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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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M.iatitMlH^VO.TIM^UilVfMSA^.m^^,- jhw^MMtMiiwrtii iwiftnp lHWMll.U"il���"""1"in wwv&V"^ NELSON ECONOMIST VOL. III. NELSON, B. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER iS, 1899. NO. 14 \.J o ��� t THE NELSON ECONOMIST is issued ivery Wednesday at the City; of Nelson, B. C, by D. 2f. Carley. Subscription : $2.00 per annum; if paid'in advance, 81.50. Correspondence on matters of general interest respectfully solicited. Only articles of merit will- be advertised in these colunins, and the interests of readers will be carefully guarded against irresponsible persons-and'worthless articles. Notice.���There are. sevemLJumdred 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. ��� ��� . ��� - ��� ��� ~ ~ ��� ������ LAST Saturday night the citizens of Nelson assembled at Fraternity Hall, to listen to addresses by Hon. Sidney Fisher, Minister of Agriculture, and Mr. Hewitt Bostock, sitting member for Yale-Cari: boo. Of tb* no present, it is safe to claim that 75 were Conservatives, and certainly the speeches of Messrs. Fisher -and Bostock did not produce any apparent revulsion in favor of the Liberal party. On the contr^y, there were many Liberals present who vvere disappointed with the weakness and falacy of the arguments of the speakers. Mr. Fisher needed more than the encouraging applause of Aid. Beer., to carrv conviction. Why is it that Liberal speakers invariably begiu their addresses by attempting to prove ��� that their party is loyal to the Queen and the Empire? Does a virtuous woman preach of her virtue from the house-tops ? In order to prove the loyalty of his party, Mr. Fisher announced that the Government of Canada had decided to seud a Canadian contingent to South Africa". Who was it first suggested the .sending of a Canadian contingent to South Africa? It was Col. Sam Hughes of Lindsay, Ontario, a Conservative. Why has the Laurier Government been so dilatory in sanctioning the suggestion of Col. Hughes ? And why did not Mr. Fisher refer to the report that Israel Tarte had threatened to resign in case Canada sent a regiment to South Africa ? Mr. Fisher's reference to tariff reform in the presence of Mr: Bostock was most unfortunate. The member for Yale-Cariboo did not run his campaign on tariff reform, but on free trade. The Province, a paper which o \ es its origin to Mr. Bostock, and reciprocated that gentleman's tender nursing by galvanizing him into a living, breathing politician, had the maxim of ���'.'. Free Trade and Direct Taxation" at its editorial mast. Yet Mr. Bostock, without a blush, sat on the platform while Mr. Fisher preached1 of the beauty of so-called " tariff reform." If the Minister of Agriculture had come out openly, and admitted that the hereditary predatoiyy instinct of the Liberal party had received another striking manifestation in the way the' Conservative platform had been appropriated, he would have at leasrt been c credited with candor. One of t e many humorous features of Mr. Fisher's address was the cool wa)^ in which he claimed credit for "the unprecedented grain crop of' Manitoba and ��� the Northwest. If the Liberal party is responsible for the great crop of wheat, why did not the Liberal party incorporate into the Thanksgiving proclamation a clause giving thanks to Sir WTilfrid Laurier instead of Providence ? ' Taking it all in all,- ,Mr. Fisher's address was a weak attempt at covering up the feeble, vascilating, incapable-policy of the Liberal leaders/ Nor was Mr. JBostock's speech a gem. The silver-tongued (or perhaps golden-tongued would be nearer the mark) orator did not claim for the Liberal party the present wave of prospertiy, but'he did not forget to remind the few who remained after Mr. .Fisher concluded, that everything Yale-Cqriboo received from the Government came through its present sitting member. As Yale-Cariboo has not been the recipient of anything to speak of, Mr. Bostock's claim cannot be regarded as. out of the way. . The meeting was not encouraging to the Liberal cause. W^hat little applause there w.s came from half-a-dozen or so Liberals, and as they soon grew tired of hand-clapping, thejgathering took the sombre shade of a funeral oration. The music hall question is still a theme of animated discussion. There is considerable antagonism to the proposal to establish a music hall, and strange as it may seem, this opposition comes from a source from which it should be least - expected. A respectably conducted music hall should not be confused with a dive variety theatre. In fact, one of the principal reasons why there should be a music hall in Nelson is that it would prevent the , introduction of beer halls, such as will be started here in the event of the defeat ofthe by-law. There is nothing in the laws regulating licenses to prevent .a saloon-keeper from putting up a stage and engaging variety actors to give entertainments, so long as no admission fee is , charged. This is just what will happen, in case the music hall by-law is defeated. Indeed, it is understood that one saloon-keeper is seriously considering the matter at the present time. The establishment of a music hall would prevent this, and by the 'i 1 ��1 1 ��mawwiwKmi��aiiMMjlil��lt.Wilt!UWWWia -;- -,- *i/>HJ r-*�����L'E,f���I'a/i.TI-- '.Tn-* im/W "*~ i i" * -*~- -i rr 'nr ���-"*������ ����i��*-w t-f r* I ^nWM^&mzm&j^asz^&vrvttizxrjv&u*: THE NELSON ECONOMIST safeguards thrown about it with a license, there is no reason why it should not be conducted on ��� the ' lines of music halls on the Coast. The dive is a feeder for the house of ilKepute, while the music hall is quite the reverse. Antagonism to a music hall is simply encouragement to the practice of vice of the most demoralizing character. Nelson is m many respects a model city, ..but if proper safeguards are, not established, moral decay will soon set m. There - are many voung men who. are anxious to lead moral , lives, but through lack of good, healthy- amusement are forced to seek companionship that leads to their moral and physical ruin. The majority of young men prefer music, and elevating amusement to the ��� companionship of vicious women, and is it fair that these young men should be denied this entertainment ? It matters little to The Economist whether or not a music hall is started in Nelson, but it will take this occasion to say that if through ill-advised antagonism suclv . a place of amusement is made impossible, the responsibility for much vice and many blasted reputations may properly be laid at the doors of.those who have carried on that opposition. REFERRING to the declaration of the Conservative convention to introduce straight party lines into provincial politics, the Greenwood Miner says : "People generally will welcome an opportunity to ally themselves on one side or the other, with some party res- ponsible as a whole for the acts of the Government. Either Liberals or Conservatives would prefer to see their political opponents in power to such a nondescript combination as at present exists, with personal aspirations as the main line of cleavage. Naturally, as this is a new departure in this Province, there will be some opposition to it; and it is; possible that it may not be wholly successiul it an election is forced on soon ; but sooner or later it must come It is the experience of all the Provinces but one. It will be interesting to watch the developments of the next few months." Greenwood will have a music hall. Civilization moves rapidly, these days. It c will cost $4 to send a telegram of ten words from Victoria to Dawson, and twenty cents for each additional word. This the highest rate known to the civilized world. The Phoenix New* is the latest newspaper candidate for public favor, It is a four-page, well edited and neatly printed paper, and is published by James ': Grier. ; .