LOWERY'S CLAIM 1 NUMBER 33. NELSON. B. C. CANADA. PRICE: 10 CENTS MAY, 1906 LOWERY'S CLAIM le devoted to Truth, Humor and Justice, and is published monthly at Nelson, B. C, Canada. It is sent, postpaid, to any part of the world for $1 a year. Advertising rates aro $2 an inch each insertion. Lowery's Claim has never heen raided by the sheriff, railroaded -by an indignant populace, nor bulldozed hy tlie brokers who issue tickets on heaven for a consideration. It does not believe in the fall of -man, nee the hydra-headed apd waved before a long-suffering public by those who peddle theologic dope, and subsist upon the fears and superstitions of the human, race, it ���believes in everything good, and hopes that a method will yet be discovered that will smelt all evil out of the world and leave nothing hut gold in tbe heart of man. If you believe aa we do aend in aa many subscribers as possible ao that we can keep the press running until a process is discovered that will jar all misery from this universe and annex lt to the flower gardens in the New Jerusalem . R. T. I/)WERY. Editor and Financier. This is a world of action, and if you No man is free who binds himself to would kep in the race until nature hands: any creed, church or party. you a blue paper you will have to ex- ercise. ! A fool sometimes does a wis? act. An idiot recently burned all the Bibles and hymn books in the Vancouver jail. In these day of dollar worship even the cross has turned yellow. As a role in small towns you will find a human jackass trying to control the morals of the community. As a rule there is little difference between the rich society woman and the painted bawd of the Bad Lands. Both lead lives that tend to moral, sexual and physical degeneration. He who lives uncorrupted, does the right thing, and always tells the truth Is a gentleman. The pauper and the ovcrrlch are generally inclined towards dishonesty and Immorality. John M. Robertson, the eminent Freethinker, was recently elected a member of the British parliament. This is better than he would do In Cauada. The indiscriminate reading of the Bible by children Is a great curse to the rising generation. As a rule the youngsters pick out the smutty stories, anel pass over the wisdom In thst old work of fable. Action anel miracles. History proves that the firmer the belief in the Bible the more brutal have been the people. President Roosevelt, it is reported, will some day go to Africa on a hunting expedition for tigers and elephants. He ia bloodthirsty and must have big game, although he has never worked in a slaughter bouse, been a bull fighter or tackled the tiger ln a stud game at Sandon. Sunday legislation is an insult to intelligence and civilisation. The halter or chain Is out of place in this century. Send your friends 12 back numbers of this journal. The cost is $1 sent postpaid to any part of the known world. Cobalt, away back east, is one of the popular mining camps of the day. In the camp is a patent inside weekly paper. It Is edited ably, but if Cobalt was in the west there would be two or three swift dailies in its midst. The difference between the dollar and cent belt is surprising when it comes to journalism. Being much together creates love, and also destroys it. The desiring of freedom for ourselves without regard to tho rights of others has ever hung a black shroud over the world. The Spokane Review said that King Edward was the father of Princess Ena. Edward may have had his faults, but he la innocent of the above charge. The Review should read up on royalty. The Spokane Outburst is an editorial and typographical triumph. With a pen dipped In sulphuric add Sidney Norman Is making the fakes, frauds and grafts of the Athens of America rush to the brush and He down. A perfectly free man scarce as radium. is almost as All religions are fakes and it is a waste of time to exercise your gray matter over any of them. No religion has ever lieen founded upon faet or practical tmth. Many have been started, but all by cheats who prey upon the fear and Ignorance of mankind. When a man talks about Ood he is a fraud or mentally unbalanced. The man who preaches that the Bible! is all true and good ts an enemy to mor-j allty, progress and civilization. Thousands In this world mistake con- BtipatiOti for religion. They pray in-��� st>ad of walking more and eating lesa. | without a Booster Club Mount Vesu- Or -CIl&lll I�� UUl 1**l lumrVrT: iu nine -wntxu j. j V\ lLIlCMIC tt -O""01"1 , , *%�� thnn Freedom ls salvation, and tyranny dam- vius did more business lastj month tnan ~tk>n- Iat any Ume ,nU2,7. Tthp ?iva busing j that it put Pompeii in ����� !��J*J^S In his bigoted Ignorance the slsve of- has never been so active unti^iw ten throws stones at those who would month, with that hell-fired monntam. free him. ! in spite of all that pries ts could do with images, prayers and holy water the Enslave others and you enslave your- anery mountain persisted in spreading a self. The priest Is a slave to creed and j hot .blanket over several muss<J*J** form, and would lose his job if he al-1 formation, burying ^V*;""?^ lowed his mind to poke its head above churches, iruit fams. vineyards and tne the weeds of superstition. vegetation in hot 8and/nfpr^i^dlaina- The eruption was grand, terrible and in Times are so good in the Okanagan j passive, anel as a ��vln1f..V*ct"1'f JT that some of the editors are Buffering; it had Torrey and his JWj��i[" A double tracked wagon rosd from derfnl ancl mysterious WTklag��*""�� Nelson to Bonnington Falls would be a the recent owtrg)Uringor Mj^at yesuv arrest attraction to tourists with the auto i* supreme ancl en0"gh.;��,ma,^initv be. habit nle-minded peasantry in Its vicinity u�� hablt Tieve in a devil, anel cry In anguish amid Owing to a riot in a Jewish synagogue their ruined homes to an lm*#"��� <*" In Toronto, tbe police hael to close up j for help, who haa never S^^����**! the odlflcv.. It is reported that the row hand ol* ruthless Nahiro to save a ]prat was over the election of an official to I ling babe, a strong man. oi sweet wounn take up the collection. from obliteration. ������ M ��� ������ ��� 1 " * LOWERY'S CLAIM Mind Your Health Nearly everyone in America could live 100 years, barring accidents, If the time card on the health route was strictly observed. By running wild we smash our machinery and unduly boom the pill and coffin business. A dog fed on nothing but white flour will starve to death in 12 days, and the same stuff has killed more Indians than bullets. Most of us require new wheels in our upper stopes. We eat too much, pay no attention to hygiene, and when disease grasps us in its slimy paw we run to the doctor for pills or to God with a long prayer. Nearly all who consult doctors have no organic trouble, but are getting hell from some symptom of their foolish or indiscreet living. The few who really have diseases are generally suffering from the evil effects of pills and potions. The individual who relies upon medicine to keep him well, instead of removing the cause is in a fair way to be damned. If you would be healthy learn how to eat, sleep, bathe, breifie, love and work, and banish the thought of fear, hate, revenge, envy, worry and jealousy. No one can enjoy continued good health if the mind is choked with the weeds of fear. hate, worry and Jealousy. These must be eliminated if you desire to reach the New Jerusalem before the game of life is trumped by the spade of a grave digger. Be moderate in everything, even love, and you will not crave for diamonds. Mental activity is conducive to longevity. Keep your mind busy, and have work planned out for the future. Beware of rust A writer on health says: "Our faculties become dull and soon lose their power if they are not exercised. How can we expect our ambition to remain fresh and vigorous through years of inactivity, indolence or Indifference? if we keep letting opportunities slip by us without making any attempt to grasp them our inclination will grow dul'er and weaker." We might as reasonably expect our muscles to retain our strength without exercise as to think of keeping vigorous an idle mind. Upon this subject the editor of the Milwaukee Journal says: "The machine that lies idle is far more liable to injury than the machine that runs. The idle machine gets rusty. . . . And what is true of machinery is true of humanity. "For instance: A man neglects the working parts of his body. Normally these parts should be exercised. He Indulges his members in idleness. Whatever vitality and working force they may have had when in continued use neglect causes the machinery to run stiffly. It is the rust. "Or a man may neglect to exercise hi-e brain forces. He may have ever so quick a mind, but If he does not use bis mental machinery the rust of idleness Is soon over It. "Or a man may neglect to exercise his brain forces. He may have ever so quick a mind, but if ho does not use bis mental machinery the rust of idleness is soon over it "Or a man may neglect to use the moral forces that are ln him. There ia a weakening somewhere. The machine lets down. And soon the parts are'rusted. "Keep your body working without fi ic- tlon by systematic exercise. Keep your mind bright hy using it. Keep your soul clean hy working it*. And'for society��� nln-tenths of Its evils are caused by the idleness of Its working parts. It's the rust" A London physician on being questioned on the subject of living says tbat the artificial nature of modern life and the constant rush after work which one can't overtake are mainly responsible for the general shattering of nerves seen all around. If people would only take things quietly we should be a much healthier race than we are. A famous New York physician, now hale and handsome at seventy-five, sums up half a century of medical practice and observation In these simple rules of health: 1.���Be temperate in all things, tn matters of amusement or study as well as ln regard to food and drinks. To tie temperate In all things, however, does not imply that one must be a prohibitionist about anything. 2.���Don't be afraid to go to sleep, for sleep, for sleep Is the best restorer of wasted energies. Sleep a certain number of hours every night, and then remember that a short nap during the day Is a safer rejuvenator than a cocktail. 3.���Don't worn*, either about the past or the future. To waste a single hour in regret for the past is as sensless as to send good money after that which has been irrecoverably lost To fret one's self about what the future may have in store Is about as unreasonable as to attempt to brush back the tide of the ocean with a broom. Worry, of whatever kind, banishes contentment, and contentment Is a necessity of youth. 4.���Keep the mind youthful. Live In the present with all the other young people. Don't get to lie reminiscent Let the old people talk about the past, for the mere act of thinking alwut old things reminds the mind of Its years. Reminiscences are dangerous���whether they be soothing or sweet or ssel���for they characterise old sge. anel must be sedulously avoided by those who would be ever young. . 5���Keep up with the tlm��?s. Don t fsll liehlnd the procession. To sccom- pllsh this, lesrn one new fact every day. Th- mind that Is satisfied to live upon the lessons it le*rn<*d in Its youth swn becomes old and musty. To keep young It must be fresh and actlve-that is. abreast of the times. The old methods of thought and the old facts may have be-n correct enough once upon a time but that time has passed. Today they are obsolete, and only amusing as relics of antiquity. To remain young, therefore, one must keep the storehouse of th�� memory clear of all such rubbish. Throw nway one of the mildewed relics every day ancl replace it with some newer, fresher and more up-to-date fact, Religion teaches us that Ood Is Our Father, and made man after hia own Image. What about the red, black and yellow peoplo on thia earth Did our big Ood make them, or did they spring Into existence spontaneously like lice on a dirty man's back? Religion and rum are great evils, but different. If you do not drink run It will not bother you because boose dealers do not hold a man against the wall snd siphon him full of brown taste producers. If you live In a community where religion Is fat and do not peruke of the theological dope you will be persecuted snd ostracised until you come Into the flock or move camp. As a rule parsons are little things Incapable or rising above fear, hatred and vlndtctlveness when they bump against any opposition, and the church has ever sought when it had the power, to shoot faith Into you if you would not take it in the ordinary manner. The Pittsburg method of raising money for the Lord has not yet spread throughout America. When it does churches will grow fat and the race suicide problem less serious. He is dishonest who will not Investigate both sides of a question. By nature man Is an atheist, snd knows, nor cares nothing about gods. Through his Ignorance, or that of his parents, he has been enslaved in all ages by sharpers who Imsgine or pretend thst they can get him Into the New Jerusalem provided he has fslth In their mental dope, snd digs up liberally. Beware of Sunday laws, ln the States when the Puritana were In power they hung, whipped anel banished those who differed from them in belief. At Lynn a Baptlat preacher was once whipped for preaching on the Lord's day, and the entire congregation of another church was fined $25 for worshipping contrary to the established religion. History repeats Itself, anel If Canada permits the Puritans to get the wedge In by paaalng fool-laws about the obaervance of Sunday, future generations will probably rise up snd remark unpleasant things about their ancestors. The governing class In the Unlfed Slat's Is composed largely of church- cringing, veneered savages. It put Moses Harmon In jail for attempting to teach a higher and better form of sexuality, but permits ladles ln Pittsburg to do immodest things in the nsme of Jesus It permits churches to gamble in the name of the Lord, anel winks at crime In the high spots, but la always ready with a striped suit for the genius with a new Idea for the betterment of humanity. It has been ever thusly since man first bloomed In the formation. ��� mi ���** Twelve back numbers of LOWERY'S CLAIM, and a copy of FIX)AT are aent to any address, postpaid, for $1. Band some to your friends, ancl help the extension of sunshine around the world.. LOWERY'S CLAIM ���m ._, ItWasAHDay If an honest man, who was a Freethinker, had gone through British Columbia last fall without endorsatlons from parsons and really In earnest to help the orphans in Macedonia, he would have got about 30 cents. In order to do the superstitious in a proper manner you must get credentials from recognized distributors of theological elope and then go after your dupes. Ellon, a Persian swindler, calling himself the Rev. Jesus A Day, rounded up quite a bunch of deluded suckers ln western Canada a few months ago. Armed with credentials from Rev. Sipprell and other Methodist pulpit pounders, he proceeded to unfold his scheme to the good people of the great west. He told about how the awful Turks massacred the Christians in Macedonia, filling the land with an overplus of female orphans between the ages of 30 days ancl 14 years. Day wanted to have these children brought to Canada and installed in good Chris- Han homes where In return for their labor they would be fed, clothed, educated and taught the Methodist religion. All he wanted w*as $50 cash to pay each child's fare to this easy country. Scores of good Christians swallowed the bait like Rubes guzzling red lemonade at a circus. Thesy saw a chance to get nice, little claves cheap, and help the good Lord at the same time. A saloon man wanted to get two but with true artistic villainy and deeply developed natural diplomatic genius, he became highly indignant, and said that he could not possibly allow any of the Macedonian girls live ln a bell-hole of a gin mill. This saloon man now thinks he is a bird at getting away from a brace game, No wonder Day gathered in $20.