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[The Economist]
BC Historical Newspapers
The Nelson Economist was published in Nelson, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, and ran from July 1897 to July 1906. The Economist was published by D. M. Carley, and edited by C. Dell-Smith. In August 1898, The Economist absorbed a paper called The Nation. In July 1903, the title of the paper was changed from The Nelson Economist to The Economist.
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1SttISaimiaitm9iammuiiiiimmmuitimumm^mmatmt��iiiaHn vol.. i. NELSON, B.C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1S9S. NO. 31 E NELSON EC ON Issued every Wednesday at the city of Nelson,"B. C. D. M. Oakley. ...... .Publisher .'SUBSCRIPTION RATES:' One Year to Canada and United States . .$2.00 If paid in advance....., 1.5.0 One Year to Great Britain. ., .'........ .. 2.50 If paid in advance 2 00 Remit by Express, Money Order, Draft, P. O. Order, or Registered Letter. Correspondence on matters of general interest respectfully solicited. ' Advertisements of reputable character will be inserted upon terms .which, will be made known on application. Only articles of merit will be advertised in those columns and the interests of readers will be carefully guarded against irresponsible persons and worthless articles. EDITORIAL COMMENT. That there is "nothing new under the sun," is an axiom much disputed in these da3rs of scientific research. We have in our midst a very intelligent class of mining men, but not one per cent, of them, we venture to assert, know what argentaurum is, and "if" a specimen of this metal were to be put into their hands with a nugget of pure gold, they would be puzzled. We use the preposition advised^. Professor Stephen H. Enimens, a New York chemist, claims to have discovered a secret that the alchemists and sages of the past, have been after���-the transmutation Gf silver into gold. He operates on the white metal, and with the inost satisfactory results ���to himself. The last reports from the professor's laboratory- state that 738 ounces of silver have been transmuted, " all of which, with the exception of one ingot sold to English buyers, has been purchased by the United States government.'5 For confirmation of this statement the director of the mint was applied to, and the fact elicited that " Professor Em- mens has made at the assa3r office of New York several deposits of gold, that he claims to have manufactured from silver. This is all the information the department has upon the subject, as none of the particulars of his alleged process are known.'' However, the professor (and we are not aware that he has patented his process) very generously takes the public into his confidence. He cai turn out gold, he claims, at $10 per ounce. At this figure he can do better in his laboratory than can the 150,000 who are said to be going to the Klondyke this year. The process is simple : the silver is subjected to immense pressure accompanied by intense cold. This causes a chemical and structural change, and, presto ! gold ! We have no authority for disputing the claims of Professor Emrnens, but we might suggest to him that a discovery such as his is worth protecting by letters patent. Had he taken this course we would feel disposed to attach more importance to his discover}^. Were such transmutation possible the secret would probably have been discovered long ago. Nevertheless, rnaiw things which would have been looked upon as impossible even half a cent-ury ago are now established facts, so that we cannot afford to scoff at this alleged discovery until its falsity be satisfactorily proved. If argentaurum, or , gold, can be manufacture! from silver, then the Kooteuays will be more c than ever the richest'mining country in the world, while the Klondyke will be aVord banded dov\ 11 to futurity as a synonym of madness. We were always under the impression that gold and silver were separate elements, as clearly defined in the mineral kingdom as the 'cauliflower and dandelio 1 flower in the vegetable. An'������alloy can be made of the two metals, but in that state of union each preserves its distinct qualities, aid is easily separable again. But argentaurum is silver with the silver crushed and frozen out, and what is left, 75 per cent, of the original bulk, is gold. It does not look feasible, at least no more so than perpetual motion. However, we wish the professor every success, and hope to hear more of his valuable discovery. ious combination to those not acquainted with the beauties of the native language or Chinook. If the circumstances under which the place was named Kalama, as given by our friend Ear^' Finn, be correct, it is perhaps as well to, alter it.- .However, surveyors are at work; platting the townsite of Kuskonook, and lots will be put-on the market in the course of a few days. '���...:,������. . . . - . ' Startling news comes from Belize, a town, of about 8,000 inhabitants, in British Honduras. It is to the effect that the negro population are up in arms against the whiteinen, and threaten to continue their warfare until not a pale face is left in the place. They are applying the torch right and left and burning down the best sections of the town, which are occupied by whiteinen-. If the reports to hand are not grossly exaggerated there is a regular reign of terror in Belize which will no doubt" embitter the racial troubles alreac^- too prevalent iu the south. The Chilkoot Railway & 1 ransportatiou Co., report the completion of their system, which marks a new era for Klondyke travel. The company have a railroad operating from Dyea to CaiiAron City, thence a system of aeriai tramways over Chilkoot Pass to Lake Eindeman, so that the time between tidewater and the head waters of the Yukon is reduced to about twent3r-four hours. Anything that will facilitate travel to the gold fields will be hailed with delight by the thousands who are making in that direction. We are not informed whether there is any reduction made in favor of those who take return tickets. There ought to be, for no man should be allowed into that country unless provided with means to take him out again. What's in a name ? The Kaslo 8z Slocan Eand Co. have decided to call the new town at the south end of the lake (up to date variously known at Armstrong's Landing, Kalama, etc.) Kuskonook, which being interpreted means the end of the lake. Kuskonook ! And people will ask Wrhat's in a name ? On tlie ear of the aborigine it may sound well, but the cuss and the co. and the nook will seem a cur- . The question of disposing of the dead is one which is forcing itself upon public consideration. Our present time-honored S3>stem of burial has many decided disadvantages ; sentiment alone has preserved it But the time is fast approaching when it will become neces- sarv to adopt some other means. It rmry be a long time before the necessity^ for a change will arise in this country,1 but in the conjested districts of the old world the da3r for action is at hand. The London (England) Count3T Council, we observe, is appK'ing to parliament for powers to be conferred upon local authorities to erect crematories as an alternative means of disposing of the dead. From the returns of the metropolitan cemeteries just issued it appears that the combined areas of the burial grounds is 62 1 acres, 300 of which have alread3r been used for the burial of 5,511,000 bodies, leaving 321 acres which would but accommodate 1,767,000 bodies, while the Count3' of London population is estimated at 4,471,000. A similar state of affairs exists iu various quarters in the Old Countiw, and petitions in favor of establishing crematories are numerous in consequence. On this continent there are several crematories, but sentiment seems to be against their use. It is difficult to break away from a well established usage, but the sooner the question be agitated the better, so that we may be prepared for the inevitable. Scientifically considered, the urn is the proper receptacle for mortal remains, not the grave, but while there is still the choice surviving friends are entitled to it. And in this conn ec- P������"^^ THE NELSON ECONOMIST. tion it ma3^ not be amiss to ask what the City Council of Nelson propose to do in the matter of providing a cemetery. The present burial ground would be a disgrace,to aii37 communit37. The fact of having to inter a bbd3' there adds additional grief to mourners. There is no control whatever over the place, and graves are dug without any'attempt at order, some of them being on the public highway.-���' .Thievery., least a 'community may expect at the hands of those in authority is that a decent cemeteiy be provided or some other acceptable means of disposing of the dead. < Who would be without a newspaper when :' he reflects that the annual aggregate" circulation of the papers of the world is calculated to, be 12,000,000,000 copies ? The figures are not ours : the37 are taken from the Printer & Publisher, a publicacioii with better facilities and more time at its disposal to make such stupendous calculations. Our authority..con-; ���"tinties. : " To grasp an37 idea of this magnitude we ma37 state'..that' if would cover no fewer than 10,450 square miles of surface ; that it is printed on 781,250 tons of paper, 'and, further, that if the number (12,000,000,000) represented, instead of copies, seconds, it would take over 333 years for them to elapse." Ifany- reader of The Economist should doubt the accuracy- of these figures; he can work them out for himself. But this is where the Printer & Publisher gets in its practical knowledge: '' In lieu of this arrangement, we might press and pile them vertically^ upward to gradually7 reach our highest mountains. Topping all these, and even the highest Alps, the pile would reach the magnificent altitude of 490. or in round numbers, 500 miles. Calculating that tlie average man spends five minutes in the day' reading his paper the people of the world annually' occupy- time eqiiiva- j lent to 100,000 years reading the papers." The nickel-in-the-slot machines will have to eo. Such is the decree of the citv council, and the chief of police is entrusted with the dutyr of seeing that the order is carried cut. There are nickel-in-the-slot machines which are specially7 designed to fleece the player, and so great has been the run upon nickels that it has been found necessary to supply slugs to drop into the receptacles. With these machines it is i; heads, I win ; tails, you lose." There will be a sigh of relief when the last of them disappears from Nelson. Other similar devices are played for cigars, and when one drops a nickel into one of these he may enjoy some reasonable hope of getting the best of it at times. These, we understand, will be allowed to be operated, but the general instructions given to Chief McKinuon is to put down gambling. That gambling is carried on to a great extent in this city is painfully evident, and any measure calculated to minimize the evil ought to receive the hearty support of all law abiding citizens. But one member of the council objected to the resolution calling for the suppression of gambling and the nickel-in-the-slot machines, and his objection is that a poor man has the right to gamble a nickel if he feels c so disposed���as much as his rich 'neighbor to play7 cards, for big stakes iu the saloon, hotel or club room. It is admittedly7 no easy task to put down gambling altogether, but much may be done towards mitigating the evil. At least the facinations of gambling machines need not be flaunted in the ey7es of the 37outhful and uif- warv. If games of chance are to be p.layed, '������',': --6 ��� , . ��� ...������'".'