< TIIK TRIBUNE IS TIIK OLIJEST NKWSI'.Vl'ER PRINTED IN TIIK KOOTENAYS Saturday, October lO, 1903 NELSON IS THK TRADE CENTER OK SOUTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA Ato cAct to (Arbitrate All Railway Disputes The Liberal Part}-, during the recent campaign, took considerable delight in trying to impress on the public, and par- heart and soul in its by COMPULSORY this city, iu a speech, ticularly the Labor Party, that it was earnest endeavor to have strikes settled arbitration. The Liberal candidate for laid great stress on the fact that it was to be COMPULSORY, in fact, that was how it was worded in the manifesto issued b}' the parry at the outset of thc campaign. The Act iu question, assented to on the ioth of Jul}', last, provides for the AID to the settlement of disputes, and after the usual preamble, we come to the following interesting clauses: ii. Whenever a difference exists between any railway employers and railway employes, nnd it appears to thc minister that the parties thereto are unable satisfactorily to adjust the saute, and that by reason of such differences remuiuiug unadjusted a railway strike or lockout has beeu or is likely to oc caused or the regular safe transportation of mails, passengers or freight has beeu or may bo interrupted, or tho safety of anyone employed on a railway train or cur lias been or is likely to be endangered, tho minister may either on tlie application of tiny party to tho difference, or ou thc application- of the corporation of any municipality directly affected by the difference, or of his own motion cause inquiry to be made into the same aud the cause therefore, and for that purpose may, under his hand nnd senl of oflice, establish a committee of conciliation, mediation nnd investigation, to bo composed of three persons to bo.named, ono hy tlie railway employers, and one by the railway employes (parties to thc dis- ference) and the third-by the two so named or by the porties to" the difference iu care they can agree. The minister shall in writing ..notify each party to name a member of said committee stating in said notice a tinio not being less than five days after the receipt of such notice within whicli this is to be done aud if either party within such time or any extension thereof that the minister on cause shown, may grant, refuse or fail to name a member of said committee the minister or the lieutenant governor in council, as v.Thisyis tlie kernel of the bill, and as. J.. H ..p. Hill, legal--repre-.. s'eutative of the B. R. T., says of it: "I am not aware of any legislation of this nature being on the statute books of any other country than that of Canada aud it is looked forward to with considerable anticipation as to what the ultimate result will be iu the case of a difficulty between any of the railway companies and their men." Now this Act is precisely iu sympathy with the plank iu the Liberal-Conservative platform, adopted at Revelstoke, September 13th, 1902, which reads as follows: 10. That as industrial disputes almost invariabl}'- result in great loss and injury both to the parties directty concerned and to the public, legislation should be passed to provide means for au AMICABLE adjustment of such disputes between em- plo3-.ei-s=aud^eniplo3gees.=^��� ^ == . the case may be, as hereinafter provided, may appoint one in the place of the party so refusing or in default, and if the members of said committee so chosen fail to select a third member thc minister or tho lieutenant governor in council, as the case may be, may make such selection. 4. It shall be the duty of the conciliation committee to endeavor by conciliation and mediation to assist in bringing about an amicable settlement of the difference to the satisfaction pf both parties, and to report its proceedings to the minister. 5. In eascthe conciliation committee is unable to effect an amicable settlement by conciliation or' mediation, the minister may refer the difference to arbitration under the provisions of this act. (a) If acceptable to both parties, the conciliation committee may act as a board of arbitration. (b) In case of objection by either party, to its representative on the conciliation committee acting as a member of the board of arbitration, or to the chairman of said conciliation committee being a meinher of the board of arbitrators, now representatives on tho .board of arbitrators shall be appointed, in place of the member or members of the conciliation committee objected to, in like manner as the original members of tho conciliation, committee were appointed. : The board of arbitrators so chosen shall be established by the minister under his baud and seal of oflice. The high glee with which the Liberals dwelt on the supposed fact that they were going oue better than the Conservatives in handling this matter was, to say the least, slightly previous, and should warn them iu future to go wisely and slow, "for they stumble who run fast." Possibilities of the Wood Pulp Industry in British Columbia in tlie opinion nf Mr. Octnvion Holland, vice-president of the Holland Paper Co., of Montreal, this province is due to become ono of tlie greatest producers of paper and wood pulp in tlio world, says tho Vancouver World. On this subject Mr. Holland is as well qualified to speak us any mau in Canada. Ho is vice-president of the Bollnud Paper company of Montreal, with mills at St. Jerome, (.tie., and president of the Northern Mills company, which is building a large pulp and paper mills at Ste. Adelc, Que. Tho Rol- land Paper company is known to everybody who i.s familiar with the paper business in Canada. The Hollands do not manufacture any cheap paper but confine themselves to the manufacture of high class stock such as gazette aud book papers, linens, bonds, and ledgers. Their water mark on these- classes is like the cobweb on the wine bottle���guarantee of excellence. The Northern Mills is a new enterprise which is being undertaken by r.he Hollands. Prom Ste. Adele tliey -will fship pulp and paper to Europe. Their ' busiuess from this concern will be purely export. Speaking about tho possibilities for British Columbia, Mr. Holland said, that a.s this wa.s his lirst trip, and as ho was hurrying through with the manufacturer's association, he did not have nearly enough time to soo nil thnt ho wanted to. But ho had witnessed enough to convince him that this provinco is due to become a great producer of pulp and paper. Mr. Holland said the geographical position of British Columbia was not against this province but in favor of it. Access to the waterfront opened lo this province the whole market of Great Britain and Europe on the basis of an ocean freight���an advantage only enjoyed by n section of Quebec and not enjoyed at all by Ontario. But it wtis the water power that most forcibly impressed M. Holland. ''Tlie best I ever saw. I should think tlio best in the world. And right in the heart of the timber." As for the timber itself: "Well," with that Gaelic wave of the hand which always signifies magnificence, "you know all about that." Asked about the possibility of inducing capital, Mr. Rolland said, "Why, there nre plenty of people in British Columbia with a little money to invest. Why not float a company here? A good pulp mill would cost $200,000. The market is ready, iu fact there is a shortage of pulp at the present time, not only in the United States and Europe, but in Canada also. We were offered a large contract from a Paris house last spring, and before accepting it -we canvassed every pulp mill in tho province of Quebec for pulp, but found that they were all contracted far ahead right up to the limit of their capacity, and wo had to refuse the order. Under these conditions there is no reason why Ihe people of British Columbia should invite capital to come in and take possession of the industry which they should conduct themselves." Ha*_y Wright, M.P.P., Will Not Resign The statement made in today's Daily News to the effect that the member for Ymir will resign iu order to allow the defeated candidate for Rossland to contest the seat, is emphatically denied by Mr. Wright. ��� ������' :\ Davidson Absolutely Independent The Daily News has been prating that Mr. Davidson had declared himself as a Liberal. In today's editorial columns it is stated thjat he has declared himself as strictly independent. The government, therefore, is niore,likely to get his support than the opposition, so long as legislation is in the interest of j the people. Sabbath Observahce in Canada The Rev. Shearer of the Dominion Lord's Day Alliance has recently visited this district and from accounts given it would appear that this organization is still doing good work and that from the time of its inception has unquestionably placed the Sabbath question iu keeping with the Protestant idea on the subject well'before the public. Any movement that has for its object, th'e uplifting of the people, Avhether by act of parliament or indirectly through the efforts of a body such as this, will receive the unqualified support of all. If many, even now, withhold thoir support to it, it is simply that tliere is still a suspicion lingering in their minds that this movement is the thiii end of the wedge to force, by law, observance of the Sabbath according to the dictates of the churches. In support of this, it would appear that 'in Ontario at the present time there is an act making it unlawful to fish on that day, from this to preventing a man and his family from taking their walks abroad is but a step, after which would come the revival of the old law of milking it compulsory for people to go to church. - Jn- liaudiing- this^.question the ..Lord's day Alliance overlooks one vital point and that is to use the quotation from the great book; "As a man thiuketh in his heart, so is he." Now it is not so much what a man does on tho Sabbath, as what he thinks. Many there are, -we all know, who carry out the day of rest with a pre- ciseness beyond praise. They go twice to church and once to Sunday-school and yet. their minds are further'from the keynote of the day than that of the man who may be quietly spending the day as a disciple of Isaac Walton, or the fmau who may "find pleasure iii the pathless woods," and sees in all around-the manifestation of That Power which. jto circumscribe within the-walls of the sanctuary is but sacrilege. Therefore is it,' that whereas one may find the church, a good place for spiritual meditation and consider the ritual Vital to their higher'nature, another, after a week of toil in aworkshop,, warehouse or office, iiiay fly with joy to the great fields of nature,, "and glory in the. sights and sounds of the primeval forests. No one can dictate rightly as to what the other should do for it has been well said that what is one man's meat: is another's poision. '���'. ' - The muddy indifference, for the Sabbath which is still much in evidence amoug us may be attributed very/largely to the bar- ; reii intellectual and' spiritual attraction offered by the churches to the masses, and here again it becomes largely a question of temperament. Why is it that the great Romish church is-able, even now in the face of the tremendous intellectual wave that is sweeping over the land, to hold within its fold all, sorts and conditions of men, from the most ignorant peasant of a Latin country, to some of the ���.brightest minds of the day? And the !aJisw.ei*yisx.because'-ikeysMhole-fabric pu^; sates with a life and! energy and administers to its flock "each man according to ���bis needs." These people do not dwell largely on the keeping of the Sabbath, do. not make their religion a matter of one day a week, but rather impress on its devotees the vital necessity of keeping their- ���lamps well filled-and M*icks well trimmed from day to day.. ���������'-." At the meeting the other day held in the Miner's Hall, and largely on their account, the question was raised as to what the miners would do if they all left off work on Sundays, and the reverend gentleman above mentioned was reminded that they would merely congregate in the blink house ahd worry somehow through the day. Will the Sabbath day enthusiasts pretend to say that of a man working, if he has a mind to, and another who merely does not work on that day, but what is infinitely worse, "loafs," that the latter is the better of the two in that he is keeping strictly to the Mosaic law'. In this town on Sundays dozens of people can be seen loafing around in public places (how many thore are doing the same at home it would be hard to say.) It is to be presumed that the Lord's Day Aliance will be prepared to endorse these people and consider them well in the narrow way as compared with those dreadful sinners fishing on the lake or enjoying the day in the woods!