@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "1f02f6c3-7544-4883-8bc9-2b02713b0417"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers Collection"@en ; dcterms:issued "2012-12-21"@en, "1903-10-17"@en ; dcterms:description "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."@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xtribune/items/1.0189307/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note " cKtrttmne THE TRIBUNE IS '.HE OLDEST NEWS. Al'KIl l'RINTKD IN THE KOOTENAYS Saturday, October 17, 1903 NELSON IS THE TRADE CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA NELSON WOULD BENEFIT BY NORTHERN RAILWAY PROJECTION There never was a truer saying than that \"Everthing comes to him who can wait,\" aud it never has been more fitly illustrated than in the case of Mr. Hugh Sutherland of Winnipeg, and his projected railway scheme to the .Hudson's Bay. Thirty 3*-ears ago this remarkable man started his campaign in favor of this outlet for the gr,eat Northwest. Since the idea was first mooted, the matter has. been agitated again and again but by the combined opposition of the C. P. R. and the city of Montreal has been pigeon-holed with studied promptness. Some fifteen years ago the memorable government survey was sent out to \"report\" on what realty has- been known for over 200 years, namely, that the Hudson's Ba}*\" as a whole is navigable for four or five mouths in the year, possibly more in some places, and that the assumed dangers to navigation were mythical. In this connection Mr. Sutherland's present views are interesting as given to a Winnipeg reporter recently: \"How about navigation in Hudson's Bay?\" \"It is open longer than lake Superior. One of the fallicies a about Hudson's Bay is that it is within the Arctic circle and is frozen over for half the time. That is all nonsense. It is open longer thau lake Superior. The Hudson's Bay Company is responsible for the false impression about Hudson's Bay, just as it was responsible 3'ears ago for the false impression of Manitoba and the Northwest. \"When I came here thirty years ago the Hudson's Bay Company declared that Manitoba was a land of ice and snow and that Old Country settlers would never be able to stand the'rigors of the climate, Pwhile the company asserted that farming could never be profitable. The company is just doing the same thing today about Hudson's Bay territory, because it opens up a great expanse of fur country to whicli it has no more right than 3^ou or I, and which it means to keep settlers, out of as long as it can.\" Itdbes not require great knowledge of shipping to know that with even four months in these days of tremendous facilities for loading grain, millions of bushels could be shipped to European markets during the season, thereby solving the problem of marketing the enormous western grain crop which is seriously confronting the people of Manitoba and is really responsible for the advent of the Grand Trunk Pacific and the Canada Northern on the scene. - Edmonton in the west would seem to be the objective westerly point of the Canadian Northern for the present and Hudson's Bay on the north, thereby confining its immediate efforts towards capturing a goodly share of the tremendous export business of the great Northwest and which is increasing by leaps ,and^bounds.^^It^was-iinderstood-that^t-he=^line^-was^coming=ito= the coast but there is uncertainty on this point and it may be that after all it is willing to stand aside in favor of its great rival,' the Grand Trunk Pacific. Nor is there anything strange MINING: NEWS Interesting Smelter News. Last week a shipment of 85,000 ounces of silver, 999 fine, was made from Trail to the United States government at San Francisco for shipment to the Phillipines, which is the result of refining British Columbia load ores at Trail, and refining the resulting bullion by the electrolytic lead process, which has for many months past been supplying eastern Canada with commercial pig lead. , When the electrolytic lead refinery was first operated, the silver slimes (composed of the precious metals and all their impurities, such as copper, antimohy, arsenic, etc.) were sold to the United States' refineries, where the actual separation of of the precious metals from the impurities was made. As there were no plants in operation prepared to economically handle this particular product, which differs somewhat from the slimes produced from electroylytic copper refining, it was decided to build a special plant at Trail for the purpose of-making a complete separation of the precious metals and impurities, which willmake ���with, the electroy- litic lead process aud the smelting works, a complete Works for the treatment of all lead-silver ores and the production therefrom of pure lead, fine silver, fine gold, copper-sulphate, and probably later metallic antimony. . The first shipment of about 300 ounces of gold which was .995 fine, was made from Trail to the United States assay of-: fice at Seattle, and a second shipment of about 700 ounces of .gold-'was made Friday to the same place.''. ..'������:���:' As Canada is now in a position to produce steadily fine gold, the Canadian government should certainly take steps immediately towards purchasing this gold at whatever point it may.be produced and so save the Canadian producers the cost of shipping and selling it to the United States- offices. It is believed that the above shipment of fine gold, or refined gold to the United States assay office, and the silver brick to the Phillipines, are the first which have ever been made as the result of smelting.and retouing in Canada. ' The Canadian: Smelting .-Works, Trail;, are therefore in a position to supply eastern Canada with whatever pig-lead they may require, fine gold ready for minting purposes, fine silver, copper-sulphate for use in Manitoba and the Northwest Territories, and will in a few mouths be turning out metallic antimony which will be used in making various babbitt metals.��� Trail News. More Furnaces for Greenwood; J. L. Sommer of New York, vice-president of the B. C. Copper Co., has left the Boundary for the coast after paying his first visit to this district. The company owns the Mother Lode mine and the Greenwood smelter. Mr. Sommer, before leaving announced that it had recently been decided to enlarge the Greenwood plant by the addition of a converter aud four additional furnaces. The present equipment consists of two furnaces, but with the proposed additions, which will J*e=cpjupleted^ieaiiy^uext--summer,-=tho smelter will have a daily treatment capacity of 2100 tons. Mr. Sommer stated that he was very favorably impressed with the magnitude of tho mineral resources of the Boundary, in fact, after an inspection of the various mines, he reached the conclusion that the mining operations as conducted at present, represented only a little preliminary scraping, as c.omparedwith the enormous tonnage that was destined1.to be evtracted on an ever increasing'scale an the future. Financial Statement of the Granby Co. According to figures presented at the recent meeting of the Granby .Company held in Montreal the compariy's'anelting plant has been increased by./two\"; furnaces, making six in all, which' would be operated full time from now on,!in place of an average of two furnaces as was the 'case last year. The mines were now developed so as to produce a very larger tonnage without further expenditure. '; ,��� When the financial statement was presented it showed the company to be free from debt with the exception of the ordinary monthly bills. \"The production for the year ending June 80th, 190-, amounted to 12,551,000 pounds of fine copper, 277,000 ounces silver, and 35,121 ounces of gold, for which was received the sum. of $2,232,741; while the rents and real estate sales brought in |38,511, making, a total of $2,271,252. y !: The above represents the'-net proceeds^ .as the freights to New. York, refining and all other charges are deducted from the gross receipts. The costs are put down as follows: Working expenses at the mine and smelter, $1,136,830; foreign ore purchased, $72,954; foreign material pur-, chased, $706,004; making a total of $1,- 975,789. The net profit is, therefore, $295,- 403, which together with the surplus for the preceding year brings up the total to $693,535. \"..; ;-y... .,..\" iDuring.the year there was expended on on new construction'at the mines\" and smelter the sum of $207,000.. Ask Too Much ifor Claims. -: One great drawback to the development bf the Boundary district is the exhorbi- tant prices; at which claim owners hold their properties. There ��� should be a little \"give and take\" on both sides in order to bring mining deals to\" a' successful con- - elusion. Mark F.; Madden, of Chicago, -hit thenaH: onvthe'-headrChe.other day in Greenwood. Mr. 'Madden is president of \"the Providence Mining company and is anxious to extend his operations. Said he to*a reporter: \"There is plenty of money in Chicago that could be diverted into the Boundary if the men who have the money could be convinced that they would have a decent run for their money. Chicago men.are good losers, but they decidedly object to being flimflammed. I have examined some very promising looking prospects that fully warrant money for development, but claim owners should be reasonable in their demands. If capital is to be induced to invest here claim owners should not demand too exacting restrictions in bonding properties.\"���Grand, Forks News-Gazette. WiH Operate This Winter. The California Syndicate evidently mean business, as three tons of supplies have been shipped to tne Mommoth group on Goat mountain. A force of men has been at-work^under^the^direction^of \"Sid\" Graham, building a trail in order to enable ore to be rawhided out this winter. The syndicate has an excellent showing ou this property and assay returns give rich values; the ore being galena. A. N. Vars, who represents the California Syn- cate, states that operations will be con ducted all winter; ore will be shipped and the property thoroughly exploited so that shipping and development work will keep one with the other. It is pleasing to note that such activity is being directed to the silver lead ledges of Goat mountain, a section which is locally belieyed to have the largest galena veins in the Lardeau. A Blairmore Coal Property. The Proctor-Fishburn coal proposition at Blairmore embraces an area of 6000 acres of coal land and extends for a distance of four miles on each side of the railway, track from Blairmore. On the property are seven workable seams of coal which vary from three to -thirty feet in width, and on all of which considerable prospecting has been done while the. No. 1 vein has been developed to quite an extent and has been a shipper of first-class coal for some time. The quality of the coal from this property has been proved to be first-class for domestic, steam, and coking purposes, while the coal from the No. 1 seam is preferred for locomotive purposes by the engineers over all other coal in the district. More Money for the Sullivan Mine. The reorganization of the Sullivan company on the bonded basis is going ahead so favorably that $50,000 of the company's indebtedness on account, of smelter construction has been taken up. The principle smelter debt, which, with interest, amounts to $116,000, is due to 17 of the large stockholders who agreed to accept bonds at par. ; The only thing now delaying the complete reorganization of the Sullivan is the neglect of a few small stockholders: to come forward with the 20 per cent stock bonus which.thay have been called���' upon to provide. They can get the smelter running again in four months after they get funds iu hand, ahd they look forward to dividends as soon as they get things in shape. Business Will be Good This Winter. \"There is a strong probability of trade in the Lardeau keeping good all winter and large* quantities'*--\"suppl^ by the mines and other .concerns. There will be'a lot of development work going on and the big mill at Trout Lake will be employing lots of men and will need freight hauled continually. So we think it would pay the C. P. R. to make a great effort to, keep communication open via the Lardo branch. It certainly gives the country a set back to close down communication in the winter. We have a fine country in the Lardeau but we must have better treatment from the railways if we are to advance as we should.