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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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ith which is incorporated THE NATION, of Victoria, B. C. VOL. II. NELSON, B. C, WEDNESDAY,: SEPTEMBER 28, 1898. NO. 12. THE NELSON ECONOHIST. Issued every Wednesday at the city of Nelson, B. C. D. M. Carley Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year to Canada and United States $2.00 If paid in advance 1.50 On�� Year to Great Britain 2.50 If paid in advance 2 00 Remit by Express, Money Order, Draft, P. 0. Order, or Registered Letter. Correspondence on matters of general interest respectfully ���olicited. Adrertisements of reputable character will be inserted upon terms which will be made known on application. Only articles of merit will be advertised in these,columns and the interests of readers will be carefully guarded against irresponsible persons and worthless articles. EDITORIAL COMMENT. At the present moment the railway situation in British Columbia, says the British Columbia Revietv, of London, England, is assuming an aspect which gives abundant promise of great extension in the near future. In Kootenay especially, where the harvest of traffic���now by no means insignificant, and promising immense ultimate increase���is recognized as wholly desirable by the great railway system, the competitive era has already commenced. Competition once established in a district such as this gives nn- bounded possibilities to the development of the country, not only by the general reduction of rates, but by the increased area of country in immediate reach of the alternative system. Both these elements of pros peri ty are now being experienced in Kootenay, which although, comparatively speaking, a very new country, is served by two great railway systems in direct competition with one another. The Dominion Trades and Labor congress, which this year was held at Winnipeg, has been brought to a close, to meet again at Montreal next year. An effort was made to have the annual meeting of 1898 held either at Victoria or Vancouver, but the eastern men being in the vast majority secured the fixture for their home. However, to a British Columbia representative fell the honor of president���Ralph Smith M. P. P., Nanaimo, was chosen to the important office. A great variety of topics of interest to the sons of toil was discussed, and a dominion platform adopted. Among the "planks" are some very commenda ble ones, including free com pulsory education and free text books ; public ownership of all branches, such as railways, telegraph, waterworks, lighting, etc. ; abolition of child labor ; the prohibition of the sale of prisonmade goods and supplies, etc. The congress also declares in favor of a " legal working day of eight hours and six days a week/' and *a minimun living wage, bated on locarconditions." As for the eight' hour working day, the movement is a good one, but just at present it is unpopular, especially in this new country. During the late strike in the iron trade in the0.d Country, this was one of the chief causes of the lockout. Employers were willing to concede to the wishes of the men in this particular, but they invested upon deducting from the employes six hours wages at thecaad of the week. So if the movement is enforced in this country alike result may follow, and at the prevailing rate of wages men cannot aff ��rd -man a cut. But why men should work at u a minimum living wage based on local conditions," we fail to see. Do men live to work or work to live ? Then again, the abolition of the contract system on all public works is called for. Under certain conditions such a rule might be desirable, but the experience of municipalities g >es to show that it is not satisfactory. The abolition of the Dominion Senate, and of property qualifications for all public offices are also called for by the congre33, as well as the exclusion of the Chinese. Hon. J. Fred Hume, Minister of Mines, has issued instructions forbidding gold commissioners, mining reconders and their employes from dealing in mineral claims of any sort. Mineral properties already owned by officials, they can retain, and hold a miner's license to protect same. .. People are asking if the rule applies to the Minister of Mine3 himself, as he is said to be very heavfly interested in mining properties. There is a growing belief that there are altogether too many drunken men to be seen on the streets of Nelson. An inebriated man is not a pleasing spectacle under the most favorable conditions, but when to this is added the qualification of being able to carry on a conversation in the most vulgar language imaginable, the sight becomes all the more harrowing. Last Saturday evening an inebriated brute, (it would be a libel on humanity to call the creature a man) staggered up and down Baker street, all the while using language so filthy as to disgust the pedestrians along that, thoroughfare. Refined women who wer.3 compelled to do their buying on that evening, were forced to asten to the vile words as they fell from the lips of the drunken wretch. Children were i-aabled to enrica their vocabulary by listeni��� the viper. There is no punishment too. severe for a man who corrupts the morals of our youth, and we have no doubt this is the view the police magistrate will take of the matter if one or two of the offending wretches are brought before him. The many friends of the New Westminster Columbian will be pleased to learn that it has revived after lU third visitation by fire. The only danger is that the burning words of our New Westminster contemporary may result in another conflagration. The Toronto Telegram is convinced that if Lord Herschell is anxious to post himself about Canadian affairs, he should have a conference with the "Ablest Man in Canada"��� ���meaning thereby Clifford Sifton. This would give Mr. Sifton's corps of editorial writers an opportunity of supplying the Grit papers with additional copy as to thecomparative merits of the two greatest men in the woill���Mr. Sifton and. Baron Herschell. The scope of the church eems to be enlarging. The other day at the Provincial Synod of the Anglican church, held at Montreal, Rev. D. Williams, of Stratford, moved the following rather unique motion: "Whereas the birth-rate in the province of Ontario is and has been for some years abnormally low, being 20.7 per thousand of the population, lower than the birth-rate in France ; be it resolved that this synod views with anxiety the low- ness of the birth-rate in that province, and urges the government to take measures to ascertain whather it is due to defective registration or other and more serious causes; and that a committee be appointed on the subject of vital statistics." In some quarters there exists an erroneous impression that the United States is awaiting with feverish anxiety the hour when the two great branches of the Anglo-Saxon race shall be so firmly knit together that nothing shall ever part the two assunder. Mr. E. L. God- f. * r - Hi ��� i 'if1 4 a (Fe �� ,j W' u f,a is aWf M1- ' ���7- ���6'j % a-* & ���?: i a % '^4 .fc" r*" ���i-"S V n kin, of the New York Post is evidently not of this way of thinking. In a recent issue of his paper he rather deprecates the idea of an Anglo-American alliance being of a lasting character. The suddenness of the birth of the idea makes many thoughful men consider that its end may be equally as unexpected. Mr. Godkin admits that there is good reason for this suspicion. He says: "To my knowledge, one of the members of the commission appointed by President McKinley to arrange terms of peace with Spain at the time of our dispute with England over the Venezuela boundary said he was in favor of pacifying Great Britain for the time being. "Let us take two years," he said, "and then declare war without giving our reason." This remark was made with deliberation and forethought." This leads the Ottawa Citizen to remark that the Americans are taking advantage of Britain's guileless confidence to secure through the Quebec commission a revocation of the clause of the Ashburton treaty limiting the number of war vessels on the upper lakes to two gunboats. This clause has been one of the greatest safeguards that Canada has possessed. As long as Canada could control the- lakes in war time she was comparatively safe from invasion as far as Ontario and the eastern provinces were concerned, while the fact that Britain could, on the breaking out of hostilities, send a fleet of light draft gunboats, torpedo destroying and torpedo boats all the way up to Duluth and Chicago and have the wealthy American lake cities at their mercy, was one of the best guarantees of peace. Tiie safety of Chicago is just as much to the United States as the safety of New York. With < ne stroke of the pen this Quebec commission can strike out the clause and practically place Canada at the mercy of the American?, or force us to maintain a fresh water navy equal in strength to that which the United States may see fit to establish on the lake3. Rossland has a water and light proposition which appears to be rather complex. It seems that the Water and Light company has offered to sell out for $85,000, but the company admits that its chapter says they must sell on a certain basis, but it points out that the charter does not nominate any charter that is to decide on the price. This leads the Leader to remark that it is like a statute saying the citizen shall not steal chickens, but placing no penalty on the citizens who does steal chickens. If the city does nit accept the company's offer to sell at $85,000, then the company very naturally withdraws its offer and invites the city to force upon it a lesser pric^. Results are four: (1.) A preliminary lawsuit. (2.) An appeal to the legislature for relief. (3.) Loss of revenue for a year. (4.) A price in the end probably higher. THE NELSON ECONOMIST. the citizens of New Westminster always thought their city possessed an ample and immediate supply of water for' the successful fighting of fire, yet in the supreme moment of trial, this was found woefuliy lacking. We have no doubt many other British Columbia cities would repeat New Westminster's experience in a like emergency. Nelson has so far enjoyed remarkable immunity from fire, but we are not so sure that we are in a position to make a successful fight against a conflagration of very ordinary proportions. Hon. J. Fred Hume has taken, his departure from Nelson and henceforth his name will appear on the doorplate of some brownstone front mansion in Victoria. We confess to being rather dubious as to Mr. Hume's abilitv as a legislator, but from a social point of view, we rather believe he is head and shoulders over any other member of the cabinet. he would wander off into glittering generalities and tickle the ears of those present with more platitudes ot Britain's splendid colonies. The first thing a British diplomatist learns is the value of silence, and it is not hard to tell in which school Lord Herschell got his education. It develops that Mr. Hewitt Bostock's trip to the Kootenay was not without a well-defined object. It did seem as if the silver- tongued orator of Yale-Cariboo were taking an extra risk in visiting his constituents, but there seems to hav�� been considerable method in his madness. The story goes that all is not harmony in the Semlin���Cotton���Martin cabinet and that a compromise leader must be selected. The present government, by the grace of Lieut. Governor Mclnnes. has about everything it requires, but a majority and money. To secure the former the latter must be arranged f.,r,and who is better able to supply the needful than Croesus Bostock. The latter gentleman in the past has submitted so gracefully to the leg-pulling pastimes of his associates that it is probably considered he might stand another operation under the Cir- cean spell of an offer of leadership. Therefore, the friends of Mr. Bostock, and the list corresponds