- 1100. A guy as smart as hlm Is clever enough to win a scat In the Saskatchewan legislature. This smooth Persian crook called at my o..ce and delivered 'an oration upon the horrible Turks and said that all Christians should help hlm In this noble work. When I told him that I was not a Christian h���� struck a bible picture attitude, placed his hand upon his black heart, and rolled his eyes towards the cobwebs on the celling; and In a Come to Jesus Voice he said: "Iniposseble; your heart Is too good." His manner was so picturesque and his acting so delightful that I gave him four bits. Ho seemed shocked and disappointed as he moved away from iho eloor, but he never came back again. The Methodist ministers who endorsed this swarthy chap are indirectly, but no doubt Innocently, to blame for the people losing their money sgalnst his brace gain". If the parsons wish to do justice to those who through their fault lost their money, they will take up collections for the purpose of making good the loss sustained by all who so kindly threw their money away upon one of the cleverest games ever worked upon a gullible public. G<id may have made man. but. it Is certain that, all the gods have lieen made by man out of tho Image in his own Im agination. Many of the gods, especially our own bible god, must have been made by man when his upper stope was tortured hy the vibrations of a torpid liver. An enthusiastic worker has not time to study the clock. If you desire to locate heaven you must plant your discovery post on earth. Rockefeller could bave made his name live for centuries If he had given 50 millions to stricken San Francisco. The calamity at 'Frisco was not a visitation of Providence upon a wicked city It was simply nature having Its own way without regard to life or property. In Edinburgh. Scotland, they have Sunday legislation in such a violent form that it is illegal to move faster than a walk on that day unless your bat blows off. this land of theological dope and economic crucifixion. Our think and doing make us what we are. Think of San Francisco and be sure of your foundation. The daily newspaper is one of the carbuncles of civilization. ���Even Jesus had no use for women, and lyet fcvithout the fair sex Hits name would seldom be mentioned except for the purpose of emphatic denunciation. The church and the train robber are somewhat alike. They both get your cash by using threats. The small man generally returns a favor with hatred and disgust. Only the really good are grateful. The right to use the mails in the United States now largely depends upon the whim of the administrative officers. The postal system across the line is fast aproaching the Russian standard. It makes for serfdom and seeks to crush all who aim to uplift humanity by the reformation of social, economic and political conditions. In Frank the other day a mounted policeman killed Himself because a local bawd rejected his love. If he had waited Ions enough and cooled his blood with a slim diet he probably would have felt like shooting himself if the frivolous woman in the case had knelt st his feet and begged for him to love her. But he could not wait and crossed the Styx for a woman who laughed when he was gone. The proposed Sunday Observance act in Cansda is a distinct blow at the liberty of tbe people. If the majority of tbe politicians at Ottawa were not grafters, seeking to hold their positions by pandering to the narrow views of their constituents, thev would throw such tyrannical legislation in the waste basket. If they were free men. and not slaves to the spoils of office It would be impossible to obtain a single vote for such puritanical legislation as the Lord's Day cranks are now seeking to weave around the people of Canada. The cry Sfbout. helping the poor working man Is all bunco talk. The Sunday observance disturbance Is merely a scheme for tho church to get more of the working man's money, if It was otherwise no restrictions would be put upon his actions upon that day. and the church left wide open so that he cannot miss seeing the wide tunnel In the collection box. You can help the workingman by getting him shorter hours of labor greater pay. and more knowledge of hygenic living. After a while the man who labors may get wise and brush all parasites, including th* preachers, from off his broad back. Then tho rot aliout Sunday laws will no longer be heard In i We always think .the other fellow's religion absurd, and our own without spots. In order to save its life the Church must change Its mental dope. With the advance of thought the church that does not change will die of spiritual inanition. It is better to assist than stand on one side, and chew the linen fragment ibout should be done. how a thing Do not carry a jag of fear, hate, worry and jealousy, and expect those around you to be angels. The editor gives absolution to all who subscribe for this journal. The more ignorant a man the easier he can be worked by any kind of a fake, theological or otherwise. THE DUMB BRUTES Time and again we have seen lordly animals in their native state, peaceful, happy and semingly enjoying to tho full the gifts of life, wounded or killed at the pulling of a trigger. If such animals are wounded they are relentlessly pursued, and may for days suffer agony ���before death closes the suffering. Hunting is a relic of barbarism in man's nature. One of the most piteous sights is to see life pass out of the innocent, quivering, helpless grouse, quail dove or other birds. Often these scenes are garnished with the cheers and laughter of the hunters, when beating out the brains of the birds that sharply cry and cling to their lives. The more humane and civilized man becomes the more he will despise the killing for fun. Such amusement marks the low. savage instinct. Not even the president of a great nation can dignify the mock heroism of killing "big game:" Only a hard hearted man can derive .pleasure 'from such barbarous Report. Th,e man or genuine sympathy and kindly disposition can only feel disgusted at the sight of the killing of imoffensivo innocents. t LOWBRT'S CLAIM A Noble Parson Another effort is now making to convict the Rev. Algernon S. Crapsey of heresy. Mr. Crapsey is the rector of St Andrew's Episcopal church In Rochester, N.Y. About a year ago he shocked some of the people by the expression of revolutionary opinions concerning the New Testament writings, and an attempt was then made to have him tried and convicted, but three of the committee of Ave clergymen selected to Investigate the matter voted against taking any action. This did not satisfy the complainants, who have now prevailed upon Bishop Walker of Buffalo to convene an ecclesiastical court which is to assemble at Rata via Most serious of the charges against Dr. Crapsey Ls his denial of the miraculous birth of Christ and his emphatic rejection of all miracles, declaring them to be legends no more worthy of belief than are the mythological stories of antiquity and the Middle Ages. He says: "Belief in the inerrancy of the Bible is no longer possible to an educited man or for anyone, in fact who leads his Bible with reasonable Intelligence and attention. It does not need profound scholarship. It only requires common sense to see that the Bible is not the miraculous book which orthodoxy asserts it to be. In the light of scientific research the Founder of Christiianity no longer stands apart from the common destiny of man ln life and death, but he is in all things physical like as we are, both as we are born, dying as we die. If we are told of a certain being In human form, born of a human mother, expressing consicousness ln human speech, living a human life ancl dying a human death, we naturally predicate of such an one a human fatherhood as well as a human motherhood, for universal experience bears witness to thc fact that every one who is the child of a human mother is also the child of a human father. To overcome this pre-snpposl- tlon, which is established by universal experience, lies with those who deny, not with those who assert, the validity of universal experience to establish a given fact in resisting the scientific movement the churches aro resisting the inevitable. It has becn the sole work of the historical critic to arrange and classify historical statements. The Christian critic has not hesitated to apply this method to all history except the history of his own religion. And is not ln honor bound to use the same messure for himself which he metes out to others? And this Is all that the present writer contends for. He asserts his right to Investigate facts of his own religion by tbe same method which he has lieen taught lo use in the investigation of facts of alt other religions. He would be ashamed to claim for his own r?liglon what he is not willing to allow to the poorest religiein In the world. If Uie literature and formularies of bis religion contain historical statements, then those statements must be subjected to the process of historical criticism; and if wa find there the elements of myth and legend let us not be afraid to confess thit our religion, like all other religions, has had Its Infancy and Its youth as well as Its years of sober manhood. And the writer farther asserts thatw nether we, the Christian ministers, like it or not the historical content of the Hebrew and Christian religions has been and will be subjected to the corrective process of historical criticism; and ia It not better that we ourselves should do this necessary work than be forced to receive Its results at the hands of strangers? For twenty-five hours ln every week our children are taught by trained Instructors that the miracle has no place In nature; and then for twenty-five minutes In every week our children are taught by untrained Instructors that the universe Is based upon miracle. For 167 hours In every week all our thought and our action ls based upon the conviction that the miracle has no place in nature. We trust ourselves snd all that we have to our unfaltering belief In the unchanging laws of the universe. This for 167 hours, and then for one hour a few of us, when It Is convenient go to our churches and pretend to believe that the universe is based upon miracle. In our lecture rooms. In our laboratories, In our factories and In our counting rooms we utterly disregard the mode of reasoning whloh we use in our churches. The clergyman himself disregards his pulpit method when he x>mes to deal with the practical affairs ��f llf�� or with the miracles of the Hindu, the Catholic or the Christian Scientist And yet with this fact of the complete divorce of theological thought from living thought staring us In the face we wonder why persons do not come to the churches, and niarvel at tho waning of ministerial Influence. Today the denominations as well ss the national churches are falling to satisfy the demands of the new age. and persons are leaving them by the million and are seeking, new forms fro the expression of their spiritual and moral life. As long as we. the ministers, sre desperately holding on to the waning miracle and to the crumbling denominational difference wc are ln no condition to fight for eternal truth and justice We are trying In a pitiful way to get back Into real life through what wo call the Institutional churches. The apostle serves tables, and the prophet become5? a teacher In gymnastics; and we thluk we have done a great thing in doing for the people what they can do much better for themselves. We are upon the threshold of s movement that shall csrry msnklnd to a higher stage of being. No one la satisfied with present conditions. The rich nre ashamed anel the |ioor are angered. The time Is at hand for preaching the gospel to the poor. We will build no more cathedrals or churches, if we can help It. until we have delivered the poor from tbe slum arid the sweatshop. We will sejid no mora missionaries to the heathen to preach a Christ whose name we glorify but whose teachings we despise. We will not ask the people to come to our churches until our churches are purified from a corrupt commerclsllsni When our Christian merchants close their stores at a decent hour on Saturday night, then we can expect to havo hearty worship on Sunday morning. When these aaroe erchaats pay proper wages to the girls and women whom they emplov, so thst these snme girls and women sre in no danger of having to sell their souls to keep their -bodies alive; when wc have honesty In trade and open dealing in corporations, why then, and not till then will the people think of coming to the' churches. What we need is a moral ami spiritual reformation, and we need it at once. Our Church-State la in danger. The abomination of desolation is In the Holy Place." Dr. Crapsey will be tried for heresy but he will not be convicted because his brother clergymen are almost universally In sympathy with the opinions he holds. About a year ago 1700 ministers of the established church of England Issued a manifesto In which they decisrei that "It ls not without grave responsibility and peril that any of us should build the faith of souls primarily upon details of New Testament narrative, the historical validity of which must ultimately be determined In tbe court oi trained research, although many of ua. until such final decision takea shape, may cling devotedly to the tradltlotnl details In question. " They also expressed their fear that the "door of ordination might lie closed against tbe men who patiently and reverently npply historical methods to tho gospel recorda. In plain English these rectors warned to Ih* at liberty to reject so much of the New Testament story as did not commend Itself to their reason. Just as Dr. Crapsev s now elo'ng. Th's ni tnlf- sto has recently received the Indorsement of 76 of fhe most prominent Episcopal clergymen from all parts of the United States. Among these la Dr. R. Holier Newton, of New York, who was threatened with a trial for heresy because of a J-eries of radical snd revolutionary sermons do- tlvered by him a few years ago. Another of tbe signers la the Rev. Harry Pierce Nichols, rector of Holy Trinity In Harlem, who upon being Interviewed said: "My name was signed to the letter not only liecause I liellove In tho sentiments which aro there expressed but because two valued fnlends of mine, the Rev. Dr*. Nash and Allen, of Massachusetts, are Interested ln the movement The object of sending out thc circular at this time. I bellve. was to affirm tho belief of thoso who signed It In the principles which It enunciates. I believe that our faith will atand the fulle��t Investigation. The ���traditional detaila' referred to In the text of the letter mean those which are not essential to accepting tho Christian ralth. For Instance, Matthew is