{"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.14288\/1.0306950":{"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/terms#identifierAIP":[{"value":"480a5c4e-279c-4519-8edb-dac3c8cc7f34","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/dataProvider":[{"value":"CONTENTdm","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/isPartOf":[{"value":"BC Historical Newspapers","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/issued":[{"value":"2011-09-29","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"1904-07-28","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/description":[{"value":"The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919.","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/aggregatedCHO":[{"value":"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/collections\/xnakledge\/items\/1.0306950\/source.json","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/elements\/1.1\/format":[{"value":"application\/pdf","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2009\/08\/skos-reference\/skos.html#note":[{"value":" AxUA\/,\nAAA\nAh\n\\<*f|   \\^\n1 , > ,^v^\nA \\\n^   >      I     X       $*^$^>%\nrt\nlh\n\u25a0*\\1 *-rrm^)^ifyn      -tmj-\n'\"\" 'a    ,j Financier\nvfe\n\u00a3\n1\nVolume XI., Number -441.\nNEW DENVER, B. C, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1904.\nPkice. $2 a Year, in Advance\nfront M\nBush fires are quite numerous in\nthe Slocan.\nSam Mighton has opened a cigar\nstore in Cranbrookl\nMr. Simpson and family removed\nto the coast lasu Thursday.\nIt. J. Hamilton, wife and family\nspent Sunday in New Denver.\nThe sawmill at Winlaw is being\nimproved with new machinery.\n'W. T. Shatford & Co. will close\ntheir store in Slocan next month.\nThe latest war news states that\nthere is no hope for peace between\nSandon and Slocan City.\nJim Bowes will operate an hotel\nat Kelowna. He has rented his\nSilverton hotel to Frank Fletcher\nand Harry Thorburn.\nBIO   BKKK   SHIPMENTS.\t\nLA HOR   DAY.\nSlocan City will celebrate Labor\nDay by horse races, baseball and\nfootball matches, Caledonian sports,\ndrilling contest, fireworks and dancing. For the rock drilling contest the\nthe prizes are $100 and $50. A. big\ntime is guaranteed and Slocan expects,*. Rossland to move in for one\nday. Sandon will celebrate thc\nsame day in a manner befitting the\nfame of the silver city. Both towns\nwill have a crowd, but it would\nhave been much better to have arranged the celebrations at least a\nmonth apart.\nTHK   COEUR   D'ALKNK   MINKS.\nAccording to  the   sworn  statements of the mine owners made to\nThere will be something doing\nshortly in the beef business.\nThis week Archie. Speers ships\na trainload from Brooks, Alta.\nOn the 25th 200 head are expected to be shipped from the ranch of\nCK B. Murphy.\nEarly iu August H. A. Mulling\nwill ship about 3000 head out of\nthe country south of Medicine Hat.\nThe beef from Hooper & Huckvale's\nand tho Midicine Hat ranch go out\nabout the 10th. There should be\na lot of good beaf in thone bunches,\nas they did not turn oft' in uch beef\nlast year.\nTho II vat shipment from Spencer\nBros.' ranch will g> out about the\n20th. Tho Milk River Ranch Co.\nwill ship at the samo time. These\ntwo ra:ehes will send out 1700\nhead, and they will be divided into\ntwo shipments and will make 100\ncarloads. W. A. Taylor was in\nfrom Spencer Bros.' on Saturday\nto make arrangements for the ship-\ning and while here had a wire from\nMr. MulliiiH.\nThese August shipments will take\nabout ten trains,to move the stock\nto the seaport. The stockmen are\nanxious to see the cattle get a run\neast on the timo'made a week nr\ntwo ago on a shipment of Burns &\nCo.\"a cattle.\nMedicine Hat will have about\n15,000 head of beef cattle to go out\nthis season, and tlio price* arc good,\naud tho prospects arc that they will\ncontinue good all season.\nCattle an* iu good condition and\nan effort will be made to get nil\nstock out before tho lirst of October.\nSellers of beef should insist on\nbuyers taking their stock before\nthat dato.\u2014Medicine Hat News,\nUtah produced in  April alwut\n$2,000,000 in gold, silver and lead,\nwhilo copper production was 4,300.-\n524 pounds, or Another million\ndollars, brmgiim the total metal\nproduction ol the state up to about\n$3,000,000.\nSpain has a 12-mile aerial tram-\n,.>\u00abH\u00bb <\u00ab<1*.**<-)1.      If.    1,,,',,.,.    ,,*\u2022   .rt,    lf.1,.,1 19\n\" '  > v    \"*  '      \u2022   \" \"n '\u25a0- -\"\" i1'   \"'\u25a0'\"'       '\" \"\nextends from several in ines 4,4 00\nfeet above tho sea level to the coast\nat ('ara Fuerte, where a pier is to\nbe constructed for the loading of\nsteamers. The cost of the cable\nand right-of-way is said  to have\nUounly~A ssessor\"tioopeivof ~S li o -\nshone county, Idaho, the net profits\nof the Coeur d'Aiene silver-lead\nmines for 1903 reached the enormous sum of 82,105,416, an increase\nover the preceding year of about\n$660,000.01'thisamountthefourpro-\nperties of the Federal Mining Company netted $998,726, nearly one-\nhalf of the total amount. The record of the Hercules is marvelous.\nFrom 10,043 tons of ore extracted\nfrom tho mine a net profit'of $438,-\n746 was realized after expending\n$100,000 in repairs and construction. For 1902 its net profits\namounted tn $169,000. The net\nprofit for the Morning was $316,420,\na gain over the orevious year of\n$200,000, while the Bunker Hill\nexperienced one of the most profitable years in its history, returning\na profit of $287,497 as against a\nprofit of but; $6\/,000 for the preceding year. The neb profits of tho\nStandard and Mamoth were $595,-\n038, while in 1902 thev reached\n$618,912. The Last Chance, at\nWardner, increased to 382,652 from\n$279,607, while the gain of the\nHecla was approximately $40,000.\nThe producing mines to report a\nloss were, the Coeur d'Aiene Development Company, the Gold Hunter.\nFrisco and the California Consolidated. Tho Coeur d'Aiene company, operating tho Silver King\nmine, reported the largest deficit,\n838.N3K, which was considerably\nmore than that of the other proper-\nELECTIONS   THIS    FALL.\nA week ago the chances were altogether in favor of another session\nofthe present parliament. Now it\nis said to be as good as settled that\nthere will be an appeal to the people as soon after the session as possible. In all probability the general\nelections will be held during the\ngrst week in November. Word to-\nthis effect has gone forth from\nheadquarters to the Liberal organizers throughout Canada. What;\nhas determined upon this course\nhas not transpired, but some say\nthe change of program is due to\nanother hitch having arisen in the\nGrand Trunk Paciiic negotiations.\nIJIO   GALKNA    DISCO V15BY.\nEnderby is likely to be the headquarters for a big mining company\nin the near future.0 The recent find\non the Mount Ida Group, situated\nnear Salmon Arm, owned by Messrs\nMcLeod, Currie and Scaforth, \u00b0is\nsaid to be something of very great\nimportance. Those who have seen\nit say that a 14-foot ledge, carrying\na big shoot of galena ore, has been\nuncovered in the channel of the\ncreek, and that it can be traced into the mountain on both sides of\nthe creek. The ore is rich in -niver,\nand carries a good amount of gold.\nThe Mount Ida property has long\nattracted attention in this vicinity.\nIt was once, held by local parties,\nbut was thrown up because the\nowners could not lind the lead.\nNow Salmon Ann people own it.\nLocal people have secured au option\nthe property, and it' it proves satisfactory on later investigation, it\nwill In; operated from Enderby.\nAssavs from surface ore showed\nsilver to tho value of $105, and\nsome gold, per ton.\u2014Kdonograph.\nII,C.   MINKS   I'KOsriOKOJ S.\nOro shipments from Kootenay\nmines to smelters total up to 82,-\n816 tons for the month of June this\nyear as against 66,179 tons shipped\nin June, 1903. This is a net increase of 16,637 tons. Every district from which ore was shipped\nshows an increase, except one,\nwhich is good evidence that the\nmining industry in the Kootenay\nand  Boundary districts of British\nThomas Jones, of zinc fame, will\nbe >out-of town for several weeks.