/ The position is untenable and will not appeal to enlightened minds. ''���'"' It now transpires-that the recent decision of the judicial committee of the privy council is to the effect that the Ontario's Lord's Day Act is ultra vires. From which, it will be gathered that (herd is no danger of this too zealous organization interfering .with, the absolute privilege of .every-British; .subject.to spend, the Sabbath as he thinks fit so long as in so doing he does not become an annoyance to his neighbor. The Alliance hns" done some good, in putting a stop to rowdy excursion parties and obtaining for toilers the day of rest; so long as it confines its efforts to these channels there is little risk of its falling foul of the less dictatorially disposed section of the public. Many Kinds of Trouble Predicted for 1904 The year 1904, according to "Old Man Moore," is to be "a year of groat events." There is to be "tremors in our army and quakings in the church." Lo! there is "writing on the wall!" January shows a mighty ship on the rocks and a wrecked train is also to be seen��� not on the rocks. February displays a ^t^QTO-*^g_fj___.id^hip_botwe.on^England_ and France. "Germany looks on iu a spiteful mood, and threatens to muzzle the howliug dogs." (Tho press) adds "Old Moore," in careful brackets. March? Here tho old man does himself proud. "I see a tall column, built up of bad material, top-heavy with Brumma- gen goods; the builders seem proua of it, but it yields to tlio strains of a rope attached by the labor party. Tlie only good part seems to lie the navy at thc base, and it leaves tlie army exposed!" Whether tlie good part refers to the column, or the strains possible of "Come, ou labor," seems somewhat undecided ; in any case, the army seems to be in for a bod time. In April a surging crowd of angry peoplo aro pushing towards (lie "Idol Mammon"���not very dill'oroiit from any other month of most other years; and iu May there is to be seen "a gilded throng of empty-headed simpletons falling down to worship tho human butcher���the man of war." WhyOnly in May, 1!'0.? June is to sec "nn impetuous emperor trying to teach wisdom to his subjects. Pointing to Canada, ho says:���'Look after the two foundlings (Alsace and Lorraine). Madame is beckoning to them'." July apparently is to see the union of Britain and America, for the Old Man sees their combined fleets in a harbor��� whether that of New York or Portsmouth is not mentioned; but'' the two flags entwine and Liberty stands erect." Religious discords mark August; aud glorious harvests in September. This is entirely in defiance of the weather man, who warns us not to expect good weather until IflOfi. But no matter. In October "the great imposition 'war department' 1ms collapsed; it knees gave way, though so many society old women of both sexes tried to hold it up." November is to see the return of thousands of English tourists and visitors who have spent their holidays in Ireland. "A contented and happy Erin," remarks Old Moore. Quito so; but why should tlie tourists delay their return until November? Then December! "Slum teimments doomed. Shylock cau close his dirty courts; the worker I now see alighting from the County Council car, passing to u healthy arid happy home; wife and little ones welcome. Be.watchful councillors! keep of the tenant vampire." But at the same time the Old Man sees at tlie new moon early on the morning of the seventh of December���a dire crime! "It may be that a crown will fall," he adds, in a bloodcurdling whisper "and the old maxim again will be. fulfilled���'Unhappy lies the head,' etc."���London Ex- :press.^^^=^^^^^^"^���^��� The Poet and the Drummer. Recent advices from the Lardo bring details of an interesting episode that occurred there in the early part of the week in which two of our valuable citizens figured. There arc two sides to it���the scri-, ous and the funny. The serious in that the Kootenay lake might, have claimed our only poet nud ' one of Nelson's commercial landmarks: funny, from the details afforded. It appears that the arrangements for the handling of passengers at Lardo are, as yet, in a somewhat primitive state; thill in landing from the steamer in order to reach the "parlor car" for Gcrrard.it necessitates passage through a dimly lighted storehouse with a well ingrained knowledge of just where to "right turn." This knowledge does not seem to have been vouchsafed to the poet and the drummer, with the result that tho former was leading the way, wrapped possibly iu the meter of a forthcoming stanza, failed to right turn and found himself in a watery foothold at the bottom of the car- slip. With prompt decision ho appears to have sized up the situation and walked up the slip unconcernedly. Not so with our friend of the grip, who was following in his wake with true British pomposity, for immediately on finding himself in three feet of water, he imagined ho was in a death struggle with Kooteuay lake. The inborn John Bull n.'itutorial instiot came to his rescue, and withsplendid energy he struck out to swim to shore, although his well formed abdomen was then within an ace of touching bottom. Nothing, however, would persuade him that he was in no great danger, and the efforts of our local 'chief justice' wen- till but powerless to disabuse his mind 'hat he was far from sinking, rather that h" was on the eve of Hsing to more popular favor than ever. After much struggling i"1(1 shouting it began to dawn on tin' fancied drowning nitiii that he was incHy after all taking as much of a'footbuth'is possible, and he war* landed and dnh' eared for with the proverbial western 'tenderness. The incident ealls the attention of the C.P.R. to a fuller realization of the enormous respon sibility they aro taking iu handling this valuable human freight to the new gold- fields, even though tho company may think that in some cases "pound rates" should be substituted for the ordinary passenger fares. The Value of the Curfew. Toronto Globe: "Our strong objection -to-the=curfew-sysfenrisI=thafc"it^tmftls"tF" lessen iu parents the sense of responsibility for tho moral training of then' children. That sense i.s already weak in those who arc in a position to keep their children under their own oversight nud fail to do so. There is nothing gained for the little ones by substituting the unfeeling order of a harsh parent for thut of a policeman. What is needed is an effort on the part of parents to make homo attractive, so that the children will not regard compulsory detention there as a form of imprisonment, made all the more rupel- lant to them by the knowledge that their companions are having a gootl time enjoying their freedom on the street." This is all very well, but the writer overlooks the fact that a large number of children have either no parents or what is worse parents absolutely indifferent to their doings, or still again parents who have to work at night. The question of making the home attractive has been the theme of almost endless articles in the daily press and periodicals, with no more apparent results thau that of having to admit that the average home of the toiler is open to vast improvement in the way of making it a magnet for the younger branches. The curfew question is one that should find a solution among tho leading lights of the churches and there i.s room for some of this foreign missionary energy in tho nearer channels of city and suburban life at our very doors. Railway Changes. It is intimated that within the next few weeks the proposed change in connection with the route from the main line of tlio Canadian Pacific at Rcvelstoko into the Kootenays will be affected. The result of this change will bo that the lower Arrow lake steamship service will be abandoned, for the winter at least, and that passenger traflic will be handled from Arrowhead to Nakusp, thenee by the Nakusp ; Houston will never retire from political activities in order to en-' .,,. joy in secluded selfishness the fruits of money wrung in doubt-. ~7fJ. ful'fesl-icm from the public till. ..- ^;/&'k\ John Houston will place DUTY before personal' gainVj^ofi��rJfl this there is abundant evidence. To be able to carry this' 'ouWrfi . . - - , -��� "���*"- "yi- A*'!:! in these days of corruption and financial debauchery, calls for.av*tV,, no mean standard of principles which Tt'is fashionable in these - Y-' days to treat as trifles lighter than air. That he will act well his part as our representative I am confident as I am that the time vvill come when many of his great- ��� .. est enemies will give him their cordial support and recognize in him not only a loyal citizen and an honest representative but * equally a friend whose rugged grip carries a sincerity and a tenacity far above the generality of the day. F. W. Pkttit. Good Smelting Rates for the Hunter V. Mine at Ymir The Mining Record, admittedly- the ^nfiltTcoT-serWfive paper on mining in the the province, has this to say about tlie Hunter V. mine at Ymir, which is of great interest to us in Nelson, that camp being practically tit our very doors: "The attention of n number of the leading mining and .smelting men in the Kootenay has been drawn to tho occurrence near Ymir of a large deposit of mineralized limestone. The great importance of the discovery, which was made last year, of this deposit- is becoming more and more recognized, and as the R. ('��� Standard Mining Company, which 1ms acquired the property, extends its operation;' and enlarges its output the value of the ore to both the company selling und the smelters buying it will lie demon, strated to an increasing extent. The unusual advantages tli.it arc here combined are the wide area of iiiiiicnili'/..'ilion and the consequent immense quantity of oro available; the probability thai here, as in other mining districts where similar gold and silver-bearing deposits of limestone occur, very rich shoots of ore wil] occasionally be met with; aud (he low mining, transportation and treatment costs, quarrying or underground chambering being tins most advantageous method of milling the ore, and the position being favorable for transport from the workings to thc railway by means of an aerial Irani- way, together with the comparative nearness of the mine to (lie smelters ut Nelson, Trail and Northport, all of which liavo heretofore had to use barren lime rock, the cost of quarrying and transportation of which they have had to pay. Other distinctly advantageous features are (1) that- so far experience has shown that whenever the silver and gold values fell in any part of ihe deposit worked percentage of lime increased, the hitter gaining un advantage in the smelting rate to. at least m part, compensate for I he falling off iu values; and (���.) thai Ihe leading stockholders, including the direeturutc, are men of high standing and large experience iu mine or smelter management, who are putting their own money inro this enterprise and arc adopting the most economic und effective methods in work ing and_cfinijipiug the.property.