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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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:o./,-.'.':'.i'.'*-..i..�� NELSON VOL. III. NELSON, B. C, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1899. NO.'19 . ��� &-.- THE NELSON ECONOMIST is issued svery Wednesday . at the City of Nelson, B. C, by I). If. Carley. Subscrip- tion : ��2.00 per annum ; if paid- in advance;, $1.50. Correspondence on matters of general interest respectfully solicited. Only articles of merit will be advertised in' these columns, and the interests of' readers will be carefully guarded against irresponsible persons and worthless articles. ' . ��� ��� ' Notice.���There are several hundred readers of The Economist behind in their subscriptions. No doubt this is attributable to neglect and all that will be,required to ensure a hasty response is this gentle reminder. ; NOTWITHSTANDING Premier, Greenway\s announcements to the contrary, the writs for the Manitoba elections have been issued, and nominations will take place November 30th, and polling a week later. This will be the first really organized effort to wrest the province from the Liberals since they secured the reins of power, and the dispatches announce that it will be one of the keenest struggles fought in Manitoba since the defeat of the Norquay Government. In nearly every constituency, the conventions of both parties have made their formal nom- , inations and the independents in the field number only four. Ministerial and Opposition speakers are now on the stump, and vvell-knowu Eastern orators will reach the point of action within a few days. The Ministerialists are led by Mr. Greenvvay and the Opposition forces are commanded by Hugh John Mac- donald, the distinguished son of Canada's greatest s atesman, the late lamented Right Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald. The time for "the contest is short, but good campaign work has already been done by both parties. The strongest men in the Conservative and Liberal ranks in Manitoba have offered themselves as candidates, and the fight will be conducted on strictly Federal lines, although in several districts local issues will play a very prominent part. It is a noteworthy incident of the campaign that the Conservatives have made it a point to put men in the field who have won victories in municipal politics in the past. above reproach, the opinion prevails that there" are men around him whose act ons have not always been above suspicion. From private sources it is learned that the election was brought on at this time in re- spouse toa peremptory demand from Ottawa, and that if Mr. Greenvvay wins the day, the Dominion election will folloAy in January, otherwise there will be another session. The Manitoba election will be regarded as a straw which will determine the direction of the wind. At this distance it is impossible to guage the political situation in Manitoba, but from all accounts the Conservatives stand at least an even chance of winning. In point of material out of which to fashion a strong Government they have a large percentage the best of it, but the fact that times are unusually good in Manitoba may assist Premier Green way. While Mr. Greenway's personal integrity and honesty are In order to get a seat for Mr. Latchford, a newly- appointed Minister in the Ontario Government, South Renfrew was opened by the-resignation of Mr. Campbell, who was elected at the last general election by a plurality of 1441.,. The new Minister of Public Works was returned last week with a reduced majority of 238. The whole strength of the Dominion and Ontario Governments were thrown in Mr. Latch- ford's favor in a strong Liberal stronghold like South Renfrew, aud yet the majority was reduced over 1200 votes. The Ottawa Citizen is convinced that a little more confidence and harder work would have defeated the new Minister, and his defeat under such circumstances must have caused the downfall of the now tottering Ontario Grit Government. When such a strong showing can be made with all the chances in favor of the Liberals, the Conservatives should have no difficulty iu carrying the by-elections in constituencies where there is a good fighting chance. There is little doubt but that the new Ross Government will not last-through another session of the legislature. The political situation in British Columbia is not of the character that should bring joy to the hearts of Messrs. Cotton and Semlin. If the Government does not succeed in making one of the many combinations spoken of, it must die an ignominious death, and its executioner may be Joe Martin. It will not be the first time Joseph has prepared a corpse for a political funeral, and we rather imagine that on this occasion he will yield the fatal axe with feelings akin to pleasure. No one seems to think the Semlin-Cotton outfit can pull through a session, so the politicians are shaping themselves for an early election. The combinations now are of such a character as to give additional interest to^the next political fight. One thing, however, is assured. No change that can possibly be made will fail to be an improvement on the present Government. if il > 5.. ���1 s The rumor that the difficulties between the miners and mine-owners were about to be adjnsted lacks I- I . |W si THE NELSON ECONOMIST P' 6 & ft- M I IK. ! f.- is- confirmation. It may be that an effort is being made to effect a reconciliation, but if such has been made, the circumstance is riot generally known. The chasm between the miners and mine-owners has widened to the extent that it will be difficult to bridge, and certainly the harmonizing of the warring elements-will . not be, effected in one day. , There would be a great many things to consider, perhaps the most important being the length and termination of the arrangement entered into. The essence of any agreement between miners and mine-owners, to accomplish desired results, must be the assurance that due regard will be given to the contracts between the mine manager and his company. If, on the strength of certain representations as to the permanency of existing conditions, capital is enlisted, it is nothing short of . business repudiation that these conditions should be changed. No contractor has faith in the merchant who offers to supply him with goods at a certaiu figure and then charges more, simply because he is placed in a position to take advantage of. the purchaser. Contracts,between the mine manager and the owner must be preserved iuyiolate, and nothing must,be done by the miner to interfere with the provision oi a contract made in good faith. To argue that the worker in the mines has no rights that the manager is bound fo respect, is very often the cause of friction,, which might easily be avoided. Both labor and capital have rights, and the great social problem of the day is where to define the line between the two. Certainly a Government cannot undertake the solution of the problem, for when it indulges in class legislation or paternalism, it does _that__which makes man no longer a free agent to act and think for himself. Governments are not supposed to legislate for one class, but the common weal How far the present Government has fulfilled its obligation in this respect, the people are left to judge. Within a few days three by-laws will be submitted to the citizens of Nelson to vote upon. As these by- laws have not yet been published, it might be a little premature to discuss each on its merits. When their provisions are made known, it will then be in order to deal with them in the way of general discussion. IT is an old business