with the length of his bank account, have decided to put forth that gentleman's claims for leadership. Of course, the Liberal party at Ottawa will hesitate before permitting so valuable a legislator as Mr. Bostock to drop through their fingers, but under certain circumstance?, Mr. Laurier could probably be prevailed upon to make the sacrifice. British Columbia has been sadly handicapped in the past, but the climax would be reached with Mr. Hewitt Bostock as leader of a provincial party. Joe Martin is bad enough, but he, at least, has brains. After all British Columbia is to have a representative at the Quebec conference and Joseph Martin is to be the man. If the people of British Columbia were permitted to ��y press an opinion, they would probably hesitate before selecting Fighting Joe, but they have been deprived of even this privilege. Joe Martin has not been long enough in this Province to become acquainted with its needs or the conditions prevailing here, and it is the climax of case-hardened nerve that he should presume to represent us at a conference. Moreover, Canadians need men there who are not tainted with annexationest sentiments. Some months ago, The Economist drew attention to the fact that the climate in certain parts of British Columbia was peculiarly adapted to tobacco-growing. We are gratified to learn that even now in Kelowna very creditable results in tobacco culture have been attained. The profits of tobacco growing are very large and some day we may expect to read of wealthy planters in British Columbia The recent New Westminster conflagration has had the effect of awakening the other 'cities of the Province to the necessity of adequate protection against fire. It appears that Lord Hirscheli, evidently believes that silence is golden. The Toronto Board of Trade gave a dinner to the distinguished gentleman and those present expected to gain some information. His Lordship, according to the Toronto Telegram, mado a very pleasing speech, said nice things about Canada,and assured his listeners that he had made a deep study of the matters to be considered by the Quebec conference. He also told them that Canada's interests would be protected. But just an rounds of applause intimated that his remarks were receiving the closest attention, The Economist has never t imed at gaining a reputation for saying pleasant things about men, but there are times when this paper has felt that it might follow out the old precept of according honor to whom hpnor is due, without sacrificing its inalienable right to redress public grievances. It is a principle of British jurisprudence that a judge should be just as impervious to commendation as to criticism. He sits on the bench to deal out good old British law without fear or favor. It has been alleged that some Canadian judges have not always shown that honest purpose in dealing out even-handed justice which should characterize the wearer of the ermine. We trust, for the honor of British justice, that the cases in which there have been departures from the well-beaten paths of justice have been few. During the past week we have had a comparatively young judge in our midst; the fact that he is practically starting out in his career as a justice of the supreme court bench, has subjected him to the scrutiny of those having business in the courts. That gentleman is Hon.. Justice Irving. Without any attempt to reflect on other judges. The Economist must say that Judge Irving's mode of administering the law comes very close to its idea of British justice. During the week His Lordship has had a case that was enough to try the patience of a saint, but throughout it all, he gave his undivided attention to the evidence before him with the evident determination of getting at the bottom of the whole case. When the evidence was all in, he did not feel it incumbent on him to charge against the prisoner, but rather he summed up the evidence and left it to the intelligent jury to <Jp THE NELSON ECONOMIST **** the rest.: It has too often been the rule with judges to usurp the functions of a jury, and incidentally to extort a verdict that would . conform to their own special idea of the guilt of the prisoner. This Judge Irving has avoided, and we have, no doubt the jury feel in giving their time in the interests of justice thtey they have not also .made a sacrifice. >f their manhood. The.Economist is not printing; this article in a congratulatory spirit, it. is only -remarking; on what should be expected from a judge, with.an incidental reference as to what .constitutes "its. idea of pure unadulterated justice. -' . '���' * :��� -One of the coming men of the Empire is Sir -- ..Claude Macidoriald, British ,ambassador at Pckin. Sir Claude began life as a soldier, but ��� the~British Government detected in the young man the essential qualifications of a diplomat, so his military career was cut shorty He. was born in 1852,'and entered the army at the age of 20 years.- He was at Tel-el-Kebir with the 74th Highlanders. In 1887, he was sent as Consul-General to Zanzibar, and in 1888 became Commissioner on the west coast of Africa. In 1891, he was appointed Commisioner , and Corisul-General in the Niger Protectorate, and in 1-891- was promoted to the Legation at Pekicu -It will thus be seen that Sir, Claude's advance w&s rapid, and that the Government "did not commit such a very serious blunder, as Henry Norm an once said, in selecting him " for an'impbrt-ant mission to China. So far he %has succeeded in denuding Li Hung Chang of ���yellow jacket and feathers, and jastwhat'influence the Chinese statesman will have left ��when-Sir Claude gets through with him, is be- ' yori'd the sphere of prophesya The Nelson Miner denies .that it started the report that Hon; Clifford Sifton employs a ^b*pg of newspapers writers to supply /Grit papers with editorials. It appears to tis the " Miner is altogether too modest.. ' ! To-morrow the prohibitionists will be out, in full force all over the Dominion, and if- their votes will do the trick, there will be an era of unprecedented sobriety throughout .Canada. It is > practically conceded that Quebec is the only Province that will give a substantial majority against prohibition, so that it is more than probable the Laurier Government will be called upon to enact at least some strong prohibitive legislation. It is announced that Norwegian farmers at a place called Limestone Lake in the Northwest, are moving away because of the proximity of a noisome herd of Mr. Sifton's Galician immigrants. The authority for the statement is Mr. Frank Oliver, M. P. The Vancover World states the case very clearly in the following lines.���"When His Honor Lieut. Governor Mclnnes so summarily dismissed Hon. J. H. Turner and colleagues from being his constitutional advisers in the Government of this Province, one of his principal excuses for so doing was that, so far as he could judge, these gentlemen ceased to possess the confidence; of. the country, as indicated by the general election returns. He point blank refused to sanction any appointments, or sign money warrants, alleging, as an excuse for his,not doing so, the foregoing. The representatives of Her Majesty, in every country where, responsible government prevails, are supposed to be thoroughly impartial arid consistent. Every right-thinking, honest, unbiased person will, we think, admit that His Honor has no more reason for believing that the Semlin-Cotton-Martih-Hume aggre- gation possesses the confidence of the.country, than does Hon. J. H. Turner," and his followers, and supporters. Yet he sanctions appointments, approves of dismissals, without any warning whatsoever being given���a course which is certain to bring the' Province into expensive litigation���and sighs all such warrants as may be presented to hitna- If His Honor desires to. retrieve his reputation, and demonstrate to the people of Canada that he is a constitutional representative of the Queen his duty is clear. He must insist up'on-an immediate calling of the Legislature together by his Prime Minister in order to set/at rest the doubt as to which of the two factions: p. ssesses the confidence of the members. British Columbians will watch with deep interest the. course which Lietfta Governor Mclnnes will take in this instance. , A terrible responsibility rests upon himraiid he :m^slakaow it/'. /..-' a is higher with the feamale than with the male; The opposition is the case with the Jews. Of the 25,135 Jewish survivors at the age of 85, there will be 16,235 men and only 8,910 women���a percentage of 64.60 males and 35 40 females. The English experience bhows that at that age 59.90 per cent, of the survivals will be females and 40.10 males. -Some-curious figures.relating1 to the Jewish race are supplied .by: aaNew-Yv.r�� statistician -'It--^: appear a thut Mebrews aare considerably longer-lived- -than a;any:? .civilized race. v Of 100,000 Hebrews born omthe sameday, there will be w 50,684 ..males and 49,316 females; At the e^id of.the jirst year the lOOjOOO Jewish infants. will.. have ..est ablished in a most remarkable.,. w,ay th^.ic,,.superiority in point of! vitality, for'.lonly 8^091. will have died-, as compared ;with 14,192 in, the, EngHsh experience, and-16,706 Americans. Striking as this difference is, it will be found.to be;pr.actically maintained throughout the later stages of life; At the-end of five years,, only. 13,844 Jewish children ,out of the 10.0,000 will have died j while; out of a similar number of English children, 24,697 will have joined.the great , majority, and America will,still keep her bad pre-eminence with 26,912 angels. Making a leap to the middle age, the deaths at 50 years of age will have been 26,519 Jews, as compared with 47,579 English, and at the age of 65 the mortality returns will stand 37,442 and 66,110, respectively. But the full force of the comparison is hardly seen until the point of extreme old age is reached. At 85 years no fewer than 23,135 of our 100,000 Jews will be still living, while the survivors of the English band will be a meagre 5,566. Besides the curious reversal of the u.-ual proportion of males and females, there is another unique feature in the Jewish statistics. The general experience, is that the average duration of life In a Winnipeg interview Attorney General Martin is reported to have said that the finances of British Columbia are in an unsatisfactory condition. By: this of course Mr. Martin means that the Province has been spending mOr6 than its revenue. Supposing the government of which Mr. Turner was the head, did ���spend more than the revenue, does not the prosperity and development of British Co- : lumbia demonstrate that the money has been wisely expended. So long as Mr. Turner was able to show assets commensurate with every dollar spent, the wisdom of his policy should not be questioned- -y * Flax, it ' is likely, will be cultivated to some' extent in British Columbia in the future. Specimens of the B.C. product were sent by the; Provincial -government last ; autumn���to :the flax mills of Dunton, Mc- Master & Go., Ireland. There seems to be . some question as to whether the saloons may be kept open tomorrow; Everything considered, we believe it would be a good day for the saloons to close up. .''_''���- A writer in the New York a$im finds that there are thirty-two millions Of Anglo-Saxons or people of Anglo-Saxon descent in the United StaUes ;'thirteen million of Teautonic and seven million of Celtic origin. He contends that it is the Anglo-Saxon race which has made America. "Other races," he says, " have helped in: our . material development, but they have been able to advance our national progress only by becoming inbued with Anglo-Si xon ideas, that is, by becoming Americanized." Lord Minto and the Countess of Minto and the rest of the staff will sail on the steamer Scotsman on November 3rd, for Quebec, where they will be met by Sir Wilfrid Laurier and several members of his Government. The staff of the new Governor-General will comprise the following: Major Lawrence Druin- mond, Scots Guards, just returned from the Soudan, is military secretary: Lieuts. W. F- Lascelles of the Scots Guards and Y. H. C Graham of the Goldstream Guards, are his aides-de-camp, and Mr* Arthur Guise, private secertary. ���-. The Nelson Miner has taken up the work of correcting the mistakes of the Rossland Miner. Our local contemporary should en- S|i|| large in order to accomplish the work success- i'��?