the only one of the gospel writers wha says that on the dsy of the resurrection of our I/ird the tlrael rose from their graves and walked aliout nmong those whom they had known In life. Now thin Is a stupendous statement, and It naturally leads to many quest Ions, such asi Who LoWEtlY'S CLAIM ���. ��iij��*��- \. were they? What form did they take? By whom were they seen? No other gospel writer mentions It lt is a statement which would require considerable proof before it could be accepted as a historical fact. Perhaps it may have been used simply to make the resurrection impressive. It Is, however, not essential to a belief in the Christian religion to accept this statement" Tbe person must be very dull who does not instantly see that this style of argument disposes of the entire New Testament narrative. If Dr. Nichols rejects the statement that the dead rose from their graves on the occasion of the res- Btirrectlon, on the ground thst this circumstance is mentioned only by Matthew, then he must also deny the raising of Lasuras rrom the dead because it is John alone who records it. And the same is true of other of the alleged miracles. The whole story must stand or fall together, for no one part of It is more credible or Incredible than another. And If Dr. Nichols takes tho liberty of selecting from the narrative ceitain parts which he believes or disbelieves, then what is to hinder others from exercising the same discretion, the result of which would of course be that not much if anything would be left of the New Testament for "the faithful" to cling to. The fact ls that, as Dr. Crapsey has said, "belief In the Inerrancy of the Bible is no longer possible to an educated man or for any one, in fact, who reads his Bible with reasonable intelligence and attention. ... It only requires common sense to see that the Bible is not ths miraculous book which orthodox theology asserts It to be." But Dr. Nichols and his brother clergymen ahve a soft job and they dislike to lose It Therefore they aro pretending to believe Just enough of the New Testament story to give them an excuse for not resigning their positions and seeking a more honest vocation. They well know that Dr. Crapsey Is right in hia refusal to aceept the miracles as more worthy of belief than the other legends and mythological stories of antiquity and the Middle Ages, but it hurts them to let go. They very well know that th��ir argument, when carried to Its logical conclusion, leaves nothing of the New Testament except Its covers, and yet they pettifog like shyster lawyers In their attempt to evade the facts and keep their victims in lin0.. Luckily for them their congregations are only too willing t��i be duped, and so there Is no present danger of their having to preach to empty pews. As Dr. Washington Gladden recently said: "Ours Is an age of science, but superstition still holds sway. There are hundreds of thousands of our fellow citizens to whom that which Is most Improbable Is most credible. Marvels and mysteries are far clearer than facts, just as the most preposterous romance is more interesting to them than realistic fiction. They wsnt to believe in such things; they are bound to believe in them, and you offend them if you point out the lack of proof." In their crass ignorance and superstition they imagine that In order to he "religious" they must believe, or at least profess to believe that which they know to bo untrue. They do not even read the book upon which their alleged faith is founded, for if they did read it they would find that their Imagined Saviour expressly declared that real religion con- ���ists simply iu practicing the Golden Rule���"Whatsoever ye would tbat men should do to you. do ye even so to them; for this Is the law and the prophets." But of course so simple a creed as this does not satisfy the ignorant and unthinking. They must have churches, priests, vestments, candle-burning, psalm singing, incense-burning and a gorgeous array of ecclesiastical machinery, and also of course there always have been men who are quite ready to take advantage of the credulity of their fellows, S��surlng them thst if they come down liberally with contributions they will be ticketed right through to Paradise in Pullman coaches without change of cars. DESPOTISM OF THE POST OFFICE Hon. J W. Bailey of Texas, in IT. S. Senate, Feb. 21, 1906 Mr. President, I doubt if there is a despotism on the earth today that holds sny single man in its dominion, with the same powor over the business of the citizens, as the United States vest in the postmaster general of this country. He can close any man's business by simply saying that he believes It la conducted fraudulently. A clerk, upon an lnsu..cient examination can order a man's mail discontinued, interrupt the current of his correspondence, destroy his standing in the -business community, and the citizen Is absolutely without access to the courts to right the wrong. His business can be destroyed, his reputation mined, his profits can be diverted to his competitors; and yet ho is powerless to appeal, except to the same officer under whose order he has suffered this great wrong. Now. undoubtedly it Is true that the government of the United States ought not to allow its service to be employed - by scoundrels and cheats, but this way of lodging In tho hands of one man the power to destroy the business of many men Is un-American. You deny the man whose business Is thus assailed resort to the courts of the country. If you tnke his horse, even for a public purpose, without making him just compensation. l*e can call you to the bar of justice; but a single individual responsible to nobody but bis own conscience, rnn destrov a man's business. Injure or ruin his good name..and drive him into poverty and disgrace, from a business that he has built up by bis industry and sagacity, leaving him without a remedy in the courts. Different minds havo different ideas on humor. A correspondent at Whitehall, Montana, writes us that a Salvation Army o..cer applied to Dan Morrison of that town for a donation. The officer stuttered so much that Dan told htm to come back ln a month, and he would give him a check. There was a joke in this not visslble to the footer for cash ia the name of Jesus. DAWN OF BRITISH COLUMBIA The great influx of population into the Northwest is showing a decided tendency to flow ovor Into British Columbia. What is true of the Northwest is true of this province. Its vast natural resources were unknown and unrecognized till naw. It was not believed, till a few years ago that wheat could be raised in Alberta. Now Alberta wheat ranks with Manitoba "No. 1 Hard." The day of the great cattle ranches is passing away and close agricultural settlement is taking their place. The C. P. R. has shown what irrigation can do for the so-called alkaline, barren lands of Alberta, and now that the feasibility of irrigating and making fertile these lands has been demonstrated, a new stimulant to small settlement has been successfully developed. The Northwest territories and British Columbia were made for one another, as each can provide what the other lacks. The Northwest can send us wheat, flour, oats and its manufactured products, and hay. British Columbia can send to the Northwest lumber and fruit. The new settlers of the Northwest must get their lumber and fencing material from British Columbia. Last year there were 800 towns, villages and (settlements in the Northwest that had not a pound of fruit. They must have it, and as tho number of such markets must bo quadrupled within a short time, it will be seen what a vast market is afforded for the fruit growers as well as the lumbermen of this province. A few years ago it was not known that the Kootenays wore suitable for fruit growing. Now Kootenay fruit has won the highest honors in the world at the exhibitions in London, England. Apples, plums, pears and small, fruits can be grown to perfection in this section as well as in any other part of ������ the province and the opportunity of promoting fruit-growing is onee of the best ever presented. This, together with the fact that the immigration movement is attracted to British Columbia, because of the milder climate and greater pleasantness of occupation, will make all land suitable for this purpose very valuable, and will bring with it the dawn of a blighter day for this province.���Revelstoke Mall-Herald. A correspondent in Oroville wants to know if the bible was ever destroyed by flre or otherwise. We do not think so. But history shows that it has been the causo of many people being cremated. The people of Belfast, Ireland, are very intelligent. Thoy have already discovered Lowery's Claim and are busy writing for more copies. There is plenty of hope for the Irish. Writing from the land of cod, Newfoundland, a correspondent puts "Nelson B.C., U.S.A." on his letter. Possibly he thought a journal like this one must surely be printed in the States. Nelson should send out a few boosting mis* sionaries. This city is only known to thousands through the part that Lowery's Claim is printed within ita limits. tXWBRTS CJLAia The New Politics In the entire extent of human history no political movement can show a growth to parallel that of Socialism within the last few years. Nowhere has this growth been more rapid than in the United States. At the national election in 1900. the Socialists polled 97,739 voes. On 1904. Debs received 403,800 ballots. To what is due this remarkable growth? Education! The campaign is ceaseless. The two most forceful factors in this campaign are to he found in the tireless activity of the Socialists themselves, and the tightening of conditions upon the industrial classes. Some have beeu aroused by argument. The others have been awakened by the unpleasant sensation of strangulation. By the industrial classes (note the plurization) is not meant the wage- worker alone. The designation includes also the individual competitor���embraces nearly all of humanity outside the trusts���4f, indeed, there be sny humanity within the trusts. Not so long ago Socialism was in dire disrepute; later Is became respectable; recently it became popular; now it is in danger of becoming fashionable. No longer is Socialism identified with the sansculotte. In Europe it finds some of its most ardent advocates among the nobility, as witness the countess of Warwick. In this country also It has found favor with aristocracy. A recent editorial ln a capitalistic newspaper said. "Young men belonging to the most aristocratic families are making common cause with the laboring class." Many of our Socialist leaders b�� long to the higher professions. Eminent educators, clergymen, literary men. and even millionaires are now espousing the cause. President Eliot of Harvard university, in his address ro the New England Society of New York, at Its cen- etunial celebration, boldly proclaimed the doctrine of Socialism. The Rev. Dr. Thuios C. Hall, one of the most distinguished and influential men in tne Presbyterian ministry, is much in sympathy with the movement nnd in a recent article in the North American Review virtually predicted its approaching victory. The ol danel the new literary fepneirailou.H are represented by such names as Thomas Wentworth Hlggin- son and Jack London. Millionaires like J. Q. Phelps Stokes may lie mentioned. But the strengt. hof Socialism lies not only In Its numbers���it evidences the potent influence of an intelligent direction. The present mayors of Haverhill and Brockton, Mass., are Socialists, as also are several members of the Messa- chusetts state legislature. Socialism has brought Russian autocracy to its knees, and 3,000,000 German Socialists restrain the arrogance of William U. within rea- jjs���ssi a *.'�������� in souuhlc bounds and have wrested from imperialism concessions that a generation ago would have seemed Incedible. Why is the Socialist campaign so effective? These are the reasons: It is never closed. It is not of quadrennial recurrence, but Is continuous. The agitation Is ceaseless, and never abates a whit of Its vigor. Nor Is there any Sabbath ln Socialism. The fight Is on 365 days of the year. Nor do I know of a Socialist who wouldn't willingly leave his bed at any hour of the night for a fair chance of making a convert. Every man tn the party Is a working missionary. No opposition can stand against such a spirit as this. Then the Socialist Is sincere. His faith is so unmistakable as to be contagious, and his honesty is perennially evident His enthusiasm la boundless and Infectious. Economics Is his religion, the hope to which his soul Is anchored, the Rock of Agea to which he tenaciously clings. An occasional opponent may doubt his judgement hut none ever questions the quality of his zeal. The Socialist is Intelligent. He Is Informed. He ls thorough. Ma Is a student of his subject���the subject He reads understanding^ and masters the philosophy of the theories he goes forth to proclaim and defend. Therefore la he always a well-equipped political evangelist He can always tell you why he ls a Socialist, which Invariably la peculiarly disconcerting to an adversary. The average Democrat or Republican doesn't knw why he ls such. But the Socialist knows. He knows that the unfortunate man Is a Democrat or a Republican be- acuee his father was that before him. He inherited hia politics along with his religion, and the legacy is one he lacks the intelligence to squander. He waa liorn a Democrat or a Republican, and as Oliver P. Morton said. "Ho can't be ���born again'." There Is no Methodism in the old-line political partisanship. The Socialist la active. Continual exercise of his reasoning faculty makes him ready, and much practice makes him strong of argument and skilled In debate. Ancl there Is sure mastery In bis methods. He Is not content merely to confound the adversary with superior logic ancl a formldaole array of facts. Ills aim Is to convince and convert Tbe Socialist It generous. He gives freely of bis substance to support the cause. He sees to It that the propaganda press ia well sustained. He will divide with it his laat dollar and devote to It the laat moment of his lel*uJJ* The Socialist Is conslatsat Everywhere at all times he Is altogether a Socialist Never for a moment does he forget his faith. He lives haa doctrines and ls loyal to everything pertaining to 1 The Socialist Is appreciate. He is reciprocal. He stands ready alwaye to reward whatever aervea Sociallem. The Socialist ls broad, and attracts to him whoever appreciates breadth. Nearly every reform movement recelTee ud- eral support from the Socialist la thW way he makes friends among all classes and ln time makes many of these friends into Socialists. These be the reasons why Socialism frows. WALTER HURT. AWAKENING OF A DREAMER Bert Walker has retired as a lioet ani thus tells the reason why: " 'Deacon.' said a poet to me the other day, *you don't kiss the clouds any more; have you lost your wings of metaphor?' No. my poet, I have not lost them. I have traded them for a shovel and pick so I can make a living. But I still kiss the clouds ln my dreams. I have to kiss tho clouds; the stuilt milky way Is seldom shown to me. Tho trouble/ with me Is that I have too many times let my soul out to kiss tho clouds. I have bullded block alter block of theory and not one single lot of fact. When the moon haa floated by I have called It that barbaric emblem of fidelity. My neighbor went on In his humble way and called It the moon. He now has the bank account and I have the barbaric emblem. 