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A i i��l .* , ...8 a* 1 ft p. ?> i . it:- if i ft >t. 4' 'IS. .������:<:��� J J* ��' ' iv:* & '..$ NELSON ECONOMIST VOL. III. INELSON, B. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1899. NO. 21 THE NELSON ECONOMIST is issued zvery Wednesday at the City of Nelson, B. 'C, by D. M. Carley. Subscription : ��2.00 per annum ; if paid\" m advance, $1.50. Correspondence on matters of general interest respectfully .solicited. Only articles^of merit will be advertised in these columns, and the interests of readers will be care- .fully guarded against irresponsible persons and worthless articles. Notice.���There are 'several-hundred readers of The Economist behind in their subscriptions. No,doubt this is attributable to neglect and all that will be required to ensure a hasty response is this gentle reminder. '\"T^HE all-absorbing topic ol political discussion this -*- week is the Manitoba election, which takes ' place to-morrow.' That this contest is regarded \\>f .Conservative politicians as the turning point in the history of the Dominion Liberal party, is evidenced by the fact that the Conservative leaders are all in Manitoba fighting for the success of Hugh John Macdonald. ��� Events in the Prairie Province brought about the fall of the Conservative party\", and it would not be strange if the fight now started there would be the beginning of Conservative success. Manitoba has returned Liberal Governments for years, notwithstanding the fact that the majority of the voters are professed Conservatives. But Mani- tobans seem to be cast in a different mould, from the rest of Canadians. There the people talk one way and vote another. Indeed,-it is not safe to wager that the loudest mouthed spouter for Mr. Laurier today may not be the most ardent follower of Sir Charles Tupper to-morrow. In the older Provinces of the jDoniinion, the political opinions ofthe child are inherited from the father; in Manitoba! it is the case of a railway, or some other matter in which self predominates, that carries the election. ���h m<> was looked upon as the mouth-piece of the Liberals. The opinions of the Fret' I'nst, .-ere in the market, and the Liberals drank inspiration from the political fountain of the Tribune. Now things have changed. Mr. Sifton, the Minister of the Interior, has secured control of the Fri'c 'VVrt--*, and, for the time being, that paper is . the organ of the Liberals, while the Trilin.nr is damn- ; ing the Liberal Government with its .faint support. Mr. Alex. B. Bethune, who was credited with having inspireci the editorial utterances of the Tribune, is the . most uncompromising opponent of Mr. Green way, attacking that gentleman on the railway policy of his Government. In a letter to the Tjrgram, the organ of toe Conservatives, Mr. Bethune contends that the Government's railway -policy compels the observer to the conclusion that it has been dictated by the gross- est iucompetenc3^, or by something worse. What that \"something v^orse\" , may be, is left to the reader to conjecture. -It may be that Mr. Greenway has�� been . taking a leaf out of Mr. Joseph Martin's \"railway policy,\" which was generally regarded as not being above suspicion. Mr. Bethune is not the only \"Liberal\" who has lapsed into criticism of his provincial leader. As the fight'progresses, the chances of Covserva- ��� tive success become greater. The elements that brought victory to. Mr. Greenway in the past are lack-, ing in this campaign. Again, since the days of Mr. Norquay until the present time the Conservative party in Manitoba has been without a leader, at least one in whom Conservatives of the old school had faith. In Hugh John Macdonald they have found a man who has never wavered in his party allegiance, and who will not sacrifice his principles for mere self- aggrandizement. It seems to be a foregone conclusion that when the smoke of battle has rolled away tomorrow night that at least two of Mr. Green- wajr's ministers will be found among the fallen. Hugh John will certainly defeat Hon. Mr. Cameron in Winnipeg, and it is probable that William Garland will encompass the overthrow of Hon; Robert Watson at Portage la Prairie. ��� With the loss of two ministers and a close election, Mr. Greenway will not last long. Time will tell. As the time for the opening of the next session of the British Columbia Legislature approaches, local politics are taking on more; interest. Considerable curiosity prevails as to the line Hon. Joseph Martin will adopt towards the Government of which he was late Attorney-General. In the game of politics he was . outwitted b}7 the unassuming Francis Carter-Cotton, and the record of 'Fighting1 Joe\" leaves no room to suspect that he will take his overthrow calmly and philosophically. Joe has long been regarded as a 'man who would rather fight than eat, and the political situation at the present time is of such a character as will afford him an opportunity of indulging .his belligerent propensities to the utmost. He has been beaten, at his own game by a man w5ho made no vulgar display of political trickery, .and .no one who ever read of Joseph Martin can. by any stretch of imagination ��� contemplate him in the light of: a''-bully punished to the extremity when there is no fight left in him. In his present somewhat peculiar position he [can deal Mr. Cotton a decisive knockout blow, �� i'' ���<.,- -; ISHKT. s.'jSP'ST^'Tnrrv THE NELSON ECONOMIST and doubtless he will administer it in that particular portion of the Finance Minister's political anatomy, where it will prove most,effective. This will be perfectly satisfactory to the people who are disgusted with the present mongrel Government \"of British Columbia. As the electors are afforded an opportunity of comparing the wbrics of the late Government with those of the present outfit, the feeling .becomes more firmly rooted that it is indeed time for a change. Apart from ���, the Federal party aspect of the political situation, which is the subject of ani-. mated discussion