���Lardeau Eagle. Nickle in East Kootenay. ��� Jack Mean and Frank Donovan recently, brought down from the head of Skook- umchuck some fine samples of iron sulphide carrying considerable values in gold and nickle. The ore is from a discovery made several years ago, bat owing to its remoteness no attention has been given to it. Since &e^onsJructioni,of_J_aihi^ndJ 'the'reHval of mining in the district, the discoverers thought worth while to prospect the ground again this summer, with the result of opening up an outcrop of an unusually large body of ore. The samples brought down aro large pieces of iron sulphide, showing the presence of a high percentage of nickle. - 1 in this, for, in these days, a great transcontinental line must have ramifications in the east, if tliere is freight in sight for the empty car, a system so brilliantly inaugurated on the Great Northern by J. J. Hill. The early advent of the Grand Trunk Pacific into the northern regions of this province, is interesting to the people of the Kootenays from a local point of view. Just what the effect will be on this district is not quite easy to foresee, but this much * may be said: that it will call the attention of the outside world' to the province and there will be an influx of settlers from the south in search of lands in the north, as they will then become more accessible from the east, unless the Cariboo road is built- in the interim, which is more than probable. There is a charter to build from Kamloops'up the North Thompson and with the new Mid way-: Vernon; line completed, access to the Cariboo and beyond should be easier through Nelson thau by any other known route. \" Provincial surveys testify that the immense northern district through which the new line will pass, is rich in grazing lands, a large area of which will be open for settlement. In addition to this it is understood that there are splendid timber regions, the operations of which will be largely facilitated by the immense netway of water travel open in all directions. Coal has been found while minerals although in evidence here and there, have not been demonstrated as yet to any great extent. This may '-^ be due to indifferent prospecting, for' we have only to look back >}: 15 years and read what was thought of the very district in which!: ~yi] we are how living on that subject. ' ��� -,- At first glance the distance that separates the city of Nelson from the prospective activities iu the north, may inspire _ndifj/^Vj|j ference to what will transpire up there as soon as railroad' cbri-*4BI& ' ��� ' . ������������������':'-'��� ��� '\"-, c'V,'Hj1I struction commences. We live in days when ambitious townsTv^JL and cities reach._out for everything in sight, and much that,:is ;yr;JI hot, in the hope that it will' come their way some time or- other. There is a remarkable illustration of this reaching out policy ,in the case of the city of Spokane during the Klondyke boom of 1898. This city advertised itself as the best outfitting point for the northern goldflelds and captured in that way considerable business. If by reason of geographical position this city is not located favorably enough to participate in the business activities that will follow the digging of the first sod, it may at any rate participate indirectly in the flow of travel that will assured\\y pass through here on its way to the newly opened laud. There will then be an opportunity of- calling attention to the advantages of our o_wn^distxict^from^the--point-of-\\-ie\\v,-of\"-iuvesi-\" ment in mines, lumber, horticulture and other enterprises and which to man}-- will prove more attractive by reason of being located in a district where conditions are more settled and the demands of family life more readily obtained. Relation of British Political Activities and British Columbia Politics The present cabinet reconstruction now going ou at Downing Street finds nu echo at Victoria. As is (lie small so is the great, albeit, in the handling of great political problems, our local parliament may learn much from older and wiser heads across the sea. The activity of Mr. Chamberlain's campaign seems to have aroused the peoplo of tho British Isles ou the question of affording tho threatened industries of Great Britain some method of protection. In opposition to this tliere is still a strong free trade current running through the land and, as indicated in these columns last week, will find an argument in the weak-kneed position of the mercantile world in the States today, after six years of \\mparalleled prosperity. Beyond a doubt the bare statement that what was good for trade at the time of the repeal of the corn duties is not necessarily so now is sound. Trade conuitions alter everywhere, as they have done in this Dominion, and while here there are today many industries that do not need protection, over there there are undeniably many languishing for want of some protecting hand to shield them from American aud continental competition on the one hand and railway greed on the other. The question whicli the people of Great Britain will be called xipou to solve is- whether they cau afford to stand isolated among the nations of the world and allow all thc other protective countries and de pendencies to avail themselves of a free market, while they, as manufacturers, are denied access to theirs except through .tariff walls that aro practically prohibitive. John Bull is by no means growing old and -when it conies to the point can show as much business acumen as anyone in the world. Ho may lack the tendency to \"blow,\" but it will bo found in the long run that he is on safer ground than a country like our neighbor's, which allows Morgan, Gould, et al, to control largely its financial market. Bringing this great financial struggle between the free traders on the one hand and the protectionists on the other to bear on the necessarily diminutive conditions that prevail in this province, it is well for all to be imbued with that imperialistic ' spirit, the keynote of the Great Britain concept. We are, after all, units of this great scheme, and it will only be by this silver chord running through all tho dependencies of the Empire that the colossal conception of Cecil Rhodes, now iu the hands of Mr. Chamberlain, can bo carried to a successful issue. The commercial expansion of British Columbia has been steady, and in view of the limited population, remarkable. Our mining, lumber and fisheries have realized millions of dollars during the past decade and this in the face of obstacles even now iu evidence. More particularly is this applicable to the industry with which we in the Kootenays are most intimately connected���mining. Never was there a case where the young sapling of a now industry required thc protection of a paternal government more than in the case of the silver-lead industry. After a great amount of agitation this has been obtained, and the results of tho recent government bounty will be watched with more than ordinary interest. The tremendous struggle which attended the extracting this bounty from tho Ottawa government is a striking illustration of how local conditions are difficult to impress on thc powers that be when located at a great distance. Little wonder it should be to us that appeals mado to Downing Street for the adjustment of rights and wrongs in distant parts of the Empire have failed to be recognized. If the Greater Britain concept is to solidify, it will only be on the willingness of tho homo politicians to grasp tho actual state of affairs in every part of the Empire and to understand that the structure cau only be built up on the corner stone of perfect justice to all the component parts. The position of British Columbia on the commercial map of this Greater Britain is important for the reason that it is building up at a very rapid rate an Oriental trade, the limits of which it i.s difficult to estimate. With thc advent of the Grand Trunk Pacific on this coast, the trade, already large, will receive an impetus, nnd aided by tho energy of our business people, may yet revolutionize the carrying trade of China and Japan, tho homes of millions of people. Alongside of this looms up the immense possibilities for trade with Siberia by reason of the completion of the great transcontinental line to Port Arthur. Out of this commercial expansion evolves the statogic value of this province, of which the Admiralty seems about to give tangible evidence. The policy advocated by Mr. Chamberlain, and which he is now fighting with admirable tenacity, tho policy of Greater Britain for the British, the joining hands across tlie seas and knitting thereby all in oue common whole, will, if carried out, reflect in no mean manner on this province of the Dominion. Our government, as such, can profitably study and find so lution of many of the problems now confronting it, in the actions of thc one of tho mother land. From this disposition will arise the larger patriotism, a patriotism that is not restricted to shouting loyalty at times when the populace is stirred over some great news, but the higher aud more valuable one which asks whether legislation passed at it session is, while primarily for the benefit of tlie province, not wholly without good to the whole of which it forms an integral part. Politics, at present in this province, aro very far from being on a high plauc; it is questionable whether the average member has any great ideal on the future of our adopted land. Such being the case, one and all may profitably study tho present state of political affairs iu Great Britain and quite por-sibly some few may derive therefrom an inspiration, if not to political righteousness, at least to something better than a tired public has witnessed during the past sessions at Victoria. What They Think on The Prairie. Premier McBride is to lie congratulated on tho showing he has made. For years politics in Britisli Columbia has been in a state of chaos and it required a good deal of courage to declare for party lines. Mr. McBride, however, took flie stop \"-id the result has been a vie fry. although perhaps not as decisive in point of members returned to support him as might have been desired. As between Conservatives and Liberals the result was a decisive victory for the former in point of popular vote. The total nnmner of votes received by tlie Conservative eiiiididatotf was 25,- -li'i'2 nnd by the Liberal*1 -'0,954, a majority of 4503 for the Conservatives. In view of this premier McBride is abundantly justified in retaining office, instead of resigning as tlio Liberals, led now by W. W. B. Mclnnes, ask that he should. For McBride to do this would be a fatal mistake. The result of the election shows that tho Liberals arc 111 a largo minority in the province and if the leaders of the Liberal party were entrusted with the oflice, as would happen if premier McBride resigned, the result would be a return to the old system of chaotic government, something that would be disastrous to tho province. Premier McBride i.s in a position to give tlie people of British Columbia stable government, the lack of which has done the province much injury iu the years gone by. Ho will, however, have a serious task in placing matters on a proper footing, but if he does this, and his record leaves small doubt that he will, ho will have done British Columbia ouo of the greatest possible services. When this has been done the people Britisli Columbia will not forget that it wa.s tho Conservative party that rescued them from a system of politics whicli wa.s at once a reproach and a detriment to tlie Province.��� Winnipeg Telegram. Houston for Lands and Works. From thc coast papers it would appear that there is a continuation of the adverse feeling on tlie part of the cabinet against John Houston, tho honorable member for Nelson cit_*. We know, and in fact it is generally known, that the cabinet did not desire his election, and but for that fact ho may not have determined to have the seat, and having secured it, he is surely entitled to recognition now and should bo presented with a portfolio. We know of no position he could fill with more credit to himself or more advantage to flic province, than the chief commissioner of lands and works, for that department needs a really strong man, who knows what he wants and how to get it. It is also the chief spending department of the government and should bo presided over by a man who knows how to say No and mean it.