���' let the pla3'ers have a fair show and not be enticed to stake their money against mechanical devices designed to fleece them. A quiet game of cards is an enjpy-able treat to many7 ; it is when the card-sharper appears upon the scene and introduces poker, black-jack, stud, faro, etc., that the real evil comes, in. Ex-. perience has shown that men do not alvvays- gamble with their own monev���the tendencv o - ���. - ������ is rather in an opposite direction. Men who 'will playyhigh-should be obliged at least to isolate themselves so that the bad example they would set if allowed free scope ina37 be spared those who have not acquired the habit. Chief McKinnon has received- his instructions and ma37 be relied upon to cany them out to the letter. There was a. time when the United States senate was looked upon as a respectable, responsible body7, and carried considerable weight in the councils of the nation. -If, however, the action of this once august body7 011 the silver question, and the treatment accorded it by the house of representatives, be any criterion, that day has passed. The senate, by a decisive vote of 47 to 32, passed the Teller concurrent resolution, which is merely- a re-affirmation of the Matthew s resolution of 1878, and was as follows: "That all the bonds of the United States issued or authorized to be issued, under the said acts of congress hereinbefore recited, are pjyable, principal and interest, at the option of the o-overnment of the United States in silver dollars of the coinage of the States, containing 412^ grains of standard silver, and that to restore to its coinage such silver ��� coins as a legal tender in pay-ment of said bonds, principal and interest, is not in violation of public faith r.cr in derogation of the right of the public creditor." This, it will be observed, was simply- a resolution that the government should exercise its option to pay- its coin bonds in either gold or silver, as specified in the bonds. But the house of representatives refused to ratify- the resolution. This was a foregone conclusion���government aid to silver would create a demand for the white metal and would pave tie way for bi-metallisni. However, there's a trood time acoming. The speech from the throne on the occasion of the opening of the Dominion parliament on Thursday was one of generalities. The remarkable advance in the political importance and material prosperity7 of the country was commented on and reference made to the fact that the credit of Canada stands high in the European market, as evidenced by'the recent loan. Reference was, of course, made to the " extraordinary- gold discoveries recently- made upon the Yukon," which are l'kely to result in.an enormous influx of people into the region, and have "compelled the government to take prompt action for the preservation of law, and order in that distant and, almost inaccessible locality." The government will be called upon to ratif3r the agreement entered into with Mackenzie & Mann' for the building of the Stikeen-Teslin Lake railwa3% and it was also intimated that measures will be submitted respecting superannuation, the repeal of the franchise act and a plebiscite on the question of prohibition. This', session, although the outline given in the speech from the throne is very brief, promises to be a lively .'one.': Alread37 there 1$ a veryr vigorous kick on the railwa3r contract, which will doubtless give trouble. It is reported that the dominion government will ask a vote to extend their telegraph system through Ouesnelle to Dawson Cit37 via Teleo'rauh Creek. Such a service would be of inestimable value. The distance from Ash- croft to Ouesnelle is 225 miles, and the government alread3- owns the telegraph lines between these two points. From Quesnelle to Telegraph Creek the distance is 540 miles, which, it is claimed, can be wired in one sea- sou. Telegraphic communication with Dawson Cit3r would mean much for the prosperit3r of the gold fields of the north, as well as being of great service to the outer world. It looks as if there may be a customs war between Germain7 and the United States. The Germans have forbidden American fruit to be landed in their county on the plea that some California pears reach Homburg infested with shield lice. That the San Jose fruit louse is a dangerous little fellow7 is admitted on all hands, and Germany7 naturalU7 wants to keep him at a distance. American horses have also been quarantined at German ports and found to be suffering from contagious disease. The committee on foreign affairs at Washington are beginning to think it is time to discover bacillus in German wine and that German sugar sent into the United States may possibty be not quite so pure as is supposed. A customs war between the two countries is on the tapis. The Provincial Legislature opens to-morrow at Victoria. Never in the histoiy of the province has its legislators been called together under more auspicious circumstances. The}' will meet for the first time in the magnificent new buildiilg, which is admittedly one of the most imposing of its class in this fair dominion, and at a record-breaking epoch iu the wealth, prosperity7 and prospects of British Columbia. LA'eu those who were loudest in their censure of the government for having: u idertakeii the erection of the present parliament buildings are forced to admit the wisdom and foresight of the course, and with the unprecedented prosperit3r now being enjo3'ed they willingly concede that y less pretentious pile would not do the province credit. The opening ceremonies will be on a grand scale, characteristic, we hope, of the good work to I Ittft THE NELSON ECONOMIST be achieved during the session. That it will be a busy and important session there is every7 reason to believe, and although trouble is very7 freely7 predicted, wise counsels will assuredly prevail, so that pleasure and profit ma3r accrue to the province. The Opposition are preparing for a series of onslaughts upon the government, as might be expected, but on the floor of the house the battle must be fairly fought and the gorilla warfare carried on during recess abandoned. , There is a great deal of important work to be done, and it is to be hoped that the country's . good' will be, the object sought and attained. This can best be accomplished I337 the avoidance of all part37 bickerings. At the meeting of the ci / council on Monday, Aid. Hill37er gave notice that he will, at the next meeting, move that all places of business in Nelson be closed on Sunday's, and that the Sunday Closing Act be rigidly enforced. He is likely to meet with considerable opposition, although the object he has in view is a very desirable one. In older communities than ours a strict observance of the Sabbath can be enforced without hardships to anyone���perhaps to the benefit of all ; but whenever the experiment has been tried in a mining country it has not proved to be a decided success. Perhaps Nelson will prove the happy7 exception to the rule. The Nelson Board of Trade has settled down to work, and good results may confidently7 be expected. That spirit of apathy which seemed to pervade, has happily disappeared, and in its stead' has sprung up a lively interest in all that concerns the public weal. At yesterday's meeting of the board (a report of which appears in another column) steps were taken towards securing for Nelson that recognition to which the geographical position and commercial importance of the city entitles her. In the matter of public buildings for the carrying on of governmental work, we have practical^7 little to show. Our customs returns head the list by several figures of an37 port in the Kootena3rs, and yet what have we got iu the way of a customs house? Our inland revenue statistics show up handsome^-, and 37et the office work is done under the most unfavorable circumstances. Our postal business is every day7 increasing in volume, and yet the public have to enduie much inconvenience in this respect. Surely a district which contributes so liberal^7 to the dominion exchequer is entitled at least to a suitable building iu which public business can be transacted without intolerable inconvenience. The proper authorities will be petitioned in this connection and, it is to be expected, not without effect. The Board of Trade also dealt with the uecessit37 of a better mail service between Nelson and Fort Steele, and so utterl37 absurd is the present arrangement that we feel assured attention has onty to be called to it to secure the application of the easy remedy- suggested. Kootena3^ is a go-ahead country, and the day7 has passed when her people can afford to content themselves with a weekly mail service, or no mail service at all. The provincial Government will also be asked to be more just, if not liberal, in their appropriations for public works in the Nelson district. The great mineral wealth of this section is being more firinU7 established every .clay,'aiid roads are as necessaiy to its development as stamp mills or smelters. We congratulate the Board of Trade upon the business-like energ37 being exercised in the ".internes ts of the community7, y "Ask ���, and-ye shall receive." . Heretofore there was no duly authorized bod37 in Nelson to take the iniative in matters of public moment, and now that the board has been organized, that every business man in the cit37 can become a member'of it, we trust they will enroll���it is not alone a privilege, but it is a ditty'-������ so to do We hope to see a large attendance at the adjourned meeting on Friday7 .afternoon, as business of great importance will be brought forward. " The British American Corporation has secured and holds the key to the majority7 of , the golden treasure houses of British Columbia. We will practically-"control the mineral resources of this province. I predict a brilliant future for the corporation, and congratulate the shareholders." Such read a cablegram sent by the Hon. C. H. Mackintosh to the Marquis of Duffer in and Ava, president of tlie British American Corporation. .. The glad tidings were received with applause at the recent meeting of the shareholders ot the company7, held in London, Kno- Cablegrams, however, are unsatisfac- toiy if consultation be necessaiy. The noble marquis in his address assured his hearers that " with one exception we have taken over every7 one of the mines of British Columbia mentioned in the prospectus." The one exception is evidently7 the Le Roi, and on behalf of that company-7 the statement has been made that the deal is off. But all the properties in the prospectus do not appear to have been secured���indeed, the list seems to have been considerably varied. Properties other than these mentioned have been secured,, such, for in stance, as the Great Western, Poorman, West Le Roi and Josie ; while some of those appearing. in- the prospectus have not been added to the list of the corporation. Those little indiscrepancies have no doubt been pointed out since the marquis made the statement above alluded to. In the original prospectus were some properties in this district which we should like to have seen taken over and energetical^7 worked. It is reported from Ottawa that when the : estimates are brought down it will be found j that due provision has been made for Canada ; to take her proper place at the Paris exposi- j tion of 1900. It is not too early to prepare for this great event. The exposition promises to be the greatest undertaking of the kind, and j now that so much attention is being paid to ! Canada in every quarter of the globe, it will | naturally be expected that she make a good ; showing at Paris. Our fair dominion deserves j the prominent position she occupies, but it is | perhaps more to her mineral resources than to anything else that this prominence is due. British Columbia, more than any7 other province in the confederation, has supplied this rnagnetism which is drawing to our shores the capital, muscle, and energ37 