�� The war in the Transvaal demonstrates the wonderful resources of the Empire. Before the home Government had time to ask assistance from the possessions, thousands of.colonists had volunteered for service in the Transvaal. The 1000 going from Canada is only a fraction of the number that could be. secured in the event of Britain requiring their ser- i t vices. The readiness of British subjects in every portion of the vast empire to become "soldiers ofthe Queen" should impress the enemies of Britain with her strength and invincibility. Mr! R. F. Tolmie was in the city this week. From the Tribune we learn that Mr. Tolmie has accepted the secretaryship ofthe Silver Miners' Association of the Slocan. ' The Nelson court house is, the best sample of a cold storage plant, if some of ' the churches are excepted, to be found in the Kootenays. It is strange Hon. Fred Hume has not brougnt the matter of better court' accommodations before the Legislature. Rossland, some of these days, will have a $40,000 courthouse, and then the judges, for the comfort of litigants, will order the majority of cases to be tried at that place, When Mr. Hume was asking for the votes of the people,,, a few months ago, his friends pointed out the advantage of having a cabinet minister from this district. If Nelson has profited by Mr Hume's presence in the Cabinet, the circumstance has been so carefully obscured as to have escaped the observation of his constituents here. The Nelson volunteers have one last request to make before they dep rt for the field ot battle, and that is that the Smelter band will" not accompany, them to' the depot playing, '' Marching Through Georgia." ��� . # . ��� London Truth prints a statement of -the- fighting strength ofthe two South African republics, derived from the best authority. The war strength of the Transvaal is fixed nt 26,500 burghers liable to service, ofwhom.14.200 are* between eighteen and thirty-four years of age. The number liable to service in the Orange Free Srate is 20,000, and the, " ouly"pemanent troops maintained by this republic, are a force of eighty field artillerymen. The gross total on paper comes to 45,600 for the two states, ol whom probably about 25,000 are able-bodied men in the prime of life. The Ottawa Citizen has-the following with regard to the Liberal Government and the Canadian contingent ��� "In the face of the gather! ng storm of public indignation, and possibly because the British government understood the situation here *nd sent a direct demand to spur the Canadian government into action, official circles have suddenly been galvan zed into life. The Globe aunounced yesterday that a Canadian contingent is to be sent, and that Great Britain will pay the expenses. Hurried contracts are being made for clothing-tunics, forsooth, for the Canadian soldiers to wear in the hot climate of South Africa ' The agreement ofthe home government to; defray the expenses of. the contingent when equipped disposes of any necessity of calling Parliament .together and is it an evidence that the communication with the Imperial authorities has taken place since �� ':V7, m juuuinuiiMiJsmi fffc^r^r^raEKEsa ^j^-asts^tJfe THE NELSON ECONOMIST Laurier's remarkable utterances of a few days ago. The Minister of Militia has arrived on the scene. Sir Wilfrid Laurier has been hastily summoned from Chicago, and at the cabinet meeting to-day there is every probability of some energetic action being taken to rehabilitate Canada in the estimation of the empire and to square the government on its' policy of indifference and procrastination in the eyes of a disgusted,and indignant people." ECONOMY ' The Tribune accuses Hugh Sutherland of telling downright falsehoods with regard tp�� mining operations' in "British Columbia. , This is the first time- such an accusation has been made against a mining man in this Province, but, of course, Hugh comes from Manitoba. , "^ French clergy have taken such a violent part in the Dreyfus case that feeling has grown very bitter, and it is said that the couseqences of their attitude may be far reaching and result in more turmoil for France.- The French exposition has had such a nar: row escape from failure through the Dreyfus case-that ��� it is not likely that any calamity events will be set to take place until that enterprise is wound -up, or at ' least nearing ' its close. The unexpected, it is ex- ��� pected, will then transpire. , * Hamilton Spectator. Ten varying years have passed, and each one pushed its predecessor back, Since Jim and Joe and Will sat on an old straw stack, And each a gold-brown, peach as his ' sole fortune did possess, And each one wiped the down, and each his fortune did caress. / And each resolved to reach the goal we call success. . With careful, hand Jim picked the flesh from off the stone ; - ��� I ate it all, you see, lie said, of'waste there can be none ; Joe ate his peach, the kernel, too, ate he, a fuller proof of" strict economy, you see��� And to this fact they all three did agree. Will also ate with much delight the luscious thing, Then to a fuller test did strict economy bring ; He took the stone and hid it in the earth away, And there it lay, as if asleep,, from day to day ; But when thespring its sympnthies did bring���the sun did shine��� A tiny little bud sprang up beneath a vine, And from that bud a handsome tree did grow, I'm talking now of facts and things I really know��� And that same tree abundant fruit did yield, ,,. And peach-stone buds.soon covered all the field. I'm stating facts���no foolish jesting rash��� Fron this year's crop Will banked two thousand cash.' 1 oronto has reduced the price of water 50 * per cent., which places the aqua pure within the reach of all. The Ottawa Citizen believes the report - that the Ameer of Afghanistan has become insane and is boiling' his faithful subjects in oil and crucifying them upside down as a social recreation, may ��� have something to do with the war preparations in Britain, which are admitted to be out of all proportion to the requirements of the Transvaal crisis. News does not leak out- of Afghanistan very easily, and for several wer-ks ugly rumors have been filtering down through India from "the roof of the world." If it is true that the Ameer has become insane there will be a scramble for the throne of the " buffer state," qnd Russia and Britain each have different candidates which they will back with all their might. It looks as if the tale of bribery and corruption in connection with the last Ontario election is to be continued indefinitely. We sincerely trust and hope the war in. the Transvaal will not come to an end before the Kootenay Life Guards get their.innings.. The Shamrock is not likjely to take the cup back to England. .So far'she has not demonstrated her superiority in any regard to the Columbia. Canoe that Carries 100 Men. The second largest canoe in British Columbia, if not on the Pacific coast, says the. Seattle Times, is now hauled out on the fide-flat hill on First avenue south. ��� It is a stunner, considering it is made entirely out