���Kootenaiau. Mining Prospects Looking Bright. Some four years ago, when tlio mining fever was at its height, 11 great many propositions were floated, not a few of them of doubtful value. The manner in whicli the busiucs was conducted led to the suspicion that the promoters of the various schemes were more desirous of exploiting the public than the mines under their control. \"This much is true,\" said a prominent financial man of Toronto to the Mail and Empire, \"the manner in which charters were grunted wa.s nothing short of criminal. The contention that mining is a good bit of a gamble is perhaps true, but it seems to me that some system should lie instituted which would give a reasonable assurance that.money subscribed for development work would be used for I hat purpose. Even the novice is now pretty well aware flint very little of the funds subscribed during the lning boom were used tor development purposes. \"The stock jobbing stage in the mining business has about run its course, and the meritorious properties are now coming to the front. Within the past few weeks not tt few of tho stockholders in properties that have been dormant for years have re ceived circulars calling upon them in somo cases to place their shares in a common pool. In other instances they are requested to pay a small assessment to provide for necessary development work. It seems to me that mining is about to take a now lease of life, particularly iu British Columbia, and the pleasing feature is that henceforth the stock jobbing end will be eliminated.\" For some time experiments have been made with a new process for tho profitable treatment of low grade ores, which been attended witli much success. This has given fresh courage to operators in the Rossland district, and pessimism has given placo to a feeling of optimism. Railway up The Duncan. John I-I. Gray, C. E., of Victoria, loft Kaslo Monday for the Upper Duncan with a gang of men to begin active operations in tlio construction of the mono railway projected a yenr ago by Minneapolis and New York capitalists. The late amalgamation of the Old Gold, Guinea Gobi, Primrose, stud Mountain Con. by judge Miller of Minneapolis, lias nos had a little to do with tho building of this lino, as all of tho output from these properties will come over this road and down the Duncan. Some remarkable ore deposits have been uncovered along Hall creek, and on East river notably upon tho Golden Eagle, Irene ami Glades group, as well us on many others. It is stated that on the Red Elephant group there i.s ten thousand tons of ore insight. This is of a nmdiuiii grade and heretofore would not stand the freight and treatment charges. The new road will overcome such difficulties and this aud other properties will sooii develop into dividend payers of uo mean order. The Nelson Tribune Bank of Montreal Established 1817. Incorporated by Act of Parliament. CAPITAL (all paid up) $13,379,240.00 REST 9,000,000.00 UNDIVIDED PROFITS 724,807.75 Head Office, Montreal .RT. HOX. LORD STRATHCONA AND MOUNT HON. G. A. DRUMMOND, Vice-President. ROYAL, G.C.M.G., President. E. S. CLOUSTON, General Miumger. NELSON BRANCH Corner linker und Kootetmy Streets A. H. BUCMAINAIN, iVUinti^ei- The Canadian Bank of Commerce With which la amalgamated The Bank: of BritisH Columbia PAID UP CAPITAL $8,700,000 RESERVE FUND 3,000,000 _^r\\ Offfcc I TO-OIltO, Ontario AGGREGATE RESOURCES OVER 78,000,000 *wuuiu- vuiww HON. GEO. A. COX, -resident B. E. WALKER, General Manager Savings Bank Department Deposits received and interest allowed NELSON BRANCH BRUCE HEATHCOTE, Mnnnjjer The Founded in 1892. '*- THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, LIMITED, I'KOPlttKTOltS. McDonald Block, Baker Street. Telephone 120. ADVERTISING RATES. ��� Display advertisements will be inserted in The Nelson Tribune (six insertions a week) at the rate of Four Dollars per inch per month. Single insertions 20 cents an inch. Regular advertisements will be inserted in the weekly edition without extra charge. SUBSCRIPTION RATES.���Thcdtiily edition will be sent by mail for $*> a year, or portions of a year at the rate of fifty cents a month; by carrier In Nelson at the same rates. Payable in advance. The weekly edition will be mailed for Ifl a year, payable in advance, and no subscriptions will be taken for the weekly edition for less than one year.: Address all communications��� . THE TRIBUNE, Nelson. B. C. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1903 The outcome of the deliberations now- going on in Victoria as to the adjustment of the government, is being waited with considerable interest by the citizens of Nelson. . The greatest interest centers on ' the possible portfolio that will -be given - our member elect; all seem to i agree that this 'city should have representation in the inner councils of the province. Nor is . the demand unreasonable for Nelson can justly claim the position of fifth largest city in the province, and in point of business, an easy third. It can lay claim to being the financial and railway center of of the upper country, the commercial distributing point for the whole of Southern British Columbia, and an \"educational ' center' with a great future. There are many other interests that will in due ���course center here as a result, of development; as an instance it is even now considered a good place to winter in for those whose interests keep them in the vicinity of the snow line during the summer. From a political point of view,- the Liberals are disposed to concede to the member elect the right to a place in the government aud many of them have gone as far;as to say that they will support the - proposition. It is . more ��� than probable, therefore, that before The Tribune goes to ' the public this week we shall be able to :announce that John Houston has.been taken in as a member of the McBride government. Whether there will be an election depends, it would seem, on the decision of the defeated liberal candidate, who, even now, seems to think there was a mistake made on October 3rd. For his \"ownreputationras^wel^as^the^porty^to\" which he belongs, he will be wise tp accept his defeat with that graciousness common to his nature, for by so doing Mr. Taylor is far more likely to elicit the sympathy of the citizens as a whole than by a policy of pouting, interspersed with insinuations that tho election was won by unfair methods. The recent acquisition of tho recreation grounds by tho city fathers together with property further to the cast, is without a doubt the most important piece of business this council hns done (luring its term of office. It is more far reaching than a majority of the citizens are at present iu a position to realize. We have had splendid demonstrations this summer of what can be accomplished along the lines of ball games when handled with business skill; if to this be added tho attractiveness of horse racing, athletic sports, gymnastics, etc., some idea of the value of tlie property to the city will be apparent. The great point in connection with this recreation proposition is the fact that in these western towns, it is becoming more and more a fact that there is precious little to do in the way of recreation. The kike, valuable as it is, does not appeal to all, rambles in the woods are not wildly suggestive to the boys ami youth of the present day, and failing other attractions, the result is street loafing and the necessity for the curfew. In the recreation grounds there will be a place, close at hand, where the citizens of all sizes can go and indulge in their favorite games. It is to be hoped that the city will display no parsimony in fitting them up, for there need be no fear but that it will be a most profitable investment. There i.s no reason why the city cannot attract the racing element and ball teams from all over the district, and with the profit derived from these, make tbe proposition not only selfsustaining, but, qnito possibly, obtain sufficient to cover the initial outlay in making it first class in every respect. It is not a bit too soon to start on the grading that will have to be done, so that in the early spring this desirable acquisition will be ready for the public. There is a kind of feeling in thc air that the recent load bounty granted by tho government has not boon the means of stimulating the operation of mines in the Slocan in a manner commensurate with the actual bounty payment and the tremendous energy put forth by the boards of trade and mine-owners of the district to get it from an unwilling government. In confirmation of this there comes the news that there is little chance of the St. Eugene mine at Moyie beginning active operations before April next. The reason of this is thought to be the question, of freight rates; it is hard to believe that the C. P. R., having in the case of the Boundary mines been so liberal on this score, can in this instance be unreasonable in its demands. The great mine has never inspired the slightest doubt aniong mining men, and it has been thought all along that a bonus on leud would solve the problem of the struggle the company went through to keep afloat when lead was at lowest notch. Everyone thought that the government announcement would act as a fairy wand in opening the great East Kootenay mine, and it is, to say the least, disappointing to have to chronicle that an eagerly looked for event has been postponed for six months or more. There is some activity in the Slocan, but hardly, sufficient to arouse the commercial centers to anything beyond the mere ordinary. It is to be feared that quite a number of so-called mines are thought to be safer as business propositions, as they stand, than they might be after an intimate acquaintance with the devastating effects of sixty per cent powder. The Inland Sentinel announces that Michigan capitalists are about to establish a large saw and pulp mill in the vicinity of Kamloops. The property to be exploited is the Western Pulp & Lumber Company's timber limits on the Nortli Thompson and branches, where there is an immense acreage of suitable timber. JTha^announc.ementjs^intorestiug^from, the fact that it will be the first pulp mill in the province and the means of stimulating further development along the line of this particular industry. We printed in our last issue an interview given to the Vancouver World by Mr. Octavien Roi- land, vice-president of the Rolland Paper Co., Montreal, in which the gentleman stated that the demand for wood pulp could not be supplied and that there is at the present moment tin unlimited market for this article of commerce. Tho subject is of interest to thc business community iu tho Kootenays as opening up possibilities for the establishment of a.similar industry here. There is an abundance of timber available, notwithstanding the many sawmills now active iu every direction. Without any precise knowledge of the details of the pulp manufacture, it may bo safely ��� said that there is more money in turning the log into pulp than into lumber, even at present prices, which are considered fair. The Board of Trade might profitably make enquiries abroad in the matter, as it may be the means of arousing interest in this new industry, which brings in its wake that most inter- cstim; feature of all new ventures���a good payroll. Of the thirteen millions in the way of railway subsidies granted by the federal government, this province will get about a million and a quarter. The nearest one to Nelson is the Kettle River Valley line, running fifty miles up the Forth Fork of Kettle River. This should open up a valuable territory and give aeccss to the headwaters of that river, favorably spoken of by prospectors for a long time, but up to now considered practically inaccessible. The Kootenay Central, from the International Boundary to Windermere, should be the means of demonstrating if the latter district is till what wc have heard about it. The Midway and Vernon line will bring the fruit and farming region of the Okanagan in closer touch with the Kootenays, while opening up thc South Fork of Kettle River, of which we have heard much; at the same time it gives visions of sleeping cars from Nelson to Vancouver at no very distant date. It is to bo hoped that something definite will be done regarding the Coast-Kootenay line tit the forthcoming session of the local house, for, although its completion may affect the preseut status of the wholesale trade of this city, the position has to bo faced and, like other matters, the situation will work out its own salvation. All the average person fervently hopes is that he may