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#jf T^-umI^ THE QRAND FORKS MINER SECOND YEAR. NO. 92 GEAND FOURS, B. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Timely Topics. *: The renl seal questiou: Will the seals te settled before the question ls? A Minnesota man has been found who Is too stupid to be a Juryman. And yet his friends allow him to roam at large. You mny always congratulate ou the birth of n daughter, but for a son —wult till he has passed bis thirtieth year. German; recently celebrated thc centenary of Huron Munchausen. Who knows what time may do for the campaign liar In this country? The Houston 1'ost tells of a Dnllns barber who wns In a trance, but awoke, and "iludlug he wns still iu Dallas died dead." Wns the death fatal? Ex-Senator Henderson of Missouri, ln an open letter to young meu, says: "Keep out of public otUce." Good advice can rarely be followed so easily. Some obtuse persons begin to dimly realize that there Is a distinction to be made between scrimmages of raw, undisciplined schoolboys uud a scientific game of foot-bnll. Now that helium and argon have been found In the Caucasus as minerals In a pure state, for the first time, the center of scientific and chemical investigation may be found In Asia for a time. Though, as Is said, $4,000,000,000 have been disbursed by tlie United Stntes In pensions since the close of the wnr In 1805, It Is well to remember tliat the money has not been hoarded, nor L* ; it gone out of the country. It seems scarcely worth while to Imprison anybody in Kansas for violating the prohibitory law, since the paraphernalia for a first-class Joint, smuggled In by two whisky sellers, was recently discovered In the county Jail at Lor- ued. Tliat Connecticut preacher who ckilms that he can get gold from ordinary sen water says the idea struck hlm while he was riding In a palace cor. The Idea of getting money from some source or other usually strikes the average citizen before taking such e trip. British Influence goes ou in far Asia. It bas Just com* to light that before the king of Slam departed on his European tour he dismissed nearly every foreign employe of his government, end their places have since been filled by Englishmen selected by Cliulnloug- korn personally. "From A to izzard," thc nations of the earth are witnesses to the evils following the wanton destruction of forests. Abyssinia has her story to tell. Menelik lias changed his capital four times since his accession In 1889, because the wood suppiy was exhausted. The woodman who does not spare that tree has seen his best days. Public opinion Is awakened. Some of tbe reasons for thinking there will be no war with Spain arc that It wouldn't be popular, that It wouldn't be good politics, thnt It wouldn't be profitable except to a comparatively small number of contractors, that tlie country Isn't in shape at present to go to wnr with anybody, that President McKlnley doesn't want war, and thnt he doesn't Intend war shall occur. There ls too much of a disposition among the farmers to pursue the dull round of toll without thought of Improvement and without effort for better methods. \X ls the object of farmers' Institutes to resist and overcome this Inertia. They bring together the farmers face to face, to give each other the benefit of their observation uud experience. They stimulate enterprise and Inquiry by showing what brains have already done for the culling and showing that more remains to be done. Thnt the greatness of the self-made man Is consequent upon meagre educational advantages Is ail old superstition fast disappearing, as ex-President Cleveland pointed out at the recent Princeton commemoration. The successful man whose youth wns without advantages has attained success not because of those disadvantages, but In spite of them, nud It Is logical tu Infer that with Increased Intellectual training he would have climbed to still greater eminence. A company of worklngmen In England lately listened to a speaker who called himself a fellow-workman, In his time, he said, he had experienced many privations. He hud known what It was to be cold because he could not nfford a fire. He had worn patched clothes nnd shoes. He had lived upon poor fare. When he wns young he learned to plow as straight a furrow us any men In thc parish, and no.one could thrush better than he. The speaker was u muu who In the tnble of precedency comes next after the princes of tho royal blood—the Archbishop of Canterbury. A bride of a year was recently heard to say that ten/of her acquaintances were to be married before Christmas, and tbat as the parents of all of them lad sent her expensive wedding gifts, she and her husband were ln much perturbation about the customary return. There Is food for reflection ln her comment that as they lived In a small rent- «d house and kept but one servant, their valuable silver was still stored ln the vault where it had b'?eii placed al their marriage; thnt ulthougli the gifts represented over*$3,0O0, the young husband had to struggle for their livelihood; and that the most modest presents they could select for their ten friends would take his whole month's salary. Sir Walter Scott's writings do not pass Into eclipse behind the later prod- rets of genius. The Providence Public Library Issues a bulletin from which It appears that during ten years a few books were drawn more tliau 350 times. Among these were "Ivauhoe," "Guy Munuerlug," "The Bride of Lam- nierinoor" and "Kenllworth." "Kenil* worth" was tukeu out 025 times. Thirty-live years after Scott's deulh a Loudon bookseller would uot keep In his stalls a sixpenny edition of the Waver- ly novels, because they killed the sale of all other books. Yet thc lure was not In sensationalism; the popular craving wns not for poisonous sweets; mil- lions of readers found only a pure aud wholesome human pleasure. BY THE WAYSIDE. A little way, my dearie, , ' In the world's gloom or gleam; A few fleet years of smiles and tears, And theu—-the last, sweet dream. A little wny, uiy dearie- God knows—froni sir.,re to shore, Aud the ships sight each other Ou the diui sens no morel A little way, my dearie— A wny of love und trust; Tlieii trust und love to heights ubove, Bui, ou litis earth, to dust. A little wny, my dearie, With flower und lield and stream-— Will the heart be so weary 'Twill nsk un endless dream? -Atluutu Constitution. SUSPENDED ANIMATION. The society for checking the Abus, of Public Advertising, founded four years ngo in England, has been highly successful ln awakening tbe sentiment of reform. The Thames River ls by act of Parliament protected from auy advertising whatever on Its banks; a series of guide-books calls attention to recent advertising disfigurements of beautiful scenery; the council of Loudon has condemned some monster boardings erected for advertising purposes, and the superior courts have enforced the prohibition of sky signs. America stands no less In need of such nn association and such a sentiment. "The wny In which 1 shall help," exclaimed a young matron recently, "ls by never buying such articles as I see advertised amid natural scenery or in objectionable methods. They shall be Impressed upon my mind as something to be shunned." The English have a much better notion of what happens in parliament thnu we have of the proceedings of tho House and Senate. No matter bow suddenly the debate springs up, nor how unexpected the occasion, In the Londou newspapers the satisfactory account of all that was suid and done ls next day before the British people. Such a thing baldly ever takes place With us, writes Thos. B. Beed ln the Illustrated American. If a member makes an Important speech It must be written out before delivery und sent by nuill, uud then figures In tbe telegraphic column as a monument alike of American eloquence nnd American enterprise. Oue disadvantage we labor under Is that we have no central London. Our capital Is not a Londou, though It is no mean city. The country nt large has more than one news center. New York the Greater will have a population of 3,500,000, but ls 225 miles away. Chicago has 1,500,000, and Is the center of a vast country, but ls 800 or 1,000 miles distant. San Francisco has the grenrt empire of the Pacific coast behind it and around it, but 3,000 miles of railway divide us. New Orleans lies a distance of two dnys further south, aud St. Louis and Cincinnati would be much aggrieved not ta be deemed centers of news distribution. While, therefore, we are satisfied with our country, and know that all the waste places will be filled up, and tliat we shall have Londons ou either coast and In the center, nevertheless Just uow we are too much spread out to kuow about our Cougress quite as well as some other people do about theirs. One of the most successful of recent novels debates a question that has probably occurred to muny thoughtful men and women, Is It possible for one who torms n part of our complex and tempestuous civilization to lend a Christian life? The uovellst's conclusion Is, on the whole, unfavorable and, therefore, condemnatory of civilization. Such a theme, so treated, was certain to awaken controversy. Chiefly opinions range around the hero of the story. It Is asserted that his failures were chargeable to his character, not his environment; nnd the criticism Is sound enough—so far as It goes. It cannot be nn adequate statement, because it falls to take note of certain fundamental truths. In the first place It ls Important to remember that the author's Inquiry Is uo novel one. For eighteen centuries, the earnest aud the faithful, straining their eyes nt the ideal of human brotherhood that Christ set UP, have wondered despairingly whether ninn could ever reach It. The better.the mnu—Judged by the stand- ard of others—the more hopeless, to hlm, has seemed the attempt. Thus the recent raising of the Inquiry does not menu tliat a single good inriii line nil at once perceived the world to Iw growing worse. Does It not rnthei show that an artist, keenly susceptible to the mental Influences thnt mold the time, has been Impressed by those aspirations townrd general helpfulness nnd Justice which unquestionnbly tend with hlm, conceding that the work] he misreads the answer to his question But even If we were forced to shl- to dominate mankind. We believe thai lias not gained wisdom as it has growr older, we might comfort ourselves with tiie thought thnt human nature at least has uot changed. There are ne new pitfalls on the road to perfctlon, though some of the old ones mny beni uew names. The saints of the early centuries lived, ns we must, In th, midst of rich and poor, Pharisees, pub licnns, sound and sick, sinners and righteous. And In our dny, as ln theirs, "the aids to noble life are all within." Size of Fog Banks. The captain of a big Atlantic liner, after many calculations, has come to the conclusion tbat the general size of a fog bank ln the Atlantic ls about thirty mile** in diameter. HEY had been the fondest of lovers once—before her sudden fancy for u "life work" and a "cureer" had postponed the wedding dny In* d e li n itely — nnd the aroma ot the experience still lingered, with a vague, illusory sweetness iu his in e in o r y. II e foiiud himself vividly recalling tiu circumstances aud results of their Inst meeting, as he acknowledged his second Introduction to her. She had exhausted his patience by persistently refusing to eveu so much as consider the possibility of deserting her classes at the end of the term nnd becoming his wife Immediately, nud lie had bidden her—with mistaken stem ness, ns he afterward realized—choose between her studies und himself. She hud compiled Instantly, being a girl of much spirit and Independence wheu these qunlllles were once aroused lu her gentle soul—nnd the choice had not fallen upon him. They hud parted then, Willi ostentatious und studied coolness so far us out- wnrd appearances went, but witli surreptitious and Intense bitterness upou his part, nnd keen, if suppressed, regret upon hers. But they lind gone t hell- several ways without more ado. She had become, nfter n due period of study, a successful physician and sur- geou, of whom greut tilings were predicted, und he hnd amussed more money than he had ever dreamed of acquiring iu those days; but tlie nervous frown which habitually disfigured his forehead hinted nt muny an hour of loneliness and remorse, nnd the wistful look which softened the professional sternness of her tine eyes in moments of relaxation wus eloquent of n similar story. And they bad uever met again until to-night. "You will take In Miss Winston, please," their hostess remarked, a trifle hurriedly, as the young mnu entered the drawing room Just lu time to hear the announcement that dinner was served. ".Miss Winston, Mr. Harper— or stay," with a breathless recollection of some vague story connecting the two names, "perhaps you already know ench other." "Yes, we hnve met before," wns his bold reply, given with embarrassed hesitation ns Mrs. Dudley looked ques- tlonlngly from one to the other. The woman's quicker wits prompted a less hulling respouse. "Yes, indeed; we were quite intimate once," she said, sweetening the commonplace words with the brilliant impersonal smile she had adopted as part of her professional outfit, and which was so widely and Intrinsically different from the frank and unstudied smile of tlie girl he remembered. She laid her fingers lightly on Ills arm as their hostess fluttered away, aud they walked out to the dining room together In due course aud order; but neither spoke again until the soup had been disposed of aud tlie tisli wns well under way. Then—"You are greatly changed," he blurted out, feeling that courtesy Imperatively demanded uu utterance of "VES, WB HAVE MBT DKPOHE." some kind, and hardly knowing what to sny. She favored him with a uew smile ngutii. "Yes, 1 have changed much, I suppose," she returned, fingering her fork wllh Just a touch of nervousness. "I have been working hard for some years, you know, and steady, euruest work almost transforms one, I think. Besides, It Is over seven years since we last met, ls it not? I was very youug then." "You were Just 20," trembled upon his lips, but he suppressed It. He wns by no means certain as to tlie precise amount of personal conversation she would allow. But presently, as he made no audible reply, she spoke again. "Iu fact"—still with that nervous action of the fork and fingers—"I have Changed so much since that time that I am hardly the same person at all. Tha girl yon Knew," with sudden decision, "riled u long time ngo." "She wns a very dear little girl," he exclaimed tenderly, without stopping to think. But, somewhat to liis surprise, she neither reproved hlm nor looked indignant. Instead, he could have sworn that her voice trembled a little ns she uttered her culm uud judicious reply. "Yes," she responded with unexpected gentleness and acquiescence, "I think she was. Stie has been dead so long, you see, I cuu speak of her Just ns though she had never belonged to me at ull, uud 1 really do think she wus a nice little thing. So faithful lo the ridiculous llttlo Ideals Ihut seemed of such vllul Importance I" her. I um surprised now, when l think of her occasionally, to remember how really good she wns, or tried lo be, und really, 1 am fond of her memory, u-,,. Would you believe," turning upon him Impulsively, wllh a smile null glance so precisely like those of the girl under discussion that lie started Involuntarily, "thut i, practicing physician uml surgeon (he fancied thut she laid nn unnecessary If slight emphasis upon tlie inst four words), within two milestones of my thirtieth birthday, would be foolish enough to do as I did yesterday? 