at Victoria, the next election in British Columbia may once more resolve, itself into a ! question of confidence in men. The blundering of the present Government has wrought untold injury to the Province, which will take years to efface. WThat is wanted more than any thing\" else now is men���men who will conduct the affairs of British Columbia on business principles. Sonie believe that the Conservatives can, accomplish that as a party, while there are ,' others who believe that it would be to the best interests ofthe Province eto conduct our legislative affairs independent of Federal parly line's. One thing is certain, Mr. Turner never had a stronger hold on the people than he has at the present time. The wisdom of his policy is becoming more manifest. Like the rumbling of approaching thunder or the rolling of waves over the abandoned wreck comes thet intelligence of J. M. Kellie's biennial break with his party. Mr. Kellie never quite forgave Mr Semlin for failing to recognize the transcendant genius of the member for Revelstoke Riding in the make-up of the Martin-Semlin-Cotton cabinet, and only awaited an -ODDortunitv of striking back. His time has come. The Government has appointed a brother of the Premier's secretary to a position at Revelstoke, and Mr. Athins, the appointee, came out from England to take the job. Mr. Kellie does not like this, and has not hesitated to say so. The member for Revelstoke Riding has always insisted on being consulted in the matter of appointments in his own constituency, and this apparently studied neglect of Mr. Kellie's rights in the matter by the Semlin and former Governments has been the cause of much friction. However, as the Semlin Government is iu the throes of death, the loss of one more supporter will not make much difference. ������..-.The voting on the by-laws yesterday was not marked by any particular demonstration of enthusi- asmi It seemed to be a foregone conclusion that they would all carry, and for this reason the vote was not so large as it would have been had there been any organized attempt to defeat one or all of the by-laws. The instructions by the United States department to Consul Macrum at Pretoria were manifestly dictated by national duty and national dignity. They do not comply and cannot be twisted into an exhibition of n i partiality for Great Britain. With the cause of the wur in South Africa the United States has nothing to do. It has scrupulously maintained the attitude of - absolute neutrality imposed upon it by\"international morality and law. For the ' misunderstanding that seems to have arisen, the government of the Trans- vaal is solely and clearly responsible. - Why the appointment of the son of Secretary Hay to the vacancy caused by Consul Macrum should be regarded as a special act of favor to Great Britain is indeed difficult to comprehend. i t It may be only a coincidence, but one cannot help reflecting on the simultaneous report of the arrival of the Rocky Mountain Rangers and General Joubert's haste to have his own death chronicled. IT is announced by the Tribune that the provincial jail inmates are clearing a space in the jail grounds, and that the changes will add materially \"to the at- ' traction ofthe place.\" This indeed may be the case, ��� but no matter how attractive that institution may be made, we doubt very much if it can ever be made popular as a.resort. The traditions of the.place are decidedly \"against it. December 14th has been fixed as the day for the hearing of the petition against the election, of Mr. Prentice of Liilooet. Mr. Prentice occupied a seat iu the House and voted with the Government last session. Everything now points to an early settlement of the differences between the mine-owners and miners c of the Slocan. It is understood that the Kaslo Board of Trade offered its services to act as mediator, and from all accounts there are good prospects of a settlement on a basis that will prove satisfactory to all parties concerned. The contest has lasted long enough to. prove the fighting qualities of both mine- owner and miner, and now seems about as good a time as.any to \"reason together.\" In the meantime the Semlin Government can contemplate its handiwork in the Kootenay with feelings akin to those of the old man in the fable who had tried to please everybody and pleased nobody, and lost his donkey into the bargain. A young lady who recently received samples of dress goods from an Eastern department store, was Curious enough to duplicate samples arid prices of nearly all the goods from F. Irvine & Co.'s big dry goods store at Nelson. She was; much surprised to discover that she could buy the same goods from the Nelson house a shade lower than she could purchase them in Toronto , from the department store. In future she will buy all her dress goods at home. It is the same in almost every line of goods purchased from the Eastern departmental stores. Furniture ?CT?^23?ref^TOT3^^^ mmmm THE NELSON ECONOMIST 5 ������ n '��� i \\i: t f J i��; ?'���<' Hi U* II* ���<': A, J? * c*-> s pa K1 can.be purchased at D. McArthur & Co.'s, -Nelson, considerably less than what it costs to bring the same goods, freight added,from Toronto. The C. P. R. excursion to the Boundary country will leave Nelson to-morrow morning, and reach Greenwood'the same evening. The Coast' representatives will return here with the Nelson delegation next Saturdajr night, when our-citizens will have nn opportunity of showing the business men of Victoria and Vancouver how to build great cities. An Associated Press dispatch from Durban says persons arriving there from Pretoria assert that the Boers are full of confidence: Evidently they have not heard ofthe warlike'movements ofthe Rocky Mountain Rangers in and around Belmont and De Aar Junction. A petition will be circulated asking the Council to present a by-law to the ratepayers January 15th to raise $5,000 to be expended on the city wharf. In the meantime, the. city engineer will draw up plans for replankiug and widening ten feet and also raising the grade to