of a single big tree arid carries more than a hundred people, and is the largest but one in all our country." The big canoe is but one out of a score ��� of large canoes that belong' to- the Fort Rupert and West Coast Indians of Vancouver island. Fort Rupert is on the northern end of Vancouver island and the Indians now here were eighteen days on the voyage. With a good hard wind they could go 100 miles a day and could therefore, accomplish the almost 1,000- mile voyage in eight or ten days. However, they do not always get the fair wind. The big canoe is a new one, made this summer. It is about fifty-five feet long and seven to eight feet across. The Indians say there are even bigger cedar trees thon the one from which the canoe was made. These Indians have been coming here , since the first hops were planted. They always look for a sound tree for a canoe, one without any rotten parts or knot holes about it. The Indian owner hired a number of other Indians and made the canoe where the tree fell, then skidded it into the water: He considers it worth $300 or $400. War canoes of these northern Indians used to create a good deal of terror in the minds of the first settlers. There are old grey-headed patriarchs in the . camp to-day . who doubtless have in the past taken part fin many a raid on the Sound Indians and . possibly in some of the few attacks made on the earlier settlers. lllLiBa^ ������y^F.S^l-yw-^^gfafg^.g.if^^ iMmbaaaaaamB "-T sfes uwiw^tfttaJWJisw^Bwmonwwi^^ r '/*;�����<;-��� EVENTS AND GOSSIP AN Eastern paper is entertaining its readers with a discussion on "How to Cook a Thanksgiv- ing Turkey, "the discussion taking the form ofa symposium to \yhich the six highest salaried chefs in the city contributed. These dignitaries of the art agreed that the feathers should be removed , from the turkey before the roasting began and that the bird should be surrounded in the pan by a circle of onions. Beyond these points, however, the only approach to an agreement was that five of the chefs' favored a small " torn turkey" cooked for an hour in a hot oven, while one, with an inspiration of genius declared for a large turkey, left to the evolution of five hours of a slow fire. It is worth noting, moreover, since we live in days when questions of sex arise in every issue, that most ofthe chefs noted the existence of a "marked difference between the flavors of the male and the female bird, and while ..some preferred the male, some declared for the hen. Finally there were those who asserted the Eastern turkey, but this = was decidedly carrying the debate too,far and all statements of lhe kind should have be> n stricken from the symposium. We cannot permit the introduction of sectional prejudices in an issue so near to the National heart as the turkey which gladdens the popular stomach. This symposium is worth noting, because the differences of opinion revealed in.it are not likely to cause anything more than a pleasant warmth in the memory. It will not lead to more talk. Those who favor the flavor of the hen bird will not denounce as fools those who like .better the savor of the ' * torn turkey," aud while the man who chooses a small bird rather than a big one may by those who ^delight in having enough of a good thing be regarded as an easily contented idiot, yet no one will say so. If then we can discuss so important a subject as a , turkey without laps ing from dignity of manner or moderation of language, why can we not discuss things less near to our inner lives with the same decorum ? May it not be due to the fact that as the turkey is something we have thoroughly digested we are able therefore to debate it from a true fullness, whereas on other subjects we are often without assurance of onr own comprehension, and are compelled to fill up with bluster the empty gaps in the line of our arguments ? A contrast to the pleasant symposium for the discussion of turkey is the controversy between the romancers and the younger Dumas. The romancers declare the author of Camille to have been wholly a ' reprobate in the realm of art, a chronicler of the half world and the shady side of life ; one unfit to rank among the immortals or even among mortals who fake right views of things ; while the author of Monte Cristo they praise as one of the joyous spirits whose works are the, gladness and; delight of the world, a true immortal destined to be remembered forever by all, whose mortal-weariness has been cheered by the thrill and the glow of his rousing romances. To all of which the realists answer that if Camille was of the half world, she was at least that much in the world, was human flesh and blood, sympathetic with love and passion even as we are, while the heroes ofthe elder Dumas were never cin the world at all. The, prisoner, sewn up in a sack, weighted with cannon balls and thrown- into the sea, who ripped,the sack open, swam several leagues and , climbed a lone rock amid the waste of waters too wave a dagger at the stars and declaim, " The world is mine," is .beyond human sympathy, say the realists. This is a real world, they maintain, and Monte Cristo is not in it with Camille. , While this worriment between romancers and realists goes on over the comparative artistic merits of the elder and the younger Dumas, it is worth remembering that the father and son themselves got along very well together after the son had attained a sufficient success to be able to lend his father money, and a sufficient discretion not to do it. It is narrated that when " Camille" achieved its triumph on the Parisian stage, the elder Dumas wrote to the younger a letter of warm congratulations and signed it " The Author of ' Monte Cristo.' " To this the son replied that no congratulations could be more pleasing to him than those of the author of a work for which, as he said, "I have the highest admiration, because I have heard my father praise it so often." With this example of a mutual admiration between the great romancer and the great realists to encourage them, it is to be regretted the little romancers and the little realists cannot attain at least to a mutual tolerance, and allow a willing world to be pleased with both/ Gambling should be interdicted once for all. It is a blot on the intelligence, morality and greatness ofthe city that flagrant and wholesale violations of the anti-gambling laws should be not only countenanced but protected by the very officers who are sworn to execute the laws. How idle is it to de: niand respect for law, while officers, whose duty it is to enforce the laws, approve of their violation and profit by contempt for their own oaths and connivance at such crimes ? Gambling is but a curse to any community in which it.is tolerated. Its votaries spend money freely when they have it, and the op-; portunity to gamble attracts here and there some travelling spendthrift who without it will be missed, but line up these alleged advantages against the evils following in gambling's train and only the most calloused, greedy selfishness will contend for its continuance at the terrible cost the community must <.i ' 'J r .)'