1 came accidentally upon the satin slippers I wore nt—at that ball, you know, just before—well, n long time ngo " "Just seven years," lie Interrupted, softly; but she did not recognize the Interruption, und only went on with heightened color: "And put them ou lo see how my feet would look In them now. Why, I haven't worn satin slippers or danced for nn age. Aud 1 fancy I almost dropped a tear over the pretty, foolish things. Whet do you think of that, and I a practicing physician for nearly four years?" "You nre a physician, theu? You took your degree?" he queried genlly, refusing to notice either the palpable and defiant challenge of her manner or the Interrogation with which she ended her unstudied confession, und quite unmindful of the Tuct thut he wus perfectly aware of hcr professional status and could eveu huve named the date nnd plnce of her gradual luu. "Well, well I 1 can hardly grasp It. It seems so astonishing somehow. 1 cannot fancy the dear Utile girl we were talking iil-out taking up a profession of thnt kind. She wns such a dear, timid little thing. Not so brilliant ns you, of course, but so tender nnd loving. She could never have borne to inflict pnln—physlcul pnlu nt least—upon, ethers, even If It had been for theft* ultimate good. She " "I took up the work because It wns the hardest for ine of anything I could Imagine, nnd 1 funded It noble—then— to compel myself lo do the things you shrank from, whether oilier people suffered with you or not," she broke in impulsively, with n smile of mingled pity nnd regret for the girl who hnd passed through this stute of mind. "It hurts me to conduct or witness an operation even now," she added, "She wns so tender-hearted and affectionate," lie went on quietly, tacitly declining to recognize or accept any explanation which she might offer, "aud she would huve mnde—you dou't mind my speaking familiarly of her uow that she Is dead? No? Then I will go on. She would have made snch a lovable wife for some lucky fellow If she hurl only lived. Tlie mnu whom she married could not have helped belug happy, nnd a fairly good fellow, even If he hnd tried, Her love," lowering his head and voice reverently as he uttered the word, "would hnve constrained him to right ways even against Ills will—lier love and her beauty. Those starry, earnest eyes of hers seemed to look one's soul through and through nnd Hud out only the goodness In It after all. She was too pure and innocent to see anything but good, dear little saiut. It Is not often that one sees or knows such a perfect woman as she would have mnde. I have never met with such another,*' he finished. The girl—she wns nothing but n girl still, In spite of lier 27 years nnd lier physician's diploma—looked down at her hands In silence as thc roast was served, nnd his glance followed hers. Thoy were beautiful hands, smooth, white nud well shaped, but—tlie girl of whom they hnd been speaking possessed hands like those of n little child, uud he missed the rosy dimples whieh used to crown the Juncture of ench slender linger with the dulnty palm. Perhaps the woman beside hlm divined and resented It. At all events she withdrew the altered hands into her lap and faced hlm wllh all the tender softness of the last few moments banished, and with the newer air showing forth again. "She must have beon delightful Indeed. I am glad to havo had the privilege of knowing her," she exclaimed sarcastically, "even If, at the time of our acquaintance, 1 did not realize one- tenth of the loveliness aud salntlluess which she possessed. But unfortunately," her voice growing harder nud colder as she went on, nnd the professional smile appearing brilliantly again, "like all the other paragons and saints, she Is dead. Aud In her place," she continued with a defiant air, "you behold Dr. Helen Winston." lie bowed ceremoniously, and ns though to a uew acquaintance; she colored Indignantly. "Not that I allow my professional title to be used upon social occasions," she hastened lo add. She was tnlklng rapidly to cover the emotion which she could not entirely repress: "It Is seldom, Indeed, that I am obliged to consider tliat side of the question at all. I go Into society very little. I am here to-night because Mrs. Dudley is sueh an old and valued friend that she claims the right of refusing to take 'no' for an answer to her kindly pressed Invitations once ln a while. It ls only upon rare occasions that I drop my workaday nume und attire for a few hours, und become somewhat of n butterfly again, For the girl, you know, who loved social festivities so dearly" —dropping a little of her defiant manner nnrl ceasing to inlk against time ns her cheeks grew colder—"ls dead." He did not reply, nnd there wns silence between Ihem for some time. The dessert lind been nearly disposed of before ho broke it. "Do you believe lu the resurrection of tbe dead?" be then asked, with a suddenness purpcflely startling; and the girl supposed to bo so long burled rose up unmistakably in ber eyes as they turned swiftly and lull of unshed tears upon hlm. "What?" she grasped, In breathless astonishment, "What do you mean?" Then she Hushed wllh linger. "Not lu this litv," sin- cried, with sharp emphasis; but he saw, or fancied he saw, the trace of a tear on the bright cheek nearest to hlm, nnd was ln no wise daunted by her wrathful and chilling manner, "Have you ever," he persisted, watch- j iug lier with keen scrutiny us lie spoke. "In the course of your professional and scientific observations, come across such a thing as a case of suspended animation or supposed death?" And Ibis lime he wns certain that the vivid '.ilush which reminded hlm so Irresistibly of llie girl whom they hud been discussing wus accompanied by a TO HAVE A CLUBHOUSE. TBE I.urlies' Literary Club of Salt Lake City Is the tirst feminine or- gnnlzntion in the West to project a clubhouse of their own. These enterprising women recently purchased n desirable downtown lot nnd have just accepted plans for a modern structure of gray stone nnrl eroani-eolored brick. Contrary to the devices of l'nlr financiers in the K;ist who hnve built tin- iierous clubhouses by forming a stock camel-like proportions. Now a woman studies hcr curves uud Hues and buys n bustle to set them off to the best ad- vautnge, FUl.'.VI) HIM IrillCAMINU OVKU A CIGAIt. tear. He saw It fall from her cheek to the napkin in hcr lap; and his heart leaped for joy. But her reply wus long lu coming, nnd llie rising signal of the hostess, given Just ns she struggled for words In whicli to frame It. saved her from tlie necessity of making. II at nil. He held Ihe door open for her lo pass through in silence, noticing, us lie dill ( so, thc long richly colored velvet robe, so exceedingly unlike the Huffy whiteness of that other girl's holiday nttlre— nnd iu another moment repenting his unanswered question to himself, us he j mude his way buck lo the table. Possibly, however, he propounded It again later in tlie evening with better i success. Anyhow, early thc next morning, the chum who shared his court- dence and his apartments found him dreaming over n cigar with a smile so : blissfully happy tlmt he yielded, for i once, to a most unmascullne curiosity. "So you took In*. Winston out lo limner?" lie remarked. "And what, I wonder, did you find to talk about?" The other smiled again; his voice, too, wns strangely tender und youthful as lie mude reply. "She told mc how completely dead her old self—the self that 1 used to know—was," he answered, "and I— agreed with her." The listener gave an exclamation of Impatience. "Well!" lie ejaculated, "I must sny that you chose nn exhilarating subject for conversation, nfter nil those years. And I must say. loo, thut for a niun who used to lur loo precious fond of that old self Of hers you aro looking strangely joyous after the funeral." "Dou't fret, old boy," snid Harper, softly. "Strange things sometimes Implicit, you know. There huve been well authenticated cases of suspended animation that merely simulated death. Dr,"Winston tells ine Unit she has uever met wllh such ti case In all her prac- ties; but It mny be, my boy"—acceji- Ing the other's proffered bund nnd slinking it heartily—"it may be that 1 ; huve."—Utlca Globe. company, these women will erect n home partly from club dues anil partly from subscriptions within the club. Tlie clubhouse is to ire commodious throughout, from tire colonial veranda In front io the greut auditorium on the second floor. There will also be recep- lion-rooms, library, committee-rooms, toungfug-i'ooiu, dining-room and kitchen. That there should be n sewing-room f.u- the Ladles' Literary ''lob is unique, but some of its members take their fancy work io meetings nnrl Industriously stitch nwny iu the calm Intervals between pnrllnmeutary debates nnd animated discussion of papers. It is Intended in rirlil another story io tin' building iry hnd by. Tlie Vnini-i Wife's Social Duties. To simply live alone, with no provision for llie gratification of the social instincts, is apt i" prove too severe a strain upon the reserve forces of even the hnppiesl mnrriiige. There is some excuse lo be made I'm- tin- man wiro seeks society outside of the home wherein no thought is given to Social pleasure, while the wife is npt to grow petty and personal, nud so less attractive as she shuts herself uwuy from intercourse with others. This dropping out is very easy, but even when prosperity comes nud large social functions nre possible it is too lute lo giiiu thai mosl valuable possession, friendship, which is entirely Independent ol' financial success, To hnve nud to hold n plnce iu the social life of the world is not only liio right, but (lie duty of (lie young wife who desires to hnve n home in its truest nnrl best sense.—Ladles' Home Journal. ;- hower- linlli for Huby. The grown-ups and club men are not the only ones In lliis world wbo enjoy n shower bath, but baby who is bathed in ids own Utile tub cannot use nn ordinary rose, nnd iu sucli cases the portable shower of English design, here shown, comes lu handy. In England, where the stationary Wash-tub is not so ubiquitous ns iu America, ihis device is of grent convenience alike for young aud old. When tilled Willi water of the proper temper- How I)o You Walk? Obstinacy is indicated by n slow, heavy and fiat-footed style of walking, while miserliness may bc suspecl- ed from short, nervous und unxloiis footsteps, Turnod-ln Iocs generally character. Izc the absent-minded and a sloop Un- studious and deeply retlective, whoso thoughts are anywhere rather than with themselves. sly, cunning people walk with a noiseless, even und stealthy tread, re. sembling Unit of a cat. A proud person generally takes even steps, holds tlie figure upright; and the head il little back and turns the toes out well. A guy nnd volatile person trips lightly and easily, iu sympathy with ids or hcr nature. Character is shown by all sorts of oddities In gait, but for grace nud elegance no civilian's walk will I bear comparison with Hint of the men who hns received military training. No two people walk exactly alike and j tlie student of character finds us much to Interest him lu the way people walk j as ln auy peculiarity they mny have of feature. Quick slops denote agitation; slow steps, either long or short, sug- [ gest a gentle or contemplative turn of mind. ature a finger Is held over au aperture ln lhe handle, and when released tlie water fulls in a fine spray and with considerable force. Human Nature. It seems rather queer that the average mnn Will let trifles his judgment displace, Yet he thinks less of the ten thnt he earus Than the dollar he wins on the race. Speaking of flhuess for marriage, more attention should be paid to u capacity for forgiveness. Hustles lu favor Again. Bustles nre being universally worn again. Ail llie newest gown6 hnve a small bustle made In them, uml where a woman's figure warrants it also hip pads. Some of the new bustles arc loug, sonic short, some fuller than Others, and many round np Ihe hips witli siunll puds. All are mnde of Hue quality haircloth, light in weight, nud are small, ueut nnd graceful. There was a time when thero WUS absolutely no Individuality lu bustles. Put and lean women, women wilh conspicuous hips, those with a conspicuous absence of hips, bought nnd wore the bustle which looked ns If it would last the longest and give them the most How to Rip a Garment, Most people think It is very easy to rip garments, tint n fashionable dressmaker thinks otherwise, This modiste says few women know how to rip up A dress for remaking. Many a good gown is spoiled by being placed in the hands of an unskilled person to rip up, she snys. Scissors should not be used, ri sharp-pointed knife doing the work better. Bins seams should bc carefully held In order not to stretch them, and ull threads neuily pulled out after they are well cut, so Hint there is uo knot* tlng resistance. Hooks, eyes, buttons, clasps, etc., should be tnken off with especial cure, as they nre usually so firmly sewed that they resist, often to tire end of one's patience. Tbe material should then lie carefully brushed before being Bponged or pressed, processes whicli iu themselves need special skill. Keeps u Tellurite. Mrs. Minerva T. Herlng 1ms kept a tollgate for a longer continuous period than uny other person in Kentucky. For almost thirty-eight years she lias lived nt lire suine tollhouse on lire Keeue nnd Troy turnpike, nenr Nlcholasvllle, nnd collected toll. Mrs. Herlng nnd bet husband were Installed there as gatekeepers when the roud was first completed in tlie year 1800. Her husband died twenty years ago, but she hns re* malued in charge of the gate, although the ownership of the roud bus changed bunds on numerous occnslons. Since free pikes were voted in this county, just recently, tiro owners of tlm MBS. MlXttllVA T. 111:1:1X0. Kccuc and Troy pike have made Mis. Herlng a present of tlie tollhouse In Which slie has lived so long, as an evidence of their appreciation of her honesty anil long labors. Women Wanted Beards. Nowadays, when in every ladies' pn* per oui' sees perpetual Instructions bow to get rid of superfluous hull's, ll seems almost Incredible Unit women ever should hnve desired to have beards. Yet this really wns tlie case nmong eer- tuin ot* ihe ladles nf nnclent Rome, whose morbid ambition made them so crave for these Inappropriate appendages thut Ihey used lo shave their fnces nnd smear them witli unguents In order lo cause tin' hair to grow. Cicero relates that to Buch an extent did the beard lnnnlu among women grow thnt it was found advisable to puss a law against tin* "adornment." irii.