police court this week, R. Ferguson was sent up for one month for Resisting arrest. He has also a charge of attempted assault against him. , It is . understood that C. . E. . Perry, the locating and constructing engineer for the C. P. R., has a party of engineers in the field locating a line from Robson to Rossland. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD The Economist acknpwdedges with thanks the receipt of a case of assorted aerated waters from. Thorpe & Co. This company's drinks are equal to any manufactured in Canada. 1 - Henry Sw3mey -last Thursda3' evening shot Alice Willis and then turned the weapon on himself. He died almost instantly. The wounded woman expired Tuesday morning. F. J. Covene3^ Tacoma, and H. Ostrander, Olympia, who have been prospecting in the Lardeau Division, left for their homes to-da3', well satisfied with their locations. The3<- will return in the spring. The steamer Alberta ran into a boom of logs about three miles east of Five Mile Point at eight o'clock Monda3r evening. The boat was backed out of the boom without any damage being done. James McLaren, John McLaren and J. Robillard returned last night from Crawford creek where tney have been surve3dng the Humboldt and Sailor B03- mineral claims. J. Keith Reid was left in charge of the surve3~ing party. The ver3r latest reports are that the C. P. R. telegraph line will be extended from Ouesnelle on the line via the Skeena river, Telegraph creek and Teslin lake to Dawson, and that work-will begin at once. The distance wall be about 800 miles. A house on upper Stanle3' street, owned 03- Goorge J. Jones, was totalty destro3red by fire this morning, together with the household furniture. Two hundred dollars' worth of jewelry and $150 in bills were also destnryed. Total loss, $600. No insurance. Fire supposed to have originated from a defective flue. At the Pilot Bay smelter a force of twenty or thirty men are at work fixing up the buildings and getting ever3'thing in shape for active operations. It is expected, sa3rs the Koote- naian, that the smelter, will be running in October. The concentrator is being repaired and enlarged under the supervision of Thomas Mitchell, and the work in all departments is being pushed forward as rapidty as possible. Mr., J; C. Haas has purchased the Gold\"Bed mineral claim from Messrs, J. Dale and A. Castleman. The Gold Bed adjoins the Gol- conda claim and Mr. Haas is strongly of the opinion that the Golconda lead runs through the property. The development work already- carried out on the Gold Bed has uncovered a large body of iron ore carrying gold. Mr. Haas has gone up to the West Fork to do the assessment work on his claim, the Paymaster, and to look at other properties. Upon his return he .-will put a number of men to work on the Gold Bed.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDBoundary Creek Times. u The plant for the Revelstoke Electric Light works will be in place inside of forty-five days from the date of the signature of the contract last w-eek. The wheels alone weigh 47,000 pounds; and will generate electricity sufficient to suppty power for eve^ purpose within an \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD area of ten miles round Revelstoke. Among the possibilities, sa3rs the Herald, are an electric tramwa3' from the power house through town to the head of the canyon. c The tramway could conve3r railway cars wdth freight and a passenger car, and would greatly obviate the present difficulties of communication with the Big Bend, as a steamer could run in connection from above the cai^on to Laporte without any t. , trouble for eight months of the year. Southeast Kootena3^ is now being well opened up by stage routes. Two additional routes have been arranged. One is from Wardner, and the stage is to be run three times a week, the route being at the west side of the Koote- na3r, from Wardner to West Point and thence to Fort Steele. The other is from Kalispel, in Montana, by Wardner to Fort Steele, a distance of about 140 miles, and is run once a week. Both stages are the private enterprises of citizens in Wardner and Kalispel, and it is to be hoped both stages will be well patronized during the remainder of the season. Kalispel is reached on the third day- after leaving Fort Steele, while Wardner can be reached the same day. Kalispel is the favorite winter route for leaving Fort Steele mining division, but the preferable route in the summer time is 03- steamer on the Kootena3' to Jenning's Landing, sa3rs the East Kootrna3^ Miner. Mr. Wilkenson of Nanaimo, one of the miners who returned from the Klondike with $40,000, the result of three months labor, sa3as that large and exceptionalty fine specimens of ivory were found last season solidly imbedded in the kry gravel. The ivory tusks of mastodons, weighing as much as 150 pounds, have been found in. an excellent state of preservation. Piles and piles of bones have been taken out, and there is every indication that during some prehistoric period large