1 uaed to talk about the sun growing red In the east and the sun peeping ovor the horizon to kiss my young brow. My neighbor said 'Sun's up; time to go to work.' He got up and 1 let the sun go on wllh Its kissing. I used to talk aliout the sweet wild flowers being wooed and caressed by the gentle May zephyrs. My friend said: 'Tbe wind ls getting too high and now I will cut the weeds down with my scythe.' He has now no weeds in his garden and mine Is choked with them. I used to sit and listen to the carol of the crickets and the solo of the katydid, and think tbat the rustle of the leaves among the trees was singing to me a heaven-born anthem. My neighbor said: 'I must go to lied; got to work hard tomorrow anel need tic* rest' Now he takes a long rest and 1 toil day after day. These anel a few other reasons are why I no longer kiss the clouds. I have found out that I can't cash my swe��t antl poetic sentences of slush at tho national bank. There they listen to the humble toller, but pass up the dreamer. I have found that the man who works patiently In the soil is more to be considered thau tho man who kisses the clouds." INTERESTING TO MINERS Mines and millionaires have come to be synonymous words. Rht>dos, Clark. Mackay. Fair. Flood. Hearst, Daly, Alfred Belt, the richest man In England, all ���became millionaires from mines. They were all poor men ln the beginning- Their only capital was their ability to see tho chance for wealth and seize lt. They knew when thoy had a mine and they compelled that mine to give up ita treasures. Those who have faith in their Judgment lived to share their wealth. A Deleware man ls blowing about eating fifteen raw eggs and a cake rf coap; but that ain't nothing. We dru. . fifteen stlnes the other day, eat a handful of moth balls thinking they were peplment lozongers, and topped off with a bottle of hair restorer.���Hardeman Free Press. t i LOWattY'g CLAIM .. *���! -.-���. 1 l* i rROFANING THE NAME OF ZlON The gallery interest in Dowie has been nobly catered to by the papers. Their hero has been flattered into royal Importance, his bump of conceit���which means his whole head���has been excited to manlcal white heat by their giving his ravings the place of honor on the front pages day after day, and there has not been the slightest scruple In reporting ln flaring type, every filthy and atrocious charge hurled by each faction of Zionists again th.- other. Such Is the sacred right of free press enlightenment of the twentieth century. Tbe Interest of the decent minded and thoughtful public centers In the revelation of the kind of religion developed by such organisations as this miserable burlesque which degrades the Christian name. It ls nothing new. Christianity Itself fell in Its first few centuries into jabuaea under *he false teachings of despollera, and the Influx of the evil- minded masses, who professed conversion that they might turn the love feists Into orgies. The history of the mushroom factions of supposed fanatics from then down to Mormonlsm and Dowleism is the history of good but weak and ignorant sectaries falling into covetous- ness and (morality. The mask ls easy to wear and the great public shrink from suspecting evil while the outer demeanor Is correal. ^Ve have to thank Dowle's weakness of character, leading to Infatuation for power, wealth ancl s if indulgence in speech and acts, for the wholesome shock now felt by the public- mind. cursings and pitiable ravings that'disclose innate vulgarity aiid worse. Nevertheless, those com foi table placed head Uteri, aiid the weaklings, and the "infernal fools." deliberately sanctioned their Master's despotic but legal mastership of them, their property and their city. When hired servants are found capable of snatching his property when their master's back is turned and misusing his name to make the act appear legal, there Is only one name for such conduct. The law will do justice to Its own authority and If the results scatter the Dowl* faction in one direction ancl the Volivltes in the other, the state will be the cleaner and wiser tor the much needed dispersiori.���Canadian-American. COMING TO THE SCRATCH London, March 31���The first smoking car over reserved for women in Great Britain left a big London terminal today for Liverpool. The windows bore a label reading. "Indies' Smoking" Tho innovation attests the spread of smoking among English women during recent years. The ladies of old England . Their pipes and their cigars Are smoking liko the men do, An d have their smoking cars; 'Tls said thoy flil their briar pipes From their tobacco can, And take a match from their match box And light it like a man. They carry packs of cigarettes And when each "stick" is lit, Doubtless cross their limbs and And talk and. smoke and spit, Such a sentiment is worth more to socialism than a side party with two million votes would be worth to it. This sentiment draws no line between what is rightfully private property and what is not. It assumes that a coal deposit is as rightfully private property as anything else, and then proposes to divest its owners of authority over it, thereby denying, as the socialists also do, all proprietary rights with reference not alone to the natural materials and forces but also to the artificial implements of production. This would not be complete socialism, to bo sure, but it would be a revolution in the direction of social- Ism. puff. While he was on the up grade the world of business and pleasure did hlm horn- An'* 2^��25l m n��n ' ��� So long as he counted his foi- >rom Beersheba to Dan; age lowers by thousands, we cared not for their weight Dowie in a momentary flash of candid confession, has now declared that one half of the Zlonites are "Infernal fools." We have evidence that the other half are weaklings, and the courtiers who bask In the sunshine of their Master's favor aro at this moment busy charging each other with being in the secret of Dowle's alleged hyproclcles, frauds and Immoralities for years past, anel each siieaks so emphatically that it is Impossible to doubt any of them. As we��� alone among the press commentators at that date���stated last week the status of Dowie. the creator of Zionism, Zion City and lho creatures th. rein. Is very different from the status of Dowie in his ecclesiastical repertory as Moses, Aaron. Elijah, John Baptist and the high priest of his church, lt would seem that he has rather a better claim to be the David and Solomon of his royal line, from the domestic point of view, but he falls utterly as poet and utterer of proverbial wjsdpni. It is not In our province as outsiders to criticise him as priest, except to call particular notice to the fact that he has not condescended to exhibit sny of the gentler characteristics of the true minister. FV>r sweetness of temper, charity, loving counsel and winning example, he lias chosen to substitute vicious scoldings, gross abuse, laughable fishwife And when they want a light they strike Their matches like a man. Oh, ladies short and ladles tall, Oh. ladles dour and gay It Is not right that ladies should Act in this manly way; Cut out the pipe and cigarette, Be graceful as you can; No woman can bo graceful who Strikes matches like a man. A SOCIALISTIC TREND If those socialists who are playing at politics in a side-party segregated from the conion thought were hmalf as alert to the progress of thoir principles as they are loyal to their toy organization, they would turn their attention from their play to the serious work of promoting and coserving the really great tendencies now flowing in their direction. Here, for instance, is a report from Washington on good newspaper authority (Raymond of the Chicago Tribune), that the most conservative men even high officials almost within the walls of the White House Itself, are demanding that if industrial operations aro paralyzed by the coal strike, the government of the United States, "constitution or no constitution," must "take possession of the mines, operate them for the benefit of the people, and turn over the money to the proper owners, leaving the operators and miners to agree among themselves If they can." THE UNHEEDED CRY How solemnly down the cathedral aisles Go those bowed worshippers. The sermon tells That sweet is loving charity, whose smiles Gladden the heart���and then the organ swells. How beautiful the service, the High Mass, The cross and altar���all the austere pride Of paintings, and richly stained glass. But what of this unheeded cry outside. "Help or I perish?" Now the singers rise, The organ peals its last, the prayer is said The lights are out���but in the shadow lies One whom they heard not, near the threshold, dead! Thon I bethink me could this thoughtless throng Peer through fat-lidded eyes of purse and pelf, And learn the truth that it must learn ere long. And know this dead One that is Christ. Himself ���Joseph Dana Miller in Public. WORTH REMEMBERING 1. Avoid as far as possible drinking any water which has been contaminated by lead pipes or lead lined tanks. 2. Avoid drinking water which has been run through galvanized iron pipes. 3. Avoid using anything acid which has been kept in a tin can. 4. When grippe or other epidemics are prevailing wear a little crude sulphur in your boots or shoes. Smoking too many cigarettes will wreck a man morally, physically anel mentally. Ixiok at our friend Hutch, in Cranbrook. He has become so weak from blowing nicotine dreams through his nose that he cannot even answer your letter whon you write to him for money. He ls probably afraid to pay a bill lest the exertion of racing his hand from his pocket would cause heart failure. . To religion cash is more essential than faith. If there was no money there would be no creeds. Always bo good, for tomorrow you may be the leading character in a funeral, i LOWBRY 8 OLAIM About Confucius In China the government recognizes three systems of religion, Confusianism. Taoism and Buddhism, but the former is supreme in the affections of the people Oonfuclonlsm is practical and deals with the living, while the others have i%aVtWS��3s m����y no****** should do unto -you. ����. ��_*?/����� ��ta Many Chinese believe that Christianity Is the highest form of religion that has ever ben founded in the world, but to literally follow the teachings of Christ Is too difficult for anyone who wishes to keep out of the Insane asylum, or the poorhouae. Confucius said: "Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to yourself." Five hundred years later llimecu ���>.����� w ��� ���-*.. Chinese profess to be Taoists or Buddhists. Being a practical people well-to- do relatives of a dead Chinaman often employ Taoist and Buddhist priests to chant hymns at the funeral. By playing ���* *�� ��� "����� ���' ������ w - unto them." All of which proves that masten minds often have similar thoutfita, even when centuries Intervene, and the Associated Press waa still unborn. Any person who lives up to phsnt hymns at tbe iunerai. ay pmji-u* �����~-��- ��-** jr---w- --- -* ��� Ljm^ rttatona they feel assured that the Golden Rule ia a truly good man. W\\\ will te weU and as the Prle8ts are he he the follower of Christ or COnfu- pL tor 0i2^^ services they never at- el us or Tom Paine, and Is entitled to �����Vt�� rtinnpi the Illusion. share the honey of heaven tt there be ^S^1^a%MSS^ the chief'auch a place, in apite of the fact that Ignorance anu supereuwu a. i^nistm. Rsntists. Buddhists. Catholics. supports of Taoism and Buddhism. Aa the people grow more Intelligent these religions grow weaker while Confucianism continually gains in power and always dominates tbe social, political and national life of China. All students study the classics of Confucius. Confucianism has nothing to do with or nation PSWW *m> jVSRBW U| aaa wyi*m*r ^m * ww ���. ��� M Taoists, Baptists, Buddhists, Catholics. Mahommedans, Presbyterians and scores of other sects claim that they have all the angel territory pre-empted for their special use. If there be a New Jerusalem lt should be the abode of all good men without respect to creed, color, race V1IIIIIHIU,.....,. �����... ... the guesses and speculation about a spiritual world or a future existence. Confucius said that none of us understand the mystery of life ao how can we know death. No soul on this earth has ever been able to lift the curtain that drops beside the grave. Those who do their duties well on this earth have no time to waste peering into the future. One world at a time Is enough for the wise. If there be another nothing that little man can do will stay the proceedings. Confucius undertook to guide men through this world, and his system Is human and practical, but short on fairy tales about New Jerusalem, or the devils permanent residence. Confucius laid particular upon the relation between parent and child, and filial piety ls the pivotal point In his - . -.j *k��* o ant if iii son Is ��� IW mrmr-nmaama. The Chinese are an eminently practical people and that la why Confucian- lam haa such a strong hold upon them, lt Is a religion of absolute* practicability, teaching food for the present with no mythical romances fof, the future. It teaches men to do good-for the sake of goodness, promises no rewards, and threatens no punishment. Happiness la the effect of goodness, and not the reward for goodness. All other systems of religion hold out a reward for being good and hell for being wicked. Goodness Is sufficient reward ia itself, and tbe wise know that we are punished by our sins, and not for them. Confucianism is one of the highest forma of morality and civilization, although It Is not so fascinating to the unthinking masses as other religions that dangle ing the blue pencil should bave been run through part of Christ's orders before they were sent out to confuse, mislead and madden tbe whole human race. The gospel of Confucianism has spread to other countries besides China, and neither sword or missionary has ever been employed to obtain for It one single convert How different with Christianity. No trail of blood has ever followed Confucianism. Its power ls exercised by submission of the heart, and not through the exercise of force. Even today Christians cannot lose by taking a few chapters from the book of Confucius, even If he was yellow in the face and departed this life without being nailed to a cross. THK LITTLE CHAPS FAITH It's a comfort to me In life's battle. When the conflict seems all going wrong, When I seem to lose every ambition And the current of life grows too strong, To think that the dusk ends tbe warfare That the worry is done for the night; And the little chap there, at tbe window Believes that his daddy's all right. In the heat of the day and the hurry I'm prompted ao often to pause, While my mind si rays away from the striving. Away from tbe noise and applause. The cheers may he meant for some other Perhaps I have lost In the fight; But the little chap waits at the window. Believing his daddy's all right i can laugh at the downfalls and failure; I can smile at the trials and the pain; I can feel that in spit" of the errors, Thes struggle has not been in vain. If fortune will only retain me Tbat comfort anel solsce at night. When the little chap waits at the window, Believing his daily's all right Units E, Thayer. aii-ai ni*tv Is the pivotal point, iu ����-��� masses as orner minium ******* ��-�������; XStoJr It �� said that a dutiful son Is m unproVable bait before the eyes of ��^ily a good man. Confucius aimed the fearful ^ ignorant In order to �� ^Lafce mendeslrable members of so- obtftIn the|r rmsh tnd loyalty. In re- HetTa^dTorder to make them such |WM lf you would away the muhl- hlraurtt kindness, righteousness pro- tuue8f you mU8t not let the crowd get orie?y ^aderaundlig anel truthfulness. for ..far away fiielda are ever C^nfucluH llvecl 500 years before^ .. even ln religion as well as It Is Christand much of the wisdom of the ��� wa8hJng -oM> The ideal appeals lo ��nn��ar Is found slightly altered in that ler number than the real. whX is written of Jesus Christ tells ^ wor|t| lH 8low1y coming to the ���? not to resBt him that Is evil. l;ui\eaehliii�� of Confucius, which are prac- Snfucius Bays not to tfiaml wlth.