axiom that there is no sentiment in business. This perhaps has never been better exemplified than in the instance of the present investments of Canadian capital in Republic, just over the line. In the face,of the fact that British Columbians are. doing everything in their power to induce outside capital to develop the resources of this Province, Canadian money is being largely invested in Republic and other American camps. It is a little humiliating to Canadians to read in the Spokesman- Review that " the more Canadian capital that goes into Republic camp, the better for the camp, the better for Spokane," etc. It is quite true that recent British Columbia legislation was not well calculated to inspire confidence in the minds of .mining investors, but it should be borne in mind that the Government that committed such legislation is now in the throes of death, and that a new Government which will conduct matters on a business basis' will take the place of the old one within a few months. The Cot- ton-Semlin Government has tried to please, everyone, bnt has not succeeded in pleasing anyone. Canadians can well afford to wait a few months. British Columbia has the resources, and all that is required to restore confidence is a Government that deals fairly with every class.in the community. The day of hayseed Government in British Columbia is nearing its .. end. The authoritative tone in which the Tribune gives out information reparding the music hall proposal might induce the belief that some one connected with , that paper was in possession of intelligence on the point not known to the public. In fact, there is strong reasons for believing that of those who took an interest in the establishment of a music hall, not oue knew Fiskey, Barnett, the Spokane variety theatre man. The Tribune has not yet been able to distinguish the difference between a respectably conducted music hall and a variety theatre of the character that has disgraced many cities in 'he west. The big departmental stores of the East are reap- ing a rich harvest in British Columbia these days, the greater portion of the express business being the carrying of goods purchased in Toronto and other Eastern cities., Nelson is not the only patron of these departmental stores, for the papers in every city and town in the Province are loud in theij complaints against this habit of buying goods in the East that could be purchased more advantageously at home. The local dry goods merchants are the greatest sufferers. They pay taxes for carrying on their business and contribute towards the building of the city, yet they are compelled to meet a disastrous competition, which is the more unreasoning and exasperating when it is considered that there is scarcely an article that is purchased in Toronto, that cannot be duplicated here, when express charges are added, for less money. Supposing everyone iu business sent East for the necessaries and luxuries of life, what earthly chance would there be for Nelson to become anything more than a hamlet ? What is the use of putting up buildings for dry goods stores, if our citizens do not patronize the local merchant'?"' If the community interest is not considered, indeed, what is the sense of living here at all ? Every dollar sent East lessens the chance of making a comfortable living in Nelson, arid:patriotisms if nothing else, should deter our citizens from discouraging home '.industry. Else let everyone form a combination to buy nothing in Nelson that can be purchased away from home. If it is of more importance to build up Toronto than our own city, let the thing be generally understood, and {hen we can systematically kill the town at once and S^mmMiaux^^BSsi^SIXS^^SS> jj"'V>>"j^nf* THE NELSON ECONOMIST forego the pain of a lingering death. By sending East for our law, prescriptions, religion, books, clothing, printing, cooking utensils, groceries, etc., we can administer a knock-out drop to local progress. The Phoenix Nsws says : " This week a new era commences in the development of the mines of the Boundary district���the first shipment of ore to the smelter from the Oro Denoro in Summit camp. The, B. C. will also commence shipping in a few days. Just as soon,as the railroad is completed to other mines of the district shipping will be commenced. The Winnipeg and Golden Crown in, Wellington camp will be shippers in a few weeks, and then the big properties around Phoenix. When the spur to Central camp is completed, the Lincoln, City of Paris, Lexington and No. 7 will' be on the_shipping list. ��� Within three months twelve mines will be shipping ore, six of which will be larger producers than either the Le Roi or the War Eagle at Rossland." A week or so ago, it was .announced that "the Crow's Nest Coal Company proposed to issue more stock.for working capital. This statement is emphatically contradicted by Mr. Robert Jaffrey, managing director of the company, who says : " The story is. utterly without foundation. Such" a proposal has never been thought of by the board. I may say that I have never been .more satisfied with the position of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company, and the outlook for it, than I am at the,present moment." Mr. Justice Martin has compiled a chart of the judges of the Supreme Courts of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. This chart has been presented to the Law Society of British Columbia and published by order of the Benchers with the law reports. The first Governor the Island of Vancouver had was Richard Blanshard in 1849. Hon. David Cameron was Judge of the Supreme Court of Civil Justice of Vancouver Island from 1853 to 1865. From 1865 to 1870 the duties of that office were discharged by the Hon. Joseph Needham, Chief Justice. The colony of British Columbia -the Mainland���had for its first Governor,-James Douglas in 185S. Hon. Matthew Baillie Begbie was appointed a Judge in that colony, and took the oath of office at Fort Langley, on Nov. 19, 1858. The union of the colonies, under the name of British Columbia, took place and was proclaimed on Nov. 17, 1866. From 1870 to 1894, Hon. Matthew Begbie was Chief Justice of British Columbia. He received knighthood on the 26th of November, 1874, and died on June. 11, 1894. On March 11, 1870, Hon. Henry I>. Pellew Crease was appointed first Puisne Judge. He was knighted on January ist, 18967 and retired on January 20, of the same year. On. July 20th, 18.7-1," the only colony of British Columbia entered Confederation, and then be-. came the Province of British Columbia. The Judges appointed thereafter were ,Hou. Mr. Justice Gray, Puisne Judge, on July 3, 1872, died June 5, 1889 ; November 26, 1880, Hon. J. F. McCreight, Puisne Judge, retired November 17, 1897 ; November 26, 1880, Hon. A. Rocke Robertson, Puisne Judge, died December,!, 1881 ; May 23, 1882, Hon. George A. Walkem, Puisne Judge ; August 14, 1889, Hon. M. W. T. Drake, Puisne Judge ; February 23rd, 1895, Hon. Theodore Davie,,Chief Justice���as successor to Sir M. Baillie Begbie���died March 7, 1898 ;, October 13, 1896, Hon. Angus John McColl, Puisne Judge, August 23, 1898, appointed Chief Justice, succeeding Hon. Theodore Davie;' December 18, 1897, Hon. Paulus A. E.Irving, Puisne Judge; September 1,2, 1898, Hon. Archer Martin, Puisne Judge. The Supreme Court, as at present constituted, is as follows : Hon., A. J. McColl, Chief Justice; and Hons. Messrs. Walkem, Drake, Irving and Martin, Puisne Judges. The chart is an exceedingly valuable one, and at a glance gives a concise history of the Judges of, the Supreme Court of this Province for the last half century ; and Mr. Justice Martin is to be congratulated