bands of mastadons grazed over the great plains of the Yukon valle3a That was during an age, 110 doubt, when the 'conntry was subject to tropical influences. There are indications on'every hand to show that rank tropical vegetation once covered the great frozen region of the northwestern part of Alaska, While working one of the claims Mr. Wilkenson found a leg bone of a mastodon covered with flesh. It was taken from a bed of ice, and was afterwards sent to the Dominion museum at Ottawa. THE CITY COUNCIL. Regular meeting w^as held Monday night. Present: His Worship, the Mayor, and Aldermen Gilker, Hillyer, Malone and Teetzel. Communications were , received from Mac: donald & Johnson re water main to Kootenay Lake General Hospital; from H. R. Cameron, asking for a permit to erect a frame building within the fire limits, and from L. E. Davick, asking for a situation as engineer. The city clerk was instructed to \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDreply to '.Mr. Cameron, stating that the council had no power to grant the permit asked for. Aid. Hillyer gave notice that he wrould introduce a bylaw at the next meeting of the council, limiting the number of saloon licenses in the city. ' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD...-.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Several accounts wrere ordered paid. . Aid. Teetzel introduced a bill,, entitled, \"Weight :of Bread Bylaw.\" \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD The bill was read a first arid second time, and considered in committee of the whole and carried. Aid. Hillyer gave notice that he would at the next meeting, of the council move that the third reading of the \"Weight of Bread Bylaw,, No. 17, 1897,\" be reconsidered. Aid/Malone introduced a bv-law, entitled, \"Milk Vendors' Bylaw, No. 16, 1897.\" The bylaw was read a first and second time, considered in committee of the whole, and adopted with amendments. Aid. Teetzel gave notice that he would at the next meeting of the council move that the third reading of the bjdaw be reconsidered. Council adjourned till Wednesdaa- at 2 p. m. CANADA'S FIRST GOLD BRICK. The first gold brick ever produced in Canada was turned out of the Trail smelter on Wednesda3^ evening last. The1 ingot weighed 250 ounces, or a trifle over twenty pounds, and was stamped B. C. S. & R. Co., which means British Columbia Smelting and Refining Company. A Rossland paper in reporting the occurrence states that experiments have been in progress at the refinery for several weeks and much ground has been gone over in arriving at the point reached Wednesda3^ night. It was the first time refined gold has ever been produced in the Dominion, and it is therefore not onty an event in the histo^ of the smelter, but in that of British Columbia and Canada. Mr. Heinze has earned the distinction of building the first refinery north of the 49th parallel. There are onty a few institutions of this kind in the United States. Some new methods in the process of extracting gold have been adopted in the refinery of the Trail smelter and this accounts , for the dela3r in obtaining actual results. It is believed now every difficulty has been overcome and that the refinety will be a great success. The crude ore can now be put through the entire process of smelting and refining in six or seven da3rs. In other words, refined gold, copper and silver can be made available in that time. The gold in the brick produced Wednesda3r night was melted in a graphite crucible. The refinery of the Trail smelter will soon be producing a dozen of these twenty pound gold bricks every week. THK NELSON ECONOMIST. COMMENT AND GOSSIP. The Kamloops Standard believes in consistency, to wit : , , , , \" It would be amusing, were not hypocrisy pitiable, to hear an office-seeking Opposition; through the medium of its press, talk about a Mongolian Ministry. If they have any convictions, let them have the courage of them and discharge tlie Mongolians in their employ.\" The Vancouver World evidently intends to geut out a Klondyke map of its own, for has it not written that : r \" It is well understood by geographers, explorers and cartographers that both the Province and Colonist maps are far out of their latitude, and longitude, too, an attempting to elucidate the routes to Klondyke.\" The Victoria Times is altogether too inquisitive, when it asks : a, \" Where is Turner, and what is he doing'atthis momentous -time?\" O ' If the TimesG really wants to discover the r whereabouts or thoughts of any member of the British Columbia Cabinet, it can be accommo- modated by sending a lock of its hair and age to the oracle who performs ,the mind-reading and fortune-telling for the Nelson Miner. Also mines located, and the future revealed. The Victoria Colonist has the genuine Canadian ring about it, in proof whereof I quote the following : . < \" The San Francisco Call'undertakes to threaten Canada on account of the mining regulations. We respectfully advise the Call to mind its own business. It will take very little to give rise to a demand for the closing of the Yukon to aliens.