of other "nations', for have we not that magic gqld in our every mountain and stream, and do our illimitable forests not contain the finest timber, our waters the choicest fish in the world, and are our coal and other mineral deposits anywhere excelled ? It is, therefore, sincereh7 to be hoped that British Columbia will be well represented at the greatexposition of'1.900, no matter what the cost or what the labor may be;. The niuch-to-be-regretted strike of the iron workers of Great Britain has cost that country many millions sterling. ~ Viewed from other than the financial standpoint, the trouble is equally- regrettable. . It has brought untold. misery7 to thousands of families, and has established the fact that trades, unionism is not the powerful combination it was supposed to be. It is not at all creditable to our boasted age of progress that capital and labor should be alienated. Their interests ought to be mutual, for without the one the other cannot prosper. In the instance under discussion the dispute was simply7 brought to the issue���who can hold out ? As is niore frequently the case, capital won. Being forced to......acknowledge defeat, the vanquished are devising other means to attain their ends. The formation of a union is in process which is intended to be essentially7 political as well as industrial, it being argued that trades unionism without political union is not equal to the solution of the labor problem. The proposition is to organize every7 class of labor���skilled and unskilled, brain workers as well as hand workers. The organization is to be used on every7 possible occasion to advance the. interests of its members by political effort, until collectivism shall supercede capitalism. The undertaking is a big one, and its development will be watched with interest. In this country the rule is to exclude politics in the councils of the trades' unions. A dispatch from Montreal states that the C. P. R. and Heinze have come to terms. The agreement is said to be that the Trail smelter, the railway7 from Robson to Trail, the narrow guage line from Trail to Rossland, and the lands received from the British Columbia government as subsidies are all handed over to the C. P. R. in consideration of the sum of $Soo,ooo. This is good news, as it will give Rossland tlie railway connection so persistently7 agitated for. The narrow guage line, of little practical use except as a feeder to the smelter at Trail, will be widened to the standard, and with the Trail-Robson road also under the control of the big company7 an effective service and cheap rates may7 be looked for. The deal, it is claimed, will in no wa3r interfere with tlie project of a new smelter at Robson for the treatment of silver-lead ores. Heinze has been holding out for $1,000,000, but the 3roung man has done very7 well since coming to the province, and has no ground for complaint. 4 THE NELSON ECONOMIST. A BEAR STORY. ��� ['.. . One of the guests at the Badminton is a well-known logger,' whose camp and scene of operations is near Shoal Ba37, sa3rs the World. Because of his close connection /-'with' the following narrative his name is withheld. About 60 teamsters are emplo3'ed at his and a, neighboring camp. When the sledding is good they- haul logs, but if the stream is open and the roads are icy the teams stay in the hovels,and the drivers go gunning or fishing. / In the middle of the last thaw, when the road on the stream was four feet under, water, . Frank Brown came into camp one eyrening and reported that he had seen a bear among the spruces on the side of a mountain. The other men laughed at Brown, but bu:getting up next morning" they saw bear tracks all about the camp. The bear was evidently7 very7 hungry-7 and had followed Brown four miles to camp in the hope of getting a meal. All the dogs and firearms in the settlement were drafted into service, and every able- bodied man in the place went off on the bear hunt. The dogs overtook their intended victim and there was some very brisk fighting for four or five minutes.'. The hunters, hearing the conflict, hurried up to .help-the' dogs. In a few minutes they7 began to meet dogs that were going- home in a hurry7. When all the dogs., but four had gone by. toward camp the hunters came to the battleground and found the missing ���- ones hung dead en the snow where the bear had left them. The bear was gone, having taken the old' tote road around the head of the lake. More than half the hunters turned back here. Half of these who stay7ed struck across the ice on the lake, which was knee deep under water, hoping to head the animal eff on the further side, while the remainder followed on after the fleeing bear. The tracking party7 had almost reached the head of the lake when they lost the trail. For half an hour they trampled through the woods ; then looking into the lake from a high hill they saw the bear neck deep in water. Sometimes he walked upon Re, and then, getting tired of walking, he swam for half a mile or so. The men fired a pound or so of lead at him, but he was too far away-. Then every man made a dash for the lake, running on the submerged ice in the hope of overtaking the bear before he could get- ashore. Though the bear saw what they- were doing he seemed to display no anxiety. Swimming or walking as the whim took him, he kept 011011 the upper end of tlie lake. The men were gaining upon him raoidlv, and 1 iyy 1 l ���- ���" were almost within er.sy shot when the ice gave way, submerging them in the middle of the lake. Though nobody was drowned it took the party more than an hour to get on shore and build a fire. As a good portion of their firearms was in the bottom of the lake, and as the bear had disappeared in the woods, the party passed a dreary night in a snowstorm and went back to work the next day fully satisfied that the bear would never be caught. In the meantime the party7 that had crossed the lake further down in; order to head the bear off in case he came down on the opposite side, had grown tired of waiting and' moved up along the shore opposite the point where their companions had received a wetting. It was getting dark and beginning to snow when the leaders of an Indian file came out of a" spruce belt and almost ran against a wet and bedraggled bear!" The man fired and missed, and then all the men gave chace. The bear ��� retraced his steps to the side of the lake, and .'followed along in the fringe of underbrush that skirts the shore, so/that while the hunters could hear him breaking limbs nobody7 ..-was. able to get a shot. In this way the bear played'with-them-until dark, and then swam out into the lake. The party built a fire and camped in a snow storm, not a" mile, away from their fellew hunters on the other side of the lake. After having gained all the experience.they' could desire in hunting bears, the teamsters went to work hauling on the new7 snow. Though they7 were glad enough to let the bear go, the bear was not satisfied. It takes alot of beans to supply7 60 .hearty ������teamsters, and therefore the bean pot which was used at the camp was a big one. When filled up and readv to lower into the great bean hole among: the hard-wood coals it held two bushels of beans and 75UJS. of salt pork, not to mention a peck of peeled onions, a gallon of molasses and a whole can of ground mustard. Baked beans, when cooked iu the woods, smell good enough to tempt a dyspeptic. Beyond a doubt they made a similar impression upon the olfactory organs of the bear. Soon after the men had resumed bark hauling a bear began to come about the camps at night and dig the dirt and chips from the top of the bean hole with the evident intention of getting at the beans. The b^ai hole was kept hot, however,, and rock maple coals two feet deep were too warm for the biar to penetrate. As for the spring guns and traps that were set in the vicinity7 for the purpose of slaughtering the bear, they7 succeeded in killing a> $200 horse that had escaped from the hovel iu the night, and were then abandoned. One dark afternoon when the clouds were hesitating between snow and rain and were trying to compromise UDOn sleet, the cook went out to the bean hole to see how the fire was burning and. surprised a bear in the act of jamming his head into the top of the uncovered been pot in quest of baked beans. When tiie bear heard the cook's step he lifted his head, and by so doing brought the wire bail of the pot across the j back of his neck. The cook yelled, and the j bear, tottering under the weight of nearly7 a barrel of baked beans suspended from his neck, retreated up the woods road in the direction of the back lot. Though the bear could make good progress with his load, he had considerable difficulty in finding his way, because the bean pot obstructed his vision. If he held his head high enough to keep the pot from dragging it was iu front of his eyes, and if he allowed the pot to drag his, progress was so slow that the cook was liable to overtake him,'. The cook had managed to discharge "all the cartridges in a repeating rifle without effect and the bear had managed to keep in the road for.half a mile, When the couple met the leading team coming out of the woods on" the last turn. Nobody7 has y7et been able to train a horse so it will not be scared by a bear,, and here was a big bear ornamented to his neck with a huge bean pot, and behind the bear was a bare-headed and franctic .cook-..yelling as loud as his lungs would allow. The front horses reared twice and turned sharp to the off-side of the road. While the teamster was crying to untangle his horses the second load came down the hill, followed in quick succession by a third and fourth. Every7 team saw the bear or smelled him, and acted as badly as it could, and while the cook was pleading for somebody7 to help him kill the bear, and the teamsters were swearing about their horses, the bear made a detour through the bushes and:got away', carrying the pot of beans along. There is war to the knife between the Grand Trunk railway/ and the Canadian Pacific.since their failure to arrive at an agreement over the North Bay business. The Grand Trunk railway7 announces a cut in the rate to Winnipeg, via the Chicago and North Western, by meeting the Canadian Pacific differential, and it is expected that the C. P. R. will meet this cut and further reduce the rate. The Canadian Pacific announce a special settlers' excursion to Manitoba every- Tuesday in March and April. Pocket Diaries for 1808 at Thomson Stationery Co., L'td. A whirlwind of bargains at Nelson Shoe Co's.- ]">:������ >i>r ie tors. -Lillie Rros It is generally agreed that the dominant note of the character of the late Duchess of Teck was her amiability7, but that term does inadequate justice to the heart from which it sprung. She was charity- itself, and a wonderful organizer of relief on a large scale. It is said that she gave out of her own pocket a good fifth of the annual amount granted to her by parliament, and a story7, vouched for by7 the St. James Budget, shows that she knew how to give on a small scale ; to be-generous 'in mind as well as with money-. There were to be some festivities at White Lodge, the Richmond residence of the Duchess, and an invitation was sent to the secretary7 of a charity7 in which the Duchess was interested. By a later post the young lady received a letter from a friend, asking her to a tennis party which was to be held on the same day-. Next morning both invitations were acknowledged, but were carelessly put in the wrong envelopes. The Duchess opened the letter in which the writer declared to her friend that she was very sorry7 that she could not come to tennis because "Stout Mary " had asked her to White Lodge, and she was bound to go. The dav dulv arrived and the frank vouno- lady was warmly- welcomed by- the Duchess, who afterwards took her aside and laughingly said : " My dear girl, I know I am stout, but I cannot help it. You should be more careful iu posting your letters, and never forget that y-ou do not know who will read what 3-011 write. Don't apologize, I have forgiven vou." . G- nrannaraRangiHinanisn^^ JMUUNUIMUMHIJHIIMUMIHWNW THE NELSON ECONOMIST LARRY'S LETTER. Hogan's Alley,:.Feb.. 5- Dbkr Tim���The bit ov family history I gave ye last week is making all the boys look tip there rekords,, an' what do ye think, Tim, but they don't beleavethe O'Flaherty varsion. 