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BC Historical Newspapers
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.
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tt' if ' t *t I mt- payswsak :^^'^^^^.:^.a : -. y / *:*•/' ^^•^^^.■.Ni-' Volume M;, Number 2. NEW DENVER, B. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1903. Price, >2 a Year, in Ady.ak-cf. Doubt Again at Ulctoria And the next day it snowed. Services will be held in St. Never was a cleaner, more dig- Stephen's*church on Sunday next, nified campaign carried on than Matins and Litany at 11 o'clock; that which ended in the Slocan last Saturday, and pulled Win. Davidson out of the deep, dark, silver- lead stopes and landed him in the Provincial House. The Independent Labor party is entitled to unstinted praise for the able manner in which the campaign was managed, and it might be stated right here that the mud- slinging old party campaigners might take a- few lessons in campaign ethics from the Slocau Labor party. Wm. Davidson demonstrated that, while he is not an orator, he is cool headed and conservative: hi« campaign speeches mark him a plain, blunt, honest man, without any frills, and with a mind broad enough to allow other men to have idoas of their own. and to be riglft. Wm. Hunter though defeated, is still the friend of all. Hf received the solid support of his Own party, as well as that of the Liberals. In spite of this combination against tho Labor candi -date,—Davidson—was-elected majority of about 05. At Slocan City the vote was 72 Rhort of the number registered, at New Denver 26 short, at Sandon 18, at Nakusp 42, at McGuigan 7, and at Three Forks 0. Silverton polled within 1 of its registered number, and Rosebery overvoted its list by 1. The voting strength of tho Riding is 820. and the total vote polled will not exceed 650: evensong at 7:30. Rev. C. Arthu: Mount, Vicar. A high-class entertainment will be given in Bosun hall on Monday evening, by the Mi&ses. Edna Sutherland and Merrielle Patton. They are highly recommended. Mrs. Geo. B. Garrett returned home this week after spending some time with her mother and sister in Alberta. Mrs. Tucker accompanied her, and will enjoy a visit to Canada's Lucerne. K«.a. Hunter Davlilion HS Wlnliw 14 — S 81 •ii 87 II Id MoGiiIiiiiii .*, .., » 21 IM y.i SI.OCAN OKK WHIPMBNTS The total amount of ore shipped from fhe Slocan nnd Slocan City mining divisions for the year 1S02 waw, approximately. 30.000 tons Since January 1 to October 8, 1903, the shipments have been as'follows: Week. T>ni American Boy Ant.oine , ■Irliiifftnn .... Hlnck Prince Bondholder ... Ilosun Mine Hlrd Davton Dolly Viinlen KnlcrpriRe Piilier Maiden JfalX)LnS!l~9999^9*..~~~~999. Hamilton Hldilftiirt Llfiht Mn Iio... , Ivnnlion liiickv Jim Mcreurv Monitor (So t.) \M-eor Ottawa ".•I VHP Oucpii Bean , 'cnnliler Kooo Wepnlille Ruth ttlo Hi'il Vox Sloenti Smr Slocan n<y Silver Giniice Snr|irUo Vunrso vnr , Wonderful GO 40 40 40 124 31 Totnl tnnn. 31 8.11! 212 40 17 ti {lir 37 4 80 6Vn Ai 4 2 SI fifl.1 ins 41 0fo .1* 120 177*» 201 HIS 1.13 70 ■IV ti im in-.'. HI ,v. n (ll 2:1 uX-i gold was actually at a premium and the great banking institutions and the Rothschilds held it. But the immutable laws of supply and demand can never be changed by legislation. The inevitable, re-1 action came. The gold standard, tried by the Imperial government of India, was a failure and from the millions who exist on the plains of that vast empire came a cry for silver; the mints were worked to their full capacity and a river of silver coins turned into tie veins of commerce. But still the cry for silver was persistent; the Indian mint was exhausted and Great Britain was compelled to go into open market and buy American silver. Silver began to move upward; hut a new element had been injected into the silver situation. Manipulators who foresaw that silver would inevitably regain its place as a standard money were at work buying up the great silver mines of the United States and Mexico. The Gnggenheims and their agents and Rockefeller and his agents were trying to get control. The consequence was that every effort was made to depreciate the white metal. ' But the millions of India were insatiable and while a white stream m» ssi In Nelson Houston was elected in spite of the local Miner's Union, wliich deliberately tried to knife the staunehest supporter of Union labor that thero is in Kootenay. and in Kaslo Green defeated Ratal- lack. Second papers aro in order. The Province te Conservative by a small majority. The Nelson News .figures it out a tie, but it steals the Labor member to do ho. Davidson is a straight Labor man. The Liberal vote went strong against him. lie will not be an abstruc- tionist*. A despatch from Victoria saya: "The returns from Similkameen are coming in tonight (Oct. 5) allowing that in the Province 22 Conservatives, 17 Liberals, 2 Socialists, and 1 Labor member have been elected." HTANDAKU 8II.VKK VAhVK, The fallacy of attempting to demonetize a money metal by legislation has been well illustrated in the history of silver and itB fluctuations in the past quarter of a century. It is a history fraught with greed and avarice; with a vivid portrayal of soulless, sordid sel fish 11 ens; ofthe -•old, cruel, grasping hand of combined wealth closing with relentless and uiipityiug grip upon the throat of the nation, flinging patroitism and all thoughts of the sufferings of humanity to the winds while the golden calf was erected and the people commanded, literally, to bow down and worship it. The story of the depreciation of silver; the edicta sent out by the Bankers' Association to merchants and manufacturers tn support the gold t-itaiidaid and tn do all in their power to demonetize silver, with the alternative of lielng crushed; the great gamble which equalled in itH main fenturers, the vilest game for millions which was ever played iu tho wheat pits, with the same results— millions for the successful gambler and ruin and distress for tin*: producer or consumer. I There Ih ono side of the utory I which hns never yet heen told, but j which historians of the future may j chronicle. Who were the state«nten j ! LflGAL 6R0PPING8 t Mrs. W. J. Spaul and children left to join Mr. Spaul at Chicago on Monday. Frank (Weil left on Monday for Portland, Ore., to take a course jwho perfidiously violated their Win. Anderson left on Tuesday Unerwl obligations to the people for Boi*evaine, Man., where he goes U„,| „i*yWi blindly the dictate* of to Hettle up some hiwineiw*. [ the Rothschilds,* represented in York nnd .Tnhn fthermnn of Ohhft The end nought was attained, however, and silver was depreciated —a seeming paradox existed -a Thc social given last Thursday j money metal had been demontizod ovetiliitr nt llir, Itn, i »i iiiii i» f i-vtrittfil ii 1 1 tillttl) ui t mnn Mi*, c-. A iii id, .HiMft PalxmH, died ten Any* ago at her home in fowlon. ■of-small-eil-ven-coi-nfii.-was-eonstantly- flowing from the Imperial mint into the channels of trade it was as quickly absorbed in the human maelstrom, and more silver will be bought, for silver is the only medium of exchange known to the poor millions of India: the only coin which passes current is the silver rupee. The hordes of China are also users of silver and the Chinese government a heavy buyer of silver. The Philippine island* are now clamoring for American silver and heavy shipments of silver coins have already been made to them and the mines of the United States and Mexico are supplying all this demand. But the demand is increasing and it. will be only 11 short time until silver mines which have been idle for years will again lie opened and worked at a profit, for the laws of supply and demand aro compelling a long delayed recognition of silver as a standardj money. . The fluctuations caused hy miv iiipnlation eight months ago revealed a curious state of affairs. \ merican nnd English merchant* in Hong Kong remonstrated with their governments against the un» settled condition of the money market. Silver is really the coin of tlie Chinese empire and merchants were always uncertain an to quotations while their money metal was violently fluctuating. Business conditionfl wero in a choatic state .md the business men of I Kith nation* wno at one time wero shouting for the gold standard were now clamoring for a silver standard— tho chickens were coming home to roost and the miners away out in the western mountains were aliout Ui have an inning. In tho meantime an international bimetallic congress was enlivened. For what? Ho that the fctntesmen of (treat Britain and the I'nited States might confess that denione- tiftitiuit of silver had proved disastrous and a failure and tn declare that it was necessary to give silver a fixed and standard value. Silver moved upward again. It began V> ...... I ., .Kt',4 ...Hit M.C iilUUif* ol itll" again attempt to demonetize a money metal and that criminal legislators may never have the power. *; One of the straws which indicate the change of puclic sentiment regarding silver was a few remarks jbf Geoecre E. Roberts. Director of the U. S. Mint, before the American .Mining Congress at Lead, S. D. He said he thought "silver had seen its worst days and that it would not be long liefore it would reach and maintain a staple standard of value."—San Francisco Mining Review. TOE AT.r,KGET> HUMORISTS. At the seaside: Clerk—" That back piazza is pretty shaky. Tt may break down some night." Proprietor—" Must it be rebuilt?" Clerk—" Oh, no; light it up."— Town Topics. At the photographer's: " Have I the pleasant expression you need?" (Voice from under the cloth)—" Perfectly, sir." " Then let her go quick, governor; it hurts my face."—Life. As defined: " Say. mamma." queried little Mary Ellen, "what's a dead letter?" "Any letter that is given to vour father to mail, my dear," replied the wise mother.-— "Chicago~i?ews7 Sandon Wm Cropping Chas. Richardson left for Kaslo Monday. Sid Hambly came in from Poplar creek on Friday. H. Giegerich came in on Monday's train from Kaslo. F. P. O'Neill has a small force at work on the Chicago. Geo. Huston is back at the ticker in the K. & S. ticket office. Mrs. A. David and sister left the past week for Vancouver. Six Wilfiey tables are being placed in position at the Payne. Mrs. N. C. Cavanaugh spent a few days in New Denver this week. A three ton hoisting cable was received by tbe Payne this week. Wm. and Albert Carr are enjoying the pleasures of the coast fairs. The rooster that calls the hungry to feed at the Filbert is moulting. George Clark has been employed as foreman at the American Boy. Miss S. Warner left on Monday on a visit to, her sister at Sand Point. B. C. Riblet is building a tram to connect the No. 4 tunnel with the main line on the Ivanhoe. When this connection is made the Ivanhoe will be worked to the limit and business will hum at the i mill. Three Forks and Alamo are entering prominently into the list of shipping points. Since Sept. 1st. eleven cars of ore have been shipped over the C. P. R, Of this the Idaho sent out 80 tons and the Monitor 140. Sandon likes variety. An inch of snow covered the ground Monday morning; at noon it had deepened to two inches of mud, and at night "the beautiful" again appeared. The lake towns have to be satisfied with mud, water and more mud. A tunnel has been driven 135 feet on the lead on the Democrat, situated near the Ivanhoe, by Campbell and Martin, who are associated with other miners of Sandon and are working the property under a bond. The ledge Employer—" Yes, I advertized for a strong bov. Th'nk you will fill the bill?" 