\nW. J. Patterson is the new foreman at the Payne. Harry Stearns\nhaving resigned.\nJohn Sheridan was in the hospital last week. John is one of the\noldest and most cheerful veterans\nof the west.\nEnthusiasm is running high on\nthe Labor Day celebration, and it\ncertainly will be the event of the\nyear in Sandon.\nThe addition to the Hotel Sandon will be erected this fall. It\nshould be finished to make things\nright by September 5.\nOur Sandon friends should keep\naway from Persia and Dawson City.\nIn the one plac1 they have the\n\u201ediokm.^LUiLija^^\nsaloons are closed up.\nJohn Gusty will remove to Fernie\nto take charge of P. Burns & Co.'s\nshop in that town. Jack will be\nmissed by all Sandon, although\neveryone is pleased at his promotion.\nA. C. McArthur, at one time\nC.P.R. agent in this city had several knife tunnels run into him by a\nminer named Sam Brown. Brown is\nin jail awaiting the recovery of McArthur. It required 52 stitches to\nhold Mac together, and he looks\nlike a man who had sat down on a\nmine at Port Arthur.\nNOUTHKUN    NOTKS.\nDawson advices to hand state\nthat Jolmnsen and Petersen, two\ninineir, on Woodchopper's Creek,\non the J.owor Yukon, wero overcome by gas in a mine and lost their\nlives. They had considerable gold\nas a result of the winter's work.\nOne of the men died in the bottom\nof tho shaft, whilo the other succumbed on the ladder, and only\nstarted to climb after a heroic effort to save his comrade. Had he\nsought safoty at lirst, he would\nhave escaped. The particulars aro\naro meagre and tlio name of tlio\nhero is not yet known.,\nDawson is hading off in tin*\nmovement of ehureh union in Canada.  The Presbyterian Church and\nTHK   SLOCAN    MINES.\nMiners are none too plentiful in\nthe Slocan.\nThe Wakefield will close down\nnext month.\nThe Idaho shipped 30 tons to\nNelson on Saturday.\nConsiderable ore was [tacked from\nthe Colorado last week.\nThe Slocan district produces 50\ntons of zinc ore every day.\nGeorge Clark has a small force\nworking on the Wild Rose.\nLemon creek claims are attracting attention owing their gold\nvalues.\nBarker and Burgess have made\nanother shipment from their Goat\nmountain property.\nColumbia is in a better condition\nto-day than at  this time last. yoar. j ij^Methodisi V'huirh'of that* citv\nt        Besides the substantial  incivw.-.. in (j,.|Vl. nmt|,. ..   temporary arrange-\nties.    For   1902   tho companv  re-' am tonnage for the month as com-  \u201e\u201e,,\u201e fo|. utljonjHn,   |t uh* to Invo\nported a net profit of $1-13,000.        I ]\u00bb\u00bb'&*\u25a0 with June last year, 262 tons  |\u201e,,.(,m\u201e HJVetivo la-t Sunday.   The\nof pig lead wore .-hipped by \u00abL- j\u00bbiist<*r of ono \u00ab>liurfh will \u00abUi all tin-\nCanadian Km.lttng Works at Trait, p,.,.,^,,,, for thotwooobujegutious\nto Toronto, Winnipeg, Montreal (|urj\u201ej, ,|uiv, and tho put-tor of the\nand oter points in Canada. Tln\u00ab i^\u201ethor church will do nil tl.cprouoh-\nan advance step in another direction, j\u201e,r during August,\n\u2014supplying Canadian markets with; x.nvn was r.-eoived 0v arrivals on\nthe products of Canadian raw ma- ,}\u201e, Monarch that twit men had\ntonal. Tho copper matte made at, lw.4.u Hhut iUlll ki|U.,j ,|u(j a ;lli\u201ej\ntho Trail smelter and a part of that; wmuuiwi iu tiu. Koyukuk country\nmade at the Greenwood smelter was |,v \u201e m,'ner unmetl l*Y\u00abnei\u00ab I uAtt.-f\ntin\nScientists now state that noise\ncures disease, If that, ih tlie truth\na hospital should be built next to a\nboiler factory, or it girl learning to\nplay the piano.\nIn the case of the St. Louis Milling and Mining Company vs, the\nMontana Mining Company, which\n\u00ab..> \u00abvuimV. ly   uu\u25a0 *-...|.irim-  timtt ( *|\u00bbippeU   to     I annua:   tl.e   pto.luct       :|'|\u201e, immlw w  \u00ab. \u00ab!.\u2022\u2022\u00bb  tuid\nJ\u00bb-> .', ii *si>* v\u00ab<*.m*uvu  imii Ciie,oh\u00abter copper M\u00bbn he t.ranO fo.ks  ,.,k\u201e\u201e  to  j-Vn-baoks to maud tvin!\nowner ui iiiiiuiiK ground conid iiot|wlu.i,w was shipped to New York: M,m. jmJ}r, u irtci-r-ham.   I^lg-r\nwas- iu  Fairbanks when  the Mon-\n*><-V4*i'hI day*\nna*i, mm proo.toiy wiJi he l net I\nwithin a siioit time.\nThe name*, of the men shot by\nLedger are not yet known.\nThe Koofertav Saloon jn Sandon\ndrive a tunnel into adjacent ground innt\\ t\\u. \\,.H\\ t,n||j,in ,\u00bbf rh>* Nelson\nnot owned by hint to loca to a VMlnjHm,-.|t..r and  a  part  of the Trail aV.Vlefi the' TaTuina\nMiieiVer .-   hciiV I...   rvm    r nmc.-.-w    ,,^,l(   ilUii    j,,,,!,.,!,^\nThe total tonnage of eopjwt* matte,\nblister copper, load bullion and pig\nlead shipped during Juno was 'J.AIA\nXelson Tribune\n\" in^~~octa\"wa is~\"wofKinf inore\nthan 50 men. An assay ollice has\nbeen put in at the miue.\nUnder development the Club\nshows steady improvement. A carload of ore will be shipped in a few\ndays.\nDr. Hendryx will be in the\nSlocan next month when an extensive plan of work for the Last\nChance will be outlined.\nLast week the Enterprise shipped\n20 tons; Ottawa, 66 ; Idaho, 100;\nSlocan Star, 162; Ivanhoe, 20 ;\nPayne, 53;   Bismark, 20.\nTho Pioneer Mining Co. will\nbuild two miles of wagon road to\nthe Bank of England and Black\nPrince. If is expected that 40 men\nwill he working at the Black Prince\nnext winter.\nThe Molly Gibson on Kokanee\ncreek, has boon acquired by a now\ncompanv, and work will be resumed\nwith a full forco. Tho new company bought the property for $23.-\n\u2022100. No work has been done on\nthe mine since the fatal slide two\nyears ago.\nIN    TIIK   MCOI.A    CmXKIIV,\nThe latest teports from Nicola,\nSouthern British Columbia, aro to\nthe clTeet that petroleum of the\nvery highest nnd best grade has\nboon struck o. Coldwater river.\nLoiters received fioin Nicola last\nweek say that great stir and activity oxi-t. and that capitalists from\nEngland, Eastern Canada and the\nTinted Stales are eagerly seeking\ninvestment in Nicola coal and oil\nlaud, now that the Canadi in Pacific and Great* Noil hem have deeid-\ned to build theii lino,-, into this promising coal held,\nTho Standard Oil Company'* rep-\nleseiitaliyc* are there, and. in company with some of tho high officials\nof the i anadi.iti Pacific Railway\nioftipam, iin-\\ nave o-uihh*(I ami\nH'cun a ait iitaoaotccoat iauu lia ie.\nand agrei d to pay a high price for\nHms land. Mr**. PooicvTs big farm\nlm*   been   *i\u00bbld,   and   manv  other\n, \u00ab'\u00bbiiVn *,   t ,r,\nmini   i\u00bb>\nproperty.    Admitting thar he had\ntho right to sink on the vein apex-\ning on his claini, even though it\ndipped into adjoining property, thej t<mB.\nright was dented to drive a tunnel\nacross a side line merely to explore-    stop  at  Tho  Queen's   Hotel in i* never snovslided  by cheap Mt,\nfor this apexing vein. Trout lake. Citv. 'i.i' uhUUs 'hat ha.- !*.-; \u00a3;.-vi^a.\ntht* Standard tlii company, ami the\nCanadian Pacific officials.*'- Portland Telegram.\nMnsioifon, Griffith -S, Co.   Trout\nLake, havo all the supplies needed\nIff T *\nu>   tUtihiM'i   t.mt^iMkHl  llHhi>. %\u2022\u25a0-.\n4?\nTHE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., JULY 28, 1904.\nEleventh Year\nMY VALET\"\nThe Ledge.\nK, T. LOWKKV, Editor and Financier.\nI'uolisheil every Thursday in tlie rU'hest silver-\nlend-zinc camp on earth.\nLegal advertising W cent* a nonpariel line\nlirst insertion, and 5 oents a line *\u00bbaoh subsequent\n.insertion. 'Reading: notices 25 cents a line, and\ncommercial advertising graded in prices according to eiviuinstanci-s.\nSubscription. S3 a year in advance <y $2 50 if\nnot so paid.\nCertiticate of Improvement notices $7. De-\nI inquent Co-owner notices $10.