be spared the burlesque witnessed at Victoria on the occasion of tho last great squabble over railway construction in this province. People are beginning to wonder what will be the end of this remarkable Dowie movement, now. in full swing in. Chicago. The announcement that an attack is to be made on tho unrighteousness of New York and that it will take ten special trains to move the invading host, is evidence itself that if it is madness, there is certainly a tremendous amount of method about it. Not so many years ago, when the world saw the initial movement of the Salvation Army, it was tho prophecied that it was a passing fad aud would dissipate in duo course. These prophecies have been absolutely denied, for there is no organization today having more vigor and be it said doing more good than this Army at whose head the much maligned general Booth stands tis a 'monument to the power of personality, when backed by thc souse of a duty to humanity and wherein the fruits of tireless energy are only sought in that thoy lift some burden from the toiling multitudes. The accusations that were in early days, levelled at the great soul at the head of tho Salvation Army, the man who is now recognized by throne and altar alike, are now being hurled at this mysterious man Dowie and he is accused of every.vice under the sun and more ptirticularly of turning the movement into a money making proposition. It is always well in the light of experience, to go slow in judging anyone or anything, the nature of which is not quite unuerstood. Quite possibly there may be far more in this religious campaign than the public knows of at present and until it has time to mature and demonstrate its usefulness, flippant condemnation is not only absurd, but displays a rush-light mind hardly in keeping with the broader toleration sepposed to exist among the large number of sects in Christendom, seeking according to their broken lights���the common goal- increased and has now reached the rate of thirty-one and a half million messages per annum. The messages per subscriber per day vary in the different exchanges from from six to twenty.one, the average being thirteen per subscriber per day. The traffic in trunk messages particularly incoming calls, also shows a considerable increase on the previous year. Considerable attention has been devoted to opeu- iug public telephone offices for the use of the public throughout the city, there being now 115 in operation. At May 31st there were 9123 instruments connected, these being subscribed for by 814*5 persons and firms; of which about-1000 havo never been subscribers before. About SOO orders remain to be executed.���The Voice. The news that there are cases of smallpox in Spokane will have the effect of arousing considerable anxiety in this city lest it should be imported to our midst. It- is therefore prudent to take all necessary precautions in order to avoid an epidemic here. A great . amount Of good can be done if people will keep cool and not^get unduly excited when the very word smallpox is mentioned; usually, when there is' anything in sight approaching to a case, there is a hue and cry and people begin to tumble over each other in a wild craze to get vaccinated;. they scan the dailies to read the latest news and the subject is the everlasting topic of conversation. Let everyone remember that the gathered experience of all places -where they have had epidemics of a zymotic nature is to the effect that those who whip themselves into nervous apprehension are the very ones to catch it and testimony is abundant iu the jiase^ofJhe^Qholera^epideinic.Jn^Europe,. some 15 years ago, of peoplo being struck down at the railway stations while in a half frenzy to get away. To those who think vaccination indispeusible, the very fact of having been inoculated with pus, will probably put them iu a better frame of mind. Cleanliness, a reasonable care in diet and a calm mind are factors equally valuable iu obtaining immunity from this dread disease. English Far Fashions. \"You want to know what will bo the fashion during thc coming year? For ties, sables will be 'the thing,' and anyone possessing these furs has made a good investment. The skins are absolutely like diamonds iu the market. Russian fox skins will be greatly worn, as also will banm and stone martens. Martens and sables are so much alike that until recently, when there was a case in the courts on the subject, furriers used frequently to sell the former as 'marten-sables.' The best sables are, of course, Russian. They are darker than ,the Canadian specimens, ttud better, because of the more intense cold of the climate in which they arc found. Speaking broadly, this year skins will be all of the darker shades���brown predominating. Neck-stoles are to be somewhat longer than last winter, reaching below the knee, and very broad, almost cape-like in the collar. The number of tails worn is at the same time to be reduced. Muffs are to be of a larger size, and will, of course, match the ties. \"As to coats and capos, these will be practically the same ns before. There will be the Russian blouse shapes, basques and sack jackets. A thing that is coining on the market is a seal-dyed, sheared musquash skin. This goes through much the same process as that to which the real sealskin is subjected. It is quite as effective as the genuine article, but just one-quarter as expensive. As I told you, moleskin is coming in. For jackets, mink and sable have reached a prohibitive price, and only the very favored few can afford them. \"Sealskin in the new styles will, of course, retain its position; but that, too, is''terribly expensive. Some years ago coats of this fur were worn long���nearly to the ground���but they were too heavy. Nowadays not weight, but price will keep them short.\" Moleskin, which was all the rage during tho first three months of the season, has lost some of the fayor then shown to the atticle, owing to the difficulty experienced in working it, and, in part, owing to- the lack of good winter, .skins; stock held in this and the Leipzig market consist mainly of inferior smnmer.goods which are not desirable. China kid crosses are selling freely for the English market, and stocks are comparatively small. Hares and marmots.are suffering from the high prices at which they do not find ready buyers. .���'.'.-..��� i Thibets are in moderate demand, and only best skins for natural use can sell in small lots. Black bears are not doing well, and are^ disappointing to English manufacturers who formerly made a specialty of them; grizzly bears are used onlv for rugs; wolves of best quality aro still purchased freely for America; other grades ore taken for the rug trade in England.���-Telegraph. MMM^^^^^^��^^^^^^l^^M^^^^4^W^^^^^^^^^^^ WK&A@MDM$A&A&Ai$X86 uovj This Week We have a Special Lot of Turkish Couches 6) o(g K<__ And Values Are Good Pictute Framing a Specialty m ig ONE OF OUR WAREROOMS D. J. Robertson & Co Furniture Dealers and Funeral Directors Baker Street, -Nelson. ^A^^mAmA^A^AmA^A^A^A^^^A^ img(ao)c }6mmams& 9o(ctij>(c$g,014. Working expenses absorbed ��20,871 of this, leaving a net revenue of ��14,14'.. Of this net revenue ��(i(i42 was paid in interest on loans aud ��5S0(> was placed to thc credit of the sinking fund, leaving ��1094 to go to the relief rates. The service generally continues to be acceptable to subscribers as may be shown by the fact that during the year just ended thc number of orders received was considerably in excess of the preceding year, and the traffic during the year has steadily Extraordinary Case of Disappearance. For several weeks a case of extraordinary mystery has been causing a feeling of intense and painful interest iu England. . On the 15th of last August Miss Hickman, one of the lady doctors at the Royal Free Hospital, in. the Gray's Inn Road, London, disappeared, and despite the efforts of the entire police force, and a large number of private friends, besides the expenditure of a considerable amount of money, not any kind of a clue to her ^whereabouts.or^tracejifher_in_any__shape. or way has so far been obtained. At noon on the 15th of August of this year Miss Hickman was on duty in the Royal Free Hospital and made an appointment to take tea that evening with one of the lady officials of the place.* Whether she left the hospital is not even known, no one saw* her leave; the building has been searched from basement to roof, first by the hospital authorities and again by the Scotland Yard police; a reward for information has been offered by the police and a much larger one by the father of the missing lady, but with no satisfactory result. In tiddition to an unusual amount of newspaper publicity a quarter of a million of bills have been distributed over the country with a minute description and a portrait of the woman so niysterionslj* lost. It is from every point of view a most peculiar case. Thc hospital is one of the largest and most important in London, and anyone practising there is snre to be known to a considerable number of people. Miss Hickman is of noticeable appearance; she stands 5 feet 10 inches high, is 80 years of age and of masculine build. She is described as of studious habits, level headed, and much attached to her profession. Her father is well off, no pecuniary troubles could, so far as known, embarassed her, and there is not the faintest suspicion of a man in the case. The English papers are teeming with all kinds of suggestion, while every police constable in the United Kingdom is on the qui vive, not only to solve a remarkable mystery but stimulated by a large reward The police departments of every European country have been notified, and the chief foreign -journals have published full details, and in many cases a portrait of the lady wanted. In similar circumstances so much publicity has never been given to auy analagous case, aud so far with no avail. LABOR UNIONS. NELSON MINERS' UNION, No. nc, w. F. M.��� .Meets every Saturday evening at 7 ::'o o'clock, in Miners' Union Hall, northwest (.'orner Baker uinl Stanley streets. Wage scale for Nelson district: Maehine miners, 13.50; hiiinincrsmen, $&��>; mine laborers, $3- C. A. llailon, president; Frank Phillips, secretary. Visiting breth- , run cordiully invited. ' SMOKE Tttcfccti Cigar Co7s j. Monogram Union Label Cigars \\ Marguerite George E. Tocfcett's Cigarettes Only Union-Made Cigarette in Canada Karnack T. & B. w. j. McMillan & co. WHOLESALE GROCERS Agents for British Columbia. Vancouver, B.C. NEAPING HIS -INISH ^Vjpiinnldd~isT:iglFt~iW^ There are many peoplo in this town that know when they have had enough of poor laundry work on their linen, and they turn to us for relief. It is a pleasure to a man to see the exquisite color and finish that we have put on his shirt collars and cuffs when sent out from this laundry. Kootenay Steam Laundry S20 Water St. Telephone 1-46 NELSON STEAM LAUNDRY Work done by hand or machine, ami on short notiee. Delivery wagon' calls for and delivers work every day In the week. Hlankets, Flannels, Curtains, etc., a specialty. ~ ' \" le Dyeing and Cleaning also done, promptly attended to. Outside orders PAUL, INIPOU, Proprietor. P.O. Box 48 REISTERER & C�� BREWERS OF LAGER BEER AND PORTER StarkeyJcCa. Wholesale Provisions Produce andJBrjuits Representing R. A. Rogers & Co., l_d., Winnipeg IV. K. Fairbank Co., - Montreal Simcoe Canning Co., - Simcoe Office and Warehouse, ���Josephine Street INe-Son, 13. Q. Cash Advanced on Consignments Jacob Green & Co* Auctioneers, Appraisers, Valuators General Commission Agents Comer of Baker and Josephine Street. NELSON, B.C. Put up in Packages to Suit the Trade Brewery and Office: Latimer Street, Nelson, B C. Drink THORPE'S LITHIA WATER Every small bolt contains five grains of Lithia Carbonate P. Burns & Co. Wholesale and Retail Meat Merchants Head Office and Cold Storage Plant at Nelson. BRANCH MARKETS at Kaslo, Ymir, Sandon, Silverton, Revelstoke, New Denver, Cascade, Trail, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Midway, Phoenix, .Kossland.