-* fully. gH$ mmm. .' i? ���'���'Si; tj< I THE NELSON ECONOMIST MINES AND MINING. ������a A/i '.'ft /if >*�� II 11 it ii b f '.:�� n A. ���W A new strike is reported on the Two Friends mine. a __ Work has been resumed at the Big Four group. The Idaho Mine has shipped 600 tons since July 1st. The Abe Lincoln shaft is now down to a depth of 170 feet. The Mascot property is to be equipped with a compressor plant at once. In the Nickelplafce and Great Western development is continuing at the 2(XMoot level. The reports from Sunset No. 2 are most satisfactory. Shipments of ore began last Mon- ii ;| id �� rife k IB a 'At ���a l ��� Jf��"t ua '*. ��� '! ft' >Yfc ���S3.- . a Arrangements are being made for the installation of a 5-stamp mill in the Dauphin claim. The shaft in the Commander is down past the 200-foot level, and work is progressing favorably. Prospects on Gold Hill, near Slocan City, are looking well and that section promises well as a gold producer. Over 1,000 mining locations have been made in the Goat River district during the past twelve months. Major Montgomery informs the Kootenaian that he is to begin operations on the Washington with a good forced men at once. Messrs. Perry, Leake and Phillips are examining the Badshot and Lad�� Bros.' gold property on Gainer creek.���Revelstoke Herald. In last week's Economist it was said that 100 miners were employed in and around Sandon. The figures should have been 1000. The Whitewater Deep Compressor plant will probably be in operation in two or three weeks. A force of men are now putting in the flumes. It showed that there were some 24,000 tons of ore in sight and dilated on the outlook and said that it was a good mine and might with development became a great one. Within the last two weeks the Blue Bird has come into a good body of shipping ore. The management confidently expects to ship at least 100 tons this fall and winter. The British Columbia Review says that the Pilot Bay smelter will make another start, this time under the management of the British East Kootenay syndicate, of Cardiff. The new air pipes of the Dardanelles have been laid and the mine pumped out. The machines are to resume work at once and steady work is to be kept up all winter. Experiments are now being carried on by the United States Government to make coins of the smaller denominations out of alloy of copper, zinc, ferro manganese and aluminum. Mr. Harold Williams, of England, who has recently passed the Royal School of Mining Engineers examination, is about to assume the position of assayer at the North Star mine in East Kootenay. After persistent work, says the Trail Creek News, a strike has been made on the Blue Bird, about three miles back of Deer Park. The ledge was encountered after going down the inclina about 100 feet and drifting 24 feet. J. M. Robinson, the president of the Common" wealth company, is back to Rossland from a trip to the Lardeau, where he bended the Ethel group for his company. The Ethel is a silver proposition located in the shadow of the big glacier just above Trout Lake City. The True Blue, Kaslo's big copper mine, is looking well. The lower tunnel is very near the lead, where at considerable depth good ore is expected. In a small shaft in No. 1 tunnel, now down twelve feet, some fine specimens of native copper were found last week0 The London correspondent of the Rossland Miner recently stated that the Dominion Mines Development Company belonged to the Duncan Mines. These two companies have no connection with one another, and we are asked to draw attention to the fact.���B.C. Review. The British Columbia Review announces that Mr. Hugh R. Roberts, the chairman of the Colorado Goldflelds Syndicate, sailed in the Gallia on the 27 ult. He intends to make an extensive tour through Kootenay, Cassiar, and the Klondyke to inspect several properties offered to his company. It is currently reported that the North Star company will si;on start up with a large force of men. That contracts have been made with the Kimberley Lumber Co. for 100,000 feet of lumber, to be used in timbering, and that a large hoisting plant has been ordered. It is said that as soon as the railway is completed to the mine, it will become a steady shipper. R. M. Grogan, of Rolt & Grogan, has returned to Rossland frem Ymir,"whither he went to examine some mining property. Mr. Grogan reports that there is great activity in mining circles in the Ymir district, and that the approaching winter will see more men at work there than at any time in the history of that section. The British Columbia Review contains a paragraph to the ��ffect that a speecial settlement on the stock exchange has been applied for by the New Golden Twins, Ontario���2,393 �� 1 shares, fully paid. The company will carry into effect an agreement with the London & British Columbia Goldflelds for the purchase of the Ymir, Rockland, Mugwump and Golden Horn. A present estimate of the gold production for 1898 is $275,000,000. The money stock of gold in the world on January 1, 1894, was $3,- 965,000,000���the supply accumulated since gold began to be used as money. The five years' production aince, including the estimate for 1898, will be $1,097,000,000, coinage value, or 27 per cent of the accumulated gold money stock of the world as it stood five years before. F. A. Davis, manager of the Miller creek and Wonderful was here this week with his first car of Miller Creek ore, taken out in the course of development, which he marketed in Kas'o. The mine is now in a position to begin regular shipments, though as yet no sniping has been done. The showing is described by those who have seen it, as one of the beet in the country. Mr. Devis, who began work on the property less than three months ago, is naturally highly pleased with the results.���Kootenaian, The Fort Steele Prospector says that the late rich strike of gold quartz on Boulder creek, has been the source of much comment during the past week. The ore has attracted; the admiring attention of all who have had the pleasure of inspecting it. The vein is said to be from 6 to 12 feet in width, with a small pay streak that is very rich. The average of a large number of assays gave a value of $317 in gold to the ton. It is reported that work will commence on the property as soon as the trail to the mine is completed. H. Hunter, of Portland, Ore., is in Rossland on a visit. He has been looking over some of the properties on Sophia Mountain, the Velvet, Victory-Triumph, Abe Lincoln, Douglas and others. Mr. Hunter is interested in the Abe Lincoln, which is situated on the west of Sophie mountain: The tunnel is now in about 170 feet, and a contract has just been let for another 80 or 90 fee; there are also several crosscuts. The last assays from the ore ran as high as $38 to the ton. Mr. Hunter expressed himself ae well satisfied with all the properties he saw, that things were looking fine, and that there was a big future before Sophia Moutnain. "An increa-ed percentage of copper and a slight increase in the silicious character of the ore are the only changes in th�� character of the Le Roi ore that have been demonstrated by increased depth," said Nicholas Tregear, the superintendent of the property. "In the way of gold and silver values, they have been practically the same from the surface down to the 700-foot level. At this level, where at present are the deepest workings in ore, the silicious ores and the iron ores have given way to a solid body of clean smelting ore 28 feet wide. We are now working seven machines side by side in the 700-fobt level, and the showing is unsurpassed anywhere in the mine. The first meeting of the Dundee mining company, since the directors returned from England, was held on Wednesday in the office of the company in Rossland. The following directors were present; W. A. Galliher, Colonel Robert Scott, Ernest Kennedy and J. L. Parker, Charles Dundee, president, being in the chair. The chief business transacted was the arranging for the future development of the mine and the purchasing and installation of a seuen-drill compressor plant. According to the Rossland Miner it was decided to complete the concentrator as rapidly as possible, to continue the development of the mine and to at once purchase and install a seven-drill compressor. The report of Frank Robbins, mining engineer, on the condition of the Dundee and its promising out-look was read. /" THE NELSON ECONOMIST. EARLY TELEGRAPHS. Mr. Robert McMicking Tells How the Atlantic Cable Deferred Discoveries in Klondike. At the recent meeting of the Canadian Electrical Association in Montreal the following paper was contributed by R. B. McMicking, manager of the Victoria & E^qui malt.-Telephone Company : Since'that excellent-paper, on the a" Early Construction of Telegraph Lines in the Do-: aminion^" was submitted at the fifth convention by C. P: Dwight, I have had in mind the the need of a supplementary clause concerning the introduction of telegra.ph into British Columbia in the early sixties, and which was to constitute a section of the somowhat formidable ���'' undertaking of connecting the new and the old world by means of about 18,000 miles of land line, a"-.'.'-.' ��� '-.-���"':;" It may be���it doub tlessais��� within the. recollection of some of its members that, on the failure of the first Atlantic cable,inaL858, there w;as set in motion-as a means of attaining the same end���-f e., the telegraphic communication between.the two hemispheres���a gigantic enterprise': known as: tne a^^ollins Overland Teiegfaph Extension a (Russiana.;.Extension) Company;^ having in view the stretching of a wire from^ the;telegraphic system of the Pacific stateSj through British Columbia, and -via. Behring Strait"to Russia and Europe. With marvellous energy and enterprise, the work on the construction was commenced in 1863, the line entering British - Columbia from the south in longitude 122 W. in 1864, being carried thence to New Westminister, from which point it followed the valley of the Fraser river and the'Cariboo wagon road northward to Quesnelle, a distance -of about 450 miles, which point was reached in 1865. Offices were established along the way, and from Quesnelle southward the line was soon opened for commercial business. The enterprise proved a great boon to the early colonists, both by- reason- of the large expenditure necessary iu its structibn and operation, as well as by the the facilities offered thereby to the widely- separated settlements for speedy communication. In 1865, also, a branch line was run across the San Juan Archipelago to Vancouver Island, connecting Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, with the main line at Swinomish, Washington territory. This branch was about 74 miles long, including 5 submarine cables of a combined length of about 16 miles. From Quesnelle the main line crossed the Fraser river to the westward and following a north-westerly course, with Behring Strait as its next objective point, reached the Naas river���about 400 miles distant from Quesnelle ���when the second Atlantic cable was successfully laid and operated July 29th, 1866. The constructian party of about 250 men and which included explorers, surveyors, choppers, line builders, operators and transport gangs���on receiving the news of the completion of the cable, remained in camp two or three days, awaiting developments. At the end of this time, finding the cable continued to work well, they set out for civilization, leaving their tools, stores and material to the tender mercies (in great part) of the Hudson's Bay trappers and the native red man, as the transport out would have cost more,than the new article; - During the winter of 186,6-7 a station was maintained at Fort Stager on the Skeena River, where an a Operator named McCartney arid a companion domiciled until the following spring, and where oftentimes during those ���r-to him���dreary winter months, I held converse with him by wire from Yale. In addition to the construction party the company owned and had in service a fleet of vessels, steam and sail, plying upon ocean and river, so ne in the transporatation of material, supplies ami line equipment, others in preparing for the placing of a cable across Behring Strait, a distanceof about.60 miles���quite an undertaking at that date. a Of the fleet, I now recall the ocean steamer, George S. Wright, the river steamer, Mamford, barques, On ward, Clara Bell, H. L. Rudgers, ship, Nfgh ingale, schooner, Milton G, Bar- ger. The Oaward made a trip to Siberia with material and supplies, was caught in the ice���where she remained all win * er���arid became a ;wreck when the ice moved in the spring. The Behring Strait cable was to stretch from Cape Prince of Wales, on this side, to Plover Ba}r, on the Siberian shore, from which latter point inland about 350 miles of line had been erected, while southward from Cape Prince of Wales, in Russia, Siberia, about 500 miles of land had also been constructed. The course of .'this contemplated line through British possessions and down down the great waterwa}^ of Russian America would have brought it into clo.