-i.ni Wedding. A Russian Inirle is not submitted to the trying ordeal of appearing in white satin und lace in cold, broad daylight, The wedding takes place by candlelight ln ihe drawing-room of the bride's mother, There ls a banquet after, followed by a ball, and after that sup-ier, aud this in many bouses is au occasion for quaint old customs to be observed. Here, as lu America, a sniiu slipper (supposed to be the bride's) figures, but in u different way. A new while satin slipper is filled with wine ami passed around to lhe brldgegroom's friends, who use It ns a goblet and drink the health of the bride. Prefer Women Clerks. In Germany, and also lu Holland, girls nre chosen in preference lo young men in all employments In which they can be advantageously employed. At Munich many of tho clerks at the banks and hotels are girls, and ns cash- lei's and bookkeepers nt restaurants uud other bouses of business they ure well in evidence. Muny women are also employed nt railway stations as booking office clerks. New Guinea Girls Can't Klope. Girls In New Guinea have small chance of eloping. Every night they are put In a little house at the top of a tall tree. The ladder used to reach It ls then removed, nnd the parents' slumber Is all the sounder for the fact that their daughters nre uunble to take their walks abroad until they see fit to allow them to do so. MINER. , !'*-: MIS 1:1: r : rtui ou .- ■ rid sdll be n.;. Can rln or the United States ript of two dollar-, oil i lci i ■,>,.].-:! ■ ■ . itedattbe r.ir.. !■- tun Im b per ma , IANSIENT AH'- KRTISEStl } T6 ii. ■ nl thcruteof 1 - inpflrcll Hi: lirst insert] ' rirrmlii . or n :.:!■ "i :-■•-' transient. - every j nrl ..r ri,. Vale! . . ■! . on live t, . - ■ y.... t In >>... an I h 111 do It'n out j .... -I.. ■ ■ ■ F. II. U. CA C I ill . l. . SATUR1' '■ ■ !' EB .'...', 1808 Carson I u.igc I, 0. 0, I' No, ,"57- t. U, U. Jr. ever look In llilir ,..,., [j . Mai Invitation ex* (*i : loot I ■ liner ii.**; ! IN, s q j it : ■ . v.,1111 ir ..lice. . ,, i IN Cil ItCH - rvfr - even 11 0. ll). nre! :y -,. m j:, th ml Hid 1 .1- I. .*'il lu tlio tell ml room. U r ii- . :.;: . ... 111. • .i IIPAL MUDDLE, The action of tire town council—for .. ■ ■ it ni List by admitted thai i r is to .".ii i rterests and I t:rpo.es the only council wc have r.o .. . : :h can make uny prctencq of le ga.ly conducting the city's busi..rss—in ., ng a solicitor to draft a private inl! providing for a n;w election, seems . :. that tbe curious muddle in //inch the city finds itself may bc shortly put an end fo. We understand that the bill has pot only been drafted by Sqlicitor Cayley jjut lias beyn forwarded along with thu necessary petition to Victoria with a re- pest for immediate consideration. The bill itself provides for thp holding of a new election somewhat on thc lines on whicb thc first municipal ele:tron v.*.rs held but qualification"! for mayor and aldermen are extended to lhat registration of title li i'l not be a necessary condition precedent to tbe nomination ot a cr.'d late who has been assessed up to the proper amount, Looirin *:.'. t'c circumstances of ihe town, where so few a; yet have regeis- lei I their title?, these prov.slons are luttablc, but in fact lh ■ citizens will cor- dially welcome any reasonable legislation winch will put an cad to the pros- Snt state if affairs and enable the ratepayers to select such a council rs they .approve of for the balance ot the year. No doubt it wou'rl br*r*e been saiis- fartory il the tov.Tr.* eople could have agr^e'r] unanimously upon t'ne names o! a mayor and aldermen and had them legislated straight ir.to office without making an election necessary. But although several efforts were made in this direction and a po,:r* yn actually circulated wh'ch was largely signed, it was found impossible to carry it through nnd no authority was linaily granted to any person to forward the petition to Victoria co that whatever weight ir :night have carried w.is finally divested and it became virtually dead. Thc old town council may bc therefore considered to have acted wisely in the matter in seeking to have a new election held and their action we believe has the hearty endorsement of tl*,e com- .nnnity. nes*, orone who happens to offer for sal. the surplus milk of thc family cow i. jufRcient reason to condemn the whole business. One of thc reasons sot foith in favor of such a system and probably ttc most plausible one, is lhat in ihir manner people are reached and made to contribute to the civic revenue who other.vise would pay no taxes, and by this means qu t; a number are afforded an opportunity to vote at municipal elections who other.vise would not b. able to c.-.ercise thnt privilege. The objections to tbe by-law, however, greatly over balance the points in favor I of it,and we arc of he opinion that lh. ■ runcil would I o d ling a popular ac: in abolishing the trade liyenscs, except in respect to that of peddlers from the outside who are liabre to come in opposition witli local merchants. Tne* people ol Kevcls:okc, after a thorough discussion of U'c subjyct, have at last made up their trends tbat they want ta be incorporate*-, and have petitioned tbc local legislature in their behalf, There, like almr-st e. ery other new town, the people have been d- vid.'il as io whether the condition of affairs wo gid be improved if thr_y were to assume tbe garb of a cr y, but it wis finally decjded it tbey wanted to keep up with th; times Ibe could not longer defer the i li.viuble. Alt') ikic*a"i. eggs is the lutes', product of thy inventive genius, and aro pronounced by those who have trioi them prefyiab'c to tho "fresh eggs" always to be found in tbe city stores. The artificial article is shaped somthing after thc same style of the hen, but what it is made of is a secret which the manufacturers refuse to divulge. It is said thit they are being uaed extensively by bakers, confectioners, honsckeeperr, etc. in lire 1 ir^cr cuir-r, and when used in on", lets or cakes are said to be very good. i The council of the Rossland board of trade have endorsed D. C. Corbin's application for a railway charter from Cascade City to Carson. Tun man who is to busy to register now will be a gcc.i deal busier "kicking himself" after election il his side is not successful. MR. HAY'S POSITION. In another column will be found a communication from the pen of Air, Chas, Hay. The Miner takes pleasure in giving publicity lo the same, and refrains from commenting on it for the reason tliat it would only add fuel lo the lire that it is endeavoring to quench. flow, that Mr. Hay, has ot er his own signature, announced that he has nothing but the best feeling toward the city of Grand Forks we are willing to accept thc same as Ueing true, and take pleasure in assur.ng that gentleman, that the MiNKR has no quarrel with Upper Grand Korks and is always ready to aid in any project that will benefit it. The object of ths article referred to was merely to show the folly of a strife bc 'ween thc two place! and we had no intention of casting any rtllection on any resident of lhe upper town more than this city, because we consider tbat belli are to blame in the matter. Thc uooner tbat the pecple of botli pieces can drop their pettishncss over such trifling affairs, as the removal of a church building, that could be built for less money than it would cost lo move it, the better it will be for all concerned. Every indication goes to show that we are 01 the brink of a prosperous season, ani it behooves every resident of both places lo work together in harmony. Unless this is done very little can be expected to be accomplished towards the building up of either place. SHOULD BE REPEALS}. Mow that the time lor collecting trade licenses has arrived again the same bitter feeling that was engc.rdered last spring against thc city and tbe members of the council on this score is being brought to the surface again, and it is to be hoped that tha city council will realize the necessity of amending the the trade license by-law. The system ol collecting an annual tax from all persons conducting business of any description is a source of discontent in every place where it is in effect, and Vernon and other places where it has been fully tested are moving in lhe matter looking toward a reform in this respect. The unfairness of the system is so plain on lhe face of it that it is apparent to every one. The fact that a firm carrying on a business in a large departmental store pays neither more nor less than a man rqnning a fifteen cent peanut basi ls Likely Drowned. The report given ih last Friday's Hpi kesman Review of tlie drowning nf one C. Hagen in the I'end U'Orelile river in Idaho, is likely correct. Mr. Hagenburg who was a mining partner of thc deceased was an arrival in the city last Wednesday evening from Rossland. I.i speaking of the death of his old partner that gentleman said: "1 il .n't know for a certainty whether ilia C. i-fagen lately drowned in Idaho was my old partner or not, I have no: heard from him for several months, he went to Spokano from Rossland over two month r ago and spoke of going to the Klondyke, but as the name Hagcn is a most uncommon one J am atraid he is dead. The deceased owned several good mining interest; in tbis section, such as a half interest iu thr; "Christina'' free milling quart*: proposition besides sev- cra' claims on Pass creel:. Citv Council Meet. Aldermen W. K. C. Manly, L. A. Manly and J. K. Joh'rson called a special meeting last Tuesday for considering the advisability of asking the legislative assembly lo provide for the holding of another city election. A: this meeting Alderman Davis was voted to the chair, and on motion cf Alderman W. K. C, Manly seconded by Alderman Johnson, tbe acting mayor and city clerk were instructed to prepare a bill and petition the local legislature to pass t bill providing for the holding of another e'ecticn at an early date. On motion qf Alderman \V. K. C. Manly secoided by Alderman L. A. Manly the city treasurer was instructed to issue a chech far gioD which should accompany the bill and petition to the local legislature. The council then adjourned on motion of Alderman W. K. C. Manly. The regular wcekl y session of the cily council was held yesterday, when Alderman L. A. Manly was voted to the chair. There being no business before the meeting an adjournment was made on motion o{ Alderman W, K, C. Manly. SCRATCHES. / i;v Tin: y.-'v/-**..*' Horn.' they brought ber husband d..ud Drunk; she did not cry nor swoon— "I krre-.-.-lre'd bmuk IiJh pledge." she frnid, '•Jlrlt dMl.': expect it quite 50 soon.'! -Su, ton. *> • • .Samson slew his enemies with the jaw-bone of an ass, And now the rlif- fcrent Grand Forks factions are trying to cot qucr each other with the same weapon, e c • Only death is a valid excuse for not .aying the printers, and even then any ap-to-da e person would send thcunder- raker to apologiz : tor him. one The reason why so many hurband^ spend rhe'r evcirirrgs down tow,*, is because, "there is no place 1 kc home." « « o Some of the wives of tire riders of tbe church here are said lo hale oach other almost as cordially as doctors' wives. • • • Wc learn from the Bible that Naomi was 5S0 years old when she married*. Surely that ought to be some consolation to thn old maids who arc members of Ihe I. 0.0. M. • • 8 It io working somewhat of a hardship on the Grand Korks boys who have girls in Nelson, '0 be inspected evcry- time they go to call on ihem. Hut then customs regulations must be obeyed, you know. A Klondyke Social. Anything to turn an honest penny is the Yankee idea, A Klondyke social is thc latest innovation ia the way of church entertainments recently introduced in a Brooklyn church, ant! is thus described; My means of tables, a large hollow square was formed in the centre of the room, arid on thin foundation were set wooden troughs, which were divided into foot-sc-uare boxes. Theui were filled with sawdust, and in the sawdust were put small gilded stones to represent nuggets of gold. The boxes were tho "claims," trie number of cadi being marked on a bit of yollow linen. To each person present wus given a little toy shovel. At a given signal, each prospector set to work in the claim corresponding to 'lie number on lho sbovol; and the one who at the end of a given lime had unearthed the richest claim, in which had been concealed -io nuggets of the pretended gold, received a prize. [jTo Haye a School. Mr. Robt. Clark has received word form the minister of educatit 11 tbat his application for an assisted school, to be established in the vicinity of his place up the North Kork has been granted, Mr. Clark informs lis that he has just completed a substantial log building on his pie-emption, to be used as a school building, and that the school will be in operation in a month nr six weeks. For Export Duty, 'ihe Tronto world is still agitating in favor of an export duty on ore. It points nut that while $100,000 a year is spent for labor at the Sudbury tvcklc mines, lhe refining of it, which is done in the United Staies, distributes S.200,- 000 there in labor. Canada has the monopoly of the nickol market of the world and therefore ran afford to dictate in respect to that metal. MINERAL ACT lot/*. CKItTll HAI i:nK IMPBOVEMKNTB, SOTICK. Coin Mineral Claim, situstr in the Qrand Forks ■ Milling Division of Vn'e District. Where located! - On the- south side of Newtiv ereek ni,,,111 nm' mile v.y r .,!' tlie North Fork ei Kettle rive. TAKE NOTICE llrntl fieri Wolla-rtnn, netiiig * as agent for thr Gold Uoln&Iln!lu*rpouifianjr, Liinile.I Htrbitilic- free miner,? certificate No. aryji.t, intend, sixty days from tbe (lute hereof, to apply to tfio .Mirrinit Kt-r-nr- -ler i'.ii ii corttneate nf Improvements, for (he purpose "i obtaining a Crnuii rjriurt oi the above ehirrii. And further nrlre notice thin action, 1111- .1,-1 m eth.11 :;T, innsi be commenced before tin- i-Hiiiiii <• uf -n. ti certtiicuteoi improvements. iint.i! iliis 3rd day of February, lsti*;. l.iii.i in* 1st publication, Fob. 12th, lsns: date nf hrm publication, April 10th, Kltl), I8P8. NOTICE. No'i'iri: is iiEhE'v^viSTTnAT sixty | .tiivs urier .'nt.. I intend In apply lo lhe . Chief Commissioner of Lund it Works for nor. iiiis-.ien te purchase tin- followfiiff described iand situated in lho us.nun.