��� ">t; t OTi��i����W y^mmmmmMMmmmm mmfmrnmrnmrnm THE NELSON ECONOMIST pay. Brlghtyoung men made criminals to cover losses ; theft:, forgery and embezzlement the crimes resorted' to.' The average age of all those convicted is but 21.5-12 years, and the downfall of these young men can be traced back to the frequenting of gambling establishments by them. These' are some of the direct results, while those thafare secondary are far more pitiful. Wives, mothers, fathers disgraced, multitudes of them suffering for the money squandered.;, like brilliant flames attracting gnats and moths, they gather to a city crowds of criminals who debauch its morals, commit brutal offences and cheat and swindle whenever victims can be trapped. Why should such institutions be, trifled with? Why heed either the' threats or supplications of their owner ? Stamp them out. .Keep them out. They are at war with society. They are engines to defeat the most earnest endeavors of all good citizens to improve and advance .a city's life and business'. The authorities are to blame, not the gamblers. Crime, apart from its moral aspect, is crime ��� only when it is treated as crime. Gambling is morally wrong, but officers countenance it, and the public are. willfully ,_ blind to it;, it is clothed only in its moral heinousness and the statute law is but its negative, silent enemy. Hence, gamblers, not being afflicted with qualms from the seat of the moral qualities, do not hold themselves as criminals as long as they can hypnotize' or otherwise hold the law's executive officers from'action against them. If the officers will only shut up the gambling dens and make their keepers understand' that they will stay shut���and they can make them, understandit so clearly, if they will, that importunities to reconsider their command will cease at the very moment it is given ���trouble with gambling institutions will be over, and the community will wonder that it ever could be so lax in".duty as to tolerate their existence for a- day. '...���Mr. J. H. Bowes, the Nelson barrister, has returned from a well-earned vacation, extending over a period of four months, and which included a prolonged visit to Europe. Mr. Bowes spent most of his vacation in London, where he visited all points of historical -interest. To a person of his studious . habits, London naturally proved a point of absorbing interest. No only i< it the commercial centre ofthe world, but it is the point where has been generated the most important history of the : Empire. There is centralized the power of England. ; To the patriot tic Briton, London brings up scenes of Agincourt, the glory of Blenheim, the fortitude of " Fatal Fontency,'' and the fortunes of Waterloo. It forces itself upon , one how England has ruled theempire of the .wave, from... the destruction of the Armada to the glories of Trafalgar. Nor is her glory confined to arms alone ;,. in arts, in science, in literature, in credit and in commerce-she sits superior. She gives laws to learning and limits to taste. As an orator once remarked, the watchfires of her battlefields yet flash warnings and [(defiance to her enemies. Her dead heroes and statesmen stand as sentinels upon immortal heights., to guard the glory of the living. It is thus a Canadian feels when beholding London for the first time. ' The utter indifference to what the world thinks of her policy is-the crowning characteristic of Great Britain.' What impressed Mr. Bowes, as it does everyone else;' more than anything, was the vast difference between the British subject and the citizen ' of France. The former is self-reliant and imbued with the spirit of superiority, while the latter feels that he belongs to a decadent race, and <can never rise above his environment. After.a short visit to Paris, ���Mr. Bowes returned to London, and is now back in Nelson, prouder than ever that he is a "member of the great British family with her imperishable traditions., The appearance of Sheriff Tuck in the full dress of his office added greatly to'the eclat of the opening of assizes: The Sheriff is evidently < determined to uphold the dignity of his office. ' - Under its ne.w. management the Rossland ��� Record is forging rapidly to the front, and now manifests all the signs of prosperity. Among the visitors to Nelson this week is Chief Justice Tuck of New Brunswick. His Lordship belongs'to the old school, and tells a story with that rich coloring so rare nowadays. He,has been visiting his daught-r, Mrs. Freeman Lake, and his brother, tiie genial sheriff. The Cascade Record says : ''/'The Nelson Miner says the country is going to the dogs on account of the enforcement of the eight-hour law. The Nelson 'Tribune takes exactly the opposite view." In other words, " you pays your money and you takes your choice." It is often asked, is there one law for the rich and another for the poor ? I scarcely believe the1 lawmakers intend to discriminate in favor of the rich man, but it always looks as if the poor man gets a shade the worst of it. When the man with money at his command gets into trouble, no matter how heinous the offense charged, he can secure the best legal talent ; but it sometimes happens that a poor man's son runs counter to the law, and notwithstanding the fact the British law holds all men innocent until proven guilty, he very often fails in getting a lawyer to defend him. Thus is law reduced to business. How is it with the newspapers ? Some weeks ago, a young fellow was charged with the embezzlement of ������sixty, or seventy dollars. One ofthe daily -papers ���'������announced, the arrest the next morning in flaring headlines, and to make the article more interesting stated that he had been guilty of other defalcations: This young fellow was without means to influence the press, so he was forced to suffer. His poverty was a crime. Supposing he had been rich, or the son of an influential promoter, would that paper have mentioned the circumstance ?��� Not once in a thousand years. Assuming he had been mixed up in a disgraceful affair I ' y u VI M r>'il ?Ji 1 '0\ P\ 14 5 31 Si jg - sk X 31 ^������������81 ti .1 ij'.Sl ';> i -r WMJWBUBRllBMWaHaMl aWfttW^W^t^lit^^^'MWIflJi S3 W7BW!EBW!IR*mBE38SE!H^ iimt^mmmmmm^. .-J, ^.-t** ffl^jt'^-im���^^^^^ i^i��5*-itt��i^k^;SiL-^.:^^ - THE NELSON ECONOMIST It ��� ?! with a fallen woman, and on the witness stand compelled to disclose his relations with the other half ���of the world, would that paper even hint at such a thing ? Most assuredly not. The papers, like the lawyers, only show favors when under the spell of the almighty dollar. Business is business. Cover up the moral delinquencies of the rich man's son, but " rattle the bones over the stones of the poor pauper whom nobody owns." . Paul Kruger depends greatly on qthe assistance of Providence in his struggle with Great Britain. The Lord invariably happens to be on the side ofthe strongest battalions. The girl is unlucky who finds out suddenly that she has something , nice the matter with her. I knew one who was told that she had lovely hair. She took to doing it up with one hairpin, and her head began to look like a mop on third day ofa house- cleaning. She took to jerking her head, too,, so that the hair would come down, and then she did look lovely, especially if it happened at ;the theatre, at luncheon or on the street. She would, wiggle her head so chat her words would come out scalloped, and her nose got all spread around. A girl with a neat foot is the worst nuisance I know. She always h*s; it stuck out. Her shoestring is always coming undone. She is forever lifting her dress and making you nervous. It just about spoils a girl if she finds out that she has fine eyes and pretty teeth. Good-by to quiet expressions at once. Her eyes roll, droop, snap, shut, open, dance and sparkle all over the place until you wonder why they don't get sprained. Meanwhile her teeth are working j ust as hard. She smiles twice a miuute and often her eyes are getting in some fine touches that don't go with a smile at all. The effect is awful. I got tired looking at a girl the other day that I wondered why the man with her didn't marry her just for the sake of tying her eyes fast to her nose and knocking her teeth out. The Tribune announces that Mr. Bostock will again be the Liberal candidate. He will suffer defeat if some popular Conservative is placed in the field. There was no yacht race to-day between the Columbia and Shamrock. It was reported on the ' street to-day that British soldiers had surrendered to the Boers, credence is placed in the rumor. 