'Tis surprising, Tim, how little sum. peeple know in this age ov free edukation. What's got for nothing isn't prized. In owld Ireland we had to pay our penny a week for skooling, an' we always got value for our money, for if the master wasn't able to nock some laming into us he nocked the mischief out. In this country, Tim, the youngsters get their skooling for nothing,, an' are made to take it too, widout the help ov the rod. If a teacher here goes to spank a gosson,,its all up wid him, for he'll be brought before the boord an' be investigated. The birch rod isn't part ov the skool furniture���they spoil the rod an' spare the child. I'd a letter from Con Casey the other day, Tim. As I was telling ye he went up to the Klondyke, Well, . poor Con tells me that he wss raft-wrecked on the Yukon on Chrismas eve an' that the only thing they saved, or that saved itseli, was the mule. The mule was on the raft wid all the grub an' outfit, an' in polling over a shallow spot, Con's stick struck Mr. Mule, an' Mr. Mule began to kick up an' tumbled over-boord. In trying to save him the raft got into the current an' capsized wid all aboord. The boys didn't save a pound ov stuff, barring a couple ov candles an* sum tins, an' had a close shave to save thimselves. Whin they got ashore, there wasn't a sowl around, ah' there it was coming on Chrismas day. They lit a fire to dry thimselves, an' then began to think what they could get to ate. Whoile they were thinking, the owld mule hove in soight an' the boys kilt him. " We called the place Desolation Camp," says Con, "an' this was our Chrismas day bill of fare : ���MENU- mule. SOUP. Mule Tail. FISH. Baked White Mule. Boiled Gray Mule. MEATS. Mule Steak Fried Mule Mule Chops Broiled Mule Stewed Mule Boiled Mule Scrambled Mule Shirred Mule French-fried Mule Minced Mule DAMNED Mule. Mule on Toast (without the toast) Short Ribs of Mule with Apple Sauce (without the sauce) RELISHES. Black Mule Brown Mule Yellow Mule Bay Mule Roan Mule Tallow Candles BEVERAGES. Snow Snow-Water "Water. But Con got to Dawson City all right, Tim, an' he tells me that living is high there��� $1.50 a pound for everything. High living, they say, brings on gout, but Con dosen't think that any won '11 suffer from that disaise there. The noights are long, he tells me, an' wid candles 2. dollar apiece thej/- goes to bed early, " not to sleep," says Con, " but to lie awake, shivering cowld, an' to think what darned fools we was to laive Nelson." Dm sending ye a verse or two, Tim, that he made up won ov his sleepless noights : Trunks, Valises, Grips at Thomson Stationery Co., L'td. They may talk as they plaise, ova life crown'd wid aise, An'nuggets galore, an"'nuggets galoie, 'Tis meself '11 make bowld, there desait tc unfowld Wid sorrow asthore, wid sorrow asthore. The goold that they spake ov, tis twelve feet below, There's ten feet ov ice an' just two feet ov snow . >:> To be picked out an' shovelled, an' thawed out ye know, In this beautiful land ov the Klondyke. They may say that down there, when the bed rock ye bare, Yer fortune you'll fbind, yer fortune you'll foind, An' that if ye work harder an' dig her down farther, There's more ov the koind, there's more ov the koind, But fellows who've struggled the bed rock to reach, '111 tell ye exparianee alone's fit to teach, That practice don't proye half the things that they preach 'Bout this snow covered land ov the Klondyke. There's nothing loike labor to cure the gold faver, 'Tis certain to cure,'tis certain to cure, Wid a cowld winter blast an' a long spell to fast It cannot endure, it cannot endure. Won fed upon hope isn't likely to thrive, �� An'-.snow balls nor ice cream won't keep him alive Whoile awaiting the wealth he's supposed to derive From this over-done land oy the Klondyke. Begorra, Tim, but they must be having a hard toime ov it at the Klondyke. I think it 'd be too cowld for meself up there, an' when I'm looking for dasent company I'll get something better than polar bears. They had a grate hockey match on the rink the other noight between the Go-Goes an' the Wah-Wahs, The teams got mixt an' so did the puck, but it was grate fun. Whoile the Wah-Wahs were hooping the Go-Goes goed, but some how or other the Wah-Wahs got the game, an' evir since then there talking ov starting a Wah-Wah club. It'll be as hard to get into it as into the Chiverees. An' be the same token the Chiverees haven't been out for a long time now, though theres marriages an' giving in marriage every7 day. I must see the president ov the Chiverees about this. I'm to wid that there's going to be a race for the wTheelbarrow championship ov the world here in a few da37s, an' if the police or the Humane Society don't purvent it there'll be seven wheelers start. The race is to be over the Hall street toboggan slide. There to start from the top an' are expected to get to the saw mill in 13 seconds, without brake- ing their necks. Its as much as a chap's life is worth to tr3' an' get down the hill now, ye know, even be howlding on to the railings. The wheelbarrow men that survive the journey '11 then be started up the hill, an' they'll be allowed an hour an' a half to do it ; but they'll nevir be able to get there in that toime. The man that can rowl a wheelbarrow down or up that hill '11 be the champion ov the world. It makes a beautiful toboggan slide, but the worst ov it is that the3^ won't rent it out for a slide. They reserve it for the brake- ing of peeple's bones. Mickey7 Burns say7s he | wouldn't take fifty dollars an' attempt to walk down that hill in its present state covered wid ice. Tis hard enuf to get up or down when the boords are dr37, but when there covered wid ice, its as much as won's loife is worth to try it. The37 say that any won that can walk the slide needn't be afeerd ov mountain travelling in the depth ov winter. Valentine's Da37 is coming, Tim, an' all the boys are getting ready for the fun. The fellows in love are laying for the purty-purty wons, but the chaps in mischief are going for the charactures, so that thev will be ha vine a hot owld time ov it. Here's to ye until next week. Larry Finn. FROM THE PROVINCIAL CAPITAL. ������', (Speciarcorrespondence to The Economist.) Provincial Mineralogist Carlysle is about to resign his position and become general superintendent and consulting mineralogist of the British American Corporation. During his brief service in the province he has done much to promote mining interests and has shown himself to be a very practical man. His resignation is, therefore, not at all favorably received, but those who regret his action derive so rile consolation Trotn the fact that Mr. Carlysle will continue to operate in the province, in the interests of his company it is true, but nevertheless his presence and experience will be of advantage to the country. Who his successor will be is not yet known, but there are many who aspire to the position. The medical profession and indeed the public generally are taking a lively interest in a lunatic patient treated by Dr. Krnest Hall. The lady in question has been* an inmate of the lunatic asylum in New Westminster for the past couple of years, and was believed to be a hopeless case. Dr. Hall had her removed to a private hospital here a couple of weeks ago, and as a result of his treatment the patient has to all appearances been restored to reason. What the nature of the treatment is, I am not in a position to state, but that it has proved successful iu this case, is evident. Kncouraged b37 his success, the doctor will operate upon another inmate of the as3dum. It is encouraging to think that at last a means has been discovered to relieve these most-to- be-pitied sufferers. A ver3r interesting case is now being heard in the courts. It is that of the Ksquitnalt-& Nanaimo Co. vs. the New Vancouver Coal Co. The defendants, it appears, are working under the sea opposite the Newcastle town- site, the coal deposits of this area being claimed b37 the plaintiffs by virtue of a deed of crown grant under the great seal of Canada, dated April 21st 1887. Mr. Justice Walkeni has ordered the suspension of operations pending an inspection of the grounds in dispute and the verification of certain plans produced by plaintiffs. C. J. McLennan left on the Boscowitz the other night in charge of an expedition going north in the interests of the Klond3'ke Mining & Transportation Co., to inaugurate the Stikeen route, upon which the company propose to operate. Stations will be established along the route from the Stikeen to Teslin Lake. The part3r consisted of fort3^ men well equipped. Moral reformers are trying to make a good impression just now, but a more inopportune time they7 could not select. The cit37 is overrun with strangers bound for the gold fields, and anything our reformers may do iu Victoria is not likely7 to prove effective in the far north. The bad I3037 controvers37 has now died out and the bad men are getting it. Bkacon Hill. Ledgers, Journals, Cash Books at the Thomson Stationery Co., L'td. 53!SE8CTjf$i$ r f 6 j_<>_- -O'j. > v_y^>a-j-0 a. t he , ci TV go Unci �����?������;.: m M K*. ���\ The weekly meeting of" the. City GounciloV Monday afternoon.:, was a very7 lively7 -affair.. There was:a;full attendance of members,'' and in the absence of a city clerk the Mayor at- :"'. tended to the minutes*. There were no reports ��� -from ain7 of the standing committees. ...' The Mayor asked if the Board of Works had y ' decided .'upon".'the tender' of Noel & Thomson ������; for the building of the retaining wall on Ward . -/Street.������.''��� ��� ,'-: ;...y ;.y-" .- ��� ' ���" : ;��� '���; Aid. Hillyer replied'that he Avas under'the ���y impression:the.council had decided the matter at the last meeting, .The tender ��� wa��y tile lew-- ' est, and he/bkb'npt heard any objection tO-iL^ ; ; ������ The Mayor -There was a'nol^ectionjfaised: ',::'on the ground that there would' be ->a dot of Italians employed^-,. I spoke/to Thomson oh the subject and he assured, me that such would : hot be the case.' . They .will have Swedes and: ���;': Canadians there (laugl^e^. �� ;'' ; It was decided to ratify.'.the* contract with ��� Noel& Thompson,, the,usrilah^saviiig' clauses being inserted: . ...'-.. ; ���*��� '������-��� Miscellaneous accounts, totalling '-.$12-9. 78 ��� were "ordered to be paid. Bills amounting to $621 16 were submitted, and' referred to the ���Finance. Committee. . Dr.'LaBau, Medical Health Officer, reported that the sewerage matter from the Kootenay7 Lake General Hospital was a danger to public '' health, and recommended that a tank'by built to receive the sewerage, and th at sa me* be- emotied at regular intervals. Pending this action, the doctor suggested that disiifectaiVts. be applied to the present mass of frozen sewerage matter, and that same be removed. Aid Hilkver : There ought to be some action taken at once ; the place is in a bad way. The May7or suggested that the city7 build a cess pool and have the hospital people held responsible in the matter of keeping it clear. Aid. Hillyer favored the building of a proper and permanent sewerage system. That end of the town would be built up this summer, and a sewer will be . necessary. There was no use in wasting money7, on- temporary expedients. After some further discussion the matter was referred to the Board of Works. The trouble between tiie hospital and the city as to water supply, and which formed the subject of litigation, was reported satisfactorily settled. The hospital people renounce all claims to the water, and the city undertakes to supply the institution gratuitously. J. H. Bowes, as-one of the owners of Carney Hall, asked to be -supplied with a copy oi the Citv Kn��"iueer\s complaint as to tlie unsafe condition of the building. A long and animated discussion ensued, Aid Hillver contending that it was no part of the ' Citv'Engineer's duty to tell the owners of the hall what is to be .done to render the building- safe. He had reported the building unsafe, audit was. for the owners to put it right. It was ultimately decided to inform Mr. Bowes that if he submitted his plans to the City Engineer that official would state whether thev be satisiactory or otherwise. : --v. The resignation of C,; Ey Seely,,as .city clerk, .