\nFellow Pilgrims: Thk Leimjk is'located at\n> ew i 'enver, B. 0*. and is traced to many pans\nof the earth It has never been raided by the\n\u2022sheriff, snowsllded by cheap silver, or subdued\nby the fear of man It works for tne trail blazer\nas well as the bay-windowed, champagne-flavored\ncapitalist. It aims to be on the right side of\neverything, and believes that hell should be administered to the wicked in large doses. It has\nstood the test of time, and an ever-Increasing\npaystreak is proof that it is hetter to tell the\ntruth, even if the heavens do occasionally hit\nour smokestack.\nOne of the noblest works of creation is the man\nwho always pays the printer; he is sure of a\nbunk in paradise, with thornless roses for a pillow by night, and nothing but gold to look at\nby day.\nAddress all communications to\u2014\nNew Denver, B. 0*\nTHE   LEDGE,\ni pencil cross in this square\ni i licates that' your subscrip\nti *n is due, and that the editor\nwants mee again to look at\nyour collateral\nLove in a cottage is like New\nDenver. Beautiful, but not very\nfilling at meal hours.\nThe chap, who said that the sun\nwas losing its heat has not been\nin Nelson this summer.\nThe rock out of which the Nelson\npost-otlice is built carries 82.00 in\ngold to the ton. The stamps in the\nbuilding have no impression upon\nit.' \t\nThe Argonaut says that the\nDemocracy in the States is not a\nparty. It is a congiomerous conglomeration of deafening discordancies. Might as well have called\nit last year's edition of the B.C.\nlegislature.\nDuring our time we have met a\nfew choice deadbeats. Some of\nthem have been professing Christians believing no doubt that Jesus\npaid everything, while others have\nbelonged to that despicable class of\nhuman reptiles that crawl into your\nconfidence in order to beat you out\nof something. Deadheats are worse\nthan thieves. They have not the\ncourage of a common thief, and-\ndeserve to be shunned by all honest\nnie-.i. 1 neir place is iu the swill-\nbarrel along wit h the other garbage.\n.J. T. Wilkinson, otherwise\nknown as Wings, certainly deserves\nhis name at least on thin earth.\nThe last we heard from him he was\nover in Japan trying to insure tho\narmy. Alter that wo heard indited ly that he had reached the\nHoly Lind and was quoting rate*\nlo the mommies hut hud fallen in\nthe lied Ha and lo-t hit* record*.\nThis week we notice by a Vancouver\npaper that he is looking at the\nnuggets in Atlin. At auy minute\nwo expect him to open the door,\nami ask how vv> escaped from New\n. .,\"       *     ,*..,,      .\n,    M    <        ,     ' .1    ' . .   . \u25a0 ' \u25a0 '\n>t'n it,t\u00bb<i, inm n>a*.i uii mc uc>.\nIj- s.- little wonder that .woe\nCanadian editor* are poor.    Kvery\nxeo.'l*    for    ntmtli-     i,***:l     t 'i \u2022i'oIi-ti\nnewspaper ollice* have Urea Hooded\nwith literature .*ont out by the\nmanager* of the St. Louis Fair.\nHundred*of papers in Canada havo\nprinted this stutT without getting a\ncent ior their space.    Mich a way\nof running a paper never looked\ngood to us, although we. have admired the gall of the Fair Managers\nin the States, and regretted that so\nmany editors in Canada do not\nknow the difference between news\nand advertising matter. They\nswallow.it because it tastes sweet,\nlike a pill coated with sugar.\nThe decision in favor of the\nCentre Star at Rossland against the\nMiner's Union for $12,500 opens\nup an avenue wide enough to make\nmany a lawyer grow rich. It means\nthat every time a strike occurs in\nCanada Capital will have a chance\nto sue for damages any Union that\norders the strike. It also means\nthat every time a mine or factory\ncloses down the unions or towns\ndepending on the industries in\nquestion for support will have a\nchance to sue for damages. The\nrule works both ways, aud the precedent established by the recent\nRossland case is liable to have no\nending. Bless the law ! It is great\nstuff.\nAN   OVERSIGHT.\n\"Hafyou heardaboutlsaacstein?''\n\u25a0\"Vast* itiss? '\n\u2022\u2022Dey took him by the hospital\nnnd took his appendix avay from\nhim, alretty.\"\nNOTHINo     MORK.\nThe Judge\u2014And did you see the\nprisoner com mit any overt act? The\nWitness\u2014No sir, I didn't. All I\nseen him do was to bust a couple\no' front windows an' smash Patsey\nBreen over th' head with a bung\nstarter.\nDKCIOKOLY   TIGHT.\nNot long ago a man with a reputation for tightlistedness engaged a\nprofessional ratcatcher to undertake the ta,sk of ridding his warehouse cellars of tha troublesome\nrodents that infested them. The\nwork done, the ratkillor presented\nhis bill, which came to a couple of\npounds. \"Good gracious?\" exclaimed the tightiisted one, as he\nglanced at the bill. \"Two pounds!\"\nThen, after a second's pause, he\nasked : \"Don't I get anything for\nthe rats?\"\nAN   ODD   yCKSTIUN.\nIt was a devilish odd question to\nput lo a man, nnd it momentarily\nknocked out even the polished ex-\nAdelphi-villian, \"Billio\" Abingdon.\nThe interrogator wuh a brother\nactor\u2014a cultured gentleman and\nright good fellow\u2014whoso better-\nhalf had been touring in the States\nfor many moons. And following\nAbingdon's remark that he had\ncome across {ho lady lit and well\niu the citv of Noo Vark, the an-\nguished hiihbv asked : \"Ih my wife\nmanied yet, Bill ? '\n\u00ab*IIK    WAX    .11.1.    ItlOIIT.\nA pretty, rosy-cheeked country\ngirl entered one of our largo department stores one day thi* week.\nIt was bargain day. and the crowd\nCHEAP!\n\"Oh, I've found a grand intelligence office,\" said Mrs. Van Albert.\n\"Charge you $1 for one cook?\"\nasked her husband.\n\"One? Why, they agreed to h.t\nme have four cooks for S3.98.\"\nHOLD   PAST!\nConductor\u2014All aboard! Please\nget on board quickly, miss; the\ntrain is about to start.\nYoung Lady\u2014But I wish to kis?\nmy sister good-bye.\nConductor\u2014Get aboard; get a-\nboard; I'll attend to that for you.\nAN   AWFUL   THREAT.\n\"News from the war?\" queried\nthe managing editor in the tone of\na forlorn hope as he entered the\ntelegraph room at midnight.\n\"Many rumors, but nothing doing,\" returned the boss of the wires\nwith resignation. \"The Yalu still\nseparates them.\"\nThe managing editor's face grew\ngrim with determination. \"Cable\nthis,\" he cried. \"Cable this in\nduplicate to the Czar and the Mik-\nada: 'If you fellows don't get together and  mix it up by a week\nUIRE\nTHE   TAILOR\nOver Wallace-Miller block, Baker\nSt., Nelson. Special yearly contracts for Pressing, Repairing and\nCleaning. (Goods called for and\ndelivered weekly. Tents and awnings made to order.\nm     Warm   Weather is  Around \u201e 5n\nGET A GOOD\nCooling Shampoo\n|D5,Z*.Aii-rrignoii,ss,tS,? !H.\nJy      He will make you feel good      W\nSANDON CHOP HOUSE.\nMeals at all hours.\nManilla and Kamloops Cifrare for sale.\n.    G. H   MURHARD.\n4,   A   SHAVE,   4,\n\u25a0*\u2022    SHAMPOO    \u25a0\"\u00bb-\n(fr   \u00b0R    BATH   4,\n^ ALWAYS HEADY AT \"f\nCHARLEY GALE'S 5*5225\n4 .4tt*t       til' *>*<\u00ab..\n\u2022 ni     ii.m\na ilil it*'\n1   .A   .   ,, >    f,,     \u2022       U :        u\n*l   iliAiiii   t It'll.   il\"W.    I It   >l*\u00bbl|\nalitlie bewildered al the.magnitude\nof tlie e.-UbSWiJiicut tlie large*!. Anv\nhad ever wen.\nc .,,;,.,.   in,..    \u201e    a.    , '*-.\n...,.\nproiched  and si id ; \"I* anybody\nwaiting on you?\"\n\"Yes, sir, * said the girl, blushing to the root?* of hor ilaxen hair ;\n\"he's outside; he wouldn't come\nin.\"\nTfom to-mgnt Tbe Advertiser will*\ntake you both off the front page.' \"\nSCOTCH   SABBATH     OBSKHVANCK.\nSir Archibald Geike's examples\nof the\" rigid Sabbatarianism of the\nHighlands are interesting. One is\nof a lady who rose early on Sunday,\nand carried her canary down into\nthe cellar to keep tho bird quiet.\nAnother is of a young clergyman\nwhose orthodoxy was suspected because he was seen standing at his\nwindow' on the Lord's Day \"dandling his bairn.\" A third story was\ntold by the lato Lord Playfair, who\nheard the nurse quieting his little\nboy one Sunday in this wiso:\n\"Whist, whist, my bonnio lamb;\nit's the Sawbatli, or I wud whustle\nye a sang, but T'l I sing ye a paraphrase.