upon.the thoroughness he has displayed in its preparation. ', To what extent opium smoking is carried on in Nelson, we leave it to someone who is better acquain- * ted .with the habits and names of the nocturnal visitors to Chinatown to answer. Some people say that if this matter were thoroughly gone into, there would be surpjises in store for man}''. This brings'to our mind that a while ago there was organized in London a society for the suppression of the opium trade. The society is collecting a large amount of information about the calamities which opium is inflicting. They corroborate the statement that even smokers condemn the practice. In a statement of the prevalence of the opium habit in China, they say smokers wish to be free, and yet cling to the pipe as its slaves. Fifty years ago, the opponents of opium smoking in China had to contend only with the foreign imports. They have now in addition the large native growth. Fifty years ago, there were'probably not over 2,000,- 000 smokers in China. The number is now estimated at 20,000,000. Formerly the habit was confined to adult males. It now numbers among its victims women and even children, particularly in the large opium-growing regions of the upper Yangtse River and southwestern China. The habit is particularly common in these opiunrproducing regions, where it is estimated that from 80 to 90 per cent, of the men above twenty years of age smoke, and 50 to 60 per cent, of the women, not to speak of many young people in their teens. In the non-producing districts, the evil is chiefly confined to the cities. The yillages are comparatively free.- In Canton, over seven- 7 tenths of the officials smoke opium. In Hunau, not oue-tenth of the same class are addicted to the pipe. The inspection of the local militia company by Major Peters last Saturday and the high compliment he paid the men should be a cause for congratulation to Lieut. Beer. This officer has been principally responsible for bringing the company up ,to its present state of efficiency r't'i BElSi����M^^ ifisaaBSBifflSin n v &' J;* n ����� I- I It. EVENTS AND- A VERY delicate and important question of law A- was recently submitted to a plain Chicago police sergeant, who decided with a nice sense of the subtle responsibilities involved, which goes to show "that a mute inglorious Blackstone may be found now ��� and then. A young man of riotous propensities and some substance had quarreled with his young lady, very foolishly. To that offense he had added re: course to sundry flowing commodities, falsely said to be useful for drowning sorrow in.. The result was that he was brought into, the police station. The young man was an offender in a double way. First, in that he had quarreled with his girl, and second, in that he had weakly and wrongly attempted to escape the remorse which should properly overwhelm every young man who so quarrels. He had spent all his money but, true to his evasive nature, he sought to still further escape punishment for his culpable acts. He tried to get out of jail by, offering to put his gold- filled teeth in pawn with the sergeant. The sergeant rejected the offer .on high grounds of public-policy. The opinion which he handed down, or out, holds that to make teeth a means of freedom would be simply to encourage inebriety t and assaults upon the police. It would, moreover, put the young man in a position of advantage over his elders, since the more teethja man had the better would be his chance of getting out of the lockup. The opinion cites the well-known decision in the British Columbia case of Shepherd vs. Mullaney, wherein the magistrate held that a, man with a cork leg could not bail himself out by,pawning the artificial limb, because it was not for the public good that men should be made to regard natural legs as a misfortune. No appeal. a bang, and turning to an individual who was gazing pensively into the fireplace, burst out : "Atmosphere ! Book atmosphere ! Ridiculous rot! Everything you pick up nowadays in the shape of a. book review has something to say about the atmosphere of a certain popular book over which the public seems to have gone particularly" wild. Did it ever occur to' you that the mau who wrote the book couldn't helpputtingthe atmosphere into it ?- Take, for instance, James Whitcomb Riley's poetry. You . hear some old fossil say that-it .takes him right back to the new mown hayfields and the odor of the orchard. - Weil, why shouldn't it? Riley up to his " ' nineteenth year used to get out at daybreak and milk twenty-six cows, pitch hay until the, new mow was- full, and he then took a ��� little weeding "exercise till lunch was ready. ��� In the afternoon he packed spuds two miles to the cellar, and by night, after taking another turn at the cows with , a milking stool and eat- , ing a-vegetable dinner1 with the farmhands, went to bed in the top story of the old homestead and snored holes in the. pillow:sham. That's about the size of it.. A Minnesota judge, in a decision just rendered, holds that a newspaper is not a manufacturing cor.po- ��� ration. It is only fair to say, however, that the Minnesota judge has had the privilege of perusing the editorial pages of the Nelson daily papers. Gambling seems to have' taken a strong hold on the citizens of Vancouver,'- and so openly has this menace to public morals been indulged in,: that' the chief of police has been ordered to stop gambling in the Terminal City or resign. The Cranbrook Herald thinks the, chief will probably resign, as it would be about as easy to enforce the law against gambling in Vancouver as it would be to compel John Houston to offer a daily prayer for the success of the Mine: Owners' Association. A gentleman sat in the office of one of the hotels the other evening, reading a recent issue of one of the reviews. '.Suddenly he closed the magazine with 4 'Suddenly he discovered that he could write a particularly delightful' brand of verse that everybody liked and that the papers were willing to pay for, so - he cut his boots off at the ankels, creased his pants and headed for the city, where he has been ever since.. Of course his verse has the farm atmosphere around it. ��� How can he help it ? He couldn't do anything else- if he tried. Atmosphere! Bosh!" This burst of indignation seemed to relieve the- critic for a few moments, but he stroked his whiskers and started in again : <;Now, there's Marion Crawford, the writer with ��� such a 'delightful Italian air' about his stories.. Well, he went to Italy as soon as he was old enough and lived on spaghetti and macaroni until he couldn't get along without it. He wallowed around in Italian society, drank strong claret, smoked Italian tobacco, fell in love with the country and created old. 