^was;handed in; :ahd accepted .,withou(.t;v.d.isc'usr :': sion. . i ' ���' yyyy: ':-'':;y:':'':::1 ���������-. ,y'-yy:.������:>������; :..:��� ._.-. .;.::.'... ���.-eit37'Auditor'Hamiltoii:-- handed in,a report .." showing receipts as' follows ..: Miscellaneous, 1175, licences $3\'Sj2 50,' -water, rates$3.2.1,' and police $35 25 ;; -bank -deposit $4,075. 3��- " . ,0" ; Aid. Teetzel moved that���. the, chief of police' be instructed'to visit the .hotels,, saloons, cigar stores, etc., where gambling ,is carried oii", and put a stop to it.'? ' ������ ��������� ���.; ���: <-.'>'��� . /Aid. Hillyer asked the mover tp define what ���-he meant'by gambling.-: -���;. , ,_ ...,���: Aid: Teetzel :; Playing for money'. 'There is altogether too much of.it in.this city. :.,' Aid. Hilly^er :-" I am afraid you are overstep- y-piiig it. "��� If a man/plays a friendly-game for a .drink, do you call that gambling ?g, :..,' . ''- Aid. teetzel replied:that it was . not at such ���friendly games that his resolution'was aimed, but. at games played for- money, and at the nickebiii-the-siot machines.- , ��� y The -M'ayor concurred-. They7 wanted to put' .down black-jack, faro, -and such games,.,-as well ��� as the nickel-in-the-slot machines .played for money. He gave his experience of a game of black-jack he saw played in; a saloon in town last summer. He forbid the game, and did not think it had since been played in Nelson. Aid. Kilmer :��� If a'man is fool enough to fool away his money, let him do it. ' The Mayor-:'. That is gambling, and we want to do away with it. ��� ', Aid. Whalley : It = is the kids of the town that ought to be protected. . . Aid.-'Hillyer did-mot think the resolution- would put down gambling. If men wanted to play for big money they, would go to one < f the upper stories of the house. You could not o-et at these, while the poor man would be presented from playing for a drink or playing fifteen or twenty cents on the machines. Aid. Teetzel : With the experience we have had here within the past few weeks,' we ought to be convinced of the evil .of gambling. l I knew it would come to trouble. Aid. Whalley pointed out that the resolution was aimed at putting down gambling in public places. Aid. Teetzel : There is a lot of gambling- done with Other people's mmey, and if the chief of.police cant put a stop to it we will get a man that will. There will be a lot of poor men here from the Crow's Nest Pass railway- works one of these days, and they will simply be robbed if gambling is-allowed to goon as it is now. After some further dission the resolution was put and carried, Aid. Hillyer alone dissenting. Aid. Hillyer then gave notice that he would move at the next meeting of the council that all places of business in Nelson be closed on Sundavs, including saloons. There were three applications for the position of city clerk���from Harry Wright, John Watson, and J. R. Strachan. The last named was declared elected ouythe third ballot, securing four votes. The council adjourned to Thursday, Presentation Goods at Thomson Stationer}' Co., L'td. YM1R. ..,.;.��� ..( ;���-.' (Specialcorrespondence to The Economist.) |. The Dundee is working steadily: and is now ! employing more men than formerly7. ;���':��� \Some carloads of lumber have lately been .shipped iu, our own mill not having started work as was expected. ��� The rain of the past few clays has caused ��� 'some extra work for the N. & F. S. 'railway.-. On SaturcUn7 last the north bound train was about six hours late. c ' '-'A petition has been sent to the government .'.-praying for the'erection of a.'school house in this town. At present the school is held in the Presbyterian chucrh, but the number of ' children now here warrant "the .'petition that a school be built.. ,. o'; .' Last week an alarm of. fire was sounded in the north east end of the camp.' .Fortunately 'but little damage was done, 011I37 a few shingles of a roof being burned, However, we p-et these little reminders to keep before us the necessity of some better protection against lire than we at present have. On taking a trip to Erie last week I found : that camp in a flourishing condition. Several mines which have to ship their supplies through Erie are pushing work vigorously. The Second Relief has, ever twenty men work- incr and it is the intention as soon as snow disappears to put on fifty more. The Arlington is also working a good number of men, and the Atlanta is employing several. These, with a few others, are showing up well. Present indications point to a lively ��� spring and summer for the whole district. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. The Lake Shore railway- has been secured by the New York Central. There was a $3000 fire in the Herald office, Montreal, the other night. Allison, the boy7 murderer, was executed at Berlin, Out., on Friday'last. The revenue of the government from the Yukon to date is $165,000. . The Toronto Curling Club have won the Thompson-Scoville medal at Buffalo. The financial statement of Nova Scotia shows a deficit on the year of $21,45.8. A find of rich ore is reported on the divide between Cariboo Creek and Slccan Lake. Reports from the eastern states speak of a most disastrous storm during the past week. Thomas L. Thompson, ex-United States minister to Brazil, has committed suicide by- cutting his throat. The body of H. P. Fitzgerald was found in the Wellaud canal on Saturday. It is believed he fell through the ice on his way home. The British, Indian, Australian and Pacific squadrons have been ordered to be ready to reinforce the fleet in the Far East, thus giving the British admiral a fleet capable of coping with any combination opposing the British policy. The Nelson Wine Co. sell only liquors which they can recommend. yl\ ���"* y i 'i if \ \i [��JEISWP^^^ THE NELSON ECONOMIST. 7 LOCAL NEWS A couple of scow loads of ice arrived in town during the week, and is being stored for summer use. The public arc lights are now all in position. They; are advantageously placed and give satisfaction. Noel & Thomson, contractors for the building of the retaining wall on' Ward street, between Baker and Vernon -streets, have commenced operations. Should the weather prove favorable to the sport, the local hockey team will leave for Rossland on the 17th inst. to play7 the return c match during the Rossland winter carnival. Drivers are cautioned not to trot their horses over the bridges within the city limits. If they7 go over these structures at a speed ���greater than a walk the3r are liable to a "fine. A storm of unusual severit37, accompanied by7 rain, swept over Nelson early y7esterday morning. Though a great deal of damage was done, in no particular instance was the injury serious. A graphophone service was held at the Salvation Amy Barracks on Monda37 evening which, despite the inclemency of the weather, attracted a large audience. The service was a great success. Owing to the heavy7 snow of the past week railway communication has been somewhat irregular. Monda3*'s rain, however, has done much to wash away the snow, and the weather prophets are sa37ing that winter is over. It is expected that there will be a great deal of building done in Nelson this 3Tear. A number of parties are onl37 waiting for the season to open to commence the erection of houses on lots purchased at the recent sale of government property. The new provincial jail is receiving the finishing touches, and will be handed over in the course of a few da37s. Warden Fitzstubbs is expected back from the Coast earty next week to assume charge of the gaol, when the prisoners now detained in the old quarters will be transferred to the new. Work on the final surve37 of the Nelson & Bedlington railway has begun, and will, it is expected, be completed within a couple months Construction work is likely to start between Bedlington and Kuskonook, down the east side of the Kootena3r River, and be pressed to completion. C. E. Seel37, the cit3r clerk, left town on Saturda37 last, without, apparently, giving any intimation as to where he was going, and rumor was bus37 assigning a reason. A hurried audit of the corporation accounts was made revealing some trifling shortages, which, it is said, are almost covered b37 the amount due Mr. Seel37. His resignation was accepted b37 the board of aldermen at their meeting on Monday afternoon. The departed cit37 clerk had no bondsmen to whom the city7 might appeal iu case of disagreeable mistakes which might occur. A successor has been appointed in the person of Mr. J. R. Strachan. The tug being built by Capt. Campbell and Elliott & Hale on the point below the N.&F. S. railway depot, is fast Hearing completion. She will be a steam-craft 80 feet long, 14 beam and 6*4 draft. The bandstand has been removed from Ward street to the park, which will probably be'its final resting place. The structure has been moved on several occasions from one part of the city7 to the other, on each removal giving place,to some more lasting monument co Nelson's growth. In the past it has been more ornamental than useful, but now that it is at the park there is a hope that sweet strains of music will be again heard from it. There was a very pretty wedding at the Episcopal Church yesterdays morning, the contracting parties being Mr. C. W. West and Miss Olive Askew, third daughter of the late T. G. Askew, of Chemians. The happ37 cere- mo^7 was performed by Rev. Eston, the choir assisting with appropriate music and the church being nicely decorated. Miss Little acted as bridesmaid and Dr. Sy7mond's as best man. The bride was given away7 by her brother, Mr Walter Askew. There was a large gathering of friends present, and as the happy couple left the church they were greeted with heartycon- gratulations and showers of rice. Mr. and Mrs. West left for Victoria 011 their honeymoon, and are exoected back iu a couole of weeks to make Nelson their home. BOARD OF TRADE. MINING NOTES. An option has been secured by7 the Mackintosh symdicate on the Legal Tender. Assay7s from the Christina mine, in the Boundary7 country, give $58 29 to the ton. The shaft house at the Iron Mask, that was destroyed by fire recently, has been rebuilt. The Columbia-Cariboo, on Cariboo Creek, is said to have a well defined lead, 3000 feet iu length, carrying galena and carbonates, and running high in gold. The Silver Queen group on Cariboo Creek is being developed on a liberal scale, and the company7 operating contemplate the erection of a copper matte furnace. The Big Four group situate between Nelson and Robson has been acquired by the Canadian Pacific Exploration Co., of London. The price is $50,000. The ore goes $30 to tlie ton. The ore shipments from Rossland last week aggregated 1,290 tons. Of this the Le Roi furnished 1,000 tons while the War Eagle's quota was 135 tons. The Centre Star contributed 75 tons and the iron Mask So tons. Work at the Fern mine is progressing favorably7, large bodies of rich ore being unem- ered. An electric light plant is being put in, and preparations are being made to have the tailings of the stamp mill treated by the cyranide process, which it is hoped will be a substantial gain. Thirty7 tons per day are now being run through the mill, and the next clean-up is expected about the end of the mouth. Nelson Win.'