\"\nI'AI'A   WOULDN'T    RICK.\nOut our way there lives a boy\nwhose mother is bringing him up\naccording to the most correct ideas.\nHe came iu the other day with his\npockets quite full of marbles\u2014\nglasses, crockion, jaspers and all\nthe other kinds boys hold dear.\nHis mother asked whore thev all\n*\u2022\ncanto from.\n\"I won 'em playing keeps,\" answered the boy.\nThe mother was properly shocked.\n\"Why,\" said she, \"don't you\nknow it's wrong to play for keeps?\nIt's nothing but gambling, ami\ngambling is wicked. You must\ngive them all back or I shall speak\nj to your father about it.\"\n\u2022     :'()h.   that'll   be   alright,\"   an-\nj Hwered the boy.    \"Speak to father.\n! He won't care, lie didn't care a\nhit about that silver dish you won\nat the euchre party, and I guo\u00ab* ho\nwon't kick at my keeping a fow old\ninaiblc!-.\"\u2014Washington Post.\nA ooHsImhI centleman is ono who\ncan Ih> rubbed the wrnnt? way without getting hot.\nAI way* havo a Utttle of Sandon\nboor in your   pocket   when you go\nj iiMong. Y\u00bbrne K\u00bb i'iii\". ^rft i ur *\ni Brewery aud got a ca\u00abo.\n\\ I). J. HoiiKitTrfOX & Co., of Nel-\njson aro alive to what the people\nKneed in thc way of Furniture.\nS Write them.\nSMOKE....\nBlue Prize, Henry Vane,\nColumbus and Havana\nWhip Cigars. Union\nGoods, made by\nW. P.  KILBOURNE & CO.\nWinnipeg, Man.\nRepresented by GEORGE HORTOX.\nHOTEL \"SLOCAN\nIs the Leading Hotel of\nTHREE    FORKS.\n_ai._*. nt\\Tiy n        * t   w tt.. * .ATri-\u201eT) tti.. >-t\\-tt\u201e\n\u2014\"=rjn.ii\\i!Cs~A'o 'vvTrrs~Kj!i\"\"A\"D 'i~\nHUGH NIVEN, Proprietor\nP.BURNS & CO.\nHave fresh meat every\nday at Sandon, and in\nall the shops operated\nby them in British\nColumbia. No contract too large for this\nfirm. Armies and\nrailroads supplied on\nshort   notice.\nBfoy &fl fegffi\nKOOTENAY ENGINEERING WORKS\nFOUNDERS  & MACHINISTS.\n\u2014\u2014NELSON, B.C.\t\nMill and Mining- Machinery. Complete\nStock of Shafting, Fittings, etc., always\non.hand Estimates furnished. Scrap\nIron bought by the carload.   Repairing\nand Jobbing.\nB. c. Travis, manager.\nSmOI^E : :\nMAINLAND and\nBRITISH LION\nCIGARS \u00ab* The\nair of B. C. is perfumed by their\naroma <^ <^ <a*\nATLANTIC\nSteamship Tickets\nTo and from European points via Canadian\nand American lines. Apply for sailing dates,\nrateB. tickets and full information to any_C,_P_._\nTTy. agent or\u2014\nG. B. GARRETT,\nC. P. R. Agent. New Denvei.\nW. P. P. Cummings, Q. S. S. Agt., Winnipeg.\nCOMMERCIAL HOTEL - - LARDO\nIs the home of all Slocan people traveling to and from Poplar.\nmkals always ready.    McLACHLAN BROS., Props.\ny\t\nTHE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE\nWith which is Amalgamated\nTHE   BANK  OF  BRITISH   COLUMBIA.\nHEAD OFFICE-TORONTO\nPaid up Capital, $8,700,000.       Reserve Fund, $3,000,000.\nAtftfrojjato Resources Exceeding $83,000,000.\nHON. GEO. A. COX, President. B. E. WALKER, General Manager.\n8AVINC8 BANK DEPARTMENT   ^^^\u00abj?\u00b1i\"\"\u00ab**n\u2122\u00ab\nNELSON   BRANCH. BRUCE HEATHCOTE, Manajrw.\n;\n!\nii\nT. G. Procter\n&Co.\nInsurance\nReal Estate\nMining: Agents\nKanchcM and City\nProperties  For Sale\nOUTLET HOTEL, PROCTER,\nU\u00ab .Miles From Nelson )\nON   KOOTENAY   LAKE.\nA COOL PLACE FOR A HOT DAY\nFnmily particM can be Hiipplicd with\nfrf\u00bbh milk, butter, ctfjrH, etc , fnnn tlio\nHomo Rniich Rmhui'd Utiun* by tlm\nweek.   Apply to\nT (J. PROCTER,   ur THE MANAGER\nNcIhou Oiitli-t liotH I rocti'i'\nTHE\n\\*rn\nrWL't i ui\\iUiti\nOf the Miner's Union Block\nU Uu* util} tialif in the *U* -u.udiic lur 'lit*.*\nitiriral  r<>ri<>rtiiancr\u00bb, r\u00abnc<*rtis I *nve\u00bb and\n*i(lv#r fnilllif fnlri-ikhmmtt*.\nI'M booking*. wrt<* or wire-\nANTHONY   SHILLAND\nHetTt\u2022larjr Hindoo liimern* Union\nSANDON, B. C.\n1ft Tirf.\u00abrfrti\u00bbvli-w. RetiitntrettmettY \u25a01w*r \u00bb><*\u2022\nM\u00bbsr<- attftllanf**; ftmmt-* ht-\u00bbi*<! throughout: imputation todrrnwfrom,!,*\u00bb. Eleventh Yeab\nTHE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., JULY 28, 1904.\nTht Bt*own Pa^Ti    I\nI\nu\nP ENGLAND, were to make .Japan her\neni:mv, it would mean a sweeping of her\niutiueiiee from ihe East. ... lu\none sense, England is China in Europe.\nWhat si.e depends upon is no more than '.he bequests of her ancestors i.nd of hi-toiiciil irlory.\nEven that historical glory was not obtained\n-by fighting with equal powers. ... Our.nnv.v\nwill be increased; after tlie present war, with a\nview to cope with combined squadrons of\nEuropean Powers as our object. . . . We are\nrea y to sacrifice our country for its own dignity, honour, and.right, and we do not fear\nEurope.\"\u2014Thk Javanesk pai-kk \"Kokimiko-\nTO.MO,\" TKAN8LATKD JUNK 21. 1895.    ,\n\"Should the Japanese rule dominate China it\nwill result in a process of'civilization and education of China's millions and the adaption of their\nlatent strength for occupation as a producing\nnation in open competition with the other industrial countries of the world. The question\narises, pregnant with imp irt to the labouring\nclasses,'How will tins competition affect the\nmanufacturing and) producing countries of\nEurope. Amu-ica, and Australia V\" \u2014 W.\nGntKturas in \"Thk Emi'ikks ok tiik East.\"\n'\u25a0Mr Ooote relates that hu was travelling on\none of tne railway* iivJupuu with a friend, who\nhas beei. for thirty years residing in tlie country,\nwhen his attention was attracted by a loud conversation going on botwo. n several Japanese\nmilitary officers, who were seat-.d in the same\ncarriage. 'Would you like Uto know what those\nfollows are talking about?' asked Mr Coote's\ncompanion. 'Thoy are referring to your country\nAust alia. They say that Australia has great\npnstoral lands, great forests, and soil that will\ngrow coffee, te i, ri\u00ab e, and every other tropical\nproduct. The Australians, they think, are acting in a dog-in the-manger fashion in not al\nlowing ether people to settle on the land, and,\nby doing so. develope it. Thoy consider Kng-\nland a capital ally in case of war with any other\nnation, but HhouJd anything arise of an unfriendly nature between themselves and the\nEnglish, the best thing for their Government to\ndo would be>to at once send down some of their\nwarships and capture a good slice of Northern\nAustralia.' \"\u2014 Audlkv Cootk, interviewed uy\n\"Tub BiushaneUouiueh\" Sei'tumbku 1>, 1890.\n\"The Napoleonic craze has reached Jap.n.\nTsabonchi, a leading Japanese novelist, has\nmade him the hero of one of his romances, and\nprints of the great Corsican adorn the walls of\nalmostevery Japanese cottage. The historical\ne\u00ab?ay, by the way, is a form of literature in\nmuch favour among the Japanese, monographs\non Bismarck and Cnnar being only second in\ndemand t > those on Napoleon.\"\u2014\"The Si'ECTA-\nroii,\" London, 1897.   ,\n\"Japan is not only building more ships than\nany other power except England, but she is\nbudding better ships in English shipyards than\nEngland herself is constructing for her own\nnavy . . . It must . . . belassumed that\nJapan's purpose is the general one of predominant sea-powvr in the Orient.\"\u2014C. H Champ in\nTHK \"AlIEKICAN MaUAZIXK,\" OCTOBER, 18'8.\n\"Colonel J. F. Maurice, an expert strategist,\nwriting on the results of the peace conditions of\nthe ohina-Japan War, says that if Japan obtains\nthe c mtrol of affairs in China rfie is certain to\ndemand'the free admission of Chinese into Australia \"    \"\n'Asiatics as wo are, we have made our Empire\n\u2014ii-ba*un#\"-=iSvKte^iiit*4niv^=^vritien=tiiv^woru~oivif\nllization' m glowing hues on our standard.\nOliiua. Korea, Japan, the Indian States, all look\ntu Japan us the modern representative of Asi\natic power and national vitality. With every\n'other A*ia;ic (und looking to i.iapan for aid, wo\n(irmly believe that it is our beloved country's\nexalted duty to lend a helping hand to une aud\nal; to act as the friend and saviour otthose once\npow.'i'ful states now cowering undor European\nnii'iiaces; t> raise tho Asiatic standard of civilization, and to prove to the world ni large that\nthu Orient is every wlut the c nnpt-er of the Cccl-\ntlcnt.