^^ ^ u U^t �� ��M��^ ^rrls^told^ to love our enemies. a Ki!L\h��m wbo abused us. Christie ^^ advise when any- �������Truiflea their selfishness and love 15 \5mnuest Christ's standard might �� fn*!12v-el but It la too high for t\m��J* day Confucius was more m^He said to requite kindness with Sanest art an tojury with justice ^rtettold us not to judge, nor to pull 2Ses out of our brother's eye when our owt^Ucs were full of mudsills Cen- t��?us^emarked that we must be full of ajood qualities, and then we can re- SuiSth��n from other people. You inst have no fault yourself before you can blame others. I \\ et* 1 I J �� SB -> mrmmmmm-+s ������������ ���������w��� - The steady onward march of science is rapidly driving the bats of myth, fear and superstition out of our churenes and the dawn of a better day is apparent to those who watch the ebb and flow of events. You can only acare some of the people nowadays with that old chestnut about the devil having people to burn. k . The trend of the times Is towarde universal peace and thia Is what. Confuclus taught Ave centuriea before Christ His mind did not run as Christ's upoa this matter, for the Naxarene waa an advocate of doing buaineee with the "word, and His followers have been true to His teaching, and deluged the world with oceans of blood. In my way of tblak- HADN'T BEEN INTRODUCED The pretty housemaid was telling the old. old story of man's deception and the good mistress was compassion itself. "Well, my child." she said, "you must write to the man who hss done you this terrible wrong, and tell htm aliout what has happened." "Oh. ma'am." gasped the girl. "I hardly think I know the gentleman well enough to write to him." ��� Nomad's Weekly. Belfast, Ireland. A constant reader wants to know what ls tbe matter with the laws of Canada when they will grant a man a divorce while the out-respondent in the case never entered his house, and never bad any intimacy with his wife, except to walk a few steps with her In daylight; and yet that co-respondent refuses to exonerate himself and ls willing to pay the expenses Imposed upon him. The law was probably not cognizant of all the facts and granted a verdict In accordance with the evidence. If all the )i)artie* concerned v-fetfe katlsfled HUo public should not butt In. If any Injustice haa been done the natural law of compensation will right lt ln time. LOWaftt fl CLAIM 0 AN APOSTROPHE TO WINTER The cold wave ao much abhorred by the numerous element is really the saving grace of the world. It means energy, vigor, activity and all those qualities which are essential to continuous achievement Frost is a preservative; heat Is destructive. Cold saves from decay, heat hastens purification- There is no cold storage like that prepared by nature In the arctics where animals have lieen found as perfect as when ln life, after a slumber of a hundred years. No great deeds are ever clone by inhabitants of the torrid zone. They suffer from lassitude, are sleepy, lazy and listless. All tbe conquering nstlons of the world, from the earliest times, have hen found in the temperate and subarctic zones. They emigrate along isothermal lines, instinctively seeking the lattyjuffts which correspond to thwr original abodes. They carry with them the vigor derivable only from frosty atmospheres, antl the ozone found In the wintry aJr. These are the races vlio do things, and history will show THE AMERICAN CIRCUS The following address to the Filipinos has -beeen crdited to several different persons; It contains a whole lot of truth along with Ita alliteration: "You Filipinos don't know what you are missing by not wsnting to become citizens of this grand country of ours. There lsn t anytnlng like it under the sun. You ought to send a delegation lh...... IH. jre., .phy^.i.acco���*J,-.3_b-,���� * ����� �����, land ����go- ita valleys and mountain slopes, the undeveloped wealth ln precious minerals and of baser metals, tne wealth of sea and fresh water fish, and the great advantage of its geographical location and harbor facilities for the coast and oriental trades. In short British Columbia, in my opinion, holds within its lap such a future of affluence and international inquence which only the most sanguine can conceive for a new country, i envy her people and all those who embrace the opportunity to anticipate and participate in the future of Britiah Columbia. Would l were one of them."* i. m ��� . . ments have lien due to tbe men and women who know what it is to sniff In splretIon from a temperature often lie- day and cuss it for 364 days; where we have prayer on the floor of our national capitol and whiskey In the cellar; where we spend $500 to pury a statesman who is rich and $10 to put. away a working man who is poor; where to be virtuous is to be lonesome and to be a crank; where we sit on the safety valve of energy and pull wide open tho throttle of conscience; where gold is substance���the one thing sought after; where we pay $15,000 for a dog and 15 centes a dozn to a poor woman for making shirts; where we teach the 'untutored' Indian eternal life from the bible and kill him off with bad whiskey; where we put a man in jail for stealing a loaf of bread and in congress for stealing a railroad; where the check book talks, sin walks in broad daylight, justice is asleep, crime runs amuck, corruption permeates our whole social and political life, and the devil laughs from every street corner. Come to us, Fillies! We've got the greatest aggregation of good things and bad things, hot things and cold things, all sizes, varieties and colors,, ever exhibited under one tent." FRENCH COFFEE The delicious flavor which all travellers in France discover in the coffee of that country is got, it is said, by the addition of a little butter and sugar during the roasting process. To every three pounds of roasting berries* a teaspoonful each of butter and powdered sugar is added. Those in melting spread over the beans in a thin coating, which holds the aroma and contributes a car- "'gress with three wives and a lot in thelamel flavor that is delicious and dis- ed saloons; bibles, forts and guns, houses of prostitution, millionaires and paupers: theologians and thieves; lib- low aero. Thi.po^i y^���*^��' 5a�� and liarS; politicians and pov- dwell on the oharms of ��f��� ��*^, chrteUans and chain gangs; aummer^and by lJ^u,^��^^|MiMala and scalawags; trusuT and have been the cause of ��^ Wj t m and Jg^ homeg and sentiment While the ^liiaMtowa., h vlrtue amJ , ^ where the magnolia and the palm ****** you can get a good bible for fifteen cents the circling vines,jnake fine ^"�������'tnd a bad drink of whiskey for five the eathetic Imagination, he really wise ^^ ^ haye JJjr ^ know that It la Old Winter which csr rles In its frosted boaom the real bless^ |tent| for ^ t wnere lugs of a genuine cWU��tton.^It Is thei men maRe mxmg6a out of their philosopher, rather than the^J- "JJ�� wlvea and some men want to eat them who mwe must depend for the reasons >faw; whefe we mftke ^ out of which give pre-eminence In the affairs panned |)e<?f qM ^ hQr&es &M of men to that portion of ^��f"��liuk cows, and corpses out of people surface which is annually vi8lteeJ "�� who eat it; where we put a man in jail the borean blasts. Others may .WW to fop ha ^ meang Qf suppart Palm Beach and seeek for the Places of anrf on f||e ^ pUe fof ftsklng for the pineapple and banana. But ior ������� work. where we license bawdy houses we prefer to keep in touch with ine re- WfJ flne men fo|. preachlng chri6t on oak and hickory, ratner.#lufc aH^ mrnaN. wh*rA wa nave tlnctive. we a glona of the oak ancl unary, ���u.^ tne 8treet wrwn. where than the enervating conditions wmen.^ 8S of 400 men who make laws eSjfilngiAVb (fhe |ectk>ns beyond tf*e gulg���American Farmer THE SWITZERLAND OF CANADA C. B. Bchmldt, tho Pueblo agricultural expert who was coiiimlsloned to examine and report upon the Okanagan district for the Midway ft Vernon railway haa written a letter in which he give* thia province great prais*. from which the folowlng Is extracted: "If there is a Switzerland to be found on thte continent tt Is British Columbia with Its mountains, its lakes and Sreams Its navigation and Its climate only it a ten times larger than Switzerland and has ln addition to scenery- whlch practically constitutes the only resources of Switzerland���a great variety of tangible resources, which make the country attractive, not only to the tourists but also to the Investor, the merchant the manufacturer and the farmer. The magnificent forests of mercantable timber, tho prolific soil of and a supreme court of nine men who set them aside; whero gcod whiskey makes bad men. and bad men make good whiskey; where the newspapers aro paid for suppressing the truth and made rich for teaching a lie; where professors draw their convictions from the samo place they do their salaries; where preachers are paid $25,000 a year to dodge the devil and tickle the ears of the wealthy; where business consists ln getting hold of property in any way that won't land you in the penitentiary; where trusts 'hold up' and poverty 'holds down'; where men vote for what they do not want for fear they won't get what they do want by voting for It; where niggers can vote and women can't; where a girl who goes wrong is made an outcast and her male partner flourishes as a gentleman; where women wear false hair and men 'dock' their horses tails; where the political wirepuller has displaced the patriotic statesman; where men vote for a thing one A GOOD FISH STORY A story was told by lord Claude Hamilton at a dinner of the Fly Fishers* club. An Irishman had caught a big pike. Noting a lump in its stomach, he cut it opon. "As I cut it open," ho said, "there was a mighty rush and a flapping of wings, and away flew a wild duck; and begorra, when I looked Inside there was a nest with four eggs, and she had been after sitting on that nest."���Argonaut. The terminal city certainly has it bad. "Move her! move her! Who? Vancouver!" shrieked the World in great red letters clear across the front page the other day. How would a castor oil cock-tall do?���Okanagan. A saloon keeper who was refused a liquor license because his saloon was located too near a church, bought the church and closed It up. This Is overcoming obstacles with a vengeance and no mistaking the fact���Austin Statesman. Le Naire writes from Victoria anel gives the preachers and the Tourist association of that city several hot shots. He also touches up one of the present officials in Nelson anent a little affair that once happened before the days of the big quake In Frisco. 4 i io tOWEftYS CLAIM In New Nevada past two years in the search for gold, have a custom decidedly their own. These men exchange bats just before entering upon any business deal, ancl continue to wear each other's head- gesr until the deal is completed. They claim that the only failure that Is credited to their account Is directly due The population of Nevada has more than doubled in the last two years. The great desert state has forged to the front with remarkable strides because of the, wonderful gold discoveries, which have j to the faet that one of them became In- proven her barren territory to be a'toxlcated and lost the other's hat for veritable treasure value. ;,he space of several hours. Nothing can The great on-rush of the tenderfoot, shako them In their faith, and as the and the newness of things ln general head of one is much larger than the have caused many laughable Incidents other, they present a ludicrous sight to occur. When it is remembered that when out for business, the new excltments��are the cause for! A pathetic story, afterwards proving great currents of human beings to split true, was the incident told your corre- apart over a wide stretch of country. ���spondent by a party of miners. In which without hardly a word of warning, it jit was related that these miners hael can bo readily seen that the ordinary eome across a spare among the trees comforts of civilized life must at times!that was cleared or snow, on one side be sadly lacking. ol which a small wood fire was burn- The jail at Manhattan Is the most In�� >�� the middle of the clearing lay recent curiosity, for to date It has been!an old Indian who had been cast aside any convenient tx��e, small enough to !b>* his tribe to die. Investigation shows allow a prisoner's arms to be placed around it while his wrists have been handcuffed on the other side. The story of Bob McCutcheon. prospector. Is a trifle older. It seems tbat Mr. McCutcheon .had slept during a per- that it is the custom of the Indians Investing the flats of Nevada, when they perceive signs of a final weakness In any Individual of their number, to leave him behind to die. They place a small supply of food at his side and depart upon A prominent young man, noteel for his ability Ui charm the weaker sex, was taking a bath in a tlu tub. which he had placed In the center of his tent���snd those were dsys when a bath was sn extreme luxury in the frontier town��� when of a sudden, one of the severe gusts of wlnel so dreaded In the desert swept down upon his habitation, snd lifted It bodily from Its moorings. The tent flew high In the air and the man was left standing upright in the tub. dressed even as Adam is said to have been dressed in tbe garden of Eden, lacking even the protection of a solicitous fig tree. The story of tho reclaiming of the desert Is a sensational one. Throughout its woof runs threads of humor and pathos. There are tales of gambling anl poverty; stories of success that makes one dizzy to read; incidents of determined perservance leading up to the very door of death; tales of true friendship, and cross sections of Innate selfishness. Desert life Is primal. It flaunts the weakling and strengthens him who 4s already strong. Nature is but claiming her own. Reqiilescat ��� Wlllard P. Hatch In Goldfield Run. Mr. McCutcheon had slept during a per- ��"' "\""T* ��� "'"r;,��� " wfT m{LZ WTZ \cu\ nf W veara without removing his their journey, while he who ls left on loci of 30 y����� ���"J"V; ��� h * ver the doorstep of the happy hunting outside shirt. That Is to say, ne never f ���itu* M^i��i-�� took off the shirt which he wore dur ing the day when he retired at night After many years of prospecting Bob struck It rich. He discovered a mine which gave up real gold, and he disposed of his interest to a plutocrat capitalist for more money than he. Bob, had ever seen before. Bob decided to take a trip. He was Informed that it was necessary to appear in a white collar in order to maintain a respectable placo ln society. On reaching New York late at night, he decided to go to bed. and bis usual habits overcame his now veneerin?. ond he fell aslfep with both shirt and stiff white collar on. In the morning Bob was awakened with but 20 minutes to catch tho suburban train that was to tear him to the home of his boyhood days. Upon starting to dre?s he found lhat he had forgotten the combination. He picked up a frrsh collar from the bureau and worked excitedly endeavoring to button it around the collar which ground obeys his fate with a stoicism of the old time flagellants. This particular Indian lived for nearly two weeks before death overcame him. steadfastly refusing succor from any and all who sought to relieve him. In Goldfield there' exists an institution which is known nowhere else on earth. This original peculiarity of the noted mining camp is a clearing bouse for beer checks. Each saloon in the combination buys from this clearing houso a certain number of checks which represents so many free drinks tbat are given as tbe result of winning on tbe slot machines. This number is distributed equally, and at the end of each month an accounting Is made. Then the checks rrom each house are added up and again divided equally. The sa DIFFERENT IN KOOTENAY Albert 1 Fr-der led. the head of the New York roast chestnut trust an organisation not to be despised, was praising Italy in a cafe. "Tho only bad thing about Italy Is Its train service." he satd. "I shall never forget a winter experience of mine on the railroad that runs along the Mediterranean from Ven tlm tile to Genoa. "I boarded the train at Ventimllle one morning, bound for San R-emo. Off we Started, snow-covered mountains lo our left, orange groves and rose farms about us. the blue sea on our right, and after some minutes wo stopped. "Is this Bordighera? 