\" The following from the Boundary Creek. Times, touching educational matters, is practical and to the point: \" It is the iir.st importance that all\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDeven the waif.s of society\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDshould receive a good, sound elementary education, not that they should be able to pass a high' school entrance examination or attain any other standard, but that they are able to have command of the common implements of learning and have a desire for greater knowledge. 'Twere better that the higher education of the few should be neglected than allow anv to receive no education at all.\" The Kootenaian has struck the keynote of the situation in the following paragraph on departmental stores : \" Apart from all this, however, is the. fact that the money that is earned here ought to be spent here. Supposing all the supplies required in Kaslo were purchased from outside points ! The dry goods and grocery and hardware an J drug and jewelry stores would have to close down and the husbands and brothers of the very women who are sending away to the departmental stores for supplies would be thrown out of employment and thus deprived of the chance of a livelihood. The items are indifferent in themselves, perhaps, but in the aggregate they amount to a great deal, and in fairness to themselves and the bread and butter winners of Kaslo, the ladies ought to stop it.\" The citizens of the United States, who harbor the belief that Canadians are d3dng to have their country annexed to Uncle Samuel's domain will not be able to prove their point by the following paragraph, taken from the Vernon News : \" But the significance of the whole movement lies in the fact that the colonial empire of Great Britain is thus drawn nearer to the home centre, and a long step has been taken towards the completion of the idea so long dreamed of, when consolidated in one mighty empire the colonies and the mother land will be able to perfect a system of preferential trade among themselves,.which will lead at last to an Imperial Federation strong enough to stand alone against any possible combination of forces that can be broughtagainst it.\" The report that Paul Johnson left the Hall Mines because of interference with his work, is untrue. He severed his connection with that company simply because he was promised a more lucrative position elsewhere. Vishnu. WILLIAMS CREEK. The personal experience of Mr. James Orr, one of Carriboo's old-timers is well worth reading. . Landing at Williams creek in 1862, -when the famous creek was in its glory as a producer. Gold, gold, gold everywhere. Mr. Orr, wTas one of the owners in the Caledonia ,and was bookkeeper for the company. In fifteen months they took out over half a million dollars. They took out $5,500 from five pans of gravel, the prize pan being $1,680. This was in 1863. , Out of the Caledonia, which was sixty-seven feet to bedrock, the best paying dirt was about two feet on bedrock and the run was often 150 feet wide. The * Never Sweat was .adjoining and washed up ' every day from 60 to 200 ounces ; Beaureguard as high, as 800 ounces a day ;: New York from 150 to 200 ounces; Moffat's over $300,000 taken out of 100 feet square, which was the size of the Carriboo claims. The McLean claim was next but not so rich. The Tinker with 300 feet of ground paid in dividends over $700,000. The Watty, a small claim next, paid $80,000. The Cameron claims cleaned up over $1,000,000; the Rably $900,000; Dead Broke $70,000. Below were some- short but rich claims. Prince of Wales paid eight interests half a million. Above the Caledonia, the Eilooet and Carriboo were very rich. The Aurora, with its fourteen interests, paid in dividends, .after all expenses were paid about $39,000 per interest. On the Diller, two men working on the windlass and two underground took out in ten hours 102 pounds in gold/ In all over $300,000 was paid in dividends to the three interests in this claim. Above the Black Jack, which was rich, the Wind-up was a rich fraction. From Ca^^on to Prince of Wales, on up to the sawmill, the Ericson, Nigger and others paid from $25,000 to $50,000 to the interest. Dozens of other claims along old Williams creek paid enormously and the creek never received, said Mr. Orr, credit for nearly all of its enormous output, it being generally said that the sum of $25,000,000 was taken out of 1V2. miles. Mr. Orr says it was twice that amount. In any case it was such a creek as was never before struck, and so far the Klondike is not in the race for record output. Other creeks in the neighborhood, Mr. Orr says, will yet prove as rich perhaps as Williams creek was. Eightning creek, Swift river, Slough creek, Willow river and dozens of other creeks which have never been bottomed, will yet give up their hoard of gold. Of Omenica, Mr. Orr, who spent two years there, says it