- Division of yalo Urslriel in thr- I'roviui f llril!-!i Columbia. Commencing 1 ■ it i"'-r rn.rrki.it s. e corner in the soulh west corner of IjOt 717 North' Fork ui Kettle River ibeiicr wi 11 forty 1 liolos, II ico north forty chains, thoneo easl forty chains, Hi ,. sen tli lurry chains lo point of commencement eeiuriiiiin;; Inn ur n mine "r In--. EI.L.i i'l..uiit. Grand Forts, 1:. C. Inn 17th, I8W. Datcnl lirsl publication, February 1* It, 1 Date of last publication, April I..Hi. UM. A Big Deal. The Rathmullen group of mineral claims consisting of eleven claims situated in Summit camp is about to be transferred to an English Co. now being incorporated in London. As soon as the deal has been completed development work v, ill be prosecuted on the property. This company has ,£100,000 in the treasury, /.5,00a of which has been subscribed. Tne Vendor Co. will receive stowk in this new company which will net them 20 cents per share an the amount of their present holding**, this will be distribute! among the shareholders of the Rathmullen Co. as a dividnn I- Mr. W. C. McDougall icivcr*. on Tuesiay newt for llossl.ind in connection wi h the closing of this deal. Rossland Prosperous. Air. K. Spraggett, the enterpri-in lumber merchant of Grand Farks ano president of the lumber trust, marie a business trip to Rossland this week returning Wednesday evening. He reports the metropolis of the Kootenay district enjoying a marvelous season of prosperity, and says the people over there are much interested in a charter being granted the Kettlo River Valley railway, which they think is the only salvation uf the Boundary country this year. With railway connections, they say, It is bound to spring rapidly to the front, and otlicrwiae it 13 sure to lay dor- rojt, Gone to Victoria. R. A. Brown left yesterday for Marcus where he will take the train for Victoria, to attend the sitting of thc Supreme Court. Mr. Brown is tbe defendant in an important mining case which anvolvos his title to the Volcanic and Iron rap clairi:;. I MINING JtECORDS, Grand Forks Mining Division. February B:- Mattubelln, A. t. Fiett, Summit oamp. On'.ville .-lur. 0. E. Lambert ct nl, wesl side Kettle River. lion 'i on, O. E. Lnmbci'tct ul. Kettle Kiver. February 7: — Scotch Canadian, A. Cnineron, Christi.n lake. Amcteyst, J. W. Jjoyd, Christina Inke. l|cd Ochre- a. j. Stewart, Christina inuc. T1UNM''KHS. February :;:- tlrQkcn 11.11, 5-18 interest from J. S. MeLonii to John Holm, February ■!: — Realto and Crown J-jJ interest, Copper Qnenn j '.*.* interest, Archie '.,' Inten-at, QJasgow '.-, Inter- cut, E. O. DfthlandH. B. Cannon to D. 0, Mills. Piastre, in trust, A. C. Sniton and Ella Clark t.. Chas. Hay. Seattle, Untie and Dmpilummond, all interest, (.'lias, Hay and K. MeC'allqm to E. J'. I-iuvis ami I,. 1\ Dtlff. Lanolng No. I, all interest, W. c. MoDougall to the liatliiinilleii 0. M. it J), company. Standard No.'3, Eflle; t*Ittlb Jop and Bear, all interest, c. 'J. Aaruard to \V. H.;Latter. Standard No. 2, Eflle, Bear and Little Joe, all interest, W. H, Latter el al lol). I>. liinks. February fit- Standard No. 2. Eflie, Bear and Little Joe, all interest, conditional, i>. U. Burks to C. II. Now- miiu et al. Grey Eu^le, ,'.H interett, W. W. Spinks to Thos. Gee. Edith Baud Union, all interest,'!'. H. Loug lo Frank Bally. Edith II and .Minor, all Interest, E. Bailey to ,')(:. H. Wallace. Fehriiury Ot— City of Denver, % lutorest, Frank ciomo to G. It. Nnden. AUunis, National Bell, niennrill', Golden Age ami Granite Falls,'.; interest, Burrow, \$ interest, 3. L. Graham lo Q, ft, Nudeu. LHASR OF BJINBBA.L LAI.DS. Jiiiinnry 17—Granted to Arthur JI. Harrison, for three months, Ip'searoh for mineral on ground laying between the .1. W. and B. ('. January 81—Granted to Arthur II. Harrison, for three mouths, to search fur mineral on ground Sylug between the Portland, J, W. and Palsy; alio, between the Portland, B. 0. ami .May: i Iho between Daisy, J. \\\ uud May. STRAYED ONfO MY PHEMISKS ON THB ."iili Inst.i one Iron Grey und one sway Hacked Gelding, Nu brauda visible; owner can have same by calling on the undursfgiied unit paylngexpepavs, otherwlsd tiie animals will be dttalt with ttCGOTdiug tu law. CHAS, E-HJEH8T- tirund Forks, iM-b.-IJih, isn.-i. Spnd Your Best Girl a \\ mi Only a Few- Left, If you want One. Call Early, ZOE McCARTER, Dealer in Lates(Noveties in Stationery MINER OFFICE. APPLICATION POR I.IQUOH LICENSE | N~0Tl7:K Id HEREBY GIVEN, THAT TII li iiii.|.'r-i ■;»■■! i i„NI„ir|.|.li Ir. llur Mi' euso t'oiiiraissloiiorii oi tliu < Uy of Orand Forks,ut their noxl m riinr... f..r n llncnio lo r-i'll Ifnuprby rct-tllou Ilm premises to bo Itnuwir its IheTrHhr, "ir lin tr, blnok *-', In tlie t*U*.*ol i.iiilnl Corks: Mlls.ArW. ]'iii:.-i..ui. &:-'.-" ■■■■■■'■iwL PAOVIKCXAt SECRETARY OFFICE. His Honour, the Llontonanl Governor, has been pleased to make the following appoint* moult— 2ist January* 1893. Stanley smith, or the oity of Grand Forks, Esquire, M. D., to hi a Coroner, within und for tlie Grand Forks Mining Division of the Yule Electoral District. MINERAL ACT, 1896. CEHIIFIGATE OF IMROVEMENTS. NOTICE, E ('.Mineral Claim (Lot b8?) situated in tha Grand Forks Mining Dlvisdn of Yale District. Where locatedt^-Smomit Oamp neur lhe On- ratio Mineral eluim. takk NOTICE that LIsaacH, Hallott.asageut ' for Albert Keough, Free Miner's certificate No. 89788, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, Loanplv tn the Milling Recorder for a fiertl* ncntooi Imp-Movements, for tin" purpose of pb- talnlng u Crown Grunt of the above olaim. And further Hike notice that action, under see- tion .S7, must be commenced before ihe Issu anee of such certificate of improvements. I. II. llAlI.KT. Dated this (Jilt day of Noveml 1 r, 18fl7. CL, S.] THOS. B. M(*INNIS. CANADA. PROVINCJB OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. VICTORIA, hy the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom <»f Great Britain and Ireland, QtJREN, Defendetol the Faith, <fcc„ -ito., &e. To Our faithful the Members elected to serve in* the Legislative Assembly ot our Province of British Columbia at Our City of Vletorla- GttBBTIKO. A PROCLAMATION. A.O. Smith, ( IX/HBRRAS Wfl are Deputy AWy-Generalij v* desirous aiid resolved, as ^onii uh may be, to meet Our people of 1 nii- piovinee "f British Columbia, und t<i have ; ■r their advice in our Legislature? I V NOW KNOW YE, Hint fnr diver- causes and ' A considerations, and taking into consideration • theeaso und convenience of Our lovingBUb-l^ jects, We have though! fit, brand with the ; V advice "f Our Bxecutive Council of the J'rov- • A !pce of British Columbis.to hereby co tvoke,and ; 5 by these presents onjoin you,and each nf you, \ f4 lhal on Thursday, the Tenth day of the mouth | V nf Februaryt ono thousand eighl hundred nnd ■ S ninety-eight, yon meet Us In Ourssld fjOgisIa-1 Y tore or Parliament of Our said Province, at onr, i\ City of Victoria, FOR THE DISPATCH OF »i BUSINESS, to treat, do, act, and ■ onolude upon T those things which in onr legislature of the V Province nf British Columbia, by the Common ' 1 hnnrtl Df Our said Province may, by tbe favor of God be ordained. Ls 1 i:sii.M().:v VVlJBaaOP, We have uaused these Our Letters to be made Patent, and the Great Heal of the said Province! to be hereunto a filled: witness, tiio Honourable Tjioua's ll. M-Inni*. Lieu- tt.Miiit Govcnnrof Our said Provinceof BriilMhColuinhln, in our Cil v of Victoria, In Oursald Province, this thirtletli day 01' December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eighl hundred uud ninety* m-v--.ii, aw! in theslxty-ilrst year of Our lloitfii. Bv Command. JAMES BAKER, Provincial Secretary. The Bar of The Grand FORKS HOTEL, Spokane Falls & Northern, •• <• Nelson & Ft. Sheppard, Contains all the Famous Li- AreYouinsuredFjoKo^'tPtufM^r *> -■ . -:'■ :':'' =*i..« NOTICE. ,1 Bitting ot tho Comity Court r)I Yrilc will be Itn'iiK'it ur. Midway, on Thursday, the iot!i Day Of March, 1898, ni II o'clock in fur forenoon. By ciiiiiinriii't W. fl McMYH***, CJovernmontonice, Mirjway, H, Cl 1>. II. 0. c January, 17, 1SD3 1 c**r^ ?' "^ s-r &>-: ..***^-^ NOTICK. A sitting ot the County Court ot iTulo will try holdou nt Grand Forks on Honday, r^tli Day of March, 181)8. ntit o'clock iii llur forenoon, Byooiumalirl IS. It- AHOSD, Qovoniinent Olliee, nraiirt Forks, / D. It. C. G. 11. c, Jan. li. 1808, I NOTICE 10 TAXPAYERS. Assessment Act and Provincial Revenue fax Act Rock Creek Division of Yale District. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN IX ACC0R- danco wiih the statutos that Provlnoial KcvenuoTaXi aud all other Taxes levied, undor the Assessment Act, are now due for the year U308. All the above taxes collectable within thu Rock Creek Divison of Yale District, are pavabtc at my oflice at Osoyoos, Vale Pistriet. Assessed taxes aie collectable at tho following rates, viz: If Pnid on or Before June 30th, 1898, Three-tifihsof onepor cent, on real property. Two and one-half her cent, on assessed value of wild land. One hull' of one per cent, on personal property. on so much of the income nf any person as exceeds one thousand dollars, the following rates, nnmoly: Upon sueh excess of income, when the sumo Ih ntit hhm-c than ten thousand dollars, one per cent; when suoh c i- cessisovor ten thousand dollaTs ami not more Hutu tweutv tholiBBnd dollars, one and o quarter of une per cent.; when sueh excels ls over twenty thousand dollars, one nnd uiie- lmlf of ope per cent. ' If ftiid After July 1st, 1893. I'Yuir-tifthiioi' one per cent; ou real property. Thtce per cent, on the assessed value of wild land. three fourths of one per cent, on perspnal property. Ou bo much oi the income of any person n* exceeds one thousand dollars the following rules, namely: Upon Kti'-h oxcesswhen the some la not more than ton thousand dollars, one ami one-quarter percent: when sucli exoOBS I« over ten iln>u- .'.,ni.I ilollui* uml less than twenty thousand dollars, one and one half of one percent; when Kiirh excosB is over twenty thousand dollars, one ii ml throo-quartera of one per cent. Provluchil Uovonvo Tax 18.00 per capita, c, a. it. i.\mih.v, ABBoasorand CuUector. Osoyoos, ll. c. Jan. 8, ISiM. quors of the Present day. The Cigars are from reliable makes and give out, when in action, an aroma that sents the immediate atmosphere with an odor that Is pleasing to the olfactories, of man. In the bilJard room of this hotel the ivory spheres can be sent in motion whenever the Public desires. CHAS. VAN NESS, Prop. Red Mountain Railways. NOTICE. NOTICE IS FIEBEBY GIVEN THAT AN Application will he made lotbo I'urlinieut of Canada at the liext session thereof, for au aci to Incorporate a Company to er.net ruct und maintain a railway from a point on the International Boundary Line ut oruearCaBcadoClty, British Columbia, thence in a westerly direction following the valley of the Kettle river to a point ou thosald Boundary Lino, at or near Carson, qlao from at,other point on thc suid Hon ii. hi ry Line at or near M i'l wny, i hence northerly, following the valiev of Boundary creoa toa point ubout twenty [2(n miles north of Mid- way, with power to cofislriifct; and maintain hnmeh lines uml at ihe suid Boundary Line' to eoiinect wiih and to operate the wholo tncon- junction with the Rati-.Vay Line of the Spokane Falls ami Northern Railway Company, with power to the company to cmBtruct. ope rate ami maintain telegraph and telephone lilies, as well for commercial purposes'as the business or the railway, aud for all otbei? necessary and usual powers. Datod the ith duv of Decombor. A. I)., 1807. BODWEU., IBVINO .t POFF, Solicitors for the Applicants. MINERAL ACT i896. OERTIFICATB OF IMPROVEMENTS NOTICE. "11. 0." mineral claim situate In the Grand Forks mining Divison of Yale district. Where located:—in Summit oamp, "TAKE NOTICE I Isaac H Hallct, as agent for * Albert Keoagh freo miner's certilicate No. ■J0J8U, inuiid, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate of improvements, for tho puijiofe of obtaii;iug a Crown grant of the above claim. \nd further take notice tlmt action, undor Bection B7, must he commenced beforo ihe issuance of such certificate of Improvements. I. II. ll.u.Li:rr. Dated this 7th day of January, 1808, NOTICE. yprnon, Osoyoos, Kettle River and Grand Forks Mining Divisions of Vale District. NOTICID IS HEREBY given that all placer olaima legally held In the Vernon, Osoyoos, Kittle i;fver und Grand Forks Mining Divisions of Yale Dlstrldt, U 0., ure laid over from the jftth day of November, 1897, to the ist duy of June, 1808, c. A. B. b.uiiii.v, Gold Commissioner, Osoynfts. B. C, Nov. 13th TS07. MINERAL ACT 1897. CERTIFICATE OF IMi'KOVKMKNTS. NOTICE. Ontario mineral eluim. situate in the Orand Korks Mining Division of Vale District. Whore located: Summit camp, fAKE NOTICK lhat I William Shaw, Froo I Miner's Certificate No. 87,"»20, intend, Blxty days form the date hereof, to apply lo the Mining Recordor for n Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 87, must he commenced before lho Issuance of such Certilicate of Improvements. Dated this ICtjl day of December, 1807, U7 E. STAOHE, Bath Rooms, AND T0N30RIAL PARLORS. RIVERSIDE, - - - GRAND FORKS 11. A. 5HEADS, • - ASSAYER = GRANC FORKS, B. C. SAMPLESOIVEN PROMPT AND OAREFULTTENtlflN JUBILEE - HOSPITAL GRAND FORKS, B. 0. E.. B. STANLEY SMITH, M, D, Resident Pbyalolnn & Surgeon. ■nOBlilOS M. KERHY, Provincial Land Surveyor. And Civil Knginoer. oitici:, Miih?ay, n, o, Aisoolnte Member Canadfivn Boulety r.l Olvll BniliieeM, A. L. Mi'UONWLD, Contractor and Builder, QRAND KORKS, li. 0. Pint, nnrl H|,ci'ilini!ii»rifi<trirn*ir, crrtlin ties fur* lllSllOll nr irll kiirilaril birililili^'. Wuri,; strictly llrBt-irlnfis. TT H. CAYLKV, BARRISTER AT LAW, Soi.II'ITOH, ETC,, olliee, Jlrii'i Btrcot, - ORAKH FORKS, I!. II. p WOI.I.ASTON, Provincial Land Surveyor. Civil Engineer, Elu Orand forks, b. c. Via McElroy's Stage Line* Daiiy stage birtwcn Grand F.orkf. Leaves Grand For'.is- 7.JO a. m., reacLing Eureka same day. Returnin $, arriv in GrandJForks at A p. m. pRANp FORKS liOTEb Barber Shop y I.oofttc.l. Kinrt-Clirl PETER A. Z. PARE, t'eulrally Located. All Work 'iuuruntced to ho KiiBt-CJufifl In every Kespeet. • PROPRIETOR, J, W- JONES, Jloiiiilacturer of Spring Beds, Mattresses, LOUNGES, ETC. DEALER IN HOUSEHOLD COODS OF ALL KINDS. GRAND KORKS, B. (,'. ■MT-Smv Filing and all Kinds nt RpnoltlnE. The Only All-rail Route, without changi; of cars, between Spokane, Ros-i- land and Nelson. DAILY EXCEPT SirNDAY, polngtfortb, Going South lirU a.' in...' MARCUS 2:'.SS p. m'. ' Close Conpeetloni nt Nelson with steinribotil-i for Kaslo jinil nil Kooteiiny *Lake Points. Passougers ior Kctllr- Kiver and Jlrrrimlni-y I { Creek connect at Marcus with stage duily. ©r>r> sr?