1 said to tbe guard. " *No; It's a cow,' he answered. 'There's a cow em the track.' "Well, after a while the cow was lip ana again enVicicu "quaiiy. tue ����.- ��� , . _ , loon disposing of a lesser number of driven off and we got under way again checks Is obliged to pay a balance Into ?��me few ml es traversed in a lelsure- tho clearing house that will make Its'1* *ay, and then-we stopped again, share of the free drink expense In equal ratio or that or the neighboring saloon. ��mVSV STKBTSfsS i�� ���f ssL-aa- ous Robert succeeded in gelling a bellboy ancl obtained help. He then gave his new found assistant $20 to keep tbe story quiet Hank Summers Is an old time Ne- vadan whose sincerity and singleness of purpose had made bim wealthy and poor many times. Hank Is discussed In a -story that runs as follows: It seems that in the transmission of titles to several mining claims, Mr. Summers found that be would be unable to be present to do the final signing, so he delegated an agent and. as he expressed it gave him "power of eternity." The superstition of gold miners equals, if It does not excel, the physical credulity of actors, who are noted the world over for their belief in the unbelievable. Two young inhabitants of Nevada who bad been partners for the from the wide advertising attendant up on tho promotion of ihe Annie Laurie claim of the Manhattan Mining Company of Nevada, before that company was proven to be a mine, was the great number of lettera received in Goldfield from ardent swains. These men had somehow gotten It Into their thick skull that Annie lAurie was a tangible woman, possessed of much wealth. The letter portrayed in vivid language the desire of the writer to become the husband of so much money, and many or them reqestod a photograph of the lady, promising one of their own In exchange. Perhaps the funniest occurrence of all and one that still brings a hearty laugh when it Is mentioned In the police circles or Goldfield. is the Incident which is called "The Accident of tbe Wind Storm." " ���* * ��� . - "'Another cow.' I sui��l to the guard bitterly. "'No,; he replied, ihe same one'."��� Washington Post. AN EASY MARK Mark Twain got a kiss for overy time ha wrote hia autograph for the Vassar girls the other day, anel the last beard of the old man ho was sending out for more pens.���Montreal Star. sans **>��� -"��� ' ii ������ui Dan Alton writes from New Zealand whero he sold the government over $50,000 worth of the wooden water pipe that Is made tn Vancouver, and Dan Is naturally proud of his success In pushing Canadian goods under the Southern Cross. In the excitement Dan forgot to put a stamp on his letter, but *t reached Nelson just tho same. He says that the eight-hour day Is a success In New Zealand and the country very pro- aperous. W*W*m "������ ��� ��� Wmm i/ftVERY'S CLAIM il BRITISH COLUMBIA. British Columbia haa often been called the Switzerland of America, because of the grandeur and beauty of its scenery, rivalling, if not surpassing in plctures- queneas, the mountains and lakes of that world famed land of beauty. But British Columbia is more than a land of gorgeous scenic attractions. It enjoys one of the most healthful and equable cli- matee ln the world, free from epidemics, cutting winds and extremes of either heat or cold. It also poaesses abundant and varied natural resources such as few countries can boast of, constituting it at the present time the most promising field for Individual enterprise in America, and affording for people of taste and refinement opportunities and advantages for delightful home-making greater than caa be found In combination elsewhere from sea to sea. There are of course many people who do not crave such attractions as Brit ish Columbia offers aside from its business opportunities, people who are lacking ln appreciation of the beautiful in nature, who see nothing In tbe grandeur of the forests and the glory of the flowers, nothing ln the sunrise on the mountains, sunset ln the valleys, ' or moonlight on the waters, who hear no message In the murmur of the pines or no sweet solace ln the songs of the birds. To such the moat dreary wastes are as satisfying aa the Elysian Fields, as long aa material prosperity attends their footsteps. To such natures, Kootenay's marvellous beauty does not appeal. But to those who are blessed (for It la a blessing, one of God's most precious gtfta) with an Innate love for tho beautiful. To tbose ln declining years, or falling health, or thoae who are weary with the strife of the strenuous life, there comes a call wafting over the western mountains, freighted with suggestions of placid waters .rainbow trout, bubbling brooks, sylvan glens, ancl the reatful- neaa of the "lolling lily." with balmy, aromatic breezes, laden with the healing virtue of the pines and cedars and th�� fragrance of the rose garden, the apple Orchard, the locust tree and the exquisite mountain orchard, inviting the weary one to the lake region of British Columbia, the land of sunshine, fruit and flowers���Kootenay. tho Beautiful! To heed the call means to the average man ten or twenty years addedto his jlfe> R. F .LANGFOHD. A GOOD TEXT. The Nashville American quotes a short but eloquent sermon from a correspondent of the New York Sun as follows: "Many years ago I came here from a country town, poor as any boy could well be; found, employment in a large concern, bettered m position year after year; became a partner, then the head of the concern. Made my fortune, a large one; now retired. When I die I shall leave my children each a fortune, but when I think lt over day after day I can only be ashamed of it all. I suppose I was no worse than others. I know some were worse than I. I could always say, "It's goon business," but I forgot there was such a thing as a square deal. If I could get the better of an associate or a customer or an employe I did. Anything that I could do to attain my own success was good business, and I did it I have given to charity, headed subscriptions, but it doesn't satisfy me. I know what I have done wasn't manly. Last night I sat with other so- call successful men. I studied them. When they can't help thinking, they think just as I do. The modern success Is a rank failure. It has made it great; It haa made Its people selfish and unprincipled. 1 would give all I possess tonight If I could say: "I have given everyone a square deal. I have done no man wrong.' Think lt over; it will mean a lot to you some day." ajammsmsmwmsmmmmmsmmm bbhbmmbshmhb "GWINE BACK HOME." Ae we waited in the L ft N. depot at Nashville for the train, some one began crying, and an excitement was raised among the passengers. A brief investigation proved tbat it was an old colored man who was giving way to his grief. Three of four people remarked on the strangeness of It, but for some time no. one said anything to him. Then a depot policeman came forward and took him by the arm, and shook him roughly and said: "See here, old man, you want to quit that! You are drunk, and if you make any more disturbance I'll lock you up!" "'Deed, but I hain't drunk," replied the old man, as he removed him tear- stained hankerchlef. "Use looted my ticket an' money, an' dat's what's the matter." "Bosh! You never had any money to lose! You dry up or away you go!" "What's the matter yere?" queried a man, as he came forward. The old man recognized the dialect of the Southerner in an instant, and repressing his emotions with a great effort he answered: "Say. Mars Jack. I'ze bin robbed." . "My name is White." "Well, then, Mars White, somebody has done robbed me of ticket an' money" "Where were you going?" "Gwine down into Kalntuck, whar I was bo'n an' raised.' "Where's that?" "Nigh to Bowlin' Green, sah, an' when the wall dun sot me free I cum up this way. Hain't bin home ^euce, sah." "And you had a ticket?" "Yes, sah, an' ober $20 in cash. Bin savin' up for ten y'ars, sah." "What do you want to go back tor?" "To see de hills an' de fields, de tobacco, an' de co'n, Mars Preston an' de good old missus. Why, Mrs White, I'ze dun been praytn' fur it to' 20 y'ars. Sometimes de longln' hie cum till I couldn't hardly hold myself." "It's too bad." ��� "De oie woman is buried down dar, Mars White���de oie woman an' free chillen. I kin 'member the spot same as If I seed lt ylsterday. You go out half way to de fust tohacker house, an' den you turn to de left anv go down to de branch whar de wimmen used to wash. Dar's fo' trees on de odder bank, an* right under 'em is whar dey is all buried. I kin see It! I kin lead you right to de spot!" "And what will you do when you get there?" asked the stranger. "Go up to de big house an' ax Mars Preston to let me lib out all de rest of my days right, dar. I'ze oie an' all alone an' I want to be nigh my dead. Sorter company fur me when my heart aches." "Where were you robbed?" "Out doahs, dar, I reckon, in de crowd. See? De pocket is all cut out. I'ze dreamed and pondered���I'ze had dis journey In my mind fur y'ars, an' now I'ze dun bin robbed an' can't go." He fell to crying, and the policeman came forward in an officious manner. "Stand back, sir!" commanded the stranger. "Now, gentlemen, you have heard the story. I'm going to help the old man back to die on the old plantation and be ���buried alongside of his dead." "So am I!" called twenty men in chorus, and within five minutes we had raised enough to buy him a ticket and leave $50 to spare. And when he realized him good luck, the snow-haired black fell upon his knees in that crowd and prayed: "Lord, I'ze been a believer in You all my days, an' now I dun axes You to watch ober dose yere white folks dat has believed in me an' helped me to go back to de oie home." And I do beliieve that nine-tenths of that crowd had tears in their eyes as the gateman called out the train for Louisville. SHE HAD A QUESTION TO ASK A certain prominent dry goods merchant is also a Sunday school superintendent. Not long ago he devoted the last few minutes of the. weekly session to an impressive elucidation of the parable of the Prodigal Son, and afterward asked with due solemnity If any one of the "little gleaners" present desired to ask a question. Sissy Jones' hand went up. "Very well," he said, obsignating her with a benevolent finger, and a bland smile, " what is it you would like to know, Cecilia?" "Please what's the price of them little pink parasols in your show window?". In slavery days a negro was discovered in a hotel office walking up and down. "Here, you nigger," said the proprietor, "who do you belong to?" "'Deed, massa," the negro replied, "I dunno, until the poker game now goin' on upstairs Is finished." When Maggie, recent arrival from over the sea, had finished cleaning the windows her mistress was amazed to discover that they had been washed upon the inside only. She enquired the reason for this half-completed task, thinking the girl was afraid to sit outside the window. Maggie's reply waa as follows: "I claned 'em inside, so's we could look out, mum, but I left the dirt on the outside, so the people couldn't look in," ^ 12 LOWERY 8 CLAIM i A Money Maniac Russell Sage exists In New York, has about one hundred millions of dollars, and has been weaned nearly ninety years. He has made hia money as the spider catches flies, and the process haa frozen his soul. He has never bought even a white stack In the game of generosity, and when his old, miserly carcase ts thrown on the dump none will regret, and the tears dropped over his demise would not suffice to wet a postage stamp. Such men as Sage are merely \empires who suck the financial blood of mankind and live upon tbe mistakes and misfortunes of their victims. If Sage's heart had not been withered by the breath of gold he would have made a million glad, and dying, leave behind him a name wreathed in flowers by a grateful people. As a boarder of collateral he has been a success, but as a real man a dead and damned failure. Hugh Pentecost recently assayed bim in a public speech in New York in the following powerful manner: It Is said that Rueael Sage Is ninety years old, and that he Is worth about one hundred millions of dollars. ���� ��hat if age snd a comfortable fortune man competent to hold and express thoughts on human life, Russell Sage must certainly be a wise man. Some time ago he gave to the New York World, through a reporter, an Interview ln which he answered the question, "What Is your Idea of life?" Tbat interview is the basis of my talk to you. One of tbe things he said was, that if ho had his life to live over again, be would live tt juaT as he had lived It. except that he would devote It more to charity (I don't know why he doesn't begin now) and that he should marry earlier. With those two exceptions ho se*ms to be entirely satisfied with the life he haa lived. All his Ideals have evidently boen met, and I may say that he Is the first i��erson 1 have ever known of who was entirely satisfied with the life that he bad lived. Yet I have never heard of a sin*lo person who admired or * M Russell Sage. I havo heard peiple well of Mr. Rockefeller because ���UWm ii in ��� - ��� persons he was talking to entertaln-ng��� otherwise thoy are not! He says that if he had his life to live over again, he would exclude himself from what is called society, aa he has done, and he speaks of the glittering hollowness of the "four hundred," anu I think In that he is right. I could not conceive of a worse torture than to live my life among them. But I should take hia talk about clubs and society more seriously If 1 were quite sure he did not remain away trom them because tbey are too expensive. Russell Sage is the apostle of hard work. He says that he has worked hard all his life, and that If he had hia life to live over again, he would work even harder tban he haa. When he says '���work" he means, ot course, what he calls work. 1 don't suppose that, except ln his very early youth, he ever did an honest day's work In his life. Have you ever seen a spider sitting at the mouth ot a little cave such as they build their webs In, waiting and watching tor a fly to get tu feet caught ln the web, and have you ever seen the spider move with extraordinary celerity and wind his web around the fly and <by and by eat tbe fly? That Is tbe ivay Russell Sage works! k* thinks be works hundred million dollars- His Idea of life Isihrift, thrift, thrift! He says that thrift Is one of the elements of mankind, and you know when a rich man talks about thrift he means stinginess. Two suits of clothes are enough for any young man, be says, and the only thing a young mau ought ever to think about ln -regard to clothes, Is where he can -get tbem the cheapest Fifty cents is enough to pay for a straw bat, and It will laat you two seasons. Good, un- laundered shirts can be bought, he says, for 39 cents, and a good undershirt for 25 centa. In thia connection be makes some epigrams. Oae of them Is this: "The boy wbo knows bargains In socks makes the man who knows bargains hi stocks." And another one is, "Silks are aot tor salaried men." You se be ls alliterative. Anybody can make epigrams like that for example: Happiness Is not for hod-carriers; food ts not for factory workers; recreation la not for railroad employees���why. 1 could go right on making epigrams like tbat! Don't try he says, to emulate tbe flowers of tbe field In your dress. Why not? These are the sentiments, the epigrams of a miser! 