2000 No Clives Phillips-Wolley has made made arrangements for the publication of two more brooks. , . '��� < ������ ������������/���:.' P. 0. ���' FAIRY LIGHT Uhder'the oaks in the moonless night, I saw the fairies that took their flight, With stars to guide them, and shadows to hide them, And lilies for lantern light. Like a flight of leaves that the wild wind reaves From fading boughs in the autumn eves, They fluttered and scattered, they ,whispered and muttered , ''Away! hblia-ho ! away!" And now in my dreams I see them go, I hear them rustle, now loud, now low ; With shrill triangle, and cymbals tiiat jangle, And little gold horns that blow, Like a flight of bees through the darkling trees, That chase and follow a wandering breeze, They scatter and mingle, their bride-bells jingle "Away! holla-ho! away" Some day I know I shall hear them call, By leaping river or ivied wail, , r With mystic rhyming, like silvery chiming Afar in an elfin hall : Like a flight of doves thro' the leafless groves I will roam afar with my fairy loves, With bugles a-ringing and wee voices singing "Away! holla-ho! away !" - ' ���Pall Mall Gazette. How a Cross Was Won. . �� The really brave man's story about I is own deeds is always modest. Not infrequently he is unable to give any account of them which is satisfactory to his hearers. The reporters who " interviewed" soldiers wounded on San Juan hill had a hard time in getting " stories" from them. One such soldier said : . '�� There isn't a thing to tell. I . only went up there, with a lot of other chumps, and got shot. I didn't eveu have sense enough to know it when I was shot." -Not long ago a French chroniqiieur���Montmirail ofthe Paris G tulois���encountered in a littie village of the south of France a gardener, who wore, pinned on his clean Sunday blouse, the ribbon of the Legion of Honor. Naturally, the newspaperman desired to know how he got it. The gardeuer, who, like many of- his trade, seemed to be a silent man, was averse to meeting an old and wearisome demand, bin finally he began: ���'Oh, I don't know how I did get it! I was at Bazeilles with the rest of the battery. All the officers were killed ; then down went all the noncommissioned officers. Bang! bang! bang! By and by all the soldiers were down but me. I had fired the last shot, and naturally was doing what I could to stand off the Bavarians. "Well, a general came, and ssys he, 'Where's your officers ?" . " 'All down,' says I. " ' Where's your gunners !' says he. " ' All down but me,' says I. " ' And you've been fighting here all alone?' says he; ������ \ '.' '���' ������.'���."���'������'��������� V .,;'������"������''���'������;':.; '.: " ' I couldn't Met 'em come and get the -��� guns could T?' I says ; and then he up and put this ribbon on me, probably because there was nobody else there to put it on." ���ymiiimiMJjmWJa^^ --b-.^v.j.i ii.i,..wli... ^jiK��Mi����^'3W^^Tr^TWTB-nHr*^TTE^r^*^^'"*"ii*SPBS^ HERE AND THERE �� ��� A Finnish Epic Poem. The Finnish epic poem called the Kalevala, the j oldest portions of which were probably composed three thousand, years ago, throws interesting light upon the primitive social and marriage customs of the Finns. The three chief characters , of the Kalevala are the, minstrel, Wainamoinen ; Ilmarinen, the magic blacksmith; and Lemminkainen. the' wizard. The blacksmith pays, court to the Daughter of .the Rainbow, who is called ; " the fairest daughter of the Northland." An account of their bridal and of some of the amenities' of married life in ' those days is thus given by a writer in a late number of the New York Times : , " The wedding feast prepared, the beer . brewed, the -guests feasted. - Osmotar, daughter of ",6smo, gives the Rainbow bride advice: Thou must acquire new habits Must forget thy former customs. ���- Like the mouse, have ears for hearing, Like the hare, have feet for running. '' But the quick ears and the nimble feet are ' for the service of her husband and his family. The ���' Bride of Beauty,' must rise early, light the morning fire, fill the bucket from. the ' crystal river flow- in��\' feed the kine and flocks, ' with pleasure'; gather fagots from the wood-land, bake the barley- bread and honey cakes, wash, the birchen platters clean, amuse the sister's baby, entertain the stranger, ' tend well the sacred sorb-tree' and other vegetation ; spin, weave, make clothes, beer, ' lend the needed service' when the ' father of my hero husband' bathes. ' The week ended, 'she must give the house a thorough cleaning.' And all the while she must wear the ' whitest linen' and 'tidy fur shoes' for her hero husband's glory. And she must not gossip in the village, tell of neglect or i'lltreatment, to bring shame to her kindred and disgrace to her husband's household. Ostomar, daughter of Osmo, counsels the bride- groom also : Never cause the Bride of Beauty To regret the day of marriage ; Never make her shed.a teardrop ; Never fill her cup with sorrow." But strict marital discipline must be maintained. Those were the days when there were no women's clubs, but clubs for women. To thy young wife give instruction, , Kindly teach thy bride in secret, In the long and dreary evenings, When thou sittest at the fireside ; Teach one year in words of kindness, j , Teach with eyes of love a second ; In the third year teach her with firmness-, If she should not heed thy teaching, * Should not hear thy kindly counsel J After three long years of effort, Cut a reed upon the lowlands,- Cut a nettle from the border, Teach thy wife with harder measures.l In the^forth year, if she heed not, Threaten her with sterner treatment, With the stalks of rougher edges, Use not yet the thongs of leather, Do not touch her with the birch whip- If she does not heed this warning, ,'^hould she'pay thee no attention, Cut a rod upon the mountains, , Or a willow in the valleys ; Hide it underneath thy mantie, That the stranger may not scv it; Show it-to thy wife in secret, Shame her thus'to do her duty ; Strike not yet, though disobeying, Should she disregard this warning, Still refuse to heed thy wishes, Then instruct her with the willow, Use the birch rod from the mountain, In the closet of thy dwelling, In the,attic of thy mansion. Modern Coats of Mail. To the uninitiated the days of armorhave long since -gone, but a visit to a certain firm situated in the west end of London will reveal the fact that hundreds of vests of mail are sold ' annually - to officers in the British army. The maker is a well-known gunsmith, and a large portion of his income is derived, not from manufacturing' guns, but through the sale of armor to officers. As a general, rule the mail is inclosed in a leather casing, which is sewn inside the tunic'soasto be invisible unless the garment is picked to pieces. And the same with helmets��� a similar device is fixed as a lining so asto give, additional