*>€> r?T>e>r> fx>CK*i oo r> f><» ?**r*<% r» <i<i<ij ueen Heaters . , -. Are the Best and Cleanest Heaters Ever Put on the Market. We Sell Them. J J- We luive tlie iinly cni.iplL'te line of utoves, tin and granite u'ure, jiufnis, ollfl. brushes, sash and dnora, etc,, tn tlie city. Large Stock of New Goods Expected Dally. Our .'-lock is ulwuys kept Strictly up to date in eVery respect. S a When In need of anything in the Hardware Hue don't forget to call an Tin and Repair Shop in Connection- Bridge Street, Qrand Forks, B. C. W.K.C. Manly, ■fii z.1 ^9*<Ji<.2<A^^'<J}<J<£-<^<M<B<J1 A. F^fJNTLY, Dealer in * Tobacco and Cigars, The Only Place in Towq that Handles Fruit. refill Supply Received Daily. Groceries, Salt Meats and Miners Supplies, BRIDGE STREET GRAND FORKS, B.C. 0*^Prospcctor*i and Miners will llml it to their interest to give me a call before purcli sing I can snvu you money. Knl 1 Une of ElBlilng Tai'kie inst Received. ^TORONTO HOUSED BROWN'S CAMP, UP THE NORTH FORK. Choice Wines Liquors and Cigars, This Iroiel is located about ii miles from Grand Forks up the North Fork. Good Fishing and Hunting in the vicinity, Meals served at all hours,' and the best of shei-int** accommodations, H. P. TORONTO. Proprietor. *'!^^^^s^^S^^^^^^^i£^;^^^0^^sSSSmf. Joseph L. Wiseman, Prop. AAA ci Forks Hotel Is the oldest and leading hotel in the city, and headquarters for mining and commercial men The house has just been refurnished and the rooms are unsurpassed for comfort, while the cusine is away above par. tages Stop at the Housg. ^sTHE MIDWAY HOTELS MIDWAY, KETTLE RIVER. First-Class Accommodations, Good Stabling, Termius uf Stage Line Froiri Marcus, Washington. McAuley& Keightley, Proprietors COSMOS HOTEL •vTo-Grand Forks, B. C.vv Everything New and Best Furnished House, and is in everyway prepared to welcome Guests and provide Good Accommodation XX 0X0V. EZRA INBODY, T Headquarters for Mining Mep, Be» of Wines. Liquors and Cigars. Special attentio.. paid to Trahscient trade. Proprietor. oilndary Greek Mining SANSOM & HOLBROOK, •j£ Financial and Mining Brokers *$ Ol'FICE AT GREENWOOD CITY, B. C. Groups of cliims Bought for Stock Companies, Etc., Etc. KETTLE RIVER Q. W. WILLIAMS, Manager. Daily from Marcus to Grand Forks, Greenwood City, Anaconda, Boundary Falls, Midway and All Points on Colville Indian Resevation, Stn-re Lerv.-s Marcus on the Arrival of '.he Northbound Train, arriving at^Grand Fo.^.ry at 8:45 P- *■' Leaves the Forks at 4:00 a. m., arriving at Marcus in time tcj connect with northbound Train. Passengers from Kpotenay P.*'";j make tonne*;-. lion at Bossburg going nnd com'ng. ■ k ;" " • ' JIFTERJI. Reasons Why Rev. McClennan Should Be Removed. i the manse, 1 consider tyrannical and • claim the liberty, which belongs to j every man, to be the judge of his own- factions and will board if I see fit ; There is too much of the regulation i boss in that charge. "i am still of thc opinion that a church should be built in Grand Furies, and have joined the rosidents ol that . city, wbo have backed up their petition with a subscription list, in a request to NOT A SECTIONAL STRIFE ,' Dr- Robertson to that effect. If these ! thirty-five petitioners can form a self So Says Chas. Hay. Read the Petition nnd Form Yoiir Own Conclusions. the In accoidance with our promise in pur last issue we publish below a copy of the charges, which have been made to Dr. Robertson, of Toronto, superintendent of missions for Manitoba, the Northwest territories and liritish Colum j)ia, against the Rev. McClennan: First—-Of attending the Forresters' ball and dancing on thit occasion. Second—Of living at a hotel, and associating, smoking and playing cards with the guests of the same. Third—Of associating not with the christian people of the pl.ice, but with the last persons wbo should be bis companions, Fourth—Qf refusing to live in the manse. Fifth—Of having used his influence to have nine dollars of the funds of the Ladies' Aid Society diverted to pay the expenses of a euchre party and the same was so expended. Sixth—That he doe; not visit tho members of the church, especially the ranchers, and that ttie cause of the church in Grand Forks will surely be wrecked if be continues in charge. A representative of the Miner called pn tho Rev. McClennan, at the Alberta hotel, and after showing bim a copy of the above accusations and asked him if he had anything to say in regard to them. In reply he said. "On Thursday of last week I received a letter from Dr. Robertson, informing me, that he had received letters from three different sources taking exceptions to my being retained in charge of fhe mission here. In each case the reasons given, were practically the same as those yoti have shown me." "Have you any idea who are responsible for them?" "Yes, I am satisfied as to the source fiom whence they came, but as I have denied them in totum, and in pr.of of my denial have lqrwarded sworn affidavits from residents and business men of theeity. I prefer not to discuss the matter further at this time." "Do you intend to allow these accusations to go unnoticed beyond denying them?" "Not by a long ways. I have demanded of Dr. Robertson a full investigation ot every charge made, also the names of the accusorn, who have resorted to such low and underhanded means tq blacken my reputation and standing as a minister of the gospel. } feel confident that I will be able to fully establish my innocence, and prove to the satisfaction of every unbiased'person that tbe charges are the outgrowth pf purely spite work, When tbis is done I will then see what the libel laws of British Columbia amount to." "As fat as the wrecking of the church js concerned 1 will simply state that the church finance it in better shape today than it haB been for a long time. Already the citirons ot Grand Forks alone have sHbscribed over $100 toward its support. Furthermore the monthly collections have steadily increased. In November they amounted to $9.05; December 5,13,55; January $22.85, which does not go to substantiate the charge that the cause of the church is being wrecked under my guidance." "Have you been furnished with a copy pf the petition which has been forwarded to the moderator of the Kamloops Presbytery, asking for your removal?" "Yes, \ received a copy qf it fbjs porning by mail." "Have you anything to say to the public regarding it?" "I would like to know who was the author ot the petition? Why the petition was not endorsed by the congregation, and why it was not presented to the session and transmitted to tbc Presbytery by that body as provided for in sections 16 and 17 ot the Blue book; which reads as follows: "Sec. 16.—Members of the church have access to the session in reference fo any matters affecting themselves, "their fellow-members, the congregation or the church, but matters touching the conduct of the minister must be dealt ■with by the Presbytery. The session may be approached by a petition, memorial or complaint, made either jh writ- ting or oral statement, reduced to writ- ting by the session and approved by the complaint." "Sec. 17— Members of the church have access to the higher courts only through the session, which transmits petitions, memorials or overtures to the presbytery. If the session refuses to transmit any such paper, there is a tight of appeal to the Presbytery as provided by in the section " "It, as a minister, I was odious to tbe majority of the people of the congregation, a meeting should havo been called for the purpose ot having the matter threshed out, and a course decided on by all. As this h is not boen done I propose to contest the petition on its illegality." "In regai d to the charge I stated at a meeting of the church 'that 't was not a peoples church, etc' I endeavored to explain clearly at the meei'iig what I meant by tha'. A peoples'church is a phurch without creed and tovcihing itself. This is a Presbyterian mission as ji receives $400 per annum from " Home M'ssjoh fund. !!The charge that I do no\ reside supporting church, and p.ay their way, why don't they do so? Did any subscription list accompany their petition in support of the chum that thoy and the i hie to get you a copy ranchers are the principal supporters of tbe church? This claim sounds like 'live horse and you will get grass in the spring,'an J reminds one o, the story about Pat, who said he tried to make his horse live on wind, and begorra, when it began to get used to it h; died.' "In looking ovcr the petition I find that twelve names appear that have never becn inside of the church since I assumed charge of it last Novomber; otheis appoar who are pronounced Alhists, and those of three interested families sum up ten, so you can see the balance is very small, "If the petition had been open and above board, why did not the instigators ci it present it in person to thc session instead of mailing a copy to me? "Accqrding to the statistics of the mission, the church in the past has never been self sustaining. The arrears in 1893 were S262; 1804, (452and in 1896, g20I. Respecting the last clause of thc petition,'that an energetic christian minister could soon build up a united, self- supporting congiegaiion,' I take exceptions to, as English law is, a man is innocent until he is proven guilty. Rev, Paton the former minister had a similar experience, and 1 am satisfied that as long as the present state of affairs ex ist, there is no living man r.ho can give satisfaction to both siri**.," Mr. Chas. Hay was also shown a copy of the charges sent to Dr. Robertson and stated that he had no knowledge of any such accusations having been sent. The petition, a copy of which he had already furnished 1 lie Minek, W3S the only one he hud any connection with. CHAS. HAY TALKS, Says the Removal of Rev. McClennan is No! a ,'5e:tional Strife." Upper Grand Forks, li. C. Feb. S:h 198.—[F. H. McCarter, Esq., Prop, and Editor Grand Forks Miner]- Dear Sir: Please allow me through the columns of your paper, to reply briefly to an article whieh appeared in the Grand Forks Miner of the 5th inst. under the heading of "Tit for Tat, you can't preach in our church, y.al ya!" tt is not my intention lo discuss the merits or demerits of the petition asking for the removal of Rev. McClennan trom this charge; there are drily rind legally constituted courts y-f the Presbyterian Church of Canada to deal with ;-:i! matters of that description, and. as a life-long Presbyterian, I have confidence lhat only such decisions as are just and charitable will be rendered by the courts of the church. Fully believing that you have been mislead, by false and misleading information, into giving publicity to the many untruthful stalements contained in the article, and that you will readily make tbe "Amend honorable." I will take up each clause as it appears in the article. 1, "Tit for Tat; vou can't preach in our church, Ya! Ya!" This, I take it, is H'.ended to convoy the impre'sion that the church going people of Upper Grand Forks and the adjacent farming country are not willing to let Mr. AlcClennan hold service in the church. This ie very far from oeing the state of affairs; even Mr. McClennan will not deny that every Sunday morning he is listened to with quiet decorum by a fairly numerous congregation which no doubt would be rapidly augmented were the pastor and people living and acting with kindly christian feeling toward each other. 2, "Mr. McClennan at once took steps towards the removal of the church building When this project was made known at a church meeting recently held, it was met with bitter opposition by Messrs. McCallum, Hay et al." I must ask you as a gentleman to correct this statement: I neither said one word lor or against the removal of the church: As a matter of fact, at thc annual church meeting held a short time previous, 1 brought up the question of church situation, and s'tited that I had the initiative in doing so because some of the people nvght imagine that because Hay, .McCallum & Wright owned a good deal of the adjoining land they would oppose the moving ot tho church: I assured thorn thia was not the case, an j I was in favor of moving tho building to a site near to where thc road como*: up on to the bench. Mr. Mclnnis icplied, saying that in his opinion it was premature to take any action at present, and that it would be time enough to do so when a railway station wa- located and the centre of the town finally ascertained: wiih this opinion the others present seemed to coincide In conversation with Mr. McClennan soon after his arrival here, I gave him the above information, so he was fully coj-nizaht of my views in reference to the location of the church. 