the wharf. It is, about time some decisive move was made in the way of protecting those who are engaged in traffic over the wharf. As Aid. Fletcher remarked at the meeting ofthe City Council Monday evening, the city is taking chances every day and especially every night in permitting the wharf to remain in its present condition. That the dilapidated and dangerous state ofthe wharf at present is a source of inconvenience and peril to the trade of the city���is perhaps best evidenced by the sentiments expressed at the meeting of Nelson merchants last Monday night. It may be, -is suggested at that meeting, that the City Council and citizens have not yet begun to realize the importance of Nelson as a shipping centre. Some day next week the cars will be started running on the new tramwaj^. This event will mark an epoch in the history of Nelson, and will perhaps as much as anything else demonstrate to our citizens that .selson has emerged from an inconsequential town to a great commercial city. It will also afford Nelson an advantage in the way of holding its own as a residential place, one of the needs of which is modern conveniences. The man who inteuds to make a home for himself and his family in any of the Kootenay cities will give the preference to the place that is best supplied with up-to-date requirements.: ������'���. new western towns, perhaps insufficient attention has been given \"to the matter of providing adequate educational facilities. But there is one gentleman who has given of his time generously towards the promotion of education in Nelson, and that person is Dr. E. C.Arthur. He has been indefatigoble in, his exertions in this direction, and future generations will rise up and call him blessed. An energetic school board can accomplish,a great deal in the way of making Nelson an educational centre. With \"bur advantages,as to residence, children should' be sent here from all over the interior to receive the benefits of a higher, education, and such will.be the case if we establish good schools. The Liberal Government of Canada has given another illustration of its patriotism by confiscating the funds, raised at a concert given at Victoria in aid of the Mansion House Fund. The Economist has long entertained a poor opinion of the Liberal Government, but it never suspected that even a Grit Government could descend so low as to take the bread out of the mouths of the widows and qrphans^of the brave men who have, fallen fighting for their country's rights in South,, Africa. It. appears, however, that this pa per. has not been able to successfully get the soundings of the depths to. which the Liberal Government of Canada can sink, when the opportun- ity presents itself. Visitors to Nelson are at once struck with the immensity and great value of the stocks carried by our merchants. Indeed, some of the stores can honestly be reckoned among 0the points of interest to be seen in and around Nelson. This is especially true of the store of Mr. Jacob Dover, the jeweller, which is a 1 marvel of wealth and beauty, and invariably draws forth exclamations of wonder from the spectator. Mr. Dover, in order to meet, the demand on his resources, has been compelled to largely augment his stock, and the requirements of the Christmas trade has made it necessary for him to reinforce his manufacturing de- . partment with the services of one of the most skilled jewellers of Toronto. Last year he had to keep his men going night and day to get through with ^ the Christmas orders, for Mr. Dover engraves free all purchases from his establishment, and this year he would regard it a special favor if his patrons would leave their orders for holiday presents at their earliest convenience, and avoid the rush. Reports from the East indicate that the blizzard season has been successfully inaugurated. The need of a school in which children may receive all the benefits of a higher education is one, of t.'ie pressing requirements of Nelson. The Economist has heard of several instances, where parents have been compelled to send their children East to school, simply because they had advanced beyond the branches taught in the lojal schools. In' the absorbing pursuit of money-making incidental ,to life in After all Boer strategy is merely persistent non-observance of the rules which govern civilized nations in ca.ryingon warfare. The famine now raging in India may develop into one of the worst with which that country has ever been afflicted. : There is miich truth in this accusation. Too often the'readers of,the daily newspapers are treated to reports of scandalous- proceedings and revelations of divorce cases. That the papers, should publish the nauseating facts as revealed in the divorce courts is a proofthat there are readers, and not a few, who relish the dish and therefore the editors are mere caterers to a-depraved taste. There are,.however, some .readers, especially . fathers and mothers, who love their children ' and wish them to remain untainted, who would prefer, cleaner newspapers. Probably those anxious\"parents do not take the proper means \" of preventing the evil by dropping the offensive sheets. If the people . who respect themselves and wish to keep the home atmosphere.pure, were to discontinue buying the papers, that, menace to poison the souls of their children, the editors would soon : come to terms and offer ' healthier food for reading. All this anent the duty of parents about the supply of ' reading matter for the.children, although important, is only said en passant. -; I am of the opinien that other remedies, too, are required to improve1 the .conduct and- style of the \"d-iilies\" whose aim is not so much to enlighten the reading population and to guide them by solid principles, as to satisfy the craving for the sensational. The first requisite-would be the removal of the causes of the sensational, that is, of crime. Now, as divorce seems to have apeculiar quality to please, I conclude that the\" shortest way to stoptbe sensational reports on this delicate subject would be to