\"\u20141'HINCK KoNOYE, l'l.KHl t>KNT OK, TIIK\nJAI'AN'KKK tloUSICuF.i'KKKB, I.V XH\u00ab JAPANESE\nMA<iAZl.NE,'ToyA.\" *\nMr. Stephen England, in the, Daily\nMail, gave recently a picture of the\nsocial IUV of .Japan, which is a startling\nvariant from tho superficial impressions\nof the tourist, and shows how hopeless\nwould he that country's position in a\nlouy-drawn-out war :\u2022\u2014\nIn Tokio nut fower than 2iM,<MVi pcop.e seldom,\nIf ever, know of a certainly where the ncccsslilfs\nofthe next day will come from, and throughout\ntlie land the great majority are ti)o pnor to cat\n\u25a0 rice. Tne liigh-*ur,ide ricegr >wn in the i\u00abla d*\niscxiiortetl almost to the last sack, and inferior\nrice imported for those who win iill'ord it. I have\nsinint days and nights In company with n brilliant .Japanese sociologist, who, like score* of hi*\nfellow-student* of men and things, believes that\nJapan has le.tit.H good days of general hnppine**\nani itenuritl comfort lor ever behind, and i*i\nentering upon a >,ordid and uiercilesM ego of in-\n\u2022tivtirutlistn, in which iu tvoplonre not litted by\ntemperament to compete. He w crving out a\nwarning to Japan that her wat at the council\ntable of the Powers I* Mug pnid for in the lA*i\"*i\nof her Htlr.<Mi8, not expended an they would pour\nit forth clieerludy in war, hut iu factory and ju\nfnnn, iu xhnp ami iu ollice. ' Think for u\nniomcnt,\" he cried lust week ns we looked at a\nJttpunuM' b.ittleHblp iu the oiling.' what a mul\ntftiide of our tiny me tie.Uix it takes to support\nsuch a mmiKter, and then re eiiilior thut our\njH-oplfl can't afford to eat rice!\"\nSup|H\u00bbM! \u00bb Jap;ituHi> worker of the ensoul da**\nh:o\u00ab Iuul ngniMlilay and ret <m< t<> lit* limn- with,\nua y, sixpence.   He will e.|\u00abiid this In larlhtiig\nj.ujfvl.A.vivi '.'fmUu, .i Uiml i\n\u25a0 iiii *>l,Hlv, fi't, J'iiul.\ntobacco, and perhaps a little tl-.li, which If he\nffol* reckUss, in- will cat raw with horwrudlsh,\nlie tmv* In <lr|hlat.t .md Itie Uu {nut io*:\\*oy\neity ut the world, payi i'iitirinmi\u00bb prices. H;ul\nh> returned empty hamled he would have hur\nHed to the |<awi)liroker, \u00bblwiiy\u00abi near at hand,\nund ml*><l -t few farthing on his pn cii.u* bras..\npl|X\\ his hlli.ichi, or III- few gurutiiiU not in\naclunl ii*o. Willi Kiel money he would have\npurchase fl.\u00abli ciitrnlU or tli\u00ab -.-IF.U from h<>r\u00ab\u00ab-\u00bb\nuwl for f\u00bbnk|\u201e aii'l |M>rhni\u00bb\u00ab a huodfal of \u00abciaps\nfioin a garbage lmm-1. With the*! be would\nhave feittlut! with til* futii'lv, and with them\nprayed that IVov ideiice would giv.i liliu n It. llf r\nito.v to-morrow, *\u2022 tlmt he rntiihl reclaim hi*\ngarni* Wl'h tin1 ffSrftil pii-rciitg front of a\nJ*5>tl',e-\u00ab' w-hil.T, to i e * net-riiix mii-l Im* hi-*\nNow an ear* anutiicr n'midcrer ol tliei\u00bb..rhi\ntlieiaii-H'of Ihe c\u00ab|4tnil\u00bbt wlm rent* nuiltshv\nl'n\u00ab lligll'      Heclltn\".   fmm   tin.* 'rirllild,,- (.,r \u00bb\nutiredof ilirtjr. imtclml old r.ig, to a unsniiy or\ni'Mto tuoiM-.tiiv, Lit a d-iil Imi bi\u00abv>- ro\\*rttitr.\nH.-nt mini be i|rtld in advunce, and liefore the\nfjiiiilly go t<i\u00bbltv|i the irollcH'ir conii'i andgt't*\ncither the money or th>' quilt, Ptw of the in*-\nfmblt.itifx of shltnyu ever get enough money\n\u2022head to hnjr Wd clothing, and the ghastly IM\u00ab.\u00bb-\nmiy ul rentliin, lm I'MtttKHinl wulu and .i^alo t*w\nwlnt\u00abr after winter. Nothing tint w,i\u00abevir\u00bb\"lll.I\u00ab\nProm tht* and similar ont.rt'-rfi die \u2022cnv\u00ab-iv_'\u00abr.\nD,.i imvlm i.'Aii^ M;.UVltOil* .Ui   UK.llt. *llO UH J l.lKt\ntltv \u00ablty t* with ti riimli, J'tu-U they i Mine .it\nnlirht laden with bid rice .decayed full and nntl,\ni*friifJH  tt-l'M   itcy   %m,<ih,   btu'kfU   imal   ItvUt\nrt*.i<mr,wUt*nil ttt manner of uucer odd* and\nend*. Poverty h\u00ab\u00ab It* ultlniate ex|tr<'\u00abthm h\u00abr\u00ab\u00ab\n\u2014lu (i*t word.\nWe print the fr\u00bbr*\u00bbar\u00abtti.\u00bbr \u00ab'Xtr\u00abctii a* n\nwarnin\u00ab to tho |noph\u00ab of Kr.^laml\nWhen, four yoar* \u00abtro, *xe tubi them\nwhat would bc the result ot Chamber\nUintt infftuiuti* Kaid in Smith Africa,\nthey would not liolievt* ToAny they\nare hi wululoth ami Hnbe*, aAnnttiiig\ntheir hntte and Ijrnorant mixtnlii* \\nA\nti** as to .tftpfin.   J\/>*l!iin<{ the Itit.-'.sl\u00bb\/i\nGovernment, we must draw a distinction botween that band of desperate\nautocrats and the Russian people who,\non the whole, are humane, charitable,\npatient aud :God\"fearinjf* We have,\ntherefore, no desire to see Russia defeated as, indeed, we believe il is impossible to defeat Russia in the lon<r\nrun\nOur fatal alliance with Japan was tlie\ndirect result ot Chamberlain's blundering- policy in South Africa. Having\nentered upon a'war for the benefit oi\nthe Jewish and Gentile mine owners,\nwith a criminal want of knowledge and\npreparation, we soon found our hands\ntied in the East, where we had\nbeen supreme\/ The fool. Government,\nwhich ihoBrit-iah.W(>rUin<*!'.t'lai>ses pitt in\npower, threw away the splendid Heritage of influence,\"built up throngh a\ncouple of centuries of astute statesman\nship. The punishment was a most dan\ngerous alliance with Japan, which binds\nus to right in other people's quarrels.\nThus Krugor continues to \" stagger\nhumanity,\" and Chamberlain stands exposed as the most impudent political\nimposter whom the credulity of the\nBritish people has ever tolerated.\nA section of the London Press, headed\nhy the Times, writes scurrilous articles\nreg'ai'ding' Russia These -opinions are\nquoted on the Continent, as the\" expression of English belief It is marvellous\ntliat there is no foieign correspondent\nin London'intelligent enough to draw,\nattention to the limited circulation of\nthese journals. Whatever the Times\nmay have been previous to its false and\nmaiicious charges against Mr Pamell\nand the Irish party,\" to-day it is looked\nupon simply as an interesting curiosity,\na doddering' dotard, representing' the\nlast stage of toothless Toryism. There\nis really no particular enthusiasm for\nJapan in this country Japanese civilization is a mere veneer, like Japanese\nhonesty, as to which all people who\nhave had anv dealing' with that race,\nadmit does not exist.\n.Except for its Government, a good\nunderstanding- with Russia would be\nmuch more-to the benefit of Great Britain than the Japanese alliance. At\nthis moment, in spite of the infamous\nPress censorship, Russian literature is\none of the freshest and most vital forces\nin the world. Russia is cursed, not only\nwith an autocratic Government, but\nwith an ignorant and bigoted Church\n'\u00a5Bt\"hw~pfo\"pie\u2122b{nTM nj^^\nState, are, on the whole, sagacious,\npatient, industrious, law-abiding Our\nDemocracy must have the kindliest\nfeelings towards the Russian Democracy,\nwhile detesting the form of Government\nfor which the Russian people are not\nresponsible. Who that has read the\nnovels of Tolstoy, Turgenieff, Gogol,\nDostoyeveky\u2014to* name but a few\u2014has\nfailed'to bestruck with the confiding,\ninnocent, affectionate nature of the\nRussian peasant, his charity and inherent goodness, all the more remark\nable in contrast with the detestable\nqualities of tho corrupt Russian bureaucracy. In Japan we have a very wily\nally that will use us for ite own purposes.\nAs one of our correspondents points out,\nif Japan captures Port Arthur in this\nwar, in ten years' time she will clear\nEngland out of Wei-IIai-Wei. It will\nbe a (second Boer War.\nTho moral is that wo should think\ncoolly nnd sanely on this business  Peoplo should remember that in theso days,\nmore than at any other timo, the Press\n\u2014and particular the London Press\u2014is\nused as an agency ny Governments and\nfinancial groups.   