3, "Now in order to get even with the pastor, Messrs. Hay et al have circulated a pytition a.king for tbe removal oi Rev. McClennan." In the whole article, from first to las , tbe attempt is made to distort the facts and make it appear that it was a sectional strife. Judging from thc tone of the article, I am forced to the 1 (inclusion that it was inspired by someone extremely anxious to pron ul»ate that belief. Kindly un- dece ve the readers of the "Miner" in rbis re'pect. Surely you will have enough perspicuity and fairness to ad- mt thnt gentlemen like Messrs. Covort, Mclnnis, Cairnes and many others who were among the lirst to deal with the petition would not and could not be swayed by any such unworthy feeling as a small see1 ionai jealousy in dealing with affairs of the church. And now, my good friend, let me tell you tbat it is a grave mistake to be stirring up sectional strife through the influence of the Miner. You are entirely wrong when you attribute that motive to me. I bave not, never had, and trust I never will have anyother than the kindest feeling foi" the citv lying qn tha borders ol Upper llrand forks: the growth and prepress ci the one is of necessity bound to help Ihe other forward on the road to population and prosperity. No one ever heard mo talking down or decrying the city of Grand forks: ii any building or imnrovement could not by any influence be obtained for Upper Grand Forks then the next best place I would earnestly tiy to secure them foils nur sister town. This is my feeling, and surely there are not many men in either town mean enotioh to think or act differently, In conclusion, my dear Sir*, let me add that there is no need of applying the term "cur" at 'lie prosent day: I have no idea whom you mean to honor by the cognomen, but in ordyr that you m*ry bave the charges or compl tints against Mr. McClennan, I have taken the' trou- . of thc p-tition. and I trust that, alter using such Ian guage and making such dire thrusts, you have enough sense of justice and manliness to print it in your paper, so that the people may have the opportunity to judge between us. 1 am dear Sir yours very truly, Charles Hav. The Petition. The following is a copy of the petition circulator] and forwarded to the Moderator at Kamloops. This petition wan mailed from Upper Grand Forks, on tb,e 7th inst.: To Hie Moderator of tlie Kamlooiis Presbytery; Rev. Gentlemen: Your petitioners, being members, adherents and supporters of tin: First Presbyterian Church of Kettlo River, humbly beg that you will, at tho earliest possible dale, remove Rev. lir. McClennan from tbis chargo ami Birpply in bis pl.»,,e a grooil onergetlo cliria- ilnn minister, for several isasons, among whloh we mention the following:— At the annual meeting held on D50. aotli inst. Mr .MeC'leiruiiir-s languago and demeanor were 00'en.sive to 11 largo majority 01 tlie pontile pies ent. boing especially so to the ranchers, who linvo been Hie principal supporters of the church. The'congregation ls necessarily composed of people belonging 10 diilYrrenr denominations as His tho ouly church in this part of tbo country, yet Mr. McClennan told thc and* dieiree at tbe meeting that this was not a Peoples church, hilt a Presbyterian clinrcli. Mr. .Mcflciinan docs uot reside In tbc manse, but in a hotel at the extreme ensterly part of the con- ryicjyntioii, and at the annual mooting he spoke strongly ln favorofa proposition to move the church to the cast end. Several gentlemen opposed moving iho church to the proposed aite ami were applauded by an overwhelming majority of Iho--o present, when Mr. .Wc'.'leiniiui threatened in words to iheeilect that he would rise every dibit and all his influence to get a Church erected there, anil that then tho present church would 106c its identity and might remain closed. Your petitioners believe that RU eneigeiie christian mlnistor, exorcising reasonable care and tact, could soon build upa united, soli-supporting congregation, but we arc of the opinion that this cannot be accomplished by the present incumbent. \v. II. Covert, trustee and supporter, Mrs. Covert, Elirinbetli (.'overt, 'f W. E. Covert, D. M. Innls, manager and supporter. Jno. McLaren, " 1). I>. McLaren, lleclnr Kelly, " F. Ruckle, Mrs. F. Ruckle. " J. A. Marry, elder sleet and supporter Nel! Mi-Cillltiiri, adherent, supporter, trustee. D. p. Ittunro, " J. II. Hudson. Chrrs. Hay, Member of board of managers. Mrs. elms, llay, adherent, supporter. Alice Hay, " R. Harvey, Mrs. J. H. Harvey, " .Mrs. W. F. Fisher, member. Anne Carter, adherent. Wm. Cart,rr, " Peter Wrfght, see'y of congregation. Jno. It. Wright,'ndhyrelit and supporter. J. A. Cairnes, " Mrs, J. MuiTy, member. (.'. K, Simpson, supporter. Jno. Cilmutir, " I. I.anu.-a, Jas. A. Newt,)-,; " Mrs. -Simpson, " Mrs. McKiven, " A. I,, llrooks, Mrs. A. I. Brooks, " Mrs. K. Spraggett, supporter and adherent. K. Spraggett, " R. J. Wusson, manager. Hugh McFwcn, supporter, J. Anderson, " Mrs. p.T. McCalltini, membqr, Mrs. P. Wright, adherent and supporter, Martin F. Wiles, " " Peter T. McCallum, member, manager and elder elect. IJ. E. Norris, member. Mrs. j. K. Norris, " LOCAL NOTES. Petitions Must Be Signed in Tripplicate. ANOTHER MASS MEETING , O.'d papers 50 cents per hundred. Lent comes this year on March 23rd. Chas. Emmert has secured a logging contact for W, K. C. Manly. Another municipal election is one of die possibilities of tbe future. Williams sta-fe line had to run an ex- I Ira last Monday to accomodate the travel. Manager McQueen and Jeff. Davis made a business trip to Carson Thursday. Hon. Hewitt Bostock, n. P., Requested to Work for the K. R. V. Railway Charter. as taken c'ra-ge of at the Winnipeg I 1 Mrs. John Rogers the hoarding house ! mine. i A. L. McDonald thc contractor is building a neat residence in Upper (Irand Fork?, j W. 11. Davey sent a large invoice ot furniluee to Eureka curnp yesterday. tt was consigned to Dr. Manly. The work of getting out the timbers for tbe ab* tments of' thc First Street bridge was commenced this week. John A, Manly is iu Spokane on business. The report thai li ■ had accompanied Mr. Armstrong toOttawaisenoa- ious. Rev. M. C, McCiennan will pre-rh n-xt Sunday evening at 7:3a p in in \V. K. C. Manly's hall, on the "Hidden Hand." A. Baumgaertner and family were ar- rivals in tlie city the firm of tbe week having decided to locate here perma- ly. ner. For 50 cents proud pos: by MINER office. can become id possessor of 100 aged newspap ailing on i\t:ss Zoo .McCarter at I thi at tin In pursuant ot a notice a large and enthusiastic and harmonious mass meeting was held in the Victoria hotel yesterday afternoon for the purpose of taking such action aa deemed best to stcure the hearty co-operation of Hon. Bostock, M, P., in securing a charter ior the Kettle Kiver Villey railway. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Chas. Hay, of Upper Grand Fo ks, who moved that Mr. P.ter McCallum, seconded by J. C. Douglas, be made chairman, which was unanimously ear- tied. Mr. McCallum stated the meeting had been called, an the result of a telegram whicli had been received by him on Thursday, from tbj Hon. Hewitt Bostock, M. P., upon motion of Mr. Chas, Cumings, seconded b/ L. A. Manly, F. H. McCarter was chosen secretary. Mr. McCallum then read Ihe following telegram Irom Mr. Bostock: Ottawa, Feb. S, 1S98-K0 Peter Mc Galium, Grand Forks, B. C, Mail Nak usp ] Petition received from citizens of Grand Fonts, Carson, Cascade ab-.it charter for railway. Would hnve more weight if signed bv leading citieens of each place. Wire me if citizens will get up fresh petition, otherwise wiil present these. Hewitt Bostock. At the conclusion of the rending of the telegram he requested an expression of opinion as to the best mode of procedure. Mr. Chas. Cumings sru'.ed that the day previous he had received a communication from Mr. John A, Manly, who is at present in Spokane, stating that Hon, Hewitt Bostock had telegraphed that tbo petitions, memorials and resolutions froni Carson, Grand Forks ami Cascade City wero worthless and wotild not be accepted by Lbe government unless prepared in tripplicate, and urged prompt action on tire part of our people in obtaining new petitions, j B. B. Whi te, a practical Undertaker memorials and resolutions in accor- and'IJaibattner, of Rossland, B. C, has dance with the request of Mr. Bos- l1_QC*t?d \n Eureka camp lock. Immediately upon tire receipt, . . . .n?*-S*MV. J3 a new House, w 'umlture and everything comfortable for the :, and has -*"ommo- tions for a large number of people. The Dininfi P. . :. . . jvided v/iih ing in. tiie market, bar i ited with the best Wines, Liquors and Cigars. TKAUNWEBER SHUSH, " ■ GranrJ Forks, B. C. '•''•* r^.^^^'-^.^^.^.l "•Vv-i-V:.. -,,- * . . -. . . . . • .... .;;-;^.-.r jj^gi .■ . . : • ■/ -'■ ,*y -V-,.,/r,.... yy;,.- I . , .,..,^.a >r,>-HpC;^*«3H^ **.P* f** • ** '.. A crosscut has been run at the 50 foot level on the B, 0, property and as yet the width of tho ore body his not been ascertained. Mr. C Jacobs of Greenwood has assumed the position of agent for the Midway townsite vice Mr. A. K. Staurt resigned. The first Chinook of tbe season arrived this week and did some very effee ive woik ia the way of getting rid of a large amount of surplus snow. R. A. Brown is -rulhority for the statement that the hack bone of winter is broken, and there will be very little, if any cold weather thin season. Mr. Robert Harvey is having his business block on the corner of Bridge and First stieets finished and when completed it will bc a credit to the city. Q:ite a delegation from Grand Forks will attend the S', Valentine's Day dance and banquet to he given by Nelson lod.;e No. 10S, K. P. next Monday evening. The dog po'soner h.as made Irs appearance in Midway and ;« a result several oi the citizens of that place morn the loss pi their favoiiie canine compan- io ns. ..*, { Ll m r^Sttwis-c:;* n. Ri Saddle ililU I &Yi\. A 1 Prospector's I very & STABLE, verside Av., Grand Forks, B.C. O 0X t<r rri-i -V; - . -3 S ir* We ore nla. Grand Forks orses a Specialty, Pro] I tors ofthe find Greenwood j§ Bally Stage Line, Ps ra tnkcii to nil 1 Columbia and on lIieRti *-.'. ■■ bio Given ns n ci l'i.* iv: We will uso you righl PARKEfi a DEFBEECE ifiitRiu British rvatipnatiteo- and trel our 1 ^ec* 9&0-311%XX$ ^OZMkXXtlffik >£# «* nn »*>8>»a «:>:ftis*>'f?5S*.v:;SD::'». t» drive will receivi At the Hotels. The following are the arrivals at the Alberta: C. McDowell, James A. Pack, Fureka canp; P. L. Campbell, Maicus, Wash ; E. E. Williams, Patsy Clarl*, James T. Stafford, H. L. Hayes, W. H. Maivin, G. E. Kayett, Spokane; S. Mangott, Fairview; L. K. RoiSsonnault, H.;W. Genin, Nelson, Wash.;O. N.Bell, Bossburg; L. O'Connor, JUrich Liburg, John M, Burke, R. Deegan, C. A. Ha- genberg, Rossland; E. Spraggett, W. Dalglisb, A. Baumgartner aud tanaily, city; Miss E. Knight, Colorado; Dun can Ross, Geo. E. Seymour and W. Gibson, Greenwood. At the Grand Forks: W. T. Smith, Fred Flenn and Ed. Moore, Greenwood; F. 11. Knight, Cedar Creek; H. H. liro* ton, city; Reid Crowell, Bossburg; L. Mason, Bridgeport, Wash.; Fred M. Wells, Republic mine; D. Buren, Rossland, It. C.j J. L. (arrell and Frank Dal* ton, Summit camp; P. Creaser, Eureka camp; G'o. Holmes, Florence; C, and 0.0Shea,T.Graham,Crimp McKinney; C. A. Wright and B, li Doice. Bossburg; Loui, Bosshart, Spokane; J, H. Mc- Kenzic, Rowland; Thos. Price, Eureka; and Thos. Keyes, I!os;burg. Want There Money. Notwithstanding the tact that Con- t-actor Davey has been allowed $6,000 by the city on bis contract his employes have not been paid. This condition of affairs is creating a large amount of unfavorable comment against Mr. Davey. His representative here has time and .again set a date for the payment of the men, but when the time arrives a fresh excuse is spiung for not dcing Ba, until any statement made iry him is regarded witn susnidion, hi consequence sensational nfmors arc bein? put in circulation concerning the affair. While the argument used in support of these stories is very plausible, the M'lNER can hardly give credulencc to the reports, but as a safeguard would suggest lhat the < i'.ycouncil havea thorough Investigation made, and take the necessary measures to see that all claims against the water works are paid at once. Lucky Charles S. Coutts two.Spokane plumbe the Klodyke under pit* nabing work. Plumbers. ml William Reid, , will soon start for . contract t:i do he, had after con.ulting Messrs. Addison and McCarter cf the railway committee, had the re*C|U"jsied petitions, memorials and resolutions prepared. That copies of tlie same h *.d been forwarded to Carson and Cascade City for signatures, and that the petition for tn|i locality was ready to be signed, and moved that the chair appoint a committee to secure signatures for the same, The question being put was unanimously cr.rricd, TLo chair then appointed the foliowi'g to act ou that committee Messrs Chas. Cumings, Neil McCallum and H. S. Sheads. Mr. McCallum then sfated that the next thing in order was the adoption of a resolution lo be sent to Mr. Bostock indorsing the petitions. Mr. Charles Hay spoke at length upon the urgent necessity of impressing upon our representative ia parliament, tjjt, Bostock, that the people of this dis tHct wero unamimous in favor of the granting of a charter to the Kettle River Valley railway, and that it was their wish that he use his influence in behalf of the same. Mr. Hay then moved the following telegram, seconded by F. H. McCarter, which was unanimously carried: Grand Forks, B. C, Jan. nth, 1898— [Hewitt Bostock, Escp M, P., Ottawa, Out.]—Public meeting here today, unan- j The New England supner .and social imously request you to uecu'0 charter j given by the Ladies' Aid last evening for Corbin's road. Sending petition as 1 in Manly's hull, from both a social and requested. finncial stard point was a succe.-s. On Motion of Chas. Cumings the sec-1 jhe*-e_scmi-:nonthly social have become rotary was instructed to have the same ent by the stnue prompt attention. J. L.Wiseman hr.s jus'started doing development work on the B. C. No. 2 property in S::::imit camp which U owned by Mr. Wiseman and Chas, Van Ness, and joins the famous B. C. _ Arthur Marshall, a resident of Grand Forks, has received word from New York city to thc effect that he has fallen lioir to a large fortune through the death of a collateral relative.--Nelson j Economist, I Mr. G. A. Coffin was an arrival from I Rossland Monday evening and left yes j teniay morning for the B C. mine, to look alter the workings cf thc machin- j ery recently put in operation by him on ' that property. John M. Ijurke a well known mining opcatcr in the Ivootenay's and Idaho was in lown this week on his way to Eurc!;a camp. Mr, Burke is a member of tbe syndicate that has a bond on the Orodenoro in Summit camp. Mr, E, E, Broten w.is down from his farm aboat seven miles uo the North Fork. Mr. 11. has beon putting in his time this winter developing the Josie mineral claim and is quite enthusiastic over the showing that is being mado on thy- property. Jack Smith, came down from the Brady property last Thursday when he has becn doing development work with good results. .Mr. S niili 13 authority for the statement that the Diamond Hitch and oiher properties in' this section ate looking up finely. I ROUGH I DRESSED UMBER, I House Finish. Factory, m f-r 1 1 bash m Store Fronts a Specialty, I Furniture] 0 der, tfe 'k Saloon and Store Fixtures. m ;,, ii (li 0* <*• « tt IS <<> T. G. COOPER, Manufacturer of P >ricfc and Lime. Cuntriu mates on I il!.!