was barely scratched, and the whole of the Cassiar country is yet comparatively virgin ground. The enormous cost of provisions, difficulty of access and cost of labor all combined to make the gold hunters drop any work that would not quickly and enormously repay. To-day there is no better gold county to prospect than from Carriboo through to Klondike. From Ashcroft through it is only little over 1,000 miles of which the first 220 is by a first class wagon road, the next 460 by trail and the balance by a splendid water course down Tes-lin lake and the Hootalinqua river. But within one year the excitement will very likely be centered in the Cassiar range of mountains, from , which water sheds the sources of the Yukon largelylspring. For prospectors who wish to go in cheap, the B. C. Mining Journal advises : '' Start from Ashcroft in April,; leave Quesnelle in; early May and you can spend the season most profitably iii prospecting through to Telegraph creek. If you should,wish you can then sell your pack animals,\"for which there is always a demand at that point, and build a boat, and in a week from the time you leave Lake Teslin you can be at that now most talked-of spot on earth, Klondike.\" ! BUTTER FOR THE KLONDYKE. Shipments Made Direct by the Parsons Produce Company of Winnipeg. .. In early times when men went to the remote corners of the eartli in search of gold or adventure, theyr left what, are known as perishable food products behind, them- with civilization. But the enterprise of commerce\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDthe most marked feature \"of the record reign\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDhas- changed all this, and to-day wherever men go, be it the jungles of India, the forests of Africa, the wilds of western Australia or the rocky- passes to the Klond3'ke, close upon their heels follow the sons of commerce with a well sup-., plied and varied comrnisariat. Butter has alwa3^s been one of the most desired and the most difficult of food products to handle so as to present it to the consumer in satisfactory condition, and much anxious thought has been expended and many experiments tried in order to obtain a butter package that would resist all changes of temperature and be proof against foul, odors. The result of these efforts is a package known as the French butter package, a round tin box varying iu size according to the requirements of the. trade. This box is lined with vegetable parchment paper and has a rubber strip rolled in with the tin when closed which renders it absolutely air tight. Last week 500 of these boxes containing in all some 10,000 pounds of first class Manitoba creamery butter were shipped from the cold storage rooms of the Parsons Produce company direct to the Klon- d3^ke. The contents of each box is guaranteed to remain in perfect condition as to flavor, etc., for at least two years. A good deal is said about people being fussy as to the quality of their food, but a dainty plate is to a great extent a sign of civilization and the men who have the enterprise to bring the luxury of good butter to the tables of the remote miner are doing missionary work whether they realize it or not. P. J. Russell of Nelson is the Kootenay agent of the Parsons Produce company, and carries a large stock of butter, eggs and cheese in cold storage here in Nelson for the convenience of his man3'- customers. The Crawford Creek country is coming to the front very rapidly. A big strike wras lately made on Caii3ron creek near the Humboldt claim. The Nelson City Land and Improvement com pan y are erecting an office at Lakeview. The company has also leased an office in the Neeland block, Baker street. -AT\" 8 THE NELSON ECONOMIST. THE LAST LOVE LETTER. , c, ;/.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD- I :-iv What with the prevalence of divorce suits, breach of promise cases and the progress of the 11 woman movement,'' I incline strongly to the opinion that the last genuine love letter will soon be , written and that civilized man will unlearn the gentle' art ' of putting down in black and white praise of the woman he loves, coupled wdth frank, manly arid outspoken declarations of his affection, unclouded by'any visions of courts of justice and untainted by any forethought of being cast in heavy damages, should his passion for any reason undergo alteration. I, can't think of anything, in this world /that gives a- woman .more pleasure than a real love letter. Like the after taste of the wine, which is . sweeter-than the draught itself; like the recollection of a stolen kiss, which is more delightful than the actual, instantaneous contact itself; like the rainbow, which is far more beautiful ' than' the sunshine which creates it; like the pilfered perfumed handkerchief of his. beloved, which thrills the lover wdth. a stranger bliss, in the quiet of his chamber than it did when held in her hand, a love- letter, me thinks; is even sw^eeter than the love itself.. c A woman will conceal her