! <'\ -\ ������ ���." -'!' --o-i M-.,..f P,v (ill means ffi ve th ro ���<! Ii-i .,,-.-. , A meeting of the Nelson Board of Trade was held in the cit37 hall yesterday7 afternoon, presided over by7 Mr. F. Fletcher, and numerous^ attended. Applications for membership were "received! from eleven citizens, all of whom were added to the list. < The necessity of providing better -facilities for conduct of public business in, Nelson was discussed, and a very7 strong opinion expressed that the position and, importance of the city7 demand better accommodation for the customs, postal, and! inland revenue services than is, now available. A committee consisting-."of' Mayor Houston, H, P. Thomson and H. R. Sherwood was appointed to draft a petition-to the Dominion government, embracing the views of the board, and submit same to a meeting to be held on Friday afternoon. The unsatisfactory7 mail service between Nelson and Fort Steele was discussed, and the feasibility7 of a- much more expeditious route pointed out. Instead of sending'mail, matter round .by Kalispell as at present, the quicker and more serviceable way7 would be by^ Kuskonook, Moyue City and the tote road of the Crow's Nest Pass line of railway7 now. under construction. This would 'give.more'-' direct communication and also secure for the points -named-a quicker and better service, besides ac: >m n >iatLig the thousands of.'mei;' emplcyed on railroad construction. The committee named to draft the above mentioned memorial were also asked to communicate with the post office authorities with the view of securing the service outlined. A resolution was passed urging upon the provincial government the necessity of providing a land registr37 office for Southern Koo- tena37, with Nelson, being the most convenient point, as head-quarters. The government appropriations for public works in the district was also discussed, the opinion being that more liberal treatment might reasonably7 be expected. It was agreed to call upon the government to accede to the pray7er of the petitioners re. the construction of the Crawford Creek and Six-mile wagon road. An appropriation was also asked for the opening up of the old trail between Nelson and Ymir. The meeting adjourned until Frida37 afternoon at 3:30, when a lar^e attendance is expected, as business of great public importance will be brought up. An enjoyable social was field at the Methodist church last evening, which was largely7 attended. Favorable reports continue to come in from tlie mining properties on Christina Lake. Some of the ore assayed runs $jS to the ton. Another shooting affray is reported from Eureka camp, the injured one being a prospector named Wynn, and his assailant Dick Frizzel, who is under arrest. The People's Shoe Store, the phwe for hartrains. Why? Because on March 1st we close, and our prices now cannot fa i 1 to nlcu^e. Call and he convfnceU, at the People's Shoe gH57OT3F?^^^ THE NELSON ECONOMIST WOMAN'S KINGDOM Burmese women, contrary to' it keeps a French nurse or maid and French is universally7 spoken in society. Painting and music are CD popular supposition'} enjoy7 all the [quite necessary7, but girls are care social and intellectual-. " freedom I fullv trained in dancing, and clril- which could! be desired. . In fact, j led to enter a room and sit clown the emancipation process has gone j with elegance. Lastly7, household so far that there seems to be almost [duties are taught���how . to make a call for a man's .rights crusade, j rose jam, Turkish coffee, and var- ��� according-, to Mrs. '-Ernest Hart, I ions delicate sweetmeats similar to author of a book just issued on j what we call Turkish delight Picturesque Burmah, Past and in Prices in Milliiiery to make room for Spring xoods. La dies will do well to call and get prices in dress-mak- in��. :; MRS. E. WIci Present. She '....says ������:.' Women in Burmah are .probably freer and .happier than any where else in the world. .Though Burmah is bordered on one side by China, where women are held in contempt, and on the other bv cIndia, where they are kept in the strictest seclusion, Burmese women have achieved for themselves and have been permitted by their men to attain freedom of life and action that has no parallel among' oriental people. The secret lies, perhaps, in the fact that the Burmese woman is active and industrious, while the Burmese is indolent,, and often a recluse. Becoming, therefore, both bv taste *.j ' y -s I American society: women who eagerlv follow the changing modes have little .idea how these modes start. Even in Paris, where most of the fashions be��'in, their origin is mysterious. But the changes mB^m^^Bm�� ^to^to##��#@@����@@��^������#��@����-#��@��^@����s����@ ii <Ka vD which take place in fash ion are never improvised ; they7 a re, on the contrary, the result of a series of essqy7s and long study. Oftentimes from a general detail which might escape notice, the idea which will determine the creation of a new model will be -born��. Once the models for the coming fashions are determined upon word is sent forth and the fashionable customers who 1119ke or kill a fashion start out on WINNIPEG, -MANITOBA. ��� Wholesale Dealers in Butter, Eggs, Cheese,' Apples, Poultry ,..���.". ; and Cured Meats. ������-.'���' ' The largest handlers of these goods in Western Canada. All warehouses under perfect sy7stem of cold storage. Full stock carried at Nelson, B.C. For prices write or wire RUSSELL ivl^r Nelson Branch Parsons Produce Go. [j ��� t7 ^> t^ ��SDi9 VS. >-=�� ZX* U=7 p ?���, '0. .' '��� ' W^�� w~**< 1 MERCHANT TAILOR n j: h i ass Suits Mac!' Latest Styles. n th^ A Magnificent Line of Scotch Tweeds and Worsted, and West of England Trousering-;?, Suitable for Spring wear. A special feature of Fancy Worsted Suitings -. and by habit the money-earner, the their accustomed pilgrimage aloha bargainer and financier of, the household, she has asserted and obtained for herself the right to hold what she wins and the respect due to one who can and does direct and control. W^W ~h I i-H In Greece it is considered an everlasting disgrace to remain an old maid. Girls are betrothed very often when still tiny babies. Marriages of love are absolutely unknown���even mere so than in France. And the father is .most particular that the intended husband must have an ample provision to support a wife and family. For the girl a dowry is not so important as in France, but a certain amount of linen and household furniture is generally required. Tlie whole training and education of a Greek girl is simply a preparation to reu-j cler her brilliant in tiie soeietv of the Rue de la Paix ��� and its environs.' "The Paris ien ne." a famous modiste said the other day, '' really7 collaborates the birth of a new fashion. She possesses a keen criticism, a faculty of appreciation, which is often precious. Slie helps with her advice to bring a model to a culminating point of simplicity and elegance.'' This influence has often been contested by certain dressmakers, but it is no less real for ail that, and the most authoritative 1 ave been forced to submit, knowing that if such and such a model'is accepted by7 a certain group, whose example will make it a law, the maioritv of women will accept iu their turn that cut and that shade during the height of its popularity, and even when it is on the wane. j $ And then again it is the unex- e Baker St. HJ> Nelson, c Everything up to", date in \^���^ L R A ��^^(U?-^(&~^(um'^(U7^^ Rogers 1847. Kniv* and Spoons. ,argest stock in Kootenay. Jewellery J o/ **?>' a a.0y g ^ 9 s 1 n a b "^"^ i~POULri'��t y: m the great world. Her toilet is a j pecteel and unforseen chance, if we\% subject of constant anxiety. Al- \ may so call it, and which is so often j ^ though most Greek girls are nat-; the arbiter of human affairs, v\ hich j f orally very pretty, they begin to I determines the fashions. Fashion'^ paint and powder from very early ! not only searches the future for! ^ cheeks bright red, eyebrows and novelties. She also turns her steps I ^ lashes deepest black, and veins ; backward, as can be plainlv seen delicate blue. The result is she is ! by a careful study of ancient por- a withered old woman at forty, and ! traits hanging iu some museum or nowhere are uglier women to be; art gallery. Do we not there see found than beneath tlie blue skies ; Medicis gowns, Gainsborough hats, of lovely Greece. Next in impor-j Direetoire coiffures and gowns, and tance to beauty come languages J are these not reproduced for us al- Every Greek family who can afford : most semi- annuallv ? 0 �� Three (-arloads of Dressed Poultry have left Ontario,- direct for our Kootenay markets. They will arrive December lo. when we will be in a position to till all orders for Tu rkeys, Oecse, .Ducks and Chickens, either WHOLHSALI-: (."> f-l R ICTALL,'at reasonable prices. Orders can be placed at any of on r Branches now, and they will have our prompt attention on arrival of stock. We will al.-o have a lartre assortment of Prime Beef. 1'ork, Mutton, Cured .Meats, lrisli and Oysters. Mailorders aSpeeialts. Branches at TRAIL NELSON KASLO THREE FORKS 4s& *7*>. ROSSLAND SANDON T~�� ^ SLOGAN CITY elso: A large stock of all grades from the best makers. We can sell you any kind of a pipe rn Slippers���-they arc the forerunners of per nianent relationship. Nelson Shoe Co.. hillit Bros, proprietors. * I' OX'S S-.M't'e." not to fade, mi in Blue nud Blac Ross". k. warrante<l .JL ICO Df Oia'a,r�� 5 ���e <ca ��tom>mBSL^^ THE NELSON ECONOMIST. -< SHORT STORIES, , An amusing case of the biter bit is told in India. A certain official, by7 defrauding the government and others, was able to amass Rs. 1..2- 000. This he packed in two boxes overtake it. His manners to the world in general were haughty7 ,in, his declining years. He would appear, oh the stage amid a couple of hundred guests after a first night's performance, gaze around with an expression of aristocratic boredom, and sent them to his home by rail--] an_d then stalk sloyvly and solemnly way���marked nails. A railway j off Social frivolities had no at- <-��� ������'.,'- traction for him ; but to lie at his babu got wind of the affair, took out the rupees and. substituted hails per label. The packages arrived, but the state of that official, on receiving: them is unrecorded. ' One day, Gounod, on entering the room of Rossini, found him thumping" the piarip with all his might, but drawing the most discordant noise from the. instrument. "What in the name of all that is good are you playing ?" asked the Frenchman. "I am trying to play7 'that-.new score of Wagner's," ��replied -the Italian. "But the score is upside clown." "That's true," was the retort ;'."' " I had it the other way7 up at first, but couldn't mske head or tail of it, so I thought I might succeed in this way7." master's feet in the snug privacy of Grafton street, with no one to disturb the silent interchange of ideas, was to the faithful old clog the ideal of deep contentment. When experiments were being | made with Mr. Bentham's body after his death, James Mill had, one clay, come into Mr. Peacock's room at the India House and told him that'there had exuded from Mr. Benham's head a kind of oil which was almost unfreezable, and winch he conceived might be used for the oiling of chronometers which were sroing into high latitudes. "The less you say about that, Mill," said Peacock, " the better it will thought-its tone altogether inadequate (lie , was.: always puffed up with'conceit), scorned to deliver it, and returned to Paris with the autograph in his'pocket. On his arrival he .waited- noon the great ban- ker. ' 'Well," said 'the baron, " did you see 'my nephew,?"'