-Further._ ^BicnT-ius becii no "watering" of tho stock, that disposed of having been sold ot par. All tilings considered, the Hunter V. group enjoys exceptional advantages, so thnt its prospects appear to indeed bo bright. _ Calgary Enjoys Municipal Water. The waterworks under municipal control, have been run very successfully, aud a comparison of methods, old and now, is all that i.s necessary to prove such nn as- . i sertion. Cost to consumers���Since the city has taken hold of the waterworks thero has boon u reduction in the cost to tho consumer of from-JO to (it) per cent. In tho days of company control, which was only a few years ago, the minimum rato to householders was $24 a year. Now, under municipal control, the minimum rate is -JJii a year. In the old days there wa.s no meter rato and the price for wafer at hotels was twice as much as it is now. Quality of water���The quality of the water i.s much superior to that in the old flays. There wns only one source of water supply, and that was the dirty water from theriocr. Now tliere is during ten months in Ihe year the very best water, aud when the well i.s completed thero will bo thc very best water all the year round. Service���In the old days the service for for fire -was very incomplete. Now this is entirely altered. The water service.was very crude and wntermaius were to be seen in very few parts of the city. Now the red jackets of the hydrants are in every quarter. Cost to the City���The waterworks system is costing the city nothing. It is absolutely self sustaining, paying the interest on rhe investment and the 'siukiug fund. Taxpayers of Calgary do not pay a cent for tho maintenance of the svstcm. Not the least interesting feature of the midnight visit of the travelling Eastern Manufacturer's Association on Monday last was an impromptu dance held in Fraternity Hall. Harold Selous was tho prime'mover which is nt all times a guarantee that ti festivity of this kind will be a success. Dancing wns kept up till a lute hour and the visitors thoroughly appreciated the spontaneous hospitality The Nelsou Tribune Bank of Montreal Established 1S17. Incorporated by .-Vet of Parliament. , CAPITAL (all paid up) $13,379,240.00 ' REST - 9,000,000.00 UNDIDVIDED PROFITS 724,807.75 Head Office,^Montreal RT. HON. LORD STRATHCONA AND MOUNT ROYAL, G.C.M.G.. President. HON. G. A. DRUMMOND, Vice-President. E. S. CLOUSTON, General Manager. NELSON BRANCH ��=."1^ A. H. BUCHANAN, rVtiiiiMKei**. The Canadian Bank of Commerce ���������<>��������������������������������������������������������������� ��� + . 1 ���1 ��� With which is nmnlgumated The Bank: of British Columbia PAID UP CAPITAL $ 8,700,000 RESERVE FUND 3,000,000 AGGREGATE RESOURCES OVER 78,000,000 Head Office: Toronto. Ontario HON. GEO. A. COX, President li. E. WALKER, General Manager Savings Bank: Department Deposits received and Interest allowed NELSON BRANCH BRUCE HEATHCOTE, Mai-Kig-*- The Nelson Tribune Founded in 1892. THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, LIMITED, I'KOI'RIETOKS. McDonald Illock, Raker Street. Telephone 120. ADVKRTISING RATES. ��� Display advertisements will be inserted in The Nelson Tribune (six insertions a week) at the rateuf Four Dollars per inch per month. Single insertions 20 cents an inch. Regular advertisements will be inserted in the weekly edition without extra charge. SUBSCRIPTION* KATES.���The daily edition will he sent bv mail for $5 a year, or portions of a yenr nt the rate of fifty cents a month; by currier in Nelson ut the same rates. Payable in advance. The weekly edition will ho mailed for ?1 a year, payable in advance, and no subscriptions will be taken for the weekly edition for less than one year. Address all communications��� THE TRIBUNE, Nelson; B. C. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1903 All this talk about another election is 'not serious. Even if this doubtful method were adopted in order to bring a solution to the present situation, is there the slightest reason for thinking that- there would be any great change in the political convictions of the electorate? The suggestion is dragging the already discredited . political machinery of this province into contempt and should, not be entertained, if by any possible 'means it can be avoided. It is thc duty of the opposition to give such support to the government as will enable it to do the business of the country, preserving the right to withdraw on the larger issues of finance, railways and lauds. There is a prospect of some arrangement of this kind being arrived at, although the results of the forthcoming caucus will'probably not be known till next week. W. C. Wells is the man of the hour; just what his exact intentions are will only be known when information in the matter has reached the public without having filtered through -Liberal channels. At present very few up here are disposed to take any stock in what the Vancouver World says, and until something reliable is forthcoming the attitude of the member iu question will remain an unknown quantity. Meanwhile, our Liberal friends should not get unduly excited; we all know they are as eager for a .taste of political power as the empty- pocket boy for/candy through a shop window. Just at present they are in the cooler and safer position of opposition and as such the country may rely on them doing good .servicejothel province. However sympathetic the people of Great Britain may feel towards Mr. Chamberlain, they will hesitate to endorse his idea of protection in any great hurry. Especially will this be so at the present time when a cloud, small ns yet, can be seen on the financial horizon of the adjoining States. From the appearance of this cloud it may be accepted that that country has readied the apex of tho tremendous cuiiimercial expansion whicli has been going on since tho country emerged from tlie pitnic of 189!}. There is a law of ebb and How in all around us and applicable a.s niucli to tho world of commerce aud finance as to the tides of (he sea. The spectacle of a great country like tho United Statos, whicli the Republican protectionists are never weary of informing tho world cannot hold its greatness unless by the process of severe protection to industries long past their infantile stage, the sight of this great country on the eve of a great commercial panic, for come it will assuredly, will make the "wisely and slow" Britisher ask whether after all this universal protection for the benefit of a few Ciirnugics, Morgan & Co.'s is not tlie biggest farce over put upon a suffering publjc. It is more than probable that the idea as far as Great Britain is concerned will fail, albeit, it has much in it that would otherwise appeal strongly to the electorate of that land. The fact is that there is far too much protection to industries in the States and if the anticipated panic comes next year, just before the presidential election, it is hard to see how the Republican party can avoid being swept of tlie political map. With the panic will conio those heart rending "hard times" and then the masses will rise in their might and settle this question of a bastard autocracy composed of mouey kings whose wealth has been gained at the expense of the man nuil womanhood of countless toilers living in less happy environment than the slaves of ancient Rome. History is repeated in nil lauds and as the lascivious luxury of Rome crumbled, honeycombed by its own rottenoss, so will plutocracy disintegrate by virtue of its unholy gain. 0 The announcement that the Canadian Pacific Railway Company has reduced outgoing freight rates from Calgary about one-third, and that a trader's rate has been established between that city and points as far west as Fernie, raises tho question once,.again: What is Nelson going to do about this matter? It was given out some time ago that the Board of Trade had taken it up and that the inevitable committee had been appointed. It is to be presumed that the said committee is still "in session," and that a report may be looked for "later on." This is a vital matter to this city, infinitely more important than discussing how it came about that the Liberal candidate'- was defeated last week. The longer this recognition as a distributing point is denied to us, the greater the difficulty will be to get any concessions from the C.P.R. Nelson docs not appeal* from this point of view to be in very great favor with those who have the adjustment of these matters, most probably on account of ill advised actions in the past, referred to in these columns recently.' The Board of Trade and the Wholesalers' Association should join hands in this matter and make an imperative demand on the railway for recognition and a definite settlement of this question. The city,-by reason of its geographical situation and general importance, is entitled to the same consideration as Calgary, and in proportion to 'its size, even to the city of Vancouver. We live in a world, however, where one never gets anything without asking for it and even when one does ask, it should be done with no uncertain sound, which will carry a conviction to the railway people that we are out for business and havo no intention of being pigeon-holed or stood off by a studied smoothness, which many C.P.R. officials carry with them as a valuable stock in trade. ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� BIG HORN BRAND C..fc> Onion .Made WW ��veraltet Shirts^ WE MANUFACTURE Shirts, Overalls, Denim Pants, Tweed Pants, Cuttonade Pants, .lumpers, Blouses, Engineers' Jackets, Walters' Jackets, Barbers' Jackets, Gingham Jackets, Mission Flannel Underwear, Cooks' Aprons and Caps, Carpenters' Aprons, Walters' Aprons, Painters' and Plasterers' Overalls, Mackinaw Coats, Mackinaw Pants, Tarpaulins, Dunnage Bags, Horse Blankets, Tents, Etc., Etc., Etc. ��� X ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� TURNER, BEETON _ GO. LIMITED, WHOLESALE MERCHANTS Warehouses, Wharf Street c i'*aetory, 1 Bastion Street -VICTORIA, B.C. of late, many members of which are still iu the ring, will be mon.' than beneficial. The ever present unknown quantity of a political contest coupled with the many ungracious things said about them, will for a certainty bring about a solid, respectable government, fully conscious of having been elected b3' rhe people und for the peoplo and effectively banish into obscurity the worn out cry of "Vancouver Island for tho'govcrnmi'iit." While sympathizing with a brother journalist over his political defeat, one cannot refrain from remarking that if our townsman F. J. Deane relied for his election on articles in the Sentinel, written in similar strain to those we have been regaled with of lato in the morning paper of this city, it is not at till surprising that Mr. Deane's virtues have failed to impress themselves on the Kamloops con- stuency. It's all over. John Houston has gone to Victoria. His genial opponent is sawing wood in his sanctum in the Houston block. "Bob" thinks after all selling booze is a better proposition than any goldcounnissioncrship iu Christendom, and the Daily News is meditating ou the old fable of the Frog and the Bull. "Now let us- have peace," pipes the Vernon street contemporary. And so say all of us so long as it is "with honor." Anything short of this would be aii affront to the rank and file of the great party which placed John Houston where he now is. It is to be feared that the strain iuci- .den_t__to_tho lat^cam_mign_togethgrywij:h_ the result of Saturday's polling lias been too much for our morning contemporary. There are signs of incipient decay in the editorial rooms, judging by tho odd, not to say wild, suggestions put forth in a short article purporting to enlighten the public how it came about that tlio Hous- touitcs actually managed to raise $-1000 in order to cover their opponent's money. The solution offered to the problem that this money was sent from across the border by parties interested in Kooteuay lauds i.s just the silliest thing on record and not very complimentary to the city of Nelson as a whole from a financial point of view. When John Houston said that "Wc wont into this fight without a dollar," lie stttted what was trite. Not a dollar of campaign funds reached this city, and thc only axle grease used in that direction was tho fund raised by passiug the hat among tho supporters of John Houston. If tlie Daily News can fiud no better reason than this to account for its candidate being snowed under, it liad better concentrate its efforts in the direction of disseminating Grit principles on wider and less known topics than the one here outlined. From ti general point of view the citizens of Nelsou and thc electorate of the Ymir district have good reason to congratulate themselves ou the result of last Saturday's election. It was an unmistakable tribute to tlie efficient representation of our present member, John Houston, and, as such, will go far to stimulate hiui to further useful activity on behalf of this district. From the fact that thc Ymir district includes a considerable portion of what will eventually becoute