prevent; ���divorce, if hot.altogether, at least as much as possible But the very/people who .ought to deplore, and no doubt, do deplore.the evils of this peculiar form of moral leprosy, not only do not prevent it, but 4aelp. to spread it. How so ? By.the taciht^ they afford for hasty marriage contracts. The following is a case in point. , ,'- A certain gentleman went to a neighboring town to attend some kind of entertainment. There he met. 3 young woman whom he had never seen or heard of before. The man indulged too deeply in wine; and it is doubtful if he recovered from his debauch on the day following. Nevetheless, while in this inebriated condition he proposed to the young woman he had met on the occasion referred to and.was accepted, and they.were married by a clergyman. ��� How, in.the name of.morality, can any. responsible man be witness to.such a contract, and why are there not laws enacted that, will give better guarantees for the preservation of such a sacred, contract' as'.matrimony? To cap \"the climax, this disgraceful affair was described in ,a newspoper in a lyric strain, and was presented'to the public as a\"happy, romantic event. '. ��� - ' ��� - There are too many cases of sudden love' affairs that terminate in the .\"knot\" being tied\" by very complaisant olergymen-without the least inquiry as to the antecedents of either contracting party, without, the slio-htest concern as to-whether either one. or both might,have been already married, or- might be inclose relationship, and many other obstacles to a decent, not to say .a Christian marriage. How can any one, seeing the irresponsible action of those who ought to know better, wonder at the frequency of. ��� divorce and over the reeking corruption which divorce courts reveal ? * The tree is no more surely' known by its fruit than the fruit by its tree ; from the thistle we do not expect figs/ nor from, the .thorn grapes. Quite recently it was stated iri an Eastern Canadian newspaper that previous to the'departure ofthe contingent for South Africa young women .walked boldly into the street and kissed the men in uniform. Thus it is seen.that osculation is no longer regarded ���sacred, even in the God-fearing cities to the East of us. But apart-from-the holiness of the observance of this custom, it is curious to note that kissing has been put to strange uses since its invention. Adam ��� called the dormant Eve to life by a kiss ; Judas betrayed his Divine Master by a kiss ; Marc Antony bartered away an empire for a kiss; Othello ;kissed - Desdemona and then murdered her -Napoleon kissed Josephine and then -divorced her,; and Werthier ��� kissed Charlotte and then blew his brains out. Some spiteful man once said that when a woman contemplates the ���'���commission, of an unlawful act she looks contrite, and; a clever woman retorted ; \"Yes, and when a man has it in his mind to be particularly mean or disloyal he begins with a kiss.\" The kiss has ever been endowed with a most subtle and mysterious potency.: 'Making for good or evil in about equal proportions, no matter whether like the Magdalene's it falls upon the feet, or like . Penelope's on ii��.,^.*^��.'H,t.fcw>^.vi.H.^>JfTirtt;flfa^AMv^^ THE NELSON ECONOMIST ��� j- ,v ri I 4? ���f * the cheek, or Phryne's on the.lips, whether it be like Juliet's, \"a long, long kiss, a kissof youth and love,\" or like Hero's mixed with the double salt of tears and sen water, whether it smell of \"bread and butter,\" be flavored like the heifer, with the odor of crunched flowers, or give off the strong and heavy perfume of i1 musk or patchouli. The fact will intrude itself that the women nowa days are growing more impressionable, and the good old sacred kiss of our maternal ancestors has been supplanted with the promiscuous osculation of our young women. And it is riot such kissing as the Russians , practice, either, to wit, setting the lips against the cheek, no it is the kiss by which four lips are set in . delicious parallel, and two souls flash across the velvet ridge. Such was the kiss;that cost\" Menalaus his queen, Cleopatra her kingdom, Fran- cesca her life, Sappho her reason, and Marguerite a murderer's cell. . The indiscriminate kissing ofthe present day begins in the nursery; later takes on the smell, of bread and butter'; later still is flavored with chewing gurri and slate pencils ; later still is mingled with cheap perfume of the poor young man in his first romance, or with the cologne water of the country beau. It used to be that a )'-oung woman only permitted 1 er fiancee or a near relative to kiss her ; but now all this is changed. Now the young lady kisses all comers, and laughs as she ex-uses herself by saying, \"it is all in the game.\" It is no longer the divine acknowledgment of two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one. 'Tis true, 'tis pity and pity 'tis 'tis true. \" When the }'oung women and young men of the day place the same estimate on the value ofthe kiss as the young women and young men did a century ago, there will be a less number of divorce cases, and the newspapers will not find it profitable to dish up a sensation every day for the breakfast table. , After all, reading is about as important a matter as eating, when you come to think aboutjt. We feed the brain in rather a childish way, though, even the best of us. If we were to revei\"take the time to sit down to a well ordered dinner, day after day, but just snatch a pickle, a piece of candy, and occasionally swallow a box of cloves and pepper, we'd have fine constitutions after a time. I think dyspepsia would attack us before 24 hours had sped. Yet most people feed their brains in iust about that way. What do you read? Are you women who aresaid to represent the culture of the city pursuing a course of study ? You eat beef for every meal, every day in the week. Beef and nothing else will never, make you healthy. You women who are in professions���teachers, physicians, singers, elocutionists and many others, you are reading in your own lines with a sort of morbid feeding on