'Applicant—" Well, I just finished lickin' nineteen other applicants out in do hall."—. Philadelphia Inquirer. Sincerity: " One o' de sad things 'bout (lis life," said Uncle Eden; " is dat it's so much easier to depend on the enmity of yob enimies dan oh de friendship of yoh friends."—Washington Star. Lacked experience: Mamma— "Don't let me catch you in a lie again, you naughty boy!" Johnny —" I won't if I can help it: but T haven't had the experience ihat pa has had."—Boston Transcript. First explorer—" We must hurry back." Second explorer—" But the North Pole is ours if we keep on," First explorer—-"But if we don't get back now, we'll be tool late for the lecture season."—Life, Peters—"Her marriage is like a romance." Parr—"So?" Peters —"Yes; she eloped with her father's chauffeur. The automobile blew up and killed him before they got to the minister. The man who rescued her from the wreck proposed to her on the way home, nnd was accepted. They were married yesterday.—Baltimore American. Could keep a secret: Smith— "May I make a confidant of you?" Jones—"Why, certainly." Smith —"Well, I'm hard up and want ten pounds." .lone*—"You can trust me. I nm as silent as the grave. I have heard nothing."— Piek-Me-Up. More coming: It is reported that a young married man of Golcnnda, wrapped in tlm greatest excitement, flew to the telegraph-office of his town and wired his wife's relative* ,* happening us fuilmsM "Tvtiits today, morn to-inoiiuw."—Lyre. Cari'ies.a.irnn'rl^nn.'ijcti.pQli', ,r,^. F. J. Donaldson has a window display that is of passing interest to the ladies. A. J. McGee was called home this week by the death of his father at Glenwater, Ontario. Harry Stewart, who has been working at the Payne, left last Friday for Phoenix, Arizona. There is a slight change in the scenery of the Sloean. Jim Bowes has ent oil' his moustache. Mrs. H. F. Pound left by the K. iSsS., on Monday to visit her parents at Canyon City, Ore. Another of the popular socials will be given iu the Reading Rooms on Thanksgiving Day evening. Col. Bcayton showed his radiating smile, together with what little else there is of him, in Sandon this week. Mr. and Mrs. Niven, who have spent several days on the const, returned to Three Forks Monday evening. Robt. McLean returned from Ferguson on Saturday. He**haa been employed at the Nettie L. mine, for some months. No new patients were admited to tho hospitsl tlie past week, and Uie two confined there will be ready to hit the trail jyain in a few days. Paul Hauck has quit the linking business in Sandon, and the price of bread has advanced from two loaves for f> cents to four loaves for •o cents. McDonald & McPhee have] tuun uu hum* tniu, me water, over opened with a large stock of gents'I*-* blanket, and into a mi-oikI vat, ' fiom which it, i* automatically re- turned to the head of the lh>t Jjink. and in thi* the oil is kept moving eoiiliiuioui.lv find evimlv over the I -airfare of the water. The *liim» to I he (rented is run over a *»ei of A ■- i vidiug ban* into the main vat noA ! the ciMiM'matter fall-to the te,i- i toiu, privjng our rhronuh the 1 iiiitoiiiniH- valve Mhile the oil, ! which net- o*. it pi'ceipif.'iiir, >;atli,<r- the tine gold uiul <ti'|*oMt* it on the A log was found on the track ot the K. & S. near Kaslo last Thursday night, and the report was sent out that an attempt bad been made on the life of Sir Hibbcrt Tnpper by wrecking the train that was bearing him from Kaslo to Sandon. Such reports aro unwise and foolish. Mrs. Tony Becker, who join?& her husband at Poplar creek some weeks ago from Three Forks, was stricken with parlysis of the heart last week and died before medical aid conld lie summoned, She was a pioneer of Three Forks and greatly esteemed by all old-timers. The death of Mrs. Ira Black, another pioneer of the Forks, is reported from Spokane. The Mining Recorder of Denvir reports that F. B. Finley and 11. L. Orr, of Fort Collins, have jm-t completed a number nf experiments with a new system of percipitation that promises to revolutionize the process of saving fine gold and supersede all methods now employed, The new process is designed to save the precious metals from the slime of stamp mills in which thousands of dollars are lost annually, as well to recover the Iin >. gold from placer diggings. The machine is simplicity itM-lf, and the cost of operation te nominal. The water in the main vat is kept at a certain level by means of an automatic valve, which also furnishes nn outlet for the coarse emit] and gravel. At the head of this tank oil flows onto the water, T, 1 ■ ul^l ni,', ,t M-,, tiucnt and across an ocean. The! ««n also wil ing to bcl.eve that tin movement was IrnwIvtiMc. "Kil-! *M h,'n w,> h »'1 Cor >lmm'f ,va" U»*! vcr, silver," was tho crv from the| grandmother." - Chicago Daily millions In the Ori furnishing and groceries in tin Pitts block, and report business verv good. Manager Ritchie promises to open a big shipment of fall good.* iu a few (lavs that will open fhe eye* ! of the inhabitants and attract them ! to Megaw'n. "I reckon you won't Im lieveit." j There im» 100 men at the Kim- remarked Farmer Hendryx, "but' |,jt.,., Abuul WA are. working iu the that old rooster what jist erow'd te \ mjm. „,„| |.|,.. tul.mcc of Mmm are more' 11 twenty years old." "llli,: wo,king on the Ilium m,d other •rf* •" Si OtllMUe WOt'K. After a brief *.j,i.|| with the <'. P. S It. Archie Fletcher has wandered iwiek airam to hi* po-t at the nit- brakes on the mviftewt expres** train • !..,♦ f*. ■ 1- ' • *' < T I ■)• "mui»i-i 1, -ib 1} !' 'rwnvtuuo. ••>n|..'""• *•**• ***- ••■■■• »"> *..„.„-. tho cry from the grandmother."-Chicago )rient, A silver New*. 11... 1. - h*"u\ a' Mn- in .A r..,* 1*1 x over and over ag;iin. The oil i* Of-titoiitoA u.t h»-s thit cent* per cubic yard of 41-avel. ■v? *A Ui-> Oi fsv- placer ■Min-. it ^V.11 i-i. I *,n'i«Vruvyi '* li'iVIJOIU'l Ol exchange; silver, a money in every sense of tlie word, stamped at the mintiiof the United States as money and yet not worth Itn face value! The tliver minera of the West were compelled to nu^pvud oiwra- tlona and property rights to citizen* (moved up to regain it*'normal of the United Sti»ie* weie trampled j value, it* legal value, which will from Whitehome on Friday. He j upon, so that the Rothschilds might noon lie tixeA. will open the new hotel that A. j accumulate a few more millions] Let ua hope Thorn pson was greatly enjoyed by a large gathering. Gust Cormier waa in the Luccrno from Ten Mile thin week. Gust is Having a pile to take a trip to the fish land lor Chratraae. LklleCiiUrt" Aniieiwiin returned 1,00,11. ri.iiAi, I'lanOiMii 01 viine nnd more silver/ was the demand from the centers of! trade at home and abroad and| Election cocktails are on the while the silver tide flowed from '■ order sheet of the Kootenav, in the mountains of the West and j Sindon. spent itself on the uliorea of the1 I \V. K. ("iiiii't'oit, who has lm»«'ti ! working at the Ue«| I"n\ for over 1 three years ha* irrowu tired of per- ; |ietti»l snow, and i* going to Wiuui- * pes? to sfiend a few mouths with hU There te no hutui" on hoer. but rpWlive*. still the N'ew York brewery at; Had won her: The chronic bachelor finally turned to the (pint nun, ubo IkmI taken no | art iu tic •l!*ctKiioii. "Would von, «. i r» * * lie said, "marry ihe I***' woman in the « r>'!<!"'" "T dM." WA;* tU> reply. —Judge. Orittitt, thn price moved upward • •"'•« tm? .x'w iorK oriMverv »i 1 ., .;„,♦„ ,i,„ . .. . . ,,,»,„,• 1 . . .- I (I'Miiir to tlie perpetual mumv m imou u ilotng.it in?. »ui>« Uintih*-*-.. t ,1 nil- .■ ' . „ . * i tlie K»d I ox millers receive l.iAill I>; •'• Kob«l«on & Co., of N>J- ashiftat that mine. The „„.« in Sete*w the fir-t hu.\M**** ttAh^.* that the lemons of, mn h»v« !**n eiectcl to Hipply, working in wet places at the Kim- in K«M,t«.|»,iv. If if ftill in up«ui Mi-. M. h. lUitimy e*Uthltehetl Jacobin iaeMablishing at Poplarjand the linkers of this country j the past may be rememdered and this country with livxt-cU** fur- bier r.t*ive $:U(>a *hiit, and talk w.n nnA nmote nu* rt** ii,,i Crcek* Iproflthythe corner in gold, forlthat m. l^,Uto«. will never niture. iota ,ki»g for an JsZl\™\. ' ^^^1^1^ from !&. THE-'t'EDGE, NEW DENVER, B. C, OCTOBER 8, 1903. Tenth Year. THE ART OP ENTERTAINING The art of entertaining—most subtle and indescribable, least easily acquired (if all the arts! We may appreciate, aud appropriate to ourselves, its manifestations; bnt it. is too intangible and evasive to reduce to cold terms or mathematical directions. There are no well delined rales covering the whole ground of good liostship. It comes to its possessor as unsouglit aud unasked as Diana's kiss, and is as inborn a* unality as charm. The great entertainers of this world have ever been soul-jugglers, dispensers of the fire that really warms, and the bread that really feeds. "We pain ourselves to please nobody," is the Emersonian cry of the self-made entertainer the world over; but. the born host gazes at their painful efforts iu astonishineut, and explaius in the same sage-like tongue: "These are natural ways of arriving at the ends at which these aim, 1ml do not arrive," He understands that* a guest is really entertained tlie most when the attempt to add to his comfort and happiness is least perceptible, and that the whole secret, of the art lies in making no palpable effort toward its accomplishment. A guest should feel that he is what De Toequeville describes the American girl in her father's house as being—"the free-est thing on earth." The hospitality extended to him should be fetterless. A house, party, with a foreordained, cut-aud-dried programme of pleasures, is one'of the most depressing forms of amusement ever invented. The conscientious host must hang upon the lintels of his door post the'honiely proverb : "What's one man's meat is another man's poison." He should also hold converse with himself occasionally, and murmur in humbleness of spirit: "Who am I that I should venture to select all of my friend's pleasures'!1" No guest cares to have his amusements scheduled for days ahead, any more than he would care to inspect tho week's menu. There is but ono tiling that eternally fascinates the human heart, and gives the salt to existence—the unexpected. Divest life of its uncertainty, the element of chance, and it becomes an unleavened bread—Hat and savorless. Is there any guest* whose heart does not sink with apprehension when his hostess smilingly informs him that "a charming little programme" has been arranged for his stay, and then proceeds to run over a list of amusements especially abhon'ent to ^ii^^nl.y^£A,cniile-^*=wi-vl^=in-i'(*iturn**'=ivu(l-- if ho be sufficient of a philosopher, assures himself that "it is all in a lifetime," and cannot last forever, and that he is going back to town Monday morning-—thank heaven I There are those who insist that the real secret of the art of entertaining lies iu rendering accessible to the guest every possible form of comfort and enjoyment, and then leaving him to his own devices— giving him the freedom of choice, as it wero. This would seem eminently logical, as it is but a copy of the scheme ujion wliich creation was founded; and, to follow it to its ultimate conclusions, in all historical or