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The Tribune was published in Nelson, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, and ran from November 1892 to November 1905. The Tribune was published and edited by John Houston, an outspoken journalist who would later embark on a successful political career, which included four terms as the mayor of Nelson and two terms in the provincial legislature. Houston had established the Miner in Nelson in 1890, and, after leaving the Miner in the summer of 1892, he established the Tribune to compete with his former paper. In August 1901, the title of the paper was changed to the Nelson Tribune.
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.r.m_in-r? f fi nrti iiimn i ihiib ii iii i ��� ��� ��������� nm iinim hhiiiiihi i iiJiii��M��iiiHLi!Pliijijf��Jl It 6fcb94| Provincial Library KQOTEInax Presents an Unequalled Field for the Developer of Mineral Claims showing Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Zinc, as Well as for the Investor in Producing Mines. ./.'.c.|HLAll._'7/X '"RAILROADS ���ivfi^lre^y. Completed or Under Construction and Steamboat Lines in Operation Make the Br vj>Mming Camps and Towns in Kootenay Accessible the Year Round. SECOND YEAR.-NO. 35. NELSON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1894. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR- GLORY ENOUGH FOR ONE YEAR. THE MUCH DESPISED OPPOSITION ON TOP IN SOUTH KOOTENAY. Fred Hume Carries Every Polling Place in the Riding Except Three-���The Election Passes off Without a Hitch-���The'Defeated Party Takes its Defeat Good Naturedly. The election campaign was- closed in South Kootenay on Tuesday by the election ol* Fred Hume, the .opposition candidate. While the campaign wasa lengthy .one,'for it really'commenced iu .January, it was conducted, in a gi cat'measure, in a spirit ot' fairness. The'Opposition made no attempt to array section against section, or town against town; and the 'jfTorts of the government party to keep life in the racial cry were ineffectual. The public meetings were well attended, and the speakers had no cause to complain of the treatment accorded them, lint one meeting was held at Nelson, and it clearly proved that the opposition had at least one local man more than a 'match', in debate, for premier.'Davie. The pre-, mier has ability, but his ability does not show to good advantage on the hustings. He takes up top much time in discussing points of little interest, and is too apt to make .statements that can be easily refuted. At Nelson on Monday night he tired his supporters with a dissertation on the heartiness, with .which the coal miners of Nanaimo supported liis government, and angered them with his blundering in. introducing a Nakusp & Slocan time-check, in order to refute a point made by Mr. Kerr, his opponent.' Mr. Davie might appear to better advantage were he defending defensible acts, but the acts of his government that he was called on to defend were indefensible, and he was forced to so admit before leaving the platform. Mr. Kerr, his opponent, speaks, readily,-and is easily more than a match for Mr. Davie. In fact, with longer residence, so as to become better posted iu provincial history and politics, Mr. Kerr will not have an equal in the province as a "stump speaker." The meeting at Nelson was called by the opposition,'...the- government party being invited to take part. G. A. Bigelow occupied the chair. Mr. Hume spoke lirst, and was followed by Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Houston, Mr. Davie, and Mr. Kerr. The speakers were .limited as to time, ami all were satisfied with the time allotted them except Mr. Davie. He could not say what he wanted to in an hour, and the people in attendance showed by leaving the hall when he appeared for further hearing that they knew when they had enough. Judging from the expressions heard after the meeting, the audience left the hall strong in the belief that Mr. Davie had blundered by appearing in Nelson at all. At Nelson tlie election passed off quietly and without a hitch. The polling place was in the court room at the court house. W. J. Goepel was the returning officer, Mr. Rashdall and Mr. Sanson) clerks, and Mr. Selous and Mr. Houston scrutineers. During the first hour 37 votes were polled; 45 were polled in the second, 29 in the third, 25 in the fourth, 19 in the fifth, 23 in the sixth, 27 in the seventh, and 1.0 in the eighth. The l'esult was known iu less than half an hour after the poll closed, and it was a surprise to both sides. The supporters of Mr. Buchanan had all along claimed that they were in the majority iu Nelson, and that they could, at the worst, hold Mr. Hume even. Mr. Hume's supporters churned the town should give hi in a liiajoi'ity of at least 50, and none of them reckoned on less than 20. When the returns were received from Toad mountain and 'Waneta, the government forces gave up the fight, and thev opposition army was "dead sure" that Mr. Buchanan would not save his deposit. AtOo'elock the Kaslo arrived from Ainsworth with the returns from that place. When they were announced, a cheer went up that could have beeu heard ten miles away had the atmospheric conditions been favorable. The Nelson brought the returns from Kaslo and the polling places in Slocan district on Wednesday morning. While they showed that Mr. Buchanan had not lost his deposit, they also showed that every camp hi Slocan district lnul proved true and voted as they had talked. The law as regards the closing of barrooms was strictly observed at Nelson, but promptly at midnight on Tuesday the boys formed in line and had their whistles wet at the several hotels and saloons. Although the crowd was large, not a single altercation took place, and the jollilication was closed witli a speech and a song by the premier himself, he being voted a "jolly good fellow" by the crowd. On Saturday forenoon the returns were canvassed by the l-eturuing officer for the riding, with'the result as below: Hume. Hiicliiumn. Nelson Kaslo New Denver. Three Korku WlllHOII Silverton .... A inn worth ... Krederieton.. Spronle'M l.ykorl'H Vviuielii.. .. Piinnui City. Total Con n ted. Hi.k'i: eil. Counted. lii.jeeted. ...133 1 'i 1 ... I'. ��.-) :i ... ill 1 _ti i ... III! :i til ... XI :i It! 1 ... 'ill i 1! 1 ... Iii 1 T :i ... 1 . ... IH :t ��� 1 1 ... ;* I, i Iii 1 ....' i 1 101 ���m Election Aftormath. An estimate of the crowd that celebrated fr'rcil Hume's election on Tiies.luy iiiglil cum lie formed from Ihe following: When leaving tlie Stanley house, a well-known Vernon street business man shouted, "Lot us form in single line, and we'll reach from here to tlie (iulf of Mexico." Is it not strange that the men who made the lirst. locations in every camp in the riding voted for, or favored the election of, Kred ITuine. The truth of the adage "Man's gratitude to man," was clearly shown after tlie result was definitely known. Not a single government man hud a kind wont for tlie defeated candidate. The south, riding of West Kootenay polled more votes than any other rural district or riding in the province except one. Delta riding of New Westminster district polled -851 votes against, our (i8.'i. The percentage of rejected ballots was altogether too large. Twenty-four out of (183 indicates carelessness as well as ignorance. Gilbert Malcolm Sproat, early on Tuesday .night, turned over to Charles Clark '.Sproulc the "rooster" he hud at times so exultantly exhibited before the election. ���Burring Kaslo, Fred IIume beat his opponent two to one in the riding, and had votes to spare. Considerable betting was indulged in, and the government men at Kaslo would all have gone broke had the returns from Sloean been held back for n short time. Ainsworth is. the..banner precinct, having given Hume over six to one. Silverton conies next with nearly live to one. The vote polled throughout the riding indicates that the free miners of Kootenay intend to do their whole duty to their country. The vote polled was 71 per cent of the voters'list. There were several surprises. One was when Fred It tchie telegraphed the result of the poll at Wtineta, which was claimed to be a government stronghold, and another was when the returns were received from Duncan City, a place that was said to be convenient to over seventy-odd voters. J Jut the greatest surprise was when Dan Taylor arrived from Itykert's saying that he had managed to convince three voters in that stronghold to vote for Hume. Jack Maginty is a politician from one of the buck counties in Ohio. He is working on Toad mountain, and two weeks ago reported that there were just live Buchanan votes on the mountain. Although Nelson polled the greater number of votes, many votes rightfully belonging to Kaslo were polled in the Slocan. 11. B. Kerr of New Denver easily won lirst place a* a debater. When the premier, rather peevishly, insinuated that the opposition were afraid to give him time for a proper presentation of his arguments. Air. Kerr's reply was. that he was willing to debate with him j iu a hall or in the open air, for an hour or for all night, then or at. any future time. The premier said no more about the opposition being afraid. One thing was clearly shown at Nelson, that is. that not one voter in ten knew how to properly fold a ballot paper. "''���''_��' The Slocan camps polled 239 votes, 70 percent of Ihe vote being for tlie opposition candidate. A plain intimation that the miners are opposed to tho goverment's mining legislation. In the Slocan, Mr. Buchanan is known as a "dry proposition" and John Grant as a "wet proposition." .. "Peace ou earth and good will to man" was the spirit that, actuated the scrutineers at Nelson. Although both arc reputed a trifle "touchy"and "hair- triggered," they sat at the same table for eight hours without even a "jangle" occurring. The one objected to two voters and the other to five. Fred Hume, the successful candidate, says if he had it to do over again he wouldn't do it. Politics is not what it is cracked up to be. The Hume Campaign Club of Kaslo deserve great praise for making so good a tight against men who were both insulting and intolerant, both before and after the election. C. 111. Ellieott, a civil engineer of Kaslo, made tlie absurd statement that one Buchanan vote was worth, in intelligence, two Hume votes. "Bob" Green called him down, and Bob did right. Taking the rejected ballots as evidence of intelligence. 3.!) per cent of the Hume vote lacked horse scn-'e as against 3.2 per cent of the Buchanan vote. The men who imagine themselves "smart" are not always "the" smart people. The statement that the people of Nelson burned Kaslo in effigy because of the latter's vote on election day is made out of whole cloth. Aside from the posting of a few humorously worded bulletins by George 'Arthur Bigelow, no other action was taken: and the only expressions heard were ones of regret, that Kaslo had not kept in line with the other towns in the riding. Election Returns. nokth yam-;. Martin. McC utehcon. 11!) 3 Ducks 23 i 3 11! 12 10 ���> 8 North Kiver, school house 4 9 ���> fi 12 1 t; n 227 KAST KOOTKNAY. Baker. Schou. 51 Palliscr 1 .") Field IS i Roger's Pass Hi .