jewels in a meal tub, she will hide her rnone3' in her stocking, she will thrust valuable law papers into her reticule, she will cany her latch-key in her pocketbook, she will put away a photograph in the secret drawer of her dressingy-case, she will make a soft nest among her laces and embroideries for some dried rosebuds that she prizes, she will pin a badge or an order of dance on the frame of her mirror, she will press wild flowers that are dear to her between the pages of her favorite novel, but there is only one place which at first thought seems to her: . to be entirely''worthy to hold a love letter and that place you. will find deliciously designated in that love letter which, Hamlet wrote to poor Ophelia, beginning it :\" To the celestial and my soul's idol, the .most beautified Ophelia,\" and which I have alwa3's regretted that Polonius did not read in extenso. I think that 3^ou men, as a rule, write love better than 3^ou speak it. You aren't skilled in heaving your hearts into your mouths, although you may think you are. And it is because women want to be persuaded that they ascribe such marvelous magnetic powers to you and proclaim to the world that vour \"tongues drop manna audi \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDmake the worse appear the better reason.',' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD .. But, give 3^oii meiia goose ;.quill and an inkhorn, and instanter your imaginations begin to work a like the leaven which the women hid in the three measures of meal. I advise all , women to marry commercial travelers or navy officers, so that their lives may be continually pieced out with love letters. This love at long range may seem to some like sniffing at a broiled live lobster, and inhaling the bouquet of a , fine Chablis ; \"or, possibly, like kissing a pair, of sweet, lips through a lace handkerchief, holding the gloved hand of your best girl or occupying the adjoining fauteuil to a pretty woman iu ,a steamboat cabin and finding that the chair is \"screwed to the floor. But, speaking for nry sex, let me say that the reason why so many marriage knots in this country are galling is that the husband' is too much in evidence in this country ; he becomes a veritable cauchmar. A wife must tell how she spends her 'money, wThere she spends her time, what she sa3Js to people and what people say to her. Above all must she have no women friends. A husband stands in dread of them, and last, though far from least, he finds it utterly impossible- to reconcile himself to the idea of a mother-in-law. She is his bete noir. At the mere mention of her name the native hue of his spirits is sicklied o'er with the dull look of despair. I sa3^ : Stay awa3' from me, but write me sweet letters; feed me love with a long spoon ; lap me iu the soft Eydian airs of passion penned 03^ an absent lover ; ten pages of it, linked sweetness long drawn out, stuffed as full of. pet names, \" consigned kisses, tender thoughts and dainty morsels of pickled sentiment as an egg of meat or an English pudding of varied possibilities^ of indisrestion. I have been reading lately some of -Harry II's love letters to sweet Diane de Poitiers, the best groomed woman of her dajv .whose skin at sixty was a marvel of whiteness, and who had as many flesh brushes as there were beads to her rosary. How royalty bad was Plarry's spelling when he sent, her as nianyo kisses as. he had killed pheasants that da3r, reminding one of another series of ro3^al love letters those of King William of Prussia to Queen Augusta, when he was srunninsf after Frenchmen instead of pheasants. Who but a German or an Englishman could write such INERS' SUPPLIES A SPECIALTY. Hardware, Miners' Supplies, Etc. We carry a very heavy stock of hardware. A LARGE STOCK OF BEST GROCERIES. Corner Baker and Josephine Streets, Nelson, BX. a grewsome love letter as this.: \"My darling, I love you devotedly. Great battle to-day. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'. Five thousand Frenchmen dead \"on the field. Praise God from whom all blessings ,flow. Thy William kisses thee ten thousand times.\" But in all earnestness It is said that the R >ssland Miner will shortly drop its daily edition and confine itself to a weekly issue. Victoria Hotel, August 18,1894. ' .. O '' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Fred Goodwin wishes to inform his numerous friends and acquaintances before they start for That he is Selling Trail Creek Beer at Twenty=five Cents a Quart. The Manufactured by Kootenay Brewing, Malting and Distilling Company, Limited. Headquarters for Miners' and Builders' A Full Stock of Graniteware and other Kitchen Utensils. Prices Furnished on Application. Give 11s a Call. Frompt Attention to Letter Orders. Telephone 21. Baker Street, Nelson, B. C. BAKER STREET, , Prop. NELSON, B. C. VIENNA BAKERY RESTAURANT For the Very Best 3Ieal at tlie Most Reasonable Price ours is the place. Every description of Lunches put up to order. We arc now prepared to jurnish all kinds of Fancy Cakes, Vienna Earts, Lady Fingers, Macearoons, &o. Wedding,Cakes a specialty. The Finest Bread, Delivered to any part of the City. Also a fresh supply of Fancy Candies. R. HURRY, Proprietor. iaker Street, Nelson. EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS. NEWLY FURNISHED. THE CLUB HOTEL E. J. CURRAN, Prop. Stanley and Silica Sis. Nelson, B. C. FIRST-CLASS WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. Two Dollars Per Day and Up. - Everything New OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE, SAMPLE ROOM FREE. Lapoint Sl Farley, - - Proprietors NEESON, B. C. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD r \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD t i\"' - io THE NELSON ECONOMIST. . r ;* ii:; . r \" r HOW CAN ONE TELL ? Who would believe thai under sunny skies, A month ago when summer kissed the land, We rTacf sweet stories' in each other's eyes, And laughed and loved and would not understand ' ' ' , That time, who changes'all things as he fiies, Bids us change too, in order to be wise\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD, Who would believe ? Well, being wise, we part without regret, Frank with ourselves and tickle with our times; ' . , __...=....\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.j.._.. But, though we part, we need not quite forget, In winter prose, the ring of summer rhymes. Fate can not change the fact that once ;xc met: We may remember that, at least\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDand yet , Be not unwise. ' ' I-Iowcan one,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDtell which -way one's heart will yearn, Back'to the old, or forward to the new? When one is young, one lias so much to learn, And life is long and all the tales are true; And, peradventure, we may;.both return To warm our hands where once we feared to burn\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD How can one tell ? Grips, Trunks ABOUT THE ] Canada Life Assurance Company OF HAMILTON. ITS AGE: 50 years. Established 18-17. ITS INCOME : \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD=\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD=- , Over $2,740,000 in 1896. \"; ITS SIZE : Tlie largest Canadian' Company. . Assets' oyer $17,000,000. Assurances in force, over $70,000,000. ITS PROFITS : Its \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD profits to \"policy-liolders are unsurpassed. ITS POSITIGM: Its prestige is acknowledged on every side, its position is unique. ITS AIM : To give tiie best results for the least premium consistent with permanent security. C. D.J. Christie,\" Dist. Agt NELSON,'B. C. Hume Addition is , destined to be the popular residential part of Nelson, owing-, to\" its beautiful and healtlry location, as well as being easity reached without the necessity of-climbing'the hill. ' ' '. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD rds is situated about on a level with Baker and Vernon streets.c* almost every instance the lots sold up to date have been Iu almost r*o Lfoa Satchels, Rug Straps, Thompson Stationery Co., Ltd, NELSON, B. C. CLEMENTS AND HILLYER BLK Nelson,- B. C. T. S'. Gore. ' H. Burnet. J. H. McGrf;dor ..GORE, BURNET & CO., Provincial and Dominion Land Sur= veyors and Civil Engineers. Agents for Obtaining Crown Grants and Ab= stract of Tiileto Mineral Claims, &c. WELSOH, - - - British Columbia JOHN Dominion .and. \" Provincials**!*..^ Land Surveyor, Opp. Custom House, Nelson, B. II si LOU si &\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD4HP&.n oni Hair Cutting, 25 cents. Sheving, 25 cents. Beard Trimming, 25 cents. Shampooing, 25 cents. Hair Singeing, 25 cents. C. and K. \"AN - fFFICE, Baker W. S. BELVEL, Proprietor. who are building or will build houses for themselves. For the home- seeker who wants a beautiful, healthy location for a home, Hume Addition offers every advantage. Lots can now be had at . put upon them three or four years ago, when Nelson was-but a hamlet. Property in this addition will certainly \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ,. . [f*H a the near future. Intending purchasers will do well to buy now. BAKER STREET, NELSON, B; C Opp St. gf W\"3'5^ \"^ag\" Adjoins the City of Nelson and has superb water frontage, affording an uninterrupted view of Kootena3~ Lake. Recorded as Nelson City, being Subdivision of Lot 58 A The Land Company is now clearing streets, laying, sidewalks and generally improving their property, and offer special inducements to purchasers intending to build at once. TITLE GUARANTEED. For prices of lots and terms of sale apply at the office of Nelson City Land and Improvement Co., Nelson, B.C. DEALERS IN -J 5 Rough and Dressed Lumber, Sash, Doors Shingles, Etc., El-c. BAKER STREET, (In premises latclv occupied bv A. McDonald <\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Co.) NELSON: B.C Ward Street Cas. rocery, (OPPOSITE STEAM LAUNDRY) MERCHANT TAILOR, I High Class Suits Mad Latest Styles. e n the A Magnificent Line of Scotch Tweeds and Worsted. and West of England Trouserings, Suitable for Spring wear. A special feature of Fancy Worsted Suitings.. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD 9 <&.J> 9 roceries and Provisions. Smai! Store, Small Stock, Small Profits. Your Patronage- Solicitec \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDo 9 A new consignment-of window shades embracing the latest shades has just been received by Baker St., Nelson, B, C. elson 9 Ob C THE NELSON ECONOMIST. ii li Winnipeg, Manitoba; ers in\" ^Skp'JL o The largest handlers of these goods in Western Canada. All warehouses under perfect system of cold storage. Full Stock carried at Nelson, B. ,.C. For prices write or wire Manager of Nelson Branch Parsons Produce Company. THIS SPACE FOR Wholesale and Retail Tobacco^ Cigars, Cigarettes, Pipes and Tobacconists/ Sundries. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDSOLE OWNERS OF- f IN THE FINEST BRAND MADE IN CANADA Ask Your Deafer for Them olesale Store, Mqrth of Ba Retail Store, South Side of Street, Nelsoi ker Street. P. O. BOX 108 TEL. GO Nos. 16 and 20, Baker St., Nelson, Every Department stocked up with New Goods, of the latest Styles. H \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD8 ra ftBI Will Begin Operations on or about August o A Complete Line of Carbonated - . Waters. Syrups,, Essences, Etc. Distilled Water Only Used. olesale and Retail Head Office ; Nelson, B. C- Markets at Nelson, Kaslo, Three Forks, | Sandon, Rossland and Trail NOTICE Is hereby given that I, Patrick .Joseph \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD .Russell, intend aY>plving to the. License Commissioners j of tiie Citv of Nelson for a license to sell liquor j TL. by retail at a saloon to be known as the \"Ho-j BIB dega,\" situate on west half of lot 11, block 1, of | the citv of Nelson. P. J. Russell, j \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD**%_ *\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD _ ^^ '^4. Dated at Nelson, B.C., this 4th day of Aug- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD,00110111 ISt. ust, 1897. e h .,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD rya \"|.-'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMffw>wwiv\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ncMttsMi 12 THE NELSON ECONOMIST \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD(,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. . r I* O ;ma \" 1.. .J; ]\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD, -'iW ;- y;i >\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD; i T. London, Eng. Victoria, B. C. Shippers and Importers, .'-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.- Nelson, B. C. LIQUORS. RusseiTs \"Victory No, IV Brand. Sheffield Made Drill Steeh Sizes %; 14; V&. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDi . f '-' .This Steel is guaranteed equal to any ; save.your money by writing for quotations. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD : > Wholesale Merchants, Kootenay Branch, DRY GOODS, NOTICE. Take notice that I, Thomas G. Proctor, free miner's certificate, S,445, intend at the end of thirty clear clays from the date hereof, to apply for a lease of the land located as the \"Crow's Nest\" Mineral Claim, situated one- quarter of a mile south of the lighthouse, at the mouth of Kootenay outlet, on the west shore of Kootenay Lake and comprising 50 acres more or less as a limestone quarry: The' land- may be further described as follows : Commencing where a stake is planted marked Thomas G. Proctor, northeast corner, then southerly 1500 feet more or less, following the shore of the lake, thence westerly 1,500 feet, thence northerly.1,500 feet, thence easterly 1,500 feet to the place of beginning. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD T. G. PROCTOR. Dated at Nelson, this 29th day of July, 1897. KIPLING'S \"ANCHOR SONG.\" OFFICE P. O. BOX 109. A.. E. Brown. Grad McGill Col. J. H. Vanstone. Grad Ont S.C- Assayers and Anylatical Chemists, Gold ond silver... .$1 50 Gold, Silver, copper 2 50 Lead wet method.-. 2 00 Nickel 8 00 Silver ?1 00 Lead drv method 1 00 Copper.\" 2 00 Coba\t 10 00 Discounts for quantities. Office at Vanstone's Drug Store Kau'ffman Block, Nelson, B.C. 1897 1897 THE HAS (1) THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF RF- sefve for the protection of policy holders-being tiie only Canadian company that has-provided this security'from its inception. ' (2) THE LARGEST SURPLUS TO POLICYHOLDERS of any Canadian company at the same stage of its existence, being 20 percent higher than anv other company. (3) THE LOAVESE DEATH RATE of any company in Canada at the same stage of its existence. HAS NOT any real estate, overdue interest, or Death-Claims unpaid. General Agent Kootenay District, Nelson, li. C. Heh! \"Walk her round.,t Heave, ah heave her short again-! ' . Over, snatch her over, there, and hold her on . the pawl. ' \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Loose all sail, and brace your yards back and full- Ready jib-to pay her off and heave short all ! Well; ah fare you well ; .we can stay 110 more with you, my love\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Down, set down your liquor and your girl from off your knee ; For the wind has come to say: \"You must take me while you may, \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ,y li you'd go ,to Mother Carey (walk her down to Mother .Carey!) Oh, we'er bound to Mother Carey, where she feeds her chicks at sea!