legendary lore is there any record of u bidden guest extracting hull" the pleasures from n visit that some unbidden ones havo ninniigcd to eiscnro? Take Beauty (although sue happened to have been properly invited) when she found herself a guest inthe Beast's house, free to roam whither sho would, the delights of the palace nml garden all hers, to explore unhindered; and the Hiwt, with that admirable sensibility and tact wliich made him the most agri-cable fairy prince in tho world, quietly ell'aciiig himself, playing the trump card of mystery to pique a woman's curiosity, and thus winning the game. The same awesome joy was experienced by (jolililiH'ks when she visited the hixnr ious home of the Three Bears, end tested their lieils, chairs a jmrridge, ere their untimely return. It whs itlso known l»y Jack in hi*'- various pilgrimages tn llie home of the Ogre on lliu .summit of the hiuiistoeli- all of which goes to prove that llie majority of guests are oveii-iitertiiined. Thackeray im<lci>-ton<l tin*, and spoke his opinion, when he wrote that deadly satire, "A Little Dinner a Timiiuii's.'' lu descanting on ilinuei-giving Minns, lie ilewriUs, wilh faithful art, a painful scene ui wlneli Me have nil pariieip:iteil: for whom' he predicted immortality, and murmur: "There is not enough supper, Madame. Tell another story." But* the very fame of these hostesses bespeaks their rarity. They need no sign posts to instruct them in the art of entertaining. It is the woman who possesses uo especial intuitions who is in need of all the encouragement one can give her. The Sunday newspaper and the magazines which are devoted to subjects supposed to be of especial interest to women contain countless descriptions of novel methods of entertainment, and these are often seized upon and improved by the woman of cleverness aud resource; but for the experienced h6stess it is an excellent plan to adhere rather strictly to the established customs of entertaining. Society happens to be a very ancient institution, with traditions which are not to be lightly overlooked and which*; in most cases, have excellent reasons for being. The very young are usually the only ones who welcome any extreme innovation in entertaining. The more mature, accustomed to tlie prescribed forms, are apt to grow sulky if hustled about from table to titbit! at a progressive dinner, or if suddenly confronted with some new game whose intricacies thoy do not readily grasp. Take, then, the woman of moderate means, in whose breast the flame of hospitality burns, and 'who is* anxious to show some appreciation of the social kindness she has received. We will picture her in her prettily furnished homo or apartment, with her visiting-list spread before her, and a puzzled frown puckering her brow. Mentally sho runs over the ordinary categoiy of entertainments—luncheons, "at homes," evening receptions, dinners, dances, and their various combinations. Now, of course, she could dispose of the whole question by simply sending out cards for an "at home." It would bo crowded and uucoinfortable, but it would serve its purpose in repaying her social dues. But this particular hostess is really hospitable. She takes a genuine pleasure iu having her friends about her, and, conse- queutlr, she decides to pay them tlie compliment of inviting them to dine with her. Owing to the size of her home, and her facilities for entertaining, there will have to be a series of dinners, each one embracing a somewhat limited number of guests. She cheers visibly as she remembers the old saying that a dinner should never include a greater number of guests than the Muses nor a less 'number than the Graces. Thc hostess next proceeds to decide upon which of the guests upon the list shall be invited to thc initial dinner. She observes that among the names are a number of the "Deadly Borehams" — nnd decides that she will invite but a few of them at a time, and be at great pains to sandwich them among the cleverest and most amusing people of her acquaintance Being a methodical individual, she draws up a little plat of her table, and bends her mind to the -arrangement of her guests. Here is an exceptionally bright and talkative woman. She will place her beside a mon osyllabic man whoTlislikes the exertion oFf*.', talking, but is delighted to be entertained. Here is a woman whose conversational repertoire consists of her maladies, her children and her servants. Her proper niche is, of course, a problem; but, fortunately, the hostess finds on her list a complacent man, who interests himself with his food, and would regard such prattle as womanly. The guest of honor, if a man, she. places at her right; if a woman, at the right hand of the host. She next devotes her attention to the dinner. This is an inexperienced hostess, remember, far from being an "old hand," She is nevertheless aware that, if ono undertakes to give a dinner at all, the one important tiling Is the dinner ner se. Now, although she may liiivo eaten many dinners, still, wheu it comes to the important detail of knives, forks, spoons, wine-glasses, et cetera, her memory is apt to play her false. In that case, she has but to turn to any good cookery kink, which will give her a list of appropriate menus and all the details of service. This hostess wisely resolves nol to attempt anything too elaborate, Imt to con- line herself to the simpler menu ; but she desperately determines that, so far as lies in her jiower. the food shall lie faultlessly conked and faultlessly servtil. At last the night of the dinner arrives. Surely anything on which she has Ik- stowed so much thought and attention cannot fail, but, nevertheless, she solemnly counsels herself us she gives the tlnal touches to her dainty dinner-gown liefore the minor, "Keiaeiiiber," she says want- iugly to her image in the glass, "rcnicm- Imt ihat no one cans a straw for your opinions or neliievenieiits. Avoid too much 'l.' " exacting and arduous of the professions— must be original. She must occasionally startle and dazzle the onlookers by entertaining her guests in so novel a manuer that all the world wonders. We too often make the mistake of imitating each other's entertainments, and thus the flavor oi' individuality is gone from them. "Why," occasionally murmurs the tired' soul to the wearly body, "why are we expected to go through the same monotonous round of pleasures, and eat the same unvaried supper exactly at midnight?" One appreciates the spirit of Emerson when he raised his immortal protest: "Why should all give dollars? Farmers will give corn. Poets will sing. Women will sew. Laborers will lend a hand. The children will bring flowers." Why not apply this same irrefutable logic, to social ethics? Let a hostess cease to be slavishly imitative. She will immediately achieve success if sho but follow the liuo of hor own talents. One of the most charming affairs which lingers in my memory is a garden party. The hostess was a woman of marked artistic, and musical ability, and, although her grounds wero far from extensive, yet, with the skill of a true landscape gardener, she had transported from lliewildwoodyonug trees and shrubs, which were so skilfully disposed that sunlit spaces intermingled with shadowy dells, producing an effect* of breadth and distance. Through the shrubbery could be seen the light and delicate gowns of women. Cakes, sandwiches, tea, cold beverages and ices were served during the afternoon. The hostess, having an exquisite musical gift, had a number of her own songs sung at intervals by a young woman with a delicious voice, who rendered "rag-time" melodies as delightfully as the mora tender ballads. It was a dainty, graceful memory-picture that we carried away with us; for the lady whose hospitality had enchanted us hail not given "dollars," but* her time, her thought, her gift—all that sho had to bestow, in fact. She had paid her guests the subtle compliment of affording them a private recital of songs which were later to be whistled and sung throughout the country. Another woman, who is'n gifted artist, gave a series of luncheons last winter, and from each name-card smiled an exquisitely painted miniature of the guest whoso place it marked, painted from a secretly procured photograph. While one gasped in admiration and delight at this possession, a closer examination revealed a second card beneath, held to the lirst by a bit of ribbon. Upon it was limned n clever and daring pen-and-ink caricature of the same features, and in this way laughter and admiration were indistiu- guishably mingled. Tho objection may be made, however, that these were exceptionally accomplished women. True; but every one has some gift, some talent too long kept in its enfolding napkin. One of the most charming of hostesses is a woman exceptionally plain in appearance, u without specific accomplishments, but who yet possesses the marvelous art of bringing only the most congenial souls together, and drawing the best that is in -tot'he-surfac8r--It-is-uinieeessai-y.-tp sny that regrets to to her invitations are almost unknown documents. The invited guest will arise from a couch of pain, nnd hobble somehow to her sheltering roof, to feel again that delightful glow of self- appreciation, of pleased surprise at his own conversational powers. How forceful are his opinions, how weighty his views, when aired withiu her charmed circle! So, after all due discussion and pondering of the subject, we must come buck to the original juemise, the same conclusion with which we started, that a host or hostess, like a painter, poet or musician, is born, not mnde. Lacking the natural aptitude, one may be trained in the art, and in time become a capable entertainer; but his efforts will forever lack that spontaneity, that soaring audacity of genius which loves and rejoices in tho work of its hands. A Navel Manoeuver. Tliis is a story of the South African cainpaigu that has never yet lieen told, except in the gunrooms and the wardrooms of the llritish men-of-war, amidst the laughter, load iuul long, of British sailors, of Muscovite slimness, and its attempt to hoodwink the watchdogs of the MediieiTiUienil. One line day at Malta, during the height of (lie South African struggle, a IJussinn eruiwr glided into (he (.inuitl harbor nt Vitletta. As in the usual custom ou such occasions, an exchange of olUcial visits with the British naval uutoritiis ensued, followed by a round of mutual hospitality, during which the greatest good fellowship Th.ui she goes down to unlet her guests, ,)IVV,lil(V, T,M. \Uwhm*, w|„, mv ,)„. t!' ! * extended command. It. was particularly unfortunate for his late guests that the movements of foreign warships were his especial care. In fact, it, was impossible for them to come and go or visit a harbor, however distant, without the knowledge of the British Admiral. If their movements were in any degree of a mysterious nature, it invariably happened that a British warship or two suddenly appeared in the neighborhood from nowhere, iu particular. Ou the present occasion sir John Fisher speedily got, into communication with his agent at Port Said, and awaited with some interest, a report of his late guest's arrival at the head of the canal. But, as it happened, he waited iu vain. No report arrived, for the very pood reason that the Russian was never t ecu oil' the Egyptian coast. Our late guest's f ousta-ut solicitude as to their eastward journey now began to look queer. It