-> 18 Donald 31 37 3li 1 Wasa ii II II it;i; WKHT KOOTKNAV (NOItTII KIDINCil. Keltic. Brown. Kevelstoke 7;*> I'.i 11 lllecillcwaet 13 1 ���>���> ,i o Ore Shipments From Trail Greek. Ore is again being shipped from Trail Creek district, and from this tinieon shipments are likely to be continuous. The Le Roi ore will go out by way of Spokane hereaftei', and not by way of Revelstoke. One hundred tons will be shipped from the War Fagle, in order to find out the best method of working it. J. A. Finch is reported well pleased with the War Eagle, and he is also reported as having disposed of all his interests in the Cu'tir d Alenes, in order to give his entire time to his property interests in West Kootenay. An Issue Plainly Stated. Arthur McEwen, in San Francisco Examiner: "It is impossible to make laws that will fit perfectly all conditions. Labor unions have arisen to supplement the work of the law-maker. Without labor there can be no wealth. Kvory dollar possessed by Mr. Pullman and Mr. Huntington has been produced by human labor. It is stored up toil, as coal is stored up sunshine, and the laborei's happen to know this. Because capital can command labor by purchase like any other commodity capital falls into the error of regard ing it as a commodity merely, it forgets the human brain and human heart of the laborer���forgets that he is a follow creature, with the same affections and passions as the capitalist and the same longing for the things, that make life worth living. Labor declines to consider itself only a commodity, and if its .price is to be regulated by the law of'supply and demand it does what it can to control the supply. That is business. Ifence trades'unions.; ' Railroad managers who form pools for the regulation of fares and freights need no enlightenment on this subject. Neitheri do they deal in "abstract principles of, right and justice" in fixing the prices; which their customers shall pay for rail-j way service. The trades-union principle, of getting all that is to be had���"all that the traffic will bear"���is good enough for railroad managers when they are.running;, railroads and not writing letters to the: newspapers and calling on the president to order out troops and save our Christian civilization. Capital without labor is as: helpless as a train ���without trainbands. On that fact labor bases its claim to have a say in what capital shall do. The fact enforces the claim, for this is a world of/| facts, not of abstractions." , ' Coinage of Silver Resumed. For a: wonder, the Cleveland administration has issued orders to the mint authorities * atf San Francisco and New Orleans to begin at once coining '.silver, dollars, and during the present month to coin up to the ordinary capacity of the mints. The silver to be first coined will be the blanks and ingots, of which there is sufficient to coin about $1,500,000 at these'two', mints'and at Philadelphia. As soon as this supply is exhausted work will, probably begin on silver bars, of which there is a year's supply at Philadelphia. So far as can be learned it is not the purpose of the government to extend coinage of the seigniorage beyond a few millions. Each of the three mints will probably be worked at their normal capacity on silver dollars for the next several months at least, and presumably to the end of this year.. , ' ." Strike Reported in East Kootenay. Bonner's Ferry Herald, 14th: "Captain . G. R. Gray, of the firm of Jameson & Gray, left last Tuesday for the Fort Steele country to locate some gold claims. The captain and his partner Mr. Jameson have had parties out prospecting for them this: season and it is believed that they have struck it rich. The captain left post lmste for the scene of the strike, and neither he nor the prospector who came in after him would state their exact destination. The mystery and haste connected with trip leads to the conclusion that a strike has been made." THE PASSAGE OF THE TARIFF BILL the the big Killed by Parties Unknown. The inquest held on the body of John Kneebone, who was killed by masked men at Gem, Idaho, resulted in a verdict being l'eturned that death resulted from gunshot wounds fired by unknown parties. The principal witness, a man who was helping Kneebone in the shop at the time he was killed, received his pay and left the country the day before the verdict was returned. The Wallace Miner says: "It is a little singular that he should leave so promptly upon receiving his time, but it is said that he had good and sufficient reasons for so doing." Proposed Railway Subsidies. Among the l-ailway subsidies proposed by the Dominion government are the following for British Columbia railways: From the junction of Elk and Kootenay rivers to Coal creek (Crow's Nest pass).'M miles, $103,800. Abbotsford to Chilliwaek, 21 miles, $07,200. Nicola Valley, 28 miles, from the end of the western end of the subsidized road, $8!),(i()0. Nakusp & Slocan :i) miles from Nakusp to Three Forks $l2l,r)00. Is Probably Defeated. Reports from the east riding of Yule district indicate the defeat of Mr. Vernon, the government candidate. The polling places of Vernon, Enderby, and Armstrong give Graham, the opposition candidate, 8") majority. Mr. Vernon's defeat will not be tin irreparable loss either to the government or to the country. Milling Gold Ore. The Poorman 10-stamp mill, six miles southwest of Nelson, is running night and day. From twelve to fifteen tons of on; are run through every twenty-four hours. The water supply is holding out better than expected; but, if it is found necessary, a 2-mile flume will be built to bring iu an additional supply from Sandy creek. Is Without Character. The Vancouver World is attempting to show that public opinion calls for the resignation of Mr. Cotton, one of the three members-elect from Vancouver. Public opinion is not likely to be voiced in the columns of a newspaper without character, such as is The World. Hauling Ore From the Sliver King. Three 1-horse teams are hauling ore from the Silver King mine to Nelson, and the indications are that they will bo so engaged until Christmas. About I'oi'ty men are employed at the mine and in the erection of buildings. A Big Strike Reported on tho Idaho. Word comes through from Now Denver, under date of the 10th instant, that a big strike was made on the Idaho, a mine in Twin lake basin. Will not Bring Relief to the People of United States. Salt Lake Tribune: "The tariff bill has passed the senate. A conference committee of the two houses will, no doubt, agree to the senate amendments, and probably before the end of next week it will be a law. It is an unfortunate affair. It pleases ho one,'not even its supporters.; We believe that a-majority of them honestly wished that at least it might be de-; feated in; the senate.- In one way tire west can rejoice over it, because it will take the last prop out from under those who have been saying that with the tariff readjusted prosperity would come. It will not come. The disease is deeper. Indeed, the pressure has reached a point where the tariff does not much more count. The wise men of the east have been exhausting their thoughts and their lungs in explaining to the people that the thing in the way was the uncertainty regarding the tariff legislation. The uncertainty will be over now within a week, and they will all find themselves as much mistaken this year as they were last, when they said a repeal of the purchase clause of the Sherman law would bring prosperity. This tariff ."measure is the hist shot that they have in their locker. When it shall be tried and no significant results follow, when'it shall be tried and no relief comes to either the people or the government, then they will be forced to consider whether after all there is not something else the matter. And when tlie question is full before them, and no explanation can be given, then we take it that the statesmen in both parties will be forced to come down and consider the real situation, will be forced to admit that the fall in prices, the congestion in business, and the universal trouble is due to the fact that the.money of the country, the real money'of ultimate redemption, has been reduced to so small a quantity that, measured by it, the property of the country becomes almost valueless, and the products of the country do not pay the expenses of producing them. Then there will be silver men springing up all around. , Then old hardened goldites will be forced out of their holes, and will have todeclare i that they have been mistaken, and justice \will be done at last. We bid the men of jtlie west to hope. Their honest demands 'wilLnot'inuch longer be deniedrThe right is going to triumph, and silver is going to be fully restored this year or next, ami as we read the signs of the times, the chief debate in the campaign of '00 will be the insistance of both Democrats and Republicans that they and their party have always been the true friends of silver. The tariff as i-evisetl is going to cripple many an industry. It is going to demonstrate that the theory on which the revision was made is a false theory, and still we exult, because the passage of the bill removes the last excuse of the praters who have been insisting that we must have sound money, even if we starve to death, and out of it justice is going to come." Comparisons are Odious. It the election proved one thing more than another, it. proved that the redistribution bill passed at the last session of the legislature was unfair aud that the government was grossly ignorant of the population of the different sections of the province. Eight thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven registered voters on Vancouver Island were allotted fourteen members and a like number of registei'ed voters on the Mainland were given but eight members. To detect the glaring inequalities of the bill, comparisons need not be confined to the 'representation tic- corded the Island as against the Mainland. Take some of the Mainland constituencies. For instance, compare the registered voting strength of the south riding of West Kootenay with the registered _ voting strength of Lillooet and Cariboo districts. The south riding of West Kootenay has a voting strength of nine hundred and twenty-five. Cariboo and Lillooet together .have about the same strength. Vet South Kootenay will be represented in the legislative assembly by one member while Cariboo and Lillooet will be represented by four members. Other gross inequalities could beshown ; but the election is over, and comparisons are odious. Should be Superannuated. The Victoria Times of the 17th voices the opinion of a majority of the people of the province when it says that the vacancy iu the chief-justiceship should bo filled by an outside lawyer of ability rather than by the promotion of one of the associate justices. The Times might havesaid'furthor. that the province would be the gainer in reputation if the superannuation of Mr. justice Crease and Mr. justice McCreight was brought about tit once. The former, especially, has outlived his usefulness, for no judge can be useful whose motives are questioned. Says The Times: "Among other rumors about the vacant chief-justiceship i.s one to tlie effect that the position has been offered to Mr. justice McCreight. A good many people would like to see the position offered to an eastern lawyer of standing and ability, who would bring to the work a mind tiuinlluenced by' old friendships and animosities, or by professional and social relations. Among the justices most favored by the public for preferment arc Mr. justice Drakcand Mr. justice; Walkem. Justice Crease, who claims seniority on the bench, and justice McCreight are no longer young men, and if they have not alrcady'nl lamed lo the age al which they can be superannuated at the will of the government, it will only be a few years until that time has arrived. Among the lawyers mentioned for seats on the bench are Mr. Pooley of this city and Mr. McColl of Westminster." Railways and Steamboats. Trains are now running through from Spokane to ���Northport on the Spokane & Northern, the washout at Seven Devils having been repaired, and from this time on there will be no wagon transfer between Nelson and Spokane. On the Columbia 6c Kootenay, trains will be run between Nelson and a'-point 2k miles below Nelson'on Wednesday, and through to Nelson by August .,10th. The track of the Nakusp 6c Slocan will be laid to the head of Slocan lake by the 20th. A spur will be put in at the head of the lake to allow of transfers being;made with the steamer Hunter. It is reported that the rate on "first-class freight will be SS cents a hundred between .Nakusp and the head of the lake. The steamer Lytton is 'again in commission, and is running between Nakusp and Revelstoke. On Kootenay lake,'the-.manager of the steamer Ainsworth '-reports business picking up.,. The Nelson makes regular trips to Bonner's Ferry, but outside business is still slack. The tugs Kaslo and 'Idaho have little local business to do. J MUST FIBST REACH BEDROCK. AN OPINION AS TO THE THE CARIBOO CREEK WORTH OF PLACERS. Tho Creek Staked for a Distance of Fourteen Miles, and a Number of Companies Have Commenced Active Operations. The Dps and Downs of Life. A canvass of the employees of one of Chicago's street railway '....companies brought to light some interesting facts. One Conductor had operated a manufacturing establishment which employed 800 men; another a yea)' ago was worth over a quarter of a million dollars: fifteen were college graduates, and several others had graduated from high schools with honors. A like result was brought to light right here in Nelson. ".Jim" 'McDonald, who has the contract for repairing the damage done by the flood to the depots and warehouses of the Canadian Pacific railway, reports having in his employ one 'man that a few years ago had an income of $1000 a day from a mine in Colorado; another that was at one time a professor in Edinburgh University; and still another that carried off tlie highest honors awarded last winter by the Literary and Debating Society of Kaslo. A Fruitful Source of Litigation. It seems that the Bon Ton,' a mineral claim in Slocan district, is a fruitful source of litigation. The New Denver Prospector of the Llth says: "On Monday, M. Ediams. charged with stealing ore from the Bon Ton, was brought before D. B. Bogle, J. P., for examination. F. F. MeNaughton appeared for the complaining