-:e proximity to the present Klondike gold fields - and near Dawson, in which event it is not improbable that the hole-digging necessary would have developed the riches of that section at least 30 years earlier and have given to the former generation an additional important mining epoch. The history of the building of this line and causes which led to a work having for its object the encircling of the world by wire at so early a date, is likely always to be read with interest. The company���which subsequently merged into the Western Union Telegraph Company ���maintained the line northward as far a3 Quesnelle until purchased in 1870 by the British Columbia government, which in turn handed it over to the Dominion government on British Columbia entering Federation in 1871. Later still the C. P. R. assumed control south of Ashcroft. While under government control and previous to the influx of population consequent upon the building of the C. P. R., the revenue fell far short of the expenditure yearly. In 1867, Buie Brothers, merchants, built a branch line from Quesnelle to Barkerville in the Cariboo gold region, a distance of sixty miles. This branch together with the main line between Quesnelle and Ashcroft, is stili operated by the Federal government. The original expenditure in the construction of the British Columbia section of the Intercolonial line reached the largesum, roundly of three million dollars. I have written from memory, yet doubtless, with comparative accuracy, through havina been in the company's service during the construction and forV s^ yearn afterward, an<i wnile in charge of Quesnelle office in 1866 becoming the medium by which the news of the successful laying of the Atlantic cable, July 29th, 1866, reached the con-truction party 400,miles northwest of that point on July 30. h A Distinguished Visitor. Mrs. Coleman-Stuckert, a lecturer of some note, honored Nelson with a visit last week. .-The lady is m aking a tour th rough Canad a , collecting data for a series of lectures to be delivered in the Old Country, and as this is her first trip through British Columbia, it is pleasing to know that her impressions of the Province are most favorable. The good work she has in hand she goes into with a thoroughness which as proof of her sincerity. She has visited-many of the more proanihent of our mines, descended ....their shafts, called into the dining rooms and bunk-houses, and is taking agreat variet}''of views. In speaking to an Economist representative, she e^resstd herself as agreeably surprised with the grandeur, richness and immensity of the country, and that such a sheet of water as Kootenay Lake should be found at this altitude, wasa revelation to her. Mrs. Sfuckert left for the Coast Tuesday. Rev. Mn Welsh Goes Ea!st. Rev. G.'R. Welsh left Nelson for Toronto on Friday morning to pursue his studies in theo- log3r at McMaster's. When the rev. gentleman came here, some fifteen months ago, he had a little congregation totalling seven persons, and services ware held in the schoolroom. Attanding the Sunday School were four children. To-day a numerous congregation of Baptists worship in one of the nicest little edifices in the city, which has been hande 1 over to them fiee of all debt, and. on the Sunday School roll are some thirty names, against few of which the absent mark is ever placed. On Thursday evening last, Mr. Welsh's friends assembled at the church to bid him farewell, and availed themselves of the occasion to present their pastor with a beautiful gold watch in token of their esteem. Rev. Mr. Emerie will take charge of the congregation. Miss Hatch has returned from a visit to Grand Forks. Charles Jones, Victoria, is attending the assizes as official- stenographer. The cases continually cropping up here are of such importance that there is a general feeling among the legal fraternity that there ought to be a resident court stenographer provided for the Kootenays. m il THE NELSON ECONOMIST ar ��� sir' ad asl- PI a; laaf a;f:,|| ail i w IA.M m i aljf.:; laal I--" ������ �����#���&' -I- afl-fa. ������. i,'C5-& - ?t|y .lite mm IS alii af|t -atfl afe a||i .-It si if ��� i ll atel flMi I-I la il m .T-rjr i-a r.;-! City Council. The weekly meeting of the City Council was held on Monday evening last, the mayor presiding and Aldermen Malone, Hillyer, Madden and Teetzel were also present. Alderman Malone reported on behalf of the board of works that the requisition of S.C. Hodge for drainage at the alley near his premises, was a very trivial matter involving no . more than fifteen minutes work and the matter was too trivial to be seriously entertained. . As to the sidewalk asked for at block 7.0, Vernon street, it would be desirable to have it laid if funds would permit. It,was decided to put,down a three plank sidewalk. The mayor was authorized to employ a couple of men to do general street repairs.;. Alderman Hillyer said that he was authorized to ttate on behalf of the property owners, that if the city would bear half of the expense they would make up the difference in the cost of making a sewer at the alley to the south side of Baker street. At present the cell rs of the stores were flooded when there were heavy rains. The waters might be drained into Ward creek. The city engineer was called upon for a report on the subject. On motion of Alderman Teetzel it was decided to allow a rebate on electric light p id for to the 31st of September. On motion of Alderman Teetzel it was decided to allow a rebate of 10 per cent, on water rates paid in advance, and 20 per cent, rebate to those paying three months in advance, the service to be cut off in cases where the rate is not paid upon due notice. 1 A bill for $134 was sent in by Macdonald "& Johnson in the case of the Cameror vs the city arising out of the fire limit by law. A number of bills unrepresented for payment and passed. Alderman Hillyer drew attention to the fact that there was no profile of the city fewer- age, grades, etc. If anything were t > happen the City Engineer they would be in a bad fix The City Engineer explained that there were several grades upon which he had not yet decided, but most of the work had already been done. Alderman Hillyer thought it desirable that all public papers should be in the possession of the city, and made a resolution accordingly, adding that from and after this date the City Engineer's office be in the city hall. By-law 36, levying a road tax for the year 1879, at $2 per head, payable 30th of November next, was passed through its several plages and held over until next meeting for final ratification. The Assizes. The trial of Antonio Bruno, charged with the murder of his friend, Ginseppe Puerio, occupied the attention of Justice Irving and a jury last Monday. The story of the crime is briefly as follows: Bruno and Puerio worked for Philip Colosimo, a foreman on the Crow's Nest Pass Railway. The two men lived together, Bruno doing the buying. On Sunday, August 7, the day after the paymaster had been round, the pair considering that they had not received all the wages due them, started off together at daybreak to get their time put right, the prisoner having a rifle. About supper time the prisoner returned alone without his rifle, saying that he had felt tired and turned back, leaving his compa.nion to go on alone. The prisoner said he would work next day, but he kept his bed, and on Tuesday afternoon he set out with the deceased's stuff as well as his own, traveling, night and day. On Tuesday afternoon, August 9, the dead body of Puerio was found near the tote road about :Si miles west of Moyie City with his skull crushed in. Philip Colismo testified that he knew both the prisoner and the deceased, who had worked for him. The prisoner claimed to be short about $12. Prisoner and deceased slept together. He had seen the cheque produced in the dead man's hand. The pair had left to get the time-keeper to fix the shortage. Prisoner returned saying he had not gone because he had seen friends who had short pay too, and he wouid wait until they could all go together. Speaking of Puerio, Bruno said, "I believe the old man is gone, and I came back " The prisoner looked bad and his face was white. He said he would work on Monday, but did not, saying he would work on Tuesday. The last time I saw him was Monday night. He identified a cap produced as .belonging to. the-old man. The cros.~-exami nation by R. M. Macdonald elicited the fact that when prisoner and deceased left the sh ick they we e apparently on good terms. To tbe judge the witness said he had met Bruno coming home down the grade, he was carrying something in a handkerchief. Both men. were dressed as workingmen but could not describe their clothes. The evidence of J. E Angers, of the Northwest M ainted Police, related to the discovery of the corpse and to the pursuit and arrest of Bruno. Antonio Grillo confirmed the evidence of the foreman. ' Louis Farago also gave corroborative testimony. Mannarino Vincenzoa had known both the prisoner and deceased. He had seen deceased with the cheque in his hand, but the paymaster would not cash it, because there was another name on it. Salvatore Farago testified that on Monday he was carrying water all day, and had occasion to constantly pass the prisoner's shack. Prisoner kept his bunk all day. On Tuesday, witness had seen him indoors up to 4 p. m. On one occasion prisoner had hid some papers under his blanket, so that witness, who was passing, might not see them. Last time he pas.