rlhey ought, there'\nlore, to look very guardly at tho Press\nutterances.   We know what was clone\nhy the Yellow Press as regards South\nAfrica    People are aware as to what is\nstill being done--how the mino owners\nhavo bought up  all the newspapers,\nexcept one or two, and how new*, unless\nit he favourable to the mine owners, b\nbeing fmrpivwd.     In this sense the\nPress, once a guarantee of liberty, is\nbecoming a come.   There, is hardly a\nnewspaper in the Kingdom in which the\nlulituii \u2022 (.\u2022\u00bb fife so u'l.e, be* owiiopinion\u2014\nthe opinion of a man whose business it\nhtoMudy  these questions mid  to it'll\nthe truth.   'This is a deplorable slate of\naffairs, hut if (he public understand that\nthis i* *n half the inK'hief i\u00bb averted.\nWe conclude by what we have already\nH\/iid, because its importance is eiiormoii's\n\u2014if foreign cnrrcwpoiidenlH would learn\nthat n Miction ni tiie Press, of very Iim\nited  circul ition,  ablv  conducted,  no\ndoubt, doe* hot in the leant represent nor\npublic  opinion, though   seil'Mudy  and\ncraftily trvingio uiaiiufat'iiire a t\u00ab|.iiri\noih opinion, and tell (heir readers this\ntruth, tbey woAA '\u00ab\u2022' A'.A.:\u00a3 an .v.*.*'.* ul-\nable   beiiellt   to   peace   and   \/o.idwill\namong the nations of the world.\u2014W.\nM   T. in Reynold'* Weekly\nHSU   OF     IIAIIK'H   .IOKKV\nWoodward mopped his brow and when j\nhe cooled down he began to deliver!\nhimself forcibly.\n\"I'm disgusted,\" said Woodward, \"at\nwhat I just saw on the street as 1 passed\nby the carriage way leadiug into Wells,\nFargo & Co.'s yatd down at California\nand Montgomery. Sittingona chicken\ncoop, either drunk or knocked out Inthe heat of the'bun, is a police officer\nfast asleep.\"\n\"Let us-take a look at the animal,\"\nsaid Clemens, getting up from his desk\nand walking out.\nOn' his way down to the corner he\nstepped into the California market and,\ngoing up to a vegetable, stall, he plucked\na large leaf from a head of cabbage\nWhen he arrived at the place where.t!ie\nbig, fat policeman was fast asleep the\nhumorist proceeded to fan him with the\ncabbage leaf This amusing scene soon\nattracted a crowd, which inside of ten\nminutes had swelled into hundreds aud\nCalifornia street was blocked lo traffic\nTo add to the excitement someone had\nrun to the old city hall and informed\nCaptain Douglass that (here had been\na robbery at Wells, Fargo & Co.'s, as\nthe place was surrounded by armed\nmen. Douglass summoned every available cop on his force, which at the time\ncounted less than a dozen, and rushed\nto the place designated. After brushing\nthe crowd to one side he entered the\ngateway and there found Clemens\nwhirling the cabbage leaf as though\nnothing unusual had occured about him.\nTo say that Captain Douglass was mortified-would be but a'mild expression.\nThe drowsy cop lost his star and Clemens enjoyed the joke.\nEvery foot in this country needs\na boot or shoe. The Royal Shoe\nStore, on Baker street, in Nelson,\ncan furnish any kind of footwear\nthat is required. Q\nFilbert Hotel\nBENNETT & MURPHY, Proprietors\nThe Filbert is now the best hotel in the Slocan.     The Dining Room is\nconducted on strictly first-class principles.    The rooms are\nlarge,-comfortable and properly taken care of.\nElectric Light, 'Hot'Air, Modern Plumbing. Everything\nUp-to-Bate.\nWe Set the  Best Meal  in Sandon\nMeals 50c.       Tickets 87.       Main St., Sandon.\nSTRICTLY FIRST-CLASS\nNEWMARKET\n*trlH'tr.\n_Qrdeg__yQur_Riimmer\u2014Suit\u2014no\\y%\nNatty Suitings now arriving.\nF. F. Liebscher,\nSilverton's Boss Tailor\nThe Lucerne of America is slowly\ncoming to the notice of the world\nas an ideal summer and winter\nresort. The scenery and the fishing around and in the Slocan is the\nfinest on the continent, and will\nyet be a great source of wealth to\nthe country. Tourists and Travellers will find the Newmarket Hotel\nin New Denver Just the proper\nplace to stop at. Rooms reserved\nby telegraph.\nZ^*\nHENRY STEGE, Proprietor.\nNEW DENVER, B.C.\nGET\nYOUR\nFOR\nSHOES\nHOUNTAIN CLiriBINO..\nFBOM\nPURLEY WARD, sandon\nJ. R.Cameron\nIs tho tailor to #o to when\nyou want a summer\nSuit of Clothes\nHe has the nobbiest suitings\nto nel ect from, nnd the lit and\nworkmanship is the beat.\n01. George ClarKc\nIs   one   of   the\nHotels in these mountains where the stranger feels\nat home. The landlord has a smile for every gues.t,\nand the creature comforts of the Hotel are unsurpassed in the Silver City. The meals are free from\nlead, the beds from bugs, while the fluids on the bar\nproduce a reasonable amount of exhilaration without\na disastrous result in the morning.\nSandon.\n-^\n-^\n\u00ab39.\nSANDON,\nOLDEST\nIN   THK\nTAILOR\nSLOCAN\nMichael McAndrew's\nHOT SPRINGS.\nFIW.K tu th.\" PuMIc-RlcIi ami i\u00bbo..r.\nFifty Dollars Reward\nWill lie indil to ii' voile \u00bbMir*'rliii; with\nKlx-iiinatlMn that it fulls In i'iir<-,   For\np.titi. ul.u\u00ab nililrf*.*\u25a0-\nMrs E. McDougall, Nakusp. B.C.\nGrand fioicl\nIN  POIM.AK.\nis the home for all\nSlocan people visiting the ixrenl jjnld\nciinp   Tufty meal*.\nS3*a| line Mutinr* mui end\nvivl\n9jUJ beds ;.....,. i* .i '.it* .\u00bb\u2022\nS*ri ,.,.,..   i........  i...\n998MHI\nK>9*tt\u00bb*9\u00abgO\u00ab\u00aba>0\u00ab6Q*g\nThe Strathcona Hotel I\nIMNIMfiNMMNNi    ^\nIn Nelson, B.C., is the Headquarters for\nTourists doing Southern British Columbia.\n Write or wire for terms or rooms-\u2014-\nB.   TOMKINS,   Manager.\niflnmmmnmnmnflMwiiMMn\u00bbii\u00bb\nNEW DENVER, B.C.\nNitit    Inline\ntraveller-\nh.r\nJames Hotel\n,.,..., ....,,\u201e   i <n*tii uituie mn name\nt:\\V.t'.tl    in i.\"     'll   1   l-ilAtUl A.,,,   ui \"Tm.\nInnoeent\" Abrond'  lie was a I tar bed to\nthe stuff of the old Alt* California,   [ti\nw\u00ab* while there thnt he perpetrated one\nof hi* joki**. which nt thnt time had no\n1 Tttr\u00bb\u00bb\u25a0>\u25a0\u25a0\u2022   .\u00bb'\u00bbT,ifii'\u00bbnpi\u00bb 1 iiiu Iiii* ,,' \u25a0\u2022\u2022>  \u2022,\",'\u2022*,\nmy wfljf who tnjoyed \u00ab little lun At\nanother'* nxpenie. But nine* Mark ha*\nmade hi* name known to the readittjf\nworld the joke will bear repeating\nIt wu* tine ol Wins* hot tnunmer Any*\nthat rwcatirtnally \\isit San Franciico\nfh.ti: Vr, Woodward, one ol tlu1, yv\u00bb>pi'v\u00ab\netortiofihn Alia, stepped into the wli-\ntorl-A r*\u25a0->\u25ba?\/ ,ind there fuuud Cftuuuu*\nilr.-tui.iii uu the ftiA of a brier root pipe.\nflacobson $ Anderson, Props.\nTO DRY PEOPLE\nThe Exchange Hotel in Kaslo is\nlike an oasis in un Egyptian desert\nSlocan folks flock to it likt\u00ab lx*es\nto a flower garden.\nm\nm\n(k\nit\nhaven for all\nThe  meals\nbtaeers iu tite liar\nIs a\neity.\nmountaineers when   iu\nare   firejiiUliii^,   and\nju-t   as   fine   a>   the\nlli..-.   i!,ili>|\u00bbelt-  the   \\tYi\\- in the rum  lliotll.\nv\u00ab\u00bbur  nutiiiiiobile to ibe Si.   .Jain***   wIm-ii\nw\nsteam   inU> the hiwerne,  and  then  u^ay\nwet giswls.        Sample Kooiih iimmnH'tion.\nA. JACOBSON, Proprietor.\nth.\nthe\ndew\nTie\nyou\nthe\nx\n|n*\nT     1\nJOO\nPrinting\nThat assays high in artiHtic merit, quickly\ndone at New Denver's printing omjavriv^m-^\nALLEN  &. PALMER'Arfflrpcc\nDISPENSERS\nTHE LEDGE m^4m*-qim\nPS\"\nJ^.sr&gtyjt.*\n\u25a0v*S(i'0^gii\nTHE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B.C., JULY 28, 1904.\nEleventh Yeae\n4  '\u2022 s\nemployers; liability insurance\nIS WRITTEN BY THE\nMARYLAND   CASUALTY   COMPANY\nAT LOWER RATES\nthan by any other Liability Company in B.C.\nFor Particulars  Write\u2014\nricDermid & rtcHardy,\nNELSON,  . =====\nAgents for East and\nWest Kootenay\nB.C.\nWe are\nRing Makers\nAud in that capacity we have to carry iu stock\nall kinds of loose precious gems. Diamonds are our\nlargest aud most complete stock, and they are of the\nbest quality. We also carry Rubies, Emeralds, Olivines,\nSapphires, Pearls, Opals, Amethysts, Topazes, Turquoises, Moonstones, Garnets, Cornelians, Corals,\nbloodstones, Agates, and Carbuncles.