.- Balzac boldly7 confessed that he had kept the letter. '' I am sorry, for yrour sake,'' said, the baron ; 'l have you it hy vou?" " Why7, certainly, here it is." "Do vou observe this j little mark below the signature? It gave you an open credit on our Vienna bank: to the .extent of i t'wenty-iive thousand francs." Fresh'Salmon, Halibut, Rock Cod, Smelt,. Perch, Fresh and Canned Oysters,- .���������������<���' Poultry (dressed and alive) , ...... rop, pposite Th0111 son's Bookstore. . FOR I be for yo.u ; because if the fact once Mrs. Bancroft, the wife of the | becomes known, just as we see now historian, when staying" in Ton don, went one day7 to an afternoon rnusi- cale in May fair: On the way7 she was attracted by a display of shawls in a Regent Street window7 and, stopping the cab, went into the shop and bought one, throwing it over her shoulders to. wear to the social gathering. The astonished guests at the musicale were edified by* the sight of the elegant Mrs. Bancroft floating through the drawing-rooms with a placard on her back bearing the words " Verv Chaste." in the newspapers advertisements to the effect that a fine bear is to be. killed for his grease, we shall be having advertisements to the effect that a fine philosopher is to be killed for his oil." Fussie, Sir Henry7 Irving's fox terrier, has hcd a tragic end. He was very7 old, asthmatic, and nearly blind, but where his master was there he loved also to be, and the mutual affection was touching to witness. The poor beast fell clown a hole under the stage at the Man- Chester Theatre Royal and broke his neck, to the deep grief of his life-long friend. Fussie was originally the property7 of Miss Kllen Terry, and in his wild youth gave a vast amount of trouble. Some 13 years ago, during an American tour of the Lyceum Company7, he was constantly7 in scrapes. On one occasion the special train had steamed a mile or so away from the station on a straight track, when Fussie was missed. Presently he was descried, a white speck in the rear, scudding after the train with evident confidence in his ability to It was one of Piatt Evair's pleasures to teach his friends how to purchase tender geese, though he could not. always get them in the market. One morning he saw a lot, and inquired how many there were. " About a dozen," was the reply. '' W-w-well,'' said Piatt, " I k-k-eep a b-oarciing house, and my b-b-boarders are the biggest e-eaters yrou ever s-s-saw. P-p-pick out n-nine of the t- toughest you've g-g-got." The farmer complied, and laid aside the other three tender ones. Piatt picked them up carefully, and, putting thern in his basket said, "I b-b-believe I'll take these three." J ����** flTi8! n< awi II iL*. �� �� ! �� -@ Ipp. isi&LUii si isomtnion a Provincial Land Surveyor, . ous'e, "Nelson, f^.^etvn GOOD BATH SMOOTH SHAVE AND HAIRCUT AS YOU LIKE IT, GO TO THE having Parlors Two doors east of Post Office. W. J, MORRISON, prop. ^s? Hard wan GENEREL HARDWARE, STOVES, ! MINING SUPPLIES, TAMPS AND TAMP GOODS, PLAIN AND FANCY. Armstrong & Morrison's Ore cars���the best in the market. Agents for E.-J3 n If Bf*% g S Oil 42 E Vi P-S a &4 \gi m if U I ��3 IPW Pfiil I 6& ��2 fci&Si ES lJ 63 &3 L����i_2 L2�� TOTAL DAILY CAP ACS TY S,200 BBLS, '"QGiLVSE'S PATENT HUNGARIAN *' will hereafter be known under tlie brand. "OGJ L- VIE'S HUNGARIAN." Branded .1-Jluo. " OGiLVIE'S STROMG BAKERS" will hereafter be known under the brand "OGI LVIE'S GLENGRA." Branded I Jed. All these brands have been duly registered in the (iovernmen t: Patent oflioes, and ant infringement of the same or refilling of our branded bags with (lour will be prosecuted according to law. as each bay; of ilour is fully guaranteed which bears our registered brand and sewn with our special, red white and blue twine. In thanfcinsr vou for vour patronnire in the jiast. and in soliciting a cent inunnee of your f��.- vors, we take tin's opportunity of informing von that " OGILVIE'S HUNGARIANS " and " OGIL- VJD'S GLE^OKA. " hare been' established at a hig'n standard, niamifaetured under special process, securing the right combination of .properties gluten and starch to produce the highest results in baking. In placing our new brands upon the market we do so with the assurance that your iuo.m. profitable interests will bo served in securing you the !i nest quality of bread. No expense is svared iu the manufacture of t hose special brands of Ilour, and our prices will at all times be ot as low a figure possible consistent with the superior article whieh we offer. Yours truly, NG The late Baron James Rothschild was on excellent terms with Balzac, who dedicated to him several of his novels. One day, when about to proceed to Germany, being short of funds, Balzac applied to the Baron, who handed him the sum of three thousand francs and at the same time a letter of introduction addressed to his nephew in Vienna, j The letter was unsealed, as is usual : in such cases. Balzac read it, \ Office Diaries for 1808 at Thomson Stationery ��� Co., L'td. j G. LEiSHftflA^J, Victoria, Agentfor British Columbia raj 33^ pra w% II Old ��i 7i \i��* Ep5,4 &*3\ y^m '���syj: �� Large EW stock direct from the factories. No old stock. rC Co., L F Corner Baker and Stanley Sts., Nelson. IO TUB NELSON ECONOMIST.: NOTICE. ax ice. "Unpaid taxes within the municipal limits of the cities of Nelson and Kossland." "As provided by the Speedy Incorporation of "Towns Act, 1S97, a rateable portion of the.'. " real estate taxes within the municipal limits "of the cities of Nelson and Kossland for the .*.' year 1897, is payable to the. respective muni-- " cipalitics. In order that the Provincial as- " sessment roll may be closed, in so far as re- " .lutes-to property assessed within said cities,; " notice is hereby given 'that unless all arrears "of taxes due and payable on said propertv " are paid to the undersigned at Kaslo, on or " before the 80th day of "November, 1S97, the "lands and property againstwhicli taxes ar " then unpaid will be advertised for sale in ai- '���' eordance' with the provisions of tax sales un- " der the Assessment Act." y John Keen, Assessor and Collector, Dated this 4th day of October, 1S97. Assessment Act and P Revenue Tax. rovi i V^ 1 ci I Nelson Di vis ton of West Kootenay.District; NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with the Statutes, that Provincial .Revenue Tax and all taxes levied under the Assessment. Act are now due for the year 1897. All the above- named taxes collectible within tlie iN'elson Division of West Kootenay, assessed by 'me. are payable at-my office, at Kaslo, B. 0/ Assessed taxes are collectible at the following rates, i viz. :��� | .Four-fifths ol one per cent, on tlie assessed! val ue of real estate, o th er th au wi Id 1 a nd. Three-quarters of one per cent, on tlie assessed value of personal property. So much of the income of "any. person as exceeds one thousand dollars the following- rates, namely, upon such excess, when .the same is not more, than ten thousand dollar's, one and one-q u.ar.te'r of one per.cent;, when such excess is over ten thousand dollars and not more than twenty'thotisand dollar-, one and one-half of one per cent.; when such excess is over twenty thousand dollars, one and three-quarters of one per cent. -.' .' Three per cent, on tlie assessed value of wild land. If paid on or before the 30'thdavof June. 1S97 : Three-fifths of one per cent on the assessed value of real estate, other than wild land. One half of.one per cent on the assessed value of personal property. Upon sueh excess of income,"when the same is not more than ten thousand dollars, one per cent,; when such excess is over ten thousand dollars, and not more than twenty thousand dollars, one and one-quarter of one' per cent.; when such excess is over twenty thousand dollars, one and one-half of one per cent. Two and one-half per cent, on the assessed value.of wild land, Provincial Revenue Tax. .$8.00 per capita. John Kern, Assessor and Collector. Kaslo, 15. 0., 2nd September, 1S97. ��� Application will be made to the Legislative Assembly of the Provincaof British Columbia at its Next Session for An. Act to incorporate thelvootenay Tunnel Company for the purpose of buying, acquiring,- selling, leasing, mortgaging and operating mines, mining claims and lands ; buying, selling, leasing, mortgaging, constructing and operating tunnels or ditches with switches.and branches therefrom fbr the development and drainage of mines and mining (daims and the -transportation., underground or otherwise, of ores, minerals, waste and.supplies ; dams, ditches .and'pipe lines for the impounding and carrying of waste for milling power for domestic and all other purposes; power plants,plants for generating power of any kind or nature, electricity and light; trails, roads tramways and railways and drainage ditches in connection with such tunnels and mining and transportation operations; mills for sampling, concentrating, handling and reduction of ores and minerals; smelting and '.reel action plants, Avith power to build own, equip and maintain telegraph and telephone lines in connection with said undertaking, and to levy and collect to' the firm, all parties using I and on all .ores, minerals, waste and supplies I passing through, over or upon said tunnels ditches, roads, tramways and ^railways; and also j for the purpose of conducting a general mir> | iag; business arid all its allied interests, including the buying and selling of ores, minerals arid bullion; and also for the purpose of raising and securing-'of money for the purposes of the Corporation, of executing and negotiating the sale and delivery of notes, bonds and 'debentures for such money for the said-purposes, with all necessary arid proper deeds of trust or mortgage to secure the same or any or all the company's properties, rights and franchises; and also for the purpose of acquiring all kinds of real and personal property together Avith the power'-'of-.expropriating lands and rights of way; also for the said company to own the minerals found in the course of tunnelling or ditching through lands not located before arid where, the line'or direction of the tunnels or ditches or any of them^ are or is laid out upon a plan to be "filed- with the 'Mining Recorder of the district wherein tlie tunnel or ditch is situate. Dated, Januarv 26.'.1898. J. W. MOFFATT, For self and other applicants. In th 2 in Supreme Court of British Columbia, the matter of the Winding Up Act and in the matter of the Nelson Sawmill Company, Limited. " Tlie Honorable Mr. Justice;. Drake, has by ari order dated the twenty-seventh day of September, 1S97, appointed -Hugh R. Cameron', of the city of Nelson, British Columbia, .to be Official Liquidator to the above named Company. Dated this 6th day of October, 1897. E.'T. it. Simpkins, Deputy District Registrar at Nelson, British Columbia. se. Application for Litu-jr Lice Notice is hereby gi\ en that tnirty i't'on: date the undersigned will apply to the -tipendary Magistrate of West Kootenay for a license to sell liquor at my hotel, The Kalama, Landing. Alfred M anson. Goat River, B.C., January loth, 1898. at Armstrong L!C��MS�� AUTHORSZIftG AN EXTRft-PROVIN- ClflL COMPANY TO-CAR.Sy ON SUSI&ESS. EXECUTORS' NOTICE. In the Matter of the Estate of John Johnson, Late of the City of Nelson, Hotel- Keeper, Deceased. Pursuant to the lievised Statutes of British Columbia, cap. 115, section 18, notice is hereby given to ail creditors and others to send in to Mrs. Carolina Thelin Baker street, Nelson, B. C, executrix of the said .John Johnson, on or before February 21, 1898, their claims against 'the estate of the testator,'after which date tlie said executrix will pro;-eed to distribute the assets of the testator among the part ies entitled thereto, having regard to those claims of which they shall then have notice, and the said executrix will not be liable for thesakl assets, orany part thereof, to any person of whose claim's notice shall not have been received by them at the time of such distribution. Notice is also given to all persons indebted to the said deceased to make immediate payment to the said M-rs. Carolina Thelin. of all nioneys due the said testator. Mai, PONAi.n ��.v Johnson. Solicitors for the Fxecutrix. Nelson, B.C., Jan. 12, IS'.i.s. ^DEPENDENT ORDER OF FORESTERS. C031PANHCS Act, 1897. Meets first and third month in tin.' Odd Follow Swannell. O.P.S.C.K.; M Mowat. W.C.K.: W. B. Shav, Mowat. W.C.K.: W. I?. Shaw. M.S.: F.H.; W. H. Oraham. Trcas.: J. li. (��� E. C. Arthur, M.D.. 1'hvs.: A. Shaw Wednesf hall. Officers: F. W MoOraih. C 1C; J. S.: W. Ilodson, J. !