-ed he was packing Pierio's things. On asking why, he was told that it was prisoner's own stuff. After other witnesses testified as to the checque, the prisoner testified in his own behalf. He had relieved Luigi of his coat, cached it, and proceeded toHannington's camp getting there about 8:30 a. m. The time keeper was not there but afterwards witness returned and found him. He could not talk to him, but showed him his time check. He asked witness some questions he did not understand, arid also where he was going. Witness replied he was going away. Witness went away, rested and ate, eventually getting a check from Mr. Fraser. He got home betwreen 6 and 7 p. m., about 8 o'clock he got Luigi's coat, which he is still wearing. He did not work next day because he was sick The prisoner stated that he did not go to work on Tuesday on accouut of having been sick on Monday. A stranger came along to the camp and stated that Pierio had gone to Nelson on the boat and had told him to tell him [Bruno] to bring his coat and papers and follow him He took the papers but did not know what they were. On Tuesday afternoon he started for Nelson on the way to Robson, and was arrested on the steamer at Kuskonook. The cross examination did not elicit anything of vital importance, Prisoner admitted having puachased a time cheque of Pierio's, amounting to $32 for $15. Mr. Elliott addressed the jury at length, after which Mr. Macdonald made a strong plea on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Justice Irving, in summing up said that the crux of the case lay in two things, (1) the time check Puerio went east to exchange, but which was found on the prisoner, (2) the discrepancy in the prisoner's and Eraser's evidence as to the time they met at Hanning- ton's camp. There were, three issues before the jury, (1) the idenity of the body foubd on the tote'road, (2) was Pierio murdered, (3) if so, did the prisoner commit thecrime. After carefully reviewing the evidence at some length, his lordship concluded a very loyical and impartial eharge at 1:45 a. m , when the jury retired to consider their verdict. At 3:45 the jury returned, and the foreman reported that they had been unable to agree on a verdict ; a ballot had resulted in 4 to &.,���' and there was no chance of agreement. His Lordship discharged the jury. This morning Bruno was again placed on trial. The case is in progress as we go to press. A First-Class Product. Mr. W, S. Grant, manager of the Manitoba Dairy Company, L'td, of Winnipeg and La Rochelle, Manitoba, is in the city, introducing the products of his factory to the dealers of West Kootenay. Mr. Grant's company manufactures the Jubilee brand of condensed milk, which has been on the market for some time in the east. The output of the factory has been largely increased, and Mr. Grant is now catering for the trade of West Kootenay. It is well known that the milk produced in Manitoba is richer than that produced in' any other country in the world, hence Mr. Grant claims his Jubilee brand is superior to any other on the market. Mr. Grant has appointed P. J. Russell as whole-ale agent for Kootenay, who will carrv a stock for sale to the dealers only. C. E. Chase has purchased the interest of James J. Dervin in the Nelson Bakery. J. J. Dervin has tkken over the express business of C. E. Chase'; and will be found opposite Central Fruit Sk>re. Pack and saddle horses furnished on shortest notice, Open day and night. Telephone 67 }@Q when yon ��� order AND SQQ-PACSPIC LINE RECT and SUPERIOR SERViG ROUTE To Eastern and European points. To Pacific Coast. China, Japan, and Australia points. j j TOURIST CAKS Models of comfort Pass Revelstoke daily to St. Paul Daily (except Wednesday) to Eastern points AND Josephine Street Nelson. VANCOUVER and NELSON Near Phair Hotel, Victoria Street Nelsen. COfcat&ECTSGWS: To Rossland and main land points : Daily Daily 6:40 p.m. leaves��� NELSON-arrives 10:30 p.m. Kootenav Lake���Kaslo Route. Str. ��� KoJcanee. Except Sunday Except Sunday 4 p.m. leaves ��� NELSON ��� arrives : 11 a.m. Kootenay River Route, Str. Nelson: Ex. Sun. Ex. Sun. 7 a. m. leaves ��� NELSON ��� arrives 10:30 p. m. Makes outward connection at Pilot Bay with str. Kokanee, but inward such connection is not guaranteed. Steamers on their respective routes call at principal landings in both directions, and at other points when signalled. Slocan Citv, Slocan Lake points and Sandon Except Sunday Except Sunday 9 a.m. leaves ��� NELSON ��� arrires 2:20 p.m. Ascertain Present Reduced Slates. Full information from nearest local agent or from GEO. S. BEER, City Ticket Agent, Nelson, B. C W. F. Anderson, Travelling Pass. Agent, Nelson, B.C. E. J. Coyle, Dist. Pass. Agent Vancouver, B.C Lightning Ice Cream Freezers Pails made of Best Virginia White Cedar, with Electric welded-.wirc hoops 'E C 5 i A! ��� a, Sashes and Turned Work, E Office Fittings. ". atisfaction Guaranteed. Prices Reasonable. T ^& We beg to inform the citizens of Nelson that we are now in a position to supply all kinds of bread, pastry, etc., on shortest notice. Free delivery to any part of the city. m ** i *.*��leery, Lewi. ���ervin, prop KOOTENAY LAKE SAW MILL G. O. BUCHANAN, Proprietor; Orders Promptly Filled and j Sash & Doors Satisfaction Given. Nelson Mouldings, Yard, Foot of Hendryx Street. [Turned Work- Lumber, Lath, Shingles. SUUijlSLSlSUlSlJL^ LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL. Cascade City is said to be booming. Work on the Volcanic is to be commenced at once. Work on the Silver Bell will be resumed at an early date. There are a large number of visitors in Nelson this week. Nelson will be well represented at the New Westminster fair. Two cases of glanders have recently developed at Greenwood. Wm. C. Ward, the well known banker, of Victoria, is in the city. The Earl of Ava is visiting Rossland. He ) is a son of Lord Dufferin. There is some talk of a high class music hall being started in Nelsoii. The manager of the Club Hotel ^announces a social dance for to-morrow evening. Hon. Fred. Peters, of Tupper, Peters & Potts, Victoria, is visiting the Kootenay. GaW. Gillespie, manager 'of the Bank of British Columbia at Victoria,;is in the city. The Harry Lindley company p[ayed last Saturday night at Trail, en route to the coast. Rev. H-. L. Akehurst is in Rossland, attending the church committee meeting relative to the creation of a new diocese. The Italian element is largely represented in the city this week. Many of them were interested spectators at the Bruno trial. Work on the Pay Ore will start next week. This mine is situated up the North Forks and adjoins the celebrated Pathfinder property. The C. P. R. company's traffic receipts for the week ending September 14th showed a gain of $20,000 over the same week last year. Ernest V. Bodwell, the well-known Victoria barrister, is in the city, attending to legal matters in which his firm, Bodwell & Duff, are interested. The Victoria Colonist publisher reports fmm pll over the Province, which would seem to i n. dicate that prohibition will carry in British Cain u.ibia. Nineteen new pupils were enrolled in the Rossland public schools last Monday���making a total number of school children now on the register of 443. So overcrowded is the public school, that on Monday the half-time system was again put in operation���the eider children attending from 9 to 12 and the younger ones from 12 to 3 o'clock. The coming season promises to be particularly interesting in Nelson. The number of first-class private residences erected during the summer give encouragement to the belief that there will be many social gatherings. Many of the new buildings erected for business purposes during the summer season in Nelson will be ready for occupancy next week. Lillie Bros, will open in their new boot and shoe store next Saturday, and the Lawrence Hardware Company will move into their large and commodious quarters some time during next week. ���IS. I ��� K ���.Ii" ; 'I,* 'i ;if 5 u ��� v ���if .: itt : (ii- "i f;l "i ,1!?' 'J .- f- {'it' ���'- jl;- X M5- ? Mi: ?. ftf ' ���Mi ���*- ut i 'If, ' 'if . IS - A, . ���Js' '��� \%\ "if'-' ! �� It - it -ii i- if a u: 4 | A* If. i j ''it'' If y -j4 " " ?< if if f ia f i *��� a F 'a-1 ii ii I '���> ��A ��� i i 8 THE NELSON ECONOMIST. GREEN-ROOM GOSSIP. Fannie Davenport, the great actress, is dead. Anna Held will come back in October and play in a musical farce. Marie Burroughs has been .engaged by Stuart aEpbson as his leading lady for next season's tour. Reginaid de Koven's "The Fencing Master '7 is to be sung in London soon with Marie Tempest in the leading role, which she created in the United .(State? some years ago. uaranteed Superior to any Sweetened flilk on the flarket. Physicians. Manufactured and Guaranteed by THE Recommended The Bostoniaus have decided upon * Ulysses" as their next production. It is by Roland E. "Phillips, a Cleveland author, and W. N. Neid linger, hitherto a composer'of songs. Anthony Hope has completed with E. E. Ross, plays iolitided on his novels, ll Simon Dale" and " Ruoert of Hentzau." The second deals with the same characters that figured in ���'��� The Prisoner of Zenda." W.J. QUINLAN, D. D.S. '^-a :;;.V:a^ ^'DENTIST V:: .Mara Block, - Baker Street, Nelson Special attention given to crown and bridge work and the painless extraction of teeth by oc'al anesthetics. LiucienGuif-ry, for several years the leadijjg actor with Bera hard fc, has gone to another theatre, vvhere lie will receive u large, salj-iry,-.chiefly because he owns two plays that nare regarded as probable successes. To preserve the health the medical profession are unanimous in declaring that Joy's Bread is an essential. ' Enjoy good health, and use Joy's BitEAD. a >��� Certificate of Improvements. "Gold Island" mineral claim; situate in the Nftisnn Mining Division of West Mootenay District. Where located:���Two miles east of Ymir. Take notice that 1, Waiter Askew, Free Miner's Certificate -No.'" 2,080 A, for myself, and actinir as agent for .W. O. Forrester, Free Miner's "Certificate No. 98.363. and Charles W. Anion Id, Free Miner's Certificate isTo; 2,629 A, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for .a certificate ofi 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 is- Mianoo of such certificate of .improvements. Dated this 27th day of September, 1898. Waxtek. Askew. GEO. U LM ���V' BARRISTER and SOLICITOR Largest Tent and Awning Factory in British Columbia. Boots, Shoes and Rubber Goods and General Stock of Miners' Supplie ORROS/TEROSTGFFJGE, NELSON, B\ G. ' LAW OFFICE : Baker Street, Nelson a ���0- j ���$*��� <0> <����������� ������ GOOD BATH SMOOTH SKAVK! AND HAIRCUT AS YOU LIKK IT, GO TO THK ERCHANT TAILOR. Magn ifi cent Lin e of Scotch Tweeds and Worsted, and West of England Trouserings, Suitable for Spring wear. A special feature of Fancy WTorsted Sitings. .. a. . ;.-' High Class Suits Made in the Latest Styles. > I AM -zinAVis^G KARLOkS ! two doors east of the Pest Office. W. J, Morrison, Prop. WANTED. LAND REGISTRY ACT. In the matter of an application for a duplicate of certificate of title to lot 1 (one), block 10 (ten), town of Nelson, notice is hereby given that'itis iiJ3' intention at the expiration of one mouth from the first publication hereof, to issue a duplicate oft he certificate of John .Koper Hull to the above lauds, dated t!ie 10th day of March, lS'J , and numbered 16.950a. F. Y. WOOTTON, Regisirar-General. I and Registry Office, Victoria, 13. C, 13th September, 1S98. On. Baker Street, rooms suitable for Photographic studio. Apply, ���with particulars, to "Photo," Economist Office. aker St^ Nelson, B, C. CERTIFICATE OF I^PROyE?j!ENTS. "Hillside" mineral claim, situate in the. Nelson Mining Division of West Kooteuay Dis- trk't. ." Whereaocated:���On the east side of Giveout creek, and is the eastern extension of the " Bodie" claim, on Toad Mountain. Take notice that I, A. G.-Gamble, Free Miner's Certificate No. 13592 A, agent for Edward James Bulmer, Free Miner's Certificate No. 20639 A, intend., sixty days after date hereof, to apply to the Miniiig* 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 j section 37, must be commenced before the issu-' anee of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 10th day of September. 1S98. A. G. Gamble, Agent. I���I -^/^" w^ ^ou roast over a hot cooking stove during _1_ _JL this warm weather when we can supply you with "a coal oil stove which will save your temper as well your pocket? You c��an do anything with them. We haye also a fine line of house furnishings on hand. as Trtnnrinnrinnnnnn^^ "\X7H.EN you buy a a V^ OKELL&MORRIS' "g'Og- <V Ju^jzix.*TzmKr*> reserves! O'KELL & MORRIS' }o yon get what are pure British Columbia y-: fruit, and sugar, and your money is left at Cs.