--locan City, Moyie, Cranbrook, Fernie and Macleod. NELSON BRANCH MARKET, BURNS BLOCK, BAKER STREET Orders by mnil to any Branch will receive promot and careful attention. West Kootenay Butcher Company Fresh and Salted Meats. Fish and Poultry in Season. OKDERS BY MAIL receiveTprompt and careful attention. E. C TRAVES, K.W.C. Block, Manager, Nelson The Nelson Tribune The following lecture by C. W. Lond- benter, tin advanced occultist, on this subject should bo road with interest by a largo number of miners and prospectors for the reason that they, as a class, are nmong tho largest patronizers of the \"professional\" clairvoyant,\" now so much iu ovidonce in the large cities, particnlarly to the soutli of n.s. Thero is a fascination to the average seeker of gold in the hills in the bare possibility of someone- being able to give him some idea where the best strike can be made, and there are not wanting in the ranks of old prospectors many who hold thc advice given them bj* these \"professionals\" at a great Value. Nor can it be denied that some of the most wonderful finds httvo been due to advice of this nature, although, on the other hand, much the same tis games of chance, guidance hns been sought in this direc-: tion over aud over again and in vain. Mention should be made of tho fact, little' known, that the vicinity of Wall Street is alive with men and women who make large incomes by advising speculators as to the best times for them to plunge, and it i.s claimed thut many a successful venture is indebted to counsel of this nature. ��� As in the case of the prospector, however, whore one succeeds hundreds fail, and it is more than probable that the lucky one 'would have succeeded in any event. The fact that failures are in evidence more than successes finds solution in the bald statement that many of these so-called professionals, while perhaps able to get glimpses of something beyond tho physical, are no liiore able to translate what tho_* may have discovered wjieu returning to normal consciousness than the average man i.s able to describe dreams in all their detail. What is more important, however, is this���thnt when, by purity, of life and training, a man is able to bring back' information of a reliable nature���he will then be far beyond allowing himself to prostitute these great powers for the sake of financial gain. _j\\ W. Pettit. .< Clairvoyance is in its origin a French word, signifying simply \"clear seeing,\" and is properly applied to a certain power or faculty possessed by some men which enables them to see more in various ways than'others see, as I shall presently explain. The word has been terribly misused and degraded, so that it probably presents to your mind a number of ideas of a, most unpleasant kind, from which you must free yourself if you wish to understand what it really is. The term has been employed to designate the tricks of a montebiink at a fair, or the arts whereby an advertising fortuue-tellei* swindles his dupes; yet in spite of all those unsavory associations it does nevertheless represent a great fact in Nature, and it is .of that I wish to speak. It may be defined as the power to see realms of-nature as yet' unseen by the majority. - I am not seekingyto convince skeptics that there is such a thing as clairvoyance. Anyone who is still in that condition of ignprance should study the literature of tlio subject, whicli contains ah immense mass of evidence on the matter; or, if he prefers it, he may make direct investigations into mesmeric phenomena and tlie occurrences at spiritualistic seances on his own account. I am speaking for the better-instructed class of people who have studied the subject sufficiently to know -that=clairvoyance=isi?a=-factrand-wi-hi-to\" understand something of how it works. The first great point to comprehend clearly is .that there is nothing weird br uuctmuy about it���that it is a perfebtly natural power, really quite normal to humanity when it has evolved a little further,' though abnormal to its at present because the majority of men have not yet developed it within themselves. It is only the few who have it-as yet, but undoubtedly all the various faculties which tire grouped under'this head tiro the common property of the human race, nud will be evolved in everyone as time goes on. The majority of men are still in the position of being unable to see tho wider . world, and so they are very apt to say. that it docs not exist. That is not sensible, but it .seems to be human nature. If there existed a community of blind men��� men who had no idea of what was meant by sight, and had never even heard of such a faculty, how would they be likely to feel with regard to a man who came among them anel claimed that he could see'.' They would certainly deny that there could be uo such faculty, and if he tried to prove it to them, though they might not be able to account upon their theories for all that he said to them, the one tiling certain to their minds would bo that there was some trickery somewhere, even though they could not quite see where it lay! That there might really be a power unknown to them would be the very last thing they would be likely to accept: \\ It is exactly the same with the world at large with regard to clairvoyance. There is a mighty unseen world all around us��� many woilds in one, indeed, astral, mental . and spiritual, each with. its own inhabitants, though all are still part of this wonderful evolution iii which we live. There are many nien now who are able to see this wider life, yet when they speak of it to others, when they try to' show them how reasonable and natural it is, they axe constantly met by the same silly accusation of imposition and trickery, even though it is quite obvious that they have nothing in the world to gain by making their assertious. _ wish therefore to make it clear from the commencement that there is no mystery with regard to clairvoyance���that, wo-iderf ul as its results may appear to the uuinitiated, it is simply an extension of fticulties which we already possess, aud think that wo understand. All impressions of any kind that we receive from without come to us by means of vibrations of one kiud or another. Some aro very rapid, a.s are those by which we see; others aro comparatively slow, like those of sound. Out of ull the enormous range of possible vibrations very few can affect our physical senses. Those which range between 480 billions and 720 billions per second impress themselves upou our sense of sight; anp'thor small group which move, much nioro' slowly impress our-senseof .hearing; others intermediate between the' two extremes, may be appreciated by our sense of touch, as heat-rays, or rays of; electrical action. Some of the slowest of those are used by Marconi in his wonderful wireless telegraphy. But among and between all these, ahd far away above those by which wo cau see, are myriads of others which produce no effect what- ��� ever upon any physical sense. Two whole I octaves, as it were, of such vibrations ex-' List just beyond those by which we see,! and will impress the sensitive plate of a camera; but there are undoubtedly many other octaves far beyond these iu turn which will not impress the camera the majority have not yet reached it. We have very little idea how partial our sight is in connection with this present physical plane, without taking auy account of anything higher for the moment. Tliere are seven conditions of physical matter, and our sight is only able to distinguish two of them, the solid and the liquids��� for we can very rarely see a true gas, uu- less like chlorine, it happens to have a strong color of its own. All round us in au immense amount of gaseous and ethric matter of the presence of< which we are entirely unconscious, so. that' not ouly is there so very much that we dp not see at all, biit even tha.t which we do see we see so imperfectly.'- Every collocation of physical dense matter contains also much, etheric matter,' but it is only of the former part of it that we know anything, so defective is our vision. To aid us to grasp the practical effect of the extremely practical nature of our- sight, let us' take an illustration which,, though impossible iu itself, may yet be' useful to us as suggesting rather startling possibilities. ��� Suppose that instead of the. sight .which we now possess,' we had a' visual apparatus arranged somewhat differently. In the human eye we have both solid and liquid matter; suppose that both these orders of matter were capable of re-' Yon will observe that man counot pos- | ceiving separate impressions, but each sibly see anything which does not either emit or reflect that sort of light which he can grasp���which comes within the very small set of waves that happen to affect him. There may be many objects in Nature which are capable of reflecting kinds of light which we cannot see; and from investigation of a different character we know that tliere arc such objects, and that it is these whicli the clairvoyant sees. It is simply a question, therefore, of training oneself to become sensitive to a greater unmber of vibrations. Now, another fact that needs to be considered in this connection is that human beings vary considerably, though within relatively narrow limits, in then* capacity of response even to the very few vibrations which are within reach of our physical senses. I am not referring to the keenness of sight or of hearing that enables one man to see a fainter .object or hear a slighter sound thau another; it is not in the'least a question of strength' of vision, but of extent of susceptibility;- This is a crucial point which anyone may test by taking a spectroscope aud throwing by its means, or by any succession of prisms, a long spectrum upon a sheet of white paper, and theu: asking a number of people to mark upon the paper the extreme limits of the spectrum as it appeal's to them. He is fairly certain to find that then- powers of vision vary appreciably. Some will see the violet extending much farther than others; others, will see perhaps less violet and more at the red end. A few may be found who can see farther than ordinary at both, euds, and these will almost certainly be what we call sensitive people���susceptible iu fact, to a greater range of vibrations than are most men of the preseut day. There is just the same variety with regard to the sense of hearing; and the men who cau see and hear more than the rest are just so far on the way towards clairvoyance or clairaudience.; ���. - . Even the. slight exteusiou which the Roentgen rays, give causes many objects.which are opaque to our normal sight to become to-a con-' siderable extent transparent; imagine how' . different everything would look to a mam who had .by. nature even that tiny frag-' nient of clairvoyant power, and then im-s agine that multiplied a hundred fold, and you will begin to have a slight conception of what it is to be really clairvoyant: Yet' that is not a new power, but simply a development of the sight we know. Man* has within himself etheric physical mat-, tor as well as the denser kind, and he may learn how to focus his' consciousness in' that, and so receive impressions through it as well as. through -his ordinary senses.. A, further- extension' of - the 'same idea would bring, the astral matter into actiou, and then further on he would be able to receive, his ...impressions __ir__Bgl__3j_3uJ:h.e^ mental matter. You will see that this idea of the possibility;of extension is simple' enough, though it is not so easy to imagine the full extent of the results which follow from it. -.-' < How, you will say, does this uew sense, begin to show itself? Cases differ vevy much, so that it is hardly possible to lay,* dovr'n a general rule. 