a part of this city, our member and the newly elected one for onr sister riding, Harry \V right, (whose popularity was no mean factor in placing him at the head of the poll) will, iu the very nature of things, stand on common ground and "work iu harmony. The two interests are so inseparably bound together that what will obeuefit one district will reflect on the other. The member for Ymir represents a district full of promise, aud inasmuch as it lies at our very, door, we shall feel more than ordinary interest in its development ; tliere is nothing between here and Waneta or Trail that is likely in any way to jar on our ideas of business expansion. That is what we are all after and whatever helps in that direction should _e looked into and studied so that the appropriations secirred shall give the best possible results. All things considered Nelson has had a very fair tourist season,, but much will haveto be done hereafter to improve it. It has by no means been in proportion to the immense traffic on the main line and from the South it is practically nil. Nor is this to be wondered at when one considers the wretched accommodations afforded between here and Northport; it is hardly likely that passengers coming off the splendid trains of the N. P. R. or G. N. R. will care to undertake a trip under worse conditions thau that given by the line between here and Robson when it was first built and for many years after. This is-a matter that should be taken up by both the Tourist Association and the Board of Trade; it is bad enough to have the reputation of poor accommodation, but bad railway service is fatal to Tourist travel. It must be admitted, however, ' that we are somewhat badly located; the through traffic stays with the main line as a rule and unless some great attraction is offered it looks With suspicion on so-called "side trips." They invariably call up in the minds of experienced globe 'trotter.^ a democratic system of handling people iu cars and hotels whoso menu rarely goes beyond the western standby of "Beefsteak, Mutton Chop, Pork Chop,. Ham and Eggs." These are difficulties not so easily surmounted, still the scenic attra- tions of the Kootenays must be presouted in every possible manner, and tlie impression sent abroad that first-class accommodation is obtainable throughout tho district. When tlie C. P. R. has a better service ou tho Thompson Arm of the Upper Arrow lake, aud a line to Trout Luke, a very attractive tour can be arranged through the Lardo to Kaslo, on to this city, to Rossland and the Boundary, sind up to Revelstoke. Tho city of Victoria today figures on its receipts from tourists as no mean factor in its - annual income, and the fact that the C. P. R. is about to build tt mammoth hotel there, is sufficient evidence that there i.s good business in sight. Nelson can participate in n percentage of this if it goes about it in the right way. It is a business proposition aud should be handled by business men. who can show aptitude in this line. The passing of thc defeated candidate for Nelson into thc quieter but doubtless more profitable realms of legal activity Wits carried out with a dignity befitting a legal light of no mean candle power. While Mr. Taylor's day dreams are for the time being dissipated, there is consolation in the knowledge that he has acquired valuable political experience. Nor should the disappointment of the loss of social expansion, which would have followed in the wake of his election, be allowed to dim in any way the possibilities open to hint in that hue even here in Nelson, where tho dizzy heights of social eminence seem open to all energetic aspirants. Thc effect of tho election on thc "old gang" of which wc have heard so much Fred Starkey is up in the Lardo selling butter aud eggs,' and David Mark is looking around for an "ad" to fill that space devoted to the political sins of our "Local Croaker," ahd which saved so much copy during the campaign weeks. Better Than M. P. P. The great statesman sat alone in his study, gloomily thoughtful. Ho had just -returned to his homo after delivering a speech which had been thunderously applauded. ��� * His reception had indeed been an ovation, but it brought no joy to him. "What's the use of it all?" he murmured with a sigh. "Men think that I am happy because I have youth, fame, vast wealth, and a dazzling political future. Ha! ha! "Little they know of the anguish of the man who, having these things, is denied the one fond desire of his heart. ' "Youth! That will, soon bo gone. Wealth-!. A tiu-n of the -market may. carry it away. Political future! Who can tell what changes a year may bring forth? "Fame! Ha! ha! What does my fame amount to? The greatest statesmen of the country, hang on my words when I speak, aiidJ- sway the multitude as I please. "But, fame, real lasting fame, my one all-devouring desire is denied ine. "No manufacturer has given my name to a five-cent cigar!" ( NEARING HIS FINISH ���Aguinaldods-right'iiow.���IIe=hns=got=cnouRli I- There are many people in this town thnt know- when tliey have had enough of poor laundry work on their linen, and they turn to us for relief. It is a pleasure to a man to sue the exc|iiis- Hecolor and finish that we have put on his shirt collars and cuffs when sent out from this laundry. . Kootenay Steam Laundry S20 Water St. Telephone 146 NELSON STEAM LAUNDRY Work done hy hand or machine, and on short iiotiee. Delivery wtif-on calls for and delivers work every day lu the week. lllankets, Flannels, Curtains, etc., a specially. Dyeing and Cleaning also done. Outside orders promptly attended to. PAUL NIPOU, Proprietor. I'.O. Ilox 48 REISTERER & C�� BREWERS OF LAGER BEER AND PORTER, Put up in 1'ackagcs to Suit tlie Trade Hrewcry and Ollice: Latimer Streel, Nelson, Ji C. Drink THORPE'S LITHIA WATER Every small bott contains five grains of Lithia Carbonate ^/fi$&%ffij$$^^ This Weefc Wc have a Special Lot of Co-aches And Values Arc Good Picture Framing a Specialty ONE OF OUK W.AREROOMS D. J. Robertson & Co. Furniture Dealers and Funeral Directors Baker Street, Nelson. so uoO-i-Jvj u3\i uovi _jo\_i Coy uo^ uo^cioy- __ev\b_/e ^YS$7s$%f$Ys$ys$^ P ROSSER'S Second Hand Store ami China Hall New aiid Second Hand Goods of every description bought and sold. See our Crockery and Glassware WESTERN CANADIAN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY Goods Rented Fit-st-Gloss Warehouse For Storage l'hone 281A Raker Street, West, Next to C.P.K. Ticket Ollice P.O. Rox r>ss Frank Fletcher PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR Lands and Mineral Claims Surveyed . and Crown Granted P.O. Rox 5K5 Ollice: Kootenay St., Nelson JOHN HEPBURN BUILDER AIND CONTRACTOR Jobbing work done Estimates Kivcn C TVf C_ JC "FT ��� ��� Tucket. Cigar Co's [ Monogram OlTIV-flVJU. . * Union Labcj Cigars j Marguerite George E. Tgcfcett's Cigarettes { Karnacfc Only Union-Made Cigarette in Canada / T�� OC B�� w, j. McMillan & co. WHOLESALE GROCERS Agents for British Columbia. Vancouver, B.C StarkeyJuCo, Wholesale Provisions Eroduce^andEruits^ ( R. A. Rogers & Co., I~,d., Winnipeg Representing ) _V. K. Pairbank Co., - Montreal (Simcoe Canning Co.| - Simcoe Office and Warehouse, Josephine Street -Nelson, B. Q, SHOP UKSIDKNCE Hehlnd new postolllee Cnr. Front and Willow NKLSON Geo. M. Ou nn Maker of first-class hand-made Hoots anil Shoes. Repairing neatly and promptly done. Satisfaction guaranteed in all work Ward St. next newposliillice hid [Nelson Brydges. Blakemore & Cameron, Ltd. F^eal Estate a"��J Qeneral Agents Kootenay Wire Works Co* Manufacturers of Mattresses, Springs, 1'illows, Hed Lounges, Couches, Upholstering, Turning, Jiandsawing, Grill Work and other novelties. Our No. ���! Spring is the best on the market. Ask for it and take no other. Cash Advanced on Consignments Jacob Green & Co. Auctioneers, Appraisers, Valuators General Commission Agents Corner of llaker and Josephine Street. NELSON, B. C. FRONT STREET NELSON, ti. C Sewing Machines/Pianos FOR RENT aud FOR SALE Old Curiosity Shop, Josephine Street Nelson, B.C. LABOR UINIONS. NKLSON MINERS' UNION, No. 9(5, W. F. M.��� Meets every Saturday evening at 7 I'll! o'clock, in Miners' Union Mali, northwest corner Baker anil Stanley streets. Wage scale for Nelson district: .Machine miners, 13.50; hammersinen, $3.25; mine laborers, $3. (.'. A. Barton, president; Frank I'liillips, seeretury. Visiting brethren cordially invited. P. Burns & Co. Wholesale and Retail Meat Merchants Head Office and Cold Storage Plant at Nelson. BRANCH MARKETS at Knslo, Ymir, Sandon, Silverton, Revelstoke, New Denver, Cascade, Trail, Grand Forks, Crcenwood, Midway, Phoenix, Kossland. -"lociin City, Moyie, Cranbrook, Fernie and Macleod. NELSON ������RANCH MARKET, BURNS BLOCK, BAKER STREET Orders hy mail to any Branch will receive promnt and careful attention. West Kootenay Batcher Company Fresh and Salted Meats. Fish and Poultry in Season. ORDERS BY MAIL reccivejprompt and careful attention. E3. C TRAVES, Manager, K.W.C. Block, Nelson The Nelson Tribune Problem Was Solved in Coltsville wns taking its customary siesta. In front of the stores thnt faced tlie hroad pinza men lounged in the uncouth attitudes of sleep. Beneath tho spell of an August sun iu Texas men take no shame to slumber away the hot hours of tho afternoon, resuming their various activities when tlie ovouiug's cooling breeze from the gulf makes exertion endurable. The few tenuis on the Coltsville plaza shared in thc prevailing somnolence and gave no sign of life. Aud yet, there were three pairs of eye- in Coltsville that wore not closed in sleep. Thoy belonged to the schooluia'am, or missionary, ns she wns sometimes called, the town cow, and the sheriff of Holl- Bent���ou tho maps as Timber county, of whicli Coltsville was the capital. The missionary wns not asleep because sho was from Concord, Massachusetts, nud preferred to be uncomfortable rather than yield to what she termed n "lazy habit*" The town cow refused to sleep when there avus mischief to bo done���another way of saying never���and was ambling about the square seeking what she might destroy. The sheriff of Hell-Bent, Maverick Allen, was not sleeping for two reasons, one |; ���.. having to do with his official position, the ���Other entirely personal, though a psychological connection existed between the two that ho did not nt the lime realize. The first reason for his being awake wtis .lint-Sill Harvey, the county "bad man," wns in town, nud, having spent tlie morning in iilling himself with red liquor, might bo disposed, when he woke up, to run amuck, and it was plainly the sheriff's duty to prevent this. At the moment Bill was sleeping stcn- torously in ono of thc canvas-covered wagons on the plaza, but it was not of him the sheriff was thinking. Resting in ' a cano-bottomed chair, iu front of Beu- [ sou's store, whence his eyes could sweep tho square at n glance, the sheriff smoked and mused. ; Ho wns thinking 6f tho missionary and their numerous arguments on lynching, a subject concerning which they held somewhat conflicting views. Being from Con-, cord, the views of the missionary may be understood .without cxplnnntiou. But a certain individual charm robbed her expression of these views of nil offence, however intolerant her mere words might appear. Tho sheriff's views were not exactly those of the Texan. They were, iu the ' language of the missionary, "an odious compromise;" but the sheriff upheld them with a sort of dignity and quiet eloquence���he was studying for the bar��� thnt she could not ensily combnt. His contention, briefly stated, was that the law was primarly a vehicle by whicli the community adminstered'.-justice, and that when it abrogated or delayed this function, thc community had the right to take it into its own hands and visit condign punishment upon offenders. "In the year and a half of his service as sheriff, Allen had not had thc chance to test his theories, though the county of Timber wns grumbling considerably because of somo recent enses in which the judiciary had allowed technicalities to stand in the wny of justice. To bring the maiter homo to him, tho missionary hnd presented hypothical cases and pointedlyftsk thej-hcriif^whatjtctipn^ lie^wOiild'tnlvtril.