- home. YATES STREET, We are direct Importers and Wholesale Dealers in WINES, LIGUORS, HAVANA OIGARS All the leading brands aUvaj^s in stock. VIGTGRIA, THE NELSON ECONOMIST. ' ���- \ -.Woman's Advance In France. Women are slowly obtaining a few rights in-France. Recently they have been permitted to act as witnesses of wills and other legal documents. They are now to be allowed to take part in the administration of charitable institutions and hospitals. This privilege has been obtained for them through a report made by Dr. Napias, who spoke in glowing terms of the effective work done along this line by women in the United States and England. Considering the fact that the Frenchwomen contribute more' largely to the charitable funds than the Frenchmen, and that they do a great part of the house to house visiting, it seems that their newly acquired privileges are very limited. Preparing: to Rest. Ada Rehan ha3 bought an estate at Montauk point, the extreme eastern end of Long Island, where she is going to build a great house. It will be of stone, ��astellated'and near a lake on the blnil's within a few hundred feet of the Atlantic ��� surges. Miss Rchan is preparing to rest in her own home before age conies on, for, though her hair is white, she is yet in the vigor of lite. Sne Works In the Slums. Mrs. Heloise Durant Rose is the author of, several plays that have been acted in L.oridon and New York and has also written a volume of short poems, a novel of New York life and many short stories. KlosS of her works have been published in England, where she took a diploma as trained nuxsefbr her mission work in London slutue/ Notice of Application -to Purchase Land. Sixty days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands'and Works for permission to purchase the following describee unsurveyed and unreserved land, viz.: Beginning at a post set on the south bank of Koot- enav River about 2% miles west of Nelson, anr" marked " E. C. Arthur's Northeast Corner,' thence south forty chains, thence west fort\ chains, thence north forty chains more or les^ to the Kootenay river, thence east, follow!nj. the meanderi.ngs of the Kootenay river, to th* .point, of beginning, .containing' one hundrec and siitv acres more or less. Ju!:,:..30, 1898.. E.C.Arthur. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS.. "Second Relief" mineral claim, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootena^. District. - Where located : North fork of Salmon River, about twelve miles from Erie. Take notice that 1, John A. Coryell, as agent for J. A. Li'inch, Free Miner's Certificate No. 1674A, 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 Beet-ion 87, must be commenced before the issuance of such pertifieate of Improvements. Dated this 9th day of August, 1898. John A. Coryell, Agent. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS "Grand Union" mineral claim, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootena\ District. Where located : North fork of Salmon River, about twelve miles from Erie. Take notice that I, John A. Corvell, as agent for R. K. Neill, Free Miner's Certificate No. 4948A, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the miningreeorder 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 is- Buance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 9th day of August 1898. John A. Coryell, agent. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROV NENTS. "Big Bump" mineral claim, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located : Salmon River, North Fork, about twelve miles from Erie. Take notice that I, John A. Coryell, as agent for the Big Bump Gold Mining Company, Free Miner's Certificate No. 13081A, 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 9th day of August, 1898. John A. Coryell, agent. IN THE COUNTY COURT OF KOOTENAY HOLDER AT NELSON. Notice is hereby given that on the 28th day of February 1898, it was ordered by His Honor Judge Forin that James F. Armstrong, Official Administrator of the County of Kootenay be Administrator of all and singular the goods, hattels and credit of James V. Rossie deceased ntestate. Every per-son indebted to the said deceased, is required to make payment forthwith to the undersigned* Every person having in.possession effect* belonging to the deceased is required forthwith tonotifvthe undersigned. Everv" creditor or other person having any claim upon or interest in the distribution of the pergonal estate of the said deceased, is required within thirty davs of this date, to send by registered letter adaressed to the undersigned, his name and address, and the full particulars of his claim or interest, and a -;tateni out of his account and the nature of the -ecuritv (if any) held by him. After the. expiration of the said thirtv days, the Administrator will proceed with the distribution of the estate, having regard to those claims only of which we shall have had notice. Dated at Nelson, this midday of July, 1898. J. F. ARMSTRONG, Official Administrator. ^���^A&^&A&AQ/^ WHOLESALE AND RETAIL HEAD OFFICE: Nelson, B. C. . BRANCHES AT CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS: " Relief Fraction " mineral claim, situate in the Nelson Mining Division, of West Kootenay District. . Where Located : North fork of Salmon River, about twelve miles from Erie. Take notice that 1, John A. Coryell, as a'gent for R. K. Neill, Free Miner's Crrtilicate No. 494SA, intend, sixtv 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 87, must be commenced before the issuance of'such certificate of improvements. Dated this 9th dav of August, 1898. John A. Coryell, agent. I PROVEN! ENTSr laim, situate in CERTIFICATE OF I "Star Shine" mineral claim, situate in the N'elson Mining Division of West Kootenay district. Where located : North fork of Salmon River, vbout twelve miles from Erie. Take notice that I, John A. Coryell, as agent for R. K. Neill, free miner's certificate No. 1943A, intend, sixty days from the. date hereof, to apply tu 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 -ection 37, must be commenced before the is- uance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 9th day of August, 1898. Joftn A. Corvell. agent. CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. " Canadian Queen " mineral claim, situate in the Nel-on Mining Division of We.-t Kwutena\ district. Where located : North Fork of Salmon Ri\er, a'jout t.vo miles from Erie. ' Take notice that 1, John A. Coryell", as agent for W. F. Mitchell. Free-Miner's Certificate No. ��578 A, E. M. Ingram,-Free Miner's Certificate vo. No. 5292 A, and A. B. Ingram, Free Minora r"ertin>��+e Nc. 3838 A, intend sixty days from the dateh"}".'ooi, to apply to the Mining Recorder r'or a certificate.of improvements, for the pnr- >ose of obtaining a Crown grant of the abov<_ claim,!' And further take notice that action, undei ���ection 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 5th day of September, 1898. John A .Coryell. r. S. Gore. H. Burnet. J. H. McGregojr GORE, BURNET & CO., Provincial and Dominion Land Surveyors and Civil engineers. Agents for Obtaining Crown Grants and Abstract of Tiile to Mineral Claims, &c. NELSON, - - - British Columbia ROSSLAND SANBON TRAIL THREE FORKS NELSON KASLO $> SLOCAN CITY *5rHS^******4i^^^ * est Kootenay Butcher Co WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN F'RESH AND SALT MEATS. Camps supplied on shortest notice and lowest prices. Mail orders receive careful attention. Nothing bnt fresh and wholesome meats and supplies Mi 1' * kept in stock. I E. G TRAVES, Manager. iii. i Optician and Watchmaker, IcKillop Block, Baker street. All work guaranteed. Atlantic Steamship Tickets. To and from European points via Canadian and American lines. Apply for sailing dates, rates, tickets and full information to any C. P. R�� ��gent or G. S. BEER, C. P. R. Agent, Nelson. W . STITT, Gen S. S. Agt., Winnipeg. Pro vi nclal -.a^ggga.,.^ Land Surveyor, Opp. Custom House, Nelson, B. C "W/^p* want to enlighten our little world about tis in regard to Wall Paper Buying. We want you to know that right here you will find the Choicest, Cheapest and Cheeriest patterns. Buy nowhere till you have looked about you enough to see what we are showing. We don't want you to buy from only examining our stock but we want 3^011 to see other stocks and know the superiority of a. . . ��� �� JL-4 SLCJI e Corner Baker and Stanley Sts., Nelson. aby s wn, ray taiiy.s, Mam Roy's C emo Floating Bath, 'on, etc. We have just received a large shipment and are selling them at bargain prices. Call and see them at E'S DRUG Opposite Queen's Hotel STORE rokers and Manufacturers Agents. Agents for Manitoba Produce Company, Gold Drop Flour, Wheat Manna, Manitoba Grain Co., Biscuits, Etc. M. R. Smith & Co's NELSON, B. C. P. O. Box 498. i *.,r IO THE NELSON ECONOMIST -I, X if t Hr .'[3 .!. a* fits .< * as I IIS tf ��<< ��� iff H 1.1 :a, I r 5 4! -: ;i.u a il III J ill Mi im ua-> :!t?a i :' ' ; p. i At''' < i -hj lift '4P . >: J1 >- < >, ;l*v l^a .a pa ' - ia 'n-'n ^ 5 I* Pis I! Si* i; a" ���i l! ?? >��� ����� :i: fl: r.i. A BOOMERANG. When I got George's letter telling me that all was now ready for our reception and we were to coine at once, I was delighted. Within a week we1- m other and I���were on our way out and in about three weeks' time found " ourselves between the swampy shores of the Essequibo, nearing Georgetown, where on the quay the dear fellow was waiting to take us up to the home he had made for us on his plantation. George Haden and I had met a year beforo during his visit to the old country, and the big, quiet, sunburned man and I, who tell this story, had fallen in love with one another almost at first sight. We were to have been married before he returned to Guiana, but he was recalled suddenly by the death of his only brother at Rio, and it was arranged I should follow later with mother. a You can, or, rather, you can't, imagine how delighted I was to see my sweetheart again. But I was startled and a good deal troubled by his appearance. He looked thin and worried. At first I put it down to his grief at Harry's death, but later, after our quiet wedding, on the-way to my future home, I gathered by degrees there was more than that. His brother Harry had married a Spaniard, a beautiful woman, who had died nearly 18 years before, leaving him with one daughter, Teresa. It was chiefly on this girl's account that George had hurried back, and he had mentioned in writing to me that he had brought her up from Rio to stay with him in Guiana until other arrangements could be made. Since then I had heard little of her and almost indeed, in my own happiness and excitement, forgotten her very, existence. Now my questions elicited from George that she was not a pleasant tern- : pered young woman or easy to get on j with, but my worst anticipation did not ; touch the reality; j We came up the river in a small \ steamer, which dropped us at my hus- ! band's very wharf, and we three walked ; up a slope through a wonderful tropical '. ' garden to where a long, whitewashed, j green shuttered house shone clean and bright in the evening sun. On the veranda stood a tall figure in a pale yellow gown, her black hair crowned with crimson hibiscus���a splendidly handsome woman I She looked at me in a half disdainful way. "So you're my new aunt?" she said casually. "And.how do you do, Uncle George?" Her calm assumption of superiority was unbearable. George���big, steady, good tempered man that he was���flushed with anger. He whispered to me: "Never mind, my dear. She knows no better, and it won't be for long. " But it was for longer than we reckoned. She was to have been sent to her godmother, who lived in Madrid, but the old lady was ill and begged us to keep the girl awhile longer. It was trying to a degree and each day got worse and worse. Teresa's temper was something un bearable and her general lack of manners only equaled by her sweetness when there was anything to be gained by it. Still, for my husband's sake, I bore with her. Toward the end of the cool weather* our old English overseer died, and, as a stop gap, George took on a young Spanish-American, Ramon