did not take much to arouse the suspicions of the navy at this time, and in the Grand harbor the British fleet, prepared to leave its moorings, when all at once sir John began to receive tidings from a new direction; the missing Kus- siau had suddenly turned up iu tlie harbor at Smyrna. And then, as it seldom rains without pouring, further wires arrived from the same place, announcing the arrival of n second, a third, and yet a fourth warship flying the Russian Hag. By this time fhe Mediterranean squadron was standing out to sea. Two or three days later the Muscovite warships which had rendezvoused at tiie Asia Minor port were disagreeably surprised by the sudden apparition of the whole of the British fleet, which they believed fo be many miles away, safe* and snug beneath the ramparts of Valet ta. i It* wasj indeed, a capital object, lesson in the ubiquity and vigilance of the British navy, as well as proof that even' with a big war on her hands, (Treat Britain's sea power was prepared for'any emergency. The battled Russians were forced to realize that for the time, at least, their object was frustrated. Now this object, it was shrewdly suspected, was uot distantly connected with a convenient point d'uppui, such as has long been the object of tlieir machinations—which might have been the Isle, of Mytelene, or it* might, not— to cover the exit from the Dardanelles, ns well as to form an advanced' base for action jn the Mediterranean. Had their plans succeeded it cannot be doubted that a serious blow would have been struck at the uumoeuvreing power of Great Britain from Asia Minor to the Straits in the event of a war in which Russia was engaged. It was, indeed, only a constant and ubiquitous manifestation of the power and vigilance of the British navy which secured our interests from attack iu this vital quarter during the anxious years ot the South African strug- Like the admirable diplomatists tliey are, the Russians made the best of their disappointment. One and all—after the preliminary salutes had been fired—non omitting the wholly unabashed gentleman, who had offered to sail away with sir John Fisher's correspondence for the East, professed the greatest delight at tho rou- .xuuitro—i!n.'0wiuu'--.themselves unrestrainedly into the round of festivities which the British sailors at, once proceeded to arrange! as though this object and no other had brought, them full speed ahead from their moorings at Valetta. 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Travelers, mining men and others can have their work done promptly at the business ScBiooS Victoria street, opposite ihe City Library, Nelson. HOTEL SLOCAN A imnio tlmt, is familiar to old-timers us tlm name ()f Three Kni'lis-familiar Iwcause it was Ilieio iu days oflioom and in days of di'piession tlmt tlie.V enjoyed tlio hospitality of the «eiiiiil proprietor, and partook of the hostess' bountiful tahle, Tlie same conditions prevail today that* have won for tlio house its en viable reputation and its proprietor is— HUGH NIVEN. ? Books KASLO HOTEL THE LEADING SUMMER RESORT | IN THE KOOTENAYS. Cockle & Papworth KASLO, B. C. I Magazines 0 I Newspapers Henry's Nurseries. (•eniiiinly-kIihI to mi> (in-lit, nml pliowiiif? McEwen the Hypnotist a Fraud. The j-Tenl McEwen,. hypnotist, who hns been nt Nelson a number of times, has had a falling out with his manager, ami exposures are following on each other's heels. Frederick J. Dailey, tlie manager, said: "I was not with McEwen very long before I found out tlmt most of his hypnotism and mind reading was fnkcry, and while hypnotism is legitimate, 1 cannot sny as much for the majority of hypnotic entertainers, espii-ially those who are carrying paid subjects. "Our present season opened in Victoria, August 17th, and after playing the British Columbia towns we caine to Whatcom, August illst. Tlie day McKweu arrived at Whatcom anyone could tell liy looking nt him thnt he'was not in lit condition to give a perilirinancc, and as this had happened several times liefore, I made up my mind (hen iuul there In quit. "We hail a quam-l, but made up, and 1 left for Spokane on September 1'ilh. Business fell iill' llns season, leeause people came more and more to rcidb'.t* thai even his blindfold drive was a trick, ]H-rforinod by clever manipulation of liis black inuf- Her, after it left (he hands of the committee. As for the linding of the word iu the lunik, that is merely iiiuscle-reading, nnd anyone ran do lha't wilh practice. The exertion that lie works himself up io after the drive is merely v, part of the play- Sometimes it conns from fear -of deti-c, tion. "Hi'g.ii-iliini' (lie l-lhuifnltHiif, MeKwen 'greatest of Imiii viveuiv, nnd can always "RosesTBulhs, Rhododendrons, Fruit and Ornamental Trees. Greenhouse and Hardy Plants Home Grown and Imported Garden, Field and Flower Seeds BEE HIVES AND SUPPLIES, Wo have abetter stock than ever, and vou will save money by buyini? direct,, Mv iicw LiitiiloKiio will tell ymi all rliont it. .Mailed free M. J. HENRY Si/i-.i \Vu.-i<iiiin,t,.r Hoad. Vancouver, 11. C. WSUTKLAUOIIUXLY. And All Kinds of Stationery can be had at the Oldest Book Store in 'the Slocan. • * * o 0 » ir 9 9 9 9 9 9 \ W. J. Parham j SANDON. ST KI CI" LY FI RST-CI, ASS^ THE ewmarket Hotel. , j(, ,„;,.,. ,„„, „„„„„,. j g.vtm-S. o. ..... viveurs, ...... ca,. .uwi.ys llii.^tlie JvHidlie.yliii'f on his i,,u,„,i,tcc, I'liseiiii.v ilmncr is served, 'I In- ilinniu-1 piny the joiiy Komi l.-uow when iieee-Niiy, | . .. , . ■' , . •. , ', ' •'The hostess is Mailing resolutely Um...}-!. j „.„„, glowing with softly shade! lights, j V(ll,. entertained by our ollicers at hutch j j,Xli!.'» and \l£»i! ..Milin.l Vlt-S" n n pn't-ire, \>- th' .nu it i-rU" l'-iH, *-«ni- and ilmiieiit, uiul llu- Ku.-M.iii* oni iHiini lite ii.ilnii.i iiii.i i up side and placed it over liis Iru.si eiilu-i' mil eyes ill theemnN-j-, Moiling thfo.n'h lur though her heart is in the kifeln-u, uiul I ihe tii'M has Ih-cii niaile lovely willi dtiis sheins|iei'ii)afing with»»iTorI.i.t theivln'l j,,^, wnmyht iut'i lint "bnii*' it>iiiilor/...- •■ , , ,-:,:,„. ...... ,,., lv ,, ..„. „ ,,,„• ,..,.., any diKtsti r there. If the Miulli. shuc.1.1 j gmlamU. laid im-ide of the cow is. The went ushutv, vUited the Union Club, and l\™l "| jj.".„, ' ",, "J. jv :,\\ ''*. „r ,,f.,"!, ' collii|K.., or il Wiggins do--uoi H ».| tin , garhuuiMirc miis-eil tiwicly m tin-«enter, i t|,e various regimental uiessis, in all ofi-rij,. ..,.'„. Jl ,. .'.„-, A,\\i'Jt <\ i„. .* l'i ind ices |» ti,,..-. she iWMis if she wm\A em., | and taper :4,oOv toward the end. u here ! „,„,.,, „,„„„„;„„,„ ,„ ,„, ,,,,,„/„, ,„„.„„,; /,*. ^ ^{A JS,i.f lu-.ffi. the Indian ' ttu-y livul u chance to lAumtne the blind tint suicide— thnt •iinititic. J"Hy li.<*tr.» " {they mv tied with Lou.-, of yellow lihlmu. Il )m ut stuh moment- licit we dtuul lv \ \*'„i\r of the-.e ^,trli:iuli> al*" fnhl nl-oii! the nm! dully comprehend what l.ili.itt Whii- table. At cncli cover He re mv single c*ni ill;/ hits SO JKltllielltlv espre iv-|iousiiiilily of ii _ •••ell. liml "till- •f ii li'»!i i" is f n h - for th'- vurtiiinu, lirhliii;.' und f.vdiut; «f Im IfiV'•**-!■-, Am* it i* f'*i-H.' ].. r-'Vi •! h'u * ':,;• ■ of everyone wlmirifM'* h< r tin. -hold A woman may r« ftiiiti from invitm • v, horn Kile Jlii'ilMl-t; (ml, ,i.i\ i.'i;.' min' Mum ll )ili> )» t --..15* in .ith l.i r r> •»>!, r*!.i 1«. lu.-. .* \*: Kin.illv re-ftoitMMe for hi*, or li« r h.ipps !«•*• Willie there." Si line is Un* un of iim iimniiiL' »i-« iii iu itiiK-t juitei-t i*xj»r« — !'-n (hi, lb- lUHIJoM llf l.ltiise M ho ll.iW i»i|eii """I'll 111' pi.ii li-*d it hrt\e !*«*.!!,e til' biVWUd. ot HeMi'ks witn*.!' e.lliilli* shed their li|(ht thi'oiii'h iiui\v sliadi- Tv.o iinil'l* ill v, III',.' -* l\* ,i,,'tM',»-v.|v Mi'l-v. iftly. 'l'li- 1ii>'-*i >.«. Ji.ira- ,'i *it.-j*iii it hfo, UK wi 11 ti- lit-art of eiHcrti'.Miiui.' «. I Imt the Mici-ot any und. itiikinj/ hen III I III 11,Il'l,lilt HI ,!(!< litl'ill llMllHUl ill. th* ilt f.iil.v "llie ple.iMireul cm-ftt* i*alwsn** irn»iifly itcrea-ed l»y ilteip^aniii'e nl th<-futile; uiul tlttiHuwii inuiiv luiieiiinii iiud tUmie.-- tiibli-t" nnforfiiimiely re-en ii •!. » nuiiiter ni ii, I'm I ley liii,'tuir, t It* ii- i* -fill a, wid" M-njie for orijTill.fJ elT-ict-. which IheyupjM tired to be (heir further voynp- ncro-s i iieiui with anyone who hud sojourned iu the Kiel und lould atloi'd them informa- j lion. { At l;.st the il-iv arrived when, n- thev I/i-iii rally uiuuninivd, they wen- to con- liiuie tin ir Mivuiri- via Ihe Siiezcntctl to ■China, At u farewell with sir John ri»ii>r. mu umlaut w.iriliiiof flu Midi. l<rr.iiieui*. tlie Hu-!>ia!i captain in ellt,-iv«- nun* evpii-'id his ht«h lippniuiuon of Hriti-b tio-piiiiliiy, nml uddul: i "I Autli be niosi liiippy„/idinir,il Fi-Iht, if I iiiii I*- of ,»uy mnin* to v«.u i.ui of V*-^'** So i'«.i< vi < ■<•■■— •• <- li sol!!! wh»» i|i-*luillf»l "if the '■<i\l\i-1)1i.i:'*. Were vet thon»ll>dl IIU-lli'-«"- ot lie- M»i IhVjA .,,1/ij.J .,„-.,.*, kSX fl As : :"■ " <A: nA'ttu. Thi« wa* I.tt11 < eiii 1 t" ;*» it" Hon bv the or. tuh - do « nf i r.m<« .* v 1 yet »J»«ut:iliii»,l- Ititt l: smA ui*ii.'!i w«» r>'" ,-h ll f,,.r . *j.in«,l*....ii \ - * pi tlii eluVef *, nhiM- • l'i tlier, Ilil*"* pi.l' . i| ,.,,.». ,.' I,.-,.. 1„ ,„».., ■ I.His Weie phlli-4 le ilii'lll ll lolUlll l.li i- V-* to x> 3*1, "'■•■ **>i'i*.'"*.'( 'f ■:.,• *.n »:imiii t..-I if;",* ..* f-|e*r-, n.tii^'id witli v a», -t»!-- lar.i--*-; while owr ti h>r..!-..( tbt'ie or f-mr Imm- lefv. MT IV'r,*.*t. f vlvill In* ll<*li.»llli'.| til liver tin-in tiiiywii'irv mi my w.iy t'liitiH." S:.tr hi's-Wi T-vj-ifii'i-'tHiii) Iji.i," ll',,i.!?7i;*.:., hy 'oil'*! th'u- w.-" im V--•■ -.-ity fo put iiii!; to -i nnieli trotiMe on tin ir 1» h.df, ;».iut u iiiih tUiill, *■*, V li'fl Ill.lOV .HIS*!*;' *,t!*'t'»-«.-'*!.s!U' I"1'i i^ilil lu-rushtd lhe:n to the run hi:*- mid WUS dnivlltf nt full f\* e»J up |i|,- r.lleet. "1)11 l'.-IV Oi CJ.-iolI- pel'M.ns would VUlllt loe.vuniiue I'li'idifioii-, liimv fully, hut Mr- Kwcii v.Mi.ld tlu ii pit in uhed and in.il.c ineill leej ii-viiiltiiiil u| thelu-e'hi.-i. Oil mie »«i i>iui a mnn in IhiM-.iirMip* Irinl to i-v.'H'ii'ie file liflii)"..'!- over his eyes ,"l!il ' N'cKwen .struck him with the hull end of i (lu'Willp ; ••ht the J,urp r•cities, win ve heeunld af-l f.inl if, VeKweh e.-ilriid fincn civ'ht to fell ' pufil Mil-ji-ef*, und nfti ii lu-'.' oiilil bin' five i or sis mojv. In tin- smaller towns hei woithl oil down t»i« 1'oin- 6>» two or tbte*, 'I'lleV Weil- |«i*>l|-||el>s! llierelv to do his i 'UiOfuuii, mui 1'i.ii iti.'it tne t„i.^*r loot-, \"ii,M '].!'.■. i- Vl." und''. inVI. ThVir"-,,,!'* { iit.ie* j»v. i-ivyA fn-iii AIS, to -'.'On wvek mul; tiiiiii. •. Loi'iii. iu" |,.,i i„- i in ir own li«. kilt-' * ■■>',!* me*. Tiie -uijei | who Slept III il.e -,";'. l\ hi'l'HV" U;,'- wh'.'t i- e,'ij!i'd ;j Tin; N'KWMAUKKr IloiKi, in Xkw 1»knvi:ii olli'm a |iUii-mii suliatitttln for Illlllll' III tllil.O ullJ tin VI'l. It KxllUlltllil UU tllil -lllill' llf l.lllillSllM III), Hill IllUnt liiiiiulifii! I ii Uii iii iill Aiiiiuii'il. l-'ruiii itn Inil. "iiilnn nml wiiuluwi. i-uu tn si'im tlui uriiuili'iit -i.'i'ii(ir,v en thl» ruiitiiiiuit, Tlu) luturiuil urritniti'mt-iitii uf t!it» lioti-l urn tl.c rini-r-I' tu ti'li-iili.iui', .ill tin- riiuiiii Imiuit |ilu».tiHi'i|. iuul iili>.