witness and C. W. McAnn for the defendant. It was proved and not disputed that the defendant took twenty sacks of ore from the tunnels claimed by the Bon Ton, and was preparing to take more. Defendant claimed that the Bon Ton was improperly surveyed, and that the tunnels are on the Manhattan, on which he has a lease. After the examination of several witnesses and the usual amount of sparring by the attorneys, defendant was bound over in the sum of $000 bail, which he secured, to appear before the county court." Placer Mining on Sheep Creek. Seven men are at work on Sheep creek, a tributary of Salmon river. Ou Hill's claim, a ditch is being dug to turn the creek, and the owner expects to begin ground sluicing next week. At present considerable difficulty is had in getting supplies to the ground. The distance from Salmon siding on the Nelson 6c Fort Sheppard railway is only about six miles, but there is no trail. Supplementary Appropriations. The following appropriations hit ve been brought down in the supplementary estimates by the Dominion government: Protection of the banks of Columbia river at Golden, $;100; improvement of Kootenay river between Canal Plat and Fort Steel. $;")(KK); protecting banksof Columbia river at Revelstoke (provided the provincial government contributes a like amount), $.")0(H). th Dry Ore here will be no Pilot May sine in SlglH. hick of dry ore once ter is in operation. Mines like the Skyline. Number One. and Tain O'Shauter, in Ainsworth district, can and like ore the y to is in alone furnish all that needed, dry ore belt hack of Watson is be ti steady producer. Tht; dry sight. Repairing the Telegraph Line. James Wilson, superintendent of the Pacific coast telegraph lines of tin- Canadian Pacific, is at work between Nelson and Kaslo with a gang of line repairers. It is expected that tin; line will be in working order between Nelson and Revcl- stoke within three; weeks. Defeated the Government. The government party in New South Wales, Australia, was not as successful at the poles as was the-same party in British Columbia. The election resulted in the defeat of the government, and the rel urn of ~>H i'ree trade,.'!!) protection, and :J8 labor members. Forty Men at Work, The superintendent of the Pilot Hay smelter has arrived, and the force at work about the grounds numbers forty men, The damage hy the high water is not, as great as was at lirst estimated. The first authentic report regarding the placer discoveries on Cariboo creek is given below. A. R. McPhee, who made a trip to the ground, is in Nelson. He says that the creek is a long one, and that if the ground is good full}' 5000 men could find.employment. But he says the creek does not look like a good creek; that the wash is granite, and the boulders large and close together. The only favorable indication is the presence of heavy iron rock. The creek is a large one, the bottom in places being a thousand feet wide. The only gold yet found is out of the top wash, as bedrock has not been reached on any of the claims, and it only crops out in one place, about twenty-two miles up tho creek. The largest piece yet washed is "."not woi'th to exceed twenty-five cents. There are no indications of quart/, veins, and there tiro but \'ew bars. The creek lias been'staked for a distance of fourteen miles. Cariboo creek is a tributary of Trout creek, which empties into the narrows of the Columbia river about twenty miles below Nakusp. The junction of the two creeks is about live miles from the .steamboat lauding." Claims have also been staked on Canyon creek a tributary of Cariboo creek. Men are coming and'going daily, and at present there'are about a hundred men on the ground, most of them making preparations'to open claims. Lumber is being whipsawed for half a dozen companies. The Dominion Day Company, made up of R. Matheson, IL Lane, II. Mc- Kav. J. Madden. T. Duffy, W. S. Murray, J. Milne, W. IL Barnfat'her, M. Condon. .1. McKiernan, T. Gordon, and G. M. Spencer, "is'fully represented on the ground. The Discovery claim is owned by .N.'De- mers, A. Tasser, G. Ellis, and Ben Rodd. Other claims ami companies tire represented by from one to ten men.' The Crown is owned by S. Coulter, C.' Vacler, G. Carry, J. J. Brown. J. Officer, and C. Dundee; the Scepter by S. Dundee. 'W. McGrogan, P. II. Peterson, W. J. Downers, L. Rov. and E. Jones; the Rising Sun, by IV McDonald, J. W. Thomas, J. II. Nolan, and W. A. Jones: the Langdon, by II. Bolander, G. Alexander, li. B. Corsoii, C. Sapandon. W. C. Cttppock. and A. Beaton: the Tottenham, by J. E. Millard, M. Beaton, J. Derliatn, A. McDonald, IL' F. Benson. W. II. Willi. II. Malouse, J. Rates, W. IL Burton, and' W. Parker; the Legal Tender, by W. Thondinson, T. Abricl.aud L. Abricl"'; the Lady Sampson, by II. Madden, W. C. Sampson. E. Sampson, C. II. Osier. J. Hoverton. J. Galbraith, and L. Daiisereau. Messrs. B. Burton, A. A. McPherson, A. Midline, S. Haig, IL Hammond. M. Madden, L. Alexander. J. McLeod. A. Burton, IL S. Burton, A. McDonald, J. II. Dawson, F. Bourne, J. C. Gore, B. McDonald, J. Anderson, S. Mc- Ivinnoii. C. Wright, G.Jordan, S. Walker, W. C. McLean, D. J. Darraugh, F. G. Fauquier, D. A. McDonald, R. T. Lowery, and many others have claims staked iu their names. Hugh Madden has built'a very good stopping ulace at the steamboat landing, and Ben Rodd litis another near the Discovery claim. .Air. McPhee says opinions differ as to the worth of the ground, but his opinion is that if gold is found iu paying quantities it will be on bedrock. Wasteful Prodigality. Nelson has been credited with extravagant liberality in raising over $S00 for prizes and expenses in celebrating Dominion Day. but the following from an Indiana paper shows that Terre Haute. Indiana, a town but little larger than Nelson, is wastefully prodigal in raising money for purses for horse races. The paper says: "Indiana ranks lirst among all slates in harness racing. In number of mile and half-mile tracks she stand* lirst. She is I he only state in lhe I'ltion t lint has to its credit a track over which it mile has been made in 'J:01 and a mile paced in a race in 2:01. The largest, amount, of money ever given by it racing association iu the history of harness racing is the $00,000 hung up by the Terre Haute Fair for its meeting during the week of August I * tt ti to ISlli, inclusive. The largest amount of money mer contended for by harness horses is the $21,000 purse which the Terre Haute Pair hits on its programme for Tuesday, August I Ith." Wake Up. Mr. Fletcher! Is it not about time that Hint for a (ri-weekly mail service Kaslo and New Denver was let? tion on Tuesday showed (lit! im of the route. At Sproulc'. miles from Kaslo, 21 vote. Watson, five miles fttrt contract bet ween Theclec- portnncc . which is fifteen were polled : at icr ou, "il votes were polled; .")S votes were polled at Three Porks. Surely these |;i:i voters are entitled lo adequate mail facilities, and all the more so when the whole distance to be covered is but thirty miles. Wake up, Mr. Fletcher! for the men of Kootenay know how to vote, and many days may not elapse before they may be called on to cast their ballots for ii member of the Dominion house. m W,i* . i->;.:-�� ta JWSp Sfli- ���m ;-'.-K.. ~$��$ R^T h'wHf ",iVJK". -,'��� --.-'���-_��� wens*. .to .'.'iV.'|>Jr -rajT^n-: l*Tvis_i* THE TRIBUNE: NELSON, B.C, SATURDAY, JULY .21, .1894. PUBLISHERS' NOTICE. THE TRIBUNE is published on Saturdays, by .lonN Houston' & Co., and will bo mailed to subscribers ou payment of Oxu Dollar a year. No subscription taken for- less tbau a year. KKGULA'U ADVtiU.TISKMF.NTS prinlcd at tlie following rates: One inch, S.'ili a year; two inches, StiO a.year; three inches SSI a year: four inches, ��9(i a year; live inches. ��10,. a year; six indies and over, nt the rate of 81.50 an inch per iiioiilli, TRANSIENT ADVKItTISKMKNTS L'd cents a line for first insertion'and III cents a line for each additional insertion." Birth, marriage, and death notices free. LOCAL, OR RKADING MATTKR NOTICICS ii cents a lino each insertion. JOR PRINTING nt fair rates. All accounts for job printing' and advertising payable on the first of ovorv month; subscription, in advance. ADDRESS nil cominuiiicatlons to THE TRIHUNE, Nelson. II. C. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. DLaHAU, M.I).���Physician' and Surgeon. Itooms .') ��� and 1 Houston block, Nelson. Telephone l_. LR. HARRISON, B. A.���Hamster at. Law, Convey- ��� ancer, Notary Public, Commissioner for-taking A Ill- davits for use in the Courts of British Columbia, etc. Ollices--Ward St., between linker aud Vernon, Nelson, from the outside at tlie call of the leaders ol! the government party returned home strong in the belief that tlie opposition "in South Kootenay is well able to take care of itself. The sectional cry of "Mainland against the Island" was .hot'.heard in the south riding, iind it is not likely to be heard at future elections. The people of this section know that the cry isa selfish one, and there is nothing selfish about the men who delve iu the earth for precious nietfils. TRICKS OP THE GREEN TABLE. Professional Gamblers Introduce Some Crafty- Arts in Poker. . "Paper men,".explained a veteran-poker 're.ss reporter, "are ��lie ��tibmuv SATURDAY MORNING.. JULY 21, 1891 THE RESULT IS SATISFACTORY. The result of the election in the south riding can only mean that the Davie government has not the conlidenco of the people, for in no constituency in the province were the issues more clearly defined. The opposition claimed that the interests of the ���������province were not safeguarded in the Nakusp 6c Slocan deal; that the redistribution bill was unfair; that the mining "industry was hampered by unwise legislation; and that laboring men should be protected by law from the rapacity of corporations and individuals who issue time-checks. The government party simply maintained that opposition to the government could only result in the district not'getting its rightful share of 'appropriations, and it was therefore tlie duty of the people to elect a member who Avould "stand in" with the party in power. Surely men so lacking in principle merited defeat at the polls. Mr. Hume, the successful candidate, is pledged to carry out the principles''of his. party; he has made no other pledges. The men who elected him are not office seekers, and he will not at any time be pestered by the office- seeking class.' The opposition party..in the south riding has no "bosses," therefore Mr. Hume will be free to act for the best interests of all the people of the riding. He was not elected to offer factious opposition to the government, and he will not do so. South Kootenay is fortunate in having a member-elect who 'is not above the men who elected him. STAY WITH THE COUNTRY. .Tiik Miner, ina long and labored edi- itorial, would have it appear that' Mr. Hume was elected because of his personality and not because of the party that supported hint being in the majority. Well, then, the party that supported Mr. Hume should be credited with good generalship in bringing out a candidate that at least one good quality. The Vancouver World of Saturday last- states that "the premier is making a vig- " orous light in South Kootenay and is " doing yeoman work for Mr. Buchanan. " The chances for Mr. Hume are growing " beautifully less. John Grant, ex-M.P.P. " iind ex-mayor of Victoria, i.s also doing " yeoman work for Mr. Buchanan.". Judging from the result, the "yeoman" of South Kootenay must have been working for Mr. '.Hume. >. ABOUT THE WOMEN. The business situation is no more depressed in Kootenay than iii other sections of the province, and probably not as much so as in adjoining sections of the states to the south. That the present depression will be long-continued is not at all likely, for within sixty days ore shipments will be reported from every camp in the district. The completion of the Nakusp 6c Slocan railway to the head of Slocan lake will allow of .shipments being made from the Four-mile and Carpenter creek" mines of Slocan district; the mines of Trail Creek will be in condition to make regular shipments; machinery will be at work on Toad mountain, and it is not improbable that work will be commenced on a smelter plant at Nelson for matting ore from the Silver King; the Pilot Bay smelter will recpiire ore, and the mines in the Ainsworth, Kaslo, and Coat River sections will furnish it. All that is needed i.s patience, and those that have patience and staying qualities will not regret having made investments in West Kootenay. Although the ridings and districts -were gerrymandered in the interest of the government party, there can be no question that a majority of the people have declared, by their ballots, that Theodore Davie is better qualified to carry on the government for the next four years than the men who opposed him. The majority should pule. "To up ol sol I - found men people are ouflieru o THE victor belongs the spoils," is a political proverb. But we a re a I'm it I that Theodore Ditvie will be in no hurry to parcel out the spoils to his adherents in the south riding of West Kootenay. The one "fat" office that was to be the reward of success will be lilled indefinitely by the present incumbent. What is the party leader's loss, iu this instance, will he the people's gain. In every community made reliant people i.s sure to be I equal to any occasion. No more self-reliant than those o Kootenay. and the campaign just closed proved that amongst them were men the equal, if not the superior, of the redoubtable premier himself iu debate. IL li. Kerr of New Denver is oik; of these men. .Judging from tin; reports of the speeches made by the opposition and government candidates in tin; north riding of 'West Kootenay, neither candidate wasa fit and proper person to represent an intelligent constituency ina legislative assembly. Although they were said to be without ability, the leadersof the opposition party in the south riding did not ask for outside assistance: and the men who came Hosa Bonheur was a dressmaker's apprentice when she was a girl of fifteen ���years. Miss Balfour, sister of the English Conservative leader, is now traveling in Africa, and at last advices was the guest of M r. Cecil Rhodes tit Cape Town. Odette Tyler, who . was to have been Mrs. Gould, is in Richmond, .Virginia, and will soon sail for Europe. She is writing ii novel of Virginian life, entitled, "Boss, the Virginian." The Princess Maud of Wales is said to be known in her own family circle almost exclusively as "llany," she i.s so playful iind sportsman-like. But she is also an excellent cook and gardener. Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, sister of the president, delivered the address at the twenty-sixth commencement exercises of the Ossining Seminary for young ladies, at Sing Sing. Miss Cleveland spoke of the importance of the correct use of words. Queen Victoria greatly dislikes a visitor who is shy and colors or looks agitated when addressed. At the finish of the interview the queen generally bows slightly or offers her hand, and then turns ti little to one side to save the very trying necessity of an entirely backward exit from her presence. One of the best known figures in Paris is Mine. Voer, who, upon the deatli of her husband, a reporter for the French press, took up his work and has conducted it with marked enterprise. In her rounds she is accompanied by a great white poodle called "The Doctor," who permits no one to trifle with liis mistress. The empress of Austria has "her hair shampooed once a month, it is still beautiful, luxuriant, and perfectly black, and, when let down, touches the ground as she stands, and she is tall. It is said the hair- wash requires forty eggs, and the other ingredients are obtained from no less than twenty mysterious bottles. The most recent important event at Windsor was queen Victoria's new hat. Rumors of its magnificence had preceded her majesty's appearance at the castle. The rumors were correct. The august head of the church and state was roofed in a new hat, youthful in shape and fashionable in style, and quite covered with white ostrich plumes in addition toa large white ribbon bow. One of the sensations of the opera of "Djehna," at the Paris Grand Opera House, is produced by Mile. Region, who, as the Hindoo fortune-teller, is charmingly draped in Indian fashion in a single piece of cotton cloth that is twined round her, and iu doing so marks the contour of a remarkably fine.figure. Mile. Region's plastic beauties, says Mrs. Crawford, enable her to rank as a fine woman with Miss Sibyl Sanderson. A True Son of Kentucky. Senator .Joe Blackburn of Kentucky was. some years ago, traveling alone through Indian territory in a not very thickly populated section, and, although he started with a generous quantity of liquor, the supply, with the exception of ii single quart Mask, became exhausted. While in this condition he met a Cherokee Indian, who asked him to extend the usual courtesies toa fellow-traveler. The courtesies were promptly extended, and, as the brand was the finest Kentucky, the senator was hardly surprised when the Indian, who was mounted on a beautiful horse, eagerly offeicd him live dollars for the remainder of liis bottle. The offer Wits declined, whereupon the Indian offered his saddle, his bridle, and finally his horse, but till without avail. "Did you ever hear of a thirst like that?" the senator inquired of the friend to whom he told the story. "Why didn't you take player to a St. Pan men who make a specialty of reading cards. They have a system of fixing the backs of the cards so that they can tell all the aces, kings, queens, jacks and eventually the whole pack, if it is used long enough. They always have the advantage, especially in a.two-handed game, for they can tell just what the other player holds by looking at the backs of his cards. "I'll never forget, the first time I had an experience with a 'paper���mail.' 1 was in a Denver Silicon one day, and a Tat stranger with whom 1 had been talking for some time suggested a game of draw poker. I accepted this proposition, and we retired to an -anteroom. Before we had been playing long 1 discovered that my friend was using a pack of readers, for I had given him a few good hands, but he wouldn't play, for of course he could see I. had better, so 1 made up my mind to fool him. It finally ciiine to my deal in a pretty good jack-pot. I had lost a little money, but I. now resolved to get it all back with interest, so I stacked my fat friend three aces and gave myself three kings. After I had given out the two hands 1. laid down the deck, aud the top card was an ace. "Directly under it I had the five of clubs and another king under that. As soon as the man saw the ace he smiled, for he knew he would draw to four aces. He opened the pot for a small-amount and I gave it a good lift. He came back at me with another raise, and we kept it up until he finally said he had only a little money left to bet with, for he wanted a little fun-after the draw. I. guess he thought 1 must be soft with my miserable kings up against him with his threes, and as good as four, aces. "Well, he drew one, and 1. dealt him. a second and gave him the five of clubs. J took two myself and hid them, fetching in my other king and his ace. 'Now,'said he, 'I'll bet all J have,' and he threw out the few remaining dollars he possessed. 1 covered it and called liim. 'I have four aces,'said he as he turned up'his hand, and then when he saw it he uttered an awful oath and shouted. 'Well, I'll be d���d if they didn't change right before my critical faculty its a man, she excels him in quick perception and intuition. Nature having;endowed woman with different physiological functions to man, her brain power-varies in like manner, but in persons of sound mind and body in both sexes, the brains, in one way or another, are very nearly ou a par in point of power. The more frequent exercise of certain faculties by inen has hitherto, no doubt, enlarged and increased their brain power in those-respects, and it is possible that with similar exercise of such powers by women as may naturally be.expected from the increasing athletic, 'educated, and business-like capacities of the women of the rising generation, the women of the future may be as tall and have a brain equal in size iind weight to -that of a man. Sir.I. Crichton-I.rowne is of opinion that while in such case.a. woman may gain intellectually, she would lose in beauty and grace, and refers, in support of this opinion, to the'people dwelling on a range of hills between the Brahmapootra hills and the Soorma valleys���where the women are .supreme. They do the wooing, and control the 'affair's of the nation, and property descends through the women and not through the men. They are dominant, but at the same time they are the ugliest women on the face of the earth. PECK'S BAD DRUMMER. very eyes!' '1 know they did,' said 1, as I pocketed all the coin, 'and your-paper ain't worth two cents a pound playing me,' continued I, as I left the place about $500 richer. '"Paper men' have many ways of marking-���cards. Some of them carry a small machine which is attached to their linger and which resembles a ring, and with this they cut the back of the cards near the corners, so that when they are dealing they always have the advantage. "'Hold-out' men are men who when playing conceal cards in the palm of their hands. They do this very cleverly, sometimes dealing and handling the deck while palming a half-dozen cards, and then they get rid of them without detection. For instance, one of these fellows will sometimes hold four aces in his hand until it comes his age. After the dealer has given out cards and laid down the deck the 'hold-out' man will put his hand flown on the deck, thereby putting his four aces on to]), and utter, 'Wait awhile, this should have been my deal.' This is merely an excuse to put the four aces on top of the pack. After a little dispute lie will draw four cards, and as he is tne first to get cards he will pull four aces. "It not only requires skill to perform these tricks, but to use them as a gambler a man must possess a good nerve and never get rattled. Some magicians are very clever with cards; in fact, more so than a gambler, but they can't play draw poker with an expert card player." Simple Diet Will Reduce Flesh. To a medical officer of the French army is attributed the latest "cure" for obesity, which is strangely simple in its carrying out. The form of diet was simply a restriction to one dish at each meal, irrespective of what that dish might be, and no matter whether the quantity consumed was greater or smaller,''it was made to satisfy the desire for food to the full at each meal. No supplementary dishes, such as soup, desserts or condiments, were allowed; one single dish, and that taken plain, was found to satisfy the appetite much sooner than a variety of dishes, even if the quantity was apparently smaller and on almost an abstemious scale. This regimen was employed also in the case of a lady whose embonpoint threatened too rapid increase, with good results, and without any discomfort iu the observance of the restrictions. Iu fact in one or two instances the reduction of corpulence has seemed to go on too rapidly, and it litis been deemed best to take means for restoration, in a measure, of that which has been lost. I'nder this system, as under most others, the excessive imbibition of liquids has to be forbidden, care being taken not to enforce the abstinence from water, especially to the point where symptoms of circulatory depression arises from insufficiency of volume of blood in the vessels. the oiler?" was asked. "Great heavens, man!" exclaimed lilaekburu; "it was the last bottle I had on earth!" A Good Laugh. Chaviissc, tin eminent surgeon, says: " Encourage your child to be merry and to laugh aloud. A good, hearty laugh expands his chest, and makes his blood bound merrily along. Commend me to a good laugh not lo a little sniggering laugh, but to out! that will sound through the house; il will not only do your child good, but will be a benefit to all who hear, and tin important means of driving the blues away from a dwelling. Merriment is very catching, and spreads iu a remarkable manner, few being able to resist the contagion. A hearty laugh is delightful harmony. Indeed, it is the best of till music." Has a Woman More Brains Than a Man? No; as si rule it is the other way about, as theavei'age man's brain is larger, and between four ounces and five ounces heavier than the average woman's brain the weight of the adult European male brain being from I!) to at) ounces, that of the adult female-I I to ")() ounces. This is partially accounted for by the fact that the average woman herself' is smaller than the average man both in size and weight. According to sir .James Criehlon-lirowiie, a well-known authority on the subject, after allowing for a woman's smaller size and weight, the man's brain is still the heavier of the two by one ounce. It doesn't necessarily follow that a woman's brain power Is inferior to that of a man. What she lacks in one way is fully made up in another. Although she does not as a rule display so stj'ong a reasoning and He Knew the Humorist Finally, But Not in the Way He Boasted, They tell a characteristic story of George W. Peck. When his fame as the author of the bad-boy -experiences was at its height and while he was actually rolling in riches, Peck made a trip to California, partly.for rest and.partly to see the country of which he had heard so much. A notoriously poor dresser, he was at this particular time very shabbily clad, and in his coarse, ill-fitting garments you would hardly have recognized the man everybody was talking about, and the man, too, whose check was good for a cool hundred thousand. One day, crossing the plains, Peck was curled up in a seat in tlie smoking car. when his attention was attracted to a group of drummers across the aisle. The train boy had just gone through the car vending his literature and the drummers were discussing the book entitled "Peck's -Bad Boy." One of tlie party, a particularly noisy fellow, boasted of a personal acquaintance with the author of the book- yes, he knew Peck intimately, and forthwith he proceeded to regale his friends with elaborate stories of his experiences with the Wisconsin humorist. From his point of vantage across the way Peck listened iii silent .surprise ..to .'