1 don't believe In wilful ex- ��� "������* think anyone should ninety " ^ the fly and -oy �����"* T^^ of a mwr i ��wt think anyone shouiu i about 5^ tnat Is the way Russell Sage worts. travmggnc#: | don J l������ *roVh he has. So that J?'wever I suppose he thinks be frtaLwasteful. f0^'1'*!^ raTher than IO make a ff^Ttbi apldVdoes. But 1 honestly thin*> tha ra m wise j^e W* he has never taken a vacn t lnto thto stato* mun. lbln!< 1 Sage tl" a^has never wanted ot; *** ��. a youi* man to *����a 6Xm be ��me i��nneaver Ukes any recreation._ �����*�� he makes ane^when* be neVer takes any "*^���; ��~?!L^.^ar^W ^ ** J�� that every afternoon he ***** mvm :buried in Potter* �� he wftH i Jewmmend that form Ot tt***** �� could say of hlm woeuu ^ waa a luffi ^tffffS1!!* Yk^������1 woSd not make a Sack home and eata a plain and iwnP�� r ��**��*"Llf grown microbe! ��ow w^af p��aoTof them he "jf^'are living *2ftJf��ntL2 It ��** k*5 ~Z�� iwv>ka (I would dearly like to ^ who would to" J�� ..tollies at Knw^a?SSla they ar-); then aom^jr^^^ m to buy your clotty % know what w>ow frlendt who *�� ^eapest P^^J^Jfl oeiple ran times he has a "w game i the ^"^T. M .-. of course, V*1? . in ccjuhjj uiilj wnu ui��. M munlty In which he Uvea. Now. how baa he lived his life, according to hia own story? Oae of tbe nice things he says Is that he has always been ahome-loving man. Ho says that his home has always been s heaven of happiness, and that clubs are objectionable places because ���*������� *�����* freMiientod by idle old men ai Object to ClUbS, oui pn m*. cm***-,**. **��� ����~. son, but because tbey are stupid and un interesting. 1 have never been able to see what a man could possibly do In a club unless It was to drink so much liquor that he could find himself and the Will*, i ������������� ~- ��� JSice .nd his home. he. *��*&-***\�� ���.Vh i...i��...ii the two, ��nd frnm ��� ����� ^���. h. would "work WgjVTM; I don't know where ne comu jbv hw^w lt than In a sweatshop. The sweat shop workers think thsy are having: a bard time. He doesn't He ought to take the place of one of them, and let the man who feela that ll lfl slavery have the 1 am ia���������� ��� - *Hem. but IrHbllfed to wear them. ^ ^ aot obliged ����J*fliol that you Vw it an element of m*��" lolttcs. I* fflilgj J E^�� what U I* a misfortune. V* TJ , U means mean, to buy *"*��%�� ^ that a *owa*m?*��� button* on a *- ���nd sewing ** **�� a dozen *hlrt��. oent shirt gets too cento a ^^ ( m and she makes tf AjJJSrf for six or f a suit ^/lo\rJke�� mValck. beceu- ���even dollara It makes me LOWERY'S CLAIM IS trying to find where he can buy a 39-cent tools does not live tor himself alone. shirt that starved some woman to make! It Is a crime to buy cheap clothes when you can afford to buy better ones. When you buy the best suit of clothes or the best garment of any kind, you not only have the pleasure of wearing clothing tbat ls tasietui and comfortable, but you have tho pleasure of knowing that you h<ve contributed part of the good wages that the good workman gets who made them. But Mr. Sage has nothing to say about this. What does he say about money? Mere aphorisms, mere epigrams. "A good man." he says, "cannot have too much money." What he means is that a good man like himself ought to have as much money as possible. But If he meant that It Is Impossible for a good man to have money, he ls perfectly right There la no such thlnsr. he aavs. as a monoy curse. He does not know that his own money Is a curse to him. "Big enterprises." he says, "require big men." That ls what the directors of the great life insurance companies ssld when they were asked why they paid salaries of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year. We have seen the kind ot big men they wore���not big men. big thieves! This Is the sort of epigram with which the American people are hypnotized���-nig enterprises require big men." You hear that so much that you get the Idea that these men liko Russell Sago and Morgan and Rockefeller and Ryan and the others aro big men. Thoy are not big men. I havo had tho opportunity of conversing at great length with a number of millionaires, and the one thing that has impreaaed me more than anything else la that outside of their capacity to make money, they aro about aa small men as I over meet I think if anybody reads the speeches that have lieen piritllshed of John D. Rockefeller, they will find that his mind Is perfectly chlldttth. that ho never had a thought He turns over his tools again and again in a way that helps others!" Money In the hands of the rich lender Is nothing but a "jimmy." It is the instrument by which he breaks Into other people's houses and homes and pockets and steals what they have, and when he says that he turns his money over and over in a way that helps people he means exactly that, that he lends It to other people, taking a price therefor, and these people take It and go out and break into other people's houses and pockets and take what they have. It is not called a jimmy. It is called an instrument by which dividends are earned. Question: Are men like Russell Sage hypocrites, are they self-devieved, or are they just impudent, and do they take the rest of us for fools? I could not help but ask myself this question whin I read the talk of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to bis Bible class on Joseph's famous corner in corn. Joseph, you will remember, had a dream, an din his dream there were seven rat cows and seven lean cows. and tbe seven lean cows ate up the seven fat cows. Joseph wondered what that meant, and he sent for a dream interpreter, and he said: "That means there will be seven plentiful years and thon there will come seven yesrs of famine." and Joseph said, "Ah! Big enterprises need big men. I see how I can turn a trick for my master, the king, that will make me solid with the royal family!" So during the seven plentiful years he bought up all the surplus corn���corn being used In the Bible for wheat or grain of any kind���and when the seven years of famine came and the people had nothing to eat he gave them the corn in exchange for their land, so that at the end of seven years' famine Joseph had placed to the ownership of the king all the land of Egypt Young Mr. Rockefeller came across ey is only powerful because you think it L8��iJ?WerfU!;,H��e are three or four thousand men like Russell Sage in this coun- *am2n f8,��Mt ev^ one of them are <J0,000 intelligent persons, and yet this one epigrammatic rich man dopes tho minde of the people so that they sit down quietly and give up everything that they J1^6 t�� them. How long are they going I know that everybody ought to be judicially minded. Nobody ought to got excited, because everything is going along as well as it can and as fast as it can; but do you know, sometimes, when I know that these vampires are sitting In their offices, where tbey say that they work, and are sucking the life blood out of the necks of men, women and children. I can hardly stand it; and I think I will have to go out into the streets anel cry out and say, "Are you stupid? Are you idiots? What is the matter with you that you can't see it?" Sometimes I think I will just have to get out and be a mad man snd get arrested! In bis head that was not put In there by somo religious teacher, except the thoughts that enable him to get the money thst ho has. In tho way that he haa. 1 used to bo in rather cloae relations this in the course of his Sunday school lessons, anel he couldn't dodge tt, and in commenting on it he said: "I have been thinking very seriously about this problem, and I cant see anything to criticise in Joseph's conduct. Big entor- wlth a man who has recently died worth prises need big men, and Joseph was a smart business man, that was all. And th��*n he said: "You see he was kind to thc people after he had got all their land away from them. He did not forbid them to live on the land." What is he? Is he a hypocrite or a fool, or does he take us for "fools? Supposing Joseph had driven all tho people off the land, what would it have lieen worth? Absolutely nothing, and he kindly permitted them to stay on th** land and compelled them to yield up all their produce except just enough to enable them to live and keep at their work, just as they are doing today In all the countries of the world. What shall we say about these mon? Aro thoy hypocrites, or do they really believe tbe things that thoy toll us. and how long are a so-called intelligent, free people to sit down quietly and permit thoso men to hypnotlce tbem and humbug and dupe them with these epigrams- for thai Is all tt Is? These men are only big men because you think they are big men. Their mon- many millions or dollars, and a moro simple-minded, indeed, feeble-minded man. 1 never know, outside of his capacity to get money. He was not at all developed on any other side. How could he be? These men think and scheme- work, as they say���sixteen or eighteen hours a day. no time for literature, art. thought. An independent idea would would give them paralysis! Thoy think In grooves, like other great criminals. All criminals, as I moot thorn, are people of childish minds. They are Just like a lot of children. You think of them as a dangerous class. They are not. Russell Sage says: "The rich do not Hve for themselves alone. I turn my money over and over again In a way tbat helps others." So you see he Is a philanthropist 1-et us see what that moans. Supiaise h" were a manufacturer of burglars tools, and that ho loaned these tools out to burglars anel took a portion of the loot In exchange. What would he say? "The manufacturer of burglars' REAL RACE SUICIDE Dr. Harold N. Moyer, of Chicago, speaking at a dinner of the Physicians' club, had the courage to ease his mind on the subject of race suicide in a manner to win applause from many who have relt themselves unable to cope with our enthusiastic president and his optimistic supporters. "The sociologists, who coined tho phrase "race suicide," observed Dr. Moyer, "have mistaken a healthful symptom for a social disease. At the beginning of the last century this country had 4.000.00(1. At the beginning of this century wo had 80,000.000. In another hundred years we shall be jammed together. 360.000,00 souls all struggling for a livelihood." One ot tbe causes of sorrow in the world Is the too rapid increase of the human race. Mr. Balfour may have reflected upon tho truth of this, but he would never havo been forgiven if he had said it Thoso white-faeed women who reeled to the English government offices, intoxicated with anger, despair, hunger and maternal pity, carried children in their arms, had little ones hanging to their skirts, and left a restless brood at home. Tbey had brought them Into the world knowing they could not provide for them, and that the little ones must grow up. as their parents had before them, with want waiting at their doors, with vice for their companions, and, with a pauper's crave offering them rest at the end. If they, and their fathers before them, even unto th�� tenth generation, had shown a more sincere compassion for posterity there would not be this hungry army of the rejected beating with futile hands upon the doors of destiny. SOMEWHAT QUEER The girls, God bless them! They have their little peculiarities, don't you know. Whon they are small they won't go Into the parlor at night without a light. because there might be a man there, but when they grow older they won't have a light there because thore is a man in there! Queer, isn't it���E*. 