'Some pepple. begin by a plunge, aiid under somo unusual stimulus become able just for oucc to see some striking vision; and very often in such a case, because the experience doos uot repeat itself, the seer comes to believe, that on that occasion he must have been thc victim of hallucination.' Others find themselves with increasing frequency see-l ing and hearing something to which those' around them aro blind and deaf; others again see faces, landscapes or colored clouds floating before their o^es in the dark before they sink to rest; while perhaps tho commonest experience of all is that of those who begin to recollect with greater and greater clearness what thoy have seen and heard iu their sleep. Iu trying to describe what is really to be, seeu by means of the developed senses, the best plan perhaps will'be to consider first the case of tho trained man who has the faculty fully at his command, because that will naturally include all the partial mauifestations of the power which are so- much more common; and when we have understood the whole, we shall easily see where the different parts fall into place. '< Clairvoyant phenomena are numerous aud diverse, so that we shall need some .kind of arrangement or classification in order that they may-be more readily intelligible and I believe that our best plan will be to make three broad divisions���first . to con-. sider what would be seen here and now, as it were, by auy one wlio had opened up'' the higher sight, without taking in account any power that it might give him to see wliat is going on in the distance, or to look into the past or future. That will make one class, and then secondly we can. take up clairvoyance in space, or the faculty of seeing at a distance, and then thirdly, clairvoyance in time, or the art of looking backwards or forwards. Our first question then is, supposing a man suddenly opeus the inner sight, what more would he see than he sees now? Even this we may subdivide into sections. Let us commence with the etheric sight only, for this is absolutely physical, though only from the type of matter in the outside world to which it correspouded. Suppose also that among men some possessed one of these types of sight and some the other. Consider how very curiously im- ���perfect would be the conception of the. world obtained by each of these types of men. Imagine them standing on the sea shore; one, being-able to see solid matter,, would be utterly unconscious of the ocean stretched before him, but would see in- \\ stead the vast cavity of the ocean bed,, with all its various inequalities, and the fishes and other inhabitants pf the deep, would appear to him as floating iu the air above this, enormous valley. If there were clouds in the sky they would be��en-; tirely invisible to him, since they are com-, posed of matter in the liquid state; for him the sun would always be shining in the daytime, and he would be uuable to. comprehend why, ou what is to us a cloudy' day;.its heat should be so much diminish-; ed; if a glass of watt er were offered to him, it would appear to be empty. Contrast with this the appearance which. wrould be ..presented, before the eyes of the man who saw only matter in the liquid1 condition. He -would indeedbe conscious; of the ocean, but for him. the shore and., the cliffs would not exist; he would per-' ceive the clouds very clearly, but would; see scarcely nothing nothing of the land-. scape over whicli they were moving. In\" the case of the glass of water he would be- entirely unable to see the vessel, and therefore could not understand why the' water should so mysteriously preserve the, special shape given to it by the invisible glass. Imagine these two persons standing side by side, each describing the land.i scape as he saw it, and each feeling per-, fectly certain that there could be no other kind of sight but his in the universe, aud'. that anyone claiming to see anything more or anything different must neces-- ���; sarily be.a dreamgr or a; deceiver 1 We can .smile \"over the incredulity of' these imaginary observers; but it is extremely clifficu-t for the average man to realize that, in proportion to the whole that is to be seen, his power of vision is very much more imperfest than either of theirs would, be in relation to the world as lie sees it. ' And he is also strongly disposed to hint that those who see a little more thau he does must really be draw-, ing on their imagination for their alleged facts.' It is one of the commonest of our mistakes to consider that the limit of our power of perception is also the limit of all that there is to perceive. Yet the scientific evidence is indisputable, and the infinitesimal, proportion (as compared with the whole) of the groups of vibrations by which alone we can see or hear is a fact about which tnere can be no doubt. The clairvoyant is simply a man who develops within himself the power to respond to an- ether.octave out.of the stupendous gamut ipf_.possiblejTibrations,,and,so^enables himself to see more of the world around him thim those of more limited perceptions. Other creatures also he would see���other inhabitants of our world which are uot visible to ordinary sight, and so are not believed to exist by people of materialistic temprament. Tlie folk-lore of all countries bears witness to the fact that there , are spirits of the mountain and stream, beings in tho air and in the mines, oiled by many different' names, such as fairies, elves, pixies, brownies, undines, sylphs, gnomes, good people and other titles, but kuowu to exist and occasionally seeu by those whoso work takes them far away from the haunts of men into lonely places as does that of thc shopherd nud mountaineer. This is not, us has been thought, a mere popular superstition, but has a foundation.of fact behind it, as most popular superstitious. have, when properly understood. A whole evening's lecture might easily be given upon these creatures but I have only time now just to mention their existence. Another point that could hardly fail to strike thc newly developed clairvoyant, is the presence of new colors about him���colors to which we can put no name, because they are entirely unlike any that we know. This is quite natural, for after till color is only a rate of vibration,-aud when one becomes sensitive to- new rates of vibration new colors must follow. Now suppose oiu* man developed himself so far as to have at his command as-, tral.'senses as well as etheric, what -would be the principal additions to his world? He.would find it very different in several ways, not only in that he would see more, but in that the faculty itself is different. We have now passed beyond the mere development of the organ of sight, and are dealing with a faculty which needs no organ���a sight which sees all sides of an object at once, aud can see it as well behind as before. The only way in which you con thoroughly understand this sight is to regard it as four-dimensional, and considering that it gives its possessor the same powers with respect to us as we have with respect to a two-dimensional being. This study of the Fourth Dimension is a most fascinating one, aud the best way that I know, short of astral sight itself, to enable a person to grasp fully the capabilities of that higher plane. Another important point to bear in mind is the superior reality of this higher world Shirts, Overalls, Denim Pants, Tweed Pants, Cottonade Pants, Junipers, Blouses, MANUFACTURE Aprons and Cooks' Caps, Carpenters' Aprons, Walters' Aprons, Painters' and Plasterers'. Overalls, Mackinaw Coats, Engineers'Jackets, Mackinaw Pants, Waiters' Jackets, Tarpaulins, Barbers' Jackets, ' Dunnage Bags, aingham Jackets, Horse Blankets, Mission Flannel Tents, Underwear, Etc., Etc., Etc. TURNER, BEETON & CO. LIMITED, WHOLESALE MERCHANTS Warehouses, Wharf Street Factory, 1 Bastion Street .VICTORIA, B.C. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ which is thus opened to the sight of the student. It is difficult for us to understand this, because we have been so long used to associating the idea of reality with what we can see and touch. We feel that when we can hold anything in our hands, then we know all about it, aud cannot be deceived as to its reality. But this is just one of our many mistakes, for this very sense of touch is the most easily deceived of all. If you wish to test this for yourselves, let me give you a little example for everyday life. Take three bowls of water, one as hot as you can bear to touch, another tepid, aud the third icy cold. Place them before you, and put your right hand into the hot water and your left hand' into the cold water and \"after allowing them to remain for a few minutes, put them both in the tepid water. You will find ^that at that moment your right hand .will 'assure, you that that water is uncomfortably cold, while the left hand will report it to the brain as almost too hot to bear! This is a trivial instance, but it does show you how little dependance can be placed .upon the accuracy of the reports of the. senses; it does teach us that merely to see or to feel anything is hot sufficient for perfect knowledge of it. We know that we haye constantly to correct one sense by another in order to obtain anything approaching accurate information. If we look at a glass cube, we shall see the further side of it in perspective���that is, it will appear smaller than the hearer side. We know that it is not really so, but that this is only an illusion due to our. physical limitations. With astral sight we' shoul see all the sides equal, as we know that they really are. Our physical sight does not in reality give us any measure of distance; it is only the brain that supplies that from its experience. You may see this at once in the case of the stars; none of us can tell by sight whether a star islarge or small, for what appears a very large and brilliant star may seem so only because it is near us, and it may really be much smaller than others which to us seem insignificant because they are at a much greater distance. It is only by scientific methods entirely unconnected _withiappareut_brightuess-that,we. are-able- to determine the relative size of some of the stars. The astral sight does give us much more real information, and as far as it goes it is reliable, so that we are in eveiy way justified in speaking of this plane and its senses as more real than this. This sight will give him who possesses it much information about his fellowmen which would not otherwise be within his reach, and that means that he will understand them better, and be able to help them more readily. As he looks at his friend, he will see him surrounded by the luminous mist of the astral aura, flashing with all sorts of brilliant colors, and constantly changing in hue nnd brilliancy with every variation of that friend's thoughts and feelings. A great deal would be shown to him by those colors which is hidden from him now. Strictly speaking, all thought should belong to the mental plane; but whenever any thought is tinged with personality, whenever it is mingled with feeling, or connected with the self, it creates vibrations in astral matter as well as in mental, and so shows itself in the astral body, and would therefore come within the purview of our uuiu with astral sight. Not only would he thus learn much more about the men whom he already knows, but many new forms would come into view, for the astral world has its inhabitants just as much as the physical. The most important of these from our point of view are those whom we ignor- antly call the dead���ignorantly, because they are not less alive than we, but more. They tu*e as near to us as they ever were, and* they are using normally and constantly this sight which is ns yet abnormal to the men still in the physical body. The question of life after death ceases to be a question for a clairvoyant; it is useless to argue about it, for there are these \"dead\" men, and obviously in full and vivid life. Thus there comes to every clairvoyant who has been properly trained the stupendous advantage of certainty about many of the problems which vex the minds of less favored men. The definite knowledge that there if a perfect Divine Law of evolution and of justice under which every human being is developing makes an \"incalculable difference iu a man's life, for i-vu the profoundest intellectual conviction falls very for short of the precise kuowlctlgc gained by direct personal experience. We have just paid our visit to the Lick observatory. We started on Saturday morning by the eight o'clock train���a party of four of us. The eight o'clock train is the coast express to Los Angeles, so it did not stop auywhere until it got to San Jose, 51 miles from San Francisco. (Notice, by the way, that the word is not pronounced as you might suppose, but is called San Hosay). The railway runs through pretty country, with glimpses of water now and then on both sides���the ocean on the right and San Francisco bay on the left, aud always hills in the background on both sides. There are a number of pretty little stations and nice houses with large grounds along the route. When we arrived at St. Jose we went at once to the Hotel Vendome and engaged rooms, and bppked our passage in the coach which was tp start at 12:30, and then we walked around the town for a couple of hours. It is a very 'nice place, full of palms and flowers, and very quiet in comparison with San Francisco. Though it is only 51 miles away, the difference in climate is remarkable; here there is often . a mist, and a wind which is sometimes chilly, but there the sun was bright and everything felt tropical. A little before twelve we went back to the hetel and had lunch, and at 12:30 our coach was at the door. It was what they call a Surrey, having three seats one behind the other, all facing forwards. The first part ot the drive was along a long, straight avenue of great trees, mostly fir and eucalyptus, but all sweet smelling. This was on the level, but at its end we turned to the right and began to ascend. We kept on for more than an hour along the side of the hills, constantly rising higher and higher, and increasing our view of the valley below, until at last we seemed to come over the shoulder of the hill, and turn up a winding valley with beautiful views. Here the road was lined with vineyards, and we were constantly coming upou picturesque little bits of scenery at almost every turn of the road��� and there tire a great many turns. A short descent brought us to Smith creek, where there was a kiud of small hotel, at which wo had a rather poor dinner at 4 o'clock, having como 21 miles in those !','<���; hours. We changed horses here and had fresh ones for the next stage, whicli, though it was ouly seven miles, was a steady climb and was decidedly steep in places. This piece of road is considered a great feat of engineering, for it has just 8C.