.the.' preposterous inventions of the fellow, and. his amazement deepened 'into horror and chagrin when the garrulous drummer, encouraged by the interested countenances of his hearers, pursued his discourse to the extent of narrating, with scrupulous attention to detail, the incidents of an alleged spree which "me and Peck" once enjoyed together. You can fancy how wroth poor Peck became when he heard himself pictured as the veriest sot and libertine, for if there are virtues upon which he prides himself, they are his temperance and his morality. Having heard himself dragged by this superb liar through the boozing kens and low resorts of Milwaukee, brother Peck finally arose, gathered himself together, iind broke in upon the mendacious drummer's narrative. He said that he had known Peck a great many years and "was able to declare that Peck never tasted liquor and never visited disreputable places. Warming up to his business in hand, Peck dilated with severity upon the evil-practice of falsly laying claim to acquaintance with people, it practice too often indulged in by vulgar, noisy persons. He concluded his castigation of the offender by disclosing his identity, by denouncing the blatant drummer as an iui- postor, and by saying: "Hereafter, sir, when you are tempted to lie about me, pray let your fancy concern itself with me alone. When you report that I am a libertine you reflect upon my home relations, and that is an offense which 1 shall not tolerate. You may advertise me as a fool, as a drunkard, as a thief, but be precious careful not to libel or slander me in such wise as to wrong and pain those whose relations to me as wife find children are my paramount, sweetest, tender- est, most sacred consideration!" The story goes on to relate that by the time Peck had concluded his remarks the loquacious drummer had shrivelled up into such a little wad that you could almost have plugged a keyhole with him. The Same Everywhere. The following clear-cut expression from the San Francisco Examiner shows how great railway corporations are able, at will, to either light the state or compel the stale Lo light its battles. What has happened iu California happens in every state in the Lnion. The force power of the government is always ou one side. The Examiner says: The Southern Pacific Railroad Company has managed to get the state and national governments between itself and its workmen. A blow aimed at its property or privilege to do as it chooses lauds on the law and wounds public order. Doubtless the corporation felicitates itself on the generalship by which it has'brought this state of things about, but in the end it will pay dearly for its cleverness. That society may avert front itself riot it is forced to scud fori hits policeand soldiery to protect, this undeserving railroad company. But society has been seduced into no illusions. The people of California understand the situation perfectly, and when tht; occasion is gone for making their own and the corporation's interest one, there will be a reckoning. A heavy addition has been made to the debt which the company will sooner or later lie called on to settle. Ever since it came into existence the corporation has done its utmost to raise itself above the laws of the state whose guardianship it now invokes. Uather than yield a point of no great practical moment to its workmen it has laid an interdict on commerce, subjected thousands of citizens to serious loss, shown measureless contempt for the convenience of the public, thrown all California into alarm, and brought it to the very edge of riot and anarchy, ft demands expensive protection, even at the cost of blood, from the municipalities, and counties and state to which it is in arrears for taxes. Likewise it demands protection from, and even the control and use of, the "federal government, the enormous debt to which it has made no provision for paying. California has been very patient, but the Southern Pacific has gone,.- too far." ���������_ Wasted Pity. She was only a typewriter girl, but she created quite an excitement in a Louisville, Kentucky, suburban car one day last winter. /'When she got on the car,L the conductor noticed that her left sleeve dangled helplessly by her side, so he helped, her ou tenderly and said to himself, "Poor thing!" The passengers also noticed the empty sleeve and were visibly sympathetic,'one tart-looking woman even moving a trifle to give the one-armed girl a seat. It was a very singular thing to see such a well-dressed, bright girl with only one arm, and public curiosity was at a high pitch concerning the cause of the pathetic empty-' sleeve. Finally the afflicted lady dropped her purse, and the old gentleman who restored itsaid kindly, "My dear, how did you lose your arm?"' She turned her innocent violet eyes upon him in evident surprise, and the passengers all presented their ears, aching to listen. "1 haven't lost any of my arms," she replied, thrusting a neatly gloved hand in sight. "I just pulled my hand up into my sleeve to get it warm." Then all the passengers looked huffy, and the conductor murmured: "Gee whiz! With them big sleeves the women can work'most any kind o'racket." Death of a Cariboo Pioneer. The ups and down's 'of a miner's life are well illustrated in the career of William Barker, for whom the town of Barker- ville was named, and whose funeral took place'.'on the Pith from the Old Men's Home, Victoria, where for months he had lain seriously ill. Tlie deceased was a native of Cornwall, England, and in early life a sailor. He came to British Columbia in 1S5S, one of his shipmates on the long journey round being the veteran Robert Ridley, who also shared with him the adventures and varying fortunes of life in the mines. In partnership with the late Bob Dexter. Barker's profits for a few months ran into thousands of ���dol.llars a day, but so free was he with his money that he saved nothing for his,declining years. To Bill Barker belonged the honor of sinking the first shaft "below the canyon," and'at one time his fortune was counted by the hundreds of thousands. WILLIAM PERDUE arkets HOUSE At Corner Baker and Ward Streets, NELSON, B.C. THOMAS MADDEN, Prop. THE THE MADDEN is Centrally Located, With a Frontage Towards Kootenay River and is Newly Furnished Throughout. TABLE is Supplied with Everything in the Market, the Kitchen Being Under the Immediate Supervision of a Caterer of Large Experience. THE BAR is supplied with tiik iikst brands of -all, KINDS OK WINKS, LIQUORS, AND CIGARS. Special Attention to Miners. Situate on Vernon Street, Near Josephine. The Hotel Overlooks The Kootenay. Its Guests can Obtain Splendid Views of Both the Mountains and River. Axel Johnson, Proprietor THE ROOMS AUK CONVKNIRNT AND COMFORTABLE. THE TABLE IS TIIK HKST IN TIIK MOUNTAINS. Special Attention to Miners. THE BAR IS FIRST-CLASS. HOTEL F.xlonsive improvements now completed makes the above hotel one of the best in the city both for transient guests anil day boarders. FINEST WINES, LIQUORS, AND CIGARS THE MARKET SOLD AT THE BAR. IN AT Nelson and Kaslo. Will contract to supply mining companies and steam boats with fresh meats, and deliver same at any mine or lauding in tho Kootenay Lake country. NELSON Ofliee and Market, 11 East Baker St. KASLO MARKET, Fourth Street. JOHN JOHNSON, Proprietor. he Tremont. East Baker St., Nelson. Is one of the best hotels in Toad Mountain district, and is the headquarters for prospectors and working miners. MALONE & TREGILLUS. Proos. ouse BAR. WILSON & BURNS (Successors to Burns, Mclnnes & Co.) Wholesale and retail dealers in stock and dressed meats. Arc prepared to furnish in any quantity beef, pork, mutton, veal, bacon, and ham, at the lowest possible prices. Nelson, Kaslo, and Three Forks ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. C. & K. S. N. Co. (Ltd.) TIME TABLE NO. 4. In effect Thursday. .July 12, ISM. Revelstoke Route���Steamer Columbia. Connecting with the Canadian Pacific Railway (main line) for all points east, and west. Leaves Uevclstoke on Tuesdays and Fridays at '.I a. in. Leaves Itohson on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8 p. in. Northport Route���Steamer Columbia. Connecting at Northport. for points north and south on the Spokane Kails & Northern Railway. Leaves Itohson Wednesdays and Saturdays at I a. in. Leaves Northport Wednesdays and Saturdays at I p.m. Kaslo Route���Steamer Nelson. Connecting on Saturdays and Wednesdays with Xelson & Kort Sheppard Railway for Kaslo and hike points. Leaves Nelson ��� Leaves Kaslo for Nelson Tuesdays at .'i p. in. Wednesdays at i:'.V\ a. in. Wednesdays at ii:IO p. m. Saturdays al i:'M a. in. Fridays at :i p. in. Saturdays at."): It) p. in. Corner Stanley and Silica streets, Xelson. We are now running the Stanley house bar. and will be glad to have our friends and acquaintances give us a call. DAWSON & CRADDOC1C. GOLD AND SILVER EXTRACTION. The Cassel Gold Extracting Co.. Ltd., of Glasgow. (Tliii .M;ii!Artlmr-l''.irrt_.t (..-unlili- 1'rur.. s.) Is prepared to negot ate with mine owners and others for the extraction ol tin: above metals from the most refractory ores, and to treat and report on samples up to one ton in weight sent to its experimental works, Vancouver. All communications to he. addressed to W. I'KLLKW-IIAKVICY. F.C.S., Assay and Mining Ollices, Vancouver, 1). C. All kinds of assay mining and analytical work undertaken Kootenay Lake Sawmill LUMBER YARD, Foot of Hendryx Street, Nelson. A full stock of lumber rough and dressed. Shingles, laths, sash, doors, mouldings, etc. Three carloads dry, clear Hi- Mooring and ceiling for sale at lowest rates. G. 0. BUCHANAN, Proprietor. HENRY DAWES, Agent. -Steamer Nelson. ail points Bonner's Ferry ���Route- Connecting with (iruat Northern railway for east and west. Leaves Nelson for Bonner's Ferry, via Kaslo on Saturdays and Wednesdays at ;">:-l(| p. in. Leaves Kaslo for lionnor's Kerry direct ou Mondays and Thursdays at li a. m. Leaves Honner's Ferry for Kaslo via Nelson on Tuesdays and Fridays at. 2 a. in. The company reserves the right to change this'sehodulo at any time without notice. For full Information, as to tickets, rates, etc., apply at the company's olllcc. Nelson. II. C, T. ALLAN, Secretary. J. W. TROUP, Manager. Spokane Falls & Northern Railway, Nelson & Fort Sheppard Railway, All Rail to Spokane, Washington. NELSON STEAM SASH AND DOOR FACTORY SASH. DOOMS, AND WINDOW FKAMF.S MARIO TO ORUKK. Leave 7 A.M... ..NKLSON.. Arrive .I:Id P.M. On Wednesdays and Saturdays trains will run through lo Spokane, arriving thereat ii.ill P. M. same day. Returning will leave Spokane at 7 A. M. on Wednesdays and Saturdays, arriving at Nelson al i>:K) P, M��� making close connections with steamer Nelson for all Kootenay lake points, Passengers for Ivottle Hlvcr and Iloundary Creek connect at Marcus with stage on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Krldnys, Estimates Given on Building Supplies. TURNING, SURFACING, AND MATCHING. Orders from any town in the Kootenay Luke country promptly attended to. General jobbing of all kinds. RICHARD STUCKEY, Proprietor. John M. Kkkk-ek. Jamks 10. Skalk. KEEFER & SEALE TEAMSTERS. Job teaming done. Have several hundred cords of good wood, which will ho sold at reasonable prices, LKAVK OlU.HltS AT J. F. Hume & Oo.'s, Vernon Street, Nelson, Nelson Livery Stable Passengers and baggage transferred to am railwi from the ay depot iiful"sl,:'iiiibout landing, Freight hauled and job teaming done. Stove ��� wood for Halo. WILLIAM WILSON ,.,1'UOI'UIKTOH r-v_K; VHV i..,. - _*���'���:" i-. WUJlUMUaWMlMlfflMatg^^^ 1 ��� / r",:\ \m\> THfl TRIBUNE: ' ]SrELSOJST, B.C., SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1894. 3 3* ����& .