^ up his prisoner to a mob, or do his dutyV Tho sheriff, after sonic deliberation, had answered, "I would do my duty as I con- struo it, though my construction might differ materially from yours. At any rate, it is time enough to decide when tho occasion arrives." Whereat she flushed up and hotly declared that she detested a temporizer. She further stated her opinion that tlio sheriff would on account of his political ambitions, allow himself to be swayed by public sentiment, and had walked homo that day with a young doctor whoso views coincided with her own. Now, tho sheriff was keenly sensitive to her taunts, and, perhaps, more so because tho young doctor was very young and very good looking. Tho sheriff was thirty-two, red-headed, and not pretty, although lie had a splendid physique and and thc line strong face that is better than mere beauty. As the sheriff pondered over the words of tho schooluia'am, a gloom overspread his fine countenance. Evidently she thought him a moral���perhaps a physical ���coward, though his past life contained abundant testimony that lie was neither. At any rate, it would require a genuine test of his theories to justify him in her eyes���he could not do it by ti Iking���and there was no likelihood of such an opportunity arising. The sheriff sighed and looked up. Something tit the other end of the plaza caught his eye, and brought him to his feet. It was the town cow. She wns moving with some show of in- . terest, towards the wagon in which Bill Harvey was sleeping, and from which some wisps of hay and Bill's tow head slightly protruded. "Blame her old hide!" said the sheriff, "She's a-huntin' trouble. If old man Bass wasn't such a helpless number I'd *' make him keep her up!" f Tho cow was hunting trouble and she found it. With the first mouthful of hay she gathered in a lock of Bill's tresses nnd with u snort the bad man awoke. The sheriff saw thc red and brutal face peer out. of tlie wagon, then quickly draw back. Then a shot rang out and the town cow dropped dead. Bill leaped from tho wagon waving his six-shooter threateningly, and thc sheriff*, who was a deliberate man, loosened his own artillery in its holster on his right hip, and started towards tlie scene of trouble. A few idlers stood up, yawned nnd moved iu the same direction. But tho first person to arrive was the owner of the cow, old man Bass, an an- cieut and decrepit gentleman, who, on account of his hnrnilessuess aud helplessness, was usually allowed to do and say about what ho pleased. Tho cow was almost his only possession nnd ho wept bitterly at her taking off. Immediately he began to upbraid her slaycvand call down vengauce upon his head. Ho demanded payment for her, but Bill was iu no mood to be reasonable. Half crazed with drink and naturally of a brutal disposition, he, resented the old mail's appeals nnd attempted to brush him aside. But Bass clung to him, demanding reparation. The sheriff began to run towards them, but when ho was within 20 feet he saw Bill's right elbow crook, heard the smothered report of a "forty-five," and was just in time to catch thc form of old man Bass in his arms. He held a corpse. Ho lowered his burden to the ground and reached for Bill Harvey.- With a yell of rage the slayer raised his weapon to do another murder, but it was not a helpless old man ho had to do with now. One mighty hand of the sheriff wrenched the' gun from his hand, aud the other found his temple iu a crashing blow that, stretched him low ou the ground beside \ his victim. A crowd began to gather and mutter dire threats against tho murderer, and witnessed the cowardly assassination of old man Bass. But before any' concerted; action could be taken, the sheriff had moved away.with his'prisoner, and placed1 him iu jail. Coltsville came out of its nap to discuss the murder, and the more it discussed it the more indignant it became. Old man Bass left a widow even more helpless than he had beeu, and her pitiable condition made tho case peculiarly; distressing. Harvey had long beeu a; source of uneasiness to the town, and was cordially hated. Men talked openly; of lynching him, lowering their voices only when the sheriff- passed by. But: that' personage was fully cognizant of: what wa.s being discussed, and while he sincerely regretted the occasion, he felt a. sort of cxultanco in thc thought that ho might have an opportunity to put his theories into practice, and vindicate himself in the opinion of the missionary. The men of Coltsville '���" had known ,"Mav" Allen since his infancy, yet in -an-; affair such as this, ho -was an unknown���; quantity. They know him to be deter-7 mined and brave, but his predecessor had; also been determined and brave, and yet- had surrendered the jail to a mob, when he might have defied it. It was felt, however, that Allemhnd "something up his sleeve." .He would never declare himself upon the subject of lynching, further than to say, as he had said to the missionary : --'When the occasion arises it will be time enough for mo to decide what I will do." Of course ho was not taken into the general confidence, but from mauy sources he received friendly warnings -as to what might be expected, the general tenor -of these being to the effect that he should find it convenient to,rcceivo*a call to the other end of the county that night. The missionary scented the trouble that was gathering, and she wanted to speak to the sheriff and remind him of his duty but the opportunity did not offer itself, and she did not seek to make it. Sheouly prayed that the trouble might bo averted and that, if the worst came to tho worst, the sheriff would acquit himself like a man���but not bo rash. Somehow, she began to feel that the defence of a wretch like Harvey was hardly worth the life of a good man, after all. Thc "principle" of the thing, of which sho had been wont to preach to the sheriff,, seemed-scarcely so worthy as it had been. The sheriff made no effort to. see her. He busied himself about the jail. This edifice stood near the outskirts of the town, aud while by no means a fortress, was a substantial brick structure that of- ���fered, exceptional__ opportunities for de- fense against the attack of a mob. Its rear overhung a deep ravine that rendered that side unapproachable, ' and it was flanked by broken and stony soil that offered peculiar difficulties to the .massing of men. It faced an open plain and stood upon a knoll of considerable elevation. Only from the front conld anything like a storming party assail it, and from its rampart-like roof ouo gootl marksman might defend it against a multitude with no great danger to himself. Tlie "Texas moon," which is a source of personal pride to every inhabitant of the Loue Star State, illuminated, with its rare and silvery radiance, -every quarter of quiet Coltsville. From his position on the jail roof the sheriff noted its glorious effects of light and shadow on tlie scene before him. Tlio broad (-louring whicli tlie jail faced was bathed in a dear, white glow. Men emerging from the clump of chnpperiil on the further side would be at the mercy of a determined defender of the jail, if he were careful not to expose himself. However, some exposure would be necessary���and men shoot straight in Texas. Tho sheriff waited, however, unafraid. His only deputy had made an excuse to be absent that night, nud Allen had not opposed his going. He was glad to assume all the responsibility of tho occasion. Bill Harvey lay safely in his cell below, and only the sheriff was on guard. Tlie sheriff of Hell-Bent had some little veins of golden romance in his iron composition, and ho fairly reveled in the glory of the night. "This moonlight" he whispered to himself, "was made for lovers, not for lynchers. . What sacrilege to do deeds���even think thoughts���of blood on a night like this! And yet���what have I to do with love? My business lies with these," and he glanced at the loaded Winchester aud two big six-shooters by his side. And then he looked at the moon again and thought of tho missionary. It wtis half past cloven by the sheriff's watch���he was smiling in patriotic pride that ho could road the minutes by the moonlight���wheu the low, hoarse murmur of many voices smote upon his ear. Ho peered into the gloom of the chappnral across the cleariug, and was not surprised to see shadows moving among its shadows. Then one���two���six��� a dozen��� two hundred men deployed into tho open and began to move towards the jail. It was nu orderly, well-behaved mob, as. mobs go, but it meant business, and tho sheriff caught the glint of many rifle aud revolver barrels. He waited until the crowd was well clear of the bushes, thou his own rifle leaped to his shoulder and his challenge rang out sharp and clear. "Hnlt! If you come n step nearer, I'll send some of you to kingdom come!" The mob halted. It hnd expected some parleying nnd wns williug to grant the sheriff honorable terms of surrender. But hnd no intention of foregoing its legitimate prey. "Now," said the sheriff, "what do you want?" A man moved forward, and, with pebbles in his mouth to disguise his speech, announced that they demanded the surrender of Bill Harvey. They knew he deserved to be hanged, and they proposed (to hang him as an example to kindered spirits, and to the delaying courts. Would the sheriff surrender him peacefully, or would they be compelled to take him by force! It was up to the sheriff. Allen rested the butt of his Winchester on the parapet, and surveyed the mob a moment before replying. He was clearly outlined against the sky, and nny one of a hundred men iu the mob might have shot him dowu with ense. But he knew his men, and it was a time of truce. ���'Now listou, men," he began; "You know* me; you' have known me all my life, and I reckon I would know the most of you if you came nearer. Doubtless many of you helped to elect me sheriff. At any rate, I wns given this office by a majority of the county's voters to excute their will ns nu officer of the law, aud I reckon most of you are voters. Now I nm pledged to obey the laws and execute such portions of them as fall to my lot in this position, and I propose to do my. duty. But where does my duty lie? In obeying the law, or iu obeying the people iu whose interests the laws are supposed to have beeu made? I.hold that my obligations nre, first, to the people, and if a representative portion of the people considers the laws as they stand inadequate, then it is not for me to oppose their wills." ,-.-'��� A cheer weut tip from the men. They had uot anticipated so'easy, a victory, aud they began-to move towards the jail. But ngain the command-to halt, backed by a significaut motion with the Winchester, brought them to a standstill. The sheriff hnd more to say. He spoke evenly and without a quaver in his deep voice. "It is uot for me to defeat the people's will, but am I svu-e, iu this instance, that it is your will to kill Bill Harvey? Are you agreed on this ?"; "We are," roared the mob. "Are yon willing to. stand responsible for this man's death���to absolve me from all blnme, aud constitute yourselves his executioners ?." Again an affirmative auswer from the mob. "Are you sure that is your final aud individual judgment? Are you not carried away by your indignation at this cowardly and unprovoked murder, and acting ou an impulse that your calmer judgment would not endorse?" ' ��� _ . "No, by God," answered the spokesman. "We have decided, after deliberation, that this crime calls for the murderer's blood, and we will not take chances with the law. Harvey's folks' have money, and they would get him out of this." . "Then," said the sheriff, "I will "uot. stand in your way. But wait. If I understand you correctly, you are each aud all of you ready to act as this man's executioner?" "We are," was the response. "Then I will deliver him to your' ven- geauce���but oil one condition." He crouched low ou the roof aud aimed his weapon at the crowd. Then he spoke again: "Now, if each individual in this assemblage is willing to take the blood of :of Bill Harvey upon his head, and answer for it at the judgment seat of God, there is no ueed of you all acting in that capacity, and I will not. allow it. Select :j*niuLm.au^fi__ui^th_(Lj3i��W-d,^_encLhini_to_ the door, while the rest of you retire, and I will let him iu and lead him to Bill Harvey's cell. There he may shoot