14 LOWERY'S CLAIM. MONEY EXPERTLY DEFINED. Andrew Carnegie has again moralized on oney. "The advantages of wealth are trifling," he says. "Beyond a competence for old age, which need not be very great and may be very small, wealth lessens rather than increases human happiness. Millionaires wbo laugh are rare." A dozen years ago the writer heard Andrew Carnegie lecture. He was Introduced on that occasion 'as a man who had given away money enough to make every person in this audience (which numbered about 500) comparatively rich." And in his lecture Andrew talked of money, and In a deprecating way. He pictured the life of a rich man as not so very different from that of the ordinary individual. Better clothes he may have, richer food, rarer wines, more elaborate surroundings, but when this is said all is said. It waa assumed by Carnegie that work waa tbe common lot regardless of money. Carnegie's philosophy waa evpressed much more happily and much more effectively by the late Mr. Hoyt in that song, The Tired Man: "You can only weab one tie. One eye-glass in youh eye And one coffin when you die, Don't y' know." Whether Carnegie laments the fact that the man with multimlllions hasn't several stomachs to cater to and numerous bodies to ornament is, perhaps, an impertinent surmise. But it isn't a whit more impertinent than the strutting pose which Andrew Carnegie likes to affect towards wealth. He enumerates in a general way the things which differentiate physical comfort from physical discomfort outlines a chasm Immeasurably wide and bridges It over v ith a wave of the hand. How different is the definition of money recently given by Joseph Medlll Patterson, the young Chicago millionaire, who has announced himself a socialist. "Money," according to Patterson, "is power and dominion. It is wine, women and song. It le poetry, music and art. It is warmth in winter and coolness in summer. It is horses and automobiles and silks and diamonds. It is self-respect and the respect of others. No one possesses it but it possesses others. I for one cannot see why those things should be concentrated more and more in the hands of a few. "By distributing money evenly I do not mean to say that all the money in the country should be cut up into equal bits and that everybody should get a bit of it But, on the contrary. I believe lhat the ownership from which money springs should be vested In the whole community." Patterson is a millionaire by inheritance. Carnegie by his own skill and the great protective tariff. Patterson declares that money should not be inherited. Andrew Carnegie doubtless will bequeath more millions to his heirs than they can ever spend. Since we are all interested ln money the conflicting view points of Carnegie and Patterson are worth considering in a comparative way. The decision, we imagine, will be that while Patterson is in some respects far astray he wears a sincerity which would be far more becoming to the grizzled face of Carnegie than the hypocritical mask now worn��� Joplin Globe. LAUOh Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone! For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of ita own. Sing, and the hills will answer; Sigh, lt is lost on the air��� The echoes bound to a joyous sound, But shrink from voicing caree. Rejoice, and men will seek you; Grieve, and they turn and go. They want full measure of all pleasure. But they do not need your woe. Be glad, and your friends are many; Be sad, and you lose them all. There are none to decline your nectar'd wine. But alone you must drink life's gall. Feast and your halls are crowded; Fast, and the world goes by. Succeed and give, and It helps you live, But no man can help you die. ���Ella Wheeler Wilcox. your Jimmie waa very much Impressed by the minister's saying that man was made of rust "Ma." he said, after a thoughtful silence, "was I made of dust, too?" "Yea," she replied. "Well, how is lt then that my birthday comes in January? There ain't no dust in January." The New York Press says: "A pretty little device of the wicked which Is attracting a good deal of attention In restaurants, cabarets, posadas. cafes and hospices these days Is called the 'jag indicator.' It Is invenetd for the benefit of good fellows who don't know when they have had plenty to drink. It Is a green frog with pink specks upon Its back and ie about three-quarters of an *2 ��� 2 Pitfier S Leiser Victoria, Bole A gents. Munro's Old Highland and Whlteley'a Liquor Whiskies are the best Chas. Burt Agent. Koltoo. tf a �� to &*��� a 3 c e e e e e e e e e e o SE The Fernie Ledger FERNIE. B. C. Ia the beat newspaper in the Crow's Nest Paas coal region. Two dollars a year. D. V. MOTT,, Editor- inche long. The customer receives one from.the bar man, which he ls asked to place upon the bar before each subsequent drink. As soon as the customer sees upon the bar more than one frog, or thinks he sees the frog move, he Is expected���nay required���to quit drinking for that day." ALMOST AN ACCIDENT A story Is told of a man who. crossing a disused coal field late at night, fell into an apparently bottomless pit, and saved himsHf only by grasping a projecting beam. There he clung with great di..cutty all night, only to And when day dawned, that his feet were only four Inches from the bottom. PERFUME THE OZONE BY I 8MOKINO A Nainfand Cioar !* i Cranbrook Hotel Cranbrook, B.C. Is convenient to all depots, telegraph offices and banks ln the city. Special attention paid to tourist.*, commercial ana oterwlae. The cutaine la excellent, and all guests receive courteous attention. Touch ths wire when you want rooms served*. Hoggartb & Rollins, Proprietors Kootenay Bail way ft Navigation Co. LIMITED OPERATING Kaslo ft Slocnn Railway Co. International Nav. ft Trading Co., Ltd. Int. Navigation ft Trading Go. KA8LO-NELSON ROUTE 7:00 a.m. Iv Kaslo Ar. 9:26 p.m. 8:00 a.m Ainsworth 8:15 a.m. 9:40 a.m. Ar Nelson Lv. 6:46 p.m. Calling regularly at Ainsworth and Pilot Bay and all way landings on signal. Kaslo ft Slocan Railway 8:00 a.m leave ...Kaslo.... arrive 3:46 p.m. lt>:A p.m. arrive ..8andon... leave 1:80 a.m. Ocean steamahlp tickets and ratea via all lines will be furnished on application. For further parUculars call on or address P. H. WALSH. H. K. DOUOLAH, Sunt... Kaslo, B. C. Aft, K**lo, B. C. Bam LOWERY'S CLAIM. SLEEP CURE One of the newest fads of the medical world la the sleep cure. According to the physician who haa sought to introduce his ideas among the Parisians one sleeps entirely too little. It ls bis argument that one lives a certain length of time, and that this time (sickness not considered) ls extended over a long or short period according to the temperament of the person. He cites In support of bis theory the longevity of tho negroes, and declares that they attain a ripe old age because they sleep when Work Is not absolutely necessary. His treatment consists of sending the patient to bed and making htm sleep. Eight hours a dsy one may leave his bed and mingle with the world as he pleases, but not only must the other sixteen be spent In bed, but the patient must be actually asleep. On his discharge the patient is warned that If he would live his allotted time he must husband his waking hours by spending as much time In sleep as possible. The physician declares that with a child properly trained to sleep 12 or 14 hours a day. the attainment of tho a man about 60 at work. "Are you Mr Patrick Maloney?" "Yes," he said, "I am." -Are you tbe Mr. Maloney who draws an annuity from the insurance company?" "Yis; bedad, and mi father before me" *������ ������ "������������ nm��� * ���-������ ��� "George, what are you and little Albert quarreling about? My goodness! Can't you let him have one of those blocks? Why do you insists on having them el J?" "Well, blame It, ma, were playing that I'm Rockefeller."���Chicago Record Herald. i., Limited, Wholesale Commission Merchants aud Manufacturers' Agents Hefore an outpouring of sympathy with Japan sets in because the war has Increased her per capita taxation from 12 to $6. some comparisons with the rate of taxation in this country may be helpful in repressing our inclination to commiserate with the little men who walloped ihe Russians. In 1904 Canadians paid In customs taxes $7.2�� per head, and In excise 12.13. total per capita taxation $8.57, which is GO per cent more than that of Japan. Before the war Japan's national debt was $<> per head Limited Liability REPRESENTING The Lumsden Roller Mills. The Wapella Roller Mills. I*ever Brothers "Sunlight Soap.'��� Dalton Brothers "Dish-Tower Soap. The Vogel Packing company. The Baltimore Lime MTg Co. The Manitoba Canning Co. The W. ft R. Jacobs Co., Ltd cult Manufacturers. The Guelph Foundry Co., Ltd. The "Armur" Co., Ltd. The Moyie Mill ft Lumber Co. The Hygiene Gola Wine Co. Fruit and Produce of all kinds, respondence solicited. Bls- Cor- hundredth year would be a matter of of the population; now we are told that It la $25. Canada's per capita national debt la two and one-fifth times more than that of Japan, lieing $<>5.12 per head or population. course, and not an occurrence of rarity. REFORM'S THORNY PATH "Reforms sre always difficult to start with." said governor Folk. "Everybody tries to take ad vant ago of the reformer. I know a young man who decided on New Year's day that ho waa giving too many of hia evenings to the club. Accordingly he resolved that throughout 1906 ho would go to the club only twice a month. " 'Amy." he said to hia wlf�� st dinner. i know that since our marriage I have been too constant a rrequonter or the club, anel I am aware that this has caused you a deal or private wretchedness. My elesr. I am sorry. I am going to turn over a new leaf; and I will lie- General Charles S. Warren, the first. gin tonight.' last and best police judge that ever dealt "The young woman's eyes shone. Her lout Justice in Butte, writes that he will face lighted with joy. | be In Nelson next July. The general "Oh. Harold." she cried, 'how happy has recently made a fortune in copper you have made me! Uncle Jim wants j mines and writes that he will never me to go to tho theatre with him to-]again buy a gold brick, pack a blanket, night and you can slay homo anel mind swim a river, hor punch holes In the thc baby.'." snow on tall mountains. He slates that when ho gets over the line that, he will P.O. Box 363, Calgary, Alia A Yorkshireman, who boasted of the ale he used to get in his village, heard of a place, not far away from where he lived, that sold very good ale. He mounted his horse, and having ridden to tho place, called (without getting down rrom his horse) for some ale. A girl brought him out a quart of It Ho drank It off, and ordered another, and, having also drank this, he said: "Ah. weel, ye do keep good ale. aud now I think I'll get down an* hae some." Kootenay Engineering Woiks Nelson. B. O. Founders, Machinists and Iron Workers. Makers of the Crawford Aerial Tram; Castings, Builders Materials, Mill and Mining Machinery. B. C. TRAVIS P. O. Box 193 MANAGER. Sharp & Irvine Mining Brokers Real Estate and Insurance Agents NELSON. B.C. WANTS REALITY buy the drinks provided wc do not raise Whv ts It that a woman would rather the ante on com The gepral Is dead look at a display or prettv holsery In a ! safe when he strikes this formation and show window while a nan prefers muddy j will not require to ante or pas the buck. *r��t cross^���gs?%onharn Herald. He is one or the famous men of tho Man never likes to waste his tim��* on groat west, and his original, humane anvthlna when ho knows from the be- and merciful way of dealing out justice ginntoggthat rhere* nothing It It. In Butte will be pasted in the history aM******���*M �����"" ���* Unn ��no frti* fl (rot! t/\ <>rt*mo BOTH GOT ANNUITY A Scottish life o.cer sold an annuity to Mr. Pat Maloney. and paid, and paid, until thev reckoned his age about 100 when thev- sent an Inspector to Tlpperary to Interview the annuitant, and to make sure thev were paying the annuity to the proper person. The emissary called at the cottage ancl asked If Mr. Pat Maloney wns In. No; he was In the field plowing. A centenarian working plowman seemed rather an anomaly. The insurance map found thee field, and of Montana for ages to come. 1 THE DIFFERENCE An exchange editor does not attempt to hide the fact that he is a little old fashioned yet when It comes to placing men and women on exactly the samo plane. He says: "Men ancl women ought, per* haps, to enjoy the same rights and privileges, but for all 1bat, if we saw two mon we*arlng picture hais and kissing each other on the street, we vyopM hole for a brick light away," y, A. R. HEYLAND, M. E. NELSON, B.C. Provincial Land Surveyor. Crown Grants Obtained. Fifteen years' experience in coal mines of B.C.. Reports furnished on coal properties. 1 KOOTENAY SALOON SANDON, B.C. Has a line of nerve bracers unsurpassed in any mountain town of the great west. A glass of aqua pura given free with every shot of spirits mentl. ; a | '"��** PACIFIC COA8T BEEPS FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, GREENHOUSE PLANTS, Floral Work, Home industry. Catalogue free. HENRY'S NURSERIES Seed House and Greenhouses. 3010 Westminster Road, Vancouver, B.C. BLUE PRIZE. HENRY VANE. COLUMBUS and HAVANA ARK CIGARS are Union Made Cigars, made by VV. P. Kllbourne & Co., Winnipeg, and sold or> the road by GEORGE HORTON, 16 LOWERY'S CLAIM. A TRUE TEST In my experience around town a gentleman is a man who can handle either a bottle of wine or a pack of cards without losing for a second his courtesy, the urbanity, the kindliness and the manliness of a gentleman. It haa heen frequently said that alcohol and cards are the surest tests of a gentleman. How often have I observed men who pretend to be gentlemen, whose environment entitled them to be considered gentlemen, after a highball or two or a quart of the fizzy, become dis- tres8in�� cads, boasters, backbiters, brutish, insolent scurrilous and even obscene. Just so in cards. Veneer gentlemen betray thc>iis^|ves around the poker table and the bridge whist table. By pettish words and acts they easily prove that they are not thoroughbred losers or winners. A gentleman accepts good or ill fortune with equanimity. By no word or act does he offend the sensibilities of those about him at the table. All gentlemen do not drink or gamble. Some say that no gentleman drinks or gambles. That's another story.���JoplIn Globe. About Float Float is not a periodical. It ts a book containing 86 illustrations, all told, and is filled with sketches and stories of western life. It telle how a gambler cashed in after the flush days of Sandon; how it rained in New Denver long after Noah waa dead; how the parson took a drink at Bear Lake ln early days; how Justice was dealt in Kaslo in '93; how the saloon man out prayed the women in Kalamazoo, and graphically depicts the roamings of a western editor amongst the tenderfoot in the cent belt. It contains the early history of Nelson and a romance of the Silver King mine. In it are printed three western poems, and dozens of articles too numerous to mention. Send for one hefore lt Is too late. The price is 25 cents, postpaid to any part of the world. Address all letters to R. T. LOWERY, Nelson, B. C. For monuments and headstones write to the Kootenay Marble Works, Nelson, B. C. For particulars as to prices and kinds of monuments and headstones, write to tho Kootenay Marble Works, Nelson, B. C. Newsagents and newsboys are wanted in all unrepresented districts to sell LOWERY'S CLAIM. Write for particulars. P. BURNS & CO. 1C3BJUV Shopa In all leading towns. Contracts solicited to supply armies and railroads. HEAD OFFICE Calgary; Alberts HOTELS OUT WEST The Keelo Hotel S 'fiJTVS In the city. COCKLE A PAPWORTH. Ill6 i>artl8tt hotel Cln Nelson.* Only white help employed. OBO. W. BARTLBTT. Tremont House ?��eH; & &�� lean and European plan. Nothing yellow about the house except the gold In the safe. MA LONE 4k TREOILLl-S. Newmarket Hotel Rr th.*.i SK ists and millionaires visiting New Denver. B. C. HENRY 8TEUK. Q+ PIvma I* the leading hotel in OU XllUlO TRAIL. R. C. JAS. DAW80N. Prop. J. D. ANDERSON Civil Engineer and Provincial Land Surveyor TRAIL, B.C. F. H. HAWKINS ASSAYER ~\m\tm?a$&*- ��� **:, wnmammmtff THE HOTEL SLOCAN THREE FORKS, B.C. Ia the leading hotel of the city. Mountain trout and game dinners a specialty. Rooms reserved by telegraph. HUGH NIVEN, Proprietor S. J. Mighton CRANBROOK. B. C. Has the largeat stock of Pipes, Tobaccoa, Cigars and Smokers' Sundries in tbe Interior of B. C. Mail orders receive prompt attenUon. Starkey & Co. NELSON. B.C. Wholesale Dealera In Produce and Provisions 2 In 10 nnd 30 acre Blocks ON KOOTENAY LAKM For sale on easy terms. FRUIT LANDS J. E. ANN ABLE NELSON. B.C. -��.-���*->���./**��� F. P LIEBSCHER MERCHANT TAILOR blLVERTON, B.C. t^^a^aMMWv^vWWv^^v^^rV^rA *fl**��*-w*��fr The Strathcona Hotel Is situated on a slight eminence, just a block from hue busy scenes on Baker Street, and Is within easy touch of everything in the city. From ita balcoaiea can be seen nearly all the grand scenery that surrounds the beautiful city of Nelson. Few hotels In the groat west equal the Strathcona, and tourists from every land will find within its portals all the essentials that create pleasant memories within the mind of those who ���-. *%ss@u travel B. TOMKINS, Manager. NELSON, RITISH COLUMBIA v ��
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Title | Lowery's Claim |
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Date Issued | 1906-05-01 |
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