\nSend in your repairs; they will receive our\ncareful attention\ny G^i^s of \u25a0 KnoWgdg\u00a3\\ J\nThe largest volcano in the world\nis Etna. Its base is 90 miles in\ncircumference; its cone 11,000 feet\nhigh. Its first eruption occurred\n474 B.C..\nThe largest suspension bridge is\nthe Brooklyn. The length of the\nmain span is 1,595 feet 6 inches.\nThe entire leugth of the bridge is\n5,987 feet.\nThe most remarkable echo known\nis that in the castle of Simonetta.\ntwo miles from Milan. It repeats\nthe echo of a pistol shot sixty\ntimes.\nThe largest diamond in the world\nis the Braga.iza, being a part of the\nPortugese jewels. It weighs 1,880\ncarats. It was found in Brazil in\n1741.\nThe '\u2022 Valley of Death.\" in the\nisland of Java, is simply the crater\nof an extinct volcano, filled with\ncarbouic-acid gas. It is half a\nmile in circumference.\n1   Pelted paragraphjs   i\nThe grade of titles\nPatenaude Bros.,\nWatchmakers and\n'Manufacturiiuf Jewelie\u00ab's\nNelson\nHOTELS.\n'PHK KING'S HOTKLin Ferguson isa cheer-\nI fwl homo for all travelers to the Lardeau.\nSample Rooms.  F   ANK BARBER. Proprietor.\n'FREMONT HOUSK, NELSON European\nL and American plan. Meals; 25 cents. Rooms\nfrom 2\"c up to ?1. Only white help employed.\nNothing yellow about the place except thc mold\nli> the wife. M.A LONE & TREG1LLUS.\nBARTLKTT HOUSK,  formerly the Clark\nis the best $1 a day hotel in Nelson.    Only\nwhite help employed.    Q    VV. BARTLETT\nproprietor.' ,\n'PHK SIf-VKH KING HOTKL, Baker St.,\nI near Ward St., Nelson. B O. THK DOLLAR   A  IIAV   HOUSK.\n\u2022THK HOTKL FKHGUSON Is tha homo of\n1 SIoouii people when they Are in Ferjruson.\nMCDONNEL & BLACK. Proprietors.\nWATCHES.\nT G. SIELVIN, Manufacturing Jeweller.\nt) .\u201e Expert Watch Repairer, Diamond Setter,\nand Engraver. Manufactures Chains, Lockets\nandlilugs. Workmanship guaranteed equal to\nany in Canada. Orders by mall solicited. Box\n240, Sandon.\nHENRY'S NURSERIES\n3010 Westminster Koncl.\niu Great Britain stands in the following order\nfrom the highest: A Prince, Duke\nMarquis, Earl, Viscount, Baron,\nBaronet. Knight.\n, The city \"of Amsterdam, Holland,\nis built upon piles driven into the\nground. It is intersected by numerous canals, crossed by nearly\nthree hundred bridges.\nKEPT   \"BOY\"    IN   CHECK.\nGood work is its own reward.\nRight is right, though wrong may\nwin the fight.\nSeize your opportunity by the\nright end.\nFailure is merely a chance to try\nagain.\nA: rolling stone can go but one\nway.\nAn idle brain is the busiest for\nharm. \u25a0\nDon't rest till your past the half\nway point.\nPrize earners are not alms's prize\nwinners.\nThe Lord hvlps those who help\neach other.\nWhen a young man has anything\nto say during courtship he can\nfigure on holding his audience.\nDon't sib down and wait for\nsomething to turn up; turn up your\nsleeves and get busy.\nTo admit that because things\nhave long gone wrong, it is impossible to make them go right, it is a\nfatal doctrine.\nNOTICE.\nRespecting Coal and Petroleum lands in South-\nEast Kootenay.\n\u25a0\\TOTICE ie hereby given that licecnes to prosit peot for coal and petroleum upon and Under\nlands situated within Block 4,593, South-East\nKootenay, will be is-sued forthwith to all persons\nwho have made proper application, in pursuance\nofthe provisions ot theo\"Coal Mines Act\" and\namendments.\nThe fee for each licence will be 1100, and all\napplicants who  have not deposited   accepted*:\nbank cheques to cover that amount are hereby\nrequired to do so without further notice.\nLicences will be is-ued in the following form,\nviz. :\u2014 .\n\"Mining Licence issued under the Coil Mines\nAct, \u00abnd Amendments.\nT |\"H K*\n-\u25a0-   est anil the best in the Lardo.   Gold seekers\n\"BniTT>V?<T('I\"(V\"~HllTKL is \"the Ol(FT\nDes\nalways welcome.      ULVIN BROS.\n\u25a0Wholesale   Meroliarrts,\nUTAUKKV & CO., WHOLESALE DEAL-\n\u2022^5 er.i in Butter. Egjrs. Cheese, Produce and\nFruit, Nolnon. B. C.\n\\? KKWiUSON & On,, Nel\u00abon, B.O. Whole-\nl'j, salodwilers in Wines. Liquors and cigars.\nAgents for I'abst beer.\nIjEGKAXj.\nh. OKIJWMBTT, L. L. B\u201e Barrister,\n. _ .   Solicitor, Notnrv Public.     Sandon. B. C\nBranch Oflice at New Denver every Saturday.\nInsurance & Roal Estate\nPlfOMI'SON,   MITCHELL   \u00ab CO.    Flit!\n|_ Insurance Agents. Dealers In Real Estate\nMining I'roliertles. Houses to rout, and Town\nLots for Siilo.\nNOTARY FTJBLilO.\n100,000 Bulbs to arrive soon from Holland\nFrance and Japan.\nTHOUSANDS    OF    FRUIT    AND    OR-\nNAMKNTAL   TKKKS.\nRhododendrons,      Roses,      Oruenhouse\nand   Hardy   Plants   for   Kail   Planting.\nHome Gro^'ii and Imported\nGarden,    field   and    Flower   Seeds.\n Always-'in\u2014tocte*in~BcaBoni '     \"\nFERTILISERS-BEE  HIVES & SUPPLIES.\nGreen house full of Plants. Cut Flowers,\nFlor.l Work. Buy direct and secure agent's\ncommission.\nCatalogue free, or call nnd examine stock.\nM. J.'HENRY,.\nVancouver, B.C\nSenator Depew tells of attending\na commemorative dinner given to\nChevreul, the famous French chemist, on his 100th birthday, apropos\nof having himself arrived at the age\nof 70.\n\"Chevreul ascribed his longevity,\" said Mr. Depew,. \"to tne\nfact that being sure of his position\nin the factory of the Gobelin tapestries so long as he might live,\nthough his position  was a modest\nlUNHDALL, NewDenver, B.C.,\nNOTARY PUBLIC.\nOENRRAL   AUKST\nRial KiUU'iind Mineral Claims for Sale  Cltlm*\nr-pr-vii'tiilniul Crown Orant'd.\nDRAYINO.\nI> v\n1    \u00abT:tl UrnviiiHii and dealer In eoal\n,\\l\\ ANtiltlONOX, Now Denver    Oi-n-\nwoimI mid\ntviUiti1.\nDHHSTTISTR\/r.\nOR, MT!J\/)Y, u'Tr>S1'\nH.m had 17 uit.it* i-x|>\u00bb<rU'U('<' in ileiiUl work, ainl\n,iHl:.M,Hi..ri,(itv of 0,.|<l Brl-lcc H'<irK. Visit\nmH'li- t'l llie *\u25a0>!,.ran rei\/n'-irly\nGerxereU   Store.\n1    T. KIIM.V.   THHKK   KOKKS. dealer In\n\u2022I.   fir^cii'lc\"!. Dry Wood*. Etc.\nSECUREST  f=?OOIBJTIH!S\nJII.VKII I'l IV i.omwi: VO, .lit. I.O.O.K.\n\u25a0iniiul, Uf M.'.'fliit'\" in the I'liLm Hill\n,v,'-< 1 *;i|iv i vmii.t,' at 7 '\u25a0\u25a0 Vt-ltbiv- l\u00bb.(Li ji\n, ,..'.llill\\ in,'- ii ',\u2022\u00bb nil ml ! V. i...vnii.Mi,\nS'nlili'iirmiil: A. I. CliAUi. Vice (Ir.u.d ; \\V, I.\nli \\inif|'l, Svr.-tury,\nWorld's   Fair\nExcursion Rates\nNelson  Slocan City Nakusp\nRosebery    New Denver\nTO\nSt. Louis $60    Chicago $65\nToronto $8?.35 Montreal $98\nHalifax $121.80\nNew York $101\nThree Month's Limit.\nMATHS OK KAI.K.\n.1 tine, 7, Kl, 17, nnd IM.\n.Inly 1, 2, and U\nAiiirunt H, it, and K>.\n^eptcrn'MT fl, A. and 7.\nLow Excursion Fares\nFur h!1 t'listcru points will nl^u In-<|.;()t<-(l\nX'diiir via Tort Arthur all rail or hike\nmute, returning siutm nr via (iliit'ajjfn\nami Si. LuiiiH.\nFor full particulars apply tn local intent.*\nI\nni       l\u00ab, \u2022;, I'  a, Vh ,f, uvi'i\no^7^^^ver^oiTied~\"abo iTtn nances, never had serious troubles, aud\nnever had touched tobacco or alco\nhoi. He had lived most temper\nately and drank the muddy waters\nof the Seine.\n\"Beside him was a gentleman\nwho enjoyed the dinner to the utmost and was hilariously and rather\nuproariously proposing the health\nof everybody at the table. The old\ngentleman every little while would\nplace his hand upon this neighbor\nand check his levity.\n\" 'Why does Chevreul take so\nmuch interest in. his lively neighbor?\" I inquired of my escort.\nis his son,' was\ns. cahtkh\nI\u00bb   I'   V ,Sei*\nS*\nL'AVHIIS'\n>   M.\ni.niini' no  'tt      K    <\u00bbr  I\".\n\u2022 ilM<vtrv W, .in,\u2022*\u2022!.,> evi-nin\u00ab; .11 h .'i-l'-rk\n\"I till' l'\\llll 'li <\",t\u00abtll   Il.lll. S-I'Mlf.Ii      >i.j,l||fllillf\nl.r.'llir'ii Will   li\"' ft* >' :t   I'vlliiim w.-le. tur.    *\u2022\n!**\\c\u00ab,iiV.r.C UiHHi.l    M.U.I.   I\u00bb , It  AS.\nPURVEYOR.\nX   Mfl.ATIMIIK,    IVimlnlnn  nt-d\nH'lili l.iiU\u00bbl .MttVKVut.     .Vckwill, li* I',.\nIOII\nIf       V|\n.\\ .   