-trU' liulU nt flu- lii'iul uf every Iuul mlilt, it -fiisy for tlio ilry iiuitni'iit- in tlu- muriiliin. Tin: l«'-t iii.'I dn'i|K-<( iiu-hU In the ooiintry nre lu In. fniuiil iu llii» illi.lei.' iHiini. Tlu- lioiuci i» run on vu.j.i,)|i')lituu |,ri.ni|iliu. ttiel Id. i,|,.|« , t.ir ulMi Iii. |illl 'It la jll-l «• >»«'« lillKl »" UlW IllllllllUllilV "Oil ill- I'lll. I.l, I.l |im>.l litl'ill'- tliM I'fnl i-iirii mi'l iiriiN'i'tlnu. Till: li.|niir» tin'llie li'.l In , ii i Sin, nil, iuul the In,til lm» lulu,- Men uuli-i! fur it i li-li mul uioiie 'tun,it- Till- i*. Iim imij' tlr-t'i'lmi liiui-« in tiit< l.iii'iiiiK ei Murtii Ain, ih«. Um- look nt tlu* lionlliti'il will i i.tiviiiii' ai'.v Btiiuutir Hint llie viii.i'ii un, nf lir-Li In — i|iin.ity Itiuiliit t¥ Brvil liy ti*li> :in|iii. HENRY STEGE Ho to of o* PROPRIETOR. "war* tUssim m M..«IHi*&.S ye| «|»tUt;il|iiMl- llttt l: ,*UI.'i i*t\n U l, i ',, ' vU,<<'<' fi'!, • t \i... - i >'l.,i.l ■*, [llj'iv ".il tt>, >t •». " «-,:, ilutiSilh *•*, \tlit lOiittX <l rlim Ui ,U '" '' '"l .'',.'"' '''" '' t m*A ui*ii.-!i w«» r** >-h*«!. Tl.,- *. l.<\ "■■■.' A't a 1 r>-, L''.■»«» in A «}/«.!-.*. %.n.* a l.y :• h*\ ov.' »-tf* ■♦•■»-f ally i-tf.-it v'*-* -A hi- ud*- then hitrmd !<m|< \* ud v, i>->ily iij*>'i ••»«! vniv-- jun-t f" ;i iiuii.I*»t of n-v.-r-nd •,.f»'ii- »i«iii to ic,!S tie- w«t< b«t<>t> ef the V-nhi*- r- ^/iA^Aii^A^AAAAA^V^>A^^^^ fii»«l »-»j»«'ti'-Hy pr«>. idi-«l ,i:n,H'".iii! o.r ti>-n;<-n. (h<- , iH-- v-.u** n*u*ti*,A v-iib tlio rutciii info n «•*>-itittfi«»n of e.i-v ,.n,i tr»i«t- * jt**w w —» tin are*iitertahr<: »♦. Theiik«oi' !•-■*? y*- " tii-j»j» !-.v.-y-td- «»/i-th-. w k^-h -»i.-r| -tyA tnl -„«'tkniy in th'-*r i-l.i»«l h* nu* i V ||Ci If* (L ^' im\'SPk {-m-.IUhI IMl*' l-llitrfiii* lit to lh« e«i||Vi;..i ;hu| »!,!»« H Ul tali »*i*.v!,.. W Ilil f Ite b',141/* „\ nil, t»j.r>' Wil- tin- !i,t!)J.' tin iJli..tJ;U- 5 VJCXl V ^■^V-rd- ti<«ri. At tlm»«' Isiuoi* ir.iil... .1:,:~, •..!.« n ftii'i k*n« »,,* n't. ;.*;n, ■.,li,.*.,|,si;ir;i*!«*itn tt; «h«S n*A know; tley m*t. ivie.f.t.,!! iImi ■€ An,| \v»mhI of All Kintl** illl I'lill* Vii.m eiiliii"! niiii.ii i*' j ** ■• •>' -Hiii i'l'*i ,1 1 1.1 •" jn' ,).*! -* i 111- W'li-e lO*i«'l , I-i.- ' . lll»- Iii .1 .At rt.it,i.i'. » i,...i •liV.'HlnV- «» 11 9*, •- '% -i » ■ 1 li»ljntltf* of tii:M f ri|».tl--tl >-•'--. M";.-.. lit ktllir M»*S:!-, I*e.»«*»j «• i|.»*»|| It- uetifht of lr|!i nl iflfellSK* .'l-'e ti:r»t»«in»iit ti;*.* Mi'iii- f "l",'1"""J i' t '[,*'..*, 1 .: ...* ■ :f 1' ■ X ( r, 1 . *. •* .' ,' " ,, ■ " , , ,r > Coal ill i'.ii-|* v, li»Ijntltf* of Jiwt Al.l, Ai.ai ' lip.ii'-nl > -le-, M";.-.. lit W'i"«e m-i« !i«»*»ll It- uetifht iflf«'HSK> .'l-'e ti:r»t»«in»iit ti;' t .'..,1,1 .1.111 ,11, ,.„ . ,,. ..,i ,i* . * ■ ' ,*VI 1.1 i .:...,,....,,. 1 .. .. i .. . 1 i , . 11. *_ km u*o iu. yiit'iititt de Xuiui'i ii'i:.l).i ■• *..- '1 hi thi* iter :uei hunt-t,l Hi. u,,i!,i *, iu.*.- lu.tt uiu-u ifii.-iUiy: iu- in .niitii.ii-i, y, ui i w«*Jil fp«|»< miy j»r»rt<- in.id.I,.'..if- (». tb. t..n n li««-(«-* who m4l ts* Y,it-\*- di-fiiK-- Mfttf.^, In- wn- ii»iii:nti.i(»ly itr.'»nre <t of $ „ litiiulit >l\ £,,• .\- 'J./iiii, inrb'iu' *i -.,)■ linn ttu'ini -l*i".'i, "-i'tii, i eAlu- 9 hXlii It) *, a i'l in ul'D u(» n*f i-utl)rn ui .jjifiin^l * * bctrritm-mi-tif, S-amm w»«!d ttnn t.> ht-r tlw nm-kkl w.4*ld—w hi* It t.t ,*m-,it ih*- mmt w hu lv miglu t;*ke j'l.n-e in uny j*^n ef hi- ^^ I w. I*. lil ;KMiV i 1 .;.:...,„. i'-iUt •** if* t 1 w^w ■++** "A*VS MViANV^ *W 1/n^h r% Jt l\/* r% ■*/% Jh*^r% r> I 1JC111K Vi% IMVMIU rtdl Capital tnll pMid upi , #l.l„17iv2l»M*i [i#-~**rv"C*t (»ui«l <m>*» i.i *»»•»•« 1 I inJ-tthhvl piiilliH. .'-jJo.iwj ui HSAD OFFICE, MONTHIAL Ht. Hon. Sttflthrmnn *t,A MmihC It")*:, <*> '*. M.«» I'rmi.Jeiit Ihui.lJ. A Ihuuim-iiul, Vii'i-l'roMctil V, S < liiiwtoii, (iciicrrtJ M4im^i>r r.i'ilv.vl.c-v in ill \J\A: 1 A. Xl'X>. y-."«/C'.'>V..il,.:Uv-'.. <A,y. VAuA, •ml Ihe l.luteil Mali'* New Dtnvcr Branch, A. W. htrsckianci, Acting Mgr. fj.'2Cf*-*.-5flr-*j Tenth Year. THE LEDGE NEW DENVER, B. C, OCTOBER 8, 1903. CONDENSED ADS. [Condenai-'il advertisements, such as For Sale VV anted, Lost, Strayed, Stolen, Uirtlis, Deaths, Marriages, Personal, Hotels, Legal,.Medical,cte„ are inserted when not exceeding 20 words for 15 centi eacli Insertion. Each live words or less )ver 2u words are five cents additional.1 HOTELS. -1UIEMONT HOUSK, NELSON European 1 and American plan. Meals, io cents. Rooms from S'c up to tl. Only white hfilp emnliiyeil. Nothing yellow about the place except the *';oid In the wife. MA LONE & TKEG1LLUS. MADUtiN HOUSK, located and lit by electricity•*. NELSON=is contrnlly _... ...."'"', It is liead- quartcrs for tourists anil old timers M1ij*g/-s or millionaires are equally welcome. THOS MADDEN. Proprietor. IS JOS. CHAMBERLAIN GREAT HnilK KOVAI. HOTI'X, Xelson. is noted for ■a- the eu-elleiice of itseuisinu. SOL JOHNS, proprietor. BARTLBTT HOUSK, is the best si a day hotel in Nelson, only vvtiite l.olp employed procrhtor. formerly the Clark ' ' "v'i-Is (i. W. BAKTLETT THK EXCHANGK, ill KASLO, has pl.outy of airy rooms, and a bar replete with tonics ami bracers of many kinds. PALMKH & ALLEN. rilll.K MAZK, 1...KASLO, is just, the placu X forSlooan people to find wlieu dry or in search of a downy c-oui-li. HEUTKR& LATHAM. THE SILVER KING HOTEL, lt'd«'i St., near \Vanlv St., Nelson, 11. 0. Tho Dollar a Day House THK KINO'S HOTEL in Koi'guson is u cheerful homo foi- all travelers Ja.mks CummiNUS, Proprietor. is tlio homo of Slo- mHB HOTEL FERGUSON . „ A enn pi'Ojilo when (hoy are in l<crgusou. Mcbo.NKl.l. & Black, Propiieters wavs welcome. HOTEL is the oldest and .ii Llmi Ut.vt.N littos. nrHK BRITANNIA .-.---_ --.--.- , i- the best hotel in Lui'iio. dold seeKers ul- T11B QUEEN'S HOTEL in Trout £,nkolm*isii iiccommoiliitioii for a ltii'RO numb guests. AllltAIIAMSOX J1.I08J ample ' or of WATCHES, JG. MK1.VIN, Manufacturing Jeweller, • Expert Watch Repairer, Diamond Setter, and Engraver. Manufactures Chains. Lockets jnd Rings. Workmanship guaranteed equal to •any in Canada, orders by mail solicited. Box 2i0, Sandon. ■Wholesale Merchants. OTAKKKV * CO., WHOLESALE DEAL- f5 ers il. Rutter. Eggs, Cheese, Produce and Fruit,Nolson. B.C. LiHia-A-Ij. F. t. CJIKISTIK, I., t licitor, Notary Public. It., Barrister, So-" Vancouver, B. C. M. It. GKIMMKTT, I. I.. Solicitor, Notary Public. branch Ollice at New Denver every Saturday B., Barrister, Sandon, B. C Insurance Ss R,eeil Estate imOMl'SONTl-^TWHK™' .* S0i'^Vl,e I Insurance Agents. Dealers in Real Estate Mining Properties. Houses to rout anil Town Lots for Sale. NOTARY FXJBLjIO. n S. KASIIItAIX, New Denver, 15. C, KOTARY PUBLIC, GENERAL AGENT Real Estate and Mineral Claims for Sale. Chlms represented and Crown Granted. DEJNTISTRTX". TIP MIT TOY H0SR1^NU' Hiw liail 17 years exWlence *»*<*■"[$ V'1'bun makes a specialty of Gold llrldifo Work. Visit miulo to the Slocan regularly. Qexaeral Store. At, first sight it might seem like a paradox to put, it as an open qttestion whether Mr. Chamberlain is a great man or not. He stands today, as somebody has well said, on the heights of his reputation. If not prime minister, he seems, to have a prime minister in tow. He is the most powerful mantin the empire, probably the most talked-of figure in world politics. Yet it is not inconsistent with these facts to treat the question whether lie is a great, man as still open. With the merits of his new proposals these observations have absolutely nh concern. Mr. Chamberlain may deserve to be called a great man, even supposing that he is nil wrong in this matter; or he mny not deserve the description, though it eventuate that he is triumphantly right. Mr. Gladstone is held by a majority, at least, of good judges of men and matters to have been entirely wrong in regard to home rule; but they who hold tnis do uot seriously dispute his high claim to tho title of great. At the same time tho question is naturally of interest just now. Those whoso life dream has been the federation of the empire would desire to sec the work earned through by a man possessing beyond all doubt the qualities of character and mind which constitute greatness. Thero is certainly a sense of incongruity felt, oven of ridiculousness, in placing Mr. Chamberlain in a group of empire builders, to include, say, Elizabeth, Cromwell, William III., Pitt, aud Wellington. But the test is rather cruel. It must be borne in mind that for purposes of judging we aro inconveniently near to Mr. Chamberlain noW; our faces almost flat against the canvas. The fact that he is known to most as "Joo" would not matter. It need not rule him out of the very high company. Was not Pitt—among a few, at any rate— "Billy" Pitt? Elizabeth is "Good Queen Bess" to this day, aiid does not suiter by it. Napoleon was "Boney." Gladstono the "G.O.M." If "Bill" had been short for William in those times, who knows, William of Orange himself might have been so named. It is not so much the fact that people have slipped into the vulgar .wuy of saying "Joe" that forbids one to include Mr. Chuinb-Srlain among the Olympians whom wo picture as serene aud aloof from the crowd; it, is rather the way they say it that acts as a deterrent. There is an exceedingly familiar way of naming Mr. Chamberlain and talking of his plans and characteristics. He is such a man of the people: one whom everybody can understand. Then there is newness that tends to disqualify. Time, that tones and mellows the brand ntnvMiw'eputatiou-asiu^irtrthatTjanturn" tho garish into chaste, may have worked a change iu this policy by fifty or a hundred years from now. And tho historian then may find a place for the colonial secretary among those great ones of tho earth, each occupying his pinnacle lonely and solemn. Today we cannot all honestly say that wo find in him that "grand et puissant esprit," which, strangely enough, Arnold looked for in vain iu Tennyson. Granted this reservation, much is left to admire witli heartiness. Carlyle, casting about for a charitable thing to sny of Philippe Orleans, discovered that, at any rate, he hud tho virtue to keep living for forty-five years. Mr. Chamberlain has improved on that by some twenty-two years, and how splendid todny is tlie strenuousness of his life! Ho lives it through and through. He drinks delight of action to the dregs. Ho is so keen in all ho takes up, so ardent for tlio fray. Many must be the good men who kindled TUHKB KOIUCN. dealer In „ ry U jieii nil over tiie Slocan, J, T.Vmw'evyry Uoo'iU. Ktci UooiU Ship- SANITARIUM. HALCYON HOT Hl'KIXOS HA.NITAU- HIM. Themo*tt'o.npleleil r » T II on tlmCoiiiliiHiiiof Norm Aiui.ri- H C ft L I n ca. Situated nihht si-.