bread arid cheese with an occasional lapse into pickles and candy. You society women are better off than-any of these with your latest fiction and leisure for magazines. But none,of these are right. The mind demands a diet which is as varied as possible with always the meat and the bread for a' basis. In other words read history and fiction continually, for in that one finds the record of all life, objective r and subjective. The short breezy stories, richly worded poems, funiiyisms, and so on are the sweets and spices of our mental diet. Physical science and mental philosophy inake the iron which our nature demands if we would be better than flabby good-for- nothings. We \"can never ^properly analyze and assimilate food, our mental life will never be healthful arid aggressive without this important addition to the menu. And then the salad is found in the biogra- phies and essays which enrich English literature. Perhaps you are a college woman ; but that does not afford a reason for your not giving your mind a good repast once a day. , What, every day all these things? Why not, with 10 or 15 minutes to a course. Will Rising,,,who heads the comedy .company that appears at the Nelson, Opera House next Monday night, has a record both as an actor and an operatic singer. At one time he was one of the most popular singers on the London operatic stage: Again he has played the leading parts in several of the best farce comedies that have visited, the coast. His versatility has long been a topic of comment with the dramatic profession. Included in the company Mr. Rising will bring here will be Miss Kemble, the young lady who was so popular with the Metropolitan Opera Company. There will be presented the opening night, ' The Turkish Bath,\" a musical comedy, and the following evenings of the week will be devoted to farce comedies and popular versions of the most famous operas. The length of Mr. Rising's engagement will depend altogether on the patronage. P.O. Nelson had its first fall of snow yesterday. Greenwood will give the C. P. R. excursionists a big banquet. The exports from Nelson for the month of November amounted to $86,266. The visiting merchants from the coast will be entertained in Nelson next Saturday night. The amateur minstrels will give their first performance at the Nelson Opera House to-night. Joseph Martin, being interviewed at Rossland Monday, supplied the cheering information that the Semlin Government would be defeated, when the House meets in January. Owing to the stenographer's notes not having been yet extended, Mr. Justice Martin will not\" hand down.' any judgment in the cases of the City of Nelson vs Traves and of Traves vsthe City of Nelson at the present sitting of the Supreme Court. is&i V^ :�����\"; 8 8 THE NELSON ECONOMIST CURRENT COMMENT. 1 Golden Cariboo. (Victoria Colonist.) Certainly ^f, what Mr. Ludloff advances is proved to be well founded a wonderful, future is before the Cariboo district. For a number of years most people have been looking forward to-some great discovery of gold- bearing rock iu Cariboo. No one has been willing to believe that where such phenomenally rich placers existed, paying gold-bearing t rock would not be found There is nothing intrinsically improbable, therefore, in what Mr. Ludloff says, but quite the contrary. We feel confident that the energetic prospectors of \"British Columbia will next year give sufficient'attention to Cariboo to either establish the correctness of' the new ��� discovery beyond cavil,, or demonstrate that Mr. Lud-'\" lofF has generalized from insufficient premises. If the result proves to be the former,' Cariboo will stride to the front with a speed that will challenge the attention of the world. commands not only the highest respect and esteem of those who have been in'his immediate employ, but of the public also. The new manager possesses'the indomitable energy and goaheadedness that are charac- acteristic of the whole of ihe\" Canadian Pacific RaiK way Company's telegraph\" officials, which bespeaks for him a bright future. Tarte's \" Dear Country.'' (Vernon News.) The Toronto Globe comes to the rescue of \"the Master of the Administration \" in the following un- , fortunate-words : \"When and where did Mr. Tarte say that he was a,Frenchman before he was a Briton? We certainly have no knowledge that he made any such statement. It would unquestionably be an im- . .proper utterance to come from a Miuister of the Crown in a British Colony.\" Why not ask Mr. Tarte whether he made the \"unquestionabjy improper utterance\" or not. . He has been accused of it a hundred times' and has not denied it once. At the banqnet to Mr. Herbette, at the Windsor Hotel, Montreal, on Monday, October 9, Mr. Tarte nsaid : \" I return from France, where I received the care that French science can give-and I return to Canada more French than ever. I am a Miuister in a'British Government and I have the right to say that I am French. But I tell you this, if to declare myself a British subject would prevent me being French then I would refuse to call myself a British subject. We inakf no threats, as the ballot box is our best defence.- We are happy and free under British institutions, but France is always my dear country.\" o Irish Soldiers' Bravery. -'-���\" .\". , ���- (Frank Richards in Vancouver WorM.) When Riidyard Kipling came out of the delirium which had existed so many weeks during his illness, he asked : ��� \" Has anyone-called ?\" , ��� This was the modest inquiry of a man at whose bedside \"the whole world had been watching. In reading through the telegrams to.