-. I'M;,-. erfull* jll eu. 11 Work. Est! ZOH McCARTER, DEALER IN ALL KINDS 1 Plain ■"5 -l-S ■**■ d-Ilv i;; All orders will receive Prompt Jj .attention, 1 t'ancy ,A* Gr, praggett 1 Forks. B. C. btationery MINER oryi::::. RIVERSIDE WE, GRANP )KS. CHA v feu./* IT** A J tr~^ iC7'*?" c-Mv "%' 'Z2t Jit transmitted to Mr. Bo tock at once. Those present were requested to come forward and sign the petition before leaving tbe 'nail, and tho meeting adjourned. very popular with our people rind are I looked forward to with pleasure with I all. Gr ORE FROM EUREKA. Billy McKay was a passenger on last Saturday's ytage Irom Spokane, where he has bo-n for some time enjoying the pleasures of city lite Billy expects to | settle down to business now and do j some work on several No-th Fork prop-; erties in which he is interested, und left this week to commence operations. Two Car Loads Being Shipped as an Ex- The youn(i folk. 0- G,and Porks Rnd periment. vicinity participated in a sleighing : T>< i ' i 1 i «f 1 , l'i i i Two ca** loads of ore from the Reptib- | |^yp^nesd^evening of tbh, Week. UlSlllCt*, ailO pfeS£iltS lilC D€St field "' 'of Mr ! jrana \mg metroj 1 T^ a iHor Ii it is the Vf 3olis of the I corn- River ii • t- i i ^i -L ' j-'ic party consisting he mine, Eureka camp, passed through ,oad§fc^, ,„ th;, Residence town this week en route for Marcus lor j R0U, Clark, some seven miles shipment. The Clark Brothers not be- j North iug sati.-fied as to the best mode of; spent . ., . , .in i r j» fortunate enough io be present repoit treating the ores from thc Republic, de- m0_t e„jc,v;lb*eh*im-., H H cide to send ten tons each to Denver, ,,.*■, „ ,. • , _,, , „ ., , ,__ / His Honor Judge Spinks returned on Salt Lake City and Butte, for treatment. Fr|agy {romJ ,hu |0„.er country and ome seven miles up thi Fork, where the evening wa dancing. Those who were for *4 investors m ihe country pro perty. As the process In each instance is entirely different, it is expected by this means to bo .able to ascertain which manner of treatment will give the best results, thereby decide the character of the mill to be erected ou this property. Tne result of this teat will he eagerly watched for by all interested in Eureka, > aa there exists a wide difference of opinion as to ihe best method to be cm- ployed in the treatment of the ore of this camp. Kootenay districts. He was much Impressed witli the hopeful spirit shown on all sides iu lhe boundary Creek and Kettle River sections, which are only avyaitlng tlie advent of a railway to take runic among the most important mineral producing sections of the prov- vince,— Vernon News. G, A, Coffin is hack from the 11, C, properties that are located 12 miles Irom Grand Forks, wbitber he went In install the lour-driii compressor plant for tho company, While aw..y Mr. Cuf- lin killed a fine fat deer and thought the horns, which be intends to have mounted, back with him, lie says that there are plenty deer in that vicinity; that as 15 have been seen in a single herd, and as a consequence, vension is plentiful.— Rossland Miner. Thc citizens of Upper Grand Forks are showing their faith in the future of that place. A syndicate has be.n form- tatives of Greenwood City, Anaconda, I ed and the erection of a town hall becn Boundary Falls and Midway to watch j commeced. The building, which is to tbc railway interest of thc Boundary be erected on the corner of Government country during the setting of the domin-l Avenue and King street, is to be 30x70! ion parliament. The people of Green- feet, two stories. The lower floor will] c-ood and vicinity have in .Mr. Ross an be store rooms and the second floor ai able expondent of their interest wbo hall, and when e mpleted will add much will no doubt accomplish much good in | levari the appearance of that enter- ►hair behalf. prising burg. For further information address CHAS. CUMINGS, ~ Sec'y Grand Forks Townsite Co. Greenwood Delegate. Mr. Duncan Ross, editor if tbe Boundary Creek Times, was an arrival in the city via last Tuesday's stage from Green- * ood and left Wednesday morning for Spokano. Mr. Ross is on his way to Ottawa, where he goes as the represcn- Is Prepared to do all Kinds of nmercial Printing With Neatness and Dispatch. 61 AM YOU TO LIVE IN ALASKA. WILL WALK OVER THE OCEAN. THE LOCOMOTIVE ENG.NEER. YOCB Bt'CCBSS WILL DEPEND, HeauirenifulM Kelullve l" Your ilenllh Tbat Are lmlis- pennsblc • The universal article ot diel in thai I country, depended upon and indiapens-! able, ii bread or biscuit And to make the bread and biscuit, either in the camp or upon the trail, yeast cannot be used it must be baking powder; and the pow- 910,144 pieces of mail in 24 years. Royal Baking Powder Company, miners and prospectors have learned, i* the only one whicli will stand in that peculiar cli mate of cold and dampness ami raise tin bread and biscuil satisfactorily. These facts arc very Important for everj one proposing to ro to Alaska and the Yukon country t<* know, for .-mould he \» persuaded by aome outfitter t<> take one of the cheap brands of baking powder it will cost jn-t as much to transport ii ami then when he opens it for use, aftei all his labor in packing it over the l-*n^ and difficult route, he "ill find a solid caked mass or n lot <<f spoiled powdci nit I no strength ami useless. Such a mistakt mijilit lead t" the most serious results Alaska ii no place In which t<> experiraen. in food, ur try t-> economize with youi stomach. Kor use In such a climate, am under the trying and fatiguing condi tions of life and labor in that country, ev ery thing in us I be the best and moal use ful, and above all it is imperative thut al fund supplies shall huve perfect keepim qualities, It is absurd to convey ovei such difficult and expensive mutes an ar tide tlmt will deteriorate in transit, oi that will !»• found when required for us-i to have Inst u great part of its value. There is no better guide t>> follow it these matters than the advice of thosi who have gone through similar expert ence. Mr. MeQuesten, who is called "tin father of Alaska," after an experience o! years upon the trail, in the camp, nnd h the use of every kind of supply, says: "Wi find in Alaska that the importance of i proper kind of baking powder cannot bi overestimated. A miner with a can o hnd baking powder is alm08t helpless ii Alaska. Wo havo tried nil sorts, am hnve heen obliged to settle down to usi nothing but the Royal. It is stronger and carries further, hut above nil things, il ih the only powder that will endure tin severe climatic changes of the arctic re gion." It is for the same reasons that, the I*. S government in its relief expeditions, and Peary, the famous arctic traveler, have carried tho Hoy a I Baking Powder ex elusively, The Royal Baking Powder will not cake nor lose its strength either on board ship or in damp climates, and is the most, high ly concentrated nnd efficient of leavening agents. Hence it is indispensable to even Alaskan outfit, It enn I>e had of the trad Ing companies in Alaska, but Bhould the miner procure his supplies before leaving lie should resist every attempt of the out fitter to palm on" upon him nny of thr other brands of baking powder, for they will spoil and prove the cause of great dis appointment and trouble. Wealth and happiness nre not ulwnys on the bent of terms. Winn a ninn begins lo discus-, main ninny with a widow the result i> usually a ti-. lee iu winler nud banana skins iu sum mr have much, to do with the downfall of man. At the date of the adoption of the ted eral constitution Xew York wns n city o| 24,000 inhabitants. The poor child hns just ns much fun with her rag dull ns the rich one does with her Paris importation. Women jump at conclusions aud fie quenlly hit: men reason things out logically and usually miss. The gross receipts of the New York postollice from stamp sules, box rents and miscellaneous sources during 1H!)7 amounted to $8,150,000, nn increase of $300,000 over the previous year. All efforts to obtain anything like correct information regarding the output of {told in Siberia huve so fur proved unavailing. Xo one outside of u few Russian officials is permitted to know. The total receipts of the New Yurk ens torn house for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1807, were $120,003,149.00. For thc year IH.jH the receipts only amounted to $27,600,00. The first vessel to cross the Atlantic ocean which used steam as a propelling power was the Savannah, of HMD tons. launched at ('orients, X. Y.. August 22. 1H18. She left port May 2ti, 1810, nnd arrived nt Liverpool nfter 26 dnys. In 1850 the tallest building in Xew York wus only five stories high, and the church spires were high above them. Now there is only one spire in the city ns high as the tallest building—that of Trinity. whieh in 280 feet above the street. Queen Victoria hns accepted us n jubilee gift from u private person the engrav- d signet ring of Queen Mary II., wife of William III. The same collector guve her majesty the diamond signet ring of Henrietta Maria. King Charles l.'s queen, ten veal's ago. Formerly in India, Slam und other eust ern countries, Malay men driven mad by opium, hasheesh or other drugs, would run about frantically, sword in hand, striking at nny one they might happen to meet and crying "Amok, amok"—kill, kill. Th phrase "to run amuck" comes from that. The total stock of coffee in the United States at the close of last week was 530,- 58(1 bugs, which, added to the 396,000 bags now afloat and under way for our ports, makes n visible supply of 035,580 bags, nn increase over a year ngo of more thnn 35 per cent und nearly 70 per cent above the visible supply at the snme date in 1895. A minister in Springfield, Muss., is snid to have received a bicycle ns a present from the manufacturer on condition thnt it should be advertised by him from the pulpit. In order to fulfill his contract he preached n sermon on "Sunshine From | Between the Wheels," and nt the close he announced to liis hearers the nnme of the wheel he rode und advised them to get only good ones, A Hostoniau Expects to AccomylfBh This Feat Next turauier, Capt. William C. Oldrleve, of Boston, makes unmmuce-nieiit of n rcinnrkable Intention, He says be will walk across the Atlantic ocean next summer. He will begin his journey on July 4, and will be accompanied by Capt. William A. Andrews, famous for reason of his voyage across tbe Atlantic In a small boat, Oldrleve will sleep and eat In Andrews' boat. The seagoing shoes of Mr. Oldrleve nre the most wonderful part of tbe whole affair. They are really a pair of cedar boxes five feet long, with tins on -be bottom and sides. They are very iight and nre capable of sustaining 140 pounds, but as Oldrleve weighs only 180 they are as good to hlm as a steamer's deck. In each of these wooden shoes the water walker's feet are tbrusi deep down, and a rubber garter- dke affair is fastened to tbe leg, thus effectually keeping oul the water. Rubber boots reaching to the thigh are also worn. When tints equipped Oldrleve is oem. UI.mtlRVK IN Ills SKA-OOINIi SHOES. lble in walk ninny miles and to travel ivor choppy seas, ami even lhe heavy ■well of I Iw or-i'.'in. Ills theory of mldocean walking is to sllil*- down the side of a hi**: swell mil wnil I'm* lhe uexl out. to lift liini up. in iliis way In* .-nys il really re- •ulrcs leas exertion to walk on water fnr oul ai sea ihan it does in a shelter- id l.rr.V. iir' tlllllkS ill' will ill* aide IO .vail; from ."inn to 1,000 miles across the Iflnntic In a period of 40 to Oil days. As he i-oni'y,. taken will he In the lwtli of ■H-ainslilps, lie expects to speak many rassinix vessels nnd wild Iwick letters vrliten while walking in uiiducenu to ils friends in Boston. BEACON IN A FOG. '.oiiiloii Policemen lo He Topped Off with ml l'.lcclric l.l-^ht. One wlio lias never encountered a London Eog has no conception of just .vliiii il Is, Inn il is a fact Hint it I're- Itiently happens Hint a person will get osi trying lo find his way across llie -li'i-ci. In such a position one Is liable to In' ground under the wheels of many vehicles feclitig their way Ihrough tlie riliiitisi iinpi'iii'iilrnlrle mist, A proposition is now being considered to top ill' rlrc policeman at the "crossings" villi an electric light tixed on his hei- lu-t. Tlie glass is of a peculiar red- lish Unl, which simile Is said to shine .... ...I.,.. rllolnnoa fhvmitrl, (hn fmr He Tell, a Story Which Sound. Llka a Book. A locomotive engineer should be one of the most truthful of men. That's why this little story of a Southern engineer should be believed Implicitly. "You may talk as you pleaee about red-headed women." he was saying to a group of listeners, among whom was a Star reporter, "but a red-headed woman saved my life anil established a home for herself all at once. I was 20 then and was running a freight on tba O. & <>. in Hie West Virginia mountains, where It took talent lo run an engine. My division ended at liintou, and Ihere was a red-headed girl lived aliout six miles to the east, where There was a siding near a big cut and till. anil it was a had place, as Hie road was new. "Tin. girl's name was Maggie Conroy, nnrl she had the reddest head I ever saw ou a human being's shoulders outside of a torchlight procession. But I dldn'l care for that, and 1 did care for .Maggie, line sunshiny dny I was ram- iug down track with a srtock train load* ed wllh some extra Hue cattle ami sheep, and 1 had In llie caboose lliree of llie owners. It had Im.cu raining ami washouts were looked for, but I hadn't seen any and was bowling along at a goorl speed when all of a sudden at lhe curve I thought I saw a red light rising Just over the (rack, ll seemed to shine like a blaze In the track, and before 1 look time for a thought 1 had shin off the steam, whistled down the brakes and was doing my best to stop. "Right then my fireman give me the haw haw lu a way to chill the blood ln the veins of a man who can't stand teasing, and I took a look forward and found lhat lhe red light I thought I saw was only .Maggie's head of red half Sticking up In advance as she pulled im-self up tlie steep embankment to get onto the track. With un oath 1 opened everything again, but as I did so Maggie threw up her hands and dropped in a dead faint by tlie track, and 1 stopped off everything again, for I fell sure that something was wrong. I had half an hour or so leeway between trains, and 1 shook Maggie up as quickly as 1 could lo find out what was the matter. She came around mighty soon, because she had only fainted from overexertion, and she told, in., how a lug bowlder had fallen on tli* track iu a curve near lier house Hull l wouldn't have seen till it was too late to stop for. and she had run across tha spur of the mountain to stop me in time If she could. "That's what she was trying to do when her red head shone like a danger signal and stopped me. Later the owners of the stock gave her money enough to buy a nice little house at I Mm on and six months later I moved In. We've got the house yet. bin we don't live In ll," concluded lhe engineer, "for It wasn't big Vuough for a family of six children, ami not a red-headed one iu Hie lot."