-nery un- p r P fl D T rivalled for (ir.mdeur. I*.rtilnir. ntOU I I KMilnK ami Excursion* to tlio nuuiy |mtuts. Ititorent, Tiileitrai'lil? i-oiiiniuiinalh.il with all Mrt»o the vnrlit two mails arrive and deport Stuic-ular iIImhiw lw wfitn heal all k .li-uy Liver and Stoumcl. AlliiienU ,.t awr in . Thu piiiu ul « inuiiiltrli' liclief lietwei' New Ueiiver and HftU'><m, obtainable jre»r w-uwl mul k>«kI for*i <hif-. I* cyon Bprlti*i, Arrow Lake II. L. till tin S315. Hal BUH.VIIYOR. with him*at the start whose fires have now burned low, slipped into ashes. With Mr. Chamberlain the glow remains. Here is the unquenchable spirit we love to see in men: "How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rest uulmrnish'd, not to shine in use." Depth and choiceness of intellect one does not think of in connection with Mr. Chamberlain. They certainly do not appear in his speeches. Look round the house of commons during a full-dress debate, and you will see men on both sides that are his superiors in this. But it is a very different matter when you turn to ability. There was an interesting letter in the Westminster Gazette lately ih which Mr. Chamberlain was presented by the writer, evidently an old Literal who had sat iu the house of commons with him, in rather an unusual light. Mr. Chamberlain "makes things hum," but in the end nothing comes of it that is solid or lasting, was the purport of it. It is true that the sensations he caused by, for instance, his famous long-spoon speech, and by tho passionate cry for alliance with Germany, and, above all, with the United States, were transitory. Tho statute book is not heavy with his achievements either. But, on the other hand, thero is the defeat of home rule, the intinonco in all directions which he has had ou conservative legislation for years past, Thero is the war, and the bold and masterful policy of a • personal visit to South Africa. No, it is fantastic to depict Mr. Chamberlain, whether you like him or not, iu any other light but that of a very able man. He does the thing. This is the real, test aud proof of ability, and none other. • Tho man who does, he also deserves the description of "the able," not the man—such as Falkland—who, though known to ho good and clever, does not accomplish, it. Taste could not more be claimed with reason for Mr. Chamberlain. He will go on quoting "Pickwick," aud the most amazing colonial poetry to the end. Think of the jar to the nerves of those who think that the literary instinct should be in tlieir statesmen! Such extremely familiar passages, too, he quotes from Dickens. If he would only drop tho Betsy Prigg and Sairey Gamp kind of quotation and draw on "Bnrnaby Rudge" or "Edwin Drood," there might bo some hope for him from the standpoint of tho fastidious. Such taste, however, is just the embroidery ou the man, unessential to great service to the state. Dickens himself scarcely shows it; and very likely, with it, he would have been more pigmy than genius. Each man is something of a sphinx, to himself aud every other. But it is hard to see why Mr. Chamberlain should have beeu singled out for the „ distinction. There is at least one statesman today whom tho part would fit bettor. Mr. Chamberlain is notoriously au impulsive man. His emotion when he declares his admiration for. the prime minister, or his desire for nu alliance with America, the scorn with which ho turns gn^Jns^assiiili Tuits^-thoSe aro not at all sphinx-like. His foeliugs will out, though he has the strong way of keeping them iu leash till his own chosen moment. We all know that the effect of letting his feelings go is often not very pleasant for tho lesser men who Imve heen tormenting him too much. But it is not always gall. Those who saw the incident during a debate on small holdings in tho house of commons ought not easily to forget it. Mr. Gladstone, arriving unexpectedly, brought all his artillery to hear on Mr. Chamberlain, It was a beautiful sight. Leaning forward aud looking down to wljere Mr. Chamberlain sat on tlio opposito bench, ho flashed out, "My right honorable friend iilways displays an infinite ingenuity iu finding circuitous reasons for shrinking from his former principles." A roar of delight wout up from tho Libernl benches, and everybody craned to look at tho victim, who with his arms folded, sat a picture of affability ami enjoyment. "MY VALET" SQUIRE THE TAILOR. Over Wallace-Miller block, Baker street, Nelson. Special yearly contracts for Pressing HepairiiiB and Cleaning. Goods called for and delivered weekly. Tents and awnings made to order. #= •■# Bring Your . JOB. PRINTING to this ollice. ll will not hurt you, and will help llie editor to live in luxury. * =# PALMA ANGRBGNON Genera! Draying: Mining Supplies and Heavy Transportation a Specially . . . Coal and Wood for Sale Saddle Horses and Pack Animals „ Feed Stables at Now Denver. Smoke g 3Bviti$l) Zion and mainland Cigavs JWADDS BROS. PHOTOGRAPHERS Vancouver anrf Nelson, B. C. ,V-!f5'-*,'?lV!i5$.$!iV^^^ P BURNS & CO. Sandon and Elsewhere Fresh Salted and Smoked Fish Just Received | ORDER YOUR .... £ SUMMER SUIT NOW Call and see my Stock of suitings F. F. LESBSCHER SILVERTON'S BOSS TAILOR THE Audiiorium OF THK MIXERS' UNION" HLOCK Is the only hall in the city suited for Theatrical Performance, Concerts, Dances and other pur- llc entertainments. For bookings write or wire ANTHONY SHILLAND Secretary Sandon Miners' Union SANDON, B, C. Eastern and Olympia Oysters. Turkeys and Chickens Sausage ot all Kinds Made Fresh Every Day. Love in Nelson. This picture represents a nightly scene in Nelson and shows that the old old story is ever new. The young man is happy because his best girl fans the delicately perfumed atmosphere, while he sits serenely, well knowing that his immaculate shirt bosom was done up at the Kootenay Steam Laundry '■—^nd^llnnorbT^lr^veirirTliFWuarioir becomes critical.! II. GIEGERICH Staple and Fancy- Groceries, agent for Goodwin Candles Giant Powder, Etc. .AINSWORTH SANDON SANDON CARTAGE GO. Mcl'HERSON & HURLEY EXPRESS, BAGGAGE & CARTAGE SANDON, B. C. DELIVERY TO ALL PARTS OF THE CITY P. 0. Box 29G. Phone 179 W.J.McMilIaipCo. WHOLESALE GROCERS and agents for , TUCKETT CIGAR CO., UNION LABEL CIGARS THE SOCIETY OF EQUITY. "Agrai'ialsm." "sTUnnvrlnni," "populism," wonln thut wi'ic kupi busy In tho curly nineties, Imvu liml n well eariu'd ri'Ht hIihv tlmt Unit! of K-otierul ili>]>ri-nKitm Tltt'tv in no ili'Hlro to Hfo litem tnko tholr foriniT ai'ilvi" tilnro In thn voinliulnry nf llli' ilny. It Ih ton nuii'li. of course, lo Imiu* Hint tlioy will Imve licronie highly ri>K|.oeti'il iircluilHiiiH lii'fuio tlio condition 13.ey ili'fiote nii.l. Il.ilil tililtx, It mint*, must huvi' their iii'ifoilK. AtraliiMt tlncni (xtliflfiil i'l iii.otti.v, thotiRh now |ll'01.If Will 11 lllllfl.l'll not ailmlt IIKMIIM of illKlir- J OIIN Mol-.t?«:iHK. vlwiW Uv.it wuv.ivy-'( IV >niliil,hi anil . >;a*j*in, it 0. A. It HKVI.AKD. Kiiiniiror Hint I'rovlmliil liAllllMUl Willi* KANl." Employment Agency. Nelson Employment Agency IlAKKIt KliH-.KT, NKIXIS. » <"• Hl'lllnfH Ulll'L IfurtiU'ii"!- II I'M. Ml.lUm. I' KOOTKSAY ItAILWAY* NAVKJA TiO.S COMJ'ANV u.v.rra>. OPERATING INTKHNATIONAL NAVIGATION A TUAWSU COMPANY MMITKI) it IOI O *t **'1 lit' « *' im If M' i v *m»» * mvI.v. V'.V^.n \v. ••■■I', ti Itrjr.n.in. Ait.HANI»oN Uv. !•«»' p stuily—wcli'itio hiiini to l:<"-h.'.s liiiiul.t tl* no lllll'C. Thi'ic Im ii'llitlnly a belief In ilei.n'sii'oii .'i lulil f jiriinii.itii.K .iliii'.-Hl to Mi|nini|. tlotl. llmi Itil* fatiillHtic hli',1 im to liiinl Unit'.' uiivtliliiK lo do wilh lirliiuliiif tlt'i'i nn? Wc Imve luitl li-.ui yarn with nlioiin- l'r<»- .lin»,' h.uvi'sth. It mny lie Unit Hu' muse <*" I..'.' l.ui,i 1> luit'ttli'iDHUili In..li 11 il.tr* Keiieinlly Iji'cii mii)]ioxi'il Iii lie. If a m;iil Ik t-.llli|,li' ihi,null to kd to 11 rliillVi.v.lllt lo Icivi- I,i'l for* «!,.<■ Ii'lil, !;i it. -,.*•:,',,;!1.\ weak flioilKll lo he lllfllli'ineil liy wlmf the liiiialiiik' "11'ieiiln Io I.Iiii, nml. es|iii'. hilly If n traulc «iiil In foiet.ilil, he Will h>'l|i lo br,hit it !■• loin* hy hu (inn hit. vouini'i'x. Juot now lliere nre inany (ten- )i|e »-riililitllK IliP liotlzliili for KlUli- nf I tm t l«iw ;iliiio!<|ilii'ie. which iiiu»l. Ill')' ate :ii--llli*il. hihiii ",-tlli- iluvill 'l|inll llu iiilliriieli Illl Wnllil. Thi'> klli'W tin le;l-ii|l fur e\|.ee|lnir ll ejnejit that ihii^iu'I Ity Iiiim In ei. <<intli.uiiii« nil over the wmlil (ul ti|iw,i|ih*i of liven yearn. The nuli- Hllllltllll llltilf of Illl-lfK «M I* II* Mllt'll full i.\ t,s tl wii^ ii > <*.* f ii«", lutf lhil e In .1 l.-i-l Vi.li-MH ■■<•> le,* tli/ll 11.'ti* I-l.'."* Imi linn, nml 4lui» may make a illfTenni■*,*. •'1,11'k Of I'llliflilelHC,*' Willi III Wllll'lUt li'imii li ot 'i li'") >*T<'* • <-e l>*w|*> It iii lo he iiillllitliil lhal llo'le in ll f.l'T I,l,i'l f,,.' .tl.tllll itni.lkh ll 9,,9 ok*- tut iii ii liiigtr tl<ui'''' n >' ti UK"-mill lhal 1." Die ul-iMiicc nt Hit t *|ij«>rlunitI<n (if |lllli.|n HI V KVei*""" «>f >•(<. ei|J il'iKi I-' .,ii. uf ihe evil* itntler thl** ti'-.iil The HllVIIIII'llllf 'If «,1({|« 111 llit Hitli'lnely liiult I'tiliil l.-i .iijiitliel', Wr line h.nl iXii'mIvi- ».|wi'y!ali<ni Willi «li».iitlrt)iiK r<it*il|w in |llt« Ulnek t*\l Uttnfew We tlll'i' '■'•• u *,,>,. .u ■'.*(*■ .ii mn- )'f,i.iii«< t tfUitiiKf*. tl-n .,*,(,•:■''.■ <V**..i'.**- In , .,Mi,;, :y. i . «i.l>l ilVi-tlnn <•« ll/'fe tt|".II Ifi.llKllV ni. ;«.*,,> ,1.1 Ji(|., In J,.- mlL :*tt. fiini,"' | for Itlith'-r mittiii h:iv<» ftlii .nlv t>,),l ***r- The Filbert Hotel Bennett & Clark, Proprietors. The Filbert is now the best hotel in the Slocan. The Dining Room is conducted on strictly first-class principles. The rooms are large, comfortable, and properly taken care of. Electric Light, Hot Air, Modern Plumbing, Everything Up-to-Date. We Set the Best Meal in Sandon Meals 50c. Tickets $7. Main street, Sandon. „_ B~ifA"N*U rs Monogram, Boquet, El Justillo Sarantizados M?rguerita, Our Special, El Condor, Schiller. ALSO Tuckett's Union Labe; Cigarettes Karnack T. & B. V. C. Corner Alexntiiler Street hiitllCnlumhlit Avouuu, Vancouver, B. C. CANADIAN ni JNTK'f N ATIf IN AL X A V ll: ATH »N ■J^HJIi'l'M-'i I I -'MfA >•') , ij At I i.l) KASUO-NKL^»N IJ«'I'TK 5;«>> 1. m. Uv. NKI-S* >N Aw. 7:1 > |». iii h.l'i.i. hi Ak. KAM.O hv. HSAmt f, tu Tulii'l* -uthl iu all \-%ti*i ul llw I'nit*"*! St**>» tu*! rmtwffn \\* Cti-aI Nwllier: fttul^.U AS <.'c.HH'.«nj)'* Isimv*. F*m farther |.nftkalir» c»II on or ml At*"**: o.uyln i.i!. t.i*.* .1, lit. it,,- llltlh uliilil'.oii <•< tli-ii .m»l ^Ihiim '•!f Tl •*. .f ;t lemi- •li Ml. •'•ii.ttUy ■ tin.' k* ttt- t-SS'i,- ■ ll!.. ,"■■ «!:. M ft* S . .ol'lff i"» . i:,-,o.y, mui ik -k- I-, .!!"« **. ll » t." " tt:,»t ll.-' <Sr*«lll-'t-l' .in>i •!>»" |v»{»iiif»i' wf-.itl'.r. > 1. t..*l ,. • I'e |-«. •*|.<.ti-ir il.tt ' l.lll.Jel. 11 nf .-fjiit n. 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To obtitlii iirofltuhle inli'i-H for tilt ptoilui'tH of tin* t'linii, Kui'iieii find or- I'lnii'd, t To hullil and mulntuin <*U-vutorn; wiMt'hotiM'H, nml eolilKtoiiiKtt Iioiihi-h In pi'lnplpiil miiilii't I'ltk'H or In ull lot-all ten where iii'i'i'swii'y, no that fnnn iiroiliii-n limy Ihi held lor ait ailvitnlaiitiitts prli-v In- Hteitd of piiMHlng li.tti the hiinil of tnliltlle- IIU'll or trunlw. II. To Mt'i'tiiii (t|iiltahle rnteii of triuiHpor- tiitloii, .1, To Hi-i-mv li-BlKlittlon In thn Interent nf iiKrli'iiltiite. fl. To npi'ii tip new tnnrki-U and enhtiKe lllll Ol.fM. li. To Hi'i'tit'i! new Kinli.H. ftvillH. yi-i*d« ainl vejtelulili'H l'tniii lorviKii i-ounlritvi, with tlw view of IniptoviiiR piixeiii i'I'H*!' .iii't Kl'iliiW •! olt.ttiJ iliuihtlj. 7, To M'liiiit nop* In thiH nnd forelKfi I'liiiiitrliMi hu flint fitrtiieiK may ti|it*ralt- Infi'llitri utly In pi .n<tltij« and mat In Ijiik. H. To fHtlll.llHll ItlMtltlltlllllH of ll'.'irillllK nn that fiiiiiii-iH ami tln-lr kuiih anil ilui- KMIt'l>i mny lie t-iluealeil It. tn-lt-iitlffi- and llitt'liwlvi' fiitiiiliiR, an.I for tin, Ki-iit-r.tl j ailviiiiretiienl nl amh'lllllllt', S», To Impiine lhi» lilifhwajH. I". To Irrlmtlt- tin- lai.tl, 11. To piivii.t iidiilti-ratlon of final and luiiikt'llni*! of Iln- ► iinv. i;*. To own n*a| t'Htatf, htiild, maintain, and tipinilii i-li"Vii|tir.', stnianf hnii-i", *lii«'k .Minl-i, lalliii.'itl', Hhip llin-s. *•!