������( Capital, Rest, all paid up, $12,000,000 6,000,000 Sir DONALD A. SMITH Hon. OKO. A. DRUMMOND, K. S. CLOUSTON President Vice-President .General Manager N. W. Cor. Baker and Stanley Streets. -��� HKANCIIKS IX LONDON (England), NEW YORK, CHICAGO, and in the principal cities in Canada. Buy aud sell Sterling Kxchango and Cable Transfers. OUANT COMSIKIIOIAI. AND TICAVKI.LKII.S' CKKDl't'S, available in any part of the world, duakts issuhd; col..kctions madk; icto. SAVINGS BANK BRANCH. HATE OK INTKRKST (at'present) ��_��� Per Cent. THE SORCERESS. .The ealzada prineinal in La Barca runs ti,���meandering course easterly through the town to the garita. The houses on eaeli side are-of the usual jVIexiean type, the more pretentious of stone, others of adobe, with barred windows and heavily doored /tigiian, while the idle porter sits lazily, incessantly rolling and smoking his eigar- illo, arousing himself-sufficiently at times to salute a passer-by or to answer a question, aud relapsing at once into hi.s former dreamy condition. Children imperfectly clothed play solemnly iu thegutter; their dark-brown bodies, shining dully through the incrusting dirt, are proof against the darkening effect of the sun's rays: a soli- itary lagartija clings li/arc!-like to the kerb and feebly resists a boy's effort to goad him into action. The .sereno leans sleepily against a corner in the shade, loosely holding his carbine, and muses on the unhappy lot of a policeman forced to keep up a semblance of watchfulness. Suddenly, as tt woman's figure appears ou the street, there is a chorus of shrieks from the group in the gutter aud a skittering of childish feet as they disappear, panting with fright, in a dozen'different, directions. The porters, stirred into action, hurriedly close the doors and piously whisper an ave, the sereno draws himself erect, furtively crosses himself and niurniui's"La bruja! DiosmegunrdeF' as the woman passes. She moves quiekly down the street, looking neither to the right nor to the left, passing the garita where the solitary customs official likewise crosses himself and asks divine protection from the wiles of the sorceress; nevertheless, he follows the sinuous, graceful movement of the young.woman iind notes the perfection of face and figure, which appeals to him iu spite of his persuasion that her beauty is of origin diabolic and lent by Lucifer himself to snare men's souls. She wore a piece of dark- green stuff, folded around the hips and falling to the ankle; a jacket of reel gauze clothed the'upper part of her person, veiling her bosom, upon which lay a chain of gold in the form of a serpent. Rer black hair, parted at the forehead and drawn back hi two'splendid tresses, intensified the pure white of her brow; her eyes, shaded by long lashes, were the greenish- black of obsidian. Continuing her walk to a small adobe house some hundred yards beyond the gate, she disappeared within the doorway. The customs official gave a sigh of relief and returned to his desk. Once within the house, she lost her firmness of bearing, tottered to the center of the room, and stink in a heap on a rush- ittat. Her form suddenly grew rigid, her face took on the gray pallor of death; the eyes became set and stared fixedly at the wall opposite; the golden serpent on her bosom seemed in the half-light of the dying fire to writhe and twist, instinct with life. At the lire sat a little shriveled-up old man, brown and wrinkled, stirring with skinny claw the contents of an olla. Of her entrance he had taken no notice, continuing his employment as if waiting for her to speak. At length he looked around ttiid sprang to his feet; a pallor almost its deep as her own overspread his face, "Maria!" he whispered; "Maria !" meeting with no response, he hastily moved to the door, barred it. and, returning to his place by the lire, crouched down and shrouded his face in his arms. Soon the woman's body lost its rigidity, her eyes turned toward the doublcd-up iigtire' of the old man and shown with such a basilisk glare that he moved uneasily; the eyelids drooped, and she sank back upon the floor, apparently asleep; her respiration, iit lirst harsh and labored, became quiet and regular. The old man now raised his head for the lirst time, and lixed his bright, beady eyes on the woman's face. ' "A prophecy," he said-������"a prophecy! Let the high priest of the gods know their will!" As if in response, the woman began an inarticulate murmur. Soon her voice rose to distinctness: "The darkness of earth is in the temple; the altar of the fire-god is black with ashes, the serpent lies dead before Quet- zalcoatl; the grinning skulls at the feet of .Xipe-totee mock the power that is gone forever; the snake-skin drum is beat in vain; the victim i.s slain: the sound of thunder fills the temple, the priests fall dead, and the foot of the white man desecrates the house of the gods." Her voice fell, and, with a fluttering sigh, she awoke. The light of expectancy wTiicli had illuminated the old man's face gradually died out as the woman's words fell on his ear, and, at their conclusion, he seemed shrunken to half his size. "Tis false !" he said "false! The power of the gods can never fail. Kor seven years have we awaited the sign, and tomorrow Xipe-totee, gladdened once more by the sight of blood on the sacrificial stone, will make answer to his children's prayers. Saw you the white stranger again today, Maria?" he asked. "Yes; 1 have but now left him." "And he will be in the barranquilla tomorrow iit sunset?" The woman's voice faltered as she answered : "Yes; if " "If!" hastily returned the old man; "if? What does this mean?" "Re will come if I send him word, but��� but I cannot���oh, papa uiio, don't ask it. Forego the sacrifice to Xipetotec, and content the people with the sacred mask- dances." ..-.He. looked at her with astonishment: "Seven years have we waited, and .the daughter of '.El Viejito, the high asks that the sacrifice be omitted ! whim is this?" 1 woman ".Why should the god, upon w power we must depend, be priest, What le said fiercely. hose awful denied his one v" Re loves me, father������" "Loves you! And if he did not. could he ever be lured within the reach of tho Nagual priesthood? Suppose he does, he will pay the penalty of his folly." The woman rose to her feet. "He shall not," she said, firmly; "for I love him,' and no priestly knife'shall ever harm him. At first, I believed all you had taught me; believed that my duty to the gods made all things good, no matter how cruel and horrible they otherwise seem. But now I know better. The ancient religion shall die out and the worshipers perish from .off the face of the earth ere harm shall come to him I love." The fierce glitter in the old man's eyes gave way to a look of crafty cunning. "Well, well! so be it," he said: "the sacred'dances-must answer." * ��� . * .''*'��� * * When... the.. "Golden Ass"���as his La Barca neighbors -unpleasantly willed him ���developed a taste for mural decoration, his case was a serious one; the casa pin- tada was the result, and a most marvelous one it is. His zeal iu the cause of art was intense, but not discriminating;, primary colors alone seemed to till the requirements; "minor details of perspective, truth to nature, and the like, were absorbed in a wild hunger for color, ami plenty of it. Impossible landscapes and oddly constructed animals ran riot ou the walls. He is long since dead; but his house remains, and made very comfortable engineering headquarters. In one of the least violent rooms, overlooking the miniature fountain in the patio, the engineer in charge, Vincent Colby, had his office. He was a good type of the American engineer: tall iind well built, he gave the impression of staying qualities rather than of ���'muscular power. The warmth of a tropical sun had but slightly deepened a naturally fair complexion; his dark hair and good eyes, with a softness of intonation and'engaging manner, stamped him at once with the Mexicans as miiy simpa- tico, and revealed to them the possibility that all Americans might not be barbai'os, an impression unfortunately yet not unnaturally prevalent.. Just now Vincent was in an unpleasant frame of li.incl, and his musings ran somewhat as follows: "I may be an idiot, but J can't help it. Idiocy may be congenital or acquired���mine must be acquired, for up to date, I've been reasonably conventional. The mater will rave, I know, when I take home a native wife; the sisters will make matters unpleasant for a day or two; and the governor will probably cut up l-ather rough. But if I'm suited, they will have to be; if a-man can't make his own choice when it conies to marrying, when can he? I've made mine���if she'll have me, that is. There's the rub. She says she'll give me an answer on the seventh���why not on the sixth or eighth, J don't know. I've asked her a dozen times in the last ten days, but it is always the same: she neither says yes nor ho. It can't be coquetry, for she smiles sadly, yet with a wistful look which can mean but one thing." Here a rattle of hoofs in the patio interrupted him, and he looked out to see the company's doctor dismount. "Hello, doc," he called out, "come in here; 1 want to talk to you. There's not a soul about the place, and I'm too lazy or nervous to woi-k. Throw your saddlebags over there on the table and have a drop of toddy. No? You don't usually let a good thing go by. What's up? Patients dying or getting well, or have you been rowing it again with the padre at Penjamo, because you differ as to the use of water? You're all wrong. Be satisfied to cure the poor beggars without lecturing them on the advantages of an occasional bath. To clean them is so radical ti measure that you'll be run out of the country its it pernicious foreigner attempting to demolish a most cherished idea.' The doctor made no reply. "Well, out with it, doc. You needn't look fit tne like that." " Vince, we've known each other as boys and men for a good many years " "All right, doc; you always begin with gentle boyhood days when you've anything particularly damned unpleasant to say. But I suppose I must submit. I I don't know what's up, but if it's as serious as you look, old man, it's pretty bad." "It's serious or not, as you choose to make it," answered the doctor. "An ambition to acquire the Mixe language may be a laudable one; folk-lore, ancient religion aud all that sort of rubbish learned on the spot are a kind of relief in this hot, dusty hole, though I don't care for it myself.' Even Xiigualisnuind other high-class sorcery may be amusing to you, if not to me. But when you get spoony on the sorceress herself, it's time for someone to open your eyes." "Sorceress!" responded the other. " What rot you are talking. That sort of thing i.s played out iu these days." "I tell yoii it isn't played out," rejoined the doctor; "the natives keep it dark and say there's nothing in it, but half the Indians in this town hold to the old faith, and every time a child is baptized, they set up a little incantation business on tlie sly and do the trick over again in their own way, with an extra curse or two on the white man and his god. I scared the story out of old Sebastiano, and got the whole programme. The Eleiisinian mysteries aren't iu it with this accursed Nag- ualism, which includes human sacrifices and other pleasant little ceremonies which, though no doubt highly gratifying to the worshipers, must be somewhat unpleasant to the victim, I fancy. ' J0I Viejito is the high priest, and Maria Condelaria is his daughter. They are a dangerous, fanatical lot, and if you'll take my advice, you'll leave them alone. They bitterly hate the whole white riice, and an offering from it is not only an act distinctly pleasant in itself, but it is a religious duty as well. The government has only been partly successful in keeping it down, for, as an organization, Tammany Hall is chaos compared with it. They practice their devilish rites once in so often, and some one disappears." To 'hear one's best beloved spoken of as a sorceress, and as one to whom wading in human gore was a usual and agreeable employment, was, to say the least, iri'i- tating; but the doctor's earnestness and evident belief in what he ha'd said roused in Vincent a strong desire to laugh. "You've been imposed upon, old man," he said. '"Haven't" you'learned yet that the one delight of "the native is tb impose upon the credulous with creepy stories? Moreo'ver, you have allowed yourself to listen to gossip about the woman whom I intend to marry." "Marry! My God!" "Yes,"-iimrry���if-she'll have me. I intended speaking of it when you coin-, menced with your infernal nonsense. It's my affair anyhow, and if I'm satisfied, ���you.can't complain." To be told, even indirectly, to mind one's own business is particularly hard, when one has tried to do a friend a kindness, so the doctor left the; room, offended at the manner in which his efforts had been received. ������'���������* *������:*��� ��� '. *��� ���*.