him to death with no interference on my part. But if yon attempt to come iu a body, I will send some of your souls to Hell this uight, or .my name is not Maverick Allen." "You, Mr. Leader, are you williug to be the executioner? Yon men are all of one mind, you kuow, and you know me. I never lied to you in nip life, and I never ���will. Choose your executioner, aud I'll keep faith with yon." The mob wavered uneasily. Here wa.s a situation thoy never anticipated. And the sheriff's words struck homo. Each man took them to himself and pictured himself as Bill Harvey's slayer. They grew restless and began to mutter excuses to oue another. The leader of the mob was the first to recover his wits. "To Hell with him fellers," he exclaimed. "Move on the jail." But the Winchester pointed directly at his brcatt and he kuew the man behind it. He did not move forward himself and none of the others offered to. *���"'" "Hurry, now, men," blandly remarked the sheriff, "pick your man. I mean business. Surely if you are all convinced that this man deserves to die, aud are willing to kill him, each man of you must be ready to stand for the killing. Yon would each be no less guilty of the killing if you killed him in a body. There are no fractious in manslaughter. And if Bill deserves death why should one of you be unwilling to do that which you are all agreed is the right thing? If it is murder for one, it is no less murder for all. Come on. But tho mob held back and muttered. In vain personal invitations wore extended by the sheriff to members by reference to peculiarities iu their make up. "You tall man, with the shot-gun, come in and kill Bill." But the tall man suddenly backed into tho crowd. "Fatty in the slouch hat" likewise, refused to act. The sheriff saw his advantage and proceeded to improve it. "Now fellows," he said "you see you are not so sure that yon are not so sure that you ought to execute Bill, when you consider it as a personal matter. You really ought to think it over. Suppose you leave it to me. You know I never deceived you, and I think you trust mo. You say that you are afraid Bill's money or influence will get him off. Haven't any faith iu our courts. Now,listen! If Bill ain't condemned for this crime, I'll promise you, on my honor, to kill him myself." Something like a cheer went up from the mob, and it laughed in a foolish way aud wavered. Then men began to slink off in the chappnral, and in ten minutes the mob was gone. The sheriff of Hell-Bent was victor and vindicated. He smiled proudly iu the moonlight, nud watched the Inst of the moving shadows disappear iu the bushes. Then he lighted a cigar aud sat dowu to think it over. It wns a triumph, yes, and yet��� what would the missionary sny? Sho would call him a "temporizer," and perhaps suggest another hypothetical case. Suppose a member of the mob had accepted his invitation? To the Massachu- ��� setts miud no "s'posiu" is too improbable. Well what weuld he haye done?. Suppose a niau should come back! now and offer to execute Bill? 'By Heavens!" exclaimed- the sheriff, and stood up cliuchiug his rifle. For, coming out of the chappiral, was a loue figure. ' ' j But none of the lynchers wore white, and this one���was a woiaan. "A faint voice hailed the sheriff with "Don't shoot? It's Ij���Massachusetts never forgets her Lindley Murray, and in a.moment the sheriff was standing with her iu front of the jail, j "I���I saw it all!" she exclaimed. "I had started to warn youj and beg you to run away. Yes I wouldj! I was willing for you to give up your prisoner, even, if you would only not endanger your life." "What?" asked the s&eriff. "And after all those lectures .011 j the duties of a sworn officer of the law? Did you hear what I said to them?" "Yes," she answered, j'l hid in the sha-L dows and listened. I heard aud saw it all. . j. "And you can still ca*;e for a 'temporizer?' According to your standards, I must havo been remiss iin my duties. I played with Bill's life."] "Yes, but only, to save it. and you adopted the surest means of roing that. And as to my staadards,; I have changed them. lam couteut-with yours." The sheriff of Hell-Beat hailed a passing negro, and summoned his deputy. Then he walked home with the missionary, aud was able to announce mysteriously, next day, that "Texas was going to annex Massachusetts.'' Silver King Hotel BAKER STREET; NELSON, Where Pearls Come From and How Found UNDER OLD MANAGEMENT BATES $1.00 PER DAY The Dining Room is unsurpassed and the Bedrooms are the best in Nelson. The Bar is stocked with good Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Madden House THOMAS MADDEN PROPRIETOR Centrally Located Electric Lighte HEADQUARTERS FOR TOURISTS AND OLD TIMERS Baker and Ward Streets Nelson B.C, Tremont House European and American Plan Meals 25 cts. Rooms from 25 cts. to (1. Only White Help Employed. -MA-��ONE-&-TREGILLUS= Baker St., Nelson Proprietors SThe trat-icona (formerly Hotel I'liulr) B. TOMKINS MANAOBK The Leading Hotel of the Kootcnnyi Good Sample Rooms Special Hates to Commercial Men Stanley aiid Victoria Street*. NELSON Lakeview Hotel Comer Vernon and Hall Streets, NKLSON, B.C. BUST DOLLAR-ADAY HOUSE IN NELSON NO CHINKS!'* EMPLOYED Attgast Thomas, Proprietor Queen's Hotel Baker Street, Nelson. B. C. Lighted by Electricity and Heated by Hot Air Large and CoinfortuMc Bedrooms nnd First- class Dining Room. Annplo Rooms for Commercial Men. RATKS {-' PER DAY MRS. E. C. CI.AHKE, Proprietress Bartlett House Josephine St., Nelson, B, c, White Help Only Employed The Best Dollur-a-Dity House In Nelson The Bar Is the Finest CEO. W. BARTLETT, Proprietor "The quaint little old seaport of La Paz, down the coast and at the extreme southern tip of the peninsula of Lower California, is still the most important pearl-fishing community on the Pacific coast of America, and aniong tho three most important towns for pearl fisheries in the world. Manuel Agnilea Meneudez, governor of tho Mexican territory of Lower California, recently reported to the governor at the City of Mexico that La Paz's product of pearls for the last year was $2,145,000. The largest and finest pearls found anywhere in the last few years have come from the fisheries in the Gulf of California, which have their headquarters at La Paz. The gems are taken directly from La Paz to lapidaries and wholesale dealers iu the City of Mexico, New York, and Paris. La Paz has a population of about 2500. Four-fifths of them are Mexican, aud the rest of them are French, Americans, and Germans, drawn there by the pearl fisheries. The town is huddled close upon the water's edge, and with its crude old stone and adobe houses, its tile roofs, ite plaza with tropical trees aud gorgeous flower beds under perenuial sunny skies aud narrow winding streets, is a picturesque resort. The French and American firms and companies that deal in pearls aud oyster shells have large aucieut warehouses with thick walls aud irou grated windows. Within the warehouses are tons of oyster shells waiting shipment to Europe and the Uuited States, vast quantities of diving garments, and accoutrements and stores for the fishing crews. The pearls are kept in queer old 'iron safes, which in turn are stored in vaults. Years ago, before Hermosillo became a rival in the pearl trade, La Paz was a bustling commuuity. Now it is a sleepy place, where the only events that ever rouse it are the going out and coming in of the fishing crews. The sole topic of conversation in La Paz concerns pearls and the market for pearl oyster shells. Nowadays the market for pearls is the very best. The pearl-fishing season along tho inner shore of Lower California almost always lasts through July, August, September and October. The season on the Pacific coast side of Mexico and Central America usually begins in March and closes when the season of sudden whirlwinds and hurricanes, so common in the tropics, begins in Juue. The pearl-fishers are the divers who go down on the floor of the ' sea and gather together the shells of thc molluscs. The pearl-hunters are a more numerous set of men, usually old men who have grown feeble and useless physically in the diving. They work in long open sheds along the shore, close by tho companies' respective offices, and under the "watchful eye of an overseer. The pearl-hunter opeus carefully each shell, examines it closely, all the tiuie using his fingers for feeling for the precious pearl. The gems are so rarely found that only thirty or forty little pearls, and possibly one the size of a pea, are found sometimes in two tons of shells. To harvest a ton of pearl bearing oyster shells takes several divers two or three weeks. The pearl is formed either by the intrusion of some particle that irritates the oyster, causing it to cover the irritant with a coat of uacre, whicli, when hardened, becomes 'the-pearl,-or,'as-mauy-divors-bQliGve,-by'a- parasite, for it has heen found that old shells bored throughout by those parasites contain the largest and finest pearls. The pearl is found embedded in the oyster, and not, as many suppose, attached to the shell. There is a wide difference between the pearl-fishing as conducted in the Gulf of California up to a generation ago, and the modern methods of scientifically garbed and equipped pearl-divers. The naked Indian divers used to have deadly combats with thc sharks that infest the waters of the Mexican coast. Yankee invention and the introduction of business methods have very much altered the life and ways of the pearl fishers. Formerly it was a haphazard occupation. The divers could work in* slihllow water only. Now all is changed. The 875 men employed by one of the American pearl-fishing companies at La Paz arc divided into gangs, and move about iu four or five schooners of 100 tons burden. About 100 modern diving suits are employed, and each gang has one. The diver remains down an hour or more in shallow depth, gathering the shells and loading the wire basket which is lowered to him. However safe auy company tries to make the occupation of pearl-diving, it is still a dangerous and debilitating work. The average Englishman would be a nervous wreck after ono or two .seasons of pearl diving. Nearly nil divers are partly, if not totally, deaf. Incipient paralysis is another affliction. One sees several scores of paralyzed veteran pearl-divers in La Paz auy day. The effects of diving on the nervous system arc very apparent. The more educated and thoughtful a diver so much the worse for him. While he is at work he is usually in bad temper and irritable. About IS fathoms, or 108 feet, is the deepest suft depth. A diver cau remain only about 10 minutes tit this depth, while in five fathoms he can work for two hours or more. Most pearl fishing companies have strict orders that no diver shall descend if lie has hud more than a light meal of toast and coffee. Heavy eating, and particularly meats, tends to make respiration difficult. Yet, strange as it may seem, each company has to keep close watcli on its men to force them to obey this rule for their own safety. While walking over the sea bottom the diver adopts a swinging, rapid gait, and his eyes scan a.s much as possible of the grouud. Even experienced divers are nervous while under water. A strange object, such as a rock, looming suddeuly in sight, a strange fish, or an unusual vegetable growth will make the heart beat more rapidly and cause a feeling of apprehensiveness. Sometimes the divers encounter sharks, but the mortal combats that are reported to occur between the pearl-divers and these wolves of the sea are generally exaggerations. When the diver has secured all the* shells he cau by working as rapidly as possible, he signals the nien above iu the boat by jerking a line attacked to his waist. Then he is immediately drawn up and out of the water. ���r- The pearl oysters are uot fouud'in beds like edible oysters, but are scattered singly over a large area, the diver sometimes having to walk many miles before filling his wire basket. The shells are about the size of small soup-plates, weighing about a pound each, and shaped much like our oyster shell, only more round. Sometimes iu grasping a. shell the hand of the diver comes in contact with a stone-fish, so named by the divers, a venomous little fish hiding under rocks and