—Washington Star. Tiuili is mighty and it may have prevailed before the gas meter was invented. NEVER'-CONTEHT. A GLANCE OVER MINING CAMPS! II,,ii,I Snld to Have Heen Secured an III,- lleHiierur. !.,,,!,— 1 In- Palmer Mountnin Tunnel—In the lli.torlc Old tiulehcM Around lleleiin. mil a greater distance through the fog thnn nny other color. This will beper- illceman himself ceptlblo when the po..— :s out of sight, and will act also as a ih'. as ire stands at his post In the ■liiiilo. as he stands at his post In t middle of two busy thoroughfares. the stranded wayfarer, Just aa the coast light does to the tempest-tossed Vessel. It will also be a means of preventing tlie running down of policemen, as has occurred several times, by wagons. Tlie light will be supplied by batteries carried in the coat pocket. Rat'road Logic A sleeper ls one who Bleeps. A sleerp- er Is Chut lu which the sleeper sleeps. A sleeper is that on which the sleeper which carries the sleeper while he sleeps runs. Therefore, while the sleeper sleeps In the sleeper the sleeper carries Ihe sleeper over tlie sleeper under the sleeper until the Sleeper which carries the Bloepei' JumiH off the sleeper and wakes the sleeper In the sleeper by striking the sleeper under the sleeper. Water Wound the Watch. Several traveling men were swapping yarns in a Chestnut street cafe ln competition for drinks, This story won for ; ils narrator a round of drinks from each of llie other raconteurs: "When I was up iu the lumber rlis- ; trict of Pennsylvania this summer, : said In1. "I met a lumberman who said i he lind come from Maine to get his j watch. 'Where ls your watch?' I ' asked. 'In soak,' snld he. 'Now,' he i continued, 'you think I mean that it's lu pawn, but It isn't. It's really ln soak uj) the river here apiece. I'm going up to get it; do yon want to go along?' "I went with him, and ou the way ho | told how lie came to leave his watch In : lhe river. Last whiter while working [ on a log jam, he dropped his watch, j which was of the screw-bevel, dust- proof and water-proof type, Into the water. The river was only six feet deep there aud he could see tie watch very plainly as It lay ou the bottom, face up. "There was a freeze coming on, however, and he hadn't time to stop and get It then. Shortly after he was called away to Maine, but he took the precaution before going to mark the spot where the watch lay. Well, we found the place all right, and peering down Into the clear water we saw the watch signing among the pebbles. We had It uii lu a Jifty, and, strange to say, It was still running. "In fact, It hadn't lost Ave minutes In all those five months. You see thc current of tbe river was running In and out there all the time, and the ac* | Hon of the current on the stem of the watch kept the timepiece wound up." -Philadelphia Record. A Day's Variance in Weight. Have you ever tried this experiment of weighing yourself In the morning and again In the evening? it ls one of tlie best ways, so doctors say, of finding whether your health Is good or not. If you are thoroughly well there should not he a difference of mere than two or three ounces either way In the twelve hours. If yon lose or gain as much as eight ounces you shluld Immediately consult a doctor, while the gain or loss of a pound Indicates you are on the verge of serious Illness. This, of course, does not apply to one Just recovering from Illness, for convalescents who have been much reduced may sometimes gain fifteen to twenty ounces a day. Where Bine l.«w Rules. An ordinance being enforced In New- hern, N. 0,, prohibits anyone, proprietors and employes included, from go- lug In or out of a place of business between Saturday midnight and Sunday midnight. The poetical muse sometimes keeps the poet awake, but It Is tlie mews of the cat that disturb the slumbers of other people. Beauty kills time nnd time kills beauty. Your Tax for thc coming year on baking powder will be very light if you buy Schilling s Best and use only one heaping teaspoonful to a quart of flour. Archaeological Discoveries Wholwuile archaeological discoveries have beeu marie at Martres Tolosane, ln the Pyrenees, near the banks of tbe Garonne. Seventeen Roman statues and the bust of a woman, with many other fragments, pieces of mural decoration, glassware, and locksmith's work were found while digging the foundations for a house. It was at Mart-res that a Venus was discovered many years ago, whose head was taken as tlie model for the standard bust of the republic, which now adorns al) French town halls. One Wohioii'm Wisdom. Widow-Have you read the will? Lawyer—I havo tried to, but It is 1n your late husband's handwriting and I can't make anything out of It. Widow—Well, If you can't make anything out of It there can be but little in it for any one else. Girls may never become successful pugilists, but they will continue to train for the engagement ring. Most men bave two objects la life; une is to become rich, the other Iw to becomo richer. * -*^*--*-~^s-*■■ * ■* It is said that a new Butte company has .secured q bond on the Hesperus lode for $400,000, and that the property will he so developed an to demonstrate its value. The deepest shaft on the Hesperus lode is tliat sunk hy tlie Parrot company When tlie sum of $30,000 was spent on a compartment shaft which was sunk at that time nt a depth nf 2M feet. Tiie shaft went down through solid granite ami only an occasional Btrlnger of copper ore was found, none of it of sufficiently hijjli grade or of Buch a mzc as would make it profitable to ship. After tiie Parrot company jrave up the bond on thc property without doing any cross- cutting at ail, the Hesperus Leasing Coin pany was formed, Silas Ring and others hein^ Interested, ami the Parrot shaft was used for the purpose of crosscuttlng north and south a distance uf about 200 feet. To the south of thc shaft 100 feet a lead was cut which was 15 feet wide, and it contained some good ore, though not a sufficient quantity to pay to ship. I'a i in it Mnuiitfiiii Tunnel* The Palmer mountain tunnel, the big bore tliat is being driven into tlie mountain nortli of Looiuis, has penetrated the tirst ledge. The manager snys: "We entered our first ore body lust Friday, 080 feet in. We have encountered several stringers and small veins of low grade ore, but this is tlie first ledge we have struck. Wc. ran through 40 feet of hornblende mid that constitutes the foot wall of the vein. Beyond that we encountered two and one-liulf feet of solid mineral. It is sulphide ore, a milling and concentrating propositinn, and tests made sliuw it to run from $12 to $20 in gold," Around Hi'lenn, Mining affairs are Iuoking brighler in the vicinity of Helena. There is considerable prospecting going on in our historic old gulches and reports are made of some rich strikes, but nothing has yet been developed to a point wliere it is safe i to talk about it. A new 500 ton concentrator for custom work is being erected by the East Helena smelter people. This i will prove a powerful stimulus to the ] mining industry, as it will enable a great i many mines to send low grade ores to I the concentrator which could not be prof- ; itubly smelted. A. M. Holter, president : of the smelter company, estimates that I the building of the concentrator will give employment to 1000 men directly and in- , directly. Ilenr Mountnin DUtrlct. i The country rock in the Bear Moun- , tain district of Montana is of a gn.y I granite and limestone, all veins being found in tiie contact. At a depth of 100 to 150 feet, being the water line, the I quartz becomes base, and from present j appearances the free milling treatment is i of short duration, and in the end the dis- i trict will become a permanent smelting ; proposition, whicli must result in a great j mining center. Parties with means and i backing find good opportunities to get l leases and bonds on excellent prospects. 1', A. I.UI'«l'>"H lOMllltl-. 1 The estate of P. A. Largey, tlie Butte mining man and banker who was murdered a few days since, is valued at $400,- 000 in the application of the widow for Letters of administration, he having died intestate. A large part of his wealth was invested in llossland and Washington mines. He was president of the Center Star company of Rossland at the time of his death. On Tond Mountain. Another shipment of 25 tons of ore is being hauled down from the Athabasca mine, on Toad mountain, about three miles from Nelson, to the Hall Mines smelter, which brings the total shipments up to 2(10 tons. The ore averages about $05 per ton. Carlyle Geta It. A dispatch from Victoria announces that W. A. Carlyle, the provincial mineralogist, will shortly resign to accept the position of general manager for the British America Corporation. Mr. Carlyle has been highly regarded by mining men generally in Ins official position. Hon. C. H. Mackintosh was seen tonight in relation to the above. "I have recommended the appointment of Mr. Carlyle to the position of general superintendent of the company," said he, ''and will keep the place open for him for some time in order that he may accept it.'1 "Will Mr. Carlyle receive a higher salary than he is at present receiving?" "It is the policy of the British America Corporation to get tlie best available in the way of both men and mines. Of course, Mr. Carlyle will receive more than his present salary. An increase of one or two thousand dollars makes no difference to this corporation wnen a man of Mr. Carlylc's ability is under eiuisidcration." Will Not Uo into a TriiMt. J. A. Coram, uf the Butte and Boston smelter, which is now being operated by tho Boston und Montana, speaks ns follows in an interview relative to tho recent tale about a national smelter trust: "I know of one smelter that will not go into a trust, und that is the Butte and Boston. Theie is nothing practicable in the plan. flic country is too large, the interests involved in the mining regions are too expensive and varied, and the transportation question is too great for any combination of smelters in this country to succeed. I don't think a single one of the Montana smelters could possibly be induced to enter such a combination." Honnrd Fraction' Ore. A shipment of ore made last week from the Howard Fraction, in the Slocan division, of which the British Canadian Gold Fields Company have control, to the Nelson smelter gave returns of 173.5 ounces in silver, 1.14 ounces in gold, an average value of $110.03 per ton at the present prico of silver. The shipment consisted of 23 tons whicli gave returns of $2704.05. Sold Stock In London. The placing of large blocks of treasury stock in London of the Kenneth Gold Miniug Company, owning^ the Tamarac group, and tlie Sarah Lee Gold Mining Company, owning the Porcupine group, near Ymir, insures working capital for these mines. Sixty Feet of Ore. A new body of ore has been disclosed in the Silver King mine and the drills have penetrated a distance of (10 feet without reaching the end of it, is the report from Nelson, B. 0. Some people are never content with anything. They will not find exactly what they want even In heaven, If they know some one is there ahead of them. 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The Sawyer and Goodman sawmill at Marionette, Wis,, was destroyed by fire Thursday. The plant was valued at $150,000. The First Presbyterian church at New Albany, Ind,, the largest in the city, was destroyed by fire Thursday night. Loss, $50,000j insurance, $20,000." The Cherokee-Lanyan Spelter Company's large plant at Rich Hill, Mo., was destroyed by fire. The plant was valued at $160,000.' FIBROID TUMOR Expelled by Lydia EL Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound. Mrs. B. A. Lombard, Box 71, West- dale, Mass., writes: " I have reason to think tliat I would not be here now if it had not been for Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It cured me of a fibroid tumor in my womb, "Doctors could donothingforme, and tbey could not cure me at the hospital. I will tell you about it: 111 had been in my usual health, but had worked quite hard. When my monthly period came ou, I flowed very badly. The doctor gave me medicine, but it did me no good. 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Six firemen, including a district chief, a captain and a lieutenant, were killed at a Boston flre, which burned out thc interior of a five-story building on Mer- rimac street, occupied by G. W. Kent & Co., manufacturers of beds, bedding, etc. An order reducing the shop forces between Omaha and Ogden has been issued by the Union Pacific. Two hundred and seventy-ft vo men are dismissed from thc shops at Omaha, Grand Island, North Platte, Sidney, Cheyenne, Laramie aud Ogden. One hundred of these come from Omaha. The officers of the road decline to say how long the reduction will be in force. The Omaha shops worked 1000 mon 40 hours during the week. The United States canal company is about completing its examination of the western division, including Lake Nicaragua and westward to the Pacilic, on Monday next. The commissioners have examined tho ground several hundred feet deep by boring. The commissioners will travel on foot from Ocha to the Caribean sea at the rate of about three miles a day, examining both sides of thc route and wading 20 miles through the swamp. a cablegram received at thc war department from Dr. Jackson at Alton, Sweden, announces that the Manitoban, chartered by Lieutenant Devorc for the government, had just sailed from that port for New York with 530 reindeer and 78' Laplanders to care for the animals and drive them. The war department is now making arrangements for the transportation of the deer across thc continent from New York to Seattle. The war department has recalled the attention of congress to the need of additional military protection in Alaska, and in this connection says: "Information received at this department indicates the necessity of legislation to provide effective means for controlling the disorderly element among Ihe largo number of people now Hocking to Alaska, and for preventing persons who are without an adequate supply of food and clothing from entering the territory to perish during the severe winters, unless relieved by the government." T. W. Flannlgan, Sol Frost, Henry Swart and C. C. Forster of Milwaukee, wealthy lumber men, have gone to Seattle, where they will purchase 300,000,000 feet of sugar pine with a sawmill plant, in northern Oregon, near the border line. The deal will involve $400,000. Fred Carney and Ids son Frederick, with four Chicago, eapitalists.including Pcrley Lowe and H. 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