���������' The sun was low in the west on the following afternoon when the doctor rode into tlie patio of the. casa pintada. His progress through the town had been delayed. First the alcalde had stopped him, and the usual salutation had extended into a conversation in which the alcalde was set aright in a problem which had occupied his mind for some time. He gave the Americans credit for exceeding ingenuity, but was as yet unadvised as to how even they could dig holes and set telegraph poles in the bottom of the sea, upon which to string a submarine cable. The sea, he was aware, was, in places, much deepei'than lake Chapala. The simplicity of the method increased largely his admiration for the race whose resources of mind enabled them to cut loose alike from precedent and telegraph'poles. The padre next invited his attention to a pair of kittens playing in a doorway, and was anxious in his enquiry as to whether a benignant providence had vouchsafed to the land beyond the Ilio Grande the blessing of cats. Haying gently assured him that impartiality had been shown in the matter, although there were points about Mexican cats which other nations might envy, the doctor was free to make his way to headquarters. A nameless fear had oppressed him and could not be shaken off., He went hastily to Vincent's room, but found it vacant. He was about to call a servant and inuired as to the whereabouts of his friend, when he saw a small scrap of paper on the floor. Idly picking it up he read what aroused again his fears of the previous evening. In green ink, on paper none too clean, with vs and bs used interchangeably and double 1 doing service for y, was written: "Meet me in tlie Barranquilla de Hornos at sunset. "MARIA." Hastily calling for Julio, he was told Vincent had left at five. Julio had been ordered to unsaddle his own horse, as hi.s services would not be required. Returning to his room, the doctor consoled himself with the idea that, although a tryst ten miles away was unusual, danger was not necessarily .impending as the roads were fairly free from bad characters, and ii lonesome ride was probably the worst to be expected. He had brought himself to this state of mind when a woman staggered into the room. "Save him! Save him, doctor," she cried. "Stive him!" Her hair fell in a tangled mass about her face, her clothing was torn and disarranged, "and her wrists cut and bleeding. He recognized Maria, but her presence nmde the meaning of what he had read unintelligible. "I refused to send for him," she continued, hastily, "so they bound me in the casita and sent him a message in my name.' They left me powerless, as they supposed, but I escaped." "They? Who are they?" "The priests of the Nagual; they who cling to the old faith, and who, even now, would sacrifice on their altar the man I love. Ah! doctor, make haste or we shall be too late; an hour at most is till we have." Ordering Julio to follow him with the horses, the doctor made his way to the barracks. Don Jiiiiu Gomez, captain in the Fourth, was a model cavalry officer and a warm friend of the engineer's. The doctor had scarcely commenced his story, when Don Juan gave a brief order to his orderly at the door. A bugle-call rang out, a clatter of hoofs on the pavement mid the rattle of sabre and carbine in answer, gave proof of the discipline of the troop. A sergeant entered and saluted. "Listo, senor! A cabal lo, doctor!" With Maria as guide, they dashed out into the night. In the service of a friend Juan Gomez spared neither man nor beast, The breath of the horses came hard and fast, iind spur was freely used before Maria said: "The entrance i.s between the two bowlders to the light of the stunted pine." * * * * * Sunset found Vincent in the barranquilla. lie had given no thought to the strangeness of such a place of meeting; he was to see again the woman he loved, and that was sufficient. No idea of danger had presented itself. Strong and well armed, he was confident of his ability to take care of himself. The place was dark and dismal, and he was too absorbed iu his own fancies to note even casually his surroundings. The trail had narrowed to barely a sufficient width for hi.s horse, when he saw three men approaching on foot. They The Mines of the Great Slocan District are all within a few miles of New Denver, the celebrated Mountain Chief being less than two miles distant. The townsite is acknowledged to be the prettiest in the whole Kootenay Country. Investors and Speculators should examine the property offered. iM To allow Prospectors, Miners, and Mining Men to acquire ground on which to build homes, lots will be sold in Blocks 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 74, 78, 79, and 83, in the townsite of NEW DENVER, until October 1st next, at the low price of One Dollar a Front Foot ($25 a Lot). Terms cash. Title warrented. stood aside as he came up, and, as he attempted to pass, one seized him by the foot and threw him out of the saddle. Before he recovered from the shock, he was pinioned, blindfolded, and helpless. He felt himself lifted up, carried some distance, and placed on the ground again. He remained thus for an hour or nioi'e. when the bandage was removed from his eyes. He had felt no especial fear at his treatment, believing it to be a question of a small ransom and liberty as soon as lie could communicate with his friends. He opened his eyes, and with the first glance around, .'ill idea of liberty by purchase departed at once. As his eyes became accustomed to the semi-darkness, he saw he was in a cave-temple. On his right was a wooden idol, standing on a low stool. It Wiis black and shining, as if charred and polished; its look was grim, and it had a wrinkled forehead and broad, staring eyes. He had read of the Black King, and now saw himself face to face with him. On the left was a coiled serpent, with head erect, shining eyes of jet, and fancifully painted scales, which he knew represented-Quetzalcoatl. Immediately before him stood Xipe-totee, "the flayer of men," the representative of all that was vile aud horrible in the hideous cult whoso victim he was. In front of the idol stout| the sacrificial stone, humped in the center, the better to present to the knife the chest of the victim. His heart sank within him as he read his awful position in the signs around him. The wealth of the world would not save his life from the fanatical faithful of the Nagual sect. But last night he had declared the practice of their rites obsolete; now he had full proof of his error, and was about pay the penalty. By this time the cavern had filled with people. Half-naked priests began a low chant in a minor key, circling in front of the idolsand swinging terra-cotta censers, from which were emitted the pungent fumes of copal. The movement became faster their voices rose in their excitement, while, in their frenzy, they gashed themselves with knives until the blood flowed freely. Seizing Vincent, they placed him, face upward, on the sacrificial stone. The high priest stepped forward to the side of the victim. Haising his knife of green obsidian above his head, he began: "Xipe-totee, the all powerful ������������" A woman's shriek rang out, a flying form reached the altar as the knife descended, and a roar of musketry reverberated through the cavern. A woman lay dead at the side ol' the sacrificial stone, on which rested the body of a man, an obsidian knife driven home iu his heart. AND ALL KINDS PLANTS FOR MINES. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. The Jenckes Machine Company SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC. AIR COMPRESSORS OK TIIK MOST KKKKMK.VT A NO K.CO.VO.MIOAI, TVI'K. "SLUGGER" AND "GIANT" AIR DRILLS FOR MINES. SKNIl KOI! .'ATAUKU'K. The Canadian Rand Drill Company, SHEEBEOOKE, QUEBEC. Ilriliuli Columbia Agency: li.'t_ Cordova Street, Vancouver. Ku-lerii Ability: Id Victoria Si|iiiuv. .Montreal, The Pulsometer Steam Pump The Handiest, Simplest, arid Most Efficient Steam Pump FOR MINING PURPOSES. Pulsometer Steam Pump Company, New York, U. S, L.5. l4J i' iiitaiM FZFZ ASKS ��_ w$&& dip' tg THE TRIBUNEi NELSON, B.C., SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1.894. -'���-��� ������ir-rri-i- ORB SHIPMENTS. Kroin Kaslo, via Monners Kerry- Northern Holla mine, Slocan district.1... Lucky Hoy mine, n i, .... Alameda mine, ���< H ... From Ainsworth, via Honner's Kerry- Number 1 mine, A ins worth district, 10 Ions concent rates Kroin Trail, via HeveUloke������-- l.e Hoi mine, Trail Creek district. ....... Total value (estimated) ..225 sacks .. (IS .. IS tons $20,1)00 LOCAL NEWS AND GOSSIP. Alex Sprout, mining recorder at New J.envoi', is in Xelson, luiviny brought down the ballot boxes for the polling places in .Slocan district. The mining division of which Mr. Sprout is recorder is the most important, in Ivoolenay, tlie receipts in June lust amount- inj. to $liiii_ U. A. McDougald, l<\ AV. .Jordan, and l<\ O. KaiKiuier liavo been elected trustees for tho Nakusp sohoul di.-trict, It is expected iliut work will soon be eoniineueod on tho new scliuol house. Nelson litis within its limits a few men who might be benelited if they would cultivateadistaslo for alcoliolic beverages. Oranges are more Directive than almost anything else known. Tliey should be taken, one nl a time," before breakfast, at 11 a. m., at 1 p. in., alii p. in., at I! p. ni.; and the last thing on retiring. Knink E. Cole, who has been,with the I'ilot Hay smelter and with the Ualena Trading Company tor two years past, left last week for'1,6s Angeles, California, where he will make his future homo. Phil Aspinwall arrived at Nelson on Wednesday from both Slocan and Trail Crook districts. Hecamo ni by way of Kobson, and did notevon know the result of the poll at that place. "I'liiK'is an American, hence the lack of interest. Colonel Peyton, judge Turner, -Mr. Poster, Mr. Wakctleld, and auoruoy-guneral Jones of Washington, all residents of Spokane, will spend a week Halting, in the Kootouay, making their headquarters' at ' Ward's crossing,������.fourteen miles below Nelson. These gentlemen are interested in:the Le Hoi mine,' Trail Creek district. A. S. Farwell has completed the survey of the Alpha, oneof the Urady group of mines ou Kour- mile creek, in Slocan district, in order that a crown grant can bcobtaiiied. A good find of free gold ore is 'reported as being made recently on Spokane mountain in Trail Creek district. Ore is being hauled to the wharf at Ainsworth from the King Solomon claim, which is under lease. Once the smeller is in operation at Pilot Hay, hundred of claims like the King Solomon will bo producing ore. - - . Mr. Preston, the engineer who made the preliminary surveys througn ihe Parcel! range for the Crow's Nesi Puss road, is in White Grouse 'mountain district looking at claims in which lie is interested. Ho went in by way of Uavie. Born, at Nelson, on the 18th instant, to the wife of John Scoley, a son. R. G. McConnell and H. Y. Puissel oi'the Dominion geological survey stair' arrived at Nelson on Wednesday. Mr. Hussel is taking a look at Toad mountain and Air. iVleConnell of tho country ���surrounding Ainsworth. Five thousand people witnessed the ceremony of breaking ground on the Monterey & Krusuo railway in southern California on the-1th instant. This is the road on winch A. C. Alcl.oan, who built tlie Nelson end of the Nelson Sc Kort blioppard railway, has a contract. Improvements: -A'new cottage at the corner of Josephine and AliU streets; a new fence in front of the Selous and Inline resilience buildings on Victoria street; a now coat of red paint on tlie Uolson building; and a new baby at John Scoleys cottage on Stanley, street. Baseball has given way to cricket on the athletiegrounds at Nelson, aim instead of the cry, ���'.Hatter up! theory "Ovah!' is the only one that is hoaru and understood by the crowd of onlookers. The frame of Richard Stuckey's new sash and door factory is up, and it is expected that the machinery will be in place and running within a month. her husband in the bed,, he being unable to resist or move a limb. Fifty was the number of eggs first used as an experiment, and after three weeks she was rewarded with forty-six .."'..lively... yoiing chickens. The happy result of the first trial prompted her to try it again, and this time she doubled the quantity, and was again rewarded for her ingenuity with another brood of chickens. Another hundred eggs were placed- in the bed, but this time her husband was so near the end that the necessary heat was lacking, and he passed away, leaving behind one hundred half-hatched chicks. The scheming wife, not to be outdone in her plans by grim death, placed the eggs in the oven, thinking to finish the work her husband had failed to complete. -During the bustle and excitement of the funeral, however, she .allowed the lire to get too hot, and the eggs were all cooked. The editor says he hopes there is no incubator awaiting this woman in this world, at least! A 20-pound box of peaches for ��1.51) at C. Kaull'man' THIS WEEK'S NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Nelson Sawmill Company. Nelson ���Application for timber license. 