«•., an may hi- iln uir.l v. («t- and expftllftti, i:i. Tit pliiiimli' i-'tii'lal lulil illlllll*. H- T<> ift\\f d'.'.uli- in'lit'iii'ii ».<<iul-v 1,1 law. ll». To hmniw and loan intinr-y and tin hiillkililt liliu l|i'--« Id To do 1111 liixtilafire lnr»llie«ji. huth llf.' (ll.ll flu-. IT. To i-rUlillt-li Miniinr MM-li-at* in fur- I'li'ii 1 •nttiiiili'.-i. In a hilllefllt of Hi.- <.'.•!-l-i'ly flu- fllM "■•> .Sit I Ix Unix Mitlnl: "Thai piiitlun nf thit f.innii* nf (he I'lilliil Htali'M inlin i'1-iii'i.-ii'iit tin.-' vui'i'ilu < of Hit* I Jul Vila at 1 r»»f>. W lllll « to Wilh i |,„t.l (1 fi-nm **■!■ *■:■■•**• < ' • ■ , itiiit; Jin- th.' jMiw-t-r lhal tan fule H>> ' H,:iiVi 1 nf lli, i* 1,ii.! *• ,1 ,i, . ,,. , ... .',. Stai">- («ir»'viiy wlu-ii nnwi-i In ,\<ni"ii*i , t',., !* Ii ii,'* w-ili..- nml kitp 11 low n'l'U ' th.- 1t.1ll.1r l« iiMrlAl 1 VV iH-ii tin- wlif.il .-nil Winn tie* itidtar j Tl.iw! u.ttly haittl in ii.iiiti, Tlil'l.' Will If tlltlll pl-liff :illll plflllv ' |f .1,1.. ,1 Hi.,, ll. t> I • ' 1 iit'in-r iiini'K ujlt itri'i-s tin i't'i'pJt'. j y.%*T* 1 l.u* aii<l rank nnd «i *li«t>. : iv,*! * »«(.. '«*r lit- f.ttf.-'..-'' i.f, '•!«• 1:«. : |'».,«|.t* ilifit ih*. ••niii.- li.iiitiii j Th* :it»l attlrlc of tit puit-rr.iin , M.*'li..|.-I l.y iitif of the »rtrl«'ly * t ■, ai linti iii-iiitilt»: T«. 1.1.1011 |trnrtt tlilf priit* !■ 1 f:am piii-lmlii " "Wi* do not t>nii■> •y '.i.t ii :{■- 'Si \.'. :■■. -, '.,..', -... 1. • ,.n, i.' • ■'■ ■t mitum'iin pih't'*." "Tt.e f.irn.fi" < "■■ lift. *viit'*itn iii,v fitt.tr tl^«- ■ »'>f ■ -•....,**.. ..i.lii.l ti.f tiUl tttU 11,1* I'fVf!''- 'J'hf - 'ij'(*'"iii lnw ot *i|(.j'l| iifid »i. u -• *l I* m mull. Tl'i'tf 1* tut «i»."h !.m". .iiid ■»- *■■»-*,*! .''!>■ .■;■■•!• ,ll',l») \,:,,.ti,'* tt .% *. . *■• ,■».«»■ ar.il »avi-r «1i«:l Uatt any [. fii*m>t*- : ttttljt." CORRECT FASHIONS. A visit to our Tailoring Emporium will give you an idea of the prevailing styles for Spring Clothing .1. K. CAMERON! SSJTS Hotel Sandon Robert Cunning, Proprietor. Pioneer hotel of thc Slocan. A table that is replete with the Choicest Seasonable Viands. Room*; Lfirtfe, Airy and t'oiiiAitlalilc. Spctial AiU'iitiojt Ui .Mining Trade ■ • ■ THE. ■ ■ STRATHCONA EXCURSION RATES Provincial Exhibition, Westminster Seillnpr (lutes Sept. L'fi, 27, 28, 2'.i, JJO. -Good to return October 0. Rates New Denver $16.25 Corrc8|H>tidin*fir rates from nil Kootenay {Kiinls. Tlirouirh coaches and ijlee|M!iij Arrowhead to Westinliistcr. Victoria Exhibition Oct. 6-10. On payment of extra fnre Vnncoa- ver or We tiiiiiisu-r to Victoria, tic* kels will liu extended H davs. For coinj'lute Snft.au.itiw;. ui,A Ixji th rener- vHtionr, ii|i|il) tn local agents or write A«t. G, ii.(iAiiUi;r, .1 s.<;.\itin<. II IV A..Ni-l«ir.,JI.C Xew Denver. K.J UiM.K. AM I' A.. V.iiii uvcr IN NELSON, B, 0. SILVKII CITY I.OIXJK NO. 3W I.O.O.F. MM>iN, 11 e. Miiilnrnliilli. rii».iirll«li:.'M-fi I'rlilny i-vr nllii; iHJl'.fli^Vl-l'li'lf lm llu. 11 i.|ilu!l) linfl.il In nit, ml. liis Ill'liU.V, Niiiii- lirsi it; .IK. l.i.MiiiMi, Vin tlr.ii.il, .Ia*. II. Tii'Mii-iiii. *i.l'1,l'4ty A.F. & A.M. Al.TA I.OIKJK Mi 1. UM**,*, ll. *.. tttuuinr {".iiiKii.iun ill 11 Iiiii tin- f-%. .Ut- n't tt. Is the leading hotel in Southern Hjiiish Columbia It has ample accommodation for a large number of inti'm*;, ;*iiv\ i\-*o \i\[*;\\ piv'^ion \\ (H'L'U^Jr.', ,*;j^,'i..j]> equally to any traveler as well as the tourist. Drummers will find large sample rooms and all the conveniences oi the mcukTn hotel. ! ilitl In in I1I11,nlli li) M .* I si ),iuriiini.* I ii'iMi-ii iri- 1 yllllll .lAMIfM II.U.II'S, lir»l Tl)i»r»- llil' Hllll lit * I, I) , 'fifi'illv tin H.il In nt- N'Urta y. HEW DENVER MINERS' UNION tlQ. »/, W. f M. H'it-< .'VityN,\ 11, UUA*, M1SKIIS I >i|. .N }] * J.J. 1 n mil-.- »i 1 •••, '■ HftiH WJD.I.J.iiliJ'H, Vl y. S. I'll S.II.Ni •!., PfrtliV-iil, N.,,*.*firj, 1 SANDON \i)\)np Mn ia ROOMS RESERVED BY TELEGRAPH B. TOMPKINS, MANAGER 1 K. OF P. Illrl- «'\t n \\ . I In lli. IVI.1..I* 1 ., i 1.*/ i ,t ,1,11 I, V. i^l It II i#i ui»n r. i' ,lm llnl, tt t.ll.lf l%< * • I' Ai 11.11> J llu 1 tH9)' t,,..ti . k It ft* Cnadbobiiic ^ McLaren SAMPLING AGBNTS lire *ittl|ijKi| to Nt l*.ti will t* cm*- * tuliv iM.fettl mter. KELSON. - - - B. C THE LEDGE, NEW DENVER, B. 0., OCTOBER 8, 1903. Eleventh Yeab Nice Line of Fall Underwear just opened Old Men's Comfort Shoes Jus. received—Inspect t-liem. J. B. SMITH & CO. Ne»v Denver, B. C. Have you your Stoves forWinter? We ea-irv all sizes of the best makes of coal and wood burners. Tliey are makers of heat and Sivers of fuel. H. BYERS ft GO. SANDON. B. C. The Ledge. With which Is amalgamated the Saniwn Payktkkak, Published every Thursday In the richest silver- lea'd-zlnc camp on earth. Local Advertising l(» cents a nnnpariel line Hist insertion, and ft cents a Hue fiu-h subsequent Insertion. Rcadlnir notices as cents a line, and conmiercliil aiivertMn£ Knided in prices accord- inp; to circumstances. Subscription.*;.'a year In advance or$2.50It not so paid. Certificate of Improvement notices 87 llnquent Co-owner notices *>10. De- Fellow Pilgrims: Thk IjIDOk is located at > ew Penver, B. C , and ls trneed to many parts of the earth It has never been raided by the i-herlff. snowslided by cheap silver, or Hitidiicd hy llie fear of man It works for tbe trail blazer as \vcll as the bay-windowed, ehampaiine-fluv.-ired capitalist It alms to lie on the ripht sidt^of everything, and believes that hell should bo administered to the wicked in large doses. It has stood the test of tlirc. and an ever-increasinir liaystrcak ls proof that It is bolter to tell tin- truth, even If the heavens do occasionally hit onr smokestack. One of the noblest works of creation ls the man who always pays the printer; he is sure of a hunk In paradise, with lliondess roses for a pillow by night, and nothing but gold to look at by day. Address all communications to~ THE LEDGE, New Denver. B.C \ pencil cross in this square I 'ideates that your subscrip tl m is due, and that the editor ivants -nice uirain to look at your collnternl of the favorable reception by tbe ■iifferent European nations of its suggestion that tiie leading civilized and commercial nations agree on a ratio for the coinage of silver for the trade of the dark races. This ratio would probably be 32 to 1, or possibly 30 to 1, and at that ratio no doubt the value of the silver coins could be maintained for years to lome. It is certain that at present this forms tho most promising and practical outlook for a common standard of value between the world's traders of all nations and races: for the brown men are not yet ready for the gold standard, and trading with them must be on some basis that they can fully understand and utilize. This basis would fix the silver market at a little over 60 cents an ounce, as a permanent proposition. There is many a slip between the lip and the ballot box. nPT_ _rnnrTNfi_ Shampoo ED ANCRIGNON'S TONSORIAL PARLORS Brick Block New Denver Manager of HOSUN HAUj. The Slocan will have one Bill before the House toria. at in least Vic- Ei,ections may come and elec- iaonfijmay^gQjJL^jUifiJcaiu-gQfiELJia forever. ADVANTAGES OF KECII'ROCITY. At tho fourteenth annual session of the Trans-Mississippi Congress convened in Seattle recently, delegates from every state and territory west of the Mississippi were in attendance. An address of very great interest to Canadians was delivered by Mr. Herbert Strain, on the subject of commercial reciprocity. In the course of his speech he said: I don't know of a more opportune time or a more appropriate place to discuss the trade relations between Tim Sn ii ilon Let us push politics aside now, and bring out the drill and the hammer. ______ In Vancouver Joe Martin seems to have wandered out in the rain. ent on Canada for our paper supply, and from their vast spruce forests an almost unlimited quantity may be obtained. Canada was the first country that the United States made a reciprocal commercial treaty with; it continued in force from 1854 to '56, and the abrogation of it was more due to political irritation than any question of economics. Our present tariff law provides specially for reciprocity, but we have been so busy discovering the almost boundless resources of our own country that we have treated with remarkable and almost inexplicable indifference sll efforts made by Canada since 1866 to enter into closer trade relations with us, and the Senate of the United States as a ratifying power, has persistently blocked all efforts, made by citizens of both countries, to bring about a proper basis of adjustment. Did we not see when the last joint high commission met that, with the exception of one or possibly two questions out of thirteen, there was very little difference of opinion? In 1902 Canada imported from the United States §125.000,000 worth of our products, this with nearly a prohibitive tariff, raised to restrict trade, amounted to §21.62 per capita. During the same year Mexico, Central and South America, and the West Indies imported $96,000,000 worth of our products, being §1.70 per capita. Probably he is Cane. looking for Phil Keen Avi>., Sllllllllll , ItiiunliiK since the si eat tiro, and always open up tu mldiilnlit, Call 1n when ymi strike the Silver City and net a liller. Meal Ticket, $5.50 for $5 00 fi. H. Ml'RIIARI). Audit fur inland ClirarC-o..of Kamloop*. COLIN J. CAMPBELL ASSAYER Tiie elections did not make any difference to the beer of tlie New- York brewery. It is still on tap everywhere. One of the distressing features of the election is the defeat of Alf Parr in Ymir. It forces Alf to look for another job. The recent election in Nelson must have convinced Sid Taylor that there iR more than one liar in the commercial metropolis. Something should be done to help the C. P. R. in the Slocan. The train is nearly always late and the mail from the north frequently arrives after oflice hours. This has a tendency to disorganize t-lic commercial life of the Lucerne. The election that has just jmssod away wiih not at all passive in Nelson. Tho people grew excited as P.O.BOX 36 NEW DENVF R. the eventful day drew nigh and bet __ TrnniifHi »injiicatiiiii vnriout* things upon the re-stilt. ....... ~:~. •"-.:....;—-.:■:-._=: = j^0,no pufc »l|» money, OthciH real CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS rotate, h»*, Kim.*, d,i,.k«,dgi,rH i nnd hot air. Hot air, it might IIIIIAIiKII'IHA N«l. 3 Minora! Claim air. not air, ir mignt nos added here, te a commodity nu c,i in use hy loud-mouthed but nerve- lens sports. In a city of Liberals it seems strange that a Conservative should he elected, nnd it improbable that no other man, except Houston, could liave won on that ticket in .1... .»'«.'■»■■ •,---. 't'lffl tii-rcnf! Nelson. His strong personality, ■ m. nlv In Oif Mliilnir llfiiiii.t fur a Ortilirul* t i , t ,i _ ? A . . i .iimi*..*,.„,..„,«, f,,t it* ,„„.„,, ,,i%,,,{»!,t,'; coupled with the fact that he ha* i<.'r»*'i- liwilof Uii- «l.*viw<Ulm ' " ■" • t'u'-jf In lti«! SIi.ihii Mlnlnif llivinloti ••! 'Vi-.i Ko-l.-nnr Hintrli'1. Whw lui-uit-: • in i|ivMi> Im'IM'chh KIiiiii-II ami (irniilti- rrt,i'k« nlmiii I) -tiIIim *>iittiHii.ti'rly from the Tliiillllmill |fri'll|l. UKK N*oTlt:K timl I. X. ** t'li>in*Mit*. m-Hrm «< itkr-'iit for I), M Piw.tlt.fiii' iiliii-r-'riT- nUi-iiie No. tl'.t***l, K |, |>ri.*.i'..