-day one sees the Dublin Fusileers* mentioned in nearly every paragraph. The brave Irish soldiers have ever been tu the front. Their courage and dash are one of the strongest pillars of the\" British* Empire. It is needless to remind ourselves that our bravest and greatest generals have been Irishmen. Without .depreciating in the smallest degree the splendid valor of-the Scotch and English regiments, 1 would like to say that whatever .this terrible,, war brings forth, it should bring about a better feeling between the English and Irish people. Let us all resolve to grant all we can to' so brave, generous and. warm-hearted people. Among them are some of cm- best and most hospitable friends. ��� Let us give to them every privilege we possess , ourselves and then ' we shall always have their strong arms and warm, brave hearts iu our hour of need, which we shall surely meet as we travel down the ages. I am totally ignorant of politics, but as an Englishman I would like to see our Irish friends treated handsomely for ' the sake of their brave sons. When we read of' their deeds we are unmindful that the Fenians have called. C. P. R. Policy. (Montreal Witness.) The appointment of Mr. James Kent, superintend- ' ent of the eastern division of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's telegraphs, with headquarters in this city, to the position of manager of telegraphs for. the, same, company, vice C.R. Hosmer, elected to the board of directors, is another instance ��f the policy pursued by trie executive of that great company in recognizing, the ability of and promoting its 'own officials and employes without seeking outsiders. In Mr. , Kent, who has. gradually'-risen step by step from the position of messenger, check boy, operator, night chief, wire chief, chief operator;���������.superintendent,' to that of manager, the company- has a gentleman who New Way to Pay Old Debts. (London .Empire.) If the burdens of this war are to be borne by the British taxpayer, Canada should pay the cost of the Transvaal contingent to the last cent, says a leading Canadian journal. It will be different if the British government proposes to tax\" the property in1 the Transvaal, especially the gold mines in the Rand, with the cost ofthe campaign. Canada should not want a dollar out of the pockets of the British taxpayer, but the country need not object to any recompense which may be offered from the proceeds of a tax upon the Transvaal goldfields. .���What are.Canadians Fighting for Anyway ?\" (Ottawa Citizen.) .Canadians went into the war out of a high p'riuciDie of loyalty and desire to do its share in building up empire. However, if there is going to be. a dividend out of the gold and diamond mines,to cover expenses there is really no reason why Canada, should riot receive back her money spent on fitting out the expedition. ; If the money was to'icome out of the conquered Boers it would be different, but no one will ��� feel much compunction at making the money grab- . # AujjteMi&a*��z��aiiiut. THE NELSON ECONOMIST 9 .-<, i M <���. 'ft! bers ofthe Rand pony up. These were the men who lured Jameson's brave troopers into the Transvaal and then funked and let him be. surrounded and cut up by the Boers. These are the mem who are now, most of them, refugeeing at Cape Town and weeping over their table d'hote dinners, at the prospective loss .of dividends, while their clerks, overseers and miners are fighting in the ranks of the Imperial Light Horse arid other corps recruited from Johannesburg. Canada did not go into the war for mercenary reasons, but if the expenses of all the troops are ,to be paid she might as well stand,,in on the division. , ' martial soul could desire. Physically and mentally the Canadians will be as fine a regiment as serves under the British colors in South Africa. They are young in military experience, but they are veterans compared to the veterans of the irregular forces which\" are well up on the line of battle in Natal. Britain is hard pressed just now, and there need be no surprise if circumstances compel the authorities to order the Canadians into the thick of the fight without further training. - About the Size of It. (London Advertiser.) The Ottawa city council has decided to submit to e the ratepayers,a proposal to reduce the number of aldermen by one-third and make the term of office two years instead of one. It is a very mild dose of reform, but it is good as far as it goes. Hardy's Direct Taxation. (Montreal Gazette.) < Toronto's assessment this year is $124,932,762, compared with $126,676,608 last year. The decrease of one and three quarter million dollars is not due to any retrogression in the city, but to certain provincial legislation. Property has been exempted from civic burdens in order that the government might tax it itself. No Fear of Disgrace. - - - (Toronto Telegram.) ' __ Canada's volunteers are safely past the perils of the ,sea, anil the country prays that they may each one pass as safely through the perils of the land.;, There is no fear that the Canadians will dishonor their country by any lack of discipline or courage. They did not enlist for a picnic. Their experience in Africa is likely to prove as arduous and dangerous as .the most Enjoys a Competence. ' (Fernie Free Press.) Next to Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales has cost England more money than any other member of the royal family. Since 1863, the year in which he attained,his majority, he has drawn from the country nearly $ 15,000,000 When he became twenty-one he came into, accumulated revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall, amounting to $3,008,605. Since then, the n Special Sale of Millinery . . . Fred Irvine & Co., Spec��lSaleof 1 Carpets . . * . fc -trrraw hijuihi 32 BAKER STREET. DRY GOODS ANNUAL FALL SALE Commencing Wednesday, November 22 ***T~y^T\"irmidin ^���^\"������T^scxariwcBfcMjasa Dress (roods, in Navy and Black, I Ladies'French Kid Gloves, every j Carpets in Tapestry, Brussels, WN- aII woo!, stonn series. Sale price, I p tir guaranteed; worth ��1.50, for E ton, Velvet and Axm'inster at ex- 35c per yard. j ��1.00 ti pair.- J treiuely low prices. FrtSu?MM?^ L,jdies; and .Children's Hemmed ! chenile and Tapestry Curtains from bin. .1 s Costumes at. Hal Pice. I Handkerchiefs, hom 5c up. $2.75 a pair. Ladies' Jackets uml Mantles less \\ T. ��� ,, rn 5 than ,*,st.. I L����;;�� R;'H*��' l��wel.n- from oc a wmte Woo, Bluilkets from $2.00 a White Saxony Flannel at 20c per ! \"' ,'\" 1 pair up. yard. Checked Linen Glass Toweling 5c i ���vxr'i ���(. /1 *. im 1 a va'-d no \" I Larure-Size Wool Comforts $ White Canton Manuel at ocup. avu.uup. j s^ Firli-r h'Ium.mU- in .