shell, and secreting poison. This fish punctures the skin of thc baud, causing the entire arm to swell, with great'pain. The remedy is to remain below aud suffer, for the pressure of the water causes the wound to bleed freely, and the poison thus escapes. As iu gold mining enmps, there are days of excitement because of unusually rich finds of '.pearl-bearing- oysters. A fishing fleet may come in from a now locality with au abundaneo'bf valuable pearls, and under strict orders of the company operating thorn, will keep the location a secret. But rival companies are bound to find, in some of their numerous ways , of learning such secrets, the spot where the pearls have been found. At once there is a stampede thither of companies and individual pearl-fishers. Sometimes there are rows among the fishers concerniug the priority of rights to fish for pearl-bearing oysters iu these waters, and one hears at La Paz many a hair-raising tide of this or that person oi* crew who weut out from La Paz to invade another person's or crew's fishing domain and never came back. A few years ago thc value of pearls taken iu La Paz caused a rush to thc ground equalling that of the golficlds. One pearl wcighud 75 carats aud was sold for ��2800; another, perfect in shape and finely tinted, brought ��1000. Ono of tho largest pearls found here in the last century brought ��10,000. One of the best years for pearls iu modern times was 1881, in which a black pearl was found of 28 carats weight, which brought ��2000 iu -Paris. In 1882. two were found, weighing 81 and 45 carats, which realized ��2200. In 1S83 a light brown pearl was found which weighed 6*5 carats, and sold for ��1600, while a pear-shaped pearl brought ��1500. To illustrate how the native pearl-fishers are cheated even now it may be stated that one man, about two years ago, found in Guatemala, a pear-shaped white pcarl of great luster, which he sold for ��2 to a merchant, who in turn sold it in Paris tor ��400. Last June an ignorant Mexican, who had been diving on his own account, brought two rough pearls to an assistant in a general merchandise store. The assistant gave groceries and fabrics to the value of ��3 for the pearls, and a week later sold them to a firm for ��120. The gems aro now in London, where they are easily worth ��000 to ��1000. On the other hand, a boy 15 years old fouud an oyster that concealed a jewel now offered for sale in the city of Paris for ��2000. He received ��800 for it from a negro speculator named Justian at Guaymas. The latter took it to Panama and sold it to Panama and sold it to Fcliz Ehrniiin, the "banl��errfor=a'considerablc,=advancc"*oirtho- price. One of the bes. pearls of later years has been called the Cleopatra. It was perfect, weighed !J6 carats, and sold for ��2000. The pearls are divided into eight or nine classes, the lowest grade being imperfect aud rough pieces; tlie highest grade are large aud symmetrical, and range iu price from ��70 to ��200, and from pure whith with a rich luster to black and metallic hues and pink. Formerly Lu Paz sent pearls to London and Germany as well as to Paris, but now the demand seems to be greater at lJtii'is, and, altogether, tlie dealers can do belter tliere thau elsewhere. Americans place higher value on pearls after they have been to Paris. Tliey could really buy them chen]>er nt home if they only chose to. A teucupful of pearls and about itnOO tons of shells is a profitable year for the largest of the pearl fishing companies at La Paz. The oyster shells are sold to buyers for French, Dutch and New ling- liiiid button factories. One firm at Brussels has a standing order for 2000 tons of mollusc shells of certain variety each year. A teacnpfnl of pearls of the average size come to about ��15800. But in such a quantity of gems tliere will very likely be n dozen or twenty pearls of extra fine color and rare size, so that the value of the season's work is enhanced ��-1000 or ._Z I ���Notice is hereby^ given that William Robertsir^fl has made application'under the provisions of theiM "Liquor License Act, lfloo,!': .for an hotel licenBO^xg for thc.Florence 1'ark hoteLncai Nelson,and thiUtSfol a meeting of. the hoard of license commissioners ��g'&| of the Nelson license district will he held to co|i-j'\_i.I sider such application at the court house at'tBMJ j 7? \ City of Nelson on Saturday, the luth dav of Octo?" ber, 1903, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon. W. H.-BULLOCK-WEBSTER, Chief License Inspector. Chief Constable's Oflice, Nelson, B. _., aith September, 1D03. NOTICE. In th. matter of an application for a duplicate of a Certificate of Title to Lot 13, block 41, in ths town of Nelson. Notice is hereby gi*.en that it is my intention to Issue at the expiration of one month from the first publication hereof it duplicate of the Certificate of Title to the above men-1* tioned Lot 13, block -17, in tlie town of-Nelson, in the name oi Albert -floury, which certificate is dated tho 6th day of April, 11)01, and numbered 147a. II. F. MACLEOD, Lund Kegistry Oflice, DistrletRcgistrar Nelsou, B.C., 10th August, 1003. Certificate of Improvements. NOTICK. The Alhainliiii Fractional Mineral Claini. .��itu- ,ate-in-Un_-*elsuU^M.lniiij;-liivastoi! "f "'"*'t_v_ales_ nav District. Where Indited : On the west slope of Gold Hill, on Knplc iri'i'k*. Take notice, that I. I'eler Kdiimml \\ ilson, 1-rec Miner's Ci'rtllii'iite No. HSUT/iT, as agent for John K. Swcdberg, Free Miner's (Vrlllicate No. 58282, intend, slxlv davs frmn the date hereof, to apply to tlie milling recorder for a certificate of im-. proveineiil, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section .'17, must be commenced before the issuance of Mich I'lTtllicatcs of improvements. Haled this I'.'lh dav of September, A.D. 1903. 1'. E. WILSON. . Certificate of Improvements. NOTICK. Hen llur, Salisbury, and Warrington mineral claims, slluate in the Nelson mining division of West Kootenay district. Where located: On Tamarac mountain. Take notice; that I,.I. A. Kirk, acting as agent for John Dean, freomliier'soertlllcateNo.ii.'w.oOl. intend, sixty days from the date hereof, toapply to the mining recorder foreerliileutcsof improvements, for the purpose of obtalnlngerown grants of the above claims. And further lake notice that action, under section 37, must he commenced before the issuance of such certificates of improvements. Dated this 1st day of August, A. J>., 1!HW. .1. A. KII'IC. Certificate of Improvements. NOTICK. "Agness" mineral claim, situate in the Nelson mining division of West Kootenay district. Where located: Near the Arlington Mine, Erie. Take Notice that I, John l>. Anderson, 1". L. S., of Trail, B.C., agent for William Connolly, Iree miner's certificate No. H.->.S.M2, and Edward Walshe, free miner's certificate No. B7">19'J, intend,'sixty days from the date hereof, to apply- to the mining recorder for :i certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant to thu above claim. And further lake notice that action, under section :I7, must be commenced before the issuance nf such certificate of improvements. Dated this 2nd dav of September, A.D. l'.X)3. J. D. ANDERSON. Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. K and L and Corinthian mineral claims, situate in the Coat Kiver mining division of West Kootenay district. Where located : On the east side of Kootenay lake, at the mouth of Crawford bay. Take Notice that I, John McLatchie, acting as: agent for C. G. Major, oilicial administrator (trustee of the estate of R. D. Munro), l.uzettn Field, free miner's certificate Ni>. H-KS2I7, and Charles M. Field, free miner's certificate No. IIIS2Hi. intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply l-.i the mining recorder for certificates of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining, crown grants to the above claims. And further take notice that action, under section .17, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificates of Improvements. Dated fils -Itli dav of September, A.D. 11103. JOHN McLATCHIE. The Nelson Tribune The J* H. Ashdown Hardware Co., Ltd. Importers unci Dealers in SI-ielO*nd_!J-I_ttvy Tinware and Graniteware Stoves and Ranges BAKER ST. Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Portland Cement, T-Rails, Ore Cars, Shee^Stee2LCj^cent, Canton and Jessop's Drill Steel : : : : : in Elisors! Sidney Stockton Taylor put (it is said) $20,000 on his life with a Vancouver "tramp" insurance agent. BILLY ROSS, the Conservative candidate for the FERNIE District, does ALL his insurance with Cree & Histcluson The Instance and Real Estate Men of the District Buy Lots in Coleman Buy L,ot__ in Coleman Honey IPUREf CALIFORNIA Honey In I-lb Glass Jai-s 25c J. A. IRVING & CO. Groceries and Provisions Houston Block, Nelson. ��� ��� " I Preserving Peaches ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ��� ��� . X ��� ��� ��� ��� ���-������ We are now receiving regular consignments of the \ ,. 'X Crawford Freestone Peach direct from Wenatchee. Prices X t ��� have touched rock bottom for this season, so do not de- X; X lay in ordering your supply. ��� ��� ��� I J* Y. Griffin & Co., Limited. I ��� ^���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������^ NELSON, B. C. I ]. A. Kirkpatriek & Co., Ltd. 1 ....-������ Wholesale and Retail g��5 p)oc*o Groceries, Crockery and Glassware p| Aberdeen Block, Nelson ����g 'v rtora We have just received a consignment of The Cudahy ||| Packing Company's famous j��l Diamond C Bacon | especially cured and smoked for family use. This ||| bacon has no equal on-the market. Tit it. We have fg�� -.��� ok=^- ��� ��� =-^= ��� -���<-���= ��� 5)5(8" a few gross of Preserve Sealers left at right prices. |��| J. A. KIRKPATRICK &!_0., Ld. Kootenay Coffee Co. "Dealers in Coffee, Teas, Spices, TZaking, Powder, and Flavoring Extracts. OUR GOODS are p"re anci selecteci from the best in ihe various - ������ ~ ��� lines. In order to get the best, please buy from us direct, and Ive guarantee satisfaction. cAddress, Kootenay Coffee Co. Telephone 177 NelsOIX, _5, C. P. 0. Ilox 182 Carpets, Rugs We carry a very large Slock of 9 The Latest Pnttc Come and make your choice Before House Clean ing [SEE OUR OO-CARTS All prices. We can suit yon. D. McARTHUR o_ CO. Furniture Dealers and Undertakers MORLEY & CO. Wholesale and Retail- Booksellers and Stationers c/irtists' Materials Engineering and Mining Books Typewriters cMimeographs 'Photographic Supplies SMusical Instruments Morley & Co, Nelson, B.C THE TOWN AND THE DISTRICT. T. J. -Roy eanie down from tho Lardo on Thursday, having out his foot, bndly. Master Moelnmic Temple ot" tho O.F:l.. ut Rovelstoke is in the city on a business ���trip. Mrs. F. H. G-iihniTi and child loft this week for Montreal where she will spend I lie winter. Tho C. P. R. has received three more mammoth locomotives for use on the heavy grades afc Rossland and Phoenix. One Is it standard and tho other two consolidated compounds. Editor Lowery returned from Poplar on Thursday, having completed arrange-' incuts for the early appearance of the new paper for that district, to which it may be said he will do full justice. . Tho world is thirsting for news of this new Eldorado and his venture should be a great success. Chief justice Tuck of St.. John, New Brunswick, brother of S. P. Tuck, sheriff of this city, arrived in Kelson this week. ,The gentleman is a fine specimen of well -matured manhood, being over 70 years of age, and seems destined to a life of usefulness for somo years to come. Mr. George Kj*dd, manager of tho Roy- ;al Bank of this city, h?.s been called to the ihead office, presumably with the intention of giving him a promotion. The city can ill-afford to lose one who has been so igood at entertaining it in a musical way as Mr.'Kydd. The best wishes of a host of friends will accompany him on his way and to, whatever point he may be located. The architect who conceived the plan of. the postoilico building is a bit weak on doors. The arrangements for ingress and egress tire faulty and nine people out of ten have' a very vague idea whether the ".doors open out or in. With this exception the building is a delightful act-uisi- ��� tion to the already many up-to-date blocks .in the city. '-. The August and September numbers of The Advertising World, London, Eng., has