'Saracanesca." Italy is all he can think about, and ���.that's J where we get the Italian flavor. "Kipling lived in the jungle, for eighteen years, Tolstoi had never anything on but peasant's overalls and plowmen's jumpers. He gets up when the early bird is roosting in the tree-top, kicking about the infernally low temperature of Russia, and by sun up he. has harrowed a three-acre field aud laid the. plot of two novels. That's Tolstoi's regular gait and he can't help it. Of course his.books show just a slight touch of the son of the soil, and his statistical information shows that he knows the prevailing rate of. wages in the land of the Czar. That's the way.it. ^..j> y i \l THE NELSON ECONOMIST <,<���: goes. Writers can't get away from the things they live among, and this rubbish about atmosphere is a little overdone." There is a growing belief that it is about time the daily papers of this city stopped their back-door squabbles and. engaged in a dignified discussion of public affairs. What interest is it to the public whether or not the stockholders of the Tribune see fit to advertise in that paper, and who Cares if it costs $1,500 a month to get out the Tribune ? nThese are matters that only concern the Tribune management, and the public which paj^s for its news, should not be burdened with the private affairs of the paper. Because the Miner from conscientious motives has espoused the cause of the mine-owners is it honorable to assume that its opinions 011 public questions are on the market? Mains malum rnlt, vt ait sui similis. , On the other hand, the Miner should not display an envious spirit because leading business men take up a dozen or so columns of advertising space in the Tribune, and vice versa. The liberal advertising patronage bestowed on both papers, is, most conclusive evidence that there is great profit in running daily newspapers in Nelson. The public has only to glance over the columns of tlie Nelson daily publications to become convinced that there will be a couple of millionaire journalists in Nelson in the near future, all of which is pleasing in the sight of The Economist, for it glories in o the prosperity of its neighbors. But, for goodness sake, gentlemen, let us read less of this {,shop" talk ! ' I would respectfully ask the Salvation army to be tolerant enough to allow me some of the sidewalk��� just enough to walk on. I have to clean my own boots, and I am a little careful in consequence about turning into the street this wet weather. While admitting that the Salvation Army is the most practical religious body in the -world, I must say that it should . proceed with a little more care for persons with delicate nerves. That awful howling and indiscriminate banging of the big drum will not cure a headache, nor will it incite the majority of people to pious thought. It may be that my want of appreciation of the music furnished by the Army will be attributed to my lack of musical culture. To be able to interest an audience for nearly two hours is a gift not possessed by many persons, yet this is what Mr. J. W. Bengough succeeded in doing at the Nelson Opera House one night last week. Mr. Bengough is a versatile genius. He draws well, sings well, is a good speaker and possesses the art of mimicry in a high degree. His entertainment is refined, and at no time does interest lag. I am told that gambling is growing at an alarming rate in the city of Nelson. The crime, for it is a crime, is not confined o professional gamblers, but manifests itself throughout our social structure. Young men, weary of the monotony of office life, seek excitement in gambling when their day's work i done, and some of them, it is suggested, must be" receiving princely salaries, or they could not afford to lose so much at the gaming table. It would be well for these young men to retrace their steps, before they become hopelessly embedded in the mire, from which they may never be able to extricate themselves. And speaking of gambling, how many of the young ladies who, with the best intentions, get up raffles for a good object, imagine that someone's wife will curse the one who first led her husband into the gam-: bier's path, which leads so often to utter ruin ? If these lotteries for churches and charities be good, by all means keep them going. But let us . be honest about it. Let the syndicate with its well-managed lottery have an equal chance ; it at all events finHs these men a living, and that is a good object. Let the ten-cent Chinese lotteries have fair treatment; all wTho want to take their chances do not go to church bazaars, or cannot afford to buy a dollar ticket. Let us cater for the massesvand give them a cheap ticket that" they can buy, and then the children too can spend their dimes and be educated so that when they earn, or win���or maybe steal���more, they can afford to patronize a better class one, or perhaps even buy a decent coat and go to a church fair. The practical question is a veiy simple one���are lotteries legal or desirable ? If they are, let all have equal rights. But if they are not, put them all down and stamp the evil 1 out entirely. The subject is gruesomely trite, but why is it that women will persist in wearing high, broad, large and much bedisened h,.ts to the theatre? They are a nuisance to all the male contingent certainly, and the women must prove nuisances to each other as well. Those big hats have no use anyway in a theatre. The ladies may be able to talk through them, and they frequently do, but they can't see through them, nor can anyone else. P. G. The first car for the Tramway Co. has reached Nel son. Gold Commissioner Turner and his family will spend the winter in England. Mr. P. J. Russell has recovered sufficiently from his recent illness to be able to be around to business again. The performance given by the Nashville Students was most enjoyable. They had a crowded house, and were applauded to the echo. The citizens of Nelson would regard it a special favor if Her Majesty would mark the occasion of Mr. Jowett's visit to England by conferring on that gentleman some trifling honor at least. The Order of the Garter would not be taken amiss. 8 THE NELSON ECONOMIST \l h/ m it I It a: r.i' 6. 2'' < *������ lip f ��� fr! J. 7' ' CURRENT COMMENT Personal. (Contributed.) c It is understood that the engagement between Lady Smith and Pieter Maritzburg will shortly be officially announced. Rumor adds that Sir George White, V.C., will be best man. Ladysniith Is All Right. (Ottawa Citizen.) There was a stock exchange report yesterday that Ladysmith had fallen. As we /have heard nothing further regarding the alleged mishap, the chances are she wasn't hurt much. ^Not Dead. . (Vancouver World.) It appears that after all Joubert was not dead, but merely indisposed. Not wishing thestern.old fighter any ill, one cannot! help hoping that he-would remain indisposed for a week or so. A chastening .of his spirit by physical sufferings might do. him good.,, A Mounted Rifle Corps. (Vernon News.) ' The movement towards forming a mounted rifle corps here is not taking shape as rapidly as might be desired, but there is still a fair chance of it being carried through to success. Some twenty-five names are now on the list, and as many more are yet required to make up the strength of the troop. The roll is "at this office, for signatures, and all desirous of joining are requested to call and do so before the end of the week. Why Capital is Shy. (Kamloops.Standard.) ~ It has been maintained by the Opposition, that the stagnation* of British Columbia is due to the interference with the laws by the present government. Not that the Opposition have the slightest wish to hinder any change that is likely to prove beneficial to the province, but they strongly object to change for changes sake, holding that reforms before they are wanted; though good in theory, may prove bad in practice. This has been strikingly brought home by the present state of things, and no one, even though he approves of the changes, can deny this. An unhealthy feeling has been engendered outside the province, as to the laws and their operation, causing ontside capital to avoid investment in this country. Reform Hypocrisy. (Toronto News.) " The scandalous conduct of a few irresponsible election workers in West Elgin and North Waterloo discredited the Liberal ministry of this province, and disgusted many Liberals who are not in office," says the Brantford Expositor. Seeing that the " irresponsible election workers" went straight to the constituencies from the parliament buildings, Toronto, and