Martinez. Ramon was a smart looking fellow, but there was something in his black eyes which repelled me. I always felt a shrinking repulsion for the man, and George didn't care much for him. Still it was necessary to have some one who understood the sugar, and men who knew anything were so scarce you couldn't pick and choose. Teresa, who loved the cheap gayeties of Rio, had been simply bored to death all the winter. Ramon was a godsend to her, and the two used to chat in Spanish every evening over their coffee on the veranda. Sometimes I blame myself for letting them be so much together, but to tell ��he truth the relief of getting rid of her even for an hour or two was very great. And how could I know what a scoundrel the man was or what unspeakable wickedness those two were brewing together? And now I must pass over the events of the next ten months and tell you what happened on that dreadful day which so nearly proved fatal to all my happiness. Old Juan, a half caste Indian employee on the place, came up that morning, wanting to see my husband, talked for a time, and then I saw George go out with a gun oh his shoulder. He saw me at the window and called ,> out something, but I could not hear what he said. He was a keen collector, and I supposed it was some rare bird or beast he was after. Thfl day passed, and the short, trou- Ical twilight was closing over "the forest wi.eii 1 saw George'������"returning; He was followed by two negroes, who slowly dragged some long, heavy object up' the path to the .house. This they pulled along, trailing in the dust, round to the south end of the house, where George's big so called study; really a sort of museum, opened by two -French windows on the lawn. I was dressing for 8 o'clock dinner, so did not go out. Soon I heard George's long stride pass up stairs by my door to his dressing room, which lay beyond my room at the extreme north end of the house. To make you understand what followed I. must partly explain how the house was built. It was from north to ���south,, long-and narrow, with a veranda all the way round. A wide hall ran through from east to west and a long one " from north to south. The the front room at the north end, under my room; George's study at the south, under the room Teresa occupied. There were two staircases, one at each ��nd of the house. A couple of hundred yards, away, higher up the slope at the back of the house, was the cottage where Martinez lived. He, Martinez, generally dined with- us and was to have done so this night. Now, so far as I know and judging from what we made out afterward from letters we discovered in the cottage and in Teresa's room, this is what brought about the tragedy that followed:" Ramon must long before this have made up his mind to marry Teresa. Her small fortune was an irresistible bait to the indolent southerner. The only thing that troubled him was that she was not of age for another three years and George was her guardian and sole trustee. He knew well enough what George would say or do if he once heard of his pretensions. With a man of Ramon's type��� absolutely conscienceless ��� the next idea was simply to get George out of the way. Once get rid of the uncle, and what was there to hinder his making off with Teresa and her money? Undoubtedly he instilled these ideas into Teresa's mind, and she, her sullen temper already aflame at the hint of opposition, was soon ripe for any mischief. Whether this precious pair had already concocted any definite plan I don't know, but that they were only waiting a chance what follows will prove: On this particular evening Teresa had dressed earlier and gone down. For some reason, I don't know what, she went to the study and opened the door. A French window was open, and in the moonlight Which had already succeeded the dusk she caught sight of something moving through it, undulating in rustling coils up from the grass beyond. Terrified, she closed the door and stood an instant panting with fright. What was it? a Suddenly it flashed across her. She had just before seen from her window the men bringing in her uncle's spoil, a great anaconda, or "water boa, the largest and most powerful constrictor in the world. This was its mate. Her chance had come. Always, before dinner, her uncle would go to his room to fetch the cigar he lit immediately dinner was over. He would go once more ���for the last time. How I can imagine her stealing quietly away from the door back with They 'stealthy footsteps up the stairs to her room and sitting there watching the clock, counting every moment till the gong should summon her uncle to his fate behind that closed door! Closer and closer crept the hands to 8 ' o'clock, and still she sat and watched. : Suddenly, in the hall below, sounded footsteps across the polished boards. ' Unnaturally loud they seemed as they passed slowly down the passage beneath. ; There was the sound of a turning latch, i an instant's pause, and then���one long, i horrible sound, half shriek, half yell, i which grew shriller, then muffled, and '} then abruptly ceased. ]\ That shriek I heard with almost equal distinctness away at the other end of the house. To this day I can sometimes hear it, and it comes back tome in dreadful dreams. ! I heard my husband rush from his room and his flying feet down the stairway. Other sounds I heard���cries of terror, and alarm, hurrying fbqtstep&affi���f:; .slamming of doors. Then I summftiieif- strength to follow. As I ran through tiie halif ^vo shots rang out in quick sue-' ce^Mqna A frightful pounding, like a dojz^en sledge hammers going at once, ensued;, and next I heard a scream of maniacal laughter, and Teresa rushed by me and out into the night. The next thing!remember is George's voice, in tones of strong command: 4'Keep back, Marian 1" he called. "It is no fit sight for you." I stood there in the middle of the passage, while around the open study door stood a little knot of our black servants. Their faces were ashen with terror, and the whites of their eyes goggled horribly. A thin smoke floated out of the room, and the keen smell of gunpowder filled the air. The throbbing beat had almost ceased, and George passed into the room, while I staggered back, and, sinking into a chair in the hall, fainted dead.away. T need hardly explain what had happened. The wretched Ramon had come in earlier than usual to dinner; had, contrary to his. usual custom, gone to the study, evidently to leave the passbook for the day, and had walked straight into the trap set for another. Those horrible coils had crushed him to death long before even aGeorge could reach the spot, while the great snake, in its terrible death agonies, had rent the 'wretch's body in a shocking way, leaving it an unrecognizable mass. That was what Teresa had seen. The shock no doubt had crazed her. When she ran out, she went straight to the river, at least we suppose so, for we never saw anything of her again. There are alligators in those waters. Since then my husband and I have almost forgotten the tragedy. We are very happy alone together in our sunny tropic home. V"."*^"a narrow dining room was Goods Clearance Sale For the next fifteen at a discoL-ni of 25 days we will clear the balance^oCour per cent, consisting of summer shirt waists, organdie muslins, ladies' silk gloves, straw and other summer goods. l summer goods goods, ladies' hats, parasols A complete stock of clothing, boots and nishings at reduced prices. shoes, hats and gent's fur �� The Brick Store Street Wagon work and Blacksmithing in all its Branches. H. A. PROSSER, Manager. Lake St., OpPrCourt House. NELS0P3, B. C -"���"rM'iimiT - ��� ��� Hungarian, xxxx Strong Bakers, Economy, Superfine, Bran, Shorts, Chicken Feed, Chop. The Okanagan Flour Mills Company, Lt'd, Armstrong, B. C. Give this Flour a Trial before pasaing an opinion. A. T l fc .. . - --��� ��� " __ ��� %,h\ THE NELSON ECONOMIST. n WOMAN'S MIRROR. Q> Clever and Attractive. A clever woman, provided she be not sarcastic and too fully alive to a sense oi her own importance, is generally,an attractive-one. ' Men may be charmed.for' a time by a pretty face, but they soon tire oi mere prottiness. Nor does it follow.thai ��� all' women '-of -goodsense and sharp intellect are.'necessarily plain. Bright thoughts cdliven the most ordinary face -until' the rejection of the mind shining out in a..! its radiance makes one forget that the features arc not pure Greci&n and leads��� tis to believe t hat such a woman, is in re<;.l��t:y a .great beaut;/. The vivacious ereali;re oi varying moods- and quaint fancies' is the one to charm. A man forgets the type of beauty she may ormay not possess, ;so interested does he become in the pleasing study of a mind that renders her face ever .winning, irresistible and pleasing, because, like the .surface of ablate,.there xornes a change with every varying emotion.. The attractive woman should cultivate the .mi'nd, for a grace of soul and cdn- cat-iou of spirit count for more than 1 imp-id eyes, a rose.bad' mout-li- and a dimpled chin. She should be ever, teachable, for there is not one iota of lovableness in-the man oi woman who thinks he or she knows it all. ������Exchange. SteelaUairpins Doomed. '������The.;attack now is upon the steel hairpin, tor specialists declare that the shell or . bene pin is better for the hair and that many* women have '''suffered martyrdom from nervous headache without once suspecting that the cause lay in a metal hairpin. ���"'.'. ������ ���' " ;������-.'.��� . ���; ; But what shall we do without the little implement' which might bo called ' 'woman's: best friend?" How are we going to "supply the 75 demands that we make upon a hairpin? We Lise:it to button our gloves and.our shoes, to oijen the drawer whose lock is gone, tocnt the leaves of our books, U; clean our husband's pipe, to pin on the extra wrap,''to. draw the cork when the corkscrew cannot be found, to wedge a ni'Ai ling window sash, to stone raisin;?, to i;:raen a'caid to the bell pull in sr.owtime, to do duty as a bodkin and render no one knows how many little services of this sort. a The shell substitute is good for none of these l.hir.gs. and if it be doomed to crowd its i. i. nd.ii. r relative frorufhe. market wc can only e^ehiiia, "Though lost to sight, to memory dear !' '���Exchange. To Enjoy Cycling-. "The great secret of safe, enjoyable and beneficial cycling," sa-id the woman with the scarlet -cockade in her gray cycling hat, '-'is no; in 'flying over the country like a carrier pigeon anxious to get back to its cot, bnt in letting the wheel set. the pace. I have found that fche pace-will-vary'sometimes to an astonishing extent if I pursue this method throughout a day's ride. It seems to be a sort of barometer which indicates one's condition,'the state of the road, wind, etc. I have found that if oia- rides thus, 'wisely and not too well,' the wheel will travel faster toward evening than at an) other time. But if I set m;> own pace the evening invariably finds mo. doing about eight miles an hour with great effort and weariness. Allowing the wheel to set the pace is the secret of nevei getting tired and of associating cycling with no sensation less agreeable than exhilaration."���New York Commercial Advertiser. Cheerful Girls, Good and health}' girls are almost always cheerful. No novelist would consider his youthful heroine complete if a "ringing laugh" were omitted from the list of her charms, and in real life the girls who do not laugh now and then are seldom liked by their companions. Even beauty will not save them. A belle who fails to understand the jest of her admirers and smiles in amiable bewilderment while other people are laughing is soon left with no consolation save to wonder what anybody can see in her rival, a girl with "tip tilted" nose, perhaps, and a large mouth and freckles, but the happy possessor of"'. a pair of merry eyes and a cheerful mind. The gift of gayety is, indeed, of great value, but it must be gayety which orig inates in a kind and cheery heart, not that which is born of mere excitement or gratified vanity.