1). H. Hogle, New Denver���Town lots in Now Denver. I'lilsonioiernteam I'limp Co., New York���Steam pumps for mining purposes. Canadian Hand Drill Co., Sherhrooke, Quebec���Air compressors and air drills. 'J'lie Jenckes Machine Co., Sherbooke, Quebec���Mining machinery. i-raser *_ Chalmers, Chicago���Mining machinery. FOUR SHORT STORIES. A well-known professor of arclneology at 'Harvard was recently talking with a junior about the wonders of this wonder- iul���land. "J wish you could see our town of Pokerville, professor," said the youngster; "it is a most interesting town���only twenty years old anil with fiity thousand inhabitants." "Ah-���yes���-very interesting, no doubt," replied the professor, dryly; "but, strange as it may seem, J should myself prefer a town fifty thousand years old and with twenty inhabitants." Nat Goodwin, the comedian, who is now in London, visits that country eveiy summer and invariably meets sir Augustus Harris, who gives him a pump-handle hand-shake and then forgets him. A few nights ago, Goodwin and Harris were in the same room, and some one led Harris, ii)) to Goodwin with the remark: "You've been introduced to sir Augustus Harris, haven't you, Nat?" " Yes," Goodwin replied, "annually for the last seven years." Then he turned away and wenton talking Avith some one else. Of Sergeant Arabin. who had not a clear method of speech, it is related that lie said to one criminal: "IVisoner at the bar, if ever there was tt clearer ease than this of ti man robbing his master, tliisca.se is that case." At another tune he said: "Prisoner tit the bar, you have beeu found guilty on several indictments, and it i.s iu my power to subject you to transportation for a period very considerably beyond the term of your natural life, but the court, in its mercy, will not go so far its itlawtully might go. and the sentence is that you be transported for two periods of seven years each.' The Husband's Story of His Proposal. They were celebrating their silver wedding, and, of course, the couple were very happy and affectionate. "Y'es," said the husband, "this is the only g}rl I ever loved, and I shall never forget the first time I proposed to her." "How did you do it?" burst out a young man who 'had been squeezing a pretty girl's hand in the corner. They all laughed and he blushed, but the girl carried it off bravely. "VVell, 1 remember it as well as if it were yesterday. It was at Richmond. We had been out for a picnic, and she and I got wandering alone. Don't you remember, my dear, and what a lovely day it was?" ���'.''���' The wife smiled. "We sat on the trunk of a tree. You haven't forgotten, love, have you?" The wife smiled again. "She began writing in the dust with the point of her parasol. You recall it, sweet?" The wife nodded. "She wrote her name, 'Mary,' and I asked her to let me put the other name to it. And I took the parasol and wrote my name, "Smith,' below it, and she took back the parasol and wrote below it, 'No, 1 won't.' Then we went home. You remember it, darling? Ah, I see you do." Then he kissed hejy and the company murmured, "Wasn't it pretty?" The guests had all 'departed, and the happy pair were left alone. ������Wasn't it nice, Mary, to see all our friends around us so happy?" "Yes, it was. But, John, that reminiscence of yours!" "Ah, it seems as if it had been only yesterday, Mary." "Yes, dear; there are only three things you're wrong about in that story." "Wrong? Oh,-no." "John, I'm sorry you told that story, because I never went to a picnic with you before we were married, l was never in Richmond iu my life, and I never refused you." "My darling, you must be wrong; I have a good memory." "i am not wrong,'Mr. Smith, and my memory is as good as yours, and, although we have been married twenty-five years, I'd like to know who that minx was. You never told me about her before!" Made to Feel at Home. The excursion on the steamer Nelson to Pilot Bay on Friday night was an enjoyable event. The attendance was about hlU. The excursionists were met by A. B. Hendryx, Joshua Davies, and J. D. Mars- den, who acted as a reception committee on behalf of the residents of Pilot Bay. During the stay of three hours, the excursionists were made to feel at home. They had an opportunity of dancing to good music, were not allowed to go hungry, and were not asked to drink lake water. The excursion was for the benefit of the public school at Nelson, and quite a handsome sum was realized. The death of lord Coleridge recalls the magnificent banquet given to his lordship by Finery A. Storrs, in Chicago, some years ago. Just before the supper was served, constables appeared and levied upon the table, floral decorations, etc., and the festivities did not proceed until several opulent friends present volunteered security for the debt for which these heroic measures wen; taken. Storrs was not at all proturbod by the proceeding. As soon as the constables had departed, he turned to his embarrassed guest and remarked: "Your lordship, pardon this interruption this blasphemous interference with the lord's supper!" A Practical Turn ol' Mind, The Medical Kecord tells of a woman in Ohio who utilized the high temperature of her phthisical husband for eight weeks before his death, by using him as an incubator for hens' eggs. Sins took a number of eggs, and wrapping each one in cotton batting, laid them alongside the body of The Foundation of Everything. Labor is the foundation of everything, and when the foundation is withdrawn the superstructure topples into ruins. Wipe out labor and capital would be dead and useless. Wipe out capital and labor can again reproduce it. Certain sections of labor are just now having a few days outing aud the commerce of the country is demoi'ali/.ed. Whether the woi-king- inen are right or wrong in their present stand is questionable.' Their tremendous power and their readiness to exei'cise it certainly are not. To Tell the Speed of a Train. When you are riding on the ears you may be curious to know how fast you are going. Step out ou the platform and watch the track underneath intently till you can distinguish when one rail joins another. Then count the joints as you go by, iind as many as you pass in 2\ seconds is'the number of miles tin hour the train is going. If there is a double track, you need only watch one of the opposite rails out of the window and count the joints. The Most Independent Man. The most independent man in British Columbia today i.s the man with the f>0- acre farm, fie i.s a prince. He raises everything he wants and always has something to sell that brings money. As he looks outon the world from the shadow of his own peach tree he experiences a feeling of serenity that is most satisfactory: aud as the shadows of life's evening settle down, he knows that he is safe. A Road That la Needed. It is understood that the wagon road from New Denver to Three Forks will be built by contract instead of day's labor. It is also said that the road will be built through to the mouth of Cody creek, or about twelve miles in till. She Never Sleojw. ��� In church a iiiaii a imp will lake Iti-gardloMH of the sago expounder; lovely w< .TEETZEL AND DRUGGISTS Cor. Baker and Josephine Streets, Nelson, B. C. A largo and complete stock of the leading lines of Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Perfumes, Soaps, Brushes, And Toilet Articles of Every Description A large and. complete stock of FISHING TACKLE. Central Office of the Kootenay Lake Telephone. e (Notary Public) Victoria Street, Nelson, B.C. Mining and Real Estate Broker Commission and Insurance Agent uei'hesenting: The Confederation Life Association. Tlie Phoenix Fire Insurance Company. The Dominion Building & Loan Association of I'oronto, Kte. MINES INSPECTED AND REPORTED UPON. Several good lots in government townsites of New Denver and Nelson to be sold cheap. Stores and ollices to rent at Nelson. Tenant wanted for ranch on Columbia river near Robson, or will sell. Good opportunity. ,, LOTS IN ADDITION to sell on easy terms. (( Apply at once to W. A. JOWETT, Victoria St., Nelson, B.C. Don't be Alarmed I if the railways arc washed out. We have a large stock of I.utter. Haeon, Canned Meats, Salt Fish, Dried Fruits, Flour, Hams, Lard, Milk, Sugar, Ale, Beer, Cider, and Stout. Also the finest brands of Imported and Native Liquors, Wines, Cigars, ��� Tobacco, etc. THE HUDSONS' BAY CO., Baker Street, Nelson. AGENTS FOR: .los. Schlitz, Milwaukee, U.S.A.; Fort Garry Flour Mills, Winnipeg; Minim Walker & Sons, Walkerville. Hunter & McKinnon, General Merchants, New Denver and Silverton. Keep on hand at both places everything required by the prospector, minor, and mine owner. Now is the time to order your Spring Suit. FRED J. SQUIRE Has just received his stock of Tweed, Serge, and Worsted Suitings -and Trouserings. Prices to Suit the Times. Nelson Fancy Store. �� We are making ready for a dissolution- of partnership, in the early spring, and from today (Thursday, December 21st) will offer our entire stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Crockery,' and G-lassware at cost. GRAND CLEARANCE ��� SALE: For the next 30 days we offer our entire stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes Crockery and Glass- ware/ and "Windows, at COST for CASH. The best Piano or Organ ? The best Sewing Machine? The best in the stationery line? The best in the music line? The best prices consistent with quality? SO CALL^A.T TURNER BROTHERS, Houston Block, Nelson. Good assortment of Newspapers, Magazines, Candies, and Children's Toys always on hand. IF SEASONABLE AT THE Postoffice Store Fine Neglige Shirts in Silk, Silk and Wool, Flannel and Cotton. Summer Underwear in Mosaic and Natural Wool. Hosiery, Suspenders, Ties, Collars, Cuffs. STEA^W Felt Hats in all the BL~^k_TS Best American and English Makes. full Line of American Revited Overalls. Prices lower than ever, The RAILWAY CENTRE and SEAT OF GOVERNMENT of West Kootenay. A~SEC0ND RAILWAYIN CHOICE BUILDING and RESIDENCE PROPERTY EBBATE ALLOWED FOR GOOD BXJILIDIlTa-S- ALSO LOTS FOR SALE IN NAKUSP, DAWSON, and ROBSON. TO APPLT FOR PEICBS, IIVLA-IPS, ETC. FRANK FLETCHER, Land Commissioner C. and K. R. and N. Co., Nelson, B. C. Will purchase a 7-drawer "New Williams" sewing machine Large stock from which to make selections. Houston Block, Nelson. JACOB DOVER, Jeweler. All kinds of Fancy Goods, Notions, Ladies' Underclothing, Children's Clothing, etc. CHICAGO, ILXallsrOIS. Kill 'I'u note III initn keeps awake various styles around her. Baker St,, next door Nelson Shoe Store, APPLICATION FOR TIMBER LICENSE. Notice is hereby given t.liitt, thirty days after date we Intend applying to the lioiicirubh: Lhe chief commissioner of hinds anil works for a special license lo cut and carry away timber from the following tract of hind in West Kootenay: (.'oinnienolng nt. a post, marked Southeast corner post of Nelson .Sawmill Company's application for timber license, being the south west corner post of Lot 2Hi, (Jroup I; thence west Wi chains, more or less, In southwest corner post; thence north IiVi chains, more or less, to northwest corner post; thence east ISO chains, more or le>s, to northeast corner iiost on western boundary of l.ot HH, (iroup I; thence Mouth l/J0 chains, more or less, on western boundary of l,olH '22X and iHi, (iroup I. to place of commencement, containing !HH) acres, more or loss. Kor NKLHON HAWMIIX CO.. LTD., VV, N, Itni.KK. Malinger. Nelson, II. ('., liltli .July. tH!U. Concentrating Machinery: Blake Crushers and Comet Crushers. Crushing Hollers and Finishing Hollers. Plunger .Jigs and Collom Jigs, wood and iron boxes. Frue Vanner and Fmbrey Concentrators. Fvan's, Collom's, and Uittenger's Slime Tables. Trommels, Screen and Phnched Plates. ()r<_ Samplers and Orinders. Smelting Machinery: Ore s. Water .Jacket Furnaces for Copper and Lend Slag Cars and Pots. Bullion Cars and Pots. Lead Moulds and Ladles. Crucible Tongs. Blast Pipes and Water Tuyeres. Patterns for all kinds of Hoverbenitory and Matte Furnaces. Machinei'y for the Systematic Treatment of Oies, by tins Leaching IVoeess, listing and Wire Tramways. m �� ��� .J.3Srai?!!>L!l'JHU...lJllJJillUJlji41iJ���!iiJ.L!.!.lLI| ffiitJ.dkiiJLt _ jij- i: "''__"i*ij'*j" Tjr 7W. itTUT IV M NiiiiM || lilJIll ��� |W J JIM 1UUI�� _���!!_���. I')'' 'I'll "T?rr . .'j i. _, T3T I IJ1"I. ..HUU'I i J';"? ���- ji'jL,'.? __.!._���*. }!���. j. ^ J i-fir.n *f. �����.,��� "���_:_.',__ - ' 1_.-_-Tf__v_w< "V' rav^-V. "- "uw" "iHJf ... v>f ������-r^
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