I.min ^nrv\u00bb\u00bbv>ii\nIV,\ni'lHrU'tfit* mrtt l*mvlr.i\"f*l\nK AHI.ii\nKOOTKNAV UAII.WAYi NAVKJA-\nTHIS f'OMI'ANY, I.IMITKD.\ntA'l'.U.\\A'rSi',\nINTKHXATIONAI. NAVKJATInX &\nTKAIUMJ < I'MI'ANV   I.IMITKD\nKAHUi & SI.(ICAN KAM.WAY.\nK. .v- S, Hy.\nLv S.-.'IOrt.in. ~.S,iiidoii--Ai 4;2.*\u00bb ji.iii.\n\" 'Because he\nthe reply.\n\" 'How old is the boy?' said I.\n\" 'Seventy-six,'    answered   my\npolite escort.\"\u2014Washington Post.\nUK   COULDN'T     \"RECOVER.\"\nA young clergyman in makiug\nhis weekly visits among the poor of\nhis parish in a nearby country village quite recently learned of a poor,\nj nick man who recently came from\nj Ireland with his wife and one child.\ni When tho minister called at the\n! house he was given a most hearty\n! welcome and on reaching tho bed-\nI Hide of the sick man was surprised\nj at finding him apparautiy well. The\n(lay being warm the clergyman sug-\n; gested that he get out of bed and\nspend an hour under a shade tree in\nthe garden.\n\"Tunny do you good,\" he added.\nTbe wife, wl.o was pn-ceul, i-aid\nhei hu-band hud better remain iu!\nthe Inline until the following day j\nand then take a little reenaliou. J\nWhen the clergyman returned a)\nweek later he iouml the Iui*-1mii.I*\nhi ill in bed. j\n\"Haven't you been out of bed\nsince 1 was here?\" asked the man\nof the cloak.\nA farmer's wife at Driffield has\ngiven seventeen shilling to the\nChurch Missionary Society, proceeds of eggs laid on Suudays.\nA   CANADIAN    WORKS   WONDKHS.\nLondon, July 6.\u2014Prof. Charles\nDion, director of the Institute\nOpthalmique, is a, Canadian, who is\nattracting much attention in Paris.\nHe is the inventor of an instrument\nto massage the eye, which enables\npatients who are perfectly blind to\nsee well enough to walk. By means\nof two tubes he restores the circulation of the blood in the eye. Prof.\nDion goes shortly to London to\ndemonstrate die use of his apparatus in the eye hospitals. In the\nyjeur_lM7_Piiof \u00bb_JQion \u201ei n yenied-tha.\nfirst telephone fire alarm in Mon\nreal.\nA resident of a Minnesota, swamp-\ndistrict heard that frogs' legs were\ncommanding a high price in Chicago. \"How much will you pay\nfor frog saddles?\" was the question\nhe wrote to a Chicago commission\nhouse. '\u2022 We'll pay SI.50 per\ndozen; how many can you furnish?\"\nreplied the com mission house. \"Ten\nthousand dozen,'' replied the resident. A week later the commission\nhouse received the following: \"I\nship to-day three dozen frog legs ;\nall I could get. I was misled by\ntheir hollering.''\n'In oonsidiM'iitlon'of ono hundred dollars now\npaid under this said Act?, nnd sulij:-Pt tn tlm\nprovisions thereof. I. W.S Gore Dvputy Commissioner, noting for the Chief Commissioner\nof Lands and Works, licence\nto enter, prospect, search and work for conl and\npetroleum (but no other metal or mineral) upon.\nIn and under all thut piece or parcel of mil eral\nland situate in and forming part of Block 4,aw,\nEast Kootenay District, and described as\nfollows :\u2014\nand not exceeding in the whole six hundred and\nforty statute icres.\n\/'Owing to the cumber of applicants for\nlicences to pros\" ect. for coal and petroleum, and\nIhe peculiar ci re \"mst-nees surround ing the application for and issuance of these licences, and,\nthe well-known fact that, the issuance has heen\nunavoidably suspended' for so many mouths,\nthe Government of British Columbia finds* it.\nimpossible to determine thc equitable ri-.-hts of\nthe numerous applicants. Therefore.'for the\npurpose of enablii # all persons to go before the\npioper tribunal for the etermination of their\nrespective rights and priorities, this licence is\nissued lind accepted, subject ro such prior rk-hts\nof other persontj.as may existj by law, and tlie\ndate of thh licence i* not to be tiken or held a.s\nip any sense determining such priority, and\nfurther it shall not be taken or held to' waive\nenquiry by the Courts into the proper performance of all conditions precedent as Detween\nadverse claimants; and further, on the understanding that the Government shall not be held\nresponsible for, or in connection with, any conflict which may arise with other claimants of the\nsame ground, and that under no circumstances\nwill licence fees be refunded.\n\"And the holder hereby waives any claim or\ndemand against the Government, and\"expros-ly\nagrees not to tako any steps or proceedings, o'r\npresent any petition, t<? enforce any alleged\nclaim or demand against the Government of thc.\nProvince of British Columbia arising out of the\nissuance of this licence or any other matter or\nthing appertaining thereto\n'The land being under reserve from preemption and stile this licence does not include\nany right other than the right to prospect for\ncoal and petroleum.\n\"The duration of'this licence is for one year\nfrom the \u201e , nsn  ,\n\"Deputy Commissioner of Lands & Works.\n\"Lands And works Department,\n\"Victoria, BC. ,100.\"\n JL^GfiKJOiL^____^ \u2014\t\nChief Commlsloner of Lands & Works,\nLands and Works Department,\nVictoria, B.C., tith .Tunc, 1901,\n$1!\nTwelve hack numbers of Lowery'.*\nClaim, ull dilTeruiit, nud a opy of\nFloat sent to any address; poMpaid.\nAddress, It.T.Lowoiy ,Nuw Denver, B.O.\nMILLAN & POUND\n. . .SANDON\nDealers in\u2014\nWall Paper,\nSash, Doors,\n(\u2022lass, Blinds, etc.\nWanted Immediately\nA 0\"AlTi\"C To sdI Km!i trees, Raspberry.\n\u25a0\u00a3\u00bb-S5 v*l iia Gooseberry and Currant bushes\netc Good I uny weekly ; Outfit free. There is\nbig money in this work for trustworthy men.\nOver 000 acres. SSJEfc\nttvation, over (IijO acres of Nurtery Stock including the choicest and best varieties for Orchard\nand warden planting We will dtllvrr goods to\ncusto ers In good condition, freight naid. Our\nagents have every advantage tlmt tliis line of\nbusiness can oiler them.   Apply now for terms.\nPelham Nursery Co.,\nTORONTO,   ONTAKIO.\nKST   Will make arrangements for local agency\nor tho handling of exclusive torrltorie*.\nMANAOKK   WANTKIi.\nTrustworthy lady or gentleman to mannge\nbiislues.i lu this county and adjoining territory\nfor will and favorably known house of solid\nfinancial standing. ftKUO straight cash tn In ry\nand expenses paid each Monday by check direct\nfrom headquarters. ISsjienso money advuncul.\nPosition permnment. Address, Manager, *vt\n> oino Hlnck, Chicago, Illinois.\nJOHN OGDEN ASSAY CO.\nClnM, Silver, Co|i|nv <\u00bbr Leml, 81 00 <\u00abiu-!i\nAny two, $1 50; any three, %'l ti),\nSn tuples  by mull  receive\nIM.icii Cold. Km on-, and\nI \"tii. Ani|mliciH St..\nprompt attention;\nRich Ores bought.\nI)*>iiv*nr, Colo,\nI'npcr linntf in uny part of the Slocan.\nOUR STOCK OF\nGOODS\nIh the largest in the\nSloean. Ladies out\ntown should wr'te for\nsamples or prices.\nW. R. MEGAW,\nFRANK   FLETCHER\nProvincial Land Surveyor\nLhihIx ami Minurtjl ClftitnaSurveyefi\nand Crown (iratitocl.\nIM). Do* ,VM,        Office: Kootiimy St., Nelson\nSANDON ll.C,\n<*X A \"NTTT1 A wttti\u00bb\nii i*fC.\n*l\n111    lltltl <MU4>,\nVA\ni     \u2022 t ri*\nvioti i at*\ntu :i.\ni. \\\n*. *,,,.*.\nII\nll\"T\nAi.il m\\\nMritimM Ilnlrcoti i*\ntivnfstm    fit, Saul*\n\u2022 lin,v\u00ab\"l amid \u00ab\u00ab\u2022 i\u00bbry\nllmt riv.d*ti'At-ii tin- l.u .-fn.'. J> i* \u00ab,tl tiit.iwit\n.**. 4 IkhIiIi mul Jilt rt\u00bburv t* \u25a0\u2022>\u2022 >rl Tli>* lurs.\".*- Imtil\ni .,llt..l,,\u00ab lilllhg.* 'r<ll\"!ii*!i. *tr.*m a!*il nbow.-r\nl>\u00abth*. Tli'ei\u00bb.\u00bbiiil< li.ive i-i-eii iiir.it \u00ab,f rlii'ii-\niii\u00abtf\u00abiii.M-|:ili\u00ab-< .inil nciua! -.'I ,i II* *iri!i-r\u00ab tir.il\n,\u00bb'iV iIm(, kl'lu. \u00bb. .Hnl * iiiiiiii'irt iiiineiii*. A\n\u2666 ..r^ciHefer I-\u00ab>l !*\u00bbl*<\">iiltiu'    Tw<\u00bb mtili ilaily\n\u2022n\\  !>.|l*!.'fli\/,5>'\u00bb1   \u25a0  ttUIHl'itllr.;.},   .,\n,11 \u2022.\n<; wu \\ikh yiiu, mi , i\nbut tite diMi.n \\t.\\M' my hiihimnd upj\nAr Hhj5a.m.--Kn^Nn- L\\ 2,0*^ p.m. ,n \u25a0miA*. \u00bbgo nud we bolt! Ihh elotJieH. f\nKtwwwr Kittflo. 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