���New York Ledger. Poking- the Sickroom ITIre. One of the small things confided by a trained nurse is that to poke an open fire in the invalid's room a wooden stick makes less noise . than the usual metal poker. This will ignite perhaps, but may be promptly put out by thrusting into the ashes, and in some emergencies where the patient would otherwise be aroused from a much needed sleep a knowledge of the stick poker is useful. ; An Empress Honored.. The empress of Japan takesher meals with her husband, an honor accorded to no previous empress. The emperor is said to be opposed to the feminine fashion of Etained teeth and shaved eyebrows and in favor of enlarging the rights'of women. The empress is an earnest friend of women's hospitals. a aa.a ���-a aa.'.. One pint of cold water, to which has been added the beaten white of one egg, Will be found useful in cleauing gold picture frames. Apply the mixture with a sponge, then wipe with a soft.���'flannel. Take a second cloth perfectly dry and rub the frames lightly. Odd scraps of bread dried, not burned, in the oven, pounded and finely sifted, are the most satisfactory material for bread crumbing croquettes, sweetbreads, cutlets, etc. The beaten egg works better, too, if a dessertspoonful of water be mixed with it. The French way of boiling an egg is to put it in boiling water and let" it remain until the water becomes cold or oh the side of the stove without boiling for 10 to 20 minutes, according as it is desired soft or ...hard..; ;.'.......' .-.-..'....aa. aa a.aaaa.aa:a When the rubber on the wringer breaks, take a piece of muslin-4- inches wide and wind back and forth".- around the roller. It will not soil the clothes and may be used quite awhile longer. A square of flannel worn over the chest and just high enough to cover the hollow in the throat will prevent your easily taking cold, in winter. \ , Administering Medicines. The administration of medicine to infants and children requires both skill and tac t. Parents and nurses, therefore, should endeavor to gain the entire confidence of the child. -:--.- Above all, they should never deceive it by the assurance that an unpleasant mixture is agreeable, as the coniidenc�� thus lost can seldom be regained. Absolute truthfulness is essential in all dealings with children, and many a child can often be induced to take a disagreeable drug if assured that it is for its good by some one whom it trusts.���Cora Linton in New York Ledger. Training- Servants. A woman who has had considerable experience in training servants says some of the best have been those who come directly from the ships, with no preparation but docility and some natural quickness. The hardest cases to be managed are not those who have been taught nothing, but of those who have been taught wrongly, who come self opinionated, with ways which are distasteful and contrary to the genius of one's housekeeping. "I had to visit England," says a recently returned traveler, "to discover that the best place in the bedroom for a dressing table is directly before a window, the back of the mirror against the pane if possible. tn this light every defect of coiffure or complexion is seen at a time when it is possible to remedy it." In putting down a new oilcloth remember it will last twice as long if you give it a thin coat of varnish and let it dry well before using. A little milk in tepid water is excellent to wipe oilcloths or painted floors. Specially bad spots may be removed by rubbing a little sapolio on a cloth and wiping off quickly. On doing1 to Bed Hungry. All animals, except man, eat before sleeping, and there is no reason why man should form an exception to the rule. Fasting during the long interval between supper and breakfast, especially the complete emptiness"-of the stomach during sleep, adds greatly to the amount of emaciation, sleeplessness and general weakness so often met with. It is well .known that in the body there is a perpetual disintegration Of tissue, sleeping or waking. It is therefore natural to believe "that the supply of nourishment should be somewhat continuous, especially in those in whom the vitality is lowered. As bodily exercise is suspended during sleep, with w ear and tear correspondingly diminished, while digestion, assimilation and nutritive activity continue as usual,' the food furnished during, this period adds more than is destroyed, and increased weight and improved general vigor is the result. If the wTeakly, the emaciated and the sleepless were to take nightly a light meal of simple, nutritious food before going to bed for a prolonged period, they wo til I be raised to a better standard of health. It has been our experience that air -* digesting a bowl of bread and milk or ui saucer of oatmeal before going to be; , for a few months,-, a surprising increa^o in weight, strength and general tone hju resulted. This course is not recommended to those persons who are stouc tmU plethoric.���New York Ledger. aplaming Vesuvius. Vesuvius presented a rare sight recently, real flames issuing from thj summit. -Part of the south wall of the crater fell in, blocking up the vena; from which the gases had escaped, i. ���: few-'.days later, on April 15, this may having become redhot, a spurt of fiai::o 200 feet high was sent cut, accompanied by a tremendous roar. The column of ��firo was yellow, with flashes of rtd, violet and intense blue. Professor Mj>- teucci, who saw it, says that it was lay only jet of incandescent gas ever observed on Vesuvius, the light which people usually mistake for flames being merely the reflection of the lava below on the smoke that rises from the crater. We are now prepared to deliver bread, cakes pastry. etc.,to all parts of the city. Lewis it Dervin, Baker Street, Nelson. |1 a?p*. �� �� & A-sh.pmeht'of Blue Ribbon, Salada and Linton Teas, also a shipment of choice blends ot'Costa Rica,' Blue Ribbon, Santos and Ceylon Coffees to !.K'ii we 'invite inspection. At the same time examine our other lines groceries, all of which we are offering at lowest prices. Try our special blend of Ceylon Coffee. -W "Oi Yiorr 9 sn TOTAL DAILY CAPACITY, 8,200 B3LS. DGiLVit'S HUNGARIAN and OGiLVlE'S GLEf Gl * a pvwm G jtz -\ MILL. Ai. Lktsmman, Vic tuna - COM'PANY A��ent f-.ir British Columbia.- n Jubu�� W. R.JACKSON & CO., Commission Agents Delmonico Hotel, lay the market odds on all important events. Starting price commissions executed Latest belting received by cable Temple Building, Victoria. Metropolitan Building, Vancouver. 70 Bassinghiill ��SI., London. General Shipping & Insurance Agents Commission Merchants. Forwarders and Warehousemen. Lumber Mcrcl.a-Jts and Tii<r Boat Agents. Orders executed for every description of British and Foreign Merchandise. Charters effected. Goods and Merchandise of every description Insured against loss by Fire. Marine risks covered. .Life, Accident and Boiler r"=uranee in the best, otlices. Klondike Risks accepted. Miners'Outfits Insured. ���Loans and Mort<.ares Negotiated. Estates Managed and Rents Collected. Debentures bought and sold. GENERAL F^INANOIAL rM *V��' ti"* Jve t ���{ :*: rj1 Iff m ��s V] J ��� ill- ���m 1 Irlm ir j> r" f ) .* j ��� if 12 THE NELSON ECONOMIST t������*�� "fq^aw n n u it'i��i�� .' ���'?<������ : Liquors ' Wines Cigars Beer Tobaccos Carpets Mattings Dry Goods Boots and Shoes Tents Cigarettes Cement Rugs Curtains Hour and Feed Drill Steel Ore Bags Plaster Fire Clay- Teas Etc, Victoria, B. C, Vancouver, B. C, and London, Eng. "NELSON, B.C. I Kgpajssj. wra s!XB&x��asr7&f,*miatt&n,,t*inw&ifu- r-f"^7--^^w^'Ar>.A^^.^.JW7M^>=^jsrn^^ ~<vr Jc^ST'ta^ir'A-r^-nrrx-i '^fKX*rz=7!Grm^'***^rsM^rr*&j**^K^.~^j�� ifr-^ agikiJT���7>-'ff7yrTnfrniay^ t-"Fry tit it �����----"--���^��Tr i HOW TO PLEASE. ���* 'Tis sot so difficult to please, As many men suppose. Urbanity will always; chavm, As every lady knows. .''Companionship our natures seek/ "We all affection crave. 'Tis natural for us 'o love The gifted and tiie brave. "We turn a kindly eye on each "When first we chance to meet Till some unguarded, selfish act His arts to please derea t. "A man refined, with, nature kind, ��� Makes, friends where'er lie goes. His gentle ways and gentle -smile' A grace around him throws. "Who.wishes.truly to be loved Should be what he would seem. Good humor, honor, sympathy, Must in his features beam." ft 5 5 Refreshing Summer Beverages." ,.-��� Celery Sarsapar- an el Iron. JV.Q LlWtl Earl J Before buying :a OR ��� Go to Painton's, the ARt'&.M'USIC'.CO.' CLUB HOTEL- victoria VANCOUVER NELSON Corner Sta-niey and Silica Streets RATES; $i per day and up. Schooner Beer, io cents E. J. Outran, Proprietor. Thus spoke my ladylove. "Ah. me, My hopes," said I, "you freeze!" ''Farewell!'- she whispered, -'(.id But stay. Do���as you please!" ���W. H. Morris in New York Ledger. not thus?, IALLADE OP A FRIEND. (/) ^^^S^f^j^^gEsirfaBMaar <�� X A friend, a quaint and prudent friend, It is my happy chance to meet As on my daily walks.I wend Through dust and d,::zzie, cold and heat. To my salute upon the street Or in the shop or at the door His lips immutably repeat, "I'm fair to middling���nothing more." Of stature tall, he's prone to bend.<. His face is patient and discreet. A subtle charm his manners lend. He is composed, from head to feet. His glance is keen, his garb is neat, His beard is long and thin and hoar, And is this phrase his one conceit: "I'm fair to middling���nothing more 5" He's oft absorbed, I apprehend, In thoughts of some polemic sheet Whose view he labors to defend Or strives to controvert and beat. His intellect is clean and sweet And quick and lucid to the core. From his reply there's no retreat��� "I'm fair to middling- (Incorporated 1869.) CAPITAL .PAID UP, $1,500,000.00 - RESERVE, $1,575,000,00. ice, = Halifax, Nova Scotia. -nothing morel" O ,\a do not guarantee to satisfy every taste I':- mi a single box of cigars, but we are sure wo ca 1 satisfy everv taste for cigars from our :t C'.C V ENVOY. As pure ns gold, as good as wheat, His answer. I do not deplore. I love to hear, when him I meet, "I'm fair to middling���nothing more!" ���A. T. Schuman in Boston Transcript. <�� �� Antigonish, N.S. Bathurst, N.B. Brids:e\vater, N.S. Char'lottetow.n, P.E.l. Doreester, N.B. Frederi.etcm, N.B. . Guvsboro, N.S. Halifax, N.S. Kingston, N.B. Londonderry, N.S. BRANCHES: Lunenburg, N.S. Maitland. N.S. Moncton, N.B. Montreal, P.Q. do West End. do Westmount. Nanaimo, B.C. Nelson, B.C. Newcastle, N.B. Pietou, N.S. Port llawkesburv, N.S. q. Rossland, B.C. Sack ville, N.B. Shubenacadie, N.S. Summerside, P.E.l. Sydney, N.S. St. Johns, Nfld. Truro, N.S. Vancouver, B. C. Victoria, B.C. Wevmouth, N.S. Woodstock, N.B. A General Banking Business Transacted. Sterling Bills of Exchan & Bought and Sold. Letters of Credit, Etc., Negotiated. �� " Accounts Received on the Most Favorable Terms. �� Interest allowed on special deposits and on Savings Bank accounts. ^ The custom of sending home butter in wooden trays is severely criticised. The wood is almost certain to impart a disagreeable flavor to the butter. It may not develop immediately, but the butter will not keep as long and is quite sure to become objectionable before it is used. BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA : NAIIAliO, NELSON, ROSSLAND, VANCOUVER, VIC Ufui The best way of putting out a lamp or oil stove is to turn the wick down until it Bhows only a blue flame, when this flame will flicker a short time and finally go out. By this process one avoids the unpleasant od,or which accompanies the blowing out of a lamp, _ _ A Savings Bank Department has been estab- $ t lished in connection with the Nelson branch of I I this bank. X t Deposits of one dollar and upwards received, t I and current rate of interest allowed (at present | t 3 per cent per annum). % 4$ & ��� GEORGE KYDD, Mgr. Neison Branch. �� B&^fe&5��^^
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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