|i. V MO Nn, fi: >"»•, anil W,,\ ir.ipliMi. V. M «' -No. HV3K.1 liitfinl *t%1y Oay* fnnn tlio *i\f A»nt furlh*r lakv nolle*' tint »i-tl<m. umlrr wi-- :lnii si. mn«l lw c-niimii'iiK-il lH*ti,w llw U«m*iii» ,1 •!!< it I^IUtH-ml**" nf ImpiniVt-liU'liM. li-IV I lllll t .1 ti*V fit AlH.nl-* A 11, r»,i. V. •* fl.KMF.NTH, X.inmi.ll.C. NOTICE. t«> HHI.INylA*.XT OKiWXKIIM. T.. TMiiM li M It iV ft in »l.. .r>» ,..-.- i IK til,' I,'. ll •I <«u Mlniiitr Y" •« * .*',*',' ■•' « «-f. -i* 1 ( 19,1,,, ,;■ Y'.< • 1 ..I. Vt.w •,. it 1 . *\. •UUt'.'.t .1:1 l|,,,| VI «)<,< 111,. I» .* II W...1 1',,..!..,.^ J.,., il' ti.' I.. •.!,■» |«. ttHr t thii «,. liM-,**»»n..f.ff,*rt I' in inf., ii.. ,,.,, .,,.,-i,,. »,.,. tufvi-V. ",' ' "I' '•'•"' Ml*'- * II.ill. I ..I . f,,.. „...|, , III. i,r,nl«toit..f (t.t Vln.r.l A< I ui I C wntiln ,1,1. ,..,,, , , „ cR||,,. ' l> I ' i, "'I I li' li it it. - l... I.l '-(-.tl .nm H hf. h I* ,ml* .in- ii 4 *ix,M.l.>, t**u*'Otfl with -til r. ••• . 1 !»,|,,,, .i, j, ,, „, i., i. •, •■ ii, Ur .,,i i . i,vmi,« «r'H l».»«,.,. ,1,9 f,r.",|t ''♦V "'«»«• ti'.'.r.V.,..t u.»!.r *. ij^( | ,(f ut. Mil «r.l Art Am, .|«»,i «,. *... v.uwn ihat. tit MAV |. M.rt«»NAU». t»tv i n\ntts»..\ \ .tuf Dtt-t. U.e . **,■*..* imi.. j..( never held up a train or robbed a i poor man of it dollar, had nineh to I do with his majority of 07. For {it youiiK jKilitictan his opftonent. i Taylor, made a stronjr figlit, nntl ]htiH no reason to be nslianierl of the i result, although he feels that i Ananias has over 'JOO near relative* III tilt- itly Ui l'i mu- prtiitiA ttiiii , -fiiltV-iv Wt'ii'A. tlie U niled'SM^TauTa'cSuKlirtiraiT at this meeting of the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress, and I do not think any subject will come up before this convention, which in its equitable adjustment means more to the city of Seattle and the State of Washington than this, wliich is to roy mind the most important question with which either country has to deal. Geographically, we are a unit, any diversity of climate should only tend to stimulate trade, we speak the same language, have similarity of government in township, county and city, and they have adopted our decimal system of currency. Geographically, commercially and socially, Canada is an extension of the United States. Let us look at the magnitude of the empire to tho north of us; it has U,.r>60,000 square miles, being in area about 10 per cent, of the British possessions, and has a million square miles of arable land, and easily capable of maintaining a population of 75,000,000 of inhabitant's. Western Canada has been rightly called the future bread supply of North America, as it is ent limited that three-quarters of the wheat growing area te situuted north of the international boundary Hue. It is a well-known fact that thu further north you can mature wheat the better the quality, and it is tlgured that Canada's export iu this cereal alone will soon amount to 250,000,000 bushels annually. It ik now conceded that very few places oiler such opportunities for capital as does this vast undeveloped country. Their cry has been, "Canada for the Canadians," but no wxiner is an enterprise launched than American capital readily entcra into the pio|H>Mtion ttavifttd for Canadians*, until today the largest smelters, the rich-rat mines, and the inont extensive wood pulp mills aio controlled by American capital. lu this lust named cuiiiitiodHy, wood pulp, we are laruely dt'|H'iid- Jin...r,_....^,.n«.-f!.-fiiin.niin.mf. ""iiiiiu'noiiuijuiuuujvuu ur "xtngiO" Saxons to the north of us, speaking the same tongue, having the same requirements, using more of our products than 60.000,000, whose tastes and necessities are different from ours; and yet we roar with fury when a European Government meddles in any way with a country to tlie south, whose imports from us amount to less than 82 per capita, while we deliberately ignore all efforts to build up and maintain closer commercial relations with a country, whose trade is worth immeasurably more. Canada to-day is the third largest customer wo have, being only exceeded by England and Germany; per capita sho buys more than any country we trade with, and it ,is estimated that imports from the United States for thej year 1903 will go over the 8150,000,000 mark. Tho purchase of a favor means the payment of a price. How long ure we going to take trade to the amount of £150,000,000 and give nothing in return? We enjoy no immunity from neutral laws. Are we to expect this liberal trad© to grow and expand, and make no effort to reciprocate? I am sure the inexorable result will be felt if we do not. With fuller and freer trade re lations with Canada, we cannot but obtain full compensation for what- J ever effort we put forth, and what better way to' promote the good will, which we all so much desire between the two countries? When, in 1896, Sir Wilfred Laurier and colleagues, who have administered the affairs of Canada with resplendent success, came into power they brought with them the traditions of a party that has always endeavored to promote the fullest and freest trade .relations with the United States. They sought to bring about a convention with this in view. Chagrined by the indifference shown at Washington, in their extremity they turned to Englaud. Note the magnanimity of Canada's proposals to her. On all goods imported from Great Britain that country is given a preferential of 25 per cent., and in return she is treated for concessions shown and loyalty displayed, on an equal basis with the United States or any other alien power; aud I fear the hard-headed Englishman will not allow sentiment to enter very deeply into his dealings when it comes to the purchase of a shipment of cheese or a cargo of wheat, aud it is significant, too, of the advantages geographically that, notwithstanding these preferential privileges given Great Britain, with her established commerce of years, that Canada to-day is receiving nearly three-fourths of her im ports from the United States. It is noticeable that proximity and local knowledge are great fac tors in maintaining this trade. I recognize that there is a strong feeling adverse to the surrendering of the national independence and loyalty to the British Crown, and in considering freer trade relations with the United States, sentiment should tu;t enter into the discussion. Let us consider the internal commerce of Canada, and look at the serious waste of effort in transportation. Hauling all kinds of merchandise from the eastern provinces to British Columbia aud the Klondike; farm machinery from Ontario to the plains of Western Canada. The products of Nova Scotia to the remote parts of Ontario. To a uegree-the-same-condition-exists-in the United States, no matter where you take it, East, Middle East, West, Middle West, and tae far West, spread over a frontier of 3,000 miles, and -separated ouly by an imaginary line. As may readily be* seen the national trading points for the Klondike and British Columbia arc Tacoma, Portland, andl San Francisco; of the mining regions of Britisli Columbia, Spokane and eastern Washington; of the grazing and fanning lands of Al berta and Assiniboia, the cities of Montana; of the wheat fields of- Manitoba, the twin cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis; of Ontario, the cities of Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo; of Quebec, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, our New States and coast cities. I might continue to enumerate benefits to be derived by having closer commercial relations with Canada. Our rapidly disappearing forest, for example, would be checked by the free admission of lumber, and tho price of the commodity would not be materially affected, as labor ami initial cost aro much the same in both countries, and the imports would only supply our own deficiency, and probably never be more than a small percentage of our total consump- social and commercial development of the Great American Continent. Patsy—"Mom, won't yer gimme me candy, now?" Mrs. Casey— "Didn't oi tell ye oi wouldn't give ye auny at all if ye didn't kape still?" Patsy—"Yes'm, but—" Mrs. Casey—"Well, the longer ye kape still the sooner ye'11 get it." —Philadelphia Press. Bigby—" I'm saving up money to go to Europe.", Higby—"Indeed I How are you getting on?" Bigby—"Fine! I've,already got together' enough for the tips, and as soon as I can scare up traveling expenses I'm off."—Chicago Daily News. 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Seventy fruit trees, nearly all lwnrtnir; all kinds small fruits, strnwl>crrios. rHSpberriep. hoofc- berries, red currents, eU\ Flower Kiirden with choice varieties of roses and othoi- plants for cuttlns—pood market. All under thorough cnl tivaiion, and perfectly trrUrated. wlili etmiforl- ahle dwelling house, woodshed, storeroom and out buildings. Fur further particulars iip|Jy t« WM. ANDERSON, New Denver, U C. $5 world OF OLD MAGAZINES SENT TO ANY ADDRESS FOR- one Dollar AdilresB- E. GALLOWAY, Tho Old Bookstore. Vancouver, II. fl. Arcade. F. H. HAWKINS ASSAYER ?kL°EPBH°oVE8252 SANDON tint tviittit mrrrr, U -I .v» ti'tn It* it,*. ,1 Import X-SiOrders NOTICE. tVlt AT •nr f*..w*r <f JMi.nn...v. < r U «t *4 J t nel til 11 '•*• it nil'*'*- W **■ Jtimm mi-tit t,*H*r **t*m. ii finrtlttut *mt t* t rill m it vulil. ■tt «iil>t 't.vumwr.i t« hiilnu m«d without »»y k»'«iWf. lit** '-f i-<Hii'r,lt. Vn'ii-HtlWii-'iii muwi-.y-'ti ''""i "'ii IH-jiT WlM.tAMM. V»rt4«**»»»* U». .ti.Htuim.0. W'nu silver jus-t Iwlmv the Al) eeul nimk the pvinln metal have reitwm t hope. It is a solid rixc am) mnxt vi-ry shortly have a simulating! ,effect on the Hloean. I Many thine* have rimtrihntoil to * the r»«e. Aiuony tla^e tin coinage hy i the VnlteilStaticatiiKlreat Britain] of ftatiilard silver piere* for the] Oriental trade no doubt has had Um effect, and, jjuulcil liy thix practical j ex «m pie of whatean 1** done for ' the «v5riilj?e -of *Jh*- *KhSi*e mettA, t*he| p, J, DONALDSON, October Moments brighter, Hotter, more Hopeful thun ever—will ginger up your energy and put tniiMtnt'd in your kouI Will be ready for the mailH saiiirday. Oct* 10 ,wernw- Atltlr<**~ MnMENJV, Jir'h »hvir*,»-'r. i'». H - I'oWi hfntfUfh »««i«»» >*y tl. M WAl.KF.lt. Single- comb Black Minorca Cockerils For Sale I tiftve a mimlK'r of tine Hint* to dta- f>o*ii • f nt I. each. Mlnorr** ctiiinot m U'lilcn for Um nutnlmr and il/e of cirio they lay. Write ut mice Till* ml will not upiK-.it MKtilii tion. I would that the ban item of the two natioiiH wero entwined, not for Iq, \y, UKIMMETT, the put'iMwe of etmquest, but in thc c, p. u Tim«. hi»K«tlir... handon, it. c Not Extremists I^aBt week we called your attention to our Footwear; thiH week to our Headgear. We have everything for the body between thwe limitn, and nil to Kood, but our »ew titoek of IIATS is particularly good: Htylhdi 8h»|H!», Ftwt Colorn, bent quality. Hnrtl nnd Soft, ftn* I«nll and Winter W. R. fifigaW, Sandon and Vernon. jr. TftE ni n kLUAVlL :\ StJamesHotel A.JAVltttMIt*. lliilMlul yp .|| kLUAVLL M' ^a___\ v ffjs*. £* ffr ** th*m wA mil wv.4 w«U-nni»<i*., ym wtt\ thA whwt •^[Wotr* you arc lookintr for at this pioneer house. Alio tl e It*" flncftt nerve txinlca. New Denver 'Phone 10 Gale's Barber Shop W* luv* J«*»t ri*c«lv*l i t**,mtiOt -.t'tk t4 Mlrrn**, C'f'.wn I'lffmiwi, If»»-<r« ami ll-i/.ir >«lf«»;*, aiiel Flfw-I'tilliir "llttitin vl,. Uii ^■...-.t'. i..,,....*,'.-i'.-n*,;. ».*..'■. 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