seeing that since their notable successes in West El- ing and elsewhere additional honors and rewards have been heaped upon them; and seeing, also, that some of them are now maintained in luxury in the United States while the courts are awaiting their evidence, it is not strange that the Liberal ministry is iscredited, and that decent Liberals are disgusted. Home Rule Dead. (Sarnia Canadian.) It is a singular coincidence that home rule should receive its death blow in the Transvaal war. Yet such is the case. The sympathy expressed by the Irish home rulers for the Boers and the animus they have displayed toward the British has had "the effect of alienating , from their side thousands of British-1 electors who had joined them under the leadership of Mr. Gladstone, and who had a friendly feeling toward Ireland. Liberals and Conservatives alike throughout the United Kingdom have reason to be thoroughly disgusted with the conduct of the members of the home rule party, who have gloried in every ..reverse to the British arms and jubilated at every Boer victory. It is difficult to imagine anything more offensive than the conduct of the Irish'- politiciqns, nor is it possible to think of anything more unwise from the standpoint of their own interest. The Australians' Send-Off. (Australian News.) Australian enthusiasm was aroused to a pitch never before approached by the departure last Saturday of the contingents from Melbourne and Sydney. At both places nearly all the inhabitants turned out to wish the men GodTspeed. Victoria sends 250 men by the Medic, which carries 80 Tasmanians, and will pick up 125 men at Adelaide and a sim lar number at Albany. New South Wales is sending 37 lancers and three officers to join those already on their way from Loudon, and 80 nien and six officers of the hospital corps. Dr. Bentine, an Australian, has already won fame having been recommended by Sir George WThite for conspicuous bravery on the field. Before starting, the troops were addressed by Lord Brassey, who said that it was because the contingent represented untold numbers of brave men in every part of the empire ready to take their share in its defence that so great a significance attached to the incident of that day. They were worthy to stand shoulder to shoulder with that band of heroes who day by day, in South Africa, were adding glorious pages to a long and splendid history. He expressed che warm feeling of gratitude inspired in the mother country for the loyalty aud patriotism displayed in the colonies, and said all this marked a turning point in British history, and made us absolutely secure from foreign aggression. NEW BOOKS. The Two Miss Jeffreys. By David Lyall, author of " The Land o' the Leal." Paper 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00. Published by the Copp, Clark Company, Limited, Toronto, for sale by Canada Drug & Book Co., Nelson. "The minister's study, the doctor's consulting room, the lawyer's private room���in these the veil is lifted from human motive and live." >,'" * This couple of lines in the author's prelude give us the clue to the contents of a volume in everyway worthy of the author of "The Land o' the Leal.V While a clerk in an old law firm, whose members were noted throughout old Edinborough for their , 11. .::��-'���$ THE NELSON ECONOMIST f, r, 9 dignity, integrity and honorable practice, David" Lyall was introduced to many a strange bit of human ex-' perience. The; pathetic and often tragic details of many a family, feud which Celtic pride and reserve sealed to the world atl-irge, is here made known, aud here is straightened out many a complication of the strange old Scotch marriage law which forbid's a man to many his brother's widow/and in which to publicly accept each other before' two witnesses constitutes a legal-marriage. There is a quiet-charm about David Lyall's writing which makes it very pleasant reading. It has a, purity and dignity of style which is not common among modern novelists, while there is a genuine ring and a depth to the ' pathos in it which stamps it at once as coming from the "heart rather than the-head. , . lone March. By S. R. Crockett, author of " The Men of the Moss ' Hags," !' The Red Axe," etc. Illustrated, Paper 75 cents ; Cloth, $1.50, for sale by Canada Drug &, Book Co.,'Nelson. Mr. Crockett's versatility is certainly marvellous. Last year he surprised those who thought his art was confined to the kail-yard by writing that capital romance of mediaeval Europe,' "The, Red Axe," and now he comes out with &������ bright, crisp, up-to-date story of the moderu American girl which is simply charming. lone March is a strong character. The daughter of a famous American Governor, she has been educated in a European convent, and so combines the energy, independence and adaptability of the American, with a dignified refinement which is very pleasing ; while her sweet womanliness is only brought out by her struggles with the wrorld in the effort to earn a living for herself. The plot is well constructed and well carried out. There are also some splendid specimens of English manhood, and a "mean -American," who, though playing an important part,does not appear often But the life of the story is Idalia Judd, the typical American girl, who talks like a streak in the ruost. delightfully expressive ''American." She was a very "engaging" young lady; and her frank account of her experiences is most instructive. A trip "across ��� the pond" gave her ample time to bring matters to a climax, and she has been known to become engaged ��� on a train, "and do you know it's rather nice; though hurried in parts, and you have to cut a good deal of c the best dialogue. . Yes, siree; you have to'make them go the pace. It was with a man named Kenneth Early that I tried it first, when father and I were going straight across lots to San Francisco without stopping. All through the. Prairie States he told me how he,loved me, and you just believe- "it passed the time ; you can't think. , But alas ! love's sleepers are ��� no smoother than elsewhereon the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul ; we "quarrelled ' on the platform at -Salt Lake, all because he would go mousing after a pretty little Mormoness,' pretending all the while he ' was only posting a letter. Now, unfaithfulness is the one thing I can't stand, and I'told him so." " I didn't ask you to love me long, Kenneth," I said to him, " only to attend strictly to business while you were about it." " However, he was so heart-broken that I forgave him just before we got to Digger City, and at Sacra- * mento I said I'd be his new-found sister, but he said he wasn't annexing'any more sisters, and so we parted forever." ft ��� m&l W^ttF I Special' Sale of j E?f* 1? e Jl la. Mi!Hnerv ... I vJ?��j 32 BAKER STREET. Special Sale of Carpets .... <tj. ANNUAL FALL SALE Commencing Wednesday, November 22 c* "mxstxMcciii. Mszzm? cr-*3at_- ^���yrq��CT.^1B^JCT^1^H..afV,---��~;. nzncsizaaGjcaBEMffi ICVTOTfTCCWa ��ar2:ains���!n ;aam^==a:a^Z2gra=rrrv��Er=reg.T"rn^ Drops Goods, in Navy and Black, \ Ladies'French Kid Gloves, every | Carpets in Tapestry, Brussels, Wi 1- all wool, storm serges. 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White Saxony Flannel at 20c pe. ��� ,. . _ vard ' G Checked Linen Glass Toweling ,5c ^ r , ,,T , ,, , , -, ���A ��-, V, ��,. , - a vard un Large-Size Wool Comforts $1.50 White Canton Flannel at 5c ui>. \ ".><ll(lul)- g e.Jh Eider Flannels, in all colours, 40c. \ ��� �����G11. *>le ^^k, 85o a | WhileQuiltSvlargesize; worth $1.00) Children's Cashmere Hose from I5e I '*���' ^V for65ceach. , apairup. ,: ' W^^M^ free of Ladies' Gaslimere Hose 25c. ; 1'White Table Oil Gloth, 25c a yard. ! charge7 .'