au article written by our townsman, F. W. Pettit, on the subject of . "The Power of Thought and Its Relation to Advertising," and the September number of The American Advertiser, New* York, has an article from the same pen on "Mirth in Advertising." Poplar Creek is becoming quite a town and buildings are going up quite freely, good hotel is on the way, which will help the situation in the-spring. The interest in the town is unabated, as evidenced by the crowded cars to be soon every day. Ferguson and Trout Lake were never in bettor shape than they nowr are. The opening of the new branch of the Imperial Bank at the lake'city'has put it on a better basis, and a large sawmill now going xip helps the situation. Fred Starkey, well known as intimately associated with butter, eggs, and politics, returned from tho Lardo on Thursday, very well satisfied with the outlook. Camborne seems to be the only dull place up there just now. He was accompanied by Frank Hawthorne,- the genial Royal Seal cigar representative of this city, who is equally satisfied with things and is full of the prospects of that region, and incidentally of a little interesting episode which befell him on tho way up. Several passengers returned from the -Lardo=ou���Thursday���thanktul^thtit^they- were on terra flrma again. The royal mail steamer "Nelson" has been in commission now about thirteen years and it is thought by most travelers that she should bo .superannuated. In rough weather ou the lake slie has a way of inspiring great uneasiness among passengers and crow alike, and there is danger of her ending her days after the fashion of tlie old "Ainsworth," near Pilot Bay. It uiay save the C. P. R. a lot of money if it grasps the situation, for freight at times runs high aud passenger compensation is an expensive indulgence. While looking into this matter, tho powers that be might incidentally take a glance at navigation mallei's on Trout. Lake, for they may per- eeivo similar possibilities reasons for comment up there. Thanksgiving Day at thc Opera .House. Thero is tt great treat in store for lovers of music and elocution on Thursday next at the opera house. Miss Edna Sutherland, reader, and Miss Merriello G. Pat- ton, contralto, will give one of those re- iined drawing room entertainments. They both bring with them exceptional press notices; the Toronto Globe speaking of Miss Sutherland says-she is "Au elocutionist of great versality nud charming personality." The New York Musical Courier, speaking of Miss Pattou says: "Her voice is a powerful contralto of good range and quality. She is a young artist, and in addition to her musical Lifts, has a very attractive stage presence. Manager Annable hits been fortunate, in inducing this entertainment to come this way. What Outsiders Think of Our Fall Fair. The citizens of Nelson, B. C, are deserving of no little praise for the enterprise displayed in holding n fall fair. Although Nelson is not nearly so well situated For the successful carrying out of tin undertaking of this kind a.s many other places in southern British Columbia, it has taken the initiative and its example will doubtless be followed by many other towns in this part of the interior. To say 12r PANTSf ��� ��� I AT * II A. felker si ���������">���������������������������>������������������������������������������ !that Nelson is notpverly favored for conducting an agricultural exhibition is but ���to increase the praise given its citizens for ; their energy displayed. Nelson is more jdepondent upon its mineral resources thau ���upon the benefits; received ��rom agriculture, and for this 'reason alone it may be clearly seen that the undertaking was no .little task. To run a successful agricnl- . tural fair in an eastern town or city, even ;iu the center of a farming community, requires considerable attention and is attended by uo small amount of work, so jthat it can readily be understood that the (directors of the Nelson exhibition, no !doubt niiiny of whom were inexperienced, imust have worked Unceasingly. to have .brought the exhibition up to the high :standard it attained. But in spite of the many difficulties encountered in carrying out the work, the Nelson, fair was a success, and with the experience gained this year, that city will bo able to next year i excel the fair held last week.���Midway Dispatch. Why-Brunettes Marry Soonest. ; In choosing' a wife a man looks ahead, iThus,'although a pretty face may attract his eye, he doesu't "striye aud agonize" to secure its owner as aii ornament for his domestic hear tit, because'lie vr.nts something more durable and usc.ni than mere prettiness in a wife. So the pretty doll-like blondo get.1: overlooked when marriage is uppermost in man's mind, and her dark, ofttinies really plain, sister is stepping to tho music of the "Wedding March" ere ever an engagement ring has found its way to her finger. But, quite apart from the question of looks, there is a widespread conviction among masculinity generally that a dark woman's capacity for faithfulness is infinitely greater than a fair one's. And really there is something to be said in support of the argument, for fair women, all the world over, are the biggest flirts', and, to paraphrase the sentence, "Once a flirt J_L^3____J_i___I___!I_ i erofora_th.<__.dar__ girL is the safest wife, because, unused to adulation and meaningless flattery before marriage, she will not bo likely to seek it after. Again, dark women are the most capable. Under stress of strained circumstances they will buckle to, and put their hands to tho plough to help n hnrrassed husband; whereas, under similar circumstances, Ihe fair doll-wife will wring her hands in impotent misery, cry until red rims encircle her blue eyes, and then forgot all about her husband's difficulties, as though he had never told her that retrenchment of the household expenditure wtis necessary. In the homo, too, tho dark girl is something of a leaning post. ��� Sho win bo relied on for household management, aiid if domes!it: help fails, will turn to, and, unaided, run the house herself. A cheery meal will await her husband's return and lie won't have to listen to a tirade on the hardness of her lot, as would probably bo the case were ti blonde the presiding genius of his homo. Neither will thc dark girl, wheu the first warm blush of youth's heyday begins to fade, assume the pose of a chronic invalid to ensure sympathy for her supposed martyrdom. She will accept the inroads of ago as inevitable, and be as happy in middle age as over she"'was in tho heedless, irresponsible days of her girlhood. And if sickness overtake the breadwinner, wh un sho promised to "love and cherish till death should them part," hers is veritably the hand of the "ministering angel." '"Tis hers to pluck the amaranthine flower of faith, and round tlie sufferer's temples bind the wreaths that endure affliction's heaviest shower. And do not shrink from sorrow's keenest wind. She can endure, because she loves with a love that defies time, tide, and eternity to weaken it. She can be strong, because in her strength to will and do lies hie secret of her own happiness, .and thc happiness of those best and dearest to her. Oil, yes; man, who is essentially a being dependent for his moods upon the way in which his creature comforts arc ministered to, knows full well what he is Nelson Opera House One Night Only . Thursday, Oct. J 5 Thanksgiving Da}- Sketch and Story MISS EDNA Sl'Till*l{LANI> ��� ��� ��� *��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� Western Tout of Miss Edna Sutherland - * and - - ��������� Miss Merrielle G- Patton Song and Ballad Nelson Opera House One Night Only Thursday, Oct. SS MISS .UERRIELLE G. PATTON ADMISSION, 50, and 75 Cents ��� ��� ��� ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������#��������������������������������� about when ho selects a dark girl for his wife. He may be warned that unsuspected storms of passion lurk in the liquid depths of her flashing orbs, but he thinks he can run the risk of occasional gleams of temper, when the other characteristics so amply compensate for the defect. Besides, hasn't the blonde a temper? Aye; and a far more tryiug one, too, than her darker rival. She may not, when angry, open her mouth for speech, and say hat, biting words on the spur of the moment; but she will firmly sulk for hours, days���nay, perchance weeks���and what abode so miserable as the home of sulking wife? So the world'wags on, and though the blonde undoubtedly has a fine time when flirtation is the order of the game, she is nowhere iu thc matrimonial market when there is a dark girl in the field, for she is;��� =^.^^Sp_coldly,sxtee.t,.SD_dea6_.3Mair,:^=^ We start���for soul is wanting there." ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� I SUNDAY! ! HOURS ! t �� , t X Our store (corner of Baker $ X and Josephine streets) will X X be open every Sunday for ��� X dispensing purposes:��� ��� X 9:30 to 12 o'clock X 2:00 to 5 o'clock X 7:00 to 9 o'clock I Canada Drug and Bookf ��� Company. Limited f ������������������������������������������������������>������������������������������ No Thanks Needed. The Bevelstpk Herald states that John Houston must thank R.S.Lennie's friends for turning the scale in his favor. The Herald is mistaken. Mr. Houston has no need to thank the Lennie faction for his election. Upon election day the leader of that faction went fishing and it has still to be proven whether Lennie is a Liberal or a Conservative. cArtbur Gee cMerchant Tailor HAS ON HAND HIS STOCK OF \ Fall and Winter Goods cAs heretofore they are of the best quality and latest designs. Tremont Block Bnker Street JUST AUK1VKI) New Fall Goods OK TIIK LATESTJIKASIIIONS Scotch Tweeds, Landslide, Strathcona and Belwarp Serges. A fine lino of Piiutiugs of the latest styles Trices to suit tlio times. Cull ami see them. John Smallwood Ward Street MERCHANT TAILOR Sewing Machines /Pianos FOR RENT and FOR SALE fob Pointing We Use Gumption well as the best papers ^ and inks in tlie execution of 3'onr orders��� they will not be mis- ^ understood. Quick dispatch giveii out-of-town work. as W. E JONES Ma-Weii Building NELSON, B.C. Corporation of the City of Nelson. Water Rates Notice. Old Curiosity Shop, Josephine Street Nelson j B.C. TIMBER NOTICK. Notice is hereby given that thlrtv days from date 1 inlend to apply to the honorable the chief commissioner of hinds ami works ut Victoria, B. C, for u special timber license to cut and cany away timber from the following described land : Commencing at a post marked M.K.K southeast corner post, situated on the west side of Slocan lake, said post is planted on the line of Alex. McKay's west boundary line, Ihence west 8!) eliatns, thence north SU chains, thence east 80 chains, thence south 8:1 cbaius to place of commencement, containing 0-10 acres- Dated, Sept. 2_, llKM, JI. E. KOCH NOTICE In the matter of an application for a duplicate of a certificate of title to lot (i, block 8, in Kaslo City (map 3U3. Notice is hereby given that it is my intention to issue at the expiration of one month from the lirst publication hereof a duplicate of the certificate of title to thc above mentioned lot 0, block 8, in Kaslo Citv (map 3IW), in the names of Thomas Devlin and Adam Mackay. which certificate is dated the 2'lrd day of September, 18D2, and numbered 15Hila. H- V. MACLLOD, District Registrar. Land Registry Ofllco, Nelson, li. C, 1st October, 191M. FOR SALE A mattniileent Imperial Edition de Luxe, Rid- path's "History of Universal Literature," -I vols. Morocco. At u burguin. Apply Tribune ollice. Water rates for the quarter ending December 31, 1903, are now due aud payable at the city offices. If paid on or before the 15th instant a rebate of 10 per cent will be allowed. If not paid at-or before noon ou the 30th instant, the service will be discontinued. By order, D. C. McMORRIS, October 2nd, lOO.'i. ->^lty Lld'k. Corporation of the City of Nelson�� Electric Light Rates Electric light rates for the month of September are now due and pa3--able at the City Office. If paid on or before the 15th instant, a rebate of 10 per cent will be allowed. By order, D. C. McMORRIS, - October'.'mi, lira. City Clerk. FOR SALE Improved Ranch in Lardo Valle}' for sale. Address E. R. Vipond, Trout Lake, B. C.