���>. <Ireeii. Chap.: CU. Canada: Prov.inv k of British Columbia. No. 42. This is to certify that the " Canada Drug an . Book Company, Limited," is authorised' an i licensed to carry on business within the Province of British', olumbia, and to carry out or effe.-t all or any of the objects hereinafter set forth to which'the legislati.e authority of the Legislature of British Columbia extends. T;: e ii ead office OJ the Com pan y is si tuate af the Town of Begin;;, North-AYe^t 1 erritories. The amount ol' the capital of the Company is thirty thousand dollars, divided into six thousand shares of five dollars each. The head office of the Company in this Pro- \ ince is situate in the Town of Nelson, and Peter Lament, merchant, whose address is Nelson aforesaid, is the attorney for the Com-' pany. Tlie objects for which the Company has been established, are :��� For the purpose of buying and selling drugs, toilet goods, books, stationery, tobacco, fancy goods and general merchandise by wholesale and retail ; t he compounding of prescriptions of legally authorised medical practitioners, and generally to (tarry on the wholesale and retail business of druggists, dispensing- chemists, and dealers in books, stationery and general merchandise. Civen under my hand and seal of office at Victoria, Province of British Columbia, this third day of January, one thousand eight linn- : drcd and ninetv-eight. [L.s.] ' ' S. Y. WOOTTOX j Registrar of Joint Stock Companies. ' Application for Liquor License. Notice is hereby given that T, Patrick J. Russell, intend thirty days afterdate of this notice applying to the acting Cold Commissioner for a 1 iee.nse to sell liquor at retaii in a hotel at Coat River bunding, West Kootenay. Dated at Nelson. B. C, Januarv f>, 1S9S. We have been asked,,by aiinmber of people how it is we are not advancing prices on Canned Vegetables, Dried Fruit, etc, etc. We hay heavy in the fall when goods are fresh on the market, and each manufacturer trying his very best , to get our order. Please bear in mind that Canned vegetables have advanced from 20 cents to 55 cents per case, and Dried Fruits from 4 to 11 per cent. Knowing when and how to bu}^ are essential features ;to conduct a retail store successfully,, and we take this opportunity to notify the-public that our prices will be the same as before, regardless of any advances asked for by other dealers* ., . . . .'. Respectfully yours, nam D. Grocery Wagon work and Blacksmithing in all its Branches. H. A. PROSSER. Manager. Lake St., Opp. Court House. NELSON, B. C A Good Supply of S always on First=class in unch a Specialty 8 o'clock. every from ii erchants' inner 5 Comer Josephine and "Latimer Streets. R. G. JOY, Prop New patterns in Kngl isli. Scotch and Irish i Overcoats in Beavers and Chinchillas, at tweeds at Boss'. Boss'. Bread Delivered to any Part of Town. And can be obtained from Kirkpatrick & Wilson, Baker Street; C. G. Davis, Ward Street; T. J. Scanlan, Stanley Street; and Maurine, Grocer}-, Hume Addition. Ask Your Grocer for Joy's Bread- THE NELSON ECONOMIST ii PERSONAL. G. O. Buchanan is down from Kaslo. Wm. Braden. Pilot Ba3^, was in town last week. H. R. Jorand, barrister, of New Denver, is in town-. ; Robert Dinsdale, contractor, left for Victoria on Monday. O. G. Dennis, gold commissioner, has returned-Irom Rossland. Lacy R. Johnson, of the C.P.R. Vancouver, was in town last week. Superintendent Marpole, C.P.R., left town on Saturday for the Coast Capt. Fitzstubbs is expected back from Victoria in the course of a few days. W." H. Armstrong and W. G. Carroll, of the Crow's Nest Pass Railway, are in Nelson. GENERAL NOTES. A miner named Moore was accidentally killed at the Republic mine, near Grand Forks, last week. A double murder is reported from Skaguay, the victims, being a man named McGrath and Marshal Rowan. A London cable says the. C. P. R. have sold the Canadian-Australian steamship line to a New Zealand company. Great preparations are being made in Rossland for the winter carnival, fixed for the . 18th and 19th inst. The Grand Forks Board of Trade has decided to send Mr. Richard Armstrong, of Rossland, to Ottawa as a delegate to push for the Corbin railway charter. The Le Roi Mining Co. declared no dividend for last month, the explanation being that they desire tc create a fund for the purchase of ore for the Northport smelter. It is said that the control o.r the Good Friday has passed into the hands of a German S3>-ndicate through the agency of Spokane parties. The Good Frida}^ property adjoins the Good Hope. Travel over the tote road of the Crow's Nest Pass railwa}', between Kuskonook and Fort Steele, has increased wonderfully of late, and a regular stage line service has been established between the two points. Two smash-ups in as many weeks is more than Joy the baker can well stand, so he has decided to trade his fractious thoroughbred for a more docile steed. The last runaway resulted in the upsetting of :he wasfon and the scattering of the ty) **���* bread, " all over town," Joy says. A mysterious fife occured in a barn near the N. & F. S. railway depot Tuesday night. The barn belongs to M. Dobbins, and in it were a number of cattle. How the fire originated is not known, but it is supposed to be a case of incendiarism. The fire was fortunately discovered in time to set the cattle free, and save the total destruction of the building. Shoes, easy for the pocket book and easy for the feet.���> elson Shoe Co. Provincial Secretary's Office. His, Honour the Lieutenant-Governor lias been pleased to make the following appointments : 21st January, 1898. George Henry J-Iajmilton Symonds, of the City of Nelson, Esquire. M. D., to be Medical Officer of the Provincial Gaol in the said City. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that sixty days after date 1. intend to apply to the Chief Comrnis- sioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the following tract of land : Commencing at the north west corner of lot 207, Kootenay district, thence east twenty- chains,'then cie north eighty chains, thence west ten chains more orless,*thence following the lake shore to place of eoinencenient, and containing one hundred and twenty acres, more or less. : William Boss MacLean. Februarv 8th, 189S. NOTICE. Addition " A " Nelson Townsite. Notice is hereby given that I have .appointed Messrs. Gamble <k. O'lteilly, real eatate agents, my sole agents for the above property. Any i--er.-.on wishing to purchase lots in said Addition u A " can get full particulars from them. F. C. iNNES.' Januarv 18,1S98. NOTICE. Take notice that I, J. M. Campbell, intend two months after date to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works of the Province of British Columbia for permission to purchase one hundred and sixty acres of land situated at Goat River Crossing (so called) in the'county of Kootenay, in the province of British Columbia, described as follows: Commencing at a post planted on the east bank of Goat Kiver about three hundred yards below the crossing of the foot road, and marked Campbell's South West Corner Post, thence east forty chains, thence north forty chains, thence due west forty chains, thence south forty chains to the point of commencement, containing one hundred and sixty (160) acres more or less. Dated at Nelson, January 31st. 1898. ( J. M. Campbell, locator. PIANO TUNING���An experienced Piano Tuner will be here in a few/ days. Orders should be left with Thomson Stationery Co. Ltd. T. S. Gore. I-I. Burnet. J. II. McGrego* GORE, BURNET & CO., Provincial and Dominion Land Sur= veyors and Civil Engineers. Agents for Obtaining- Crown Grants and Ab= stract of Tiileto Mineral Claims, &c. NELSON, - - - British Columbia A large number of business lots for sale. Also business blocks on Baker, Vernon and other streets. Residential lots and bouses for sale in addition A and other parts of the city. ULUE'S ! SHOE BARGAINS . .FOR . '. - II FE During this month we will offer all our shoes .at,the sweeping reduction of c '-���'������.��� r, ���-��� ''������',-, ��� *' 25 CENTS OFF THE DOLLAR So come with the crowd and get a supply for the summer. Do hot do your pocket book an injustice by neglecting such sterling buying opportunities. LILLIE BRO'S OPPOSITE HUDSON'S BAY CO. The house and lot owned by the-late Carrie Wilson, CORNER BAKER AND HALL STREETS, being lot i, block 7, Nelson. An early sale is desired. Rents for $100 per month in advance-pa3^ments. ApphT for terms to Tj.l)scT?il3e fox* Trie Mrs. M or ley is prepared to receive pupils for piano, violin or organ. For terms apply at residence, Silica street, or Thomson Stationery Co., L'td, Nelson, j Premo Cameras Eastman Kodaks Seeds Dry Plates Solio Paper and Photo= graphic supplies. Thomson Stationery Company ltd, Optician and Watchmaker, Baker St. Subscribe for Nelson Baker Street, Nelson. McKillop Block, Baker street.! All work guaranteed. j ifaC LCOHOmiSt. o����n<��naH!^^ mmsmmmmm^immmmms^mmmmsmmmmmmmsmm 12 THE NELSON ECONOMIST. Criterion Saw Sets, Ice Creepers, Coal Oil Stoves, Queen Stoves "Warrior Stoves and Ranges.- ���AT THE��� NELS Received per,,express 3,000 fine Havana Cigars���a sample lot���comprising Henry Clay, Espanola, Hermosas, Carolina, Bock and other well-known brands, packed 25 in a box. Also a lot of beautiful cigar-holders, cigar cases, tobacco pouches, cigarette-holders, cases and match safes. BAKER STREET, NELSON. P. lox 63 ^&f��^(U^ Corner Victoria and Stanley Streets. ft s^; If so it will pay you to Inspect our new arrivals at $6.50 and $10.00 per suit. They are immense values. Samples of work nia}*- be seen in the stores of Mr. J. O. Patenaude, watchmaker; Mr. J. Dover, watchmaker and jeweller; Messrs. Kir-k- patrick and Wilson's and at studio. Turned Work, Bracket ice Fittings. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Prices Reasonable. Hard and Soft Coal for Blacksmith Coa! and made on a AMBLE & O'REILLY, Baker aM or Domestic Purposes, Coke Contracts ication to RSHAW. Vernon St, Telephone No 35. RRBB BRITISH COLUMBIA PRODUCT ? ra.^iMr���>.����. ���^���^mw? j- .��u.T?^ ^^.,^-m^^ ������ v?fc;trYr,XA?*zi Hungarian, Strong- Bakers, Kconomy, Superfine, Bran, Shorts, Chicken Feed, Chop. The Ofcanagan Flour Mills Company, Lt'd, Armstrong, B. C. J ��� ��� W Bar II w ��� v^e a Give this Flour a Trial before passing an opinion roicers ana manufacturers9 Agents. Agents for Manitoba Produce Company, Gold Drop Flour, Wheat Manna, W. J. Pendray's Soaps, M. R. Smith & Co's Biscuits, Ktc. NELSON, B. C. P. O. Box 498. lj |)MIUimil��IIUMJUJ��UHmil����llillBIWJiMliMU'l��lflBIIMULlW^ mmmimmmmsmmmmimiiim, iMuiiimimwuimmniuMUMiui wjwavuu��'!:��i>.MiijiuiAiii,nm'-uiu��nmjii!iaiwi
Print Run: 1897-1903 Frequency: Weekly Titled "The Nelson Economist" from 1897-07-14 to 1903-07-11. Titled "The Economist" from 1903-07-18 to 1906-02-17.
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