protection in case of need. Some officers are not above wearing mail vests underneath their tunics and perfectly obvious to their comrades, who, though they may scoff in time of peace, would be only to glad to don one themselves when in the middle of hostilities. The majority ofthe maker's customers are officers because the suits are very expensive, costing about 10 guineas each. Nevertheless some " Tommies" are prepared to spend that amount in order to ensure themselves to a certain extent against the enemy's spent bullets. Against a modern bullet, fired at short distance, of course, these suits of armor are next to useless, although they may be instrumental in turning its course or stopping its penetrating power. During the Chino-Japanese war of 1895 the maker in question sent out several hundred suits of armor, which were eagerly bought up by the combatants at a heavy price. During the American war of last year he did the same thing : it was not nearly so successful for he found that he had been forestalled by American firms, and such officers in the American army as had intended going in for a suit of mail had already obtained them. He then offered his goods to the Spaniards, who proved to be good customers, and were prepared to pay a good price for the luxury. A probable instance of the value of the mail occured !b 1 ii'! ��� '-I!' ��� I ! ' \ 7 5 i ' P ���: *"( : :��� , i if w^mswitfm!wmis^^i^^^^^^^l^^S^^S^^^^^^M^^^^m 'fc-TT er^.- :^'^.?.*'*v *>.-*,'''Tfrtttf:-J! ^.^X^i&^&^J^ ri��aa��?iifa3i��E:-2^i .yf^Swr^I&MMKj^MSsSnra^ '^"', 10 THE NELSON ECONOMIST i t' i< i' M J h I �� ! \ 1 i ! i : \ during the battle of Omdurman last September. One officer, who is well known, got into the thick of the fight and was slas"hed on all sides by the dervishes. His men were surprised to see that he had escaped all the force ofthe blows, expecting to see him fall from his horse every minute a mass of wounds. After the fight was "over, however, he appeared perfectly unscathed save for a few slight wounds on the chest. Then he revealed the suit of mail which covered him and to which he owed his life.���London Globe. Colored Diamonds. A large number of diamonds are white, though a clear, colorless, transparent stone is rarer than might be supposed. Besides , white diamonds there are red, blue, green, yellow, brown, black and pink ones. Heat often changes the color, <md after a while the acquired hue becomes permanent, Yellow diamonds perhaps afford the greatest variety of shades. Some of them surpass any other gem,of that color. Specimens of canary-colored diamonds are quire common. If the gem has a rose-colored tint it is very valuable, while red tints, surpassing the ruby, and considered the most beautiful of all precious gems, are exceedingly rare. A few varieties are on record���one weighing ten karats was bought by Emperor Paul o1 Russia for $100,000. A cinnamon or , brown stone is undesirable, as it is seldom pure. A black diamond is nearly as scarce as a red one. Blue diamonds, rank next to red ones in variety and beauty. Those of- a dark blue color, resembling sapphires, are handsome gems, differing only from the sapphire in quality and the beautiful play of colors peculiar to the diamond. The only real blue stones are found in the mines of India. Besides the Bismarck and Hope diamonds there are only twjo others in the world that are properly called blue diamonds. c The green varieties are not as rare as the blue, black, fed and rose-colored species, yet a grass-green or fine emerald color is scarce. When it does occur it is more brilliant than, the finest emera Id. There are several varieties of green-tinted diamonds at the Museum, of Natural History in Paris, but the best- known specimen is ,at Dresden and is considered one of the five paragons of the world among gems. Wit. In a recent discussion of the different kinds of natural wit, several instances were'adduced from Dr. .. Humphreys & Pittock... ' Next to Nelson Hotel, Baker Street, Telephone No. 93 All Leading Newspapers Agents for Victoria Colonist Seattle Times S. F. Bulletin S. F. Call Nelson Economist Nelson Miner Nelson, Tribune Victoria Times Toronto Mail and Empire New York Sunday World Vancouver News-Advertiser Winnipeg Tbibune Winnipeg Telegram Toronto Globe And Other Periodicals. CIGARS CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. ��� "��� ��� ��� ��� a * i C��> 11 ��� ��� �� California Fruits Received Daily <&*& Ash, Lady Aberdeen, Lily Fraction, Minto Fraction and Haddo Fraction Mineral Claims, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: On Morning Mountain. Take notice that I, John McLatchie, P.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. 21,718 A, 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 the purpose of obtaining Crown Grants of. the above claims. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before ' tho issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 14th day of October, A. D. 1899. John McLatchce. EST MUTE Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Osier & Gurd, Mines and Real Estate Baker Street, ...Over... Bank of Halifax Nelson, B. C. Camps supplied on shortest notice and lowest prices. Mail orders receive careful attention. Nothing , bnt fresh and wholesc-me meats and supplies kept in stock. LC.TRAVES, Manager �� THE NELSON ECONOMIST 11 J Orman Cooper's collection of Irish retorts and jokes, to prove that their fun usually lay in the unconscious misuse of words. " What is Mr. Dennis doing now, Larry?" was asked ofa Connemara gossoon. " He'sdrivin' the mail-coach, zir."- " Himself?'?' \ " No, zoor. He's got an antidote;" The doctor, returning to a neighborhood after' several" years' absence, ftwas asked: "Did your honor get marired beya'nt ?" , "No," he replied. ' , , ��� " Och, an' ye had the good luck, docther dear, not to get implicated wid a family !" was the cordial congratulation. . ���, ��� A miserly old man limping with, the gout was adjured by a beggar, " Och, now, ef yer heart wor but as tinder as yer toes !.'.' . ...,.:.��� With education, the still ready wit becomes conscious. The. Dean of the Royal Chapel in. Dublin lately applied for an injunction against a drinking house, and was the chief witness on behalf of the temperance society.. The cousel. for the grogshop pounced on him : "An', Dr. Dane, was it you yoursilf was in that public house ?" - "' ��� ��� " It was, sir." . , ," An', Mr. Dane ofcthe Chapel Royal, didyez take anything there?" , ��� . ���' I did, sir," was the astonishing answer. v " Aha? An', Mr, Dane ofthe Chapel Royal, an' Mr. President of the Temperance Society, what did yez take in,that public house ?" " I took a chair, sir. I also took notes, and here they are," was the crushing reply. And Englishman, present at the discussion, insisted that the most prosaic of his countrymen was liable to break out into a joke, and a good one, and. cited the Marquis of Hartington, now Duke of Devonshire, who is noted as'being a sensible, but dull- and tedious speaker., * " ' , Lady Harcourt, once seated beside him at dinner, said :, "I am sure you would like to hang my husband!" . "No. But I shoukWike to suspend him for a while," he said, quickly. " Marquis," once sent a pert girl to him, "is it' true that you , yawned and ��� nodded through your own speech last night ?" ��� . " Yes. But you should have heard the speech !" ECO ...HAVE received:.'