\" Heli! Walk her round. Break, ah break it out o' that! Break our starboard bower out, apeak, awash and clear. Port\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDport tlie casts, with the harbor-son beneath her foot, And tnat's the ia^t u' bottom we shall see this year ! Well, ah fare you well, for we've got to take lier out again\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Take her out in ballast, riding light and cargo- free. And it's time to clear and quit when, the hawser grips the bitt, So we'll pay you with the foresheet and a promise from the sea. Heh! Tally on. Aft and walk away with her! Handsome to the cathead, now; O tally on the fall; Stop, seize and fish, and easy oh the davit-guy. Up, well up the fluke of her, and inboard haul! Well, ah fare you well, for the channel wind's took hold of .us, Choking down our voices as we snatch gaskets free. And it's blowing up for night, and she's dropping light on light, And she's snorting under bonnets for a breath of open sea. Wheel, full and by-; but she'll smell her road alone to-night. Sick she is and harbor sick\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD0 sick to clear the land! Roll down to Breat with the Red Ensign oyer. us\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD . .',..,' Carry on and thrash her out with allshe'l stand! Well, ah fare you well, and it's Ushant slams the door on us, Whirling like a win lmill through the dirty scud to lee; . - Till the last, last ilickev goes from the tunibl ing water-rows, And we're off to Mother Carey (walk her down to Mother Carey!) Oh,-we're bound for Mother Carey, where she feeds her chicks at sea! Hungarian, xxxx Strong Bakers, Economy, Superfine, Bran, Shorts, Chicken Feed, Chop. The Okanagan Flour Mills Company, Lt'd, Armstrong, B. C. TURNER, BEETON & CO., AGENTS, NELS Give this Flour a Trial before passing an opinion. . C. TOTAL DAILY CAPACITY 8,200 BBLS. \"OGILVIE'S PATENT HUNGARIAN\" will hereafter be known under the brand, VOGIL- VIE'S HUNGARIAN.\" Branded Bhie. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD . \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \" , \" OGILVIE'S STRONG BAKERS\" will hereafter be known under the brand \"OGILVIE'S GLENORA.\" Branded Red. * ..:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD, All these brands have been duly-registered in the Government Patent offices, and any infringement, of the same or refilling'of our-branded bags with flour will be prosecuted according to law, as each bag of flour is fully guaranteed winch bears our registered brand and sewn with our special red white and hlue twine. In thanking you for vour patronage in the past, and in soliciting a continuance of,your favors, we take this opportunity of informing you that *\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD OGILVIE'S HUNGARIAN \" and \" OGIL- VID'S GLENORA \" have been established at a high standard,- manufactured under special process, securing the right combination of properties (gluten and starch) to produce the highest results in baking. , , \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD In placing our new brands upon the market we do so with the assurance that your most profitable interests will be served in securing .you the finest quality of bread. No expense is spared in'the manufacture of these special brands.of flour, and our prices will at all times be ot as low a figure possible consistent with the superior article which we offer. .Yours truly, OGILVIE MILLING COMPANY. C. M. LEISHMAN, Victoria, Agent for British Coiumbia. R, B. ESNOUF, .Importer and Dealer in. Furniture, Crockery, Glassware* Lamps and Silver Plated Ware. A Complete Line of Supplies for Hotels, Saloons, Restaurants and Families. ... . Upholstering and Repairing. Mattresses Made to Order. VERNON STREET, NELSON, British Columbia. ' CARRY A EARGE STOCK OF roceries, Crockery and Everything; in the Grocery Line New and Fresh and Sold Cheap for Cash. Glassware and Crockery from the Best Makers. Baker Street, = = = = Nelson, B. C. YOUR SHOES AT General flerchants. Having started a cash business, we are now prepared to supply our customers with ever}Tthing in the Grocery Eiue at Rock Bottom Prices. Prospectors and Miners should give us a call before placing their orders elsewhere. Our stock of Crockery is complete, marked at living.prices. Nelson, British Columbia."@en . "Print Run: 1897-1903

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