*5 turns iu it���oue for every day in the year ���and ninny of them are regular horseshoe curves, so that the road looks like a series of s's. Here again there were very fine views all the way up, and we could see the white domes of the observatory apparently quite close to ns, yet we had to tako veiy many turns beforo we could get to it. We eventually reached the top at 0:30, just as the sun was setting. First we looked at the astronomical photographs and. at some of their instruments, while the grout telescope was being got ready for us. We expected to see it turned upon either Jupiter or the moon, both of which were very conspicuous, and we were disappointed wheu we saw by the turning of the great dome that it was directed to something quite different, but when we found what it was we were more than satisfied, and realized that the astronomers knew best what was good for us. I am sending 3-011 a photograph of telescope, so you will see how it is balanced so that all that enormous weight can be moved with ono hand easily. The dome can be turned by moving a little lever, and another little wheel raises or depresses the floor and all the people on it just as wanted. This is to make it suit the slope at which the telescope happens to be, and it constantly has to be altered as the earth moves. The astronomer in charge gave us a little lecture as to what we were going to see, and then called us all up in turn to look at the planet Saturn aud. some of his satellites. It was a most wonderful sight. He lay at a convenient angle, so that tho double ring around him was clearly shown and even the'faint dark ring inside tho others, which they call the guage or crape riug, was to be seen, and they say that very good telescopes only show that. Four satellites were within the field of the telescope, but they told us that others wero just outside of our view. Two colored markings were visible upon the body of Saturn���a reddish orange belt not far from his equator, aud a deljcate blue bond about where his nrctic circle ought to be if ho had one. The man in charge told ns wo were fortunate to see these, as they were not always as clear as this. As stjon as wo had looked as long as wo decently could with such a crowd '��*aiting their turn, we went to tlio other end of the building, where there was a 12-inch equatorial telescope, and looked through that. At first it was directed upon tlio moon, but that was so nearly full that it wns just like a great gleaming ball of frosted silver and almost blinded us to look at it. The most interesting tiling rilxjut it was that one side wo amid, just see some mountain tops on which the sun was beginning to shine as it rose to that part of the moon. Tho looked like little separate points floating in the air apart from the body of the moou altogether. It was fine to see the sun catch a fresh point or peak, which immediately begun to shine out of tho dark-* ness like a little white cloud. Then the man turned the telescope upon Jupiter aud we liad another treat. Jupiter looked, very much like his pictures, with four black Hues across him, looking as neat as though they had beeu ruled with a ruling pen, and four of his satellites in a straight line with his equator, three on one side and one on the other. The fifth satellite, which was discovered with the big Lick telescope, and was not visible, as it happened to be behind the planet just then; and anyhow we could, not-have seen it with the smaller telescope. We wero very j fortunate in our three subjects���Saturn, Jupiter, and the 'moon���and hone of us - will ever forget them. ������ We started down about 8:30 and tho drive was a very delightful one. Thc way in which the coach swung around those ' sharp turns was glorious, and looked extremely dangerous, but I snppose it really/ was perfectly safe. We changed horses ^ again at Smith creek, aud reached tlie hotel exactly at midnight. I do not know ���' much about the last part of the drive, for after leaving Smith creek I slept all the * way. There was a big log fire in the big*'\" hall at thc hotel, and supper was ready for us, but we preferred to go straight to \" bed. Next morning we took the 9:20 *������ train back to San Francisco. Douglas Pettit. San Francisco, Oct. 5th, 1903. The subject is well worth our study, and it needs much fuller treatment than can be given to it in an evening's lecture; those.of yon who will read the book which I wrote about' it some four years ago will be able from that to fill iu many details for which tonight there is no time, and I would very urgently beg any who think of experimenting or investigating in connection with the matter, first to acquaint themselves thoroughly with what their predecessors have done, as by doing that they will escape many dangers and much disappointment. This is equally necessary whether a. man is .trying to develop the faculties within himself, or experi-. menting with others who already possess them; he must understand what it is that is being seen, he must have in his mind a broad outline of the possibilities, so that he may not be deceived or alarmed. By full and careful study, he will come to realize how perfectly natural clairvoyance is; he will comprehend its laws, and learn the necessity of submission to them; he will see in vivid colors the dangers of impurity, and the absolute need of the highest thought and noblest intention in the man who touches this higher and holier side of human life. Thus he will be led to prepare himself by self-control and self- unfoldmeut to enter into the temple of the mysteries, so that his studies ma3r be a source of blessing and happiness to himself and to all those who are associated with him in them. Silver King Hotel BAKER STREET, NELSON; UNDER OLD MANAGEMENT RATES $1.00 PER DAY The Dining Room is unsurpassed and the Bedrooms are the best in Nelson. The liar is stocked with good Wines, Liquors and Cigars. IVIacfcIen House THOMAS MADDEN PROPRIETOR Ceutrally Located Electric Liglite NELSON LICENSE DISTRICT. Notice is hereby given that William Roberts'tA,. lias made application under the provisionsof the1 v t J ������Liquor License Act, 1900,\" for an hotel lleenso\" *V\\; for the Florence Park hotel near Nelson, and that \"sr/J, a meeting of the board of license commissioners*��&% of the Nelson license district wjll be held to con-^-JC-/' sidcr such application at the court house at Vcm'^ii-^ City of Nelson on Saturday, the 10th day of Oeto-/*--V ber, 1903, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the fore- '''���' noon. W. II. BULLOCK-WEBSTER, '��� \"\\* Chief License Inspector. Chief Constable's Oflice, Nelson, B. C, lioth September, 1903. NOTICE. HEADQUARTERS FOR TOURISTS AND OLD TIMERS Baker antl Ward Streets Nelson B. C, P ROSSER'S Sccond=Hand=Sto_*e^��� Tremont House and China Hall New and Second Hand Goods of every description bought and sold. See our Crockery and Glassware WESTERN CANADIAN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY Goods RontoU plrst-CIU-lM Wlll-kil-IOUMO For Stoi-tiito Phono 261A linker Street, West, Next to C.P.R. Ticket Ollice Europeanand American Plan Meals 25 cts. Rooms from 2f> cts. to ?1. Only White Help Employed. MALONE & TREGILLUS Raker St., Nelson Proprietors Queen's Hotel Raker Street, Nelson. It. C. Lighted by Electricity nnd Heated by Plot Air In the matter of nn application for a duplicate , of a Certilicale of Title to Lot.13, block 47, in ths ��� town of Nelson. Notice is hereby given that it is my intention to issue at tlie \"expiration of oneJ month from the first publication hereof a dupli- ��� cute of the Certificate of Title to the above mentioned Lot 13, block 47, in the town of Nelson, in \" tlie name of Albert Tleury, which certificate is dated the 0th day of- April, 1901, and numbered M7a. ���'.. ��� H. F. MACLEOD, Land Registry Oflice, DistrictRegistrar Nelson, B.C., 10th August, 1903. Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. The AUinmbrH Fractional Mineral Claim, situate in the Nelson Mining Division of W-t Kooti- nay District. Where located: On the wj.it ������lope of (.'old Illll, on Eagle creek. Take notice, thai 1, Peter Edmond Wilson, l-'ree Miner's Certilicale No. J-SU7.17. as agent for.lolin iK.iJiw.-dLi_rK^_F_<____lin___U'ecUfl_iite^\"o^5S2_2,i ,..�� 1 ..,. 1 r~ .,... .1..... t...~....r ,.. ......It. Intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the mining recorder for a certilicale of Improvement, lor the purpose of obtaining a crown grunt ni' the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section .'17, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificates of improvements. Dated this 19th dav of .September, A.I). 1903. P. E. WILSON. P.O. Box fiSS Lakeview Hotel Corner Vernon and Hall Streets, NELSON, B. C. REST DOLLAR-A-DAY HOUSE IN NELSON NO CHINESE EMPLOYED Atigast Thomas, Proprietor SThe tfathcona (formerly Hotel Phair; B. TOMKIIVS MANAOKIl The Leading Hotel of tho Kootenays Good Sample Rooms Special Kates to Commercial Men Stanley and Victoria Streets, NELSON Large and Comfortable Bedrooms and Klrst- elass Dining Room. Sample Rooms for Cummer filal Men. RATES ?- PER DAY MRS. E. C. CLARKE, Proprietress Bartlett House Josephine St., Nelson, Ji. C. White Help Only Employed The Rest Dollar-a-Day House In Nelson The liar is the Finest GEO. W. BARTLETT, Proprietor Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. 11 and L ami Corinthian mineral claims, situate in the Goat River mining division of West Kootenay district. Where located: On the east side of Kootenay lake, at the mouth of Crawford bay. Take Notice that I, .John McLatchie, acting as agent for O. G. Major, oilicial administrator (trustee of the estate of R. I). Monro), Ltizetta Field, free miner's certificate No. IMS2I7, and Charles M. Field, free miner's certificate No. It 182-H), intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the mining\" recorder for certificates of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining crown grunts to the above claims. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must, be commenced before the Issuance of such certificates of improvements. Dated this Ith dav of .September, A.I) P.KW. JOHN' McLATCHIE. FOR SALE A magtiilicent Imperial Edition de Luxe, Kid- path's \"History of I'nlversul Literature,\" 21 vols. Morocco. At a bargain. Apply Tribune ollice. Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. Hen llur, Salisbury, and Warrington -mineral ��� claims, situate Hi the Nelson mining division of West Kiwitenay district. Where located: On Tamarae mountain. lake notice that I, J. A. Kirk,acting ns agent fur Jultii Dean, f ree miner's cert Hi cute No. 1157 ,.101, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to applv' to the milling recorder forcertlllcatesof improve'- meiits, fur the purpose of obtainingcrown grants of the above claims. And further take notice that action, under 1section .17, must be commenced before the Issuance of such cerilliciiu's of improvements. Dated this 1st day of August, A. I)., 1903. J. A. KIRK. Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. \"Agness\" mineral claim, situate In the Nelson mining division of West Kootenay district. Where located : Near the Arlington Mine, Erie. Take .Notice that I, John D. Anderson, P. L. S., of Trail, H.C, agent for William Connolly, free miner's certificate No. H;\\S.11_, and E'dward Walslie, free miner's certificate No. 117^199, Intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the mining \"recorder for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant to the above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificate ��f improvements. Dated this '2nd dav of September, A.D. 1903. J. 1). ANDERSON. i 1 7 I \"���i.-'il ���i-l NOTICE Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned company has been notltied that certain stock held in the name of Ceo. If. Uradbury and Geo. Merkley should be cancelled and forbidding the company to allow any transfers therefor, and that an action will be brought to cancel such THE NORTHWEST COAL A COKE CO., LTD., Per II. B. MlGiiTo.v, Sec'v-Treas. TIMBER NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that thirty days from date I inlend to apply to the honorable the chief commissioner of lands and works at Victoria, B. C, for a special timber license to cut aud carry away timber from the following described land : Commencing ut a post marked M.E.K southeast corner post, situated on the west side of Slocan lake, said post Is planted on the line of Alex. McKay's west boundary line, tlience west 80 chuins, thence north 80 'chains, thence east 80 chains, thence south 80 chains to place of commencement, containing 040 aores. Dated, Sept. 'X, 1903. M. E. KOCH The Nelson Tribune The J* HL Ashdown Hardware Co*, Ltd. Importers and Dealers in Shelf unci Henvv HARDWARE Tinware and Granite-ware Stoves and Ranges BAKER ST Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Portland^ Cement, T-Rails, Ore Cars, Sheet Steel, Crescent, Canton and Jessop's Drill Steel : : : : : INELSOIN Honey iPURE! CALIFORNIA Honey In 1 -lb Glass Jars 25c /. A. IRVING & CO. Groceries and Provisions Houston Block, Nelson. Preserving Peaches j We are now receiving regular consignments of the Crawford Freestone Peach direct from Wenatchee. Prices X have touched rock bottom for this season, so do not delay in ordering your supply. ��� J. Y. Griffin & Co., Limited. I NELSON, B. C. ������������������������ �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� ]. A. Kirkpatriek & Co., Ltd. Wholesale and Retail Groceries, Crockery and Glassware Aberdeen Block, Nelson We have just received a consignment of The Cudahy Packing Company's famous Diamond C Bacon especially cured and smoked for family use. This bacon has no equal on the market. Try it. We have a few gross of Preserve Sealers left at right prices. J. A. KIRKPATRICK &JCO, Ld. Pv��*Pv0,!P��-R-P9A*P **7iw %&.���������������������������������->��������������������������� ��� ��� ��� - ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� X ��� | Tailo- tMa.de ! ! ��� X ��� ��� ��� X ��� ��� ��� ��� ! ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� t ��� ��� PANTS! AT !J. A Gilker's! ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� on the physiognomy of our only Jake.' The activities in this particular line in Nelson is the most hopeful sign in evidence today. George Kydd, manager of the Royal Bank of Canada, leaves for the head office of the bank at Halifax, on Tuesday, where he will receive an important ap pointment, probably in the east. Dr. Hall is making an important addition to his house on Carbonate street whicli when completed, will represent an investment of ��1500 and will ,make oue of the finest residences in the city. High school pupils will be interested iu the article on the third page \"A Peep Through the Lick Telescope\" by one of their comrades now visiting iu California. W. B. Pool of the Great Northern Mines, Limited, returned from Spokane this weelc aiid left for the Lardeau Friday. SLOCAN MINING ITEMS. The Jackson mine at Whitewater has suspended operations for the season. The reason for the shut down is that they are losing zinc. New machinery will be installed for the purpose of saving the zinc product of the mine. Jos. Carton while working ot*. the Mother Lode, adjoining the Great Britain group on Meadow creek, struck four i'eet of ore showing galena, and from which gold can be panned. The ore is also heavily impregnated with red oxide. The ledge is a fissure vein which was struck while running a 100 foot tunnel! The strike of high grade ore in the lower tunnel of the Fisher Maiden continues to increase in size as work progresses. There are only three men at work but it is understood that the new board of directors will soon have affairs in shape so as to put a force of men to work and do justice to the splendid possibilities of thc property. Work will be continued all winter on tho Bank of England claim, with a small force. The new long tunnel will give much depth and prove up the vein. Sur- =__S-\"s tripping\" __fs^ number of new places. There is now 14 feet of mineralized ledge matter to work. The Wakefield concentrator is turning out two products, a fine lead concentrate ���05 per cent lead aud from 100 to 120 ounces silver���and a zinc concentrate 45 per cent zinc and about 70 ounces silver to the ton. Thero are 100 tons of zinc concentrates on the wharf ready for shipment. Tlie management is holding it for better terms of treatment, but the lead product goes forward to the local smelter as fast as produced. F. P. O'Neil is continuing work on the Chicago mid the property is looking well. There are a number of veins carrying high grndc galena worth ��100 a toil. The largest is (10 feet on tho surface and is thought to be the Slocan Star vein. On it a body of good looking ore has been found on the Chicago ground and a drift is in !J0 feet, which Mr. O'Neil will ex- fend 200 feet. He expects to ship this winter. Fickleness of the White MetaL Silver sold in London Tuesday at 28 pence per ounce, the highest it has commanded since March, 1901. It 'sagged in 1!)01, and in December, that year, fell to 25 15-1 (id. The slump continued through 1902, and last December the price went to the unprecedented figure of 21 7-8d. per ounce, only a trifle more thau one-third thc price the metal commanded at the time it was demonetized by the United States government in 1873. It sold that year in London at COd. With few interruptions it has been on the toboggan slide ever since. A notable exception was iu 1890, when, on the passage of the Sherman silver purchase act, the price jumped ou the London market from 44d. to 54d. per ounce. But this rally was not permanent, and 1892 found the price again around 44d. It declined in the panic year of IH'Mi as low as JiOd. Since then it has been fluctuating between 22d. and *i2d. The present advance is attributed to the increased demand from India, and to purchases by the United States government for Phillipiue coinage. But now that the ��� ��� | Preliminary Announcement t I The Great Northern Mines, Limited ��� ��� ��� CAPITAL, $1,500,000 Head Office, Ferguson, B. C This Company has been solidating SIX 6f the most comprising im all formed for the purpose of valuable Gold Properties on over taking POPLAR and con- CREEK, 21 CLAIMS tion A full copy for shares of Prospectus can be made to will appear next week. In the interim the Secretary at Ferguson, B. C. ROBERT applica- Ferguson, B. G>, HODOE, Secretary. ��� X ��� ���. ��� ��� government has announced that its wants are satisfied, it is not probable that the price will go materially higher. Zinc Men in New Fields. The Missouri and Kansas zinc operators are reaching out into broader fields and are'said to have bonded a number of zinc properties in British Columbia, in eluding some in the Slocan section. It is proposed to build a zinc smelter at the coast, near Vancouver, believing that ores can be shipped from the Kootenay country to the coast at a favorable rate over the Jim Hill lines. The enterprise appears to be in competition with similar enterprises in that province which are fostered and controlled by the Canadian Pacific railway company. The Lanyon Zinc company of Kansas is the one specially TiiehtibnMr^Thi-\"is=takeh!'as-\"-videhce\"M'i the growing importance of the zinc industry. The Upper Duncan Placers. No little interest is being attached to the placer developments at the mouth of Hall creek on the Upper Duncan. Messrs Snyder and Carou, two old and experienced placer miners of California and Cariboo fame have been washing gold for several weeks on the Duncan at the mouth of Hall creek and show some beautiful gold that has travelled but a short distance, being in a virgin and natural state. They would give but little information as to their success, but admitted that tliey wero doing bettor than $5 a day with pans and a crude rocker. They claini to have discovered tho source from whicli the gold came, but ns the ground is covered by a location they could not secure it and would give no particulars. Looking for Iron. Professor Lenhau, a metalurgist and iron ore expert of St. Paul, has been examining the iron ore deposits of Bull river for F. G. Robertson, a capitalist and a promoter of enterprises: Mr. Robertson owns several million acres of land in the Northwest, with a successful system of colonization and is amply able to promote an iron industry. The professor's report will be watched for with interest, as the consideration is for a considerable sum. The Origin of Woman. According to a Hindoo legend, this is tho proper origin of woman: Twashtri, the god Vulcan of the Hindoo mythology, created the world; but on his commencing to create woman, he discovered that for man he had exhausted all his creative materials, and that not one solid element had been left. This, of course, greatly perplexed Twashtri, and caused him to fall into a profound meditation. When .he arose from it he proceeded as follows: He took the roundness of the moon, the undulating curve of the serpent, the graceful ourve of tho sleeping plant, the light shivering of the glass blade and the slen- deruess of the willow, the *>elvety softness of the flowers, the lightness of the feather, the gentle gaze of the doe, the frolicsomness of the dancing sunbeam, the tears of the cloud, tho,insconstancy of the wind, the timidity of the hare, the vanity of the peacock, the hardness of the diamond, the cruelty of the tiger, the heat of the fire, the chill of the snow, the cackling of the parrot, tho cooing of the turtledove, and these he mixed together and formed a woman. Gait Coal And Wood ot All Kinds TerniB Spot Cash W. P. Telephone 265 TIERNEY Baker Street Frank Fletcher PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� SUNDAY1 ! HOURS X Our store (corner of Baker X and Josephine streets) will X he open every Sunday for t dispensing purposes:��� ��� x ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� 9:30 to 2:00 to 7:00 to 12 5 9 o'clock o'clock o'clock I GanadarDrug and Boot! ��� Company, Limited ������������������������������������������������������������������������+������ Lands and Mineral Claims Surveyed and Crown Granted P.O. Box 563 Ollice: Kootenay St., Nelson JOHN HEPBURN BUILDER AIND CONTRACTOR Jobbing work done Kstlmates given SHOP RESIDENCE Behind new postolllee Cor. Front and Willow NELSON Geo. M. Gunn Maker of first-class hand-made Boots and Shoes. Repairing neatly and promptly done. Satisfaction guaranteed in all work Wat-d St. next newpostoffice bid INelson Brydges, Blakemore & Cameron. Ltd. Real Estate ������� General Agents Kootenay Wire Works Co* Manufacturers of Mattresses, Springs, Pillows, Bed Lounges, Couches, Upholstering, Turning, Bandsawing, Grill Work and other novelties. Our No. 4 Spring is the best on the market. Ask for it and take no other. FRONT STREET NELSON, B. C FOR SALE Improved Ranch in Lardo Valley for sale. Address E. R. Vipoud, Trout Lake, B. C. Job Printing We Use Gumption as well as the best papers and inks in the execution of your orders��� the}' will not be misunderstood. Quick dispatch given out-of-town work. W.H. JONES Madden Building NELSON, B.C. Sewing Machines/Pianos FOR RENT and FOR SALE Old Curiosity Shop, Josephine Street Nelson, R.C. NOTICE In the matter of an application for a duplicate of a certllieate of title to lot (i, blocks, in Kaslo City (map :i'J3. Notice is hereby given that it i.s my intention to issue at the expiration of one month from the first publication hereof a duplicate of Ihe certllieate of title lo the above mentioned lot (>, block _,In Kaslo City 'nmp.'i'l'l), In the names nf Thomas Pevlin and Adam Mackay. which certilicale is dated Ihe yilril day of September, 181)2, and numbered ISlUla. II. F. 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