. TWO MORE CARLOADS OF FURNITURE In Stock. They do the business because their prices are the best. Baker St., Cor. of Kootenay St., NeisorT, B. C i P fit ii 5 I1" : ( 4 ; ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������**^ - ��������������������������������������������������������� ��� . ' _ ��� ! l^IRK'PATRIPkr & I ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� WILSON j TELEPHONES io AND 41. POSTOFFICE ?OX K & W. * ��� ��� ��� �� "LI WestpBaker Street 14 West Baker Street $m wcwMWiwwiaglfiWHJlHaHflUHMBBni iifc��!ttii��fl^!^mmMtfM ��'- ��� j^j-.*.*.<.** _'_i.��� _._ .���..J.'��~.-_...'.<��..,i:^^^.���jjj^LCJ.*j!^I^'��.r-j^?*jr"i^.>r^^,.^-v��^��g.~��i.>ltT. .|f^7__-tfI- ��lEEft��ti*����!H:��f-*jkJ;d��4a*:ar e =i==sri=sacasasia!^^ssSs^waqs��OT .^rclff-i ..* ', , it*!.' OUR FAMILY OPAL Mi k< > h: ! J is 1 o I cannot remember how long ago the opal came into the family, because so many jconflicting stories have been told by various ancestors concerning this part of its history., But long ago I registered the vow that if it ever should become mine, I would either destroy , or dispose of it forever and rid the family of its baleful influence. My great-grandfather was the first one of the family to become the. possessor ofthe opal. He was then a widower for the third time, arid it was the desire of all His connections that he should remain , in this state to keep His worldly goods from slipping 1 out ofthe family. I suppose the opal must have been aware ofp all this; because it immediately set about to indulge its proverbial weakness. ', At this time, and to the astonishment of all who knew him, he fell in love with one of his old second cousins whose white hair and corrugated face were sufficient to make such a happening seem altogether impossible. And when she accepted him what did he do but have the opal set for. an engagement ring and placed upon the finger of his smiling relative, my old Aunt Cornelia. After he had given her the opal engagement; ring he suddenly rallied from a recent indisposition, and was told by the doctor that he might stop the long walks nd resume his pipe and the glass of punch before retiring. When this change took place my great-grandfather was so happy and contented that he wondered why he should ever have engaged himself to Aunt Cornelia or to anyone.else for that* matter. And the ��� more he thought the matter over the< more he was puzzled. It was then that Aunt Cornelia concluded he was cooling off in his attentions, but she didn't, blame him ; , she regarded it all as ill luck, which she attributed to the opal. Now, another curious feature ofthe case was- that my great-grandfather's eyes from looking long and fondly into Aunt Cornelia's had suddenly acquired a peculiar habit of incessantly whirling���her only infirmity. A day of two later she noticed that iny great-grandfather's eyes were whirling, and making lightvof her optical peculiarity. She would listen to no word of explanation, but broke the engagement on the spot, and handed him back the opal ring. That nigrit he made a miss-step on the way upstairs and sprained his ankle, and on the following day a railroad was wrecked and the stock he held in it dropped from ioo to 6o. .He then had the opal set in a scarf pin and gave it to one of his nephews.for a birthday present. Suddenly Bill's salary was cut down in the fullness of its bloom. His hair began to fall out,. and the CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. "IdaD" Mineral Claim, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of WestKootenay District. , . ��� , Where located: On North. Fork of Salmon River, adjoining the -'Second Relief" Mineral Claim. Take noticethat I, John A. Coryell, Provincial Land Surveyor, as agent for Reginald K. Neill, Free Miner's|Certificate No B 11,676, and Joseph E. Read. Free Miner's Certificate No. 19,088 A, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, forthe 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 or such Certificate of Improvements Dated this 10th day of August, 1899. JOHN'A. CORYELL. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. Bird's Eye, Inverness and Princeton Fraction mineral claims, situate in the Nelson Miniug Division of West Kootenay District. Where located : On Morning Mountain. Take notice that I, John McLatchie, of the city of Nelson, acting as agent for Angus G. Shaw, free miner's certificate No. 21.847A, J. A. McRae, free miner's certificate No. 21,658A, A. E. Crossett, free miner's certificate No. B 11,487, and David Lusk, free miner's certificate No. B 11,663, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining Crown Grants ofthe above claims. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 22ud day of July, 1899. John McLatchie. r f. _ J ' y �� ���* - P, Burns & Co. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL HEAD OFFICE ^ ROSSLAND SANDON %S& Nelson, B. C. . BRANCHES AT TRAIL THREE FORKS Meat Merchants CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. Tiger Mineral Claim, situate in the Nelson Mining Division ..of West ���Kootenay District. Where located : About five miles west from Nelson, near Eagle Creek. Take notice that I, Arthur S. Farwell, agent for George 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. r And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this loth day of August, 1899. 23-8-99. A. S.-Farwell. W HEN you buy ���. OKELL k MORRIS' jinnmnr&TnrrraTmr^^ O'KELL & ��* Preserves^ MORRIS ^ Fruit Preserve erf you get what are pure British Columbia* Are absolutely the o< fruit and sugar, and your money is left at &��� home. PUREST AND BEST. mrmnnriLSjuujuLSLftJiAx JuuiAjLaiLJuisjLOJULOj^ Come in and inspect our stock of Carvers, Spoons, Cutlery and House Furhishingsv ; ��� Importers of Heavy and Shelf Hardware, (if i 'i* US ItWWflWiBWiMBIiWaHlliW THE NELSON ECONOMIST 13 doctor, not , knowing just what the matter was, ordered a sea voyage on general principles. Fearing shipwreck, Bill gave the opal scarf pin to his brother before sailing. Bill went to sea and ��� re- ^ turned with a full head of hair and his salary restored. ) After Bill had sailed, his brother, who went to the wharf to bid him goodby, started up the street, when his hat blew off and went spinning along so fast that he could not overtake it, and a street urchin started the cry: "Stop thief!" Others took up the shout and finally a crowd followed in hot pursuit,'<-until he was overtaken and arrested. His. explanation was laughed at, the police theory being that he,fled from the scene of * his crime without his Jiat. ' So Bill's brother was locked up over night, and had the mortification of seeing his name in print in tiie morning, when he was discharged. So he gave the opal to Tom J and Tom was very glad to have it, and lost no time in sticking it, in his scarf. Bill's brother on the way nome picked up a $10 bill on the sidewalk, and when he arrived home found a man waiting rto make arrangements to mortgage his property to him for $5,000 at 6 per cent���a giltedged investment, which, made him believe that the other man had been presented with an opal. Tom bought a turkey on the way home, and left it in the train rack when he-steoned off. And when I J- A he went into the house he was horrified to learn that his wife had been cajoled into purchasing $2 worth of glee club tickets. '' I am surprised that you should yield to the arguments of those ticket.fiends. Indeed you aie a jewel of consistency," he said, with biting sarcasm. , '���' Talking about jewels," she replied with a vim equal to his own, " I believe that the opal you have there has changed our luck. Where did you get it ?" " Cousin.Luke gave it to me !'