.. , '..'-' ������������:. -.��� .-'���-'-. J--'' '.'-... "������ '.������' ������.'��� - ... ������...������ --'-^ . .,:��� -.. ������ \'\ ������ . " Ie.s. We Especially Invite Inspection and Comparison of Our Goods with Eastern Prices Butterick Patterns ^^^^ I- -r \ ,-t^ ' j-"'- .w j- jl j-> irf J.J t ^mji TWO SINNERS OF PLEASANT VALLEY si p lb,! || Pa 1 j-- I- M 3 7 r t>" ^ A RE you a Westerner ?" jljL . His voice was gentle, bis manner apologetic. I thawed instantly and replied:, "Yes." - ' "What part?" "Colorado." /'Colorado'7! Well, I'll be jiggered!" And, his face, all smiles, he went on: "You don't say so Ever get as far north as Caribou ?" His look was so wistful I should have chanced a lie just to please him, but'I was speaking the truth when I answered : ��� "Yes���lived there two years. Ran the Cardinal Mill and Mine in the early seventies." .. " Then you are Frank Howard?" " Yes���aud you?" �� ' " arrison Snowdon. I only got down Caribou way six years ago ; prospecting over in the Middle Park before that. May I join you ?, I'm just starving for a talk with somebody." " What are you doing in New York,?" . My question wiped the smile from Suowdon's face, revealing lines I had failed to notice before, and there was a nervous'break in his voice when he answered : ," Came up to sell my tunnel." * ������ ,( Have you sold it ?" "Yes. Tom���that's his name, isn't it?" "Yes." . " Tom, bring us two more of the same." When the glasses had been placed on the table Snowdon said : ��� " Howard, I've got a kit of trouble heavier than I can manage alone ; you'll help me if you'll let me talk. May I ?" , , ' " Go'ahead, old boy! and don't forget you're talking to a man from:your old camp." That is what I said, as I felt _ for him somehow. There were lines in this man's face, and a hunted look in his eyes that I knew was not born in the Rocky Mountains. ��� I wanted to help him. My heart must have got into my words, for Snowdon without further question'began his story. " My tunnel, Howard, was down in Pleasant Valley���-the old McDonald claim. You m��ust remember the Scotchman,?'" " Yes, I,remember him���hot old party !" , "Well, I knew eyery inch of the hill over that tunnel, and believed I could open up, by the' tunnel, some blind lead no /one had tapped from Caribou Hill. That's why I bought the tunnel when old Mac died ; why, I put all my cash aud five year's work into it. More than once I was for'chucking: it: and I would t r l "'' '���<< V ���hi V'- ,-i 7" i V "��� I il '. ��� 9 e K %&* 8 Next to Nelson Hotel, Baker Street, Telephone No. 93 AH * ^adins: Newspapers . Agents for VICTORIA COLONIST SEATTLE. TIMES S. F. BULLETIN S. F. CALL Nelson Economist Nelson Miner Nelson Tribune Victori a Times Toronto Mail and Empire New York Sunday World Vancouver Ne:.vs-Advertiser Winnipeg Tbibunk Winnipeg Telegram: Toronto Globj-: And Other Periodicals. ���WTO���masBsat 9 O ��� fc o-i^^L.-^j* ^**_v��-.-fc -���9-r*-r^.'i?'��'fci-'J-^.' >^VO^��^-UX^S9^=XWi^^��7^<*=--^**V*^?K.Cil <�� ��� <$> Received Daily "&'*&'��� Osier & Curd, a Mines and,':;Reaf-Eistate' Baker Street, ...Over... Bank of Halifax Nelson, B.C. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. Ash, Lady Aberdeen,Lily Fraction, Minto Fraction and Pladdo Fraction Mineral Claims, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: On Morning Mountain. Take notice, that I, John McLatchie, r.L.S , of Nelson, acting as agent for Herbert T. Wilson, Free Miner's Certificate No 21,969 A, David T. Mowat, Free Miner's Certificate No. 21.718A, and Malcolm Heddle. Free Miner's Certificate No B 11,611. intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to auply to the Mining Recorder for Certificates of Improvements, for tlie purpose of obtaining Crown Grants of the above claims. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 14th day of October, A. D. 1899. John McLatchie. EST KOOTENAY BOTCHER 10 Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Camps supplied on shortest notice and lowest prices: Mail orders receive careful attention. Nothing bnt fresh and wholesome meats and supplies in stock. E.'. C;:TR A VES, Manager �� mltlllWII WWIHW f THE NELSON ECpNOMlST 11 if it hadn't been for the Ames folks: Ever meet ���Ames?" ' " Jf "No. He must be a newcomer. " Of course '" exclaimed Snowdon. " He came to Caribou after I did. Ames farmed that little ranch m ' Pleasant Valley ; no -good himself; drunk six days ���out of seven, gambling the other day. "I. never took anv stock in Ames, but his wire, Clara, and their little child, Jessie -why, m a short tim* they were the whole valley tome. There is something almighty fetching,, Howard,.about a free- moving, high-spirited woman ; and this Clara Ames " Clara and Jessie used to come to the mouth of "my tunnel about noon everv 4ay; this was the time when I came out to e*t my dinner. They both seemed to take to me���I don't know why. Maybe they'd never seen a chap as queer in get-up and ways. Mavbe, too, it was only my" fiddle.; for I had a "sure ���cr.oagh' fiddle, and could make it sing. Clara; she was always wanting me to play. And when I'd play she'd curl up on the sand, and 'pear to catch every note. I don't believe, one got past her. When I wasn't playing, she'd nag me to talk about myself��� where I'd lived, what'I thought about this and that. She couldn't seem to'hear tco much about me. ��� It seemed strange to me-, and I puzzled over it at first ; ' then I stopped puzzling, and enjoyed being alive. "One-night the 'Greaser' boy rode up from the 1 ranch with a message from Clara. Jessie was ill��� and she wanted me. It did't' take me long to get there, or when I got there to find my way to Jessie. It was "a bad sight, that first look I got of Jessie's room. "Clara was on the bed holding Jessies hand; Ames w,s on the floor under the window, ^uuk-- danker than usual. Clara heard me come in, got up quickly and carried me off to the kitehen. -Jessie's ill; she can hardly get ^ toea hi have sent down the canyon for Dr ^tetow; Watch for, him, and bring him to me when he comes. Then she went back t > her child minutes ,'M had been in. the kitchen less than ten minutes , when Clara called : ^ ^ " 'Ha?ry, come quick ! 1 can t maw j^ WG" ���f Record I was .at the bedside. One��look was < i K chifine Tessie's hands, started to ask enough. C:ara, caabng jes, for me some question. She must na^ereaa ^ thing that would comfort her ; yet I co u dut �� ��� . on ^rds; so I just liftedher ^"^^d softly. - I know what you mean Harry, sue^ ^ ���For a amoment I seemed all alone, now i. '"en she'went back to her ��� dead child, and V slipped off to my cabin. - . - j did "And that night', on .the broad of my ba^on.hs think it over, saw what I ought to :^ seen �� sfae before, and made my plans, i loved ���Clara.* loved me-lhose two things were cleat a day. 1 stayed in the Valley there would come ttouble were boy and girl yesterday ; we would be man woman the next time we met. . . ��� ������ "Luckily, so it seemed to me that night, Sampson, .. us, for now is the time. have the largest supply of Groceries, Crockery, Etc.,-in Nelson. . M r *! M i 5 Ik ({ ! x ir n .