* 11 ...j,,,���,.. j.o-. White Linen Tahle D.imask, 35c a 5 l^HH.i l^lai.ml-, m all eolotn>, 40o. ; vtl,.,j ��� ' s White Quilts, large size; worth $1 / 11.: 1.1 1 ./��. .1 .......' t r . * - ~ ' ' 8 A... nz ,.U (children's Cashmere: Hose from 15c. \" ' 8 for G5c each ^;i)airu^ Turk^H^^^ .White TabieOil Cloth, 25c a yard. J charge. L.idies' Casliniere Hose '25e. r ��� taagg*ggg��caft3Wg.*ag' Jw^WL'-ifCFiawa\"���wm iawjmt.����ri m mimam Write for Samples s We Especially Invite inspection and Comparison of Our Goods with Eastern Prices Butterick Patterns 'S I '/St ! 1 1 M It1 ,s���� 7^^?wnF^^^ 10 THE NELSON ECONOMIST V; f? l-v ���i-l&ir: n si ��� ,- J73' ������;��� '.'S.^7: \\:l$ MI: ft\" ;1 * �� u 4 '���- to. ����������� I:v.-..M. ��.'��� !-7li Ii' 'M ������ ' average yearly payment to the Prince of Wales from the duchy revenues has been $306,160. In addition to this, the nation pays him the, annual sum of $81,080 as compensation for the abolition of certain ancient dues on tin coinage. . Altogether the rents, and royalties of the duchy land exceed $410,000 a' year. In 1850 Marlborough House was settled upon the prince by parliament, the public expenditure,.on which amounts to $18,600 a year. His royal highness' military appointments are, of course, numerous, , the majority of them bringing, him iti a respectable income. Then he draws an annual income of $50,006 from his private landed property. On his marriage in 1863, $117,275 was granted to pay expenses, while, the princess, who brought no dowry, was granted a life annuity of $56,000 a year from the Consolidated fund, and should she survive her husband this grant will be increased to $150,600 per annum. A Definition of a Gentleman. (Aline Gorren in Scribner's.) , The term \"gentleman\" always represents the total sum of a,few qualifications which experience' has proved to be most useful in the actual state of social life, and to-day it represents qualifications that, upon the vvhole, are not natural artistic qualifications. There are those who will refuse to admit that the conception of what a gentleman is, varies with different epochs and conditions. They will assert that the gentleman of a thousand years ago, of a hundred years ago, is a gentleman to-day, and will be one to-morrow. As to large matters of ethics and conduct, yes ; as to minor matters of behavior, no. We decide that a, man is a gentleman by the manner in which he \"wears\" in daily existence; in its hap-hazard and- promiscuous companionship and situations. , And social life at present is an . international n flair. Its interests are, not confined to the limited stages where they would- formerly hare been localized, but - move over extended surfaces. The, gentleman of to-day therefore, is the individual who best adapts himself to prevailing circumstances by not stopping, the general flow of things with an. intrusion, when not strictly necessary, of his own personality. He is the individual who puts.no over-sensitive valuation on his personal standards/interferes little with others, has \" the silent courage of his own conduct, but ,110 itch to explain it, or himself, or to impose either on a preoccupied world that has no time to attend and less patience. , This, in any case, may pass as a definition .. Humphreys & Pittock... Next to Nelson Hotel, Baker Street, Telephone No. 93 AH JLeading Newspapers Agents for Victoria Colonist Seattle Times S. F. Bulletin S. F. Call . Nelson Econom ist 7 Nelson Miner Nelson Tribune Victoria Times Toronto Mail and Empire New York Sunday World Vancouver News-Advertiser Winnipeg Tbibune Winnipeg Telegram Toronto Globe And Other Periodicals. TOBACCO CERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS. . AND ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� r rci> 11 ��� ��� ��� California Fruits Received Daily Ash, Lady Aberdeen, Lily Fraction, Minto Fraction and Haddo Fraction MineralClaims, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay District. , Where located : On Morning Mountain. Take notice that I, John McLatchie, P.L.S of Nelson, acting as agent for Herbert T. Wilson, Free Miner's Certificate No 21.909 A, David*,T. Mowat, Free Miner's Certificate No. 21,718 A, and Malcolm Hcddle, Free Miner's Certificate No B 11,611. intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to applv to the Mining Recorder for \"Certificates of Improvements\", lor the purpose of obtaining Crown Grants of the above claims. And further take notice that action, under section ,37, must be commenced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this 14th day of October. A. D. 1899. John McLatchie. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Osier & Qurd, Mines and Real Estate Baker Street, ...Over... Bank of Halifax Nelson, B.C. Camps supplied on shortest notice and lowest prices. Mail orders receive careful attention. Nothing bnt fresh and wholesome meats and supplies kept in stock. E/& TRAVES,'Manager # ���J^^tfl-'ffT'-Tf--l*-ni<'.