| " That explains it; Luke would never give you or any one else anything of any value to himself. What time did he give it to you ?" asked his wife. "At 20' clock this afternoon." ���* And it was at 3 that I bought those, tickets. I didn't want them . at all. because I needed the $2 the}'' cost to buy some velvet and other things to cover my old hat and make it do for winter, and thus save the price of a new one, and give you a chance to buy an overcoat. sBut I.couldn't resist. Have vou had any bad luck to-day ?" ,l I'left a turkey on the train," said Tom. "Of course you did," snapped,his wife, " and I suppose you had counterfeit money palmed off on you in change. Just take out your*money and see." i, SI PATENAUDE BROTHERS JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS Fine Watches a Specialty NELSON, B. G. THE HALL STREET GROCER CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. * Family Grocer Every Line Fresh. .Fruit in Season. WADDS BROS., Photographers VANCOUVER and NELSON Near Phair Hotel, Victoria Street Nelsou. Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor, Opp. Custom House, Nelsnn Balmoral Mineral Claim, situate in the Nelson, Mining Division of West Kootenay District. ' - , Where Located: On the Hall Mines Wagon Road, 1% miles south of nelson. Take notice that 1, John McLatchie, acting as agent for E. W. Cleversley, Free Miner's Certificate .No. 21,781 A, E. J.Moore, Free Miner's Certificate No. 21,782 A, and Peter Meegan, Free Miner's Certificate No. 21,783 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 16th day of September, 1899. ; john McLatchie. , certificate of improvements. The Delight, Woodstock, Calgary and Atlantic Mineral Claims, situate in 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., ol the City of Nelson, acting as agent forthe Delight Gold Mining Company, Limited, Free Mlners's Certificate No. B 26,087, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improve- ments,|for the purpose of obtaining Crown Grants ofthe above claims. And further take notice that action, under section 37, mnst be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvemenfs. Dated this sixteenth day of August, 1889. ���John McLatchie; CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. 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., ofthe City of Nelson, acting as agent for Robert Rennic, Free Miner's Certificate No. B 11,534, Benjamin F. Butler, Free Miner's Certificate No. 21,010 A, Olive B. Jones, Free Miner's Certificate No. 21,819 A, and Thomas R. Jones, Free Miner's Cert ilicate No. 21,818 A, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate of improvements, forthe purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section37,must be commenced before the issuance >of such certificate of improvements. Dated this second day of October, 1899. Johx McLatciiir. McLatchie, P.L.S., as agent for G. A. C CLUB HOTEL Golden EagleMineral 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 of Nelson. B. C, acting 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 ofthe 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. Johx McLatchie. Tinsmithing Plumbing AND Heating Josephine Street Nelson. STARTLERS Corner Stanley and Silica Sts. RATES; $i per day and up. Schooner Beer, io cents E. J. Curran, Proprietor* Express and Drayihg Having purchased the express and drayin business of J. W. Cowan, we are prepared to do all kinds of work in this line, and solicit the patronage of the people of Nelson. Orders left at D. McArthur & Go's store, northwest corner Baker and Ward streets, will receive prompt attention. Telephone 85; GOMER DAVIS. IX I'lUCES OF Paoer ���AT��� Thomson's Book Store. > I if !! $1��!G��a9&8&F353S?El 5p*.'>. in .^���^.��..':?.i.fr^i:i-'ftg^*tw.y:^ar^.:^^r^^ 14 THE NELSON ECONOMIST ; i ! ' 1 i X '��� i> i v (,' 4j* He fished sonie silver out of the pocket in which he carried his small change, and sure enough, there was a lead 50-centpiece. "That about' oncels my purchase of the glee club tickets ; doesn't,it ?" she said with an air of triumph seldom equaled in a battle picture ; " now look at your bills.", He thrust his hand,into his vest pocket and found that it had been cut out���stolen���money and all. She buried her face in her hands and sobbed : " Oh, Tom, why did you sell me those tickets !" '' I di'dn 't,'' Tom protested. " Yes, you did, and no one else did, and " She was interruped by a crash. The cook appeared, frightened- out of her wits, and shouted hysterically : ' "The boiler's busted and all the hair'is scalded off poor Fido." . ' . So Tom rushed out and met me. "Here's a beautiful opal scarf pin," he said, "wouldn't you like to have it ?" I thought-of the ill luck it had brought my poor great-grandfather and Aunt Cornelia, the antique virgin with the whirling eyes. ��� I was almost afraid to accept the proffered bauble. I did summon up courage and took it, however, determined to dispose of it" in such a way that it would not be likely to, cause m any more trouble, in the family. ' "�����-���- So I entered a jewelry shop and tossing the opal carelessly on the velvet pad that lay on the glass case, said : ���* Will you kindly appraise this . socalled precious stone, this opal?' You.'as. a dealer don't share the superstition that possesses me, and' will therefore probably purchase it at a fair valuation. It , has made trouble enough for me and mine,' an oj I want to rid myself of it at any price.;' The dealer examined the stone and said with a smile : , ��� " Opal your grandmother ; ' this is not an opal at all; it's a cat's eye !" . &��t wA&wm AND 500 NEW FAST. DAILY .SERVICE EAST AND WEST. Optional routes east from Kootenay Country First-Class sleepers on all trains from Arrowhead and Kootenay Landing Tourist cars3pass Revclstoke daily for St. Paul, Thursdays for Montreal and, Boston, Tuesdays and Saturdays for Toronto. Nelson to Toronto So hours ; Montreal, S9 hours ; New York, 101 hours, Winnipeg, 45 hours; Vancouver, 30 hours ; Victoria, ;J5 hours. 2-DAILYTRAINS-2 To and from Robson, Rossland. �� 7 oo k Lv. NELSON Arr. 10.50k 15.45k Lv. NELSON Arr. ]��.25k Morning train daily for north and main line via Robson, and, except Sunday, for Sandon, fSloean points and main line via Slocan City. KOOTENAY LAKE-KASLO ROUTE. Ex. Sun. .- Str; Kokanoe '������ Ex.Suri IG.OOkLv. ��� '������..���'.' NELSON An. 11.00k ' Tuesday/Thursday, Saturday, to Argenta and return, leaving Kaslo at 20.00k. . . KOOTENAY RIVER ROUTE. Daily.; Strs Moyie and Nelson. Daily "22.30k Lv. ���'���".���' NELSON" . Arr. 2.80k Connects Kootenay Landing with Crow's Nest Line trains. '������''��� 4 hours���NELSON TO ROSSLAND���hours 4 For rates and full information address nearest local-agent, or, C. E. Beasley, City Passenger Agent. R. W. DrewJ^gent, Nelson. W. F. Anderson, E. J. Coyle, Trav. Pass. Agent, A. G. P. Agent Nelson. B.C. Vancouver, B.C. Doors, Sashes and Turned Work Brackets and Office Fittings Satisfaction Guaranteed. Prices Reasonable COMriANDING 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 style and good workmaship. The value is great. KOOTENAY LAKB-SAW PHILL Lumber, Lath, - Shingles. G. O. BUCHANAN, Proprietor. Orders Promptly Filled and {Sash & Doors Satisfaction Given. Nelson Mouldings, Yard, Foot of Hendryx Street. | Turned Work. JOHN' RA��, AGENT. ���01 VJLPJUA��JLPJl��J^^ MHfflBnww&wfflaiM^
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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