& THE NELSON ECONOMIST I* la. i ','a' 1 r << f > ft if s -., j- U 1' r f s J >, ft-:' f ,!. s*. * �� i u ��� i a mining broker in Denver, had written me a few, days before that he could sell'my property for $80,000 if I would go to New York and close the deal. Before that night ended I decided to close with his offer a::d uo --go without seeing Clara again. " I reached Denver all right; saw the broker, but found out that I could not get the papers fixed until nip-lit. This left me with a lot or time on .my hands, and not caring to loaf about and think,- T ran over to Boulder City to look up an old chum. ' �� " I didn't have any luck at Boulder���chum had been dead six months���and I got back to Denver two hours before I calculated. As I passed iuio the hotel the clerkccalled out: " ' Snowdon, No. 178? There is some one waiting for you in your room.,' �� " * Sampson's man with the papers,' I said to' myself as I hurried up the steps. '" When I had opened the door I was face to face with Clara Ames. ��� " ��� Clara, what brings yoii here ?' "-That's what I said, and I was trembling all over. Clara let her brown eyes fall into mine for a moment; then she crossed the room, closed and locked the door, and facing me said: " 'I'm going away from Colorado. �� Going away to-nigHt, -md with you:' 0 " * No, ho, Clara,' I cried. 'You don't know what you arre saying.' '* ��� I do, exactly. Ames hasn't drawn a sober breath, since Jessie died. You are' all I have left. I'm���ri'm a vvomaii, not aii angel. It's go' with you or this.' And drawing a revolver trom her dress, she tapped nervously on the barrel. I tried to speak, but she pulled me up. " ' I've done with Ames���done with some other things. Don't drive me ,to this !' And once more her, white fingers tcyed with the shooter. " ' Be at the railway station to-nuht at 8 o'clock. We must not be seen together in Denver.' '' That was my answer, -Howard. When the woman you love gives such a choice, by Heaven ! she doesn't give any choice. Isn't that so?" He did not give me time to answer this question, but ran on : " That night we left Denver, together, both very quiet, both very happy. After the first plunge it didn't seem a bit strange. Queer, v. asn,'tit?" Here my friend broke the thread of his story���I do not believe he had the strength to carry it any further ���and sat staring at the wall. Such men as Snowdon meet and mingle with but two kinds of' women in their narrow way of life��� good, but stupid ; bad, but coarse. And yet affection in them runs strong ; tenderness of heart, alertness of mind, gentleness of manner develop on a working partnership with Nature���Nature, wild arid,., winsome by turns, but always compauionable. And the woman ���robbed of her childhood, married to a coarse brute, then suddenly to become the idol and companion of this clean-thinking, big-hearted man, who could measure her new joy in living ? The noise of the glasses as they were placed on the table called Snowdon back from his dream, arid, p'till- CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. Yakima Mineral Claim, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay District., . , . . . . Where located : On Sandy Creek, adjoining Tough Nut Mineral Claim. Take notice that I, John McLatchie, P.L.S., of the - city, of Nelson, acting, as agent..for Columbus M. Parker. .Free Miner's Certificate No. 23,0o�� A,' intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to .apply to the. Mining , Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. , ^ . And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this Kith day of October, A. D. 1S99. Johst McLatchie. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. Y P. Burns & *j WHOLESALE AND RETAIL "East End," "Sunnyside" and "Badger" Mineral Claims, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay District. . Where located : ��� On Toad Mountain, east of and near the "Grizzly Bear" Claim. Take notice that. I, A.S. Farwell, agent for E. J. Palmer, No. 19,919 A.' as to two-thirds, and J. IT. Wright, No. 23,01-2 A, as to one-third undivided intere-t in said claims, intend, sixty days from the diite hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for Certificates of Improvements," for <-,he purpose of obtaining Crown Grants of the above claims. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must he commenced before the issuance of such Certificates of Improvements. Dated this 16th day of October, 1899. 26-10-99 A. S. Fakwell. THE GREAT MINING JOURNAL OF THE GriEAT SOUTHWEST. 16 Pages, with Heavy Cover EVERY WEEK. Lowest priced Mining Journal on the PACIFIC COAST. Subscription $2 a Year. Single Copies 5 cents. SEND FOR RLE COPY��� FREE 110-112 N. Broadway, Los Angeles Cal. HEAD OFFICE RdSStAND SANDON Meat Merchants Nelson, B. C. . BRANCHES AT . traIl nelson kaslo three forks slocan city ^^<%ft/$J^^^^<^/%^^W%ft^^/*&*>>%W^WV%>^W W HEN you buy OKELL& MORRIS* O'KELL & f. Preserves^ MORRIS' reserves ��� 9 o( you get what are pure British Columbia o( fruit and sngar, and your money is left at )o home. Are absolute y the PUREST AND BEST. Gome in and inspect our stock of Carvers;, oons, Cutlery and House Furnishings. 1011 porters of Heavy and She! i.'TK-' THE NELSON ECONOMIST 13 rig himself together, he resumed his-talk ; but speaking slowly now, for his tide of happiness was swinging to the ebb :' " My ! Howard, how happy we were during our first da'vs in New York ! We tramped about all the parks, sometimes we. merely stood still and took in he wonderful crowds and streets. It was a glorious thing to be alive." Clara had reid about all the places, had visited most of them before, and she was so happy telling me everything ,and showing me everything. ' �� " " Well, like that a monch passed awa'v, then Clara began to feel the air a bit heavv ; her old heart trouble showed- itself,, so I took a cottage down at Staten Island. My tunnel had been sold arid'part payment made, an I had money: "One night���it was last Thursday ���I was 'kept busy in the city later'than usual���about two hours later-and it'was dark when T got home: When! opened the door, I called out, 'Hallo ! sweetheart, here I am. Sorry to be so late.5 I,got no answer. 'Perhaps she's out walking,' I said , to myself, and went into the dining-room. There was Clara sitting, in her chair by the window. ���'Didn't vou hear me, sweetheart ?' I said. 'Asleep, are you?' And then, bending down, I kissed her.'' Her forehead was like ice. I must have gone mad then, for the servant came out hurrying to see what- was the matter. She saw at once what had happened a -saw that Clara was dead, and���God help me ! I can't go on.'* '-'Snowdon sprang from his chair, walked rapidly _ to the other side of the room, .turned quickly, and^ with a few long strides was again facing me. Passion in his face, passion iu his voice, he cried : & "That was one week agoj since then I have- been out'of my .senses'. "__God"onIFk��ows how 1 have kePt from killing myself., Perhaps Clara has kept me, from that. " She,,was a good woman, Howard., I'd like to go to her this momenf, but suicide wouldn't send me to where she is now." Dropping into the chair,' Snowdon covered his ��� white face with his big' hands; strength and story had reached their end. ' I touched my companion on' the shoulder, and said: "Old boy, vou must come home with me, I've lots, of Colorado pictures. A few day's rest will pull you together. Come on." Snowdon got up, drew on his overcoat, and followed me, taking my arm as we passed over Broadway and dividing the scant shelter of my umbrella. The crowds, however, soon forced Snowdon to drop my arm and fall in behind me. When Twenty-third ' street was reached, believing he was at my heels, I hurried across the square but, turning a moment later to ask a question,.! discovered that he was not i j i DPTTMASinP rki tlMUUt onui'Ht! JEWELERS AUD Fine Watches a Specialty OPTICIANS NELSON, B; C. THE HALL STREET GROCER Family Groceries ' Every Line Fresh. Fruit in Season. H9 Photographers VANCOUVER j i i i Near Phair Hotel, Victoria Street Nclsou. LATCH! Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor, Opp. Custom House, Nelson B ;.c CLUB HOTEL Corner Stanley and Silica Sts. RATES; $i per day and up. , Schooner Beer, 10 cents E, J. Curran, Proprietor. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. Balmoral Mineral Claim, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay District. ��� .- Where'Located: On the Hall Mines \\ agon Road, YV2 miles south of iNolson. Take notice that J, John McLatchie, act- ingas agent for E. W. Cleverslcy, Free Miner s Certificate No. 21,781 A, K. .1. Moore, tree Miner's Certificate No. 21,782 A, and Peter Meogan, Free Minor's Certificate No. 21,788 A, intend, sixtv days from i lie date hereof,' to apply to the Alining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under secl-ion 37, must, be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this ICtli day of September, 189H. ,, JOHN McLATCHIE. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEN!ENTS. The Delighb, Woodstock, Calgary and Atlantic Mineral Claims, situate iu the Nelsoh Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located : On Toad Mountain, about one mile west of "Silver King" Mineral Claim. ^ _ ,, Take notice that I, John McLatchie, .P.L.S., of tlic City of Nelson, acting as agent for the Delight Gold Mining Company, Limited, Free Miners's Certificate No. B 26.GS7, intend, sixty days from (he date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improve- ments.ifor the purpose of obtaining Crown Grants of the above claims. And further take notice that action, under Section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this sixteenth day of August, 1889. John McLatchie; CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. Golden Eagle Mineral Claim, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: On the, south side of Red Mountain on Hall Creek���,'"��� Take notice that I, John McLatchie, P.L.S., of Nelson. B. C. acting as agent, for G..A. Kirk, Free Miner's Certificate No.88,385, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements; for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be, commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this twenty-third day of August, 1899. , John McLatchie. Express and Draying Having purchased the express and drayi n business of J. W. Cowan, we are prepared to doallJdndsof-work in this line, and solicit the patronage of the people of Nelson. Orders left at D. McArthur & Co's store, northwest corner Baker and Ward streets, will receive prompt attention. Telephone 85. GOMER DAVIS. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. Drummer Mineral Claim, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay District. ��� . Where located: On westerly slope of and near the headwaters of Rover Creek. Take notice that I, John McLatchie, P.L.S., of the City of Nelson, acting as agent for Robert Rennie, Free Miner's Certificate No. B 11,534, Benjamin F. Butler, Free Miner's Certificate No. 21,010 A. Olive B. Jones, Breo Miner's Certificate No. 21.819 A. and Thomas R'. Jones, Free Miner's Certificate No. 21,818 A, intend, sixty days from the date hercoi, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. ' ' ��� And further take notice that action, under section 87.must be commenced before fheissu ance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this second day of October, ISHi). John McLatchie. umomg AND Heati Josephine Street Nelson. STARTLERS IN PKICES OF ���AT- Thomson's Book Store. .*<n H THE NELSON ECONOMIST, ?'< I in 1 U h Si' 'I r- behind me. A backward glance, however^ solved the mystery. A young beggar-woman, carrying a babe, had stopped on the opposite corner, and he was giv- , ing her a handful of silver. "Come along, Snowdon," I cried. "Coming!" he answered. Then turning slowly, his eyes still following the, retreating beggar, he took a long step into the street, , slipped, fell; a cable-car swooped out, and-���Snowdon of Pleasant Valley was over the edge of the world and into the Valley of the Shadow of Death.���The Standard. self with the conditions of existence prevailing there, and reporting to Mr. Chamberlain upon certain points about which he desires information. i Chamberlain's Next Stunt. (London Empire.) Those who resent the venomous, mendacious criticisms of the Paris press may console themselves with the .thought that in due,time Mr. Chamberlain's attention will be turned to French affairs., I am in a position to state that even at this critical moment the British Government is carefully collecting material on which will be based the final settlement of another of our most serious international complications���that of ��� the French treaty shore of Newfoundland. Governor Sir Henry Mc,Cailuni has just completed an inspection of'that coast with a view to familiarizing him- But He Can With Gall. (Events.) ���>And now the question is : Where does Mr. Tarte stand ? When he had been overruled with regard to the first contingent, he took comfort in the belief that that there would be no further call for troops, from Canada, and in a public speech he' said the thing would not be repeated. But it is,repeated almost before the echo of his words died out. What will he do about it? There ,is an unconfirmed rumor that he has resigned, and I do not see how he can retain his office with consistency. Will we be able to do Likewise on the Nelson Tram? (Tacoma News.) , A New York reporter rode 107 miles on one ticket and 87 transfers, the total cost being 5 cents.,' New York is the home of the octopus, of"Tammany, of the .windless yacht courses, and of the gold bricks, bit eijrtny-ss/en tra nfers for 5 cents, is a starting challenge to all other-cities claiming "the best stree: car service in the world." . (38*^ AND S00 LiNE The Direct Route from Kootenay Country to All Points. FIRST-CLASS SLEEPERS On All Trains from REVELSTOKE AND KOOTENAY LDG TOURIST CARS pass Medicine Hat daily for St. Paul, Sundays and Wednesdays for Toronto, Fridays for Montreal and Boston. Same cars pass Revelstoke one day earlier. CONNECTIONS To and from Ronton, Rossland. 7.10 ex Sun, Lv...NELSON..Ar. ex.Sun.10.40 18.00 daily Lv NELSON Ar. daily 21.40 Morning train connects for a 11 points in BOUNDARY COUNTRY Evening train connects to and from Main Line and Points North, and (except Sundays) from all Points in .Boundary Country. KOOTENAY RIVER ROUTE. Daily Str Moyie Daily 23.00'Lv NELSON Ar. 1(5.20 Connects Kootemiy Landing with Crow's Nest. Branch trains. KOOTENAY LAKE���KASLO ROUTE. Ex. :-<u:i. 10.00 Lv.. Sir. Kokanee ....NELSON.... Ex. Sun ,.Ai. 11.00 Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, to Argenta and return' leaving Kaslo at 20.00k. SAN DON AND SLOCAN POINTS. 9.00. ex Sun. Lv.,.NELSON.. Ar. ex. Sun. 14.20 4 hours���'NELSON''TO ROSSLAND���hours 4 '/or rates and full information address nearest, local agent, or ' . C. E.Beasley, City Passenger Agent. : RiW. Drew, Agent, Nelson. W. F. Anderson, E. J. Coyle, ���Trav. Pass. Agent, A. G. P. Agent Nelson, B.C. Vancouver, B. C. oors, Sashes-arid Turned rackets and Office Fittings Work ,-���., *., %-^fj3sntoE�� Satisfaction Guaranti 'B*i less Reasonable COMHANDING ATTENTION is simply a matter of being well dressed. Those who wear garments cut and tailored by us will receive all the attention a well dressed man deserves. Our winter suits of Harris Homespuns are marvels of good quality, good styl.e and, good workmaship. The value is great. G. O. BUCHANAN, Proprietor. \�� Ltimber, y* Lath; 2 Shingles. Orders Promptly Filled and . Sash & Doors Satisfaction Given. Nelson . Mouldings, Yard, Foot of Hendryx Street. {Turned Work. ifOHN RAE, AGENT.
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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