^iir**^,J?iI*^^l'**-fc-fta*i^JbJ'\"1 ril** *t^itfM'iiwBlltf' ,,.fi~Q > > %). THE NELSON ECONOMIST 11 of the social side of what the Anglo-Saxon calls a gentleman; and as the Anglo-Saxon race has spread over the face ofthe globe more .extensive v than any other and been brought in contact with the, greatest number of .people's under the greatest diversity of circumstances, it may,fairly-be-considered no bad judge of the.way to ' get through that complicated . thing, ; modern life, with the smallest friction. .We. of the English tongue, in short, believe that the. man' most acceptable to his fellows, fill round, who least obtrudes in personal intercourse, the insistent personal note. Blair's Defence of Tarte. (St. John, N. B., Sun.) So Mr. Blair's speech is after all , a poor apology. His denunciation of Sir Charles Tupper is vain, because the government is uow claiming credit for doing the thing which Sir Ckarl.es demanded should be done. His defence of Mr:'- Tarte's position is vain; because,he admits that the position was in . the end rejected by the government. The denunciations of the insensate frenzy' of the, press is vain because the press that,is denounced is the one which brought Mr. Blair's colleagues to terms. The \"claim that if tbe premier were denounced for refusing the corps, he . ought now to be praised for sending it and supported by all the people for his patriotism is unique in its audacity. If Oom Paul, after he is beaten, should offer the Ou tenders equal rights and . then ask the British people to give him back absolute control and credit him with just and noble views, it would probably be said that the time for him to show, his good qualities was before he was coerced, finally, Mr. Blair shows that the strong expression of loyal public opinion in his own province has had its. effect upon, him When the government had to -deal with this serious question Mr. Blair did not care whether Mr Tarte.or the patriotic people had their way. It did . not concern him enough to make him postpone his pleasure trip for a.day or two. But at this stage he finds the subject of sufficient importance to demand a large part of a long speech. Pay Good Salaries. (Victoria Colonist.) If one person has protested to the Cohmst that the proposed salary of $100 per mouth for the Chiei^pt Police is too low, a dozen have. We do not say that a good man cannot-be got for that sum, but we are very clear that a good man will be insufficiently paid by any such salary. Certainly the citizens do not want any but a good man. They do not want any one who will be tempted to supplement his insufficient salary in an irregular way, as can-very easily be done. We suppose it would not be impossible to get a Lhiet of Police without paying him any salary at all, if he were allowed full swing in the matter of ''P^^f- But this is not our real objection to a small salary, for what we hold is that the Chie x>f Police of a city like Victoria ought to be a first-class man and should receive a first-class man's pay. PLACE YOUR With us, for now is the time. We have the largest supply of Groceries, Crockery, Etc., in Nelson. USELESS TO MENTION as we defy competition. JUST IN TO=DAY: PIGS FEET, ;?29��b'bs:kitiand SALMON BELLIES, SE*jjG;!nkits No. i * Labradors. Special Attention_to__Mai8 Orders. I ��?! jf ^* _^i /a. si >����- ^as^s. *&\"*&. \"2v3c\" is^xjis t��3 t . Postbffice Box K <&;W ���Telephone \"io >aker Street f i! 1 ! I , 'ml I jp M 4 n HI ���I ���t MtMjm a ��*��nftsBafwiJrTOE.*����*Mww������ t�� Ml 'r'5 i \"' i V i i TWO PROPOSALS GEORGE HARBISON, an elderly bachelor, always declared that no woman, however charming, could tempt him to marry. Yet he Who proudty boasted went forth one day a free man and returned an hour later the avowed suitor of two fascinating widows. \"Pride comes before a fall !\" . George was fonder of mint juleps than was good for him, and one day he indulged so freely in the fragrant drink that the world presented a new aspect to him. Usually he looked out of his window and criticised the looks and follies of womankind ; today h��admired them, apd sauntered over to \"a near-by park to get a closer view. u He had not been seated there long wheii a middle- aged widow he knew came by. She was handsome and buxom, and, as she reached him, the newly awakened gallantry in his breast caused him to join her in her promenade. A spirit of mischief and coquetry caused the widow- to finally sink down upon a bench in a sequestered walk and motion George to join her. She saw that he was intoxicated, but her vanity urged her to make the best of the opportunity, as she had him at a disadvantage. Her gayety, her half-shy, half-daring ������-> ^^-K.:^n^a,g. Chief of Police Jar vis, of Nelsan, was married at Revelstoke to-day. The case of Vanstone vs. Buckworth was continued in the Supreme Court yesterday, and resulted in a verdict of about $350 for, defendant. CANADIAN o AND S00 LINE 18.00 The Direct Route from Kootenay Country to All Points. RSI-CUSS SLEEPERS On All Trains from REVELSTOKE AND KOOTENAY LOG TOURIST CARS pass Medicine Hat daily for St Paul, Sundays and Wednesdays forlo- ronto, Fridays, for Montreal and Boston. Same cars pass Revelstoke one day earlier. CONNECTIONS To and from Ronton, Rossland. 10 ex Sun, Lv.. .NELSON . .Ar. ex. Sun.10.40 00 daily Lv NELSON Ar. daily 21.40 Morning train connects for all points in BOUNDARY COUNTRY 9 Evening train connects to and from Main Line and Points North, and (except Sundays) from all Points in Boundary Country. KOOTENAY RIVER ROUTE. Daily Str Moyie , Daily 23.00\"Lv NELSON Ar. 10.20 Connects Kootenay Landing with Crow's Nest Branch trains. KOOTENAY LAKE���KASLO ROUTE. , Ex. eSun. Str. Kokanee Ex. Sun 10.00 Lv NEl.tiON ....Ai. 11,00 Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday % to Argent a and return, leaving Kaslo at 20.00k. SANDON AND SLOCAN POINTS. 9.00.ex Sun. Lv...NELSON. .Ar. ex. Sun. 14.20 4 hours���NELSON TO ROSSLAND���hours 4 For rates and full information address nearest lodal agent, or C. E. Beasley, City Passenger Agent. R. W.Drew, Agent, Nelson. W. F. Anderson, E. J. Coyle, , Trav., Pass. Agent, A. G. P: Agent Nelson, B.C. Vancouver B. C. Nelson Planing Mill Doors, Sashes and Turned Work Brackets and Office Fittings Satisfaction Guaranteed Prices Reasonable COMflANDING ATTENTION is simply a matter of being well dressed. Those who >vear garments cut and tailored by us will receive all the attention a well dressed man deserves. Our winter suits of Harris Homespuns are marvels of good quality, good style and good .workmaship. The value is great. - Baker S < a vi J?\" mr KOOTENAY LAKE SAW MILL jo Lumber, 5 Lath, Shingles. G.O. BUCHANAN, Proprietor. Orders Promptly Filled and ' Sash & Doors Satisfaction Given. Nelson . Mouldings, Yard, Foot of Hendryx Street. Turned Work JOHN RAE, AGENT. & WWUMiUMMUUStetw^l ,i��BWimBmiiMW��iaiMii8^^"@en, "Print Run: 1897-1903

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